Yu, Yanyan Xu, Jinghao Wang, Chuanyin Pang, Yunning Li, Lijian Tang, Xinjie Li, Bo Sun, Qinghua
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Strigolactones (SLs) are a novel class of plant hormones that play critical roles in regulating various developmental processes and stress tolerance. Although the SL biosynthetic and signaling genes were already determined in some plants such as Arabidopsis and rice, the information of SL-related genes in grapevine ( Vitis vinifera L.) remains larg...
Cai, Guangping Xiao, Ye Yang, Mi Guo, Qi Su, Tian Liu, Yalin Jiang, Tiejian Li, Chun
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Background Long noncoding RNA Gm31629 can regulate hypothalamic neural stem cells (htNSCs) senescence and the aging process. However, the effect of Gm31629 on the senescence of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and bone regeneration is unclear. In the present study, we investigated the effects of Gm31629 on the senescence of BMSCs and bone...
Barker, Chris T. Lockwood, Jeremy A.F. Naish, Darren Brown, Sophie Hart, Amy Tulloch, Ethan Gostling, Neil J.
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Postcranial elements (cervical, sacral and caudal vertebrae, as well as ilium, rib and limb bone fragments) belonging to a gigantic tetanuran theropod were recovered from the basal unit (the White Rock Sandstone equivalent) of the Vectis Formation near Compton Chine, on the southwest coast of the Isle of Wight. These remains appear to pertain to th...
Mendez-Rebolledo, Guillermo Ager, Amanda L. Ledezma, Diana Montanez, Julieta Guerrero-Henriquez, Juan Cruz-Montecinos, Carlos
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Background It has been well established that proprioception plays a decisive role in shoulder stability and sport performance. Notwithstanding, there is a lack of clear association between active joint position sense (AJPS) and the performance of upper-extremity functional performance tests. The aim of this study was to determine whether the AJPS o...
Arellano-Verdejo, Javier Santos-Romero, Martin Lazcano-Hernandez, Hugo E.
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The unusual arrival of Sargassum on Caribbean beaches is an emerging problem that has generated numerous challenges. The monitoring, visualization, and estimation of Sargassum coverage on the beaches remain a constant complication. This study proposes a new mapping methodology to estimate Sargassum coverage on the beaches. Semantic segmentation of ...
Song, Hao Huang, Xing-Feng Hu, Shu-yang Lu, Lei-Lei Yang, Xiao-Yu
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Background Previous studies have been reported the immune dysfunction of various live tissues. However, the potential molecular mechanism of post-transcriptional regulation of immune related genes in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still not clear. We tried to identify crucial immune related biomarkers associated with HCC patients’ outcomes and t...
Broussard, Melissa A. Howlett, Brad G. Evans, Lisa J. McBrydie, Heather Cutting, Brian T. Read, Samantha F.J. Pattemore, David E.
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Many crop plants rely on insect pollination, particularly insect-pollinated crops which are functionally dioecious. These crops require insects to move pollen between separate plants which are functionally male or female. While honey bees are typically considered the most important crop pollinator species, many other insects are known to visit crop...
Giuriato, Matteo Lovecchio, Nicola Carnevale Pellino, Vittoria Mieszkowski, Jan Kawczyński, Adam Nevill, Alan Biino, Valentina
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Background Gross motor coordination (GMC) is fundamental to the harmonious development of physical skills during the growth of children. This research aimed to explore the developmental changes in GMC during childhood, having controlled for the differences in children’s body size and shape using a longitudinal, allometric scaling methodology. Metho...
Koç, Deniz Levent
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Reference evapotranspiration (ETo) is essential for irrigation practices and the management of water resources and plays a vital role in agricultural and hydro-meteorological studies. The FAO-56 Penman-Monteith (PM) equation, recommended as the sole standard method of calculating ETo by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (F...
Tang, Li Baskin, Carol Baskin, Jerry Luo, Kai Yu, Xiaohui Huang, Wei Zhang, Rui Chen, Yinhua
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The herbaceous perennial legume Mimosa pudica is an invasive weed in many tropical and subtropical regions and a serious problem for farmers since it is difficult to eliminate from crop field by hand. Moreover, it has water impermeable seeds, i.e. , physical dormancy (PY), which could persist in the soil seed bank for a long period of time, thus ma...