Treatment of mine water containing ammonia nitrogen by sodium hexametaphosphate modified zeolite by Liping ZHANG, Xiang HU, Weiwei WANG, Wenbo LEI, Huitong LI, Huaran SUN, Yongqi ZHAN, Zeyu LIAN

“…The impact of coexisting cations on the adsorption followed the order K+ > Na+ > Ca2+ > Mg2+. Pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, and Elovich kinetic nonlinear fitting suggested that both natural zeolite and SHMP−NZ adsorption of NH4+—N is better aligned with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. …”
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Influence of spine biomechanics and sagittal balance on the outcome of lumbar discectomy by José Poblete Carrizo, José Poblete Carrizo, Jesús Martínez, Julio González, Alejandra Mosteiro, Ramon Torné, Ramon Torné, Alberto Di Somma, Alberto Di Somma, José Ríos, Joaquim Enseñat, Joaquim Enseñat, Salvador Fuster, Salvador Fuster

“…The present study explores them as prognostic factors in patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy, which could help identify those at higher risk of surgical failure.MethodsProspective analysis of patients treated with lumbar microdiscectomy (n = 52) and healthy control subjects (n = 45) in a single tertiary centre. Follow up of 12 and 24 months after surgery, with radicular and lumbar pain evaluation according to the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). …”
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Association of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (Hs-CRP) with the Risk of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Diabetes by Liu Y, Liu H, Sun D, Zheng Y, Tse G, Chen K, Qiu J, Wu S, Liu T

“…Competing risk analysis was also performed.Results: Among 16,516 patients, 222 developed new-onset AF over a mean follow-up of 12.6 years. After adjusting for confounders, elevated hs-CRP and reduced eGFR were significantly associated with higher risk of new-onset AF compared to the high eGFR/low hs-CRP group. …”
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[Translated article] Medial tab-type fasciocutaneous flap as an alternative for the management of soft tissue defects of the leg by X. Ríos Garrido, A. De la Rosa, L. Arzuza Ortega, G. Vargas Lievano, J. Molina Gándara, D.A. Tellez Gamarra, C. Medina Monje

“…Materials and methods: Cohort study matched by age. 64 patients with soft tissue defects were selected and according to the intervention divided in: group (1) medial tab flap, and group (2) conventional flaps (sural, soleus, gastrocnemius) followed up to one year postoperatively. Outcome variables: surgical time in minutes, healing, healing time in days, complications. …”
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Hyperspectral estimation of chlorophyll density in winter wheat using fractional-order derivative combined with machine learning by Chenbo Yang, Chenbo Yang, Meichen Feng, Juan Bai, Hui Sun, Rutian Bi, Lifang Song, Chao Wang, Yu Zhao, Wude Yang, Lujie Xiao, Meijun Zhang, Xiaoyan Song

“…The main results were as follows: For the 3 types of FOD, GL-FOD was suitable for analyzing the change process of the original spectral curve towards the integer-order derivative spectral curve. …”
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A qualitative study on health education knowledge demands of patients after gastric cancer surgery before discharge (胃癌术后患者出院前健康教育知识需求的质性研究)... by LAI Shurong (赖淑蓉), LAI Xiaoning (赖小令), YU Xiaoqing (喻小青), HUANG Xiaoyi (黄小恬)

“…In terms of safety, attention was paid to the responses to changes in the condition, complications, the frequency of follow-up visits, and precautions. Psychologically, some patients felt stressed due to their illness. …”
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Impact of diabetes on clinical outcome of patients with heart failure undergoing ICD and CRT procedures: results from the German Device Registry by Elif Kaya, Jochen Senges, Matthias Hochadel, Lars Eckardt, Dietrich Andresen, Hüseyin Ince, Stefan G. Spitzer, Thomas Kleemann, Sebastian S.K. Maier, Werner Jung, Christoph Stellbrink, Tienush Rassaf, Reza Wakili

“…Subgroup analysis were performed for ICD and CRT implantations. Median follow‐up was 15.7 (12.9; 20.0) and 16.2 (12.8; 21.2) months in DM and non‐DM patients. …”
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Relationship between mucin gene polymorphisms and different types of gallbladder stones by Gongqing Ren, Yongmao Fan, Ruizi Zhong, Gang Zou, Xiaojun Huang, Yue Zhang

“…We amplified SNP sites by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using specific primer sets followed by DNA sequencing. Results The frequencies of MUC2 rs2856111 C/T genotype (OR = 3.81, 95%CI: 1.06–13.68) was higher than the control group. …”
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A Long-Term Study of Aerobic Performance in Elite Cross-Country Skiers: How Age and Sex Influence Career Development by Elias Bucher, Jon P. Wehrlin, Grégoire P. Millet, Thomas Steiner

“…On the other hand, 24-min DP followed a non-linear progression in males, with a slowdown in performance improvement as they transitioned from the U23 to the senior age category. …”
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Reflections and trajectories for interdisciplinary research on the energy transition by Cesare Sposito, Francesca Scalisi

“… Volume 15 of AGATHÓN follows on from its predecessors on Innovability©® | Digital Transition and Innovability©® | Ecological Transition, aware of its pressing topicality but also of the scope that the proposal of a threefold key of interpretation suggests. …”
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Staged lateral⁃posterior lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative spinal deformity by LIU Zhen‐lei, WANG Kai, LI Kang, ZHANG Lei, JIAN Feng‐zeng, WU Hao

“…Results Compared with preoperation, the VAS score of low back pain (Z = 4.107, P = 0.000), the VAS score of leg pain (Z = 3.669, P = 0.000) and the ODI (Z = 4.107, P = 0.000) were decreased at the last follow ⁃ up. After staged lateral ⁃ posterior surgery, Cobb angle (χ2 = 40.364, P = 0.000), SVA (χ2 = 22.455, P = 0.000), LL (χ2 = 26.329, P = 0.000), PI ⁃LL (χ2 = 26.329, P = 0.000), PT (χ2 = 12.091, P = 0.002) improved. …”
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Implementation and validation of a new qPCR assay to detect imported human Plasmodium species by Camille Cordier, Samia Hamane, Théo Ghelfenstein-Ferreira, Sarah Dellière, Élodie Da Silva, Blandine Denis, Sandrine Houzé, Valentin Joste, Alexandre Alanio

“…Between day of diagnosis and post-treatment follow-up at D2-D4 of malaria, a 3.1-log P. falciparum load decrease was observed by qPCR. …”
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AI-Driven Innovations for Early Sepsis Detection by Combining Predictive Accuracy With Blood Count Analysis in an Emergency Setting: Retrospective Study by Tai-Han Lin, Hsing-Yi Chung, Ming-Jr Jian, Chih-Kai Chang, Hung-Hsin Lin, Chiung-Tzu Yen, Sheng-Hui Tang, Pin-Ching Pan, Cherng-Lih Perng, Feng-Yee Chang, Chien-Wen Chen, Hung-Sheng Shang

“…The machine learning models demonstrated high predictive accuracy, with LGBM achieving the highest area under the curve (0.90), followed by the random forest classifier (0.89) and gradient boosting classifier (0.88). …”
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Impact of Online Interactive Decision Tools on Women’s Decision-Making Regarding Breast Cancer Screening: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Patricia Villain, Laura Downham, Alice Le Bonniec, Charlotte Bauquier, Olena Mandrik, Tom Nadarzynski, Lorie Donelle, Raúl Murillo, Eleni L Tolma, Sonali Johnson, Patricia Soler-Michel, Robert Smith

“…ObjectiveThis systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate the scientific evidence on the impacts of these e-tools and to provide a comprehensive assessment of the factors associated with their increased utility and efficacy. MethodsWe followed the 2020 PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines and conducted a search of MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, CINAHL, and Web of Science databases from August 2010 to April 2023. …”
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Long-term outcomes combined minimally invasive laser surgical technique for local rhegmatogenous retinal detachment by A.V. Doga, D.O. Shkvorchenko, L.A. Kryl, M.R. Taevere, D.A. Buryakov

“…No recurrent RRDs were seen during follow-up.</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Conclusion</b>: combined minimally invasive laser surgical technique for local PPDs demonstrated high efficacy (92.7%). …”
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Unveiling the Mechanisms of a Remission in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)-like Syndrome: The Role of Hippocampal Palmitoyltransferase Expression and Stress Susceptibility by Careen A. Schroeter, Anna Gorlova, Michael Sicker, Aleksei Umriukhin, Alisa Burova, Boris Shulgin, Sergey Morozov, Joao P. Costa-Nunes, Tatyana Strekalova

“…At the 1st after-stress week, sucrose preference, forced swim, novel cage, and fear-conditioning tests were carried out; the sucrose test and 5-day Morris water maze test followed by a sacrifice of mice on post-stress day 31 for all mice were performed. …”
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Analisis Model Mental Mahasiswa dalam Pengembangan E-Learning Pemrograman Berbasis Gamifikasi Menggunakan Metode Agile UX by Retno Indah Rokhmawati, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar, Fajar Pradana, Kharis Alfian

“…Based on the improvement design test, 15 students gave feedback indicating the quality improvement as follows: 24.1% improvement in learnability aspect, 20.5% improvement in intuitive efficiency aspect, 42% improvement in ease-of-use aspect, and 56% improvement on the aspect of the interactivity.   …”
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Mapping the Distribution and Population Status of <i>Alosa immaculata</i> and <i>Alosa tanaica</i> (Teleostei, Clupeidae) in the Bulgarian Black Sea Area by Desislava Rozdina, Yana Stoyanova, Georgi Terziyski, Slavi Studenkov, Boris Karakushev, Venceslav Delov, Konstantin Mihaylov, Dimitar Kozhuharov, Yordan Kutsarov, Nikolay Kolev, Nikolay Nedyalkov, Nikolay Natchev

“…The results of this study should be used to develop management plans for marine protected areas, and future monitoring projects should follow the sampling protocol.…”
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of human bocavirus-1 in children and adults with influenza-like illness from Kunming, Southwest China by Yanhong Sun, Lili Jiang, Yaoyao Chen, Zhaosheng Liu, Meiling Zhang, Xiaonan Zhao, Xiaoyu Han, Lifen Zhang, Xiaoqing Fu, Jienan Zhou

“…Amplification of the near-complete HBoV genome was achieved through three overlapping fragments, followed by next-generation sequencing (NGS) and phylogenetic analysis. …”
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Lipozyme TLIM催化大豆磷脂乙醇解制备溶血磷脂 "Preparation of lysophospholipids through ethanolysis of soybean phospholipids catalyzed by Lipozyme TLIM" by 许晓欣，杨国龙，孟鹏程，杨瑞楠，刘伟 XU Xiaoxin, YANG Guolong, MENG Pengcheng, YANG Ruinan, LIU Wei

“…The optimal conditions for Lipozyme TLIM catalyzed ethanolysis of soybean phospholipids were as follows: substrate mass concentration 1.0 g/mL, reaction temperature 20 ℃, enzyme loading amount 15% (based on the mass of soybean phospholipids), water content 2% (based on the mass of soybean phospholipids), and reaction time 24 h. …”
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