The Relationship Between the Phonological Processing Network and the Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon: Evidence from Large-Scale DTI Data by Xiaoyan Gong, Ziyi He, Jun Wang, Cheng Wang

“…The results revealed that global efficiency and mean degree centrality of the phonological processing network positively predicted TOT rates. …”
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Dracocephalum kotschyi: Inhibition of critical enzyme relevant to type-2 diabetes, essential oil composition, bactericidal and anti-oxidant activity by Mehri Kazempour, S. Shirin Shahangian, Reyhaneh Sariri

“…The total phenolic, flavonoid, and anthocyanin contents of these extracts were also calculated. Disc diffusion, MIC, and MBC methods were applied to analyze the antibacterial efficiency of the extracts. …”
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Novel Liposome–Gel Formulations Containing a Next Generation Postbiotic: Characterization, Rheological, Stability, Release Kinetic, and In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity Studies by Halise Betül Gökçe, İsmail Aslan

“…Finally, the antimicrobial activities of the postbiotics and the optimum gel formulation LG1 were evaluated on <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>, <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Enterococcus hirae</i>, and <i>Candida albicans</i> strains using disk diffusion and microdilution methods. The optimum liposome formulation L1 was determined to have a particle size of 185.32 ± 0.80 nm, a polydispersity index of 0.206 ± 0.012, a zeta potential of 35.0 ± 0.5 mV, and an encapsulation efficiency of 17.52%. …”
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The Green Synthesize of Zinc Oxide Catalyst Using Pomegranate Peels Extract for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue Dye by Atheel Alwash

“…The decolorization efficiency of the methylene blue dye was investigated using the ZnO nanoparticles under sun light irradiation and it was compared with the bare ZnO synthesized without the addition of extract. …”
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Assessing the Impact of IT, Trade Globalisation, and Economic Complexity on Carbon Emissions in BRICS Economies by Tuba Rasheed, Hamza Akram, Mahwish Zafar, Md Billal Hossain

“…While it can lower emissions through technology diffusion and efficiency gains, it can also increase them due to Scale Effects and the relocation of polluting industries. …”
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Electroacupuncture combined with cognitive rehabilitation outperforms cognitive rehabilitation alone in treating post-stroke cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial by Yisha Guo, Tingting Sun, Fengxi Qiu, Xueyi Li, Weiwei Cui, Zhenhua Liao, Jiajia Yao

“…Local brain network metrics, such as clustering coefficients (Cp) and local efficiency (Eloc), were significantly higher (p &lt; 0.05) in the EA + CR group, though global efficiency (Eglob) was unchanged. …”
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Cyclosporine A Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles for Dry Eye Disease: In Vitro Characterization Studies by Vijay D. Wagh, Dipak U. Apar

“…Nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared by W/O solvent evaporation technique followed by probe sonicator and characterized for various properties such as particle size, entrapment efficiency, zeta potential, in vitro drug release, in vitro permeation studies by Franz diffusion cells, XRD, DSC, SEM, and stability studies. …”
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Evaporation Engine: Extraction of work from heat energy of the Universe and potential entropy stored in liquids by Ritesh Singh

“…We derive expressions for efficiency and power output of the engine, and discuss ways to increase the power output. …”
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Synthesis and photocatalytic properties of visible light responsive TiO2-rGO-PANI/PPy nanocomposite towards removal of atrazine, a triazine herbicide by Rachel Joseph, A. Padmanaban, S. Ida, Amy Ding, P. Wilson

“…The aqueous photocatalytic degradation efficiency was studied using atrazine a toxic herbicide of triazine family, under simulated sunlight using Xe-tester. …”
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Structural Designing of Supersonic Swirling Devices Based on Computational Fluid Dynamics Theory by Qian Huang, Huirong Huang, Xueyuan Long, Yuan Tian, Jiang Meng

“…The structure of the supersonic swirling device has an important impact on the liquefaction efficiency. Therefore, this study presents a structural design method for supersonic cyclones based on CFD theory. …”
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NEUROINFLAMMATION IN CRITICAL CARE: MECHANISMS AND PROTECTIVE ROLE OF HYPOTHERMIA by Evgeniy V. Grigoriev, Dmitriy L. Shukevich, Georgiy P. Plotnikov, Maria V. Khutornaya, Anna V. Tsepokina, Artem S. Radivilko

“…Expression of inflammatory genes, glial activation, release of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, and activation of cell adhesion molecules can be induced by both focal and diffuse brain injury. Therapeutic hypothermia is now considered as an efficient way to control neuroinflammation, normalize neurovascular units, reduce expression of cell adhesion molecules, stabilize extracellular matrix, and adjust cytokine response. …”
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Individual-level cortical morphological network analysis in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: diagnostic and prognostic insights by Yifeng Yang, Meijing Yan, Lianxi Sun, Xiao Liu, Xuhao Fang, Shihong Li, Guangwu Lin

“…Results Both iNPH and AD exhibited disrupted MIND network topology versus HC, including lower clustering coefficient, global efficiency, and local efficiency (all p < 0.05). Distinct spatial patterns emerged: iNPH showed localized lower values in cingulate subregions (degree centrality, node efficiency, MINDs), whereas AD demonstrated widespread alterations in fusiform, insular, and temporoparietal cortices. …”
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A Simple Image Encryption Based on Binary Image Affine Transformation and Zigzag Process by Adélaïde Nicole Kengnou Telem, Cyrille Feudjio, Balamurali Ramakrishnan, Hilaire Bertrand Fotsin, Karthikeyan Rajagopal

“…It is an efficient and secure scheme for real-time encryption and transmission of biomedical images in telemedicine.…”
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Fatigue life assessment for a welded detail: advantages of a local energetic approach and experimental validation by Filippo Berto, Luigi Mario Viespoli, Aurelio Soma

“…Several techniques have been proposed in the literature, constantly researching efficient, cost effective and reliable methods to predict the behavior of a complex welded structures. …”
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Numerical Inversion for the Multiple Fractional Orders in the Multiterm TFDE by Chunlong Sun, Gongsheng Li, Xianzheng Jia

“…The fractional order in a fractional diffusion model is a key parameter which characterizes the anomalous diffusion behaviors. …”
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Solving a North-type energy balance model using boundary integral methods by A. Samuelsberg, P. K. Jakobsen

“…Furthermore, we show that the BIM serves as an efficient framework for handling unconventional ice distributions and model configurations for North-type EBMs.…”
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Studying the effect of plant extracts of Saliva officinalis L. and Costus speciosus L. on bacterial species causing urinary tract infection in Samarra by Huda Ali Hadi

“…The aqueous cold - hot and alcoholic extracts ethanol – methanol were tested with concentrations of 70,50,10 mg / ml and by the method of diffusion in pollen of Costus speciosus .L and Saliva officinalis L. on the bacterial genera Pseudomonas areuginosa, Klebsiella pneumonia, Enterobacter spp. that isolated from patients with urinary tract infection in the city of Samarra, where the results showed that the two types of water extracts, especially the hot ones, are more efficient than both alcoholic extracts of The two plants mentioned above. …”
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EVALUATING THE POTENCY OF NIGELLA SATIVA-MEDIATED SILVER NANOPARTICLES AGAINST AFLATOXIGENIC FUNGI IN PLANTING SOIL by Amina BADMOS, Eniola ONI, Ifeoluwa OJEWALE, Flora OLUWAFEMI

“…This study highlights the potential of black seed extract-mediated AgNPs as a promising, eco-friendly, and efficient alternative to traditional antifungal treatments.…”
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Realization of screen-printed silver paste grid contacts in the III-V solar cell by Qiangjian Sun, Junhua Long, Pan Dai, Xinzhou Wu, Erpeng Li, Min Zhou, Xiaoxu Wu, Zhitao Chen, Menglu Yu, Shuhong Nie, Qing Gong, Wencong Yan, Wenming Su, Shulong Lu

“…The performance enhancement is attributed to the capacity of silver particles in the paste to form interparticle contacts, thereby constructing efficient conductive pathways and reducing intrinsic resistance. …”
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Treatment of mine water containing ammonia nitrogen by sodium hexametaphosphate modified zeolite by Liping ZHANG, Xiang HU, Weiwei WANG, Wenbo LEI, Huitong LI, Huaran SUN, Yongqi ZHAN, Zeyu LIAN

“…The adsorption process was identified as chemisorption (ion exchange), and particle inner diffusion models revealed that the NH4+—N adsorption by both materials involves three stages: external diffusion, internal diffusion, and reaction equilibrium. …”
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