RETRACTED: Individual and Interactive Ecophysiological Effect of Temperature, Watering Regime and Abscisic Acid on the Growth and Development of Tomato Seedlings by Taghleb Al-Deeb, Mohammad Abo Gamar, Sabah Khaleel, Abdul Latief Al-Ghzawi, Wesam Al Khateeb, Mohammad Jawarneh, Mohammad Y. Jahmani, Omar Al-Zoubi, Talaat Habeeb

“…Plants were grown in controlled environment growth chambers under two temperatures (22/18 °C or 28/24 °C; 16 h light/8 h dark), two watering regimes (well-watered or water-stressed), and two abscisic acid treatments (0 and 100 µL of 1mM abscisic acid solution, every other day). Plants were placed under experimental conditions for a total of 33 days, including a 13-day period of initial growth and hardening. …”
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Chemical Composition, Source Appointment and Health Risk of PM2.5 and PM2.5-10 during Forest and Peatland Fires in Riau, Indonesia by Sepridawati Siregar, Nora Idiawati, Puji Lestari, Abiyu Kerebo Berekute, Wen-Chi Pan, Kuo-Pin Yu

“…The average concentrations of PM2.5 and PM2.5-10 at Riau, Indonesia were 63.85 ± 3.22 µg m−3 and 27.72 ± 2.40 µg m−3, respectively. The positive matrix factorization (PMF) model was adopted to identify possible PM sources and their contributions to the ambient PM level. …”
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Incidence and pathological features of IgA nephropathy before and during the COVID-19 pandemic by Wen Liu, Ricong Xu, Di Wu, Zhihang Su, Yuan Cheng, Haofei Hu, Xinzhou Zhang, Qijun Wan

“…Our results indicate that the incidence of IgAN has risen during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with exacerbated renal damage and elevated proportions of M1 and E1 in the Oxford classification.…”
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Depth variations as effective indicators for strength variation of Najran granites, Najran region, Saudi Arabia by Ahmed Abd El Aal, Yahya Al Zamana, Turki Dunquwah, Omar Alsalmi, Jabir Hussain, Javed Iqbal, Moustafa Abdulrahim Mohamedsalih, Ahmed E. Radwan, Hezam Al-Awah

“…As the specimen depth increases from 0 to 30 m, the SDI, Brazilian strength, UCS, and tensile strength also increases from 98.67%, 16.65, 132, and 10.82 MPa to 99.76%, 20.46, 187, and 15.33 MPa, respectively. …”
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Pyrvinium Pamoate Synergizes with Azoles in vitro and in vivo to Exert Antifungal Efficacy Against Candida auris and Other Candida Species by Zhang J, Li G, Hu J, Tan J, Zhang H, Zhou Y

“…Galleria mellonella larvae were employed to evaluate the antifungal efficacy of PP and/or azoles in the treatment of C. auris infections in vivo.Results: When used to treat these different fungal isolates in vitro, the single-agent efficacy of PP was relatively poor, with minimum inhibitory concentration values ranging from 2 μg/mL - > 32 μg/mL. However, PP and azoles exhibited synergistic activity against the majority of analyzed C. albicans and C. auris isolates. …”
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Megoura crassicauda promote the ability of Vicia faba L. to remediate cadmium pollution of water and soil by Sijing Wan, Shasha Wang, Yan Li, Yexin Xie, Qimei Li, Yinjie Fang, Zhenjuan Yin, Shigui Wang, Yifan Zhai, Bin Tang

“…This study investigated the cadmium (Cd) remediation ability of fava beans by M. crassicauda feeding on or not using both hydroponic and soil cultures containing varying concentrations of Cd. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations of PM2.5 and O3 Relationship during 2014–2021 in Eastern China by Yasong Li, Tijian Wang, Qin’geng Wang, Yawei Qu, Hao Wu, Min Xie, Mengmeng Li, Shu Li, Bingliang Zhuang

“…Based on our investigations, it was found that the yearly average level of PM2.5 presented a consistent diminish, falling from 55.8 µg m−3 (2014) to 31.9 µg m−3 (2021), while O3 increased by 7.2% during 2014–2017 but decreased by 1.9% in 2018–2021. …”
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Comparative effect of boiling, microwave and ultrasonication treatment on microstructure, nutritional and microbial quality of Tofu by Abiola Folakemi Olaniran, Faith Oluwatoyosi Agaja, Oluwatobi Victoria Obayomi, Seno Isidore Ebong, Adekunbi Adetola Malomo, Olubukola David Olaniran, Oluwakemi Christianah Erinle, Stephen Olugbemiga Owa

“…The antioxidant activities and total flavonoid contents (TFC) of tofu samples ranged from 22.2 to 35.5 mg/mL with ultrasonicated tofu (UTU) showing the highest scavenging activity (at 47.40 % and 22.2 mg/mL). …”
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Technical Proficiency Analysis in Table Tennis: A Comparative Study Between Advanced and Intermediate Players by Benny Aprial, Denny Setyawan, George Danut Mocanu, Candra Brema Tarigan, Ghulam Mustafa, John Michael D. Aquino, Bilal Azmi Sarıtaş

“…Biomechanical analysis showed advanced players maintained more optimal arm angles (110.5° vs 95.8°) and faster bat swing speeds (17.8 m/s vs 12.4 m/s). Additionally, advanced players exhibited better tactical adaptation, with more service variations (6.8 vs 4.2 types) and faster reaction times (245ms vs 312ms). …”
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Investigating uncertainty and parameter sensitivity in bedform analysis by using a Monte Carlo approach by J. Reich, A. Winterscheid

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Impact of the COVID-19 Event on Trip Intensity and Air Quality in Southern China by Shun Wan, Kangping Cui, Ya-Fen Wang, Jhong-Lin Wu, Wei-Syun Huang, Kaijie Xu, Jiajia Zhang

“…For the combined data for the three cities, on the top five days with the highest AQIs during the epidemic period, the average concentrations of PM2.5, PM10, SO2, CO, NO2, and O3 were 76.4 µg m–3, 113.4 µg m–3, 5.14 ppb, 0.88 ppm, 36.5 ppb and 55.5 ppb, which were 55.2%, 49.4%, 55.1%, 30.0%, 45.1% and 15.5% lower than those during the non-epidemic period (from January 12 to March 27, 2017–2019). …”
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Synchrotron X-ray imaging study on the mechanism of solids transfer to bitumen froth during oil sands flotation 1: True flotation by Hanyu Zhang, Liuyin Xia, Ning Zhu, Sergey Gasilov, Iris He, Xiaofan Ding

“…Furthermore, the median particle size (P50) for sand particles entering froth by true flotation was determined to be 67.6 μm, significantly larger than the 30.6 μm observed for particles transferring through entrainment or entrapment.…”
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Anti-motilities and anti-biofilm effects of Ageratum conyzoides L. methanol extract by Eli Compaoré, Moussa Compaoré, Vincent Ouédraogo, Ablassé Rouamba, Alimata Bancé, Mignini R. Dofini, Martin Kiendrebeogo

“…Results: From the study, 100 µg/mL and 200 µg/mL of extract presented significant inhibition of P. aeruginosa and E. coli swarming motility but did not exhibit a significant effect on P. aeruginosa swimming and E. coli twitching motilities. …”
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A ribodepletion and tagging protocol to multiplex samples for RNA-seq based virus detection: application to the cassava virome by Daniel H. Otron, Justin S. Pita, Murielle Hoareau, Fidèle Tiendrébéogo, Jean-Michel Lett, Pierre Lefeuvre

“…Results Here, we develop a high-throughput sequencing protocol, named Ribo-M-Seq, that combines plant rRNA ribodepletion, cDNA synthesis, tagging with a 96 multiplexing scheme and Illumina sequencing. …”
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Bubble connectivity in experimentally-sheared crystal-bearing silicic melts by Daffos, Camille, Martel, Caroline, Arbaret, Laurent, Champallier, Rémi

“…The pre-deformed samples contain 0 to 50 vol% of plagioclase crystals (40–90 $\mu $m size) in a hydrated haplogranitic melt with 20–30 vol% vesicularity mainly consisting of decompression-induced H2O bubbles (${\sim }$20–250 $\mu $m in diameter). …”
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Incorporation of anthocyanin into zein nanofibrous films by electrospinning: Structural characterization, functional properties, and ammonia color-responsiveness by Jun Wang, Wenpeng Zhao, Dongli Qin, Hongyan Shan, Xiaoman Zhu, Lilan Chen, Ying Liu, Songnan Li

“…With an increase in A concentration from 0 % to 0.5 %, the average thickness and fiber diameter of the electrospun Z-FF increased from 68.6 μm to 102.0 μm and from 582.1 nm to 690.7 nm, respectively. …”
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Brazilian Thoracic Association recommendations for the management of lymphangioleiomyomatosis by Bruno Guedes Baldi, Paulo Henrique Ramos Feitosa, Adalberto Sperb Rubin, Alexandre Franco Amaral, Carolina Salim Gonçalves Freitas, Cláudia Henrique da Costa, Eliane Viana Mancuzo, Ellen Caroline Toledo do Nascimento, Mariana Sponholz Araujo, Marcelo Jorge Jacó Rocha, Martina Rodrigues de Oliveira, Tatiana Senna Galvão, Pedro Paulo Teixeira e Silva Torres, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho

“…In recent decades, a number of advances have been made in the understanding of the pathophysiology and management of LAM, leading to improvements in its prognosis: identification of the main genetic aspects and the role of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway; relationship with hormonal factors, mainly estrogen; characterization of pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations in imaging studies; identification and importance in the diagnosis of VEGF-D; a systematic diagnostic approach, often without the need for lung biopsy; use of and indications for the use of mTOR inhibitors, mainly sirolimus, for pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations; pulmonary rehabilitation and the management of complications such as pneumothorax and chylothorax; and the role of and indications for lung transplantation. …”
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Influence of Meteorological Conditions and Fire Hotspots on PM0.1 in Northern Thailand during Strong Haze Episodes and Carbonaceous Aerosol Characterization by Chaiyoth Sresawasd, Thaneeya Chetiyanukornkul, Phuchiwan Suriyawong, Surajit Tekasakul, Masami Furuuchi, Mitsuhiko Hata, Rachane Malinee, Perapong Tekasakul, Racha Dejchanchaiwong

“…Average OC and EC mass concentrations in PM0.1 were 6.8 ± 2.7 and 1.4 ± 0.5 µg m−3 during the haze periods, significantly higher than those during the non-haze periods; 1.9 ± 0.9 and 0.5 ± 0.2 µg m−3. …”
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Ion irradiation introduced high-density core-shell structured nanoprecipitates in FeCrNi by Yizhou Qian, Xiaolei Ma, Kangkang Wen, Siyu Chen, Yiheng Chen, Yugang Wang, Tongde Shen, Gang Sha, Chenxu Wang

“…We have successfully prepared NPs in FeCrNi with an average diameter of ∼15.2 nm and a number density of ∼2.03 × 1022 m−3 by employing ion irradiation. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Atom Probe Tomography (APT) results show the unique core-shell structure of these NPs, consisting of Cr-rich M23C6 carbides cores and Ni-rich shells. …”
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Pembangunan Aplikasi Mobile Pengenalan Objek Untuk Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini by Muhammad Fadhlan Supriadi, Ema Rachmawati, Anditya Arifianto

“…The experimental result indicates that the mean Average Precision (mAP) of MobileNetV2 could exceed MobileNetV1 and InceptionV2 of 99.34%. …”
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