Interacting leaf dynamics and environment to optimize maize sowing date in North China Plain by Bei-jing TIAN, Jin-cheng ZHU, Xi-wei LIU, Shou-bing HUANG, Pu WANG

“…Leaf growth and its interaction with the growing environment critically affect leaf area, distribution, and function, and ultimately affects grain yield of maize (Zea mays L.). …”
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Carbon monoxide and nitric oxide diffusion capacity of formerly exposed asbestos workers with high-resolution computed tomography in a cross-sectional study by Julia Krabbe, Damian J. Reimers, Nelly Otte, Panagiotis Doukas, Timm Dirrichs, Thomas Radtke, Holger Dressel, Thomas Kraus

“…Although lung diffusion capacity (DL) including nitric oxide (NO) is assumed to be more sensitive than carbon monoxide (CO), its added value in assessment of pneumoconiosis has not been investigated yet. 371 formerly exposed workers visiting the outpatient clinic for assessment including pulmonary function testing with DL and low-dose high resolution computed tomography between 2018 and 2021 were included. …”
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Outcomes of High Kidney Donor Profile Index Hepatitis C Nucleic Acid Testing Positive Kidneys are Equivalent to Matched Hepatitis C Nucleic Acid Testing Negative Kidneys by Shengliang He, MD, Christie P. Thomas, MD, Alan E. Gunderson, MD, Patrick Ten Eyck, PhD, Alan I. Reed, MD, MBA

“…Their recipients were more likely to have a high school education and shorter wait times. …”
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Altered Metabolism in Knockdown Lines of Two HXXXD/BAHD Acyltransferases During Wound Healing in Potato Tubers by Jessica L. Sinka, Indira Queralta-Castillo, Lorena S. Yeung, Isabel Molina, Sangeeta Dhaubhadel, Mark A. Bernards

“…HXXXD/BAHD acyltransferases occupy a unique place in suberization, as they function to crosslink phenolic and aliphatic monomers during suberin assembly. …”
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Exploring spatial reasoning performances of CNN on linear layout dataset by Jelena Pejic, Marko Petkovic, Sandra Klinge

“…They also require a substantial amount of data to function effectively. LinLayCNN overcame these issues. …”
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Edge_MVSFormer: Edge-Aware Multi-View Stereo Plant Reconstruction Based on Transformer Networks by Yang Cheng, Zhen Liu, Gongpu Lan, Jingjiang Xu, Ren Chen, Yanping Huang

“…This model integrates an edge detection algorithm to augment edge information as input to the network and introduces an edge-aware loss function to focus the network’s attention on a more accurate reconstruction of edge regions, where depth estimation errors are obviously more significant. …”
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Levothyroxine therapy and its impact on serum lipids: Addressing dyslipidemia in hypothyroidism by Rohit Kumar Gupta, Rajeev Verma, Manisha Verma, Anirudh Mukherjee, Pramod Kumar, Mahendra Kumar Meena, Manu Sharma

“…Subclinical cases were all female and concentrated in the 31–40 age group, while overt hypothyroidism was more evenly distributed, with a higher prevalence in the same age group and extending to older ages. …”
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Clarifying the Actual Situation of Old-Old Adults with Unknown Health Conditions and Those Indifferent to Health Using the National Health Insurance Database (KDB) System by Mio Kitamura, Takaharu Goto, Tetsuo Ichikawa, Yasuhiko Shirayama

“…In the comparison of health assessments between UHCs and KUs, “body weight loss” and “cognitive function” were more prevalent among KUs, and “smoking” and “social participation” were more prevalent among UHCs. …”
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Combining the unequal variance signal detection model with the health belief model to optimize shared decision making in tinnitus patients: part 2—patient profiling by Zsófia Zs Lehóczky, Zsófia Zs Lehóczky, Adriana L. Smit, Adriana L. Smit, Sarah Kaldenbach, Arnold Lieftink, Arnold Lieftink, Huib Versnel, Huib Versnel, Robert J. Stokroos, Robert J. Stokroos, Alexander E. Hoetink, Alexander E. Hoetink

“…For age and laterality, the results are more diffuse.…”
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Efficacy of Kinesio Taping Combined with Vitalstim Electrical Stimulation Therapy in Patients with Post-Stroke Dysphagia by FU Shanshan, TANG Jian

“…After treatment, the three groups were compared in terms of clinical efficacy, incidence of aspiration, standardized swallowing assessment (SSA), water swallowing test (WST), functional oral intake scale (FOIS), and indicators of nutritional status.ResultsThe water swallowing test ratings of all three groups after treatment improved significantly compared with those before treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), with the combined group showing a more pronounced improvement than those of the Vitalstim electrical stimulation group and the kinesio tape group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), while there was no significant difference between the Vitalstim electrical stimulation group and the kinesio tape group (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05). …”
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Evaluating and Forecasting the Probability of Lightning Occurrence in Rasht City by Afsaneh Ghasemi, Jamil Amanollahi

“…Using data mining techniques and predictingprobability of lightning occurrence in future use by Support Vector Machine model, as a model with most accurate and precision, provides more accurate meteorology and the more effective actions to reduce future damage. …”
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Research on Pedestrians’ Visual Perception Characteristics Based on USGGS: A Case Study of the Six Inner-City Districts of Tianjin by Hanwen YANG, Shang’en TSOU, Yike HU

“…Through these comprehensive measures, the level of urban street greening can be enhanced more effectively to create a healthier and more comfortable living environment for residents.…”
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Prediction of risk factors in hemodialysis patients with pulmonary hypertension: combined application of factorial and cluster analyses by Liu Xin-wu, Zeng Huan, Liao Bing-qing, Zhao Cheng-bo, Wang Run-xiu

“…Objective To explore the risk factors of pulmonary hypertension（PH）in hemodialysis.Methods Retrospective analysis was performed for clinical data of 91 patients with hemodialysis PH.And factorial and cluster analyses were conducted for examining the risk factors of PH in hemodialysis.Results Eleven unrelated common factors were extracted from 15 parameters by factor analysis.These 11 common factors represented 90.32% of the information of original parameters.After rotation, it could reflect age, gender, anemic status, protein metabolism, lipid metabolism, renal function, inflammation & fibrinolysis status, nutritional status and parathyroid hormone level, etc.And then the results were divided into four categories by cluster analysis: male aged under 60 years, male aged above 60 years, female aged under 60 years and female aged above 60 years.There were varying degrees of anemia, plasma fibrinogen was higher in different degrees, males were significantly more than females and the number of patients aged above 60 years increased significantly.At the same time, the levels of ferritin, blood phosphorus and parathyroid hormone were higher in most patients in categories 2/3/4.Conclusions Anemia and high plasma fibrinogen are important factors in PH patients on hemodialysis.Age and gender may be risk factors.Ferritin, blood phosphorus and parathyroid hormone are potential risk factors in patients with hemodialysis PH.…”
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Multi-scale adversarial diffusion network for image super-resolution by Yanli Shi, Xianhe Zhang, Yi Jia, Jinxing Zhao

“…Furthermore, to mitigate blurring artifacts introduced during the denoising process, a high-frequency loss function is proposed, targeting the residuals of high-frequency features between images. …”
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Advanced Numerical Evaluation of the Jet Fire Caused by Accidental Releases of Liquid Hydrogen by Gianmaria Pio, Ernesto Salzano, Alessandro Tugnoli

“…Among the available storage conditions, the possibility of using cryogenic temperatures to liquefy hydrogen has become more credible also due to the knowledge gained by the use of liquefied natural gas. …”
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Joint Resource Allocation for V2X Sensing and Communication Based on MADDPG by Zhiyong Zhong, Zhangyou Peng

“…In addition, a reward function is designed based on the characteristics of the scenario. …”
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An Evaluation of the Use of Simulated Annealing to Optimize Thinning Rates for Single Even-Aged Stands by Kai Moriguchi, Tatsuhito Ueki, Masashi Saito

“…In conclusion, simulated annealing with optimized parameters is more efficient for optimizing thinning rates than random search. …”
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Impact of Alternating Exercise Intensity Interventions on the Physical and Mental Health of Middle-Aged and Young Men by Fanghuan Yang, Yi-Sub Kwak

“…Overall, the combined effect of HIIT and MICT was found to be the most effective, with mixed exercise interventions showing more pronounced effects on physical health indicators.…”
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Salinity and cationic nature of irrigation water on castor bean cultivation by Geovani S. de Lima, Reginaldo G. Nobre, Hans R. Gheyi, Lauriane A. dos A. Soares, Carlos A. V. de Azevedo, Vera L. A. de Lima

“…ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the water relations, cell damage percentage and growth of the castor bean cv. ‘BRS Energia’ as a function of salinity and cationic nature of the water used in irrigation. …”
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Disparities between native americans and white individuals in global outcome trajectories over the 5 years after traumatic brain injury: A model systems study. by Jack D Watson, Paul B Perrin, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can lead to a host of challenges and negatively impacts Native Americans more than any other ethnic group in the U.S. Despite this, little research exists on Native Americans with TBI. …”
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