CHALLENGES FOR RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY AND SCHOLARS by Irina B. Nazarova

“…There were 89.9 articles per 100 persons in journals indexed in the database of the Russian Science Citation Index, 4.1 articles per 100 persons in the Web of Science, 5.3 articles per 100 persons in Scopus in 2013. …”
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Spontaneous Splenic Rupture and Rituximab-Induced Acute Thrombocytopenia in a Patient with High-Risk Mantle Cell Lymphoma by Jared Williams, Shingi Chiruka

“…Mantle cell lymphoma is a relatively rare type of mature B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma with an incidence of approximately 8 cases per million persons per year. In patients with mantle cell lymphoma, there are rare case reports of the potentially life-threatening consequences of splenic rupture and rituximab-induced acute thrombocytopenia (RIAT) occurring separately, but there are no reports of these occurring in the same patient. …”
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Florida Crop/Pest Management Profiles: Snap Beans by Wael M. Elwakil, Mark A. Mossler

“…In 2009-2010, Florida growers produced 193.2 million pounds of snap beans, with a value of $0.69 per pound and a total value of $135 million. Snap beans were planted on 36,400 acres, and 32,200 acres were harvested, yielding an average of 6,000 pounds per acre. …”
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Cost of Production for Fresh Grapefruit Grown in Indian River, 2015/16 by Ariel Singerman

“…The total cost of production for Fresh Grapefruit in Indian River during 2015/16 was $2,723.88 per acre, down $349.50 per acre relative to the previous season. …”
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The Real-Life Effectiveness of Palivizumab for Reducing Hospital Admissions for Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Infants Residing in Nunavut by Anna Banerji, Vladimir Panzov, Michael Young, Bonita E Lee, Muhammad Mamdani, B Louise Giles, Marguerite Dennis, Johanne Morel, Danny Bisson, Bosco A Paes, Charles Hui, Jim Mahony

“…BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Nunavut has the highest hospitalization rates for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) worldwide, with rates of 166 per 1000 live births per year <1 year of age. Palivizumab was implemented in Nunavut primarily for premature infants, or those with hemodynamically significant cardiac or chronic lung disease; however, the effectiveness of the program is unknown. …”
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Florida Crop/Pest Management Profiles: Snap Beans by Wael M. Elwakil, Mark A. Mossler

“…In 2009-2010, Florida growers produced 193.2 million pounds of snap beans, with a value of $0.69 per pound and a total value of $135 million. Snap beans were planted on 36,400 acres, and 32,200 acres were harvested, yielding an average of 6,000 pounds per acre. …”
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Impact of CAP Subsidies on Profit in Agricultural Enterprises in Slovakia by Marián Tóth

“…The first is a proportional indicator of profit per hectare of agricultural land and the second is the (profit minus subsidy) per hectare of agricultural land. …”
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Cost of Production for Fresh Grapefruit Grown in Indian River, 2015/16 by Ariel Singerman

“…The total cost of production for Fresh Grapefruit in Indian River during 2015/16 was $2,723.88 per acre, down $349.50 per acre relative to the previous season. …”
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Effect of Sucrose Spray on some Phytochemical Characteristics of Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) under Field Conditions by Vahid Akbarpour, Hossein Aruei, Kambiz Mashayekhi, Majid Azizi Arani, Mohammad Ali Bahmanyar

“…Based on the results of the data, the highest and lowest flavonoid contents were obtained in methanol (11.51 mg quercetin per gram of dry weight), boric acid (10.74 mg quercetin per gram of dry weight), acetic acid (9.42 mg quercetin per gram of dry weight) ), and distilled water (8.32 mg of quercetin per gram of dry weight) solutions, respectively. …”
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Transcriptomic profiles of monocyte-derived macrophages exposed to SARS-CoV-2 VOCs reveal immune-evasion escape driven by delta by Alessia Gallo, Josè Camilla Sammartino, Roberta Vazzana, Roberto Giambruno, Claudia Carcione, Nicola Cuscino, Salvatore Castelbuono, Vitale Miceli, Matteo Bulati, Daniele Lilleri, Irene Cassaniti, Pier Giulio Conaldi, Fausto Baldanti

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Analysis of variability, heritability and trait association in four F2 populations of Gossypium hirsutum L. by K. Yaksha1, S. Rajeswari2, N. Premalatha2 and N. Manikanda Boopathi3

“…In this experiment, high PCV paired with high GCV was noted for number of monopodia per plant as well as boll weight in all the four crosses. …”
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Iron (Fe) Nutrition of Plants by George Hochmuth

“…Most annual plants have a requirement for Fe on the order of 1 to 1.5 lb Fe per acre, compared with nitrogen (N) at 80 to 200 lb per acre. …”
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Effect of the season on blood changes of oxidative stress index (OSi) in the Italian Mediterranean Buffalo (Bubalis bubalis by Giovanna De Matteis, Emanuela Rossi, Maria Chiara La Mantia, Roberto Steri, Vittoria Lucia Barile, David Meo Zilio

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Trace element concentrations, multivariate analysis and health risk potential of soils from urban and peri-urban agriculture by K.M. Hawrami, A.K. Baset

“…It was noted that soils subjected to wastewater irrigation do not show significant contamination by trace elements, whereas those affected by waste disposal sites showed high levels of chromium (134 milligrams per kilogram), copper (263 milligrams per kilogram), zinc (773 milligrams per kilogram), cadmium (4.19 milligrams per kilogram) and lead (161 milligrams per kilogram). …”
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Factors associated with risk analysis for asymptomatic left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in nondialysis patients with chronic kidney disease by Yajuan Gao, Shengnan Chen, Jiani Fu, Cui Wang, Yali Tang, Yongbai Luo, Xiaozhen Zhuo, Xueying Chen, Yan Shen

“…The multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that increased age (OR 1.237; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.108–1.381, per year), diabetic nephropathy (DN) and hypertensive nephropathy (HTN) (OR 25.000; 95% CI 1.355–48.645, DN and HTN vs chronic interstitial nephritis), progression of CKD stage (OR 2.785; 95% CI 1.228–6.315, per stage), increased mean arterial pressure (OR 1.154; 95% CI 1.051–1.268, per mmHg), increased urinary protein (OR 2.825; 95% CI 1.484–5.405, per g/24 h), and low blood calcium (OR 0.072; 95% CI 0.006–0.859, per mmol/L) were factors associated with risk for ALVDD in nondialysis CKD patients after adjusting for other confounding factors. …”
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Unlocking the genetic potential of Ethiopian fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) genotypes for future breeding by Zebib Berhe, Tesfaye Awas, Asmare Dejen, Metadel Adane, Baye Akele, Musa Adal, Faris Hailu

“…The present study revealed that high heritability with high genetic advance as percent of mean, respectively, showed for almost all the studied traits like, number of pods per plant (99.6 %, 97.7 %), number of seeds per pod (98.8 %, 84.2 %), number of primary branches per plant(98.5 %, 104.4 %), number of secondary branches per plant (98.3 %, 107.6), biomass yield (97.6 %, 59.9 %), plant height (94.6 %, 63 %), thousand seeds weight (92.6 %, 66.7 %), and pods length (91.5 %, 61.1 %). …”
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In-hospital costs of diabetic foot infection at a national referral hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia by Fitrianingsih, Rani Sauriasari, Em Yunir, Agusdini Banun Saptaningsih

“…The total costs were estimated at IDR 64.95 ± 50.89 million per patient. All cost variables were driven by intervention costs estimated at IDR 5.176 billion (median IDR 19.676 [min – max; 1.245–136.348) million per patient). …”
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Home-based strength and balance exercises for fall prevention among older individuals of advanced age: a randomized controlled single-blind study by Jian Zhou, Bo Liu, Jian-fang Xu, Fu-bai-hui Wang, Hui Ye, Jin-Ping Duan, Xin-wen Cui

“…There was no statistically significant difference in the fall rate between the two groups (0.48 falls per person-year vs. 0.67 falls per person-year, respectively; IRR: 0.708; 95% CI: 0.394–1.275; p = 0.251). …”
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The Needs for Visual Improvement of Patients Presented at Low-Vision Center in Wenzhou, China by Xiaoman Li, Guofu Chen, Ruzhi Deng, Na Lin, Lingzhi Ni, Longfei Jiang, Haishuang Lin, Frank Thorn, Jie Chen

“…Older subjects were more willing to choose hobbies (OR 1.35 (per 10-year increase), 95% CI 1.3–1.4), reading (OR 1.11 (per 10-year increase), 95% CI 1.0–1.2), watching TV or movies (OR 1.4 (per 10-year increase), 95% CI 1.3–1.6), and housework (OR 1.21 (per 10-year increase), 95% CI 1.0–1.5) than younger individuals. …”
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Profitability of Swedish Red-and-White × Holstein crossbred cows compared with purebred Holstein cows by D.F. Pipino, N. López-Villalobos, R.E. Hickson, V.E. Cabrera, M. Balzarini, M. Piccardi

“…The reproductive cost of a HOL cow per year was greater than that of a S×H crossbred cow (US$6.30). …”
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