On a novel method to synthesize POSS-based hybrids: An example of the preparation of TPU based system by O. Monticelli, A. Fina, D. Cavallo, E. Gioffredi, G. Delprato

“…Furthermore, an increase of surface water wettability, evidenced by the decrease of water contact angle from 95° for pristine TPU to 70° in TPU containing 10"wt% of reactive POSS, is found.…”
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TIM-3 expression on monocyte-derived dendritic cells by T. V. Tyrinova, O. Yu. Leplina, E. R. Chernykh

“…Further studies of the regulation of TIM-3 expression by monocyte-derived dendritic cells will expand the understanding of the biological significance of inhibitory receptors on DCs from the point of view of the immune response, as well as, in the future, increase the effectiveness of current approaches in cancer immunotherapy using IFN-DCs and inhibitors of checkpoint molecules.…”
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Assessing the Dissemination of Federal Risk Communication by News Media Outlets During Enteric Illness Outbreaks: Canadian Content Analysis by Hisba Shereefdeen, Lauren Elizabeth Grant, Vayshali Patel, Melissa MacKay, Andrew Papadopoulos, Leslie Cheng, Melissa Phypers, Jennifer Elizabeth McWhirter

“… Abstract BackgroundEffective dissemination of federal risk communication by news media during multijurisdictional enteric illness outbreaks can increase message reach to rapidly contain outbreaks, limit adverse outcomes, and promote informed decision-making by the public. …”
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Effect of Plant Extracts (Fennel and Chamomile) on Menstrual Cycles and Endometrial Thickness: A Clinical Trial by Mitra Mahdavian, Afrooz Kolahdoozian, Malihe Samadi Kazemi, Mahboobeh Ghabel, Akram Aslani

“…The present study aimed to assess the effects of fennel and chamomile on endometrial thickness and menstrual cycles. Methods: The current study employed a quasi-experimental design with parallel group allocation. …”
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Planning for Offshore Integrated Energy Islands with Electricity-Carbon-Hydrogen-Methanol Synergy by Chuanbo XU, Peiyao LI, Wenzuo ZHANG, Qingwei LI, Yan WEI

“…[Result] The results show that: (1) For a typical 700 MW off-grid floating offshore wind farm, the integrated energy island requires a 235 MW/470 MWh electrochemical energy storage, 44 tons of hydrogen storage tanks, and a 264 MW PEM electrolysis to stabilize opera-tion of methanol synthesis system; (2) The current green methanol production cost is 12.36 CNY/kg, exceeding the market price of 5.95 CNY/kg; (3) The integrated energy island achieves an annual green methanol production of 221.6 kilotons, sufficient to power large methanol-fueled container ships for 800000 nautical miles while reducing CO2 emissions by 980 kilotons annually. …”
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Special features for functionalization of carbon nanotubes nanopowders by N. O. Oliinyk, G. D. Ilnytska, G. A. Bazaliy, I. M. Zaitseva, M. A. Marinich, O. M. Sizonenko, A. S. Torpakov

“…As a result of such changes, rate of hydrogen adsorption on powders surface increases by 46 % and the current density at the potential of –0.6 V increases by 50 %. …”
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The Wide-Coverage Sprinkler With the Flexible Tap and Flying Machines for the Rice Sowing by R. D. Umarov, F. M. Magomedov, I. M. Melikov, D. A. Salatova, S. E. Senkevich

“…(Results and discussions) The design of a new wide-coverage spraying machine with a flexible tap and vehicles for the spraying of rice and with extended operational and technological capabilities, containing two propulsion units (one with a current generator, the other with a solution tank and a pressure pipeline) has been suggested. …”
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Application of the blockchain technology for digital diplomas: problems and prospects by T. M. Shamsutdinova

“…The blockchain technology provides great opportunities in improving the concept of e-learning, taking into account the current requirements of the digital economy. This technology can conceptually change the data archiving system, increase the reliability of information protection against falsification, and significantly speed up the execution of requests for information and data processing. …”
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Warming Yang,Promoting Blood Circulation and Inducing Diuresis in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy:a meta-analysis by WANG Lan, WANG Xiao-qin

“…Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of ’Warming Yang,Promoting Blood Circulation and Inducing Diuresis’ in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy(DN).Methods The used electronic databases contained foreign databases such as PubMed,EMBASE,Cochrane Library,and Chinese databases such as CNKI,SinoMed,Wanfang Data,CQVIP.The clinical data of "Warming Yang,Promoting Blood Circulation and Inducing Diuresis" in treatment of DN were collected comprehensively.The literature retrieval ended on April 1,2016,and the meta analysis of appropriate literature was processed by RevMan 5.3 software.Results The cases of randomized controlled trials totaled16 and the cases of DN patients totaled 1 107.The results of Meta analysis showed that compared to western medicine control group,the experimental group of integrated traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine,based on "Warming Yang and Benefiting Qi,Promoting Blood Circulation and Inducing Diuresis",perfonned better in the significant efficiency and total efficiency of the treatment of DN(RR=1.97,95%CI 1.50~2.59,Z = 4.86,P<0.01;RR=1.48,95%CI 1.35~1.62,Z=8.58,P<0.01),in the decrease of the serum creatinine(MD=-32.33,95%CI-58.20~-6.47,Z =2.45,P= 0.01),in the increase of high density lipoprotein(MD= 0.16,95%CI 0.09~0.23,Z =4.33,P<0.01),in the decrease of cholesterol,triglyceride,low density lipoprotein(MD=-0.82,95%CI 1.28~-0.36,Z = 3.49,P = 0.0005;MD=-0.40,95%CI-0.53~-0.26,Z=5.95,P<0.01;MD=-0.49,95%CI-0.76~-0.21,Z=3.46,P = 0.000 5),in the decrease of urinary protein(MD=-0.46,95%I-0.61~-0.31,Z=6.01,P<0.01),in the control of fasting blood glucose(MD=-0.34,95%CI-0.57~-0.12,Z = 3.00,P = 0.003),and performed the same in the decrease of the levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha(P= 0.33).Conclusions The current limited evidence suggests that the efficacy and safety of integrated traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine in the treatment of DN is better than the traditional protocols alone.…”
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TECTONIC POSITION OF MARBLE MELANGES IN THE EARLY PALEOZOIC ACCRETION-COLLISIONAL SYSTEM OF THE WESTERN PRIBAIKALIE by V. S. Fedorovsky, A. M. Mazukabzov, D. P. Gladkochub

“…The main events were associated with complete manifestation of shear tectogenesis initiated by oblique collision. The current structure includes tectonically displaced components of ancient geodynamic systems that used to have been located dozens and hundreds of kilometres apart. …”
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Prophylactic Treatment of Probiotic and Metformin Mitigates Ethanol-Induced Intestinal Barrier Injury: In Vitro, In Vivo, and In Silico Approaches by Farhin Patel, Kirti Parwani, Priyashi Rao, Dhara Patel, Rakesh Rawal, Palash Mandal

“…Rats fed with ethanol-containing Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet showed decreased expression of TJ proteins, and increased intestinal barrier injury resulting in pro-inflammatory response and oxidative stress in the colon. …”
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Enhancing corrosion resistance with chemically modified aluminum oxide in UV-curable coatings applied to steel surfaces by M. Attia, Mahmoud Basseem I. Mohamed, M. A. Hegazy, M. M. Ghobashy, H. Abd El-Wahab, F. Abdelhai

“…Abstract This study introduces a novel, environmentally sustainable epoxidized soybean oil acrylate (ESOA) nanocomposite coating containing nAl2O3-silane nanoparticles (ESOA@TMPTA-nAl2O3-Silane), which was fabricated using ultraviolet (UV) curing technology. …”
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Impact of imported COVID-19 cases on South Korea’s response: variant transitions and regional patterns (2020–2023) by Haram Seo, Minchan Choi, Gerardo Chowell, Hyosun Lee, Byul Nim Kim, Sunmi Lee

“…Results The findings reveal a significant increase in imported cases during the transition from the Delta to Omicron variants, highlighting the increased transmissibility of Omicron and its impact on imported case numbers. …”
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Lightweight GAN-Assisted Class Imbalance Mitigation for Apple Flower Bud Detection by Wenan Yuan, Peng Li

“…The synthetic images generally contained fewer detector-detectable instances per image than the corresponding real training images. …”
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Investigation of catalytic oxidation of 4-nitroethylbenzene by ozone to 4-nitroacetophenone – an intermediate in the synthesis of antibiotics by A. H. Halstyan, A. S. Bushuiev

“…The optimum reaction temperature is 20–30 °C, as its increase deepens the oxidation process and the ketone begins to be converted into 4-nitrobenzoic acid.…”
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Alleviatory efficacy of achillea millefolium L. in etoxazole-mediated toxicity in allium cepa L by Zeynep Şule Topatan, Tuğçe Kalefetoğlu Macar, Oksal Macar, Emine Yalçin, Kültiğin Çavuşoğlu, Ali Acar, Fatih Kutluer

“…A. millefolium extract was found to contain a substantial quantity of phenolic compounds. …”
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Bicomponent ZnO-Ag janus nanoparticles with high antitumor activity <I>in vitro</I> by O. V. Bakina, V. R. Zhou, M. I. Lerner

“…Using bicomponent ZnO-Ag nanoparticles, one can increase the efficiency due to the occurrence of a synergistic antitumor effect. …”
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Paradigms of the agricultural system in times of COVID-19 by Luis Edgar Blanco-Capia

“…Until the end of the 20th century, world agriculture underwent a transition towards a new technological paradigm, very different from that of the green revolution, based on the current “bio” revolutions, in which human beings have transformed biodiversity by placing it at their service1. …”
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Indian Himalayan Arabidopsis thaliana population reflects deep history and might be the source of species expansion in the eastern edge by Akanksha Singh, Ashwani Kumar Verma, Abhinandan Mani Tripathi, Parneeta Mishra, Sumit Kumar Bag, Sivasubramanian Rajarammohan, Sribash Roy

“…The genetic diversity of Indian populations was found to decrease towards east and west of its peripheral region. …”
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Addressing High Nursing Turnover: Analysis of Theoretical Concepts and Case Study by Josuhe Neri

“…The article contains a systematic review of the scientific literature on the nurse turnover problem. …”
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