Vaccination status and disease severity of COVID-19 in different phases of the pandemic by Xueying Yang, Fanghui Shi, Jiajia Zhang, Haoyuan Gao, Shujie Chen, Bankole Olatosi, Sharon Weissman, Xiaoming Li

“…This study aimed to explore the clinical profile and the impact of vaccination status on various health outcomes among COVID-19 patients diagnosed in different phases of the pandemic, during which several variants of concern (VOCs) circulated in South Carolina (SC). …”
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Influence of different types of margins in the fish assemblage from an urban river by Thais Aparecida Soinski, Lucio Antônio Stefani Pinheiro, Daiane Elen Cavallari, Marta Severino Stefani, Welber Senteio Smith

“…For the ichthyofauna, the samples consisted in 50,983 fish distributed in 5 orders, 8 families, and 12 species. Cyprinodontiformes had the highest abundance, with 96.96% of the total number of individuals, followed by Siluriformes (2.39%), and the sum of the other orders did not reach 1% of the total collected. …”
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Adsorption–Desorption Behaviour of Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam, and Clothianidin in Different Agricultural Soils by Gabriela Briceño, Graciela Palma, Heidi Schalchli, Paola Durán, Cesar Llafquén, Andrés Huenchupán, Carlos Rodríguez-Rodríguez, María Cristina Diez

“…This study evaluated the adsorption and desorption of imidacloprid (IMI), thiamethoxam (THM) and clothianidin (CLO) in an andisol (Freire soil) and an inceptisol (Chufquén soil) from southern Chile with different organic matter and clay contents. The soils had a slightly acidic pH and clay and clay-loam textures. …”
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Growth and Physiological Traits of Blueberry Seedlings in Response to Different Nitrogen Forms by Haiyan Yang, Yaqiong Wu, Chunhong Zhang, Lianfei Lyu, Wenlong Wu, Zhengjin Huang, Weilin Li

“…Under T1 treatment, the leaves had lower O₂^˙− generation rate and MDA concentration, but higher superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutamate synthetase (GOGAT), and glutamine synthetase (GS) activity. …”
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Comparative study of sex differences in distal femur morphology in osteoarthritic knees in a Chinese population. by Bo Yang, Jia-Kuo Yu, Zhuo-Zhao Zheng, Zhi-Hua Lu, Ji-Ying Zhang

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>The purpose of this study was to investigate sex differences in resected distal femoral morphology in Chinese osteoarthritic knees.…”
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Coronary plaque characteristics quantified by artificial intelligence-enabled plaque analysis: Insights from a multi-ethnic asymptomatic US population by Guadalupe Flores Tomasino, Caroline Park, Kajetan Grodecki, Jolien Geers, Donghee Han, Andrew Lin, Keiichiro Kuronuma, Nipun Manral, Emily Xing, Heidi Gransar, Sebastien Cadet, Alan Rozanski, Piotr J. Slomka, Michelle Williams, Daniel S. Berman, Damini Dey

“…Background: Ethnic differences in coronary atherosclerosis remain to be fully elucidated. …”
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The differences in production of Holstein Friesian and Holstein Friesian x Norwegian Red F1 crossbreeds by Stipo Benak, Tina Bobić, Katarina Bilandžija, Zvonimir Steiner, Ana Aračić, Maja Gregić, Domagoj Eman, Vesna Gantner

“…F1 crosses had better health traits (with except for hoofs problem) comparing to HF cows, they had less cows with mastitis (-11.9 %), ketosis (-0.5 %), retained placenta (-4.8 %) and dislocation of the abomasum (-1.0 %), respectively. …”
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Racial and ethnic differences in epigenetic aging: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2002. by Belinda L Needham, Nicole Gladish, Hanyang Shen, Yongmei Liu, Jennifer A Smith, Bhramar Mukherjee, Xiang Zhou, David H Rehkopf

“…The exposure is self-reported race and ethnicity, and the outcomes are 13 measures of epigenetic aging trained on different aging phenotypes.<h4>Results</h4>In linear regression models controlling for age, age-squared, gender, and nativity, White respondents had higher epigenetic aging than Black respondents (the reference group) for six out of seven measures trained on chronological age (Hannum: b = 1.98, 95% CI = 1.43, 2.54; Horvath: b = 0.75, 95% CI = 0.09, 1.40; Weidner: b = 1.15, 95% CI = 0.30, 2.01; Vidal-Bralo: b = 2.30, 95% CI = 1.76, 2.84; SkinBlood: b = 0.85, 95% CI = 0.28, 1.43; Zhang: b = 0.58, 95% CI = 0.40, 0.76) and for one measure trained on telomere length (b = -0.17, 95% CI = -0.20, -0.14). …”
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Pharmacokinetic Changes and Influencing Factors of Polymyxin B in Different ECMO Modes by Xu M, Chen N, Yu YW, Pan XY, Li T

“…The Css,avg shows a significant difference between clearance group (2.26± 0.72) and uncleared group (1.25± 0.24), P< 0.05.Conclusion: There were no significant differences in PMB concentrations between pre- and post-oxygenator. …”
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Research on the Flavor and Physicochemical Characteristics of Yogurt Fermented by Different Starter Cultures by Xulong CHANG, Qingxia ZHOU, Wencong MA, Zhenming ZHAN, Xinxin YAO, Aimei ZHOU

“…By comparing the physicochemical properties, texture, and rheology, the quality differences of the yogurts fermented by different starter cultures were evaluated. …”
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Investigating the Asymmetric Bimanual Coordination Differences in Male and Female Athletes in Ball and Non-ball Sports by Yaser Khanjari, Elahe Arabameri

“…Objective: Bilateral coordination skills are one of the key factors in performing simple to skillful sports task, so far the differences between ball and non-ball fields have not been determined. …”
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Fisher (Pekania pennanti) Populations Exhibit Regional Differences in Cause‐Specific Mortality but Not Survival Rates by Justin J. Remmers, Kirk W. Stodola, Maximilian L. Allen

“…Western fishers had higher mortality from predation and lethal toxicant exposure, while eastern fishers had higher mortality from legal harvest. …”
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INDICATORS OF BIOELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE PROPER MASSETER MUSCLES WITH THEIR DIFFERENT MASS IN MALES by O.V. Rybalov, Yu.I. Semenenko, P.I. Yatsenko, O.I. Yatsenko, O.S. Ivanytska

“…The study included 30 male volunteers aged 21-23 of the same body types, who had no pathology of dentition, 10 of them with the small masseter muscles mass, in 10 – moderate, in 10 – high. …”
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Endovascular Treatment in Patients with Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke of Different Mechanisms by Zhiyuan Feng, Ming Yang, Aoming Jin, Ning Ma, Feng Gao, Dapeng Mo, Xiaojuan Liu, Fangyuan Zhang, Xinchen Li, Yimeng Li, Qi Chu, Jing Xue, Aichun Cheng, Jinxi Lin, Hao Li, Xia Meng, Zhongrong Miao, Yongjun Wang, Jie Xu

“…Patients with AAE experienced a longer procedural time and had a higher rate of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH). …”
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Community structure of soil fauna in kiwifruit plantation at different slope locations by XIAO Jiujin, HUANG Xiaoli, LU Changtai, ZHENG Jiadong, ZHANG Jian, YANG Wanqin

“…/hm² in 2000.Soil fauna at three different slope locations (upper slope, middle slope and lower slope) with four soil layers (herb, 0 5 cm, 5 10 cm and 10 15 cm) in the kiwifruit plantation were studied. …”
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Analysis of Differences in Chemical Components of Fermented Mulberry Leaves with Different Strains of Lactic Acid Bacteria by Ultra-high Performance Liquid Chromatography-Quadrupol... by XIU Huidi, LIANG Guangyue, CHENG Lei

“…The objective of this study is to compare the effects of different fermentation processes with lactic acid bacteria (LAB) on the chemical constituents of mulberry leaves and to select superior LAB. …”
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The effect of differences in silvofishery pond types and gender on the growth performance of mud crabs (Scylla serrata) by Asep Akmal Aonullah, Annisa Bias Cahyanurani, Andina Chairun Nisa, Diana Putri Renitasari, Asthervina Widyastami Puspitasari, Aditya Brahmana

“…This study aims to analyze differences in growth performance of mud crabs reared in different silvofishery ponds to find out the effect of gender and to determine the interaction patterns between silvofishery pond type and gender. …”
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University students’ experiences of fully online teaching and learning environment—differences among learning profiles by Anne Haarala-Muhonen, Henna Asikainen, Nina Katajavuori, Päivi Kinnunen, Leena Ripatti-Torniainen, Tarja Tuononen

“…Deep and organised students clearly had more positive experiences of online learning and studying than the Unorganised and deep students. …”
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Gender differences in defense mechanisms, ways of coping with stress and sense of identity in adolescent suicide attempts by Dilşad Foto-Özdemir, Devrim Akdemir, Füsun Çuhadaroğlu-Çetin

“…Of the 64 adolescents with suicide attempt, 47 (73.4%) had at least one, and 26 (40.6%) had more than one psychiatric disorder according to K-SADS. …”
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Sex differences in the risk profiles for anemia in people living with HIV, A cross sectional study. by Kingsley Kamvuma, Benson M Hamooya, Kaseya O R Chiyenu, Yusuf Uthman Ademola, Steward Mudenda, Alfred Machiko, Sepiso K Masenga, Sody M Munsaka

“…<h4>Results</h4>Participants had a median age of 44 years, with a female preponderance of 64.2%. …”
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