An innovative thermal simulation study of microstructure improvement by delay forging during solidification by Jiongshen Chen, Li Rong, Chenxi Ma, Wu Wei, Shengping Wen, Kunyuan Gao, Hui Huang, Zuoren Nie

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Clinical and cost evaluation of intensive support team (IST) models for adults with intellectual disabilities who display challenging behaviour: a comparative cohort study protocol by Angela Hassiotis, Rebecca Jones, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Renee Romeo, Nicola Morant, Ken Courtenay, Ian Hall, Athanasia Kouroupa, Vicky Crossey, Laurence Taggart, Peter Langdon, Victoria Ratti, Vincent Kirchner

“…Secondary outcomes include mental health status, clinical risk, quality of life, health-related quality of life, level of functioning and service use. We will undertake a cost-effectiveness analysis taking both a health and social care and wider societal perspective. …”
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Knowledge and Consequences of Violence Against Health Professionals in Southern Portugal by Maria Otília Zangão, Laurência Gemito, Isaura Serra, Dulce Cruz, Maria da Luz Barros, Maria Antónia Chora, Carolina Santos, Anabela Coelho, Elisabete Alves

“…Despite awareness of the existence and functioning of reporting channels, reporting is low (52%). …”
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Efficient removal of hexavalent chromium using l-cysteine-modified chitosan with polyacrylamide in a one-step flocculation-precipitation process by Jinyang Yan, Yang Wen, Bo Feng

“…This study prepared l-Cys-CTS through crosslinking via EDC/NHS-mediated amidation between -COOH of l-Cys and -NH₂ of CTS, creating dual-functional sites (-SH/-NH₂). SEM-EDS and FT-IR analyses confirmed successful -SH incorporation and revealed a porous structure with dynamic molecular clusters accelerating Cr(VI) mass transfer. …”
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Health Academy Program: importance for users and funding difficulties by Ana Mônica Serakides Ivo, Vinicius Coimbra Viana, Maria Imaculada de Fátima Freitas

“…The aim of this study was to understand the meaning of PA and PAS according to its users and to discuss the consequences of PPB in the structuring and functioning of the program. This is a qualitative approach study, supported by the theory of social representations. 33 in-depth interviews were performed on users from the Belo Horizonte PAS, interpreted by the Structural Narration Analysis. …”
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Entropy Engineering Activates Cu‐Fe Inertia Center From Prussian Blue Analogs With Micro‐Strains for Oxygen Electrocatalysis in Zn‐Air Batteries by Han Man, Guanyu Chen, Fengmei Wang, Jiafeng Ruan, Yihao Liu, Yang Liu, Fang Fang, Renchao Che

“…Through the introduction of the micro‐strains driven by entropy engineering, density functional theory (DFT) calculations and geometric phase analysis (GPA) using Lorentz electron microscopy further elucidate the optimization of the adsorption/desorption of intermediates. …”
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Halymenia durvillei Extracts Exert Antiobesity Effects by Targeting hosl‐1‐Mediated Lipolysis in a Glucose‐Induced Caenorhabditis elegans Model by Kawita Chumphoochai, Sukrit Promtang, Pawanrat Chalorak, Preeyanuch Manohong, Nakorn Niamnont, Montakan Tamtin, Prasert Sobhon, Simon Tuck, Krai Meemon

“…H. durvillei‐derived extracts may offer valuable insights as functional food ingredients for use in the prevention of obesity.…”
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Nitrogen‐Doped Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Trigger Immune Responses and Inhibit Fat Deposition by Dalin He, Xue Xiao, Geng Hu, Wenqian Zhang, Guanliu Yu, Yan Liu, Yun Lin, Hai Lin, Xianyao Li, Youxiang Diao, Yi Tang, Haifang Li

“…Here, it is demonstrated that nitrogen‐doped carboxylate‐functionalized MWCNTs (N‐MWCNTs) inhibit fat deposition both in vivo and in vitro. …”
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Single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the chicken cecum reveals cellular responses and state shifts during Eimeria tenella infection by Jun-Hao Tu, Bo-Gong Liu, Bing-Jin Lin, Hui-Chao Liu, Song-Chang Guo, Qing-Yuan Ouyang, Ling-Zhao Fang, Xi He, Ze-He Song, Hai-Han Zhang

“…Integration of this single-cell data with bulk RNA-seq data from E. tenella-infected chickens revealed significant alterations in cell type composition and state, particularly a marked decrease in APOB + enterocytes and an increase in cycling T cells during infection. Trajectory analysis of APOB + enterocytes uncovered shifts toward cellular states associated with cell death and a reduction in those linked to mitochondrial and cytoplasmic protection when infected with E. tenella. …”
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Protective Effect of Low-molecular-weight Fucoidan on Lead-induced Oxidative Damage in HepG2 Cells Based on Cellular Metabolomics by Fan YU, Na LI, Yingying GUO, Xinyue DAI, Wenjia ZHU, Lin YAO, Yanhua JIANG, Lianzhu WANG

“…Enrichment analysis of key metabolites regulated by F1 indicated that F1 primarily influenced several metabolic pathways involved in redox functions, such as D-glutamine and D-glutamate metabolism; alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism; selenium compound metabolism; and arginine biosynthesis. …”
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Developmental trajectories and heterogeneity of social engagement among Chinese older adults: a growth mixture model by Han Zhou, Cheng Zhang, Shengnan Wang, Chao Yu, Lei Wu

“…In contrast, the time-varying analysis showed that a decline in functional ability, insufficient exercise (means no exercise at present), deteriorating self-reported health and quality of life, negative mood, monotonous diet, and reduced community services were closely related to the reduction in social engagement levels (P < 0.05). …”
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Human milk microbiota and oligosaccharides in colostrum and mature milk: comparison and correlation by Hongda Ge, Wenxiu Zhu, Jing Zhang, Zijing Wang, Huijing Shi, Jie Sun, Ming Shi, Ming Shi

“…In PICRUSt2 functional prediction analysis, the S group exhibited significant reduction in the expression of genes involved in several infectious disease pathways.DiscussionOur findings support the recognition of human milk as a synbiotic comprising beneficial bacteria and prebiotic HMOs.…”
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A ROLE OF ARGININE DEIMINASE FROM STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES M49-16 IN PROMOTING INFECTION AND INHIBITION OF ENDOTHELIAL CELL PROLIFERATION by E. A. Starikova, A. B. Karaseva, L. A. Burova, A. N. Suvorov, A. V. Sokolov, V. B. Vasilyev, I. S. Freidlin

“…Analysis of the cell cycle distribution was concordant with these results. …”
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Cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in Japanese Parkinson&amp;#39;s disease patients: a pilot study by Shinmei I, Kobayashi K, Oe Y, Takagishi Y, Kanie A, Ito M, Takebayashi Y, Murata M, Horikoshi M, Dobbin RD

“…The primary outcome was depressive symptom reduction in the GRID-Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression upon completion of CBT. …”
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Characteristics of Land Use Change and Evaluation of Ecological Sensitivity in Chongqing by XIE Xianjian, GOU Qiantao, WU Han

“…Specifically, the Coupled Spatial Distance Index Model, Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis, Geodetector Model, and Grid Coding techniques were applied to evaluate the ecological sensitivity comprehensively. …”
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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

“…Favorable outcomes in terms of albumin on days14 and 28 and CRP levels on day 28 were observed in the IVIG group.ConclusionsThe administration of IVIG was associated with a reduction in sepsis mortality and favorable outcomes in laboratory parameters and the functional status. …”
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Roflumilast, ursodeoxycholic acid and nucleinate efficiency in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with accompanying chronic non-stone cholecystitis. by Dudka T.V., Huhlina O.S.

“…For instance, the content of MA (malonic aldehyde) in plasma after treatment in group 1 decreased by 1,7 times (p<0,05), while in group 2 - 1,2 times (p<0,05) with significant difference between groups (p<0,05). Biochemical analysis of blood and bile for bilirubin after treatment indicates its significant reduction in patients of group 1 - by 1,7 times in blood (p<0,05) and 27,7% (p<0,05) in bile.In patients of group 2, due to the influence of the UA, bilirubin in bile decreased by 7,8% (p<0,05), and the content of bilirubin in blood decreased by 13,0% (p<0,05). …”
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Tailoring asymmetric RuCu dual-atom electrocatalyst toward ammonia synthesis from nitrate by Kaiyuan Liu, Zhiyi Sun, Xingjie Peng, Xudong Liu, Xiao Zhang, Boran Zhou, Kedi Yu, Zhengbo Chen, Qiang Zhou, Fang Zhang, Yong Wang, Xin Gao, Wenxing Chen, Pengwan Chen

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Spatiotemporal variations in habitat quality and their determinants in the Henan Section of the Yellow River Basin by ZHANG Yingying, MA Ziyan, YU Nan, WEI Dechao, CHEN Zhaojing, YUAN Shuting, WANG Zheng, SONG Xinxin, ZHAO Yongqiang

“…【Objective】The ecological functions of the Yellow River Basin have undergone significant changes in recent decades due to both natural and anthropogenic influences. …”
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Chlorophyllum molybdites-synthesized manganese oxide nanoparticles (MnO-NPs): morphology, biocompatibility, and anticancer properties against liver cancer (HepG2) cell line by Irfan Ullah, Asif Kamal, Malka Saba, Ulfat Ara, Driss Touhami, Abdul Wahab, Tahir Maqbool, Moona Nazish, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, Maximilian Lackner

“…Mycosynthesized nanoparticles (NPs) were characterized via spectroscopic techniques such as XRD, UV spectroscopy, FTIR, and microscopic techniques such as SEM, and EDX, confirming their crystalline structure, spherical morphology, and a nanoscale size of 19.85 nm. FTIR analysis identified functional groups such as flavonoids, phenolics, and proteins, suggesting their role in nanoparticle stabilization and biological activity. …”
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