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In low input agriculture, a thorough understanding of the plant-nutrient interactions plays a central role. This study aims to investigate the effects of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) and liming omission on shoot growth as well as o...

Autonomy is being increasingly used in domains like maritime, aviation, medical, and civil domains. Nevertheless, at the current autonomy level, human takeover in the human–autonomy interaction process (HAIP) is still critical for safety. Wheth...

This study delves into a market characterized by vertical product differentiation. Product qualities are represented on a one-dimensional interval scale. The research investigates the equilibrium within a monopoly scenario, considering a production c...

Aroma is an important indicator for evaluating the quality of baijiu. In this study, we determined the aroma-active compounds in four representative brands of strong-aroma baijiu from Sichuan and Jianghuai regions through GC-MS/O, and GC-TOF-MS quant...

Zhuyeqing is a flavored liquor with a unique flavor blended with Qingxiangxing Baijiu (Fenjiu) and botanical extracts. The aroma characteristics of Zhuyeqing were investigated using a sensomics approach. Ninety-three odorants, among them 64 odorants...

Floral–fruity aroma Pu-erh tea (FFAPET) is highly valued by consumers for its distinctive and appealing fragrance. This study conducted a comprehensive investigation into the volatile components of FFAPET using advanced analytical techniques, i...

Key odorants of red wine made from the hybrid grapes of Marselan (Vitis vinifera L.) were isolated by solid-phase extraction (SPE) and explored by gas chromatography-olfactometry (GC-O) analysis. Application of aroma extract dilution analysis (AEDA)...

Thermally treated watermelon juice (TW) presents a strong unpleasant smell, resulting in poor consumer acceptance. It is necessary to identify the key off-flavor compounds in TW. Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and solvent-assisted flavor evaporat...

Flammulina filiformis (F. filiformis) is called the ‘benefiting intelligence’ mushroom. There is a notable difference between a yellow cultivar (with a robust aroma) and a white mutant cultivar (with a high yield) of F. filiformis. A thor...

Children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) show difficulties with grammatical morphology. Based on the data from 12 Dutch children with SLI, an information-theoretical model is proposed in which the noun-article set dependency is modeled as a c...

Patients with high-risk breast cancers may benefit from receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) to reduce tumour size and allow for breast conserving surgery. Response to NACT also informs prognosis and broadens adjuvant treatment options. Accordin...

Southeast Asian learners of English, including those from Vietnam, frequently omit word-final consonants in their English speech. Previous work on Vietnamese learners of English is limited, and errors are typically usually attributed to first-languag...

International agendas, such as the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, have been established as global guidelines for equitable planning of urban centers. However, there is a lack of indicators and tools for public policy planning at the local level....

Improving crop productivity largely depends on understanding soil fertility constraints and the effects of nutrient management on yield performance. Accurate determination of existing soil nutrient status and targeted application of limiting nutrient...

Temporal processing (TP) is associated with functions such as perception, verbal skills, temporal perspective, and future planning, and is intercorrelated with working memory, attention, and inhibitory control, which are highly impaired in individual...

This study aimed to investigate the impact of cognitive load on moral judgments while incorporating action propensities and collective interests as variables. Study 1 (N = 102) used the dot matrix memory task to manipulate cognitive load, and partici...

Background: Breakfast is often termed the most important meal of the day. However, its importance to acute and chronic adaptations to exercise is currently not well summarized throughout the literature. Methods: A narrative review of the experimental...

Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) and potential prescribing omissions (PPOs) and their association with ADR-related hospital admissions in patients aged ≥ 65 years admitted acut...

Polypharmacy with “potentially inappropriate medications” (PIMs) and “potential prescribing omissions” (PPOs) are frequent among those 65 and older. We assessed PIMs and PPOs in a retrospective study of 82,935 patients ≥ 65...

Omission of completion axillary lymph node dissection (cALND) in patients undergoing mastectomy with sentinel node (SN) isolated tumor cells (ITC) or micrometastases is debated due to potential under-treatment, with non-sentinel node (NSN) involvemen...

Polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) identified by the American Geriatrics Society and Screening Tool of Older People’s Prescriptions (STOPP), potential prescribing omissions (PPOs) identified by Screening Tool to Alert to...

Girls often begin to skip breakfast during adolescence. This study compared the acute effect of breakfast omission versus consumption on cardiometabolic risk markers and perceived appetite and mood during rest and/or exercise in adolescent girls clas...

Information on the nutritional status of plants enables adequate fertilisation management. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate how nutritional disorders alter the biological, nutritional and biochemical mechanisms of broccoli (Brassica olerac...

Introduction: The goals of this retrospective cohort study of 129,443 persons admitted to Calgary acute care hospitals from 2013 to 2021 were to ascertain correlations of “potentially inappropriate medications” (PIMs), “potential pr...

Radiotherapy omission is increasingly considered for selected patients with early-stage breast cancer. However, with emerging data on the safety and efficacy of radiotherapy de-escalation with partial breast irradiation and accelerated treatment regi...

Despite the documented relationship between active-approaching leadership behaviors and workplace safety, few studies have addressed whether and when passive-avoidant leadership affects safety behavior. This study examined the relationship between tw...

Crab sauce is a traditional umami seasoning in the coastal cities in South East China. The putative non-volatile taste-active components in crab sauce were measured, and their impacts on the taste were evaluated on the basis of the taste activity val...

The crop productivity in calcareous soils is low due to their low organic matter content, high pH levels and improper nutrient management without considering the indigenous nutrient supplying capacity and crop yield potential; therefore, this study w...

A two-year nutrient omission trial was conducted on semiarid wasteland to determine the effects of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) on the chemical composition and theoretical ethanol yield (TEY) of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). T...

The quality of spatial data may vary spatially. If mapping (interpretation of orthophotos) is done during fieldwork, this variation in quality may occur as a result of differences in the complexity of the landscape, differences in the characteristics...

Fire omission and commission errors, and the accuracy of fire radiative power (FRP) from satellite moderate-resolution impede the studies on fire regimes and FRP-based fire emissions estimation. In this study, we compared the accuracy between the ext...

In landslide susceptibility evaluation, scientific sampling minimizes potential societal losses and enhances the efficiency of disaster prevention and mitigation. However, traditional sampling methods, such as selecting landslide and non-landslide sa...

With concerns that adolescent girls often skip breakfast, this study compared the effects of breakfast consumption versus breakfast omission on free-living physical activity (PA) energy expenditure (PAEE) and dietary intakes among adolescent girls cl...

The aroma of an instant white tea (IWT) was extracted through simultaneous distillation–extraction (SDE) and analyzed by sensory evaluation, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-olfactometry (GC-MS-O), aroma reconstruction, omission test and sy...

Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is the standard procedure for axillary staging in early-stage breast cancer. However, its necessity for some patient groups is being reevaluated. This change mainly arises from the procedure’s impac...

Key problems for seniors are their exposure to “potentially inappropriate medications” and “potential medication omissions”, which place them at risk for moderate, severe, or fatal adverse drug reactions. This study of 82,935...

The key aroma compounds in smoke-cured pork leg were characterized by gas chromatography–olfactometry coupled with aroma extract dilution analysis (GC–O/AEDA), odor activity value (OAV), recombination modeling, and omission tests. Ranking...

Satellite images with different spatial resolutions are widely used in the observations of floating macroalgae booms in sea surface. In this study, semi-synchronous satellite images with different resolutions (10 m, 16 m, 30 m, 50 m, 100 m, 250 m and...

Postoperative radiotherapy (RT) is recommended after breast-conserving surgery and mastectomy (with risk factors). Consideration of pros and cons, including potential side effects, demands the optimization of adjuvant RT and a risk-adapted approach....

Background: Identifying and quantifying potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) practices remains a time-consuming and challenging task, particularly among the pediatric population. In recent years, several valuable tools have been developed and...

Regression models have been in use for decades to explore and quantify the association between a dependent response and several independent variables in environmental sciences, epidemiology and public health. However, researchers often encounter situ...

The chestnut tree (Castanea sativa Mill.) is gaining importance in the mountainous regions of southern Europe due to the high value of its fruits. It is essential to establish effective cultivation protocols, considering that this species is still re...

This research uses mathematically derived visual logistics to interpret COVID-19 molecular and rapid antigen test (RAgT) performance, determine prevalence boundaries where risk exceeds expectations, and evaluate benefits of recursive testing along ho...

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) contains abundant nutrients and is considered an economically important edible vegetable. The optimal nutrient levels will increase the productivity and basil quality. However, prominent research on basil regarding the dia...

Background: Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and potential prescription omissions (PPOs) have been widely explored, but few studies focused on patients aged 75 years and over. This study was planned to explore the demographic and clinical...

Background: The efficacy of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven automated medical-history-taking systems with AI-driven differential-diagnosis lists on physicians’ diagnostic accuracy was shown. However, considering the negative effects of AI-driven...

Treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC), clinical stages II–III, typically involves multimodal treatment options. Over the past decade, the role of radiation therapy as a neoadjuvant treatment for LARC has evolved and is currently a...

The primary objective of this study was to analyse the current accuracy of targeted and systematic prostate biopsies in detecting csPCa. A secondary objective was to determine whether there are factors predicting the finding of csPCa in targeted biop...

Houttuynia cordata is an Asian culinary herb with a characteristic fishy aroma. The most odor-active compounds, which had previously been identified by a comparative aroma extract dilution analysis applied to fresh rhizomes and leaves, were quantitat...

This work aimed to evaluate the effect of calcium on the development of corn plants grown with the omission and excess of calcium in a nutrient solution. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse from March to May 2012. Three concentrations of cal...