PhysioDroid: Combining Wearable Health Sensors and Mobile Devices for a Ubiquitous, Continuous, and Personal Monitoring by Oresti Banos, Claudia Villalonga, Miguel Damas, Peter Gloesekoetter, Hector Pomares, Ignacio Rojas

“…The PhysioDroid system provides ubiquitous and continuous vital signs analysis, such as electrocardiogram, heart rate, respiration rate, skin temperature, and body motion, intended to help empower patients and improve clinical understanding. …”
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GLiDe: a web-based genome-scale CRISPRi sgRNA design tool for prokaryotes by Tongjun Xiang, Huibao Feng, Xin-hui Xing, Chong Zhang

“…However, the off-target effects resulting from the mismatch tolerance between sgRNAs and their intended targets is a primary concern in CRISPRi applications. …”
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Parasites in Sewage: Legal Requirements and Diagnostic Tools by Oliwia Obuch-Woszczatyńska, Klaudia Bylińska, Małgorzata Krzyżowska, Karol Korzekwa, Piotr Bąska

“…This paper reviews European Union regulations on wastewater treatment, the selected parasitic diseases related to the presence of parasites in wastewater, the spectrum of detection methods, and highlights differences in viability and invasiveness, which is intended to draw attention to the need to determine both biological properties of parasites.…”
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Duke Research at Pickett: The evolution of a free-standing research site partnering with communities toward health equity advancement by Laura Van Althuis, Sally Taylor, Debra Freeman, Stephanie Freel, Lynn Sutton, Kenisha Bethea, Leatrice Martin, Amanda McMillan, Diane Williams Garber, Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Nadine Barrett, Denise C. Snyder, Susanna Naggie

“…While clinical research intends to improve health outcomes for all, access to research participation is often limited and inequitable. …”
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Biochemical Changes in Blood Serum after Selenium and Zinc Doses and their Effect on the Health and Environment of Kurdi Sheep in Kurdistan Region by Zirak M. R. Palani, Hozan Jalil Hamasalim, O. M. Abdualmajeed, Jasim M. Baqer, M. E. A. Omer, Hemin Nuradden Mohammed, Darwn H. Kak Bchkol

“…This study intended to know the effect of sodium selenite and zinc sulfate on the biochemical metabolites in the blood serum of sheep. …”
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EFL Teachers' Creativity and L2 Learners' Academic Attainment: The Moderating Role of Teaching Experience by Elnaz Zariholhosseini, Sajad Shafiee, Omid Tabatabaee

“…In addition, their students' scores were gathered at the end of intended educational courses to calculate the classes' mean scores. …”
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Persistent and emerging threats to Arctic biodiversity and ways to overcome them: a horizon scan by Tanya A. Lemieux, Jackson D.R. Coles, Anne L. Haley, Michelle L. LaFlamme, Sara K. Steel, Kara M. Scott, Jennifer F. Provencher, Courtney Price, Joseph R. Bennett, Isabel C. Barrio, Helen S. Findlay, Simon J. Goodman, Blake Matthews, Joacim Näslund, David. A. Pearce, Robert D. Hollister, Mark L. Mallory, Paul A. Smith, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Steven J. Cooke

“…., a lack of fundamental information regarding Arctic biodiversity) needing attention and is intended to guide future conservation action within the Arctic.…”
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Dental Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells and Their Exosomes by Peter Stanko, Ursula Altanerova, Jana Jakubechova, Vanda Repiska, Cestmir Altaner

“…Furthermore, the therapeutic potential of DP-MSCs is realized through paracrine action of extracellularly released components, for which exosomes play an important role. In this review, we intend to explore the properties of these cells with an emphasis on exosomes. …”
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Cardiovascular diseases in patients with cancer: A comprehensive review of epidemiological trends, cardiac complications, and prognostic implications by Ali A. Alshahrani, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Catharine Morgan, Rathi Ravindrarajah, Glen P. Martin, Mamas A. Mamas, Rongman Jia

“…This article offers valuable insights into the cardiovascular burden and needs of patients with cancer. It is intended for a general medical research readership interested in the intersection of cardiology and oncology.…”
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Using an inferior decoy alternative to nudge COVID-19 vaccination by Aikaterini Grimani, Sandro T. Stoffel, Christian von Wagner, Falko F. Sniehotta, Ivo Vlaev

“…Participants aged 18–33 years, residing in England, and initially not intending to get vaccinated, completed three online experiments. …”
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HyPro: A Multi-DoF Hybrid-Powered Transradial Robotic Prosthesis by C. L. Semasinghe, R. K. P. S. Ranaweera, J. L. B. Prasanna, H. M. Kandamby, D. G. K. Madusanka, R. A. R. C. Gopura

“…The results verified the potential of HyPro to perform intended grasping patterns effectively and efficiently.…”
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SDG 5 and Local Action Plan Challenges on Protection and Empowerment of Women and Children in Central Java’s Social Conflicts by Sabhita Kusuma Ayusia, Adi Setyorini Fitri, Ramadhanti Wita, Murniati Tri, Huda Marwan Nurul

“…Through this research, the team intends to elaborate on the challenges in formulating and implementing the LAP to protect and empower women and children in Central Java. …”
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Aortoenteric Fistula as a Complication of Open Reconstruction and Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aorta by Marek Tagowski, Hendryk Vieweg, Christian Wissgott, Reimer Andresen

“…The paper intends to present a review of imaging characteristics of secondary aortoenteric fistula (AEF). …”
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Identification of CβS and ODC antimony resistance markers in anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis field isolates by gene expression profiling by Farzaneh Zarrinkar, Iraj Sharifi, Razieh Tavakoli Oliaee, Ali Afgar, Elaheh Molaakbari, Mehdi Bamorovat, Zahra Babaei, Ebrahim Eskandari, Ehsan Salarkia, Marzieh Asadi

“…Antiparasitic resistance represents a serious global public health concern with tremendous economic and safety implications. This study intended to investigate the expression of the two major resistant markers: cystathionine β synthase (CβS) and ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) in antimony unresponsive Leishmania tropica isolates compared to responsive ones. …”
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Precision nanoparticles for drug delivery, cell therapy tracking, and theranostics by Felder-Flesch, Delphine, Talamini, Laura, Muller, Sylviane

“…This article briefly describes the main types of nanoparticles that have been developed and their advantages and disadvantages depending on the intended application, and highlights some remarkable results achieved recently in the biomedical field. …”
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A tabular data generation framework guided by downstream tasks optimization by Fengwei Jia, Hongli Zhu, Fengyuan Jia, Xinyue Ren, Siqi Chen, Hongming Tan, Wai Kin Victor Chan

“…However, when it comes to generating tabular data, these models often fail to satisfy the constraints of numerical columns, which cannot generate high-quality datasets that accurately represent real-world data and are suitable for the intended downstream applications. Responding to the challenge, we propose a tabular data generation framework guided by downstream task optimization (TDGGD). …”
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PCL/PHBV Microparticles as Innovative Carriers for Oral Controlled Release of Manidipine Dihydrochloride by Fernanda Malaquias Barboza, Willian Moreira Machado, Luiz Renato Olchanheski Junior, Josiane Padilha de Paula, Sônia Faria Zawadzki, Daniel Fernandes, Paulo Vitor Farago

“…Results provided an experimental basis for using formulation PCL-M5 as a feasible carrier for oral controlled release of MAN intended for treating high blood pressure.…”
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A Pragmatic Approach to Rhetorical Technique of "Exaggeration" Based on Grice’s "Cooperative Principle" by Hassan Rahmani, Qasem Mokhtari, Mohammad Jorfi, Ebrahim Anari Bozchlooi, Mahmoud Shahbazi

“…Materials and MethodsThis research is based on a descriptive-analytical method and has been conducted with reference to library sources. To achieve the intended objectives, we utilized one of the prominent theories in the "Pragmatics" approach called the "Cooperative Principle", and based on it, we analyzed the structural-semantic process of the rhetorical technique of exaggeration. …”
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Defining neonatal status epilepticus: A scoping review from the ILAE neonatal task force by Magda L. Nunes, Elissa G. Yozawitz, Courtney J. Wusthoff, Renée A. Shellhaas, Efraín Olivas‐Peña, Jo M. Wilmshurst, Ronit M. Pressler, Chahnez C. Triki, Hans Hartmann, Terrie Inder, Geraldine B. Boylan, Kette Valente, Solomon L. Moshe, Eli M. Mizrahi, Nicholas S. Abend

“…As a next step, the Neonatal Task Force intends to develop a standardized approach to assessing and describing neonatal seizure burden and defining neonatal SE. …”
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