Functional Status of Pancreatic α and β Cells in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Different Plasma Triglyceride Levels: A Retrospective Analysis by Hang Guo, Chunlei Ma, Xiaoming Wu, Congqing Pan

“…Hypertriglyceridemia aggravated the dysfunction of pancreatic α and β cells. A reasonable control of the TG level makes it easier for blood glucose to reach the standard.…”
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Experiments and Index Construction for Disaster Caused by Low Temperature Affecting Hetao Sunflower in Inner Mongolia by Duan Xiaofeng, Liu Wei, Bao Jiajing, Liu Yanli, Li Shuqi, Tang Hongyan

“…It is proved that the harmful accumulated temperature indices can reasonably and objectively reflect the freezing condition of sunflower, which can provide a scientific basis for meteorological services such as early warning and evaluation of freezing damage in autumn for Hetao sunflower.…”
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Christian vs liberal conceptions of human rights by Piotr Mazurkiewicz

“…Religion not only reveals the ultimate meaning of human life and the reasons for which it is worthwhile to be human, but it has also been a source of public morality. …”
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Marigold: a machine learning-based web app for zebrafish pose tracking by Gregory Teicher, R. Madison Riffe, Wayne Barnaby, Gabrielle Martin, Benjamin E. Clayton, Josef G. Trapani, Gerald B. Downes

“…By leveraging a highly efficient, custom-designed neural network architecture, Marigold achieves reasonable training and inference speeds even on modestly powered computers lacking a discrete graphics processing unit. …”
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Kleist vs. Musschenbroek – a difficult way to truth by Jerzy Sawicki

“…In the circle of reliable researchers in the history of science, the priority of Kleist’s discovery is widely recognized, but even they have a problem with naming the electric capacitor discovered by the Cammin physicist differently than the Leiden jar. One of the reasons for the poor knowledge of Kleist and his experiment is scant scientific literature on the subject and the ignorance of the source texts written by the Cammin explorer. …”
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Prospects of Back Surface Field Effect in Ultra-Thin High-Efficiency CdS/CdTe Solar Cells from Numerical Modeling by Nowshad Amin, M. A. Matin, M. M. Aliyu, M. A. Alghoul, M. R. Karim, K. Sopian

“…The conventional baseline case structure of CdS/CdTe cell has been explored with reduced CdTe absorber and CdS window layer thickness, where 1 μm thin CdTe and 50 nm CdS layers showed reasonable efficiencies over 15%. The viability of 1 μm CdTe absorber layer together with possible back surface field (BSF) layers to reduce minority carrier recombination loss at the back contact in ultra thin CdS/CdTe cells was investigated. …”
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Optimization of fermentation conditions to increase the production of antifungal metabolites from Streptomyces sp. KN37 by Xiaoyue Yang, Lijing Yuan, Muhammad Zeeshan, Chuntian Yang, Wen Gao, Guoqiang Zhang, Chunjuan Wang

“…In this study, we used the response surface method to optimize the fermentation medium and conditions of the strain KN37, for investigating the reasons for the enhanced biological activity at both the metabolic and transcriptomic levels. …”
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Non-pharmacological interventions for primary hypertension: a systematic review and network meta-analysis protocol by Tao Xu, Fan-rong Liang, Qifu Li, Taipin Guo, Ziwen Chen, Yun-Jie Shu, Xueli Zhou

“…Two investigators will independently extract information from eligible articles and document reasons for exclusions. The primary outcomes will encompass changes in systolic and diastolic BP. …”
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Water security assessment framework for deltas of the transboundary river basins by T.H. Truong, L.T.T. Nguyen, D.D. Nguyen, T. Pham, T.M. Vu, P.H. Nguyen, Q.T. Nguyen

“…The degree of water security in flood season is higher than that in the dry season. The main reasons that lead to the medium-level water security of the region have been identified, including high dependence on external water resources (more than 90%) and transboundary water cooperation between the basin countries and rather low water productivity in economic sectors. …”
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Exploring the Link between Financial Reporting Models and Earnings Characteristics among Tehran Stock Exchange Listed Companies by Roya Amiri, Ali Ashtab, Mahdi Heydari

“…Thus, the significance of earnings quality is paramount prior to decision-making, as higher earnings quality correlates with better company performance. For reasons such as retention in the company, bonus receipt, and other factors, the manager consciously or unconsciously presents the status of the company as favorable; therefore, the characteristics of corporate earnings are influenced by the foundations of reporting and the discretion of their managers. …”
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Determination of trophic status and carrying capacity of floating net cages in Jatigede Reservoir by Kristina Marsela, Dadan Sumiarsa, Denny Kurniadie

“…However, the people affected by the dam's construction still maintain it for economic reasons. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct research to address these problems by determining the carrying capacity of aquaculture and evaluating the trophic status of the waters. …”
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Improving the Detection, Assessment, Management and Prevention of Delirium in Hospices (the DAMPen-D study): protocol for a co-design and feasibility study of a flexible and scalab... by Najma Siddiqi, Chao Huang, Maureen Twiddy, Miriam Johnson, Margaret Ogden, Kathryn Sartain, Imogen Featherstone, Jason Boland, Mark Pearson, Catriona Jackson, Gillian Jackson

“…The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of an implementation strategy (designed to help deliver good practice delirium guidelines), participant recruitment and data collection.Methods and analysis Three work packages in three hospices in the UK with public involvement in codesign, study management and stakeholder groups: (1) experience-based codesign to adapt an existing theoretically-informed implementation strategy (Creating Learning Environments for Compassionate Care (CLECC)) to implement delirium guidelines in hospices; (2) feasibility study to explore ability to collect demographic, diagnostic and delirium management data from clinical records (n=300), explanatory process data (number of staff engaged in CLECC activities and reasons for non-engagement) and cost data (staff and volunteer hours and pay-grades engaged in implementation activities) and (3) realist process evaluation to assess the acceptability and flexibility of the implementation strategy (preimplementation and postimplementation surveys with hospice staff and management, n=30 at each time point; interviews with hospice staff and management, n=15). …”
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Dynamic guardianship of potato landraces by Andean communities and the genebank of the International Potato Center by Sophia Lüttringhaus, Willy Pradel, Víctor Suarez, Norma C. Manrique-Carpintero, Noelle L. Anglin, David Ellis, Guy Hareau, Nelissa Jamora, Melinda Smale, Rene Gómez

“…Most farmers reported nutritional and cultural benefits as reasons for maintaining landrace material. Repatriated potatoes enabled farmers to conserve potato diversity, and hence, re-establish and broaden culinary diversity and traditions. …”
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Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of cephalopods and their responses to changes in the marine environment in the coastal waters of Zhejiang, China by Jun Liang, Jun Liang, Yongdong Zhou, Yongdong Zhou, Tian Wu, Feng Chen, Feng Chen, Kaida Xu, Kaida Xu, Guangjie Fang, Yazhou Zhang, Yazhou Zhang

“…Thus, exploring the spatial and seasonal variations in cephalopod distribution and their associations with environmental factors is important for elucidating cephalopod diversity and the distribution of cephalopods under changing environmental conditions and for developing reasonable resource management and conservation measures.MethodsOn the basis of trawl survey data from 123 stations in the coastal waters of Zhejiang, China, in the spring and autumn of 2021, the relationships among the cephalopod species composition and diversity characteristics and the spatial and seasonal changes and environmental factors were investigated via the relative importance index (IRI), the alpha diversity index, and the GAM.ResultsThe results revealed that the cephalopods in the coastal waters of Zhejiang belonged to three orders, six families, and 10 genera and that the dominant species were gradually replaced by species of minor economic importance and endemic small-scale fishery species. …”
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Uptake and hesitancy of the second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine among the general population in China after the surge period of the COVID-19 pandemic: a large-scale national st... by Xin Liu, You Xin, Ling Zhang, Yijin Wu, Shu Jing, Zhenwei Dai, Tianrui Ren, Xiaoyang Liu, Jiaqi Fu, Xu Chen, Weijun Xiao, Hao Wang, Yiman Huang, Wenjun Wang, Xiaofen Gu, Li Ma, Shaokai Zhang, Yanqin Yu, Li Li, Tianzuo Gao, Tianyou Zhao, Yimin Qu, Xinyan Liu, Xiaoyou Su, Youlin Qiao

“…To improve coverage of the second booster dose, it is crucial to investigate the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy among the general population during this period and explore the reasons for this phenomenon. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted between January 5 to February 9, 2023. …”
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Spatiotemporal clustering of anthrax and molecular typing of Bacillus anthracis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, 2019 – 2022 by Ran XIAN, Cong YANG, Jianwei GAO, Lei GAO, Qian CHEN, Yu ZHAO, Wenhe KUAI, Haohao FAN, Xiaodi LI, Jiangtao MA

“…ConclusionThe incidence of anthrax in Ningxia showed an increasing trend from 2019 to 2022. One of the reasons for the formation of spatiotemporal clusters of anthrax in 2021 – 2022 may be the formation and development of natural foci. …”
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CytoSorb hemoadsorption of apixaban during cardio-pulmonary bypass for heart transplantation by Anouk Frering, MD, Antoine Abi Lutfallah, MD, Aude Carillion, MD, PhD, Daniel Wendt, MD, Pascal Leprince, MD, PhD, Adrien Bougle, MD, PhD, Guillaume Lebreton, MD, PhD

“…Patients on the transplant waiting list often have multiple reasons for being anticoagulated. Intraoperative removal of apixaban using CytoSorb seems to be an interesting solution for patients on DOACs requiring an emergency CPB intervention. …”
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Determination and prediction of the apparent and standardized ileal amino acid digestibility in soybean meal fed to the pullets by Sumei Cao, Yuxin Yang, Guangtian Ma, Jing Wang, Kai Qiu, Zhigang Song, Shugeng Wu, Guanghai Qi, Haijun Zhang

“…In conclusion, this experiment suggested that the rLys can be used to predict the AID and SID of AA in SBM with reasonable accuracy together with the basal chemical composition, and prediction equations for AID and SID could be used to evaluate the digestibility of SBM in the pullets.…”
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A fuzzy logic approach within the DPSIR framework to address the inherent uncertainty and complexity of water security assessments by Liang Yuan, Zhijie Zhou, Weijun He, Xia Wu, Dagmawi Mulugeta Degefu, Juan Cheng, Lin Chai, Thomas Stephen Ramsey

“…In addition, the control rules of fuzzy reasoning are set up to reflect the influence relationship between evaluation indexes. …”
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Satisfaction and Preferences for Infusion Therapies in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease—Patient Perspective by Julia Węgrzynek-Gallina, Tomasz Chmiela, Michał Borończyk, Aleksandra Buczek, Patrycja Hudzińska, Hubert Bigajski, Damian Waksmundzki, Justyna Gawryluk, Joanna Siuda

“…Based on medical record data comprising reasons for the exclusion of individuals, disease-related and treatment data were collected. …”
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