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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Lighting Up MS2: Exploring Fluence Rates for Virus Inactivation

Pousty D, Betzalel Y, Mamane H · 2025 · AWWA Water Science

This study examined the impact of UV‐LED fluence rate (incident irradiance) and wavelengths on the inactivation of MS2 bacteriophage, determined by log reduction value (LRV). Three levels of fluence rates, each differing by an order of…

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Population Genomics of <i>Macrophomina</i> spp. Reveals Cryptic Host Specialization and Evidence for Meiotic Recombination.

Pennerman KK, Goldman P, Dilla-Ermita CJ et al. · 2025 · Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI

Knowledge of the factors structuring populations of pathogenic fungi is fundamental to disease management efforts and basic biology. However, this crucial information is missing for many important pathogens, including broad-host-range and…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

The effect of an Iyengar yoga-based exercise programme versus a seated yoga relaxation programme on falls in people aged 60 years and older (SAGE): a pragmatic, two-arm, parallel randomised controlled trial.

Oliveira JS, Sherrington C, Lord SR et al. · 2025 · The lancet. Healthy longevity

Background Exercises targeting balance and strength are proven to prevent falls. Yoga is growing in popularity and can improve balance and mobility in older adults, but its effects on falls have not been rigorously tested. In this study,…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Performance of next-generation AI chatbots in gynecological knowledge assessment: a comparative pilot study of ChatGPT-5, Gemini-3, DeepSeek-V3.2, and Claude-4.5-Opus.

Huan O, Wang Z · 2026 · Archives of gynecology and obstetrics

Purpose As artificial intelligence (AI) models evolve into their next generations, their application in specialized medical fields requires rigorous validation. While large language models (LLMs) have shown promise in general medicine,…

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Preferences for Gender Stereotypicality in Artificial Intelligence: Existence, Comparison to Human Biases, and Implications for Choice.

Spielmann J, Stern C · 2026 · Personality & social psychology bulletin

Do people prefer that artificial intelligence (AI) aligns with gender stereotypes when requesting help to answer a question? We found that people preferred gender stereotypicality (over counterstereotypicality and androgyny) in voice-based…

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Disentangling the effects of environmental and anthropogenic drivers on fungal fruitbody and spore diversity in a Mediterranean coniferous forest.

Centenaro G, Ponce Á, de-Miguel S et al. · 2025 · Journal of environmental management

Wild macrofungal species are important non-wood forest products in Mediterranean forests, where their ability to release and disperse spores is crucial for completing their life cycle. However, the ecological drivers behind fruitbody…

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Earth's record-high greenness and its attributions in 2020

Zhang Y, Mao J, Sun G et al. · 2025 · Remote Sensing of Environment

Terrestrial vegetation is a crucial component of Earth's biosphere, regulating global carbon and water cycles and contributing to human welfare. Despite an overall greening trend, terrestrial vegetation exhibits a significant inter-annual…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Spurious effects in random-intercept cross-lagged panel models: Results from simulations and reanalyses of data on self-esteem and problematic eating behaviors used by Beckers et al. (2023).

Sorjonen K, Nilsonne G, Ghaderi A et al. · 2026 · PloS one

The random-intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) is an extension of the traditional cross-lagged panel model. The RI-CPLM specifically addresses prospective effects within individuals. In the present simulations, we found that the…

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Are horned cows in loose housing more stressed than hornless cows? a cross-sectional study in organic dairy farms.

Ebinghaus A, Thiessen G, Ivemeyer S et al. · 2025 · Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience

In commercial dairy farming, the majority of cows are dehorned or genetically hornless. It is argued that this reduces the risk of injurious and stressful social conflicts. On the other hand, in horned herds, management and housing may be…

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