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Effect of PGPR on growth and nutrient utilization of Elymus nutans Griseb at different temperatures
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are beneficial bacteria that facilitate plant growth and can be used in the restoration of ecosystems. However, PGPR vary in their temperature tolerance, an...
Clinical validation of the Unesp-Botucatu acute pain scale in sheep undergoing orthopedic surgery
Unesp-Botucatu sheep acute pain scale (USAPS) was validated for assessing postoperative abdominal pain. We aimed to investigate the clinical applicability and test the psychometric properties of USAPS...
Plants partition the pollinator niche by depositing pollen on different parts of the pollinator body
Niche partitioning of pollinators promotes the maintenance of high plant diversity in tropical environments. The role of animal pollinators in this partitioning has been evaluated predominantly at ind...
Correction: Interprofessional collaboration during a specialised mobile palliative care service pilot in the rural area of Lucerne
Antimicrobial control and temporal dynamics of M. plutonius colonization in adult worker honey bees (Apis mellifera)
European foulbrood (EFB) is a stress-associated brood disease affecting honey bee larvae, caused by infection with Melissococcus plutonius. Adult bees are suggested to be a reservoir for this bacteriu...
Examining the effects of public participation on residents’ trust in local government: The mediating effect of perceived responsiveness
Public participation has been widely acknowledged as a mechanism to enhance residents’ trust in governmental institutions. However, the specific pathways through which public participation influences...
Evaluation of visual function within the central 10 degrees using IMOvifa™ 24plus (1-2)
Purpose The IMOvifa™ perimeter with a 24plus (1-2) testing mode has additional measurement points within the central 10 degrees, which may help evaluate the visual field within this area. Here, we com...
Correction: Social robots in research on social and cognitive development in infants and toddlers: A scoping review
Calculation of steel corrosion rate of reinforced concrete slab based on rust expansion crack
This study aims to develop a refined calculation model that incorporates the effects of distributed reinforcement on crack propagation, validated through experimental and theoretical analysis, to impr...
Inter-lower limb and intra-lower limb muscle activity correlations during walking: A comparative study of stroke patients and healthy individuals
Gait analysis is a crucial tool for understanding human locomotion, particularly in clinical settings where it aids in diagnosing and managing conditions that affect movement. This study investigated...
Correction: An Anti-β-Amyloid vaccine for treating cognitive deficits in a mouse model of down syndrome
Symbolic and non-symbolic numbers differently affect center identification in a number-line bisection task
Numerical and spatial representations are intertwined as in the Mental Number Line, where smaller numbers are on the left and larger numbers on the right. This relationship has been repeatedly demonst...
Automatic large-scale political bias detection of news outlets
Political bias is an inescapable characteristic in news and media reporting, and understanding what political biases people are exposed to when interacting with online news is of crucial import. Howev...
Spatial and temporal detection of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ in Diaphorina citri through optimized scouting, sampling, DNA isolation, and qPCR amplification in California citrus groves
Huanglongbing (citrus greening disease) is caused by the bacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ (CLas) (Alphaproteobacteria) and is one of the most destructive bacterial-vector diseases affecti...
Difficult-to-treat resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in Lebanese hospitals: Impact on mortality and the role of initial antibiotic therapy
Background Difficult-to-treat resistant (DTR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections have emerged as a significant global public health threat, characterized by limited treatment options and a heightened m...
Towards clinical applicability of fMRI via systematic filtering
It is a common practice to evaluate the reproducibility of fMRI at the group level. However, for clinical applications of fMRI, where the focus is on reproducibility of single individuals, the high te...
Exploring postoperative nasal airflow dynamics and impact on crust formation and mucosal healing after endoscopic tumor resection using computational fluid dynamics analysis
Background Postoperative observations in patients undergoing radical endoscopic resection surgery for sinonasal tumors have frequently noted the occurrence of mucosal crusts or bleeding on the nasal e...
Supporting infants and parents in the perinatal period (SIPP): Co-creating an improved journey
There has been a 70% increase in infant A&E attendance across England in the last decade, much of it non-urgent, highlighting the need to improve parental confidence and services for infant care....
Analysis of axial shortening induced by orthokeratology lenses and its mechanical mechanisms
Purpose This study aims to examine the short-term axial shortening effects of orthokeratology (ortho-K) lenses and investigate their mechanical mechanisms. Methods We conducted a retrospective analy...
Rabies vaccination induces a CD4+ TEM and CD4+CD8+ TEMRA TH1 phenotype in dogs
The canine rabies vaccine consists of the whole killed rabies virus and an alum adjuvant. While it is known to provide immunological protection in dogs, its effects on cell-mediated responses remain l...
Integrating temporal convolutional networks with metaheuristic optimization for accurate software defect prediction
The increasing importance of deep learning in software development has greatly improved software quality by enabling the efficient identification of defects, a persistent challenge throughout the soft...
Correction: Introducing effective parameters for predicting job burnout using a self-organizing method based on group method of data handling neural network
A super resolution generative adversarial networks and partition-based adaptive filtering technique for detect and remove flickers in digital color images
Eliminating flickering from digital images captured by cameras equipped with a rolling shutter is of paramount importance in computer vision applications. The ripple effect observed in an individual i...
‘I was like, this is gonna hurt’: Implementing self-sampling of dried blood spots to measure HIV viral load
Background Sexual minority men (SMM) with HIV who use stimulants may experience greater difficulties with antiretroviral therapy adherence which amplifies risk for unsuppressed HIV viral load (VL). Re...