Comparative analysis of Monte Carlo simulations and experimental evaluation of PMMA reinforced with hgo for gamma radiation shielding by Mahdieh Mokhtari Dorostkar, Akbar Abdi Saray

“…In this study, a novel PMMA-based composite reinforced with varying weight fractions (2.5–10 wt%) of mercury oxide (HgO) was developed and evaluated for its gamma shielding performance using both experimental methods and Monte Carlo simulations with a 137Cs source (662 keV). …”
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Synthesis of propellant grade HHTPB by hydrogenation of HTPB using Pd-activated charcoal as catalyst by Ch. Devi Vara Prasad, P. Kanakaraju, R Vinu, Abhijit P Deshpande

“…To derive more performance from the conventional composite propellant based on hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) and ammonium perchlorate (AP), it is envisaged to hydrogenate HTPB, which increases the H/C (hydrogen to carbon ratio) of the base polymer. …”
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Response of Subsurface Chlorophyll Maximum Depth to Evolution of Mesoscale Eddies in Kuroshio–Oyashio Confluence Region by Ziwei Chuang, Chunling Zhang, Jiahui Fan, Huangxin Yang

“…In this study, we use satellite altimeter observations and high-resolution reanalysis data to explore seasonal variations in the SCMD and its responses to different types of eddies based on methods of composite averaging and normalization. …”
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Investigation of metallic nanoparticle distribution in PAN/magnetic nanocomposites fabricated with needleless electrospinning technique by Marah Trabelsi, Al Mamun, Michaela Klöcker, Lilia Sabantina

“…Needleless electrospinning can be used to produce polyacrylonitrile nanofibres, for example, to which magnetic nanoparticles can additionally be added. Such composite nanofibres can then be stabilised and carbonised to produce carbon composite nanofibres. …”
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False vacuum decay of excited states in finite-time instanton calculus by B. Garbrecht, N. Wagner

“…Although we show that the previous proposition of employing a sequential calculation scheme — where the functional integral is evaluated around extremal trajectories with fixed endpoints, weighted only at a subsequent stage — can lead to the desired goal, the novel composite approach is found to be more concise and transparent.…”
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Adsorption of anionic dyes on corn stalks modified by polyaniline: kinetics and thermodynamic studies by L. M. Soldatkina, M. A. Zavrichko

“…Besides, the calculated standard entropy changes of adsorption were 107 and 85 J/mol K for Acid Red and Acid Orange, respectively. Consequently, the composite CS-PAN, an inexpensive, easily synthesized, and efficient adsorbent, could be an alternative for more costly adsorbents used for removal of anionic dyes in wastewater treatment.…”
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Intracerebral haemorrhage laterality and associations with mood and pain: a MISTIE III substudy by Issam Awad, Daniel Hanley, Wendy C Ziai, Matthew L Flaherty, Mario Zuccarello, Radhika Avadhani, Noeleen Ostapkovich, Dawson C Cooper, Efrat Abramson, Vishank A Shah, Lourdes Carhuapoma, Lauren H Sansing

“…These non-motor outcomes are often overlooked in studies following ICH but impact patient recovery and well-being.Methods A secondary prespecified analysis of the Minimally Invasive Surgery with Thrombolysis in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Evacuation (MISTIE) III study—a randomised, international, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial of participants with spontaneous, non-traumatic, supratentorial ICH of 30 mL or more that evaluated minimally invasive surgery with thrombolysis compared with standard medical care. …”
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Photochemical aging of aviation emissions: transformation of chemical and physical properties of exhaust emissions from a laboratory-scale jet engine combustion chamber by A. Hartikainen, M. Ihalainen, D. Shukla, D. Shukla, M. Rohkamp, A. Mukherjee, Q. He, S. Piel, S. Piel, A. Virkkula, D. Li, T. Kokkola, S. Jeong, S. Jeong, H. Koponen, U. Etzien, A. Das, K. Luoma, L. Schwalb, T. Gröger, T. Gröger, A. Barth, M. Sklorz, T. Streibel, H. Czech, H. Czech, B. Gündling, M. Kalberer, B. Buchholz, A. Hupfer, T. Adam, T. Hohaus, J. Øvrevik, J. Øvrevik, R. Zimmermann, R. Zimmermann, O. Sippula, O. Sippula

“…During aging, aromatic hydrocarbons and alkanes in the gas-phase decayed, while gas-phase oxidation products, such as small carbonyls and oxygenated aromatics, increased. The composition of organic matter became more complex by photochemical processing, with the average particulate carbon oxidation state increasingly growing throughout the addressed exposure range (equivalent to 0.2 to 7 d in the atmosphere) with a <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">H</mi><mo>:</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">C</mi><mo>/</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">O</mi><mo>:</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">C</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="72pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="0a5fddb200c21a75edc2d7a8feaec4b6"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-25-9275-2025-ie00001.svg" width="72pt" height="14pt" src="acp-25-9275-2025-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> slope of <span class="inline-formula">−</span>0.54. …”
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A combined measure of blood leukocytes, forced vital capacity and quantitative CT is highly predictive of mortality in IPF: results of a single-centre cohort study by Andrew Achaiah, Emily Fraser, Peter Saunders, Rachel Hoyles, Rachel Benamore, Ling-Pei Ho

“…Aims We question if a composite measure of disease progression using qCT and FVC is more predictive of mortality than individual measurements, and if addition of blood leukocyte levels further enhance predictive ability of these measurements of disease progression. …”
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Effect of collagen crosslinkers on sodium hypochlorite treated dentin bond strength: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Weiqing Zhou, Shuting Feng, Xiaojun Chu, Shuaimei Xu, Xiongqun Zeng

“…The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to analyze the current literature on the effect of collagen crosslinkers on the BS between sodium hypochlorite treated dentin and composite resin.MethodsDatabases including PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane library, Scopus, Web of Science and SinoMed were searched. …”
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High-salt-driven gut microbiota dysfunction aggravates prostatitis by promoting AHR/SGK1/FOXO1 axis-mediated Th17 cell differentiation by Jing Chen, Rui Feng, Bin-Bin Gong, Wei-Kang Wu, Bang-Shun Dai, Rui Tan, Wen-Long Xu, Tong Meng, Xiao-Bin Wang, Yun-Zheng Xiao, Cheng Yang, Li Zhang, Chao-Zhao Liang

“…It is currently unknown whether HSD affects the etiology and course of CP/CPPS. Methods Patients diagnosed with CP/CPPS were evaluated with the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index scoring system, and the correlation between the symptoms of CP/CPPS with HSD was analyzed. …”
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Clinical value of early assessment of hyperfibrinolysis by rotational thromboelastometry during postpartum hemorrhage for the prediction of severity of bleeding: A multicenter pros... by Marije Tahitu, Paul I. Ramler, Ada Gillissen, Camila Caram‐Deelder, Dacia D. C. A. Henriquez, Moniek P. M. deMaat, Johannes J. Duvekot, Jeroen Eikenboom, Kitty W. M. Bloemenkamp, Thomas van denAkker, Johanna G. van derBom

“…Severe postpartum hemorrhage was defined as a composite end point of total blood loss greater than 2000 ml, transfusion of four or more units of packed cells, and/or need for an invasive intervention. …”
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Mineralogy and sulfide mineral chemistry of Khabr iron ore, Southwest of Baft (Southeast of Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone) by Mohammad Boomeri, Habib Biabangard, Somayeh Dehghani Soltani, Azadeh Bordbar

“…They are mainly intermediate to acidic in composition (Ghorbani, 2008). Most pre-Mesozoic rocks in the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone were metamorphosed. …”
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Preparation and Property of Carbon Nanofibers-reinforced Sm2O3-added Epoxy Resin Neutron Shielding Material by ZHAI Yutao1, WANG Hongqing1, 2, HUANG Qunying1

“…In this study, a high temperature-resistant polymer neutron shielding composite CNFs/Sm2O3/AFG-90H was prepared by surface modification and high temperature vacuum curing methods with high temperature-resistant epoxy resin N,N-diglycidyl-4-glycidyl aniline (AFG-90H) as matrix, rare earth samarium oxide (Sm2O3) powders as neutron absorber, and carbon nanofibers (CNFs) as reinforced element in the composite. …”
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The Epidemiology of Major Depressive Episode in the Iraqi General Population. by Ali Obaid Al-Hamzawi, Ali Obaid Al-Hamzawi, Ronny Bruffaerts, Evelyn J Bromet, Abdulzahra Mohammed AlKhafaji, Ronald C Kessler

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the prevalence, symptom severity, functional impairment, and treatment of major depressive episode (MDE) in the Iraqi general population.<h4>Methods</h4>The Iraq Mental Health Survey is a nationally representative face-to-face survey of 4,332 non-institutionalized adults aged 18+ interviewed in 2006-2007 as part of the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. …”
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New Strategies Based on Hierarchical Matrices for Matrix Polynomial Evaluation in Exascale Computing Era by Luisa Carracciuolo, Valeria Mele

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The bidirectional relationship between severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and lifestyle factors in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a contemporaneous and prospec... by Johanna A. M. du Mortier, Anton J. L. M. van Balkom, Anton J. L. M. van Balkom, Jos W. R. Twisk, Patricia van Oppen, Patricia van Oppen, Henny A. D. Visser, Henny A. D. Visser

“…In the present study, drug and alcohol use, higher BMI, and a composite score of unhealthy lifestyle factors were not associated with more severe OCD symptoms and did not predict greater symptom severity two years later. …”
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Impact of Medical Conditions and Area Deprivation on Fundraising Success in Online Crowdfunding: Cross-Sectional Study by Steven S Doerstling, Matthew M Engelhard, Dennis Akrobetu, Caroline E Sloan, Ada Campagna, Thuy-Vi Nguyen, Farrah Madanay, Felicia Chen, Peter A Ubel

“…Campaigns originating from less-deprived counties raised more money than those from more-deprived counties, and this effect was independent of the diseases mentioned in the campaign. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of lactulose and sennosides for the prevention of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis: an open-label, randomized, active-controlled trial by Kajohnsak Noppakun, Tichanun Narongchai, Romanee Chaiwarith, Uraiwan Wongsawad, Surachet Vongsanim, Chidchanok Ruengorn, Surapon Nochaiwong

“…Background To the best of our knowledge, the effectiveness and safety of lactulose in comparison to sennosides, for the prevention of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis, has never been tested in a randomized study.Methods We conducted an open-label, randomized, active-controlled trial in a PD-center in Northern Thailand. …”
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Sex‐specific disparities in COVID‐19 outcomes by Zubaid Rafique, Valerie Durkalski‐Mauldin, William F. Peacock, Kabir Yadav, Joshua C. Reynolds, Clifton W. Callaway

“…We investigated the association of sex with disease progression and SARS‐CoV‐2 Ab response. Methods In this exploratory analysis of the phase 3, multicenter, randomized, placebo‐controlled Convalescent Plasma in Outpatients (C3PO) trial, we examined whether sex was associated with progression to severe illness, defined as a composite of all‐cause hospitalization, emergency/urgent care visit, or death within 15 days from study enrollment. …”
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