Determination of chlorinated paraffins in PM2.5 by QuEChERS combined with ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole/orbitrap high resolution mass spectrometry by Wenyan YAN, Chao WANG, Juan LIU, Yibin SUN, Wen GU, Yifu LU, Ke FANG, Yi WAN, Song TANG

“…MethodsThe extraction solvents, extraction salts, and extraction steps of a QuEChERS method were optimized. The extraction efficiencies of the target substances were compared under 4 extraction solvents [acetonitrile, dichloromethane, and n-hexane solvents in sequence; acetonitrile: dichloromethane: n-hexane = 1: 1: 2 (v/v/v) mixed solvent; 1% acetic acid-acetonitrile: dichloromethane: n-hexane = 1: 1: 1 (v/v/v) mixed solvent; acetonitrile: dichloromethane: n-hexane = 1: 1: 1 (v/v/v) mixed solvent], 2 dehydrated salts (anhydrous MgSO4+NaCl and anhydrous Na2SO4+NaCl), 2 purification salts (C18 and PSA), and 4 vortex time (5, 7.5, 10, and 12.5 min) conditions. …”
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Isolation of Murine Pancreatic Stellate Cells and the Establishment of a New ex-vivo Activation Model by Wang X, Li M, Liu X, Sun G, Zhang D, Sun L, Yin Y, Zhang W, Hao J

“…Fibroblast markers were also upregulated, and KEGG and GO enrichment analyses identified key pathways involved in ECM-receptor interactions, cell cycle regulation, PI3K-Akt signaling, and extracellular matrix remodeling.Conclusion: The Nycodenz gradient efficiently isolates quiescent mPSCs, and short-term caerulein treatment effectively activates mPSCs ex vivo, providing a valuable model for studying mPSC activation and related signaling pathways.Keywords: pancreatic stellate cells, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic fibrosis…”
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An <italic>In Vitro</italic> Study on Minimal Inhibitory Concentration of Combinations of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, <italic>Curcuma zedoaria</italic> and <italic>Azadirachta indica</... by Anshula N Deshpande, Simron Baishya, Khushali Shah, Vandana S Shah, Sneha Dori

“…The synergistic action of these oils has the potential to change dental care by efficiently targeting harmful microorganisms, such as <italic>Streptococcus mutans</italic> and <italic>Candida albicans</italic>. …”
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Multi-Particle-Collision Simulation of Heat Transfer in Low-Dimensional Fluids by Rongxiang Luo, Stefano Lepri

“…The simulation of the transport properties of confined, low-dimensional fluids can be performed efficiently by means of multi-particle collision (MPC) dynamics with suitable thermal-wall boundary conditions. …”
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Framework Heurístico para la Implementación de Sistemas Activos de Reconocimiento de Objetos by E. González, A. Adán, V. Feliú

“…From the study of the information contained in the cluster are efficiently developed the classification task, selection of sensor positions and calculation of the evidence. …”
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Violence prevention accelerators for children and adolescents in South Africa: A path analysis using two pooled cohorts. by Lucie D Cluver, William E Rudgard, Elona Toska, Siyanai Zhou, Laurence Campeau, Yulia Shenderovich, Mark Orkin, Chris Desmond, Alexander Butchart, Howard Taylor, Franziska Meinck, Lorraine Sherr

“…Policies promoting action on positive and supervisory caregiving and food security at home are likely to support further efficiencies in the delivery of INSPIRE.…”
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Uji Lintasan Hand Tractor Pada Lahan Kering Terhadap Pertumbuhan Dan Pertumbuhan Tanaman Kacang Tanah (Arachis hypogaea L) Akibat Pengunaan Bajak by Budi Al Hadi, Sri Handayani, Syahrul Syahrul, Syahrul Syahrul

“…Soil management is carried out effectively and efficiently, as it influences soil quality, processing time, and production, thereby maximizing the utilization of extensive dry land. …”
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The quantitative study of marked individuals in ecology, evolution and conservation biology: a foreword to the EURING 2003 Conference by J. C. Senar, A. A. Dhondt, M. J. Conroy

“…Charles Francis very efficiently organized the poster session and acted as editor for the papers sent for publication. …”
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Associations among blood heavy metals, neurofilament light chains and cognition function in US adults: NHANES 2013–2014 by YuYan Zhou, YaKun Wang, ChunFang Qiu, YuXuan Man, XiaoNian Zhu, ShengKui Tan, HuaiCai Zeng, XueFeng Guo, ZhengBao Zhang

“…The mediation analysis further revealed that sNfL partially mediated the relationship between Cd and AFT or DSST scores, with interpretive efficiencies of 23.35 % and 32.7 %, respectively. Conclusion: This study is the first to utilize sNfL data to establish a link between heavy metals exposure and cognitive function. …”
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Caracterización de diferentes cargas con el mismo porcentaje de pérdida de velocidad en el ejercicio de lanzamiento en press de banca (Characterizing different loads with the same... by Adrián García-Valverde, Diego Pastor, Javier Raya-González, Manuel Moya-Ramón

“…Moreover, untrained subjects could perform efficiently up to six sets at all percentages but with fewer repetitions at higher intensities, as this study shows that untrained subjects achieved 10% velocity loss under four repetitions. …”
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Development of a comprehensive model to predict stock prices in the stock market with an interpretive structural modeling approach by Shiva Rezaeyan, Mohammad Taleghani, Azita Sherej Sharifi

“…Among the criteria occupying lower positions in the hierarchy, the exchange rate and the power indicator relative and exponential moving averages were identified as the most influential indicators.Keywords: Stock Market, Prediction Model, Fuzzy-Delphi Approach, Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) IntroductionStock markets play a crucial role in promoting economic growth by efficiently allocating resources and generating liquidity, particularly in urbanized smart cities. …”
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硫苷降解菌筛选及改良菜籽粕营养特性的研究Screening of glucosinolates-degrading bacteria and their role in improving the nutrition characteristics of rapeseed meal... by 张寒1,2，韩梅1,2，郑竟成1,2，罗质1,2，雷芬芬1,2,3，陈东1,2， 周力1,2，何东平1,2,3，刘曙4，洪坤强1,2,3 ZHANG Han1,2, HAN Mei1,2, ZHENG Jingcheng1,2, LUO Zhi1,2, LEI Fenfen1,2,3, CHEN Dong1,2, ZHOU Li1,2, HE Dongping1,2,3, LIU Shu4, HONG Kunqiang1,2,3

“…In order to improve the nutrition value of rapeseed meal, using rotten rapeseed meal as the raw material and glucosinolates as the only carbon source, strains of efficiently degrading the main anti-nutrient factor glucosinolates in rapeseed meal were screened, and their species were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. …”
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Aircraft Multi-stage Altitude Prediction Under Satellite Signal Loss by Mengchan HUANG, Qiang MIAO

“…Addressing the longitudinal nature of aircraft flight parameter time series, a long temporal correlation attention (LTCA) mechanism is designed for feature extraction, enhancing spatiotemporal correlation representation. LTCA efficiently exploited attention mechanisms to extract key features from multi-dimensional flight parameter data samples through adaptive global average pooling (GAP) and one-dimensional convolution, considering global and local information. …”
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RLDEAO optimized of air quality data clustering analysis(RLDEAO优化的空气质量数据聚类分析) by 田闯(TIAN Chuang), 黄鹤(HUANG He), 杨澜(YANG Lan), 王会峰(WANG Huifeng), 茹锋(RU Feng)

“…It can be seen that RLDEAO-KMC can cluster information more efficiently and make better prediction and response.…”
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Potential and limitations of noise-based surface-wave tomography for numerical site effect estimation: a case study in the French Rhône valley by Lavoué, François, Froment, Bérénice, Gélis, Céline, Boué, Pierre,  Chaljub, Emmanuel, Stehly, Laurent, Beauprêtre, Sophie, De Martin, Florent,  Gisselbrecht, Loïc, Pilz, Marco, Moiriat, Denis, Cushing, Edward Marc

“…In particular, this ANSWT model lacks clear basin edges in order to efficiently trap seismic waves in the basin and to generate significant 3D wave propagation effects (diffractions, reflections, and generation of laterally propagating surface waves at the edges of the basin). …”
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Mejora en la detección, diagnóstico y tratamiento temprano de la enfermedad renal crónica en España. Proyecto IntERKit by José Luis Górriz, Fran Adán Gil, Manuel A. Botana López, Antonio Buño Soto, Francisco José Campos Cabrera, Angeles Cisneros, Silvia Cobo Guerrero, María Dolores Conejos, Isabel Egocheaga Cabello, M. Concepción Fernández Planelles, Lisardo García-Matarín, Natalia Jiménez, Juan Carlos Julián Mauro, David León Jiménez, Daniel Martínez Gamote, Pilar Mazón Ramos, Alberto Ortiz, Gemma Palau, Julia Quevedo Rivera, J. Emilio Sánchez-Álvarez, Rita Tristancho Ajamil, Cristina Varga Martín, Roser Vallés Fernández

“…The IntERKit project provides healthcare organizations with a structured framework to optimize the early approach of CKD efficiently, achieving a real, measurable, sustainable and scalable impact, which can evolve depending on the results obtained.…”
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Improvement in the detection, diagnosis, and early treatment of chronic kidney disease in Spain. The IntERKit project by José Luis Górriz, Fran Adán Gil, Manuel A. Botana López, Antonio Buño Soto, Francisco José Campos Cabrera, Angeles Cisneros, Silvia Cobo Guerrero, María Dolores Conejos, Isabel Egocheaga Cabello, M. Concepción Fernández Planelles, Lisardo García-Matarín, Natalia Jiménez, Juan Carlos Julián Mauro, David León Jiménez, Daniel Martínez Gamote, Pilar Mazón Ramos, Alberto Ortiz, Gemma Palau, Julia Quevedo Rivera, J. Emilio Sánchez-Álvarez, Rita Tristancho Ajamil, Cristina Varga Martín, Roser Vallés Fernández

“…The IntERKit project provides healthcare organizations with a structured framework to optimize early management of CKD efficiently, achieving a real, measurable, sustainable, and scalable impact, which can evolve depending on the results obtained. …”
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Uso de recursos y costes sanitarios en largas supervivientes de cáncer de mama (CONCEPT-COSTS) by Cristina Valcárcel Nazco, Benjamín Rodríguez Díaz, David Abbad Gómez, Carmen Guirado Fuentes, Francisco Estupiñán Romero, Enrique Bernal Delgado, María Sala Serra

“…Conclusions: This study identified the costs of healthcare pathways in long-term breast cancer survivors and suggests that the methodology used could help healthcare professionals allocate resources more efficiently.…”
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Global, regional, and national burden of genitourinary cancers in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021 by Zhiyong Zhang, Yingwei Xie, Lei Liu, Yongtao Wang, Shuang Li, Li Chen, Xiangbo Zeng, Yuanchao Zhu, Yishan Zhang, Yongyuan Xiao, Fengjin Zhao, Bihong Xu, Xiaocen Liu, Wenbin Guo, Ganping Wang, Wenlian Xie, Wanlong Tan, Hao Ping, Zaosong Zheng

“…Our study obtained and analyzed the latest epidemiological data of genitourinary cancers from the GBD 2021, offering valuable information for national healthcare professionals and policymakers to optimize resource allocation, manage costs more efficiently, and develop practical healthcare policies.…”
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Experimental investigation on heat transfer performance diamond nanofluid gravity heat pipe by Yong YANG, Jiajia CHEN, Songyan LIU, Dongdong YUAN, Zijie TONG

“…A heat pipe is a heat exchange element that efficiently transfers heat through the gas-liquid phase change of the working fluid inside the pipe. …”
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