Stigmurin encapsulated PLA–PEG ameliorates its therapeutic potential, antimicrobial and antiproliferative activities by Akshita Thakur, Hema K. Alajangi, Akanksha Sharma, Euimin Hwang, Akhil Khajuria, Laxmi Kumari, Pradeep Kumar Jaiswal, Yong-beom Lim, Gurpal Singh, Ravi Pratap Barnwal

“…Abstract In light of growing global challenge posed by antimicrobial resistance, it is very important to explore alternatives that can target pathogenic microorganisms. One such strategy involves the use of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and Stigmurin is one such AMP present in Brazilian scorpion Tityus stigmurus which possesses antimicrobial, antiproliferative and antiparasitic activity. …”
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Effects of intensive blood pressure lowering on cardiovascular and renal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Jicheng Lv, Bruce Neal, Parya Ehteshami, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Mark Woodward, Anthony Rodgers, Haiyan Wang, Stephen MacMahon, Fiona Turnbull, Graham Hillis, John Chalmers, Vlado Perkovic

“…We included trials that randomly assigned individuals to different target BP levels. We identified 15 trials including a total of 37,348 participants. …”
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Comparison of Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Random Forest (RF) Algorithm Performance with Random Undersampling Technique to Predict Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Risk by Annisa Damayanti, Anna Baita

“…This study aims to compare, and evaluate GDM disease prediction models using the SVM and RF algorithms by balancing the target data using the Random Undersampling Technique. …”
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Recreational Thematic Dominants in News TV Discourse by M. A. Gladko

“…The study used traditional general scientific methods, such as description and classification of linguistic material, generalization and observation, target sampling, quantitative analysis, as well as linguistic methods: discursive, descriptiveanalytical, contextual, semantic text analysis. …”
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Predictor Importance for Hydrological Fluxes of Global Hydrological and Land Surface Models by João Paulo L. F. Brêda, Lieke A. Melsen, Ioannis Athanasiadis, Albert VanDijk, Vinícius A. Siqueira, Anne Verhoef, Yijian Zeng, Martine van derPloeg

“…Finally, the selection of soil maps was only important for target variables of which soil is a relevant predictor. …”
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Leveraging Historical Process Data for Recombinant <i>P. pastoris</i> Fermentation Hybrid Deep Modeling and Model Predictive Control Development by Emils Bolmanis, Vytautas Galvanauskas, Oskars Grigs, Juris Vanags, Andris Kazaks

“…Finally, the hybrid model was integrated into a novel MPC system and experimentally validated, demonstrating robust real-time substrate feed control in a way that allows it to maintain specific target growth rates. The system achieved predictive accuracies of 6.51% for biomass and 14.65% for product estimation, with an average tracking error of 10.64%. …”
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Enhanced Lung Cancer Prediction via Integrated Multi‐Space Feature Adaptation, Collaborative Alignment and Disentanglement Learning by Abigail Kawama, Ronald Waweru Mwangi, Lawrence Nderu

“…Cross‐validation results further validated the model's robustness, with an average precision of 99.73%, recall of 99.55%, F1‐score of 99.64%, and accuracy of 99.64% across five folds. …”
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Improving anti-oxidant stress treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage through self-assembled nanoparticles of oleanolic acid by Youdong Zhou, Hengyu Wang, Xinyi Zhu, Qingyu Zhao, Gang Deng, Yong Li, Qianxue Chen

“…In conclusion, we successfully designed and synthesized OA NPs that can efficiently target the site of SAH. These nanoparticles have demonstrated their potential as antioxidants for the treatment of SAH, offering significant clinical applications.…”
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Leveraging the Aspects of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice as an Alternative to Prevent Detrimental Impacts of Stunting by Novia Luthviatin, Ninna Rohmawati, Dwi Martiana Wati, Jihan Darmaningtyas, Yessinia Hanatha Pasha

“…Background: The prevalence of stunting in Indonesia is recorded at 21.6% among children under five, while the WHO target for 2025 is less than 14%. Prevention efforts are crucial for mitigating its detrimental impacts. …”
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Microstructure and macro-mechanical properties of residual soil subjected to repeated hygroscopic cycles by Xu-tang Xu, Xiang-long Chen, Ye-qing Cai, Xiang Xu

“…Results showed that the soil shear characteristics were influenced by the number of hygroscopic cycles and had a correlation with stress level (confining pressure and target suction), the greater the cumulative irreversible deformation and the more pronounced shear dilation characteristics of the soil had after more hygroscopic cycles and higher stress levels. …”
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The Changes in Color and Image Parameters and Sensory Attributes of Freeze-Dried Clones and a Cultivar of Red-Fleshed Apples by Ewa Ropelewska, Mariusz Lewandowski

“…The target of breeding red-fleshed apples is to increase their potential health benefits related to red flesh coloration and consumer acceptance. …”
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Joint Probability Distribution of Wind–Wave Actions Based on Vine Copula Function by Yongtuo Wu, Yudong Feng, Yuliang Zhao, Saiyu Yu

“…Compared with the design values of independent variables with target return periods, it can significantly reduce engineering costs. …”
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Performance assessment of interpolation methods for orbits of altimetry satellites by Julian Zeitlhöfler, Riva Alkahal, Sergei Rudenko, Mathis Bloßfeld, Florian Seitz

“…These interpolation settings limit transformation errors between coordinate systems to ±0.01 mm and incorrect mapping of interpolation errors into certain components in the target system to ±0.02 mm. The spectral analysis of orbit differences is affected up to 0.1 mm in magnitude with appropriate interpolation settings. …”
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A deep learning-based data augmentation method for marine mammal call signals by Jiaming Jiang, Jiaming Jiang, Wanlu Cheng, Wanlu Cheng, Shengwen Gong, Shengwen Gong, Jingjing Wang, Jingjing Wang

“…In marine ecology research, it is crucial to accurately identify the marine mammal species active in the target area during the current season, which helps researchers understand the behavioral patterns of different species and their ecological environment. …”
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Enhancing prediction of human traits and behaviors through ensemble learning of traditional and novel resting-state fMRI connectivity analyses by Takaaki Yoshimoto, Kai Tokunaga, Junichi Chikazoe

“…Traditional approaches generally analyze RSFC by correlating averaged time-series data across regions of interest (ROIs) or networks, which may overlook important spatial signal patterns. …”
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National Horizon Scanning for Future Crops Under a Changing UK Climate by John W. Redhead, Matt Brown, Jeff Price, Emma Robinson, Robert J. Nicholls, Rachel Warren, Richard F. Pywell

“…Whilst some new crops with increasing suitability may offer viable alternatives (e.g. soy, chickpea, grapes), the greatest average increases in suitability across crops occur outside the UK's current areas of greatest agricultural production. …”
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Data analytics to advance the inference of origin–destination in public transport systems: tracing network vulnerabilities and age-sensitive trip purposes by Sofia Cerqueira, Elisabete Arsenio, José Barateiro, Rui Henriques

“…Considering Lisbon as the target study case, we apply the methodology over smart card data collected both from metro and bus systems. …”
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Conservation Planning in an Era of Change: State of the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region by Kevin E. Doherty, Adam J. Ryba, Casey L. Stemler, Neal D. Niemuth, William A. Meeks

“…Our analyses clearly demonstrate that time, along with current status and trends of target habitat(s), must be incorporated when setting habitat conservation goals, otherwise goals may be unrealistic. …”
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Early Initiation of Breastfeeding and Exclusive Breastfeeding in Anglophone and Francophone West African Countries: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Prevalence by Martha Osekua Lewis‐Koku, Catharine A. K. Fleming, Lucy Ngaihbanglovi Pachuau, Nagwa Farag Elmighrabi, Kingsley Emwinyore Agho

“…A substantial improvement is necessary in promoting EIBF and EBF in West African countries. Programmes should target all mothers in the region no matter their colonial allegiance to achieve Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 3 by 2030.…”
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Environmental health risk analysis from detergent contamination in well water by Muhammad Arinal Surgama Yusuf, Anwar Mallongi, Anwar Daud, Agus Bintara Birawida, Sukri Palutturi, Lalu Muhammad Saleh, Setiawan Kasim

“…All 70 respondents had a target hazard quotient (THQ) ≤ 1, and no respondents had a THQ value higher than 1. …”
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