Efficacy and safety of Xiongzhitongluo granules in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Yunmeng Chen, Jingjing Wei, Xiao Liang, Yue Liu, Lina Miao, Di Zhao, Yunfan Zhang, Hongxi Liu, Yunling Zhang

“…Secondary outcomes include the Scandinavian Stroke Scale (SSS), Barthel Index (BI), modified Rankin Scale (mRS), Brief Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) symptom assessment. …”
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Comparative study of Baduanjin and brisk walking on balance and stability in older adults by Ya-Guang Yu, Jun Zhang, Lin Wang, Dai-Feng Yu, Gong-Bing Shan, Xiao Fu

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Is subsurface geophysics as seismic and acoustic investigations a rescue to groundwater flow inversion? by Delay, Frederick, Mari, Jean-Luc, Porel, Gilles, Chabaux, François, Ackerer, Philippe

“…The velocity block is then converted into pseudo-porosity values revealing three high-porosity, presumably water-productive, layers, at depths of 35–40, 85–87, and 110–115 m.In addition, full wave acoustic logging (FWAL) can detect, close to wells, porous or open bodies that are too small for being captured by the spatial resolution of 3-D seismic images. …”
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Marine Shale Gas Occurrence and Its Influencing Factors: A Case Study from the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation, Northwestern Guizhou, China by Taotao Cao, Hu Liu, Anyang Pan, Mo Deng, Qinggu Cao, Ye Yu, Yanran Huang, Zhenghui Xiao

“…The total porosity and permeability are in the range of 1.23%–8.43% and 3×10−4–2.23×10−1 mD, respectively. FE-SEM observation and correlation analysis show shale porosity is dominated by organic matter (OM) pores, followed by interparticle (interP) pores related to brittle minerals. …”
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Exploiting Cancer Dormancy Signaling Mechanisms in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Through Spheroid and Organoid Analysis by Emily J. Tomas, Yudith Ramos Valdes, Jennifer Davis, Bart Kolendowski, Adrian Buensuceso, Gabriel E. DiMattia, Trevor G. Shepherd

“…Through RNA sequencing analysis, we further supported these phenotypic differences and highlighted the significance of cell cycle regulation in organoids. By inhibiting the G2/M checkpoint via kinase inhibitors, we confirmed that this pathway is essential for organoids. …”
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The Phenomenon of Islamophobia in Germany on Indonesian Online News Sites 2018-2023 by Balkis Nur Azizah, Abdul Muntaqim Al Anshory, Adul Leesen

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Acute effects of breaking up sitting time with isometric exercise on cognition in healthy adults by Gustavo Oliveira da Silva, Juliana Ferreira de Carvalho, Paolo Marcello Cunha, Gabriel Grizzo Cucato, Hélcio Kanegusuku, Marilia de Almeida Correia

“…Twelve physically inactive adults (8 women, 28 ± 9 years; 25.10 ± 4.90 kg/m²) randomly completed three 3 hour conditions: 2-min isometric leg extension exercise sitting breaks at 30% of maximal voluntary contraction every 30-min; 2-min light-intensity walking sitting breaks every 30-min; sitting without breaks. …”
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Proteome differences of dental stem cells between permanent and deciduous teeth by data-independent acquisition proteomics by Zhang Suping, Liu Yuqing, Dong Jin, Jiao Min, Gu Yongchun, Chen Liling, Yuan Na, Wang Jianrong, Yang Dezhao, Meng Fanwen

“…These proteins are known to be involved in critical cellular processes such as mitochondrial energy metabolism, mTOR-related autophagy pathway, and innate immune response. …”
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Effects of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei infection on intestinal immune defense and physiological processes of Penaeus vannamei by Zheng Cao, Chuanyu He, Zhipeng Yin, Caiyi Chen, Fan Li, Dongchun Yan, Ting Li, Linrui Chang, Lingjun Si

“…Moreover, the expression levels of key genes involved in nutrient absorption, transport and synthesis, such as glucose transporter 1, Na+-K+ATPase, fatty acid synthase, acetyl-CoA carboxylase, rapamycin kinase, mTOR regulation-related protein, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E binding protein, ribosomal protein S6 kinase, were significantly up-regulated. …”
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Optimal Thermal Output of an Absorption Heat Pump with Steam Heating Integrated in a PT-60/70-130/13 Steam Turbine by Oleksandr L. Shubenko, Viktoriia O. Tarasova, Mykola Yu. Babak, Oleksii Yu. Boiarshynov

“…Modes with steam consumption in the production selection of the turbine for the consumers were studied: 15, 30 and 45 t/h (with parameters: 1.296 MPa, 280 ºС) and mains water: 1600, 1650 and 1700 m3/h. Their feature is the provision of "useful" generation in volumes corresponding to the work of PT-60/70-130/13 without AHP with a closed rotary diaphragm. …”

Synthesis and Characterization of Copper Ferrite Nanoparticles for Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes by Julia Mazurenko, A. K. Sijo, Larysa Kaykan, Volodymyr Kotsyubynsky, Łukasz Gondek, Antoni Zywczak, Mateusz Marzec, Oleksii Vyshnevskyi

“…The analysis confirmed that the material formed a spinel ferrite structure with the Fd3m space group. Valence states and energy levels of the elements were examined using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). …”
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内质网应激参与蛋氨酸-胆碱缺乏饮食诱导的小鼠非酒精性脂肪肝的形成 by 方婉军, 凌文华

“…【结果】MCD 组 NAS 评分和血清中 ALT、AST 以及肝组织中 TG、TC 水平均高于普通膳食组；MCD 组 p- PERK、p-eIF2α、CHOP蛋白表达亦明显高于正常膳食组，而GADD34 mRNA表达显著低于普通膳食组，且随时间推移，MCD 组内质网应激逐渐加重；相关分析表明在MCD组中内质网应激相关指标与NAS评分呈显著相关。…”
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Differential Chaos Shift Keying for FSO Systems: A Novel Approach Under Turbulence and Boresight Pointing Errors by Gyan Deep Verma, Aashish Mathur, Manav R. Bhatnagar

“…We also observe the impact of different AT parameters <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$(\alpha,\beta)$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, spreading factor <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$(M)$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, and non-zero boresight PE parameters <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$(k_{x},k_{y})$ </tex-math></inline-formula> on the ABER performance of the DCSK-based FSO system. …”
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Identification of compounds against atherosclerosis induced by ox-LDL based on cell extraction/UPLC–MS/MS from mulberry twigs and their mechanistic analysis by Zhihui Jin, Wei Xiang, Xiaowen Shi, Fenglin Jiang, Yanan Jia, Yuansong Zhang, Lingshu Zeng, Xianzhi Huang, Li Xu

“…Real-time qPCR and Western blotting were used for mRNA and protein level analysis. Results Two novel active compounds, Kuwanon H and Morusin, and the known Kuwanon G, were identified. …”
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Expert consensus on the benefits of neuraminidase in conventional influenza vaccines: a Delphi study by John Youhanna, Joan Puig-Barberà, Matthew S. Miller, Deborah Molrine, Monica Hadi, Shweta Bapat, Ike Iheanacho, Sophie Dodman, Tsion Fikre, Paul Swinburn, ADD-NA (Adding Neuraminidase) Delphi panel

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Barriers and facilitators for healthcare access among immigrants in Japan: a mixed methods systematic review and meta-synthesisResearch in context by Yu Par Khin, Floret Maame Owusu, Nobutoshi Nawa, Pamela J. Surkan, Takeo Fujiwara

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The Toxoplasma rhoptry protein ROP55 is a major virulence factor that prevents lytic host cell death by Margarida T. Grilo Ruivo, Ji-hun Shin, Todd Lenz, Stephanie Y. Matsuno, Katherine Olivia Yanes, Arnault Graindorge, Maguy Hamie, Laurence Berry-Sterkers, Mathieu Gissot, Hiba El Hajj, Karine G. Le Roch, Melissa B. Lodoen, Maryse Lebrun, Diana Marcela Penarete-Vargas

“…Moreover, ΔROP55 parasites were significantly impaired in virulence in female mice and prevented NF-κB activation and parasite clearance in mBMDM. These findings place ROP55 as a major virulence factor, dampening lytic cell death and enabling Toxoplasma to evade clearance from infected cells.…”
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Insights into the photocatalytic removal of malachite green organic pollutant by highly efficient hard responsive Ba1 − xCoxDyyFe12−yO19 catalysts by Himanshi, Basant Lal, Ankit Verma, Suman, Jahangeer Ahmed, Arunima Singh, Chan Choon Kit, Rohit Jasrotia, Natrayan Lakshmaiya, Varun Mehra, Abhishek Kandwal

“…The specific surface area (SSA) of the HF1 sample is 3.523 m2/g, whereas the band gap values of co-doped barium hexaferrites are found within the range of 1.61 to 1.75 eV. …”
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Monitoreo de insectos plaga mediante SIG aplicados al cultivo de Oryza sativa L. en Naranjal, Ecuador by Eder Sanchez Alvarado, Sayda Herrera-Reyes, César Suárez Arellano, Freddy Gavilánez Luna, Nayelhi Valarezo Rivera, Paola Viviana España Valencia

“…Los mapas temáticos de los insectos plagan y benéficos, se realizaron con Density Kernel permitiendo estimar la población de insectos por m² que se encontraron en los tres muestreos. Los porcentajes de estos varían por etapa fenológica, pero son cinco los insectos plaga que predominan: Hydrellia sp, Tagosodes oryzicolus Müir, Rupella albinella, Oebalus ornatus (Adulto), Tibraca limbativentris (Adulto - Ninfa), los SIG permiten tener una distribución espacial de los insectos plaga.…”
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Margaritasita: Un mineral exclusivamente Chihuahuense by Fabián Guadalupe Faudoa Gómez, María Elena Montero Cabrera, Hilda Esperanza Esparza Ponce, Luis Edmundo Fuentes Cobas, Jesús Gonzalo Canche Tello

“…La margaritasita, con hábito tabular micrométrico entre 1 y 3 μm, presenta las fases margaritasita pura y carnotita en solución sólida desordenada con una relación de potasio (K) y cesio (Cs) de 1:1, acompañadas de cuarzo, montmorillonita, feldespato potásico y calcita. …”
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