Efficacy of Manuka honey oral rinse in treatment of xerostomia among elderly patients: a randomized controlled trial by Dalia Ghalwash, Ayman El-Gawish, Asmaa Abou-Bakr

“…The Summated Xerostomia Inventory (SXI) score, The Clinical Oral Dryness Score (CODS), and the salivary flow rate were evaluated for all groups at different intervals. The Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire was assessed 1 month after intervention. …”
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Identification and Redevelopment of Inefficient Industrial Land in Resource-Exhausted Cities: A Case Study of Hegang, China by Yanping Qi, Yinghui Zhao, Jingpeng Guo, Yuwei Wang

“…By integrating data related to land use status, land use efficiency, policy constraints, and development potential, a parcel-scale assessment model is established. …”
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Almond-based activated carbon/MIL-125(Ti) composite as a beneficial catalyst for oxidative denitrogenation of model fuel by Amin Alamdari, Siamak Salehian, Abbas Aghaeinejad-Meybodi, Mohammad Javad Azarhoosh

“…The synthesized catalysts were analyzed through different characterization techniques, including XRD, FT-IR, FE-SEM, EDX, TEM, and BET, confirming the sufficient synthesis of X %-ACTiM. 20 %-ACTiM showed the best activity in the ODN of model fuel. …”
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Crop rotation alleviates continuous cropping obstacles in Chrysanthemum morifolium production by regulating rhizosphere soil microbial communities and metabolites by Qiaohuan Chen, Waseem Mushtaq, Xiao Wang, Zhiyuan Liao, Jinxin Li, Siqian Xiao, Yuhuan Miao, Dahui Liu

“…Abstract Background Crop rotation is a well-established agricultural practice that enhances biodiversity in medicinal crop fields, thereby improving agroecosystem sustainability and efficiency. However, the impact of crop rotation involving Chrysanthemum morifolium on soil microbiomes and their correlation with key soil physicochemical factors remains insufficiently understood. …”
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Formation of integrated corporate structures in the defense-industrial complex of Russia in the conditions of global challenges by Baushev Sergey, Babkin Aleksandr, Volokitina Irina, Galeev Eduard

“…In general, this should help reach the key objective of integration, which is to achieve the synergistic effect, expressed in increasing production efficiency, reducing costs, accelerating technological development and strengthening competitive positions in the market. …”
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Biochemical Characterization and Polyester-Binding/Degrading Capability of Two Cutinases from <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i> by Haizhen Wang, Tianrui Zhang, Kaixiang Chen, Liangkun Long, Shaojun Ding

“…Comparative modeling of catalytic domains identified distinct structural differences between the two cutinases. <i>Af</i>CutA possesses a shallower substrate-binding cleft, fewer acidic residues, and more extensive hydrophobic regions around the active site, potentially explaining its enhanced interfacial activation and catalytic efficiency toward synthetic polyester substrates. …”
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Optimizing Air Pollution Forecasting Across Temporal Scales: A Case Study in Salamanca, Mexico by Francisco-Javier Moreno-Vazquez, Felipe Trujillo-Romero, Amanda Enriqueta Violante Gavira

“…The research indicates that the incorporation of temporal and environmental variables enhances forecast accuracy and highlights the value of low-code AutoML tools, such as PyCaret, in streamlining model selection and improving overall forecasting efficiency.…”
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Olmesartan Medoxomil Nanomicelle Using Soluplus for Dissolution Enhancement :Preparation, In-vitro and Ex-vivo Evaluation by Nawal Ayash Rajab, Halah Talal Sulaiman

“…Micelle size, polydispersity, morphology, encapsulation efficiency and in vitro  release testing were used to gauge the micellar system's concentration-dependent characteristics. …”
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Exploring supply and demand imbalance of community-based older adult care: an observational study in Chongqing, China by Yilin Zhou, Xiaoqin Tian, Yuqin Tang, Peng Peng, Dan Deng

“…A comparison between those who chose community-based older adult care and those who did not showed statistically significant differences in six variables: age, education, employee medical insurance, a regular pension, living status, and services awareness (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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The role of root dynamics on the climate sensitivity of ecohydrological processes of over- and understory in a semi-arid groundwater-dependent ecosystem by Qiyue Liu, Ana P. Barros

“…Accounting for HR lowers overall water use efficiency (WUE) by more than 50% in the dry season due to release of deep root water uptake to moisten dry soil layers. …”
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Study of a High-Yield Cellulase System Created by Heavy-Ion Irradiation-Induced Mutagenesis of Aspergillus niger and Mixed Fermentation with Trichoderma reesei. by Shu-Yang Wang, Bo-Ling Jiang, Xiang Zhou, Ji-Hong Chen, Wen-Jian Li, Jing Liu, Wei Hu, Guo-Qing Xiao, Miao-Yin Dong, Yu-Chen Wang

“…It is notable that the exoglucanases (CBH) activities of A. niger strains H11-1 and H differed (6.71 U/mL vs. 6.01 U/mL) and were significantly higher than that of A. niger mutant H3-1. …”
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Tapping line detection and rubber tapping pose estimation for natural rubber trees based on improved YOLOv8 and RGB-D information fusion by Yaya Chen, Hui Yang, Junxiao Liu, Zhifu Zhang, Xirui Zhang

“…The improved YOLOv8n’s effect and efficiency were superior compared to other networks, and it could better detect and segment natural rubber tree image targets in different scenes. …”
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Effect of Rosmarinus officinalis supplementation on productive performance and egg quality traits in laying hens: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Hossein Hassanpour, Aziz A. Fallah, Navid Farhadi, Reza Ameri, Waranyoo Kaewduangta

“…Data extraction and analysis were conducted, calculating unstandardized mean differences and confidence intervals to assess the effect sizes. …”
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the CDH18 gene affect growth traits in Hu sheep by Tianyi Liu, Yazhen Bi, Jingjing Bao, Mingyu Shang, Wenping Hu, Li Zhang

“…The CDH18 gene was expressed in the muscle tissues of Hu sheep at different months. The relative expression levels at weaning and 4‐month muscle tissue were higher. …”
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Predicting cancer-related mycobiome aspects in gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review by György Szklenarik, Peter Kiraly, Gabor Szegvari, David Dora, Zoltan Lohinai

“…Therefore, we aimed to conduct a systematic review to assess the role of fungal colonization in gastrointestinal (GI) tumors in increasing diagnostic efficiency.MethodsA PubMed citation search was conducted for publications up to and including March 2023, followed by full-text screening. …”
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Research on the acoustic emission characteristics and instability correlation effect of the dynamic response of waste dump slopes by Shaoqiang Liu, Hongbao Zhao, Menglai Wang

“…To reveal the dynamic evolution process of the slope instability of the waste dump slope, the coupling test system of the slope instability of the waste dump slope was used to carry out the study of the acoustic emission characteristics of the slope instability dynamic response of the dump slope under the action of vibration, and to quantitatively analyse the staged characteristics of the acoustic emission parameter evolution of the dump slope under the action of different vibration frequencies and its instability initiation node. …”
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The application of compressed sensing on tumor mutation burden calculation from overlapped pooling sequencing data by Yue Cui, Yi Qiao, Rongming An, Xuan Pan, Jing Tu

“…Additionally, we performed an assessment of the reconstruction efficiency of both the BP model and the OMP model.…”
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Economic and geographical advantages of locating natural stone processing companies in europe: a comparison of key countries by Ye.S. Syroid, V.O. Sokolovsky, Yu.V. Shkabara, S.V. Mykytenko, A.A. Sydorenko

“…The problem addressed in the study was to identify the most favorable conditions for the placement of such enterprises in different countries, considering economic and geographical factors, including access to raw materials, the level of technological development, labor costs, transportation infrastructure, and environmental requirements. …”
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Screening of potential regulatory genes in carotid atherosclerosis vascular immune microenvironment. by Yi Zhang, Lingmin Zhang, Yunfang Jia, Jing Fang, Shuancheng Zhang, Xianming Hou

“…Following this, consensus clustering was performed to stratify CAS samples into different clusters. Finally, hub genes were identified using the maximum neighborhood component algorithm based on the construction of interaction networks, and their diagnostic efficiency was evaluated.…”
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Assessment of the social capital impact on the household income of the Russian Federation regions by N. Е. Karmanova, A. V. Koritskiy

“…In particular, for example, to the spread of such a negative phenomenon as information asymmetry in different groups: at work or in the family, which can interfere with productive work and result in lower quality of work, service, efficiency and competitiveness. …”
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