Genetic transformation of Primula sieboldii using Agrobacterium rhizogenes and whole-plant regeneration from transgenic hairy roots by Karol Gad, Cuong Nguyen Huu, Sylvia Plaschil, Christian Kappel, Michael Lenhard

“…Morren is a widely cultivated ornamental plant with horticultural and pharmacological value. However, the lack of a developed transformation system has limited genetic studies and biotechnological applications of this species. …”
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Automated dynamic phenotyping of whole oilseed rape (Brassica napus) plants from images collected under controlled conditions by Evangeline Corcoran, Kasra Hosseini, Kasra Hosseini, Laura Siles, Smita Kurup, Sebastian Ahnert, Sebastian Ahnert

“…However, automated methods capable of reliably and efficiently extracting meaningful measurements of individual plant components (e.g. leaves, flowers, pods) from imagery of whole plants are currently lacking. In this study, we explore interdisciplinary application of MapReader, a computer vision pipeline for annotating and classifying patches of larger images that was originally developed for semantic exploration of historical maps, to time-series images of whole oilseed rape (Brassica napus) plants.MethodsModels were trained to classify five plant structures in patches derived from whole plant images (branches, leaves, pods, flower buds and flowers), as well as background patches. …”
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The impact of integrated genomic surveillance on non-typhoidal Salmonella infection in Australia: an ecological studyResearch in context by Son Nghiem, Nhung Mai, My Tran, Danielle M. Cribb, Liliana Bulfone, Patiyan Andersson, Alireza Zahedi, Tuyet Hoang, Tehzeeb Zulfiqar, Angeline Ferdinand, Katie Glass, Martyn D. Kirk, Vitali Sintchenko, Amy V. Jennison, Benjamin P. Howden, Emily Lancsar

“…Summary: Background: Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) is a powerful technology for monitoring and detecting outbreaks of infectious pathogens, including non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS). …”
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Statues as a source of new epistemology (the case of Michel Serres) by Katarzyna Trzeciak

“…Sculpture understood in the broad sense, as Serres proposes in Statues: The Second Book of Foundations, enables him to trace a whole array of concepts in western thought, and to make the statue itself a model of new cognition, extending beyond binary oppositions and open to unpredictability and a lack of continuity. …”
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A response to Jindra, Jindra, and DeGenero’s “Contrasts in Religion, Community, and Structure at Three Homeless Shelters: Changing Lives” by Erin Dej

“…Here, I suggest that binary thinking around 'structural' and 'individual' causes of homelessness, methodological challenges, missing clarity on what amounts to 'success,’ and a lack of sensitivity to the narratives and experiences of people who are homeless does not advance the scholarship on homelessness. …”
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Complex Structures of Intermetallic Compounds Interpreted as Intergrowth of Segments of Simple Structures by Erwin Parthé, Bernard A. Chabot, Karin Cenzual

“… By the end of 1982 more than 2000 structure types were known for intermetallic compounds (elements, binary and multicomponent alloys) according to «Pearson’s Handbook of Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases». …”
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The Relationship between Health Literacy and Online Health Information Search among Caregivers of Pediatric Oncology Children by SU Jun, WANG Jiamin, SUN Xiaojie

“…The level of health literacy of caregivers of pediatric oncology patients not only affects their ability to search for health information on the Internet, but also has an impact on the health outcomes of patients. There is a lack of study exploring the relationship between health literacy and online health information search among caregivers of pediatric oncology patients. …”
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Unveiling key pathomic features for automated diagnosis and Gleason grade estimation in prostate cancer by Valentina Brancato, Mario Verdicchio, Carlo Cavaliere, Francesco Isgrò, Marco Salvatore, Marco Aiello

“…Methods Utilizing a dataset of 187 annotated H&E-stained whole-slide images, the study explores three magnification levels, extracting 1971 features per tile. …”
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A combination of urinary biomarker panel and PancRISK score for earlier detection of pancreatic cancer: A case-control study. by Silvana Debernardi, Harrison O'Brien, Asma S Algahmdi, Nuria Malats, Grant D Stewart, Marija Plješa-Ercegovac, Eithne Costello, William Greenhalf, Amina Saad, Rhiannon Roberts, Alexander Ney, Stephen P Pereira, Hemant M Kocher, Stephen Duffy, Oleg Blyuss, Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic

“…Training and validation datasets for controls and PDAC samples were obtained after random division of the whole available dataset in a 1:1 ratio. The substitution of REG1A with REG1B enhanced the performance of the panel to detect resectable PDAC. …”
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Complementary probes of warped extra dimension: colliders, gravitational waves and primordial black holes from phase transitions by Anish Ghoshal, Eugenio Megías, Germano Nardini, Mariano Quirós

“…These PBHs can compensate the lack of natural candidates for dark matter in warped extra dimensional models. …”
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Did dingo control cause the elimination of kowaris through mesopredator release effects? A response to Wallach and O'Neill (2009) by B. L. Allen

“…For example: - The 'index of abundance' was calculated by multiplying a continuous measure (tracks/transect/night) with a binary measure (presence/absence of tracks on 2 ha plots). …”
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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…Time period 2014–18. Participants Whole population in study area. Main outcome measures Cardiovascular disease hospitalisations and mortality. …”
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Increase in colonic propionate as a method of preventing weight gain in adults aged 20–40 years: iPREVENT, a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, parallel-group trial by Gary Frost, Joana C Vasconcelos, Jennifer E Pugh, Aisha Anjum, Katerina Petropoulou, George Thom, Louise McCombie, Martina Tashkova, Sumayya Alshehhi, Daphne Babalis, Leah Holroyd, Christina Prechtl, Tom Preston, Mike J Lean, Waljit Dhillo, A Toby Prevost, and Douglas Morrison

“…The substudy objectives were to assess the mechanisms by which IPE affects: Energy balance by measuring whole-body energy expenditure, hepatic lipid metabolism and whole-body lipid oxidation. …”
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