Ecological and human health implications of mercury contamination in the coastal water by A. Mallongi, A.U. Rauf, R.D.P. Astuti, S. Palutturi, H. Ishak

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The increasing population and anthropogenic activities in coastal areas affects the presence of mercury in coastal waters. …”
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De l’intérêt au savoir : le processus de l’apprentissage chez Dewey et Bachelard by Sébastien Charbonnier

“…Celui-ci n’est plus contemplation passive mais expérimentation active. La connaissance n’est plus un état, elle est un devenir – elle se situe « dans » le passage. …”
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Fabrication of Thymoquinone and Ascorbic Acid-Loaded Spanlastics Gel for Hyperpigmentation: In Vitro Release, Cytotoxicity, and Skin Permeation Studies by Ahlam Zaid Alkilani, Rua’a Alkhaldi, Haneen A. Basheer, Bassam I. Amro, Maram A. Alhusban

“…Additionally, the edge activator concentration had a significant effect (<i>p</i> < 0.05) on EE%; it was found that by increasing the amount of EA, the EE% increases. …”
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Predicting Exposure to Dust Particles Using Spirometric Index and Perception Studies among Farmers in Selected Farm Settlements in Ogun State, Nigeria by Funmilola Felicia Oyebanji, Godson Rowland E. E. Ana, Yahaya Mijinyawa, Olusola Olabisi Ogunseye

“…Abstract The link between agricultural activities and respiratory disease puts farmers at risk of exposure to particulate matter, potentially reducing lung function. …”
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Reduction of orexin-expressing neurons and a unique sleep phenotype in the Tg-SwDI mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease by Yan Wu, Narayan R. Bhat, Meng Liu

“…The results showed that at 12 months of age, the hemizygous Tg-SwDI mice spent significantly more time in non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep (44.6 ± 2.4% in Tg-SwDI versus 35.9 ± 2.5% in WT) and had a much shorter average length of wake bout during the dark (active) phase (148.5 ± 8.7 s in the Tg-SwDI versus 203.6 ± 13.0 s in WT). …”
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Investigating the Presence of Falsified and Poor-Quality Fixed-Dose Combination Artemether-Lumefantrine Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms in Kumasi, Ghana by Simon Nyarko, Kwabena Ofori-Kwakye, Raphael Johnson, Noble Kuntworbe, Denis Dekugmen Yar

“…All the tablet samples conformed to BP specification limits for uniformity of weight (deviation of less than ± 5%), hardness (4.0–10 kg/mm2), friability (<1%), and disintegration time (<15 minutes). The active pharmaceutical ingredients’ quantitative assay demonstrated that all the tablets met the BP specifications (90–110%). …”
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Improved thermal stability and flame retardancy of soybean oil-based polyol rigid polyurethane foams modified with magnesium borate hydroxide and ammonium polyphosphate by Xu Zhang, Qihong Guan, Yueqi Wen, Zhi Wang, Hua Xie

“…The results indicated that RPUF-S3A20B12.5 with 12.5 wt% MgBO2(OH) had better thermal stability and higher activation energy. In addition, its LOI was increased by 3.1% compared to RPUF-S3A20 without MgBO2(OH). …”
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Braiding archaeology, geomorphology and indigenous knowledge to improve the understanding of local-scale coastal change by Benjamin D. Jones, Mark E. Dickson, Murray Ford, Daniel Hikuroa, Emma Ryan, Ari Carrington, Juliane Chetham

“…The work of local Indigenous groups, like Patuharakeke, demonstrates the active use of mātauranga, woven with Western science methods to preserve or capture the knowledge contained within archaeological sites at risk of being lost to coastal erosion. …”
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Analysis of the Stockholm Public Health Cohort: Exploring How Ultraviolet Radiation and Other Factors Associate with Skin Cancer by Lina U. Ivert, Henrik Dal, Ylva Rodvall, Bernt Lindelöf

“…None of the examined lifestyle factors, except physical activity, had any significant associations with UVR indicators or skin cancer. …”
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Serum neurofilament heavy chains as a biomarker of neuronal damage in multiple sclerosis relapse by P. Beliaziūnas, R. Godelienė, L. Malcienė, V. Natkevičius, V. Gintauskienė, B. Šitkauskienė, M. Malciūtė

“…We found higher serum neurofilament heavy chains levels in patients with 3 and more functional systems affected, radiological disease activity, positive oligoclonal bands, and prolonged visual evoked potentials. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Rehabilitation for Spinal Cord Injury by WANG Chuhuai, YANG Jiajia, CHENG Xue, SHEN Ying, SU Min, ZOU Jun, GAO Xiaoyu, CHEN Long, HUANG Sisi, ZHOU Ting, LI Xin, WANG Hongxing

“…Rehabilitation diagnosis and treatment program of SCI mainly includes early treatment principles, drug therapy, physical therapy (muscle strength training, balance and gait training, aerobic exercise, electrical stimulation and other therapies), occupational therapy (joint range of motion training, activities of daily living training, resting motor skill training, upper limb function training and wheelchair skills training), assistive devices, traditional Chinese medicine therapy, including single drug therapy (ligustrazine, salvia miltiorrhiza injection, roasted nux vomica, etc.) and compound therapy (salvia miltiorrhiza ligustrazine injection, Buyang Huanwu decoction, Huoxue Tongdu decoction, erxian decoction, Yiqi Huoxue decoction and self-formulated decoction, etc.), acupuncture therapy and other therapies (new drug therapy, cell therapy, neuromodulation technology and brain-spine interface technology). …”
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Intimate and Personal Sphere in the System of Vital Values of the Anomalous Person – the Offender by A. M. Bolshakova, T. O. Perevozna, I. O. Videnieiev, O. M. Khartsii

“…This internal conflict of psychopathic personality causes the failure of its self-realization in this sphere of vital activity. It is emphasized that psycho-corrective work with anomalous personalities should be directed to harmonization, increase of structure and awareness of their own system of value orientations, in particular values, which represent the intimate and personal sphere.…”
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Optimization of Conditions for Expression of Dengue Serotype 2 EDIII Protein in <i>Escherichia coli</i> and Immune Responses of Adjuvant-Free EDIII Ferritin Nanoparticles Against D... by M.S.B.W.T.M. Nipuna Sudaraka Tennakoon, Kyoung-Ho Lee, Hye-Mi Lee, Jae-Yeon Park, Hyun-Jin Shin

“…By analyzing the immunogenicity of mouse serum, EDIII ferritin generated significantly higher IgG responses and neutralizing activity than EDIII-immunized mice. The IgG ELISA results confirmed that EDIII ferritin can induce a significantly higher IgG titer (O.D.:1.8) than EDIII (O.D.:0.05). …”
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Tumor-Educated Platelets lncRNA-STARD4-AS1 and ELOA-AS1 as Potential Novel Biomarkers for the Early Diagnosis of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Luo C, Lin Z, Huang F, Ning L, Yuan Y

“…ChangLiang Luo, Zhongyuan Lin, Fangfang Huang, Leping Ning, Yulin Yuan Department of Clinical Laboratory, The People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Leping Ning; Yulin Yuan, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530021, People’s Republic of China, Email ningleping@126.com; yuanyulin@126.comPurpose: (Tumor-educated platelets) TEPs have emerged as active players in all steps of tumorigenesis, confrontation of platelets with tumor cells via transfer of tumor-associated biomolecules and results in the sequestration of such biomolecules. …”
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Polyphenols synergistic drugs to ameliorate non-alcoholic fatty liver disease via signal pathway and gut microbiota: A review by Hongcai Li, Jingjing Liang, Mengzhen Han, Zhenpeng Gao

“…Key scientific concepts of review: Drawing inspiration from combination drug strategies, the use of active substances in combination with drugs for NAFLD intervention holds transformative and prospective potential, both improve NAFLD and restore gut microbiota balance while reducing the required drug dosage. …”
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On the specifics of valuing effort: a developmental and a formalized perspective on preferences for cognitive and physical effort by Wolff, Wanja, Stähler, Johanna, Schüler, Julia, Bieleke, Maik

“…Supporting the hypothesis that people find activities of low value boring, valuing cognitive effort was linked to less boredom in mathematics and valuing physical effort was linked to less boredom in sports. …”
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SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF THE GAME «SHOOTING SIMULATION IN A SHOOTING RANGE» by D. Yanchev, O. Sakaliuk, D. Popkov

“…The choice of these tools is justified by their accessibility, functionality, and active community support. The game development methodology includes several stages: requirements analysis, architecture and interface design, code development, testing, and debugging. …”
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Broadening the diversity of consumers engaged in guidelines: a scoping review by Sophie Hill, Tari Turner, Anneliese Synnot, Kelvin Hill, Allison Jauré, Bronwen Merner, Peta Bates, Alexandra Liacos

“…Inclusion criteria included the terms ‘consumer’ (patients, carers and their representatives), ‘diversity’ (defined using the PROGRESS-PLUS mnemonic) and ‘consumer engagement’ (the active involvement of consumers at any stage of guideline development). …”
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கொங்கு நாட்டின் இராசிபுர வட்டார சிறுதெய்வங்களும் வழிபாட்டு முறைகளும் / Deities and Worshipping Methods in the Rasipuram Region of Kongu Nadu... by செ. தனபால் / S. Dhanapal

“…Then he modelled his physical activity and automatically taught a reason that there is a force within every natural object that is the cause of the action of objects. …”
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Structural characterization of three acidic polysaccharides from Opuntia dillenii Haw. fruits and their protective effect against hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress in Huh-... by Rui Liu, Fangxin Chu, Zheng Yan, Hanqing Chen

“…Moreover, these three polysaccharide fractions could protect Huh -7 cells against H2O2-induced oxidative stress to different extents by decreasing the MDA content and increasing the SOD, CAT, GSH-Px activities and the GSH level in the Huh-7 cells. These results suggest that OFPPs have the potential to be used as natural antioxidants.…”
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