L-Malic Acid Descaler for Drinking Water—Physicochemical Analysis and Biological Activity by Teodora Todorova, Krassimir Boydzhiev, Ignat Ignatov, Teodora Petrova Popova, Zhechko Dimitrov, Irina Gotova, Fabio Huether, Alexander Ignat Ignatov, Yordan Georgiev Marinov

“…The L-malic acid descaler contains L-malic acid as the active component, while polyethylene and activated charcoal function as structural and absorbent materials, respectively. The composition was analyzed in a licensed laboratory using Chemical Abstracts Service Number (CAS) and European List of Notified Chemical Substances (EINECS) standards. …”
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Photobiomodulation improves functional recovery after mild traumatic brain injury by Andrew R. Stevens, Mohammed Hadis, Abhinav Thareja, Freya G. Anderson, Michael R. Milward, Valentina Di Pietro, Antonio Belli, William Palin, David J. Davies, Zubair Ahmed

“…Histology demonstrated no overt structural damage in the brain after mTBI, however, immunohistochemistry using brain sections showed significantly reduced activation of both CD11b+ microglia and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)+ astrocytes at 3 days post‐injury. …”
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Proton Density of the Dorsal Root Ganglia in Classical Fabry Disease: MRI Correlates of Small Fibre Neuropathy by Simon Weiner, Sarah Perleth, Charlotte Schäfer Gómez, Thomas Kampf, Kolja Lau, Florian Hessenauer, György Homola, Peter Nordbeck, Nurcan Üçeyler, Claudia Sommer, Mirko Pham, Magnus Schindehütte

“…The dorsal root ganglion (DRG) has emerged as a critical site of early pathophysiological involvement in FD, with structural and functional alterations implicated in the development of neuropathic symptoms. …”
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“You do it for the patient”: a qualitative analysis of changes to primary care nurses’ workplace demands and resources during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada by Sarah Spencer, Lindsay Hedden, Julia Lukewich, Emily Gard Marshall, Maria Mathews, Samina Idrees, Jennifer E. Isenor, Ruth Martin-Misener, Leslie Meredith, Crystal Vaughan, Dana Ryan, Dana Ryan

“…Using the National Academy of Medicine's systems model of clinician burnout and professional wellbeing, we categorized participants’ experiences according to their job demands and job resources. …”
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Systematic review and network meta-analysis of retinal imaging biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases: Correlation with brain changes by Farzaneh Nikparast, Zohreh Ganji, Hoda Zare, Nooshin Akbari-Sharak

“…Introduction: The retina and brain share a common embryonic origin and neural composition. Both undergo structural, vascular, and physiological changes in neurodegenerative diseases (NDs). …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Healthcare Workers in a Mexican Tertiary Care Hospital by José Ángel Hernández-Mariano, Mónica Alethia Cureño-Díaz, Verónica Fernández-Sánchez, Estibeyesbo Said Plascencia-Nieto, Dulce Milagros Razo-Blanco-Hernández, Claudia Vázquez-Zamora, Víctor Hugo Gutiérrez-Muñoz, Beatriz Leal-Escobar, Erika Gómez-Zamora, Yanelly Estrella Morales-Vargas

“…Sociodemographic and occupational data were collected through a structured questionnaire. LTBI screening was performed using the tuberculin skin test (TST), with positive results confirmed via the QuantiFERON-TB Gold assay. …”
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Segregation-guided alloy design via tailored solidification behavior by Ahmet Turnali, Dilay Kibaroglu, Nico Evers, Jaqueline Gehlmann, Lennart Sayk, Nicolas J. Peter, Abdelrahman Elsayed, Mehdi Noori, Tarek Allam, Johannes Henrich Schleifenbaum, Christian Haase

“…The suggested segregation-guided design approach can be transferred to other alloy systems, enabling effective tuning of local functional, structural, kinetic, and, as shown in this study, thermodynamic properties of dendritic microstructures by predetermining the nature of the alloy matrix through tailored solidification behavior.…”
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Impact of surface irregularities on coal wall stability and support mechanisms: Insights from physical and numerical experiments by Jiachen Wang, Xiang Yu, Zhong Huang, Lianghui Li, Yubing Wang

“…During the loading process, samples with undulating surfaces dissipate energy at all stages, with a greater proportion of energy dissipation occurring during the early loading stage because of structural damage and the formation of internal cracks. …”
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Obesity-induced arterial redox imbalance involving mitochondrial NOX4, endothelial dysfunction, and ER stress underlie kidney injury compensated by enhanced mitochondrial bioenerge... by Cristina Contreras, Mercedes Muñoz, Óscar Freire-Agulleiro, Ánxela Estévez, María Pilar Martínez, Lucia Olmos, Alfonso Gómez del Val, Claudia Rodríguez, Ramona A. Silvestre, Ana Sánchez, Sara Benedito, Luis Rivera, Javier Sáenz-Medina, Miguel López, María Elvira López-Oliva, Dolores Prieto

“…We demonstrate here that HFD induces kidney injury and structural alterations including glomerulomegalia and fibrosis associated to redox imbalance with augmented mitochondrial superoxide, endothelial dysfunction, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in renal preglomerular arteries. …”
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Novel Hybrid Aquatic–Aerial Vehicle to Survey in High Sea States: Initial Flow Dynamics on Dive and Breach by Matthew J. Ericksen, Keith F. Joiner, Nicholas J. Lawson, Andrew Truslove, Georgia Warren, Jisheng Zhao, Ahmed Swidan

“…Examining the medium transition dynamics of such a novel HAAV has provided insight into the structural, propulsive, buoyancy, and control requirements for future conceptual design iterations. …”
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The issue of credibility between customers’ perceptions and the attitude toward Facebook advertising by Jassim Al-Gasawneh, Abdullah AlSokkar, Mahmoud Alghizzawi, Tahreer Abu Hmeidan, Deemah Alarabiat, Ahmed Alamro

“…This sample was chosen due to students’ high engagement with social media and their relevance as future marketing professionals, yielding 277 valid responses to be analyzed, and the hypotheses were tested using smart PLS through Structural Equation Modelling. The analysis revealed that Perceived Interactivity, Advertising Avoidance, and Privacy positively impacted attitudes towards Facebook advertisements, with coefficients and significance levels as follows: β = 0.122, t = 5.545, p < 0.003, β = 0.324, t = 2.643, p < 0.002, and β = 0.046, t = 3.833, p < 0.003, respectively. …”
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Detection of Oral Beta-Lactam Antibiotics Using a Taste Sensor with Surface-Modified Lipid/Polymer Membranes by Takahiro Uchida, Ziyi Jiang, Zeyu Zhao, Shunsuke Kimura, Takeshi Onodera, Kiyoshi Toko

“…This study investigates the potential of the 3-Br-2,6-DHBA-modified sensor membrane for detecting other drug classes. Eleven structurally diverse drugs—including caffeine, antibiotics, antivirals, analgesic-antipyretics from the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children—were tested, as they were previously undetectable by a conventional bitterness sensor. …”
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Low intensity rTMS in adolescent mice affects visuomotor behaviour with no impact on visual topography by Maitri Tomar, Joseph JF Pow, Marissa A Penrose-Menz, Jamie L Beros, Aleksandra Miljevic, Bruno Meloni, Jennifer Rodger

“…However, the adolescent brain is still undergoing structural and functional changes and the effect of rTMS on neurodevelopment is not understood. …”
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Characterization, Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Activities of Quercetin-Eucommia ulmoides Polysaccharide Nanoparticles by Xiaoxia LIN, Li ZHU, Jingyi MA, Zhiqiang FENG, Tianlin WANG, Jiansheng ZHAO, Lianjun SONG, Xianqing HUANG, Qiuyan ZHAO, Tiange LI

“…The stability of the nanomaterial was characterized through the measurement of particle size, polydispersity index (PDI), and Zeta potential. The structural characterization of the nanoparticles was conducted by transmission electron microscopy, UV-VIS spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and other methods. …”
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The antioxidant property of CAPE depends on TRPV1 channel activation in microvascular endothelial cells by Miltha Hidalgo, Bárbara Railef, Vania Rodríguez, Carolina Navarro, Vanessa Rubio, Jorge Meneses-Pacheco, Sandra Soto-Alarcón, Christine Kreindl, Carolina Añazco, Leandro Zuñiga, Omar Porras

“…Herein, we hypothesized that a subfamily of TRP ion channels works as the molecular entity that recognizes CAPE at the plasma membrane and allows a fast shift in the antioxidant capacity of intact endothelial cells (EC).By monitoring cytoplasmic Ca2+ in a microvascular EC model, we compared the calcium responses evoked by three structurally related compounds: caffeic acid phenethyl ester, neochlorogenic acid and caffeic acid. …”
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What factors explain the much higher diabetes prevalence in Russia compared with Norway? Major sex differences in the contribution of adiposity by Sarah Wild, Sofia Malyutina, Maria Averina, Anne Elise Eggen, Sarah Cook, Alexander V Kudryavtsev, David A Leon, Tom Wilsgaard, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Olena Iakunchykova

“…Diabetes was defined by the level of glycated hemoglobin and/or self-reported diabetes and/or diabetes medication use. Marginal structural models were used to estimate the role of key risk factors for diabetes in differences between the studies.Results Age-standardized prevalence of diabetes was higher in KYH compared with Tromsø 7 in men (11.6% vs 6.2%) and in women (13.2% vs 4.3%). …”
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Phthalate-Induced Liver Protection against Deleterious Effects of the Th1 Response: A Potentially Serious Health Hazard by Mostafa Z. Badr, Alexander Shnyra, Mikhail Zoubine, Maxim Norkin, Betty Herndon, Tim Quinn, Roberto N. Miranda, Michael L. Cunningham, Agostino Molteni

“…Animals with Th1 response (group II) showed a marked structural disruption in the hepatic lobule. Remarkably, these alterations were conspicuously absent in animals which received DEHP (group IV), despite noticeable accumulation of T cells in the periportal triads. …”
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Research and application of Gaussian coupled control bistable stochastic resonance system with independent parameter regulation by Tiantian Hou, Shangbin Jiao, Yi Wang, Nianlong Song, Jianghua Li, Wenchuan Cui

“…The structural parameters of the GBCSR system are co-optimized using the Brain Storm Optimization (BSO) algorithm. …”
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Vaccine decision-making among pregnant women: a protocol for a cross-sectional mixed-method study in Brazil, Ghana, Kenya and Pakistan [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approv... by Prachi Singh, Jessica L Schue, Emily S Miller, Berhaun Fesshaye, Ruth A Karron, Shanelle Quinn, Maria Laura Costa, Renato T Souza, Kwasi Torpey, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, Emefa Modey, Caroline Dinam Badzi, Ferdinand Okwaro, Chris Guure, Sarah Saleem, Muhammad Asim, Saleem Jessani, Haleema Yasmeen, Sidrah Nausheen, Vanessa Brizuela, Grace Belayneh, Rupali J Limaye, Sami Gottlieb, Marleen Temmerman

“…Data collection includes cross-sectional surveys in pregnant women and semi-structured in-depth interviews with both pregnant and postpartum women. …”
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Towards a ‘theory of change’ for ocean plastics: a socio-oceanography approach to the global challenge of plastic pollution by Alice A. Horton, Lesley Henderson, Cressida Bowyer, Winnie Courtene-Jones, Samantha L. Garrard, Nieke Monika Kulsum, Deirdre McKay, Imali Manikarachchige, Sreejith Sreekumar, Thomas Stanton

“…Relating to socio-oceanography, we argue that structural power imbalances in terms of how diverse communities and natural scientists are traditionally positioned within academic research mean that ‘formal’ scientific knowledge is frequently privileged, and members of communities risk being positioned as ’empty vessels’. …”
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