Response surface methodology for the design of malachite green dye removal by γ-Fe2O3 dispersed on reduced graphene oxide sheets by Liu Zhu, Anam Sana, Muhammad Tariq Qamar, Ali Bahadur, Guocong Liu, Mohammad Aslam, Ammar Zidan, İsmail Seçkin Çardaklı, Shahid Iqbal, Sajid Mahmood, Muhammad Saad, Khalid M. Alotaibi

“…The adsorbent’s surface charge (pHPZC = ~ 7.1) was also estimated using the salt addition technique. To minimize experiments and optimize adsorption parameters for the removal of MG by the nanocomposite at 25 °C, central composite design (CCD) using response surface methodology (RSM) was used. …”
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Perancangan Knowledge Management System Berbasis Web pada Tenaga Kependidikan Fakultas Teknik Universitas PGRI Madiun by Sri Anardani, Slamet Riyanto, Dimas Setiawan

“…Penelitian ini menghasilkan dokumen  rancangan aplikasi KMS yang dapat memberikan rekomendasi bagi lembaga untuk membangun aplikasi KMS di masa depan.   …”
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Multiparameter resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging as an indicator of neuropsychological changes in Binswanger’s disease with mild cognitive impairment by Haiyi Zhang, Lu Zhang, Juan Lu, Jiajun Yue, Zhengzhen Yuan, Jidan Hu, Qi Yao, Yuting Fu, Guiquan Chen, Jiliang Fang, Jie Zhao

“…The fALFF value in the BD-MCI group exhibited a reduction in the Frontal_Med_Orb_L. Additionally, ReHo values in the BD-MCI group increased in the Hippocampus_R but decreased in several areas including Precentral_L, Putamen_L, Postcentral_R, Supp_Motor_Area_R, and SupraMarginal_L. …”
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Predictive factors of thrombosis during autologous stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma: Experience from EHU Oran (Algeria) by Mohammed Amine BEKADJA, Brahim BENZINEB, Mansour BELKACEM, Hafida OUDJERIOUAT, Badra ENTASOLTAN, Soufi OSMANI, Kamila AMANI, Samira BOUCHAMA, Leila CHAREF, Mohamed BRAHIMI, Abdessamad ARABI, Rachir Amar BOUHASS, Nabil YAFOUR

“…Conclusion-Despite the similarity of the overall incidence of thrombosis with the literature, its prophylaxis with LMWHs was the only independent factor of its risk in Algeria, which would have restricted it in daily practice of autografts in multiple myeloma. …”
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Impacts of Sandstorms on Chemistries of Ambient PAHs in a Small City in North China by Zhiyong Li, Zhen Zhai, Jixiang Liu, Lan Chen, Zhuangzhuang Ren, Chen Liu, Ziyi Zhan, Ziyuan Yue, Wenjia Zhu, Jihong Wei, Huiying Gao, Songtao Guo

“…Coal burning (CB) still held a high contribution to PAHs regardless of the implementation of “coal to gas” law in the sampling area. In addition, sandstorms increased the levels of high molecular weight PAHs (HMW-PAHs) with high toxicity by 4.07%. …”
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Treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection: mainstream and innovations (Review of the literature and Russian gastroenterological association Advisory council resolution, May 19, 20... by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, T. L. Lapina, A. A. Sheptulin, A. S. Trukhmanov, R. A. Abdulkhakov, S. A. Alekseyenko, N. N. Dekhnich, R. S. Kozlov, I. L. Klyaritskaya, S. A. Kurilovich, M. F. Osipenko, V. I. Simanenkov, I. B. Khlynov

“…Prescription of new generation PPI or increase of PPI dose are targeted to provide the maximum acid suppression, highly important for successful H. pylori infection eradication. Additional prescription of bismuth tripotassium dicitrate, probiotics or rebamipid increases efficacy of antihelicobacter therapy. …”
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Extracellular vimentin is a damage-associated molecular pattern protein serving as an agonist of TLR4 in human neutrophils by Łukasz Suprewicz, Krzysztof Fiedoruk, Karol Skłodowski, Evan Hutt, Magdalena Zakrzewska, Alicja Walewska, Piotr Deptuła, Agata Lesiak, Sławomir Okła, Peter A. Galie, Alison E. Patteson, Paul A. Janmey, Robert Bucki

“…Such observations are expanding our current knowledge of vimentin as a structural cellular component towards additional roles as an active participant in cell signaling. …”
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Common Risk Factors of Myocardial Infarction and Some Socio Demographic Characteristics in Sulaimani City by Bayan Omar Sharif, Samir Y. Lafi

“…A positive first-degree history of classical MI risk factor of the participants was (54.5%, 39.2% and 28.4%) for hypertension, heart attack and diabetes, respectively. (98.2%) of the selected patients no eating fish. (56.4%, 58.8%) of them were not eating daily fruit and vegetable respectively.  Smoking was significant correlation with age, gender, level of education, and marital status (r = 0.34, 0.38, -0.23 and 0.17) respectively) (p value less than 0.05). …”
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A deep learning approach for automatic 3D segmentation of hip cartilage and labrum from direct hip MR arthrography by Malin Kristin Meier, Ramon Andreas Helfenstein, Adam Boschung, Andreas Nanavati, Adrian Ruckli, Till D. Lerch, Nicolas Gerber, Bernd Jung, Onur Afacan, Moritz Tannast, Klaus A. Siebenrock, Simon D Steppacher, Florian Schmaranzer

“…Model performance was assessed with six evaluation metrics including Dice similarity coefficient (DSC). In addition, model performance was tested on an external dataset (40 patients) with a 3D T2-weighted sequence from a different institution. …”
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Oncologic oUTcomes of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for obSTructive colon cAncer after steNt decompression (OUTSTAND trial); A study protocol of multicenter non-inferiority randomized c... by Bong-Hyeon Kye, Ji-Hoon Kim, Hyung-Jin Kim, Yoon-Suk Lee, In-Kyu Lee, Won Kyung Kang, Hyeon-Min Cho, Jong-Kyung Park, Chang-Hyeok Ahn, Jae-Im Lee, Seong-Taek Oh, Byung Jo Choi

“…The results of this trial will be an important reference for the application of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced colon cancer. Additionally, researchers will investigate whether ctDNA can serve as a reliable indicator to guide decisions about the timing and type of subsequent treatment. …”
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Associations between hypovitaminosis D, adiposity indices and insulin resistance in adolescents: mediation analyses from NHANES 2011–2018 by Yaping Deng, Yingting Luo, Yilei Shen, Yong Zhao, Wei Cao, Jie Cao, Lijuan Xu, Lin Kong

“…However, the extent of adiposity’s mediating influence on the hypovitaminosis D-IR relationship among adolescents remains to be elucidated. Additionally, the intricate effects of obesity and blood lipid profiles on IR are not yet fully understood. …”
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A stratified two-stage tumor molecular profiling algorithm to identify clinically actionable molecular alterations in pancreatic cancer☆ by S. Hussung, D. Akhoundova, C. Pistoni, D. Lenggenhager, A. Töpfer, C. Pauli, B. Pestalozzi, C. Britschgi, M. Zoche, M. Rechsteiner, H. Moch, A. Weber, R. Fritsch

“…Compared with algorithm testing, upfront comprehensive testing detected a higher number of pathogenic molecular alterations/patient (median: five versus three, P = 0.0005), however no additional actionable alterations. Actionable alterations were identified in 25/94 (26.6%) cases, including DNA damage response gene alterations, KRAS G12C and targetable drivers in KRAS wild type tumors. …”
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Associations between brominated flame retardants exposure and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Mediation analysis in the NHANES by Yulan Cheng, Jingyi Su, Xiangdong Wang, Ruiyao Huang, Zixuan Zhao, Kai Tian, Tianxiang Gu, Xiaoke Wang, Lin Chen, Xinyuan Zhao

“…NAFLD was diagnosed by serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), hepatic steatosis index (HSI), and United States fatty liver index (USFLI). …”
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Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Cysticercus tenuicollis Isolated from Some Intermediate Host in Kurdistan-Iraq by Abdullah Ahmed Hama, Rostam Hama Zorab, Fatima Mohammed Ali, Awaz M. Salih, Amer Abdullah Hassan

“…Cysticercus tenuicollis (C. tenuicollis) is the larval stage infection of Taenia hydatigena, a common tapeworm of dogs and other Canidae, which has a wide range of intermediate hosts including sheep, goat, cattle, deer, camel, horse, human and other wild ruminants, the disease spreads through a contaminated water, soil and food with feces of infected dogs or other carnivores, T. hydatigena lives in the intestinal of the definitive host (carnivores) and excretes a huge number of eggs with feces daily. The present study conducted to determine the prevalence rate and molecular characterization of C. tenuicollis among sheep and goats in Sulaimani province. …”
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Patient experiences of an ankle fracture and the most important factors in their recovery: a qualitative interview study by Rebecca Samantha Kearney, Rebecca McKeown, David R Ellard, Zi Heng Liew

“…Objective The objective of this qualitative research study is to explore patient experiences of ankle fracture and the factors most important to them in recovery.Design Semistructured interviews exploring patient experiences of ankle fracture recovery at 16–23 weeks following injury. …”
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Investigating the Implications of COVID-19 on PM2.5 in Pakistan by Hassaan Sipra, Faheem Aslam, Jabir Hussain Syed, Tahir Mumtaz Awan

“…Intuitively, this is accurate, given that hourly PM2.5 concentrations change with economic activity, which oscillates in daily cycles of high and low PM2.5 concentrations. …”
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Znaczenie wizji wprowadzającej (Ez 1, 4–28) dla posłannictwa Ezechiela (Ez 2, 1–7, 27) by Andrzej S. Jasiński

“… W oparciu o rezultaty wcześniejszych badań nad użyciem form har i harm w tekście Ez 1, 4–28, w niniejszym artykule zostały przeprowadzone dalsze analizy. Dotyczą one znaczenia wizji wprowadzającej (Ez 1, 4–28) dla posłannictwa Ezechiela (Ez 2, 1–7, 27). …”
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Evaluation of Elexacafor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor therapy after lung transplantation in Cystic Fibrosis: The Dutch National KOALA study by Johanna P. van Gemert, Bart Luijk, Merel E. Hellemons, Klara A. Visser, Carina.M.E. Hansen, Renske van der Meer, C. Tji Gan, Hester van der Vaart, Onno W. Akkerman, Willie N. Steenhuis, Marieke Verkleij, Harry G.M. Heijerman, Erik A.M. Verschuuren

“…Three months results showed a decrease in SNOT-22 score (p< 0.001) and GI symptoms (all 4, p< 0.05), an increase in BMI (p= 0.012) and CFQ-R (6 domains, p< 0.05). Median CNI daily dose had to be reduced from 6 to 4 mg (p< 0.001), to maintain stable CNI trough levels. …”
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Design of a Medium Scale Ambient PM2.5 Cleaning System by Sheng-Chieh Chen, Qingfeng Cao, Thomas H. Kuehn, Charles Lo, Manoranjan Sahu, Yelia S. Mayya, David Y. H. Pui

“…As PM pollution is hurting people’s health on daily basis in many countries, a fast and inexpensive control technology should be developed to remedy the slow pace of source control. …”
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Prevalence, risk factors, and prognostic implications of intraoperative bleeding during CF-LVAD implant by Ibrahim Mortada, MD, Christos Kourek, MD, PhD, Rupesh Kshetri, MD, Arun Singhal, MD, Anthony Panos, MD, Alexandros Briasoulis, MD, PhD, Mohammed Mhanna, MD, MPH, Shareef Mansour, MD, Kristine Yumul, MD, Paulino Alvarez, MD, Ernesto Ruiz Duque, MD

“…Methods: Data were collected for the duration of implant hospitalization, including perioperative invasive hemodynamics, echocardiography, operative details, mechanical circulatory support, antiplatelets, inotropes, bleeding events, and blood product use, in addition to patient history and baseline characteristics. …”
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