A Bioclinical Pattern for the Early Diagnosis of Cardioembolic Stroke by Bruno Zecca, Clara Mandelli, Alberto Maino, Chiara Casiraghi, Giovanbattista Bolla, Dario Consonni, Paola Santalucia, Giuseppe Torgano

“…Of the 114 patients, 34 (30%) had cardioembolic stroke, 27 (23%) atherothrombotic stroke, 19 (17%) lacunar stroke, and 34 (30%) stroke of undetermined origin. Patients with cardioembolic stroke had significantly higher levels of NT-proBNP and lower globulin/albumin (G/A) ratio compared with the other subgroups. …”
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Approaches for the measurement of lateral dimensions of graphene oxide flakes using scanning electron microscopy by Giovanni Chemello, Konstantinos Despotelis, Keith R Paton, Charles A Clifford, Andrew J Pollard, Jörg Radnik, Vasile-Dan Hodoroaba

“…There is a practical need, especially from the industrial community, to accurately measure the size and shape of graphene oxide (GO) flakes of commercial origin, in a reliable, simple, and unambiguous way. …”
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Modification of Business Strategy Through The Application of Circular Economy in Coffee Shop Business Units in Pontianak City: Case Study of Four Coffee Shops by Mahardika Agung Madepo, Lina Budiarti, Faaiza Soraya Khalida

“…A SWOT analysis suggests strategies at three levels: corporate, business, and functional. Originality/value (state of the art): This study explore the implementation circular economy concept on business strategy especially in smaller scale business. …”
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Evaluating the resilience of the drug supply chain based on SWARA and CoCoSo multi criteria decision making approach with type 1 and interval type 2 fuzzy data (case study: Bojnord... by Fatemeh Bahman, Alireza Shahraki, Sayyid Ali Banihashemi

“…The top three drug distribution companies are DarouPakhsh, AdoraTeb, and Ferdous, respectively.Originality/Value: The weighting of the criteria indicates which criteria have a greater impact on the resilience of the supply chain. …”
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PhpCNF-Y transcription factor infiltrates heterochromatin to generate cryptic intron-containing transcripts crucial for small RNA production by Manjit Kumar Srivastav, H. Diego Folco, Patroula Nathanailidou, Anupa T Anil, Drisya Vijayakumari, Shweta Jain, Jothy Dhakshnamoorthy, Maura O’Neill, Thorkell Andresson, David Wheeler, Shiv I. S. Grewal

“…Although repeat elements are transcribed from both strands, PhpCNF-Y-dependent transcripts originate from only one strand. These TF-driven transcripts contain multiple cryptic introns which are required for the generation of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) via a mechanism involving the spliceosome and RNAi machinery. …”
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Analysis of somatic piRNAs in the malaria mosquito Anopheles coluzzii reveals atypical classes of genic small RNAs by Sergei Funikov, Alexander Rezvykh, Natalia Akulenko, Jiangtao Liang, Igor V. Sharakhov, Alla Kalmykova

“…Most of the atypical small RNAs exhibit female-biased expression and originate from mitochondrial and nuclear genes involved in energy metabolism. …”
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Comparative Biotypic and Phylogenetic Profiles of Escherichia coli Isolated from Resident Stool and Lagoon in Fresco (Côte d’Ivoire) by Nadége Kouadio-Ngbesso, Koua Atobla, Paul Yao Attien, Mireille Kouame-Sina, René Ahua Koffi, Antoinette Ama Adingra, Adjehi Dadié

“…The diversity of E. coli biotypes observed in this study revealed animal and human origins of contaminations. A close relationship was found between water and human strains, and the presence of commensal and extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli in all samples could represent a potential reservoir of extraintestinal infections for resident populations.…”
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Genetic Diversity of the Collection of Far Eastern <i>Actinidia</i> spp. Revealed by RAD Sequencing Technology by Natalia Slobodova, Maria Gladysheva-Azgari, Fedor Sharko, Kristina Petrova, Eugenia Boulygina, Svetlana Tsygankova, Irina Mitrofanova

“…We assessed the genetic variability of all species, identified population groups within <i>A. kolomikta</i> and <i>A. arguta</i> based on origin, determined ploidy levels across the collection, and identified a set of SNP markers associated with valuable agronomic traits.…”
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Assessing in-vitro models for microglial development and fetal programming: a critical review by Steven Schepanski, Steven Schepanski, Gonza B. Ngoumou, Gonza B. Ngoumou, Claudia Buss, Claudia Buss, Claudia Buss, Claudia Buss, Georg Seifert, Georg Seifert

“…Hofbauer cells, which are fetal macrophages located in the placenta and share a common developmental origin with microglia, are uniquely exposed to prenatal maternal factors and, depending on fetal barrier maturation, exhibit variable epigenetic fidelity. …”
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Photoirradiation Caused Controllable Wettability Switching of Sputtered Highly Aligned c-Axis-Oriented Zinc Oxide Columnar Films by P. W. Chi, C. W. Su, B. H. Jhuo, D. H. Wei

“…After exposing to photoirradiation under ultraviolet (UV) environment, all the ZnO samples showed remarkable transition from hydrophobic to superhydrophilic surfaces and could return to their original hydrophobicity after being placed in the dark. …”
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Grazing reduces shrub-facilitated diversity of ground-dwelling arthropods in semiarid ecosystems by Jiancai Sun, Rentao Liu, Marcelo Sternberg, Lei Zhou, Zhimin Yang

“…The decreased arthropod species turnover between microhabitats in grazed plots relative to ungrazed plots led to alterations of their original community assembly. The key drivers of herbaceous plant height in ungrazed plots and those of soil bulk density, soil organic carbon, and soil moisture in grazed plots shaped ground-dwelling arthropod distribution between microhabitats. …”
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Impacts of Industrial Wastewater Effluent on Ekerekana Creek and Policy Recommendations for Mitigation by Ogechi Amanda Onukogu, Chisom N. Onyebuchi, Temiloluwa O. Scott, Tolulope Babawarun, Chukuneye Neye-Akogo, Olusegun A. Olagunju, Chinedum Gloria Uzougbo

“… This study investigated the impact of industrial wastewater originating from the Port-Harcourt Refinery Company Limited on Ekerekana Creek in Rivers State, serving as a primary fishing source for various communities. …”
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Reprogramming the tumor immune microenvironment using engineered dual-drug loaded Salmonella by Dinh-Huy Nguyen, Sung-Hwan You, Hien Thi-Thu Ngo, Khuynh Van Nguyen, Khang Vuong Tran, Tan-Huy Chu, So-young Kim, Sang-Jun Ha, Yeongjin Hong, Jung-Joon Min

“…Localized secretion of FlaB promotes phenotypic and functional remodeling of intratumoral macrophages that markedly inhibits tumor metastasis in mice bearing tumors of mouse and human origin. Both primary and metastatic tumors from bacteria-treated female mice are characterized by massive infiltration of anti-tumorigenic innate immune cells and activated tumor-specific effector/memory T cells; however, the percentage of immunosuppressive cells is low. …”
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Separation of infrared and bulk in thermal QCD by The χQCD collaboration and the CLQCD collaboration, Xiao-Lan Meng, Peng Sun, Andrei Alexandru, Ivan Horváth, Keh-Fei Liu, Gen Wang, Yi-Bo Yang

“…This suggests that thermal states just above the chiral crossover are non-analytically (in T) connected to thermal state at T = 234 MeV, supporting the key original proposition that the transition into the IR regime occurs at a temperature strictly above the chiral crossover.…”
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Zakat-based urban farming: A tool for poverty alleviation, community empowerment, financial inclusion, and food security by Kinan Salim, Baharom Abdul Hamid, Ziyaad Mahomed, Wiaam Hassan

“…Implication – Through this Zakat-based approach, the research underscores the profound impact of urban farming in catalyzing socio-economic change and advancing efforts towards poverty alleviation. Originality – No previous research has introduced and pilot-tested Zakat-based urban farming solutions for Islamic financial institutions as a tool for Poverty Alleviation and financial inclusion …”
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The Effect of Contaminants and Temperatures of a High-Palm-Oil Biodiesel Blend on the Lifetime of a Diesel Fuel Filter by Ihwan Haryono, Muchammad Taufiq Suryantoro, Ade Kurniawan, Muhammad Ma’ruf, Budi Rochmanto, Hari Setiapraja, Ahmad Taufiqur Rohman, Respatya Teguh Soewono, Taufik Yuwono, Ahmad Syihan Auzani

“…The weighing of the used filters showed that deposits that originated from biodiesel impurities and precipitations were the dominant material causing a reduced fuel filter lifetime. …”
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Soil Quality and Water Redistribution Influences on Plant Production over Low Hillslopes on Reclaimed Mined Land by Stephen D. Merrill, Mark A. Liebig, John D. Hendrickson, Abbey F. Wick

“…Respread soil depth (RSD) and runoff of water redistribution (WR) effects interacted in original North Dakota studies, complicating interpretations. …”
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Phenomenological understanding of the contribution of bulk and grain boundary precipitates on strengthening in prolonged-aged Al-Zn-Mg-Cu aluminium alloys by Cheng-Ling Tai, Yu-Ning Chiu, Chu-Jen Chen, Shih-Kang Lin, Hsin-Chih Lin, R. Devesh Kumar Misra, Yo-Lun Yang, Chien-Nan Hsiao, Cheng-Si Tsao, Tsai-Fu Chung

“…Combining aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and first-principles calculations, the transition of bulk η-phase precipitates, which originated at Zn-terminated interfaces under tensile lattice strain field, was fundamentally explored. …”
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Research on evaluation of basic railway safety management capability based on combination weighting – TOPSIS by Yankun Qi, Xiaoyu Li, Jinghui Liu, Hanqiu Li, Chen Yang

“…Findings – The case study presented demonstrates that this evaluation index system and comprehensive evaluation model are capable of effectively characterizing and evaluating basic railway safety management capability and providing directional guidance for its sustained improvement. Originality/value – Construction of an evaluation index system that is quantifiable, generalizable and accessible, accurately reflects the main aspects of railway transportation enterprises’ basic safety management capability and provides interoperability across various railway transportation enterprises. …”
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Deformation behaviour and microstructure characteristics of aluminium alloy cylindrical toothed parts by an innovative crossed-axes helical rolling process by Kun Li, Chao Zhang, Ming Chang, Shengdun Zhao

“…Results show that mass refined grains were observed in the microstructure from the tooth bottom and flank regions, and the average grain size significantly decreased from 7.6 μm of the original blank to 1.5 and 1.2 μm, respectively. The initial textures of the extruded 6061 aluminium alloy were weaken in the formed tooth bottom and flank regions. …”
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