Efficiency analysis and performance modelling of a photovoltaic system for cruise ship cabins with battery storage using direct current distribution networks by Patrick Schwager, Laura Tiede, Thomas Scholz, Kai Gehrke, Martin Vehse

“…The integration into a 350 VDC distribution grid per deck and fire zone was found to be the most advantageous. …”
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Sex Hormones Enhance Gingival Inflammation without Affecting IL-1β and TNF-α in Periodontally Healthy Women during Pregnancy by Min Wu, Shao-Wu Chen, Wei-Lan Su, Hong-Ying Zhu, Shu-Yuan Ouyang, Ya-Ting Cao, Shao-Yun Jiang

“…This study is to evaluate the effects of hormonal changes during pregnancy on gingival inflammation and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF). 30 periodontally healthy pregnant women were evaluated in the first, second, and third trimesters. 20 periodontally healthy nonpregnant women were evaluated twice (once per subsequent month). Clinical parameters including probing pocket depth (PPD), bleeding index (BI), gingival index (GI), clinical attachment level (CAL), and plaque index (PLI) were recorded. …”
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Patterns of Antibiotic Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae Isolates from Broiler Chicken in the West Region of Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Study by Jude Fonbah Leinyuy, Innocent Mbulli Ali, Ousenu Karimo, Christopher B. Tume

“…Plasmid-borne resistance genes were detected in 76/84 (90.48%) of ESBL-producing isolates, 151/164 (92.07%) quinolone resistant isolates and 59/66 (89.39%) aminoglycoside resistant isolates with co-occurrence of two or more genes per isolate in 58/84 (69.05%) of ESBLs, 132/164 (80.49%) of quinolone resistant isolates and 28/66 (42.42%) of aminoglycoside resistant isolates. …”
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THE COURSE OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY COVID-19 DISEASE, COMPLICATED BY COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM PATHOLOGY by T.A. Trybrat, Yu.M Kazakov, O.O. Honcharova, S.V Shut, V.D. Sakevich

“…To date, there is a decrease in the number of cases per day, but there is a variety in the course of the disease depending on sex, and the most vulnerable are elderly patients with comorbid pathology, therefore, the study of its features determines the relevance of this work. …”
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Soil Characteristics, Growth, Yield, Mineral Composition and Proximate Content of Soybeans Under Various Tillage Techniques by Aruna Olasekan Adekiya, Olajire Damilola Adedokun, Ojo Timothy Adebiyi

“…Data on the initial soil properties (bulk density, particle size, pH, organic matter, N, P, K, Ca and Mg), along with the chemical properties of the soil on a per-plot basis at the end of the experiment, were collected. …”
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The relationship between intimate partner violence reported at the first antenatal booking visit and obstetric and perinatal outcomes in an ethnically diverse group of Australian p... by Charlene Thornton, Virginia Schmied, Ana María Muñoz, Hannah Grace Dahlen

“…We analysed routinely collected data (2006–2016) from the ObstetriX system on a cohort of pregnant women.Setting and participants 33 542 women giving birth in a major health facility in Western Sydney.Primary outcomes Incidence of IPV, association with IPV and other psychosocial variables and maternal and perinatal outcomes.Result 4.3% of pregnant women reported a history of IPV when asked during the routine psychosocial assessment. Fifty-four per cent were not born in Australia, and this had increased significantly over the decade. …”
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Albino lethal 13, a chloroplast‐imported protein required for chloroplast development in rice by Xiaoqiong Guo, Chunli Wang, Qian Zhu, Wenhua Dongchen, Xiaoling Zhang, Wei Li, Hui Zhang, Cui Zhang, Zar Ni Naing Nant Nyein, Mengting Li, Lijuan Chen, Dongsun Lee

“…In contrast, the overexpression of OsAL13 resulted in an increased photosynthetic rate, a higher total grain number per panicle, and enhanced levels of indole‐3‐acetic acid (IAA) in the roots and gibberellin A3 (GA3) in the shoot. …”
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The Present Status of the Agriculture Sector Towards Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka: A Review of Existing Policies and Suggestions for Improvements by S.D. Dilini Rathnachandra

“…This paper presents a review of the present situation of the agriculture sector and suggestions for the improvements needed to achieve sustainable development in Sri Lanka. As per the findings of the study, Sri Lanka had conventional agriculture practices a few decades ago, and agricultural policymakers were introduced to organic agriculture for commercial farming systems a few years ago. …”
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Widening access to isotretinoin in primary care: an evaluation of New Zealand national dispensing data for isotretinoin for acne, 2008–2023 by Bruce Arroll, Diarmuid Quinlan, Peter Moodie, Rachel Petronella Roskvist, Jason Arnold

“…Objectives To identify what changes in the prescribing of isotretinoin have occurred since funded prescriber access was widened in 2009 from ‘dermatologist only’ prescribing to include ‘general practitioners (GPs) and nurse practitioners working within their scope of practice’.Design Evaluation of isotretinoin dispensing data from 2008 to 2023 using the national annual prescribing data obtained from the New Zealand Pharmaceutical National Collection database.Setting All New Zealand citizens prescribed and dispensed funded isotretinoin for acne from 2008 to 2023 were included.Main outcome measures The prescribing data were analysed to identify the total number of prescriptions per year by prescribing clinician type, patient ethnicity and deprivation levels.Results In 2008, nearly 100% (26 897) of dispensed prescriptions were written by a dermatologist, while in 2023, 79% (39 432) were written by primary care clinicians. …”
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Non-invasive electron paramagnetic resonance imaging detects tumor redox imbalance induced by ferroptosis by Kazuhiro Kato, Hironobu Yasui, Hideo Sato-Akaba, Miho C. Emoto, Hirotada G. Fujii, Maciej M. Kmiec, Periannan Kuppusamy, Masaki Nagane, Tadashi Yamashita, Osamu Inanami

“…We previously reported that redox maps showing the reduction power per unit time of implanted tumor tissues via non-invasive redox imaging using a novel, compact, and portable electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI) device could be compared with tumor tissue sections. …”
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Comparison of remineralizing efficacy of two novel preparation of arginine and theobromine on white spot lesion - an in vitro SEM analysis by Shifo Savio F, Nivethigaa Balakrishnan, Aravind Kumar Subramanian

“…Group 1 (control, treated with merely a remineralization solution), Group 2 (0.05% arginine in 10 ml distilled water), and Group 3 (2% theobromine in 10 ml distilled water) were the three groups to which the slabs were randomly allocated (n = 7 per group). The pH cycle was run for 14 days, starting with a 72-h demineralization period and ending with 11 days of remineralization in the corresponding solutions. …”
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Effect of Allium mongolicum Regel Powder Addition to the Diet and Aging Time on Physicochemical Properties and Antioxidant Capacity of Angus Beef by XIE Yaodi, GAO Huixia, HE Jianjian, SUN Chenxu, YU Aihuan, YAO Haibo, XU Lei, HU Jinsheng, WANG He, DUAN Yueyan, TANG Defu, LEI Zhaomin, LIU Wangjing

“…The control group was fed a basal diet, and the experimental groups, LAMR, MAMR and HAMR, were fed a basal diet supplemented daily with 10, 15 and 20 g of AMRP per animal, respectively. The experimental period lasted for 135 days. …”
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Effects of acetazolamide on intracranial pressure and brain tissue oxygenation on patients with acute brain injury: A pilot physiological study by Anas Hachlouf, Claudia Stella, Irene Cavalli, Elisa Gouvêa Bogossian, Sophie Schuind, Marco Anderloni, Fabio Silvio Taccone

“…We studied adult patients with ABI who received acetazolamide as per the treating physician's decision and had ICP and brain oxygen pressure (PbtO2) monitoring. …”
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Assessment of correlation of fatigue in patients of rheumatoid arthritis using bristol rheumatoid arthritis fatigue multidimensional questionnaire score with disease activity – An... by Harpreet Singh, Kusum Yadav, Ritu Sangwan

“…One hundred RA patients (as per American College of rheumatology 1987 criteria) having no underlying other chronic disease were evaluated at baseline (M0), 1 month (M1), and 3 months (M3) for fatigue (using BRAF-MDQ) and disease activity Disease Activity Index 28 (DAS-28) and Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI). …”
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Do cash or digital payment modalities affect community health worker performance? – a case study of a remote refugee settlement in Western Uganda by Michael T Wagaba, David Musoke, Charles Opio, Arthur Bagonza, Juliet Aweko, Hajarah Nakitende, Alex Mulyowa, Michael Ediau, Peter Waiswa, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho

“…For digital payments, being male (APR 0.58; CI: 0.34–0.98), serving longer than 9 years (APR 0.87; CI: 0.82–0.93), and being allocated more than 60 households per month (APR 0.31; CI: 0.19–0.52) were negatively associated with CHW performance. …”
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Emergency Care for Suicidal Behavior Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Two Hospitals in Bogotá: a Longitudinal Analysis by Gutiérrez-Dajud, Sasha Stefany, Pastran-Cortés, Ana María, Mendivelso, Fredy, Rodríguez-Bedoya, Ingrid Milena, Moreno-Gómez, Jairo Enrique, Muñoz-Tamayo, Rodrigo

“…There was an increase in the number of cases attended (mean of 5 additional cases per month) compared to the prepandemic period (p < 0.000). …”
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Association of functional health literacy and cognitive ability with self-reported diabetes in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing: a prospective cohort study by Ian J Deary, Chloe Fawns-Ritchie, Jackie Price

“…Adequate (compared with limited) functional health literacy (OR 0.71, 95% CI 0.61 to 0.84) and higher cognitive ability (OR per 1 SD=0.73, 95% CI 0.67 to 0.80) were associated with lower odds of self-reporting diabetes at wave 2. …”
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Impact of Seasonal Variations on Semen Parameters: A Retrospective Analysis of Data from Subjects Attending a Tertiary Care Fertility Centre by Anitha Malathi, Ramesh P. Iyer, Reji Mohan, Sheila Balakrishnan

“…Sluggishly motile sperm per cent was maximum in rainy season (P = 0.002). …”
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Using causal diagrams and superpopulation models to correct geographic biases in biodiversity monitoring data by Robin J. Boyd, Marc Botham, Emily Dennis, Richard Fox, Collin Harrower, Ian Middlebrook, David B. Roy, Oliver L. Pescott

“…Estimating a time trend in the variable of interest is achieved by fitting models for multiple time‐periods and, if the drivers of bias are suspected to change over time, by constructing per period causal diagrams. We test the approach using simulated data then apply it to real data from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). …”
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Cessation of thumb/finger sucking habit in children using electronic habit reminder versus palatal crib: a randomized clinical pilot study by Tassneim Eltager, Adel El Bardissy, Fatma Abdelgawad

“…Results The total number of participants who were randomized and analysed was 22 (11 per group). Cessation of thumb/finger sucking habit in the intervention group was 27.3% while in the control group was 54.5% but with no statistically significant difference (P˃0.05). …”
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