Physical Methods for the Preparation of Cobalt Nanoparticles for Use in the Synthesis of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes by Nicolas Moreau, Antonio Fonseca, Danilo Vuono, Joseph Delhalle, Zineb Mekhalif, Pierantonio De Luca, Janos B.Nagy

“…Co nanoparticles were prepared by Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) using a 0.05 m³ magnetron on two different substrates, SiO₂/Si and C, followed by a reduction treatment in an H₂ atmosphere. …”
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Bacterial aetiology of chronic otitis media with effusion in children - risk factors by Izabela Korona-Glowniak, Agata Wisniewska, Marek Juda, Karolina Kielbik, Grazyna Niedzielska, Anna Malm

“…By multiplex PCR, H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae and M. catarrhalis were detected in 24, 18 and 8% of OME patients, respectively. …”
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Simulation and Experimental Study of the Single-Pulse Femtosecond Laser Ablation Morphology of GaN Films by Mingyuan Wang, Tong Zhang, Yanping Yuan, Zhiyong Wang, Yanlei Liu, Lin Chen

“…The root mean square error (RMSE) and coefficient of determination (R²) were employed to evaluate the prediction errors associated with the crater shapes, which fell within the range of 0.018–0.032 μm and 0.77–0.91, respectively. This study can provide an important reference for utilizing femtosecond lasers in the precise ablation of GaN to achieve desired geometries.…”
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Chitooligosaccharides suppress airway inflammation, fibrosis, and mucus hypersecretion in a house dust mite-induced allergy model by Yun-Ho Kim, Chan-Ho Park, Ju Myung Kim, Yeo Cho Yoon

“…In the HDM-induced allergic respiratory model, COS suppressed the infiltration of inflammatory cells around the airways and inhibited the mRNA expression of Th1 immune cytokines in lung tissues, while also reducing the expression of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB)-related proteins. …”
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Protection of Corneal Limbus from Riboflavin Prevents Epithelial Stem Cell Loss after Collagen Cross-Linking by Hyo Kyung Lee, Jin Suk Ryu, Hyun Jeong Jeong, Mee Kum Kim, Joo Youn Oh

“…Robust expression of CK3/12 was observed in the limbal epithelium in the group with a ring. The mRNA levels of ABCG2, FGF2, IL-1β, and IL-6 were significantly increased in the corneas with a ring. …”
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Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Drives Proliferation of Synoviocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Possible Novel Therapeutic Target by Mingxia Wang, Shangling Zhu, Weixiang Peng, Qiuxia Li, Zhaoxia Li, Minqi Luo, Xiaoxue Feng, Zhuofeng Lin, Jianlin Huang

“…Cyclopamine (a specific inhibitor of Shh signaling) decreased mRNA expression of Shh, Ptch1, Smo, and Gli1 in cultured RA FLS, Shh, and Smo protein expression, and significantly decreased FLS proliferation. …”
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Stress buffering effects of physical activity in adolescents: the moderating role of physical activity attitudes by Pingping Liu

“…The interaction term between the total amount of physical activity and stress events was not influential on stress symptoms (P = 0.461), and neither was the distinction between high and moderate physical activity levels (P h = 0.248, P m = 0.245). There was a moderating effect of physical activity attitudes on stress buffering for moderate physical activity levels (P < 0.01). …”
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Characterization and Pharmacological Efficacy of Silver Nanoparticles Biosynthesized Using the Bark Extract of Garcinia Kola by Sunday Adewale Akintelu, Seyifunmi Charles Olugbeko, Femi Adekunle Folorunso, Abel Kolawole Oyebamiji, Aderonke Similoluwa Folorunso

“…Exactly 0.4 g of previously pulverized bark of Garcinia kola was immersed into 20 mL of distilled water and heated at 60–70°C for 10 minutes yielding the extract. …”
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Effects of Glutamate and Aspartate on Serum Antioxidative Enzyme, Sex Hormones, and Genital Inflammation in Boars Challenged with Hydrogen Peroxide by Hengjia Ni, Lu Lu, Jinpin Deng, Wenjun Fan, Tiejun Li, Jiming Yao

“…Both glutamate and aspartate promoted genital mRNA expressions of anti-inflammatory factors after oxidative stress. …”
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Efectos de la obesidad materna sobre el patrón de apoptosis en la cardiogénesis tardía by María Eleonora Tejada López, María Carolina Pustovrh, Liliana Salazar Monsalve, Mario Alejandro Ortiz

“…O: Determinar el efecto de la obesidad materna sobre el patrón de apoptosis en la cardiogénesis tardía. M: Se estableció un modelo de obesidad materna adquirida por dieta de cafetería tipo snack, en ratas Wistar adultas. …”
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Cuidado enfermero aplicado en adulto maduro con diagnóstico de depresión mayor by Dyllan Dennis Arostegui Silva, Lorena Fernanda Muñoz Jara, Melany Nicol Rojas Challco

“…Caso clínico: El cuidado enfermero corresponde a paciente adulto maduro, con iniciales E. M. D., de 35 años, quien presenta un estado anímico pésimo desde hace 2 meses. …”
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A Critical Assessment of Friedenwald’s Technique for Estimating the Coefficient of Rigidity of the Cornea by Larysa Tutchenko, Sudi Patel, Mykhailo Skovron, Olha Horak, Oleksiy Voytsekhivskyy

“…Two operators (1 and 2) independently measured Ko in three groups (keratoconus, normal, and post-CXL corneas), and repeated the procedure in some where their care remained unchanged and others after routine CXL (>28 days postop, epi-off treatment, 3.0 mW/cm2, 30 min). The data were subsequently used to quantify interoperator error, test-retest/intersessional reliability for estimation of Ko, the significance of intergroup differences, and the effect of CXL on Ko. …”
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Genetics of aging and longevity by A. A. Moskalev, E. N. Proshkina, A. A. Belyi, I. A. Solovyev

“…These trends include heterochromatin recovery, retrotransposition suppression, aneuploidy elimination; restoring the acidity of lysosomes; telomere elongation; suppression of chronic inflammation; elimination of protein cross-links; elimination of senescent cells; recovery of NAD+ levels; inhibition of mTOR, S6K, TGF-β, AT1; controlled activation of the ”longevity program” genes FOXO, AMPK, PGC1α, NRF2.…”
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Potential Health Implications of the Consumption of Thermally-Oxidized Cooking Oils – a Review by Falade Ayodeji Osmund, Oboh Ganiyu, Okoh Anthony Ifeanyi

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Lunasin peptide promotes lysosome-mitochondrial mediated apoptosis and mitotic termination in MDA-MB-231 cells by Yuqiong Hao, Huimin Guo, Yechun Hong, Xin Fan, Yumei Su, Xiushi Yang, Guixing Ren

“…Here, synthesized lunasin was used and its anti-proliferative function was observed at the concentration of 0.25 mg/mL in human breast cancer cell MDA-MB-231. Conjoint analysis of transcriptome and proteome of MDA-MB-231cells was further performed. …”
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AFN-Net: Adaptive Fusion Nucleus Segmentation Network Based on Multi-Level U-Net by Ming Zhao, Yimin Yang, Bingxue Zhou, Quan Wang, Fu Li

“…Specifically, our model achieved an IOU score of 0.8660 and a Dice score of 0.9216, with a model parameter size of only 7.81 M. These results illustrate that the method proposed in this paper not only excels in the segmentation of complex shapes and small targets but also significantly enhances overall performance at lower computational costs. …”
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Propiedades psicométricas del Sistema de Evaluación de la Conducta (BASC-S3) en adolescentes colombianos by Jaime Humberto Moreno-Méndez, Bertha Lucía Avendaño-Prieto, César Armando Rey-Anacona, Jesús Redondo-Pacheco

“…Los participantes fueron 1667 adolescentes entre 13 y 19 años (M = 16.13; DE = 1.62) de cuatro regiones de Colombia (Casanare, Boyacá, Santander y Bogotá). …”
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Dynamic Simulation of the Supply and Demand of Ecosystem Windbreak and Sand Fixation Service in the Wuding River Basin by Xuanchen Xiong, Zixiang Zhou, Xiaofeng Wang, Jing Li

“…In terms of time, across the 252 months under study (January 2000–December 2020), 85% of the months witnessed WSFSD within the range of 1.0–1.4 kg/m² in the Wuding River Basin. At the same time, the WSFSD also presented seasonal variation patterns. …”
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Evaluation of the Acute Hepatoprotective Potential of Hydroethanolic Extract of Duranta erecta L. Parts by Shadrack Donkor, Christopher Larbie, Gustav Komlaga, Benjamin Obukowho Emikpe

“…Materials and Methods. CCl4 (1 mL/kg body weight in olive oil) and acetaminophen (500 mg/kg b.wt) were used to induce hepatotoxicity in the animals. …”
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Valuation of Urban Parks Under the Three-Level Park System in Shenzhen: A Hedonic Analysis by Xun Li, Qingyu He, Wenwen Huang, Siu-Tai Tsim, Jian-Wen Qiu

“…Regarding accessibility, shortening walking distance by 100 m to the nearest community park and city park can attach a premium to the housing price by 0.3269% (RMB 20,203.55) and 0.6130% value gain (RMB 37,889.53), respectively. …”
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