Hidden figures underlying quality measures: revealing hidden racial inequalities in end-of-life cancer care delivery: a cohort studyResearch in context by Inas S. Khayal, John J. Shin, Gabriel A. Brooks, Amber E. Barnato, Ellesse-Roselee Akré, Terri Lewinson, Amro M. Farid, A. James O'Malley

“…The median of the hospital-specific aggregate measure difference was −5.35% (IQR = 12.83) for palliative care, indicating more POC received any palliative care, and 3.66% (IQR = 12.45) for hospice care, indicating more White people (WP) received any hospice care. …”
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Moisture Content Vegetation Seasonal Variability Based on a Multiscale Remote Sensing Approach by Filippe L. M. Santos, Gonçalo Rodrigues, Miguel Potes, Flavio T. Couto, Maria João Costa, Susana Dias, Maria José Monteiro, Nuno de Almeida Ribeiro, Rui Salgado

“…This work aims to evaluate the vegetation live fuel moisture content (LFMC) seasonal variability using a multiscale remote sensing approach, particularly on rockroses, the <i>Cistus ladanifer</i> species, a Western Mediterranean basin native species with wide spatial distribution, over the Herdade da Mitra at the University of Évora, Portugal. …”
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Spatial Variation in Food Web Structures, Energy Flows, and System Attributes Along the Pearl River and Their Indications of Protection and Restoration by Sai Wang, Yong‐Duo Song, En‐Ni Wu, Tuan‐Tuan Wang, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Hui‐Long Ou, Jia Xie, Wen‐Tong Xia, Feng‐Juan Yang, Jie Feng, Shen‐Hao Wu, Yang Zhang, Cong‐Cong Jin, Zhuo‐Luo Ma, Hong‐Jin Zhang, Li‐Yong Miao, Kuan‐Song Wang

“…The increase in exotic species and the decrease in native top predators were two factors that result in the low efficiency of energy transmission. …”
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Sustainable Management of Natural Resources at Disaggregated Levels with Insights from Landscape Dynamics by T V Ramachandra, Paras Negi, Tulika Mondal, Bharath Settur

“…Land use (LU) changes with urbanization and agricultural expansion lead to fragmentation, habitat loss, decline of native species, and disruption of ecological processes with a potential decline of biodiversity. …”
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Comparison of pilot tone-triggered and electrocardiogram-triggered cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: a prospective clinical feasibility study by Xianling Qian, Yali Wu, Peter Speier, Caixia Fu, Yunzhu Wu, Lude Cheng, Yinyin Chen, Shiyu Wang, Caizhong Chen, Kai Liu, Ling Chen, Hang Jin, Mengsu Zeng

“…All participants underwent both PT-triggered and ECG-triggered CMR on a 3T MRI system. Imaging included T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), T1-mapping, T2-mapping, cine, late gadolinium enhancement (LGE), and post-contrast T1-mapping sequences. …”
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Impact of dietary supplementation of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens L.) on nutrient digestibility, serum antioxidants, ruminal volatile fatty acids, and abundance of m... by Shengyong Lu, Siwaporn Paengkoum, Shengchang Chen, Yong Long, Xinran Niu, Sorasak Thongpea, Nittaya Taethaisong, Weerada Meethip, Pramote Paengkoum

“…In the BSF15 group, ruminal ammonia nitrogen (NH3–N) concentration decreased quadratically (P < 0.001) at 0 h, and linearly (P < 0.05) at 2 and 4 h. …”
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Recovery and immunogenic assessment of Orthohantavirus puumalaense N protein expressed in recombinant Escherichia coli for the treatment of HFRS by Natalya Andreeva, Polina Elboeva, Dr Yuriy Davidyuk, Dr Svetlana Khaiboullina, Dr Ekaterina Martynova, Dr Rafil Khairullin, Professor Albert A Rizvanov, Milana Mansurova, Dr Aleksander Aimaletdinov, Dr Emmanuel Kabwe

“…This plasmid was used to express the rN protein in E. coli cells (strain BL21(DE3) pLysS) using different expression conditions. …”
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Stoichiometric characteristics of two Asteraceae invasive plants at different invasive degrees and its influencing factors by WANG Juhong1*, CHEN Wen2, PENG Yujiao3, CUI Xianliang4, LI Jiawei1, HUANG Longjun1

“…Alien invasive plants are commonly stated to pose a threat to populations of native plants, especially of endangered species. Resource allocation and nutrient strategies are important mechanism of invasion for alien plants. …”
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Soil-microbe-exoenzyme C∶N∶P Stoichiometric Characteristics in Artificial Pure Forests of Four Tree Species in the Hilly Region of Central Hunan by LU Qiaolu, FANG Xi, FAN Shicai, SUN Long, SUN Baihui, LIANG Tingting, LI Yi

“…There was a significantly positive correlation between soil C∶N∶P and C∶Pimb, a significantly negative correlation between Cmic∶Nmic∶Pmic and C∶N∶Pimb, and a significantly positive correlation between C∶Nimb and EEAC∶N, which confirmed the influence of C, N and P differences between soil and microorganisms on the stoichiometric ratios of extracellular enzymes. 3) Existing biomass of the litter layer had significant effects on soil C, N, P contents, Pmic, Cmic∶Pmic, Nmic∶Pmic, BG+CBH, NAG, and EEAC∶P. …”
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Effect of different photoperiods on growth indices of female sterlet sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus by Bahman Meknatkhah, Masoud Sattari, Bahram Falahatkar, Samaneh Poursaeid

“…Sterlet sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus is a sturgeon species native in northern latitudes with shorter light periods, however, due to high performance in rearing, it has been distributed in different regions of the world with different latitudes. …”
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DIGITAL LITERACY: A NECESSITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY FOR INDIA by Najmi Shabbir, Shalini Porwal

“…The questionnaire was used as data collection tool and the questions were designed as per the three different dimensions of the framework. The framework provides three interconnected and dynamic dimensions including Digital Literacy and Skills, Digital Tools & Applications and Digital Health & Wellbeing. …”
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THE IMPACT OF THE AZERBAIJANI LANGUAGE VOCALISM ON BAKU RESIDENTS RUSSIAN PRONUNCIATION: THE BILINGUAL ASPECT by Sanay H. Huseynli

“…In the process of research we used monologues and dialogues of native speakers in a student audience, on social networking sites, on the meetings at various cultural and other events, in everyday life and family. …”
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Engineered IL-18 variants with half-life extension and improved stability for cancer immunotherapy by Yue Zhao, Yan Qu, Marina Moskalenko, Dawei Sun, Travis W Bainbridge, Matthieu Masureel, Lifen Wang, Robert Herrera, Maciej T Paluch, Kazi Tasneem, Harpinder Saini, Manal Sadek, Mandy Kwong, Yoon Min Kim, Jay M Bhatt, Christine Tam, Pamela Pui Fung Chan, Ayse Meric Ovacik, Jonathan T Sockolosky, Nathaniel R West, Beyza Bulutoglu

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Wildlife hunting and the increased risk of leprosy transmission in the tropical Americas: a pathogeographical study by Alisa Aliaga-Samanez, Patricia D. Deps, Julia E. Fa, Raimundo Real, Jean-François Guégan, Marcela A. Oliveira, Aline Pessutti, Simon Knoop, Juliano A. Bogoni, Thais Q. Morcatty, Roberta Marques, Daniel Jiménez-García, Gabriel F. Massocato, Arnaud L. Desbiez, Danilo Kluyber, Hani R. El Bizri

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A novel methodology for the extraction, purification and characterization of immunoglobulin G (IgG) nanoparticles from bovine colostrum: implications for food and therapeutic indus... by Fawze Alnadari, Yusof A.Y.A. Mohammed, Mustapha Muhammad Nasiru, Amirah S. Alahmari, Mohammed A. Alqahtani, Osama Abdulaziz, Isaiah Henry Ibeogu, Rongchang Wang, Chao Chen, Salem Baldi, Ibrahim Khalifa, Mohamed Abdin, Ahmed M. Saad, Mohamed T. El-Saadony

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Effect of ultrasonic degradation on the physicochemical property, structure characterization, and bioactivity of Houttuynia cordata polysaccharide by Mohammed Mansour, Ramy M. Khoder, Lin Xiang, Lan Lan Zhang, Ahmed Taha, Alsadig Yahya, Ting Wu, Hassan Barakat, Ibrahim Khalifa, Xu Xiaoyun

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The seed transcriptome of Rafflesia reveals horizontal gene transfer and convergent evolution: Implications for conserving the world's largest flower by Jeanmaire Molina, Adhityo Wicaksono, Todd P. Michael, Su‐Hwan Kwak, Ronniel D. Pedales, Zoé Joly‐Lopez, Semar Petrus, Allen Mamerto, Brian Tomek, Sumaya Ahmed, Venkatasivasankar Maddu, Kristina Yakubova, Danilo Tandang, Joseph W. Morin, So‐Yon Park, Hyun‐Oh Lee, William McLaughlin, Kyle Wallick, James Adams, Ari Novy, Susan Pell, Michael D. Purugganan

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Age-Related Choroidal Involution Is Associated with the Senescence of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in the Choroid by Ali Riza Nazari, Loraine Gresseau, Tiffany Habelrih, Aliabbas Zia, Isabelle Lahaie, Yosra Er-Reguyeg, France Coté, Borhane Annabi, Alain Rivard, Sylvain Chemtob, Michel Desjarlais

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Continuous theta-burst stimulation demonstrates language-network-specific causal effects on syntactic processing by Chenyang Gao, Junjie Wu, Yao Cheng, Yuming Ke, Xingfang Qu, Mingchuan Yang, Gesa Hartwigsen, Luyao Chen

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An “EVs-in-ECM” mimicking system orchestrates transcription and translation of RUNX1 for in-situ cartilage regeneration by Qi Cheng, Qianping Guo, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yuanchen Zhu, Chengyuan Liu, Huan Wang, Caihong Zhu, Li Ni, Bin Li, Huilin Yang

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