Assessment of the Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Capacity of Flowers, Seeds, and Seed Cake of Cactus Pear (<i>Opuntia ficus-indica</i> L.) and Their Application in Biscuits by Fatiha Brahmi, Amira Oufighou, Leila Smail-Benazzouz, Nouna Hammiche, Lydia Hassaine, Lila Boulekbache-Makhlouf, Khodir Madani, Federica Blando

“…Functional ingredients rich in bioactive compounds can be added to conventional ingredients for the formulation of food to increase its nutraceutical potential. Three prickly pear parts, namely flowers, seeds, and seed cake were utilized in the current work as natural antioxidant resources. …”
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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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Effects of Conditioning Temperature on Pellet Quality, Nutrients Digestibility, and Metabolizable Energy of Broilers Diet by Seyedeh Vajiheh Shakhese Emampour, Abolghasem Golian, Heydar Zarghi, Ali Reza Hesabi Nameghi

“…So that the amount of electricity usage decreased (quadratic, p< 0.001), and increased pellet PDI (quadratic, p<0.001) and pellet hardness (linear, p<0.002) by increasing in conditioning temperature. …”
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Fostering global primary care research: a capacity-building approach by Amanda Howe, Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Michael Kidd, Sherina Mohd Sidik, Chris van Weel, David Ponka, Megan Coffman, Krystle Elizabeth Fraser-Barclay, Richard D W Fortier, Robert P Lennon, Jeremiah K A Madaki, Bob Mash, Kristina Zawaly

“…Our aim is to explore the current risks or barriers to primary care research capacity building, identify the ongoing tensions that need to be resolved and offer some solutions, focusing on emerging contexts. …”
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In Vitro and In Vivo Comparison of Changes in Antibiotics Susceptibility of E. coli and Chicken’s Intestinal Flora after Exposure to Amoxicillin or Thymol by Soukayna Hriouech, Ahmed A. Akhmouch, Mariam Tanghort, Hanane Chefchaou, Aouatef Mzabi, Najat Chami, Adnane Remmal

“…E. coli strain was subcultured on agar plates containing increasing concentrations of either amoxicillin or thymol. …”
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The state of drained peatlands in the Middle Urals and prospects of their use for carbon farming by Seyed Omid Reza Shobairi, Alenakochubei, Olga Cherepanova, et al.

“…The global change of the planet's climate is associated with increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which is the result of irrational human economic activity. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Microvesicles Support Ex Vivo Expansion of Cord Blood-Derived CD34+ Cells by Hui Xie, Li Sun, Liming Zhang, Teng Liu, Li Chen, Aiqi Zhao, Qian Lei, Fei Gao, Ping Zou, Qiubai Li, An-yuan Guo, Zhichao Chen, Hongxiang Wang

“…We speculate that MSC-MVs may recapitulate the hematopoiesis-supporting effects of their parent cells. In the current study, we found MSC-MVs containing microRNAs that are involved in the regulation of hematopoiesis. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of paramedics working in general practice: a mixed-methods realist evaluation by Matthew Booker, Sarah Voss, Nicky Harris, William Hollingworth, Nouf Jeynes, Hazel Taylor, Kirsty Garfield, Helen Baxter, Jonathan Benger, Andy Gibson, Trudy Goodenough, Justin Jagosh, Kim Kirby, Cathy Liddiard, Alyesha Proctor, Sarah Purdy, Behnaz Schofield, Hannah Stott, Grace Scrimgeour, Nicola Walsh

“…Background General practice services are under pressure due increased demand. Alongside substantial national recruitment challenges, there exists a shortage of general practitioners to meet current need. …”
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Inhibition of corrosion of mild steel hull plates immersed in natural sea water by sandalwood oil extract of some natural products by Thankappan Sasilatha, Rajendran Susai Santhammal, Hashem Abdulhameed Al, Časlav Lačnjevac, Gurmeet Singh

“…When mild steel is immersed in Oil coated (3 days) MS in SW+ SDP 100 ppm+ Zn2+ 50ppm system , the corrosion resistance of MS increases. This is revealed by the fact that there is increase in LPR value and decrease in corrosion current value. …”
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Optimization of The Budget of The Industrial Complex Transformation Strategy Based on Neural Network Modeling by A. G. Boev, A. G. Puzakov, Yu. P. Anisimov

“…Currently, Russian industry is developing mainly along an extensive path that does not provide a deep innovative transformation of business and the necessary increase in labor productivity.Materials and methods. …”
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Role of tertiary lymphoid structures and B cells in clinical immunotherapy of gastric cancer by Weiyi Chen, Lingli Zhang, Man Gao, Ning Zhang, Rumeng Wang, Yang Liu, Yan Niu, Lizhou Jia, Lizhou Jia

“…Mature TLSs are B-cell regions containing germinal centers. During germinal center formation, B cells undergo transformations to become mature cells with immune function, exerting anti-tumor effects. …”
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Fatty fried food toxins as triggering stimuli to immune system interplay in global autoimmune diseases: A systematic review by Saba Anwar, Qamar Abbas Syed, Mahnoor Saleh, Muhammad Saad Akram, Ghayyor Sultan, Sahar Khalid, Anum Ishaq, Gholamreza Abdi, Rana Muhammad Aadil

“…The purpose of the current systematic review was to respond to the following query: Does the rising level of fatty fried food consumption trigger the major autoimmune diseases such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematous, and multiple sclerosis? …”
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Topological transformation of microbial proteins into iron single-atom sites for selective hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis by Xiaofeng Xiao, Zechao Zhuang, Shuhu Yin, Jiexin Zhu, Tao Gan, Ruohan Yu, Jinsong Wu, Xiaochun Tian, Yanxia Jiang, Dingsheng Wang, Feng Zhao

“…These moieties resemble the structural features of nonheme Fe-dependent enzymes while being effectively confined on a microbe-derived, electrically conductive carbon support, enabling high-current density electrolysis. A comparative analysis involving catalysts derived from eleven representative microbes reveals that the presence of 0.05 wt% Fe single-atom sites leads to a significant 26% increase in hydrogen peroxide selectivity. …”
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Research Progress on Catalytic Conversion of Lignin to Chemicals by Xuezhi ZENG, Wenyu WANG, Minxian HUO, Yi QI, Xueqing QIU, Xuliang LIN, Yanlin QIN

“…Currently, lignin is primarily used for combustion to generate process heat. …”
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CONFRONTATION AND MUTUAL REFLECTION OF TWO WORLDS IN “THE GRASS DANCER” BY SUSAN POWER by Oksana G. Shostak

“…We have a desire to separate the indigenous tradition from the broad American, in particular, Anglo-American and recognize Indian writing as a component of the multicultural paradigm. Currently, there is a noticeable confrontation between two camps of literary critics: one of them is oriented to European literary theories and believes that they should form the basis of literary interpretations of indigenous writers’ works; another wing is determined by the need to clarify the peculiarities of the literary paradigm of “Indian realism” in the context of a globalized society taking into account new literary models of the perception of ethnic minorities. …”
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Optimizing AI models to predict esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk by incorporating small datasets of soft palate images by Kotaro Waki, Katsuya Nagaoka, Keishi Okubo, Masato Kiyama, Ryosuke Gushima, Kento Ohno, Munenori Honda, Akira Yamasaki, Kenshi Matsuno, Yoki Furuta, Hideaki Miyamoto, Hideaki Naoe, Motoki Amagasaki, Yasuhito Tanaka

“…Previously, we found that specific soft palate morphologies are strongly associated with increased ESCC risk. However, there is currently no artificial intelligence (AI) system that utilizes oral images for ESCC risk assessment. …”
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Natural and Waste Materials for Desulfurization of Gaseous Fuels and Petroleum Products by Iliya Iliev, Antonina Filimonova, Andrey Chichirov, Alena Vlasova, Ruzina Kamalieva, Ivan Beloev

“…Natural gas, refinery gas, and coal gas contain acid gases such as hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide. …”
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Enabling High-Level Worker-Centric Semantic Understanding of Onsite Images Using Visual Language Models with Attention Mechanism and Beam Search Strategy by Hui Deng, Kejie Fu, Binglin Yu, Huimin Li, Rui Duan, Yichuan Deng, Jia-rui Lin

“…Visual information is becoming increasingly essential in construction management. However, a significant portion of this information remains underutilized by construction managers due to the limitations of existing image processing algorithms. …”
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Excessive Fe Contamination in Secondary Al Alloys: Microstructure, Porosity, and Corrosion Behaviour by Helder Nunes, Rui Madureira, Manuel F. Vieira, Ana Reis, Omid Emadinia

“…The characterisation of aluminium casting alloys with iron concentrations exceeding current standards is essential, as upcycling has recently become a significant concern in achieving a more circular economy. …”
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The new peas variety “Pamyati Popova” by F. A. Davletov, G. М. Nigmatullina, К. P. Gaynullina, А. V. Pleshkov, F. F. Safn

“…According to the Competitive Variety Testing, the average yield increase of the variety “Pamyati Popova” was on 3.9 hwt/ha in 2016–2019. …”
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