Improving crop condition monitoring using phenologically aligned vegetation index anomalies – A case study in central Iowa by Haoteng Zhao, Feng Gao, Martha Anderson, Richard Cirone, Geba Jisung Chang

“…Traditional crop condition assessments compare a VI in the current year to a baseline VI, averaged over multiple years. However, comparing VIs across years by calendar day may not capture the general crop condition at the same development stage due to interannual variability in planting date and weather. …”
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Stressor‐Evoked Brain Activity, Cardiovascular Reactivity, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Midlife Adults by Javier Rasero, Timohy D. Verstynen, Caitlin M. DuPont, Thomas E. Kraynak, Emma Barinas‐Mitchell, Mark R. Scudder, Thomas W. Kamarck, Amy I. Sentis, Regina L. Leckie, Peter J. Gianaros

“…Task‐averaged patterns of functional magnetic resonance imaging activity across distributed brain areas exhibited a generalizable association with carotid artery intima‐media thickness, which was reliably mediated by an area under the curve measure of aggregate systolic blood pressure reactivity. …”
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Choosing the optimal dilution medium for pooled platelet concentrates, thawed after cryopreservation by M. S. Makarov, M. V. Storozheva, N. V. Borovkova, A. Yu. Bulanov, I. N. Ponomarev

“…To assess the quality of platelets we used the method of thromboelastography and the method of morphofunctional platelet analysis, including vital staining with fluorochrome dyes. …”
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Evaluating metabolome-wide causal effects on risk for psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders by Lachlan Gilchrist, Julian Mutz, Pirro Hysi, Cristina Legido-Quigley, Sulev Kõks, Cathryn M. Lewis, Petroula Proitsi

“…Follow-up analyses were conducted using statistical colocalisation, multivariable Bayesian model averaging MR (MR-BMA) and polygenic risk score analysis in the UK Biobank. …”
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Genetic and environmental influences on fatty acid and tocopherol diversity in quinoa germplasm by Leonardo Velasco, Javier Matías, Verónica Cruz, Sara Fondevilla

“…Considering the data averaged over the four environments, particularly relevant variation was observed for total fatty acid, from 1.0 to 4.4% of grain weight; oleic acid, from 13.4 to 32.3% of total fatty acids; linoleic acid, from 48.0 to 67.4%; linolenic acid, from 1.8 to 8.4%; tocopherol content, from 22.3 to 121.6 mg kg-1 grain; α-tocopherol, from 24.6 to 81.4% of the total tocopherols; and γ-tocopherol, from, 18.6 to 75.4%. …”
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The Effect of Split Nitrogen Application on the Transport of Residue-Derived Carbon in Different Carbon Pools in Black Soil by Xianni Chen, Shanglong Zhang, Shaofei Jin, Jiakai Gao, Siyu Dong, Minggang Xu, Xugang Wang, Dayong Guo, Xiaofeng Xu

“…The results showed that the TOC content was significantly higher in the RN1 and RN3 (averaging 20.77 g/kg) than in the R (18.43 g/kg) and Control (19.03 g/kg) after 540 days. …”
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Pattern and appropriateness of antibiotic therapy for acute respiratory tract infection among under-five children accessing care in a tertiary facility, Sokoto, Nigeria by Fatima Ishaq Abubakar, Hadiza Kubra Ahmed, Omotolani Olawunmi Akintunde, Idrees Abiodun Rufai

“…Data extracted included patient sociodemographic characteristics, ARI diagnosis based on Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses/WHO criteria and antibiotic/medication details (class, name, route, dose, frequency, duration and regimen). Analysis was performed using SPSS V.20.0; p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results A total of 2140 drugs and 1545 antibiotics were prescribed, averaging 2.2 and 1.6 per patient, respectively. …”
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Detail-preserving denoising of CT and MRI images via adaptive clustering and non-local means algorithm by Mohit Sharma, Ayush Dogra, Bhawna Goyal, Anita Gupta, Manob Jyoti Saikia

“…The method integrates a cluster-wise principal component analysis (PCA) thresholding approach guided by the Marchenko–Pastur (MP) law from random matrix theory and a non-local means algorithm. …”
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”For this one, let me take the risk”: why surgical staff continued to perform caesarean sections during the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone by Helle Mölsted Alvesson, Gustaf Drevin, Alex van Duinen, Håkon A Bolkan, Alimamy P Koroma, Johan Von Schreeb

“…Semistructured interviews averaged 97 min and healthcare experience 21 years. …”
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The effect of cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen on the viability of flax seeds by An. V. Pavlov, E. A. Porokhovinova, N. B. Brutch, Al. V. Pavlov, V. G. Verzhuk

“…A two-factor analysis of variance showed that liquid nitrogen had significant effect on laboratory germination energy, field germination capacity, laboratory germination energy and capacity after 6 months of storage at room temperature: the effect size was 42, 11, 31, and 24%, respectively, while treatment with P(3HB) had no significant effect on any of the options of the experiment with its application.Conclusion. …”
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The Effect of Blepharoplasty on Hemodynamic Parameters of the Eyelids at Different Observation Periods by A. V. Trubilin, V. N. Trubilin, E. G. Polunina, D. V. Andzhelova, E. N. Eskina, А. V. Filonenko

“…All patients included underwent color Doppler mapping (CDM) of the right and left eyes to assess geomdignamic indicators in the lacrimal artery bed, the results were averaged and included in the protocol. CDM was performed using the transpalpebral method. …”
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Visit‐to‐Visit Systolic Blood Pressure Variability Independently Predicts Cardiovascular Events in a Kidney Transplant Recipients' Cohort by Elisabetta Bussalino, Daniela Picciotto, Lucia Macciò, Angelica Parodi, Maria Teresa Gandolfo, Francesca Viazzi

“…This relationship was maintained even after incremental adjustment for time‐averaged pulse pressure, age, diabetes, and prior cardiovascular event (HR, 3.2 [95% CI, 1.1–10.0]; P=0.04). …”
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Long-Term Influence of Coal Mining Activities on Physico-Chemical and Hydraulic Properties of Sandy Tropical Soils by Paul Omaye Joseph, Lois Ekwuojo Abraham, Chika Mike Jidere, Chioma Lilian Ugwuoju, Sunday Ewele Obalum

“…Mining sites showed lower pH (t = –2.49) and higher bulk density (t = 2.35) compared to fallow lands. Site-specific analysis revealed pronounced effects only at Okaba-Odagbo, where the longest mining history corresponded with increased clay content and bulk density (t = 5.00 and 5.69, respectively). …”
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FEATURES OF REGULATION OF ERYTHROPOIESIS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE STAGE 5D by E. S. Lapina, M. M. Batjushin, R. A. Belovolova, I. V. Sarvilina, V. N. Poganeva

“…The most severe anemia was associated with a lower dose of erythropoietin and iron, used in the last month. Interleukin-3 averaged 32,8 ± 8,3 pg / ml, minimum 15 pg / ml, maximum 56 pg / ml, which exceeded reference limits. …”
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The Critical Role of Sea Ice Products for Accurate Wind‐Wave Simulations in the Arctic by Tyler W. Miesse, Martin Henke, Andre deSouza de Lima, Celso M. Ferreira, Thomas Ravens

“…This research aims to evaluate how different sea ice products with spatial resolutions varying from 2 to 25 km influence a phase averaged spectral wave model results in the Alaskan Arctic under storm conditions. …”
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Perioperative Arthroscopic Tourniquet Usage: Practices and Trends of the AANA Membership Are Varied by Brian Day, M.B., M.Sc., F.R.C.P.(Lon), F.R.C.S.(Eng and C)

“…When tourniquet times were minimized by selectively inflating cuffs, tourniquet times averaged between 15 and 20 minutes compared with 20 to 60 minutes for continuous inflation. …”
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Neurophysiological Correlates of Expert Knowledge: An Event-Related Potential (ERP) Study about Law-Relevant Versus Law-Irrelevant Terms by Peter Walla, Stefan Kalt, Konrad Lachmayer

“…Event-related potentials (ERPs) were subsequently averaged for each category and subjected to statistical analysis. …”
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Green synthesis, characterization, and in vitro and in vivo biological screening of iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4) generated with hydroalcoholic extract of aerial parts of Euphor... by Rauf Abdur, Ahmad Zubair, Zhang Haiyuan, Muhammad Naveed, Akram Zuneera, Ud Din Inam

“…The calculated XRD patterns were then averaged. Well-defined crystalline structure of a single-phase spinel structure and a spherical shape of IONPs were observed. …”
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Association between the dietary index for gut microbiota and female infertility: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2013–2018 by Xiaoyan Zhang, Liangzhi Wu, Haiyan Li, Shuyao Zhang, Wenfeng Hua, Wenfeng Hua

“…The DI-GM score was calculated by averaging the intake from two 24-h dietary recall interviews. …”
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The significance of kinesiotaping in the rehabilitation of patients after orthognathic surgery by R. I. Slabkovsky, N. S. Drobysheva, A. B. Slabkovskay

“…The assessment was conducted using ARV (Averaged Rectified Value) and RMS (Root Mean Square) parameters at rest and during maximum occlusion.RESULTS. …”
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