Effects of Root Cooling on Plant Growth and Fruit Quality of Cocktail Tomato during Two Consecutive Seasons by F. He, B. Thiele, M. Watt, T. Kraska, A. Ulbrich, A. J. Kuhn

“…Here, we assess the impact of root cooling on plant growth and fruit quality of two cocktail tomato cultivars (Lycopersicon esculentum cv “Amoroso” and cv “Delioso”) during the winter of 2017-2018 and the summer of 2018. …”
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Toll-Like Receptor 4 in Bone Marrow-Derived Cells Contributes to the Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy by Hui Wang, Haojun Shi, Jing Zhang, Guoliang Wang, Jinxiang Zhang, Fagang Jiang, Qing Xiao

“…Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major microvascular complication in diabetics, and its mechanism is not fully understood. Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of the inflammatory state during DR, and the deletion of TLR4 eventually alleviates the diabetic inflammatory state. …”
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Resistance of oat breeding lines to grain contamination with Fusarium langsethiae and T-2/HT-2 toxins by O. P. Gavrilova, T. Yu. Gagkaeva, A. S. Orina, A. S. Markova, A. D. Kabashov, I. G. Loskutov

“…The highest amounts of F. langsethiae DNA ((27.9–71.9)×10–4 pg/ng) and T-2/HT-2 toxins (790–1230 μg/kg) were found in the grain of husked oat Yakov. …”
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Towards AI-Based Traffic Counting System with Edge Computing by Duc-Liem Dinh, Hong-Nam Nguyen, Huy-Tan Thai, Kim-Hung Le

“…The experiment results clearly indicate that the proposed system achieves the top inference speed at around 26.8 frames per second (FPS) with 92.1% accuracy on the VDD. …”
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Using the TOPSIS method to select the best low-toxicity organic cosolvent for rice-based toxicity tests by Xingren Pan, Yi Kang, Jun-Feng Lu, Xiao-Zhang Yu

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Top 10 “Intangibles” that Will Help You Become a Better Physical Therapist by Robert Manske

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From invasive species to agricultural resource: evaluation of Phragmites australis from Zarivar Lake as an organic amendment for the release of phosphorus, potassium, micronutrients and toxic metals by Shno Karimi, Zahra Kolahchi, Mahboube Zarrabi, Safoora Nahidan, Taqi Raza

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Conceptualization of disaster risk. Towards the Understanding of its construction by Mariela Vivier, Celia Torrens

“…The purpose of this article is to review the concepts related todisasterrisk -threatness, vulnerability, exposure and resilience- from a sociocultural perspective. …”
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“3D Cladistics”: a new perspective for phylogenetic analyses and a tool for citizen science by Márcia Venâncio, Carlos Antunes, Dimítri de Araújo Costa

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Global Stability Analysis of a Nonautonomous Stage-Structured Competitive System with Toxic Effect and Double Maturation Delays by Chao Liu, Yuanke Li

“…We investigate a nonautonomous two-species competitive system with stage structure and double time delays due to maturation for two species, where toxic effect of toxin liberating species on nontoxic species is considered and the inhibiting effect is zero in absence of either species. …”
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Heritability and Genetic Advance among Chili Pepper Genotypes for Heat Tolerance and Morphophysiological Characteristics by Magaji G. Usman, M. Y. Rafii, M. R. Ismail, M. A. Malek, Mohammad Abdul Latif

“…High temperature tolerance is an important component of adaptation to arid and semiarid cropping environment in chili pepper. …”
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Toward Intelligent Intrusion Prediction for Wireless Sensor Networks Using Three-Layer Brain-Like Learning by Jun Wu, Song Liu, Zhenyu Zhou, Ming Zhan

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The Effects of Tormentic Acid and Extracts from Callistemon citrinus on Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis Growth and Inhibition of Ergosterol Biosynthesis in Candida albicans by Chido Bvumbi, Godloves Fru Chi, Marc Y. Stevens, Molly Mombeshora, Stanley Mukanganyama

“…The extracts and tormentic acid were screened for antifungal activity using the broth microdilution method. …”
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Proposal for a Stratification Tool for Emergency Department Diabetic Patients with Uncomplicated Acute Hyperglycemia by Luís Alberto Corona Martínez, Laydami Rodríguez Amador, Jannet Rodríguez Valdés

“…Emergency care services have got an organizational tool of evident usefulness in the stratification of patients. …”
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A step forward in enhancing the health-promoting properties of whole tomato as a functional food to lower the impact of non-communicable diseases by Pier Giorgio Natali, Pier Giorgio Natali, Mauro Piantelli, Alessandra Sottini, Margherita Eufemi, Cristina Banfi, Luisa Imberti

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Outrigger and Belt-Truss System Design for High-Rise Buildings: A Comprehensive Review Part II—Guideline for Optimum Topology and Size Design by Wael Alhaddad, Yahia Halabi, Hu Xu, HongGang Lei

“…In this part, by presenting and analyzing as much relevant excellent resources as possible, a guideline for optimum topology and size design of the outrigger system is provided. …”
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CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE EVALUATION OF TOWING FORCES FOR ROAD TRANSPORTATION OF AGABARITICAL MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT by RADU IATAN, MIHAI STATESCU, ION DURBACA, GEORGIANA LUMINITA ENACHESCU

“…The present article that is continuing the analysis of transportation stages of over-sized and heavy equipment, as can be seen from the attached bibliography, takes into consideration the evaluation of the towing forces, in the case of two distant platforms. …”
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La station de Bergusium et le site des Buissières à Panossas (Isère) : de la toponymie à l’archéologie by Matthieu Poux, Aldo Borlenghi

“…This article focuses on the Bergusium/Birgusia statio to the east of Vienne, traditionally considered to be the current town of Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère). The scarcity and widespread dispersion of the remains discovered, as well as issues of toponymic derivation, suggest other localities, the foremost of which is Mount Briançon, several kilometres to the west. …”
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Three-dimensional flow structures modelling based on a depth-integrated method in a sharply curved open channel over topography by Lugina Fikry Purwa, Uchida Tatsuhiko, Blanckaert Koen

“…The method was validated to a laboratory experiment conducted in a sharply curved channel over topography. The pattern of water surface elevation and vertical velocity distribution can be replicated by the BVC method’s models, which also show strong qualitative agreement with the experimental dataset and 3D model. …”
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Inovirus-Encoded Peptides Induce Specific Toxicity in <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> by Juehua Weng, Yunxue Guo, Jiayu Gu, Ran Chen, Xiaoxue Wang

“…Notably, PftP4 homologues are found in multiple Pf phages and exhibit specificity in their toxicity towards <i>P. aeruginosa</i> among the tested bacterial strains. …”
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