Research on the Genetic Improvement Effects of Lodging Resistance-Related Traits in Maize Core Germplasm by Kaizhi Yang, Jian Tan, Qiyuan Zhang, Tianhang Bai, Shuna Zhou, Junheng Hao, Xinling Yu, Zhenyuan Zang, Dan Zhang

“…Combining ability analysis showed positive general combining ability (GCA) effects for the improved lines J133A, JM25, JM115, and JM1895 in all three traits, with higher GCA values than the baselines and first-round improved lines. Heterosis analysis revealed the highest advantages for the combinations J133A × JM115 (stem tension), JM25 × JM115 (crushing strength), and J133A × J1865 (puncture strength). …”
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Interval Colorectal Cancers following Guaiac Fecal Occult Blood Testing in the Ontario ColonCancerCheck Program by Lawrence Paszat, Rinku Sutradhar, Jill Tinmouth, Nancy Baxter, Linda Rabeneck

“…Interval cancers comprised 38.70% of CRC following the baseline screen and 50.86% following the subsequent screen. …”
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Characteristics of Optic Neuritis in South Korean Children and Adolescents: A Retrospective Multicenter Study by Kyung-Ah Park, Hee Kyung Yang, Jinu Han, Seong-Joon Kim, Sung Eun Park, Haeng-Jin Lee, Sueng-Han Han, Sei Yeul Oh, Jeong-Min Hwang

“…Only disc swelling at presentation was associated with poor baseline BCVA (coefficient: 0.31, P=0.004) and greater improvement in BCVA (coefficient: 0.49, P = 0.001P=0.001); there were no significant associations between the baseline factors and final BCVA. …”
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Renal Complication and Glycemic Control in Korean Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes: A 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Study by Ye An Kim, Young Lee, Je Hyun Seo

“…The risk of CKD was associated with baseline HbA1c from the first year of the study and dynamic HbA1c throughout the study period. …”
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Annual Decline in Pentraxin 3 Is a Risk of Vascular Access Troubles in Hemodialysis Patients by Kei Nagai, Atsushi Ueda, Chie Saito, Asako Zempo-Miyaki, Kunihiro Yamagata

“…To demonstrate whether annual change in PTX3 is associated with vascular events, we measured blood levels of pentraxins (PTX3 and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP)) at baseline and in the next year in 76 hemodialysis patients and observed 20 patients with vascular access troubles during follow-up years. …”
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Natalizumab Treatment Modulates Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors Expression in Women with Multiple Sclerosis by Véronique Ferret-Sena, Alexandra Maia e Silva, Armando Sena, Inês Cavaleiro, José Vale, Bruno Derudas, Giulia Chinetti-Gbaguidi, Bart Staels

“…We analyzed gene expression of PPAR in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) as well as blood inflammatory markers in women with MS previously medicated with first-line immunomodulators (baseline) and after NTZ therapy. …”
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Acemannan Induced Bone Regeneration in Lateral Sinus Augmentation Based on Cone Beam Computed Tomographic and Histopathological Evaluation by Hai Anh Trinh, Van Viet Dam, Wijit Banlunara, Polkit Sangvanich, Pasutha Thunyakitpisal

“…Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images were taken immediately as baseline and 6-month postoperation for evaluation. …”
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Ellipsoid Zone Integrity and Visual Acuity Changes during Diabetic Macular Edema Therapy: A Longitudinal Study by Lucy J. Kessler, Gerd U. Auffarth, Dmitrii Bagautdinov, Ramin Khoramnia

“…EZ reflectivity improved the most in the first year of treatment (0.68 to 0.75; p<0.05) and declined gradually until year 5 of therapy (0.71; compared to baseline p>0.05). …”
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Identifying the Predictors of Short Term Weight Loss Failure after Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass by Effat Bahadori, Ali Jafarzadeh Esfehani, Leila Sadat Bahrami, Mohammad Reza Shadmand Foumani Moghadam, Ali Jangjoo, Mohsen Nematy, Afshin Roghani, Reza Rezvani

“…There was no significant gender difference in mean weight and BMI loss percentage at six months post-RYGB (p>0.05). Baseline skeletal muscle mass (SMM), excess BMI loss (EBMIL) at first month after surgery, and baseline neck circumference (NC) could predict EWL six months after surgery. …”
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Electromyography of the External Anal Sphincter during Micturition and Electrophysiological Bulbocavernosus Reflex in Healthy Spayed Female Canines by Nicha Mongkolrat, Areerath Akatvipat, Phitchaya Saenubol, Pachara Pornnimitara, Sukolrat Boonyayatra, Siam Tongprasert

“…In conclusion, this study was possibly the first to examine the method and provide the electrographic pattern of EAS EMG during micturition and reference intervals of EBCR onset latency in spayed female dogs, which may serve as baseline information to help veterinarians differentiate healthy from diseased dogs. …”
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Evaluation of Peripapillary Nerve Fiber Layer after Dexamethasone Implantation (Ozurdex) in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusions by Muhammed Nurullah Bulut, Yusuf Özertürk, Ümit Çallı, Güzide Akçay, Ulviye Kıvrak, Kezban Bulut

“…The BCVAs were significantly increased and CMTs were significantly decreased at month 3 and month 6 visits compared to baseline values. The mean IOP was significantly increased from baseline at day 1, week 1, and month 1 visits (p1=0.008, p2=0.018, and p3=0.022, resp.). …”
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EFFICACY OF THIONONTRITE-S FOR PREVENTION OF METABOLIC LIVER DISEASE IN CATTLE by Ye. V. Tyapkina, M. P. Semenenko, Ye. V.  Kuzminova, A. A.  Abramov

“…The use of thiononitrite-S promoted an increase in the protein-synthesizing function of the liver; in particular, an increase in the level of total protein was 8.8% against the baseline indicators in the experimental group. The increase in glucose level with respect to baseline indicators in the experimental group was 26.6%, in the control group this parameter decreased by 6.7%. …”
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Feasibility of Dual-Task Gait Training for Community-Dwelling Adults after Stroke: A Case Series by Prudence Plummer, Raymond M. Villalobos, Moira S. Vayda, Myriam Moser, Erin Johnson

“…We examined single and dual-task performance in four different dual-task combinations at baseline, after 6 and 12 sessions, and if possible, at 1-month followup. …”
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Decreased mental health care utilization following a psychosocial intervention in caregivers of hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients by Rita Ouseph, Calvin Croy, Crystal Natvig, Teresa Simoneau, Mark L. Laudenslager

“…Assessments of caregivers’ service utilization were collected at baseline and 1, 3, and 6 months post-transplant. During the first 30 days after patient transplant, caregiver medical and mental health professional service use decreased while support group attendance peaked. …”
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A new electoral bottom-up model of institutional governance by Carlos M. Garrido, Francisco C. Santos, Elias Fernández Domingos, Ana M. Nunes, Jorge M. Pacheco

“…Here we make use of the CRD to develop, for the first time, a bottom-up institutional governance framework of GRC. …”
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IAPCP: An Effective Cross-Project Defect Prediction Model via Intra-Domain Alignment and Programming-Based Distribution Adaptation by Nana Zhang, Kun Zhu, Dandan Zhu

“…Extensive experiments on a total of 82 cross-project pairs from 16 software projects demonstrate that IAPCP can achieve competitive CPDP effectiveness and efficiency compared with multiple state-of-the-art baseline models.…”
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A Propensity-Score Matching Comparison between 27-Gauge and 25-Gauge Vitrectomy Systems for the Repair of Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment by Daniele Veritti, Valentina Sarao, Paolo Lanzetta

“…All eyes completed a six-month follow-up. Baseline demographic and preoperative ocular characteristics showed no statistically significant difference between the two cohorts. …”
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IALight: Importance-Aware Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Arterial Traffic Cooperative Control by Lu WEI, Xiaoyan ZHANG, Lijun FAN, Lei GAO, Jian YANG

“…Comprehensive experiments on both synthetic and real-world traffic scenarios demonstrate that the proposed IALight outperforms the traditional and deep reinforcement learning baselines by more than 20.41% and 17.88% in average vehicle travel time, respectively.…”
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An Investigation of the Association between Transversus Abdominis Myofascial Structure and Activation with Age in Healthy Adults using Ultrasound Imaging by Nathaly Gaudreault, Justine Benoît-Piau, Jan Paul van Wingerden, Carla Stecco, Frédérique Daigle, Guillaume Léonard

“…Assessment of these metrics can provide valuable baseline information for physical therapists involved in rehabilitation and strengthening programs targeting older individuals…”
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A Unified Bayesian Model for Generalized Community Detection in Attribute Networks by Qiang Tian, Wenjun Wang, Yingjie Xie, Huaming Wu, Pengfei Jiao, Lin Pan

“…Experiments on a number of synthetic and real networks show that our model has superior performance compared with some baselines on community detection.…”
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