Acquired syphilis: update on clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects by Carolina Talhari, Kaique Arriel, Marcio Soares Serra, John Verrinder Veasey

“…Abstract Syphilis, an infection caused by Treponema pallidum, transmitted predominantly through sexual contact, affects several organs, causing skin, mucous membranes and systemic lesions. …”
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Empirical lessons regarding contraception in a protracted refugee setting: A descriptive study from Maela camp on the Thai-Myanmar border 1996 - 2015. by Somjet Srikanok, Daniel M Parker, Amber L Parker, Tracey Lee, Aung Myat Min, Pranee Ontuwong, Saw Oo Tan, Supachai Sirinonthachai, Rose McGready

“…The lessons learned from this setting may be valuable given the current global refugee crisis.…”
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Reuse of Sewage Sludge as Organic Agricultural Products: An Efficient Technology-Based Initiative by Acharya Balkrishna, Srimoyee Banerjee, Sourav Ghosh, Divya Chauhan, Ilika Kaushik, Vedpriya Arya, Sumit Kumar Singh

“…Two products, Jaivik Poshak and Jaivik Prom, containing farmyard compost, were compared with the amended version of the same, containing compost from STP sludge instead of normal compost. …”
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Inositol Pyrophosphate Profiling of Two HCT116 Cell Lines Uncovers Variation in InsP8 Levels. by Chunfang Gu, Miranda S C Wilson, Henning J Jessen, Adolfo Saiardi, Stephen B Shears

“…The elevated levels of InsP8 in the HCT116UCL lines were not due to an increase in expression of the PP-InsP kinases (IP6Ks and PPIP5Ks), nor to a decrease in the capacity to dephosphorylate InsP8. …”
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Insights and perspectives on PVDF/MgO NCs films: Structural and optical properties for optoelectronic device applications by Shivaraj Madivalappa, R.B. Basavaraj, P.B. Chethan, D.P. Aarti, P.K. Jisha

“…The dipole polarization interaction causes the absorption coefficient, direct band gap, indirect band gap, optical activation energy, and skin depth of pure PVDF and PVDF/MgO thin films to decrease, whereas increasing the dielectric constant at high frequency value, refractive index, loss, optical conductivity, and dielectric constant per effective mass of NCs films. …”
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Assessment of polyvinyl alcohol–stabilized compressed earth bricks on performance and durability of structures by Salman Farooq, Zia Ul Islam, Muhammad Saeed Khan, Muhammad Umair Umar, Abdullah Khan Jadoon

“…In recent years there have been an increasing number of studies examining the environmental trade-offs of using PVA with emphasis on its potential to decrease cement content in earth bricks. …”
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Interface-Sensitive Charge Storage and Activation Behavior of Mn(1,3,5-Benzenetricarboxylic Acid (BTC))-Derived Mn₃O₄/Carbon Cathodes for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Bat... by Jieun Lee, Byoungnam Park

“…The Mn₃O₄ cathode prepared via AC–EPD from Mn(BTC) exhibited a remarkable specific capacity of up to 430 mAh/g at a current density of 200 mA/g. Interestingly, the capacity continued to increase progressively with cycling, suggesting dynamic structural or interfacial changes that improved Zn²⁺ transport and utilization over time. …”
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The Primate Habituation Programme, Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic: An overview by Terence Fuh Neba, Anna Feistner, Angelique Todd

“…Added to potential emerging diseases, human contact may increase stress and expose gorillas to human-borne pathogens, to which they may have little immunity. …”
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Broadband Chirped InAs Quantum-Dot Superluminescent Light-Emitting Diodes With In_xAl_1-xAs Strain-Reducing Layers by Ruizhe Yao, Nicholas Weir, Chi-Sen Lee, Wei Guo

“…In the SLED devices, a broad and uniform spectrum with a linewidth of 100 nm at 3 dB is realized at an injection current level of 100 mA, and no significant spectrum dip is observed in the entire injection current window ranging from 50 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu\text{A}$</tex-math></inline-formula> to 100 mA.…”
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Adenosine A2A receptor agonist polydeoxyribonucleotide ameliorates short-term memory impairment by suppressing cerebral ischemia-induced inflammation via MAPK pathway. by Il-Gyu Ko, Jun-Jang Jin, Lakkyong Hwang, Sang-Hoon Kim, Chang-Ju Kim, Jung Won Jeon, Jun-Young Chung, Jin Hee Han

“…In order to confirm the participation of the adenosine A2A receptor in the effects mediated by PDRN, 8 mg/kg 7-dimethyl-1-propargylxanthine (DMPX), adenosine A2A receptor antagonist, was treated with PDRN. In the current study, induction of ischemia enhanced the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and increased phosphorylation of MAPK signaling factors in the hippocampus and basolateral amygdala. …”
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Prospective Interventions for reducing the vulnerability of communities in post-disaster resettlement, a case of Bunambutye camp, Eastern Uganda by Harriet Cherotich, Frank Mugagga, Fredrick Tumwine, Henry Musoke Ssemakula

“…We recommend the establishment of a skills-based training institution within the resettlement that should train survivors using content customized to address current and future needs hence ensuring self-sufficiency, reliance, and livelihood sustainability through outcomes like increased disposable incomes and wellbeing of the survivors in the resettlement. …”
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The Involvement of Ser1898 of the Human L-Type Calcium Channel in Evoked Secretion by Niv Bachnoff, Moshe Cohen-Kutner, Daphne Atlas

“…This mutation does not alter basal CaV1.2 current properties or regulation of CaV1.2 current by PKA and the beta-adrenergic receptor, but abolishes CaV1.2 phosphorylation by PKA. …”
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Task Differences and Prosociality; Investigating Pet Dogs' Prosocial Preferences in a Token Choice Paradigm. by Rachel Dale, Rachel Dale, Mylène Quervel-Chaumette, Ludwig Huber, Friederike Range, Sarah Marshall-Pescini

“…However, in contrast to our previous bar-pulling experiment, we could not exclude social facilitation as an underlying motive in the current task. We propose this difference in results between tasks may be related to increased task complexity in the token choice paradigm, making it harder for dogs to discriminate between the test and social facilitation conditions. …”
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Productivity and nutritional value of aboveground biomass of annual crops in companion sowings by Т. V. Rodina, V. I. Zhuzhukin, А. N. Astashov

“…Siberian and Italian millet formed mean productivity of 16.13 and 15.60 t/ha, respectively. The current paper has presented data on productivity and has studied feed advantages of single-species and two-species sowings. …”
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Media Literacy in the Context of Russia’s War by Dariia Rzhevska, Viktoria Kuzmenko

“…It was for this purpose that the contained analysis of the state of media literacy in Ukraine in the conditions of the current full-scale war is carried out, strategies to overcome these negative trends are proposed, and Ukraine's current efforts to increase the level of media literacy of its population are characterized. …”
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Extraction and Coordination Chemistry of Mo(Ⅵ)/U(Ⅵ) With Unilateral Derivatized Phenanthroline Amide Ligands by Tao-yuan XIU, Yue-kun LIU, Meng ZHANG, Yi HONG, Guo-an YE, Cai-shan JIAO, Li-yong YUAN, Wei-qun SHI

“…The experimental results indicate that the distribution ratios of Mo(Ⅵ) and U(Ⅵ) for the three ligands decrease with increasing acidity. This is mainly due to the absence of side chains on one side of the ligand, making the nitrogen atoms on the phenanthroline moiety more prone to protonation. …”
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Creation of polymer composites with mineral fillers by Mairamkul K. Chimchikova, Imilya A. Rysbaeva, Zhanbolot K. Aidaraliev, Akmarzhan Zh. Talgatbekova, Anarbek B. Mamytov

“… Introduction. Currently, the development of science and technology requires the creation of new polymer composites with high technical characteristics for various industries. …”
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Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis) Powder in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Feed: Effects on Growth, Immunity, and Yersinia ruckeri Resistance by Hamed Ghafarifarsani, Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar, Taravat Molayemraftar, Mahdieh Raeeszadeh, Hien Van Doan

“…Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activity in all MP groups remarkably increased (P<0.05) compared to the control. Moreover, fish fed with a diet containing 1.5% MP had remarkably higher (P<0.05) lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and total protein (TP) values than the other groups. …”
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Robust prediction of tool-tissue interaction force using ISSA-optimized BP neural networks in robotic surgery by Yong-Li Yan, Teng Ren, Li Ding, Tiansheng Sun, Shandeng Huang

“…The novel method has the potential to increase surgical safety, accuracy and efficiency, representing an advance in the field of surgical robotics.…”
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Effect of organically bound iodine in cattle feed on health indicators by D. E. Lukin, D. A. Utyanov, R. K. Milushev, N. L. Vostrikova, A. S. Knyazeva

“…This was most clearly demonstrated by the content of urea, since in the test group, its content decreased by ≈15 percentage points, and by the content of creatinine, since its increase in the test group was more than 20 percentage points. …”
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