Analysis of Climate Variability and Trends for Climate-Resilient Maize Farming System in Major Agroecology Zones of Ethiopia by Abebe Zeleke, Kindie Tesfaye, Tilahun Tadesse, Teferi Alem, Dereje Ademe, Enyew Adgo

“…Accordingly, the lower and upper quartiles of the date of onset of rainfall were in a range of May 9 to June 2, respectively; the length of the growth period (LGP) during the rainy season ranges from 97 to 232 days, and the cessation date of rainfall was November 1. …”
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Traumatic degloving injuries: a prospective study to assess injury patterns, management, and outcomes at a single center in northern India by Divij Jayant, Atul Parashar, Ramesh Sharma

“…Lower limbs were affected most often (62.7%), followed by upper limbs (32.0%). Fractures were the most commonly associated injuries (72.0%). …”
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Application Progress of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Combined with Limb Therapy in Rehabilitation of Lower Limbs after Stroke by CHEN Hanbo, LU Xiao, ZHENG Wenhua, GUO Yongliang, YAN Tiebin

“…It is called "brain-limb coordinated regulation therapy technology", which can be divided into brain-upper-limb coordinated therapy mode and brain-lower-limb coordinated therapy mode according to different coordinated parts. …”
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Features of Crohn's Disease Depending on the Age of Disease Onset by E. G. Ganich, O. B. Shchukina

“…At the time of diagnosis, ileocolitis (p = 0.01), inflammatory form of Crohn's disease (p < 0.05), and the upper gastrointestinal tract involvement (p < 0.05) were more frequently detected in group A1. …”
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Role of three-dimensional computed tomography with humeral subtraction in assessing anteromedial facet coronoid fractures by Moayd Abdullah H Awad, MBBS, FRCSC, Michael Lapner, MD, FRCSC, Armin Badre, MD, MSc, FRCSC

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of additional humeral subtraction three-dimensional (3D) images in the detailed assessment of the known radiographic features of AMF fractures with PMRI mechanism. Methods: Three upper extremity fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeons evaluated 32 consecutive CT scans in patients with isolated coronoid fractures, on two occasions separated by at least 5 months. …”
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Clinical risk score to predict in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective cohort study by Adriano Peris, Andrea Ungar, Niccolò Marchionni, Federico Lavorini, Alessandro Bartoloni, Stefano Fumagalli, Rossella Marcucci, Giulia Cesaroni, Riccardo Pini, Carlo Nozzoli, Carlo Fumagalli, Renzo Rozzini, Matteo Vannini, Flaminia Coccia, Francesca Mazzeo, Maria Cola, Paolo Fontanari, Alessandro Morettini, Filippo Pieralli, Loredana Poggesi

“…Using Cox regression analysis, tertiles of increasing age (≥75, upper vs <62 years, lower: HR 7.92; p<0.001) and number of chronic diseases (≥4 vs 0–1: HR 2.09; p=0.007), respiratory rate (HR 1.04 per unit increase; p=0.001), PaO2/FiO2 (HR 0.995 per unit increase; p<0.001), serum creatinine (HR 1.34 per unit increase; p<0.001) and platelet count (HR 0.995 per unit increase; p=0.001) were predictors of mortality. …”
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Azithromycin to prevent acute lower respiratory infections among Australian and New Zealand First Nations and Timorese children (PETAL trial): study protocol for a multicentre, int... by Anne B Chang, Keith Grimwood, Yuejen Zhao, Gabrielle B McCallum, Catherine A Byrnes, Heidi Smith-Vaughan, Peter S Morris, Christine Connors, Adrian Trenholme, Shirley Lawrence, Joshua Francis, Kobi L Schutz, Mark D Chatfield, Nevio Sarmento, Robyn L. Marsh, Emily R Bowden, Nicholas Fancourt, Adriano Vieira, Kim M Hare, Dennis Bonney, Felicity Marwick, Bronwyn Karvonen, Carolyn Maclennan, Milena Santos Lay, Endang Soares da Silva

“…The secondary outcomes are the rates and proportions of children with ALRI-related hospitalisation, chronic symptoms/signs suggestive of underlying chronic suppurative lung disease or bronchiectasis, serious adverse events, and antimicrobial resistance in the upper airways, and cost-effectiveness analyses.Ethics and dissemination The Human Research Ethics Committees of the Northern Territory Department of Health and Menzies School of Health Research (Australia), Health and Disability Ethics Committee (New Zealand) and the Institute National of Health-Research Technical Committee (Timor-Leste) approved this study. …”
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Spatial-temporal Evolution Rule Analysis of Runoff of Hanjiang River under Changing Environment by ZHONG Huayu, HUANG Qiang, YANG Yuanyuan, LIU Dengfeng, MING Bo, REN Kang

“…The resultsshow that the runoff consistency was broken as follows: ① The annual runoff from the upper,middle and lower reaches of the Hanjiang River decreased with the trend of -312 million m³/(10a),-1 478 million m³/(10a) and -593 million m³/(10a) respectively, and the downward trend continuedstrongly, but the monthly runoff of lower reaches of the Hanjang River was increased significantlyin January and February; ② The abrupt change of the Hanjiang River occurred in 1985 and 1990, andthe inter-annual variation characteristic values and the annual distribution characteristicindexes of these stations decreased slightly after the abrupt change; ③ The runoff series of theHanjiang River had three types of periodic changes: 40~48 a, 11a and 4~7 a; ④ The inter-annualrunoff variation coefficient of the Hanjiang River was between 0.28 and 0.46, and the extremeratio was between 2.72 and 7.73; ⑤ The maximum monthly average runoff of the three stations wasin July or September, and the minimum monthly average runoff was in December or February, and theannual distribution of runoff was concentrated in July to October, accounting for more than 50% ofthe annual runoff. …”
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Influence of Secondary Inorganic Aerosol on the Concentrations of PM2.5 and PM0.1 during Air Pollution Episodes in Hanoi, Vietnam by Nguyen-Quoc Dat, Bich-Thuy Ly, Trung-Dung Nghiem, Thu-Thi Hien Nguyen, Kazuhiko Sekiguchi, Truong-Thi Huyen, Thai-Ha Vinh, Le-Quang Tien

“…Concentration-weighted trajectory analysis demonstrated that PM2.5 and SIA levels were also influenced by long-range transportation from the upper areas. This study highlighted the importance and served as pioneered research on SIA contribution to PM2.5 episodes in the country.…”
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Dietary Alpha-Lipoic Acid Alleviated Hepatic Glycogen Deposition and Improved Inflammation Response of Largemouth Bass (<i>Micropterus salmoides</i>) Fed on High Dietary Carbohydra... by Zishuo Fang, Xianwei Pan, Ye Gong, Nihe Zhang, Shiwen Chen, Ning Liu, Naisong Chen, Songlin Li

“…A total of 315 juvenile largemouth bass (initial body weight, 5.09 ± 0.10 g) were divided into nine tanks (800 L) (upper radius 0.65 m × lower radius 0.5 m × height 1 m), with each holding 35 fish. …”
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Comparative study of torque expression and its biomechanical effects: spherical self-ligating bracket with lock-hook system versus passive self-ligating bracket and conventional br... by Yudong Liu, Longmei Guo, Yanqing Feng, Jiahao Hua, Qingyuan Dai, Ziyang Chen, Wenlu Song, Bing Guo, Taicong Chen, Li Ji

“…A clinical case involving the lingual inclination of the upper anterior teeth was utilized to assess the feasibility of using the spherical self-ligating bracket with the lock-hook system to express torque. …”
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Long-term safety and sustained efficacy of bimekizumab in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (radiographic axial spondyloarthritis): 5-year results from BE AGILE (phase 2b) and i... by Sofia Ramiro, Désirée van der Heijde, Atul Deodhar, Xenofon Baraliakos, Denis Poddubnyy, Lianne S Gensler, Helena Marzo-Ortega, Natasha de Peyrecave, Victoria Navarro-Compán, Tetsuya Tomita, Carmen Fleurinck, Ute Massow, Thomas Vaux

“…Safety (exposure-adjusted incidence rates/100 patient-years (EAIRs)) and efficacy outcomes (binary: non-responder imputation (NRI) and observed case (OC); continuous: multiple imputation (MI)) are presented through 256 weeks.Results From Weeks 0–256, 289/303 (95.4%) patients had ≥1 treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE); most frequent were nasopharyngitis (21.8%) and upper respiratory tract infection (14.5%). The EAIR of fungal infections was 7.4 (Candida infections: 2.6; oral candidiasis: 2.2); none systemic. …”
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Correlation between Quantitative 13C-Urea Breath Test and Helicobacter pylori Treatment Success in a Population-Based Cohort by Doron Boltin, Zohar Levi, Tsachi Tsadok Perets, Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss, Rachel Gingold-Belfer, Ram Dickman, Iris Dotan

“…Among patients in the upper quintile of C13-UBT measurement, eradication was achieved in 67.6%, compared to 62.6% in the lower quintile (OR, 1.22; 95% CI 1.11-1.35, p<0.01). …”
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Research on Clue Mining in Criminal Cases of Smart Phone Trojan Horse under the Background of Information Security by Li Gang, Yong Wen

“…This study constructs a weighted network structure model called the conceptual network and determines its upper weight based on the structural information and text data of the knowledge network. …”
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Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: Clinical, Endoscopic, and Radiological Findings by Emanuele Sinagra, Dario Raimondo, Domenico Albano, Valentina Guarnotta, Melania Blasco, Sergio Testai, Marta Marasà, Vincenzo Mastrella, Valerio Alaimo, Valentina Bova, Giovanni Albano, Dario Sorrentino, Giovanni Tomasello, Francesco Cappello, Angelo Leone, Francesca Rossi, Massimo Galia, Roberto Lagalla, Federico Midiri, Gaetano Cristian Morreale, Georgios Amvrosiadis, Guido Martorana, Marcello Giuseppe Spampinato, Vittorio Virgilio, Massimo Midiri

“…The superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a rare entity presenting with upper gastrointestinal tract obstruction and weight loss. …”
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Study of the deformation of sponge application hemostatic materials by V. A. Lipatov, D. A. Severinov, M.D. Z. Naimzda, E. L. Puchkova

“…A glass substrate rigidly attached to the indenter was mounted so that its lower surface would touch the upper surface of the sample. The crossarm was then lifted at 30 mm/min, compressing the sample until the force reached 50 N, after which the sample was allowed to stand under pressure for 10 seconds. …”
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Factors associated with the injury severity of falls from a similar height and features of the injury site in Korea: a retrospective study by Dae Hyun Kim, Jae-Hyug Woo, Yang Bin Jeon, Jin-Seong Cho, Jae Ho Jang, Jea Yeon Choi, Woo Sung Choi

“…Injuries in the lower and upper extremities were more common in intentional and unintentional falls, respectively.…”
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Redox-Modulating Capacity and Effect of Ethyl Acetate Roots and Aerial Parts Extracts from <i>Geum urbanum</i> L. on the Phenotype Inhibition of the <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> L... by Lyudmila Dimitrova, Milka Mileva, Almira Georgieva, Elina Tzvetanova, Milena Popova, Vassya Bankova, Hristo Najdenski

“…<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> is an opportunistic pathogen that causes nosocomial infections of the urinary tract, upper respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system, etc. …”
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Improved gas separation performance of PMMA/Matrimid@5218/graphene oxide (GO) mixed matrix membranes by Amirali Salehi, Mohammadreza Omidkhah, Abtin Ebadi Amooghin, Mohammad Mehdi Moftakhari Sharifzadeh

“…In recent membrane research, the search for physicochemically stable membranes with exceptional separation properties surpassing the Robson upper limit has attracted considerable attention. …”
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Investigating the Suitability of Partial Replacement of Basalt with Scoria as a Base Course Material for a Flexible Pavement. by Wambei, Allan

“…According to the general specifications for roads and bridges works, (Ministry of Works, Housing and Communicatins, 2005), the minimum requirements for plasticity index, particle size distribution, flakiness index, linear shrinkage and ten percent fines value are non-plastic, within the specified upper and lower limits, below 35% (<35%), below 3% (<3%) and above 110 kN with a ratio of soaked to dry being greater than 75% respectively. …”
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