The Effect of Deficit Irrigation on Yield and Its Related Traits in Promising Chiti Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genotypes under Zanjan Province Climatic Condition by Seyedeh Soudabeh Shobeiri, Ali Akbar Asadi

“…Combined variance analysis and mean comparisons were performed and simple correlation coefficients between traits and stepwise regression analysis of traits affecting grain yield in both irrigation conditions were calculated. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Opioid Dispensing Competencies in Final-Year Pharm-D Students: A Multicenter Study from Punjab, Pakistan by Mubarak N, Rahman Rana F, Zahid T, Ijaz UEB, Shabbir A, Ghulam Bari A, Niaz B, Kanwal S, Saif-Ur-Rahman N, Iqbal Z, Khan AM, Zin CS, Mahmood K, Elnaem MH, Tariq S

“…There was no significant difference in the overall mean competency scores based on gender or system of assessment used in the Pharm-D degree programs. …”
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Increased rate of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in hospitalized immunocompromised pediatric patients by Sarah Khafaja, Sarah Khafaja, Yara Salameh, Celina F. Boutros, Cherine Awad, Kawthar Faour, Nadim Tfaily, Sarah Merhi, Zeinab El Zein, Zeinab El Zein, Samer Bou Karroum, Dana Oweini, Danielle Fayad, George F. Araj, George F. Araj, George F. Araj, Ramia Zakhour, Ghassan S. Dbaibo, Ghassan S. Dbaibo

“…This necessitates the frequent revisiting of treatment guidelines in these high-risk patients and the implementation of judicious antimicrobial stewardship programs and infection control policies to stabilize or decrease the prevalence of these infections.…”
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Epidemiology and outcomes of out of hospital cardiac arrest in Karachi, Pakistan – A longitudinal study by Uzma Rahim Khan, Noor Baig, Kamlesh M. Bhojwani, Ahmed Raheem, Rubaba Khan, Ayaz Ilyas, Munawar Khursheed, Mohammad Ahraz Hussain, Junaid A. Razzak, Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Fareed Ahmed, Bashir Hanif, Ghazanfar Saleem, Seemin Jamali, Ali Kashan, Alvia Saad, Salima Kerai, Syeda Kanza, Saadia Sajid, Nadeem Ullah Khan

“…Results: In total, 1068 OHCA patients were included. Mean age was 55 years, 61.1 % (n = 653) male. Witnessed arrests accounted for 94.9 % of the cases (n = 1013), whereas 89.4 % of the cases (n = 955) were transported via non-EMS. …”
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Percepção dos treinadores do Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) sobre o desenvolvimento dos atletas brasileiros (Perception of coaches of the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) about the developm... by Cleiton Pereira Reis, Varley Teoldo da Costa, Fernando de Azevedo Alves Pereira, Elton César dos Santos, Dilson Borges Ribeiro Junior, Luciana Thomazini de Araujo, Roberto Rodrigues Paes

“…The interviewees noted that in the absence of public spaces for practicing sports and in the absence of a national program that democratize the sports is a serious problem that need to be faced. …”
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A study on toxicity, local irritative effect of and allergic response to a novel intranasal medication containing N-phenylacetyl-L-prolylglycine ethyl ester by B. S. Burlaka, I. F. Bielenichev

“…Results were statistically processed by means of the standard statistical package of the licensed program Statistica for Windows 13 (StatSoft Inc., № JPZ804I382130ARCN10-J). …”
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Malestar psicológico en portadores y no portadores de la mutación causante de enfermedad de Huntington y su relación con la carga de la enfermedad by Y. Rodríguez-Agudelo, M. Chávez-Oliveros, A. Ochoa-Morales, L. Martínez-Ruano, A. Camacho-Molina, F. Paz-Rodríguez

“…By means of mathematical formulas, the disease burden and proximity to the manifest stage in the PEH group were obtained and it was correlated with the results of the SCL-90-R. …”
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Factors associated with patient-reported likelihood of using online self-care interventions: a Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) cohort study by Thierry Martin, Carter Thorne, Brett D Thombs, Vincent Poindron, John Varga, Isabelle Boutron, Linda Kwakkenbos, Marie-Eve Carrier, Karen Nielsen, Alexandra Portales, Susan J Bartlett, Vanessa L Malcarne, Karen Gottesman, Warren R Nielson, Robert Riggs, Maureen Sauve, Fredrick Wigley, Shervin Assassi, Angela Costa Maia, Ghassan El-Baalbaki, Carolyn Ells, Catherine Fortune, Dominique Godard, Ann Impens, Yeona Jang, Ann Tyrell Kennedy, Annett Körner, Maggie Larche, Catarina Leite, Carlo Marra, Janet Pope, Tatiana Sofia Rodriguez Reyna, Joep Welling, Durhane Wong-Rieger, Alexandra Albert, Marc André, Guylaine Arsenault, Ilham Benzidia, Lyne Bissonnette, Gilles Boire, Alessandra Bruns, Patricia Carreira, Marion Casadevall, Lorinda Chung, Pascal Cohen, Pierre Dagenais, Christopher Denton, Robyn Domsic, Sandrine Dubois, Bertrand Dunogue, Alexia Esquinca, Regina Fare, Dominique Farge-bancel, Anna Gill, Jessica Gordon, Brigitte Granel-Rey, Genevieve Gyger, Pierre-Yves Hatron, Ariane L Herrick, Adrian Hij, Monique Hinchcliff, Alena Ikic, Niall Jones, Suzanne Kafaja, Nader Khalidi, Patrick Liang, Joanne Manning, Maria Martin, Ariel Masetto, Sheila Melchor, David Robinson, Esther Rodriguez, Sophie Roux, Perrine Smets, Doug Smith, Robert Spiera, Evelyn Sutton, Benjamin Terrier, Pearce Wilcox, Michelle Wilson, Julie Cumin, François Rannou, Daniel E. Furst, Maureen D. Mayes, Lindsay Cronin, Stephen Elrod, Cornelia van den Ende, Amy Gietzen, Daphna Harel Geneviève Guillot, Shirley Haslam, Sindhu R. Johnson, Christelle Nguyen, Michelle Richard, Ken Rozee, Anne A. Schouffoer, Russell J. Steele, Nancy Stephens, Maria E. Suarez-Almazor, Chase Correia, James V. Dunne, Paul R. Fortin, Artur Jose de B. Fernandes, Nancy Maltez, Isabelle Marie, Kylene Anne Aguila, Mara Cañedo Ayala, Andrea Carboni-Jiménez, Claire Fedoruk, Lydia Tao, Kimberly Turner, Sami Harb, Mekinian Arsene, Nikpour Mandana, Gholizadeh Shadi

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Research on the Reproductive Strategies of Different Provenances/Families of <i>Juglans mandshurica</i> Maxim. Based on the Fruit Traits by Yitong Chen, Ruixue Guo, Xiaona Pei, Dan Peng, Zihan Yan, Mingrui Kang, Yulu Pan, Jingxin Yu, Lu Xu, Huicong Lin, Chuang Liu, Qinhui Zhang, Xiyang Zhao

“…The identified traits may be used to guide breeding programs for developing high-oil-content varieties; However, further validation studies are required to confirm these traits and their applicability in large-scale breeding efforts.…”
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Triatoma dimidiata, domestic animals and acute Chagas disease: a 10-year follow-up after an eco-bio-social intervention by Jose G. Juarez, Andrea M. Moller-Vasquez, María Granados-Presa, Pamela Pennington, Norma Padilla, Sujata Balasubramanian, Lisa D. Auckland, Elsa Berganza, Estuardo Alvarado Liberato, Henry Esquivel, Ranferi Trampe, Louisa A. Messenger, Celia Cordón-Rosales, Gabriel L. Hamer, Sarah A. Hamer

“…In Central America, vector control programs have significantly reduced transmission; however, certain regions, such as Comapa municipality, department of Jutiapa, Guatemala, continue to experience persistent T. dimidiata infestation. …”
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Radiomic analysis of patient and interorgan heterogeneity in response to immunotherapies and BRAF-targeted therapy in metastatic melanoma by Riyue Bao, Yana G Najjar, Diwakar Davar, John M Kirkwood, Jason John Luke, Sarah Newman, Hassane M Zarour, Afsaneh Amouzegar, Rivka R Colen, Murat Ak, Priyadarshini Mamindla, Serafettin Zenkin, Vishal Peddagangireddy, Sarah Behr, Alexandra G Tompkins, Zane N Gray, Rebekah E Dadey, Nasim Batavani, Nursima Ak, Taha Yasin Pak, Mohammadreza Amjadzadeh, Amy Goodman, Darcy L Ploucha, Curtis Tatsuoka

“…We queried the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center registry for patients with metastatic melanoma (MEL) treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) (anti-programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1)/cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) (ipilimumab+nivolumab; I+N) or anti-PD-1 monotherapy) or BRAF-targeted therapy. …”
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Genetic diversity of cultivated Gayo Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) based on morphological and microsatellite markers by Rita Andini, Ahmad Zaelani, Muhammad Ikhsan Sulaiman, Enny Rimita Sembiring, Rachman Jaya, Meenakshi Gusain, Deepak Bhanot, Roma Sarnaik Morghade, Abdel-Rhman Z. Gaafar, Abdul Azis, Heru Prono Widayat

“…Conclusion This work will be of particular relevance to breeding programs and conservation initiatives aimed at ensuring the sustainability of arabica coffee cultivation in Indonesia and other tropical highland regions. …”
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A DISCUSSÃO DAS RELAÇÕES ÉTNICO-RACIAIS NOS PROGRAMAS DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM EDUCAÇÃO DA REGIÃO NORDESTE(2009-2016) by Marcela Silva da Conceição, Wilma de Nazaré Baía Coelho

“…THE DISCUSSION OF ETHNIC RACIAL RELATIONS IN POSTGRADCATE PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION OF NORTHEAST REGION (2009-2016) Abstract This aticle aimstoknow thw discussion of the ethnic racial relations in postgraduate programs in education of northeast region (2009-2016) by means of the survey of techer intelectual production, structure analysis and organicity of the modus operandi oh the programs against the requirements of legal frameworks related to diversity and  specifically, the ethnic-racial relations. …”
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An Evaluation of the Safety, Immunogenicity, and Protective Efficacy of a Combined Diphtheria–Tetanus–Acellular Pertussis, <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> Type b, and ACYW135 Meningo... by Xiuwen Sui, Zhujun Shao, Yuanyuan Ji, Hairui Wang, Qingfu Xu, Bochao Wei, Zhuojun Duan, Chang Wang, Ying Yang, Jiayu Zhao, Tao Zhu

“…This combined vaccine may streamline immunization programs and enhance vaccination coverage.…”
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Prognostic significance of NT-proBNP and sST2 in patients with heart failure with preserved and mildly reduced ejection fraction by V. I. Podzolkov, N. A. Dragomiretskaya, A. V. Tolmacheva, I. I. Shvedov, A. A. Ivannikov, I. V. Akyol

“…Along with a clinical examination, 207 patients (111 men and 96 women), mean age - 72.6 ± 11.4 years, underwent tests for the level of NT-proBNP and sST2 in serum. …”
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Racial and socioeconomic disparities in long term survival after surgery and radiation for spinal cord hemangioblastoma by Abdul Karim Ghaith, Xinlan Yang, Joshua Weinberg, Shaan Bhandarkar, Taha Khalilullah, Abdel-Hameed Al-Mistarehi, Khaled Zaitoun, Meghana Bhimreddy, Arjun K. Menta, Antony Fuleihan, Kamel Chebaro, Jawad Khalifeh, Andrew Grossbach, Nicholas Theodore, Daniel Lubelski

“…Tumor size was stratified using the cohort-wide mean (62.2 mm) for interpretability. Temporal trends in racial distribution and surgical technique (open vs. …”
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The EORTC QLQ-F17 as a shortened version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 to assess self-reported functioning in cancer patients: investigating equivalence and psychometric properties in a ran... by Florian Zeman, Johannes M. Giesinger, Tobias Pukrop, Morten Aa Petersen, Mogens Groenvold, Sandra Nolte, Dagmara Kuliś, Sunil Shrestha, Laurence Leysen, Kim Cocks, Corneel Coens, Georgios Ioannidis, Cecilia Pompili, Michael Koller

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Microbiological Analysis of Wild Lowbush Blueberries Harvested in Nova Scotia, Canada for the Fresh Produce Market by Timothy Ells, Nancy Tregunno, Lihua Fan, Michele Elliot, Craig Doucette, Hugh Lyu, Alexa Jollimore

“…Where sporadic detection of <i>L. monocytogenes</i> was observed on environmental samples from the processing line, processors must ensure that effective sanitation programs are implemented to avoid potential food safety risks.…”
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Treatment effects of Xuebijing injection in patients with sepsis by clinical phenotype: a post hoc analysis of the EXIT-SEP trialResearch in context by Xiran Lou, Hui Chen, Nan Shi, Ruixuan Yu, Songli Li, Yi Yang, Songqiao Liu, Jianfeng Xie, Haibo Qiu

“…The XBJ group received 100 mL of XBJ every 12 h for 5 days, while the placebo group was given a volume-matched saline. Consensus k-means clustering was performed to reproduce previously identified sepsis phenotypes in relation to the SENECA classification (α, β, γ, and δ) based on 19 variables such as age, sex, temperature, and biochemistry/lab results. …”
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Rethinking scenario building for sustainable futures: mobilizing conscientização, social learning and knowledge co-production by Danilo Borja, Jan Daněk, Julia C. Assis, Antonella Gorosábel, Carolyn Lundquist, Isabel Rosa, Fabio Rubio Scarano, Nino Tavares Amazonas, Silas C. Principe, Rob Alkemade, Adnan Arshad, Sandra Benavides-Gordillo, Rafael Cavalcanti Lembi, Tássia Rayane Ferreira Chagas, Diana Isabel Clavijo Rojas, Lara Cornejo-Denman, Viviane Dib, Simon Ferrier, Edberto Moura Lima, Luis Filipe Lopes, Matheus Camargo Silva Mancini, Juan Andrés Martínez-Lanfranco, Wladimir Moya, Julia Niemeyer, Unai Pascual, Alice Ramos de Moraes, Mercy Funke Salami, Carla Rivera Rebella, Fábio H. C. Sanches, Priyanka Sarkar, Juliana Siqueira-Gay, Raísa Romênia Silva Vieira, Catalina Zuluaga Rodríguez, Carlos Alfredo Joly, Rafael C. Borges

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