Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mitigate cadmium stress in maize by Qiqiang Kuang, Yujie Wu, Yamin Gao, Tingting An, Shuo Liu, Liyan Liang, Bingcheng Xu, Suiqi Zhang, Min Yu, Sergey Shabala, Yinglong Chen

“…To elucidate the tolerance mechanisms of maize in response to Cd toxicity under AM symbiosis, this study used two maize genotypes with contrasting Cd tolerance: Zhengdan958 (Cd-tolerant) and Zhongke11 (Cd-sensitive). …”
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GmERF57 negatively regulates root development and phosphate absorption in soybean by Hongqing Zhu, Dandan Hu, Yifei Yang, Xuhao Zhai, Shanshan Zhang, Mengshi He, Huifang Zuo, Lina Zhang, Mengjun Xu, Shanshan Chu, Haiyan Lü, Hengyou Zhang, Yu Zhang, Dan Zhang

“…Silencing GmERF57 expression promoted root development and enhanced plant Pi uptake; conversely, overexpression of GmERF57 yielded contrasting phenotypes compared to silenced roots. We further uncovered that GmERF57 physically interacts with GmTUB1 (β-tubulin protein) and modulates soybean root architecture and Pi uptake capacity by downregulating GmTUB1 and other Pi starvation response genes. …”
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Study on the Role and Pathological and Immune Responses of Silver Nanoparticles Against Two <i>Aeromonas salmonicida</i> subsp. <i>salmonicida</i> Strains at Different Virulence Le... by Yunqiang Guo, Chaoli Zheng, Yingfei Wang, Yongji Dang, Ruiyuan Li, Ye Tao, Yucheng Yang, Xiaofeng Sun, Zekun Song, Pengcheng Sun, Qian Zhang, Dandan Qian, Wenhao Ren, Xiyu Cao, Bowen Wang, Mengxi Xu, Bingyang Jiang, Yujing Li, Qing Sun, Jinye Wang, Lei Zheng, Yanling Sun

“…Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activities of commercialized AgNPs (range of sizes 10–12 nm) on two contrasting <i>A</i>. <i>salmonicida</i> strains (I-1 and I-4), isolated from rainbow trout; the antibacterial mechanism, histopathological alterations and the expression of immune-related genes were investigated. …”
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Does bladder outflow obstruction obfuscate the traditional clinical factors that are used to assess the risk of prostate cancer at rapid‐access diagnostic clinics? by Thomas Philip Cahill, Samuel Joseph Withey, Steve Hazell, Declan Cahill, Netty Kinsella

“…Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed age, PSA density, an abnormal digital rectal examination and scoring PI‐RADS 4–5 on magnetic resonance imaging were all significantly associated with csPCa in the non‐obstructed cohort (p < 0.05). Contrastingly, only symptom severity and scoring PI‐RADS 5 were significantly associated with csPCa for the obstructed patients (p < 0.05). …”
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Transcriptomic signatures of severe acute mountain sickness during rapid ascent to 4,300 m by Ruoting Yang, Aarti Gautam, Rasha Hammamieh, Robert C. Roach, Beth A. Beidleman

“…The cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) pathway exhibited contrasting regulatory patterns at SL and HA, reflecting potential adaptation mechanisms to hypoxic conditions. …”
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Flexor-Pronator Mass Training Exercises Selectively Activate Forearm Musculature by Takumi Fukunaga, Connor Fedge, Timothy Tyler, Michael Mullaney, Brandon Schmitt, Karl Orishimo, Malachy McHugh, Stephen Nicholas

“…After measurement of maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) for each muscle, subjects performed wrist ulnar deviation and forearm pronation exercises using elastic band resistance. …”
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Prediction of Climate Change Impacts on the Distribution of an Umbrella Species in Western Sichuan Province, China: Insights from the MaxEnt Model and Circuit Theory by Xiaoyun Deng, Qiaoyun Sun

“…In the most extreme RCP 8.5 scenario, southern dispersal paths nearly disappeared, and the dispersal paths contracted towards the northwest. These findings highlight potential threats posed by climate change to the species’ habitats and dispersal corridors, emphasizing the importance of considering both current and future climate change in conservation strategies to protect this vulnerable species and its ecosystem.…”
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The evolution of primate vocal communication: a social route by Alban Lemasson, Camille Coye, Nancy Rebout, Florence Levréro

“…Secondly, we compared the acoustic structures in macaques belonging to four species with contrasting social styles. We found that tolerant (Tonkean and crested) macaques displayed higher levels of vocal diversity (number of vocal units) and flexibility (degree of gradation) than intolerant (Japanese and rhesus) macaques in agonistic and affiliative (but not neutral) contexts. …”
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Turismo en Mallorca by Macià Blázquez Salom

“…Geography can help inform this political debate on the transformation of the system of production, consumption and social relations oriented towards a necessary contraction and convergence of the metabolic flow per capita, for the improvement of human welfare and by redistributive, egalitarian and consensual methods. …”
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Evaluating a system-wide, safety investigation in healthcare course in Norway: a qualitative study by Carl Macrae, Siri Wiig, Veslemøy Guise, Cecilie Haraldseid-Driftland, Lene Schibevaag, Janne Gro Alsvik, Adriana Rosenberg

“…Course participation contributed to create reflexive spaces for the participants and generated new knowledge about the need for a broad range of investigatory tools and approaches. This contrasted with the initial aspiration among the participants to have a recipe for how to conduct safety investigations.Conclusions Course participation contributed to a common language among a highly multidisciplinary group of safety investigators and supported building a culture of collaborative learning. …”
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Efficacy of Patellar Taping and Electromyographic Biofeedback Training at Various Knee Angles on Quadriceps Strength and Functional Performance in Young Adult Male Athletes with Pa... by Shahnaz Hasan, Asma Alonazi, Shahnawaz Anwer, Azfar Jamal, Suhel Parvez, Faiz Abdulaziz Saleh Alfaiz, Heng Li

“…The experimental group (n = 30) received patellar taping and EMG-BF-guided isometric contraction exercise at 30°, 60°, and 90° angles, and the control group (n = 30) received sham patellar taping without EMG-BF-guided exercises for six weeks. …”
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Psychological Impact on the Orthodontic Postgraduate Residents and Their Anxiety Level during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Hareem Sultan, Sameeruddin Shaikh, Sadaf Shaheen, Hana Pervez, Syed Adnan Ali, Saman Baseer

“…Increased awareness was associated with more anxiety about the following: contracting the virus (p<0.01), performing different orthodontic procedures (p<0.05), disturbed patients’ appointments (p<0.01), timely completion of their cases (p<0.01), and exam’s preparation (p=0.04). …”
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Effects of Prosopis farcta Root Extract in the Vascular Reactivity of Isolated Goat Coronary Artery by Rezhna Adil Rasheed, Ismail Salih Ibrahim Kakey

“…The results of the recording and analyzing of the effect of the PFRE in isolated CA, showed the negative inotropic activity of the extract in CA rings with intact-endothelium, while in CA ring with hyperglycemic-induced endothelium dysfunction the extract tended to vasodilate the CA ring non-significantly, and the extract induced dose-dependent vasodilation in CA rings pre-constricted with high concentration of (30 mM)KCl and showed no effects on contractions induced by (1X10-3-1X10-5) Phenylephrine PE, which is an indicator for its blockade activity on L-type voltage-dependent Ca+2 channel and non-interfering of the extract with the receptor-operated Ca+2 channel. …”
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CHATGPT: ATTITUDES AND EXPERIENCES OF TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN UKRAINE by Oksana Chugai, Kateryna Havrylenko

“…Further investigations of university instructors’ perceptions and encounters with ChatGPT may be contrasted with those presented in this study. Such a comparative analysis will enable educators to leverage ChatGPT in teaching while upholding academic integrity. …”
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Audio-visual event localization with dual temporal-aware scene understanding and image-text knowledge bridging by Pufen Zhang, Jiaxiang Wang, Meng Wan, Song Zhang, Jie Jing, Lianhong Ding, Peng Shi

“…Recently, transferring the pre-trained knowledge from Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training model (CLIP) has shown remarkable results across various tasks. …”
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Prácticas para la formación democrática en la escuela: ¿Utopía o realidad? by Edgar Mario Vergara, Nidia Montaño, Rosalba Becerra, Oswald Uriel León-Enríquez, Catalina Arboleda

“…Para el análisis de los textos utilizamos un enfoque hermenéutico, establecimos relaciones, recurrencias, contrastes y tendencias, e hicimos interpretaciones sobre los textos. …”
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Role of cardiolipin in skeletal muscle function and its therapeutic implications by Youngbum Yoo, MyeongHoon Yeon, Mee-Sup Yoon, Young-Kyo Seo

“…We explore the influences of cardiolipin on the stability of the mitochondrial complexes, cristae formation, and calcium handling, all of which are vital for efficient oxidative phosphorylation and muscle contraction. Skeletal muscle, with its high energy demands, is particularly dependent on cardiolipin for optimal performance. …”
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Dynamic Parameters and Hysteresis Loop Characteristics of Frozen Silt Clay under Different Cyclic Stress Paths by Furong Liu, Zhiwei Zhou, Wei Ma, Shujuan Zhang, Zhizhong Sun

“…With an increase in the number of load cycles, the shape of hysteresis loop becoming narrows, the resilient modulus decreases at the initial stage and then gradually increases, and the damping ratio stably decreases. According to contrastively analyzing the evolution of dynamic parameters and the shape features of hysteresis loops under various cyclic stress paths, it can be clearly discovered that the evolution of sample microstructure and the development of dynamic characteristics of frozen samples have obvious dependence on the cyclic stress path. …”
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Reforma y Sinodalidad. Hacia un ecumenismo profundizado a todos los niveles en la teología de Hans Küng by Ricardo Miguel Mauti

“…El presente artículo se concentra en la relación que se establece entre ambos temas en la teología ecuménica de Hans Küng (1928-2021) El teólogo suizo, ha pensado en sinergia los conceptos de reforma y ecumenismo, los ha puesto en relación, señalado sus contrastes y aportado una visión crítica mostrando los lazos profundos que los unen. …”
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Inhibition of the anti-apoptotic protein BCL2 in EML4-ALK cell models as a second proposed therapeutic target for non-small cell lung cancer. by Richard Junior Zapata Dongo, Diletta Fontana, Luca Mologni, Juan Enrique Faya Castillo, Stefany Fiorella Infante Varillas

“…In addition, our analysis using bioinformatics indicated that ABT-199 not only targets BCL2 but also binds to the active site of all ALK mutants, it was contrasted by in vitro ALK kinase activity inhibition by ABT-199 (5.5 μM). …”
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