Baseline levels of microplastics in agricultural soils obscure the effects of additional microplastics from recycled fertilizers by Collin J. Weber, Dominika Kundel, Andreas Fliessbach, Else K. Bünemann, Moritz Bigalke

“…Microplastics were extracted from the soil (two rounds of density separation (1.5 g cm− 3) and Fenton treatment), followed by µFTIR chemical imaging analysis with a size detection limit of 20 μm. …”
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Genome-wide analyses of exonic copy number variants in a family-based study point to novel autism susceptibility genes. by Maja Bucan, Brett S Abrahams, Kai Wang, Joseph T Glessner, Edward I Herman, Lisa I Sonnenblick, Ana I Alvarez Retuerto, Marcin Imielinski, Dexter Hadley, Jonathan P Bradfield, Cecilia Kim, Nicole B Gidaya, Ingrid Lindquist, Ted Hutman, Marian Sigman, Vlad Kustanovich, Clara M Lajonchere, Andrew Singleton, Junhyong Kim, Thomas H Wassink, William M McMahon, Thomas Owley, John A Sweeney, Hilary Coon, John I Nurnberger, Mingyao Li, Rita M Cantor, Nancy J Minshew, James S Sutcliffe, Edwin H Cook, Geraldine Dawson, Joseph D Buxbaum, Struan F A Grant, Gerard D Schellenberg, Daniel H Geschwind, Hakon Hakonarson

“…Previous work has demonstrated an important role for structural variation in a subset of cases, but has lacked the resolution necessary to move beyond detection of large regions of potential interest to identification of individual genes. …”
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Development and characterization of a new TILLING population of common bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). by Liang Chen, Linzhou Huang, Donghong Min, Andy Phillips, Shiqiang Wang, Pippa J Madgwick, Martin A J Parry, Yin-Gang Hu

“…To simplify the procedure and decrease costs, we use unlabeled primers and either non-denaturing polyacrylamide gels or agarose gels for mutation detection. The value of this new resource was tested using PCR with RAPD and Intron-spliced junction (ISJ) primers, and also TILLING in three selected candidate genes, in 300 and 512 mutant lines, revealing high mutation densities of 1/34 kb by RAPD/ISJ analysis and 1/47 kb by TILLING. …”
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Does breakfast skipping alter the serum lipids of university students? by Shazia Parveen Solangi, Naseem Aslam Channa, Amna Yasin Awan, Muhammad Haneef Mugheri, Zeba Hussain Soomro, Lubna Noorani

“…We found significant variation among age groups for triglycerides (TG), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in BS. …”
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Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Changes and Driving Forces of Ecological Environment Quality in Tuojiang River Basin Based on RSEI Improved Modeling by ZHAO Xiaoyan, TAN Shucheng, ZHANG Su, LI Yongping, WU Han, WANG Chao

“…[Methods] Based on the Google Earth Engine platform, Landsat remote sensing images from 2000 to 2020 were selected to construct an ecological environment quality evaluation model with NDVI, WET, LST, NDBSI, and AI indices, and the coefficient of variation, one-way linear regression, and spatial autocorrelation analysis methods were used to analyze the spatial and temporal evolution pattern of ecological environment quality in the watershed, and to detect the driving force using the optimal parameter Geographic Detector Model(OPGD). …”
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Phasic and periodic change of drought under greenhouse effect by Yang Li, Zhicheng Zheng, Yaochen Qin, Haifeng Tian, Zhixiang Xie, Peijun Rong

“…It also ignores the nonstationary nature of the hydrometeorological water process; therefore, it is prone to bias in drought detection and may overestimate the intensity and duration of droughts. …”
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Accurate distinction of pathogenic from benign CNVs in mental retardation. by Jayne Y Hehir-Kwa, Nienke Wieskamp, Caleb Webber, Rolph Pfundt, Han G Brunner, Christian Gilissen, Bert B A de Vries, Chris P Ponting, Joris A Veltman

“…Copy number variants (CNVs) have recently been recognized as a common form of genomic variation in humans. Hundreds of CNVs can be detected in any individual genome using genomic microarrays or whole genome sequencing technology, but their phenotypic consequences are still poorly understood. …”
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Influence of multiple network structures on bayesian estimation of peer effects and statistical power for generalized linear network autocorrelation models by Guanqing Chen, A. James O’Malley

“…Finally, we perform a statistical power analysis based on these findings for use in designing future studies whose goal is to estimate or to detect peer-effects.…”
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Influence of Refractive Condition on Retinal Vasculature Complexity in Younger Subjects by Mohd Zulfaezal Che Azemin, Norsyazwani Mohamad Daud, Fadilah Ab Hamid, Ilyanoon Zahari, Abdul Halim Sapuan

“…A positive correlation (rho = 0.260, P < 0.05) between the Df and the spherical equivalent refraction was detected in this study. Using a linear model, it was estimated that 6.7% of the variation in Df could be explained by spherical equivalent refraction. …”
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Longitudinal surveillance of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in urban coastal Kenya: population dynamics, blood feeding frequency and dengue virus infection rates by Josephine Osalla, Louis-Clement Gouagna, Gilbert Rotich, Maureen Nzilani, Penina Safari, Kennedy Senagi, Francis Mutuku, Baldwyn Torto, David P. Tchouassi

“…Two dengue-2 virus RNA was detected in two blood-fed specimens that had fed on humans. …”
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Evaluating the spatial pattern of water quality of the Nile River, Egypt, through multivariate analysis of chemical and biological indicators by Mahmoud H. Hegab, Seliem M. El Sayed, Nasr M. Ahmed, Eman I. Abdel-Aal, Doaa A. Kassem, Khadiga M. Gaber, Amany M. Haroon, Soad S. Abdel Gawad, Mohamed E. Goher, Abd-Ellatif M. Hussian

“…The lowest abundance and diversity of phytoplankton and zooplankton were detected at the southern sites, which increased gradually to attain the highest density and diversity in the northern sites. …”
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Colonization effect of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. on tomato plant and Bemisia tabaci by Entesar Nahed Haron, Dalia Mohamed Ahmed Hassan, Eman El-Said, Nehal A. Zaid, Sahar F. Deraz, Ehab A. Serour

“…The findings indicated notable significant variations in the population densities of B. tabaci in comparison to the other groups in two seasons. …”
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Expression of Th1/Th2 cytokines in partial target organs of type 2 diabetes mellitus rhesus monkey by Chen Shanshan, Luo Qihui, Zeng Wen, Cheng Anchun, Liu Wentao, Shi Liangqin, Chen Zhengli

“…The pathological changes were studied by hematoxylin-eosin staining, and the expressions of IL-2, IFN-γ, IL-4 and IL-10 were observed by immunohistochemistry. Mean density was measured by IPP 6.0 (Image-pro plus 6.0) to evaluate their variation.Neutrophil cell infiltration which means chronic inflammation was observed in hepatic sinusoid of T2DM rhesus monkeys, and hepatic sinusoid of T2DM was wider than healthy rhesus monkeys. …”
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Identification of genetic regulatory loci for anthocyanins in wine grape skins by WANG Shanglin, ZHANG Huimin, SUN Qi, PAN Qiuhong, DONG Zhigang, DUAN Changqing, HE Fei

“…Finally, we analyzed the changes of anthocyanin concentrations caused by the variation of SNP loci, and explored the effects of the different genotypes of SNP loci on the anthocyanin concentration. …”
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