Dysregulation of microRNA (miRNA) Due to Phthalate/Phthalate Metabolite Exposure and Associated Health Effects: A Narrative Review by Aamer Mohammed, Stephen L. Atkin, Edwina Brennan

“…Phthalates, a group of synthetic non-persistent organic chemicals commonly used as solvents and plasticisers, have been associated with a range of detrimental health effects. These endocrine disrupting chemicals (ECDs) may exert their effects through epigenetic changes such as altered microRNA (miRNA) expression. miRNAs are short non-coding endogenous RNA transcripts that are preferentially expressed in various tissues and cell types and can circulate in body fluids, thereby regulating gene expression and acting as mediators for intercellular communication. …”
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Optimizing Velocity Field Measurement with 3D-Printed Particles and MATLAB: A Cost-Effective System for Flow Visualization by José Juan Aliaga-Maraver, Ángel Antonio Rodríguez-Sevillano, María Jesús Casati-Calzada, Rafael Bardera-Mora, Estela Barroso-Barderas, Juan Carlos García-Matías, Alfonso Láinez-Muñiz, Davide Visentin

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Dose enhancement effects of different-sized nanoparticles on tumors and surrounding tissues using Geant4 track structure simulation by Tuğrul Taylan

“…In our study, the dose effects of different sizes of spherical gold nanoparticles were analyzed in the tumor environment and surrounding tissues under photon radiation at various energies with the track structure code using the TOPAS interface. …”
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Evaluation of cubic voxel effects on dose calculation for Iridium-192 high dose rate using TOPAS particle simulation by Yacine El Attaoui, Zouhair Airouss, Aziz Oustous, Lhoucine Oufni

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Effective multimodal hate speech detection on Facebook hate memes dataset using incremental PCA, SMOTE, and adversarial learning by Emmanuel Ludivin Tchuindjang Tchokote, Elie Fute Tagne

“…Link to the code and dataset below:https://github.com/ludivintchokote/HatePostDetection…”
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The Effects of Turbulent Electrical Resistivity on the Response of the Solar Atmosphere to Flare Energy Input. I. Results of Radiative Hydrodynamic Simulations by A. Gordon Emslie, Joel C. Allred, Meriem Alaoui

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Effects of housefly larvae meal and multi-enzyme-probiotic supplementation on performance, egg quality, and blood biochemistry in laying hens by Abolfazl Salehizadeh, Ph.D, Mehran Torki, Ph.D, Maryam Darbemamieh, Ph.D, Seyed Davood Sharifi, Ph.D

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Influential drivers of the cost-effectiveness of respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in European older adults: a multi-country analysis by Xiao Li, Lander Willem, Caroline Klint Johannesen, Arantxa Urchueguía-Fornes, Toni Lehtonen, Richard Osei-Yeboah, Heini Salo, Alejandro Orrico-Sánchez, Javier Díez-Domingo, Mark Jit, for PROMISE investigators, Joke Bilcke, Harish Nair, Philippe Beutels

“…Results Besides vaccine price, the hospitalisation estimates were most influential: (A) Using adjusted RSV-ICD-coded hospitalisations at a vaccine price of €150 per dose, no intervention was cost-effective up to willingness-to-pay (WTP) values of €150,000 per QALY gained in Denmark and the Netherlands, and up to €124,000 per QALY gained in Finland. …”
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VLF waves from ground‐based transmitters observed by the Van Allen Probes: Statistical model and effects on plasmaspheric electrons by Qianli Ma, Didier Mourenas, Wen Li, Anton Artemyev, Richard M. Thorne

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Enhancing radiation shielding effectiveness: a comparative study of barium-doped tellurite glasses for gamma and neutron radiation protection by Ali H. Alomari

“…This study investigated the radiation shielding performance of the xBaO-(30-x)TeO2-35Bi2O3-35B2O3 glass system, where x = 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25, using Phy-X/PSD software and MCNPX Monte Carlo code. Key radiation shielding indicators, including attenuation coefficients, half value layer (HVL), tenth value layer (TVL), effective atomic number (Zeff), mean free path (MFP), and build-up factors, were measured within the energy range of 0.015–15 MeV. …”
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Approach and Development of Effective Models for Simulation of Thermal Stratification and Mixing Induced by Steam Injection into a Large Pool of Water by Hua Li, Walter Villanueva, Pavel Kudinov

“…In this work, effective models, namely, the effective heat source (EHS) and effective momentum source (EMS) models, are proposed to model and simulate thermal stratification and mixing during a steam injection into a large pool of water. …”
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A Review About the Effects of Digital Competences on Professional Recognition; The Mediating Role of Social Media and Structural Social Capital by Javier De la Hoz-Ruiz, Rawad Chaker, Lucía Fernández-Terol, Marta Olmo-Extremera

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Realist synthesis protocol on the effectiveness of a rapid response system in managing mental state deterioration in acute hospital settings by Tracey Bucknall, Alison M Hutchinson, Tendayi Bruce Dziruni, Sandra Keppich-Arnold

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Layering Public Park Histories: Uncovering the Effects of Restoration Idea[l]s in Post-War Urban Spaces in Germany and the U.S. by Laura Brannan Fretwell, Eliane Schmid

“… This paper proposes a lens of analysis for studying how public urban park creation, often presented as inherently beneficial for the public by planners, government officials, and stakeholders, served to enforce prevailing social and political norms by excluding unwanted visitors and fostering specific codes of conduct. The two case studies of post-war park development in Richmond, Virginia, U.S., and Hamburg, DE, exemplify the social and political effects of restoration ideas and ideals on beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. …”
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Rise of wearable fitness devices (WFD): Effects of health technician and health consultant affordances on health-promoting behavior in China by Guoping He, Wenlu He, Fei Qiao

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How effective is teamwork really? The relationship between teamwork and performance in healthcare teams: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tanja Manser, Jan B. Schmutz, Laurenz L. Meier

“…Additional literature was selected through a manual backward search of relevant reviews, manual backward and forward search of studies included in the meta-analysis and contacting of selected authors via email.Eligibility criteria Studies were included if they reported a relationship between a teamwork process (eg, coordination, non-technical skills) and a performance measure (eg, checklist based expert rating, errors) in an acute care setting.Data extraction and synthesis Moderator variables (ie, professional composition, team familiarity, average team size, task type, patient realism and type of performance measure) were coded and random-effect models were estimated. Two investigators independently extracted information on study characteristics in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.Results The review identified 2002 articles of which 31 were included in the meta-analysis comprising 1390 teams. …”
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Thermo‐Mechanical Analysis of Crack Propagation Process in Heterogeneous Brittle Coal and Its Effects on the UCG Cavity Growth Rate by Mohammadreza Shahbazi, Mehdi Najafi, Mohammad Fatehi Marji, Abolfazl Abdollahipour

“…In this study, the rate of cavity growth and the crack propagation mechanism in brittle coal samples under high thermal conditions are investigated using a two‐dimensional particle flow code (PFC2D). Coal samples with different cleats' orientation under thermal environments are numerically simulated. …”
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Use of healthcare administrative claims data in observational studies of antirheumatic drug effects on pregnancy outcomes: A scoping review. by Shenthuraan Tharmarajah, Araniy Santhireswaran, Yasmeen Ameeriar, Lisa M McCarthy, Dharini Mahendira, Howard Berger, Mina Tadrous, Sara J T Guilcher

“…Electronic databases (MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), and CINAHL (EBSCO)) and grey literature were searched for observational studies using claims data to evaluate antirheumatic drug effects on pregnancy outcomes in individuals with rheumatic diseases. …”
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Effects of acetazolamide on intracranial pressure and brain tissue oxygenation on patients with acute brain injury: A pilot physiological study by Anas Hachlouf, Claudia Stella, Irene Cavalli, Elisa Gouvêa Bogossian, Sophie Schuind, Marco Anderloni, Fabio Silvio Taccone

“…Abstract The effect of acetazolamide on regional brain tissue oxygenation in patients with acute brain injury (ABI) is unknown. …”
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Effects of dietary supplementation with a postbiotic and phytogenic formulation on growth performance and immune responses of whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) by Nguyen Thi Bien Thuy, Tran Van Tuan, Do Xuan Hai, Victor Nsereko, Dang Thi Lua

“…All shrimp were fed a commercial diet (De Heus, codes 9802 and 9803). After 45 days of dietary supplementation, there were no statistically significant differences in growth performance indicators, including final weight (Wf), weight gain (Wg), specific growth rate (SGR), and average daily gain (ADG) among the treatment groups and the control. …”
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