Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B using polyaniline-coated XTiO3(X = Co, Ni) nanocomposites by Mariyem Abouri, Abdellah Benzaouak, Mohamed Elouardi, Lahcen El Hamdaoui, Fatima Zaaboul, Khalil Azzaoui, Belkheir Hammouti, Rachid Sabbahi, Shehdeh Jodeh, Mohammed Alaoui El Belghiti, Adnane El Hamidi

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirmed that the crystalline structures of CoTiO3 and NiTiO3 remained intact post-polymerization. …”
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In vitro modeling of feline gut fermentation: a comprehensive analysis of fecal microbiota and metabolic activity by Qianle Ren, Qianle Ren, Yuling Li, Mingmei Duan, Jinjun Li, Fangshu Shi, Yun Zhou, Wanjing Hu, Junfu Mao, Xiaoqiong Li

“…The results revealed that the substrate composition in the medium differentially impacts bacterial community structure and fermentation characteristics. High levels of carbon and nitrogen sources can substantially increase gas production, particularly CO2, while also significantly enhancing the production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). …”
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of phytochrome gene family in Aikang58 wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Zhu Yang, Zhu Yang, Wenjie Kan, Wenjie Kan, Ziqi Wang, Caiguo Tang, Yuan Cheng, Yuan Cheng, Dacheng Wang, Dacheng Wang, Yameng Gao, Lifang Wu, Lifang Wu

“…In this study, we employed bioinformatics methods to identify eight TaAkPHY genes in the Aikang58 wheat variety. Based on gene structure, conserved domains, and phylogenetic relationships, the TaAkPHY gene family exhibits a high degree of conservation. …”
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Research on the Seismic Response Law of Complete Morphology of Butted Well Salt Cavern for Large-Scale Underground Energy Storage by Haitao Li, Dewen Zheng, Kang Li, Qiqi Wanyan, Lina Ran, Yanxia Kou, Song Bai, Jianan Wu, Jianchao Jia, Yunfei Wen, Yuanqing Wang, Hongyan Xing, Kuoyuan Zhu, Jingen Deng

“…The three-dimensional seismic techniques excel in identifying complex geological structures but have a limited understanding of underground old salt cavity morphology, thus the seismic forward simulation method is utilized to study their seismic response patterns. …”
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Acetylation of proximal cysteine-lysine pairs by alcohol metabolism by Courtney D. McGinnis, Peter S. Harris, Brenton I.M. Graham, John O. Marentette, Cole R. Michel, Laura M. Saba, Richard Reisdorph, James R. Roede, Kristofer S. Fritz

“…Interrogating both cysteine redox and lysine acetylation datasets, 1280 protein structures generated by AlphaFold2 represented by a 3D spatial matrix were used to quantify the distances between 557,815 cysteine and lysine residues. …”
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Integrating microbial profiling and machine learning for inference of drowning sites: a forensic investigation in the Northwest River by Qin Su, Xiaofeng Zhang, Xiaohui Chen, Zhonghao Yu, Weibin Wu, Qingqing Xiang, Chengliang Yang, Jian Zhao, Ling Chen, Quyi Xu, Chao Liu

“…Our findings highlight variations in species richness and diversity across different sampling points, indicating the influence of environmental factors on microbial community structure. Machine learning models trained on microbial data from lung tissues demonstrated high accuracy in predicting drowning sites, with cross-validation accuracy ranging from 83.53% ± 3.99% to 95.07% ± 3.17%. …”
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Utilisation of ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence tools among medical faculty in Uganda: a cross-sectional study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reserva... by Job Kuteesa, Faith Oguttu, Ian Guyton Munabi, Aloysius Gonzaga Mubuuke, Sarah Kiguli, Ritah Nantale, David Mukunya, Elizabeth Ajalo, Frank Kayemba, Jonathan Babuya, Kennedy Pangholi, Amelia Margaret Namiiro, Suzan Langoya Akuu, Steven Ekak, Ronald Tweheyo, Kirsten Nantongo, Brenda Nakitto, Milton W. Musaba, Joseph Luwaga Mpagi

“…Participants were recruited consecutively. We used a semi-structured questionnaire to collect data on participants’ socio-demographics and the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT. …”
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Real-Life State of Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Drug Choice in Child-Bearing Age Male Patients and Effect on Fertility and Fetal Safety by Zhao X. Hu, Yi N. Ye, Wei G. Wu, Xu J. Liang, Qi W. Wu, Ao Zhang, Xing R. Zheng, Zhi L. Gao, Liang Peng, Chan Xie

“…Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients in Guangdong province were surveyed using a structured questionnaire. We collected data including medication type, fertility, and birth defects. …”
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Evaluation of Two Different Solvents for Azolla pinnata Extracts on Chemical Compositions and Larvicidal Activity against Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) by Rajiv Ravi, Nor Shaida Husna Zulkrnin, Nurul Nadiah Rozhan, Nik Raihan Nik Yusoff, Mohd Sukhairi Mat Rasat, Muhammad Iqbal Ahmad, Zulhazman Hamzah, Intan H. Ishak, Mohamad Faiz Mohd Amin

“…Meanwhile, the chemical composition of extracts and their structures have been identified using GCMS-QP2010 Ultra (Shimadzu) fitted with Rtx-5MS capillary column (30 m × 0.25 mm inner diameter, ×0.25 μm film thickness; maximum temperature, 370°C), coupled to QP2010 Ultra (Shimadzu) MS. …”
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Genetically Engineered Bacterial Ghosts as Vaccine Candidates Against <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Infection by Svetlana V. Dentovskaya, Anastasia S. Vagaiskaya, Alexandra S. Trunyakova, Alena S. Kartseva, Tatiana A. Ivashchenko, Vladimir N. Gerasimov, Mikhail E. Platonov, Victoria V. Firstova, Andrey P. Anisimov

“…The resulting frameless cell envelops are more reminiscent of bacterial sacs or bacterial skins than BGs. Although such structures are less naive than classical bacterial ghosts, they provide effective protection against infection by a hypervirulent strain of <i>K. pneumoniae</i> and can be recommended as candidate vaccines. …”
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Topologically constrained DNA-mediated one-pot CRISPR assay for rapid detection of viral RNA with single nucleotide resolutionResearch in context by Yanan Li, Ru Xu, Fenglei Quan, Yonghua Wu, Yige Wu, Yongyuan Zhang, Yan Liang, Zhenzhong Zhang, Hua Gao, Ruijie Deng, Kaixiang Zhang, Jinghong Li

“…The capacity of CRISPR/Cas13a for discriminating single nucleotide variant (SNV) in viral genome is leveraged by designing synthetic mismatches and hairpin structure in CRISPR RNA (crRNA), enabling robust discrimination of different SARS-CoV-2 variants. …”
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Anticancer Peptides Classification Using Long-Short-Term Memory With Novel Feature Representation by Nazer Al Tahifah, Muhammad Sohail Ibrahim, Erum Rehman, Naveed Ahmed, Abdul Wahab, Shujaat Khan

“…Better classification performance offered by the proposed approach could help identify new ACPs and better understand their structural and chemical characteristics. The source code and the datasets are available on the author&#x2019;s GitHub page (<uri>https://github.com/Shujaat123/ACP-LSTM-NFR</uri>).…”
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Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding? by Robert Lücking, M. Catherine Aime, Barbara Robbertse, Andrew N. Miller, Hiran A. Ariyawansa, Takayuki Aoki, Gianluigi Cardinali, Pedro W. Crous, Irina S. Druzhinina, David M. Geiser, David L. Hawksworth, Kevin D. Hyde, Laszlo Irinyi, Rajesh Jeewon, Peter R. Johnston, Paul M. Kirk, Elaine Malosso, Tom W. May, Wieland Meyer, Maarja Öpik, Vincent Robert, Marc Stadler, Marco Thines, Duong Vu, Andrey M. Yurkov, Ning Zhang, Conrad L. Schoch

“…Compared to plants and animals, fungi have simple body plans with often morphologically and ecologically obscure structures. This poses challenges for accurate and precise identifications. …”
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On the tracks of an uninvited guest, the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus in Cyprus by Riccardo Piccinno, Giulia Fiorenza, Marlen Ines Vasquez, Jeremy Bouyer, Gregoris Notarides, Ludvik Marcus Gomulski, Soteris Meletiou, Mustafa Akiner, Antonios Michaelakis, Federico Forneris, Giovanni Maga, Giuliano Gasperi, Anna Rodolfa Malacrida

“…Bayesian clustering analyses using STRUCTURE and BayesAss version 3 were employed to derive information on the degree of ancestry among Cypriot and Mediterranean mosquitoes and on recent mosquito movements both within Cyprus and between Cyprus and the Central Mediterranean areas. …”
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Investigating the contribution of understory to radiative transfer simulations through reconstructing 3-D realistic temperate broadleaf forest scenes based on multi-platform laser... by Xiaohan Lin, Ainong Li, Jinhu Bian, Zhengjian Zhang, Xi Nan, Limin Chen, Yi Bai, Yi Deng, Siyuan Li

“…This study provides a successful case for modeling the multi-layered forest structure in natural temperate broadleaf forests, and even offers a theoretical reference for facilitating the retrieval of biochemical and biophysical information from the understory by remote sensing.…”
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What activities do patients hope to perform following anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty but are unable to? Looking beyond patient-reported outcome measures by Alexander E. White, MD, Nicolas Pascual-Leone, MD, Anthony Finocchiaro, BS, Christopher M. Brusalis, MD, David M. Dines, MD, Joshua S. Dines, MD, Andreas Kontaxis, PhD, Samuel A. Taylor, MD, Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD, Michael C. Fu, MD, MHS

“…Background: Patients undergoing anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA) routinely achieve significant improvements in common patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). While these structured PROMs produce reliable and standardized data for surgeons, individual patient desires and expectations related to postoperative activities may not be completely captured in standard PROMs. …”
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A qualitative research on the willingness and influencing factors of participating in early screening among ethnic minority patients with breast cancer in rural areas (农村地区少数民族乳腺癌患... by ZHANG Xuan (张旋), PEI Qiuping (裴秋萍), YOU Jiaojiao (游娇娇), HUANG Shuai (黄帅)

“…Methods Between January 2022 and June 2022, a phenomenological research method was conducted and 12 patients with breast cancer were selected for a semi-structured retrospective interview, and the Colaizzi phenomenological data analysis method was used for analysis. …”
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Ethnobotanical survey on anti-tuberculosis plants in Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Malangu Lambert Muamba, Kitambala Marsi Mbayo, Numbi Evodie Wa Ilunga, Ilunga Eddy Mbuyu, Kabeya Justin Kanda, Otete François Dikala, Ebalantshim Daniel Munakongo, Mwinensenge James Maloba, Nonga Welcome Muyumba, Kalonji Serge Mbuyi, Muya Richard Kalunga, Tsheko Manya, Kihuya Eddy Ngoy, B. J. Kanangila, Mutombo Emery Kalonda, Kankenza Léonard Kalanda, Simbi Jean-Baptiste Lumbu, Clement L. LIYONGO

“…Methods An ethnobotanical survey was conducted through interviews using a structured questionnaire with 46 resource persons, including household members, herbalists, and traditional practitioners. …”
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Behavior of SD-OCT Detectable Hyperreflective Foci in Diabetic Macular Edema Patients after Therapy with Anti-VEGF Agents and Dexamethasone Implants by Anne Rübsam, Laura Wernecke, Saskia Rau, Dominika Pohlmann, Bert Müller, Oliver Zeitz, Antonia M. Joussen

“…Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) allows detection and monitoring of the edema and a detailed analysis of the retinal structure. Hyperreflective foci (HF) are small, circumscribed lesions on OCT, and their origin is yet to be determined. …”
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Pharmacological management of gambling disorder: A systematic review and network meta-analysis by Konstantinos Ioannidis, Cinzia Del Giovane, Charidimos Tzagarakis, Jeremy E. Solly, Samuel J. Westwood, Valeria Parlatini, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Jon E. Grant, Samuele Cortese, Samuel R. Chamberlain

“…Methods: Based on our pre-registered protocol [CRD42022329520], a structured search was conducted across broad range of databases, for double-blind randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of medications for gambling disorder. …”
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