A Study on the Possibility of Molecular Communication between Honey Bees and Sunflower through the Interspecies Transfer of Small RNAs by Leila Gharehdaghi, Gholamhosein Tahmasbi, Taher Harkinezhad

“…Given the vital role of honeybees in plant pollination, this insect may serve as a more suitable model for studying these interactions. …”
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La chirurgie cardiaque mini-invasive vidéo-assistée : une étude comparative à la voie conventionnelle [Less-invasive video-assisted cardiac surgery : a comparative study with the c... by Sami Bouchenafa, Ahmed Zaki Boukli-Hacene, Boukri Hamouda, Mohamed Atbi

“…Conclusion - The minimally invasive video-assisted is a simpler, safer and more effective procedure with excellent results and low morbidity. …”
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Psychosocial and Clinical Factors That Differentiate and Predict Patients’ Adaptation to Chronic Diseases by Laza R, Al Ghazi L, Lustrea A, Lazureanu VE, Oancea CI, Luput-Andrica IM, Poplicean EI, Ilina R, Cireap N, Bob F, Olariu N, Ionita I, Lazar S, Dehelean L, Romosan RS, Romosan AM

“…Patients without comorbidities and fewer medications are more prone to illness denial, alongside younger, urban, employed, and higher-educated patients, potentially neglecting treatment. …”
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Effects of exogenous sugars on root sugar metabolism and antioxidant system under sub-low root-zone temperature in Malus baccata Borkh. by LIU Hanyu, WANG Peng, ZHOU Wenjie, SU Hong, LÜ Deguo, LI Lijie

“…Currently, most of the researches on plant response to low temperature stress focus on the aboveground part of the plant, while the root is more sensitive to temperature changes. 1 ℃ change in root zone temperature can cause significant changes in plant growth compared to air temperature. …”
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微波预处理对油茶籽油综合品质的影响 Effect of microwave pretreatment on the comprehensive quality of oil-tea camellia seed oil by 蒋黎艳，刘智辉，邓志薇，董加宝，肖新生 JIANG Liyan,LIU Zhihui,DENG Zhiwei,DONG Jiabao,XIAO Xinsheng

“…The content of α-tocopherol in oil increased by 2-10 min of microwave pretreatment at 380 W and 540 W, while decreased after microwave pretreatment at 700 W for more than 4 min. Five phytosterols, namely geranyl linalool, lanosterol, stigmasterol, lupeol, and α-amyrin, were primarily detected in the oil. …”
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Secondary school randomized controlled interventions with a minimum dual approach to health and the links to BMI in pupils: A systematic review and meta-analysis within the project... by Derrick R. Tanous, Gerhard Ruedl, Mohamad Motevalli, Katharina C. Wirnitzer

“…The findings of the present investigation revealed a more precise effect measure than previous meta-analyses (Guerra et al., 2013; Harris et al., 2009) regarding the exclusive power of the secondary school setting over PA levels and the BMI health improvement possibility for pupils (-0.12 kg/m2). …”
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Essential roles of B cell subsets in the progression of MASLD and HCC by Nataliia Petriv, Huizhen Suo, Inga Hochnadel, Kai Timrott, Nina Bondarenko, Lavinia Neubert, Elena Reinhard, Nils Jedicke, Patrick Kaufhold, Carlos Alberto Guzmán, Ralf Lichtinghagen, Michael P. Manns, Heike Bantel, Tetyana Yevsa

“…Targeting these B cells could lead to more effective treatments of HCC.…”
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Early postnatal care uptake and its associated factors following childbirth in East Africa—a Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach by Bewuketu Terefe, Dejen Kahsay Asgedom, Fetlework Gubena Arage, Setognal Birara Aychiluhm, Tadesse Awoke Ayele

“…However, no data have been examined for PNCs in East Africa. Hence, using the more flexible Bayesian multilevel modeling approach, this study aims to investigate the pooled prevalence and potential factors for PNC utilization among women after delivery in East African countries.MethodsWe retrieved secondary data from the Kids Record (KR) demographic and health surveys (DHS) data from 2015 to 2022 from 10 East African countries. …”
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Effects of double-root-cutting grafting on root growth, endogenous hormone content and nutrient uptake in watermelon seedlings by LIANG Huan, LIU Ke, GE Mihong, ZHU Juhong, WANG Dehuan, ZHANG Zhaoyang, ZHOU Mobing, HU Jiangyong, SHI Xianfeng

“…For root-cutting-one-cotyledon grafting method, root development is an important factor for seedling quality. …”
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大學教師學術發表影響力之影響因素 Factors Influencing Publication Impact of Faculty by 郭玲玲 Ling-Ling Kueh, 許清芳 Ching-Fan Sheu

“…Additionally, given the hierarchical structure of educational data, this study employed generalized linear mixed-effect model tree analysis to examine data with nested and clustered properties. Method The present study enrolled faculty members from a research-intensive comprehensive university in southern Taiwan, establishing a sample of 800 university faculty members selected from 50 departments across 9 colleges (Bioscience and Biotechnology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Management, Medicine, Planning and Design, Sciences, and Social Sciences). …”
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Optimized Application of CGA-SVM in Tight Reservoir Horizontal Well Production Prediction by Chao Wang, Ruogu Wang, Yuhan Lin, Jiafei Zhang, Xiaofei Xie, Zidan Zhao, Yunlin Xu

“…The results show that the improved support vector machine method has high accuracy in the prediction of small sample data, and the method can be widely used in the production prediction of horizontal Wells in tight reservoirs, providing a reference for the efficient development of tight reservoirs.…”
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Mass Function of Stellar Black Holes as Revealed by the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA Observations by Xiao-Fei Dong, Yong-Feng Huang, Zhi-Bin Zhang, Xiu-Juan Li, Ze-Cheng Zou, Chen-Ran Hu, Chen Deng, Yang Liu

“…Here we present a statistical analysis of these two samples. The nonparametric τ statistic method is adopted to correct for the observational selection effect. …”
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Comprehensive characterization of volatile compounds in Iranian black teas using chemometric analysis of GC-MS fingerprints by Adineh Aminianfar, Mohammad Hossein Fatemi, Fatemeh Azimi

“…Subsequently, employing a robust investigative strategy, we utilized for the first time the well-known multivariate curve resolution-alternating least square (MCR-ALS) method as a deconvolution technique to analyze the complex GC–MS peak clusters of tea samples. …”
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Targeting Liver Biopsies For Optimal Biopsy Site In Diffused Liver Disease Using Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography: A Prospective, Single Center Study by Naushaba Malik, Shahbakht Aftab, Rida Noor, Noor Aftab, Rizwan, Rehan

“…It can potentially help doctors pinpoint the best location for the biopsy sample, which could lead to more accurate diagnoses. …”
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Forensic saliva stains aging, using reverse transcription real-time PCR combined with a multidimensional prediction model of specific mRNA markers by Emad Ahmad Mostafa, Eman Abd Elhakim Attia, Nashwa El-Khazragy, Hanan E. Salem

“…GAPDH exhibited rapid degradation rates compared to SPRR1A, which degraded more gradually, consistent with previous observations of RNA stability differences in biological samples. …”
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Technological-functional features of chia, almond, pumpkin seed, soybean and pea proteins by Gabriel Poloto, Carolina Merheb-Dini, Débora Parra Baptista Freitas, Mirna Lúcia Gigante, Paulo Henrique Mariano Marfil

“…The five proteins were less soluble at pH ranging from 4 to 6 and they were more soluble at pH > 6. Pea protein showed the highest technological potential to develop new products among the assessed proteins, and this finding is likely related to its protein content, origin, extraction method and globulins found in it. …”
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Probabilistic estimation of the dietary exposure to Cadmium in Japan in 2019-2021 using two-dimensional Monte Carlo simulation after Bayesian handling of left-censored data by Yoshinari Suzuki, Ikuko Kitayama, Masae Harimoto, Hiroshi Akiyama, Tomoaki Tsutsumi

“…Due to significant environmental cadmium (Cd) pollution incidents in Japan, probabilistic estimation of dietary Cd exposure is necessary for more accurate risk assessment. Although the total-diet (TD) method is effective for evaluating dietary exposure, ''non-detected'' values increase uncertainty. …”
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Evaluating Obstructive Sleep Apnea Utilizing Arterial Tonometry in Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis by Michelle Chiu, Bethany Bartley, Elizabeth Gootkind, Salma Batool-Anwar, Donald G. Keamy, Thomas Bernard Kinane, Lael M. Yonker, Kevin S. Gipson

“…Home sleep apnea testing using a validated peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT) device may offer an accurate diagnosis of OSA in a more convenient and low-cost method than in-lab polysomnography. …”
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Promising Solutions to Address the Non-Specific Adsorption in Biosensors Based on Coupled Electrochemical-Surface Plasmon Resonance Detection by Alina Vasilescu, Szilveszter Gáspár, Mihaela Gheorghiu, Cristina Polonschii, Roberta Maria Banciu, Sorin David, Eugen Gheorghiu, Jean-Louis Marty

“…Due to the comparatively much more scarce literature, for SPR and EC-SPR biosensors the discussion was extended to the early 2010s. …”
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Evaluation of RT-LAMP for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Animal Feces by Aimee Pepper, Sandipty Kayastha, Megan Miller, Jake Guag, Andriy Tkachenko, Matthew Allender, Karen Terio, Leyi Wang

“…The diagnostic sensitivity was 100% for clinical fecal samples with high viral loads (Ct ≤ 25), 97.4% for samples with moderate to high viral loads (Ct ≤ 33), and 62% overall (Ct ≤ 40). …”
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