Antioxidant and Antibacterial Effects of Pollen Extracts on Human Multidrug-Resistant Pathogenic Bacteria by Meryem Bakour, Hassan Laaroussi, Driss Ousaaid, Bouchra Oumokhtar, Badiaa Lyoussi

“…Antibacterial activity was studied using the agar disk diffusion method, and the MIC and MBC were determined. Results obtained showed a positive correlation between the antioxidant content of pollen extracts and the antibacterial capacity, Punica granatum and Quercus ilex pollen extracts were the most efficient against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, and Centaurium erythraea, Coriandrum sativum, and Ruta graveolens had a moderate effect, while Citrus aurantium had no antibacterial effect. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimization of Natural Lighting Design in Reading Areas of Higher Education Libraries by Xiao Cui, Chi-Won Ahn

“…This study provides a systematic and reproducible method for optimizing natural lighting in educational spaces and offers practical guidance for energy-efficient and user-centered library design.…”
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Antioxidant Properties and Environmental Stability of Curcumin-Loaded Zein-Tea Saponin Nanoparticles by Bingxin XU, Chaoran LIU, Xinyi FENG, Shuangshuang WANG, Han WANG, Jianing NIU, Lei DAI

“…The curcumin-loaded zein-tea saponin (Zein-TS-Cur) nanoparticles were prepared using the antisolvent co-precipitation method, and the encapsulation efficiency, loading capacity, fluorescence intensity, particle size, PDI, Zeta-potential, antioxidant properties, and storage stability of the composite nanoparticles were determined to screened for the optimal preparation ratio,and to investigate their environmental stability. …”
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Novel Cell Preservation Technique to Extend Bovine In Vitro White Blood Cell Viability. by Emilie L Laurin, Shawn L B McKenna, Javier Sanchez, Horacio Bach, Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Lecompte, Marcelo Chaffer, Greg P Keefe

“…This practical and simple method to extend in vitro white blood cell viability could benefit the efficient utilization of cell-based blood tests in ruminants.…”
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Analytical Characterization of Medium Molecular Weight Chitosan from Pink Shrimp (Metapenaeus dobsoni) Shells by Ammara Tooba Akbar, Mahnaz Ahmad, Rashida Rahmat Zohra, Raheela Rahmat Zohra, Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman, Mohamed Abbas

“…This study presents an efficient method for synthesizing high-quality chitosan from Pink shrimp (Metapenaeus dobsoni) shells. …”
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A novel solid phase synthesis of an estradiol derivative and preclinical evaluation for targeting estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer by Subhani M. Okarvi

“…This study introduces an innovative and effective method for synthesizing the DOTA-coupled estradiol derivative and evaluating its preclinical potential. 68Ga/177Lu-labeled estradiol derivative was evaluated in vitro for its stability in human plasma, and binding capacity was determined using the ER-positive MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. …”
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Public Administration as an Object of Scientific Research and a Direction of Civil Servants’ Education by A. A. Likhtin

“…The article is devoted to systematizing and updating the research and educational characteristics of public administration. The research method is a problem analysis of the public administration research discipline and the design of the problem of training personnel for the contemporary public service. …”
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Demand-side shared energy storage pricing strategy based on stackelberg-Nash game by Jindong Cui, Zengchen Zhu, Guoli Qu, Yuqing Wang, Ruotong Li

“…This paper proposed a dual-layer pricing model for shared energy storage systems based on mixed-game theory and its solution method. First, this study developed an upper-level stackelberg game model between the power supply enterprise and the cooperative alliance. …”
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Development and Evaluation of a Multi-Robot Path Planning Graph Algorithm by Fatma A. S. Alwafi, Xu Xu, Reza Saatchi, Lyuba Alboul

“…It combines a roadmap method, utilising the visibility graph (VG), with the algebraic connectivity (second smallest eigenvalue (λ₂)) of the graph’s Laplacian and Dijkstra’s algorithm. …”
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Photodynamic therapy in patients with early central lung cancer by V. V. Sokolov, E. V. Filonenko

“…The results showed that method was highly efficient and applicable for pre-invasive central lung cancer and in patients with multiple primary bronchial lesions and high risk of surgical complications.…”
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Assessing the economic value of fish stocked in inland waters: An application of a mixed approach to angling at the Prespa Lakes by Grazhdani Dorina

“…To do this, we conducted a case study in the Prespa Lakes watershed in southeast Europe using a mixed-methods approach. We achieved the goals by combining the findings of two travel cost method (TCM) regression models with a set of formulas. …”
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Development of MnWO4:Ag nanodilute magnetic semiconductors with tunable magnetic and optoelectronic properties by Sethuraman Gayathri, Oriparambil Sivaraman Nirmal Ghosh, Jayaramudu Jarugala, Krishna Kadirvelu

“…The optical properties of the pristine and Ag-doped MnWO4 particles were determined using UV‒Vis and photoluminescence spectroscopy. …”
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Microscopic features of lignin deposition patterns in young apple roots using brightfield and fluorescence imaging by Yanmin Zhu, Jordan Rainbow, Zhe Zhou

“…The preliminary data indicated that, compared to the Wiesner test, the Maule test is a more efficient lignin staining method for tissue sections of young apple root. …”
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A Correlational Study on the Teaching Methodologies and the Competencies of Graduates in a Private University in the Philippines by Kingie Micabalo, Winnie Marie Poliquit, Estela Ibanez, Robert Pabillaran, Quennie Marie Edicto, Jesszon Cano

“…The 181 graduate respondents participated in the survey on a snowball method in data gathering. Frequency and simple percentage, weighted mean, Chi-Square Test of Independence, and One-way ANOVA were used to treat and interpret the data. …”
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Insights into the relationship between usability and willingness to use a robot in the future workplaces: Studying the mediating role of trust and the moderating roles of age and S... by Mohammad Babamiri, Rashid Heidarimoghadam, Fakhradin Ghasemi, Leili Tapak, Alireza Mortezapour

“…AMOS software also considered human-robot trust and worker technology affinity as mediators. The bootstrapping method was used to evaluate indirect relationships. …”
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Enhanced MVA of polarized proton beams via PW laser-driven plasma bubble by Zhikun Zou, Gan Guo, Meng Wen, Bin Liu, Xue Yan, Yangjié Liu, Luling Jin

“…The significance of laser-driven polarized beam acceleration has been increasingly recognized in recent years. We propose an efficient method for generating polarized proton beams from a pre-polarized hydrogen halide gas jet, utilizing magnetic vortex acceleration enhanced by a laser-driven plasma bubble. …”
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A study by V.M. Abbasov, Hany M. Abd El-Lateef, L.I. Aliyeva, E.E. Qasimov, I.T. Ismayilov, Mai M. Khalaf

“…The investigation involved weight loss, LPR corrosion rate and extrapolation of cathodic and anodic Tafel lines method. Results obtained show that the surfactants studied are efficient corrosion inhibitors for carbon steel in CO2 saturated brine. …”
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Thermal Profile of a Low-Concentrator Photovoltaic: A COMSOL Simulation by Maryam M. Alqurashi, Reem M. Altuwirqi, Entesar A. Ganash

“…It is important to take advantage of substitutes that are less expensive and more efficient in energy production. Photovoltaic concentrators (CPVs) are effective methods through which solar energy can be maximized resulting in more conversion into electrical power. …”
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Combining machine learning with UAV derived multispectral aerial images for wheat yield prediction, in southern Brazil by Henrique dos Santos Felipetto, Erivelto Mercante, Octavio Viana, Adão Robson Elias, Giovani Benin, Lucas Scolari, Arthur Armadori, Diandra Ganascini Donato

“…The Linear Regression algorithm, combined with the RGB indices, showed the best performance in the initial and final phases of the crop, with coefficients of determination (R2) of 0.61 and 0.58, respectively. …”
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A novel index combining meteorological, hydrological, and ecological anomalies used for ecological drought assessment at a grassland-type basin scale by Yixuan Wang, Tingxi Liu, Limin Duan, Shaojie Chu, Jin Sun, Xin Tong, Lina Hao, Yongzhi Bao, Yu Gong

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