Expanding the Diversity of <i>Actinobacterial Tectiviridae</i>: A Novel Genus from <i>Microbacterium</i> by Jacqueline M. Washington, Holly Basta, Angela Bryanne De Jesus, Madison G. Bendele, Steven G. Cresawn, Emily K. Ginser

“…Phages MuffinTheCat, Badulia, DesireeRose, Bee17, SCoupsA, and LuzDeMundo were purified from environmental samples by students participating in the Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) program at Alliance University, New York. …”
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Surgical trends, outcomes and disparities in minimal invasive surgery for patients with endometrial cancer in England: a retrospective cohort study by Thomas Ind, Esther L. Moss, George Morgan, Antony P. Martin, Panos Sarhanis

“…A propensity score was created, to control for confounding factors including demographics, clinical and hospital characteristics, from a logistic regression which enabled the inverse probability weighting of treatment to be applied in order to compare outcomes of treatment.Main outcome measures The association between route of surgery on perioperative morbidity and mortality.Results The MIS rate rose from 40.3% in 2011 to 68.7% in 2017/2018, however, there was significant geographical variation (p&lt;0.001). …”
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Odor Identification by Parkinson’s Disease Patients Tested by Using Sniffin’ Sticks versus Natural Spices by Florence Baert, Geertrui Vlaemynck, Jarissa Maselyne, Christophe Matthys

“…Sniffin’ Sticks orange, peppermint, rose, and fish odorants were best correctly identified by PD patients, by 62.5, 53.8, 52.9, and 57.5%, respectively. …”
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Enhancing maize seed resistance to chilling stress through seed germination and surface morphological changes using high voltage electrostatic field by Yao Lu, Yaoyao Li, Qian Peng, Xiangyun Sun, Qinglu Yang, Zhanhua Song, Fuyang Tian, Yinfa Yan, Mochen Liu

“…Root length, shoot length, and dry weight of maize seedlings rose by 20.3%, 19.2%, and 16.6%. Further analysis revealed a 62.7% increase in soluble sugar content in HVEF-treated seeds and the lowest leaching solution conductivity of 1.6 kV/cm. …”
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Seasonal Patterns and Trends of Air Pollution in the Upper Northern Thailand from 2004 to 2018 by Sarawut Sukkhum, Apiradee Lim, Thammasin Ingviya, Rattikan Saelim

“…The concentrations of these pollutants rose during August and September and reached peak levels in March. …”
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The Association of Autoantibodies in Hyperthyroid Heart Disease Combined with Pulmonary Hypertension by Xiujuan Zhang, Lin Chen, Jianping Sheng, Chaoying Li, Yong He, WenXia Han

“…Based on variance analysis, PASP rose as the level of TRAb gets higher. What is more, patients with HHD combined with PH showed a significantly higher serum level of TRAb; moreover, serum TRAb concentration was remarkably correlated with the PASP level. …”
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Evaluating land use ımpact on evapotranspiration in Yellow River Basin China through a novel GSEBAL model: a remote sensing perspective by Sheheryar Khan, Wang Huiliang, Umer Nauman, Muhammad Waseem Boota, Zening Wu

“…The study area experiences changes in LST, NDVI, and LULC. Maximum ET values rose from 214.217 mm in 1990 to 234.891 mm in 2000. …”
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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Brucellosis in Ruminants in Dhofar Province in Southern Oman by Waleed Al-Marzooqi, Elshafie I. Elshafie, AlGhalya Al-Toobi, Abeer Al-Hamrashdi, Kaadhia Al-Kharousi, Hatim El-Tahir, Maryne Jay, Yannick Corde, Yasmin ElTahir

“…A seroprevalence of Brucella infection in naturally infected livestock was undertaken in 50 farms (a total of 434 sera, 207 goats, 84 sheep, 54 cattle, and 89 camels) from different wilayat of the Dhofar region in the southern part of Oman. Rose Bengal (RBT), complement fixation (CFT), and indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (I-ELISA) tests were used to determine the presence of Brucella antibodies. …”
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Abnormal Glucose Tolerance Is Associated with a Reduced Myocardial Metabolic Flexibility in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Domenico Tricò, Simona Baldi, Silvia Frascerra, Elena Venturi, Paolo Marraccini, Danilo Neglia, Andrea Natali

“…In response to Pacing, glucose uptake promptly rose in N-AGT (from 72 ± 21 to 234 ± 73 nmol/min/g, p<0.05), did not change in DCM-AGT, and slowly increased in DCM-NGT. …”
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广州市社区人群非心源性胸痛的流行病学调查

“…【目的】 了解广州市社区人群中非心源性胸痛(NCCP)的患病情况,探讨相关危险因素【方法】 2009年9月,采用多阶段抽样方法在广州市农林街社区进行入户面访式问卷调查,内容包含Rose心绞痛问卷和中国反流性疾病问卷等采用χ2检验或Fisher确切概率法比较率的差异,多变量logistic回归分析探讨NCCP相关危险因素【结果】 实际调查1707人(男814人,女893人),应答率100%平均年龄51(S = 18)岁过去1年中出现胸痛者共92人(5.4%,95%CI 4.3% ~ 6.5%),61人(3.6%,95%CI 2.7% ~ 4.5%)出现NCCP,NCCP患病率女性高于男性,分别为4.8%和2.2%(χ2 = 8.379,P = 0.004)NCCP人群中8.2%出现烧心和(或)反酸症状,47.5%有高血压病史多变量logistic回归分析显示,在控制了年龄和性别的影响后,NCCP的危险因素有:烧心和(或)反酸(OR=3.8,95%CI 1.1 ~ 12.9,P = 0.034),服用NSAID(OR = 10.5,95%CI 5.1 ~ 21.7,P < 0.001),高血压(OR=2.7,95%CI 1.4 ~ 5.2,P = 0.003)【结论】 广州市农林街社区人群中NCCP常见烧心和(或)反酸,服用NSAID和高血压是NCCP可能的危险因素…”
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Identification of B Cell Subpopulations with Pro- and Anti-Tumorigenic Properties in an Immunocompetent Mouse Model of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Michael Sonntag, Sandra Stanojevic, Simon Laban, Patrick J. Schuler, Thomas K. Hoffmann, Cornelia Brunner

“…Parallel to increased MZ B cell numbers in secondary lymphoid organs (SLOs) as well as in the tumor tissue, IgM antibody (Ab) levels rose continuously. In contrast, IgG1, IgG2, and IgG3 levels increased at later time points. …”
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Smallholder farmers' perceptions of climate variability and its risks across agroecological zones in the Ayehu watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia by Abebe Biresaw Bitew, Amare Sewnet Minale

“…The minimum temperature rose by 0.03 °C per year, while the maximum increased by 0.02 °C annually. …”
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Ocean literacy and how serious games can play a part: the case of the jellyfish and the microplastics governance game MoreGoJelly! by Rachel Tiller, Ina Helene Ahlquist, Håvard Almås, Emily Cowan, Dorothy Dankel, Magnus Hakvåg

“…Although games used for learning generally, and ocean literacy specifically, have developed gradually since the 1970s, it was not until the popularization of digital games, around the turn of the millennium, that serious games rose to prominence in academia. Since then, vast amounts of serious games research have been published each year – chiefly on digital games, but also increasingly on hybrid and analogue games. …”
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The prediction model of academic achievement based on cardiorespiratory fitness and BMI status for ninth-grade students by Viktor Bielik, Vladimír Nosáľ, Libuša Nechalová, Milan Špánik, Katarína Žilková, Marian Grendar

“…The chances of achieving the highest level of academic performance rose by 165% in mathematics and by 484% in mother language for boys who were fit and of normal weight compared to unfit boys with obesity. …”
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Detection of Mycotoxins and Aflatoxigenic Fungi Associated with Compound Poultry Feedstuffs in Saudi Arabia by Youssuf A. Gherbawy, Karima E. Abdel Fattah, Abdullah Altalhi, Pet Ioan, Mohamed A. Hussein

“…A quantitative enumeration of fungal colony-forming units (CFUs) was performed on Dichloran Rose Bengal Chloramphenicol Agar (DRBC) and Czapek Iprodione Dichloran Agar (CZID) media. …”
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Effect of internal erosion on the hydraulic behavior of gap-graded coarse-fine mixtures: Experimental and mathematical investigations by Marziyeh Salajegheh, Mahmoud Yazdani, Vahid Pachideh

“…The results indicated that while the output velocity initially rose rapidly with an increasing hydraulic gradient during the early stages of erosion, hydraulic conductivity eventually decreased due to the clogging of particles in specific areas and the blockage of flow paths. …”
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Rotation Correction Algorithm Based on Polar Harmonic Fourier Moments and Optimization of Color Image Security Quantization Watermarking Scheme by Yuli Yang, Meiru Jiang, Xiufang Feng, Chenchen Lu, Yongle Chen, Shuang Zhou, Hao Zhang

“…In comparison, the mean square error of the proposed rotation angle estimation model rose from 0.042 to 0.018, and the mean absolute error climbed from 0.065 to 0.032. …”
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Ditch rotation irrigation coupled with multi-scale ecological reservoir operation by Linhui Mu, Tao Bai, Dong Liu, Hongwei Ji, Mingjiang Deng, LiangPeng Hong

“…Results indicate that (1) DRI created a planar water delivery effect in the core area of riverbank vegetation, with a maximum irrigation area of 0.97 million m2 and water use efficiency of 84.9 %, to improve irrigation effect. (2) Through DRI implementation, the groundwater level in the experimental area rose by 0–0.97 m, and the vegetation coverage increased year by year. …”
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Habitat collectif « de standing » au cœur de Santiago du Chili : un modèle résidentiel vertical attractif ? by Line Henry

“…The simultaneous reality of these opposed residential migrations, which depend on the stage of one’s family life, and the generalized possession of secondary residences “on the beach or in the countryside” prevent us from concluding that a real ideal of apartment appeared, or that a new deep desire for density, which would be shared by the upper class of Santiago, rose. Nevertheless, it seems relevant to study in the forthcoming years the evolution of the residential preferences of an emergent young professionals’ generation, currently single or in couple without children. …”
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Analyzing microstructural features, surface topography, and scratch resistance of innovative nano-composites coated with high velocity air-fuel technology by G. J. Naveen, P. Sampathkumaran, A. Sathyanarayanaswamy, Avinash Lakshmikanthan

“…However, the findings of the scratch test showed that the samples' scratch resistance increased as the coating thickness rose. In comparison to samples with thinner coating, those with thicker coating demonstrated a stronger resistance to scratching. …”
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