Chemical Composition of Cymbopogon flexuosus and C. winterianus Essential Oils and Their Insecticidal Potential Against the Coffee Berry Borer Hypothenemus hampei by Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha, Rudramuni Kiran

“…Among two concentrations of both essential oils, 100% mortality was observed at 500 and 1000 ppm within 48 and 24 hours of treatment, respectively. …”
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Blueprint for a high-performance biomaterial: full-length spider dragline silk genes. by Nadia A Ayoub, Jessica E Garb, Robin M Tinghitella, Matthew A Collin, Cheryl Y Hayashi

“…Because these genes are co-expressed within the same silk gland, there may have been selection for similarity in regulatory regions. …”
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Cohesive zone modeling of the buckling behavior of a fusion-joined, additive-manufactured wind blade by Dongyang Cao, Hongbing Lu, Daniel Todd Griffith

“…An approach was adopted to integrate a hybrid of solid and cohesive elements within the cohesive zone modeling (CZM) framework using the Abaqus–Riks method. …”
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A cross-tissue transcriptome-wide association study identified susceptibility genes for age-related macular degeneration by Hongfan Yang, Haofei Huang, Kunlin Pu

“…The Unified Test for Molecular Signatures (UTMOST) and Functional Summary-based Imputation (FUSION) were used to evaluate gene associations with AMD across tissues and within individual tissues, respectively. Multi-marker Analysis of Genomic Annotation (MAGMA) was employed to validate results and identify reliable susceptibility genes, followed by summary data-based Mendelian randomization (SMR) and colocalization analyses to explore causal associations. …”
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Harnessing nanoparticles for reshaping tumor immune microenvironment of hepatocellular carcinoma by JinSong Li, GuanBo Zhang, Gang Li, Jie Zhang, Zhi Yang, Lin Yang, ShiJie Jiang, JiaXing Wang

“…These nanoparticles increase the accumulation of immunotherapeutic drugs within the tumor microenvironment, thereby transforming the TIME. …”
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GEOPOLITICAL VARIATION IN THE REPORTAGE OF SECURITY BY THE NATION AND DAILY TRUST NEWSPAPERS (2010-2020): A PROGNOSIS by M. M. NURUDDEN, M. M. NURUDDEN

“… This study explores the geopolitical trajectory in the reportage of security issues in Nigeria by The Nation and Daily Trust newspapers between 2010 and 2020.The two national dailies have within the period under study engaged reckless reportage of insecurity news in the geopolitics of information dissemination, which endangers the lives of many innocent Nigerians in order to favour their states of operation and deepen acceptability in their constituencies, hence promoting unhealthy Northern and Southern dichotomy to the detriment of national security. …”
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Exploring shape diversity and sexual dimorphism in two populations of Nigma conducens through geometric morphometrics by Safa M. El-masry, Tarek G. Ismail, Asmaa N. Mustafa

“…This study employed geometric morphometrics to investigate prosoma shape and size variations between two populations of Nigma conducens spiders and between sexes within each population. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) explored shape variation, while Canonical Variate Analysis (CVA) compared shape differences between populations and sexes. …”
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PERFORMANCES OF INSURANCE MARKET IN MONTENEGRO IN CONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS by Miljana Novićević, Vladimir Kašćelan, Julija Cerović

“…The insurance industry was not fully exposed to crisis and drastic changes have not been expected within this type of industry. The global financial crisis did not have a direct negative impact on the insurance market in Montenegro, but rather the indirect one that may be identified through the decline in purchasing power of citizens, decrease in the lending activity of the banks, and through possible recession. …”
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A light in the darkness: Early phases of development and the emergence of cognition by Elisa Cainelli, Giulia Stramucci, Patrizia Bisiacchi

“…This transitory condition will gradually give way to more mature competencies, the milestones of which are posed within 2 years of age. This review takes a new perspective on early development and attempts to trace the remarkable changes from in-utero period to the second year of postnatal life, posing a bridge between the neurobiological substrate and behavioral development. …”
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Reducing M2 macrophage in lung fibrosis by controlling anti-M1 agent by Fatemeh Bahram Yazdroudi, Alaeddin Malek

“…In contrast, the optimal control strategy effectively reduces M2 macrophages, preventing fibrosis formation within 120 days. The results highlight the potential of the proposed optimal control approach in modulating tissue repair processes and mitigating the progression of IPF. …”
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Source Identification of VOCs and their Environmental Health Risk in a Petrochemical Industrial Area by Nattaporn Pinthong, Sarawut Thepanondh, Akira Kondo

“…Specific VOC ratios were also applied to identify VOC sources. The T/B ratio was within the range 3.54–5.15, confirming that vehicle emissions were the main source of pollutants during the entire investigated period in the community area. …”
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A Novel Intrinsic Foot Muscle Strength Dynamometer Demonstrates Moderate-To-Excellent Reliability and Validity by Jennifer Xu, Dante D Goss, Susan A Saliba

“… # Results For the novel dynamometer, intra- and inter-rater reliability was moderate-to-excellent (ICC = 0.73 -- 0.95), and the majority of the strength tests were within the 95% limits of agreement with the HHD. Wider foot morphology and a higher number of days walking over the prior seven days had small but significant correlations with IFM strength (dominant foot r = 0.34, non-dominant foot r = 0.39; r = -0.33, -0.39 respectively)…”
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Use of Artemisinin- Combination Therapies in Port Harcourt by OA Shorinwa, OO Ebong

“…Of the 717 questionnaires that were returned and evaluated, 690 (96.2%) respondents claimed to have had malaria within the last one year; 244 (34%) received treatment from hospitals; 273 (38.1%) received treatment from pharmacies; 137 (19.1%) engaged in self medication and 17 (2.4%) received herbal treatment. …”
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(Pseudo) sluicing in Preposition Stranding Contexts: The Case of Ta'izzi Arabic by Mustafa Ahmed Al-humari

“… The study explores the morphosyntactic properties of the elliptical structure of sluicing in Ta'izzi Arabic, a dialect spoken in the southwestern part of Yemen, with a particular focus on sluicing in preposition-stranding contexts within the generative grammar paradigm. The Arabic dialect under study seems to allow sluicing with preposition stranding, thus constituting, in principle, counterevidence to Preposition Stranding Generalization (PSG) proposed by Merchant (2001). …”
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Drop-on-demand printing of amine-responsive fluorescence-ratiometric sensor array for online monitoring meat freshness by Zhijian Wang, Xudong Shi, Jingze Guo, Lin Wang, Meilin Cao, Shiyao Wang, Yisheng Chen

“…Aiming to enable online freshness-monitoring of meat within modified-atmosphere package, we developed a ratiometric array that was fluorescently responsive to volatile organic compounds-ammonia (NH3) released by protein decaying. …”
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The process and perspective of serious incident investigations in adult community mental health services: integrative review and synthesis by Helen Haylor, Tony Sparkes, Gerry Armitage, Melanie Dawson-Jones, Keith Double, Lisa Edwards

“…The importance of applying these approaches within a mental healthcare system that advocates a zero suicide framework, grounded in a restorative just culture, is highlighted. …”
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Reconstructive surgery to preserve ankle function in a 5-year-old girl with bilobed distal tibia in an unclassified case of tibial hemimelia: a case report by Alireza Ghaznavi, Miad Nosratpour, Seyed Mohammadmisagh Moteshakereh, Ava Parvandi, Shayan Amiri

“…Despite Paley et al.’s detailed classification of tibial hemimelia, some unique sporadic cases still do not fit within this system. In 2021, Chong et al. proposed the most recent surgical approach based on the Paley classification, which inspired cases such as ours. …”
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Predicted distribution of curl-leaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. by Robert E Kissell, Michael T Tercek, David P Thoma, Kristin L Legg

“…Modeled probabilities of occurrence and vector analysis indicated the species to remain in some areas within BICA but will be vulnerable in others given the predicted changes in temperature and precipitation in BICA if historical trajectories continue. …”
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Impacts of Floods on the Indoor Air Microbial Burden by Akila Muthalagu, Yang Lian, Rekha M Ravindran, Asif Qureshi

“…In this work, we address these aspects in a flooded environment in India and investigate the changes in the indoor air microbial burden by comparing with the control (non-flooded) houses. Flooded houses within one month of water recession were compared with control houses. …”
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The Everyday Commoning Practices in Urbanising Localities by Bhuvaneswari Raman, Eric Denis

“…It demonstrates how common land could serve as a foundation for the inclusion of poor communities within the city. The two cases presented in this paper reflect a trend observed in Indian cities since the mid-1990s, whereby rural common lands in urbanised localities, previously allocated to poor households for housing, have been targeted for more profitable development, eventually justified by environmental arguments. …”
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