The role of CGIAR Germplasm Health Units in averting endemic crop diseases: the example of rice blast in Bangladesh by Yuji Enriquez, Melinda Smale, Nelissa Jamora, Mohammod Hossain, Lava Kumar

“…Results Our model predicts that, in the most probable scenario (modal values), the IRRI GHU contributed about US$ 5.9 million of the total US$ 295 million net benefits over a 20-year time frame of continuous blast resistance breeding and deployment. …”
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Spatio‐Temporal Changes in Effective Population Size in an Expanding Metapopulation of Eurasian Otters by Nia Evelyn Thomas, Elizabeth A. Chadwick, Michael W. Bruford, Frank Hailer

“…Conclusions drawn from UK otter surveys, which had suggested a robust population close to panmixia, are therefore not supported by our genetic evidence. Our study highlights the value of including genetic monitoring of endangered or recovering species in monitoring plans, while also providing methodologically important information about Ne estimation from real‐world datasets.…”
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Characteristics of the treatment process among patients with hip fractures against the background of COVID-19 by S.O. Guriev, E.O. Skobenko

“…The system of routing patients with hip fractures against the background of COVID-19 during the epidemic period, depending on the severity of the course, will allow to organize a system of providing medical care to such patients, which will correspond to both the personnel and material resources necessary to overcome the consequences of this pandemic. …”
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Chemical Characterization of Sub-micron Aerosols during New Particle Formation in an Urban Atmosphere by Vijay P. Kanawade, Sachchida N. Tripathi, Abhishek Chakraborty, Huan Yu

“…The substantially elevated signal intensity of amines (viz., CHN+, CH4N+, C2H4N+, C3H8N+, and C5H12N+) in the sub-micron aerosols during NPF further demonstrated that these nitrogen-containing organic compounds may have played a critical role in these events. Thus, our findings emphasize the relevance of amines to secondary aerosol formation in severely polluted urban environments.…”
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Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding of Infants under Six Months among Cambodian Mothers by Sopheak Um, Ying Zhen Charissa Chan, Bunkea Tol, Heng Sopheab

“…Results. Our findings indicate that among mothers with infants under six months, EBF was more likely if they resided rurally (AOR=2.28; 95% CI 1.23-4.23) and if they delivered at a public hospital (AOR=2.64; 95% CI 1.28-5.47). …”
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TAD-SIE: sample size estimation for clinical randomized controlled trials using a Trend-Adaptive Design with a Synthetic-Intervention-Based Estimator by Sayeri Lala, Niraj K. Jha

“…Our TAD also introduces a hyperparameter that enables trial designers to trade off between accuracy and efficiency (sample size and number of iterations) of the solution. …”
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Chinese Herbal Medicine Combined with Intravitreal Antivascular Growth Factor Agents in Treatment of Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion: A Systematic Review and Meta... by Su Xiaojuan, Li Xiaodong, Fu Zhongmei, Ye Hejiang

“…Retinal vein occlusion (RVO) is the second most common retinal vascular disease in the world after diabetic retinopathy. Moreover, macular edema (ME) is the main cause of visual impairment in RVO patients. …”
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Analysis of Air Pollution Data in India between 2015 and 2019 by Disha Sharma, Denise Mauzerall

“…Abstract India suffers from among the worst air pollution in the world. In response, a large government effort to increase air quality monitoring is underway. …”
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Survival after aluminum phosphide poisoning with cardiotoxicity: a case report by Habtamu Mesele Gebray, Addisu Liknaw Chekol

“…Because it is freely available on the market, it is one of the commonly used agents for self-poisoning in different parts of the developing world. Early signs of toxicity are manifested by shock and circulatory failure. …”
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Closing the Global Marine 226Ra Budget Reveals the Biological Pump as a Dominant Removal Flux in the Upper Ocean by Bochao Xu, M. Bayani Cardenas, Isaac R. Santos, William C. Burnett, Matthew A. Charette, Valentí Rodellas, Sanzhong Li, Ergang Lian, Zhigang Yu

“…We find that PS is the major 226Ra sink for the upper ocean, removing about 96% of the total input from various sources. Aside from vertical exchange with the lower ocean, SGD is the largest 226Ra source into the upper ocean. …”
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Production of Oxidants by Ion Bombardment of Icy Moons in the Outer Solar System by Philippe Boduch, Enio Frota da Silveira, Alicja Domaracka, Oscar Gomis, Xue Yang Lv, Maria Elisabetta Palumbo, Sergio Pilling, Hermann Rothard, Eduardo Seperuelo Duarte, Giovanni Strazzulla

“…Our groups in Brazil, France and Italy have been active, among others in the world, in performing experiments on physical-chemical effects induced by fast ions colliding with solids (frozen gases, carbonaceous and organic materials, silicates, etc.) of astrophysical interest. …”
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Lipofundin-Induced Hyperlipidemia Promotes Oxidative Stress and Atherosclerotic Lesions in New Zealand White Rabbits by Livan Delgado Roche, Emilio Acosta Medina, Ángela Fraga Pérez, María A. Bécquer Viart, Yosdel Soto López, Viviana Falcón Cama, Ana M. Vázquez López, Gregorio Martínez-Sánchez, Eduardo Fernández-Sánchez

“…Atherosclerosis represents a major cause of death in the world. It is known that Lipofundin 20% induces atherosclerotic lesions in rabbits, but its effects on serum lipids behaviour and redox environment have not been addressed. …”
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Déjouer le spectacle de la violence. Représenter les événements du 11 septembre 2001 by Bertrand GERVAIS

“…The image drawn by Spiegelman was monochrome, the two towers of the World Trade Center depicted in black on a black background. …”
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Predominant polarity in bipolar affective disorder and its impact on cognition and quality of life by Shashank Bhardwaj, Deoraj Sinha, Ami Pawar, Astik Mane

“…Background: Bipolar mood disorder or bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) is a chronic illness characterized by phases of mania/hypomania, depression, or mixed episodes. The course of bipolar mood disorder is relapsing in nature. …”
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Bird flock effect-based dynamic community detection: Unravelling network patterns over time by Siti Haryanti Hairol Anuar, Zuraida Abal Abas, Iskandar Waini, Mohd Fariduddin Mukhtar, Zejun Sun, Eko Arip Winanto, Norhazwani Mohd Yunos

“…To test its performance, extensive experiments were conducted on both synthetic and real-world networks. The outcomes demonstrate that our approach can effectively find satisfaction from each time step by comparison with the other well-known algorithms.…”
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Magnifying Endoscopy with Narrow Band Imaging to Determine the Extent of Resection in Transoral Robotic Surgery of Oropharyngeal Cancer by Ichiro Tateya, Seiji Ishikawa, Shuko Morita, Hiroyuki Ito, Tatsunori Sakamoto, Toshinori Murayama, Yo Kishimoto, Tomomasa Hayashi, Makiko Funakoshi, Shigeru Hirano, Morimasa Kitamura, Mami Morita, Manabu Muto, Juichi Ito

“…Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) is a less invasive treatment that is becoming popular all over the world. …”
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Predicting climate-change impacts on the global glacier-fed stream microbiome by Massimo Bourquin, Hannes Peter, Grégoire Michoud, Susheel Bhanu Busi, Tyler J. Kohler, Andrew L. Robison, Mike Styllas, Leïla Ezzat, Aileen U. Geers, Matthias Huss, Stilianos Fodelianakis, The Vanishing Glaciers Field Team, Tom J. Battin

“…Altogether, we project a ‘greener’ future of the world’s GFSs accompanied by a loss of clades that have adapted to environmental harshness, with consequences for ecosystem functioning.…”
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A Dynamic Bayesian Approach to Computational Laban Shape Quality Analysis by Dilip Swaminathan, Harvey Thornburg, Jessica Mumford, Stjepan Rajko, Jodi James, Todd Ingalls, Ellen Campana, Gang Qian, Pavithra Sampath, Bo Peng

“…As we argue, a complex understanding of intention via LMA is necessary for human-computer interaction to become embodied in ways that resemble interaction in the physical world. We thus introduce a novel, flexible Bayesian fusion approach for identifying LMA Shape qualities from raw motion capture data in real time. …”
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Exploring the NANOG-TET2 interaction interface. Effects of a selected mutation and hypothesis on the clinical correlation with anemias by Claudia Testi, Roberta Piacentini, Roberta Piacentini, Alessandro Perrone, Chiara Bartoli, Daniele Leso, Domitilla Pavia, Elisa Pistolesi, Flavio Scipione, Irene Cotronea, Marco Adinolfi Falcone, Marco Ierani, Alberto Boffi, Lorenzo Di Rienzo

“…These results, along with the proposed computational method, provide insights for establishing clinical correlations between variants of uncertain significance and anemias in general, comprising common hematological problems widespread in the world population and for which dedicated NGS panels are still not available.…”
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Köppen–Geiger climate classification across France based on an ensemble of high-resolution climate projections by Strohmenger, Laurent, Collet, Lila, Andréassian, Vazken, Corre, Lola, Rousset, Fabienne, Thirel, Guillaume

“…Climate change will define new living and environmental conditions in many areas in the world, deeply affecting our societies. Public outreach on the impacts of climate change on societies and ecosystems is difficult, yet crucial for fostering mitigation and adaptation strategies. …”
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