A statistical framework for tracking the time-varying superspreading potential of COVID-19 epidemic by Zihao Guo, Shi Zhao, Shui Shan Lee, Chi Tim Hung, Ngai Sze Wong, Tsz Yu Chow, Carrie Ho Kwan Yam, Maggie Haitian Wang, Jingxuan Wang, Ka Chun Chong, Eng Kiong Yeoh

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Circulating Non-Coding RNA Levels Are Altered in Autosomal Dominant Frontotemporal Dementia by Chiara Fenoglio, Maria Serpente, Caterina Visconte, Marina Arcaro, Federica Sorrentino, Marianna D’Anca, Andrea Arighi, Emanuela Rotondo, Roberto Vimercati, Giacomina Rossi, Elio Scarpini, Daniela Galimberti

“…The results showed a generalized ncRNA downregulation in patients carrying <i>GRN</i> and <i>C9ORF72</i> when compared with the controls, with statistically significant results for the following miRNAs: miR-155-5p (Fold Change FC: 0.45, <i>p</i> = 0.037 FDR = 0.52), miR-15a-5p (FC: 0.13, <i>p</i> = 0.027, FDR = 1), miR-222-3p (FC: 0.13, <i>p</i> = 0.027, FDR = 0.778), miR-140-3p (FC: 0.096, <i>p</i> = 0.034, FRD = 0.593), miR-106b-5p (FC: 0.13, <i>p</i> = 0.02, FDR = 0.584) and an upregulation solely for miR-124-3p (FC: 2.1, <i>p</i> = 0.01, FDR = 0.893). …”
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Evaluation of Wastewater Effects on Soil Chemical Characteristics, Microelements Concentration, Heavy Metals Accumulation and Mize Yield (Single Cross 704) by F. Alizadehgan, M.A. Gholami, S. Shiukhy Soqanloo

“…In order to evaluate the wastewater effects on soil chemical characteristics, microelements concentrations, heavy metals accumulation and Maize yield (Single Cross 704), an experiment was carried out as factorial based on a completely randomized design with treatments included; Water source factor (wastewater (A1), well water (A2)), Irrigation (subsurface method (I1) and (drip method (I2)) with three replication in 2018-2019 under lycimetric conditions, at the Sari Agriculture and Natural Resources University (SANRU), Iran.Results and DiscussionAccording to this study results, the effect of type of irrigation source on soil electrical conductivity, soil microelements and heavy metals accumulation of the soil was significantly different (P ≤ 0.01). …”
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¿Tienen apoyo social los reclusos drogodependientes?: Estudio en una prisión andaluza Do drug using inmates have social support?: A case study in an andalusian prisons by A. Rodríguez-Martínez, F. Ruiz-Rodríguez, J.J. Antón-Basanta, J. Herrera-Jáimez, A. Máiquez-Pérez, A. Ottaviano-Castillo

“…Materials and methods: Transversal descriptive observational study carried out at Albolote Prison (Granada). The prison population at the time of the study was 1,763 inmates. …”
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of Strongyloides stercoralis, Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp., and Blastocystis spp. isolates in school children in Cubal, Wester... by Elena Dacal, José M. Saugar, Aida de Lucio, Marta Hernández-de-Mingo, Elena Robinson, Pamela C. Köster, María L. Aznar-Ruiz-de-Alegría, Mateu Espasa, Arlette Ninda, Javier Gandasegui, Elena Sulleiro, Milagros Moreno, Fernando Salvador, Israel Molina, Esperanza Rodríguez, David Carmena

“…Detection and identification of Cryptosporidium and Blastocystis species and subtypes was carried out by amplification and sequencing of a partial fragment of the small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene of both protozoan. …”
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Comportamiento sexual de Alpaida veniliae (Araneae: Araneidae) Sexual behavior of Alpaida veniliae (Araneae: Araneidae) by Marco A. Benamú, Norma E. Sánchez, Carmen Viera, Alda González

“…In the present study we carried out a descriptive and quantitative analysis of sexual behavior (courtship, mating and post-mating) of A. veniliae. …”
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Study on temporal and spatial evolution characteristics of water accumulation in coal mining subsidence area with high groundwater level: taking Anhui Province Mining Area as an ex... by Ru SUN, Xiaojun ZHU, Pengfei ZHANG, Ming LIANG, Xin ZHANG, Zhengyuan NING, Xueni PENG, Hui LIU, Xiaoyu YANG, Wenshan HUANG, Yu YAN, Changzheng DUAN

“…In order to provide scientific basis for the restoration of the ecological environment, the study on the temporal and spatial evolution characteristics and influencing factors of the coal mining subsidence area with high groundwater level were carried out. Taking the whole mining area of Anhui Province as the research subject, based on Landsat TM/OLI remote sensing data, the NDWI and visual interpretation method were used to conduct surveys on the water accumulation area in the subsidence area from 1995 to 2020 (22 periods ) and 12 months in 2020 (12 periods) and the spatial information of waterlogging in the coal mining subsidence area in Anhui Province in recent 25 years was obtained. …”
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Molecular mechanisms of the Guizhi decoction on osteoarthritis based on an integrated network pharmacology and RNA sequencing approach with experimental validation by Yan Chen, Yan Chen, Yan Xue, Xuezong Wang, Ding Jiang, Qinguang Xu, Lin Wang, Yuxin Zheng, Ying Shi, Yuelong Cao

“…Background: Our aim was to determine the potential pharmacological mechanisms of the Guizhi decoction (GZD) in the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) through an integrated approach of network pharmacological analyses, RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), and experimental validation.Methods: The quality control and identification of bioactive compounds of the GZD were carried out by using ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), and their OA-related genes were identified through overlapping traditional Chinese medicine systems pharmacology database (TCMSP), DrugBank and SEA Search Server databases, and GeneCards. …”
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Study on the Relationship between the Contents of Heavy Metals in Rice and Root Soils in Typical Townships in the Western Pearl River Delta by CAO Ning, SUN Bin-bin, ZENG Dao-ming, WEN Mei-lan, WU Chao, HE Ling, CHENG Xiao-meng

“…The influencing factors of the soil-rice system element migration obtained at the same time provide a reference for carrying out heavy metal bioavailability research, paddy soil pollution remediation, and ecological risk assessment in similar areas. …”
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Stocking Rates of Nellore Steers in Intensively Managed Pastures and Silvopastoral Systems in Southeast Brazil During Backgrounding by Rolando Pasquini Neto, Annelise Aila Gomes Lobo, Gabriele Voltareli da Silva, Lucas Avilé Colosso, André de Faria Pedroso, Paulo Henrique Mazza Rodrigues

“…This study evaluated the effects of stocking rates in different intensive animal production systems, including an integrated system with Brazilian native trees. The experiment was carried out from September 2019 to September 2020 at Embrapa Southeast Livestock, São Carlos, SP, Brazil. …”
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Covid-19 Vaccination during the Pandemic: The Role of the Kendal Health Service in Fulfilling the Public's Right to Health by Stephanus Benny Kuswara, Endang Wahyati Yustina, Suwandi Sawadi

“…Implementation of the role of the Health Service is imperative because implementing vaccination is the responsibility and obligation of the Health Service, namely carrying out needs planning, targeting health facilities, providing vaccines and other logistics, implementing COVID-19 vaccination services, recording and reporting, implementing communication strategies, monitoring and overcoming AEFI. …”
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Evaluation of Oxidation Development of Soybean Oil Enriched with Essential Oil from Aerial Parts of Ferulago angulata Boiss during Accelerated Storage by َA. Hemmati, A. Ganjloo, K. Varmira, M. Bimakr

“…In recent years, numerous studies were carried out on exploration of natural and safe antioxidant compounds due to the consumers concerns about potential health risk of synthetic antioxidants, such as butylatedhydroxyanisole (BHA), butylatedhydroxytolene (BHT), tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) and propylgallate (PG). …”
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Sensitivity Analysis of Transcritical CO₂ Cycle Performance Regarding Isentropic Efficiencies of Turbomachinery for Low Temperature Heat Sources by Kun-Hsien Lu, Hsiao-Wei D. Chiang, Pei-Jen Wang

“…A sensitivity analysis of the system performance, i.e., thermal efficiency and net power output, regarding the isentropic efficiencies of pump (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>η</mi><mi>p</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) and expander (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>η</mi><mi>e</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) and the heat source temperature (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>T</mi><mrow><mi>h</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) has been carried out using MATLAB and NIST REFPROP database. …”
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In Memoriam Professor Jānis Rozenfelds 1946–2022 by Vadim Mantrov

“…Professor enthusiastically carried out organisational duties in addition to his academic and scientific work in different internal institutions of the university. …”
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A PERSONALIZED APPROACH TO ASSESSING THE RISK OF REPEAT CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY by Olga Vladimirovna Demchuk, Irina Alexandrovna Sukmanova

“…Statistical calculations were carried out using statistical packages STATISTICA 12.0. …”
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Effect of repetition collection of semen on its characters of two types of local cock in Syria by Zuhair Jabbour, Mohsen Hamishi, Nehal Ahmed Melhem

“… This Study was carried out at the Center of Animal production ( Fedio), Faculty of Agriculture, in order to evaluate the effect of repetition collection on some semen characteristics of Brown, Black and White types of local roster in syria, Where semen was collected daily, twice and three times a week. …”
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The prevalence, antimicrobial sensitivity, and factors associated with camel mastitis in Isiolo County, Kenya by Willy Edwin Mwangi, George Karuoya Gitau, Davis Ikiror, Peter Kimeli, Moses Irungu Gakuru, Douglas Machuchu, Wallace Kingori

“…Culture and sensitivity testing was then carried out on any milk sample that had SCC ≥ 200,000 cells/mL. …”
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Analysis of the impact of various risk factors on short-term and long-term outcomes in patients with COVID-19 on maintenance hemodialysis by V. N. Suchkov, O. А. Klitsenko, K. K. Urtaeva, D. D. Avdoshina

“…Death within 6 months after discharge and the development of complications related to COVID-19 during this period were considered as secondary endpoints. Data collection was carried out by analyzing electronic and archival medical records. …”
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Fatores associados à adesão de adultos/idosos ao tratamento da hipertensão arterial na atenção básica [Factors associated with adult/elderly adherence to the treatment of arterial... by Maria Emilia Marcondes Barbosa, Ellen Vanuza Martins Bertelli, Cristiane de Mello Aggio, Giovana Aparecida de Souza Scolari, Sonia Silva Marcon, Ligia Carreira

“…Methodology: cross-sectional quantitative research, carried out in two Basic Health Units in the interior of Paraná, in 2016. …”
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In Vitro Alpha-Glucosidase and Alpha-Amylase Inhibitory Activities and Antioxidant Capacity of <em>Helichrysum cymosum</em> and <em>Helichrysum pandurifolium</em> Schrank Constitue... by Baraa M. I. S. Jadalla, Justin J. Moser, Rajan Sharma, Ninon G. E. R. Etsassala, Samuel Ayodele Egieyeh, Jelili A. Badmus, Jeanine L. Marnewick, Denzil Beukes, Christopher N. Cupido, Ahmed A. Hussein

“…This is the first scientific report to be carried out on alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activities and antioxidant capacities of <i>H. cymosum</i> constituents and a first report on the isolation and identification of methoxyflavanoids from <i>H. pandurifolium</i>. …”
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