Grain yield and water productivity of maize under deficit irrigation and salt stress: Evidences from field experiment and literatures by Jia Gao, Lin Li, Risheng Ding, Shaozhong Kang, Taisheng Du, Ling Tong, Jian Kang, Wanli Xu, Guangmu Tang

“…This study aimed to investigate the effects of deficit irrigation and salt stress on maize yield and WP, as well as the underlying mechanism, and to explore agronomic practices to jointly improve maize yield and WP based on literature analysis. …”
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A novel interplay between bacteria and metabolites in different early-stage lung cancer: an integrated microbiome and metabolome analysis by Xiaoqian Zhai, Xiaoqian Zhai, Dongqi Lin, Dongqi Lin, Yi Shen, Yi Shen, Ni Zhai, Fan Yu, Fan Yu, Jiabi Zhang, Yiyun Lin, Yuqing Wang, Qinghua Zhou, Qinghua Zhou, Xi Zheng, Xi Zheng

“…BackgroundThe carcinogenesis mechanism of early-stage lung cancer (ESLC) remains unclear. …”
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The Genesis of APEC: Economic Diplomacy of Australia, Japan, and the United States (On the 30^th Anniversary of the Forum) by A. A. Sidorov

“…The author examines their views on a wide range of issues related to the development of economic and political cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region, including its aims and scope, institutional arrangements, potential participants, and prospects for cooperation with regional organizations (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — in particular) and mechanisms of global trade management (primarily — the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)). …”
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Safety and efficacy of oral edible bird’s nest supplementation: Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory benefits for Arabian race stallions during exercise by Khalid Obaid AL-Khaldi, Khalid Hamed Al-Ruzaiqi, Abdul Salam Babji, Seng Joe Lim, Mohammed Babatunde Sadiq, Nurhusien Yimer

“…Further studies should explore long-term effects and molecular mechanisms to optimize its use in equine sports.…”
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Physicochemical, Surface and Catalytic Properties of CoO/AlO as Influenced by CeO or VO Doping by H.G. El-Shobaky

“…The doping process changed the concentration of active sites involved in the catalytic reaction rather than changing the mechanism of the catalytic reaction.…”
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Gut microbiota derived metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide influences prostate cancer progression via the p38/HMOX1 pathway by Yuhua Zhou, Jing Lv, Shengkai Jin, Chaowei Fu, Bo Liu, Yang Shen, Menglu Li, Yuwei Zhang, Ninghan Feng, Ninghan Feng, Ninghan Feng, Ninghan Feng

“…RNA-seq analysis was performed to explore the mechanisms by which TMAO influences the proliferation and migration of prostate cancer cells. qPCR and Western blotting were utilized to validate the expression of related mRNA or proteins. …”
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Deciphering the role of IL17RA in psoriasis and chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis: shared pathways and distinct manifestations by Ayat Kadhi, Ayat Kadhi, Ayat Kadhi, Edward Eid, Michel J. Massaad, Inaam El-Rassy, Dana Maria Khoury, Yutaka Shimomura, Nelly Rubeiz, Mazen Kurban, Mazen Kurban, Mazen Kurban, Georges Nemer, Georges Nemer

“…Our findings bridge a critical knowledge gap and provide insights into the molecular mechanisms connecting these diseases. This discovery not only advances our understanding of their pathophysiology but also lays the groundwork for personalized therapeutic strategies, heralding a new era of precision medicine for patients with intertwined psoriasis and CMC.…”
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Non-apical plateau potentials and persistent firing induced by metabotropic cholinergic modulation in layer 2/3 pyramidal cells in the rat prefrontal cortex. by Nicholas Hagger-Vaughan, Daniel Kolnier, Johan F Storm

“…The PPs in L2/3PCs caused sustained spiking that profoundly altered the input-output relationships of these neurons, resembling the sustained activity suggested to underlie working memory and the mechanism underlying "behavioural time scale synaptic plasticity" in hippocampal pyramidal cells. …”
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The Role of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure: A Narrative Review by Olivier Uwishema, Ece Karabulut, Dalal Sheikhah, Burhan Kantawala, Misgana Gallo, Fatima Soufan, Magda Wojtara

“…Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is an approach used for restoring ventricular synchrony and enhancing mechanical efficiency. This study discusses various key points of CRT and its uses in HF and discusses challenges and future implications. …”
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Hepatitis B Virus-KMT2B Integration Drives Hepatic Oncogenic Processes in a Human Gene-edited Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells-derived ModelSummary by Jun Tsuchiya, Masato Miyoshi, Sei Kakinuma, Fukiko Kawai-Kitahata, Akihide Kamiya, Taro Shimizu, Ayako Sato, Keiya Watakabe, Tomohiro Mochida, Kento Inada, Rion Kamimae, Shun Kaneko, Miyako Murakawa, Sayuri Nitta, Mina Nakagawa, Mamoru Watanabe, Yasuhiro Asahina, Ryuichi Okamoto

“…We clarified the novel oncogenic mechanism in HBV-related HCC due to aberrant KMT2B function.…”
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Age‐related longitudinal change in cardiac structure and function in adults at increased cardiovascular risk by Fei Fei Gong, Jennifer M. Coller, Michele McGrady, Umberto Boffa, Louise Shiel, Danny Liew, Simon Stewart, Alice J. Owen, Henry Krum, Christopher M. Reid, David L. Prior, Duncan J. Campbell

“…Conclusions Whereas the increase in LVMI with age was explained by CVD risk factors alone, age, together with risk factors, independently predicted longitudinal change in all other echocardiographic parameters, providing evidence for age‐specific mechanisms of change in cardiac structure and function as people age. …”
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Temporal backscatter characterisation of ratoon rice crops based on Sentinel-1 intensity data by Vidya Nahdhiyatul Fikriyah, Roshanak Darvishzadeh, Alice Laborte, Jitender Rathore, Andrew Nelson

“…The backscatter of stubbles from mechanically harvested fields is not significantly different from that of manually harvested fields. …”
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Comparison between Rocuronium and Atracurium Effect on Blood Pressure during General Anaesthesia in Baghdad Hospital by Adel Amen Hama, Noor Faris Hoobi, Sara Emad Majeed

“…Next intubation, lungs were mechanically ventilated, monitored, blood pressure recorded and MAP after five minutes and every five minute for 15 minutes. …”
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Distinct sex differences in ethanol consumption and operant self-administration in C57BL/6J mice with uniform regulation by glutamate AMPAR activity by Sara Faccidomo, Sara Faccidomo, Vallari R. Eastman, Taruni S. Santanam, Katarina S. Swaim, Seth M. Taylor, Clyde W. Hodge, Clyde W. Hodge

“…However, the behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying sex-specific differences remain unclear. …”
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Pancreas Proapoptotic Proteases in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis by N. B. Gubegritz, E. A. Krylova, Yu. A. Gaidar

“…This proves the existence of various apoptosis mechanisms in the exo- and endocrine portions of the pancreas.…”
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CooccurrenceAffinity: An R package for computing a novel metric of affinity in co-occurrence data that corrects for pervasive errors in traditional indices. by Kumar P Mainali, Eric Slud

“…In our recent study (Mainali et al 2022), we revealed the source of the problems that make the traditional indices fundamentally flawed and unreliable-namely that the indices in common use have no target of estimation quantifying degree of association in the non-null case-and we further developed a novel parameter of association, alpha, with complete formulation of the null distribution for estimating the mechanism of affinity. We also developed the maximum likelihood estimate (MLE) of alpha in our previous study. 2. …”
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Fetal-BET: Brain Extraction Tool for Fetal MRI by Razieh Faghihpirayesh, Davood Karimi, Deniz Erdogmus, Ali Gholipour

“…Using this dataset, we developed and validated deep learning methods, by exploiting the power of the U-Net style architectures, the attention mechanism, feature learning across multiple MRI modalities, and data augmentation for fast, accurate, and generalizable automatic fetal brain extraction. …”
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A Survey of Differential Privacy Techniques for Federated Learning by Wang Xin, Li Jiaqian, Ding Xueshuang, Zhang Haoji, Sun Lianshan

“…This paper comprehensively expounds the research status of differential privacy techniques based on the federated learning framework, first providing detailed introductions to federated learning and differential privacy technologies, and then summarizing the development status of two types of federated learning differential privacy(DPFL) techniques respectively; for CDPFL, the paper divides the discussion into first proposal of CDP and typical application examples, the impact of Gaussian mechanisms on model accuracy, optimization based on asynchronous differential privacy, and insights from other scholars; for LDPFL, the paper divides the discussion into first proposal of LDP and typical application examples, processing multidimensional data and improving model accuracy, existing methods and optimization for reducing communication costs, balancing privacy protection and data usability, LDPFL based on the Shuffle model, and insights from other scholars; following this, the paper addresses and summarizes the unique challenges introduced by incorporating differential privacy into federated learning and proposes solutions; finally, based on a summary of existing optimization techniques, the paper outlines future directions and specifically discusses three research ideas for enhancing the optimization effects of federated differential privacy: advanced optimization strategies combining Bayesian methods and the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM), integrating lattice homomorphic encryption techniques from cryptography to achieve more efficient differential privacy protection in federated learning, and exploring the application of zero-knowledge proof techniques in federated learning for privacy protection.…”
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Effects of a Plant-Based Additive on the Properties of Flour and Dough during Fermentation by Alexander V. Maslov, Zamira Sh. Mingaleeva, Timur A. Yamashev, Oksana V. Starovoitova

“…Further research is needed to study the effect of the complex additive on the structural and mechanical properties of dough during its development.…”
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The effect of L-dopa and DBS on cortical oscillations in Parkinson's disease analyzed by hidden Markov model algorithm by Kunzhou Wei, Hang Ping, Xiaochen Tang, Dianyou Li, Shikun Zhan, Bomin Sun, Xiangyan Kong, Chunyan Cao

“…In this study, we employed HMM to investigate the cortical mechanism underlying the treatment of PD patients using MEG recordings. …”
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