Visible light induced photocatalytic degradation of norfloxacin using xC-TiO2 by Adnan, Kalsoom, Farah Muhammad Zada, Sarwat, Ho Soonmin, Behramand Khan, Muhammad Alamzeb, Wei Sun, Jawad Ikram, Najeeb ur Rehman

“…The effect of various parameters like initial concentration, catalyst dosage, irradiation time, pH, and inorganic ions were investigated on the photocatalysis of NFX. …”
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Patients’ and caregivers’ perspectives on access to kidney replacement therapy in rural communities: systematic review of qualitative studies by Allison Tong, Stephen May, Jonathan Craig, Martin Howell, Talia Gutman, Rachel Chalmers, David J Tunnicliffe, Nicole Jane Scholes-Robertson, Amanda Baumgart, Victoria SInka

“…This study aims to describe the perspectives of patients and caregivers on access to KRT in rural communities to inform strategies to maximise access to quality care, and thereby reduce disadvantage, inequity and improve health outcomes.Setting 18 studies (n=593 participants) conducted across eight countries (Australia, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Ghana, the USA, Tanzania and India).Results We identified five themes: uncertainty in navigating healthcare services (with subthemes of struggling to absorb information, without familiarity and exposure to options, grieving former roles and yearning for cultural safety); fearing separation from family and home (anguish of homesickness, unable to fulfil family roles and preserving sense of belonging in community); intense burden of travel and cost (poverty of time, exposure to risks and hazards, and taking a financial toll); making life-changing sacrifices; guilt and worry in receiving care (shame in taking resources from others, harbouring concerns for living donor, and coping and managing in isolation).Conclusion Patients with CKD in rural areas face profound and inequitable challenges of displacement, financial burden and separation from family in accessing KRT, which can have severe consequences on their well-being and outcomes. …”
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Bioinspired hierarchical porous tough adhesive to promote sealing of high-pressure bleeding by Yinghao Li, Dongling Xiao, Weixi Yan, Meilin Jiang, Ju Tan, Zhongliang Qin, Jingting Zhou, Yue Sun, Mingcan Yang, Guanyuan Yang, Yawei Gu, Yong Liu, Chuhong Zhu

“…Timely and stable sealing of uncontrolled high-pressure hemorrhage in emergency situations outside surgical units remains a major clinical challenge, contributing to the high mortality rate associated with trauma. …”
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A Low-Cost IoT System Based on the ESP32 Microcontroller for Efficient Monitoring of a Pilot Anaerobic Biogas Reactor by Sotirios D. Kalamaras, Maria-Athina Tsitsimpikou, Christos A. Tzenos, Antonios A. Lithourgidis, Dimitra S. Pitsikoglou, Thomas A. Kotsopoulos

“…This IoT-enhanced system effectively demonstrated real-time monitoring of critical bioreactor parameters, with ESP32 enabling advanced control and monitoring capabilities.…”
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Proximal Sessile Serrated Adenomas Are More Prevalent in Caucasians, and Gastroenterologists Are Better Than Nongastroenterologists at Their Detection by Malav P. Parikh, Sujit Muthukuru, Yash Jobanputra, Kushal Naha, Niyati M. Gupta, Vaibhav Wadhwa, Rocio Lopez, Prashanthi N. Thota, Madhusudhan R. Sanaka

“…Detection rates based on patient gender, race, colonoscopy timing, fellow participation, bowel preparation quality, and specialty of the endoscopist were calculated. t-tests were used to compare detection rates and a multivariate-adjusted analysis was performed. …”
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Infusion line contamination in preterm neonates: impact of infusion line design, length, and use duration: the multicenter ChronoBIOline study by Sandra Dos Santos, Anne-Sophie Valentin, Mathilde Farizon, Manon Charbonneau, Mohamed Riadh Boukhris, Roselyne Brat, Fabiana Cazzorla, Jennifer Chauvel, Fabrice Cneude, Pauline Coutable, Maryvonne Demasure, Emeline Duminil, Vénonique Faraut-Derouin, Maud Gits Muselli, Valérie Gorin, Rosemary Goujon, Melinda Guillouche-Puissant, Nadine Hacinlioglu, Caroline Landelle, Annick Lefebvre, Elise Leroy-Terquem, Aurore Martinet, Camille Massebeuf, Nadia Mazille Orfanos, Guillaume Menard, Laure Menvielle, Vanessa Monin, Virginie Morange, Juliana Patkai, Nathalie Perrault, Emilie Prat, Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet

“…The incidence of S. haemolyticus-associated CLABSIs in French neonates is increasing, but the mechanisms underlying this trend remain unclear.MethodsWe examined microorganisms in 108 central line infusion sets used in preterm infants across 12 neonatal intensive care units, and collected at the time of removal.ResultsThe infusion sets varied widely in type (28 types; 1-6 parts) and length (10-180 cm, mean 52.9 cm). …”
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Nonradiative and Radiative Recombination in CdS Polycrystalline Structures by E. Gaubas, V. Borschak, I. Brytavskyi, T. Čeponis, D. Dobrovolskas, S. Juršėnas, J. Kusakovskij, V. Smyntyna, G. Tamulaitis, A. Tekorius

“…Properties of polycrystalline CdS layers, employed in formation of the CdS-Cu2S heterostructures, have been studied by combining contactless techniques of the time and spectrally resolved photoluminescence (TR-PL) spectroscopy and microwave-probed photoconductivity (MW-PC) transients. …”
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Upregulation of α3β1-Integrin in Podocytes in Early-Stage Diabetic Nephropathy by Kaichiro Sawada, Masao Toyoda, Noriko Kaneyama, Sawako Shiraiwa, Hitomi Moriya, Han Miyatake, Eitaro Tanaka, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Masaaki Miyauchi, Moritsugu Kimura, Takehiko Wada, Masafumi Fukagawa

“…Podocytes of early-stage DN showed upregulation of α3- and β1-integrin expression while those of advanced stage showed downregulation. Real-time PCR indicated a tendency for upregulation of α3- and β1-integrin in HSMP cultured with TGF-β1. …”
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Generation of iPSCs by Nonintegrative RNA-Based Reprogramming Techniques: Benefits of Self-Replicating RNA versus Synthetic mRNA by Heidrun Steinle, Marbod Weber, Andreas Behring, Ulrike Mau-Holzmann, Christian Schlensak, Hans Peter Wendel, Meltem Avci-Adali

“…Nevertheless, the use of a single srRNA to induce pluripotency was less time consuming, faster, and more efficient than the daily transfection of cells with synthetic mRNAs. …”
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The Effect of Combination Therapy with Rituximab and Intravenous Immunoglobulin on the Progression of Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection in Renal Transplant Recipients by Gun Hee An, Jintak Yun, Yu Ah Hong, Marina Khvan, Byung Ha Chung, Bum Soon Choi, Cheol Whee Park, Yeong Jin Choi, Yong-Soo Kim, Chul Woo Yang

“…Clinical and histological features between the 12 responders and the 6 nonresponders were not significantly different, but nonresponders had a significantly higher proteinuria levels at the time of RIT (2.5±2.5 versus 7.0±3.5 protein/creatinine (g/g), P<0.001). …”
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Isolation of PCSK9-specific nanobodies from synthetic libraries using a combined protein selection strategy by Apisitt Thaiprayoon, Yodpong Chantarasorn, Worrapoj Oonanant, Anongnard Kasorn, Phoomintara Longsompurana, Satita Tapaneeyakorn, Pinpunya Riangrungroj, Fabien Loison, Andrew C. Kruse, Matthew P. DeLisa, Dujduan Waraho-Zhmayev

“…However, conventional methods for their discovery can be time-consuming and expensive. We have developed a reliable protein selection strategy that combines magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS)-based screening of yeast surface display (YSD) libraries and functional ligand-binding identification by Tat-based recognition of associating proteins (FLI-TRAP) to isolate antigen-specific Nbs from synthetic libraries. …”
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The in vitro anticancer effects of FS48 from salivary glands of Xenopsylla cheopis on NCI-H460 cells via its blockage of voltage-gated K+ channels by Xiong Weichen, Fan Huizhen, Zeng Qingye, Deng Zhenhui, Li Guanhui, Lu Wancheng, Zhang Bei, Lai Shian, Chen Xin, Xu Xueqing

“…The present study highlights for the first time that blood-sucking arthropod saliva-derived protein can inhibit the physiological activities of tumour cells via the Kv channels. …”
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Nanoemulsified Butenafine for Enhanced Performance against Experimental Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by Adriana Bezerra-Souza, Jéssica A. Jesus, Márcia D. Laurenti, Aikaterini Lalatsa, Dolores R. Serrano, Luiz Felipe D. Passero

“…Increased steady-state flux was reported for nanoenabled butenafine formulations with reduced lag time in Franz cell diffusion assays across Strat-M membranes. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Climate Change on the Asia Habitat Suitability of <i>Troides helena</i> Using the MaxEnt Model by Fengrong Yang, Quanwei Liu, Junyi Yang, Biyu Liu, Xinqi Deng, Tingjiang Gan, Xue Liao, Xiushan Li, Danping Xu, Zhihang Zhuo

“…In future climate scenarios, the suitable habitat areas for <i>T. helena</i> in medium and high suitability categories generally show an expansion trend, which increases over time. Especially under the SSP5-8.5 scenario, by the 2090s, the area of high suitability for <i>T. helena</i> is projected to increase by 42.85%. …”
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The influence of different crosslinking agents onto the physical properties, integration behavior and immune response of collagen-based barrier membranes by Yanru Ren, Said Alkildani, Kim Burckhardt, Alexander Köwitsch, Milena Radenkovic, Sanja Stojanovic, Sanja Stojanovic, Stevo Najman, Stevo Najman, Ole Jung, Luo Liu, Mike Barbeck, Mike Barbeck

“…Cross-linking enhances the tensile strength and collagenase resistance, effectively prolonging the membrane’s standing time in vivo. Using (immune-) histochemistry and histomorphometrical analyses, the cellular inflammatory responses, tissue integration and vascularization patterns at 10-, 30-, and 90-day post-implantation in a subcutaneous implantation model in rats were analyzed. …”
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Temporal transcriptional profiling of host cells infected by a veterinary alphaherpesvirus using nanopore sequencing by Dóra Tombácz, Zoltán Maróti, Péter Oláh, Ákos Dörmő, Gábor Gulyás, Tibor Kalmár, Zsolt Csabai, Zsolt Boldogkői

“…The sequencing reads were harnessed for transcript quantification at various time points. Viral infection-induced differential gene expression was identified through the edgeR package. …”
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A hybrid wavelet-wiener noise reduction algorithm for geomagnetic signals in dynamic positioning by Mingduo Li, Jinhua Wang, Liwen Guo, Qinggang Meng, Mengqian Li, Jinliang Hou, Aoze Duan, Haotian Sun

“…Furthermore, the geomagnetic DTW (Dynamic Time Warping) matching path value has been found to be similarly reduced from 197954 to 134734. …”
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Continuous follow-up intervention of a low-salt diet to control blood pressure among older people with hypertension in rural Indonesia by Ivana Aprilia Pehopu, Andi Masyitha Irwan, Elly Lilianty Sjattar, Sakul Changmai, Noor Azah Abd Aziz

“…The intervention group received a one-time low-salt diet education and 2-month follow-up. …”
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Clinicopathological and molecular characteristics of papillary thyroid carcinoma in adolescent and young adult patients by Van Phu Thang Nguyen, Hirokazu Kurohama, Yuko Akazawa, Thi Ngoc Anh Nguyen, Katsuya Matsuda, Yuki Matsuoka, Zhanna Mussazhanova, Kenichi Yokota, Shinya Satoh, Hiroyuki Yamashita, Thi Nhung Nguyen, Yerkerzhan Sailaubekova, Masahiro Nakashima

“…This retrospective study enrolled 1,677 patients diagnosed with PTC from January 2018 to December 2022, with 400 AYA patients and 1,277 older adults. At the time of diagnosis, AYA patients with PTC had higher rates of presentation in females, larger tumor size (&gt;2.0 cm), lymphatic vessel invasion, chronic thyroiditis, clinical lymph node metastasis, and pathologic lymph node metastasis, but lower rates of multifocality and extrathyroidal extension compared with PTC in older adults. …”
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The impact of short-term changes in sleeping and eating patterns on glucometabolic health and gut microbiota in healthy young adults: a proof-of-concept controlled feeding study by Jiehua Chen, Ruijie Zhang, Chao Zhou, Louise Weiwei Lu, Dana Feng, Haiqiao Zou, Ran Gao, Xinying Zhang, Peiyi Chen, Jiayue Zhu, Haoxie Xu, Nina Zeng, Cijuan Zhang, Bin Liu, Mingfu Wang, Qian Ge, Caiqun Ouyang, Feng Chen

“…At first, subjects experienced a one-week circadian rhythm misalignment with a high-fat fast-food diet, extended eating window, and delayed sleep schedules, then gradually transited to a complete circadian rhythm realignment with a high-fiber balanced diet, 8-h time-restricted eating, and normal sleep schedules. …”
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