Complex mechanical-thermal synthesis of nanostructured calcium hydrosilicates for cement composites by Evgeny A. Shoshin, Denis K. Timokhin, Alexander V. Strakhov, Maria P. Kochergina, Georgy A. Korolkov

“…In particular, a moderate (up to 60%) acceleration of daily strength gain of CSD-modified cement mortars with a parallel increase in grade strength (17%) is revealed. …”
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Moxibustion as adjuvant therapy for preventing bone loss in postmenopausal women: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Xin Zhang, Ning Li, Lu Liu, Leixiao Zhang, Lingyun Lu, Qian Wen, Jianqin Lv, Xijie Yu

“…This study aims to explore the clinical effects and safety of moxibustion in delaying bone loss in postmenopausal women.Methods and analysis In this parallel-design, randomised, patient-blind and assessor-blind, controlled clinical study, 150 women with osteopenia at low fracture risk will be randomly assigned to a moxibustion treatment (MT) group or a placebo-moxibustion control (PMC) group in a 1:1 ratio. …”
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Imogolite nanotube modifications impact pulmonary toxicity in mice: implications for safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) by Pernille Høgh Danielsen, Sarah Søs Poulsen, Alicja Mortensen, Trine Berthing, Dorra Gargouri, Arianna Filoramo, Pekka Kohonen, Roland Grafström, Fabienne Testard, Ulla Vogel

“…However, these same features raise concerns about potential adverse health effects. These concerns parallel those associated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), which are known to cause inflammation, fibrosis, and cardiovascular effects. …”
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Numerical assessment of ICRF-specific plasma-wall interaction in the new ITER baseline using the SSWICH-SW code by L. Colas, W. Helou, G. Urbanczyk, V. Bobkov, F. Calarco, N. Fedorczak, D. Milanesio, J. Hillairet

“…They combine Slow Wave propagation from the antenna mouth to the SOL, the excitation of RF oscillations in the sheath voltages at the antenna port sides and a subsequent DC biasing of the SOL. Maps of the parallel RF electric field at the antenna mouth, from the antenna code TOPICA, excite the system. …”
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Reduced dengue incidence following city-wide wMel Wolbachia mosquito releases throughout three Colombian cities: Interrupted time series analysis and a prospective case-control stu... by Ivan Dario Velez, Stephanie K Tanamas, Maria Patricia Arbelaez, Simon C Kutcher, Sandra L Duque, Alexander Uribe, Lina Zuluaga, Luis Martínez, Ana Cristina Patiño, Jovany Barajas, Estefanía Muñoz, Maria Camila Mejia Torres, Sandra Uribe, Sandra Porras, Rita Almanza, Henry Pulido, Scott L O'Neill, Eduardo Santacruz-Sanmartin, Sandra Gonzalez, Peter A Ryan, Jai A Denton, Nicholas P Jewell, Suzanne M Dufault, Cameron P Simmons, Katherine L Anders

“…A concurrent clinic-based case-control study with a test-negative design was unable to attain the target sample size of 63 enrolled virologically-confirmed dengue (VCD) cases between May 2019 and December 2021, consistent with low dengue incidence throughout the Aburrá Valley following wMel deployments. …”
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MWB_Analyzer: An Automated Embedded System for Real-Time Quantitative Analysis of Morphine Withdrawal Behaviors in Rodents by Moran Zhang, Qianqian Li, Shunhang Li, Binxian Sun, Zhuli Wu, Jinxuan Liu, Xingchao Geng, Fangyi Chen

“…Experimental animals were assigned to high-dose, low-dose, and control groups. Withdrawal was induced and monitored under standardized toxicological protocols. …”
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Long-term three-dimensional skeletal effects of hybrid hyrax with facemask versus mentoplate in growing Class III patients: a randomized controlled trial by Joeri Meyns, Jindanil Thanatchaporn, Sohaib Shujaat, Constantinus Politis, Reinhilde Jacobs

“…Methods Single-center, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial with 1:1 allocation ratio. …”
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The diverse phenotypic and mutational landscape induced by fluoroquinolone treatment by Sayed Golam Mohiuddin, Pouria Kavousi, Diego Figueroa, Sreyashi Ghosh, Mehmet A. Orman

“…We uncovered novel findings, including highly tolerant mutants exhibiting unexpectedly low minimum inhibitory concentrations and others with shorter lag phases, challenging conventional patterns in bacterial resistance evolution. …”
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Metasurface enabled broadband, high numerical aperture Laplace differentiator under multiple polarization illumination by Chen Zhou, Naseer Muhammad, Ruizhe Zhao, Yanjie Chen, Guangzhou Geng, Junjie Li, Xiaowei Li, Xin Li, Yongtian Wang, Lingling Huang

“…However, some metasurface differentiators are limited by polarization dependence, narrow operating bandwidth, low numerical aperture (NA), requiring for additional polarization elements or digital processing, and under coherent light illumination conditions. …”
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Online Peer Support for Long-Term Conditions: Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial by Grace Lavelle, Hannah Grace Jones, Ewan Carr, Elly Aylwin-Foster, Vanessa Lawrence, Alan Simpson, Matthew Hotopf

“…MethodsA mixed methods, 2-arm, parallel-group, unblinded randomized controlled feasibility trial will be conducted nationally across the United Kingdom. …”
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Safety planning and transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescent suicide prevention in Mozambique: study protocol for the SPI/TCBT-S hybrid effectiveness/implementat... by Bradley H. Wagenaar, Alberto Muanido, Morgan Turner, Kathryn L. Lovero, Doyanne Darnell, Monisha Sharma, Katherine Anne Comtois, Isaías Ramiro, Vasco F. J. Cumbe

“…Abstract Background More than 75% of suicide deaths occur in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) and almost 90% of adolescents who die by suicide live in LMICs. …”
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Tungsten erosion during L-mode discharges in the DIII-D SAS-VW divertor by G. Sinclair, T. Abrams, M.S. Parsons, S.H. Messer, J. Mateja, S.A. Zamperini, D.M. Thomas, J.D. Elder, R. Maurizio, T. Odstrcil, R.S. Wilcox, J.L. Herfindal, D.D. Truong, J.G. Watkins, A.G. McLean, D.L. Rudakov, J. Ren, D. Donovan

“…However, the effective W yield (erosion rate divided by the incident D flux) was, overall, insensitive to changes in OSP location. Consistently low estimates of the effective W yield based on measurements taken a few cm outwards from the vertex suggest potentially significant C surface contamination. …”
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Un port rural antique de fond d’estuaire à Blainville-sur-Orne (Calvados) by Cécile Allinne

“…The example in the Landes also proves that these types of constructions were well adapted to a river environment with low activity and subject to the tides, as was the case in the upper part of the ancient estuary of the Orne river. …”
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Successful eculizumab treatment as an adjunctive therapy to desensitization in ABO-incompatible living donor kidney transplantation and its molecular phenotypes by Ga Young Heo, Minsun Jung, Honglin Piao, Hyun Jeong Kim, Hyung Woo Kim, Juhan Lee, Kyu Ha Huh, Beom Seok Kim, Jaeseok Yang

“…Anti-ABO antibody titers decreased to low levels 1–3 months post-transplant in the eculizumab group in parallel with decreasing anti-B-specific B cells.ConclusionsShort-term eculizumab therapy is promising for rescuing ABOi KT recipients with high anti-ABO antibody titers refractory to plasmapheresis-based desensitization therapy.…”
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DNA Methylation Array Analysis Identifies Biological Subgroups of Cutaneous Melanoma and Reveals Extensive Differences with Benign Melanocytic Nevi by Simon Schwendinger, Wolfram Jaschke, Theresa Walder, Jürgen Hench, Verena Vogi, Stephan Frank, Per Hoffmann, Stefan Herms, Johannes Zschocke, Van Anh Nguyen, Matthias Schmuth, Emina Jukic

“…<b>Results</b>: There were major differences in the genomic landscape of MAPK-altered and triple-wildtype cutaneous melanoma, the latter presenting with a lower number of mutations, a different pattern of copy number variants, and a low frequency of <i>TERT</i> promoter mutations. …”
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The influence of testing conditions on damage zone of concrete in Uniaxial Compression: Insights from Stereo-DIC and computational modeling by Saeid Mehrpay, Xinyu Hu, Zhongfeng Zhu, Eskinder Desta Shumuye, Roman Wan-Wendner, Miaochang Zhu, Jiehui Wang, Zhenhua Wei, Tamon Ueda

“…Specimens are grade C25 cylinders and prisms with an aspect ratio of 2 cast parallel to loading direction. Three conditions: ends’ constraint, low friction, and nonuniform straining are investigated experimentally and numerically. …”
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Attention Residual Hybrid Network for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Hyperspectral Image Classification by Zhen Zhang, Linhuan Jiang, Bo-Hui Tang, Jianchen Liu, Qingwang Wang, Yabin Hu, Liang Huang, Zhitao Fu

“…Simultaneously, the high spectral resolution of UAV-borne hyperspectral images, constrained by sensor payload, often results in a relatively low signal-to-noise ratio, posing challenges for traditional deep-learning models in effectively extracting features for fine classification tasks. …”
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Mechanism and optimal design of self-separating multilayer composite triboelectric nanogenerators by Jie Zhang, Jueliang Liu, Yizhou Zuo, Jin Huang, Chengyan Du, Hao Wang, Pengbing Zhao, Yupeng Yang, Yiqun Zhang, Lei Yin, Jianjun Wang, Shan Jiang

“…Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) utilize the triboelectric effect to convert low-frequency, distributed, and irregular mechanical energy from the environment into electrical energy, finding applications in environmental monitoring, biomedicine, wearable electronics, and other fields. …”
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Effect of Exercise and Nutrition Intervention for Older Adults with Impaired Physical Function with Preserved Muscle Mass (Functional Sarcopenia): A Randomized Controlled Trial by Ji S, Baek JY, Go J, Lee CK, Yu SS, Lee E, Jung HW, Jang IY

“…The effectiveness of a program combining exercise and nutritional support—known interventions for individuals with low muscle mass—was evaluated for its impact on older adults with functional sarcopenia.Methods: An unblinded, parallel-group randomized controlled trial was conducted in a public medical center in a rural Korean community. …”
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MANAGEMENT OF LAND RESOURCE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND FOOD SEC by Aurel LUP, Liliana MIRON, Indira Deniz ALIM

“…In Romania, the mid-twentieth century agriculture is characterized by a very low yield, due to an extensive technological system associated with the phenomenon of drought, affecting more than 2/3 of the arable land. …”
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