Effects of El Niño and the Positive Indian Ocean Dipole (+IOD) on Health, Food Security, Economics, and Conflict in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries in the Indo‐Pacific: A Systemat... by Andrea Floridi, María Daniela Anda‐León, Tomasz Kozakiewicz, Megha Bhattacharyya, Anilkrishna Thota, Peter Burt, Luca Tasciotti, Jan Selby, Zahra Premji, Shannon Shisler

“…We found that El Niño is likely to decrease agricultural production and productivity at the Indo‐Pacific level, although the analysed studies are highly diverse. …”
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Batch Adsorption Processes of Chloride and Sulphate Anions from Aqueous Solutions Using Natural Stone Powder by Kamal Ibtisam, Albadran Firas H., Mohammed Badiea Abdulla

“…The results showed that conductivity decreases with increasing contact time and pH, and increases with increasing the initial ions concentration, temperature and the adsorbent content. …”
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The spiritual needs and care of children and young people with life-threatening or life-shortening conditions, and parents (SPARK): a mixed-method investigation by Bryony Beresford, Natalie Richardson, Suzanne Mukherjee, Rebecca Nye, Jan Aldridge, Karl Atkin, Mark Clayton, Faith Gibson, Julia Hackett, Richard Hain, Mohammed Arshad, Paul Nash, Bob Phillips

“…We also suggest national condition-specific professional bodies use the study findings to review their coverage on the spiritual needs and care of their patient group and to review any current guidance and recommendations. They may also wish to use study days and conferences to increase the profile of spirituality and spiritual care within their specialism. …”
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Changes in the Species Composition and Structure of Large-Diameter Trees Along a Narrow Latitudinal Gradient in Subtropical China by Mengxian Li, Fei Huang, Xiaorong Jia

“…Additionally, species composition homogeneity decreased (based on PCoA and MRPP analysis), age-class structures became more complex, and the proportion of tropical genera gradually declined, whereas temperate genera increased. …”
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Study on adsorption of some metals from waste solution by (unsaturated polyester-kaolin) composite by Raghad Hamid Hilal, Rafah Alwan Nassif

“…The extraction process was used to remove Pb2+ and Cu2+ from e-waste by the adsorbent composite material under different contact times (40,60, 100, 140, and 180 ​min). The efficiency and adsorption capacity of the composite material increased with time and were nearly stable after 100 ​min. …”
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Investigation of island size effect on radiation distribution during attached and detached plasmas in the island divertor of W7-X by B.J. Peterson, G. Partesotti, F. Reimold, G.A. Wurden, Y. Gao, D. Zhang, V. Winters, M. Kobayashi, Y. Feng, K. Mukai, J. von Miller

“…W7-X employs an island divertor to control the exhaust and heat load on the plasma impacting divertor plates. Increased radiation in the divertor reduces the heat load at the plasma contact point during detachment. …”
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High proportion of depression and anxiety in younger patients with COPD: a cross-sectional study in primary care in Sweden by Therese Öfverholm, Mikael Hasselgren, Karin Lisspers, Anna Nager, Gabriella Eliason, Maaike Giezeman, Christer Janson, Marta A. Kisiel, Scott Montgomery, Björn Ställberg, Josefin Sundh, Hanna Sandelowsky

“…Background and aim Patients with COPD and concurrent depression and/or anxiety are known to have an increased risk of exacerbations, morbidity, mortality, and deteriorated quality of life. …”
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Lifelong Learning and Employability in the Danube Region Countries: Influences and Correlations by Constanţa-Nicoleta Bodea, Maria-Iuliana Dascălu, Gordana Velikic, Stelian Stancu

“…The conclusions of the current study are particularly important in the Romanian context, as the employment rate of recent graduates is in a decreasing trend, but also for all the Danube Region ex-communist countries, which have to boost their employment rates as well, to assure their economical growth. …”
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Unveiling biomarkers via plasma metabolome profiling for diabetic macrovascular and microvascular complications by Zhixi Li, Yuhan Ren, Feng Jiang, Kai Zhang, Xuan Meng, Yingfeng Zheng, Mingguang He

“…Abstract Background Metabolic dysregulation plays a crucial role in the development of diabetic vascular complications. Current models for diabetic vascular complications predominantly rely on three conventional parameter classes: demographic characteristics, clinical measures, and standard laboratory indices. …”
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Simulation Study on the Open-Circuit Voltage of Amorphous Silicon p-i-n Solar Cells Using AMPS-1D by B.M. Omer, F.A. Mohammed, A. Seed Ahmed Mahgoub

“…The simulated result of illuminated current density-voltage characteristics was in a good agreement with experimental values. …”
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MoOX/Au/MoOX‐Based Composite Heterocontacts for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Achieving 22.0% Efficiency by Wanyu Lu, Qian Kang, Jingjie Li, Xiaofei Xu, Dayong Yuan, Linfeng Yang, Shang Liu, Tinghao Liu, Hui Yan, Zhao Wu, Wenjing Hu, Jing Wang, Yongzhe Zhang

“…However, the limited reflection ability and conductivity of MoOX in the rear contact lead to a decrease in the short‐circuit current of the solar cells. …”
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Studying and Characterization of Coating of Zein–CaSiO3 Composite on Polyetheretherketone Implant Material by Sama Abdulrazzaq, Thekra Ismael Hamad

“…Each group was characterized by atomic force microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscope, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, water contact angle, and adhesion strength. The lowest water contact angle was obtained for Group 1: 10% wt and 90% wt were (26.64° and 27.13°, respectively), and increasing amounts of zein in comparison to quantities of CaSiO3 resulted in increased adhesion strength of the composite material to the substrate. …”
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Optimizing MEMS inertial switches for efficient event-based environmental interaction: motivation, approaches, and purposes by Lyuyan Wang, Jiahao Zhao, Zheng You

“…Abstract The rapid growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and embodied intelligence has increased the demand for sensor nodes that conserve energy and reduce data transmission, especially in resource-limited applications that rely heavily on sensors. …”
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Microvesicles produced by natural killer cells of the NK-92 cell line affect the phenotype and functions of endothelial cells of the EA.Hy926 cell line by K. L. Markova, V. A. Mikhailova, A. V. Korenevsky, Yu. P. Milyutina, V. V. Rodygina, E. P. Aleksandrova, A. S. Markov, O. A. Balabas, S. A. Selkov, D. I. Sokolov

“…The results revealed significant differences in the proteomic profiles of cells of the NK-92 cell line and their MV product. Contact between ECs and MVs derived from cells of the NK-92 cell line is accompanied by the following events: a) expression of granzyme B in ECs, b) activation of caspase-9 and caspase-3, with partial EC death, c) appearance of the panleukocyte marker CD45 on ECs, d) decrease in CD105 expression, and increase in CD34 and CD54 expression, and e) inhibition of EC migration. …”
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Facilitators to Accessibility of HIV/AIDS-Related Health Services among Transgender Women Living with HIV in Yogyakarta, Indonesia by Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Maria Silvia Merry, Theodorus Asa Siri, Fabiola Tazrina Tazir, Mitra Andhini Sigilipoe, Kristin Oktanita Tarigan, Lillian Mwanri

“…Educating and broadly disseminating this information in other settings in the country will also increase accessibility to the HIV/AIDS services among Waria, their families, and communities addressing the currently existing inequities in health. …”
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Ultrastructural analysis of the structure and distribution of the adherens junctions in the rats’ ventricular myocardium during postnatal stages of ontogeny after the infl uence of... by N. S. Petruk

“…Hypoxic damage of the cardiovascular system occurs in 40-70% of newborns. Currently we observe the increase of meaning of the morphological studies for the prenatal diagnosis of human’s heart diseases. …”
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Motivation to learn German as a foreign language: A systematic literature review by Asuman Yaprak

“…Motivation, which greatly affects the learning process in the context of foreign language teaching and learning, provides the willingness for learning a language, while on the other hand, it assumes a decisive role in language learning success. …”
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Effect of Clinical Nursing Practice Guidelines regarding Percutaneous Coronary Interventions on Patients' Anxiety and Satisfaction by Ebtisam A. Elhihi, ibrahim A. ibrahim, Faisal A. Alasmari, Awad H. alkhatib, Nahlah A. Alzahrani, Alaa M. Abuhaleimah, Sanaa B. Barnawi, Bayan F. Jilani, Hadeel Y. ALhawsawi, Shatha M. Alsufyani, Amnah Al ahdal, Amr O. Al ahdal

“… Context: The quality of delivery the healthcare must be improved due to the quick changes in the health care. …”
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Statistical optimization and electrochemical analysis of gambir extract as a corrosion inhibitor for SS-316 in hydrochloric acid by Suprapto Suprapto, Handi Ardiansyah, Djarot Sugiarso, Kartika A. Madurani, Yosephine S.W. Manuhara, Syamsuardi Syamsuardi

“…The response surface methodology plot showed that I_corr increased with increasing HCl concentration and contact time, but decreased with higher concentrations of Gambir extract, indicating its effectiveness in inhibiting corrosion even under harsher conditions. …”
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Rational design of 19F NMR labelling sites to probe protein structure and interactions by Julian O. Streit, Sammy H. S. Chan, Saifu Daya, John Christodoulou

“…Here, we exploit the sensitivity of 19F chemical shifts to ring currents by designing labels with direct contact to a native or engineered aromatic ring. …”
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