2013 Cotton Defoliation and Harvest Aid Guide by Ramon Leon, David L. Wright, Barry J. Brecke

“…In Florida, cotton requires about 155 days of growth from planting to harvest. Throughout the growing season, growers must make important management decisions about defoliation, boll opening, and regrowth suppression. …”
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Pilot-Scale Enzymatic Conversion of Low Stability, High Free Fatty, Squid Oil to an Oxidatively Stable Astaxanthin-Rich Acylglyceride Oil Suitable for Nutritional Applications by Asavari Joshi, Brendan Holland, Moninder Sachar, Colin J. Barrow

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‘Tobolyak’: an oat cultivar for universal use by M. N. Fomina, Yu. S. Ivanova, O. A. Pay, N. A. Bragin

“…It is a mid-ripening cultivar, with the growing season of 71 to 83 days from sprouting to wax ripeness; its plants are medium-tall (89.6 to 120.2 cm), and resistant to lodging. …”
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Changes in the Nutrient Composition of Barley Grain (Hordeum vulgare L.) and of Morphological Fractions of Sprouts by Luis T. Ortiz, Susana Velasco, Jesús Treviño, Beatriz Jiménez, Almudena Rebolé

“…Barley grain was sprouted in a commercial germination chamber for a period of 6 days. Raw grain was used as a control. Results showed that crude protein, ether extract, total soluble carbohydrates, and cellulose content increased, whereas starch and ß-D-glucan content decreased in sprouted when compared with the control grain. …”
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Postharvest Handling Practices and Perception of Potato Safety among Potato Traders in Nairobi, Kenya by Consolata Nolega Musita, Michael Wandayi Okoth, George Ooko Abong’

“…Over half (69%) of the potatoes in the markets were directly exposed to sunlight, with 75% of the traders leaving their potatoes in the open covered with a polythene bag after the day’s activities. Greening, sprouting, or bruised potatoes were mostly sold as seed, sold to restaurants and French fries vendors, or sold to consumers at a lower price. …”
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PSR J1947−1120: A New Huntsman Millisecond Pulsar Binary by Jay Strader, Paul S. Ray, Ryan Urquhart, Samuel J. Swihart, Laura Chomiuk, Elias Aydi, Eric C. Bellm, Kristen C. Dage, Megan E. DeCesar, Julia S. Deneva, Maura A. McLaughlin, Isabella Molina, Teresa Panurach, Kirill V. Sokolovsky

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Probiotic Supplementation Alleviates Corticosterone-Induced Fatty Liver Disease by Regulating Hepatic Lipogenesis and Increasing Gut Microbiota Diversity in Broilers by Yuyan Feng, Wenqing Mei, Qu Chen, Xiaojing Chen, Yingdong Ni, Mingming Lei, Jie Liu

“…The aim of this study was to investigate whether a mixture of probiotics supplemented after hatching can prevent CORT-induced fatty liver disease in broilers, and to determine how such effects, if any, are associated with hepatic de novo lipogenesis and gut microbiota composition. Ninety-six one-day-old green-legged chickens were divided into a control group (CON) and probiotic group (PB). …”
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The loss and recovery of vertebrate vision examined in microplates. by Robert J Thorn, Danielle E Clift, Oladele Ojo, Ruth M Colwill, Robbert Creton

“…The assays were used to examine a loss of vision at 4 or 5 days post-fertilization and a gradual recovery of vision in subsequent days. …”
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Optimization, characterization and biosafety of oregano, rosemary and mint oil mixture against Penicillium digitatum in citrus using L-optimal mixture design by Rahaf Khaled, Sara Mohamed, Amira Mohamed, Aya Khairy, Hesham Elhariry, Ashraf Bakry, Neima K. Elsenosy, Naglaa Ebeed, Salem S. Salem, Thanaa ElNoby, Samah H. Abu-Hussien

“…In vivo, evaluation on oranges revealed 60% inhibition of green mold by the 1% (v/v) optimized mixture for 7 days. …”
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Split-Cre-mediated GFP expression as a permanent marker for flagellar fusion of Trypanosoma brucei in its tsetse fly host by Ruth Etzensperger, Mattias Benninger, Berta Pozzi, Ruth Rehmann, Arunasalam Naguleswaran, Gabriela Schumann, Jan Van Den Abbeele, Isabel Roditi

“…When this occurs, a reporter gene is permanently flipped from the “off” to the “on” position, resulting in the production of green fluorescent protein. Crucially, green trypanosomes can be detected in tsetse flies co-infected with the two cell lines, proving that flagellar fusion occurs in the host. …”
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Economic feasibility assessment and parameter sensitivity analysis of rainwater harvesting systems in different climatic zones of China by Chonghua Xue, Feng Xiong, Junqi Li, Xiaojing Li, Jing Li, Yu Wang, Xiangyu Li, Ziyu Cui

“…The optimal volume of the reservoir could be articulated through the fitting equation that relates the green space ratio to the road ratio. The discount rate and water price significantly impacted the optimal volume of storage tanks, with the sensitivity of the parameter of the number of days of emptying of the storage tanks to the optimal volume being greater in Shantou, a city in a high humid area. …”
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The Association between Adolescent’s Weight Perception and Health Behaviors: Analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data, 2011–2014 by Furong Xu, Mary L. Greaney, Steven A. Cohen, Deborah Riebe, Geoffrey W. Greene

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Degradation of Metal Ions with Electricity Generation by Using Fruit Waste as an Organic Substrate in the Microbial Fuel Cell by Ghada Mohamed Aleid, Anoud Saud Alshammari, Asma D. Alomari, Shehu Sa’ad Abdullahi, Rania Edrees Adam Mohammad, Rokhsana Mohammed Ismail Abdulrahman

“…A potential and developing green technology for producing renewable energy and treating wastewater is the microbial fuel cell (MFC). …”
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Optimization Analysis of Mechanical Properties of Fly Ash-Based Multicontent Gasification Slag Paste Filling Material by Denghong Chen, Tianwei Cao, Ran Chen, Chao Li

“…The regularity of size change tends to be consistent, and the uniaxial compressive strength of 3 days later in group thirteenth exceeds 0.991 MPa. …”
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Effect of different 1-methylcyclopropene formulations and dosing on the ripening profile of Tommy Atkins mango fruits by Geoffrey Chomba, Jane Ambuko, Cecilia Onyango, John Robert Ouko

“…SmartFresh™–SmartTabs™ applied at 2.0ppm for 24 hours achieved an increased shelf life of 12 days compared to the control in stage 1. SmartFresh™–Inbox Sachet applied at 2.0ppm and 4.0ppm significantly extended shelf life to 24 days and 21 days for stages 1 and 2 respectively. …”
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Statistical Optimization of Bioleaching for Simultaneous Recovery of Cu, Sn, Pb, and Zn from Computer-Printed Circuit Boards by Murugesan Manikkampatti Palanisamy, Venkata Ratnam Myneni, Akilamudhan Palaniappan, Padmapriya Veerappan, Minar Mohamed Lebbai, G. Kavitha

“…The optimal conditions obtained were a bacterial activation period of 28 days, a pulp density of 23 g/L, and a temperature of 31°C. …”
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Dietary protein requirement of Chinese hook snout carp (Opsariichthys bidens) and transcriptomic analysis of the liver in response to different protein diets by Yijiang Bei, Linqiang He, Jin Jing, Xiaoming Chen, Fan Yuan, Gaohua Yao, XueYan Ding, Lei Wang, Fan Zhou

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Durability Studies on Fly Ash Based Geopolymer Concrete Incorporated with Slag and Alkali Solutions by S. Nagajothi, S. Elavenil, S. Angalaeswari, L. Natrayan, Wubishet Degife Mammo

“…This study explores the durability of green cementitious material of geopolymer concrete. …”
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Fundus Autofluorescence in Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome by Fernando Marcondes Penha, Eduardo Vitor Navajas, Fábio Bom Aggio, Eduardo B. Rodrigues, Michel Eid Farah

“…A patient complained of photopsia and vision loss in the left eye for two days, with visual acuity of 20/32. Right eye was normal. …”
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Management of Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy (APMPPE): Insights from Multimodal Imaging with OCTA by Mariana A. Oliveira, Jorge Simão, Amélia Martins, Cláudia Farinha

“…A 28-year-old man presented to the emergency room with blurred vision in the right eye for two days. He reported a preceding flu-like illness one week earlier. …”
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