Vascular access on YouTube: Navigating the stream of information for hemodialysis patients by Alp Yildirim, Muhammed Sefa Saglam, Serkan Mola, Ali Baran Budak

“…Results: Out of 200 videos, 13 were excluded, leaving 187 for analysis. The interobserver agreement was high (κ=0.967). …”
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Cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanoparticles and Cd2+ accumulated by Portulaca oleracea L. using a hydroponic system: Constructed wetland perspective by Hameed Ullah, Yanqing Sheng

“…High accumulation of Cd was noted in plant tissues, with higher Cd in the roots than in the stems and leaves. The Cd levels in plants subjected to CdS NPs were higher than those in the Cd treatment group. …”
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Effects of dump site soil on the leaf structures of <i>Luffa cylindrical</i> (sponge gourd) and <i>Amaranthus viridis</i> (green amaranth) by S.I. Musa, K.O. Awayewaserere, K.I. Njoku

“…However, anatomical changes in the leaves epidermis such as irregular shape of the epidermis, absence of trichomes and decrease in quality and stomata size were all witnessed in the dumpsite plant as against the control. …”
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Converting grassland to wildflower meadow: impact on soil quality indicators for carbon sequestration by Alice A. Breeveld, Saskia Pagella, Jane Fisher

“…These findings suggest that the effects of disturbance and removal of biomass through deturfing or scarifying, and the energy supply provided by mowing and leaving the arisings, had more impact on the earthworm population and CSA decomposition than the increased diversity of the sown wildflowers. …”
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The Effect of Planting Distance and Spraying with Different Concentrations of (Micronate15) on Vegetative Growth and Yield Traits of Pea Plant (Pisum Sativum L.) by Ismael Ahmad Hassan

“…Also, the interaction between   20 cm distance and foliar application with 2.5 mL l of micronate15 gave the highest value in the number of leaves which is 53.36. …”
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Fish protein fertilizer serves as a sustainable alternative, improving soil properties, bamboo growth and shoots yield in Lei bamboo forests by Jiancheng Zhao, Huijing Ni, Bo Wang, Zhenya Yang

“…Results showed that after replacing 45 kg of compound fertilizer with 10 kg and 20 kg, respectively, of fish protein fertilizer (1) bamboo shoot yield increased by 23.24% and 26.19%, respectively; (2) leaf and root growth were enhanced, thick root proportion increased, and topsoil root proportion decreased; (3) soil pH, contents of available phosphate, soil organic carbon, microbial biomass carbon and microbial biomass nitrogen, soil enzyme activity increased; (4) the contents of nitrogen (N) and phosphate (P) in leaves increased, while the N/P and K/P decreased. …”
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Utilization of Sanitized Human Excreta and Wood Ash for Establishing Multipurpose <i>Ficus Thonningii</i> Blume in a Degraded Tantalum Technosol by D. Neina

“…Plant height, number of leaves, shoot and root biomass were determined after five and seven months after planting. …”
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An elucidatory model of oxygen's partial pressure inside substomatal cavities by A. S. Kowalski, A. S. Kowalski

“…Suppression of O<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> by humidification overwhelms photosynthetic enrichment, reducing the O<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> molar fraction inside cool or warm leaves by hundreds or thousands of parts per million. …”
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Early Diagnosis and Severity Assessment of Weligama Coconut Leaf Wilt Disease and Coconut Caterpillar Infestation Using Deep Learning-Based Image Processing Techniques by Samitha Vidhanaarachchi, Janaka L. Wijekoon, W. A. Shanaka P. Abeysiriwardhana, Malitha Wijesundara

“…Further, this paper presents the use of the You Only Look Once (YOLO) object detection model to count the number of caterpillars distributed on leaves with CCI. The introduced methods were tested and validated using datasets collected from Matara, Puttalam, and Makandura, Sri Lanka. …”
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Hybrid quantum neural networks show strongly reduced need for free parameters in entity matching by Lukas Bischof, Stefan Teodoropol, Rudolf M. Füchslin, Kurt Stockinger

“…From a practical perspective and as long as quantum hardware is a scarce resource, experiments, e.g. addressing performance, can profit from producing good initial configurations for quantum neural networks via a simulator, thus only leaving the fine-tuning to quantum computations.…”
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Key drivers of medical crowdfunding success: a comprehensive analysis of 84,712 projects by Siyuan Zhang, Qing Zhang, Mengning Wang, Xin Tang, Xin Lu, Wei Huang

“…In China, the insufficiency of medical insurance to cover all medical expenses, coupled with significant urban-rural disparities, leaves certain households, especially those in impoverished regions, unable to bear unforeseen high healthcare costs. …”
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Specialists Triaging Referrals to eConsult: a feasibility study including acceptability and impact of providing advice on primary health care providers by Ridha Ali, Geetha Mukerji, Susan Humphrey-Murto, Clare Liddy, Heather Lochnan, Erin Keely

“…Limited capacity results in specialists declining referrals leaving primary care providers (PCP), patients, and specialists frustrated. …”
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Chemotaxonomic studies on <i>Schwenckia americana</i> LINN by C Wahua, SM Sam

“…The habit is annual  herbaceous weed with slender stem characterized with free branching and growing up to 45cm in height.They are used mainly as medicine. The leaves are simple, entire, elliptic to ovate in shape, smooth, variable, petiolate and larger at the lower region of stem and narrowing to smaller almost sessile and oblanceolate towards the apical regions which are alternately arranged and acrescently structured from the top to the base up to 3.7 ± 1.5cm long and 2.4±0.6cm wide. …”
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Evaluation of the penetration depth of Guttaflow bioseal and Bioceramic sealers using scanning electron microscope (in vitro study). by Razawa Kareem Saeed

“…Methods: Twenty extracted single-rooted human teeth (mandibular first premolar) were used in this study, teeth were decornated leaving 10 mm root length. The chemico-mechanical preparation of the samples was done by using a protaper universal system till size F1 and then samples were divided into 2 groups (n = 10), according to the filling material in the first group Guttaflow bioseal used while in the second group Onefil bioceramic sealer used the sealers introduced into canals according to manufacturer instructions and then obturated with gutta-percha size F1, single condensation technique used and finally samples were cross-sectioned at 3 and 7 mm, sealers penetration depth was measured by using scanning electron microscope. …”
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Exam and knowledge-based educations in Uganda: A comparison of concepts. A case of Lango sub region, Northern Uganda by Eton, Rehema, Andrew Peter Yiga, Solomon Asiimwe Muchwa, Fabian, Mwosi, Eton, Marus

“…In this view, instructors teach only what is related to exams, leaving out the core concepts that would build on knowledge and life skills that are required in the world of work. …”
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Assessment of the Effect of Rosemary on Tomato Preservation. by Nanyanzi,Teopista

“…Fresh tomatoes were randomly sourced from local markets, and crude extracts were prepared from rosemary leaves using cold maceration. The experiment involved immersing tomato fruits in rosemary extract solutions at concentrations of 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% w/v, while control fruits received treatment with sterile distilled water. …”
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The Relationship between Meal Provision and Students’ Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Kambuga Town Council in Kanungu District. by Christopher, Ndyanabo

“…The Ministry of Education and Sports should put up a policy that forces parents to provide meals to their children other than leaving them spend days on empty stomachs as it is detrimental to their academic performance.…”
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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal and aromatic plants used by the population of Settat Province, Morocco by Manal Lahyaoui, Nadia Dakka, Naoual El Menyiy, Mansour Sobeh, Pakhrur Razi, Khang Wen Goh, Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi, Muhammad Junaid Farrukh, Abdelhakim Bouyahya

“…The most frequently utilized plant part was the leaves, and 70.59 % of respondents preferred drying the plants before preparing them as infusions or decoctions. …”
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NRBF2 plays a crucial role in the acquisition process of learning and memory, independent of the Vps34 complex by Songfen Wu, Songfen Wu, Songfen Wu, Haicai Zhuang, Haicai Zhuang, Haicai Zhuang, Xidan Zhou, Kuan Li, Kuan Li, Kuan Li

“…Interestingly, inhibition of Vps34 and autophagy by SAR405 disrupted fear memory consolidation, while leaving memory acquisition, short-term memory, and long-term potentiation (LTP) unaffected. …”
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Forsythia suspensa leaf fermented tea extracts attenuated oxidative stress in mice via the Ref-1/HIF-1α signal pathway and modulation of gut microbiota by Lijuan Li, Yating zhao, Yuxin Ding, Lanze Guo, Ruiyao Dai, Aixiang Chen, Guofeng Duan

“…The aim of this study was to establish a theoretical foundation for the functional study of Forsythia suspensa leaves and provide specific recommendations for their growth and application. …”
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