Development and preliminary validation of a Chinese Physical Activity Parenting Practices Scale (3–6 years) by Ren Na, Ying Liang, Haiyue Zhang, Zhe Yang, Nan Li, Wei Zhang, Han Tang, Weiliang Ye, Linyuan Zhang, Xun Jiang, Lei Shang

“…Furthermore, the scale had adequate internal consistency, split-half reliability, test–retest reliability, and concurrent validity. …”
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Investigation of the threonine metabolism of Echinococcus multilocularis: The threonine dehydrogenase as a potential drug target in alveolar echinococcosis by Marc Kaethner, Pascal Zumstein, Joachim Müller, Matías Preza, Philipp Grossenbacher, Anissa Bartetzko, Laura Vetter, Martin Lochner, Stefan Schürch, Clement Regnault, Daniel Villalobos Ramírez, Britta Lundström-Stadelmann

“…The compounds disulfiram, myricetin, quercetin, sanguinarine, and seven quinazoline carboxamides were evaluated for their ability to inhibit recombinantly expressed EmTDH. …”
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Performance of a low-cost optical particle counter (Alphasense OPC-N3) in estimating size-resolved dust emission flux using eddy covariance by S. Dupont, E. Lamaud, M. R. Irvine, J.-M. Bonnefond, A. González-Romero, A. González-Romero, A. Alastuey, C. González-Flórez, X. Querol, K. Kandler, M. Klose, C. Pérez García-Pando, C. Pérez García-Pando

“…In particular, these OPCs could improve our ability to quantify dust emissions in complex environments during aeolian soil erosion. …”
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Emergence and characterization of IncFII/IncR plasmids with multiple 5,692 bp- blaKPC−2-bearing tandem repeats in ceftazidime/avibactam non-susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae strain... by Hongmao Liu, Hongmao Liu, Mei Zhu, Junwan Lu, Junwan Lu, Shan Wu, Rujian Ye, Wei Pan, Yirong Li, Qiyu Bao, Qiyu Bao, Dawei Huang

“…Virulence phenotypes were confirmed using the string test and a Galleria mellonella larvae infection model. …”
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Induction of Apoptosis by Ethanol, Methanol, and Ethyl Acetate Extracts from Cyperus Rotundus' Leaf on In Vitro Human Ovarian, Cervix, and Breast Cancer Cell Lines by Mahdi Moradi Kooshkmeydani, Arezoo Khoradmehr, Ali Dehghani Firoozabadi, Alireza Tavassoli, Farzad Mohammad Rezazadeh, Gholamhossein Mohebbi, Asset A Kaliyev, Nadiar Mussin, Mojtaba Farjam, Kulyash R.Zhilisbayeva, Amin Tamadon

“…These extracts were applied to MCF-7, HeLa, OVCAR-3, and Vero cell lines at concentrations of 3.125, 6.25, 12.5, and 25 g/ml. MTT test, assessing inhibition of proliferation at 50% (IC50), was employed to evaluate each extract’s ability to inhibit cell proliferation. …”
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Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant, Antiulcer, Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Activity of the Aqueous Extract of Angelica archangelica by Walid Mamache, Abderrahim BENSLAMA, Fatima Benchikh, Hassiba Benabdellah, Sabira Lassas, Hind Amira, Smain Amira

“…In addition, the aqueous extract of A. archangelica showed a high ability to trap DPPH radical in with IC50 at 16.9±2.03μg/mL. …”
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The Silver Agri Age project in Italy: a Montessori-inspired social intervention with older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Single-group pre-post pilot study protocol by Elena Gambella, Lucio Lombardi, Diletta Cicconi, Alessandra Raccichini, Lucia Paciaroni, Cinzia Giuli, Anna Rita Bonfigli, Paolo Fabbietti, Giuseppe Pelliccioni, Cristina Gagliardi

“…The inclusion criteria will be age ≥ 55, Mini-Mental State Examination ≥ 24, ability and willingness to sign informed consent. …”
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Exploring the Correlation between GCSI Score and GES in Type 2 Diabetic Patients—Proposing a GCSI Cut-off Score for Guiding GES Utilization: A Record-centric Research Approach by Rifika Bansal, Ravi Kant, Vandana K Dhingra, Manisha Naithani, Mukesh Darshan, Mukesh Bairwa, Ashwin Parchani, Balachandra Routhu

“…Data analysis was done utilizing Chi-square tests and correlation coefficients with <i>p</i> < 0.05 considered statistically significant. …”
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Towards global spaceborne lidar biomass: Developing and applying boreal forest biomass models for ICESat-2 laser altimetry data by A. Neuenschwander, L. Duncanson, P. Montesano, D. Minor, E. Guenther, S. Hancock, M.A. Wulder, J.C. White, M. Purslow, N. Thomas, A. Mandel, T. Feng, J. Armston, J.R. Kellner, H.E. Andersen, L. Boschetti, P. Fekety, A. Hudak, J. Pisek, N. Sánchez-López, K. Stereńczak

“…Applying our AGBD models to a set of over 19 million ICESat-2 observations yielded a 30 m along-track AGBD product for the pan-boreal. The ability demonstrated herein to calculate ICESat-2 biomass estimates at a 30 m spatial resolution provides the scientific underpinning for a full, spatially explicit, global accounting of aboveground biomass.…”
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Effects of Neuromuscular Training Applied During Ramadan on Physical Fitness and Injury Prevention in Highly-Trained Male Youth Soccer Players by Ali Belamjahad, Claire Tourny, Anthony C. Hackney, Fatiha Laziri, Ayoub Saeidi, Ouafae El Hachimi, Ismail Laher, Urs Granacher, Hassane Zouhal

“…Body composition (body fat), linear sprint (5-m, 10-m, 30-m sprint), and change-of-direction (CoD) speed (T-test with and without ball), muscle power (squat [SJ], countermovement jump [CMJ]), peak isokinetic torque of the knee flexors, extensors, and soccer-specific performance (Loughborough soccer passing test [LSPT], Yoyo intermittent test level 1 [YYIRT L1], repeated-shuttle-sprint ability test [RSSA]) were determined before and after the Ramadan period. …”
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Selection of lactic acid bacteria as a probiotic and evaluated its performance on gnotobiotic catfish Clarias sp. by Enita Romasni Turnip, Widanarni, Widanarni, Anja Meryandini

“…The selected isolate was tested in vivo to observe their ability to improve growth performances of catfish. …”
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Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Effect of <i>Lavandula dentata</i> L. Essential Oil as Endodontic Irrigant Against Standard and Clinical Strains of <i>Enterococcus</i> spp. by Caroline Trefiglio Rocha, Patrícia Michelle Nagai de Lima, Thaís Cristine Pereira, Lara Steffany de Carvalho, Mariana Gadelho Gimenez Diamantino, Amjad Abu Hasna, João Carlos da Rocha, Luciane Dias de Oliveira, Cláudio Antonio Talge Carvalho

“…Data were statistically analyzed by the ANOVA and Tukey test, with a significance level of 5%. The MBC value was 32% (292.8 mg/mL) against all the tested strains. …”
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Clinical–radiomics model for predicting internal mammary lymph node metastasis in operable breast cancer patients by Wei Wang, Wenyu Zhang, Ting Yu, Ting Yu, QingWei Wu, ChengLin Yang, ChengLin Yang, Jianbin Li

“…DCA substantiated the clinical–radiomics model’s optimal predictive efficiency, enhanced discriminatory ability, and maximum benefit. The AUC (95% confidence interval: 0.935-0.993) of the clinical–radiomics model is 0.964. …”
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Denatonium inhibits RANKL-induced osteoclast differentiation and rescues the osteoporotic phenotype by blocking p65 signaling pathway by Sheunghun Lee, Hyerim Lee, You-Jee Jang, Kyubin Lee, Hye-Jung Kim, Jung Yeol Lee, Jin-Man Kim, Sunyou Park, Jin Sook Song, Ji Hoon Lee, Tae Kyung Hyun, Jae-Il Park, Sun-Ju Yi, Kyunghwan Kim

“…Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays were employed to assess the binding of p65 to promoter regions of osteoclast-related genes. Finally, we tested the therapeutic potential of denatonium in a mouse model of osteoporosis. …”
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Biochar’s electron shuttle potential mitigates N2O emissions by counteracting the stimulatory effect of rice root iron plaque by Dan Yuan, Sihuan Wu, Chunsheng Hu, Jiahuan Tang, Shuping Qin

“…In this study, our hypothesis is that biochar will reduce N2O emissions via an electron shuttle and complete denitrification. To test this hypothesis, we performed laboratory microcosm experiments using a paddy soil-Fe plaque system amended with biochar. …”
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Expedited Colorectal Cancer Detection Through a Dexterous Hybrid CADx System With Enhanced Image Processing and Augmented Polyp Visualization by Akella Subrahmanya Narasimha Raju, K. Venkatesh, Ranjith Kumar Gatla, Marwa M. Eid, Aymen Flah, Zdenek Slanina, Ramy N. R. Ghaly

“…This indicates the model&#x2019;s ability to handle challenging medical images effectively. …”
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Drought monitoring using the Climate Hazards InfraRed Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS) in Ethiopia by Birhan Getachew Tikuye, Ram L. Ray, Busnur Manjunatha, Gebrekidan Worku Tefera, Sanjita Gurau

“…However, statistical analysis via the Mann-Kendall trend test indicates that these upward trends are not statistically significant, with computed p-values (0.335, 0.419, 0.384, and 0.207) exceeding the significance level of α ​= ​0.05. …”
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Ventricular volume adjustment of brain regions depicts brain changes associated with HIV infection and aging better than intracranial volume adjustment by Benedictor Alexander Nguchu, Benedictor Alexander Nguchu, Jing Zhao, Jiajun Fan, Yifei Han, Yu Lu, Han Jin, Yanming Wang, Hongjun Li, Peter Shaw

“…IntroductionWhile the adjustment of intracranial volume (ICV) is reported to have a significant influence in the outcomes of the analyses of brain structural measures, our study offers a paradigm shift, positing that adjusting for lateral ventricle (LV) inter-individual variability may reveal more atrophic patterns that might be overlooked in analyses without this adjustment,—and such LV-adjusted atrophic patterns may reduce discrepancies observed in earlier studies and better elucidate complex conditions associated with HIV, such as HAND.MethodsTo test this hypothesis, we employed a number of adjustment strategies on MRI T1-image-derived data extracted using deep learning models and compared their ability to identify the presence and extent of HIV-specific atrophic patterns based on statistical measures and strength.ResultsOur results show that both ICV adjustments may be effective to identify atrophic patterns associated with either aging or HIV in areas of the thalamus, basal ganglia, ventral DC and lateral ventricle, some of which may be overlooked without these adjustments. …”
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Core components of male-specific person-centred HIV care: a qualitative analysis from client and healthcare worker perspectives in Malawi by Sam Phiri, Khumbo Phiri, Julie Hubbard, Kathryn Dovel, Kelvin Balakasi, Elijah Chikuse, Augustine T Choko, Morna Cornell, Misheck Mphande, Isabella Robson, Marguerite Thorp, Thomas Coates

“…HCWs believed that male PCC enhanced their ability to support male clients but emphasised the need to be integrated into routine services.Discussion PCC strategies that foster positive HCW relationships and addresses men’s unique experiences are highly valued by MLHIV. …”
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Using a data-driven statistical model to better evaluate surface turbulent heat fluxes in weather and climate numerical models: a demonstration study by M. Zouzoua, S. Bastin, F. Lohou, M. Lothon, M. Chiriaco, M. Jome, C. Mallet, L. Barthes, G. Canut

“…It also has a good generalization ability, but it hardly estimates negative <span class="inline-formula"><i>H</i></span> and large <i>LE</i>. …”
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