Examining the Relationship between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Weight Status: Empirical Evidence from a Population-Based Survey of Adults in Taiwan by Tai-Hsiung Hung, Pei-An Liao, Hung-Hao Chang, Jiun-Hao Wang, Min-Chen Wu

“…Meanwhile, obesity has been recognized as a global epidemic. This study aims to examine the extent to which cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with body mass among adult males and females in Taiwan. …”
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Recent Advances in Sharding Techniques for Scalable Blockchain Networks: A Review by Brandon Liew Yi Quan, Nur Haliza Abdul Wahab, Arafat Al-Dhaqm, Ahmad Alshammari, Ali Aqarni, Shukor Abd Razak, Koh Tieng Wei

“…The increasing volume of transactions in blockchain networks has caused issues in terms of scalability, transaction efficiency, storage, and security, which obstruct the global adoption of blockchain technology. Sharding in blockchain is a solution that aims to address these issues through various types of sharding techniques, such as network, transaction, or state sharding, along with the various types of networks and systems. …”
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Analysis and Simulation of Intervention Strategies against Bus Bunching by means of an Empirical Agent-Based Model by Wei Liang Quek, Ning Ning Chung, Vee-Liem Saw, Lock Yue Chew

“…The EMB model is an agent-based model which utilizes the positional and temporal data of the buses obtained from the Global Positioning System (GPS) to constitute (1) a set of empirical velocity distributions of the buses and (2) a set of exponential distributions of interarrival time of passengers at the bus stops. …”
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Case Report: The first Korean familial case of BCAP31-related deafness, dystonia, and cerebral hypomyelination by Yoong-A Suh, Jisun Hwang, Go Hun Seo, Rin Khang, Jang Hoon Lee, Moon Sung Park, Young Bae Sohn

“…The male proband, born prematurely with very low birth weight (VLBW), exhibited severe global developmental delay, microcephaly, failure to thrive, dystonia, seizures, sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) requiring cochlear implantation, and mild facial dysmorphism. …”
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A multidimensional study for design of phytochemical profiling, antioxidant potential, and enzyme inhibition effects of ışgın (Rheum telianum) as an edible plant by Ahmet Zafer Tel, Kubra Aslan, Mustafa Abdullah Yılmaz, İlhami Gulcin

“…The inhibition effects of both leaves and the seeds of the R. telianum extracts on acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase, α-glycosidase and human carbonic anhydrases II isoenzyme enzymes, which associated with some global diseases including Alzheimer's disease, type-2 diabetes mellitus and glaucoma were determined. …”
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On the nascent wind of oxygen-rich AGB stars: scrutiny of a sample of nearby stars by Darriulat, Pierre, Hoai, Do Thi, Nhung, Pham Thi Tuyet, Diep, Pham Ngoc, Ngoc, Nguyen Bich, Thai, Tran Thi, Anh, Pham Tuan

“…The observed concurrence of high variability near the photosphere with persistence over decades, or even centuries, of the global anisotropy displayed by the CSE needs to be understood. …”
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Essential oils used in the poultry industry: Would it be an effective green alternative against Salmonella spp. dissemination and antimicrobial resistance? by Heitor Leocádio de Souza Rodrigues, Isis Mari Miyashiro Kolososki, Valdinete Pereira Benevides, Mauro M.S. Saraiva, Angelo Berchieri Junior

“…Due to the increasing emergence of antimicrobial-resistant strains of Salmonella spp. isolated from poultry, and the global trend towards reducing antimicrobial use in food-producing animals, alternatives to these drugs are being sought. …”
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Audit of Helicobacter pylori Testing in Microbiology Laboratories in England: To Inform Compliance with NICE Guidance and the Feasibility of Routine Antimicrobial Resistance Survei... by Rosalie Allison, Donna M. Lecky, Megan Bull, Kim Turner, Gauri Godbole, Cliodna A. M. McNulty

“…Antibiotic resistance in H. pylori is globally increasing, but treatment in England is rarely guided by susceptibility testing or surveillance. …”
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Plasma from hypertensive pregnancy patients induce endothelial dysfunction even under atheroprotective shear stress by Sarah Viana-Mattioli, Miriam Helena Fonseca-Alaniz, Iguaracy Pinheiro-de-Sousa, Ricardo Rosa Junior, Moises Henrique Mastella, Ricardo de Carvalho Cavalli, Valeria Cristina Sandrim

“…We investigated the impact of plasma from healthy pregnant women (HP), subjects with gestational hypertension (GH), and PE patients on global gene expression of human coronary endothelial cells (HCAECs) under LSS and OSS. …”
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A Research to Determine Environmental Approaches of University Students: Manisa Celal Bayar University Case by Tülin Çetin, Mustafa Erkan Turan, Pınar Aytekin, Mehmet Ali Yurdusev

“…It is observed that technological developments have resulted in several global environmental problems. The balance of the nature has been destroyed and some species has been died out because of such environmental problems. …”
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Multivariate Drought Frequency Analysis and Risk Assessment: A case study for Kahramanmaras Province by Musa Eşit, Mehmet İshak Yüce

“…Drought is a natural disaster that occurs in nearly all climatic regions as a result of seasonal or longer-term lack of precipitation. Global warming, insufficient precipitation, low precipitation intensity and duration, low relative humidity and other factors all cause the prevalence of drought. …”
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MOF(CuBDC)-Microcantilever IR Spectroscopy for Methane Sensing with High Sensitivity and Selectivity by Seungwan Seo, Seok Bin Kwon, Yangkyu Park

“…Methane, a greenhouse gas with 21 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide, is increasingly subject to stringent emission regulations, driving the demand for high-performance methane sensors. …”
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AVP-GPT2: A Transformer-Powered Platform for De Novo Generation, Screening, and Explanation of Antiviral Peptides by Huajian Zhao, Gengshen Song

“…Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) remains a significant global health threat, particularly for vulnerable populations. …”
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Effects of the Air Inlet Angle on the Combustion and Ablation Environment of a Hybrid Powder-Solid Ramjet by Jinjin Wang, Yihao Wen, Bailin Zha, Zhigao Xu, Tianhao Zhang

“…The results showed that the global flow field and the distribution of the vortexes in the afterburner that had a significant influence on the ablation environment of the inner wall and the combustion efficiency were determined by the impact effect and the squeezing effect of the ram air on the primary fuel gas, which was affected by the air inlet angle. …”
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Assessing urban vegetation inequalities: Methodological insights and evidence by Alicia González-Marín, Marco Garrido-Cumbrera

“…The review includes 66 articles published between 2004 and 2023 from various global regions. We identified 10 vegetation indixes, with the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) being the most frequently used, typically derived from Landsat satellite data. …”
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Mesenchymal stem cells and their extracellular vesicle therapy for neurological disorders: traumatic brain injury and beyond by Aref Yarahmadi, Masoumeh Dorri Giv, Reza Hosseininejad, Azin Rezaie, Narges Mohammadi, Hamed Afkhami, Hamed Afkhami, Hamed Afkhami, Arastoo Farokhi

“…Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex condition involving mechanisms that lead to brain dysfunction and nerve damage, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality globally. Affecting ~50 million people annually, TBI's impact includes a high death rate, exceeding that of heart disease and cancer. …”
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An Innovative Eigenvector-Based Method for Traffic Light Scheduling by Mohammad Amin Soltani-Sarvestani, Zohreh Azimifar, Alexander Wong, Ali Akbar Safavi

“…One strategy is a new traffic light scheduling system, which controls traffic light using local variables (waiting time and number of vehicle on links) but has a global impact on the traffic, using shared variables between neighbour intersections. …”
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Online Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in the Croatian Banking Sector by Sanda Grudić Kvasić, Ljerka Cerović, Bojana Olgić Draženović

“…This paper analyses corporate social responsibility at the level of organisation within the banking system, where the issue of corporate social responsibility disclosure comes under the spotlight with the emergence of the global economic crisis. The purpose of the study is twofold: to examine whether Croatian banks’ online corporate social responsibility reporting depends upon their market share, and whether it focuses on community related information. …”
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Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa YK01, a sequence type 16 isolated from a patient with keratitis by Shuo Jiang, Mengmin Ye, Ke Liu, Huiluo Cao, Xiaoshan Lin

“…Abstract Objectives Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen, is frequently associated with multidrug resistance and global epidemic outbreaks, contributing significantly to morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. …”
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TClC effectively suppresses the growth and metastasis of NSCLC via polypharmacology by Jing Lu, Ying Zhang, Chunyan Yan, Jingwen Liu, Dan Qi, Yue Zhou, Qinwen Wang, Juechen Yang, Jing Jiang, Benhao Wu, Meiling Yang, Weiwei Zhang, Xin Zhang, Xiaoyu Shi, Yan Zhang, Kun Liu, Yongcai Liang, Chaoyang Wang, Hanyu Yang, Yuqing Gao, Yuping Sun, Ronghu Ke, Jason H. Huang, Min Wu, Hongbo Wang, Chunlei Li, Shuang Zhou, Bin Guo, Erxi Wu, Guoying Zhang

“…Despite significant advances in targeted therapies and immunotherapies, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) continues to present a global health challenge, with a modest five-year survival rate of 28 %, largely due to the emergence of treatment-resistant and metastatic tumors. …”
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