Combined Age with Mean Decrease Rates of Total Bilirubin and MELD Score as a Novel and Simple Clinical Predictor on 90-Day Transplant-Free Mortality in Adult Patients with Acute Li... by Di Jin, Kai Kang, Bing-zhu Yan, Jian-nan Zhang, Jun-bo Zheng, Zhi-hui Wang, Di Wu, Yu-jia Tang, Xin-tong Wang, Qi-qi Lai, Yang Cao, Hong-liang Wang, Yang Gao

“…Enrolled adult patients with ALF undergoing PE were divided into a survival group and a death group at discharge and 90 days on account of medical records and telephone follow-up. …”
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Screening of powdery mildew resistant barley accessions from Ethiopia for tolerance to abiotic stressors by R. A. Abdullaev, O. V. Yakovleva, I. A. Kosareva, E. E. Radchenko, B. A. Batasheva

“…In the study of salt tolerance, a ‘roll-based’ assessment technique was used, which takes into account the inhibition of root growth under salt (NaCl) stress conditions, compared with the reference conditions without salinization. …”
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Inhibitors of Fatty Acid Synthesis Induce PPARα-Regulated Fatty Acid β-Oxidative Genes: Synergistic Roles of L-FABP and Glucose by Huan Huang, Avery L. McIntosh, Gregory G. Martin, Anca D. Petrescu, Kerstin K. Landrock, Danilo Landrock, Ann B. Kier, Friedhelm Schroeder

“…While TOFA (acetyl CoA carboxylase inhibitor) and C75 (fatty acid synthase inhibitor) prevent lipid accumulation by inhibiting fatty acid synthesis, the mechanism of action is not simply accounted for by inhibition of the enzymes alone. …”
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Testing the Breakdown of the Asteroseismic Scaling Relations in Luminous Red Giants by Amanda L. Ash, Marc H. Pinsonneault, Mathieu Vrard, Joel C. Zinn

“…The differences between the radii inferred by these two techniques are too small on the luminous giant branch to account for the inflated seismic radii observed in evolved giant stars. …”
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Unveiling emerging polycyclic aromatic compounds in the urban atmospheric particulate matter by Jia-Yong Lao, Tingyu Li, Le Jing, Xian Qin, Wenyuan Su, Huiju Lin, Yuefei Ruan, Ting Ruan, Eddy Y. Zeng, Kenneth M.Y. Leung, Paul K.S. Lam

“…Among PACs, total PAHs exhibited the highest carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks, while emerging PAHs accounted for 47% and 27% of total carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks, respectively. …”
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Machine learning helps reveal key factors affecting tire wear particulate matter emissions by Zhenyu Jia, Jiawei Yin, Tiange Fang, Zhiwen Jiang, Chongzhi Zhong, Zeping Cao, Lin Wu, Ning Wei, Zhengyu Men, Lei Yang, Qijun Zhang, Hongjun Mao

“…This study shows that tire wear PM2.5 accounts for about 65 % of PM10. The response relationship between TWP emissions (both PM2.5 and PM2.5-10) and factors (the radial force, the lateral force, the tangential force, speed, driving torque, tire contact area, total contour length and tire tread temperature) was obtained by machine learning (ML) method. …”
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Impaired Lymphocyte Profile in Schistosomiasis Patients with Periportal Fibrosis by Luciana Santos Cardoso, Andréia de Souza Rocha Barreto, Jamille Souza Fernandes, Ricardo Riccio Oliveira, Robson da Paixão de Souza, Edgar M. Carvalho, Maria Ilma Araujo

“…The high frequency of activated T cells coinciding with a low frequency of putative Treg cells may account for the development of periportal fibrosis in human schistosomiasis.…”
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Fractional Factorial Design and Desirability Function-Based Approach in Spice Paprika Processing Technology to Improve Extractable Colour Stability by Arnold Koncsek, Lajos Szokol, Vivien Krizsa, Hussein G. Daood, Lajos Helyes, Antal Véha, Balázs Szabó P.

“…Alternative factor level settings enabled taking into account processing-tradition and efficiency expectation. …”
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The Impact of Spatial Dynamic Error on the Assimilation of Soil Moisture Retrieval Products by Xuesong Bai, Zhengkun Qin, Juan Li, Shupeng Zhang, Lili Wang

“…The results indicate that by incorporating dynamic errors that account for the spatial heterogeneity of soil, LDAS can adaptively absorb observational information, thereby significantly enhancing assimilation impact and subsequent model forecast accuracy. …”
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Assessing carbon emissions of facility agriculture involving photovoltaic greenhouses – insights from table grapes cultivation by Yichun Li, Shuyue Li, Yaru Luo, Xuecai Wang, Hengcheng Zhang, Yuquan W. Zhang, Shiren Song

“…This study takes table grapes cultivation in Shanghai as a case study, employing the life cycle assessment (LCA) to account for the carbon emissions and environmental impacts of five different conditions, including open field, simple greenhouse, continuous greenhouse, continuous greenhouse with photovoltaic power, and improved continuous greenhouse with photovoltaic power. …”
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Methodology to Evaluate Dripper Sensitivity to Clogging due to Solid Particles: An Assessment by Rogério Lavanholi, Fabricio C. Oliveira, Antonio P. de Camargo, José A. Frizzone, Bruno Molle, Nassim Ait-Mouheb, Séverine Tomas

“…Any suitable test procedure to assess the sensitivity of drippers to clogging should take into account the predominant factors that influence clogging and must reproduce the field conditions. …”
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Processes of salt slag recycling in aluminum production to obtain powder material with a high content of aluminum oxide phases by B. M. Nemenenok, I. V. Rafalski, P. E. Lushchik, L. P. Dolgi, A. D. Rulenkov

“…It is indicated that the possibility of forming eutectic mixtures of ceramic compounds of aluminum oxide and aluminum oxynitride, which are more fusible than pure oxides and nitrides, must be taken into account when developing salt slag recycling technologies in order to obtain ceramic powder materials with a high content of alumina phases.…”
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The contextual awareness, response and evaluation (CARE) diabetes project: study design for a quantitative survey of diabetes prevalence and non-communicable disease risk in Ga Mas... by Swaib Abubaker Lule, Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor, Carlos S. Grijalva-Eternod, Kafui Adjaye-Gbewonyo, Olutobi Adekunle Sanuade, Mawuli Komla Kushitor, Lydia Okoibhole, Raphael Awuah, Leonard Baatiema, Irene Akwo Kretchy, Daniel Arhinful, Ama de-Graft Aikins, Kwadwo Koram, Edward Fottrell, the CARE Diabetes Team

“…Data analysis will use a combination of descriptive and inferential statistics, and all analyses will account for the cluster sampling design. Analyses will describe the prevalence of diabetes, other morbidities, and associated risk factors and identify the relationship between diabetes and physical, social, and behavioural parameters. …”
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The impact of genetic polymorphisms of IL28B gene on the efficacy of antiviral therapy of the chronic hepatitis C by using the standard Interferon-<i>α</i> by A. V. Lapshin, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin, P. O. Bogomolov, I. G. Nikitin, O. O. Znoyko

“…This kind of approach enables to take into account the pharmaco-economic aspect of the treatment of chronic HCV-infection.…”
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Characteristics of flora and vegetation of Kolmakhtun Lake – Nature Reserve of local significance of Tomsk Region (West Siberia, Russia) by Valentina P. Amelchenko, Tatiana A. Blyakharchuk, Yulia A. Kharanzhevskaya, Rinat M. Manasypov, Tatiana N. Kataeva

“…The share of 10 leading families accounts for 92 species (43.4%), Asteraceae, Rosaceae and Poaceae dominate. …”
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Applying the Multi Theory Model (MTM) of health behavior change for explaining fruits and vegetables consumption behavior among African American women in Mississippi, USA by LaVonne Brown, Vinayak K. Nahar, Manoj Sharma

“…Modeling utilizing multiple regression showed that the MTM constructs of participatory dialogue (P = 0.009), behavioral confidence (P = 0.0001), and changes in the physical environment (P = 0.0001) accounted for 50.8% of the predictability in the intention to initiate fruit and vegetable consumption behavior. …”

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Zero Trust Architecture in Protecting Against Advanced Persistent Threats by Pushpendra Kumar Verma, Bharat Singh, Preety, Shubham Kumar Sharma, Rakesh Prasad Joshi

“…It looks into the difficulties and factors to be taken into account when adopting Zero Trust Architecture, including scalability, user experience, and operational complexity. …”
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The homogenization of China's city flowers and city trees by Zhuo Cheng, Ziyi Wu, Weizhe Chen, Wenxuan Li, Chen Lin, Qing Zhang, Chunlin Long

“…The top 10 plants selected as city flowers represent 66.7% of all designated city flowers, while the top 10 plants chosen as city trees account for 60.5% of all designated city trees. The main reasons for the establishing CFTs are culture and landscape. …”
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Operational research as a mechanism to improve treatment outcomes for drug-resistant TB in the WHO European Region by G.B. Migliori, O. Korotych, J. Achar, A. Ciobanu, G. Dravniece, M. Germanovych, E. Gurbanova, A. Hovhannesyan, N. Khachatryan, L. Kuksa, N. Lomtadze, M.L. Rich, A. Skrahina, A. Yedilbayev

“…In 2022, the WHO European Region accounted for 15.1% of all incident rifampicin-resistant/multidrug-resistant TB (RR/MDR-TB) cases. …”
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Restless Legs Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review of Current Treatment Methods and the Disease's Impact on Quality of Life by Natalie Papachristoforou, Natalia Tekiela, Daria Michałka, Zuzanna Gałuszka, Monika Makar, Tomasz Bartuś, Emilia Bąk, Justyna Głowacka, Aleksandra Kocjan, Radosław Chmiel

“…In order to understand the complex pathophysiology of the discussed disease, recent advancements are taken into account. Material and Methods of Research:  The review is grounded in findings from 36 recent studies sourced through a systematic search of open-access databases, including PubMed and Google Scholar, focusing on literature published between 2004 and 2024. …”
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