Developing and evaluating a campus-based health management app for nursing students: A pilot study on usability and user experience by Andrew Ke-Ming Lu, Yi-Ling Chung, Yu-Hsia Wang, Sheng-Kai Lin, Jeng-Long Hsieh

“…Introduction The application of technology to healthcare is becoming increasingly common. Apps designed for health monitoring among nursing students are currently under development. …”
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The role of metabolic syndrome in the pathogenesis of knee osteoarthritis: a new view on the problem by G. V. Poryadin, A. N. Zakhvatov, T. V. Tarasova, V. O. Timoshkin

“…It is proven that the intra-articular infrapatellar fat pad increases significantly in obese patients. Due to proximity to the articular cartilage and synovial membrane, the adipose tissue is in close contact with them. …”
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Parathyroid hormone administration improves bone marrow microenvironment and partially rescues haematopoietic defects in Bmi1-null mice. by Ruinan Lu, Qian Wang, Yongli Han, Jianyong Li, Xiang-Jiao Yang, Dengshun Miao

“…The mice were treated with PTH1-34 (containing the first 34 residues of mature PTH), an anabolic drug currently used for treating osteoporosis, and compared with the vehicle-treated Bmi1-/- and wild-type littermates in terms of skeletal and haematopoietic phenotypes. …”
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Arginine–NO pathway modulated energy metabolism in the hepatopancreas and muscle of female Litopenaeus vannamei by Haitao Fan, Xin Zhang, Yanan Yin, Lefei Jiao

“…Currently, the regulational effect of arginine on the energy metabolism is unknown in broodstock shrimp nutrition. …”
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An Improved Time-Frequency Identification Method for Pipeline Weld EMAE Aliasing Modes With a Focused Electromagnetic Excitation Device by Houshi Ding, Pan Hu, Tongyu Zhao, Yuchao Jin, Xu Gui

“…The results show that EMAE signals from circumferential cracks contain multiple modes, with the first three wave packets containing the F(1,1), F(1,2), F(1,3), and L(0,1) modes. …”
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Coordinated regulation of timing and strength of synaptic outputs by adrenergic receptors through control of action potentials in Purkinje cells by Kei Furukawa, Kei Furukawa, Shin-ya Kawaguchi

“…It was recently shown that a well-known second messenger cAMP negatively regulates the axonal voltage-gated Na+ channels, which decreases the amplitude and conduction velocity of action potentials in axons of cerebellar Purkinje cells. …”
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Experiences of south Asian key workers in COVID-19 lockdowns in the United Kingdom by Rizwana Yousaf, Tipu Sultan

“…They were holding a lot of grievances and hurt inside due to long existing inequalities in the society, where many highly educated and skilled individuals were unable to get stable and secure employments, despite the health vulnerabilities, South Asian key workers worked through the Covid-19 lockdowns to overcome difficulties stem from precarious work. Although currently coping with increased debts, economic burdens and long COVID symptoms, comprehensive job security and entitlement to secure contracts with provisions to sick leaves and pays should be made available to address economic vulnerabilities of south Asian key workers.…”
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An Mcformer encoder integrating Mamba and Cgmlp for improved acoustic feature extraction by Nurmemet Yolwas, Yongchao Li, Lixu Sun, Jian Peng, Zhiwu Sun, Yajie Wei, Yineng Cai

“…Abstract Currently, attention models based on the Conformer architecture have become mainstream in the field of speech recognition due to their integration of self-attention mechanisms and convolutional networks. …”
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The Lack of Researchers: A Critical Threat to Studies on Freshwater Zooplankton in Latin America by Carlos López, Claudia Bonecker, Gilmar Perbiche-Neves, Manuel Elías-Gutiérrez

“…The scarcity of researchers working on freshwater zooplankton currently threatens the future of these studies in the world. …”
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Principles governing the selection of ore regions for gold deposit search by Е. М. Nekrasov

“…The conducted study into the distribution of the world’s gold reserves in the deposits of various types, as well as the selective localization of ores in deposits with the main and large scale ore bodies in the zones of ore-bearing faults (and, accordingly, containing the concentration of the main share of reserves in a particular deposit), provides a basis for discovering new deposits of the precious metal with minimal expenditures, thus contributing to increasing the resource base of the Russian Federation.…”
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A review of coal mine saline mine water treatment and utilization technologies by Weidong MAO, Zhongquan GUO, Yuan FU, Jiuli YANG, Xufeng XU, Yantao WU, Zhipeng TANG, Jun ZHANG, Dongfeng CUI, Junzhao ZHU

“…Concerning the challenges currently faced by membrane concentration and evaporation crystallization technology, and the future development direction, the following proposals are put forward: the ongoing advancement of high-efficiency short-flow membrane concentration and low-carbon evaporation crystallization processing technology and equipment; the sustained investigation of the conversion of low-value by-product salts and the extraction of high-value components; actively explore the joint treatment mode of low-grade heat source, geothermal or photovoltaic power and salt-containing mine water; proactively investigate the regional centralized treatment mode of salt-containing mine water; and explore the technical, policy and economic feasibility of off-grid new energy applications, and study naturally enhanced evaporation and concentration technologies.…”
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Phosphogypsum improves soil and benefits crop growth: An effective measure for utilizing solid waste resources by Liu Gao, Runhe Li, Dejian Yang, Li Bao, Naiming Zhang

“…Abstract The utilization rate of phosphogypsum (PG) is currently low, and prolonged storage poses environmental pollution. …”
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Installation Project for Water Purification from Suspended Particles by E.N. Neverov, A.K. Gorelkina, E.S. Mikhalova, P.S. Korotkih

“…Currently, the issue of recycling coal waste becomes quite relevant all over the world, which is associated with tightening environmental standards and increasing production rates in the coal industry. …”
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Extended evaluation of the effect of real and simulated masks on face recognition performance by Naser Damer, Fadi Boutros, Marius Süßmilch, Florian Kirchbuchner, Arjan Kuijper

“…Processes such as secure login to electronic devices or identity verification at automatic border control gates are increasingly dependent on such technologies. The recent COVID‐19 pandemic has increased the focus on hygienic and contactless identity verification methods. …”
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A virus becomes a global concern: research activities on West-Nile virus by Doris Klingelhöfer, Markus Braun, Isabelle M. Kramer, Friederike Reuss, Ruth Müller, David A. Groneberg, Dörthe Brüggmann

“…Currently, West-Nile virus (WNV) is spreading worldwide to colder regions due to climate change. …”
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The impact, perceptions and needs of parents of children with epidermolysis bullosa by Antoinette V. Chateau, David Blackbeard, Colleen Aldous, Ncoza Dlova, Cassidy-Mae Shaw

“…Addressing parents’ needs and concerns will go a long way in decreasing this burden. A biopsychosocial approach with an awareness of cultural context is essential for family-centred holistic EB care. …”
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Accelerated weathering of PP based nanocomposites: Effect of the presence of maleic anhydryde grafted polypropylene by N. Tz. Dintcheva, M. Morreale, F. P. La Mantia

“…Polymer nanocomposites are currently a topic of great interest. The increasing importance they are gaining also in the standpoint of industrial applications, is giving concerns regarding their environmental stability and, in general, their behaviour in outdoor applications, under direct solar irradiation. …”
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Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Epidemiology, Treatment and Control by Coleman Rotstein

“…Antimicrobial-resistant organisms are an expanding problem, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality, prolonged hospital stay, and heightened health care costs for care and antimicrobial management. …”
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Bulking agents in case of treatment of female stress urinary incontinence by A. Yu. Tsukanov, A. A. Mirzakadiev, A. V. Dunkurs

“…The review discusses the currently available volumeforming substances, methods of use, effectiveness and known complications. …”
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International Labor Migration and Its Transformative Effects on Political Landscapes Across Central Asian Nations by Egor V. Fomin, Albert A. Averyanov

“…In today’s context of global geopolitical transformation, competition for influence in Central Asia has intensified, particularly regarding the region’s labor resources. …”
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