Effects of Selective Harvesting on Diversity, Structure, and Regeneration of Woody Plants in Mixed Plantation of Menagesha Suba Forest, Central Ethiopia by Yigrem Workneh, Dessale Wasie

“…Within each main plot, three subplots of size 5 m × 5 m were used for shrubs, and within the subplot, two 2 m × 2 m quadrants, each at the opposite corner, were used for seedling and sapling. …”
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Evaluation of two free-living, and one entomopathogenic nematode species (Rhabditida) for controlling Bactrocera zonata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Iraq by Alghanimi Saif Abdulhussein, Talebi Ali Asghar, Ghavamabad Reihaneh Gholami, Pedram Majid

“…Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) and potential EPNs can be used as vital tools in integrated pest management (IPM) programs for both organic and conventional production systems. In our study, three species – two native and free-living, and the other, a native EPN – were isolated from various orchards in Iraq. …”
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Effect of Agricultural Matrices on the Biodiversity Metrics of Bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila): A Review by José Victor Alves Ferreira, Juliana Monteiro Almeida-Rocha, José Carlos Morante-Filho, Danielle Storck-Tonon, Maíra Benchimol

“…In comparison, only five (15.6%) and eight studies (25%) observed a positive and neutral effect, respectively. Three studies (9.4%) observed a varied effect (positive or negative), depending on the type of response assessed (richness or abundance) or the management intensity (as such, cocoa agroforests with low or high diversity of native shade trees). …”
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Effects of simulated waterlogging on growth, physiological and biochemical characteristics of Metasequoia glyptostroboides seedlings by Bai Linli, Han Wenjiao, Li Changxiao

“…The disruption of natural flow regimes in river systems poses many challenges to riparian ecosystems and their native species. The construction of the Three Gorges Dam has altered the flow regimes of the upper Yangtze River and created a riparian zone with a vertical gap of 30 m. …”
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Detecting depression in speech using verbal behavior analysis: a cross-cultural study by Terry Amorese, Marialucia Cuciniello, Claudia Greco, Olga Sheveleva, Gennaro Cordasco, Cornelius Glackin, Gavin McConvey, Zoraida Callejas, Anna Esposito

“…IntroductionLanguage analysis has proven to be a reliable methodology for discriminating depressed people from healthy subjects; the present study investigates differences in the linguistic content of spoken interactions from depressed and healthy subjects belonging to three different European areas: Northern Ireland, Italy, and Russia.MethodThe speech of 241 participants (65 native English speakers, 108 native Italian speakers, and 68 native Russian speakers) was analyzed, using the computerized text analysis tool LIWC (Linguistic Inquiry Word Count).ResultsIn line with the current literature, it was observed that depressed subjects tended to use more first-person singular pronouns, speak less, use a more negative tone while speaking and use more words related to negative emotions and anxiety compared to healthy controls. …”
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Rate-Dependent and Relaxation Properties of Porcine Aortic Heart Valve Biomaterials by Christopher Noble, Michael Kamykowski, Amir Lerman, Melissa Young

“…<italic>Conclusions:</italic> Increasing the strain-rate of the three biomaterials considered does not increase the stress within the tissue. …”
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Structural components of readiness of students of non-linguistic faculties for the realization of intercultural communication by Lyubov’ G. Morozkina

“…Relying on the fact that the notion of “readiness of a person for an activity” is defined by the author not as a temporary state, but as a stable property of a person acting constantly, the author distinguishes three structural components of the readiness of students of non-inguistic faculties to realizе intercultural communication - cognitive (knowledge about the real picture of the world, about the linguistic and cultural picture of the world), technological (ability to communicate in accordance with the cultural characteristics of the native speakers) and reflexive-evaluative (students’ skills to build and analyze the achieved results in the realization of intercultural communication and the motives). …”
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Toward Structure Prediction for Short Peptides Using the Improved SAAP Force Field Parameters by Kenichi Dedachi, Taku Shimosato, Toshiya Minezaki, Michio Iwaoka

“…Diverse structures were reasonably obtained for Met-enkephalin, while three folded structures, one of which corresponds to a native-like structure with three native hydrogen bonds, were obtained for chignolin. …”
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Slugs (of Florida) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) by Lionel A. Stange, Jane E. Deisler

“… Florida has a depauparate slug fauna, having only three native species which belong to three different families. …”
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Slugs (of Florida) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) by Lionel A. Stange, Jane E. Deisler

“… Florida has a depauparate slug fauna, having only three native species which belong to three different families. …”
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Twoline Skiffia's Latency to Exit a Refuge and to Locate Food When Socialising With Invaders and Raising Temperatures by Abigail Santiago‐Arellano, Javier Alcocer, Erick de laBarrera, Morelia Camacho‐Cervantes

“…We investigated the latency to exit a refuge and to locate food of the native twoline skiffia (Skiffia bilineata) from central Mexico at three temperatures (18°C, 23°C and 28°C) and in the presence/absence of invasive guppies (Poecilia reticulata). …”
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A novel hybrid approach to overcome defects of CE-SELEX and cell-SELEX in developing aptamers against aspartate β-hydroxylase by Hadi Bakhtiari, Hamed Naghoosi, Sina Sattari, Mahmoud Vahidi, Mehdi Shakouri Khomartash, Ali Faridfar, Mohsen Rajaeinejad, Mohsen Nikandish

“…Experimental approach: In our approach, the selected oligomer pool from the last cycle of CE-SELEX was sequenced and then subjected to 3 additional rounds of Cell-SELEX which provides native ASPH (CEC hybrid-SELEX). …”
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Preparation and Physicochemical Properties of High-viscosity Easily-gelling Pectin via Low-temperature Enzymatic Method by Min ZHANG, Peng FEI, Jingna LIU

“…Microscopic morphology observations revealed that the modified pectin formed a more uniform and compact three-dimensional network structure, with optimal network integrity at pH3. …”
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Validation of the Arabic Version of Medication Regimen Complexity Index Among Older Patients - Validation of the “MRCI-Arabic” by Nilay Aksoy, Nur Ozturk, Betul Okuyan, Mesut Sancar

“…After the translation and cultural adaptation process finished, medication regimens of 30 patients were evaluated for test-retest reliability three weeks apart by the rater who was a native Arabic speaker. …”
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Effect of microwave roasting on antioxidant and anticancerous activities of barley flour by Waqas N. Baba, Irfan Rashid, Asima Shah, Mudasir Ahmad, Adil Gani, F.A. Masoodi, Idrees Ahmed Wani, S.M. Wani

“…The antioxidant and anticancerous activities of native and microwave roasted barley flour were compared in three different solvents (methanol, ethanol and water) using various antioxidant assays. …”
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Exotic plants and other habitat characteristics do not impact Veery reproductive success at multiple spatial scales in northeastern Pennsylvania by Christopher B Goguen, Les D Murray

“…However, survival of individual nests showed little relationship with vegetative/habitat variables at three spatial scales. Overall, exotic shrubs did not appear to negatively impact Veery nesting success and instead appeared to be of similar quality as native plants for nesting substrates.…”
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Pest categorisation of Euzophera semifuneralis by EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A. Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Jean‐Claude Grégoire, Chris Malumphy, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Alan MacLeod

“…It can complete from one up to three generations per year in its native range and is polyphagous, feeding on 22 genera in 16 plant families. …”
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Pilot Study to Evaluate Patients’ Understanding of Key Terms and Aspects of Antimicrobial Use in a Rural Province in South Africa Findings and Implications by Tiyani Milta Sono, Veronica Mboweni, Ana Golić Jelić, Stephen M Campbell, Vanda Marković-Peković, Nishana Ramdas, Natalie Schellack, Santosh Kumar, Brian Godman, Johanna C Meyer

“…Consequently, the aim was to pre-test a patient questionnaire translated in three native languages building on the findings from the English language pilot. …”
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Thiol / disulfide balance and oxidative stress parameters in pediatric patients diagnosed with acute and chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura by Yeter Düzenli Kar, Zeynep Canan Özdemir, Özcan Bör

“…In acute ITP; disulfide level, disulfide / native thiol and disulfide / total thiol ratios were higher than chronic ITP and control, and native thiol / total thiol ratio was lower than chronic ITP and control group (p = 0.038, p = 0.018, respectively). …”
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Exploring Dendroflora Diversity and Ecology in an Urban Arboretum from Western Romania: The Role of Plant Life-Form and Plant Family in Urban Woody Phytocoenosis by Madalina Iordache, Laurentiu Zamfir, Alexandra Becherescu, Ana Codruţa Chiş

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