Tissue-specific resistance and susceptibility to the tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) conferred by Solanum pennellii loci by Edan Rochsar, Shai Torgeman, Kfir Bandel, Amnon Koren, Chen Klap, Aviv Dombrovsky, Dani Zamir

“…This Peruvian accession was found resistant to the most threatening disease of tomatoes today, caused by the tobamovirus tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV). …”
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Cardiac Syndrome X – A mystery to worry about by Omer Farooq

“…A study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation found that 38% of deaths in Pakistan are due to ischemic heart diseases [6]. …”
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Efficiency of dexamethasone in reducing the incidence of headaches after spinal anesthesia during caesarean section by Noor Sabri Ali,  Sajidah Al-Rubaai, Tishreen Sabri Ali

“…No notable differences were found in sociodemographic characteristics, PDPH incidence (recovery time: 8.1% vs. 9.0%, 24 hours: 10.2% vs. 9.0%, 48 hours: 4.08% vs. 5.0%, one week: 0.0% vs. 0.0%). …”
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Brain Imaging Findings in Dyslexia by Ying-Fang Sun, Jeun-Shenn Lee, Ralph Kirby

“…Abnormal Broca's area activation was found using positron emission tomography imaging. …”
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Utilizing Kernel Density Estimation and Butterfly Diagram to Characterize the Gait Variability in the Fallers: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Somayeh Mehrlatifan, Ali Fatahi, Davood Khezri

“…No significant differences were found in step width, step length, or COP distances (p > 0.05). …”
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Peripapillary retinoschisis in glaucomatous eyes. by Eun Ji Lee, Tae-Woo Kim, Mijin Kim, Yun Jeong Choi

“…<h4>Results</h4>Twenty-five retinoschisis areas were found in 22 of the 372 patients (5.9%) included in the IGPS, and in 1 area in 1 of 187 healthy control subjects (0.5%). …”
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The sedating antidepressant trazodone impairs sleep-dependent cortical plasticity. by Sara J Aton, Julie Seibt, Michelle C Dumoulin, Tammi Coleman, Mia Shiraishi, Marcos G Frank

“…We therefore assessed the effects of commonly-prescribed medications for the treatment of insomnia (trazodone and the non-benzodiazepine GABA(A) receptor agonists zaleplon and eszopiclone) in a canonical model of sleep-dependent, in vivo synaptic plasticity in the primary visual cortex (V1) known as ocular dominance plasticity.…”
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Quality and Dissemination of Uterine Fibroid Health Information on TikTok and Bilibili: Cross-Sectional Study by Lan Wang, Yiwen Chen, Duo Zhao, Tao Xu, Fu Hua

“…In addition, the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool for Audio and Visual Materials was used to assess the understandability and actionability of the videos. …”
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Meta-analysis of the efficacy of lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty in the treatment of isolated lateral compartment knee osteoarthritis by Yong-le Wang, Yue Li, Jingle Zhuge, Xi-yong Li

“…Results A total of 8 studies were included in this meta-analysis, involving 490 patients, with 204 in the TKA group and 286 in the LUKA group. Meta-analysis found that, there was no significant statistical difference in operation time between the LUKA group and the TKA group. …”
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Exploring the variation in muscle response testing accuracy through repeatability and reproducibility. by Anne M Jensen, Richard J Stevens, Amanda J Burls

“…A significant effect imposed by both practitioners and TPs individually and together was found at the p<0.05 level; however, together they account for only 57.0% of the variance, with 43.0% of the variance unexplained by this model. …”
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Management of hypertension in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by M.L.I. Mashitisho

“…In UKPDS 39, it was found that by preventing diabetes-related complications in patients with hypertension, the choice of antihypertensive drugs to control blood pressure was less important than the blood pressure control. …”
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The tactics of choice of surgical intervention in the diagnosis of space-occupying process of the fallopian tubes in women of reproductive age by M. I. Pavlyuchenko

“…When selecting the amount of surgery in women with tubal bulky formations leading role is dedicated to clinical data which can be obtained during intraoperative visual evaluation of the fallopian tubes of the patient based on age and reproductive history.…”
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Risk Factors for Postoperative Pain Intensity in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Disc Surgery: A Systematic Review. by Marie Dorow, Margrit Löbner, Janine Stein, Alexander Konnopka, Hans J Meisel, Lutz Günther, Jürgen Meixensberger, Katarina Stengler, Hans-Helmut König, Steffi G Riedel-Heller

“…Preliminary positive evidence was found for somatization and mental well-being.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Patients scheduled for lumbar disc surgery should be selected carefully and need to be treated in a multimodal setting including psychological support.…”
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Perceptions of Teacher-trainees Towards using YouTube Videos to improve Conceptual Understanding of the Reactivity of Alkali Metals in Natural Sciences at a Rural University in Sou... by Vuyokazi Momoti

“…YouTube videos have been found to be essential for comprehending scientific experiments due to their visual components, detailed explanations, user-friendly interfaces, interactivity, and ability to simplify complex ideas. …”
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Examining the research methods of early warning signals in clinical psychology through a theoretical lens by Jingmeng Cui, Merlijn Olthof, Fred Hasselman, Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff

“…Whereas early studies found EWSs to be associated with sudden changes in clinical change trajectories, later findings showed that EWSs may not be general across variables and cases and have low predictive power. …”
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Does darkness increase the risk of certain types of crime? A registered report article. by Jim Uttley, Rosie Canwell, Jamie Smith, Sarah Falconer, Yichong Mao, Steve Fotios

“…Although a review of evidence found that improved road/ street lighting was associated with reductions in crime, these reductions occurred in daylight as well as after dark, suggesting any effect was not due only to changes in visual conditions. …”
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Language and Sensory Neural Plasticity in the Superior Temporal Cortex of the Deaf by Mochun Que, Xinjian Jiang, Chunyang Yi, Peng Gui, Yuwei Jiang, Yong-Di Zhou, Liping Wang

“…We found that only in the deaf subjects, all visual stimuli activated the STC. …”
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Chronic non-communicable diseases in patients and families with retinitis pigmentosa by Raisa Hernández Baguer, Raisa Ivis Beltràn Saìnz, Asunciòn Fortunata Rodrìguez Morris, Dagmara Magdalena Cordero Ruiz, Loida Mevis Savòn George, Bàrbara Cid Vàzquez

“…In community dispensing, people with visual impairment are included in Group 4 and also in other dispensing groups to better attend to the risk factors and chronic non-communicable diseases found in them.…”
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Alterations of the Brain Microstructure and Corresponding Functional Connectivity in Early-Blind Adolescents by Zhifeng Zhou, Jinping Xu, Leilei Shi, Xia Liu, Fen Hou, Jingyi Zhou, Jinpei Luo, Qingmao Hu, Hengguo Li

“…Although evidence from studies on blind adults indicates that visual deprivation early in life leads to structural and functional disruption and reorganization of the brain, whether young blind people show similar patterns remains unknown. …”
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Genetic diversity of cultivated Gayo Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) based on morphological and microsatellite markers by Rita Andini, Ahmad Zaelani, Muhammad Ikhsan Sulaiman, Enny Rimita Sembiring, Rachman Jaya, Meenakshi Gusain, Deepak Bhanot, Roma Sarnaik Morghade, Abdel-Rhman Z. Gaafar, Abdul Azis, Heru Prono Widayat

“…The assessment of qualitative traits was conducted through visual observation, while quantitative traits were measured. …”
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