Epidemiology and Management of Open Fractures in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal: An Observational Study by Sagar Maharjan, Arun Kumar Chaudhary, Rohit Shrestha, Pramit Ram Shrestha, Prabesh Gautam, Ashkal Basi, Manasil Malla, Shreedhar Prasad Acharya, Sushant Kumar Khadka

“…Understanding presentation and management patterns can help prepare in emergency settings. This retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study stated the demographic profile, management pattern, and seasonal distribution of patients presenting with open fractures. …”
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Microstructural Characterization and Wear Properties of Fe-Based Amorphous-Crystalline Coating Deposited by Twin Wire Arc Spraying by Ana Arizmendi-Morquecho, Araceli Campa-Castilla, C. Leyva-Porras, Josué Almicar Aguilar Martinez, Gregorio Vargas Gutiérrez, Karla Judith Moreno Bello, L. López López

“…These results indicate that the twin wire arc spraying is a promising technique to prepare amorphous crystalline coatings.…”
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Post-operative Rehabilitation for Scapular Muscle Reattachment: A Case Report by Wendy Burke, W Ben Kibler, Tim L Uhl

“…Therefore, providing insight on how to prepare for such a unique operation. The slow recovery is due to three issues 1) the prolonged time from injury to diagnosis created significant muscle wasting and muscular imbalance of surrounding tissues, 2) once this tissue was repaired it requires months of protection to recover, 3) the involved scapulothoracic muscle have to regain adequate strength as the foundation for upper extremity functions…”
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Facile synthesis of nanoporous Mg crystalline structure by organic solvent-based reduction for solid-state hydrogen storage by Hyesun Kim, HyeonJi Kim, Wonsik Kim, Choah Kwon, Si-Won Jin, Taejun Ha, Jae-Hyeok Shim, Soohyung Park, Aqil Jamal, Sangtae Kim, Eun Seon Cho

“…It is expected that the synthetic strategy conceived in this study can be further implemented to prepare different kinds of reactive porous metals in a facile and scalable way for the development of large-scale and distributed hydrogen storage systems for the emerging low-carbon hydrogen economy.…”
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Properties of Nanocrystals-formulated Aluminosilicate Bricks by Francesca Conciauro, Emanuela Filippo, Claudia Carlucci, Viviana Vergaro, Francesca Baldassarre, Rosaria D’Amato, Gaetano Terranova, Caterina Lorusso, Paolo Maria Congedo, Barbara Federica Scremin, Giuseppe Ciccarella

“…The silicon carbide nanoparticles were prepared via laser pyrolysis. The nano-calcium carbonate was prepared via a spray drying technique. …”
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Enhanced Drug Skin Permeation by Azone-Mimicking Ionic Liquids: Effects of Fatty Acids Forming Ionic Liquids by Takeshi Oshizaka, Shunsuke Kodera, Rika Kawakubo, Issei Takeuchi, Kenji Mori, Kenji Sugibayashi

“…In the present study, fatty acids with different carbon numbers (caprylic acid: C8, capric acid: C10, lauric acid: C12, myristic acid: C14, and oleic acid: C18:1) were selected and used with ε-caprolactam to prepare various IL-Azones in the search for a more effective IL-Azone. …”
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A software module to assess the metabolic potential of mutant strains of the bacterium <i>Corynebacterium glutamicum</i> by F. V. Kazantsev, M. F. Trofimova, T. M. Khlebodarova, Yu. G. Matushkin, S. A. Lashin

“…The model, environmental conditions, and model constraints are specified as separate text table files, which allows one to pre­pare a series of files for each section, creating databases of available test scenarios for variations of the model. …”
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The Measurement of Neutron Contamination in High Energy X-Ray Radiotherapy Using a He-3 Gas Dosimeter by Alireza Vejdani, Mehdi Momennezhad, Sara Mohammadi, Vajiheh Vejdani Noghreiyan, Atefeh Rostami

“…In this study, Monte Carlo (MC) code was utilized to prepare the correct proportion of neutron dose. Results: At different points in and out of the treatment room, neutron contamination was approximately in the range of background dose (D = 0.001 µSv). …”
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Immobilization of Lead and Nickel Ions from Polluted Yam Peels Biomass Using Cement-Based Solidification/Stabilization Technique by Ángel Villabona-Ortiz, Candelaria Tejada-Tovar, Ángel Gonzalez-Delgado, Adriana Herrera-Barros, Gina Cantillo-Arroyo

“…Nowadays, biomass has been employed to prepare biosorbents for heavy metals uptake; however, further disposal of polluted material has limited its application. …”
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Impact of PCSK9 Immunization on Glycemic Indices in Diabetic Rats by Amir Abbas Momtazi-Borojeni, Mahmoud Reza Jaafari, Elham Abdollahi, Maciej Banach, Amirhossein Sahebkar

“…We explored the effects of PCSK9 inhibition on glycemic indices in the diabetes rat model. Methods. To prepare the anti-PCSK9 vaccine, a peptide construct called Immunogenic Fused PCSK9-Tetanus (IFPT) was linked to the surface of nanoliposome carriers. …”
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Adsorption Capacities of Hygroscopic Materials Based on NaCl-TiO2 and NaCl-SiO2 Core/Shell Particles by Marie Bermeo, Nabil El Hadri, Florent Ravaux, Abdelali Zaki, Linda Zou, Mustapha Jouiad

“…A procedure was developed to first prepare submicron-sized NaCl crystals; thereafter, these crystals were coated by choice of either titanium dioxide (TiO2) or silica (SiO2) to enhance the hygroscopic properties of NaCl and prevent its premature deliquescence. …”
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Chronic consumption of thermally processed palm oil or canola oil modified gut microflora of rats by Mengcheng Ruan, Yiran Bu, Fangjie Wu, Shijie Zhang, Rulong Chen, Na Li, Zhiguo Liu, Hualin Wang

“…Palm oil or canola oil were heated at 180 °C for 10 h to prepare high-fat diets. Rats were fed high-fat diets for 3 months, and hematological properties, gut microflora composition and intestinal gene expression were examined. …”
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Nanomolar detection of essential amino acid in dairy products using a novel electrochemical sensor based on zinc cobaltite nanoflowers embedded porous 3D reduced graphene oxide by Neethu Sebastian, Wan-Chin Yu, Deepak Balram, Ashish Patel, Deepak Kumar, Virendra Kumar Yadav

“…A low-temperature aqueous solution method was employed in ZCO nanoflower synthesis and a hydrothermal approach was utilized to prepare 3D rGO. SEM, elemental mapping, XRD, Raman spectroscopy, XPS, and EIS characterizations were performed on the prepared nanocomposite, ZCO/3DrGO. …”
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Pre-Operative Scapular Rehabilitation for Arthroscopic Repair of Traumatic Rotator Cuff Tear: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial by Luane Landim de Almeida, Adriano Fernando Mendes Júnior, José da Mota Neto, Leandro Furtado De Simoni, Karine Helena Souza Lopes, Paloma Carvalho Guimarães, Brenda Iasmin de Oliveira Valério, Aaron Sciascia

“…# Background Pre-operative rehabilitation aims to improve the functional capacity of the individual to enable him/her to prepare for the period of inactivity associated with the surgical procedure…”
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Improving Critical Care Teamwork: Simulation-Based Interprofessional Training for Enhanced Communication and Safety by Sung TC, Hsu HC

“…These findings underscore the importance of continuous refinement of simulation programs to prepare healthcare teams for high-stakes clinical scenarios effectively.Keywords: interprofessional education, simulation-based learning, teamwork, healthcare collaboration, patient safety…”
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Massive Blood Transfusion for Trauma Score to Predict Massive Blood Transfusion in Trauma by Osaree Akaraborworn, Boonying Siribumrungwong, Burapat Sangthong, Komet Thongkhao

“…A massive blood transfusion (MBT) score is a prediction tool to activate blood banks to prepare blood products. The previously published scoring systems were mostly developed from settings that had mature prehospital systems which may lead to a failure to validate in settings with immature prehospital systems. …”
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Determination of Medical Students’ Perception on Disaster Awareness by Bilge DELİBALTA, Abdul Samet ŞAHİN, Enes BULUT, Berkay YILDIZ, Abdülkadir GÜNDÜZ

“…Objective: Medical students and general practitioners have a vital role in disasters both in the “preparedness and mitigation” and “response and recovery” phases. To prepare students management of disasters as health professionals, the level of disaster preparedness perceptions of the students should be evaluated. …”
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The Role of Higher Education Through the Eyes of Hungarian Undergraduate Students and Graduates: A Qualitative Exploratory Study by Zsófia Kocsis, Gabriella Pusztai

“…Conclusions: One of the challenges for higher education is to prepare students to meet employers' needs by developing students’ competencies. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of nano dicalcium phosphate dihydrate from biogenic sources by Md. Kawcher Alam, Md. Sahadat Hossain, Mofassel Hossen Akash, Muhammad Shahriar Bashar, Newaz Mohammed Bahadur, Samina Ahmed

“…In the present study, calcium-enriched marine sources (Turritella, Cardium, and Conch shells) were used to prepare dicalcium phosphate dihydrate (DCPD) in an easy, affordable, and sustainable manner. …”
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Identifying the potential of ovalbumin and its’ hydrolysates to be used in a liquid food system to develop functional beverages by Maggonage Hasini Udeshika Maggonage, Prabudhdha Manjula, Edirisingha Dewage Nalaka Sandun Abeyrathne, Dewei Shu, Xi Huang, Dong Uk Ahn

“…In conclusion, ovalbumin and its hydrolysates have the potential for preparing functional protein beverages with a shelf-life of up to 7 days.…”
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