A survey and surveillance study of spider mites on cucumber grown under protected and open-field conditions was conducted from June 2019 to May 2020 in major cucumber-growing areas of Shivamogga and Davangere districts. Two tetranychid mite species were recorded. Tetranychus macf...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2026/v41i82431
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death and disability worldwide, and dietary modulation of the gut microbiota has emerged as a candidate strategy for risk reduction. Prebiotics—substrates selectively utilised by host microorganisms to confer a health bene...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i51690
Background: The thymus is a primary lymphoid organ involved in avian T-lymphocyte development. Comparative information on thymic development in Haringhata Black and commercial broiler chickens is limited. Aim: The study aims to compare the gross morphology, morphometry, histology...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2026/v41i82432
Francis Agyapong, Harrison Kwame Dapaah, Kwame Nkrumah Hope, Emmanuel Appiah, Isaac Ntekor, Dapaah , Harrison Kwame & Hope, Kwame Nkrumah·Advances in Research·2026
This study assessed the productivity and economic returns of chicken manure (CM) and NPK fertiliser, applied alone and in combination, in carrot (Daucus carota L.) production at Mampong-Ashanti during September–December 2021 and April–July 2022. The experiment used a randomised c...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i51691
Background: Undifferentiated connective tissue dysplasia (UCTD) may modify the clinical course of vertebrogenic dorsopathy, but its clinical, neuroimaging, and biochemical profile in young adults remains insufficiently characterised. Aims: This study evaluated the clinical, neuro...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2026/v38i86180
Clinical and public health laboratories occupy an ambiguous position within the environmental sustainability agenda. They consume energy, water, single-use plastics and hazardous reagents at intensities disproportionate to their physical footprint, and they generate waste whose i...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2026/v38i86181
Background: Hospital sanitary facilities may harbour pathogenic and antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms, creating routes for healthcare-associated transmission. Aims: This study assessed sanitary facilities in referral hospitals in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, as reservoirs of pat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2026/v15i4477
Background: Critically ill trauma patients in Nigerian intensive care units (ICUs) face a disproportionate burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). While trauma-induced immune dysregulation is well documented, the additional immunomodulatory contribution of routine ICU...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmpcp/2026/v9i2475
Maternal hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP)—encompassing chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and superimposed preeclampsia—complicate a substantial proportion of pregnancies worldwide and are increasingly recognised as determinants of offspring he...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpcb/2026/v9i1219
Seawater intrusion threatens groundwater availability in the coastal Niger Delta, Nigeria. This study assessed its extent by integrating hydrochemical indices with electrical resistivity techniques. Groundwater samples were collected from eight boreholes along an inland-to-coasta...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2026/v17i3408
Wernicke encephalopathy is an acute neurological disorder caused by thiamine deficiency and is often under-recognised in patients without chronic alcohol misuse. Prolonged vomiting and impaired nutritional intake may rapidly deplete thiamine stores and precipitate neurological de...
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Research Article10.9734/irjgh/2026/v9i1155
Ibrahim Hussain Alzahib, Ensaf Adnan Mousa AlBokhari, Khalid Hazim A. Alotaibi, Mashael Zayed M. AlBalawi, Bader Abdulrahman Husayyan Alanazi, Metab Ali Saeed Alasmari, Mohammed Hussain Abdulrahman Alzahib & Norah Saad Jubran Alkahtani·International Research Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology·2026
Background: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), formerly termed nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, can progress to advanced fibrosis, cirrhosis, hepatic decompensation, hepatocellular carcinoma, transplantation, and death. Resmetirom and semaglutide have reached c...
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Research Article10.9734/irjgh/2026/v9i1156
This study documents the first recorded occurrence of the mirror cobweb spider Thwaitesia margaritifera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 in Chhattisgarh, India, and the first record of the genus Thwaitesia in the state. Two adult female specimens were collected by hand from the foliage...
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Research Article10.9734/ajriz/2026/v9i3299
Mehdi Karami, Hind Hablaj, Walid Chair, Hamza Talbi, Rahal Mssrouri, Jalil Mdaghri, Mohamed Hamid & Said Benmar·Asian Journal of Research in Surgery·2026
Background: Pancreatic trauma is uncommon but may be associated with substantial morbidity, particularly when the main pancreatic duct is disrupted. Diagnosis may be difficult during the early phase after trauma, and a negative focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST)...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrs/2026/v9i2412
This study examines how digital opinion leaders shape consumer electronic word of mouth (e-WOM) in the technology-gadget sector. A quantitative, cross-sectional survey was conducted among 286 respondents in Eastern Uttar Pradesh who regularly followed technology influencers. Data...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i81367