From soil to plant: strengthening carrot defenses against Meloidogyne incognita with vermicompost and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi biofertilizers

IntroductionSustainable agricultural practices for controlling crop pests are urgently needed to reduce the reliance on chemical pesticides, which have long-term detrimental effects on ecosystems.In this study, we assessed the effectiveness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and vermicompost (Vc) supplementation, alone and in combination, in mit

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Multiple Classifier Fusion and Optimization for Automatic Focal Cortical Dysplasia Detection on Magnetic Resonance Images

In magnetic resonance (MR) images, detection of focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) lesion as a main pathological cue of epilepsy is challenging because of the variability in the presentation of FCD lesions.Existing algorithms appear to have sufficient sensitivity in detecting lesions but also generate large numbers of false-positive (FP) results.In thi

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Aggression and anxiety: social context and neurobiological links

Psychopathologies such as anxiety- and depression-related disorders are often characterized opi tenacious spirit by impaired social behaviours including excessive aggression and violence.Excessive aggression and violence likely develop as a consequence of generally disturbed emotional regulation, such as abnormally high or low levels of anxiety.Thi

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