Mobile Phone App to Promote Lifestyle Change in People at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Feasibility 3-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial by Gyri Skoglund, Gunvor Hilde, Pernille Lunde, Venessa Vera Cruz Naceno, Cecilie Fromholt Olsen, Birgitta Blakstad Nilsson

“… Abstract BackgroundThe use of mobile health interventions, such as apps, are proposed to meet the challenges faced by preventive health care services due to the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Thus, we developed and conducted initial feasibility testing of the Plunde app for promoting and monitoring individual goals related to lifestyle change for people at risk of T2D. …”
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Seasonal Variations and Health Risk Evaluation of Trace Elements in Atmospheric PM_2.5 in Liaocheng, the North China Plain by Yanhui Wang, Zhanfang Hou, Jiangkai Ma, Xiaoting Zhang, Xuan Liu, Qizong Wang, Chen Chen, Kaiyue Yang, Jingjing Meng

“…Despite extensive research on PM_2.5, there remains a limited understanding of the seasonal variations, origins, and associated health risks of specific elements in urban areas of the North China Plain. …”
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Being Entrapped Between Change and Return to the Kemalist Political Culture: Two Stories of the Ak Party Foreign Policy in the Context of Arab Spring by Rıdvan KALAYCI, Ünal TÜYSÜZ

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Insights into the evolution and fruit color change‐related genes of chromosome doubled sweet cherry from an updated complete T2T genome assembly by Xin Zhang, Xuwei Duan, Jing Wang, Xiaoming Zhang, Guohua Yan, Chuanbao Wu, Yu Zhou, Kaichun Zhang

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Exploring Risk Factors with Crash Severity on China Two-Lane Rural Roads Using a Random-Parameter Ordered Probit Model by Shikun Xie, Xiaofeng Ji, Wenchen Yang, Rui Fang, Jingjing Hao

“…The purpose of this study is to uncover the risk factors influencing crash severity on two-lane rural roads in China. A sample of 1490 traffic crashes occurring on two-lane rural roads between 2012 and 2017 was collected from the Mouding County Highway Bureau in Yunnan, China. …”
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Identification of dominant species of submerged vegetation based on Sentinel-2 red-edge band: A case study of Lake Erhai, China by Xiaohan Wang, Yu Zhang, Yanhong Yu, Yunmei Li, Heng Lyu, Junda Li, Xiaolan Cai, Xianzhang Dong, Gaolun Wang, Jianzhong Li, Mengmeng Song, Lanlan Chen

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Impact of Peritoneal Dialysis Treatment on Arterial Stiffness and Vascular Changes in Diabetic Type 2 and Nondiabetic Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease by Damir Rebić, Senija Rašić, Velma Rebić

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Changes in key volatile components associated with leaf quality of Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb. alongside growth duration by Lu Yan, Ang Zhang, Xiaowei Qin, Huan Yu, Xunzhi Ji, Shuzhen He, Ying Zong, Chunhe Gu, Zhen Feng, Lisong Hu, Zhiqing Lu

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Characterisation and Properties of Lithium Disilicate Glass Ceramics in the SiO2-Li2O-K2O-Al2O3 System for Dental Applications by Naruporn Monmaturapoj, Pornchanok Lawita, Witoon Thepsuwan

“…Increasing the Si : Li ratio in glass compositions resulted in the change of the microstructure of Li2Si2O5 crystals.…”
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Forecasting temperature and precipitation values over the coming decades using the canESM2 model In the Ahrchai watershed. by jaefar derakhshi, behroz sobhani, saeed jahanbakhsh

Subjects: “…climate change…”
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Clinical Characteristics During and After COVID‐19 Infection Among Healthcare Workers During the First Wave of Omicron in Chongqing, China by Haoling Tang, Zhiwei Chen, Tianquan Huang, Pingping Yu, Qiao Tang, Yue Qiu, Yunling Xue, Jing Tang, Nan Cai, Hong Ren, Mingli Peng, Peng Hu

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The CON−H…+NH2 Blue-Shifting H-Bond Stabilizing Effect on Z Secondary Amides and Cyclic System Conformational Rearrangement through an Alkylamine-Chain Migration Pathway by Jaroslaw Spychala

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CO2lonialismo y geografías de esperanza by Julianne Hazlewood

“…Theoretically linking relations between climate change, colonialism, and capitalism, San Lorenzo is investigated as an agricultural frontier where “CO2lonialism” unfolds in African oil palm cultivation and agrofuel production. …”
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Study on the Influence of Regional Transportation on PM2.5 Based on the RAMS-CMAQ Model in Weihai, a Typical Coastal City of Northern China by Wentao Ning, Zhiwen Xing, Min Wei, Mingyan Li, Meigen Zhang, Houfeng Liu

“…Abstract Weihai, on the east coast of China, is the only city in Shandong Province that the air quality has reached the Chinese National Ambient Air Quality Class II Standard. …”
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Impact of Low PM2.5 Exposure on Asthma Admission: Age-Specific Differences and Evidence from a Low-Pollution Environment in China by Xiaolong Fan, Chen Yang, Jinsheng Chen, Yuping Chen, Gaojie Chen, Ziyi Lin, Zecong Li, Yanting Chen, Liqian Yin, Lingling Xu, Naian Xiao

“…Abstract Many epidemiological studies focus on health research in areas with high concentration of PM2.5. To fill the research gap, our study investigated the acute effects of low PM2.5 level (annual average concentration below 35 µg m−3) on asthma admissions in Xiamen, China. …”
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Anti-inflammatory effects of NaB and NaPc in Acinetobacter baumannii-stimulated THP-1 cells via TLR-2/NF-κB/ROS/NLRP3 pathway by Shu Chen, Yan-Yan Zhang, Hai Zhang, Long-Kun Ding, Yue Xi, Man Yan, Chang Sun, Liang Wu, Hao Hu

“…This study evaluated the anti-inflammation effect of the three main short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) on Acinetobacter baumannii-induced THP-1 cells. …”
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Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) Attenuates Serum Uric Acid (SUA) Level in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Mazhar Hussain, Asim Elahi, Abid Hussain, Javed Iqbal, Lubna Akhtar, Abdul Majid

“…In this double-blind randomized controlled trial, 70 patients with type 2 diabetes and elevated SUA levels were assigned to two treatment groups. …”
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Impact of climate change on the distribution of Isaria cicadaeMiquel in China: predictions based on the MaxEnt model by Zhipeng He, Habib Ali, Junhao Wu, Zhiqian Liu, Xinju Wei, Zhihang Zhuo

“…IntroductionIsaria cicadae, a historically valued edible and medicinal fungus in China, has been experiencing a critical decline in abundance due to ecological degradation and overexploitation. …”
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Determining Dominant Factors of Vegetation Change with Machine Learning and Multisource Data in the Ganjiang River Basin, China by Zhiming Xia, Kaitao Liao, Liping Guo, Bin Wang, Hongsheng Huang, Xiulong Chen, Xiangmin Fang, Kuiling Zu, Zhijun Luo, Faxing Shen, Fusheng Chen

“…Vegetation is a fundamental component of terrestrial ecosystems, and accurately assessing the effects of seasonal climate variations, extreme weather events, and land use changes on vegetation dynamics is crucial. The Ganjiang River Basin (GRB), a key region for water conservation and recharge in southeastern China, has experienced significant land use changes and variable climate in the past. …”
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ANN Model-Based Simulation of the Runoff Variation in Response to Climate Change on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China by Chang Juan, Wang Genxu, Mao Tianxu, Sun Xiangyang

“…To identify the impacts of climate change in the runoff process in the Three-River Headwater Region (TRHR) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, two artificial neural network (ANN) models, one with three input variables (previous runoff, air temperature, and precipitation) and another with two input variables (air temperature and precipitation only), were developed to simulate and predict the runoff variation in the TRHR. …”
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