Hot press sintering of Y2O3-Al2O3 glasses: Impact of particle size on thermal behaviour, sintering ability and mechanical properties of sintered bodies by Melinda Majerová, Anna Prnová, Jana Valúchová, Monika Michálková, Beáta Pecušová, Michal Žitňan, Róbert Klement, Dušan Galusek

“…Thermal analysis in combination with X-ray and high temperature X-ray analysis indicated a difference in the crystallization mechanism of the yttrium aluminate garnet phase depending on the milling time. The bulk glass ceramic with fine lamellar eutectic microstructure and interesting mechanical properties (Vickers hardness HV=17.6 ± 0.2 GPa, indentation fracture toughness KIC = 4.3 ± 0.3 MPa.m1/2) resulted from the sintering of microspheres milled for 6h under the “gentlest” conditions (milling speed - 200 rpm, and milling balls size - 5 mm in diameter).…”
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Predictive modelling and identification of critical variables of mortality risk in COVID-19 patients by Olawande Daramola, Tatenda Duncan Kavu, Maritha J. Kotze, Jeanine L. Marnewick, Oluwafemi A. Sarumi, Boniface Kabaso, Thomas Moser, Karl Stroetmann, Isaac Fwemba, Fisayo Daramola, Martha Nyirenda, Susan J. van Rensburg, Peter S. Nyasulu

“…By using the Shapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) model to interpret the mortality risk predictions, we identified the Length of stay (LOS) in the hospital, LOS in the ICU, Time to ICU from admission, days discharged alive or death, D-dimer (blood clotting factor), and blood pH as the six most critical variables for mortality risk prediction. …”
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Insights from the single-cell level: lineage trajectory and somatic-germline interactions during spermatogenesis in dwarf surfclam Mulinia lateralis by Yajuan Li, Huilan Wei, Xiaoting Dai, Lijing Zhang, Liangjie Liu, Xiaomei Chen, Tian Liu, Ya Shu, Yaxin Yang, Shi Wang, Zhenmin Bao, Lingling Zhang

“…The dwarf surfclam (Mulinia lateralis) is considered an optimal bivalve model due to its relatively short generation time and ease of breeding in laboratory settings. …”
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Longitudinal changes in factors affecting postoperative patient satisfaction after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: an assessment using a patient-reported questionnaire by Soichiro Ogawa, Kei Yaginuma, Yuki Harigane, Shunta Makabe, Hitomi Imai, Satoru Meguro, Ryo Tanji, Akifumi Onagi, Ruriko Honda-Takinami, Kanako Matsuoka, Seiji Hoshi, Junya Hata, Yuichi Sato, Hidenori Akaihata, Masao Kataoka, Motohide Uemura, Yoshiyuki Kojima

“…Conclusions Treatment satisfaction in patients who underwent RARP changed over time. Our results suggest that giving sufficient information before treatment choice is both important and useful for patients’ decision-making, leading to improved patient QOL.…”
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Adsorption of phenol and methylene blue contaminants onto high-performance catalytic activated carbon from biomass residues by Numfor Linda Bih, Mwemezi J. Rwiza, Asha S. Ripanda, Assia Aboubakar Mahamat, Revocatus L. Machunda, Joon Weon Choi

“…Furthermore, the effect of initial organic waste concentration, contact time, pH, temperature and AC dosage, on adsorption capacity were studied. …”
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Candidate SNP markers of changes in the expression levels of the human <i>SCN9A</i> gene as a hub gene for pain generation, perception, response and anesthesia by P. A. Dotsenko, K. A. Zolotareva, R. A. Ivanov, I. V. Chadaeva, N. L. Podkolodnyy, V. A. Ivanisenko, P. S. Demenkov, S. A. Lashin, M. P. Ponomarenko

“…In this work, we for the first time performed a comprehensive bioinformatics analysis of 568 human genes that, according to the NCBI Gene database as on September 15, 2024, were associated with pain generation, perception and anesthesia. …”
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The Rapid Formation of the Metal-poor Milky Way by Turner Woody, Charlie Conroy, Phillip Cargile, Ana Bonaca, Vedant Chandra, Jiwon Jesse Han, Benjamin D. Johnson, Rohan P. Naidu, Yuan-Sen Ting

“…From this age distribution and measured SFH we infer that GSE merged with the Milky Way at a time 9.5–10.2 Gyr ago, in agreement with previous estimates. …”
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Chemical Composition, Antifungal, and Cytotoxicity Activities of Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd Leaves by Carla de Moura Martins, Sérgio A. L. de Morais, Mário M. Martins, Luís C. S. Cunha, Cláudio V. da Silva, Carlos H. G. Martins, Luís F. Leandro, Alberto de Oliveira, Francisco J. T. de Aquino, Evandro A. do Nascimento, Roberto Chang

“…The flavonol glycoside myricetin-3-O-rhamnoside was isolated for the first time from the Inga laurina. These results make I. laurina a promising plant as a source of pharmaceutical and biological active antifungal compounds.…”
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Molecular Detection of Carbapenemase-Encoding Genes in Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates in South Africa by Yaw Adjei Anane, Teke Apalata, Sandeep Vasaikar, Grace Emily Okuthe, Sandile Songca

“…Colistin MIC was confirmed by the broth microdilution method. Real-time PCR was performed to investigate the presence of carbapenemase-encoding genes. …”
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Dust Scattering Albedo at Millimeter Wavelengths in the TW Hya Disk by Tomohiro C. Yoshida, Hideko Nomura, Takashi Tsukagoshi, Kiyoaki Doi, Kenji Furuya, Akimasa Kataoka

“…Combining multiband continuum observations, we constrain the albedo spectrum at 0.9–3 mm for the first time without assuming a dust opacity model. The albedo at these wavelengths is high, ~0.5–0.8, and broadly consistent with the L. …”
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3D-CT-derived lung volumes and mortality risk in patients with fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis by Shusuke Yazawa, Yuzo Suzuki, Yuko Tanaka, Koshi Yokomura, Masato Kono, Dai Hashimoto, Atsuki Fukada, Yusuke Inoue, Hideki Yasui, Hironao Hozumi, Masato Karayama, Kazuki Furuhashi, Noriyuki Enomoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Naoki Inui, Takafumi Suda

“…Each lobe LV was measured using 3D-CT at the time of diagnosis and standardized using predicted forced vital capacity. …”
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IL-17A, IL-22, IL-6, and IL-21 Serum Levels in Plaque-Type Psoriasis in Brazilian Patients by Priscilla Stela Santana de Oliveira, Pablo Ramon Gualberto Cardoso, Emerson Vasconcelos de Andrade Lima, Michelly Cristiny Pereira, Angela Luzia Branco Pinto Duarte, Ivan da Rocha Pitta, Moacyr Jesus Barreto de Melo Rêgo, Maira Galdino da Rocha Pitta

“…Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) was assessed at the time of sampling in psoriasis patients. Our findings demonstrate that IL-17A, IL-22, and IL-6 serum concentrations were significantly higher in psoriasis patients than in the control group. …”
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In Vitro Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities and Molecular Docking Analysis of Phytochemicals from Cadia purpurea Roots by Tsegu Kiros, Rajalakshmanan Eswaramoorthy, Yadessa Melaku, Aman Dekebo

“…Phytochemicals and antibacterial and antioxidant activities of Cadia purpurea roots were investigated herein for the first time. The phytochemical study led to the isolation of two compounds, di-(2-methylheptyl) phthalate (1) and 13-O-pyrrolecarboxyl lupanine (2), from methanol roots extract of C. purpurea. …”
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Left ventricular remodeling and its association with mineral and bone disorder in kidney transplant recipients by Li Sun, Dongliang Zhang, Jiawen Liu, Xiang Gao, Chuanjian Suo, Shuang Fei, Zhengkai Huang, Zijie Wang, Hao Chen, Jun Tao, Zhijian Han, Xiaobing Ju, Zengjun Wang, Min Gu, Ruoyun Tan

“…Advanced age, increased BMI, diabetes, longer dialysis time, lower albumin level, and higher total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein levels were associated with LV remodeling.Conclusions LV remodeling partially improved after KT, showing a close relationship with MBD.…”
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Enhancement of convolutional neural network for urban environment parking space classification by S. Rahman, M. Ramli, F. Arnia, R. Muharar, M. Ikhwan, S. Munzir

“…The solution offered at this time is the development of a smart parking system to overcome these problems. …”
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Fixed-Point Grover Adaptive Search for Quadratic Binary Optimization Problems by Akos Nagy, Jaime Park, Cindy Zhang, Atithi Acharya, Alex Khan

“…Finally, we give a heuristic argument that, with high probability and in <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$O (\frac{\log _{2} (n)}{\sqrt{\epsilon }})$</tex-math></inline-formula> time, this adaptive method finds a configuration that is among the best <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\epsilon 2^{n}$</tex-math></inline-formula> ones.…”
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Formation of a Novel Antagonistic Bacterial Combination to Enhance Biocontrol for Cucumber <i>Fusarium</i> Wilt by Fan Yang, Xin Wang, Huayan Jiang, Xiaoke Chang, Weiwei Chen, Gongyao Shi, Baoming Tian, Qiuju Yao

“…Furthermore, the optical density (OD₆₀₀) of the composite strain solution reached its highest level at 3.16 under the following culture conditions: inoculation volume of 200 µL, 171 rpm culture speed, 21.6 h culture time, 30 °C cultural temperature, and an initial pH of 7.0. …”
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Diversity of frontier processes in Amazonian subnational jurisdictions: Frontier metrics reveal major patterns of human–nature interactions by Guido Briceño, Julie Betbeder, Agnès Bégué, Guillaume Cornu, David Katz-Asprilla, Marie-Gabrielle Piketty, Solen Le Clech, Vinicius Silgueiro, Hélène Dessard, Lilian Blanc

“…These changes in space and over time generate diverse landscape use (archetypes). …”
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Immune Mediator Profile in Aqueous Humor Differs in Patients with Primary Acquired Ocular Toxoplasmosis and Recurrent Acute Ocular Toxoplasmosis by Claudia Thieme, Stephan Schlickeiser, Sylvia Metzner, Claudia Dames, Uwe Pleyer

“…This study for the first time shows subtle differences between the intraocular cytokine profiles in patients with either acute pOT or rOT.…”
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Effectiveness of an online food shopping intervention to reduce salt purchases among individuals with hypertension – findings of the SaltSwitch Online Grocery Shopping (OGS) random... by Jason HY Wu, Damian Maganja, Liping Huang, Kathy Trieu, Fraser Taylor, Eden M. Barrett, Clare Arnott, Xiaoqi Feng, Aletta E. Schutte, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Adrian J. Cameron, Mark D. Huffman, Bruce Neal

“…While the reductions in sodium density of purchases were moderate in size, population health benefits could nonetheless be large if they were sustained over time and at scale, with large and growing numbers of online grocery shoppers and a high prevalence of elevated blood pressure amongst adults. …”
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