The prevalence of and the effect of global stressors on eating disorders among medical students by Muneera B. Almahmeed, Muna A. Almutawa, Yahya M. Naguib, Yahya M. Naguib

“…Response to global stressors such as COVID-19 pandemic was significantly correlated to worsening EDs status in high-risk individuals.ConclusionEating disorders have been discovered to be highly prevalent among medical students, which brings to light an undervalued health concern. This warrants both awareness programs on campus, and the development of individual-tailored eating disorder treatment programs to halt progression and increase overall quality of life and education.…”
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Molecular Assessment of Domain I of Apical Membrane Antigen I Gene in Plasmodium falciparum: Implications in Plasmodium Invasion, Taxonomy, Vaccine Development, and Drug Discovery by Che Roland Achungu, Damian Nota Anong, Robert Adamu Shey, Cevie Jesenta Tabe

“…The results of this investigation shed important light on the molecular mechanisms behind Plasmodium invasion of host cells, a potential PfAMA1 vaccine antigen sequence, and prospective malaria treatment options in the future. …”
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The Long Noncoding RNA LOXL1-AS1 Promotes the Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Jiang Liu, Chengtong Zhai, Degan Liu, Jianhua Liu

“…In addition, in the Hep-G2 cell line, LOXL1-AS1 downregulation significantly inhibited cell proliferation in the light of the MTT and colony formation assays in vitro, which was consistent with animal experiment in vivo. …”
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ClearFinder: a Python GUI for annotating cells in cleared mouse brain by Stefan Pastore, Philipp Hillenbrand, Nils Molnar, Irina Kovlyagina, Monika Chanu Chongtham, Stanislav Sys, Beat Lutz, Margarita Tevosian, Susanne Gerber

“…Abstract Background Tissue clearing combined with light-sheet microscopy is gaining popularity among neuroscientists interested in unbiased assessment of their samples in 3D volume. …”
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Analysis of the circadian rhythm of biological processes in mouse liver and kidney by I. N. Podkolodnyy, N. N. Tverdokhleb, O. A. Podkolodnaya

“…In the kidneys, the differences in the distribution of the number of genes in the phase of an elevated translation level by the time of day were less pronounced, and the maximum number of such genes was observed from the middle of the light phase of the day to the middle of the dark one. …”
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Study on friction and wear properties of nickel-based alloys under different working conditions by Ming Li, Yongjun Bai, Yi Ou, Xiaoyu Ren, Chaoqun Qian

“…Friction and wear tests are conducted using a Bruker UMT Tribolab wear testing machine to examine surface wear morphology. A white-light interferometer is employed to measure wear profiles and calculate wear rates, while a fatigue testing machine collects stress-life data to model S-N curves. …”
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Experimental study on in-situ simulation of rainfall-induced soil erosion in forest lands converted to cash crop areas in Dabie Mountains. by Gao Li, Tao Yang, Rui Chen, Haogang Dong, Feng Wu, Qinghua Zhan, Jinyan Huang, Minxuan Luo, Li Wang

“…It focused on a tea plantation slope of the Dabie Mountains, employing four rainfall scenarios, i.e. light rain, moderate rain, heavy rain, and heavy rain following drought, to conduct in-situ simulation experiments, mirroring the prevalent rainfall patterns in the study region. …”
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Effect of stress-induced martensite volume fraction on deformation behavior and mechanical properties of Ti-7333 alloy by Ye Tian, Rong Chen, Zhiqing Zhang, Baifeng Luan, Hongchao Kou, Qing Liu

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Methyl Gallate Attenuates Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Rats by Suppressing Oxidative Stress by Akheruz Zaman Ahmed, Shakta Mani Satyam, Prakashchandra Shetty, Melanie Rose D’Souza

“…Following gross examination of isolated hearts, histopathological evaluation was performed by light microscopy. A significant (p < 0.05) cardiac injury, as well as oxidative stress, was observed in doxorubicin control rats in comparison to normal control rats. …”
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Effectiveness of Four-Decontamination Techniques on Bacterial Growth on CPR Manikins after Use in a CPR Course

“…Clorox Disinfecting Wipes™, 1:10 bleach-to-water solution and 70% isopropyl alcohol were low cost, efficient, and effective decontamination methods; UVC-light’s effectiveness requires further research. Athletic trainers and educators can use these results to appropriately select disinfecting agents to reduce risk ...…”
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Multi-Channel PWM Heater Control Chip in 0.18 &#x03BC;m High-Voltage CMOS for a Quantum Simulator by Christoph Ribisch, Michael Hofbauer, Kerstin Schneider-Hornstein, Alexander Kuttner, Martin Jungwirth, Horst Zimmermann

“…The chip also includes transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) to monitor light powers inside the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) of the quantum simulator. 40 PWM channels and eight TIA channels are monolithically implemented in an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) using a 0.18 &#x03BC;m high-voltage CMOS technology. …”
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Modification in Physicochemical, Structural and Digestive Properties of Potato Starch During Heat-Moisture Treatment Combined with Microwave Pre- and Post-Treatment by Chunli Deng, Oksana Melnyk, Tatyana Marenkova, Yanghe Luo

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of modification by heat-moisture treatment (HMT) combined with microwave pre- and post-treatment (MW) on the physicochemical, structural and digestive properties of potato starch. The light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used to determine the structural properties of starch. …”
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Biomolecular Triconjugates Formed between Gold, Protamine, and Nucleic Acid: Comparative Characterization on the Nanoscale by Robert K. DeLong, Lisa Cillessen, Chris Reynolds, Adam Wanekaya, Tiffany Severs, Kartik Ghosh, Michael Fisher, Stephanie Barber, John Black, Ashley Schaeffer, Kristin J. Flores

“…Process parameters important for bioactivity were investigated, and the bimolecular nanoconjugates were confirmed by shifts in the dynamic laser light scatter (DLLS), UV/Vis spectrum, gel electrophoresis, or sedimentation pattern. …”
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PECULIARITIES OF THE SURFACE FLAW DETECTION BY ELASTIC WAVES SIMULATED BY PULSE-LASER RADIATION by А. R. Bаеv, A. I. Мitkovets, D. A Коstiuk, G. E. Konovalov

“…An experimental installation used consisted of the pulse laser light emission source with laser wavelength of 1.06 m and laser pulse duration of ≈ 20 ns. …”
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Enhancing plant disease detection through deep learning: a Depthwise CNN with squeeze and excitation integration and residual skip connections by Asadulla Y. Ashurov, Mehdhar S. A. M. Al-Gaashani, Nagwan A. Samee, Reem Alkanhel, Ghada Atteia, Hanaa A. Abdallah, Mohammed Saleh Ali Muthanna

“…This study proposes an advanced method for plant disease detection utilizing a modified depthwise convolutional neural network (CNN) integrated with squeeze-and-excitation (SE) blocks and improved residual skip connections. In light of increasing global challenges related to food security and sustainable agriculture, this research focuses on developing a highly efficient and accurate automated system for identifying plant diseases, thereby contributing to enhanced crop protection and yield optimization. …”
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eNSMBL-PASD: Spearheading early autism spectrum disorder detection through advanced genomic computational frameworks utilizing ensemble learning models by Ayesha Karim, Nashwan Alromema, Sharaf J Malebary, Faisal Binzagr, Amir Ahmed, Yaser Daanial Khan

“…Several ensemble classification methods, including Extreme Gradient Boosting, Random Forest, Light Gradient Boosting Machine, ExtraTrees, and a stacked ensemble of classifiers, were applied to assess the predictive power of the genomic features. …”
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The Role of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Parkinson’s Disease by Maurizio Gabrielli, Lorenzo Zileri Dal Verme, Maria Assunta Zocco, Enrico Celestino Nista, Veronica Ojetti, Antonio Gasbarrini

“…Methods: This review delves into the complex interplay between PD and dysbiosis, shedding light on two peculiar subsets of dysbiosis, <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infection and small-intestinal bacterial overgrowth. …”
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Valorization of Food Waste to Produce Eco-Friendly Means of Corrosion Protection and “Green” Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Georgii Vasyliev, Victoria Vorobyova

“…AgNPs were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis. …”
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Determination of the Analytical Solutions of the Radio Emission Geometry and Polar Cap Structure of Pulsars Having Perturbed Dipole by Tridib Roy, Mageshwaran Tamilan, Ramkrishna Das

“…We have found that the last open field line constant, as a fraction of the light cylinder radius, decreases in the presence of nonzero plasma current discharge. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of fluoride releasing and recharging ability for various pit and fissure sealants (An in vitro study). by Vian O. Majeed

“…Methods: Four different pit and fissure sealants: GIC Ketac® Cem radiopaque, 3M ESPE, Photac Fill, 3M ESPE (light-curing, GIC), Palfique (Universal flow, Tokuyama) and Charisma (composite) were used in this study, ten cylindrical specimens were prepared of each material (10 mm in diameter and 1 mm in thickness). …”
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