In vivo antiviral efficacy of LCTG-002, a pooled, purified human milk secretory IgA product, against SARS-CoV-2 in a murine model of COVID-19 by Viraj Mane, Rikin Mehta, Nadine Alvarez, Vijeta Sharma, Steven Park, Alisa Fox, Claire DeCarlo, Xiaoqi Yang, David S. Perlin, Rebecca L. R. Powell

“…Presently, SARS-CoV-2 was utilized as a model mucosal pathogen, and methods were developed to efficiently extract human milk sIgA from donors who were naïve to SARS-CoV-2 or had recovered from infection that elicited high-titer anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike sIgA in their milk (pooled to make LCTG-002). …”
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Chitosan mitigates water stress in cowpea plants through modulation of growth, homeostasis, and antioxidant activities by Rayanne Silva de Alencar, Priscylla Marques de Oliveira Viana, Guilherme Felix Dias, Semako Ibrahim Bonou, Leticia Diniz Ribeiro, Yngrid Mikhaelly Lourenço de Araujo, Igor Eneas Cavalcante, Hermes Alves de Almeida, Pedro Roberto Almeida Viégas, Alberto Soares de Melo

“…At phenological stages V5 and V7, several assessments were carried out, including water status and membrane damage evaluation, leaf pigment analysis, enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant activity measurement, growth evaluation, and water use efficiency determination.ResultsAt the V5 development stage, the 50 mg L-1 concentration positively influenced the relative water content, superoxide dismutase enzyme activity, proline content and total shoot dry mass. …”
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Telepharmacy for outpatients with cancer: An implementation evaluation of videoconsults compared to telephone consults using the CFIR 2.0 by Marissa Ryan, Elizabeth C. Ward, Clare Burns, Christine Carrington, Katharine Cuff, Mhairi Mackinnon, Centaine L. Snoswell

“…Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with staff (n = 14) involved with the videoconsult service, or who provided care for patients who had a videoconsult. …”
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A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH TO INVESTMENT WITH CHARGE ON BALANCE AND VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER WEIBULL MORTALITY FORCE FUNCTION by Edikan Edem Akpanibah, Peter Benneth, Ase Matthias Esabai

“…Furthermore, an optimization problem is established from the extended Hamilton Jacobi Bellman (EHJB) equation using variational method. By applying the variable separation technique and mean variance utility, the optimal control strategy (OCS) and the efficient frontier are obtained. …”
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Eco-friendly spectrophotometric quantification of the potential combination of mirabegron and tamsulosin by Omar M El-Abassy, Hanaa Saleh, Islam M. Darwish, Eman A. Bahgat

“…Abstract Recently, men with overactive bladder have been prescribed mirabegron and tamsulosin for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Highly efficient and environmentally sustainable spectrophotometric methods have been developed for the accurate determination of mirabegron and tamsulosin in their pure forms as well as within pharmaceutical formulations. …”
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Joint modeling of predictors of adverse drug reactions and viral load changes over time among adult patients on ART at Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial comprehensive specialized hosp... by Mesfin Menza Jaldo, Awoke Abraham, Bereket Aberham Lajore, Hamdi Fekredin Zakaria, Tagese Yakob

“…Methods A retrospective follow-up study at NEMMCSH from March 1, 2018 to April 30, 2022 among 376 randomly selected age above 15 years patients who initiated first-line ART and had two or more viral load measurements during follow-up. …”
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Theories, technologies, and prospects for the utilization of deep underground storage space by Hengfei WEI, Jie FANG, Junjie SHI, Qiuyuan LI, Beibei YU, Jing CHEN

“…Therefore, investigating the theories, technologies, and prospects of DUSS utilization under the low-carbon background will provide significant guidance for efficient DUSS utilization in China. MethodsBased on the investigation into the types and utilization history of global DUSS, as well as the current status of DUSS utilization in China, this study determined the historical stages of global DUSS utilization and provided a summary of the orientations and current status of diversified DUSS utilization, as well as the theoretical and technical status of the construction of underground storage facilities based on DUSS. …”
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Assessing the prophylactic use of superficial inferior epigastric vessels (SIEV) for the super-drainage of deep inferior epigastric perforator flaps (DIEPs), correlated to patient... by Rhea M Iyer

“…Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted at the St. …”
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Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Phosphorus Loss in Watersheds during Typical Rainfall Events by LIU Xiao-rong, DU Xin-zhong, LIU Xin-ru, HAN Yu-guo, AN Miao-ying, LEI Qiu-liang, LIU Hong-bin

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Energy-aware data compression and transmission range control for energy-harvesting wireless sensor networks by Jun Min Yi, Eom Ji Oh, Dong Kun Noh, Ikjune Yoon

“…At this point, of the two methods, the method that can more effectively increase the network performance can be selected. …”
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Hybrid Position-Based and DTN Forwarding for Vehicular Sensor Networks by Fan Li, Lei Zhao, Xiumei Fan, Yu Wang

“…The proposed routing method makes use of vehicle driving direction to determine whether holding or forwarding the packet. …”
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Mapping the interactions of critical factors in China’s first-contact healthcare systems using causal loop diagrams by Wenjun He, Yusupujiang Tuersun, Tao Yang, Yuting Wan, Minji Yong, Zizhen Huang, Zhiyong Xiao, Menglin Luo, Yujia Zhang, Yujie Liu, Tao Yang, Yi Qian, Dong Roman Xu

“…This study aims to explore the dynamic interactions of key factors influencing first-contact effectiveness and provide evidence-based policy recommendations. Methods A systematic approach was employed, integrating a literature review, qualitative interviews, and MICMAC structural analysis. …”
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Optimized Production of Virus-like Particles in a High-CHO-Cell-Density Transient Gene Expression System for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Development by Ana Clara Mignaqui, Alejandra Ferella, Cintia Sánchez, Matthew Stuible, Romina Scian, Jorge Filippi, Sabrina Beatriz Cardillo, Yves Durocher, Andrés Wigdorovitz

“…While novel vaccine technologies have been explored, most fail to meet industrial scalability, cost-efficiency, or multiserotype flexibility required for effective FMD control. …”
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Applying the Nonadoption, Abandonment, Scale-Up, Spread, and Sustainability (NASSS) Framework to Adapt the CHAMP App for Pediatric Feeding Tube Weaning: Application and Case Report by Dana M Bakula, Alexandra Zax, Sarah Edwards, Kristina Nash, April Escobar, Rachel Graham, Amy Ricketts, Ryan Thompson, Sarah Bullard, Julianne Brogren, Leah Shimmens, Lori A Erickson

“…MethodsWe used the Non-adoption, Abandonment, Scale-up, Spread, and Sustainability (NASSS) framework as a formative tool and conducted a case study beta test. …”
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Features of blood parameters and adaptational status of Balb/c and C57Bl/6 mice lines in the absence of special influences by G. V. Zhukova, E. M. Frantsiyants, A. I. Shikhlyarova, I. V. Kaplieva, L. K. Trepitaki, P. S. Kachesova, A. V. Galina, N. D. Ushakova, E. V. Shalashnaya, O. G. Ishonina

“…The revealed regulatory and metabolic interlinear differences can determine the features in the reaction of the body of animals belonging to different lines to the malignant process and efficiency of antitumor therapy.…”
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Uncertainty-aware automatic TNM staging classification for [18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT reports for lung cancer utilising transformer-based language models and multi-task learni... by Stephen H. Barlow, Sugama Chicklore, Yulan He, Sebastien Ourselin, Thomas Wagner, Anna Barnes, Gary J.R. Cook

“…This is combined with an uncertainty classification task (‘u’) to account for studies with ambiguous TNM status. Methods 2498 reports were annotated by a nuclear medicine physician and split into train, validation, and test datasets. …”
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Development and Certification of Calcium Chloride Casein Reference Standard by S. M. Sukhanova, R. A. Volkova, N. E. Zakharova, O. V. Fadeikina

“…In accordance with the requirements of the State Pharmacopoeia of the Russian Federation, 14th edition, Clostridium novyi 198 test strain is used to determine growth promoting properties of thioglycollate medium when testing sterility of immunobiological medicinal products. …”
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Chromato-mass spectroscopy of tinctures from the underground part of Valerian plants growing in Zaporizhzhia region by V. M. Odyntsova, Yu. I. Korniievskyi, D. Yu. Skoryna, V. Н. Korniievska

“…In the 18th century, valerian was included in all European pharmacopeias. High efficiency, good tolerability, and virtually no side effects ensure the widespread use of valerian and its phytopreparations in medical practice, especially for the treatment of geriatric patients. …”
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Price transmission and market integration analysis of black gram (urad dal) across major Indian states by Sukhvir Singh, Amit Guleria, Parvender Sheoran, Pankaj Sood, Vishal Mahajan, Dharminder Kumar, Satbir Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Rajesh K. Rana

“…Strong price integration among states is evident, with high correlation coefficients and long-run equilibrium relationships. VECM suggests efficient price adjustments, and Granger causality identifies Madhya Pradesh as the key price-determining market. …”
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Motherhood unveiled: examining the dynamic relationship between sleep quality and breastfeeding confidence in postpartum primiparous women in Syria: a cross-sectional study by Alaa Aldairy, Jamal Ataya, Dana Haymoun, Roula Samer Kashlan, Joudi Kouran, Nagham Amouna, Dema Adwan, Marwan Alhalabi

“…Materials and methods This descriptive study included 316 primiparous women who delivered babies in Damascus, Syria. …”
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