Depressive, anxiety, and sleep disturbance symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a network analysis perspective by Xue Luo, Shuangyan Li, Qianyun Wu, Yan Xu, Ruichen Fang, Yihong Cheng, Bin Zhang

“…The NCT results revealed that the edge weights significantly differed between patients with mild to moderate OSA and those with severe OSA (M = 0.263, p = 0.008). There was no significant difference in global strength variation between the two networks (S = 0.185, p = 0.773). …”
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Simulator and on-road testing of truck platooning: a systematic review by Telmo Costa Botelho, Sérgio Pedro Duarte, Marta Campos Ferreira, Sara Ferreira, António Lobo

“…The results reveal a commonly preferred platoon formation consisting of three trucks maintaining a constant speed of 80 km/h and a stable distance of 10 m between them. Simulator-based studies have predominantly concentrated on human factors, examining driver behavior and interaction within the platooning framework. …”
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Prognostic Utility of Prechemoradiotherapy Albumin-to-Alkaline Phosphatase Ratio in Unresectable Locally Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma Patients by Veysel Haksoyler, Erkan Topkan

“…Albeit the N1-2 (P=0.004) and CA 19‐9>90 U/mL (P=0.008) were also found to be associated with inferior outcomes, yet the results of the multivariate analyses ascertained the L-AAPR as an independent indicator of diminished PFS (P=0.003) and OS (P=0.002) results. …”
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Indoor Black Carbon Concentrations and their Sources in Residential Environments: Validation of an Input-adaptive Proxy Model by Jiangyue Zhao, Pak Lun Fung, Martha Arbayani Zaidan, Birgit Wehner, Kay Weinhold, Alfred Wiedensohler, Tareq Hussein

“…During the 500 measurement days, the mean indoor eBC mass concentration was 0.6 µg m−3, which is less than half of the outdoor concentration in the urban background in Germany. …”
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Serum Endocan Levels Associated with Hypertension and Loss of Renal Function in Pediatric Patients after Two Years from Renal Transplant by Livia Victorino de Souza, Vanessa Oliveira, Aline Oliveira Laurindo, DelmaRegına Gomes Huarachı, Paulo Cesar Koch Nogueira, Luciana de Santis Feltran, José Osmar Medina-Pestana, Maria do Carmo Franco

“…An endocan cutoff concentration of 7.0 ng/mL identified pediatric RT patients who had hypertension and a loss of renal function with 100% sensitivity and 75% specificity. …”
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“Brick‐Mortar‐Binder” Design toward Highly Elastic, Hydrophobic, and Flame‐Retardant Thermal Insulator by Shanying Sui, Huafeng Quan, Jingxing Wang, Yufang Lu, Yufan Yang, Yuhan Sheng, Zhifang Sun, Yi Zhang

“…Additionally, the incorporation of layered double hydroxide effectively improves the thermal insulation property (thermal conductivity = 0.0296 W·m−1·K−1). These distinctive features make the LCS hybrid aerogel highly promising for thermal management applications in extreme conditions, such as in pipelines for transporting liquid nitrogen and liquefied natural gas.…”
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Analysis of Air Quality and Health Co-Benefits under Low Carbon Pathway in Taiwan by Hsin-Chih Lai, Shih-Ming Chung, Li-Ling Li, Wen-Yinn Lin, Min-Chuan Hsiao

“…In detail, the annual PM2.5 concentrations would decrease by 0.7 µg m–3 (4%) from BAU (Business As Usual) scenario, while the O3 concentrations would have an increase of 0.3 ppb (1%). …”
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Reliability of a Low-Cost Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) to Measure Punch and Kick Velocity by Lukas Pezenka, Klaus Wirth

“…The system demonstrated moderate reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>3</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> = <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>0.746</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> to <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>0.786</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, standard error of measurement (SEM) = <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>0.488</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> to <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>0.921</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> m/s), comparable to commercially available systems. …”
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Enabling Lambertian-Like Warm White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with a Yellow Phosphor Embedded Flexible Film by Cheng-Chang Chen, Huang-Yu Lin, Cheng-Hung Li, Jin-Han Wu, Zong-Yi Tu, Li-Ling Lee, Ming-Shan Jeng, Chien-Chung Lin, Jwo-Huei Jou, Hao-Chung Kuo

“…The warm white OLED exhibits the yield of 10.3 cd/A and the luminous power efficiency of 5.4 lm/W at a luminance of 1000 cd/m2. A desirable Lambertian-like far-field pattern is detected from the white OLEDs with the yellow phosphor containing PDMS film. …”
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Calendario polínico de especies potencialmente alergónenas y su relación con parámetros meteorológicos en Villa Ventana, Provincia de Buenos Aires. by Graciela Benedetti, Bárbara Sastre, Alicia Campo

“…También la planta debe ser principalmente anemófila (aunque en determinadas condiciones las entomófilas también producen alergia); debe encontrarse abundantemente alrededor de los hábitats humanos; y su polen debe flotar fácilmente en el viento, para lo cual el tamaño tiene que ser de entre 18 y 60 μm aproximadamente, pues dentro de estas medidas está poco sujeto a la gravedad y se desplaza fácilmente en la atmósfera. …”
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Diversity and composition of vegetation and soil seed banks after sand dune restoration by oil mulching and plantations by Banafsheh Jalilian, Noredin Rostami, Mehdi Heydari, Mehrdad Kohzadian, Orsolya Valkó, Reza Omidipour

“…The seed density in the plantation area was significantly greater (4145 ± 694 seeds/m2) than that in the other areas (3-yr-mulching > 1-yr-mulching > control treatments (145 ± 53, 65 ± 28, and 43 ± 22, respectively). …”
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Efficacy of a “Rescue” Ciprofloxacin-Based Regimen for Eradication of Helicobacter pylori Infection after Treatment Failures by Maria Pina Dore, Vincenza Tadeu, Bianca Are, Ida Mura, Giuseppe Fanciulli, Giovannino Massarelli, Andrea Piana

“…Ciprofloxacin resistance was defined as a MIC of ≥1 μg/mL. Eradication was established by a negative 13C-UBT and 4–6 weeks post-therapy. …”
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HMGB1 Acts in Synergy with Lipopolysaccharide in Activating Rheumatoid Synovial Fibroblasts via p38 MAPK and NF-κB Signaling Pathways by Zheng-Wen He, Yang-Hua Qin, Zhi-Wei Wang, Yan Chen, Qian Shen, Sheng-Ming Dai

“…HMGB1 alone failed to induce IL-6, MMP-3, and MMP-13 production in cultured SF but greatly enhanced LPS-induced expression of IL-6, MMP-3, and MMP-13 at both mRNA and protein levels. HMGB1-LPS synergistically upregulated TLR4 and receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) expression on the surface of SF. …”
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Development of Modified-Release Diclofenac Sodium Capsules Using Blends of Pectin-Clay Multiparticulate Hybrid Systems as Release Retardants by Ofosua Adi-Dako, Frederick William Akuffo Owusu, Isaac Yaw Attah, Doris Kumadoh, Prince George Acquah Jnr, Issaka Nelson, Nii Odartey Hutton-Mills, Karen Yaa Yeboaa Obese, Joseph Adusei Sarkodie, Benoit Banga N’guessan, Awo Afi Kwapong, Christina Osei-Asare, Emmanuel Adase, Mary-Ann Archer

“…The swelling indices of PT and PB were 110.0 and 130.0 in 0.1 M HCL at pH 1.2 and 130.0 and 149.0 in phosphate buffer at pH 6.8, respectively. …”
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The Presence of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies and Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: A Case-Control Study among S... by Mohammed Shams Aldeen, Musa Logman Masaad, Ayman Azhary, Abdulomez Suliman, Mohammed Ahmed Alziber, Motasim MohammedAhmed, Farag Alla Mohamed Aman, Salahaldeen Ismail, Nadir Abuzeid, Abdualmoniem O. Musa, Samuel Tekle Mengistu, Mohammed Elfatih Hamida

“…To investigate this, we conducted a case-control study which included patients with a positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test of COVID-19 and a control group with negative COVID-19 PCR and antibody (IgG-IgM and IgA nucleoprotein) ELISA results. An indirect immunofluorescence assay using granulocyte biochips (Aesku slides from AESKU DIAGNOSTICS, Germany) was used to detect ANCA (IgG), as well as multiplex ELISA for the detection of antiphospholipid antibodies for all patients with COVID-19 and for the control group. …”
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Hyperkalemia or Not? A Diagnostic Pitfall in the Emergency Department by Frank-Peter Stephan, Florian N. Riede, Luca Ünlü, Gioele Capoferri, Tito Bosia, Axel Regeniter, Roland Bingisser, Christian H. Nickel

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Solar energy driven photocatalytic membrane modules for water reuse in agricultural and food industries. Pre-industrial experience using s-triazines as model molecules by Ignazio Renato Bellobono, Franca Morazzoni, Riccardo Bianchi, Emilia Simona Mangone, Rodica Stanescu, Cristina Costache, Paola Maria Tozzi

“…Finally, in order to compare effectiveness of composite photocatalytic membranes, described above, prepared by photografting, either in the presence or in the absence of an added photopromoter, as well as that of metallic membranes, onto which the semiconductor without any photopromoter was present as a 3–4 μm thick surface layer, directly produced on the nanotechnologically treated surface, with those of other commercial materials, parallel experiments were carried out, by using commercial sheets in which the semiconductor was immobilised, by a method based substantially on glueing by colloidal silica. …”
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Design of a humanized CD40 agonist antibody with specific properties using AlphaFold2 and development of an anti-PD-L1/CD40 bispecific antibody for cancer immunotherapy by Kun Du, He Huang

“…Due to the unique epitope, it demonstrates superior activation compared to APX005M (S267E). Building upon this, we created a novel bispecific antibody (anti-PD-L1/CD40 bispecific antibody, referred to as ''BA4415'') designed to activate CD40 signaling specifically in the context of PD-L1 while simultaneously blocking PD-1/PD-L1 signaling. …”
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Percepción de vínculos con figuras parentales y estilos de apego adulto en jóvenes universitarios by Elena Díaz-Mosquera, Marie-France Merlyn, Grace Latorre

“…Participaron 247 estudiantes universitarios de Quito, 41,6 % de sexo masculino y 58,4 % de sexo femenino, entre 18 y 25 años de edad (M=20,75; DE=2,04). Se emplearon dos instrumentos validados en el Ecuador: la escala Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) en sus versiones Madre y Padre y la escala Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised (ECR-R). …”
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A randomized double-blind active-controlled clinical trial on the efficacy of topical basil (Ocimum basilicum) oil in knee osteoarthritis by Alireza Askari, Fatemeh Sadat Hasheminasab, Fatemeh Sadat Hasheminasab, Omid Sadeghpour, Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadehd, Seyed Ali Ravansalar, Aida Iraji, Mohammad Hashem Hashempur

“…Various measurements were taken at the beginning of the study, 2, and 4 weeks after starting the intervention, including the 8-m walk test, knee pain (based on visual analog scale), flexion angle of the knee joint, analgesic consumption, and the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) questionnaire.ResultsNo significant differences were observed between the basil oil and diclofenac gel groups in any of the measured outcomes. …”
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