Comparing multivalent cross-linked Sodium Alginate/ Montmorillonite beads containing Curcumin or Cayenne Pepper as drug carriers and their antimicrobial resistance by Shionainn Traynor, Shubham Sharma

“…SEM results showed the MgCl2 microbeads for both curcumin and cayenne pepper, appeared the roughest allowing for greater water uptake, while the AlCl3 microbeads had a smoother surface leading to less water uptake which correlated with the swelling measurement results. …”
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N-acetylated sugars in clownfish and damselfish skin mucus as messengers involved in chemical recognition by anemone host by Sara Heim, Tony Teav, Fabio Cortesi, Hector Gallart-Ayala, Julijana Ivanisevic, Nicolas Salamin

“…The regulation of nematocyst discharge in cnidarians involves N-acetylated sugars like sialic acid, that bind chemoreceptors on the tentacles of sea anemones, leading to the release of stings. It has been suggested that clownfish could be deprived of sialic acid on their skin surface, sparing them from being stung and facilitating mutualism with sea anemones. …”
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Cataract Surgery with or without Intraocular Lens Implantation in Pediatric Uveitis: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses by Diana Chabané Schmidt, Moug Al-Bakri, Asrin Rasul, Regitze Bangsgaard, Yousif Subhi, Daniella Bach-Holm, Line Kessel

“…In modern era cataract surgery on eyes with pediatric uveitis with IOL implantation leads to satisfactory and superior visual outcomes and no differences in complication rates apart from an increased prevalence of visual axis opacification and a decreased prevalence of hypotony when compared to aphakia. …”
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Development of a handheld GPU-assisted DSC-TransNet model for the real-time classification of plant leaf disease using deep learning approach by Midhun P. Mathew, Sudheep Elayidom, V. P. Jagathy Raj, K. M. Abubeker

“…By providing farmers and farming stakeholders with a reliable tool for rapid disease detection, our model facilitates timely intervention and management practices, ultimately leading to improved crop yields and mitigated economic losses. …”
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Realization and research of self-healing technology of power communication equipment based on power safety and controllability by Danni Liu, Song Zhang, Shengda Wang, Mingwei Zhou, Ji Du

“…However, existing methods struggle with dynamic challenges like voltage fluctuations, thermal overloads, and multidimensional sensor data, often leading to delays in fault recovery and reduced safety. …”
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Enhanced hybrid attention deep learning for avocado ripeness classification on resource constrained devices by Sumitra Nuanmeesri

“…It aims to perform local feature enhancement and capture global relationships, leading to a more comprehensive feature extraction by combining attention modules for the Convolutional Neural Network models. …”
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Sap-feeding insects do not respond uniformly to urbanization: The role of urban green spaces and species characteristics by Dávid Korányi, Ádám Kőrösi, András Orosz, Viktor Markó

“…Urbanization leads to an increase in built-up areas but also creates landscape element mosaics, providing various habitats for phytophagous species. …”
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Conflits armés et environnement by Al–Hamandou Dorsouma, Michel-André Bouchard

“…In addition to well known dramatic humanitarian effects, it leads to less well known serious and important environmental impacts. …”
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THE STRATEGY FOR CREATION OF THE MODERN CONCEPT OF INTEGRATIVE-HOLISTIC EDUCATION (A CASE STUDY OF MINING SCHOOLS OF THE URALS) by N. K. Chapaev, M. A. Choshanov

“…In particular, it concerns the experience of mining schools of the Urals.Methods. A leading approach to the study of this problem is an integrativeholistic approach (PPI) that can identify the holistic nature of the pedagogical system in which: a) inter-transformation of cooperated parts occurs not at the expense of each other, but on behalf of each other part; b) the existence of common points of contact between the cooperated components is complemented by the coexistence of the opposite, sometimes mutually exclusive sides of life; c) the idea of the priority of the whole is in harmony with the idea of polycentrism.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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Response Time and Influencing Factors Among Emergency Nurses in Indonesian Hospital: A Scoping Review of Current Evidence by Ramdani D, Kosasih CE, Emaliyawati E

“…Dadan Ramdani,1 Cecep Eli Kosasih,2 Etika Emaliyawati2 1Postgraduate Program of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, 45363, Indonesia; 2Department of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, 45363, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Etika Emaliyawati, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, West Java, 45363, Indonesia, Email etika@unpad.ac.idBackground: The incidence of mass casualty incidents and severe emergencies such as cerebrovascular and motor vehicle accidents in Indonesia is increasing, leading to an increased burden on emergency services. …”
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Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm of the Liver Mimicking as Hydatid Cyst: A Case Report by Ranjita Panigrahi, Ajit Kumar Singh, Arlene Bhuyan, Amaresh Mishra, Subrat Kumar Sahu

“…Due to its rare presentation and the varied number of radiological differential diagnosis, it often leads to delayed or misdiagnosis. Authors hereby report the present case along with a brief review of the literature to increase radiological and clinical awareness, which is essential to keep MCN as a differential diagnosis during the initial evaluation of any cystic lesion of the liver.…”
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Quantitative Analysis of Postural Instability in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Yang Yu, Siquan Liang, Yue Wang, Yanan Zhao, Jiaojiao Zhao, Haitao Li, Jingchao Wu, Yuanyuan Cheng, Fan Wu, Jialing Wu

“…Postural instability is commonly observed in Parkinson’s disease, leading to an increasing risk of falling and worsening as the disease progresses. …”
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Microstructural Evolution and Oxidation Resistance of Fe-30Ni-15Cr Alloy for Internal Combustion Engine Valves Under Long-Term High-Temperature Exposure and Heat Treatment by Yuguo Tu, Xueshan Xiao, Zhiyuan Zhu, Linzhen Zhou

“…During prolonged thermal exposure, grain growth occurs mainly in the initial stage, and after 200 h, the prolonged exposure time leads to a significant coarsening of γ′ precipitates, whose area fraction increases by more than 10 times compared to their unaged state. …”
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Economic–Energy–Environmental Optimization of a Multi-Energy System in a University District by Luca Bacci, Enrico Dal Cin, Gianluca Carraro, Sergio Rech, Andrea Lazzaretto

“…The results show that the installation of cogeneration engines leads to significant benefits in both economic (up to −12.3% of total annual costs) and energy (up to −10.2% of the primary energy consumption) terms; these benefits increase as the level of integration increases. …”
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Enhanced Lung Cancer Prediction via Integrated Multi‐Space Feature Adaptation, Collaborative Alignment and Disentanglement Learning by Abigail Kawama, Ronald Waweru Mwangi, Lawrence Nderu

“…ABSTRACT Lung cancer, marked by the rapid and uncontrolled proliferation of abnormal cells in the lungs, continues to be one of the leading causes of cancer‐related deaths globally. …”
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RNAI-MEDIATED SILENCING OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 1 IN EPIDERMAL KERATINOCYTES INFLUENCES THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF INTERLEUKIN 17A by J. A. Mogulevtseva, A. V. Mezentsev, S. A. Bruskin

“…In the extracellular matrix, accumulation of proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin 17A (IL-17A), leads to induction of several MMPs, including MMP1. …”
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Ultrasound-triggered drug release and cytotoxicity of microbubbles with diverse drug attributes by Chi-Fen Chuang, Chia-Wei Lin, Chih-Kuang Yeh

“…DOX-lipid aggregates delayed initial uptake, leading to less pronounced short-term (2 h) effects compared to the rapid release of free CPT from CPT-MBs. …”
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POSITIVISM AND ITS ADVERSARIES: BRADLEY, COLLINGWOOD, NIETZSCHE AND HEIDEGGER by Evaldas Nekrašas

“…At the same time he believes that positivism excels all previous philosophies and is a step leading to his own philosophy. The relation of Heidegger to positivism is ambivalent as well. …”
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The influence of red and blue font color on intertemporal choice: the mediating roles of time perception and dimensional difference comparison by Kai Zhang, Hui Jiang, Xiaowei Geng

“…Students using blue fonts are more likely to perceive the difference between the two options chosen across time (∆payoff A, B) to be greater than the difference between the two options in the payoff dimension (∆time A, B), leading to farsighted choices compared with those using red fonts. …”
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Optimizing colorectal polyp detection and localization: Impact of RGB color adjustment on CNN performance by Jirakorn Jamrasnarodom, Pharuj Rajborirug, Pises Pisespongsa, Kitsuchart Pasupa

“…Colorectal cancer, arising from adenomatous polyps, is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality, making early detection and removal crucial for preventing cancer progression. …”
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