Cholesterol-Rich Antibiotic-Loaded Liposomes as Efficient Antimicrobial Therapeutics by Natsaridis E, Gkartziou F, Mouzoura P, Mourtas S, Papadia K, Kolonitsiou F, Klepetsanis P, Dermon CR, Spiliopoulou I, Antimisiaris SG

“…In this study, we investigated the effects of cholesterol (Chol) content of liposomes, liposome concentration, and surface coating with polyethylene glycol (PEG) on the antimicrobial activity of moxifloxacin (MOX) liposomes against Staphylococcus epidermidis (ATCC 35984) (S.e).Methods: MOX-liposome compositions with increasing Chol content were evaluated for their susceptibility to planktonic S.e (growth inhibition, killing, and live-dead staining), as well as against pre-formed biofilms (crystal violet, MTT assay, and confocal microscopy). …”
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Color stability of frequently used aesthetic restorative materials following in vitro exposure to chlorhexidine- and octenidine-based mouthrinses by Markus Laky, Stefanie Brandl, Muazzez Arslan, Daniela Boryshchuk, Marta Cześnikiewicz-Guzik, Xiaohui Rausch-Fan, Andreas Moritz, Brenda Laky

“…Methods Twenty-four disc-shaped specimens (8 × 2 mm) were made of the materials Ceram.x Spectra™ ST HV, Ceram.x Spectra™ flow, Ceramill® Zolid HT+ PS and Unitek™ Transbond™ LR. …”
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An active learning driven deep spatio-textural acoustic feature ensemble assisted learning environment for violence detection in surveillance videos by Duba Sriveni, Dr.Loganathan R

“…Simulation results confirmed that the proposed DestaVNet model outperforms other existing violence prediction methods, where its superiority was affirmed in terms of the (99.92%), precision (99.67%), recall (99.29%) and F-Measure (0.992).…”
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Indapamide or chlorthalidone to reduce urine supersaturation for secondary prevention of kidney stones: protocol for a randomised, double-blind, cross-over trial (INDAPACHLOR) by Sven Trelle, Felix Rintelen, Marie Roumet, Martin Scoglio, Matteo Bargagli, Daniel G Fuster

“…If these results also apply to the longer-acting and more potent thiazides indapamide and chlorthalidone remains unknown. …”
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Quantitative microbial taxonomy across particle size, depth, and oxygen concentration by Paulina Huanca-Valenzuela, Clara A. Fuchsman, Benjamin J. Tully, Benjamin J. Tully, Jason B. Sylvan, Jacob A. Cram

“…Quantitative abundance estimates found that ostensibly obligate free-living microbes, such as SAR11 and Thaumarcheota, were more abundant in the free-living fraction but also common and abundant in the particulate size fractions. …”
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Comparison of Markowitz Model and DCC-tCopula-LVaR for Portfolio Optimization in the Tehran Stock Exchange by Gholamreza Taghizadegan, Gholamreza Zomorodian, Mirfeiz Fallahshams, Rasoul Saadi

“…Therefore, the purpose of this research is to compare the performance of the Markowitz models and value-at-risk model with the Liquidity-t Cupola approach and DCC-t Cupola LVaR to optimize the portfolios in Tehran Stock Exchange. While presenting a composite model, the extracted model should be examined to select the most efficient model to optimize the investment portfolio considering the conditions of investment uncertainty and non-linearity of the correlation between asset returns.Methods: To estimate DCC-tCopula-LVaR, first, the time series of the disturbance distribution of asset returns were estimated and standardized from the ARIMA-GARCH 1,1) model. …”
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Analysis of results to optimize anticoagulant therapy in patients who underwent mechanical heart valve replacement: a pilot singlecenter controlled study by S. A. Uranova-Tkachenko, A. V. Bogachev-Prokophiev, R. M. Sharifulin, Y. M. Smirnov, A. N. Pivkin, A. S. Zalesov, D. A. Astapov

“…The primary endpoint was a composite outcome measured over 12 months, consisting of death, symptomatic bleeding, thrombosis, and thromboembolism. …”
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Preparation of Hollow Nanocarbon Spheres Supported Bismuth and Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ to Formic Acid by REN Mingye, Han Shihao, HU Jingbing, ZHAO Kun, GAO Pan, YANG Shaoxia

“…The Bi₂O₃@HCS-2 catalyst exhibited a lower charge-transfer resistance, suggesting a more favorable electron transfer during CO₂RR. …”
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NiS2/MoS2 Hetero‐Nanosheets Grown on Double‐Layered Hollow Carbon Nanospheres for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction by Xinxin Luan, Kaili Zhu, Chuanjie Wang, Wenbin Shi, Alicja Szymska, Katarzyna Matras‐Postolek, Ping Yang

“…Abstract To obtain catalysts with high hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity and low initial potential, NiS2/MoS2 composite nanosheets are grown on double‐layer hollow carbon spheres (DLHCs@NiS2/MoS2) by a template method including calcination and hydrothermal processes. …”
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Impact of neighborhood disadvantage on cardiometabolic health and cognition in a community‐dwelling cohort by Sudarshan Krishnamurthy, Lingyi Lu, Christian J. Johnson, Laura D. Baker, Xiaoyan Leng, Sarah A. Gaussoin, Timothy M. Hughes, Da Ma, Allison Caban‐Holt, Goldie S. Byrd, Suzanne Craft, Samuel N. Lockhart, James R. Bateman

“…DISCUSSION Neighborhood disadvantage is associated more strongly with measures of cardiometabolic health and cognition among CU individuals rather than MCI. …”
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The Prognostic Implication of Left Atrial Strain Parameters with Conventional Left Atrial Parameters for the Prediction of Adverse Outcomes in Asian Patients with Hypertrophic Card... by Andre Seah, Tony Y. W. Li, Novi Yanti Sari, Chi-Hang Lee, Tiong-Cheng Yeo, James W. L. Yip, Yoke Ching Lim, Kian-Keong Poh, William K. F. Kong, Weiqin Lin, Ching-Hui Sia, Raymond C. C. Wong

“…Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in the application of strain analysis for earlier and more accurate prediction of cardiovascular disease prognosis. …”
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Secure outsource computing scheme of modular exponentiation based on single server by Weijie DING

“…At present,in discrete-log based cryptographic protocols,most of the computational models of modular exponentiation are for primes,while less work has been done for composite.What’s more,most schemes are based on two servers,in which it requires at least one server to be honest.However,there may not be a fully trusted cloud server in the actual environment.Then a new secure method for outsourcing exponentiation modular a composite which based on a single server was proposed.The scheme used a new mathematical division method,it could ensure the privacy of the base and exponentiation.Compared with the existing schemes,the checkability of our scheme can be greatly improved.The user can detect the error result with the probability of 119/120.…”
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Finerenone and left ventricular hypertrophy in chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes by Gerasimos Filippatos, Stefan D. Anker, George L. Bakris, Peter Rossing, Luis M. Ruilope, Andrew J.S. Coats, Stephan vonHaehling, Piotr Ponikowski, Giuseppe M.C. Rosano, Meike Brinker, Alfredo E. Farjat, Luke Roberts, Bertram Pitt, the FIDELIO‐DKD and FIGARO‐DKD investigators

“…The relative risk reduction for the composite CV and kidney outcomes with finerenone versus placebo was lower in the LVH subgroup; however, the treatment effect of finerenone was not modified by baseline LVH for either outcome (Pinteraction = 0.1075 for composite CV outcome and Pinteraction = 0.1782 for composite kidney outcome). …”
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Perioperative Changes in Serum Concentration of Glial Fibrillar Acid Protein and Delayed Cognitive Recovery: an Experimental Observational Study by I. N. Dushin, S. A. Kamnev, R. A. Akchulpanov, E. N. Savina, K. K. Noskova, V. V. Subbotin

“…Delayed cognitive recovery was defined as a decrease in the composite z-score of more than one standard deviation (SD) compared to the preoperative assessment.Correlation analysis was performed between changes in the composite z-score (in absolute values) and the difference in GFAP concentration between the outcome and the first postoperative day, the outcome and the 4th–5th postoperative day and the first and 4th–5th postoperative days.Results. …”
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Ultrasound predictors of adverse outcome in pregnancy complicated by pre‐existing and gestational diabetes by Marta Garbagnati, Christina Y. L. Aye, Angelo Cavallaro, Sam Mathewlynn, Christos Ioannou, Lawrence Impey

“…Estimated fetal weight, abdominal circumference growth velocity, presence of polyhydramnios, and cerebro‐placental ratio were evaluated at the 36‐week scan. A composite adverse outcome was defined as the presence of one or more of perinatal death, arterial cord pH less than 7.1, admission to Neonatal Unit, 5‐minute Apgar less than 7, severe hypoglycemia, or cesarean section for fetal compromise. …”
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Insights into the properties and role of Mangifera indica (Mango) peel in decontamination of wastewater by Smruti Rekha Patra, Sneha Prabha Mishra

“…Adsorption is a low-cost method of pollutant removal. Adsorption becomes more cost-effective when inexpensive materials are used. …”
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Phytochemical Evaluation of Ficus Carica Seeds and their Cold Pressed Oil by Zeliha Ustun­-Argon, Zeliha Sari, Ali Gokyer, Sidika Buyukhelvacigil­-Ozturk

“… The use of plant materials as the source of oil and functional foods is becoming more important with the new trends and scientific research. …”
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Comparative characteristic of Bi- and La- doped (Ca/Sr)MoO4 -based materials with a defect scheelite-type structure by Zoya A. Mikhaylovskaya, Alexandra V. Klimova, Sofia A. Petrova, Elizaveta A. Pankrushina, Elena S. Buyanova

“…The distortion of MoO4 polyhedra showed by AAF was more significant for Sr1−3xBi2xФxMoO4 than for Sr1−3xLa2xФxMoO4, the Δcorr parameters for Bi-doped compositions were almost double in comparison with La-doped one in the range of 50–600 cm–1 of the Raman shift. …”
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Effect of spironolactone on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with hypertension and glucose metabolism disorders (ESCAM): a study protocol for a pragmatic randomis... by Nanfang Li, Lin Wang, Qin Luo, Jing Hong, Yuanyuan Li, Mengyue Lin, Mulalibieke Heizhati, Jina Yili, Xiaoguang Yao, Qing Zhu

“…Introduction Hypertension combined with diabetes and hypokalemia is more likely to develop hyperaldosteronism and is at higher risk of cardiovascular events. …”
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Modeling and Reconstruction of Mixed Functional and Molecular Patterns

“…Recent research aims to dissect the distribution or expression of multiple biomarkers associated with disease progression or response, where the signals often represent a composite of more than one distinct source independent of spatial resolution. …”
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