Consensus-Based Guidelines for Best Practices in the Selection and Use of Examination Gloves in Healthcare Settings by Jorge Freitas, Alexandre Lomba, Samuel Sousa, Viviana Gonçalves, Paulo Brois, Esmeralda Nunes, Isabel Veloso, David Peres, Paulo Alves

“…Recommendations were structured to ensure compliance with international regulations and sustainability frameworks aligned with the One Health approach and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). …”
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Modelling of the closed equilibrium system H2O–(CO2)W–CaCO3–NaH2PO4 for wastewater treatment applications by Ivar Zekker, Oleg Artemchuk, Ergo Rikmann, Kalev Uiga, Laura Daija, Faysal-Al Mamun, Andrejs E. Krauklis, Ruta Ozola-Davidane, Taavo Tenno, Toomas Tenno†

“…This paper focuses on studying the closed equilibrium system H2Oâ(CO2)WâCaCO3âNaH2PO4, elucidating the structural distribution of ions and mol ecules within this system. …”
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Characterization of pre-alloyed NiTi powders produced by electrode induction-melting inert gas atomization for additive manufacturing by Wang J.-W., He D.-Y., Wu X., Guo X.-Y., Tan Z., Zhou Z., Shao W.

“…The surface, crosssectional microstructure, phase structure, and martensitic transformation temperature of the pre-alloyed NiTi powders with different particle sizes are investigated. …”
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Photometric Selection of Type 1 Quasars in the XMM-LSS Field with Machine Learning and the Disk–Corona Connection by Jian Huang, Bin Luo, W. N. Brandt, Ying Chen, Qingling Ni, Yongquan Xue, Zijian Zhang

“…We present photometric selection of type 1 quasars in the ≈5.3 deg ^2 XMM-Large Scale Structure survey field with machine learning. We constructed our training and blind-test samples using spectroscopically identified Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasars, galaxies, and stars. …”
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Retinal Microperimetry as a Novel Tool for Early Detection of Subclinical Cognitive Dysfunction and Brain Damage in Type 1 Diabetes: A Pilot Study by Manel Mateu‐Salat, Nicole Stanton‐Yonge, Frederic Sampedro Santaló, José Ignacio Vela, Jesús Díaz Cascajosa, Eva Safont Pérez, Daniela Rego‐Lorca, Ana Chico

“…Our group described subclinical cognitive alterations, structural brain differences, and increased levels of light chain neurofilament (NfL) in people with T1D and impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia. …”
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Women and birth partners’ experiences of cervical ripening at home and in hospital by Cassandra Yuill, Mairi Harkness, Helen Cheyne, Boo Charkin, Monica Ferreira, Eloise Price, Amarnath Bhide, Mairead Black, Kathleen Boyd, Neelam Heera-Shergill, Neena Modi, John Norrie, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Julia Sanders, Sarah J. Stock, Rosemary Townsend, Linda J. Williams, Christine McCourt

“…Methods We undertook a qualitative study of women and their birth partners’ experiences of cervical ripening at home and in hospital. Semi-structured interviews explored experiences, acceptability and consequences of cervical ripening. …”
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circICMT upregulates and suppresses the malignant behavior of bladder cancer by Xin Luo, FangMei Xie, Guoqiang Qin, Ge Zou, Xu Lu, Chaofeng Zhang, Zeping Han, Ying Zhao, Xiaoyu Song, WenFeng Luo, Yongsheng Li, JinHua He, Jian Shen

“…Background: Circular RNA (circRNA) is a new type of endogenous single-stranded RNA with a covalently closed circular structure. Increasing evidence shows that circRNA plays an important role in regulating gene expression in tumors. circICMT is a circular RNA produced by the ICMT gene. …”
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Nationwide guideline implementation: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators from the perspective of guideline organizations by Andrea C. Thoonsen, Anika Gans, Toby T. Broeders, Ilse van Beusekom, Diana M. J. Delnoij, Martine C. de Bruijne, Hanneke Merten

“…Methods In this qualitative study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 35 representatives of 24 different guideline organizations. …”
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Ruxolitinib and oHSV combination therapy increases CD4 T cell activity and germinal center B cell populations in murine sarcoma by Ravi Dhital, Yeaseul Kim, Doyeon Kim, Ilse Hernandez-Aguirre, Jack Hedberg, Alexia Martin, Kevin A. Cassady

“…RUX+oHSV therapy also increased cytokine-expressing CD4(+) populations, predominantly granzyme B(+) cytotoxic-like, interferon (IFN)-γ(+) T helper type 1 (Th1)-like, and interleukin (IL)-21(+) T follicular helper (Tfh)-like phenotypes, within the tumor infiltrates, suggestive of potential tertiary lymphoid structure development in the treated tumors. Here, we illustrate the utility of a high-dimensional spectral flow cytometry panel that permits simultaneous evaluation of intratumoral CD4/CD8 T cell, Treg, γδ-T cell, natural killer T (NKT) cell, B cell, NK cell, monocyte, macrophage, granulocyte, myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC), and dendritic cell functional changes from RUX+oHSV-treated MPNSTs.…”
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Evaluation of the cardiotoxicity of Echinochrome A using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac organoids by Su-Jin Lee, Eunji Kim, Yeeun Jeong, Jae Boum Youm, Hyoung Kyu Kim, Jin Han, Elena A. Vasileva, Natalia P. Mishchenko, Sergey A. Fedoreyev, Valentin A. Stonik, Sung Joon Kim, Hyang-Ae Lee

“…The hCOs, characterized by expression of key cardiac markers (cTnT) and functional ion channels (Cav1.2, Nav1.5, hERG), exhibited structural and electrophysiological properties reflective of human cardiac physiology. …”
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Practice patterns among early-career primary care (ECPC) physicians and workforce planning implications: protocol for a mixed methods study by Richard J Gibson, Tara Sampalli, Tara Kiran, Richard H Glazier, Agnes Grudniewicz, Kimberlyn McGrail, David Snadden, Ian Scott, M Ruth Lavergne, Laurie J Goldsmith, David Rudoler, Emily Gard Marshall, Megan Ahuja, Doug Blackie, Fred Burge, Steve Hawrylyshyn, Lindsay Hedden, Jacalynne Hernandez-Lee, Kathleen Horrey, Mike Joyce, Adrian MacKenzie, Maria Mathews, Rita McCracken, Madeleine McKay, Charmaine McPherson, Goldis Mitra, Gail Tomblin Murphy, Sabrina T Wong

“…We will conduct semi-structured in-depth interviews with family medicine residents and early-career PCPs and analyse survey data collected by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. …”
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Time to act: Institutional mental health support for Ukrainian academic staff during wartime by Natalia Tsybuliak, Volodymyr Vakhitov, Hanna Mytsyk, Hanna Lopatina, Maryna Nesterenko, Artem Polulyakhov, Yuriy Petrushenko

“…The study underscores the importance of structured mental health support in fostering resilience within the academic community, with implications for policy and practice in war-affected educational environments. …”
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Distribution Characteristics of Nutrients and Eutrophication Assessment in Yueqing Bay by YAO Kaixue, YIN Rui, WANG Yang, CHEN Feng, LI Zhenhua

“…Based on the Marine environment monitoring data of Yueqing Bay in spring, summer, autumn and winter from 2018 to 2019, the spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of nutrient salts (dissolved inorganic nitrogen, DIN) and active phosphate (DIP) in the sea were analyzed, and the pollution degree, eutrophication degree and nutrient structure of the sea area were evaluated by single factor index method, eutrophication index method and potential eutrophication model. …”
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Ion beam induced secondary electron tomography of acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate/polycarbonate polymer blends for fused filament fabrication and injection moulding by J. Hernández-Saz, D. Moreno-Sanchez, L. M. Valencia, Y. Gómez, S. I. Molina, M. Herrera

“…Blends obtained by FFF exhibit strong directionality and a co-continuous morphology, whereas IM objects present a droplet-matrix structure. Also, the interface area between the ASA and PC is quantified to be of 3200 μm² for the FFF sample and 1400 μm² for the IM sample, approximately double in FFF than in IM. …”
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Geological disaster risk assessment based on ecological niche model: A case study of Longhui County, Shaoyang City by Yun ZHANG, Feng ZI, Jiehua GUO, Yunjiang CAO, Jiuling DUAN, Zhigang GUO, Long TANG

“…The study considered various disaster-inducing factors and selected 13 assessment criteria from topography and geomorphology, geological structure, engineering geology of geotechnical bodies, and human engineering activities. …”
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Person-centered support for patients with a pituitary tumor following surgery by Sofie Jakobsson, Oskar Ragnarsson, Tobias Hallén, David Krabbe, Ann-Charlotte Olofsson, Daniel S Olsson, Penelope Trimpou, Thomas Skoglund, Gudmundur Johannsson

“…The study does, however, suggest that the intervention may reduce anxiety 12 months after surgery and that certain subgroups of patients may benefit more from a structured person-centered practice following pituitary surgery.…”
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Early determination of potential critical quality attributes of therapeutic antibodies in developability studies through surface plasmon resonance-based relative binding activity a... by Shuai Wang, Yanqiu Wang, Zhenzhen Li, Ye Hong, Zhaohui Wang, Jiteng Fan, Qiong Wang, Yuanjie Ge, Xiaofeng Zhao, Guangcun Cheng, Changyan Chen, Yadan Wu, Yayuan Fu

“…The current developability assessment strategy provided comprehensive, precise characterization of antibody binding activity in the stability studies, enabling us to perform correlation analysis and establish the structure–function relationship between relative binding activity and quality attributes. …”
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Investigation in blood-brain barrier integrity and susceptibility to immune cell penetration in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome by Cristina Alonso, Alicia García-Culebras, Valentina Satta, Inés Hernández-Fisac, Álvaro Sierra, José A. Guimaré, Ignacio Lizasoain, Javier Fernández-Ruiz, Onintza Sagredo

“…However, the levels of endogenous IgG in this brain structure were significantly elevated in DS mice compared to controls, directly indicating the occurrence of extravasation into the brain parenchyma and indirectly that the BBB in DS mice may be relatively affected, a fact confirmed by the reduction in the levels of BBB-related proteins such as ZO-1 in these mice. …”
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Optimization of photocatalytic degradation of Eriochrome Black T from aqueous solution using TiO2-biochar composite by Mohammednur Abdu, Solomon Tibebu, Saeideh Babaee, Abebe Worku, Titus A.M. Msagati, Jemal Fito Nure

“…The synthesis resulted in an anatase phase crystal structure, a reduced band gap of 2.69 eV, and a significant surface area increase from 38 m²/g to 78 m²/g. …”
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Carbon finance for forest resilience in California by Micah Elias, Ethan Yackulic, Katharyn Duffy, Katharyn Duffy, Phil Saksa, Daniel L. Sanchez, Nicholas Pevzner, Spencer Plumb, Jillian Dyszynski, Carina Bracer

“…Restoring a resilient forest structure in California’s American River watershed in the Sierra Nevada mountains can generate up to $6,100 per acre in carbon revenue from increased forest carbon and market-ready biomass utilization pathways, potentially fully funding forest management. …”
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