Timely short-term specialised palliative home care for older people with frailty and their family: a mixed-methods pilot randomised controlled trial and process evaluation by Lieve Van den Block, Kim de Nooijer, Lara Pivodic, Peter Pype, Nele Van Den Noortgate, Rose Miranda, Kim Eecloo, Stefanie De Buyser, Aurelie Joos, Katlijn Van Mulders

“…Our secondary aim was to describe any preliminary effects of Frailty+.Design Pilot randomised controlled trial with process evaluation.Setting/Participants We aimed to recruit 50 adults (≥70 years) with Clinical Frailty Scale score 5–7, and complex care needs and their main family carer, if available, from two Belgian hospitals on discharge.Interventions Patients were randomised to the Frailty+ intervention alongside standard care or standard care alone.Outcome measures Implementation and trial feasibility were assessed through interviews, focus groups and quantitative data. The primary outcome to be used in a potential full-scale trial if the study is feasible and implementable was mean change in five palliative care symptoms over 8 weeks.Results We enrolled 37 patients (19 intervention, 18 control) and 26 family carers (15 intervention, 11 control). …”
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Study on Cardiac Aging Phenotypes of SHJHhr Mice by LIU Rongle, CHENG Hao, SHANG Fusheng, CHANG Shufu, XU Ping

“…Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR was used to measure the mRNA expression levels of factors associated with inflammation, fibrosis, and oxidative stress. …”
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Association of Circulating Ceramides With Cardiac Structure and Function in the Community: The Framingham Heart Study by Chike C. Nwabuo, Meredith Duncan, Vanessa Xanthakis, Linda R. Peterson, Gary F. Mitchell, David McManus, Susan Cheng, Ramachandran S. Vasan

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Assessment of Hand-Hygiene Practices Among Health Care Workers at Kisoro Hospital, Kisoro District. by Nsenga, Alex

“…Study design: The study employed a cross-sectional, descriptive study design usmg both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. Findings of the study: A total of 106 health care workers were involved in the study as study respondents. …”
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Recent increase in snow cover as a contributing driver to autumn cooling in central Eurasia by Baofu Li, Fangshu Dong, Lishu Lian, Tao Pan, Weijun Sun, Bowen Sun, Yanfeng Chen, Yunqian Wang, Yanhua Qin, Minghu Ding

“…This study advances our understanding of the evolution of the global climate system and provides scientific support for addressing climate change.…”
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Evaluation of Important Vegetative, Phenological and Pomological Characteristics of 36 Promising Almond (Prunus dulcis L.) Genotypes on GN15 Vegetative Rootstock by S.A. Mousavi, A. Vatankhah, A. Imani

“…Coding of some traits was done based on almond descriptor (Gülcan, 1985) with some changes. The data obtained from the experiment were analyzed using SAS software (version 3.1.9). …”
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Construction and functional identification of overexpression vector of the peach PpCLH1 gene by LIU Xin, ZHANG Xiaoyu, MENG Junren, LI Ang, DUAN Wenyi, SUN Shihang, PAN Lei, ZENG Wenfang, WANG Zhiqiang, NIU Liang

“…The function of the PpCLH1 gene was demonstrated using tobacco transient expression, and the overexpression of the PpCLH1 gene in tobacco was determined by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). [Results] The coding sequence of the PpCLH1 gene spaned 972 base pairs and encoded a protein comprising 323 amino acids. …”
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Influence law of abnormal coal thickness zone on coal and gas outburst by Jupeng TANG, Zhonghua ZHANG, Yishan PAN, Lingran REN, Xin ZHANG, Lei HUANG

“…The relative outburst strength has a quadratic function relationship with the change rate of coal thickness. The relative outburst strength increases first and then decreases with the increase of the change rate of coal thickness, and reaches the peak at 2-3 m/dam. …”
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Societal impact of the Heroine’s Learning Journey: Inspiring women in STEM through the power of role models by Luis Felipe Coimbra Costa, Carlos Eduardo Barbosa, Luciana Maria Azevedo Nascimento, Larissa Galeno, Yuri Lima, Ana Moura Santos, Geraldo Xexéo, Jano Moreira de Souza

“…The results demonstrate the HLJ’s potential to inspire systemic change by fostering a more inclusive and diverse STEM landscape. …”
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Observed different impacts of potential tree restoration on local surface and air temperature by Yitao Li, Zhao-Liang Li, Hua Wu, Xiangyang Liu, Xu Lian, Menglin Si, Jing Li, Chenghu Zhou, Ronglin Tang, Sibo Duan, Wei Zhao, Pei Leng, Xiaoning Song, Qian Shi, Enyu Zhao, Caixia Gao

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Effects of TGF-β1 on OPG/RANKL Expression of Cementoblasts and Osteoblasts Are Similar without Stress but Different with Mechanical Compressive Stress by Xianrui Yang, Yanmin Wang, Xianglong Han, Rui Shu, Tian Chen, Huan Zeng, Xin Xu, Lan Huang, Aishu Ren, Jinlin Song, Li Cao, Ding Bai

“…OPG/RANKL expression was detected in both cells through quantitative real-time PCR. Results. Similar significant differences (P<0.05) existed in OPG/RANKL change with increasing concentration of TGF-β1 without mechanical stress for cementoblasts and osteoblasts. …”
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The complexity of interpersonal physiology during rupture and repair episodes in the treatment of borderline personality disorder: a proof-of-concept multimethod single case study... by Stine S. Høgenhaug, Stine S. Høgenhaug, Sune V. Steffensen, Sune V. Steffensen, Sune V. Steffensen, Sune V. Steffensen, Franco Orsucci, Franco Orsucci, Giovanna Zimatore, Giovanna Zimatore, Guenter Schiepek, Mickey T. Kongerslev, Mickey T. Kongerslev, Anthony Bateman, Gry Kjaersdam Telléus, Gry Kjaersdam Telléus

“…Particularly, heart rate synchronization and desynchronization correspond with increasing rupture resolution ratings and positive outcome measures in the last part of the therapy process, indicating increased productivity, affectivity, and positive change. The qualitative microanalysis highlights context sensitivity to alliance management within sessions. …”
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Investigation of an extreme rainfall event during 8–12 December 2018 over central Vietnam – Part 2: An evaluation of predictability using a time-lagged cloud-resolving ensemble sys... by C.-C. Wang, D. V. Nguyen, D. V. Nguyen, T. V. Vu, P. Thi Thanh Nga, P.-Y. Chuang, K. B. Truong

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The variation rule of TBM tunneling parameters in deep composite strata and the recognition method of boreability grade by Haibin Wang, Guogang Cui, Zhen Shi, Ling Zhang, Chengdeng Gao, Ziwei Ding

“…Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and other Mathematical and statistical methods are used to analyze the change rule of TBM tunneling parameters in different formations, and the optimized regulation range of tunneling parameters is proposed. …”
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Research on shale lamination types and logging characterization methods: A case study of the Funing Formation Member 2 in Gaoyou Sag, Subei Basin by TANG Lei, LIAO Wenting, XIA Lianjun, MA Jie, ZHANG Juan

“…In summary, this study provides insight on the lithological heterogeneity and quantitative logging characterization of the Funing Formation Member 2 in the Gaoyou Sag, Subei Basin. …”
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Synergistic Effect of Angelica gigas and Saccharin on Antiproliferative Activity in Ovcar-3 Cells by Sang Yong PARK, Yu Jin PARK, Min-Woo LEE, Ji Hye HEO, Dong-Gil KIM, Suhng Wook KIM

“…Accordingly, Eastern medicine, which uses natural products as medicines, has been proposed. This study quantitatively analyzed the synergistic effects of saccharin (SAC) and Angelica gigas (AG) on antiproliferative activity in Ovcar-3 cells in vitro by analyzing the changes in cell viability and colony formation when treated alone and in combination and by quantifying the combination index (CI) of the combination treatment. …”
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Metallothionein (MT) Expression and SEM-EDX Mapping on <I>Cymodocea serrulata</I> Seagrass by Dwi Rosalina, Dini Sofarini, Firman Farid Muhsoni, Misbakhul Munir, Ruly Isfatul Khasanah

“…The results showed that metallothionein was abundant in C. serrulata tissues (leaves>roots>rhizomes) in both South Bangka and Ketawai Island. SEM showed changes in the morphology and cell size of C. serrulata exposed to lead. …”
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Headspace-Solid-Phase Microextraction-Gas Chromatography as Analytical Methodology for the Determination of Volatiles in Wild Mushrooms and Evaluation of Modifications Occurring du... by Rosaria Costa, Selenia De Grazia, Elisa Grasso, Alessandra Trozzi

“…In addition, in order to evaluate the potential of this analytical methodology for true quantitation of volatiles, samples of the cultivated species Agaricus bisporus were analyzed. …”
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An integrated framework for non-stationary hydrological drought assessment using time-varying parameter standardized streamflow index and time-varying threshold level method by Menghao Wang, Shanhu Jiang, Liliang Ren, Junzeng Xu, Shanshui Yuan, Chong-Yu Xu

“…Study region: Weihe River basin (WRB) in northern China. Study focus: In a changing environment, traditional drought assessment methods may not be applicable when assumptions of stationarity are violated. …”
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CSTFNet: A CNN and Dual Swin-Transformer Fusion Network for Remote Sensing Hyperspectral Data Fusion and Classification of Coastal Areas by Dekai Li, Harold Neira-Molina, Mengxing Huang, Syam M.S., Yu Zhang, Zhang Junfeng, Uzair Aslam Bhatti, Muhammad Asif, Nadia Sarhan, Emad Mahrous Awwad

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