Propiedades psicométricas de la aversion to risk taking scale en una muestra de motociclistas colombianos by Mauricio Herrera-Lopez, Ginna Marcela Estrada Vallejo, Zuly Corina Passos Rivera

“…Participaron 436 motociclistas del Departamento de Nariño (Colombia), con edades entre 18 y 71 años (M= 28.27; DT= 8.68). Se actualizó la escala con dos nuevos ítems (consumo de sustancias psicoactivas y uso del casco); se realizó un ajuste lingüístico, se valoró la consistencia interna, las evidencias de validez de contenido, validez de constructo (análisis factorial exploratorio y confirmatorio) y validez comparada con la Escala de autoeficacia para la conducción. …”
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Accumulation Studies at a High Elevation Glacier Site in Central Karakoram by Christoph Mayer, Astrid Lambrecht, Hans Oerter, Margit Schwikowski, Elisa Vuillermoz, Nicola Frank, Guglielmina Diolaiuti

“…The preservation of the layer structure and the clear seasonal signals in the snow pits indicate that locations above 5200 m in central Karakoram will be suitable places for retrieving longer climate records from ice cores.…”
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High-Precision prediction of curling trajectory multivariate time series using the novel CasLSTM approach by Yanan Guo, Jing Jin, Hongyang Zhao, Yu Jiang, Dandan Li, Yi Shen

“…Notably, the model demonstrates astounding accuracy, achieving sub-1cm average errors over 30m trajectories, outperforming vanilla LSTM by 41.8%. …”
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Solar Hydrogen Production Coupled with the Degradation of a Dye Pollutant Using TiO2 Modified with Platinum and Nafion by Jungwon Kim, Yiseul Park, Hyunwoong Park

“…With Pt/TiO2/Nf employed at [RhB]=20 μM (0.6 μmol), approximately 70 μmol of H2 was produced and RhB and its intermediates were completely removed over a 12 h period. …”
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Endothelial STAT3 Modulates Protective Mechanisms in a Mouse Ischemia-Reperfusion Model of Acute Kidney Injury by Shataakshi Dube, Tejasvi Matam, Jessica Yen, Henry E. Mang, Pierre C. Dagher, Takashi Hato, Timothy A. Sutton

“…Moreover, important proximal tubular adaptive mechanisms to injury were diminished in association with decreased tissue mRNA levels of the epithelial cell survival cytokine IL-22. …”
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Hepatic and Renal Failure after Anterior Myocardial Infarction Induced Apical Ventricular Septal Defect by Dirk Lossnitzer, Vedat Schwenger, Stephanie Lehrke, Evangelos Giannitsis, Martin Zeier, Hugo A. Katus, Henning Steen

“…Post-surgery, the ascites were significantly reduced, and CAPD hemodialysis therapy could be terminated since the renal function gradually improved (MDRD = 25 mL/min). To our knowledge, for the first time we report successful CAPD catheter drainage of hydroperitoneum in combination with CAPD hemodialysis.…”
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Landscape ecological risk based on optimal scale and its tradeoff/synergy with human activities: A case study of the Nanjing metropolitan area, China by Xia Wang, Tianke Zhu, Changzheng Jiang

“…The results indicated that 60 m and 9 km were the appropriate granularity and amplitude, respectively, for LER analysis in the NMA. …”
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Exploring therapeutic strategies for androgen-independent prostate cancer using a magnetic coculture platform by Anjani Chavali, Giles Fitzwilliams, Adam Germain, Sandra Khuon, Young-tae Kim

“…Notably, our findings revealed that a dosage of 2.5 µM Fenbendazole significantly eradicated PC3 cells with minimal damage to surrounding fibroblasts, thus indicating its potential for prostate cancer treatment in-vivo models.…”
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Exercising in the Fasted State Reduced 24-Hour Energy Intake in Active Male Adults by Jessica L. Bachman, Ronald W. Deitrick, Angela R. Hillman

“…Participants (12 active, white males, 20.8±3.0 years old, VO2max:   59.1±5.7 mL/kg/min) fasted (NoBK) or received breakfast (BK) and then ran for 60 minutes at 60%  VO2max. …”
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Modeling and Analysis of the Effect of Dip-Spin Coating Process Parameters on Coating Thickness Using Factorial Design Method by Sorasutee Buapool, Nandh Thavarungkul, Nakorn Srisukhumbowornchai, Preecha Termsuksawad

“…Statistical modeling of the dip-spin coating process to describe colloidal PTFE dispersion coating on the external surface of a small diameter hollow tube was developed by using 24 factorial design with a center point to predict the coating thickness in a range of 4–10 μm. The coating parameters included viscosity, withdrawal rate, spin speed, and immersion time. …”
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Fabrication and evaluation of some electrochemical properties of screen-printed electrodes for use in electrochemical analysis by Thai Long Hoang, Trung Ngoc Phan, Xuan Anh Vu Ho, Dang Giang Chau Nguyen, Van Minh Hai HO

“…However, after pre-condition by applying a potential of +1.2 V for 180 s in a 2 M Na2CO3 solution, the electrochemical properties of the self-made SPEs, including the active surface areas and heterogeneous electron transfer rates, were significantly improved and became better than those of the commercial SPEs. …”
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SerpensGate-YOLOv8: an enhanced YOLOv8 model for accurate plant disease detection by Yongzheng Miao, Yongzheng Miao, Wei Meng, Wei Meng, Xiaoyu Zhou, Xiaoyu Zhou

“…Compared to the original YOLOv8, the mean Average Precision (mAP@0.5) improved by 3.3%, demonstrating significant performance gains. …”
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A Case of Biphasic Pulmonary Blastoma Treated with Carboplatin and Paclitaxel plus Bevacizumab by Shinya Sakata, Sho Saeki, Sayuri Hirooka, Susumu Hirosako, Hidenori Ichiyasu, Hirotsugu Kohrogi

“…A 68-year-old man received surgical resection and was diagnosed with biphasic pulmonary blastoma (pT3N0M0 stage IIB). Metastasis to the spleen was detected six weeks after the surgery. …”
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Spatial Characteristics of Wideband Channels Using Leaky Coaxial Cables in Tunnel Scenario by Asad Saleem, Min Wang, Guoxin Zheng, Xiaoyu Yin

“…This paper presents the spatial domain and propagation characteristics of different wideband channels using leaky coaxial cables (LCXs) for underground environment at 1.8GHz corresponding to the Long Term Evolution for Metro (LTE-M) standards. Angular dispersion of the signal significantly affects the channel capacity, and it can be exactly predicted in both the near and far fields for underground environments by means of a multimode waveguide. …”
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Polymorphism rs3828903 within MICB Is Associated with Susceptibility to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Northern Han Chinese Population by Yue-miao Zhang, Xu-jie Zhou, Fa-juan Cheng, Yuan-yuan Qi, Ping Hou, Ming-hui Zhao, Hong Zhang

“…In silico analyses predicted a higher affinity to transcription factors for allele G (risk) and cis-expression quantitative trait loci (cis-eQTL) effects of rs3828903 in multiple tissues (P ranging from 2.79×10-6 to 6.27×10-38). Furthermore, higher mRNA expressions of MICB were observed in B cells, monocytes, and renal biopsies from SLE patients compared to controls. …”
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¿Cómo perciben los adolescentes de la ciudad de Buenos Aires su futuro? Una mirada desde sus actores by María Fernanda Molina, Mariel Giménez, María Julia Raimundi, Nora Leibovich de Figuero, Vanina Schmidt

“…Se trabajó con una muestra intencional de 24 adolescentes (M = 16.10; DE = 1.10) de ambos sexos (mujeres = 54,20 %). …”
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Inspection of radioactive nuclei of foodstuffs in Saudi Arabia using a NaI(tl) scintillation detector by Entesar H. EL-Araby, Doaa H. Shabaan

“…The food’s effective ingestion dosage (EID) was within the suggested range of 1.1 mSv/y. All radiation dose values were within the international exemption limit. …”
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Seasonal Changes and Spatial Variation in Water Quality of a Large Young Tropical Reservoir and Its Downstream River by Teck-Yee Ling, Norliza Gerunsin, Chen-Lin Soo, Lee Nyanti, Siong-Fong Sim, Jongkar Grinang

“…Significantly lower turbidity, SRP, and TP were found during the wet season. At 3–6 m, the oxygen content fell below 5 mg/L and hypoxia was also recorded. …”
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Autophagy: A New Avenue and Biochemical Mechanisms to Mitigate the Climate Change by Muhammad Abubakkar Azmat, Malaika Zaheer, Muhammad Shaban, Saman Arshad, Muhammad Hasan, Alyan Ashraf, Muhammad Naeem, Aftab Ahmad, Nayla Munawar

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Impact of high-speed shear homogenization pretreatment on structure, functional characteristics, and interfacial properties: A case of Rice Glutelin by Zhuangpeng Wang, Zhangtao Chen, Lufan Tan, Jin Tu, Yong Sun, Yuanping Ye, Senwang Zhang, Leiyan Wu

“…After HSSH treatment at 12,000 rpm for 2 min, RG exhibited optimal improvements in solubility (5.56 %), WHC (6.00 g/g) and OHC (2.20 g/g), EAI (10.19 m2/g) and ESI (341.98 min), as well as FC (16.20 %) and FS (64.21 %). …”
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