Comparing traditional surveys and web-scraped data to understand the pigeon racing industry in Southern California by Maurice Pitesky, Malekah Isa, Charlene Rivera, Elise Streba, Joseph D. Gendreau

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Cultivar Evaluation and Essential Test Locations Identification for Sugarcane Breeding in China by Jun Luo, Yong-Bao Pan, Liping Xu, Hua Zhang, Zhaonian Yuan, Zuhu Deng, Rukai Chen, Youxiong Que

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The Dose Makes the Poison: Sugar and Obesity in the United States – a Review by Samir Faruque, Janice Tong, Vuk Lacmanovic, Christiana Agbonghae, Dulce M Minaya, Krzysztof Czaja

“…The relationship between sugar consumption and obesity was analyzed using United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Sugar and Sweetener Outlook data, and obesity prevalence was analyzed using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). …”
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Rootstocks for Florida Stone Fruit by Ali Sarkhosh, Mercy Olmstead, Jose Chaparro, Thomas Beckman

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Research Note: Testing the validity of latency-to-lie tests without water for objective on-farm assessment of walking ability of broiler chickens by Kaitlin Wurtz, Sigga Rasmussen, Anja Riber

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High-Throughput Oxford Nanopore Sequencing Unveils Complex Viral Population in Kansas Wheat: Implications for Sustainable Virus Management by Nar B. Ranabhat, John P. Fellers, Myron A. Bruce, Jessica L. Shoup Rupp

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Docosahexaenoic acid-rich fish oil prevented insulin resistance by modulating gut microbiome and promoting colonic peptide YY expression in diet-induced obesity mice by Wanxiu Cao, Fang Liu, Robert W. Li, Yaoxian Chin, Yuming Wang, Changhu Xue, Qingjuan Tang

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Rootstocks for Florida Stone Fruit by Ali Sarkhosh, Mercy Olmstead, Jose Chaparro, Thomas Beckman

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Structure, Mechanical Performance, and Dimensional Stability of Radiata Pine (Pinus radiata D. Don) Scrimbers by Jinguang Wei, Fei Rao, Yuxiang Huang, Yahui Zhang, Yue Qi, Wenji Yu, Chung-Yun Hse

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Evaluating eating patterns and health status of undergraduate students majoring in human nutrition, Lahore, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study by Saad Afzal, Ayesha Iftikhar, Mateen Ahmad, Zeeshan Ashraf, Waseem Khalid, Shinawar Waseem Ali, Maryam Illyas, Fareed Afzal, Muhammad Zubair Khalid, Tawfiq Alsulami, Emery Lenge Mukonzo

“…A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire, and dietary analysis was done using USDA food composition tables. Results showed that 63% of participants from upper middle-class backgrounds were either obese or underweight, while 25% of those affected by malnutrition were from lower middle-class backgrounds. …”
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Organic amendments tighten nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils: a meta-analysis on gross nitrogen flux by Lauren C. Breza, A. Stuart Grandy, A. Stuart Grandy

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Drought before fire increases tree mortality after fire by C. Alina Cansler, Micah C. Wright, Phillip J. vanMantgem, Timothy M. Shearman, J. Morgan Varner, Sharon M. Hood

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A Throughfall Collection Method Using Mixed Bed Ion Exchange Resin Columns by Mark E. Fenn, Mark A. Poth, Michael J. Arbaugh

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Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue from Obese and Lean Adults Does Not Release Hepcidin In Vivo by Lisa Tussing-Humphreys, Keith N. Frayn, Steven R. Smith, Mark Westerman, A. Louise Dennis, Elizabeta Nemeth, Jessica Thomson, Cenk Pusatcioglu

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Lunasin protease inhibitor concentrate decreases pro-inflammatory cytokines and improves histopathological markers in dextran sodium sulfate-induced ulcerative colitis by Andrea Nieto-Veloza, Zhihong Wang, Qixin Zhong, Doris D’Souza, Hari B. Krishnan, Vermont P. Dia

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Transgenerational epigenetic heritability for growth, body composition, and reproductive traits in Landrace pigs by Andre C. Araujo, Jay S. Johnson, Jason R. Graham, Jeremy Howard, Yijian Huang, Hinayah R. Oliveira, Luiz F. Brito

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Guar Gum as an Edible Coating for Enhancing Shelf-Life and Improving Postharvest Quality of Roma Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) by X. Ruelas-Chacon, J. C. Contreras-Esquivel, J. Montañez, A. F. Aguilera-Carbo, M. L. Reyes-Vega, R. D. Peralta-Rodriguez, G. Sanchéz-Brambila

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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Associated Metabolic Risks of Hypertension in Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Community-Based Study by Xiaoying Ding, Ying Xu, Yufan Wang, Xiaohua Li, Chunhua Lu, Jing Su, Yuhang Ma, Yuting Chen, Yanhua Yin, Lijun Zhang, Yong Wu, Yaqiong Jin, Lijun Zheng, Songmei Xu, Xiuli Zhu, Jilin Ma, Lihua Yu, Junyi Jiang, Naisi Zhao, Qingwu Yan, Andrew S. Greenberg, Qianfang Huang, Qian Ren, Haiyan Sun, Mingyu Gu, Li Zhao, Yunhong Huang, Yijie Wu, Chunxian Qian, Yongde Peng

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Enhancing detection of STEC in the meat industry: insights into virulence of priority STEC by Mai-Lan Tran, Sabine Delannoy, Patrick Fach

“…This study, conducted on beef samples with a new method supporting the regulatory USDA-FSIS MLG5C.04 method, showed that 92% of the stx-positive samples carry stx2 alone or in association with stx1. …”
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Soybean Lectin Enhances Biofilm Formation by Bradyrhizobium japonicum in the Absence of Plants by Julieta Pérez-Giménez, Elías J. Mongiardini, M. Julia Althabegoiti, Julieta Covelli, J. Ignacio Quelas, Silvina L. López-García, Aníbal R. Lodeiro

“…Soybean lectin (SBL) purified from soybean seeds by affinity chromatography strongly bound to Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110 cell surface. This lectin enhanced biofilm formation by B. japonicum in a concentration-dependent manner. …”
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