Biochar-Coconut Shell Mixtures as Substrates for <i>Phalaenopsis</i> ‘Big Chili’ by Yun Pan, Daoyuan Chen, Yan Deng, Shunshun Wang, Feng Chen, Fei Wang, Luyu Xue, Yanru Duan, Yunxiao Guan, Jinliao Chen, Xiaotong Ji, Donghui Peng

“…Therefore, there is an urgent need to identify more environmentally friendly and efficient alternatives. …”
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Effects of sedatives on diaphragm activity monitored by ultrasound: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jiaren Luo, Luhao Wang, Bilin Wei, Zhikun Huang, Huifang Zheng, Bin Gu, Fei Pei, Zenan Chang, Yang Liu, Xiangdong Guan, Xuyu Zhang, Zimeng Liu

“…Results Six randomized controlled trials and four prospective observational studies involving 727 patients were ultimately included. …”
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Canadian multidisciplinary expert consensus on the use of biologics in upper airways: a Delphi study by Andrew V. Thamboo, Melissa Lee, Mohit Bhutani, Charles Chan, Yvonne Chan, Ken R. Chapman, Christopher J. Chin, Lori Connors, Del Dorscheid, Anne K. Ellis, Richard M. Gall, Krystelle Godbout, Arif Janjua, Amin Javer, Shaun Kilty, Harold Kim, Gordon Kirkpatrick, John M. Lee, Richard Leigh, Catherine Lemiere, Eric Monteiro, Helen Neighbour, Paul K. Keith, George Philteos, Jaclyn Quirt, Brian Rotenberg, Juan C. Ruiz, John R. Scott, Doron D. Sommer, Leigh Sowerby, Marc Tewfik, Susan Waserman, Ian Witterick, Erin D. Wright, Cory Yamashita, Martin Desrosiers

“…With the overlap between upper and lower airway disease, optimal management of the upper airways is undertaken in conjunction with that of the lower airways. …”
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A study of the safety and immunogenicity of a new vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 based on virus-like particles in phase I clinical trials by Tatiana V. Grebennikova, Olga N. Zaykova, Alexey A. Plotnikov, Lyudmila V. Kostina, Yana Yu. Chernoryzh, Olesia V. Eliseeva, Oleg E. Latyshev, Viktor F. Larichev, Irina T. Fedyakina, Milana A. Losich, Ilya M. Kirillov, Ilya E. Filatov, Marina V. Balandina, Valery V. Tsibezov, Kirill I. Yurlov, Ekaterina I. Lesnova, Valeria M. Kondratieva, Alina A. Kozlova, Marina S. Baranets, Aleksandr L. Gintsburg

“…Introduction. One of the more promising developments in preventing the spread of infections, including COVID-19, is the production of vaccines based on virus-like particles (VLP). …”
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The economic burden of migraine: a nationwide cost-of-illness approach from the year 2020 European Health Survey in Spain by J. Fernández-Ferro, C. Ordás-Bandera, J. Rejas-Gutiérrez, B. Ferro-Rey, S. Gómez-Lus, J.M. Láinez Andrés

“…Results: The PPPY cost was more than double in persons with migraine; euro5862 vs euro2981; excess cost of euro2881euro (95% CI: 2410-3353, P < 0.001), mainly attributable to labour productivity loss; euro1928 (1532-2325, P < 0.001) annually (66.9% of total excess cost). …”
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Disrupted synaptic gene expression in Fabry disease: Findings from RNA sequencing by Laura López-Valverde, María E. Vázquez-Mosquera, Cristóbal Colón-Mejeras, J. Víctor Álvarez, Beatriz Martín López-Pardo, Lluis Lis López, Rosario Sánchez-Martínez, Manuel López-Mendoza, Mónica López-Rodríguez, Eduardo Villacorta-Argüelles, María A. Goicoechea-Diezhandino, Francisco J. Guerrero-Márquez, Saida Ortolano, Elisa Leao-Teles, Álvaro Hermida-Ameijeiras, María L. Couce

“…Among the more than 400 differentially expressed genes detected, 207 were protein-coding genes, most of which were overexpressed in the FD cohort. …”
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Characterizing the marine iodine cycle and its relationship to ocean deoxygenation in an Earth system model by K. Cheng, A. Ridgwell, D. S. Hardisty

“…We develop and test a variety of different plausible mechanisms for iodine reduction and oxidation transformation and contrast model projections against an updated compilation of observed dissolved IO<span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M11" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><msubsup><mi/><mn mathvariant="normal">3</mn><mo>-</mo></msubsup></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="9pt" height="16pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="fa1148a5a7ab62133104fb46bf612014"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="bg-21-4927-2024-ie00007.svg" width="9pt" height="16pt" src="bg-21-4927-2024-ie00007.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> and I<span class="inline-formula">⁻</span> concentrations in the present-day ocean.</p> <p>By optimizing the parameters controlling previously proposed mechanisms involved in marine iodine cycling, we find that we can obtain broad matches to observed iodine speciation gradients in zonal surface distribution, depth profiles, and oxygen-deficient zones (ODZs). …”
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Differential expansion of circulating human MDSC subsets in patients with cancer, infection and inflammation by Ang Lin, Sven Brandau, Stephan Lang, Luca Cassetta, Kirsten Bruderek, Joanna Skrzeczynska-Moncznik, Oktawia Osiecka, Xiaoying Hu, Ida Marie Rundgren, Kim Santegoets, Utku Horzum, Ana Godinho-Santos, Gennadiy Zelinskyy, Thalia Garcia-Tellez, Sunčica Bjelica, Bartłomiej Taciak, Astrid Olsnes Kittang, Benedikt Höing, Michael Dixon, Verena Müller, Jochen Sven Utikal, Derya Karakoç, Kerim Bora Yilmaz, Emilia Górka, Lubomir Bodnar, Olympia Evdoxia Anastasiou, Christine Bourgeois, Robert Badura, Monika Kapinska-Mrowiecka, Mirjana Gotic, Mark ter Laan, Esther Kers-Rebel, Magdalena Król, Juan Francisco Santibañez, Michaela Müller-Trutwin, Ulf Dittmer, Ana Espada de Sousa, Güneş Esendağlı, Gosse Adema, Karin Loré, Elisabeth Ersvær, Viktor Umansky, Jeffrey W Pollard, Joanna Cichy

“…PMN-MDSC expansion was more pronounced in cancer compared with infection and inflammation. …”
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Stopping anticoagulation for isolated or incidental pulmonary embolism: the STOPAPE RCT protocol by Daniel Lasserson, Pooja Gaddu, Samir Mehta, Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Sheila Greenfield, Clare Prince, Carole Cummins, Graham Robinson, Jonathan Rodrigues, Simon Noble, Sue Jowett, Mark Toshner, Michael Newnham, Alice Turner

“…As the scanning technology for pulmonary embolism has become more sensitive, smaller clots are being diagnosed. …”
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Direct oral penicillin challenge in secondary care with low-risk patients: the SPACE mixed-methods study with cost-effectiveness analysis by Mamidipudi Thirumala Krishna, Yogini H Jani, Iestyn Williams, Ruben Mujica-Mota, Rebecca Bestwick, Michele Siciliano, Robert Michael West, Rashmeet Bhogal, Bee Yean Ng, Kornelija Kildonaviciute, Rachel Pollard, Nicola Jones, Louise Dunsmure, Mairead McErlean, Neil Powell, Chidanand C Hullur, Ariyur Balaji, Jonathan Sandoe, Amena Warner, Ron Daniels, Caroline Thomas, Siraj A Misbah, Louise Savic

“…The cost saving appears small in the short term and more research is needed to understand the long-term benefits. …”
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Effects of UV-B radiation on the photosystem performance and fruit quality of strawberry in greenhouse by CHEN Yanrong, DING Shanming, LIU Zhen, SHI Huimei, XIAO Wei, CHEN Xiude, LI Ling, LI Dongmei

“…The apparent electron transfers rate (ETR) was significantly lower than that of CK, while the decrease in T3 and T4 was significantly greater than that of T1 and T2, indicating that the higher the UV-B dose, the more electrons were allocated to other pathways. …”
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Early detection to improve outcome in people with undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis: the PROMPT research programme including RCT by Neil McHugh, Laura Bojke, Mel Brooke Turfrey, Rachel Charlton, Myka Ransom, Laura C Coates, Howard Collier, Claire Davies, Emma Dures, Philip Helliwell, Jana James, Anya Lissina, Vishnu B Madhok, Alison L Nightingale, Jonathan Packham, Catherine Smith, Eldon Spackman, Cerys Tassinari, William Tillett, Sarah T Brown

“…Patients with PsA had a significant increase in risk of developing type 2 diabetes, uveitis, Crohn’s disease, and osteoarthritis, but not ulcerative colitis, when compared to general population and psoriasis controls. For cardiovascular disease, significant increases in risk were observed in PsA patients compared to the general population but not to psoriasis controls. …”
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