Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Dioxins by Yun-Ya Yang, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Long-term exposure to dioxins can harm immune system, nervous system, endocrine system, and reproductive functions. This 7-page fact sheet discusses the sources, emission trends, and impacts of dioxins as well as the ways to minimize exposure to dioxins. …”
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Effect of Knowledge Sharing on Success of IT Outsourcing by فرج‌اله رهنورد, جلیل خاوندکار

“…By outsourcing, organizations can focus on core functions, decrease their operational costs and technology risk, and to use external sources to achieve the organizational objectives. …”
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Stilpón z Megár medzi sokratikou a helenizmom by Jaroslav Cepko

“… Ancient sources depict the so-called Megarian school in two seemingly contrasting ways: on the one hand, as eristic and dialectic, and on the other, as a continuation of the Socratic ethical orientation in philosophy. …”
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Emerging Diagnostic Approaches for Musculoskeletal Disorders: Advances in Imaging, Biomarkers, and Clinical Assessment by Rahul Kumar, Kiran Marla, Kyle Sporn, Phani Paladugu, Akshay Khanna, Chirag Gowda, Alex Ngo, Ethan Waisberg, Ram Jagadeesan, Alireza Tavakkoli

“…Point-of-care ultrasound and portable diagnostic devices have expanded real-time imaging and functional assessment capabilities across diverse clinical settings. …”
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Immunoexpression of tumor suppressor genes p53, p21WAF1/CIP1 and p27KIP1 in humam astrocystic tumors Imuno-expressão dos genes supressores tumorais p53, p21WAF1/CIP1 e p27KIP1 em t... by Mário Henrique Girão Faria, Régia Maria do Socorro Vidal do Patrocínio, Manoel Odorico de Moraes Filho, Silvia Helena Barem Rabenhorst

“…These results indicated the p53 mutation as an initial, relevant and potentially predictor of tumor progression event in astrocytomas, with the detection of p21 protein as an important resource for the deduction of functional situation of this gene. …”
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Perspective on the Biomimetic Approaches for the Design of Hydrophobic and Antimicrobial Paper Coatings with Hierarchical Surface Structures by Pieter Samyn

“…The enhanced coating functionalities should be incorporated through a combination of selected bio-based materials and the creation of appropriate surface textures enhancing coating performance. …”
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Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Using AgN3 Single‐Atom Sites Embedded in Free‐Standing Electrodes for Flow Cell Applications by M. Nur Hossain, Ali Malek, Zhangsen Chen, Lei Zhang, Shuhui Sun, Hanshuo Liu, Roberto Neagu, Jigang Zhou, Hui Yuan, Christopher S. Allen, Gianluigi Botton

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Bovine PMN responses to extracellular vesicles released by Besnoitia besnoiti tachyzoites and B. besnoiti-infected host cells by Gabriel Espinosa, Constanza Salinas-Varas, Lisbeth Rojas-Barón, Christian Preußer, Elke Pogge von Strandmann, Ulrich Gärtner, Iván Conejeros, Carlos Hermosilla, Anja Taubert

“…Therefore, we tested whether exposure of bovine PMN to EVs from different cellular sources affects classical PMN effector functions and cytokine/chemokine secretion. …”
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Persistence of Reptile DNA in a Terrestrial Substrate: A Case Study Using the Eastern Indigo Snake by Leah R. N. Samuels, Houston C. Chandler, Michelle Hoffman, John A. Kronenberger, Michele Elmore, Robert Aldredge, Benjamin S. Stegenga, James E. Bogan Jr., Mark A. Davis, Stephanie Hertz, Michael K. Schwartz, Taylor Wilcox

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The Challenges of Safety Culture: No more risk! by Julija Melnikova

“…These factors by themselves are the definite source of disaster. People are not able to avoid their impacts: different crashes, accidents, fires. …”
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Dimeric natural product panepocyclinol A inhibits STAT3 via di-covalent modification by Li Li, Yuezhou Wang, Yiqiu Wang, Xiaoyang Li, Qihong Deng, Fei Gao, Wenhua Lian, Yunzhan Li, Fu Gui, Yanling Wei, Su-Jie Zhu, Cai-Hong Yun, Lei Zhang, Zhiyu Hu, Qingyan Xu, Xiaobing Wu, Lanfen Chen, Dawang Zhou, Jianming Zhang, Fei Xia, Xianming Deng

“…Homo- or heterodimeric compounds that affect dimeric protein function through interaction between monomeric moieties and protein subunits can serve as valuable sources of potent and selective drug candidates. …”
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Scots Pine Bark Extracts as Co-Hardeners of Epoxy Resins by Tomasz Szmechtyk

“…Extracts from natural waste like bark or leaves are great sources of phytochemicals, which contain functional groups (hydroxyl, carboxylic, vinyl, allyl) attractive in terms of polymer synthesis. …”
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In silico and in vivo Study of the Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Azomethine Derivatives of 2-amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene-3-carboxamide and 2-substituted 5,6,7,8-tetra... by Chiriapkin, A.S., Kodonidi, I.P., Abisalova, I.L., Diakova, I.N.

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Features of the morphological structure of plants and biochemical properties of introduced and domestic varieties of Cannabis sativa L. by А. С. Полякова, Л. М. Горшкова, Д. Б. Рахметов

“…Nowadays C. sativa is the main source of phyto material for industrial production of natural CBD. …”
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Effect of the diet level of whole-plant corn silage on the colonic microflora of Hezuo pigs by Qiaoli Yang, Longlong Wang, Pengfei Wang, Zunqiang Yan, Qiong Chen, Pengxia Zhang, Jie Li, Rui Jia, Yao Li, Xitong Yin, Shuangbao Gun

“…Background Whole-plant corn silage (WPCS) is an important roughage source for livestock, and have critical influences on rumen or intestinal microbiota, thus affecting the growth performance and feed efficiency. …”
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A Study of Directional Patterns of Ultrasonic Parametric Array by Denis Sergeevich RAKOV, Aleksandr S. RAKOV, Andrey N. KUDRYAVTSEV, Nikolay P. KRASNENKO, Yury A. CHURSIN, Maksim A. MURIN

“…The results of selecting and functional testing of unit elements are described in this paper. …”
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Effects of exercise with music in frail older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis by NamHee Kim, Gwang Suk Kim, Min Kyung Park, Layoung Kim, Jae Jun Lee, Seungbum Yang

“…This study evaluated the impact of exercise with music on the physical and emotional health of frail, community-dwelling older adults.Design A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis guidelines.Data sources MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, Google Scholar and the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library were last searched on 14 March 2025.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and non-RCTs that applied exercise with music to community-dwelling frail older adults.Data extraction and synthesis Five independent reviewers used standardised methods to search, screen and code included studies. …”
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Understanding the political economy of reforming global health initiatives – insights from global and country levels by Sophie Witter, Natasha Palmer, Rosemary Jouhaud, Shehla Zaidi, Severine Carillon, Rene English, Giulia Loffreda, Emilie Venables, Shifa Salman Habib, Jeff Tan, Fatouma Hane, Maria Paola Bertone, Seyed-Moeen Hosseinalipour, Valery Ridde, Asad Shoaib, Adama Faye, Lilian Dudley, Karen Daniels, Karl Blanchet

“…The study adopted a cross-sectional, mixed-methods approach, drawing from a range of data sources and data collection methods, including a global and regional level analysis as well as three embedded country case studies in Pakistan, South Africa and Senegal. …”
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Long-read sequencing of 945 Han individuals identifies structural variants associated with phenotypic diversity and disease susceptibility by Jiao Gong, Huiru Sun, Kaiyuan Wang, Yanhui Zhao, Yechao Huang, Qinsheng Chen, Hui Qiao, Yang Gao, Jialin Zhao, Yunchao Ling, Ruifang Cao, Jingze Tan, Qi Wang, Yanyun Ma, Jing Li, Jingchun Luo, Sijia Wang, Jiucun Wang, Guoqing Zhang, Shuhua Xu, Feng Qian, Fang Zhou, Huiru Tang, Dali Li, Chinese Pangenome Consortium (CPC), Fritz J. Sedlazeck, Li Jin, Yuting Guan, Shaohua Fan

“…Abstract Genomic structural variants (SVs) are a major source of genetic diversity in humans. Here, through long-read sequencing of 945 Han Chinese genomes, we identify 111,288 SVs, including 24.56% unreported variants, many with predicted functional importance. …”
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Spatial database applications for network analysis: Case study of bicycle accessibility of forested areas in the Poznań Metropolitan Area, Poland by Kostecki Robert

“…The solution includes a complete description of how to perform network analysis using a spatial database with SQL and pgRouting. The implemented functionalities consist of solutions for finding the equidistance or isochrone area for any selected point location. …”
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