Enhancing maize (Zea mays) productivity through integrated soil fertility management: a participatory approach in the degraded soils of Kigoma, Tanzania by David K. Lelei, Masoud S. Sultan, Nicholaus M. Kuboja, Lukelysia N. Mwangi, Fergus Sinclair

“…Maize is a staple cereal for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, characterized by a low average yield of less than 1 ton per hectare in many smallholder farms across these countries. …”
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Geospatial analysis of soil property variability in cyclone-affected areas of southern Malawi by Jabulani Nyengere, Innocent Gomani, Isaac Tchuwa, Wilfred Kadewa, Agnes Mercy Hamisi, Chikondi Chisenga, Emmanuel Chinkaka, Weston Mwase, Precious Masuku, Harineck Tholo

“…The cyclone's impact led to a decline in maize yield, dropping from nearly 3 to less than 2 tons per hectare. Cyclone Freddy significantly impacted soil properties and agricultural productivity in Southern Malawi. …”
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Integrated Co-extraction Protocol for Transcriptomic and 1H NMR Metabolomic Analysis of Multi-species Biofilms by Anaïs Séguéla, Oriane Della-Negra, Roselyne Gautier, Jérôme Hamelin, Kim Milferstedt, Rémi Servien, Marie-Ange Teste, Cécile Canlet

“…Capturing produced, consumed, or exchanged metabolites (metabolomics) and the result of gene expression (transcriptomics) require the extraction of metabolites and RNA. …”
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TRANSFUSION PRACTICE, POST-TRANSFUSION COMPLICATIONS AND RISK FACTORS IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN SENEGAL, WEST AFRICA. by Moussa Seck, Alioune Badara Senghor, Mossane Loum, Sokhna Aissatou Touré, Blaise Félix Faye, Alioune Badara Diallo, Mohamed Keita, Elimane Seydi Bousso, Sérigne Mourtalla Guèye, Macoura Gadji, Abibatou Sall, Awa Oumar Touré, Saliou Diop

“…Median number of RBC received per patient was 10 (2 - 48). The prevalence of VHC in SCD-transfused was 1.33% and 2% for VHB. …”
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Interação entre salinidade e biofertilizante bovino na cultura do feijão-de-corda Interaction between water salinity and bovine biofertilizer on the cowpea plants by Francisco L. B. da Silva, Claudivan F. de Lacerda, Geocleber G. de Sousa, Antônia L. R. Neves, Giovana L. da Silva, Carlos H. C. Sousa

“…Increasing salinity of irrigation water caused reduction in gas exchange, being less affected by the presence of biofertilizer. …”
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Effects of meta-topolin riboside and meta-methoxy topolin riboside on the in vitro micropropagation of Pyrus communis L. by Natalia G. Dimitrova, Lilyana R. Nacheva, Diyana V. Aleksandrova, Marieta K. Nesheva, Małgorzata Y. Berova

“…At the rooting stage, data on the rooting frequency, number of roots per rooted micro-cutting and the length of roots were recorded 18 days after the start of the experiment. …”
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Effect of SiO2 and TiO2 nanoparticles through foliar and root dipping treatments: a comprehensive comparison of growth, photosynthesis, secondary metabolites, redox status and enzy... by Havza Imtiaz, Yamshi Arif, Mohammad Shiraz, Syed Aiman Hasan, Mohammad Faizan, Pravej Alam, Shamsul Hayat

“…The findings suggest that the treatment of SiO2 or TiO2 NPs led to an increase in peltate glandular trichomes (PGTs) density and diameter, chlorophyll content, photosynthesis, gas exchange traits, and elemental status; which led to enhancement of shoot and root length, fresh and dry mass of shoot and root, leaf area and leaf per plant. …”
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Peony (Paeonia lactiflora) leaf performance of two cultivars in response to ozone exposure by Zaisheng Shao, Liquan Jing, Li Zha, Xiaoyan Lu, Wenhui Huo, Kai Yang, Hengfeng Zhang

“…Key physiological parameters, including gas exchange, pigment levels, leaf mass per area (LMA), stomatal structure, lipid oxidation, and the antioxidant defense system, were measured across three replicate chambers.ResultsThe exposure to NF60 resulted in significant reductions in light-saturated photosynthesis rate (Asat), stomatal conductance (gs), and electron transfer rate (ETR), but no changes were observed in intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci). …”
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Air Quality in a Dental Skills Lab during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Results of an Experimental Study by Christian Graetz, Naomi Sayk, Paulina Düffert, Ralf Heidenreich, Christof E. Dörfer, Miriam Cyris

“…Therefore, the change in each parameter (Δ = [post]-[pre] per hour) was calculated. Results. We found significant differences in ΔPM2.5 and ΔPM1 values (median (25/75th percentiles)) comparing AGP2 versus AGP1 (ΔPM2.5: 1.6(0/4.9)/−3.5(−10.0/−1.1), p=0.003; ΔPM1: 1.6(0.6/2.2)/−2.2(−9.3/−0.5), p=0.001). …”
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Sorção de potássio em amostras de solo submetidas à aplicação de vinhaça Sorption of potassium in soil submitted to application of vinasse by Lorena M. Nicochelli, Rejane Nascentes, Eliana B. N. R. Lima, Fernanda S. C. Soares

“…The sample with higher percentage of clay and higher cation exchange capacity demonstrated the highest sorption of potassium.…”
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Effects of Acute Alcohol Intoxication on Testicular Dna Stability, Gene Expression of Cytochromes CYP3A and CYP2E1, and Serum Pool of Free Amino Acids in Rats by Larysa Bondarenko, Ganna Shayakhmetova, Olga Kharchenko, Maria Kalachinskaya, Natalia Serhiichuk, Valentyna Kovalenko, Olexandr Besarab

“…AAI was induced by repeated administration per os 40% ethanol solution in a dose 7 ml/kg body weight, for 7 days. …”
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Data on the effect of wood-based panel-emitted volatile organic compounds on miceMendeley Data by Inho Hwang, Kangmin Kim, Sun-Hwa Ryu, Changhwan Ahn, Xiang-Shun Cui, Eui-Bae Jeung

“…Male BALB/c mice (n = 4 per group) were continuously exposed to each chamber for 14 days. …”
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Atributos químicos de substrato de composto de lixo orgânico Chemical properties of substrate of organic waste compost by Rosiane L. S Lima, Liv S Severino, Valdinei Sofiatti, Hans R Gheyi, Nair H. C Arriel

“…After the incubation the substrates were analyzed for pH in CaCl2 and content of Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, sum of cations (mmol c dm-3), cation exchange capacity (mmol c dm-3), base saturation (%) and organic matter (g kg-1)). …”
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Exploring the differential localization of protein kinase A isoforms in Candida albicans by Saif Hossain, Zhongle Liu, Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen

“…They infect billions of people and kill more than 2.5 million per year. Candida albicans is a leading human fungal pathogen responsible for causing life-threatening systemic disease in immunocompromised individuals. …”
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A Nonlinear Fitting Method Provides Strong Support for Geometric Series of Stomatal Area in 12 Magnoliaceae Species by Chunxiu Yan, Peijian Shi, Weihao Yao, Kexin Yu, Ülo Niinemets

“…Stomatal pore area and density determine the capacity for gas exchange between the leaf interior and the atmosphere. …”
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Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship through the use of microsatellites in Gossypium hirsutum L. by Syeda Yashfeen Fatima, Tahira Luqman, Shabbir Hussain, Sahar Nadeem, Muhammad Kashif Riaz Khan, Allah Ditta, Muhammad Asif

“…Ten markers revealed polymorphism and produced a total of 35 clearly identifiable bands, with an average of 3.5 alleles per marker. In this study, the highest number of alleles (6) were amplified by DPL0009. …”
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Fullerenol nanoparticles and AMF application for optimization of Brassica napus L. resilience to lead toxicity through physio-biochemical and antioxidative modulations by Anis Ali Shah, Sheeraz Usman, Zahra Noreen, Muhammad Kaleem, Vaseem Raja, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Zakir Ibrahim, Shafaque Sehar

“…For Pb stress, a 200 µM PbCl2 solution was applied at a rate of 1 L per pot. FNPs were applied via foliar spray at a concentration of 3 mM. …”
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AI-Enhanced 3D Models in Global Virtual Reality Case Conferences for Surgical Care in a Low-Income Country: Exploratory Study by Miriam Obst, Jan Arensmeyer, Henrik Bonsmann, Andreas Kolbinger, Joel Kigenyi, Francis Oneka, Benard Owere, Joachim Schmidt, Philipp Feodorovici, Jan Wynands

“…The process was time-efficient, with a total of under 8 minutes per case for data acquisition and model creation, and resource-efficient with surgeons reporting sufficient quality of smartphone-derived models. …”
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Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerability of Tenapanor in Healthy Chinese and Caucasian Volunteers: A Randomized, Open-Label, Single-Center, Placebo-Controlled Phase 1 Study by Gang Yuan, Yili Chen, Li Li, Xin Wang, Gang Wei, Jiawei Zeng, Ai-Min Hui, Yueyun Jiang, Han Zhao, Lei Diao, Yongchun Zhou, Yinglian Xiao, Minhu Chen

“…Tenapanor is a locally acting selective sodium-hydrogen exchanger 3 inhibitor with the potential to treat sodium/phosphorus and fluid overload in various cardiac-renal diseases, which has been approved for constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome in the US. …”
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Drug use and harm reduction practices of applicants to a public health vending machine service in Clark County, NV, 2021–2023 by Rachel Q. Bryant, Kathleen Reich, Jessica A. Johnson, Brandon Delise, Ying Zhang, Cassius Lockett, Sean T. Allen

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