A New Source of Inoculum for <i>Stemphylium vesicarium</i>: Consequences for the Management of Brown Spot of Pear by Federico Cavina, Serena Baiocco, Lorenzo Tomba, Fabio Ravaglia, Christian Moretti, Rosario Raso, Valentino Giorgio Rettore, Martina Parrilli, Gianfranco Pradolesi, Riccardo Bugiani

“…Brown spot of pear (BSP), caused by <i>Stemphylium vesicarium</i>, is one of the most dangerous pear fungal diseases, being responsible for huge losses in production. Currently, in order to increase its containment, chemical control is implemented in conjunction with agronomic techniques able to reduce BSP inoculum sources (e.g., orchard grass sanitation, litter removal or application of biocontrol agents). …”
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Reducing long‐term use of benzodiazepine receptor agonists: In‐depth interview study with primary care stakeholders by Kristien Coteur, Sanne Peters, Pieter Jansen, Birgitte Schoenmakers, Marc Van Nuland

“…Although primary care professionals in this study found discontinuation of long‐term BZRA use relevant to the patient's health, many organisational and personal barriers were reported. Moreover, the current social and healthcare context is not empowering patients and professionals to reduce long‐term BZRA use for insomnia. …”
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Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations in the Area of Climate Change: Why the European Union Should Take Them Seriously by Chiara Tea Antoniazzi

“…After exploring the wide array of EU climate measures and their extensive impacts on third countries and persons living therein, the Article offers an overview of the historical evolution and current state of ex-traterritorial human rights obligations in general and in the context of climate change specifically, pay-ing special attention to recent judicial and quasi-judicial developments. …”
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Subject composition of the state financial control system in ensuring budget security by O.S. Dyka, M.V. Bilyachenko, Y.Yu. Levytskyi

“…Subject composition of the state financial control system in ensuring budget security Ensuring budget security is of particular importance in the context of military challenges and in the process of post-war economic transformation of Ukraine. …”
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Assessing Credit Risk in the Sphere of Commercial Lending to Organizations of the Kemerovo Region by Chernichenko S., Kotov R.

“…Thus, a high level of risk of delay in repayment of debt and an increasing risk of bankruptcy can increase the level of risk of loan default.…”
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Distance learning technologies at the postgraduate stage of professional development of pharmacists by M. O. Avramenko, N. O. Tkachenko, Yu. Yu. Riabokon, O. A. Bigdan

“…In response to the demand of the time, postgraduate professional education strives to meet the current needs; a new concept of increasing the effectiveness of education and the professional level of specialists has been formed: lifelong learning is impossible without the use of information and communication technologies. …”
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Specimens and culture media for the laboratory diagnosis of typhoid fever by John Wain, To Song Diep, Phan Van Be Bay, Amanda L. Walsh, Ha Vinh, Nguyen M. Duong, Vo Anh Ho, Tran T. Hien, Jeremy Farrar, Nicholas J. White, Christopher M. Parry, Nicholas P. J. Day

“…For 263 positive stool cultures, selenite F and selenite mannitol performed equally well and culturing 2 g rather than 1g increased the isolation rate by 10.5%. Conclusions: For the diagnosis of typhoid fever by blood culture the medium should be a rich nutrient broth containing a lysing agent. …”
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Role of tertiary lymphoid structures and B cells in clinical immunotherapy of gastric cancer by Weiyi Chen, Lingli Zhang, Man Gao, Ning Zhang, Rumeng Wang, Yang Liu, Yan Niu, Lizhou Jia, Lizhou Jia

“…Mature TLSs are B-cell regions containing germinal centers. During germinal center formation, B cells undergo transformations to become mature cells with immune function, exerting anti-tumor effects. …”
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Fatty fried food toxins as triggering stimuli to immune system interplay in global autoimmune diseases: A systematic review by Saba Anwar, Qamar Abbas Syed, Mahnoor Saleh, Muhammad Saad Akram, Ghayyor Sultan, Sahar Khalid, Anum Ishaq, Gholamreza Abdi, Rana Muhammad Aadil

“…The purpose of the current systematic review was to respond to the following query: Does the rising level of fatty fried food consumption trigger the major autoimmune diseases such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematous, and multiple sclerosis? …”
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Effect of hybrid reinforcements of TiO₂, Al₂O₃, and CNTs on superior mechanical and microstructural properties in epoxy/carbon fiber composite by N. Elzayady, Walid Mahmoud Shewakh, Mohamed Abu-Okail, H.T. Elmetwaly, A.M.I. Abu-Oqail

“…The current study focuses on multi-scale dual-hybrid composites. …”
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Optimizing nitrogen removal in advanced wastewater treatment using biological aerated filters by Juan Li, Juan Li, Ziru Niu, Ziru Niu, Lei Li, Shuting Zhou

“…In order to address this issue, the current study employed a biological aerated filter for the treatment of wastewater containing low nitrogen concentrations. …”
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Dynamic Analysis of the Interconnection of a Set of FPSO Units to an Onshore System via HVDC by Johnny Orozco Nivelo, Carlos A. Villegas Guerrero, Lúcio José da Motta, Marcos R. de Paula Júnior, José M.d. Carvalho Filho, Alex Reis, José Carlos Oliveira, José Mauro T. Marinho, Vinicius Z. Silva, Carlos A. C. Cavaliere

“…In an effort to restrict further increases in climate change, governments and companies are exploring ways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. …”
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Overview on the development and application of the key concepts for decision-making in health care by Nicolás Flores Uribe, Diego Grandi Pincheira, Roberto Garnham Parra, Eva Madrid Aris, Nicolas Meza Concha

“…In this context, promoting knowledge dissemination through reliable sources and fostering health literacy among the general population is crucial. …”
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Natural and Waste Materials for Desulfurization of Gaseous Fuels and Petroleum Products by Iliya Iliev, Antonina Filimonova, Andrey Chichirov, Alena Vlasova, Ruzina Kamalieva, Ivan Beloev

“…Natural gas, refinery gas, and coal gas contain acid gases such as hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide. …”
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Study on Treatment of Loess Landslide Based on Nanosilica and Fly Ash Composite Stabilizer Filling Fissures by Jiulong Gao, Jiading Wang, Yao Wei, Shaotong Jiao, Meng Jing, Jialing Gao, Cong Wang

“…A new type of grouting material was used to fill the fissures and reinforce the loess in the slip zone, so as to study the effect of material content on the slope stability. With current methods, loess specimens were taken from the slip zone inside the Lvliang Airport slope. …”
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Strengths and Knowledge Gaps Identified From Cybersecurity Education and Training Programs, and the Implications for Operational Technology Personnel in Critical Infrastructures: A... by Leanne Noelle Strom Torgersen, Elizabeth Rebecca Noble, Torvald Fossaen Ask, Benjamin J. Knox

“…With the advent of digitalization and Industry 4.0, these infrastructures have transitioned from offline, self-contained systems to digitally interconnected networks. …”
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Enabling High-Level Worker-Centric Semantic Understanding of Onsite Images Using Visual Language Models with Attention Mechanism and Beam Search Strategy by Hui Deng, Kejie Fu, Binglin Yu, Huimin Li, Rui Duan, Yichuan Deng, Jia-rui Lin

“…Visual information is becoming increasingly essential in construction management. However, a significant portion of this information remains underutilized by construction managers due to the limitations of existing image processing algorithms. …”
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The role of motivation in weight reduction programs for children and adolescents with overweight or obesity: a systematic review by Anne Herschbach, Annalena Wels, Pauline Dieckmann, Rebecca Erschens, Florian Junne, Stefan Ehehalt, Stephan Zipfel, Katrin Elisabeth Giel, Katrin Ziser

“…More research is needed to implement the current findings in future pediatric weight reduction programs. …”
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Excessive Fe Contamination in Secondary Al Alloys: Microstructure, Porosity, and Corrosion Behaviour by Helder Nunes, Rui Madureira, Manuel F. Vieira, Ana Reis, Omid Emadinia

“…The characterisation of aluminium casting alloys with iron concentrations exceeding current standards is essential, as upcycling has recently become a significant concern in achieving a more circular economy. …”
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Complete mitochondrial genomes of the Prototheca genus: comparative genomics and evolutionary insights by Daniel Wibberg, Zofia Bakuła, Iván García-Cunchillos, Jan Gawor, Robert Gromadka, Anna Karnkowska, Jacek Bielecki, Tomasz Jagielski

“…In this study, a combination of Illumina and Oxford Nanopore technologies was employed for sequencing of 18 mitochondrial genomes, representing all currently recognized Prototheca species. Results The genomes differed in terms of size and GC content, ranging from 38 kbp to 68 kbp and from 25 to 30%, respectively. …”
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