Direct lateral interbody fusion with indirect decompression of the spinal roots in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis by Ilya D. Isakov, Abdugafur J. Sanginov, Shamil A. Akhmetyanov, Evgeniy A. Mushkachev, Artem N. Sorokin, Alexey V. Peleganchuk

“…Introduction Degenerative spine conditions involve the gradual loss of normal structure of the spine among the population and remain a common form of work-limiting health condition in 80 % of the population. …”

Collisional-Radiative modeling of unresolved transition array spectra near 200 Å from W17+-W25+ emissions for diagnostics of ITER edge plasma by R. Nishimura, T. Oishi, I. Murakami, D. Kato, H.A. Sakaue, S. Gupta, H. Ohashi, M. Goto, Y. Kawamoto, T. Kawate, H. Takahashi, K. Tobita

“…However,diagnosing the ion density, temperature, and spatial distribution of tungsten ions in intermediate charge states, such as W8+-W27+, is difficult because of the lack of spectral line data. In this study, we observed a tungsten Unresolved Transition Array (UTA) spectrum, which has a pseudo-continuum structure, around W20+ in the Extreme Ultraviolet wavelength region in the Large Helical Device (LHD). …”
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High-Performance Multilevel and Ambipolar Nonvolatile Organic Transistor Memory Using Small-Molecule SFDBAO and PS as Charge Trapping Elements by Lingzhi Jin, Wenjuan Xu, Yangzhou Qian, Tao Ji, Kefan Wu, Liang Huang, Feng Chen, Nanchang Huang, Shu Xing, Zhen Shao, Wen Li, Yuyu Liu, Linghai Xie

“…From the characterization of the 10% SFDBAO/PS based on ONVM, a sterically hindered small-molecule SFDBAO with rigid orthogonal configuration and a donor–acceptor (D-A) structure as a molecular-scale charge storage element demonstrated significantly higher charge trapping ability than other small-molecule materials such as C₆₀ and Alq₃. …”
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Pathophysiology and blood pressure measurements of hypertension in the elderly by Fan-Yu Chen, Chun-Wei Lee, Yu-Jen Chen, Yen-Hung Lin, Chih-Fan Yeh, Chih-Ching Lin, Hao-Min Cheng

“…Accurate blood pressure measurements are important to determine the prognosis and treatment in the elderly; however, obtaining reliable measurement data in this population is not always easy, as changes in cardiovascular structure and hemodynamics with aging may lead to increased blood pressure variability. …”
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Effects of Ultrasound Treatment on Emulsifying Properties of Pea Protein Isolates Obtained from Four Different Pea Flour Varieties by Fatma Dadi, Ahmed Taha, Lucas Sales Queiroz, Naaman Francisco Nogueira Silva, Ipek Altay, Yuri Kominami, Rodolphe Marie, Aberham Hailu Feyissa, Jens J. Sloth, Heidi Olander Petersen, Mauro Grandi, Giorgia Spigno, Federico Casanova

“…FTIR analysis detected differences in the protein secondary structure of the various cultivars and between the native and US-PPIs. …”
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PI3K/AKT signaling mediates stress-inducible amyloid formation through c-Myc by Emma Lacroix, Evgenia A. Momchilova, Sahil Chandhok, Mythili Padavu, Richard Zapf, Timothy E. Audas

“…As a recently identified structure, the modulators of A-body biogenesis remain uncharacterized, with the seeding noncoding RNA being the only known regulatory factor. …”
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Explaining the Earnings Management Prediction Model Using the Hybrid of Machine Learning Methods by Hassan Hassani, Esfandiar Malekian Kallehbasti, Yahya Kamyabi

“…In addition, the results indicated that the most important features for prediction are related to the auditor's features in the first place and then to the features of the company's ownership structure. In other words, investors should pay a lot of attention to the features of the auditor and the ownership structure of companies in predicting earnings management. …”
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Ordovician conodonts of the Katkoyeh formation in the Kuh-e-Bonorg section, Kalmard Horst (west of Tabas) by Mohammad Nezhadabbas, Abbas Ghaderi, Hadi Jahangir, Ali Reza Ashouri

“…The Katkoyeh formation with 214.8 meter thickness is divided into three lithostratigraphic members including the Lower Sandstone (mostly quartzarenite to litharenite), Middle Shale (red to green shales interbedded with some dolomitic and calcareous sandstones, in laminated wavy stromatolite structure at the base) and Upper Carbonate (limestones, dolostones and marls). …”
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Reduction of mangrove carbon stock ecosystems due to illegal logging using a combination of unmanned aerial vehicle imagery and field surveys by M. Basyuni, R. Amelia, A.A. Aznawi, A. Wirasatriya, S.B. Iryanthony, B. Slamet, S.S. Al Mustaniroh, R. Rahmania, Y.I. Rahmila, E. Sumarga, S.H. Larekeng, S. Salmo III, T. Kajita, I. Sivaipram, H.M. Ali

“…Both research sites produced orthophotos and digital surface models, and the integration of unmanned aerial vehicle with the photometry approach led to the development of the structure from motion method of data processing.FINDINGS: This study compared carbon stores in the mangrove forest of Lubuk Kertang Village in 2022 with carbon stock in 2023 or after the recurrence of illegal logging using an unmanned aerial vehicle photogrammetric field survey. …”
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Co-creating a person-centered creative engagement intervention for Parkinson's care by Blanca T. M. Spee, Blanca T. M. Spee, Blanca T. M. Spee, Thieme B. Stap, Thieme B. Stap, Marjoke Plijnaer, Gert Pasman, Sara Zeggio, Annelien Duits, Annelien Duits, Julia S. Crone, Suzanne Haeyen, Suzanne Haeyen, Matthew Pelowski, Matthew Pelowski, Bastiaan R. Bloem, Jan-Jurjen Koksma

“…Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.ResultsThe co-creation process resulted in a 10-week creative engagement intervention delivered in a “creative playground” setting. …”
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Sharing of cmeRABC alleles between C. coli and C. jejuni associated with extensive drug resistance in Campylobacter isolates from infants and poultry in the Peruvian Amazon by Kerry K. Cooper, Evangelos Mourkas, Francesca Schiaffino, Craig T. Parker, Tackeshy N. Pinedo Vasquez, Paul F. Garcia Bardales, Pablo Peñataro Yori, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Katia Manzanares Villanueva, Lucero Romaina Cachique, Hermann Silva Delgado, Matthew D. Hitchings, Steven Huynh, Samuel K. Sheppard, Ben Pascoe, Margaret N. Kosek

“…We investigated the population structure of genes in the cmeRABC operon and identified a potential genetic bottleneck for the cmeA and cmeB genes. …”
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STORY GRAMMAR AS A STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING NARRATIVE SKILLS IN THE CASE OF L2 ROMANIAN ADULT LEARNERS by Ștefania-Lucia TĂRĂU, Adelina Patricia BĂILĂ, Antonela-Carmen ARIEȘAN-SIMION

“…The results showed that teaching narrative strategies to students who learn a second language is a necessary step if one aims to impact the development of their ability to tell and retell and give them (self)assessment instruments that can foster access to SG strategy in L2 and provide tools for optimising structural organisation when producing oral or written texts in L2. …”
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Women Undergoing Donor IVF Treatment: The Moderating Role of Economic Independence in Isfahan by Heydar Zafari, Aliasghar Mohajerani, Sayed Naser Hejazi

“…Reliability analysis showed that all reflective scales and subscales exhibited internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha coefficients exceeding 0.90 or being very close to that threshold. Data analysis was conducted using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the Partial Least Squares (PLS) approach, utilizing SmartPLS4 software. …”
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Predicting coronavirus disease 2019 severity using explainable artificial intelligence techniques by Takuya Ozawa, Shotaro Chubachi, Ho Namkoong, Shota Nemoto, Ryo Ikegami, Takanori Asakura, Hiromu Tanaka, Ho Lee, Takahiro Fukushima, Shuhei Azekawa, Shiro Otake, Kensuke Nakagawara, Mayuko Watase, Katsunori Masaki, Hirofumi Kamata, Norihiro Harada, Tetsuya Ueda, Soichiro Ueda, Takashi Ishiguro, Ken Arimura, Fukuki Saito, Takashi Yoshiyama, Yasushi Nakano, Yoshikazu Muto, Yusuke Suzuki, Ryuya Edahiro, Koji Murakami, Yasunori Sato, Yukinori Okada, Ryuji Koike, Makoto Ishii, Naoki Hasegawa, Yuko Kitagawa, Katsushi Tokunaga, Akinori Kimura, Satoru Miyano, Seishi Ogawa, Takanori Kanai, Koichi Fukunaga, Seiya Imoto

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Sixty Degrees of Solutions: Field Techniques for Human–Jaguar Coexistence by John Polisar, Rafael Hoogesteijn, Almira Hoogesteijn, Diego Francis Passos Viana, Skarleth Johana Chinchilla Valdiviezo, Carlos Valderrama Vásquez, Allison Loretta Devlin, Ranni José Arias Herrera, Margaux Babola, Frederick Bauer, Ivonne Cassaigne Guasco, Chia Yu Chang, Daniel Corrales Gutiérrez, J. Antonio De la Torre, Wezddy Del Toro-Orozco, Aline Kotz, Duston Larsen, Nicolás Lodeiro Ocampo, Daniel Monzón, Carmen Angélica Morante Ascanio, Ricardo Daniel Ortiz-Hoyos, Pablo Gastón Perovic, Grasiela Edith de Oliviero Porfirio, María Fernanda Puerto Carrillo, Paul Raad, Thiago Reginato, Yina Paola Serna, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, Laura Villalba, Armand Ziller

“…Throughout this geographical breadth, jaguars represent an essential component of native biological diversity, but conflict revolving around real and perceived jaguar depredation on livestock is a factor in jaguar mortality. We developed a structured questionnaire to evaluate the effectiveness of anti-depredation strategies from northern Mexico to Argentina, collecting data from 11 countries and 248 livestock operations, 194 with efficacy metrics, and 24 with benefit–cost ratios (value of the livestock losses averted/cost of the intervention). …”
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PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEINS: identification, evolution and functional analysis in pear (Pyrus bretschneideri) by Chenyang Han, Qi Wang, Zhiyuan Su, Chaohui Li, Baodian Guo, Fanhang Zhang, Bao Tang, Yancun Zhao, Fengquan Liu, Shaoling Zhang

“…Phylogenetic, sequence similarity, and secondary structure analyses enabled the classification of several PRs with conserved sequences, including PR-11, PR-8, PR-15, and PR-16. …”
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A Multiscale Fractal Approach for Determining Cushioning Curves of Low-Density Polymer Foams by Mariela C. Bravo-Sánchez, Luis M. Palacios-Pineda, José L. Gómez-Color, Oscar Martínez-Romero, Imperio A. Perales-Martínez, Daniel Olvera-Trejo, Jorge A. Estrada-Díaz, Alex Elías-Zúñiga

“…A two-scale transform is employed to solve the mathematical model and predict the material’s behavior under impact loads, accounting for the fractal structure of the material’s molecular configuration. …”
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Selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural triggered bya high Lewis acidic Ni-based transition metal carbide catalyst by Rulu Huang, Jianchun Jiang, Jie Liang, Shanyong Wang, Yuwei Chen, Xianhai Zeng, Kui Wang

“…The high-efficiency conversion of biomass resources to biofuels has attracted widespread attention, and the active sites and synergistic effect of catalysts significantly impact their surface arrangement and electronic structure. Here, a nickel-based transition metal carbide catalyst (Ni/TMC) with high Lewis acidity was prepared by self-assembly of transition metal carbide (TMC) and nickel, which exhibited excellent performance on synergistic hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into liquid biofuel 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF). …”
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Using Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping and Genomic Resources to Improve Breeding Precision in Peaches: Current Insights and Future Prospects by Umar Hayat, Cao Ke, Lirong Wang, Gengrui Zhu, Weichao Fang, Xinwei Wang, Changwen Chen, Yong Li, Jinlong Wu

“…This study examines the complex genetic structure that underlies the morphology of peach fruits, paying special attention to the interaction between genome editing, genomic selection, and marker-assisted selection. …”
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The Cuitzeo granitic xenolith: evidence of an Early Miocene magma plumbing system in central Mexico by María del Sol Hernández-Bernal, Pedro Corona-Chávez, Noemí Trujillo-Hernández, Consuelo Macías-Romo, Dante Jaime Morán-Zenteno, Adrián Jiménez-Haro, Stefano Poli

“… Relevant data on the structure and composition of the crystalline basement in Central México can be found by means of plutonic, metamorphic, and sedimentary xenoliths transported by Neogene and Quaternary volcanic eruptions within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB). …”
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