Frailty prevalence and its associations in a subacute geriatric ward in Singapore by Christine Yuanxin Chen, Thulasi Chandran, Vivian Cantiller Barrera, Rachelle Tumbokon Tan-Pantanao, Tanya Joy Zapata Quicho, Zin Tun Thant, Kiat Sern Goh

“…Data on history of healthcare utilisation, medications, length of stay, selected blood investigations and presence of geriatric syndromes were also collected. Results: The prevalence of pre-frailty (CFS 4) and frailty (CFS ≥ 5) was 16.2% and 63.4%, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of PM2.5 Surface Concentrations Simulated by NASA’s MERRA Version 2 Aerosol Reanalysis over India and its Relation to the Air Quality Index by Chimurkar D. Navinya, V. Vinoj, Satyendra K. Pandey

“…While the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) measured exceedances of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) on 34% of the days, MERRA-2’s prediction was only 11%, and its estimate of the annual average PM2.5 concentration across all of the sites was also negatively biased, by ~27 µg m−3. Correlations of 0.96 and 0.6 were found between the estimates and the measurements for the monthly and the daily averaged concentrations, respectively; these numbers can be dramatically improved by applying a simple bias correction. …”
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Probable Relationship between COVID-19, Pollutants and Meteorology: A Case Study at Santiago, Chile by Giovanni A. Salini, Patricio R. Pacheco, Eduardo Mera, María C. Parodi

“…The largest Lyapunov exponent as well as the Kolmogorov entropy were positive which also exhibits chaos. The Hurst exponent was found to be greater than 0.5 and less than 1 for all time-series, indicating positive long-term autocorrelation. …”
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Aspergillus terreus variant TB21 wet biomass optimized by in-situ transesterification for biodiesel production by Rashmi K. Bed, V. Ravi Kumar, Ameeta RaviKumar

“…Physico-chemical properties of TB21-derived biodiesel were determined, namely, density(0.88 g cm−3), kinematic viscosity (4.1 mm s−2), iodine value (96.82), cetane number (55.31), free fatty acid content (0.15%), total acid number (0.3 NaOH mg g−1), meeting international (ASTM D6751, EN 14214) and Indian (IS 15607) standards. …”
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Comparison of Airborne Bacterial Populations Determined by Passive and Active Air Sampling at puy de Dôme, France by Kevin P. Dillon, Romie Tignat-Perrier, Muriel Joly, Sydonia N. C. M. Grogan, Catherine Larose, Pierre Amato, Gediminas Mainelis

“…These methods are used by active samplers that require an air mover and power, but this requirement can also represent a major constraint in field studies. …”
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Maximally PCB-Space-Saving Hybrid Integration of Millimeter-Wave and Microwave Antennas for 5G and B5G Smartphones by Huan-Chu Huang, Jie Wu, Shuang Cui

“…As a result, this presented hybrid antenna integration scheme is a compelling total solution of millimeter-wave and microwave antennas for more advanced 5G and B5G handsets. Also, simulated and measured performance of the integrated millimeter-wave and microwave antennas shows good agreement.…”
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Zero-day exploits detection with adaptive WavePCA-Autoencoder (AWPA) adaptive hybrid exploit detection network (AHEDNet) by Ahmed A. Mohamed, Abdullah Al-Saleh, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Ghanshyam G. Tejani

“…The experimental results show the proposed model outperforms the other models of dataset 1 in accuracy of 0.988086 and 0.990469, precision of 0.987976 and 0.990628, recall of 0.988298 and 0.990435, with the lowest Hamming Loss of 0.011914 and 0.009531, also, the proposed model outperforms the other models of dataset 2 in accuracy of 0.9819 and 0.9919, precision of 0.9868 and 0.9968, recall of 0.9813 and 0.9923, with the lowest Hamming Loss of 0.0209 and 0.0109, thus the proposed model outperformed the other models in detecting zero-day exploits.…”
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Therapeutic potential of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) on new models of asthma immune pathobiology: A review by VR Bataduwaarachchi, DCJ Liyanage, SMN Hansanie, HDSM Perera, LG D'Cruz

“…Results: The administration of s-allyl-cysteine mercapto-l-cysteine (SAC) suppresses inflammatory events in asthma by specifically downregulating TH2 cytokines. It also reduces vital key proinflammatory mediators, including IL-6, PGE2, and COX2, which are vital in asthma pathogenesis. …”
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Red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus), a superfruit rich in betacyanins pigments with antioxidative potential for hepatoprotection: A review by Teck Wei Lim, Renee Lay Hong Lim, Liew Phing Pui, Chin Ping Tan, Chun Wai Ho

“…In addition, the bioavailability [antioxidant (hepatoprotective) activity, bio-accessibility and absorption], stability and different conventional and new processing techniques (such as fermentation and food additive incorporation) of the RDF main bioactive pigments, betacyanins were also covered and discussed with other betacyanins sources. …”
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Circadian rhythm related genes signature in glioma for drug resistance prediction: a comprehensive analysis integrating transcriptomics and machine learning by Junbo Liao, Yingxing Duan, Xiangwang Xu, Yaxue Liu, Chaohong Zhan, Gelei Xiao

“…The relationship between CRRGs and chemosensitivity was also confirmed by IC 50 (half maximal inhibitory concentration) analysis. …”
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Serological epidemiology analysis of Cytomegalovirus infection in pregnant women in Diwaniyah, Iraq by Mohsen Abdul Khadhur Al-Zubaidi, Seyed Masoud Hosseini, Mohsen Abdul Nemah Al-Roudhan, Maather Baqer Hussein Al-Harmooshee

“…The HCMV infection rate in rural and urban areas were (96.48%) and (95.26%), respectively, with no significant differences (P value>0.05). Also, the rate of miscarriages among pregnant women infected with HCMV was 28.83%, and the highest infection rate (30.51%) was recorded in the age group 26-35 years. …”
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Contextual determinates of under-five malnutrition in mining communities: a critical review of nutrition interventions for optimal impact by Herbert Tato Nyirenda, David Mulenga, Hilda Nyambe-Silavwe

“…Understanding these factors is essential for designing interventions that are not only effective but also sustainable and culturally appropriate.…”
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E6AP is essential for the proliferation of HPV-positive cancer cells by preventing senescence. by Alicia Avenhaus, Milica Velimirović, Julia Bulkescher, Martin Scheffner, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, Karin Hoppe-Seyler

“…Thus, although the downregulation of either E6 or E6AP expression also acts partially pro-apoptotic, HPV-positive cancer cells surviving E6 repression proliferate further, whereas they become irreversibly growth-arrested upon E6AP repression. …”
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Effects of Water Deficit on Growth, Biomass Allocation and Photosynthesis of <i>A. senegal</i> Seedlings from Nguru and Gujba Provinces of Yobe State, North Eastern Nigeria by A.U. Jibo, M.G. Barker

“…There was no statistical difference in quantum yield between the two provenances (F1, 84 =0.15, P=0.695) and interaction between treatment and provenances was also not significant (F2, 84= 2.14, P=0.124). mean root length between the provenances were significantly different (F2,84 =0.60, P< 0.001) however Root length was not statistically significant between treatments (F2,84= 0.60, P= 0.550). …”
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The involvement of reactive oxygen species in wounding-induced archeospores production in Neopyropia yezoensis by Dahai Gao, Chaofeng Teng, Xinghong Yan

“…Under 0.1 μM DPI treatment, no archeospores were released from the fragments, and ROS fluorescence was also undetectable in the fragments. Our findings proved that ROS are essential for wounding-induced archeospores production, which might play regulatory roles in the cell dedifferentiation of N. yezoensis.…”
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Levels of IL-6 and IL-1β in Umbilical Cord Blood in Relation to Mode of Birth by Ebru Aslan Patlakoğlu, Sündüz Özlem ALTINKAYA, Mustafa Uğur, Cuma Taşın, Nezaket Kadıoğlu

“…Cord blood IL-6 and IL-1β levels were similar between spontaneous vaginal delivery and scheduled cesarean groups (3.1±2.0 pg/mL versus 3.1±2.9 pg/mL, p=0.62 and 2.0±1.7 pg/mL versus 2.3±1.8 pg/mL, p=0.46, respectively). Also maternal age, gestational week, birth weight and body mass index did not correlate with cord blood cytokine levels. …”
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Bioactive molecules from soybeans (Glycine max) with anti-type 2 diabetes activity: a systematic review by Adekunle Babajide Rowaiye, Lorretha Chinonye Emenyonu, Ezinne Janefrances Nwonu, Okiemute Ajiroghene Okpalefe, Joseph Akwoba Ogugua, Victor Oluwatoyin Akinseye, Gordon Chukwuma Ibeanu

“…Keyword combinations such as “Soy OR soybeans”, “Soybeans AND anti-inflammatory”, “Soybeans AND anti-oxidative”, and “Soybeans AND antidiabetic” were used in the search. A search was also conducted on all the key enzymes and bioactive molecules mentioned in the review. …”
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La sostenibilidad de la acción LEADER y su influencia en la mejora de la calidad de vida en el mundo rural: el caso de las empresas de nueva creación en el CEDER Monegros (Aragón,... by Alberto Serrano Andres, Mª Luz Hernández Navarro

“…En segundo lugar, y a partir de entrevistas con los promotores de esas empresas, se construye de forma experimental un índice sintético de percepción, aplicable a otros territorios, sobre la influencia que esas empresas LEADER han tenido en la mejora de la calidad de vida de los promotores y del territorio, obteniéndose un valor positivo alto (3,74 sobre 5). Se concluye que el método LEADER apoya la creación de empresas sostenibles y resilientes que mejoran la calidad de vida de sus promotores; que crean una cultura de emprendimiento en el territorio; y que o ponen en valor los recursos del territorio y/o mejoran la calidad de vida de sus habitantes. …”
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Key Factors Controlling Number Concentrations of Non-charged Particles: An Experimental Study by Tatsuhiro Mori, Ayumi Iwata, Ryoya Tabata, Tomoaki Okuda

“…Under fluctuating humidity conditions, the Nnon-charge/Ntotal ratio also decreased with an increase in the nion– and the nion–/Ntotal ratio. …”
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Fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans Lour.) flower extract attenuates dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy through stimulation of PI3K/Akt pathway in C2C12 myotubes and C57BL/6 mice by Taeuk Kim, Seungok Lee, Sein Lee, Hyejung Han, Chul-Hong Kim, Dong-Woo Lee, Jae-Kwan Hwang

“…In an animal model, OFWE administration was shown to increase muscle mass, myofiber size, and exercise capacity. OFWE also activated the PI3K/Akt pathway and inhibited protein catabolism. …”
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