Release Profile and Antibacterial Activity of <i>Thymus sibthorpii</i> Essential Oil-Incorporated, Optimally Stabilized Type I Collagen Hydrogels by Caglar Ersanli, Ioannis Skoufos, Konstantina Fotou, Athina Tzora, Yves Bayon, Despoina Mari, Eleftheria Sarafi, Konstantina Nikolaou, Dimitrios I. Zeugolis

“…Although the strong antimicrobial activity of various EOs has already been studied and revealed, their characteristic high sensitivity and volatility drives the need towards a more efficient drug administration method via a biomaterial system. …”
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DOAC Score for Predicting Clinical Outcomes After Left Atrial Appendage Closure by Masahiko Asami, MD, Yu Horiuchi, MD, Jun Tanaka, MD, Daiki Yoshiura, MD, Masanori Taniwaki, MD, Kota Komiyama, MD, PhD, Hitomi Yuzawa, MD, PhD, Kengo Tanabe, MD, PhD, Mitsuru Sago, CE, Shuhei Tanaka, MD, PhD, Ryuki Chatani, MD, Toru Naganuma, MD, Yohei Ohno, MD, PhD, Tomoyuki Tani, MD, Hideharu Okamatsu, MD, Kazuki Mizutani, MD, PhD, Yusuke Watanabe, MD, PhD, Masaki Izumo, MD, PhD, Mike Saji, MD, PhD, Shingo Mizuno, MD, Daisuke Hachinohe, MD, Hiroshi Ueno, MD, PhD, Shunsuke Kubo, MD, Shinichi Shirai, MD, Masaki Nakashima, MD, Masanori Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Kentaro Hayashida, MD, PhD

“…Results: Among 1464 patients (mean age 77.1 years; 67.6% male), the HBR group (923 patients) had a lower body mass index, more frequent comorbidities, and higher risk profiles for bleeding and stroke. …”
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Urine-based assays for inpatients with HIV-associated tuberculosis in rural South Africa by Mbulelo Mntonintshi, Bianca Sossen, Hloni Bookholane, Aimee Lifson, Lisa Africa, René Goliath, Nicola Wearne, Andy Parrish, Graeme Meintjes

“…Method: Adults (≥ 18 years) with HIV had sputum, urine and blood collected for comprehensive TB testing shortly after admission. …”
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The HOME (home monitoring of high-risk pregnancies) study: a study protocol for an observational study of a telemedicine-assisted follow-up at home vs. hospitalization by Åsa Henning Waldum, Aase Serine Devold Pay, Aase Serine Devold Pay, Gunvor Aasbø, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Meryam Sugulle, Meryam Sugulle, Anne Cathrine Staff, Anne Cathrine Staff

“…We will compare clinical safety, patient-reported outcome measures, and use of healthcare resources compared to standard practice for hospital admissions and/or outpatient visits.MethodThe home monitoring of high-risk pregnancies study is an ongoing observational study. …”
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Buffalo whey proteins performance at the oil/water interface: rheology characterization of the interfacial films by Leandro F. Bustos, Víctor M. Pizones Ruiz-Henestrosa, Cecilio Carrera Sánchez, Franco E. Vasile, Oscar E. Pérez

“…This observation could be attributed to compositional differences and the possibility of generating different structural patterns in the interface. …”
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Planetary health in action: developing a heatwave vulnerability tool for primary care by Karolina Griffiths, Paul Basso-Bert, Mireille Abraham, Elise Chin, Layana Caroupaye-Caroupin, Manal Ahikki, Emilie Agrech, Camille Debrock, Rim Sabri, Grégoire Mercier, François Carbonnel

“…Background: Heatwaves are becoming longer and more frequent. Despite the availability of open environmental data, little is operable and formatted for primary care use. …”
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Vascularized skin tissue models featuring adipose cell spheroid-laden GelMA hydrogels by Dongjin Lee, Sangmin Lee, Jeongbok Lee, Dahong Kim, Hyunseok Kwon, Junhyoung Ahn, Hyungjun Lim, Jae Jong Lee, Heungsoo Shin, Su A Park

“…However, the technical challenges associated with the development of an in vitro model of such complex tissues include the difficulties of integrating tissues with diverse characteristics. Here, we present a method using a gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogel to establish a microenvironment that hosts connected composite tissues: a vascularized skin layer and a subcutaneous adipose layer. …”
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Vision-related Quality of Life (VRQOL) and its determinants among the Elderly in rural blocks of Haryana, India by Mona Duggal, Ankita Kankaria, Latika Rohilla, Harashish Jindal, Limalemla Jamir, Parul Chawla Gupta, Debarati Sarkar, Vaibhav Miglani, Akash Kumar, Drishti Sharma, Neha Dahiya, Siddhartha Sharma, Sandeep Grover

“…Bivariate analysis was done using Student t-test or Rank Sum test for continuous variables (for up to 2 groups) and One-Way ANOVA was run for continuous variables (for more than 2 groups). Chi-Sq. test or Fisher's for categorical variables and multivariable linear regression model was run to calculate the determinants of the VFQ composite score. …”
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The effect of green management on sustainable marketing orientation in small and medium industrial businesses: the mediating role of social legitimacy by Heshmatollah Soroushnia, Jalal Haghighatmonfared, Anahita Salari

“…Second, organizations are responding to the increasing pressure that puts more emphasis on recognizing and understanding the environmental expectations of stakeholders. …”
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Global, regional and national burden of bladder cancer and its attributable risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of... by Jasvinder A Singh, Vesna Zadnik, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Alessandra Lugo, Silvano Gallus, Amir Almasi-Hashiani, Saeid Safiri, Mahdi Sepidarkish, Mohsen Naghavi, Fares Alahdab, Félix Carvalho, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Farshad Farzadfar, Eduarda Fernandes, Irina Filip, Samer Hamidi, Simon I Hay, Reza Malekzadeh, Tomislav Mestrovic, Shafiu Mohammed, Ali H Mokdad, Lorenzo Monasta, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Amir Radfar, Alireza Rafiei, Gholamreza Roshandel, Khanh Bao Tran, Ahmad Ghashghaee, Giuseppe Gorini, Mariam Molokhia, Ahad Ashrafi-Asgarabad, Salman Rawaf, Dejana Braithwaite, Nicholas L S Roberts, Vahid Alipour, Jalal Arabloo, Ali Bijani, Mowafa Househ, Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Bartosz Miazgowski, Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Reza Mohammadpourhodki, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Navid Rabiee, David Laith Rawaf, Abdallah M Samy, Sadaf G Sepanlou, Bach Xuan Tran, Zhi-Jiang Zhang, Giulia Carreras, Masood Ali Shaikh, Hai Quang Pham, Faris Hasan Lami, Stanislav S Otstavnov, Rajan Nikbakhsh, Roman Topor-Madry, G Anil Kumar, Tone Bjørge, Nima Hafezi-Nejad, Dinh-Toi Chu, Farahnaz Joukar, Mukhammad David Naimzada, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Amir Abdoli, Atif Amin Baig, Mansour Ghafourifard, Soheil Hassanipour, Segun Emmanuel Ibitoye, Milena D Ilic, Carlo La Vecchia, Masoud Moghadaszadeh, Priya Rathi, Feng Sha, Maryam Zamanian, Mahaveer Golechha, Shailesh M Advani, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Artem Alekseevich Fomenkov, Rahmatollah Moradzadeh, Mariya Vladimirovna Titova, Yohannes Tekalegn, Xiaochen Dai, Yonas Getaye Tefera, Bingyu Li, Iman El Sayed, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Mark J M Sullman, Eman Abu-Gharbieh, Erfan Amini, Etsay Woldu Anbesu, Jason A Anderson, Atalel Fentahun Awedew, Antonio Biondi, Florentino Luciano Caetano dos Santos, Kelly Compton, Vera Marisa Costa, Meseret Derbew Molla, Abebaw Alemayehu Desta, Mostafa Dianatinasab, Hedyeh Ebrahimi, Sahar Eftekharzadeh, Babak Eshrati, Berhanu Elfu Feleke, Kebebe Bekele Gonfa, James D Harvey, Hannah Jacqueline Henrikson, Irena M Ilic, Seyedeh-Sanam Ladi-Seyedian, Iván Landires, Irmina Maria Michalek, Osama Mohamad, Behnam Nabavizadeh, Mohammad Reza Nowroozi, Virginia Nuñez-Samudio, Majid Pirestani, Faheem Hyder Pottoo, Nima Rezaei, Sara Sheikhbahaei, Sudeep K Siddappa Malleshappa, Emma Elizabeth Spurlock, Eyayou Girma Tadesse, Eugenio Traini, Ravensara S Travillian, Marco Vacante, Rixing Xu, Yordanos Gizachew Yeshitila

“…Introduction The current study determined the level and trends associated with the incidence, death and disability rates for bladder cancer and its attributable risk factors in 204 countries and territories, from 1990 to 2019, by age, sex and sociodemographic index (SDI; a composite measure of sociodemographic factors).Methods Various data sources from different countries, including vital registration and cancer registries were used to generate estimates. …”
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Mechanical properties and damage evolution mechanisms of polyurethane grouting materials for roadway reinforcement by Zijun Han, Hongtao Liu, Qinyu Liu, Jialu Liang, Xiaofei Guo, Yang Chen, Zhen Hao, Qiang Yao

“…Chemical grouting reinforcement technology is a crucial method for enhancing the stability of roadway surrounding rock. …”
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Preparation of sulfonic acid functionalized metal organic frameworks and their application in the online solid phase extraction of parabens and sulfonamides in pre-cooked foods by Min Fang, Jianyang Ke, Zhaojie Wang, Qing Fu, Qing Yang, Lin Xu, Yuepeng Lu, Yong Yang, Xiaoming Jiang, Yongning Wu, Zhiyong Gong, Xin Liu

“…Mixed-mode sorbents exhibit two or more primary retention mechanisms, which can enhance the selectivity and capacity of the extraction process in a single step. …”
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Reliability Analysis of Hybrid Laser INS Under Multi-Mode Failure Conditions by Bo Zhang, Changhua Hu, Xinhe Wang, Jianqing Wang, Jianxun Zhang, Qing Dong, Xuan Liu, Feng Zhang

“…This analytical approach provides a valuable method for reliability evaluation and design of new hybrid INS structures. …”
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Characterization of Chlorine Fixation in Alkaline Metal-Modified Cu-Based Oxygen Carriers for Biomass Chemical Looping Combustion by Dezhe WANG, Yingjie MI, Haodong HUANG, Andong FU, Jinchen MA, Haibo ZHAO

“…To achieve this, two adsorbents, Ca-based and Ba-based, were selected. The composite oxygen carrier was synthesized using the sol-gel method, and a batch fluidized bed served as the experimental setup for biomass CLC experiments. …”
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Angiotensin receptor‐neprilysin inhibitor adherence and outcomes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction by Dong‐Hyuk Cho, Jimi Choi, Jong‐Chan Youn, Mi‐Na Kim, Chan Joo Lee, Jung‐Woo Son, Byung‐Su Yoo

“…The primary outcome was a composite of all‐cause mortality or any hospitalization within one year. …”
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Novel Eu³⁺-Doped Glasses in the MoO₃-WO₃-La₂O₃-B₂O₃ System: Preparation, Structure and Photoluminescent... by Lyubomir Aleksandrov, Margarita Milanova, Aneliya Yordanova, Reni Iordanova, Kenji Shinozaki, Tsuyoshi Honma, Takayuki Komatsu

“…Novel multicomponent glasses with nominal compositions of (50−x)MoO₃:xWO₃:25La₂O₃:25B₂O₃, x = 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 mol% doped with 3 mol % Eu₂O₃ were prepared using a conventional melt-quenching method. …”
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Limited distribution of cratonic strike-slip faults in Sichuan basin and their genesis mechanisms by Zijing Liu, Zijing Liu, Nan Su, Nan Su, Shaobo Liu, Shaobo Liu, Zhuxin Chen, Zhuxin Chen, Pengcheng Tang, Saijun Wu, Lining Wang, Lining Wang, Rong Ren, Rong Ren, Cuiguo Hao, Zhengshuo Miao

“…This study not only provides a more comprehensive characterization of fault distribution but also introduces a novel genetic model for these faults, which provides crucial data and new ideas for improving the theory of the fault system within the basins.…”
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Factors Affecting the Counterproductive Behaviors of Employees in the Organization; Emphasizing the Role of Organizational Embeddedness, Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Ow... by Marziyeh Dehghanizadeh, Mehdi Kheirandish, Hojjat Kheirandish

“…The analysis method used in this research was the structural equation modeling technique.…”
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Registry for Evaluating Healthy Life Expectancy and Long-Term Outcomes after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in the Very Elderly (REHEALTH AF) study: rationale and design... by Kengo Kusano, Ayako Okada, Koji Miyamoto, Eizo Tachibana, Wataru Shimizu, Masato Murakami, Tomoo Harada, Kojiro Tanimoto, Takeshi Kato, Satoru Sakagami, Katsuhito Fujiu, Tatsuya Hayashi, Yasuo Okumura, Kazuhiro Satomi, Tomoyuki Shiozawa, Hideki Kobayashi, Michifumi Tokuda, Teiichi Yamane, Ryohsuke Narui, Seigo Yamashita, Satoru Miyanaga, Ikutaro Nakajima, Hidehira Fukaya, Hajime Kihara, Shiro Nakahara, Koichi Nagashima, Kenta Murotani, Shinya Suzuki, Ryuta Watanabe, Katsuaki Yokoyama, Hidemori Hayashi, Yu-ki Iwasaki, Yuhi Fujimoto, Yasushi Mukai, Koichiro Ejima, Takayuki Otsuka, Masaomi Kimura, Masahide Harada, Junjiroh Koyama, Hideharu Okamatsu, Mitsuru Takami, Morio Shoda, Kenichi Hiroshima, Tadashi Fujino, Keijiro Nakamura, Koji Kumagai, Yuji Watari, Mina Hatsuno, Kazuki Iso, Kazumasa Sonoda, Yoshiyasu Aizawa, Akio Chikata, Masaru Inoue, Hitoshi Minamiguchi, Nobuhiko Makino, Yoshinao Yazaki, Hideshi Aoyagi, Makoto Ichikawa, Hironori Haruta, Takafumi Hiro, Kimie Okubo, Ken Arima, Taiki Tojo, Yoshiaki Fukuda, Koji Oiwa, Tamami Fujiishi, Masashi Akabane, Norikazu Ishikawa, Haruna Tabuchi, Kenjiro Miyamoto, Hiroshi Mase

“…Results of the study will be published in one or more peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number UMIN000047023.…”
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Unveiling the third dimension of glass by Faidra Oikonomopoulou

“…Although glass panels can stretch more than 20 m in length, the maximum monolithic thickness by this manufacturing method remains a mere 25 mm. …”
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