Evaluating Copper-Doped Biochar Composites for Improving Wheat Nutrition and Growth in Oxisols by Loren Chisté, Carlos Alberto Silva, Flávio Henrique Silveira Rabêlo, Keiji Jindo, Leônidas Carrijo Azevedo Melo

“…This study hypothesizes that Cu-doped biochar composites can outperform traditional Cu fertilizers in improving wheat growth and Cu use efficiency. …”
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In Vitro Biological and GC-MS Analysis of Whole Plant Calotropis procera by Qahir Shah, Jahangir Khan Achakzai, Muhammad Anwar Panezai, Basira Akhtar, Abdul Manan Kakar, Ali Akbar, Shahabuddin Kakar, Nisar Ahmed Shahwani, Javed Khan, Nazima Yousaf Khan, Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Nizam Baloch, Bakht Zareen Rahim, Noor Hassan

“…Calotropis procera is a medicinal, traditional, and therapeutic plant in Pakistan. In this research study, the biological activities, for instance, anticancer, antileishmanial, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, and brine shrimp lethality assay and GC-MS are studied. …”
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Imaging Bone–Cartilage Interactions in Osteoarthritis Using [F]-NaF PET-MRI by Dragana Savic MSc, Valentina Pedoia PhD, Youngho Seo PhD, Jaewon Yang PhD, Matt Bucknor MD, Benjamin L. Franc MD, Sharmila Majumdar PhD

“…Purpose: Simultaneous positron emission tomography–magnetic resonance imaging (PET-MRI) is an emerging technology providing both anatomical and functional images without increasing the scan time. Compared to the traditional PET/computed tomography imaging, it also exposes the patient to significantly less radiation and provides better anatomical images as MRI provides superior soft tissue characterization. …”
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Safety and tumour-specific immunological responses of combined dendritic cell vaccination and anti-CD40 agonistic antibody treatment for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer:... by Joachim G J V Aerts, Sjoerd H van der Burg, Martijn P Lolkema, Sai Ping Lau, Freek R van ’t Land, Marjolein Y V Homs, Casper H J van Eijck

“…To determine the maximum tolerated dose, DCs will be given at a fixed dosage and anti-CD40 agonist in a traditional 3+3 dose-escalation design. Secondary endpoints include radiographic response according to the RECIST (V.1.1) and iRECIST criteria, and the detection of antitumour specific immune responses.Ethics and dissemination The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO; NL76592.000.21) and the Medical Ethics Committee (METC; MEC-2021-0566) of the Erasmus M.C. …”
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Capturing Geological Uncertainty in Salt Cavern Developments for Hydrogen Storage by Hector G. Barnett, Mark Thomas Ireland, Cees Van Der Land

“…While salt caverns have traditionally been restricted to being developed onshore, in some offshore locations, such as the UK Continental Shelf, there are extensive evaporites that have the potential for storage development. …”
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The Effect of the Addition of Chokeberry Fiber on the Quality of Sheep’s Milk Fermented by Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Lactobacillus acidophilus by K. Szajnar, M. Pawlos, A. Znamirowska

“…The global market for sheep’s milk and its products is increasing due to higher demand for cheese and traditional dairy products, and as a novelty, sheep’s milk is an ingredient in infant formulas and nutraceuticals. …”
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A Panpsychist Interpretation of Evolutionary Theory by Ferhat Onur

“…This idea of panpsychism that mentality develops gradually is already compatible with the traditional view of evolution that species change slowly and incrementally by small steps. …”
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TCF7L2 gene polymorphism in populations of f ive Siberian ethnic groups by L. E. Tabikhanova, L. P. Osipova, T. V. Churkina, E. N. Voronina, M. L. Filipenko

“…The transition from a traditional to an urbanized lifestyle leads to a higher incidence of civilizational diseases associated with metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes mellitus. …”
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Synergistic attenuation of complete freund’s adjuvant-induced inflammation in mice using shinbaro-pelubiprofen: a novel therapeutic complex by Hyunseong Kim, Jin Young Hong, Wan-Jin Jeon, Hyun Kim, Changhwan Yeo, Junseon Lee, Yoon Jae Lee, In-Hyuk Ha

“…This study presents “SBR-Pel,” a new therapeutic blend of Shinbaro tab (SBR), a traditional herbal formula, and pelubiprofen (Pel), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, and investigated their combined anti-inflammatory effects to create a treatment that both improves efficacy and reduces side effects. …”
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Early Intervention of Didang Decoction on MLCK Signaling Pathways in Vascular Endothelial Cells of Type 2 Diabetic Rats by Shoujiao Ye, Zhenqiang Song, Jing Li, Chunshen Li, Juhong Yang, Bai Chang

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A qualitative study on dietary distress of lung cancer patients during chemotherapy (肺癌患者化疗期间饮食困扰的质性研究) by ZHANG Yueyu (张月瑜), YIN Yuanyuan (尹媛媛)

“…Results Five themes were extracted as follows: the uncertainty of diet knowledge, the obstacle of diet habit change, the diet difficulty caused by chemotherapy-induced reactions, the cultural conflict of traditional diet and the difficulty in obtaining diet information resources. …”
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Parthenolide improves sepsis-induced coagulopathy by inhibiting mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis in vascular endothelial cells through BRD4/BCL-xL pathway by Jun Zhang, Xing Zhu, Yong Li, Yinyu Wu, Yunxia Du, Hai Yang, Zhengchao Liu, Haoyu Pei, Rui Li, Huan Luo, Deyu Zuo, Han She, Qingxiang Mao

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Elucidating the causal relationship between gut microbiota, metabolites, and diabetic nephropathy in European patients: Revelations from genome-wide bidirectional mendelian randomi... by Siyuan Song, Li Ning, Jiangyi Yu

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Indocyanine green fluorescence improves safety in laparoscopic cholecystectomy using the Fundus First technique: a retrospective study by Susanna Haverinen, Susanna Haverinen, Evelina Pajus, Gabriel Sandblom, Gabriel Sandblom, Yücel Cengiz, Yücel Cengiz

“…Previous studies have compared ICG with conventional visualization showing shorter operation time and lower conversion rates during LC performed with traditional operation techniques. Results from LC performed with the Fundus First method (FF-LC) and ICG fluorescence has not been previously reported. …”
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Torque visuomotor feedback training versus standard eccentric exercise for the management of patellar tendinopathy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by David Evans, Francesco Negro, Michail Arvanitidis, Eduardo Martinez-Valdes, Ragul Selvamoorthy, Patricio Pincheira

“…Newly developed training protocols that employ visual feedback with specialised devices offer controlled management of loads, speeds and forces across the full range of motion, potentially providing greater benefits.Objective This protocol outlines a randomised controlled trial designed to compare the effects of a visuomotor torque feedback (TF) protocol with a traditional EE protocol on the rehabilitation of PT over a 6-week period. …”
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Islam in Front of the Challenges of Modernity: World Politics, State System, Public Opinion by V. V. Orlov

“…The authors managed to present the diversity of solutions, proposed by Muslim politicians and thinkers aimed at facing a number of challenges such as modernization and globalization, migration crises, poor ecological conditions, rise of social inequality, erosion and substitution of traditional values of Islam, etc.The textbooks in review may be of special interest not only for teachers and students at universities and high schools, but also for specialists in Oriental studies, political studies, as well as for broad audience of readers.…”
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EMNet: A Novel Few-Shot Image Classification Model with Enhanced Self-Correlation Attention and Multi-Branch Joint Module by Fufang Li, Weixiang Zhang, Yi Shang

“…Few-shot image classification aims to address the problem of image classification when data are limited. Traditional models require a large amount of labeled data for training, while few-shot learning trains models using only a small number of samples (just a few samples per class) to recognize new categories. …”
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Comparison of the accuracy of procalcitonin, neutrophil CD64, and C-reactive protein for the diagnosis and prognosis of septic patients after antibiotic therapy by Qingteng Zhu, Hui Wang, Liang Chen, Yang Yu, Miao Chen

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IoT-based prediction model for aquaponic fish pond water quality using multiscale feature fusion with convolutional autoencoder and GRU networks by Suma Christal Mary Sundararajan, Yamini Bhavani Shankar, Sinthia Panneer Selvam, Nalini Manogaran, Koteeswaran Seerangan, Deepa Natesan, Shitharth Selvarajan

“…The effectiveness of the proposed system is evaluated in comparison to the traditional models using some evaluation measures.…”
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Spatiotemporal Evolution and Driving Mechanisms of kNDVI in Different Sections of the Yangtze River Basin Using Multiple Statistical Methods and the PLSPM Model by Zhenjiang Wu, Fengmei Yao, Adeel Ahmad, Fan Deng, Jun Fang

“…Subsequently, Partial Least Squares Path Modeling (PLSPM) was innovatively introduced to quantitatively analyze the influence mechanisms of topographic, climatic, pedological, and socioeconomic factors. Compared to traditional correlation analysis and the geographical detector method, PLSPM, as a theoretically driven statistical method, can simultaneously process path relationships among multiple latent variables, effectively revealing the intensity and pathways of driving factors’ influences, while providing more credible and interpretable explanations for kNDVI variation mechanisms. …”
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