Risk of adverse obstetrical and neonatal outcomes in women consuming recreational drugs during pregnancy by Sreemanjari Kandhasamy, Karine Lepigeon, Stéphanie Baggio, Roulet Céline, Michael Ceulemans, Ursula Winterfeld, Stephen P. Jenkinson, Katyuska Francini, Emeline Maisonneuve, Alice Panchaud

“…However, these studies used drug-free reference groups which did not efficiently control for confounders associated with polysubstance use in pregnancy. …”
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Early Detection of Slight Bruises in Yellow Peaches (<i>Amygdalus persica</i>) Using Multispectral Structured-Illumination Reflectance Imaging and an Improved Ostu Method by Jian Wu, Chenlin Liu, Aiguo Ouyang, Bin Li, Nan Chen, Jing Wang, Yande Liu

“…A spatial frequency of 0.10 cycle <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mo>mm</mo><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> and wavelength of 700 nm were determined to be optimal for acquiring pattern images based on the analysis of the pixel intensity curve of the AC image; then, the pattern images of all yellow peaches samples were obtained. …”
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Engineering of covalent organic framework (COF) via mono-doping and co-doping for the detection of CO2 gas pollutant by John A. Agwupuye, Ekere Nwachukwu Romanus, Janefrances Ngozi Ihedioha, Ismail O. Amodu, Bassey O. Ekpong, Destiny E. Charlie, Fehintola E. Umo, Modestar Chinecherem Agwupuye, Muhammad Zeeshan

“…Upon adsorption, the studied systems showcased a non-covalent form of interaction in most cases as observed in AIM analysis. Red colors observed at the center of all the B3O3 and benzene rings of the COF surface encompassing the doped metal and heteroatoms, identified steric repulsive forces, suggesting spatial constraints and repulsion among neighboring atoms. …”
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Ultrasound-responsive nanobubble-mediated sonodynamic therapy sensitizes disulfidptosis in the treatment of liver hepatocellular carcinoma by Yichi Chen, Xin Lin, Jiayue Qiu, Yucao Sun, Bolin Wu, Haitao Shang, Liwen Deng, Xi Wang, Nanxing Li, Chen Huang, Tianhong Zhang, Zhiguang Wu, Gang Hou, Xiaohui Yan, Shoufeng Wang, Wen Cheng

“…The synthesized ICG@C3F8-KL NBs exhibited a mean diameter of 156.46 nm and stable properties, with high encapsulation efficiencies of 51.32 % ± 0.7 % for KL and 80.15 % ± 0.21 % for ICG. …”
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Use of hazardous barium slag as a supplementary cementitious material in calcium aluminate cement: Evolution of engineering properties and microstructure by Chen-xi Dong, Zhao Duan, Jiang-shan Li, Xin Chen, Wei Zhang, Haitao Cao, Nianqin Wang

“…The presence of stable hydration products, such as C2ASH8 and AFm phases, reduced the formation of less durable C3AH6, thereby enhancing both early performance and long-term durability. …”
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CCR7+ selected gene-modified T cells maintain a central memory phenotype and display enhanced persistence in peripheral blood in vivo by Gray Kueberuwa, Hannah Gornall, Erik Marcelo Alcantar-Orozco, Deborah Bouvier, Zainul Abedin Kapacee, Robert Edward Hawkins, David Edward Gilham

“…This was validated through analysis of an array of surface markers and an observed reduction in effector cell functions ex vivo. …”
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Catalytic gasification of municipal solid waste using eggshell-derived CaO catalyst: An investigation of optimum H2 production, production distribution, and tar compounds by Azhar Ali Laghari, Imtiaz Ali Jamro, Akash Kumar, Guanyi Chen, Shahdev Sajnani, Zhangzhen Guo, Yongheng Shen, Junzhe Zhang, Salim Khoso, Qingxia Guo, Wenchao Ma

“…Optimum H2 production of 51.27 mol% (with H2/CO ratio 2.82, LHV 9.47 MJ/Nm3, and H2 yield 22.74 mol kg-MSW−1) was produced which can be a better alternative to depleting fossil fuels and utilized for liquid fuel manufacturing and power generation.…”
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Microsurgical treatment of recurrent and residual previously clipped/or coiled intracranial aneurysms: a single center series of 22 patients by Jo Ee Sam, Dragan Janković, Yasuhiro Yamada, Riki Tanaka, Kento Sasaki, Takamitsu Tamura, Fuminari Komatsu, Yoko Kato

“…Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of 22 patients with 23 RA treated with microsurgery. …”
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Magnitude and Associated Factors of Burnout Syndrome Among Healthcare Professionals Workers in Intensive Care Units, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2023 by Mustofa Hassen Yesuf MD, MPH, Zewdie Aderaw Alemu PhD, Abdurehman Seid Mohammed BSC, MPH, PMAE, Natnael Fekadu Tekle MD, Solyana Haileselassie Admassie MD, Getachew Mekete Deress MSC

“…The data were reviewed, coded, and entered into Epi Info version 7.0, then transferred to SPSS version 26 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with burnout syndrome. …”
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Complementary MR measures of white matter and their relation to cardiovascular health and cognition by Petar P. Raykov, Marta Correia, Kamen Tsvetanov, Rafael N. Henriques, Alberto Del Cerro-León, Matthew Bracher-Smith, Valentina Escott-Price, Yordan P. Raykov, Richard N. Henson

“…Among 11 commonly-used WM metrics [Fractional Anisotropy (FA); Mean Signal Diffusion (MSD); Mean Signal Kurtosis (MSK); Neurite Density Index (NDI); fibre Orientation Dispersion Index (ODI); Free water volume faction (Fiso); spread of Mean Signal Diffusivity values (MSDvar); Magnetisation Transfer Ratio (MTR); T1:T2 ratio; volume of White Matter Hyper-Intensities (WMHI); White Matter Volume (WMV)], latent factor analysis showed that four factors were needed to explain 89% of the variance, which we interpreted in terms of (1) fibre density/myelination, (2) free-water / tissue damage, (3) fibre-crossing complexity and (4) microstructural complexity. …”
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Prediction and Screening of Lead-Free Double Perovskite Photovoltaic Materials Based on Machine Learning by Juan Wang, Yizhe Wang, Xiaoqin Liu, Xinzhong Wang

“…The search for stable, lead-free perovskite materials is critical for developing efficient and environmentally friendly energy solutions. …”
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Advanced multi-label brain hemorrhage segmentation using an attention-based residual U-Net model by Xinxin Lin, Enmiao Zou, Wenci Chen, Xinxin Chen, Le Lin

“…This makes it a valuable tool for clinical applications that require fast and reliable brain hemorrhage analysis. Future research could investigate semi-supervised techniques and 3D segmentation to further enhance clinical use. …”
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Multiple factors based adaptive laboratory evolution strategy enhances DHA production in Aurantiochytrium sp. PKU#Mn16 by rewiring key metabolic pathways by Xueyan Ding, Xingyu Zhu, Yuetong Zhao, Ningdong Xie, Guangyi Wang

“…This strategy yielded significant increases of 106.3% in biomass, 243.8% in total fatty acid yield, and 171.4% in DHA yield. …”
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Soil Salinization Characteristics of Different Land Use Types in a Typical Oasis Irrigation Area of Lower Tarim River by Zhai Jiangrui, Baiyun Gang, Jia Zila, Chai Zhongping, Ding Bangxin, Zheng Ming, Pan Xiongkai

“…Because of the geographical location of the reservoir, the groundwater level in the study area was shallow (1.4—3.51 m), the groundwater salinity was high (1.56—21.30 g/L), and the salt ions in irrigation water and groundwater were mainly Na+ and Cl-. …”
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GT-NMR: a novel graph transformer-based approach for accurate prediction of NMR chemical shifts by Haochen Chen, Tao Liang, Kai Tan, Anan Wu, Xin Lu

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Development and validation of a Non-INvaSive Pregnancy RIsk ScoRE (INSPIRE) for the screening of high-risk pregnant women for gestational diabetes mellitus in Pakistan by Romaina Iqbal, Iqbal Azam, Subhash Chandir, Rahat Qureshi, Ali Jaffar, Neelofur Babar, Sabahat Naz, Samreen Jamal, Aisha Syed Wali

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Optimizing Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Carbohydrate from Scenedesmus sp. Cultivated in Domestic Wastewater by Yeong Hwang Tan, Mee Kin Chai, Ling Shing Wong, Mei Yin Ong, Ranjithkumar Rajamani

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Temporal Segment Method in Sign Word Recognition Using a Pretrained CNN-LSTM Network by Seungju Lee, Irina Polyakova

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Flexible Demand Side Management in Smart Cities: Integrating Diverse User Profiles and Multiple Objectives by Nuno Souza e Silva, Paulo Ferrão

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Self-aligning prosthetic device for older patients with vascular-related amputations: protocol for a randomised feasibility study (the STEPFORWARD study) by Elizabeth Coleman, Catriona McDaid, Natasha Mitchell, Judith Watson, Kerry Bell, Cleveland Barnett, Martin Twiste, Fergus Jepson, Abayomi Salawu, Dennis Harrison, Natalie Vanicek

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