Modified particles-stabilized pickering emulsion to improve the thermal stability of volatile oil: A Lingzhu pulvis case study by Zhichao Wang, Junbo Zou, Yajun Shi, Fei Luan, Dongyan Guo, Bingtao Zhai, Liang Feng, Qing Liu

“…Using Lingzhu pulvis, a traditional Chinese medicine preparation with volatile oil, as a model, we aim to enhance the stability of volatile oil from Acorus gramineus (VOAG). …”
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Prophylaxis for renal patients at risk of COVID-19 infection: results from the intranasal niclosamide randomised, double blinded, placebo controlled arm of the PROTECT-V platform t... by Toby J. L. Humphrey, Wendi Qian, Michael Chen-Xu, Francis Dowling, Katrina Gatley, Rakshya Adhikari, Tracey Hensman, Louise Stockley, Abhinav Bassi, Nikita Bathla, Indranil Dasgupta, Davinder P. S. Dosanjh, Mads Jellingsø, Per Sørensen, Morten Lind Jensen, Anne Weibel Callesen, John R. Bradley, Vivekanand Jha, Morten O. A. Sommer, Thomas F. Hiemstra, Rona M. Smith, PROTECT-V consortium

“…Abstract Purpose Despite vaccination, many patients remain vulnerable to COVID-19 infection and poorer outcomes, because of underlying health conditions resulting in sub-optimal vaccine responses. This study aims to demonstrate whether intranasal niclosamide confers additional protection against COVID-19 infection above standard preventative measures including vaccination. …”
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Nurses’ nutritional care practice and associated factors for hospitalized surgical patients; the case of referral hospitals in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia by Alamirew Enyew Belay, Mulusew Andualem Asemahagn, Kibret Enyew Belay, Aynamaw Embiale Tesega, Gebrehiwot Berie Mekonnen, Yeshimebet Tamir Tsehay, Sosina Tamre Mamo, Mengistu Abebe Messelu, Tiruye Azene Demile, Henok Biresaw Netsere, Wubet Tazeb Wondie, Gebremeskel Kibret Abebe, Ousman Adal, Sileshi Mulatu, Asnake Gashaw Belayneh

“…Therefore; training, guideline access, experience sharing, and increasing nursing staff is crucial to provide optimal nutritional care for hospitalized patients.…”
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RITA^® Temporary Immersion System (TIS) for Biomass Growth Improvement and Ex Situ Conservation of <i>Viola ucriana</i> Erben & Raimondo by Piergiorgio Capaci, Fabrizio Barozzi, Stefania Forciniti, Chiara Anglana, Helena Iuele, Rita Annunziata Accogli, Angela Carra, Marcello Salvatore Lenucci, Loretta L. del Mercato, Gian Pietro Di Sansebastiano

“…Flow cytometry analysis confirmed the genetic fidelity of the regenerants from the optimal PGR treatments, showing that all plantlets maintained the diploid ploidy level of their maternal plants. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Grazing and Restoration Methods on Pannonian Grasslands by Szilárd Szentes, Andrea Kevi, Zsombor Wagenhoffer, Eszter Saláta-Falusi, Ferenc Pajor, József Berke, Ildikó Turcsányi-Járdi, Péter Penksza, Viola Kunos, Zoltán Kende, Károly Penksza

“…Restoration of the grazed areas proved optimal over the elapsed period, with two years of mowing followed by grazing. …”
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Candidate Interventions for Integrating Hypertension and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Care in Primary Health Settings: HEARTS 2.0 Phase 1 by Andres Rosende, Cesar Romero, Donald J. DiPette, Jeffrey Brettler, Patrick Van der Stuyft, Gautam Satheesh, Pablo Perel, Niamh Chapman, Andrew E. Moran, Aletta E. Schutte, James E. Sharman, Vilma Irazola, Mark D. Huffman, Norm R. C. Campbell, Abdul Salam, Fernando Lanas, Antonio Coca, Sebastian Garcia-Zamora, Alejandro Ferreiro, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Jorge Rico-Fontalvo, Emily Ridley, Dean Picone, David Flood, Daniel José Piñeiro, Carolina Neira Ojeda, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Irmgardt A. Wellmann, Marcelo Orias, Marcela Rivera, Matías Villatoro Reyes, Oyere Onuma, Shaun Ramroop, Taskeen Khan, Yamile Valdes Gonzalez, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso, Frida L. Plavnik, Eric Zuniga, Ana María Grassani, Carlos Tajer, Ezequiel Zaidel, Marcos J. Marin, Shana Cyr-Philbert, Ignacio Amorin, Miguel Angel Diaz Aguilera, Luiz Bortolotto, Alvaro Avezum, Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro, Sheldon Tobe, Teresa Aumala, Sonia Angell, Pablo Lavados, Sheila Ouriques Martins, Ana Munera Echeverri, Marc G. Jaffe, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Gianfranco Parati, Xin Hua Zhang, Anthony Rodgers, Salim Yusuf, Paul K. Whelton, Pedro Ordunez

“…Background: HEARTS in the Americas is the regional adaptation of the WHO Global HEARTS Initiative, aimed at helping countries enhance hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk management in primary care settings. …”
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Increased thrombin generation in kidney transplant recipients with donor-specific antibodies directed against human leukocyte antigens by Linda Lóczi, Linda Lóczi, Réka P. Szabó, Rita Orbán-Kálmándi, Rebeka Hodossy-Takács, Anikó Szilvási, Zoltán Szalai, Gábor Nagy, Péter Antal-Szalmás, Balázs Nemes, Zsuzsa Bagoly, Zsuzsa Bagoly, Zsuzsa Bagoly

“…It is surmised that an interaction between DSAs and the graft endothelium cause tissue injury, however, the exact underlying pathomechanism and optimal management of patients with DSAs remain undetermined.AimsWe hypothesized that in kidney transplant recipients the presence of DSAs induce hemostasis alterations, including hypercoagulability, as assessed by the thrombin generation assay (TGA). …”
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Somatization symptoms and burnout: a correlational study among emergency nurses by Ningxiang Li, Ningxiang Li, Ningxiang Li, Nan Xie, Nan Xie, Nan Xie, Xiaoli Chen, Xiaoli Chen, Xiaoli Chen, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Luying Zhong, Luying Zhong, Luying Zhong, Dongmei Diao, Dongmei Diao, Dongmei Diao, Ling Zhu, Ling Zhu, Ling Zhu, Yue Zhou, Yue Zhou, Yue Zhou

“…To address this issue, healthcare management should consider implementing alternative shift patterns, optimizing workforce allocation, and revising compensation systems to ensure equitable labor distribution. …”
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From Green Chemistry to Healthy Environments: Silver Nanoparticles as a Dual Antioxidant and Antibacterial Agents for Advancing Biomedicine and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment by Hamza Moussa, Sarah Hamid, Amal Mameri, Sabrina Lekmine, Hichem Tahraoui, Mohammed Kebir, Nabil Touzout, Farid Dahmoune, Mohammad Shamsul Ola, Jie Zhang, Abdeltif Amrane

“…<i>S. officinalis</i> L. extract was used to synthesize AgNPs under optimized conditions, with a 10% extract/AgNO₃ ratio and a reaction time of 180 min. …”
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Comparison between endovascular and surgical treatment of acute arterial occlusive mesenteric ischemia by Karri Kase, Annika Reintam Blaser, Merli Koitmäe, Peep Talving, Kadri Tamme, Stefan Acosta, Martin Björck, Miklosh Bala, Zsolt Bodnar, Martin Cahenzli, Dumitru Casian, Zaza Demetrashvili, Mario D’Oria, Virginia Durán Muñoz-Cruzado, Alastair Forbes, Morten Vetrhus, Moran Hellerman Itzhaki, Kristoffer Lein, Matthias Lindner, Cecilia I. Loudet, Dimitrios Damaskos, Alexandre Nuzzo, Sten Saar, Maximilian Scheiterle, Joel Starkopf, Anna-Liisa Voomets, Kenneth Voon, Mohammad Alif Yunus, Marko Murruste, AMESI Investigators (Collaborators), Yves Castier, Maxime Ronot, Alan Biloslavo, Lucia Paiano, Gunnar Elke, Denise Nagel, David I. Radke, Jacqueline Vilca Becerra, María Elina Abeleyra, Benjamin Hess, Mikhail Kirov, Tatjana Semenkova, Anton Nikonov, Alexey Smetkin, Geir Ivar Nedredal, Øivind Irtun, Oded Cohen-Arazi, Asaf Keda, Gheorghe Rojnoveanu, Tatiana Malcova, Felipe Pareja Ciuró, Anabel García-Leon, Carlos Javier García-Sánchez, Lim Jia Hui, Loy Yuan Ling, Ilya Kagan, Pierre Singer, Edgar Lipping, Ana Tvaladze, Damian Mole, Darja Clinch, Too Xiao Qing, Hanne Fuglseth, Jacopo Martellucci, Giulia Cerino, Donghuang Hong, Jinsheng Liu, Ernest Ong, Kursat Kundogan, Tutkun Talih, Lovenish Bains, Diego Visconti, Lorenzo Gibello, Ruhi Fadzlyana Jailani, Muhammad Amirul Ashra, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria, Ahmad Faiz Najmuddin Mohd Ghazi, Nur Suriyana Abd Ghani, Mohd Fadliyazid Ab Rahim, Goran Augustin, Damir Halužan, Mohan Gurjar, Rahul Rahul, Firdaus Hayati, Jin-Jiun Mah

“…Abstract Background The optimal strategy for initial treatment of acute occlusion of superior mesenteric artery (SMA) is debated. …”
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Pulmonary vein isolation durability with fluoroscopy or 3D mapping-guided radiofrequency balloon ablation: a mandated remap study by Alexandre Almorad, Alvise Del Monte, Domenico Giovanni Della Rocca, Luigi Pannone, Charles Audiat, Roberto Scacciavillani, Lorenzo Marcon, Kazutaka Nakasone, Giampaolo Vetta, Ingrid Overeinder, Gezim Bala, Antonio Sorgente, Erwin Ströker, Juan Sieira, Sahar Mouram, Milad El Haddad, Amin Hossein, Ahmad Awada, Carlo de Asmundis, Gian-Battista Chierchia

“…BackgroundEffective balloon positionnking during pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) with a radiofrequency balloon (RFB) is crucial for optimal energy delivery, maximising lesion formation, and preventing gaps. …”
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From rural practice to scientific evidence: synergistic antiplasmodial and antioxidant properties of combined Ageratum conyzoides and Bidens pilosa extracts by Patrick Valere Tsouh Fokou, Courthney Akwi Mboh, Kenneth Lifoter Navti, Marius Jaurès Tsakem Nangap, Raoul Kemzeu, Canis Parfait Donbou Djiotie, Aubin Youbi Kamche, Hubert Nana Djigang, Arnold Tegen Tah, Mariscal Brice Tchatat Tali, Lauve Rachel Tchokouaha Yamthe, Vincent Ngouana, Fabrice Fekam Boyom

“…Further studies are warranted to validate these findings and develop optimized formulations as potential antimalarials.…”
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In Vivo Noncontact Imaging of Conjunctival Goblet Cells with Customized Widefield Fluorescence Microscopy by Yushuang Liu, MS, Zhengyu Duan, PhD, Zhongzhou Luo, BEng, Runze Zhang, MS, Jiaxiong Li, MS, Jinze Zhang, PhD, Zeyu Meng, MS, Bowen Wang, MD, PhD, Jin Yuan, MD, PhD, Peng Xiao, PhD

“…However, assessing CGC changes in ocular diseases remains limited by invasive techniques and subjective evaluations. This study aims to develop a noncontact cellular resolution fluorescence microscopy for in vivo CGC imaging and investigate CGC dynamics in a dry eye disease (DED) mouse model. …”
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Development of a medication experience scale for patients with chronic disease in primary care facilities by Jiaxian Shao, Haihong Cao, Zhihong Sun, Xiaona Li, Min Gao, Ziyuan Li, Yongli Shi, Ping Dong, Wenqiang Yin, Zhongming Chen

“…Objective: This study aims to develop the Medication Experience Scale For Patients with Chronic Disease in Primary Care Facilities tailored to China's chronic disease management practices. …”
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Quantitative evaluation of IVL: based on the tunica media gypsum calcification model and a prospective animal study by Zongwei Liu, Zongwei Liu, Zongwei Liu, Chuang Xu, Chuang Xu, Bin Zhao, Bin Zhao, Jiayin Guo, Jiayin Guo, Jingzhong Song, Jingzhong Song, Jiaxue Bi, Jiaxue Bi, Yujun Shen, Yujun Shen, Yujun Shen, Xiangchen Dai, Xiangchen Dai

“…In vivo effectiveness and safety of IVL were evaluated by digital subtraction angiography (DSA), light microscopy, and immunofluorescence staining based on the experimental swine at 0, 7, and 28 days.ResultsThe gypsum models revealed that the 1.04:1 oversized IVL working balloon could provide an optimal tightness between the balloon and the artery wall. …”
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Exploring using HBsAg to predict interferon treatment course to achieve clinical cure in chronic hepatitis B patients: a clinical study by Fei Yan, Fei Tang, Jing Chen, YiCheng Lin, XinYu Chen, Qin Du, WeiLi Yin, Jing Liang, Lei Liu, Fang Wang, BaiGuo Xu, Qing Ye, HuiLing Xiang

“…ObjectiveAlthough pegylated interferon α-2b (PEG-IFN α-2b) therapy for chronic hepatitis B has received increasing attention, determining the optimal treatment course remains challenging. This research aimed to develop an efficient model for predicting interferon (IFN) treatment course.MethodsPatients with chronic hepatitis B, undergoing PEG-IFN α-2b monotherapy or combined with NAs (Nucleoside Analogs), were recruited from January 2018 to December 2023 at Tianjin Third Central Hospital. …”
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Glucose release kinetics of different feed ingredients and their impact on short-term growth of pigs by influencing carbon-nitrogen supply synchronization by Mingyi Huang, Lei Xue, Yifan Wu, Qinzheng Sun, Yanwei Xu, Jia Li, Xiaoyi Yu, Yu Cao, Jingyi Huang, Zeyu Zhang, Jinbiao Zhao, Dandan Han, Defa Li, Junjun Wang

“…Therefore, this study aimed to determine glucose release kinetics of various feed ingredients, to investigate a glucose release pattern that is conducive to synchronized carbon–nitrogen supply, and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms by which this synchronization optimizes growth of pigs. …”
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Association between post-PCI vessel fractional flow reserve (vFFR) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings: Results from the FAST OCT study by Annemieke C. Ziedses des Plantes, Alessandra Scoccia, Frederik T.W. Groenland, Maria N. Tovar Forero, Mariusz Tomaniak, Janusz Kochman, Wojciech Wojakowski, Pawel Gąsior, Koen Ameloot, Tom Adriaenssens, Wijnand K. den Dekker, Rutger-Jan Nuis, Isabella Kardys, Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, Ernest Spitzer, Joost Daemen

“…Aims: Reduced post-PCI fractional flow reserve (FFR) and suboptimal optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings are associated with impaired outcomes. …”
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An fNIRS-based investigation of cerebral hemodynamic responses during verbal fluency task and n-back task in individuals with mild cognitive impairment by Can Duan, Can Duan, Yufei Chong, Yufei Chong, Jingyi Gong, Jingyi Gong, Qingqing Wu, Jialing Sun, Chanjuan Zheng, Chanjuan Zheng, Chanjuan Zheng, Zhengliang Li, Zhengliang Li, Zhengliang Li, Lirong Xia, Zhen Cheng, Peiwen Zhang, Wenguang Xia, Wenguang Xia, Wenguang Xia, Wenguang Xia

“…The 1-back task may be a more optimal paradigm for the early detection of MCI compared to the VFT.…”
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Interplay Between Residential Nature Exposure and Walkability and Their Association with Cardiovascular Health by Omar M. Makram, MD, MPH, Nwabunie Nwana, PhD, MPH, Alan Pan, MS, Juan C. Nicolas, BS, Rakesh Gullapelli, BS, MS, Budhaditya Bose, MS, Ashutosh Sabharwal, PhD, Jenny Chang, MD, Zulqarnain Javed, PhD, MBBS, MPH, Bita Kash, PhD, Jay E. Maddock, PhD, Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH, MSc, Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD

“…Objectives: The authors aimed to investigate the relationship between NatureScore, a composite score for natural environment exposure and quality of green spaces, with CV risk factors and atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD). …”
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