A truncated pre-F protein mRNA vaccine elicits an enhanced immune response and protection against respiratory syncytial virus by Min Lin, Yifan Yin, Xiaomeng Zhao, Chen Wang, Xueqing Zhu, Letao Zhan, Li Chen, Siling Wang, Xue Lin, Jun Zhang, Ningshao Xia, Zizheng Zheng

“…Female cotton rats immunized with LC2DM-LNP demonstrated strong immunity to RSV, without signs of vaccine-enhanced respiratory disease (VERD), even in cases of breakthrough infection. …”
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Root exudates regulate soil antibiotic resistance genes via rhizosphere microbes under long-term fertilization by Xiujing Guan, Yuhui Li, Yanying Yang, Zihua Liu, Rongguang Shi, Yan Xu

“…The results showed that the ARGs abundance in rhizosphere soil was lower than that in bulk soil under long-term fertilization, and ARGs abundance exhibited a decrease and then remained stable in rhizosphere soil over time. There was a strong association between host bacteria and dominant ARGs (p < 0.05). …”
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Fungi with potential probiotic properties isolated from Fuzhuan brick tea by Xin Wang, Yuanyuan Cui, Chaowei Sang, Bin Wang, Yirong Yuan, Lin Liu, Yahong Yuan, Tianli Yue

“…Of the 6 strains with strong bacteriostatic effects, we eliminated Eurotium cristatum S-9 due to its low hydrophobicity of (26.12 ± 0.35)%. …”
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Solving Fractional-Order Diffusion Equations in a Plasma and Fluids via a Novel Transform by Pongsakorn Sunthrayuth, Haifa A. Alyousef, S. A. El-Tantawy, Adnan Khan, Noorolhuda Wyal

“…To show the reliability of the proposed method, we present some graphical representations of the exact and analytical results, which are in strong agreement with each other. The results we showed through graphs and tables for different fractional-order confirm that the results converge towards exact solution as the fractional-order tends towards integer-order. …”
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Correlation between Retinal Changes and Visual Function in Late-Stage Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study by Min Zhou, Chunhui Jiang, Ruiping Gu, Zhongcui Sun, Nancy Huynh, Qing Chang

“…The OCT findings are strongly correlated with macular function, as well as other clinical findings in late-stage VKH. …”
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The Effect of Hydraulic Coupling on Mechanical Deformation Characteristics of Shallow Coal Seam in Western Mining Area by Chunwei Ling, Xiaoshan Shi, Hao Wang, Kangning Zhang, Qingshan Ren, Yinghua Lv

“…For high-intensity mining with shallow coal seam and large mining and strong strata behavior in stope, the hydraulic support is often damaged. …”
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Measurements of Epidural Space Depth Using Preexisting CT Scans Correlate with Loss of Resistance Depth during Thoracic Epidural Catheter Placement by Nathaniel H. Greene, Benjamin G. Cobb, Ken F. Linnau, Christopher D. Kent

“…Results. There was a strong association between CT measurement and loss of resistance depth (P<0.0001); the presence of morbid obesity (BMI>35) changed this relationship (P=0.007). …”
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Phenotypic analysis of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench] genotypes for drought responsive traits by Atnafu Kebede, Geleta Dugassa Barka, Mulugeta Kebede, Temesgen Matiwos Menamo, Taye Tadesse

“…Highly significant (p < .001) variations were observed for all traits considered, with strong and positive correlations among root-related traits at p < .001 (r = 0.76–0.99) and shoot traits at p < .001 (r = 0.27–0.98). …”
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Chemical Constituent and Antioxidant Activity of Clove (Syzygium aromaticum) Bud and Leaf Essential Oils from Bali by I Wayan Muderawan, Pande Putu Diah Suci Laksmi, I Wayan Mudianta, Ni Wayan Martiningsih

“…The clove essential oil and its main component show strong antioxidant activity. The antioxidant activity of CBEO, CLEO, and eugenol is 22.58, 29.19, and 17.53 μg/mL, respectively. …”
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“Why should I?” by Anouk Broersma, Carel Jansen

“…The students’ belief that their parents would approve of their going for HCT proved to be a strong and positive predictor of their perceived norm. …”
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Metacognitive strategies and critical thinking in elevating EFL argumentative writing proficiency: Practical insights by Noldy Pelenkahu, Muhammad Ilham Ali, Devilito Prasetyo Tatipang, Ceisy Nita Wuntu, Olga Anneke Rorintulus

“…During the previous cycle, the students showed strong skills in stating their goals and identifying their planned actions. …”
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The Application of KNN Algorithm in Optimizing Urban Land Use with an Emphasis on Earthquake Risk, Case study: Sanandaj City by Shahrivar rostaei, Rahim heydari chyaneh, ayoub zoghi

“…Securing cities against earthquakes will not be achieved only by creating strong structures, and we must take steps to reduce urban vulnerability through optimizing urban land use. …”
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Coalescence of multiple topological orders in quasi-one-dimensional bismuth halide chains by Jingyuan Zhong, Ming Yang, Wenxuan Zhao, Kaiyi Zhai, Xuan Zhen, Lifu Zhang, Dan Mu, Yundan Liu, Zhijian Shi, Ningyan Cheng, Wei Zhou, Jianfeng Wang, Weichang Hao, Zhenpeng Hu, Jincheng Zhuang, Jinhu Lü, Yi Du

“…According to the unique bulk-boundary correspondence in topological matter, we unveil a composite topological phase, the coexistence of a strong topological phase and a high-order topological phase, evoked by the band inversion associated with topological phase transition in this system. …”
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Appraisal of Total Phenol, Flavonoid Contents, and Antioxidant Potential of Folkloric Lannea coromandelica Using In Vitro and In Vivo Assays by Tekeshwar Kumar, Vishal Jain

“…The results showed that extract and fractions possessed strong antioxidant activity in vitro and among them, EAF had the strongest antioxidant activity. …”
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BREAKING GENDER STEREOTYPES: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION by Joy Amarachi Ofordi, Babatunde Joseph Ayodele

“…Women are sometimes referred to, as the weaker sex because they are more easily subjugated by strong, physically dominant men who are also able to support their family. …”
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N2 influences on CH4 accumulation and displacement in shale by molecular dynamics by Jiawei Li, Yue Lang, Binhui Li, Yong Liu, Zhejun Pan, Sheikh S. Rahman

“…In equilibrium MD simulation processes, including the N2 from outside and inner kerogen matrix, keeping the gas ratio of 1:3 for CH4 and N2, the displacement is 52.4% and 65.3%, respectively, which suggests that CH4 cannot be entirely displaced by surrounding N2 particles, owing to the strong interaction between CH4 and the kerogen matrix. …”
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Effect of Periodontal Therapy on Crevicular Fluid Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-8 Levels in Chronic Periodontitis by Paschalina Goutoudi, Evdoxia Diza, Malamatenia Arvanitidou

“…The data suggest that periodontal therapy reduced the levels of IL-8 in GCF. However, a strong relationship between IL-6, IL-8 amounts in GCF and periodontal destruction and inflammation was not found.…”
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Analysis of Aerosol Type and Fine- and Coarse-mode Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing over Regions in East and Southeast Asia Based on AERONET Version 3 Data by Jianyu Lin, Xinyong Shen, Lizhu Xing, Huizheng Che, B. N. Holben

“…., purely dust, dust-dominated, pollution-dominated, non-absorbing [NA], weakly absorbing [WA], moderately absorbing [MA] and strongly absorbing [SA]) in order to assess the spatial and temporal distributions of their constituents and the radiative effects of their fine- and coarse-mode particles. …”
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Pentraxin 3 Is a Predictor for Fibrosis and Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Kadir Ozturk, Omer Kurt, Tolga Dogan, Alptug Ozen, Hakan Demirci, Fatih Yesildal, Murat Kantarcioglu, Turker Turker, Ahmet Kerem Guler, Yıldırım Karslioglu, Battal Altun, Ahmet Uygun, Sait Bagci

“…PTX3 levels in NAFLD patients with fibrosis were higher than both NAFLD patients without fibrosis and controls (P=0.032 and P=0.028, respectively), but there was no difference between controls and NAFLD patients without fibrosis in terms of PTX3 levels (P=0.903). PTX3 levels were strongly correlated with cf-PWV (r=0.359, P=0.003), whereas no significant correlation was found with other atherosclerosis markers, CIMT and FMD. …”
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Claudin-4 Undergoes Age-Dependent Change in Cellular Localization on Pig Jejunal Villous Epithelial Cells, Independent of Bacterial Colonization by J. Alex Pasternak, Coral Kent-Dennis, Andrew G. Van Kessel, Heather L. Wilson

“…Immunohistochemical analysis showed that Claudin-5 localized to blood vessel endothelial cells. Claudin-4 was strongly localized to the apical aspect of jejunal epithelial cells for the first 2 days of life after which it was redistributed to the lateral surface between adjacent enterocytes. …”
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