Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are associated with sleep-related disorders in adults: the potential mediating role of inflammation by Bin Yang, Mengqing Yan, Zhiguang Gu, Zeming Niu, Jing Sun, Jingwen Guo, Qi Wang, Yongli Yang, Wei Wang

“…Methods This study utilized data from adult participants (≥ 20 years of age) in the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2008. …”
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Quantifying clinic transfers among people living with HIV in the Western Cape, South Africa: a retrospective spatial analysis by Christopher J Colvin, Mark N Lurie, Ana Lucia Espinosa Dice, Angela M Bengtson, Kevin M Mwenda

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Lifestyle counselling by Dutch occupational health professionals and its determinants: a cross-sectional study by Petra A.W.V. Beurskens-Comuth, Giny Norder, Willem van Rhenen, Angelique E. de Rijk, Inge Houkes

“…Conclusion While a significant number of Dutch OHPs practise lifestyle counselling, there is room for improvement by addressing barriers and enhancing self-efficacy. Training and structural support are recommended to increase the prevalence and quality of lifestyle counselling and referrals to CLI. …”
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LPA₃: Pharmacodynamic Differences Between Lysophosphatidic Acid and Oleoyl-Methoxy Glycerophosphothionate: Biased Agonism, Two Sites by K. Helivier Solís, M. Teresa Romero-Ávila, Ruth Rincón-Heredia, Juan Carlos Martínez-Morales, J. Adolfo García-Sáinz

“…These findings suggest that two binding sites for these agonists might exist in the LPA₃ receptor, one showing a very high affinity for OMPT and another likely shared by LPA and OMPT (structural analogs) with lower affinity.…”
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Using the socioecological model to explore factors associated with obesity among reproductive age women by Amanda Gilbert, Alicia Persaud, Sarah Farabi, Sarah Farabi, Cindy Schwarz, Debra Haire-Joshu, Rachel G. Tabak

“…Future studies should investigate structural determinants (e.g., economic, neighborhood and physical environment), which may drive physical activity and food insecurity.…”
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Chromosome-scale scaffolds of the fungus gnat genome reveal multi-Mb-scale chromosome-folding interactions, centromeric enrichments of retrotransposons, and candidate telomere sequ... by John M. Urban, Susan A. Gerbi, Allan C. Spradling

“…Extensive analysis supports the chromosome identity and structural accuracy of the scaffolds, demonstrating they are co-linear with historical polytene maps, consistent with evolutionary expectations, and have accurate centromere positions, chromosome lengths, and copy numbers. …”
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Evolution of the system of environmental taxes and charges in the Russian Federation by E. B. Shuvalova, M. S. Gordienko, N. V. Sibatulina

“…The aim of the study is to summarize information on the structural elements of the system of environmental taxes, fees and payments in the Russian Federation. …”
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Elucidating associations between technetium pyrophosphate scintigraphy, echocardiography and cardiac biomarkers in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis by Bennett Di Giovanni, Dakota Gustafson, Priya Arivalagan, Mitchell B Adamson, Julie Vishram-Nielsen, Diego Delgado

“…Conversely, the heart-to-contralateral lung ratio, a quantitative index derived from 99mTc-PYP scintigraphy, did not show significant correlations with cardiac biomarkers (logBNP and logTroponin), but demonstrated significant associations with LV mass (β=134.52, p=0.001) and IVSd (β=0.46, p=0.002) in patients with ATTRm.Conclusions These data suggest strong associations exist between cardiac biomarkers, structural echocardiographic changes and 99mTc-PYP scintigraphy, emphasising the importance of a multipronged diagnostic approach stratified by genotype.…”
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Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Insights into Quality Formation of Orange-Red Carrot (<i>Daucus carota</i> L.) During Maturation by Chongzhen Gao, Hongtao Zhang, Jiayu Wang, Ziqing Guo, Ruixue Shen, Weilong Zhu, Tianyue Song, Hongxia Song

“…Using Liquid Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS) metabolomics, we systematically profiled metabolic dynamics during orange-red carrot maturation, with large-scale compound detection, structural identification, and absolute quantification. …”
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Nanogel drug delivery system loaded with Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Neem) for potential treatment of wound infection: development and characterization by Nafiu Aminu, Deghinmotei Alfred-Ugbenbo, Oni Moradeke, Momoh Audu Mumuni, Nura Muhammad Umar, Nuhu Tanko, Veera Raghavulu Bitra, Florah Tshepo Moshapa, Thatayaone Monkgogi, Chan Siok-Yee

“…Results Phytochemical screening of ethanolic extract of A. indica leaves indicated the presence of saponins, flavonoids, glycosides, tannins, alkaloids, steroids, terpenoids, and anthraquinones. The characterization data revealed that the developed NG formulations are nanosized in the ranges of 140–440 nm and 190–610 nm for blank NG and A. indica extract-loaded NG, respectively, and have mostly spherical structures. …”
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Callus Culture of <i>Aralia cordata</i> Thunb.: Obtaining, Selection of Cultivating Conditions, Somatic Embryogenesis Induction by D. A. Nekrasova, M. N. Povydysh, N. S. Pivovarova, K. O. Sidorov

“…The Linsmaier – Skoog medium with a reduced amount of sucrose (20 g/l) was recognized as the most suitable medium for long-term maintenance of cultures. Embryoid structures of Aralia cordata have been obtained, now we are continuing to collect analytics data about this process. …”
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Critical care, critical gaps: assessment of burnout and behavioral profiles of ICU healthcare workers in China—a multicenter cross-sectional study by Chao Qing Zhang, Xing Li, Lei He, BinBin Xu, Yan Wu, Junjie He, Wei Wang, Zhong Qian Lu

“…This study shows the KAP model’s role in crafting scalable, data-driven prevention strategies for critical care.…”
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The Effect of Applying the Lean Manufacturing System on The Cost of Products in the Food Industry Sector by Applying it to the Sarayo Alwadiya Factories Group for Food Industries by Mohammed Al Raee

“…The study used the descriptive analytical method, and it depended on the questionnaire tool to collect primary data, who are (75) employees, and the method of structural analysis has been applied Multilevel to devise the lean manufacturing system variale based on the idea of the interaction of the dimensions of the independent variable and measure its effect on the cost of products in the group. …”
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Comparing the psychometric evidence of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) between Spanish and Chinese primary schoolteachers: insights from classical test theor... by Xu Wang, Cui-Hong Cao, Xiao-Ling Liao, Xing-Yong Jiang, Mark D. Griffiths, I-Hua Chen, Chung-Ying Lin, Olga Malas

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Multi-Scale Crack Detection and Quantification of Concrete Bridges Based on Aerial Photography and Improved Object Detection Network by Liming Zhou, Haowen Jia, Shang Jiang, Fei Xu, Hao Tang, Chao Xiang, Guoqing Wang, Hemin Zheng, Lingkun Chen

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A community health worker-delivered intervention (STEPS) to support chronic pain self-management among older adults in an underserved urban community: protocol for a randomized tri... by Mary R. Janevic, Rebecca Lindsay, Elizabeth Brines, Kimberlydawn Wisdom, Sheria G. Robinson-Lane, Robin Brewer, Susan L. Murphy, John Piette, Leslie Grijalva, Michael Anderson, Jaye Clement, Courtney Latimer

“…African American older adults are especially at risk due to the health-damaging effects of structural racism. The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a chronic pain self-management intervention tailored for this context. …”
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Knowledge management practices in oil companies by Yu. A. Bezginova, T. A. Garanina, D. V. Kudryavtsev, A. Yu. Pleshkova

“…This article used the analysis of secondary data sources, and also reviewed in detail two cases, describing KM in the activities of oil companies in Russia. …”
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The effect of physical activity on resilience of Chinese children: the chain mediating effect of executive function and emotional regulation by Yifan Xu, Kai Qi, Shuqiao Meng, Xiaoxiao Dong, Shimeng Wang, Dandan Chen, Aiguo Chen

“…SPSS 29.0 and AMOS 29.0 were used for data analysis and structural equation model testing. …”
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Large-scale shaking table test and numerical analysis of seismic performance of geocell retaining wall by Feifei Jin, Feifei Jin, Feifei Jin

“…The following conclusions are derived from the aforementioned data: (1) The results indicate that as seismic amplitude increases, the lateral confinement pressure within the cells, the peak horizontal displacement, and the slope crest settlement all increase gradually. …”
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Genome content reorganization in the non-model ciliate Chilodonella uncinata: insights into nuclear architecture, DNA content, and chromosome fragmentation during macronuclear deve... by Ragib Ahsan, Xyrus X. Maurer-Alcalá, Laura A. Katz

“…ABSTRACT Ciliates are a model lineage for studies of genome architecture given their unusual genome structures. All ciliates have both somatic macronuclei (MAC) and germline micronuclei (MIC), both of which develop from a zygotic nucleus following sex (i.e., conjugation). …”
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