Regional Soil Patterns as Indicators of Late Cenozoic Change in the Critical Zone: A Baseline Synthesis for the Landscapes of Peninsular India by Yanni Gunnell, Nicolas Durand, Shanti Pappu

“…Where still present, the relict Lixisol inliers straddle drainage divides and are in the final stages of being thinned or fully stripped by headward stream erosion. …”
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Data linkage of German statutory health insurance claims data and care needs assessments preceding a population-based cohort study on nursing home admission by Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Dominik Domhoff, Kathrin Seibert, Susanne Stiefler, Dirk Peschke

“…Records from two federal states could not be matched due to missing data. Linkage rates were lower where more people shared the same attributes. …”
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Statistical and graphical (GGE biplot) evaluation of the adaptive ability and stability of winter barley breeding lines by V. N. Gudzenko

“…The use of different sowing dates at the final stage of the winter barley breeding process is a simple but effective approach that allows a more detailed assessment of the adaptive potential of breeding lines in various growing conditions. …”
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An adjustable bio-sealing method for rock fracture leakage mitigation by Zhihao Dong, Xiaohua Pan, Chaosheng Tang, Chao Lv, Bin Shi

“…The RAM-based bio-sealing mechanism is attributed to the following four stages: (1) fixation of bacterial flocs onto the fracture surfaces, (2) precipitation of CaCO3 onto the fracture surfaces, (3) growth of pre-precipitated CaCO3 and adhesion of new-suspended CaCO3, and (4) bridging and clogging processes. …”
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General practitioner-centered rural obesity management: Design, protocol and baseline data of the German HAPpEN pragmatic trial by Marika Haderer, Reiner Hofmann, Tina Bartelmeß, Laura König, Constanze Betz, Mirna Al Masri, Alisa Bader, Natascha von Schau

“…Monthly consultations help set personalized goals using a multi-stage grading scale. Primary outcomes include BMI, body weight, waist circumference, heart rate, blood pressure and parameters, while secondary outcomes assess quality of life, wellbeing, health literacy, social interaction, and digital therapy support. …”
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Mathematical Modeling of Wax Deposition in Field-Scale Crude Oil Pipeline Systems by Francis Oketch Ochieng, Mathew Ngugi Kinyanjui, Jeconia Okelo Abonyo, Phineas Roy Kiogora

“…Deposit aging is rampant during the early stages of wax deposition, after which it stabilizes at a specific value as time elapses. …”
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Do Upper and Lower Camptocormias Affect Gait and Postural Control in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease? An Observational Cross-Sectional Study by Christian Geroin, Marialuisa Gandolfi, Isacco Maddalena, Nicola Smania, Michele Tinazzi

“…Patients with lower CC showed a higher H&Y stage (p=0.003), a worse PDQ8 (p=0.042), and a lower Mini-BESTest score (p=0.006) than patients with PD without CC. …”
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Intraocular Foreign Bodies: Clinical Characteristics and Factors Affecting Visual Outcome by Yanyan Liang, Shuang Liang, Xiaoli Liu, Danyan Liu, Jialiang Duan

“…Factors related to the development of endophthalmitis included lens capsule rupture, time of stage 1 repair surgery ≥ 24 h after trauma, removal of IOFBs ≥ 24 h after trauma, and nonadministration of intravitreal antibiotic injection. …”
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Simultaneous implementation for landfill leachate treatment and desulfurization and decarbonization of landfill gas purification by NIE Wenbo, CHEN Yi*

“…To investigate the efficiency and mechanism of treating landfill leachate by two-stage membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) in cooperation with desulfurization and decarbonization of landfill gas, we sequentially examined the removal efficiency of organic matter and nitrogen pollutants, as well as the conversion characteristics of H2S, CO2, and CH4 in landfill gas during the operation of pre-short-range nitrification MBfR and post - MBfR. …”
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Development and Testing of an Anxiety Model in Elementary School Students Based on Executive Functions and the Parent/Child Relationship: Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation by Salar Mohamadi Bolbanabad, Nooshin Taghinejad, Azita Amirfakhraei

“…The sample size consisted of 336 participants selected through multi-stage cluster random sampling, and they completed standard questionnaires including the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (2003), Barkley's Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale for Children and Adolescents (2012), Fine and colleagues' Parent-Child Relationship Scale (1983), and the Emotion Regulation Checklist for Children and Adolescents (2003). …”
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Peran Modal Sosial dalam Pengelolaan Badan Usaha Milik Desa Maju Bersama di Desa Sei Jawi-Jawi Kecamatan Sei Kepayang Barat Kabupaten Asahan by Zulpahmi Zulpahmi, Badaruddin Badaruddin, Humaizi Humaizi

“…The results showed that the formation of BUMDes Maju Bersama was carried out in 3 (three) stages, namely the pre-village deliberations, village deliberations and post-village deliberations. …”
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GPR176 Is a Biomarker for Predicting Prognosis and Immune Infiltration in Stomach Adenocarcinoma by Lin Ni, Shuming Chen, Jianyong Liu, He Li, Hu Zhao, Chunhua Zheng, Yawei Zhang, Hancong Huang, Junjie Huang, Bing Wang, Chengzhi Lin

“…Next, we investigated the relationship between GPR176 and clinical characteristics, and the results showed that the stage is closely related to the level of GPR176. …”
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Strengthening identification and characterization of causes of perinatal deaths in Kaski district of Nepal (Perinatal MITS Nepal) by Nuwadatta Subedi, Sunita Ranabhat, Sanjib Mani Regmi, Mukesh Mallik, Dela Singh, Shree Krishna Shrestha, Bandana Gurung, Arjun Bhattarai, Madan Prasad Baral, Sudhir Raman Parajuli, Ramchandra Bastola, Junu Shrestha, Sahisnuta Basnet, Eva Gauchan, Sabita Paudel

“…All the perinatal deaths reported in the study sites will be enrolled in the first stage of the study. Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS) will be conducted among the consenting cases of perinatal deaths to retrieve relevant tissue samples and specimens. …”
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The Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry Quality of Life Study: Protocol for a population-based assessment of quality of life among people with a Fontan circulation, their pa... by Daniel S J Costa, Kim Dalziel, Yves d’Udekem, David S Winlaw, David S Celermajer, Nadine A Kasparian, Diana Zannino, Rachel Bishop, Kate H Marshall, Susan R Woolfenden, Gary F Sholler

“…A novel, online research platform is used to distribute personalised assessments tailored to participant age and developmental stage. A suite of validated psychometric self-report and parent-proxy report instruments capture potential correlates and predictors of QOL, including symptoms of psychological distress, personality attributes, coping and cognitive appraisals, family functioning, healthcare experiences and costs, access to emotional support and socioeconomic factors. …”
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Self-Assessment of Medical Ethics and Professionalism: Comparison Between Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students by Saima Naz Shaikh, Uzair Abbas, Tazeen Shah, Arsalan Ahmad Uqaili, Hudebia Allah Buksh, Mehreen Fatima

“…CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that knowledge and practice of certain elements of ethics and professionalism are enhanced through clinical exposure, however, few remain consistent across different stages of study. Moreover, lack of significant differences in practice of professionalism based on ethnic differences underscores the potential universal standards in medical education.…”
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Domestication of different varieties in the cheese-making fungus Geotrichum candidum by Bennetot, Bastien, Vernadet, Jean-Philippe, Perkins, Vincent, Hautefeuille, Sophie, Rodríguez de la Vega, Ricardo C., O’Donnell, Samuel, Snirc, Alodie, Grondin, Cécile, Lessard, Marie-Hélène, Peron, Anne-Claire, Labrie, Steve, Landaud, Sophie, Giraud, Tatiana, Ropars, Jeanne

“…Another of the cheese populations seemed to represent a more advanced stage of domestication, with stronger phenotypic differentiation from the wild clade, harboring much lower genetic diversity, and phenotypes more typical of cheese fungi, with denser and fluffier colonies and a greater ability of excluding cheese spoiler fungi. …”
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The role of Latin America medicinal plants in wound healing by Mariana Sánchez-Ramos, Andrea Ruiz-Betancourt, Stephany Abigail Tadeo-Cuenca, Angélica Román-Guerrero, María Crystal Columba-Palomares, Araceli Guerrero-Alonso, Antonio Bernabé-Antonio, Deyanira Ojeda-Ramírez, Francisco Cruz-Sosa

“…At a biological level, wound healing involves a complex mechanism in which the immune system and cellular biochemical cascades intervene in a coordinated manner, whose development occurs in stages such as inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. …”
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Crayfish optimization based pixel selection using block scrambling based encryption for secure cloud computing environment by Vikas K. Soman, V. Natarajan

“…Our key contribution lies in the development of a three-stage process that optimally selects pixels for steganography, encodes secret images using Block Scrambling Based Encryption, and embeds them in cover images. …”
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An association of intimate partner violence during the antenatal period with birth outcome: A longitudinal study by Arvind Sharma, Sunita Patel, Anant Kumar Lilhare, Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Jagmohan Singh Dhakar

“…Therefore, protection against IPV component should be implemented in various maternal and child programs for the betterment of maternal and fetal health from an early stage.…”
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Mitochondrial-ER Contact Sites and Tethers Influence the Biosynthesis and Function of Coenzyme Q by Noelle Alexa Novales, Hadar Meyer, Yeynit Asraf, Maya Schuldiner, Catherine F. Clarke

“…In Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast), CoQ biosynthesis occurs exclusively in the mitochondrial matrix via a large protein-lipid complex, the CoQ synthome, comprised of CoQ itself, late-stage CoQ-intermediates, and the polypeptides Coq3-Coq9 and Coq11. …”
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