Microwave synthesized and laser activated hyaluronic/polyacrylate/basil seed cloud seeding glaciogenic/hygroscopic nanocomposite by Sholeh Masoomi, Mohammad Mahdi Doroodmand, Fazlolah Eshghi

“…Abstract Cloud seeding is a technique used for weather modification, but the commonly used material, silver iodide, has environmental concerns. …”
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Association of fecal calprotectin and lipocalin-2 with subclinical intestinal inflammation and disease activity in patients with axial spondyloarthritis by Eman Abdel Ghani Sayed, Anna Abou-Raya, Mona Wagdy Ayad, Omnia Mohamed

“…Stool analysis of FCP and LCN-2 using ELISA technique.Results ESR, CRP, HLA-B27 were higher in axSpA compared to healthy controls. …”
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Modulation by endothelin-1 of spontaneous activity and membrane currents of atrioventricular node myocytes from the rabbit heart. by Stéphanie C Choisy, Hongwei Cheng, Godfrey L Smith, Andrew F James, Jules C Hancox

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Electrophysiological experiments were conducted in which recordings were made from rabbit isolated AVN cells at 35-37°C using the whole-cell patch clamp recording technique.…”
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Self-efficacy in increasing physical activity of coronary heart disease patients: a cross-sectional study by Mulyanti Roberto Muliantino, Nindy Zumratul Qadri, Esi Afriyanti, Rika Sarfika

“…A total of 238 coronary heart disease patients were included in the study using a purposive sampling technique. …”
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Fabrication of chitosan/CuO/grape seed extract biocomposite exhibiting synergistic antioxidant and antibacterial activity by Samar Mohammed Abd Alelah, Muthanna O. Hussein, Atheer A. Khashan

“…Consequently, the biosynthesized materials were characterized by using several techniques involving transmission electron microscopy (TEM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), elemental analysis (EDX), and Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FTIR). …”
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Simultaneous binding of quercetin and catechin to FOXO3 enhances IKKα transcription inhibition and suppression of oxidative stress-induced acute alcoholic liver injury in rats by Hui Guan, Wenyuan Zhang, Hui Liu, Yang Jiang, Feng Li, Dan Wang, Yang Liu, Fatao He, Maoyu Wu, Geoffrey Ivan Neil Waterhouse, Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse, Dapeng Li

“…Methods: The ethanol (EtOH)-treated rats and H2O2-treated liver cells were used to demonstrate the enhanced antioxidant effect of quercetin and catechin. …”
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The Impact of Optical Undersampling on the Ca2+ Signal Resolution in Ca2+ Imaging of Spontaneous Neuronal Activity by Katarina D. Milicevic, Violetta O. Ivanova, Tina N. Brazil, Cesar A. Varillas, Yan M.D. Zhu, Pavle R. Andjus, Srdjan D. Antic

“…Spontaneous neuronal activity was recorded at low (14 Hz) and high (500 Hz) sampling rates, and the same neurons (n = 269) were analyzed under both conditions. …”
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Unraveling the role of MXene (Ti3C2Tx) integrated Cu-doped WO3 nanocomposites via co-precipitation technique for enhanced supercapacitor performance by T. Jaqulin Jenila, W. Trinisha Infancy, R. Rathikha, P. Annie Vinosha, Manikandan Ayyar, S. Ramasamy, S. Maruthasalamoorthy, R. Navamathavan, Belina Xavier, Abdullah M. S. Alhuthali, Hala M. Abo-Dief, Magda H. Abdellattif, R. Balachandran, M. Khalid Hossain

“…The synthesized sample’s structure, functional, morphology, chemical composition, and electrochemical properties were examined through various techniques such as X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), and High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM). …”
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Continuous professional development and instructors’ beliefs about and practice of active learning method in Bahir Dar university by Mulugeta Teka Kahsay

“…To achieve this objective, it was essential to examine the level of instructors’ beliefs and practice in active learning methods. The participants of the study were 58 university instructors (31 HDP participants and 27 non-participants), selected using a stratified sampling technique from four faculties of Bahir Dar University. …”
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Continuous professional development and instructors’ beliefs about and practice of active learning method in Bahir Dar university by Mulugeta Teka Kahsay

“…To achieve this objective, it was essential to examine the level of instructors’ beliefs and practice in active learning methods. The participants of the study were 58 university instructors (31 HDP participants and 27 non-participants), selected using a stratified sampling technique from four faculties of Bahir Dar University. …”
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Studying the Role of Urban Female Activity in Achieving Sustainable Rural Development in Rural district of Ashaghabad, Neyshabour by Masoomeh Mollanorozi, Seid Eskandar Seidaiy, Nasibe hosseini

“…In the next steps of the study, data analysis was done in a questionnaire using SPSS software, and one-sample t-test, Pearson correlation and Pro-technique were used to answer the questions. Results and Discussion Women's occupation in the agricultural and livestock sector, with an average of 3.25, is significantly higher than the average (Sig = 0.000). …”
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Association between chronic stress-related amygdala metabolic activity and lymph node metastasis in endometrial cancer by Ki-Jin Ryu, Sungeun Kim, Chanmin Joung, Sanghoon Lee, Hyuntae Park, Jae Yun Song, Ki Joo Pahk, Kisoo Pahk

“…Abstract Chronic stress’s link to endometrial cancer risk and tumor aggressiveness remains unclear. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) is a well-established technique for evaluating the metabolic activity of the amygdala (AmygA), a crucial brain region involved in the response to chronic stress. …”
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International Delphi study on developing entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for master’s learners in health professions education by Omayma Hamed, Daniëlle Verstegen, Ghanim Alsheikh, Mohammed A. Alqarni, Rim Taleb, Nirmala Rege, Purnima Barua, Tyler Cymet, Muhammad Shahid Shamim, Mohamed Saad Hegazy

“…Results A total of 16 EPAs were identified and validated, mapped to core and potential roles and functions of health professions educationists. …”
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Ecological Momentary Assessment to Explore Fatigue, Mood, and Physical Activity Levels in People Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis by Brett Tarca, Shilpanjali Jesudason, Thomas P. Wycherley, Richard Le Leu, Michelle Ovenden, Anthony Meade, Paul N. Bennett, Terry Boyle, Katia E. Ferrar

“…Within-day fatigue fluctuations were observed with severity lowest during mid-morning to early afternoon and peaking at bedtime. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF ISTIGHFAR DHIKR TO ADOLESCENT ANXIETY AT BETA WAVE ACTIVITY USING ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) EXAMINATION by Alvania Nabila Tasyakuranti, Heni Sumarti, Hamdan Hadi Kusuma, Istikomah Istikomah, Irman Said Prastyo

“…The sample used in this study were 8 students in Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang with an age range of 20-23 years. …”
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Predictive value of Neutrophil/Lymphocyte ratio and Musculoskeletal ultrasound in detection of early rheumatoid arthritis activity patients by Heba Emad Saad Mahmoud *, Mohamed Ismail Abdelkreem, Saeda M. Abd El Wahab, Amr Mohammed Mohammed

“…Patients and methods: A hospital_ based, cross-sectional research including 50 RA patients obtained from inpatients of the department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Qena University Hospital. All participants were subjected for complete history taking, complete general examination, complete musculoskeletal examination and investigations (CBC , ESR, CRP, RF, anti CCP), (N/L) ratio, Musculoskeletal ultrasound using (the US-7 score) and disease activity assessment using (DAS-28-ESR score) Results: We found a significant positive correlation between disease activity of RA and NLR (r = 0.129 and p = 0.037) Also we detected a positive, powerful correlation between disease activity and each of the US-7 score (with Pearson Correlation coefficient of 0.704, 0.764, 0.590 & 0.829 for US-7 gray scale, US-7 Power Doppler, US-7 erosion and US-7 total scores; respectively) and p values of <0.001 for all of these scores. …”
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The dosage effects of dexamethasone on osteogenic activity andbiocompatibility of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)/hydroxyapatite nanofibers by Chang Li, Bo Wang, Xinchen Liu, Ziyi Pan, Chao Liu, Huayu Ma, Xueyan Liu, Lijun Liu, Chao Jiang

“…Hereby, various contents of PLGA/hydroxyapatite (PH) nanofibers loaded with Dex were synthesized by electrospinning technique. It was shown that 0.5% (wt) Dex in PH scaffolds was the minimum content which was required for anti-inflammatory effect. …”
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The Activity of Human NK Cells Towards 3D Heterotypic Cellular Tumor Model of Breast Cancer by Anastasia Leonteva, Maria Abdurakhmanova, Maria Bogachek, Tatyana Belovezhets, Anna Yurina, Olga Troitskaya, Sergey Kulemzin, Vladimir Richter, Elena Kuligina, Anna Nushtaeva

“…Stromal spheroids (3Df) were formed using a liquid overlay technique (graphical abstract). …”
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Furin-Triggered Peptide Self-Assembly Activates Coumarin Excimer Fluorescence for Precision Live-Cell Imaging by Peiyao Chen, Liling Meng, Yuting Wang, Xiaoya Yan, Meiqin Li, Yun Deng, Yao Sun

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Multiple imputation to deal with missing objectively-measured physical activity data: findings from two cohorts by Rafaela Costa Martins, Bruna Gonçalves C. da Silva, Cauane Blumenberg, Luiza Isnardi Ricardo, Shana Ginar da Silva, João Pedro Ribeiro, Alicia Matijasevich, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Helen Gonçalves, Fernando César Wehrmeister, Iná dos Santos, Inácio Crochemore-Silva, Aluísio JD Barros

“…Multiple imputation is a positive technique to deal with missing data from objectively measured physical activity. …”
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