Experimental investigation on the effect of concentration on the resonance frequency of lipid coated ultrasonically excited microbubbles by Hossein Haghi, Mahshid Yaali, Agata A. Exner, Michael C. Kolios

“…Our experimental findings confirm that larger MBs (≈2.1μm) demonstrate a more significant shift in resonance frequency (≈ 5 MHz, ≈ 40%) as a function of MB concentration. …”
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The impact of Modernity on Physical and Spatial Transformation of Rural Settlements in Iran by Farhad Azizpour

“…Urban and rural areas as geographical landscapes are spatial containers, which manifest intellectual abilities in their structure and function under conditions of time. In fact, structural-functional characteristics of ecological domains are affected by theories and paradigms that derived from ​​human thinking. …”
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Predicting the spatio-temporal reproductive potential of Aedes aegypti by Mr Tarek Alrefae

“…Future research could construct more accurate global approximations by analysing more sites with greater climatic diversity. …”
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Cognitive impairment among older persons with chronic illness attending primary care and its association with cardiovascular risk using the Framingham risk score by Nimelesh Balanthiren, Mohd Fairuz Ali, Aznida Firzah Abdul Aziz

“…Methods A total of 289 participants aged 60 years and above with chronic illness were recruited from Klinik Primer Hospital Tuanku Chanselor Muhriz via simple random sampling via computer generator. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment Bahasa Malaysia version (MoCA-BM) was used to assess cognitive function and the FRS was calculated on the basis of CVD risk factors. …”
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Characteristic analysis of N 6-methyladenine in different parts of yak epididymis by Ziqiang Ding, Xingdong Wang, Shaoke Guo, Yandong Kang, Mengli Cao, Liyan Hu, Ben Zhang, Lin Xiong, Jie Pei, Tao Yang, Xian Guo

“…Conclusions In summary, we generated the m6A profile of the yak epididymis, which will aid in further elucidating the maturation process of sperm and reveal more information related to male infertility.…”
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Preclinical platform for long-term evaluation of immuno-oncology drugs using hCD34+ humanized mouse model by Yong Wha Moon, Nahee Park, Kamal Pandey, Sei Kyung Chang, Ah-Young Kwon, Young Bin Cho, Jin Hur, Nar Bahadur Katwal, Seung Ki Kim, Seung Ah Lee, Gun Woo Son, Jong Min Jo, Hee Jung Ahn

“…We proved the development of functional T cells by demonstrating the anticancer effect of the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor in our humanized mice but not in non-humanized NSG mice. …”
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Multiplex Immunofluorescent Batch Labeling of Marmoset Brain Sections by Daryan Chitsaz, Christopher D. Rowley, Nonthué A. Uccelli, Sarah Lefebvre, Andrea I. Krahn, Wolfgang E. Reintsch, Thomas M. Durcan, Christine L. Tardif, Timothy E. Kennedy

“…Many studies to date have complemented magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with histochemical staining rather than immunofluorescent labeling, which can generate more informative and higher resolution images. …”
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Treatment of bacterial biothreat agents with a novel purified bioactive lactoferrin affects both growth and biofilm formation by Christian Xander, Elsie E. Martinez, Ronald G. Toothman, Christina L. Gardner, Ju Qiu, Jonathan Snedeker, Matthew H. Bender, Christopher Hlubb, Crystal W. Burke, Joel A. Bozue, Kevin D. Mlynek

“…The growth of F. tularensis was also significantly inhibited when cultured in the presence of Lactea Lf and appeared more sensitive to treatment when compared to B. pseudomallei. …”
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Oncolytic VSV-IL-2 has enhanced anticancer vaccination adjuvant abilities by Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault, Victor Mullins-Dansereau, Marie-Lou Myre, Angelina Bardoul, Karen Geoffroy, Marco J Rallo Pita, Delphine Béland, Kim Leclerc Desaulniers, Dominic Guy Roy

“…Treatment efficacy was also measured.Results Our data show that VSV-interleukin-2 is superior as a vaccine boosting adjuvant compared with the parental virus as it induces more antigen-specific CD8 T cells with enhanced effector functions that persist over time. …”
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Polarization modulated spectroscopic ellipsometry-based surface plasmon resonance biosensor for E. coli K12 detection by Soraya Zangenehzadeh, Emil Agocs, Fenja Schröder, Nassima Amroun, Rebekka Biedendieck, Dieter Jahn, Axel Günther, Lei Zheng, Bernhard Roth, Hans-Hermann Johannes, Wolfgang Kowalsky

“…A beta barium borate crystal connected to a function generator is adapted for generating phase shifts in the millisecond regime to extract the ellipsometric angles ( $$\Psi$$ Ψ and $$\Delta$$ Δ ) under the surface plasmon resonance condition. …”
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Immunological and physiological changes of exercise-released lactate on tumors: an important and new research window by Amir Hossein Ahmadi Hekmatikar, Arsham Entesari, Hossein Shirvani

“…Additionally, we have taken a more specialized approach by examining the relationship between lactate and exercise. …”
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Using a Co-Designed Implementation Enhancement Plan to Increase the Adoption of a Digital Fall Prevention Platform: A Non-Randomized Pre-Post Interventional Study by Delaforce A, Li J, Niven P, Maddock E, Grujovski M, Fahy MJ, Good NM, Jayasena R

“…The findings have broader implications for the implementation of other fall prevention interventions.Evidence is generated in support of digital falls prevention systems in the context of providing more efficient and responsive care, as well as improved patient-staff communication and satisfaction.Keywords: implementation science, health information technology, nursing, co-design…”
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Intravenous immunoglobulin for mortality and inflammatory status in patients with sepsis: a retrospective database study by Hayabusa Takano, Hayabusa Takano, Naoki Kanda, Naoki Kanda, Yuji Wakimoto, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Kensuke Nakamura, Kensuke Nakamura

“…In-hospital mortality in the matched cohort was also significantly more favorable in the IVIG group (137/758 [18.1%] vs 177/758 [23.4%]; risk difference [95%CI], -5.3% [-9.3% to -1.2%]; P = 0.013). …”
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Prevalencia de neuromitos en estudiantes de Pedagogía en Educación Física de Chile (Prevalence of neuromyths in students of Physical Education Pedagogy of Chile) by Fernando Maureira, Elizabeth Flores Ferro, Franklin Castillo Retamal, Manuel Cortés Cortés, Sebastián Peña Troncoso, Valentina Bahamonde Acevedo, Sonia Cárdenas Begazo, Natalia Escobar Ruiz, Benjamín Cortes Escaffi

“…Introduction: the lack of a common language between neuroscience and education has generated erroneous interpretations about the functioning of the nervous system, giving rise to neuromyths. …”
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Explainable multi-modal radiomics for early prediction of liver metastasis in rectal cancer: a multicentric study by Yaru Feng, Jing Gong, Yanyan Wang, Yanfen Cui, Tong Tong

“…The SHAP method elucidated the model’s functionality by highlighting key feature contributions. …”
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Effects of search intent on eye-movement patterns in a change detection task by Sangil Lee, Minho Lee, Hyeonggyu Park, Mun-Seon Chang, Ho-Wan Kwak

“…Finally, discriminant function analysis showed a reasonable classification rate for identifying a specific intent. …”
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Company Slogan and a Vivid Image of a Trademark - as Main Components of a Strong Brand by Igor BELOSTECINIC

“…The main lever for success in generation of a positive and recognizable brand image - is the slogan and its graphic image in consumer's mind. …”
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Self-organization and applications of neural organoids by Hideya Sakaguchi

“…This leads the organoid research more methodological, and the improvement or sophistication of organoid methods has still been difficult for most of new coming researchers. …”
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Lithium-salt-free polyoxovanadates/cellulose acetate-poly(ethylene glycol) nanocomposite solid electrolytes with enhanced electrochemical properties by Elmira Kohan, Roushan Khoshnavazi, Mir Ghasem Hosseini, Abdollah Salimi, Mehdi Salami-Kalajahi

“…Moreover, compared to the routine CA-PEG1000-LiPF6 electrolyte, the SPE with LVC had a broader electrochemical voltage window of more than 5 V. The excellent performance as lithium salt and inorganic filler and its role in reducing the crystallinity of polymers and providing mobile cations in polymer matrix, and acceptable electrochemical properties, including considerable transference number (t +) 0.59, good stability of electrode/electrolye interface after 100 h Li plating/stripping without short-circuiting, and good specific capacity (226 mAh g−1 of LiCoO2/CA-PEG1000-LVC/Gr at 0.1 C) suggest LVC as lithium salt and also as inorganic fillers for designing new SPEs with high performance for next-generation lithium-based batteries.…”
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Intermediate Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of the Inbone II: for Patients with Five Years Minimum Follow-up by Parin Kothari MD, Alexander Phillips, Ramsey Potter, Drew Albert MD, MBA, Michelle A. Padley PhD, CRTM, John G. Anderson MD, Donald R. Bohay MD, FACS, John D. Maskill MD, Marshall A. Boose DO, Lindsey A. Behrend BS

“…Category: Ankle Arthritis; Ankle Introduction/Purpose: The TAA was originally introduced in the 1970s and each subsequent generation of implant has been improved upon. Innovative solutions led to second and third generation arthroplasties, which addressed the initial failures and incorporated new designs to improve patients’ lives through significant improvements in pain and function. …”
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