UV-C light irradiation effects on two rose cultivars infected with Botrytis cinerea by Eduardo Espejel-Maycotte, Ma de Lourdes Arevalo-Galarza, Jose Alfredo Carrillo-Salazar, José Refugio Lomelí-Flores, Victoria Ayala-Escobar, Luis Francisco Salomé-Abarca

“….: Fr) is one of the most important diseases that cause great economic losses in cut roses. Chemical fungicides are widely used for disease management. …”
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Preferential flow in soils is key to the development of nebkhas in water limited regions by Weicheng Luo, Wenzhi Zhao, Ning An, Chengpeng Sun, Hong Zhou

“…Nebkhas, a typical landscape form in arid and semiarid environments, play important roles in desertification control and biodiversity protection. …”
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Human language technology tools for indigenous South African languages and their potential use by Respect Mlambo, Muzi Matfunjwa

“…In the context of South African indigenous languages (SAIL), several HLT tools support these languages. However, it seems that some language users are unaware of the availability and capabilities of these tools, which contributes to their underutilisation. …”
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Fish Health Management Considerations in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems - Part 1: Introduction and General Principles by Roy Yanong

“… Recirculating aquaculture systems, also known as water reuse systems, are commonly found in aquaculture production facilities, public aquaria, tropical fish wholesale operations, and retail pet stores. When properly managed, these systems have the advantages of both reducing overall water usage, as compared to flow-through systems, and improving control of many aspects of nutrition and water quality, as compared to pond systems. …”
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Effects of wire diameter on mechanical and microstructural properties of Inconel 625 fabricated by wire arc additive manufacturing by Fakada Dabalo Gurmesa, Hirpa G. Lemu, Wakshum Mekkonen Tucho, Adugna Deressa Akessa

“…Hardness also follows a similar trend as tensile strength, showing higher values for the smaller wire diameter and the least for the largest diameter. However, ductility was found to decrease with decreasing wire diameter, as expected. …”
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Drinking Water Treatment Residuals to Control Phosphorus in Soils by Jonathan D. Judy, Maria L. Silveira, Sampson Agyin-Birikorang, George O'Connor, Thomas A. Obreza

“…Most soils have the capacity to retain excess P. However, soils with low capacity to retain excess P are abundant in Florida.  …”
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Predicting patient engagement in IAPT services: a statistical analysis of electronic health records by David Betts, Alice Davis, Theresa Smith, Jenny Talbot, Chris Eldridge

“…We allow random effects in the GLMM for variables where we observe high service to service heterogeneity in the estimated effects from service specific logistic regressions.Findings We find that patients who self-refer are more likely to attend their appointments with an OR of 1.04. …”
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Ambient Air Quality Monitoring in Metropolitan City of Lagos, Nigeria by Kelechi Longinus Njoku, Tosin John Rumide, Modupe Olatunde Akinola, Adeola Alex Adesuyi, Anuoluwapo Omosileola Jolaoso

“…All equipments and meters were all properly pre-calibrated before each usage for quality assurance. …”
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A systematic review of exposure to toxic elements and neurocognitive development in children by Tingyi Guo, Moslem Lari Najafi, Junmei Zhang

“…Exposure to potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has been implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive deficits in children. However, the extent of this association and the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. …”
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LazyAct: Lazy actor with dynamic state skip based on constrained MDP. by Hongjie Zhang, Zhenyu Chen, Hourui Deng, Chaosheng Feng

“…Deep reinforcement learning has achieved significant success in complex decision-making tasks. However, the high computational cost of policies based on deep neural networks restricts their practical application. …”
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The use of ecological momentary assessment for family caregivers of adults with chronic conditions: A systematic review by Areum Han, Laurie A. Malone, Hee Yun Lee, Jiaqi Gong, Ryan Henry, Xishi Zhu, Hon K. Yuen

“… # Discussion This review showed that using EMA to collect information on family caregivers of adults with chronic health conditions appeared feasible and acceptable. However, the methodology or design of using EMA to collect caregiver information in this population is still preliminary. …”
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EFFECT OF GREEN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ON CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE INSURANCE SECTOR by Adelugba Iyabode Abisola, Eze Benneth Uchenna, Olojede Paul, Eyanuku Julius Paul

“…The coefficient of determination (R2) suggested that 33.1% variation in corporate sustainability is accounted for by Green HRM. However, the model did not explain 66.9% of the variation in corporate sustainability, implying that there are other elements or factors associated with corporate sustainability, which were not captured in the current model. …”
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Hospital frailty risk score predicts graft failure severe infection and mortality in hospitalized kidney transplant recipients from 2010 to 2018 US data by Lumin Chen, Feifan Chu, Hangbin Ma, Zujie Chen, Yuning Ma, Qiwei Ji, Hao Zhou

“…Moreover, the pre-kidney transplantation HFRS was strongly associated with surgical complications and other adverse and postoperative outcomes. However, it is yet unknown how frailty affects transplant failure prognosis, inpatient mortality and morbidity, and infection. …”
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Microwave sea ice and ocean brightness temperature and emissivity between 22 and 243 GHz from ship-based radiometers by Janna E. Rückert, Andreas Walbröl, Nils Risse, Pavel Krobot, Rainer Haseneder-Lind, Mario Mech, Kerstin Ebell, Gunnar Spreen

“…Passive microwave measurements of Arctic sea ice have been conducted over the last 50 years from space and during airborne, ship- and ground-based measurement campaigns. …”
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E2F1 activates breast stromal fibroblasts and promotes their paracrine pro-carcinogenic effects by Layla A. Al-Kharashi, Falah H. Al-Mohanna, Abdelilah Aboussekhra, Abdelilah Abousekhra

“…In the present study, we investigated the role of the transcription factor E2F1 in the active status of CAFs. …”
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Short-term results of laparoscopic and open complete mesocolic excision with D3 lymph node dissection for left-sided colon cancer by P. V. Tsarkov, I. A. Tulina, A. Yu. Kravchenko, A. V. Leont’Yev

“…Each group included 54 patients. Duration of operation and volume of intraoperative blood loss in the II group patients was less, than in the I group. …”
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Squeeze-and-Excitation Vision Transformer for Lung Nodule Classification by Xiaozhong Xue, Yanhe Ma, Weiwei Du, Yahui Peng

“…Early diagnosis of lung cancer can increase the 5-year survival rate to 70%, and the lung nodule classification is the basis for early diagnosis. However, due to the small scales and variations in shape and texture of lung nodules, accurate classification of lung nodules is a challenging task. …”
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The Impact of Physical Activities on Male Fertility: A Systematic Review by Albert Kapla, Alicja Černohorská, Daria Bednarczyk, Julia Białeta, Karolina Siembab, Katarzyna Rowińska, Michalina Jurkiewicz, Wiktor Garbarczyk, Wiktoria Pysiewicz, Agnieszka Napieralska

“…Conclusion The authors argue that the generally positive impact of exercise on male fertility can be demonstrated on many levels. However, moderation in training load is necessary, as excessive training volume can lead to hormonal regulation issues or simply result in injury in the groin area. …”
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الیکٹرانک فارمز اور رضامندی کی جدید صورت: شرعی مطالعہ by Muhammad Javed Khan, Dr. Usman Ahmad

“…Historically, consent was expressed either verbally or in written form. However, in the contemporary era, various modern forms of expressing consent in agreements have emerged, including electronic forms. …”
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TRANS-BORDER TRAJECTORIES AND HUMAN SECURITY IN NIGERIA: NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST IN PERSPECTIVE by JOSHUA OJI ZACHARIAH, ELIAS CHUKWUEMEKA NGWU

“…Similarly, the so-called delineated international borders are porous and countries exposed to various forms of human insecurity. However, successive governments have in collaboration with leaders of neighbouring countries and independently adopted different measures to checkmate irregular trans-border movements and related security disquiets but to no avail. …”
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