A novel method for alumina preparation by electrotransformation AlCl3 solution under NH4Cl-catalyzed and CO2-injected conditions by Han X.-X., Liu Y.-M., Yang L.-X., Lu Y.-F., Wang R.-T., Zhang T.-A.

“…The results showed that, when the solution in the cathodic chamber was NH4Cl with CO2 injection, with electrotransformation time extension, pH increased slowly and the morphology of electrotransformation products were all rough and fluffy block structures. Increasing initial NH4Cl concentration effectively improved the product crystallization states, roasting products D(50) and D(90), and Al recovery rate.…”
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Cross-project software defect prediction based on the reduction and hybridization of software metrics by Ahmed Abdu, Zhengjun Zhai, Hakim A. Abdo, Sungon Lee, Mohammed A. Al-masni, Yeong Hyeon Gu, Redhwan Algabri

“…The proposed model uses hybrid deep neural networks as a hybridization technique to combine the essential metrics from all metric categories, addressing the issue of class overlap to enhance prediction model efficiency. …”
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Gold as a Measure of Goods and Services: Issuance of Electronic Gold Voucher with Reference to Quranic Teachings by Vahid Salimi, Soheila Parastegari, Mahbubeh Sadat Fadavi

“…This study addresses the challenges of inflation, sanction vulnerability, and the devaluation of currency, all of which are inherently linked to the credit-based nature of money. …”
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Factors influencing communication issues during hospital discharge for older adults in 11 high-income countries: a secondary analysis of the 2021 International Health Policy Survey by Neil J MacKinnon, Preshit Nemdas Ambade, Zach Hoffman, Tyler Vest, Kaamya Mehra, Munira Gunja, Breagh H MacKinnon

“…Objectives To determine the prevalence of hospital discharge communication problems with older adults, compare them across countries and determine factors associated with those problems.Design Secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data.Setting 2021 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy (IHP) Survey of Older Adults conducted across 11 high-income countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA.Participants 4501 respondents aged 60 and older in the USA and 65 and older in all other included countries who were hospitalised at least once in the past 2 years before the survey and answered discharge communication-related questions.Primary outcome measure Our primary outcome measure is poor discharge communication (PDC), a composite variable of three IHP questions related to written information, doctor follow-up and medicines discussed.Results Overall PDC rate was 19.2% (864/4501), although rates varied by nation. …”
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Approach to Breast Lesions with Radiology-pathology Discrepancy: Discussion Based on 3 Cases Diagnosed with Malignancy After Surgery by Sümeyra Emine Bölük, Gülçin Ercan, Leman Damla Ercan

“…Preoperative and postoperative pathological findings were consistent with benign changes in all three cases. After total excision, a definitive diagnosis was made, and follow-up and treatment were planned. …”
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Codon optimized influenza H1 HA sequence but not CTLA-4 targeting of HA antigen to enhance the efficacy of DNA vaccines in an animal model by Dito Anurogo, Chia-Yuan Chen, Chu-Chi Lin, Jeanne Adiwinata Pawitan, Daniel W. Qiu, J. Timothy Qiu

“…Codon optimization also significantly bolstered both cellular and humoral immune responses. In cytokine assays, all plasmid constructs, particularly pCTLA4-cHA, induced robust interferon (IFN)-γ production, while interleukin (IL)-4 levels remained uniformly non-significant. …”
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Serum IL-1β, IL-2, and IL-6 in Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Children by Yasar Dogan, Saadet Akarsu, Bilal Ustundag, Erdal Yilmaz, Metin Kaya Gurgoze

“…Children with IDDM were divided into three subgroups: (1) previously diagnosed patients (long standing IDDM) (n:15), (2) newly diagnosed patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (before treatment) (n:12), and (3) newly diagnosed patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (after treatment for two weeks) (n:12). In all stages of diabetes higher levels of IL-1β and TNF-α and lower levels of IL-2 and IL-6 were detected. …”
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CRYβB2 alters cell adhesion to promote invasion in a triple-negative breast cancer cell line by Amr A. Waly, London Harper, Jodie M. Fleming, Lindsey M. Costantini

“…The CRYβB2 gene is upregulated in tumors from African American patients across all breast cancer subtypes, including TNBC, and is associated with worse survival rates. …”
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The impact of the physicochemical properties of calcium phosphate ceramics on biocompatibility and osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells by Yuliia Skliarenko, Volodymyr V. Kolomiiets, Volodymyr V. Balatskyi, Yuliia Galuza, Oksana S. Koryak, Larysa L. Macewicz, Tetiana P. Ruban, Sergey A. Firstov, Nataliia. V. Ulianchych, Oksana O. Piven

“…Results We demonstrate a reduction in solubility for all analyzed composite after the treatment with H2O and H2O2, accompanied by an enhancement in adsorption activity. …”
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International Aspects of Investment Liberalization in the PRC: A Case of EU-China Cooperation by D. A. Potapov

“…At the same time, there is a growing need to improve regulatory mechanisms for direct foreign investments. All these contradictory trends have directly affected China’s foreign investment regime reform. …”
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Phytochemical Profiling, Bioactivity, and Insecticidal Effectiveness of <i>Mammea americana</i> L. Leaf Extracts Against <i>Ferrisia</i> sp. by Mike Vázquez-Torres, Nilka Rivera-Portalatín, Irma Cabrera-Asencio

“…Potential cytotoxicity was assessed using brine shrimp lethality tests, where all extracts displayed high toxicity to <i>Artemia salina</i>. …”
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Exploring the characteristics of detrusor after contraction in females with pure urodynamic stress incontinence by Xiao Zeng, Hong Shen, Deyi Luo, Tao Jin

“…Results A total of 61 female pure USI patients met all the study requirements. Among them, there were 27 cases of pure USI with DAC and 34 cases of pure USI without DAC. …”
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Identifying plasma exosome antigens as a potential diagnostic biomarker for tuberculosis disease by Yan Jiang, Li Yan, Baoru Zhou, Jianming Hong, Huixing Tan, Xiaonan Li, Yong Wang

“…Conclusion Levels of MPT64, Ag85A and CFP-10 were significantly up-regulated in plasma exosomes from TB patients and latent patients, and the AUC values of all three antigens predicting TB were higher than 0.9. …”
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Research on the application effect of arthroscopic access modification in meniscal injury repair by Shulin Li, Huayao Sun, Jiahao Zhang, Huiling Guo, Laipeng Yan, Faqiang Tang

“…We compared the operation time, postoperative hospitalization time, pre- and postoperative VAS scores, Lysholm knee function scores, postoperative complications and postoperative imaging indices of the patients in the two groups. Results All patients successfully underwent surgery and were followed up without intraoperative vascular or nerve injury or postoperative complications such as infection, wound necrosis or thrombosis. …”
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A study of serum YKL-40 and its correlation with traditional biomarkers in rheumatoid arthritis patients by Vinod Narayan, Vasanthi Pallinti, Nalini Ganesan

“…Serum YKL-40 level was measured using ELISA method. All the values were expressed as median (25th–75th percentile). …”
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Correlation Of Psychosomatic Factors And Personality Traits With The Severity Of Hidradenitis Suppurativa by Konstantinos Kontoangelos, Foteini Dionysia Foulou, Sofia Tsiori, Charalabos Papageorgiou, Alexander Stratigos, Aikaterini I Liakou

“…The psychometric instruments administered were the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL90), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), the short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), the Hurley and refined Hurley classifications, the International Hidradenitis Suppurativa Severity Scoring System  (IHS4), and a short demographic questionnaire. All statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS-28 statistical package. …”
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Kinematic Characteristics of Male Runners With a History of Recurrent Calf Muscle Strain Injury by Christopher Bramah, Stephen J Preece, Niamh Gill, Lee Herrington

“…Large effect sizes, greater than 0.8, were observed for all differences. No significant differences were observed for ankle and knee joint kinematics between the groups…”
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INVESTIGATING THE ACTIVE CHEMICALS IN BAY LEAVES IN SUPPRESSING MICROBES AND IMPROVING THE SENSORY PROPERTIES OF CHILLED CHICKEN MEAT by M. A. Qasim, A. A. Al-Azzami, N. T. Khaleel, A. A. Yaseen, M. M. Fahad

“…Also, after 12 days of refrigerated storage, the addition of the alcoholic extract enhanced all sensory aspects of the chicken meat as well as its overall level of acceptability.…”
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Association between composite dietary antioxidant indices and anemia: NHANES 2003-2018. by Qian Wu, Zhiyu Wang, Jieyu Xia, Hui Xu, Gang Huang, Guangyong Feng, Xiaoxia Gou

“…The unadjusted model showed negative association between CDAI and anemia (odds ratio [OR]: 0.94; 95% confidence interval [95%CI]: 0.93-0.96; P < 0.001). After adjusting for all covariates, with each increase in CDAI level linked to 3% lower risk of anemia (OR: 0.97; 95%CI: 0.95-0.98; P < 0.001). …”
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Cheating Detection in Online Exams Using Deep Learning and Machine Learning by Bahaddin Erdem, Murat Karabatak

“…In the triple classification analysis for Scenario-3 defined in the study, the XGBoost model was found to have the highest accuracy rate of 97.7% for students who “cheated” due to unethical behaviors and the highest performance in all other metric values. In addition, SHAP and LIME methods, which are explanatory methods for the XGBoost model, which is one of the best-performing models, were applied, and the attributes and percentages affecting the model were shared. …”
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