Studying the Physicochemical and Biological Properties of Hydrogels Based on Laponite and Modified Chitosan through the Substitution of the Amino Group by Maryam Nezadi, Hamid Keshvari, Fatemeh Shokrolahi, Parvin Shokrollahi

“…Besides that; Thermal stability, solubility in water, ability to absorb and retain moisture, zeta potential, biocompatibility and antibacterial activity of modified samples were investigated and compared with pure chitosan. …”
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Clinical, immune and genetic risk factors of malaria-associated acute kidney injury in Zambian children: A study protocol. by Chisambo Mwaba, Sody Munsaka, David Mwakazanga, David Rutagwerae, Owen Ngalamika, Suzanna Mwanza, Mignon McCulloch, Evans Mpabalwani

“…Descriptive statistics and inferential statistical tests will be run as appropriate. A p ≤ 0.05 will be considered as significant. …”
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Academic resilience as a mediator between meaning in life and subjective happiness among undergraduate students at the university of education, Winneba by Delight Abla Klutsey, Inuusah Mahama

“…Abstract Background Academic resilience, defined as the ability to effectively adapt to academic challenges and setbacks, plays a crucial role in students’ psychological wellbeing and happiness. …”
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Adaptive gradient scaling: integrating Adam and landscape modification for protein structure prediction by Vitalii Kapitan, Michael Choi

“…Performance was evaluated using Loss function values, predicted Local Distance Difference Test (pLDDT), distance-based Root Mean Square Deviation (dRMSD), and Template Modeling (TM) scores. …”
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Immune responses to the enduring hypoxic response antigen Rv0188 are preferentially detected in Mycobacterium bovis infected cattle with low pathology. by Gareth J Jones, Chris Pirson, Hannah P Gideon, Katalin A Wilkinson, David R Sherman, Robert J Wilkinson, R Glyn Hewinson, H Martin Vordermeier

“…To this end, we initially screened 57 pools of overlapping peptides representing 4 DosR regulon and 29 EHR antigens for their ability to stimulate an immune response in whole blood from TB-reactor cattle using IFN-γ and IL-2 as readouts. …”
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Benefits of Dynamic Nomogram Models for Elderly Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients’ Early Death Prediction and Clinical Application by Lingke Zhang, Hongmei Jing, Shuhan Tang, Jing Wang, Ping Yang

“…Calibration plots were used to evaluate the calibrating ability. Clinical benefits of nomogram were evaluated by decision curve analysis (DCA). …”
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WASH improvement challenges in preschools in Eastern India by Binod Kumar Behera, Binod Kumar Patro, Manish Taywade, Mukunda Chandra Sahoo

“…In the long run, all these will lead to a decrease in health-related issues due to lack of sanitation and improve the health and learning ability of the kids.…”
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Niche overlap of congeneric invaders supports a single-species hypothesis and provides insight into future invasion risk: implications for global management of the Bactrocera dorsa... by Matthew P Hill, John S Terblanche

“…., a putative conspecific species from Asia. We test for niche overlap of environmental variables between Bactrocera invadens and Bactrocera dorsalis s.s. as well as two other putative conspecific species, Bactrocera philippinensis and B. papayae. …”
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Optimization of a Hybrid Off-Grid Solar PV—Hydro Power Systems for Rural Electrification in Cameroon by Chu Donatus Iweh, Guy Clarence Semassou, Roger Houèchénè Ahouansou

“…The system configuration was tested against an increase in hydropower capacity, and it was observed that increasing the hydropower capacity has the ability to significantly reduce the LCOE as well as the battery and solar PV size. …”
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Independent Origin and Global Distribution of Distinct Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein Gene Duplications. by Jessica B Hostetler, Eugenia Lo, Usheer Kanjee, Chanaki Amaratunga, Seila Suon, Sokunthea Sreng, Sivanna Mao, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Anjali Mascarenhas, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Marcelo U Ferreira, Pradipsinh K Rathod, Guiyun Yan, Rick M Fairhurst, Manoj T Duraisingh, Julian C Rayner

“…The pathology of P. vivax infection depends critically on the parasite's ability to recognize and invade human erythrocytes. …”
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BiMER: Design and Implementation of a Bimodal Emotion Recognition System Enhanced by Data Augmentation Techniques by Emrah Dikbiyik, Onder Demir, Buket Dogan

“…In this way, BiMER was supported with data augmentation methods and the robustness and generalization ability of the model were improved, reaching 88.33% accuracy. …”
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The Relationship between Critical Thinking and Cognitive Learning Styles with General English Proficiency and Success in Examinations by Hasan Ghavami, Moniresadat Mousavi Baghsiahi, Maryam Mehrabi, Mostafa Amiri

“…To collect data, a critical thinking scale, a learning cognitive style questionnaire, a general English proficiency test, and a general English final exam were used. …”
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Real-Time Label-Free Embolus Detection Using In Vivo Photoacoustic Flow Cytometry. by Mazen A Juratli, Yulian A Menyaev, Mustafa Sarimollaoglu, Eric R Siegel, Dmitry A Nedosekin, James Y Suen, Alexander V Melerzanov, Tareq A Juratli, Ekaterina I Galanzha, Vladimir P Zharov

“…The aim of our study is to test the utility of the in vivo photoacoustic (PA) flow cytometry (PAFC) technique for non-invasive embolus detection in real-time. …”
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Effect of a supramolecular delivery system based on hyaluronic acid with cyclodextrin on the antitumor properties of oxaliplatin <i>in vitro</i> by E. A. Pashkina, M. V. Bykova, M. T. Berishvili, Y. M. Zhang, V. A. Kozlov

“…The effect of the studied compounds on the viability of cell cultures was assessed using the WST test. It was shown that in the case of the T-cell lymphoma cell line 1301, the HACD delivery system did not affect the ability of OX to reduce the viability of tumor cells of this line; the effect of free oxaliplatin and the complex was comparable. …”
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The utility of generative artificial intelligence Chatbot (ChatGPT) in generating teaching and learning material for anesthesiology residents by Zhaosheng Jin, Ramon Abola, Vincent Bargnes, Alexandra Tsivitis, Sadiq Rahman, Jonathon Schwartz, Sergio D. Bergese, Joy E. Schabel

“…Ninety-five unique prompts were constructed using topics from the Anesthesia Knowledge Test 1 (AKT-1), a standardized exam undertaken by US anesthesiology residents after 1 month of specialty training. …”
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Revisiting the relationship between surface and column-integrated chlorophyll-a concentrations in the Biogeochemical-Argo and satellite era by Ella Poppy Tanner, Harry Ewin, Johannes J. Viljoen, Robert J. W. Brewin

“…Phytoplankton occupy the oceans’ euphotic zone and are responsible for its primary production; thus, our ability to monitor their patterns of abundance and physiology is vital for tracking ocean health. …”
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Assessment of the quality of root canal filling using three different sealers: Micro-computed tomography and scanning electron microscope study by Loai Alsofi, Mohammed Yagmoor, Tariq AbuHaimed, Hassan Abed, Ehab Alshouibi, Rafif Mandura, Turki Bakhsh, Hanaa Ashkar, Mey Al-Habib

“…Introduction: The quality of root canal obturation is determined by the ability to seal the root canal three dimensionally. …”
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The Proposal and Validation of a Distributed Real-Time Data Management Framework Based on Edge Computing with OPC Unified Architecture and Kafka by Daixing Lu, Kun Wang, Yubo Wang, Ye Shen

“…This study proposes a multi-level industrial data processing framework based on edge computing that aims to improve the response speed and processing ability of manufacturing sites to data and to realize real-time decision making and lean management of intelligent manufacturing. …”
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Characterization of clinical extensively drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a Chinese teaching hospital by Mingxiang Zou, Haichen Wang, Jian Shui, Jun Li, Yongmei Hu, Qingya Dou, Qun Yan, Wen' en Liu

“…Microtiter plate method was performed to evaluate the ability to form biofilms associated to twitching and swimming motilities. …”
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Efficacy of a single session of anticipatory postural adjustments training to support people with Parkinson’s overcoming freezing of gait: a multi-methods approach by Yuri Russo, Zijing Wang, Jiaxi Ye, Phaedra Leveridge, Alice Nieuwboer, Mark Wilson, Meriel Norris, Elmar Kal, Sarah E. Lamb, William R. Young

“…Objective: To assess the efficacy of anticipatory postural adjustments training on the ability to successfully step from freezing of gait, and to evaluate the contribution of attentional processes to potential benefits using an additional attentional-control training intervention. …”
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