Fabrication of Nano-Silver Composite Using Amomum longiligulare Fruit Polysaccharides and Their Biological Activities by Lian Y, Ma N, Cheng Q, Luo M, Xu Z, He F, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Jin D, Kong Y, Wang Y, Wei N

“…Yong Lian,1,* Ning Ma,2,* Qianying Cheng,1,* Mingquan Luo,1 Zhen Xu,1 Fei He,1 Xiaomei Zhou,1 Ying Zhang,1 Dejun Jin,1 Yidan Kong,1 Yong Wang,1 Na Wei1 1Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R&D on Tropical Herbs, Engineering Research Center of Tropical Medicine Innovation and Transformation of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center of Human-Machine Intelligent Collaborative for Tumor Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Hainan Province, School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, People’s Republic of China; 2Reproductive Medical Center, Hainan Women and Children’s Medical Center, Haikou, Hainan Province, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Na Wei; Yong Wang, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R&D on Tropical Herbs, School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, People’s Republic of China, Email weina-0613@163.com; wangyong1982_2004@163.comPurpose: Study aims to optimize the synthesis conditions for silver nanoparticle composites [ALP(D)-AgNPs] using a rapid and environmentally friendly method and investigate the antioxidant, antibacterial, and anticancer activities of the fabricated composite.Methods: The polysaccharide component ALP-D was extracted and purified from the fruits of Amomum longiligulare and subsequently used for further experiments. …”
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Gambaran Derajat Merokok Pada Penderita PPOK di Bagian Paru RSUP Dr. M. Djamil by Fadhil el Naser, Irvan Medison, Erly .

“…Setelah dilakukan uji statistik didapatkan hubungan yang signifikan antara derajat merokok dengan derajat keparahan PPOK (p = 0,033) dan korelasi yang kuat antara keduanya (r  = 0,577). Terdapat hubungan yang signifikan dan korelasi yang kuat antara derajat merokok dengan derajat keparahan PPOK.…”
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The effect of continuous and pulse feeding Lactiplantibacillus plantarum on growth performance, gut microbiota, immunological, haematological and plasma biochemical parameters of r... by Ivana Mikulíková, Marija Radojičić, Hana Banďouchová, Jana Blahová, Ondřej Malý, Ivana Papežíková, Hana Novotná, Eva Poštulková, Zuzana Lepková, Ivona Toulová, Klára Odehnalová, Jan Mareš, Dagmar Mudroňová, Miroslava Palíková

“…A potentially probiotic autochthonous strain of Gram-positive lactic acid bacteria, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum R2 Biocenol™ (CCM 8674), was assessed as a feed supplement in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. …”
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Financial crisis and its association with parental stress and children’s mental health in Lebanon by Ramona Nasr, Samantha Abi Saab, Nada Nasr, Chadia Haddad, Eman Swaidan, Sara Abou Ibrahim, Joanne Karam

“…Negative correlations were observed between the IFDFW scale and both PSS (r=-0.200, p < 0.001) and PSC scores (r=-0.086, p = 0.038), indicating lower stress and symptoms with improved financial well-being. …”
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INSTRUMENT ASSESSMENT IN STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME FOR FACTUAL AND CONCEPTUAL HOTS ON SCIENCE EDUCATION by Endang Widi Winarni, Endina Putri Purwandari, Rinto Hartono

“…Penelitian ini menggunakan model ADDIE sebagai kerangka model Penelitian dan Pengembangan (R&D). Peserta penelitian terdiri dari dua puluh orang yang duduk di kelas empat sekolah dasar di Bengkulu Tengah. …”
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The Middle to Late Triassic of Central Saudi Arabia with emphasis on the Jilh Formation. Part I: lithostratigraphy, facies and paleoenvironments, palaeontology and biostratigraphic... by Le Nindre, Yves-Michel, Vaslet, Denis, Vrielynck, Bruno, Krystyn, Leopold, Manivit, Jacques, Memesh, Abdullah, Davies, Roger Brett

“…We recognise a regional Carnian–Norian hiatus and an early Middle Norian transgression, as well as marine and continental erosional discontinuities affecting the stacking pattern of the T–R wedges. These observations and analyses provide a sound foundation for sequence stratigraphic analysis and regional correlation, which are the subjects of Part II.…”
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Mathematical modeling in autoimmune diseases: from theory to clinical application by Yaroslav Ugolkov, Yaroslav Ugolkov, Yaroslav Ugolkov, Antonina Nikitich, Antonina Nikitich, Cristina Leon, Gabriel Helmlinger, Kirill Peskov, Kirill Peskov, Kirill Peskov, Kirill Peskov, Victor Sokolov, Victor Sokolov, Alina Volkova, Alina Volkova

“…The research &amp; development (R&amp;D) of novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of autoimmune diseases is challenged by highly complex pathogenesis and multiple etiologies of these conditions. …”
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Correlations between Traditional and Nontraditional Indicators of Adiposity, Inflammation, and Monocyte Subtypes in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease by Silvia Bueno Garofallo, Vera Lucia Portal, Melissa Medeiros Markoski, Lucinara Dadda Dias, Alexandre Schaan de Quadrosa, Aline Marcadenti

“…The hip circumference was correlated positively with Mon1 (r = 0.40, P=0.007) and negatively with Mon3 (r = −0.35, P=0.02) in obese subjects. …”
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Study of the Influence of Thermal Annealing of Ga-Doped ZnO Thin Films on NO₂ Sensing at ppb Level by Benjamin Paret, Richard Monflier, Philippe Menini, Thierry Camps, Yohann Thimont, Antoine Barnabé, Lionel Presmanes

“…An increase in sensitivity to NO₂ is noted for samples annealed at 600 °C, leading to a response R_NO2/R_air of ~10 for 100 ppb of NO₂. …”
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Whether Detection of Gene Mutations Could Identify Low- or High-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma? Data from 393 Cases Using the Next-Generation Sequencing by Lei Jin, Liang Zhou, Jian-Biao Wang, Li Tao, Xiao-Xiao Lu, Na Yan, Qian-Ming Chen, Li-Ping Cao, Lei Xie

“…These mutations were of various types and combinations: BRAFV600E and NRASQ61R (n = 2), BRAFV600E and RET/PTC3 (n = 2), BRAFV600E and RET/PTC1 (n = 1), and BRAFV600E and TERT promoter (n = 1). …”
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The Mediating Role of Avoidant Personality Disorder Features in the Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and Depression Among First-Year University Students by Zhou H, Niu S, Guo Y, Qin Y, Sun H, Mu F, Duan X, Zheng Y, Zhang Y, Liu Y, Liu N

“…The method of Bootstrap was adopted to determine whether the AVPD features act as mediating factors in the association between the NLEs and depression.Results: A total of 34.68% of the participants reported one to three AVPD features, and 18.15% reported four to seven AVPD features. AVPD features (r=0.384, P< 0.05) and the SLEs (r=0.309, P< 0.05) were positively related to the risk of depression, respectively. …”
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Pengembangan Game Edukasi Bilomatika untuk Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Siswa pada Mata Pelajaran Matematika Kelas 1 SD by Risqi Ervera Nur Arifah, Sukirman Sukirman, Sujalwo Sujalwo

“…Metode yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini yaitu Research and Development (R&D) dengan model pengembangan Waterfall. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui obeservasi, angket dan wawancara mendalam. …”
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پیش‌نگری بارش با استفاده از مدل‌های CMIP6 تا پایان قرن 21 در شمال غرب ایران by بهروز ساری صراف, هاشم رستم زاده, نبی محمدی

“…جهت مقیاس کاهی داده­های GCMs نیز از رویکرد مقیاس بندی خطی (LSBC) استفاده شد و صحت سنجی مدل­های مختلف با استفاده از سنجه­های متداول آماری، RMSE، MAE و R2 ارزیابی گردید. نتایج حاصل از ارزیابی عملکرد مدل‌های CMIP6 نشان داد که از میان مدل­های موردبررسی، مدل MPI-ESM1-2-LR با متوسط R2 برابر با 86/0 و RMSE برابر با 7/19 در سطح منطقه از دقت بیشتری نسبت به سایر مدل­ها در شبیه­سازی بارش برخوردار است. …”
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A Reliable Medium for Monitoring Atmospheric Deposition near Emission Sources by Using Snow from Agricultural Areas by Jiayang Liu, Zaijin Sun, Wenkai Lei, Jingwen Xu, Qian Sun, Zhicheng Shen, Yixuan Lyu, Huading Shi, Ying Zhou, Lan Zhang, Zefeng Wu, Yuepeng Pan

“…Finally, a positive correlation was found between the cadmium content in the snow and the production capacity (<i>R</i>² = 0.90, <i>p</i> < 0.05) and total permitted emissions (<i>R</i>² = 0.69, <i>p</i> > 0.05) of the nearby factories. …”
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Hubungan Umur dan Lamanya Hemodialisis dengan Status Gizi pada Penderita Penyakit Ginjal Kronik yang menjalani Hemodialisis di RS. Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Hannie Qalbina Syaiful, Fadil Oenzil, Rudy Afriant

“…Tidak didapatkan hubungan yang bermakna antara gambaran gizi dengan umur dan lamanya menjalani hemodialisis (p&gt;0,05, r&lt;1). Kesimpulan dari studi ini adalah malnutrisi pada PGK yang menjalani hemodialisis berkisar antara 54,24% – 55,93%. …”
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Changing trends in the global burden of polycystic ovarian syndrome-related infertility over the past 30 years: retrospective data analysis of the global burden of disease study 20... by Ming Huo, Yixiang Wang, Xianbin Yuan, Yue Yuan, Xuehong Zhang

“…Additionally, linear regression analysis revealed that ASPRs and ASYRs were positively correlated with SDI (R = 0.419 and 0.433, respectively, all P < 0.0001), and the AAPCs in ASPRs and ASYRs were negatively correlated with SDI (R= − 0.570 and − 0.571, respectively, all P < 0.0001). …”
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Magnetic resonance imaging -based radiomics of the pituitary gland is highly predictive of precocious puberty in girls: a pilot study by Michele Maddalo, Maddalena Petraroli, Francesca Ormitti, Alice Fulgoni, Margherita Gnocchi, Marco Masetti, Eugenia Borgia, Benedetta Piccolo, Emanuela C. Turco, Viviana D. Patianna, Nicola Sverzellati, Susanna Esposito, Susanna Esposito, Caterina Ghetti, Maria E. Street, Maria E. Street

“…A predictive model based on radiomic features (RFs), extracted form magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pituitary gland, was thus developed to distinguish between CPP and control subjects.Methods45 girls with confirmed diagnosis of CPP (CA:8.4 ± 0.9 yr) according to the current criteria and 47 age-matched pre-pubertal control subjects (CA:8.7 ± 1.2 yr) were retrospectively enrolled. Two readers (R1, R2) blindly segmented the pituitary gland on MRI studies for RFs and performed a manual estimation of the pituitary volume. …”
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Efficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation interventions on cognitive impairment: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials by Minmin Wu, Wenjing Song, Xue Wang, Lili Teng, Jinting Li, Jiongliang Zhang, Xinyue Li, Donghui Yu, Huanhuan Jia, Binhan Wang, Qiang Tang, Luwen Zhu

“…Interpretation This umbrella review indicates that NIBS techniques, particularly rTMS and tDCS, can significantly improve cognitive functions such as global cognition, language, executive functions, and memory in patients with AD and MCI. …”
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Sex Variations in the Oral Microbiomes of Youths with Severe Periodontitis by Ya-Qiong Zhao, Ying-Hui Zhou, Jie Zhao, Yao Feng, Zheng-Rong Gao, Qin Ye, Qiong Liu, Yun Chen, Shao-Hui Zhang, Li Tan, Marie Aimee Dusenge, Jing Hu, Yun-Zhi Feng, Fei Yan, Yue Guo

“…Functional profiles (KEGG pathways) were obtained using PICRUSt based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing data. Results. The Chao1 index and phylogenetic diversity whole tree were significantly higher in males than in females. …”
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Relationships between paddock-level pasture mass and cow data derived from GPS and behavior-monitoring on-animal sensors in rotationally grazed dairy systems by S.J. Hendriks, M. Qasim, J.P. Edwards

“…Using location variables alone (distance traveled and distance to herd mates), adjusted R2 values were 0.38 and 0.40 for both pre- and postgrazing pasture mass (kg DM/cow), respectively. …”
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