Dendrobium species regulate energy homeostasis in neurodegenerative diseases: a review by Feixuan Wang, Jingqiong Wan, Yangzhen Liao, Shangyu Liu, Yuan Wei, Zhen Ouyang

“…ABSTRACT: Brain energy homeostasis is a vital physiological function in maintaining a balanced internal metabolic environment. The impairment of energy homeostasis is recognized as a key pathophysiological basis for brain metabolic disorders and related neurodegenerative diseases. …”
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Modeling Reader's Emotional State Response on Document's Typographic Elements by Dimitrios Tsonos, Georgios Kouroupetroglou

“…An experimental procedure was implemented conforming to International Affective Picture System guidelines and incorporating the Self-Assessment Manikin test. …”
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Unravelling the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of hydrogenated amorphous silicon cells for photovoltaics by Soni Prayogi, Deril Ristiani, D. Darminto

“…The results show that EIS can identify internal barriers that reduce the efficiency of a-Si: H solar cells, such as dominant recombination mechanisms and inefficient charge transport. …”
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An update on active and passive surveillance for African swine fever in the Dominican Republic by Rachel A. Schambow, Nianet Carrasquillo, Silvia Kreindel, Andres M. Perez

“…In 2021, ASF was detected in the Dominican Republic, prompting an emergency response from local and international officials. Three years later, ASF is still present in the country despite control efforts. …”
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Le paysage humanisé au Québec by Gérald Domon

“…As part of the law on the conservation of the natural heritage and of category V as defined by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), this status is intended for the protection and enhancement of certain areas “[...] constituted to protect the biodiversity of an inhabited territory, [...] the landscape and natural components which have been shaped by human activity in harmony with nature [...]”. …”
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A Critical Need for Advanced Practice Nurse Education in Sub‐Saharan Africa and Lessons Learned From the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Discursive Review by Jacqueline Itambo, Brenda Owusu, Danielle McCamey, Diana‐Lyn Baptiste

“…Design Discursive paper. Method Searching international literature in PubMed, CINAHL and Google Scholar databases, we explored the impact of COVID‐19 in Sub‐Saharan Africa and the advanced practice nurse role and education in the pandemic response. …”
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Exploring motivation, goals, facilitators, and barriers to adopt health behaviors at retirement age: a focus group study by Paula Collazo-Castiñeira, Rocío Rodríguez-Rey, Gisela I. Delfino, Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft, Eva Topinková, Peter J. M. Weijs, Josje D. Schoufour, Macarena Sánchez-Izquierdo

“…., intrinsic motivation in the enjoyment of the activity of exercise or cooking) and goals (intrinsic and extrinsic); except for the goal of health management, which presented both types of motivation, participants regulated intrinsic goals autonomously, and extrinsic ones with controlled motivation. A process of internalizing the source of motivation was identified inductively by participants. …”
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Detection of Gastrointestinal Pathogens from Stool Samples on Hemoccult Cards by Multiplex PCR by Martin Alberer, Nicklas Schlenker, Malkin Bauer, Kerstin Helfrich, Carolin Mengele, Thomas Löscher, Hans Dieter Nothdurft, Gisela Bretzel, Marcus Beissner

“…Purpose. Up to 30% of international travelers are affected by travelers’ diarrhea (TD). …”
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Shared governance increases marine protected area effectiveness. by Andrea Mast, David Gill, Gabby N Ahmadia, Emily S Darling, Dominic A Andradi-Brown, Jonas Geldman, Graham Epstein, M Aaron MacNeil

“…This research draws upon a unique dataset that combines details on the reported International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) governance categories of 217 global MPAs and their ecological outcomes to compare the performance of alternative governance arrangements. …”
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Characteristics of community change agents to promote equitable health services and combat harmful gender norms in climate-affected communities in Sindh province by Nighat Lakhiar, Asif Ali i Jatoi, Lopamudra Paul, Mohamad Ibrahim (Bram) Brooks

“… The province of Sindh, Pakistan, faces heightened vulnerability to natural disasters due to its low-lying location in the flood-prone Indus floodplain. Pathfinder International implemented the Surmi project aimed at strengthening the resilience for climate shocks and emergencies by female volunteers called “Climate Champions” (CC) and trained them to support and provide women and girls the tools, knowledge, and resources they need to advocate for equitable health services and to combat harmful gender norms, including gender-based violence. …”
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Navigating dual crises: mental health of Czech health care workers during the Ukrainian refugee influx and COVID-19 pandemic by Miroslava Janoušková, Jana Šeblová, Pavla Brennan Kearns, Matěj Kučera, Marie Kuklová, Jaroslav Pekara, Dominika Seblova

“…The study included 1121 health care workers from the Czech arm of the international HEROES Study.Results: Quantitative findings did not indicate that working with Ukrainian refugees was reliably associated with a greater occurrence of symptoms of depression, anxiety, distress, or burnout. …”
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The Effects of Business Strategy and Product Market Competition on Real Earnings Management by Luiza Dazzi Braga, Luiz Cláudio Louzada, Carolina Magda da Silva Roma

“…This research contributes to earnings management literature by documenting that REM practices are affected not only by internal choices of resource allocation in accordance with a business strategy, but also by exogenous determinants of market competition.…”
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A Multi-Objective Stochastic Model for an Earthquake Relief Network by Zeren D. Yenice, Funda Samanlioglu

“…The earthquake damage risk factors were determined based on possible earthquake scenarios given in Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) report. Four event scenarios with two different earthquake scenario likelihoods were considered and sample efficient solutions from the Pareto frontier were obtained implementing the normalized (scaled) weighted sum method.…”
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Neural Plasticity of Mild Tinnitus: An fMRI Investigation Comparing Those Recently Diagnosed with Tinnitus to Those That Had Tinnitus for a Long Period of Time by Jake R. Carpenter-Thompson, Sara A. Schmidt, Fatima T. Husain

“…Subjects underwent an fMRI scan while listening to affective sounds from the International Affective Digital Sounds database. Resting state functional connectivity data were also collected. …”
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Analysis of LEO satellite communication and suggestions for its development strategy in China by Shanzhi CHEN

“…The review on the development in 5G and LEO satellite communications was given on multi aspects.The role of LEO satellite communication in 5G was positioned as a complement,not yet as the main role.The proposals were thus given based on the analysis of the application requirements,technologies and the industrial level regarding to the LEO satellite communication R＆amp;D in China.Suggestions for the development of LEO satellite communication in China as:“compatible with 5G,integrated within 6G” were put forward.The development process could be divided into two steps.In the first step,the current LEO satellite communication system could be developed mostly based on the 5G technologies and compatibility,the maximumly reuse of 5G key technologies,the cost reduction from the scale economy effect of 5G,and finally the LEO advantages achieved from the differentiation between 5G and LEO.In the second step,the terrestrial mobile communication and the high,medium and low orbit satellite communications would be harmony integrated in 6G.The final suggestions were of two efforts and two cooperations:encouraging application and getting more frequency resources and satellite orbit resources,the international cooperation and the domestic cooperation,to accelerate the industrial maturity and to achieve commercial success.…”
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A review of additive usage in polymer manufacturing: case study phenolic antioxidants by Derek Orndoff, Sohail Lone, Betsy Beymer-Farris, Morgan Wood, Jennifer Sadler, Mary Ellen Ternes, Tracy Hester, Kevin M. Miller, Jeffrey Seay

“…The March 2, 2022, United Nations Environment Assembly Resolution 5/14: “End plastic pollution: Toward an international legally binding instrument by 2024” provides an important path for addressing global plastic pollution, from monomer design and production through the value chain to the final fate of plastic products, including resource recovery. …”
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Monitoring and analysis of reinforced concrete plate-column structures under room temperature and fire based on acoustic emission by Dongye Wang, Yuli Dong, Dashan Zhang, Weihua Wang, Xin Lu

“…The results show that: the cumulative number of events was active in the loading, heating and cooling stages; the crack density and the change of internal forces could be derived from the trend of event rate; the local energy changes of the specimen could be deciphered from the curves of energy rate and b-value, making it possible to judge if a component has reached the failure state; the specimen suffered the most severe damage, when the AE parameters suddenly changed; AE monitoring enables the early warning of fire to reinforced concrete plate-column structure; infrared detection technology is suitable for real-time monitoring of crack development under high temperature.…”
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The Time-Space Joint Response Characteristics of AE-UT under Step Loading and Its Application by Xiaoran Wang, Xiaofei Liu, Enyuan Wang, Chong Zhang, Haishan Jia, Dexing Li

“…The AE energy and UT attenuation coefficient can better characterize the damage evolution of concrete under step loading. (3) The UT field evolves ahead of the rupture on the surface, and the long/narrow strip distribution region of UT parameters is consistent with the future failure zone; meanwhile, the AE events can visually reflect the evolution path of internal damage as well as the dynamic migration mechanism of UT field.…”
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Bone Mineral Density and Body Composition of Adult Premenopausal Women with Three Levels of Physical Activity by Fernando D. Saraví, Fabiana Sayegh

“…Physical activity was estimated from the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). …”
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Physicomechanical and Thermal Properties of Particle Board Produced Using Waste Ceramic Materials and Corncob by O. J. Aladegboye, O. J. Oyedepo, T. J. Awolola, O. D. Oguntayo, O. Y. Babatunde, O. T. Ilesanmi, P. P. Ikubanni

“…The particleboards produced are recommended for wall partitioning and other internal and external purposes.…”
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