Effect of Seed Spaceflight Storage on Tomato Fruit Quality and Peel/Pulp Mineral and Antioxidant Distribution by Nadezhda Golubkina, Elena Dzhos, Maria Bogachuk, Marina Antoshkina, Olga Verba, Tatiana Zavarykina, Galina Nechitailo, Otilia Cristina Murariu, Alessio Vincenzo Tallarita, Gianluca Caruso

“…To study the effects of space stress, tomato seeds of two cultivars (Lotus and Autumn rhapsody) were subjected to half a year of storage at the International Space Station (ISS), and then, sown in a greenhouse to produce tomato fruits. …”
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The <i>nodD1</i> Gene of <i>Sinorhizobium fredii</i> HH103 Restores Nodulation Capacity on Bean in a <i>Rhizobium tropici</i> CIAT 899 <i>nodD1</i>/<i>nodD2</i> Mutant, but the Sec... by Francisco Fuentes-Romero, Pilar Navarro-Gómez, Paula Ayala-García, Isamar Moyano-Bravo, Francisco-Javier López-Baena, Francisco Pérez-Montaño, Francisco-Javier Ollero-Márquez, Sebastián Acosta-Jurado, José-María Vinardell

“…Inactivation of either <i>nodD2</i>, <i>nolR</i> or <i>syrM</i>, but not that of <i>ttsI</i>, affected positively the symbiotic behavior of HH103 with beans, leading to the formation of colonized nodules. …”
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Introduced honey bees increase host plant abundance but decrease native bumble bee species richness and abundance by Ruijun Su, Wenfei Dai, Yulian Yang, Xuelin Wang, Rui Gao, Mengying He, Chuan Zhao, Junpeng Mu

“…The bumble bee visitation rate was positively correlated with nectar volume per flower at sites close to and far from apiaries. …”
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Synthesis of a water-based TEOS–PDMS sol–gel coating for hydrophobic cotton and polyester fabrics by Nurul Hidayah, Abu Bakar, Wan Norfazilah, Wan Ismail, Hartina, Mohd Yusop, Noreen Farzuhana, Mohd Zulkifli

“…Hydrophobic coatings inspired by the lotus effect have gained popularity for their ability to solve various problems. …”
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Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space: Multilateral Negotiations’ Effects on International Law by T Vestner

“…First, the negotiations led states to communicate their legal positions regarding the issue. This clarifies how states interpret the law. …”
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Russian Non-Interventional Study of the Efficacy and Tolerability of Rifaximin-α Therapy in Patients with Uncomplicated Diverticular Disease under the Conditions of Outpatient Prac... by O. S. Shifrin, E. A. Poluektova, A. V. Korolev, T. I. Semenova, M. V. Shein, G. N. Leksikova, O. A. Tokareva, O. E. Davydova, P. S. Andreev, S. E. Katorkin, A. A. Chernov, A. V. Zhuravlev, O. S. Sek, A. A. Kopina, N. Yu. Samokhina, Yu. V. Gorozhankina, M. F. Samigullin, V. S. Groshilin, E. N. Borisova, T. A. Petrova, I. Yu. Pirogova, S. V. Mednikov, N. V. Smagin, A. S. Sarsenbaeva, N. V. Smirnova, L. G. Kirsanova, N. M. Malyutina, M. A. Smirnova, E. N. Shleikova, V. T. Ivashkin

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IgG Glycosylation Profiling of Peripheral Artery Diseases with Lectin Microarray by Siting Li, Jingjing Meng, Fang Xu, Qian Wang, Xinping Tian, Mengtao Li, Xiaofeng Zeng, Chaojun Hu, Yuehong Zheng

“…The level of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) was positively associated with LTL (Lotus tetragonolobus lectin) (<i>r =</i> 0.44), PSA (<i>r =</i> 0.44), LCA (Lens Culinaris agglutinin) (<i>r</i> = 0.39), SNA (<i>r =</i> 0.57), and CSA (Cytisus sscoparius agglutinin) (<i>r =</i> 0.56). …”
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High anal swab viral load predisposes adverse clinical outcomes in severe COVID-19 patients by Haibo Li, Lili Ren, Lulu Zhang, Yeming Wang, Li Guo, Conghui Wang, Yan Xiao, Ying Wang, Jian Rao, Xinming Wang, Ying Liu, Chaolin Huang, Xiaoying Gu, Guohui Fan, Hui Li, Binghuai Lu, Bin Cao, Jianwei Wang

“…ABSTRACTTo identify the association between the kinetics of viral load and clinical outcome in severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, a retrospective study was performed by involved 188 hospitalized severe COVID-19 patients in the LOTUS China trial. Among the collected 578 paired throat swab (TS) and anal swab (AS) samples, viral RNA was detected in 193 (33.4%) TS and 121 (20.9%) AS. …”
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Study of the dependence of long-term stratospheric ozone trends on local solar time by E. Maillard Barras, A. Haefele, L. Nguyen, F. Tummon, W. T. Ball, W. T. Ball, E. V. Rozanov, R. Rüfenacht, K. Hocke, L. Bernet, N. Kämpfer, G. Nedoluha, I. Boyd

“…This is in accordance with the Northern Hemisphere (NH) trends reported by other ground-based instruments in the SPARC LOTUS project. In order to determine what part of the variability between different datasets comes from measurement timing, Payerne MWR and SOCOL v3.0 chemistry–climate model (CCM) trends were estimated for each hour of the day with a multiple linear regression model. …”
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Persis Local Government (Frataraka) Coins by amir amirinezhad, صلاح الدین معروفی, مریم رحمن ستایش

“…The throne symbols with lotus in king’s hand like the motif of Great Darius in Persepolis, as it seems the Persis king (Bagadat) wants to remind his power to the foreigners with this image and as the holy structure, flag and his motif as a worshiper tries to present his legitimation among the people with his originality and also introduce himself with the flag as a follower of powerful Achaemenid Empire army and as a follower of past religion with the holy structure and worshiper. …”
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