A Quantum Mechanical MP2 Study of the Electronic Effect of Nonplanarity on the Carbon Pyramidalization of Fullerene C₆₀ by Yuemin Liu, Yunxiang Gao, Tariq Altalhi, Di-Jia Liu, Boris I. Yakobson

“…The 120 dihedrals of 138° occur between two hexagons intersecting at C–C bonds of 1.42 Å, while the 60 dihedrals of 143° are observed between hexagons and pentagons at C–C bonds of 1.47 Å. NBO analysis reveals less pyramidal sp^1.78 hybridization for carbons at the 1.42 Å bonds and more pyramidal sp^2.13 hybridization for the 1.47 Å bonds. …”
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Quality of life assessment in patients with multiple sclerosis by Kisić-Tepavčević Darija, Pekmezović Tatjana, Drulović Jelena

“…The presence and severity of fatigue was assessed by the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS). Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. …”
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Comparative assessment of polyphenol stability, bioactivity, and digestive availability in purified compounds and fruit extracts from four black chokeberry cultivars by Sabina Lachowicz-Wiśniewska, Michał Świeca, Ireneusz Kapusta, Anna Sip, Ireneusz Ochmian

“…Multivariate statistical analysis (PCA/HCA) was used to evaluate digestion- and cultivar-specific patterns. …”
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Perception of Parental Attitudes and General Academic Achievement of High School Students: a Russian-Kyrgyz Study by T.N. Tikhomirova, S.B. Malykh

“…</strong>Given the existence of a universal model of the influence of parental attitudes on the general academic performance of high school students, cross-cultural specificity of functional associations within the model is observed, which is more characteristic of the perception of the attitudes of fathers rather than mothers.…”
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Diagnostic value of the integral assessment of electroencephalographic pattern in patients in the acute period of spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage by A. A. Kuznietsov

“…Conclusions. Complex analysis of bioelectric activity of the brain in patients with SSICH allows to identify the integral types of EEG pattern, which represent the functional state of cerebral structures and are associated with the clinical and neuroimaging criteria of midline shift severity.…”
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Financial Toxicity Among Cancer Patients in Slovenia by Marjeta Skubic, Katja Vöröš, Mojca Bavdaž, Petra Došenović Bonča, Andraž Perhavec, Tjaša Redek, Ivica Ratoša, Helena Barbara Zobec Logar

“…The study was cross‐sectional. The statistical analysis was based on descriptive and inferential statistics and exploratory data analysis. …”
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Comprehensive genome-wide characterization of NAC transcription factors in Barley influence insights into stress tolerance and evolutionary dynamics by Muhammad Arif, Noman Mahmood, Ayesha Fazal Nawaz, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Saleh Alansi, Parvaiz Ahmad

“…Additionally, gene duplication events and synteny analysis highlighted the evolutionary forces shaping this gene family. …”
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A novel prognostic risk score associated with resistance to docetaxel chemotherapy for predicting biochemical recurrence-free survival in patients with prostate cancer by Desheng Zhu, Hongbin Zhu, Ting Huang, Wentao Fan

“…More importantly, a novel docetaxel resistance-related prognostic risk score was constructed. …”
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Analytical Performance of the New Sysmex High-Sensitivity Troponin T Assay by Chin Shern Lau, Napthathorn Asavapuriyothin, Chee Hoe Low, Soon Kieng Phua, Yali Liang, Tar Choon Aw

“…<b>Methods:</b> We verified assay limits of blank/detection, precision and the functional sensitivity. Samples were analyzed on both the Sysmex HISCL and Roche Elecsys analyzers for method comparison. …”
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Bioenergy potential of Chlorella vulgaris under the influence of different light conditions in a bubble column photobioreactor by S. Dhanasekar, R. Sathyanathan

“…Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to illustrate the functional group of microalgae under different lighting conditions. …”
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Identification of JC polyomavirus in upper respiratory samples from Portuguese children by Joana M. Oliveira, Daniela Veiga, Helena Martins, Cristina Luxo, Ana M. Matos

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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…Finally, we assessed whether areas prone to changing aircraft noise patterns (i.e. with relief periods from aircraft noise) affected the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in areas with higher noise in the evenings and found the higher risks were only seen in areas with more constant noise levels. More research is needed to investigate potential health benefits of relief periods with lower noise. …”
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Unveiling the signal valve specifically tuning the TGF-β1 suppression of osteogenesis: mediation through a SMAD1-SMAD2 complex by Ying-Wen Wang, Ching-Wei Luo

“…In vivo adipogenesis and ex vivo culture of bone explants were used to verify the functions of different SMAD complexes. Ingenuity Pathway Analysis, and analysis of transcriptomic datasets from human BM-MSCs in combination with hierarchical clustering and STRING assay were used to decipher the interplaying co-repressors. …”
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New Contributions to Deepen the Quality-Based Safety Assessment in the Consumption of Edible Nasturtium Flowers—The Role of Volatilome by Rosa Perestrelo, Maria da Graça Lopes, Alda Pereira da Silva, Maria do Céu Costa, José S. Câmara

“…However, the chemical markers underlying its functional properties remain insufficiently characterized. …”
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Revealing the potential therapeutic mechanism of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos in Alzheimer’s disease: a computational biology approach by Qin Xiang, Qin Xiang, Qin Xiang, Qin Xiang, Yu Xiang, Yao Liu, Yongjun Chen, Qi He, Taolin Chen, Liang Tang, Liang Tang, Binsheng He, Jianming Li

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A Dynamic Cloud Center of Gravity Model for Real-Time System-Level Health Status Assessment of Intelligent Ship by Lei Guo, Tianjian Wang, Xiao Dong, Peng Zhang, Hong Zeng, Jundong Zhang

“…To enable early identification of failure risks in ship systems and equipment, a dynamic cloud center of gravity model is developed for real-time system-level health assessment. First, the Functional Analysis System Technique (FAST) was applied to decompose the operational functions and dependencies of the intelligent machinery room system, enabling the structured establishment of a hierarchical evaluation index system. …”
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Kui muusika vaikib. Lein ja mälutöö Käbi Laretei teoses „Peotäis mulda, lapike maad“ / When Music Falls Silent: Mourning and Memory Work in Käbi Laretei’s A Handful of Earth, a Pat... by Leena Käosaar, Aija Sakova

“…This article explores the therapeutic and identity-reconstructive function of autobiographical writing in Käbi Laretei’s memoir Peotäis mulda, lapike maad (A Handful of Soil, a Patch of Land). …”
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SPARCL1 and NT‐proBNP as biomarkers of right ventricular‐to‐pulmonary artery uncoupling in pulmonary hypertension by Oliver Dörr, Stanislav Keranov, Paulina vanWickern, Holger Nef, Christian Hamm, Pascal Bauer, Christian Troidl, Samuel Sossalla, Sandra Voss, Christoph Liebetrau, Manuel J. Richter, Henning Gall, Werner Seeger, Ardeschir Ghofrani, Athiththan Yogeswaran, Khodr Tello

“…Results Our cohort had more females with IPAH than the control group (64% vs. 35%; P = 0.01) and was older [69 (interquartile range, IQR 57–76) vs. 51 (IQR 35–62) years; P < 0.001]. …”
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Monitoring the Ecological Security of Esfahan with an Ecosystem Service Approach by Mostafa Keshtkar, Romina Sayahnia

“…According to the results of present study, the negative value of EFDI indicated that the ecological security is more affected by CFPI when compared with PFPI in Esfahan during 2000-2019. …”
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Sirtuin 4 accelerates heart failure development by enhancing reactive oxygen species-mediated profibrotic transcriptional signaling by Nikole J. Byrne, Christoph Koentges, Elisabeth Khan, Katharina Pfeil, Robert Sandulescu, Sayan Bakshi, Carolin Költgen, Ivan Vosko, Johannes Gollmer, Thomas Rathner, Günter Roth, Michael M. Hoffmann, Katja E. Odening, Hauke Horstmann, Luke A. Potter, Christoph Bode, Dennis Wolf, Harald Sourij, Senka Ljubojevic-Holzer, Markus Wallner, Peter P. Rainer, Simon Sedej, Daniel Scherr, Dirk von Lewinski, Adam R. Wende, Andreas Zirlik, Heiko Bugger

“…This aggravation was accompanied by impaired rates of glycolysis and a blunted increase of mitochondrial respiratory capacity. More importantly, expression of numerous genes encoding collagens and profibrotic regulators was elevated. …”
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