Light People: Prof. Henry Snaith’s (FRS) perovskite optoelectronics journey by Ruidong Xia, Ying Hu

“…On 5th September 2024, Oxford PV announced the world’s first commercial sale of next-generation perovskite tandem solar panels, which generate up to 20% more energy than a standard silicon panel. In an insightful conversation with Light: Science & Applications, Prof. …”
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Pengembangan Sistem Manajemen Pengetahuan di Organisasi Asosiasi Alumni Program Beasiswa Amerika - Indonesia (ALPHA-I) by Muhammad Nurwegiono, Sri Nurdiati, Sony Hartono Wijaya

“…The second problem is the explicit knowledge of employees to record the Standard Operational Procedure (SOP), activity reports, meeting report, partner list, and other relevant documents were written by books. …”
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The science and politics of ‘knowledge’ in safe sport research by Benjamin Carr

“…As a reliable generator of knowledge, the VTAQ is arguably still in the development stage, and is not ready to be the standard-bearer of safe sport research. Researchers responsible for its creation are publicly open about their political motivations to use high prevalence rates to change policymakers’ decisions and to receive funding for future research. …”
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Association Between Fine Particle Waves and Sexual Function: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey in China by Weiqian Zhang, Rui Qu, Guan Cheng, Jingxuan Wang, Tailang Yin, Jue Liu, Dongdong Tang, Yan Zhang

“…PM waves were characterized by daily average PM concentrations surpassing Grade II thresholds of China’s ambient air quality standards (PM_2.5 > 75 μg/m³, PM₁₀ > 150 μg/m³) for three or more consecutive days (3–8 days). …”
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Laser Based ¹³C-urea Breath Test in Quantitative Assessment of Bacterial Colonization, Severity of Inflammation and Atrophy in Gastric Mucosa by E. V. Stepanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The breath test was carried out according to a standard protocol using the BSIA patent kit (Great Britain). …”
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Cohort profile: Anhui Maternal–Child Health Study in China by Yunxia Cao, Ruoling Chen, Weiju Zhou, Xiaofeng Xu, Xiaoqing Peng, Jiaqian Yin, Chunmei Liang, Ranjit Khutan, Fang-Biao Tao

“…Participants receive a standard long pituitary downregulation or a short protocol with an antagonist for the treatment. …”
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Chronic enteropathy in dogs affects the quality of life in both dogs and their owners—are veterinarians proficient in handling the caregiver burden? by Janne Graarup-Hansen Lyngby, Lise Nikolic Nielsen, Stine Ankerkilde, Amanda Wissendorf Bentzen, Charlotte Bjørnvad, Thomas Bøker Lund, Peter Sandøe, Peter Sandøe

“…However, assessments were not done in a standardized fashion among either group. Logistical challenges of having a dog with a chronic GI disease often lead to lifestyle changes for the owners, including altering working hours and cancelling holidays or other social arrangements. …”
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Patient-reported outcome measures to assess mental and physical health status, functionality, and quality of life in patients with major depression or schizophrenia by Luis San, Belen Arranz, Carlota Romans, Berta García, Marta Coromina, Sonia Ortiz, Miriam Vilaplana, Víctor Soto, Ruth Villaescusa, Joan Alvaros

“…Abstract Background Patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) are standardized self-administered tools that assess the patient’s opinion on the level of health, quality of life, and disability among other aspects. …”
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Differentiation Potential of Early- and Late-Passage Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cultured under Hypoxia and Normoxia by Ashley G. Zhao, Kiran Shah, Julien Freitag, Brett Cromer, Huseyin Sumer

“…Our results demonstrate that the minimal standard criteria to define MSCs as suitable for laboratory-based and preclinical studies can be maintained in early- or late-passage MSCs cultured in hypoxia or normoxia. …”
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Positive energy density in topologically charged exponential wormholes and Regge–Wheeler potential by Faizuddin Ahmed, Jaydeep Goswami, Abdelmalek Bouzenada

“…Abstract In this paper, we investigate a series of topologically charged exponential traversable wormhole models described by the standard metric form: $$\begin{aligned}ds^2=-\mathcal {A}^2(r)\,dt^2+\mathcal {B}^2(r)\,\left[ \frac{dr^2}{\alpha ^2}+r^2\,(d\theta ^2+\sin ^2\theta \,d\phi ^2)\right] ,\end{aligned}$$ d s 2 = - A 2 ( r ) d t 2 + B 2 ( r ) d r 2 α 2 + r 2 ( d θ 2 + sin 2 θ d ϕ 2 ) , where $$0< \alpha < 1$$ 0 < α < 1 is the global monopole chare parameter. …”
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Effects of Providing Enrichment to Broilers in an Animal Welfare Environment on Productivity, Litter Moisture, Gas Concentration (CO₂ and NH₃), Animal Welfare... by Chan-Ho Kim, Woo-Do Lee, Ji-Seon Son, Jung-Hwan Jeon, Se-Jin Lim, Su-Mi Kim

“…As animal welfare becomes more active in livestock industry, research is being conducted on ways to improve poor housing environments, reduce stress, and meet welfare standards. Among these, environmental enrichment methods are effective in reducing stress and creating a welfare-friendly rearing environment, but there are few cases of actual application to farms. …”
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Optimizing Microneutralization and IFN-γ ELISPOT Assays to Evaluate Mpox Immunity by Yinyi Yu, Krystal Meza, Chase Colbert, Daniel F. Hoft, Anna Jaunarajs, Azra Blazevic, Sharon E. Frey, Getahun Abate

“…Optimization and further development of FRNT were conducted using the plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT) as the gold standard. The mpox-specific IFN-γ ELISPOT assay was optimized using different mpox antigen preparations. …”
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Global trends in the burden of ischemic heart disease based on the global burden of disease study 2021: the role of metabolic risk factors by Yifei Wang, Qing Li, Lei Bi, Bin Wang, Tingting Lv, Ping Zhang

“…Methods Data from GBD 2021 was analyzed to evaluate the global age-standardized death rates (ASDR) and disability-adjusted life years (ASRDALYs) linked to IHD. …”
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System of plasminogen regulators in the skin of intact uPA gene-knockout C57BL/6-PlautmI.IBug-This Plau6FDhu/GFDhu mice and in a model of chronic neurogenic pain by E. M. Frantsiyants, E. I. Surikova, I. V. Kaplieva, I. V. Neskubina, L. S. Kozlova, V. A. Bandovkina, L. K. Trepitaki, V. V. Pozdnyakova

“…A CNP model was created by sciatic nerve ligation; levels and activity of components of PG activation cascade were studied by ELISA using standard test systems.Results. Intact uPA-deficient C57BL/6-PlautmI.IBug-ThisPlau6FDhu/GFDhu mice differed from C57BL/6 mice by a decreased level of PG regulators, excluding plasmin in all mice, PG in males and urokinase receptor (uPAR). uPA-deficient mice with CNP showed continuing decrease in levels of plasminogen regulators, except for uPAR in all mice, PG in males and the activity of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1-act) in females.Conclusion. …”
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Chronic inflammation in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 modulates gut microbiome: a review of literature on COVID-19 sequelae and gut dysbiosis by Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Hana Khan, Aqsa Khalid, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Nosheen Nasir, Iffat Khanum, Isadora de Siqueira, Wes Van Voorhis

“…Global variations in Long COVID presentation and symptoms make it challenging to standardize features of Long COVID. Long COVID appears to be accompanied by an auto-immune multi-faceted syndrome where the virus or viral antigen persistence causes continuous stimulation of the immune response, resulting in multi-organ immune dysregulation. …”
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Detection of Elder Abuse Through Emergency Care Technicians Screening Tool Revision for Home-Based Primary Care (DETECT-RPC): a cluster randomised controlled trial study protocol by Melvin D Livingston, Brad Cannell, Jason Burnett, Nicholas Sevey, Kristin Lees Haggerty, Carolyn Pickering

“…The results of this study will be disseminated through a peer-reviewed journal as well as through presentations at professional conferences, invited talks and other standard channels.Trial registration number NCT05958654 (ClinicalTrials.gov).…”
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Efficacy of combined colorectal cancer treatment in senile patients by P. V. Tsarkov, D. R. Markaryan, V. M. Nekoval

“…Patients with the IV stage of CRC underwent standard volume surgery with high-grade lymph node dissection due to the high risk of obstruction or tumor bleeding. …”
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Community structure and diversity of myxobacteria in soils from Inner Mongolia, China by Zhihua Wu, Zhihua Wu, Songyuan Li, Xuehan Wang, Xuehan Wang, Huirong Liu

“…The water content, pH, organic matter, available phosphorus, hydrolytic nitrogen, and available potassium content of soil samples were determined by national standards and other methods. The quantitative assessment of the abundance of myxobacteria in the soil sample was performed by quantitative real-time PCR. …”
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Efficacy of Curcumin on Treating Cancer Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome in Locally or Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Randomised Phase IIa Trial (CurCh... by Tawasapon Thambamroong, Kasan Seetalarom, Siriwimon Saichaemchan, Yanisa Pumsutas, Naiyarat Prasongsook

“…The curcumin add-on resulted in a significant increase in muscle mass than standard nutritional support. Furthermore, it may improve and delay a decrease in the other body composition parameters, handgrip strength, and absolute lymphocyte count. …”
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Effect of Astragalus injection treatment for viral myocarditis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Dinala jialiken, Lichao Qian, Shiwu Wen, Shuai Ren, Yadong Fan, Yi xuan Dong, Chong Zou

“…Meta-analyses indicated that, compared to standard treatment alone, the Astragalus injection group demonstrated significant advantages, achieving an effectiveness rate of 92.79% (1094 cases). …”
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