Impact of eggshell membrane on metabolism and cell adhesion in oxidatively stressed canine chondrocytes by Juraj Vozar, Nikola Hudakova, Natalia Nosalova, Mykhailo Huniadi, Dana Marcincakova, Slavomir Hornak, Lubica Hornakova, Petra Majerova, Dasa Cizkova, Dasa Cizkova

“…This study is one of the first to create a vital platform based on canine neonatal chondrocytes for monitoring dietary supplements designed to prevent or repair dog cartilage damage. …”
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Relationship among core competency, self-efficacy and transition shock in Chinese newly graduated nurses: a cross-sectional study by Ting Wang, Shuping Tong, Lan Xu, Yahui Tong, Zhaofang Tang, Lifen Mao, Xiaoqing Shi

“…Objectives To investigate how core competency and self-efficacy of newly graduated nurses affect their experience of transition shock, and to determine the relationship between these factors.Design A cross-sectional study.Methods 262 newly graduated nurses participated in a cross-sectional study by using demographic data, the transition shock scale, the competency inventory for registered nurses scale and the self-efficacy scale.Results Among newly graduated nurses, the score of transition shock was 77.641±24.140, the score of core competency was 125 (109.5, 163.5) and the score of self-efficacy was 2.5 (2,3), all of which were at a moderate level. …”
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Consistency Regularization for Semi-Supervised Semantic Segmentation of Flood Regions From SAR Images by G. Savitha, S. Girisha, Pundarika Sughosh, Dasharathraj K. Shetty, Jayaraj Mymbilly Balakrishnan, Rahul Paul, Nithesh Naik

“…Additionally, there is a need to develop computer-aided tools specifically designed for automatically identifying areas that are vulnerable to flooding using SAR data. …”
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Comparative anti-methanogenic ability of green algae (C. reinhardtii) with/without nanoparticles: in vitro gas and methane production by Valiollah Palangi, Adem Kaya, Muhlis Macit, Hayrunnisa Nadaroglu, Hayrullah Bora Ünlü, Ali Kaya, Ashkan Fekri, Ayaz Mammadov, Maximilian Lackner

“…Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed on the obtained data from the in vitro study in a completely randomized design using the mixed model of SAS (version 9.4; Inc., Cary NC, USA).Results and DiscussionThe variance analysis results and the average values of the chemical compositions were significantly influenced by the extracts (all p < 0.0001). …”
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Numerical Simulation of Channelization Near the Wellbore due to Seepage Erosion in Unconsolidated Sands during Fluid Injection by Jin Sun, Shiguo Wu, Jingen Deng, Qingping Li, Qi Fan, Linwei Ma, Yanrui Liu

“…The study can provide a theoretical reference for the optimal design of high-pressure water injection or frac-packing operation in the unconsolidated sands reservoir.…”
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Implementation of 2% Chlorhexidine Bathing to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections Among Patients in the Intensive Care Unit by Hsu-Liang Chang, Tzu-Ying Liu, Po-Shou Huang, Chin-Hwan Chen, Chia-Wen Yen, Hui-Zhu Chen, Shin-Huei Kuo, Tun-Chieh Chen, Shang-Yi Lin, Po-Liang Lu

“…Using a prospective, uncontrolled before-and-after design, we compared traditional soap-water bathing (pre-intervention period) with CHG bathing over a one-year intervention and one-year post-intervention follow-up. …”
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Study on SHP2 Conformational Transition and Structural Characterization of Its High-Potency Allosteric Inhibitors by Molecular Dynamics Simulations Combined with Machine Learning by Baerlike Wujieti, Mingtian Hao, Erxia Liu, Luqi Zhou, Huanchao Wang, Yu Zhang, Wei Cui, Bozhen Chen

“…These studies not only enhance our understanding of SHP2’s conformational switch mechanism but also offer crucial insights for designing potent allosteric SHP2 inhibitors and addressing drug resistance issues.…”
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Efficacy of soft palatal augmentation prosthesis for oral functional rehabilitation in patients with dysarthria and dysphagia: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Naoki Kodama, Tomonori Yokoyama, Takao Mukai, Kana Takao, Takashi Hiraoka, Nobuyuki Arai, Jitsuro Yano, Hiroaki Nagatsuka, Yousuke Manda, Kozo Hanayama, Shogo Minagi

“…We have previously reported a newly designed soft PAP fabricated using an thermoplastic material that is particularly appropriate for early intervention. …”
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Fecal microbiota transplantation to prevent acute graft-versus-host disease: pre-planned interim analysis of donor effect by Swetha Reddi, Liliia Senyshyn, Maryam Ebadi, Daniel Podlesny, Samuel S. Minot, Ted Gooley, Amanda J. Kabage, Geoffrey R. Hill, Stephanie J. Lee, Alexander Khoruts, Armin Rashidi

“…Abstract Gut microbiota disruptions after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) are associated with increased risk of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD). We designed a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial to test whether healthy-donor fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) early after alloHCT reduces the incidence of severe aGVHD. …”
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Targeting mutant p53: Evaluation of novel anti-p53R175H monoclonal antibodies as diagnostic tools by Diana Spiegelberg, Le-Ann Hwang, Khian Hong Pua, Sashwini Chandra Kumar, Xin Yu Koh, Xiao Hui Koh, Ram Kumar Selvaraju, Kanaga Sabapathy, Marika Nestor, David Lane

“…In vitro, 125I-4H5 and 125I-7B9 demonstrated long shelf life and antigen-specific binding. Our in vivo study design allowed head-to-head comparison of the antibodies in a double tumor model using repeated SPECT/CT imaging, followed by biodistribution and autoradiography. …”
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Morphological and molecular changes in renal tissue following experimental unilateral ureteral obstruction in rat kidneys by Tuncer KUTLU, Huseyin OZKAN, Ziya YURTAL, Ufuk KAYA, Mehmet GUVENC

“…This study was designed to investigate the pathological, molecular, and biochemical changes subjected to experimental unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) during the acute phase, specifically within a seven-day period. …”
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DSMF-Net: Dual Semantic Metric Learning Fusion Network for Few-Shot Aerial Image Semantic Segmentation by Xiyu Qi, Yidan Zhang, Lei Wang, Yifan Wu, Yi Xin, Zhan Chen, Yunping Ge

“…On the other hand, we design a pyramid-based fusion and condensation mechanism to adaptively merge and couple the multisemantic information from support and query images. …”
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Implementing sustainability frameworks at a product-level – Exploring the usability by Paule Bhérer-Breton, Anna Woodhouse, Bente Aspeholen Åby, Hilke Bos-Brouwers, Melanie Kok, Hanne Fjerdingby Olsen

“…This study explores the usability of existing frameworks designed for both social and environmental assessments, with a focus on their application at the product level. …”
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MetALD: Clinical aspects, pathophysiology and treatmentKeypoints by Jordi Gratacós-Ginès, Silvia Ariño, Pau Sancho-Bru, Ramon Bataller, Elisa Pose

“…Subsequent studies have investigated the prevalence of MetALD, which ranges from 1.7% to 17% in cohorts of patients with steatotic liver disease, depending on the population setting and study design. A few cohort studies have also assessed the prognosis of this patient population, with preliminary data suggesting that MetALD is associated with an intermediate risk of liver fibrosis, decompensation and mortality among steatotic liver disease subtypes. …”
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Psoralidin: emerging biological activities of therapeutic benefits and its potential utility in cervical cancer by Tanya Tripathi, Apoorva Chaudhary, Divya Janjua, Udit Joshi, Nikita Aggarwal, Chetkar Chandra Keshavam, Alok Chandra Bharti

“…The study will help in designing effective and novel therapeutic interventions for targeting signaling pathways and other regulators involved in mediating CaCx progression, which will eventually help in effective management of CaCx.…”
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Playful brains: a possible neurobiological pathway to cognitive health in aging by Yulia Golland, Yulia Golland, Boaz M. Ben-David, Boaz M. Ben-David, Boaz M. Ben-David, Mara Mather, Mara Mather, Mara Mather, Shoshi Keisari, Shoshi Keisari, Shoshi Keisari

“…We emphasize the need for further research to validate this hypothesis and explore its implications for designing interventions that leverage social playfulness to enhance cognitive resilience in older populations.…”
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Detection of genetic sex using a qPCR-based method in the bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) by Yi-Chien Lee, Li-Lun Tang, Yu-Chen Yeh, Hau-Wen Li, Huei-Mien Ke, Cheng-Ju Yang, Chun-I Chiang, Chia-Hui Wang, Yung-Che Tseng, Ching-Fong Chang, Isheng Jason Tsai, Guan-Chung Wu

“…Among the primer pairs designed for qPCR, two primer pairs in Z-specific regions and one primer pair in autosomal region exhibited a single melting curve (indicating the predicted same fragment) across all lineages. …”
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Prussian Blue‐Derived Atomic Fe/Fe3C@N‐Doped C Catalysts Supported by Carbon Cloth as Integrated Air Cathode for Flexible Zn‐Air Batteries by Zihan Wang, Jing Ren, Guoqiang Ling, Junjie Guo, Yongkang Lv, Rui‐Peng Ren

“…The hollow cubic structure, N‐doped carbon layer coating, and the integrated electrode design can provide more accessible active sites and facilitate a rapid electron transfer and mass transport. …”
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Original Personalized Reconstruction Method for Certain Large Tumors of the Lower Lip (Not Including Oral Commissures) by Ovidiu Dan Grigorescu, Marius Irimie, Nadinne Roman, Roxana Steliana Miclaus, Maria-Cristina Cîmpeanu, Bogdan-Radu Necula, Christian-Gabriel Strempel, Simona Grigorescu, Marius Alexandru Moga, Dana Gabriela Festila

“…Unfortunately, the majority involve the use of both local and regional flaps, which either lack labial structure or disorganize the oral commissures as nodal oral function points. We set out to design a new reconstruction method that is not burdened by any of the above disadvantages, starting from the necessity to reconstruct large lower lip defects by exclusively using local and/or regional labial flaps belonging only to the healthy upper lip and the remaining structures of the lower lip after surgical tumor removal. …”
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RL-ADN: A high-performance Deep Reinforcement Learning environment for optimal Energy Storage Systems dispatch in active distribution networks by Shengren Hou, Shuyi Gao, Weijie Xia, Edgar Mauricio Salazar Duque, Peter Palensky, Pedro P. Vergara

“…This paper introduces RL-ADN, an innovative open-source library specifically designed for solving the optimal ESSs dispatch in active distribution networks. …”
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