The Present Status of the Agriculture Sector Towards Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka: A Review of Existing Policies and Suggestions for Improvements by S.D. Dilini Rathnachandra

“…Thus, pick-up orders at stations, usage of proper storage facilities to avoid post-harvest losses during long-distance transportation, formulating and implementing regulations for the development of the export market of GAP products, organising extension programs and training to disseminate the latest information to enhance farmers' adoption to GAP farming, encouraging field experts to gain international training opportunities, introducing proper control mechanisms to protect the local market, conducting research and development activities, and enhancing links between GAP farmers and other supply chain components to maintain a strong certification system for their products may lead to achieving sustainable agriculture development in Sri Lanka.…”
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Association between ZFHX3 and PRRX1 Polymorphisms and Atrial Fibrillation Susceptibility from Meta-Analysis by Liting Wu, Min Chu, Wenfang Zhuang

“…We found that the ZFHX3 rs2106261 polymorphism increased AF risk in Asians (for example, allelic contrast: OR [95% CI]: 1.39 [1.31–1.47], P<0.001). Similarly, strong associations were detected through stratified analysis using source of control and genotype methods (for example, allelic contrast: OR [95% CI]: 1.51 [1.38–1.64], P<0.001 for HB; OR [95% CI]: 1.31 [1.21–1.41], P<0.001 for PB; OR [95% CI]: 1.55 [1.33–1.80], P<0.001 for TaqMan; and OR [95% CI]: 1.31 [1.21–1.41], P<0.001 for high-resolution melt). …”
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Cross-Modal Augmented Transformer for Automated Medical Report Generation by Yuhao Tang, Ye Yuan, Fei Tao, Minghao Tang

“…Despite achieving some advancements, these methodologies encounter two primary challenges. First, the strong noise in blurred medical images always hinders the model of capturing the lesion region. …”
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Association of MTHFD1 G1958A (rs2236225) gene polymorphism with the risk of congenital heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kang Yi, Shao-E He, Tao Guo, Zi-Qiang Wang, Xin Zhang, Jian-Guo Xu, Hao-Yue Zhang, Wei-Guo Liu, Tao You

“…The maternal MTHFD1-G1958A polymorphism has a strong correlation with the risk of CHD, and there are racial differences in this correlation. …”
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Hipertensión arterial: Recomendaciones básicas para la prevención, detección, evaluación y tratamiento by Pedro Ovidio Orduñez García, Yanelis La Rosa Linares, Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito, Frank C. Álvarez Li

“…Furthermore, since they are in Medicine Schools, doctors are everyday more familiar with strong scientific evidence supporting that this disease / risk factor (RF) can be prevented, early detected, successfully treated and effectively controlled. …”
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Empagliflozin-Metformin Combination Has Antioxidative and Anti-Inflammatory Properties that Correlate with Vascular Protection in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes by Miodrag Janić, Matej Cankar, Jan Šmid, Alenka France Štiglic, Aleš Jerin, Mišo Šabovič, Andrej Janež, Mojca Lunder

“…Empagliflozin-metformin combination has strong antioxidative and anti-inflammatory capacity, in adults with type 1 diabetes that is greater than that for the individual drugs. …”
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Human exploitation of adult horseshoe crab and public awareness campaign in Hong Kong SAR, China by Pui Yi Tang, Hei Wut Fong, Shan Yee Lee, Wing Tung Chang, Lee Yan Pang, Tin Yan Hui, Kelvin Jun Yin So

“…Among the 12 religious organisations surveyed, 30 % of the respondents still conducted mercy release activities in Hong Kong. Some strongly disagreed with the need for government interventions on mercy release and were not willing to accept alternative official approaches. …”
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Trajectories of systemic immune inflammation index and mortality risk in patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: a retrospective cohort study by Zhiyong Tang, Zhiyong Tang, Canlin Liao, Zerui Zhuang, Zhennan Xu, Mingfa Liu, Haixiong Xu

“…BackgroundSome studies have shown a strong link between the central nervous system and peripheral immune system, but the prognostic implications of dynamic peripheral immune-inflammatory responses in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) remain unclear. …”
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A novel approach to digital characterisation of Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in colorectal cancer by Luis Munoz-Erazo, Luis Munoz-Erazo, Saem Mul Park, Saem Mul Park, Shelly Lin, Shelly Lin, Chun-Jen J. Chen, Chun-Jen J. Chen, Lisa Y. Y. Zhou, Lisa Y. Y. Zhou, Janet L. Rhodes, Janet L. Rhodes, Taesung Jeon, Sonya Fenton, John L. McCall, Roslyn A. Kemp, Roslyn A. Kemp, P. Rod Dunbar, P. Rod Dunbar

“…The whole-slide approach proved simpler, generating digital summaries that readily identified patients with strikingly different levels of immune activity within their TLS. Strong correlations were observed between the proliferation of B-cells and T-cell subsets. …”
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High-dependency unit care after carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic stenosis by Beatriz Guimarães, Andreia Coelho, Marina Dias-Neto, Ricardo Castro-Ferreira, João Peixoto, Luís Fernandes, Roberto Boal, Marta Machado, Francisco Basílio, Patrícia Carvalho, Armando Mansilha, Alexandra Canedo

“…Receiver operator characteristic curve analysis of predictive factors revealed that intraoperative maximum MAP had a strong correlation with the CO (area under the curve – AUC – 0.739, p=0.017). …”
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A Nomogram Built on Clinical Factors and CT Attenuation Scores for Predicting Treatment Response of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients by Linna Liu, Wenzheng Lu, Li Xiong, Han Qi, Robert Peter Gale, Bin Yin

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: The nomogram, which incorporates Hb, Plt, and CT attenuation scores, provides valuable insights into predicting treatment response in AML patients. This model offers strong discriminatory ability and could enhance personalized treatment planning and prognosis prediction for AML.…”
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Integrating a quality improvement experiential platform into medical student education by Amy S. Stanley, René M. Kronlage, Miranda J. Reid, Hannah G. Rains, Colleen J. Kalynych, Michele N. Lossius, Janice A. Taylor, Carolyn K. Holland

“…This was shown through (1) a voluntary feedback survey that reported positive feedback from participants with 93% of respondents indicating they “strongly agreed” or “agreed” to positive perception questions; (2) significantly higher scores (p < 0.001) on the BASiC-QI Scale for project participants vs. non-participants; (3) the completion of 4.25 PDSA cycles per QI team; and (4) a 10.1% reduction in median patient time in clinic. …”
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Rare variants in previously identified linkage regions associated with carotid plaque in Dominican Republic families. by Nicole D Dueker, Ashley Beecham, Liyong Wang, Chuanhui Dong, Ralph L Sacco, Susan H Blanton, Tatjana Rundek

“…To identify additional non-synonymous RVs influencing plaque, we looked for co-segregation of RVs with plaque in each of the sequenced families. Our most strongly associated gene with evidence for replication was AMPD3 which showed suggestive association with plaque presence in the sequenced families (exonic RV p = 0.003, nonsynonymous RV p = 0.005) and replication families (exonic RV p = 0.04, nonsynonymous RV p = 0.02). …”
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An updated systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression of the factors associated with human visceral leishmaniasis in the Americas by Anna Gabryela Sousa Duarte, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Sarah de Farias Lelis, Thays Santos Mendonça, Daniela Dias Vasconcelos, Tiago Silveira Gontijo, Álisson Oliveira dos Santos, Lucas Edel Donato, Vinícius Silva Belo

“…Combination of all study types revealed that men had greater chances of VL than women, but the association was strong and significant only in case-control studies. …”
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Tapentadol Prolonged Release for Severe Chronic Osteoarthritis Pain in the Elderly—A Subgroup Analysis of Routine Clinical Practice Data by Andreas Schwittay, Melanie Sohns, Birgit Heckes, Christian Elling

“…The favorable tolerability profile in particular suggests tapentadol PR as a treatment option before classical strong opioids are considered.…”
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Effects of a 12-Week Skipping Exercise Program on Leg Endurance in Competitive Badminton Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Ririn Irena, Ardila Melati, Vlad Adrian Geanta, ⁠Ayu Mayzura Simbolon, Retha Foret

“…Secondary outcomes also reflected considerable advancements, including agility (d = 1.08-1.13), jump performance (d = 1.03-1.10), and on-court movement patterns (d = 1.07-1.16). Strong correlations were identified between leg endurance improvements and badminton-specific performance metrics (r = 0.65-0.73, p < 0.001). …”
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EVOLUTION OF CONFLICT STUDIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CONTEXT IN POST-SOVIET RUSSIA by A. I. Nikitin

“…On the eve of 1990s-2000s formation of theoretical systemic conflict studies as a discipline took place, and this discipline was already quite strongly interfaced with international and foreign conflict studies theory. …”
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Synergistic Antifungal Activity of Terbinafine in Combination with Light-Activated Gelatin–Silver Nanoparticles Against <i>Candida albicans</i> Strains by Atif Ullah, Fawad Ali, Farman Ullah, Sajid Khan Sadozai, Saeed Ahmed Khan, Sajid Hussain, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, Sajid Ali

“…Terbinafine demonstrated strong antifungal properties with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) values ranging from 2–4 µg/mL, whereas AgNPs on their own displayed moderate effectiveness. …”
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Free vibration analysis of aluminum foam metal sandwich panels: a comparative study between numerical and analytical modelling by Zahra Hamdan, Sadeq Bakhy, Muhsin Jweeg

“…The analytical model was validated using finite element analysis (FEA) conducted in ANSYS 2021 R1, allowing for a thorough comparison between numerical and analytical results. The results showed strong agreement between the numerical and theoretical analysis, especially at high foam densities. …”
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New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to assess killer whale (Orcinus orca) estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) transactivation potencies by DDTs and their risks by Dave Arthur R. Robledo, Takahito Kumagawa, Mari Ochiai, Hisato Iwata

“…The in vitro results revealed an estrogenic potency in the order of 17β-estradiol > o,p’-DDT > o,p’-DDE > o,p’-DDD > p,p’-DDD > p,p’-DDOH > p,p’-DDT > p,p’-DDE (no activity). Strong positive correlations were found between in vitro REC10 values and in silico docking scores, suggesting the structure-activity relationship of the estrogenic potencies of DDTs to kwERɑ. …”
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