Foamy Melamine Resin–Silica Aerogel Composite-Derived Thermal Insulation Coating by Dongfang Wang, Yabin Ma, Yingjie Ma, Baolei Liu, Dewen Sun, Qianping Ran

“…For the foamy coating studied, with variable emulsion/foaming agent/aerogel ratios of 1/2/x, the thermal conductivity decreases from 0.141 to 0.031 W/m·K, and the cohesive strength increases from being non-detectable to 0.41 MPa. …”
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Comparative Study of Three Different BACTEC Culture Media for the Detection of Bacteremia in Ambulatory and Hospitalized Children by Deirdre L Church, H Dele Davies, G Cadrain, Cynthia L Trevenen

“…Over an 18-month period, equal blood volumes (minimum of 1 mL/bottle) were inoculated into a three-bottle culture set including aerobic BACTEC NR 6A, aerobic BACTEC PEDS Plus and anaerobic NR 7A broths. …”
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Effect of tempering temperature on low-temperature impact toughness of 35MnB steel by Ping Ni, Wen Shi, Hengchang Lu, Bo Zhang, Han Dong

“…The results show that when the tempering temperature is between 350 °C and 410 °C, numerous large M3(C, B) at the prior austenite grain boundaries (PAGBs) lead to intergranular fracture in the radial zone of the impact fracture. …”
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Rendimiento óptimo de larvas de moscas en varias cosechas con tres proporciones de salvado de trigo, cerdaza y gallinaza by Enrique Casanovas Cosío, Reina Reyna Reyes, Nelson Valladares Enriquez, Alexis Suárez del Villar Labastida, Joan Manuel Leyva Benavides

“…El mayor rendimiento de larvas de moscas se obtuvo en la primera cosecha a seis días para el tratamiento B con 2869,11 g m 2-1 y 140,85 g kg 2-1. Para todos los tratamientos la mayor cantidad de larvas se obtuvó en la primera cosecha. …”
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Optimization of Enzymatic Hydrolysis Process, Structural Characterization and Antioxidant Activity Analysis of Gastrodia elata Polysaccharide by Yunfei HU, De ZHOU, Qinglan ZENG, Jinsong HE, Ming ZHAO, Qingyan TANG

“…Under these conditions, the yield of reducing sugars after enzymolysis was 0.441 mg/mL. After enzymatic hydrolysis, the dissolution rate of G. elata polysaccharides increased from 81.28% to 93.57%. …”
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Clinical Outcomes and Patient Experience of Biosimilar to Biosimilar Infliximab Switching in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Prospective, Single-Centre, Phase IV Interv... by Clare Harris, Richard James Harris, David Young, Martin McDonnell, Bridget Clancy, Justin Harvey, Carlos Araujo, Ines Iria, Joao Goncalves, Susan Latter, J. R. Fraser Cummings

“…Mean faecal calprotectin at baseline and at week 30/32 was 306 μg/g versus 210 μg/g. Mean pMCS and mHBI at baseline were 1.54 and 3.14 versus 1.18 and 2.91 at week 30/32, respectively. …”
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Treatment of a Textile Effluent by Electrochemical Oxidation and Coupled System Electooxidation–Salix babylonica by Alejandra Sánchez-Sánchez, Moisés Tejocote-Pérez, Rosa María Fuentes-Rivas, Ivonne Linares-Hernández, Verónica Martínez-Miranda, Reyna María Guadalupe Fonseca-Montes de Oca

“…Under optimal conditions of pH 5.23 and 3.5 mA·cm−2 of current density, the electrochemical method yields an effective reduction of chemical oxygen demand by 41.95%, biochemical oxygen demand by 83.33%, color by 60.83%, and turbidity by 26.53% at 300 minutes of treatment. …”
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Enhancement of Growth, Antioxidant Activity, and Immunity in Nile Tilapia (<i>Oreochromis niloticus</i>) Through Recombinant <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> Expressing L-Gulonolactone Oxi... by Jirawadee Kaewda, Surintorn Boonanuntanasarn, Papungkorn Sangsawad, Pimpisut Manassila, Chatsirin Nakharuthai

“…HPLC and qRT-PCR analyses revealed elevated serum vitamin C and intestinal <i>GULO</i> mRNA levels in the BS+GULO group. A challenge test showed increased pro-inflammatory gene expression and immune response against <i>S. agalactiae</i> in the BS+GULO group, indicating improved antagonistic activity over wild-type <i>B. subtilis</i>.…”
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Protein C deficiency with recurrent systemic thrombosis associated with compound heterozygous PROC missense variants by Mikio Shiba, Shuichiro Higo, Yu Morishita, Yasuhiro Ichibori, Yoshihiro Kin, Yasushi Sakata, Yoshiharu Higuchi

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Association between Smoking and Liver Fibrosis among Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Hongjie Ou, Yaojie Fu, Wei Liao, Caixia Zheng, Xiaolu Wu

“…The diagnostic criterion for NAFLD was a controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) value of >238 dB/m. The CAP and LS values were measured using FibroScan. …”
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Intra-tumoral sphingobacterium multivorum promotes triple-negative breast cancer progression by suppressing tumor immunosurveillance by Zhikai Mai, Liwu Fu, Jiyan Su, Kenneth K.W. To, Chuansheng Yang, Chenglai Xia

“…Moreover, S. multivorum diminished the therapeutic efficacy of αPD-1 mAb, which was associated with the increase of regulatory T cell (Treg) infiltration, and decrese of the CD8+ T cell infiltration. …”
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Predicting the risk of hematoma expansion in acute intracerebral hemorrhage: the GIVE score by Tian-Nan Yang, Xin-Ni Lv, Zi-Jie Wang, Xiao Hu, Li-Bo Zhao, Jing Cheng, Qi Li

“…We adopted a revised HE definition, incorporating the standard definition of HE (> 6 mL or > 33%) and intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) expansion (any new IVH or IVH expansion ≥ 1 ml). …”
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Bioactive Steroids with Structural Diversity from the South China Sea Soft Coral <i>Lobophytum</i> sp. and Sponge <i>Xestospongia</i> sp. by Lin-Mao Ke, Zi-Ru Zhang, Song-Wei Li, Yan-Bo Zeng, Ming-Zhi Su, Yue-Wei Guo

“…Moreover, compound <b>3</b> showed significant anti-inflammatory activity by inhibiting lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NO production in RAW 264.7 cells, with an IC₅₀ value of 13.48 μM.…”
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An Initial Evaluation on the Adsorption of SO2 and NO2 over Porous Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Synthesized by Facile Scalable Method by Xuan-Manh Pham, Duy Linh Pham, Nguyen Thi Hanh, Tuyet Anh Dang Thi, Le Nhat Thuy Giang, Hoang Thi Phuong, Nguyen Tuan Anh, Hac Thi Nhung, Giang Truong Le, Mai Ha Hoang, Tuyen Van Nguyen

“…The Fe3O4 nanoparticles displayed a well-defined morphology with the size of ∼10 nm and a porous structure with a specific area of 115.90 m2/g and a wide range of pore sizes. These nanoparticles exhibited effective adsorption abilities upon the exposure to toxic gases. …”
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Prognostic significance of lymph node ratio in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: insights from the South Asian population by Sajida Qureshi, Waqas Ahmad Abbasi, Hira Abdul Jalil, Saba Mughal, Muhammad Saeed Quraishy

“…This study aims to assess the prognostic significance of LNR in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients undergoing concurrent neoadjuvant therapy followed by minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE).MethodsThis retrospective study analyzed the clinical data of ESCC patients who underwent concurrent neoadjuvant therapy followed by MIE at Dr. Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital from 2019 to 2023. Lymph node ratios were derived and patients were categorized into three groups: LNR 0, LNR low (≤ 0.1), and LNR high (&gt;0.1). …”
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Exploring Vocational Evaluation Practices following Traumatic Brain Injury by Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga, Tammy Jorgensen Smith, Ardis Hanson, Sarah Ehlke, Mary Stergiou-Kita, Charlotte G. Dixon, Davina Quichocho

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Formation Mechanism and the Height of the Water-Conducting Fractured Zone Induced by Middle Deep Coal Seam Mining in a Sandy Region: A Case Study from the Xiaobaodang Coal Mine by Xiaoshen Xie, Enke Hou, Shuangming Wang, Xueyang Sun, Pengfei Hou, Shibin Wang, Yongli Xie, Yongan Huang

“…The detection results of field measurements showed that the maximum height of the WCFZ was 177.07 m in a borehole near the open-off cut, and the ratio of the height of the water-conducting fractured zone divided by the mining thickness was 30.53. …”
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Squalene Extraction by Supercritical Fluids from Traditionally Puffed Amaranthus hypochondriacus Seeds by Teresa Rosales-García, Cristian Jiménez-Martínez, Anaberta Cardador-Martínez, Sandra Teresita Martín-del Campo, Luis A. Galicia-Luna, Dario Iker Téllez-Medina, Gloria Dávila-Ortiz

“…Extracts were obtained with a 500 mL capacity commercial supercritical extractor and performed between 10 and 30 MPa at 313, 323, and 333 K under constant CO2 flow of 0.18 kg CO2/h during 8 h. …”
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Comparison of different developmental stages of jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) fruit and identification of Hub genes by Li Yalan, Ren Tian, Qu Siyu, Hao Qing, Fan Dingyu, Alimire Alimu

“…This study conducted a fruit transcriptomic analysis during the fruit expanding (FE) stage, white-mature (WM) stage, early red (ER) stage and full red (FR) stage. The expression of mRNAs was then compared at four different stages. …”
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Solution for Processing Pelvic Bone Metastases with Halcyon TM 2.0 on Lateral and Longitudinal Isocenters Treatment Plans Using the VMAT Technique: A Comparative Study by Morad Erraoudi, Kaoutar El Bouchiti, Yassine Herrassi, mohamed El ghalmi, Yassir Raoui, Youssef Bouzekraoui, FARIDA BENTAYEB, Lalla Btissam Drissi

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