Agave attenuata Spineless Century Plant by Edward Gilman

“…The plant is noted for its hardiness, tolerating heat, drought, and moderate salt exposure, and its ability to grow in various soil types. The document also discusses design considerations, suggesting companion plants to enhance its visual appeal, and provides management tips for optimal growth. …”
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Agave attenuata Spineless Century Plant by Edward Gilman

“…The plant is noted for its hardiness, tolerating heat, drought, and moderate salt exposure, and its ability to grow in various soil types. The document also discusses design considerations, suggesting companion plants to enhance its visual appeal, and provides management tips for optimal growth. …”
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La résilience des Turkana by Clémence Cantoni, Benoît Lallau

“…This analysis involves a historical detour, Turkana society having long been organized around its ability to deal with such risks. It also leads to the concept of resilience, either in its collective dimension or at the level of pastoralist families themselves. …”
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Production and metabolic responses of Montbéliarde and Holstein cows during the periparturient period and a sequential feed-restriction challenge by J.A.A. Pires, A. De La Torre, L. Barreto-Mendes, I. Cassar-Malek, I. Ortigues-Marty, F. Blanc

“…ABSTRACT: Our objective was to compare the production and metabolic responses of 22 Montbéliarde (MONT) and 18 Holstein (HOLS) multiparous cows during the periparturient period, and during a sequential nutritional challenge (SNC), consisting of 4 successive induced short feed restrictions each separated by a refeeding period, to explore breed differences in robustness (ability to maintain lactation function during successive challenges) and resilience (ability to recover after each challenge). …”
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Results of using cell technologies for creation of new barley varieties resistant against aluminum toxicity and drought by O. N. Shupletsova, I. N. Shchennikova

“…The varieties regenerated with high combining ability are used as the parental forms in crosses. …”
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Methods of developing stress resistance of law enforcement officers at the stage of professional training by V. V. Dotsenko

“…Based on the analysis of various scientific approaches, the methods of developing the ability to handle stress from law enforcers who study in higher education institutions with specific learning conditions are systematized and divided into three branches: prevention, neutralization and correction of stress, and recovery of organism resources. …”
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Three-Level SOC Equalization Control Strategy for MMC-BESS Based on Feedforward Sliding Window Integral Method by Yuan Cheng, Hui Zhang, Xiaohui Wei, Wenquan Shao

“…The modular multilevel converter of the battery energy storage system (MMC-BESS) not only is suitable for the large-scale energy storage and dispatching of AC and DC grids, but also has a strong ability to suppress power fluctuations caused by the new energy output or grid failures. …”
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Olfactory transport efficiency of the amorphous and crystalline manganese oxide nanoparticles by A. V. Romashchenko, D. V. Petrovskii, M. B.  Sharapova, Y. M. Moshkin, K. E. Kuper, K. N.  Morozova, E. V. Kiseleva, M. P. Moshkin

“…The ability to deliver particulated xenobiotics and therapeutic drugs directly from the nasal cavity to the central nervous system, bypassing the hemato-encephalic barrier, determines a high importance of investigation of factors influencing this process. …”
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Reducing the effective dose of doxycycline using chitosan silver nanocomposite as a carriers on gram positive and gram-negative bacteria by Elham M. Mostafa, Y. Badr, M. M. Hashem, K. Abo-EL-Sooud, Amna H. Faid

“…Using nanotechnology is one feasible way to increase the antibiotics’ ability to penetrate the body and increase their antibacterial effectiveness. …”
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Airborne Escherichia coli bacteria biosynthesize lipids in response to aerosolization stress by Brooke L. Smith, Meiyi Zhang, Maria D. King

“…Abstract Gram-negative bacteria pose an increased threat to public health because of their ability to evade the effects of many antimicrobials with growing antibiotic resistance globally. …”
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The Square Curve Paradigm for Research in Alternative, Complementary, and Holistic Medicine: A Cost-Effective, Easy, and Scientifically Valid Design for Evidence-Based Medicine and... by Soren Ventegodt, Niels JØrgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…If a global, generic, quality-of-life questionnaire like QOL5 or, even better, a QOL-Health-Ability questionnaire (a quality-of-life questionnaire combined with a self-evaluated health and ability to function questionnaire) is administered to the patients before and after the intervention, it is possible to document the effect of an intervention to a cost of only a few thousand Euros/USD. …”
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Self-regulation as a context of critical thinking in cyberpolice officers by О. V. Medvedieva

“…Cyberpolice officers show a greater focus on action, hoping for success in dealing with situations of strong external pressure, greater ability to maintain the optimal functioning of all parts of self-regulation in extreme conditions, overcome anxiety and remain focused in stressful situations. …”
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Atomized Neutrophil Membrane-coated MOF Nanoparticles for Direct Delivery of Dexamethasone for Severe Pneumonia by Yixiao Yang, Lizhen Yan, Han Zhang, Chuanguang Xiao, Kai Wang

“…Histopathological analysis further confirmed UiO66-Dex@NMP’s ability to alleviate lung tissue damage. …”
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Optimization of extraction and enrichment process of cannabidiol from industrial hemp and evaluation of its bioactivity by Junkai Wu, Xiaomeng Zhang, Xiaoqing Liu, Zunlai Sheng, Zunlai Sheng, Jianping Hu, Feiyan Zhang

“…Antioxidant properties were evaluated using DPPH and ABTS assays, as well as an iron-reducing ability test.ResultsAfter optimization, the extraction rate of CBD reached 0.26 ± 0.02%. …”
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Detection of plasmids in Salmonella from poultry and investigating the potential horizontal transfer of antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes by Haijiao Lin, Moussa S. Diarra, Guangqiang Jia, Xin Zhao

“…This study assessed the replicon typing and conjugative ability of plasmids from poultry-derived Salmonella as well as ARGs and VGs carried by these plasmids using an in silico approach. …”
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Developing the digital research competence of a future mathematics teacher as a part of project activities by Elena N. Alekseeva

“…The use of specialized software products in teaching mathematics plays an important role in the intellectual development of students, including schoolchildren who have a high level of mathematical abilities and require an individualized approach to learning. …”
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Agroecology and the limits to resilience: extending the adaptation capacity of agroecosystems to drought by Miguel A. Altieri, Clara I. Nicholls, Rene Montalba, Lorena Vieli, Luis L. Vazquez

“…The aim of this paper is to assess the limitations of agroecological practices in enhancing the ability of agroecosystems to adapt to climate change under extended drought stress which may overwhelm crops’ adaptation response. …”
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Frontal Face Generation Based on Attitude Point Guidance and Attention Mechanism Improvement by Jihui Zhao, Zhengyi Yuan, Junhu Zhang, Haitao Li, Hui Li

“…In the generator part, the self-attention mechanism is introduced to obtain the dependence between feature points and other position features, which enhances the illumination perception ability of the network layer. At the same time, local attention is used in a discriminator to improve the local detail generation ability of the network in the face. …”
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Protocol for visual-acoustic intervention with service delivery in-person and via telepractice (VISIT) non-inferiority trial for residual speech sound disorder by Tara McAllister, Jonathan L. Preston, Elaine R. Hitchcock, Nina R. Benway, Jennifer Hill

“…Eligible children will be speakers of American English aged 9–17 years who exhibit RSSD affecting /ɹ/ but otherwise show cognitive-linguistic and hearing abilities within the typical range. All participants will receive twenty sessions of visual-acoustic biofeedback; they will be randomized, with stratification by pre-treatment speech production ability and site, to complete their treatment sessions either in the laboratory setting or at home via telepractice. …”
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Role of adductor canal block and genicular nerve block on postoperative pain and enhanced recovery in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: A randomized clinical trial by Bassel Mohammed Elfokery, Mustafa Seet, Tareef Ashour, Hatem Alharbi, Mujeeb Ashraf, Hatim Alshareef, Mohammad Nyaz, Rayan Bakhreba, Atif Sait

“…ROM was also significantly higher on postoperative day 1 (P = 0.022) and day 2 (P = 0.007) in group B. Similarly, the ability to walk with support on postoperative day 1 (P = 0.023) and day 2 (P = 0.037) and the ability to perform straight leg raising independently on day 1 (P = 0.038) and day 2 (P = 0.027) days were also notably better in group B. …”
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