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Open AccessThe Role of School Connectedness and Friend Contact in Adolescent Loneliness, and Implications for Physical Health
The current study investigated how adolescents’ loneliness relates to school connectedness, classmate support, teacher support, and offline and online communication with friends. We also examined the associati...
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Open AccessMap** livestock density distribution in the Selenge River Basin of Mongolia using random forest
Map** dynamically distributed livestock in the vast steppe area based on statistical data collected by administrative units is very difficult as it is limited by the quality of statistical data and local geo...
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Open AccessAssociation between plasma L-carnitine levels and mitochondrial DNA copy number
Mitochondria are key cytoplasmic organelles in eukaryotic cells that generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP) through the electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy num...
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Open Access“It’s a feeling of complete disconnection”: experiences of existential loneliness from youth to older adulthood
Existential loneliness is a feeling which stems from a sense of fundamental separation from others and the world. Although commonly mentioned in the loneliness literature, there is relatively little empirical ...
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Dynamic prediction of displacement and deformation of any point on mining surface based on B-normal model
The surface displacement and deformation of goaf caused by coal mining destroy the underground rock structure and surface ecological environment in the mining area and endanger the safety of human life and pro...
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Non-destructive study on identifying and monitoring of Cu-Pb pollution in corn based on near-infrared spectroscopy
The problem of heavy metal pollution in the environment is of increasing concern, especially in the agricultural environment. In this study, a method of element identification and pollution degree monitoring o...
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Open AccessRhizosphere phage communities drive soil suppressiveness to bacterial wilt disease
Bacterial viruses, phages, play a key role in nutrient turnover and lysis of bacteria in terrestrial ecosystems. While phages are abundant in soils, their effects on plant pathogens and rhizosphere bacterial c...
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Dynamic prediction model of mining subsidence combined with D-InSAR technical parameter inversion
It is of great significance to obtain timely and accurate information of surface subsidence caused by mining. The probability integral method (PIM) model is more suitable for mining subsidence prediction in Ch...
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Prediction of Longwall Progressive Subsidence Basin Using the Gompertz Time Function
It is imperative for the mining area to timely and accurately predict the longwall progressive subsidence basin. However, the mainstream method that uses time function still has limitations, which impede exten...
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Mitral valve repair with artificial chordae replacement in children: a single-center experience
To summarize the experience of mitral valve (MV) repair with artificial chordae replacement in children, and analyze early and intermediate outcomes.
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Clinical Outcome of Patients with Transposition of the Great Arteries and Intramural Coronary Artery
To review the early and intermediate outcomes of patients with transposition of the great arteries (TGA) and intramural coronary artery (IMCA) who underwent arterial switch operation (ASO) at our center. Among...
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Open AccessExperiences of loneliness: a study protocol for a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature
Loneliness is a highly prevalent, harmful, and aversive experience which is fundamentally subjective: social isolation alone cannot account for loneliness, and people can experience loneliness even with ample ...
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Open AccessRhizosphere protists are key determinants of plant health
Plant health is intimately influenced by the rhizosphere microbiome, a complex assembly of organisms that changes markedly across plant growth. However, most rhizosphere microbiome research has focused on frac...
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The Monitoring of the Pollution Degree of Maize Under Copper Stress
This study proposed a new vegetation index ADVI to detect the pollution degree of different varieties of maize under copper stress, which provides a new idea for the detection of heavy metal pollution in veget...
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Spectral Characteristics and the Study of Pollution Degree of Maize Leaves Under Copper and Lead Stress
A new index Absorbance Differential Vegetation Index (ADVI), which realized the monitoring of heavy metals copper and lead stress in two varieties of maize with different cultivation periods and the pollution ...
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Phage combination therapies for bacterial wilt disease in tomato
Bacteriophages have been proposed as an alternative to pesticides to kill bacterial pathogens of crops. However, the efficacy of phage biocontrol is variable and poorly understood in natural rhizosphere microb...
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Self-assembly of polyoxometalate-based hybrid molecules into nanoparticles or vesicles regulated by simple experimental manipulation
A polyoxometalate (POM)-cholic acid hybrid was prepared by grafting cholic acid moieties on two sides of the POM cluster. The self-assembly behaviors developed by POM-cholic acid hybrid molecules in a methanol...
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Low-temperature rapid synthesis of sodium zirconium phosphate by microwave-assisted solid-state method
Sodium zirconium phosphate (NZP) was synthesized by microwave-assisted solid-state reaction method with addition of x wt.% excess Na2CO3 powders (where x = 0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10). The effects of the synthesis te...
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Study on Heavy Metal in Soil Based on Spectral Second-Order Differential Gabor Transform
Topsoil was collected from the surroundings of a mining area in **lin Gol League which was located in **linhot of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and measurement was conducted to obtain soil spectral curves ...
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Anatomical Repair Conversion After Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt for Complex Cardiac Anomalies: Palliation is Not a One-Way Path
Complex cardiac anomalies are sometimes channeled toward Fontan palliation for various reasons. Nevertheless, anatomical repair after bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt may be another option with theoretical be...
