Sociodemographic and clinical determinants of suicidal ideation: an analysis in a Peruvian consultation-liaison psychiatry unit by Jeff Huarcaya-Victoria, José Salvador-Carillo, Michaell Cabrejos-Espinoza, Mercedes Ponce-Pantigoso, Kelly Broncano-Rivera, Andrea Loarte-Cabrera

“…Methods Using a cross-sectional design, this study examined 940 patients evaluated by the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Unit at a major Peruvian general hospital. …”
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Alternative buffer systems in biopharmaceutical formulations and their effect on protein stability by Lebar Blaž, Zidar Mitja, Mravljak Janez, Šink Roman, Žula Aleš, Pajk Stane

“…The formulation of biopharmaceutical drugs is designed to eliminate chemical instabilities, increase conformational and colloidal stability of proteins, and optimize interfacial stability. …”
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A self-activated and protective module enhances the preclinical performance of allogeneic anti-CD70 CAR-T cells by Zhao Zhang, Lianfeng Zhao, Tinghui Huang, Zhengliang Chen, Zhengliang Chen, Yaoyao Zhao, Yaoyao Zhao, Junqing Liang, Xudong Ao, Xiaoqiong Jia, Lei Kang, Linghui Kong, Qi Jing, Jianhua Hu, Lili Gu, Feiyan Pan, Zhigang Hu, Lingfeng He, Muya Zhou, Jiannan Chen, Zhigang Guo

“…The SAP module consists of the CD47 extracellular domain, a mutant interleukin 7 receptor alpha (IL7Rα) transmembrane domain, and the IL7Rα intracellular domain, designed to protect UCAR-T cells from host immune attacks and enhance their survival. …”
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Correlation between malondialdehyde level and FOXO3 and CASP3 mRNA expression changed in early-onset preeclampsia placenta by Ni Made Wiasty Sukanty, Febriana Catur Iswanti, Syarifah Dewi, Muhammad Faruqi, Alyssa Shafa Andiana, Ani Retno Prijanti

“…Methods: This study is an observational study with a cross-sectional design. A total of 31 EOPE placentas and 31 normal term placentas were used to measure the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) and the relative mRNA expression of FOXO3 and CASP3 using the spectrophotometric and RT-qPCR methods. …”
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Equity of intensive care unit bed resource allocation in ethnic minority areas of China—an empirical analysis based on geographical and population dimensions by Jing Kang, Rong Peng, Jun Feng, Xianjing Qin, Junxu Zhou, Meng Deng, Shanshan Meng, Decheng Lu

“…Objective The purpose of this study is to analyse the changes in the equity of intensive care unit (ICU) bed allocation in 14 cities in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from 2018 to 2021, to identify the problems in the process of ICU bed allocation in China’s ethnic minority regions.Design The Gini coefficient, Theil index, health resource density index, and spatial correlation analysis were used to analyse the current status of ICU bed resource allocation and allocation equity in Guangxi, China, on two dimensions: geography, and population.Setting The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Results The number of ICU beds configured by geographic and population dimensions in Guangxi basically showed a growing trend. …”
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SSVEP Enhancement in Mixed Reality Environment for Brain–Computer Interfaces by Jieyu Wu, Feng He, Xiaolin Xiao, Runyuan Gao, Lin Meng, Xiuyun Liu, Minpeng Xu, Dong Ming

“…In MR environments, CCR can be used as a quantitative criterion for choosing stimulus colors in BCI system design.…”
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Development of a comprehensive sustainability index for extractive and mining companies: Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals by Marta Fernández-Hernández, Pedro Mora, Marcelo F. Ortega, Juan Pous Cabello

“…This research introduces an innovative, scientific index-based assessment methodology designed to quantify the contribution of companies in these sectors to the SDGs. …”
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Common Dietary Patterns Among Female Employees Participating in the Persian Cohort Study (Mashhad) and Their Relationship With Metabolic Syndrome by Fatemeh Davoudi Dastenaie, Fatemeh Sadat Hashemi Javaheri, Mohammad Masoumvand, Mohammad Amin Nazari Manesh, Mohammad Akbari Moghadam, Maryam Khosravi, Ali Jafarzadeh Esfehani

“…Methods Female participants with metabolic syndrome (based on the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP ATP III) were studied using a cross‐sectional design. Demographic, clinical and anthropometric information of the subjects were analyzed after checking the inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Infrared dim tiny-sized target detection based on feature fusion by Peng Zhang, Yaman Jing, Guodong Liu, Ziyang Chen, Xiaoyan Wu, Osami Sasaki, Jixiong Pu

“…Furthermore, to tackle the problem of the fuzzy and ambiguous shape of the target caused by a weak signal and tiny dimension, a residual-based pyramid-like (RBPL) module is designed, which extracts the deep information (i.e. the shape information) from the images to compensate for the lack of expressive ability of the fixed convolution kernel for shape information. …”
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Adsorptive Removal of Malachite Green Dye onto Coal-Associated Soil and Conditions Optimization by T. R. Sundararaman, A. Saravanan, P. Senthil Kumar, M. Millicent Mabel, R. V. Hemavathy, S. Karishma, S. Jeevanantham, R. Hemavathi, A. Ishwariya, S. Kowsalya

“…The adsorption isotherm was studied with four different isotherm models and results showed that the Freundlich isotherm model gave the best fit than the other nonlinear models to designate the isotherm behaviours with R2 value of 0.9568, and the maximum adsorption capacity of coal-associated soil for MG dye adsorption is 89.97 mg/g. …”
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Electromagnetic metamaterial agent by Shengguo Hu, Mingyi Li, Jiawen Xu, Hongrui Zhang, Shanghang Zhang, Tie Jun Cui, Philipp del Hougne, Lianlin Li

“…Although deep-learning techniques play an increasingly important role in metamaterial inverse design, measurement post-processing and end-to-end optimization, their role is ultimately still limited to approximating specific mathematical relations; the metamaterial is still limited to serving as proxy of a human operator, realizing a predefined functionality. …”
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Alternative splicing for tuneable expression of protein subunits at desired ratios by Christel Aebischer-Gumy, Pierre Moretti, Timothee Brunstein Laplace, Jana Frank, Ysaline Grand, Farid Mosbaoui, Emilie Hily, Anna Galea, Megane Peltret, Carole Estoppey, Daniel Ayoub, Roberto Giovannini, Martin Bertschinger

“…The first exon is flanked by two copies of the chicken troponin intron 4 (cTNT-I4) and is susceptible to excision from the pre-mRNA by means of alternative splicing. This specific design enables the modulation of the splice ratio by adjusting the strength of the splice acceptor. …”
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Short- and Mid-term Radiographic Outcomes of Ream-then-broaching Metaphyseal Cones During Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty by Aria Darbandi, MD, Andrew Schaver, MD, Micah MacAskill, MD, Rex Lutz, DO, Amira Scaramella, BS, Christian Sangio, BS, John Shields, MD, Alvin Ong, MD, Matthew Bullock, DO MPT

“…Background: The purpose of this study is to assess the short- and mid-term radiographic outcomes of a ream-then-broach metaphyseal cone design for revision total knee arthroplasty (rTKA). …”
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Impact of Carbon Fiber‐Reinforced Polymer Sheets and Bolt Diameter on the Seismic Performance Enhancement of Steel Beam‐Column Joints by Fayiz Amin, Hafiz Ahmed Waqas, Ijaz Ali, Muhammad Waseem, Muhammad Asif, Khan Abdul Majid, Megersa Kebede Leta

“…The superior performance of CFRP‐strengthened bolts can play a crucial role in the design and retrofitting of prefabricated steel structures, potentially contributing to the improvement of existing standards and practices of seismic enhancement of IBCJ.…”
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Bacterial community assembly of specific pathogen-free neonatal mice by Elizabeth A. Kennedy, James S. Weagley, Andrew H. Kim, Avan Antia, Anna L. DeVeaux, Megan T. Baldridge

“…This detailed view of bacterial community development across multiple commonly employed mouse strains informs experimental design, allowing researchers to better target interventions before, during, or after the maturation of the bacterial microbiota. …”
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A comparative study of traditional high-fidelity (manikin-based) simulation and virtual high-fidelity simulations concerning their effectiveness and perception by Izabela Sałacińska, Patrycja Trojnar, Krisztina Éles Gebriné, Viktória Törő, Viktória Törő, Attila Sárváry, Paweł Więch

“…After completing the scenario, students filled in the following questionnaires: the Simulation Design Scale (SDS), the Educational Practices Questionnaire (EPQ), the Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale (SSCL) and a customized survey questionnaire.ResultsThe study found no significant difference in the effectiveness of HFS between students exposed to either type of simulation. …”
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Vertical and spatial differences in ozone formation sensitivities under different ozone pollution levels in eastern Chinese cities by Zhuang Wang, Hao Zhang, Chune Shi, Xianguang Ji, Yizhi Zhu, Congzi Xia, Xiaoyun Sun, Meng Zhang, Xinfeng Lin, Shaowei Yan, Yuan Zhou, Chengzhi Xing, Yujia Chen, Cheng Liu

“…The shifts in the ozone formation sensitivity under different ozone pollution levels implies that controlling only one of the precursors cannot achieve the best O3 prevention effect, and the most appropriate ratio of O3 precursor emission reductions should be designed according to ozone formation sensitivity in the different regions.…”
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Comparative evaluation of ACetic - MEthanol high salt dissociation approach for single-cell transcriptomics of frozen human tissues by Marina Utkina, Anastasia Shcherbakova, Ruslan Deviatiiarov, Ruslan Deviatiiarov, Ruslan Deviatiiarov, Alina Ryabova, Marina Loguinova, Valentin Trofimov, Anna Kuznetsova, Mikhail Petropavlovskiy, Rustam Salimkhanov, Denis Maksimov, Eugene Albert, Alexandra Golubeva, Walaa Asaad, Lilia Urusova, Ekaterina Bondarenko, Anastasia Lapshina, Alexandra Shutova, Dmitry Beltsevich, Oleg Gusev, Oleg Gusev, Oleg Gusev, Oleg Gusev, Larisa Dzeranova, Galina Melnichenko, Ildar Minniakhmetov, Ivan Dedov, Natalya Mokrysheva, Sergey Popov

“…We incorporated a high-salt washing buffer instead of the standard PBS to stabilize RNA and prevent RNases reactivation during rehydration. We have designated this optimized protocol as ACME HS (ACetic acid-MEthanol High Salt). …”
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Analysis and Verification of a Slope Steering Model of TRVs in Hilly and Mountainous Environments by Luojia Duan, Kaibo Kang, Shiying Chen, Zixing Du, Longhai Zhang, Zhijie Liu, Fuzeng Yang, Zheng Wang

“…The established steering model can provide a theoretical basis for the design and control of new steering mechanisms for agricultural tracked robotic vehicles.…”
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Explainable AutoML models for predicting the strength of high-performance concrete using Optuna, SHAP and ensemble learning by Muhammad Salman Khan, Tianbo Peng, Tianbo Peng, Muhammad Adeel Khan, Asad Khan, Mahmood Ahmad, Mahmood Ahmad, Kamran Aziz, Mohanad Muayad Sabri Sabri, N. S. Abd EL-Gawaad

“…This approach provides civil engineers with a robust and interpretable tool for optimizing HPC properties, reducing experimentation costs, and supporting enhanced decision-making in structural design, risk assessment, and other applications.…”
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