Ultrasonic-assisted adsorption of methylene blue using shrimp shells as a low-cost adsorbent: Evaluation on the adsorption isotherm, kinetics, and thermodynamics by Erni Misran, Wahyu Pratama, Kanzi Insan Kasyidi Napitupulu, Muhammad Dani Supardan, Dewi Agustina Iryani, Viqry Pramananda

“…The adsorption kinetics study revealed that the experimental data for all three adsorbents conformed well to the Pseudo-Second Order model, with R2 values ranging from 0.99998 to 1.0000. …”
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Characterization of a Complex Mixture of Immunomodulator Peptides Obtained from Autologous Urine by Alberto Fragoso, Mérida Pedraza-Jiménez, Laura Espinoza-González, María Luisa Ceja-Mendoza, Hugo Sánchez-Mercado, Gloria Robles-Pérez, Julio Granados, Emilio Medina-Rivero

“…Our results showed a chromatographic profile with the same range of low molecular weight (less than 17 kDa) in all analyzed samples by SEC; these results were also confirmed by MS showing an exact mass spectrum from 3 to 13 kDa. …”
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Your brain on art, nature, and meditation: a pilot neuroimaging study by Beatrix Krause-Sorio, Sergio Becerra, Prabha Siddarth, Stacey Simmons, Taylor Kuhn, Helen Lavretsky

“…ObjectivesExposure to art, nature, or meditation, all transcending human experiences, has beneficial effects on health and wellbeing. …”
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Evaluation of Elemental and Chemical Compositions of Some Fuelwood Species for Energy Value by A. M. Dadile, O. A. Sotannde, B. D. Zira, M. Garba, I. Yakubu

“…The results showed that there were significant differences in the tree species and fuel material types obtained from all the ten fuelwood species used. The results of carbon content ranges from 49.54% in A. sieberiana to 50.98% in A. leiocarpus. …”
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Assessment of Fish Species Biodiversity in the Yong River Basin Based on Environmental DNA Metabarcoding by Shengming Deng, Bai-an Lin, Yan Luo, Xiaolong Dang, Chengdan Ma, Yongcan Zhou, Xiang Zhang, Yang Zhang, Ning Xu, Shousong Jiang, Jiana Li, Jianlong Li

“…The most dominant fish species identified by eDNA was <i>Alburnus mossulensis</i>, present in all river sections. However, a decline in species biodiversity was observed in the whole Yong River basin, with a significant difference in community composition across the Upper Yao River (UYAR) and Yong River (YOR). …”
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A Decision Cloud Ranking Approach Based on Privacy and Security in Blockchain E-Health Industry 4.0 Systems by Sarah Qahtan, Khaironi Yatim, Mohd Hafeez Osman, Hazura Zulzalil, Muhammad Luqman Mahamad Zakaria

“…Sensitivity and correlation analysis were conducted to evaluate the results, revealing high correlation results based on each α value across all discussed scenarios of changing property weights. …”
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Exploring the Social Media Discussion of Breast Cancer Treatment Choices: Quantitative Natural Language Processing Study by Daphna Y Spiegel, Isabel D Friesner, William Zhang, Travis Zack, Gianna Yan, Julia Willcox, Nicolas Prionas, Lisa Singer, Catherine Park, Julian C Hong

“…The median sentiment score for all discussions analyzed in aggregate became more positive over time. …”
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation as Therapy for Treatment of Active Ulcerative Colitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Xiaolei Liu, Yan Li, Kaichun Wu, Yongquan Shi, Min Chen

“…When data were pooled for all patients, FMT was associated with a higher combined clinical remission with endoscopic remission/response; the RR of combined outcome not achieving after FMT vs. control was 0.79 (95% CI 0.70-0.88). …”
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Preparation and application evaluation of monoclonal antibodies against Monkeypox virus A29 protein by Ai Xiangjun, Zhang Xinlan, Xu Ye, Tan Chufan, Tan Chufan, Duan Chen, Liao Nami, Liu Junxi, Qiu Yilan, Qiu Yilan, Hou Defu, Hou Defu, Wang Qinglin, Wang Qinglin, Liu Rushi, Liu Rushi

“…The coding sequences of the MPXV A29 protein, Cowpox virus (CPXV) 163 protein homolog and Vaccinia virus (VACV) A27 protein homolog were chemically synthesized, and all three recombinant proteins were expressed in Escherichia coli (BL21 Star). …”
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Smoking Cessation in Chinese Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study by Jianxing He, Dingpei Han, Kun Qian, Weijie Guan, Ge Zhang, Weiqing Lu, Hecheng Li, Xiuyi Zhi

“…The questionnaire was conducted in all patients and 30 healthcare professionals (HCPs), regarding the awareness and effectiveness of smoking cessation methods. …”
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The financial character of policing in Tunisia: collusions, extraversion and the criminalization of informality by Daniela Musina

“…The Commission National de Lutte Contre le Terrorisme (CNLCT) and especially the Commission Tunisienne d’Analyse Financière (CTFA), this latter receiving the bulk of attention here, with all their different functional and political significances, are a case in point. …”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Elderly Patients Refused to ICU by María-Consuelo Pintado, Patricia Villa, Natalia González-García, Jimena Luján, Rocío Molina, María Trascasa, Esther López-Ramos, Cristina Martínez, José-Andrés Cambronero, Raúl de Pablo

“…Prospective longitudinal observational cohort study. We included all consecutive patients older than 75 years, who were evaluated for admission to but were refused to treatment in ICU, during 18 months, with 12-month followup. …”
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Phenotypic Characterization and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase- and AmpC β-Lactamase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria in a Referral Hospital, Saudi... by Mutasim E. Ibrahim, Mohammed Abbas, Abdullah M. Al-Shahrai, Bahaeldin K. Elamin

“…Significantly higher (p<0.05) resistance rates were observed among AmpC β-lactamase producers than nonproducers for all tested antibiotics. Conclusions. This finding showed a high prevalence of ESBL- and AmpC β-lactamase-producing GNB in our hospital. …”
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Low-Dose Caffeine Supplementation Is a Valuable Strategy for Increasing Time to Exhaustion, Explosive Power, and Reducing Muscle Soreness in Professional Male Kickboxers by Maziar Saremi, Fatemeh Shahriari, Mohammad Hemmatinafar, Rasoul Rezaei, Alireza Niknam, Michael Nordvall, Alexei Wong, Reza Bagheri

“…In contrast, no significant effect was observed for VO2max, %VO2max at VT2, and RPE (P > 0.05) for all treatments. Conclusions: Acute supplementation of 3 to 6 mg/kg doses of caffeine-induced relative improvements in anaerobic and lower-body muscular power, muscle soreness, and time-to-exhaustion in male kickboxing athletes.…”
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Hubungan antara Proteinuria dan Hipoalbuminemia pada Anak dengan Sindrom Nefrotik yang Dirawat di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang periode 2009-2012 by Pratiwi Dian Pramana, Mayetti Mayetti, Husnil Kadri

“…Most of patients have levels of semiquantitative urinary protein +3 with average levels of quantitative urinary protein 3.121 ± 2.157 gr/24 hours. Almost all of the patients had hypoalbuminemia (98.2%). …”
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D. I. BLOKHINTSEV – SCIENTIST AND TEACHER. THE SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC WORK by V. N. Pervushin

“…It is connected with the development of idea about vacuum as a source of all variety of the material world surrounding us. …”
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Influence of lemongrass and oregano essential oils and their combination on in vitro ruminal fermentation and greenhouse gas emissions in total mixed ration for dairy cows by Sara Glorio Patrucco, Alessandro Lotto, Martina Dorigo, Rita Fornaciari, Antonio Sagliano, Nicola Martinelli, Alessandra Cosani, Khalil Abid, Salvatore Barbera, Hatsumi Kaihara, Sonia Tassone

“…Only EO combinations reduced total gas (−9%, p=0.001). All EOs decreased CO2 emissions by −5 to −12% with no significant differences between treatments (p<0.001), although anti-methanogenic effects were not observed (p=0.192). …”
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Prevalence and correlates of symptoms of depression, anxiety, and psychological distress among women of reproductive age with delayed conception in urban and peri-urban low to mid-... by Barsha Gadapani Pathak, Gitau Mburu, Ndema Habib, Rita Kabra, Aiysha Malik, James Kiarie, Ranadip Chowdhury, Neeta Dhabhai, Sarmila Mazumder

“…<h4>Results</h4>We obtained responses from all 1,530 women using these scales. Over half (54.31%) of participants had psychological distress, of whom 38.10% were experiencing mild distress, 10.59% moderate distress, and 5.62% severe distress. …”
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The Isolation of Lead-Tolerant PGPR from Red Clover Soil and Its Role in Promoting the Growth of Alfalfa by Wanting Nie, Yuchen Wu, Jingwen Jiang, Zicheng Wang, Meiqi Mu, Siwen Zhao, Minghao Yang, Xi Long, Xiujie Yin, Xiaohua Teng

“…The pot experiment manifested that strains Y2, Y22, Y23, and YH (a mixture of Y2, Y22, and Y23) could increase the plant height, root length, fresh and dry weight above ground, and fresh and dry weight below ground of alfalfa. They could all significantly raise the chlorophyll content and antioxidant enzyme activity in alfalfa (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and the content of malondialdehyde (MDA) in alfalfa. …”
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Preterm Birth and Cardiometabolic Health Trajectories From Birth to Adulthood: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children by Gemma L. Clayton, Laura D. Howe, Linda M. O'Keeffe, Adam J. Lewandowski, Deborah A. Lawlor, Abigail Fraser

“…Conclusions Few, modest differences in cardiometabolic health were found in those born preterm versus term. All disappeared by age 25 years, except the small difference in systolic blood pressure. …”
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