Saturation of biological diversity and human activity by Michał Latawiec

“…Human beings constantly interfere with nature by means of their activity. …”
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Coloration in a Praying Mantis: Color Change, Sexual Color Dimorphism, and Possible Camouflage Strategies by Leah Y. Rosenheim, Jay A. Rosenheim, Michael R. Maxwell

“…Additionally, we tested whether adult mantids (i) employ behavioral background choice, (ii) exhibit sexual color dimorphism, and (iii) differ in mobility in the field. …”
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Oryzalin-induced polyploidy in Vanda limbata (Blume): Phenotypic assessment by Murni Dwiati, Wahyu Nur Hasam, Agus Hery Susanto

“…Enhancing plant vigor is essential to increase its potential as an ornamental plant, with one promising approach being induced polyploidy using chemical mutagens such as oryzalin. …”
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Identification of the sex determination region and the development of a marker to distinguish males and females in megai abalone (Haliotis gigantea) by Taito Kina, Motoyuki Hara, Shotaro Hirase, Kiyoshi Kikuchi

“…By calculating the fixation index value between 10 females and 10 males, we identified a genomic region spanning approximately 2 Mb that exhibited nucleotide sequence divergence between the sexes on chromosome 18. …”
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Teoria da complexidade e racionalidade ambiental: um estudo bibliométrico acerca dos estudos de Leff e Morin by Priscila Cembranel

“…We tried to identify publications between the periods of 2008-2012 approaching the themes in sociology and management to develop the relationship between the theories of complexity and environmental rationality. …”
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OmoiwsiV Qew PROBLEMOS RABINISTINIAME IRHELENISTINIAME JUDAIZME by Kristina Gudelytė

“…Keywords: assimilation to God, God, being, theocentrism, transcendence. …”
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Femoral neck system (FNS) versus 4 cannulated compression screws (CCSs) in the treatment of young patients with Pauwels type III femoral neck fracture: a retrospective comparative... by Yang Gao, Tianle Ma, Xiaohu Chang, Peng Jia, Xiaoteng Li, Xin Tang

“…Various demographic and clinical variables, including age, gender, fracture side, mechanism of injury, Garden classification, and time interval between injury and surgery, were collected. Comparisons were made between the two groups regarding operative duration, intraoperative blood loss, length of hospital stay, hospitalization expenses, time to fracture healing, and Harris hip score at one year post-surgery. …”
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Nomogram for predicting postoperative ileus after radical cystectomy and urinary diversion: a retrospective single-center study by Xiaoyu Sun, Chang Liu, Changwen Zhang, Zhihong Zhang

“…Validation by calibration curves, concordance index, and decision curve analysis showed a strong correlation between predicted and actual probabilities of occurrence.Conclusion Our nomogram prediction model provides surgeons with a simple tool to predict the incidence of postoperative ileus in bladder cancer patients undergoing radical cystectomy.…”
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Bleeding Complication of Triple Therapy of Rivaroxaban, Prasugrel, and Aspirin: A Case Report and General Discussion by Dane D. Gruenebaum, Ahmad Alsarah, Osama Alsara, Heather Laird-Fick

“…This report describes a patient with atrial fibrillation and recent stent placement who developed severe, recurrent epistaxis on aspirin, prosugrel, and rivaroxaban. We believe this is the first case report of severe bleeding with this combination, and it may help provide insights into the risk for other patients.…”
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Characterization of Meteorological Drought Using Monte Carlo Feature Selection and Steady-State Probabilities by Rizwan Niaz, Fahad Tanveer, Mohammed M. A. Almazah, Ijaz Hussain, Soliman Alkhatib, A.Y. Al-Razami

“…The outcomes associated with the RCAMD provide a comprehensive regional assessment of meteorological drought and become the initial source for bringing more considerations to drought monitoring and early warning systems.…”
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Gender differences in the recognition of emotional faces: are men less efficient? by Ana Ruiz-Ibáñez, José T. Boyano

“…Furthermore, a significant negative correlation between the time used and the efficiency when doing the task was found in the male group. …”
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Field Measurement of PV Array Temperature for Tracking and Concentrating 1 k Wp Generators Installed in Malaysia by M. Effendy Ya’acob, H. Hizam, M. Amran M. Radzi, M. Z. A. A. Kadir

“…The location of measuring the cell temperature, Tc for the PV module is still being debated by researchers with the issue of how much the cell temperature (Tc) is being affected by the surface temperature (Ts), bottom temperature (Tb), and surrounding temperature (Ta) furthermore when it is located in fluctuating weather conditions. …”
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Analysis of Multitasking Evolutionary Algorithms under the Order of Solution Variables by Lei Wang, Qian Sun, Qingzheng Xu, Wei Li, Qiaoyong Jiang

“…Furthermore, tasks with high similarity and high degree of intersection are sensitive to the order of variables and get great impact between tasks.…”
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Sympathetic Nervous Regulation in Patients with Cirrhosis: Pathogenesis of Fluid Retention and Formation of Ascites by Jens H Henriksen, Helmer Ring-Larsen, Niels Juel Christensen

“…An increased spillover of noradrenaline has recently been demonstrated in the splanchnic system and superior portosystemic collaterals. …”
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Effect of soil type and vermicompost applications on tomato growth by Marc A. Zucco, S. Alan Walters, She-Kong Chong, Brian P. Klubek, Joseph G. Masabni

“…Although there have been many studies on the benefits of VC as a fertilizer source, little research has focused on the effects and/or interactions of soil type and VC application rates on vegetable crop productivity. …”
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Jianpi Yiqi Busui prescription alleviates myasthenia gravis by regulating Th17 through the TAK1/P38 MAPK/eIF-4E signaling pathway by Zhuming Chen, Jing Lu, Tianying Chang, Dongmei Zhang, Yibin Zhang, Miao Liu, Tong Wu, Peng Xv, Jian Wang

“…Western blot and immunofluorescence staining were used to detect the expression levels of key proteins and their phosphorylated forms, such as transforming growth factor beta-activated kinase 1 (TAK1), P38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (P38 MAPK), and eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF-4E). …”
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Diagnostic Value of CD25, CD69, and CD134 on Tuberculosis-Specific Antigen-Stimulated CD4+ T Cells for Tuberculous Pleurisy by Hanlu Shi, Liping Yang, Fujie Zhang, Yu Zhou, Yonglie Zhou

“…In addition, the expression of CD25+CD134+ in PB and PF was the best values for differential diagnosis of TP and NTP, with AUCs of 0.87 (95% CI, 0.77–0.96) and 0.95 (95% CI, 0.90–1.00), respectively. …”
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Person re-identification using mid-level features with vertical global appearance constraint by Yadong WANG, Rong ZHANG, Huihui JIANG, Lijun GUO

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Fungal Dimorphism and Virulence: Molecular Mechanisms for Temperature Adaptation, Immune Evasion, and In Vivo Survival by Gregory M. Gauthier

“…The thermally dimorphic fungi are a unique group of fungi within the Ascomycota phylum that respond to shifts in temperature by converting between hyphae (22–25°C) and yeast (37°C). This morphologic switch, known as the phase transition, defines the biology and lifestyle of these fungi. …”
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An Inconvenient Past of World War II in the Historical Policy of the Republic of Croatia by A. M. Ponamareva

“…Historical research has always, to one degree or another, been used for political expediency, during the periods of war and intense social and political upheaval transforming into the ‘heavy artillery’ of the state propaganda. …”
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