HEIRES questionnaire: ensuring equality in health research by Cristina Rius, Rut Lucas-Domínguez

“…Results: For the first time, the questionnaire HEIRES assesses the integration of a gender perspective in a transversal way at all stages of biomedical research, from team composition to study development and dissemination. …”
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Occurrence of micropollutants in surface water and removal by catalytic wet peroxide oxidation enhanced filtration using polymeric membranes loaded with carbon nanotubes by Adriano S. Silva, Paulo Zadra Filho, Ana Paula Ferreira, Fernanda F. Roman, Arthur P. Baldo, Madeleine Rauhauser, Jose L. Diaz de Tuesta, Ana I. Pereira, Adrián M.T. Silva, Juliana M.T. Pietrobelli, Marzhan S. Kalmakhanova, Daniel D. Snow, Helder T. Gomes

“…Moreover, an innovative catalytic wet peroxide oxidation (CWPO) intensified filtration process was investigated as a possible water treatment solution, using composite polymeric membranes loaded with carbon nanotubes (CNTs). …”
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Environmental Filtering Effect Drives the Plant Species Distribution in Alpine Grasslands on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau by Yikang Cheng, Ding Li, Nadia I. Maaroufi, Jianling You, Wen Zhou, Wensheng Liu, Danhui Qi, Xiang Liu, Yuguo Wang, Xiaoyun Pan, Wenju Zhang, Ji Yang, Shurong Zhou, Zhiping Song

“…Both at the regional and the transect scale, environmental variables were shown to account for a larger proportion of the variation in species composition than spatial variables. …”
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Growth, physical, and cognitive function in children who are born HIV-free: School-age follow-up of a cluster-randomised trial in rural Zimbabwe. by Joe D Piper, Clever Mazhanga, Marian Mwapaura, Gloria Mapako, Idah Mapurisa, Tsitsi Mashedze, Eunice Munyama, Maria Kuona, Thombizodwa Mashiri, Kundai Sibanda, Dzidzai Matemavi, Monica Tichagwa, Soneni Nyoni, Asinje Saidi, Manasa Mangwende, Dzivaidzo Chidhanguro, Eddington Mpofu, Joice Tome, Gabriel Mbewe, Batsirai Mutasa, Bernard Chasekwa, Handrea Njovo, Chandiwana Nyachowe, Mary Muchekeza, Kuda Mutasa, Virginia Sauramba, Ceri Evans, Melissa J Gladstone, Jonathan C Wells, Elizabeth Allen, Melanie Smuk, Jean H Humphrey, Lisa F Langhaug, Naume V Tavengwa, Robert Ntozini, Andrew J Prendergast

“…Growth was assessed by anthropometry. Body composition was assessed by bioimpedance analysis and skinfold thicknesses. …”
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Evaluation of prognostic models to improve prediction of metastasis in patients following potentially curative treatment for primary colorectal cancer: the PROSPECT trial by Vicky Goh, Susan Mallett, Manuel Rodriguez-Justo, Victor Boulter, Rob Glynne-Jones, Saif Khan, Sarah Lessels, Dominic Patel, Davide Prezzi, Stuart Taylor, Steve Halligan

“…For our primary outcome, perfusion CT variables were added to the standard model as a composite (principal components) score. …”
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Identifying and Validating Indicators of Ritualism in the Iranian Higher Education System: A Mixed-Methods Study by Seyed Hedayat Davarpanah, Reza Hoveida, Mostafa Bagherian Far

“…Data analysis was performed concurrently with data collection, employing thematic analysis to interpret the findings. Given the variability in methods used in thematic analysis and the diverse perspectives of the experts, multiple titles and classifications for themes emerged. …”
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Sewage sludge from Taxco de Alarcón wastewater treatment plant as substrate to cultivate Panicum maximum by Erik Yoel Carreto-Morales, Jazmin Alaide López-Díaz, Mariana Martínez-Castrejón, Oscar Talavera-Mendoza, Roberto Carlos Almazán-Núñez, Giovanni Hernández-Flores

“…Furthermore, the chemical composition was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray energy dispersion spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) on the MG, SS, and PS. …”
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The Ore-forming Age of the Uranium Mineralization Associated with Precambrian Sedimentary-Metamorphic Iron Deposits in Eastern Liaoning Province and Reliability Analysis of Dating... by Xinyu SUN, Lixing LI, Houmin LI, Yongmei ZHANG, Jie MENG, Xiaosai LI, Yi WANG

“…The ore-forming fluids of different deposits of iron associated uranium deposits are all alkaline and oxidated but vary in fluid composition and temperature. This study highlights combined application of EPMA and LA-ICP-MS dating methods on uraninite, realizing the complementary advantages of spatial resolution and dating precision.…”
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Environmentally friendly synthesis of nanoporous silica materials using quercetin as a morphogenetic agent by A.R. Zare Hoseinabadi, E. Rafiei Taqanaki, S. Hafez Ghoran, A.M. Amani, H. Kamyab, A. Razmfarsa, E. Khalili, M. Yusuf, S. Rajendran

“…The study reveals the arrangement of quercetin, which acts as a model for the development of mesoporous silica nanoparticles, forming a supramolecular structure that facilitates silica binding. The composition of this supramolecular framework leads to unconventional and variable pore structures. …”
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Expression of lymphocyte subsets in the bone marrow of patients with acute myeloid leukemia and its influence on prognosis by NIE Jinhong, XIAO Jiebing, SHAO Yingchun, LI Chenghui, GAO Lu, MA Xiao, WU Xiaojin, ZHU Ziling

“…[Objective] To explore the correlation between the composition of bone marrow lymphocyte subsets and the clinical attributes observed in de novo AML patients, as well as their influence on prognosis. …”
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Optimizing anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy efficacy and fecal microbiota transplantation donor selection through gut mycobiome-based enterotype by Muni Hu, Xiaoqiang Zhu, Xiaowen Huang, Li Hua, Xiaolin Lin, Hangyu Zhang, Ye Hu, Tianying Tong, Lingxi Li, Baoqin Xuan, Ying Zhao, Yilu Zhou, Jinmei Ding, Yanru Ma, Yi Jiang, Lijun Ning, Yue Zhang, Zhenyu Wang, Jing-Yuan Fang, Youwei Zhang, Xiuying Xiao, Jie Hong, Huimin Chen, Jiantao Li, Haoyan Chen

“…Summary: Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment, but response variability remains a challenge. The gut microbiome’s role in therapeutic efficacy is well established, but the impact of the gut mycobiome is less understood. …”
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Habitat Characteristics and the Species Response of Astragalus curvirostris Boiss. to the Environmental Factors in Lorestan Rangelands by Reza Siahmansour, Nadia Kamali, Hamid Reza Mirdavoodi, Javad Motamedi

“…The generalized additive model is a simple method for investigating species' reactions to environmental variables, and the results can be easily interpreted. …”
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Seasonal reversal in phytoplankton assembly mechanisms: stochastic dominance in autumn vs. deterministic control in spring within the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River by Dahai Zeng, Dahai Zeng, Dahai Zeng, Houkuan Ding, Houkuan Ding, Houkuan Ding, Yuanyuan Tang, Yuanyuan Tang, Yuanyuan Tang, Yunni Gao, Yunni Gao, Yunni Gao, Jialin Jin, Jialin Jin, Jialin Jin, Xiaofei Gao, Xiaofei Gao, Xiaofei Gao, Jingxiao Zhang, Jingxiao Zhang, Jingxiao Zhang, Huatao Yuan, Huatao Yuan, Huatao Yuan, Jing Dong, Jing Dong, Jing Dong, Xuejun Li, Xuejun Li, Xuejun Li

“…Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) based on Bray–Curtis distances showed significant seasonal differences in phytoplankton community composition. Furthermore, β-diversity decomposition analysis revealed that turnover was the dominant component in both seasons, but the proportion of nestedness was significantly higher in spring compared to autumn (p < 0.05). …”
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Ejercicio Físico es efectivo para la rehabilitación de la presión y rigidez arterial en adultos con hipertensión (Exercise training is effective for arterial stiffness and blood pr... by Cristian Alvarez, Luis Peñailillo, Paulina Ibacahe, Marcelo Tuesta, Daniel Jerez-Mayorga, Jaroslaw Domaradski, David C. Andrade, Omar Andrade-Mayorga, Johnattan Cano-Montoya, Pedro Delgado-Floody

“…The participants underwent 6 weeks of concurrent training with 5 min of high-intensity interval plus 5 min of resistance training (CTHIIT+RT), where systolic pulse wave velocity of the brachial artery (PWVba) (primary outcome) and additional secondary blood pressure, body composition, and vascular outcomes were measured before and after 6 weeks of intervention. …”
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The utility of dynamic forest structure from GEDI lidar fusion in tropical mammal species distribution models by Patrick Burns, Zaneta Kaszta, Samuel A. Cushman, Samuel A. Cushman, Jedediah F. Brodie, Jedediah F. Brodie, Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Patrick Jantz, Mairin Deith, Matthew Scott Luskin, James G. C. Ball, Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan, David F. R. P. Burslem, Susan M. Cheyne, Susan M. Cheyne, Iding Haidir, Iding Haidir, Andrew James Hearn, Eleanor Slade, Peter J. Williams, David W. Macdonald, Scott J. Goetz

“…For the SDM analyses, we tested several combinations of predictor sets and found that when considering a large pool of multiscale predictors, the exact composition, and whether GEDI Fusion predictors were included, didn’t have a large impact on generalized linear modeling (GLM) and Random Forest (RF) model performance. …”
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Petrology and Geochemistry of the Aroud Granitoid Pluton, North of Alam Kuh, Central Western Alborz by Shadi Noori KHeymehsari, Nematollah Rashidnejad Omran, Mohammadreza Ghorbani, Huai-jen yang

“…., 2014) have characterized their calc-alkaline to alkaline nature and syn-orogenic emplacement, with examples such as the Parachan intrusion exhibiting intermediate compositions (monzonite-monzodiorite) and shoshonitic to metaluminous geochemical signatures.Regional GeologyGiven the significance of understanding magmatism and related processes in the context of Neogene tectonomagmatic events in Iran, a detailed petrological and geochemical investigation of the Aroud intrusive body, located north of Alam Kuh and previously unstudied, is warranted. …”
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Unearthing the climate history of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile – deep drilling in two clay pans of the Coastal Cordillera by V. Wennrich, J. Diederich-Leicher, B. N. Blanco-Arrué, B. N. Blanco-Arrué, C. Büttner, S. Buske, E. Campos Sepulveda, T. Dunai, J. Feller, E. Galego, A. Hasberg, N. Leicher, D. A. López, J. Maldonado, A. Medialdea, A. Medialdea, L. Ninnemann, L. Ninnemann, R. Perryman, J. C. Ríos-Contesse, B. Ritter, S. Scheidt, B. Vargas-Machuca, P. Yogeshwar, P. Yogeshwar, M. Melles

“…</p> <p>Lithological data and downhole-logging results of the deep-drilling operations reveal strong heterogeneities in the sediment composition that presumably can be traced back to major climatic and/or tectonic shifts in the catchments of the clay pans. …”
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Characteristics of demersal fish community structure during summer hypoxia in the Pearl River Estuary, China by Han Lai, Sheng Bi, Huadong Yi, Haiyang Li, Xuchong Wei, Gongpei Wang, Dingli Guo, Xuange Liu, Jiahui Chen, Qiuxian Chen, Zhilun Zhang, Shuang Liu, Chenlei Huang, Li Lin, Guifeng Li

“…Hypoxia has varied effects on fish community composition, distribution, species, and functional diversity in the PRE. …”
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Evaluation of Understory Plant Species Biodiversity in Buaxus hyrcana Habitats within Hyrcanian Forests by alireza Bijani-Nejad, Asghar Fallah, Hamid Jalilund, Hamed Asadi

“…The hemi-cryptophytes (65 species, 34.94%), phanerophytes (40 species, 21.5%), geophytes (37 species, 19.90%), trophytes (36 species, 19.35%), and cryptophytes (5 species, 69.2%) dominated the vegetation composition of Hyrkanian boxwood habitats. Kamephytes were the rarest biological form in the region with a percentage (3 species). …”
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Investigating the Effects of Debt Convergence of Companies on the Speed of Capital Structure Adjustment Considering the Time Horizon by Sayed Mojtaba Ahmadi, Mehdi Agha Beik Zadeh, Afsaneh Soroushyar

“…It is essential to evaluate the optimal composition based on the convergence of a company's capital structure with its industry peers or other comparable companies in the same geographic region or country. …”
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