Effectiveness of Kepok Banana (Musa paradisiaca) Bread-Based Adsorbent for Fe(III) Removal Using HCl Activation: Freundlich and Langmuir Isotherm Models by Idha Silviyanti, Endang Supraptiah, Sri Murda Niati, Ibnu Hajar, Aisyah Suci Ningsih, Feby Nia Amalda

“…The resulting activated carbon was evaluated based on its physicochemical properties according to the Indonesian National Standard (SNI 06-3730-1995). The sample treated with 3.0 N HCl showed optimal characteristics, including moisture content of 2.34%, ash content of 0.28%, volatile matter content of 2.05%, and fixed carbon content of 95.33%. …”
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Personalized music for cognitive and psychological symptom management during mechanical ventilation in critical care: A qualitative analysis. by Rebecca Menza, Jill Howie-Esquivel, Tasce Bongiovanni, Julin Tang, Julene K Johnson, Heather Leutwyler

“…Personalized music helped patients maintain their identity and process their trauma. Additional benefits of music included experiencing pleasure, hope, resilience, and feelings of normalcy. …”
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Exploring Climate Change’s Impact on the Cardiopulmonary Health of Adults Living in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland: Protocol for a Development and Usability Pilot Study by Omar Portela Dos Santos, Paulo Jorge Pereira Alves, Henk Verloo

“…In 2016, Swiss emergency departments (EDs) treated 1,722,000 cases, with 4718 daily admissions. …”
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What are the important design features of personal health records to improve medication adherence for patients with long-term conditions? A systematic literature review by Philip Scott, Elisavet Andrikopoulou, Helena Herrera, Alice Good

“…All the included studies had low sample size and limited follow-up duration. Thirteen of the included studies found that the use of a PHR has increased medication adherence. …”
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DRYING KINETICS OF SWEET POTATO SLICES WITH INFRARED AND AIR CONVECTION HEATING by Tarek FOUDA, Mohamed EL-KHOLY, Summer SHAMALA, Mohamed GHONAME, Shimaa SALAH

“…Three different levels of sweet potato slices thickness (1, 3, 5 mm), were pre-treated by dipping into a solution of 0.5 % sodium meta-bisulphite and 1% citric acid for 30 min. …”
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Why people do, or do not, immediately contact emergency medical services following the onset of acute stroke: qualitative interview study. by Joan E Mackintosh, Madeleine J Murtagh, Helen Rodgers, Richard G Thomson, Gary A Ford, Martin White

“…Fear, denial and reticence to impose on others hinders the process of seeking help and will need addressing specifically with appropriate interventions. …”
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Nurses' knowledge, attitude, and perceived barriers toward protective lung strategies of pediatrics mechanically ventilated patients in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan by Tasnim Zainib, Salma Rattani, Nimira Asif, Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja

“…The participants were nurses working in the six ICUs of a pediatric tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. Using purposive sampling with random selection, the total sample size was 137 nurses. …”
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Imaging and Modeling the Impact of Multi‐Scale Pore Connectivity on Two‐Phase Flow in Mixed‐Wet Rock by Shan Wang, Arjen Mascini, Leonardo C. Ruspini, Pål‐Eric Øren, Tom Bultreys

“…., one natively water‐wet and one chemically treated to be mixed‐wet). The pore‐scale fluid distributions during this process were imaged by laboratory‐based X‐ray micro‐computed tomography (micro‐CT). …”
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Drying Grain Pretreated by Low-Voltage Spark-Discharge Plasma Channel by Ivan A. Shorstkii

“…The samples treated with low-voltage spark-discharge plasma channel showed a 20% reduction in total energy consumption. …”
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Pathogen inactivation in fresh frozen plasma using riboflavin and ultraviolet light: Effects on plasma proteins and coagulation factor VIII by Stanojković Zoran, Antić Ana

“…The aim of this study was to establish the influence of the process of photo inactivation in pathogens using riboflavin and UV rays on the concentration of coagulation factor VIII:C (FVIII:C) and proteins in plasma that were treated before freezing. …”
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Adding Anxiety-Specific Practice to a Brief Audio-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Anxiety in Undergraduate Students: A Pilot Study by I. Papenfuss, M. J. J. Lommen, B. D. Ostafin

“…Possible mechanisms for observed effects include exposure and mindfulness-related processes. Considerations for future research include using samples with elevated anxiety. …”
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Spatial transcriptomic and morpho-functional information derived from single mouse FFPE slides allows in-depth fingerprinting of lung fibrosis by Erica Ferrini, Costanza Bonfini, Giovanna Marchese, Martina Buccardi, Matteo Zoboli, Primetta Faccioli, Nicola Sverzellati, Gino Villetti, Simone Ottonello, Maria Ravo, Franco F. Stellari

“…Unsupervised cluster analysis was performed on Differentially Expressed Genes (DEGs) distinguishing untreated and BLM-treated fibrotic lung samples. For each sample, Pearson correlation analysis was used to compare expression levels of individual gene clusters with Ashcroft Scores and aeration compartments quantitatively assessed on the matched 2D micro-CT coronal slice. …”
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Using selective NIR wavelengths in portable devices to evaluate the chemical composition of cattle feeds by Lorenzo Serva, Luisa Magrin, Giovanni Chillemi, Giorgio Marchesini, Daniele Pietrucci, Francesco Renzi, Riccardo Valentini, Igino Andrighetto, Marco Milanesi

“…External validation was accomplished with spectra collected by different instruments, origins and sample types, and the highest adjusted coefficients of determination in validation were 0.95 for dry matter and 0.84 for alpha-amylase and sodium sulphite-treated NDF. …”
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Study of the effect of cutting modes on output parameters under high-speed steel turn-milling by D. A. Matlygin, A. V. Savilov, A. S. Pyatykh, S. A. Timofeev

“…The results obtained allowed us to achieve the roughness of the treated surface Ra = 1.85 without reducing the processing performance. …”
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Efficacy of human heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor in healing experimental chemical burns by L. M. Dronko, T. M. Lutsenko, O. I. Golembiovska, T. Yu. Trokhymchuk, M. A. Arkhypova, V. A. Dibrova, Yu. V. Dibrova, S. L. Rybalko, S. A. Myakushko, A. A. Siromolot, O. Yu. Galkin

“…Wound area, healing rate and histological patterns of skin samples were estimated. It was shown that groups with burn injury treated with HB-EGF protein (both in solution and gel form) demonstrated an advantage in reducing the wound area and inflammatory cells infiltration, improving healing rate, increasing the proliferative activity of epithelial cells and neovascularization as compared with the untreated group. …”
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Microfluidic capture of selected biomolecules with functionalized particles. Design under a numerical approach by Gloria González-Lavín, Christian Fernández-Maza, Lucía Gómez-Coma, Marcos Fallanza, Inmaculada Ortiz

“…The design procedure has rendered a coil inspired T-type microreactor that displays an exceptional performance. This device can treat 1.4 L per hour of a sample containing 1 mg·mL−1 LPS, attain the fluids complete mixing in less than 5 s, a uniform particle distribution and reach the LPS capture equilibrium in less than 15 s. …”
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La realidad de los deportes colectivos en la Enseñanza Secundaria. Cómo planifican e intervienen los profesores de Murcia (The reality of sports game in the Secondary School. How... by Nuria Ureña Ortín, Francisco Alarcón López, Fernando Ureña Villanueva

“…The intention when it came to information adjusted to a traditional model explanation (76%), The knowledge of the results was directed especially to the process (92%) and within this the implementation (76%) and decision-making (64%). …”
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Survival rate of indirectly bonded brackets using single vs. two-component orthodontic adhesive: A 12-month split-mouth clinical trial by Federica Pellitteri, Francesca Cremonini, Marco Bellavia, Mario Palone, Luca Lombardo

“…With respect to the total sample, statistically significant values were found for both sex and dental arch. …”
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An assessment of photodynamic therapy efficacy for the treatment of Bowen’s disease of the vulva by V. V. Dunaievska, Ye. O. Horkavyi

“…During and after PDT, perioperative anesthesia and reduction of the inflammatory process were performed for patients with the help of analgesics, local anesthetics and peripheral blockade of the pudendal nerve (pudendal nerve block). …”
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FEATURES OF DIAGNOSIS OF NECROBACTERIOSIS OF COWS BY PCR-RFLP by О.Д. Бірюкова, Т.М. Супрович, М.П. Супрович, С.В. Лайтер-Москалюк, І.О. Чорний

“…Next, the restriction of the fragment by endonuclease XhoII and sampling having a pattern b. Selected samples are treated with RsaI endonuclease and only those with patterns b, j, m and n remain. …”
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