STUDYING HOW DIESEL ENGINE ADDITIVES USING SILVER OXIDE (Ag2O) NANOPARTICLES AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT by CIHAN BAYINDIRLI, MEHMET CELIK

“…Therefore, incomplete combustion products such as hydrocarbon (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxide (NOx), smoke emission and complete combustion products such as CO2 are thrown into the atmosphere. In this study, the changes in exhaust emissions of 50 ppm and 75 ppm Ag2O NPs were experimentally examined to improve the adverse combustion performance and emission characteristics of cottonseed oil methyl ester. …”
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Relationships of dermatologic symptoms and quality of life in patients with psoriatic arthritis: analysis of two tofacitinib phase III studies by Peter C. Taylor, Andrew G. Bushmakin, Joseph C. Cappelleri, Pamela Young, Rebecca Germino, Joseph F. Merola, Gil Yosipovitch

“…Objectives Evaluate relationships between changes in dermatologic assessments and quality of life (QoL) measures; quantify dermatologic symptom severity impacts on QoL in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) treated with tofacitinib.Methods Data were from two phase III studies; patients received tofacitinib 5 or 10 mg twice daily (BID), adalimumab 40 mg every other week, or placebo advancing to tofacitinib 5 or 10 mg BID at Month 3. …”
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Duckweed: a starch-hyperaccumulating plant under cultivation with a combination of nutrient limitation and elevated CO2 by Ling Guo, Ling Guo, Yang Fang, Songhu Wang, Yao Xiao, Yanqiang Ding, Yanling Jin, Xueping Tian, Anping Du, Zhihua Liao, Kaize He, Shuang Chen, Yonggui Zhao, Li Tan, Zhuolin Yi, Yuqing Che, Lanchai Chen, Jinmeng Li, Leyi Zhao, Peng Zhang, Zhengbiao Gu, Fangyuan Zhang, Yan Hong, Qing Zhang, Hai Zhao

“…However, traditional starch sources, such as crop-based options, experience significant bottlenecks due to limitations in land use, water consumption, and the impacts of climate change. Therefore, there is a pressing need to explore and develop new sources of starch.MethodsWe develop a novel duckweed cultivation technology that combines nutrients limitation and CO2 supplementation to achieve very high starch content. …”
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Two rare cases of primary clear cell adenocarcinoma of the urethra: clinical experience, case report and literature review by Bohao Jiang, Jiyuan Hu, Benqiao Wang, Xujia Liu, Ling Tong, Yitong Xu, Hao Zhang

“…In contrast, the prognosis of case 2 remained uneventful 10 months after surgery without recurrence. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Biomarkers in Type 2 Diabetes Patients With and Without Comorbidities: Insights Into the Role of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease by Symeon Savvopoulos, Haralampos Hatzikirou, Herbert F Jelinek

“…Design: In patients with or without hypertension and cardiovascular disease, as part of progression from no diabetes to T2DM, this research studied the changes in biomarkers between control and prediabetes, prediabetes to T2DM, and control to T2DM, and classified patients based on first-attendance data. …”
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Applying social cognitive theory to predict physical activity and dietary behavior among patients with type-2 diabetes by Ann Tresa Sebastian, Eslavath Rajkumar, P Tejaswini, R Lakshmi, J Romate

“…# Introduction Non-communicable diseases, arising out of changing lifestyle habits of people, are the foremost causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. …”
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Mechanisms of N2O production in salinity-adapted partial nitritation systems for high-ammonia wastewater treatment by Xiang Li, Yingxin Jin, Yanying He, Yufen Wang, Tingting Zhu, Yingxin Zhao, Bing-Jie Ni, Yiwen Liu

“…Additionally, the mechanism investigation examined the combined effects of salinity-induced changes in sludge properties and microbial community on N2O emissions. …”
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Efectos del crecimiento económico en las emisiones de CO2 en América del Norte by David Mendoza Tinoco, Lilian Albornoz Mendoza, Alfonso Mercado García

“…Este artículo examina la heterogeneidad, en el ámbito ambiental, de los 3 países que componen la región de Norteamérica, específicamente en la emisión de CO2, el principal gas efecto invernadero. Por un lado, Estados Unidos es un gran emisor de CO2 (19% de las emisiones globales acumuladas en 1990-2020), solamente superado por China a partir de 2005. …”
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Bidirectional causal associations between frailty measures and sleep disturbances: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Che L, Zang H, Bi Y, Wen B, Xu L

“…Lu Che,* Han Zang,* Yaodan Bi, Bei Wen, Li Xu Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Li Xu, Email pumchxuli@163.comBackground: Observational studies have demonstrated a strong association between sleep disturbances and frailty. …”
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Incidence of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome by Occupation – 10-Year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study by Juliane Bauer, Janice Hegewald, Karin Rossnagel, Sylvia Jankowiak, Michaela Prigge, Julian Chalabi, Matthias Nübling, Alice Freiberg, Merle Riechmann-Wolf, Pavel Dietz, Philipp S. Wild, Thomas Koeck, Manfred E. Beutel, Norbert Pfeiffer, Karl J. Lackner, Thomas Münzel, Konstantin Strauch, Philipp Lurz, Oliver Tüscher, Julia Weinmann-Menke, Stavros Konstantinides, Andreas Seidler

“…Abstract Background In view of demographic change, rising retirement age, and a growing shortage of skilled workers, it is increasingly important to prevent widespread diseases such as type 2 diabetes or its risk factor metabolic syndrome. …”
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Loss of MEF2C function by enhancer mutation leads to neuronal mitochondria dysfunction and motor deficits in mice by Ali Yousefian-Jazi, Suhyun Kim, Jiyeon Chu, Seung-Hye Choi, Phuong Thi Thanh Nguyen, Uiyeol Park, Min-gyeong Kim, Hongik Hwang, Kyungeun Lee, Yeyun Kim, Seung Jae Hyeon, Hyewhon Rhim, Hannah L. Ryu, Grewo Lim, Thor D. Stein, Kayeong Lim, Hoon Ryu, Junghee Lee

“…To verify the role of MEF2C-knockdown (MEF2C-KD) in mice, we developed AAV expressing shRNA for MEF2C based on AAV-U6 promoter vector. …”
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Association of baseline and trajectory of triglyceride-glucose index with the incidence of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Qiong Huang, Wenbin Nan, Baimei He, Zhenhua Xing, Zhenyu Peng

“…Intensive glycemic therapy might influence the association between the trajectory of TyG index and the chance of developing CAN.…”
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Evaluating the Performance of Low-cost PM Sensors over Multiple COALESCE Network Sites by Vishal R. Dharaiya, Vasudev Malyan, Vikas Kumar, Manoranjan Sahu, Chandra Venkatraman, Pratim Biswas, Kajal Yadav, Diksha Haswani, Ramya Sunder Raman, Ruqia Bhat, Tanveer Ahmad Najar, Arshid Jehangir, Rohit P. Patil, G. Pandithurai, Sandeep Singh Duhan, Jitendra Singh Laura

“…The air quality trend was quite similar in both the measurements, however, MERRA-2 reconstructed PM2.5 was significantly lower in the pre-lockdown period compared to the lockdown periods. …”
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Collection of SARS-CoV-2 Virus from the Air of a Clinic within a University Student Health Care Center and Analyses of the Viral Genomic Sequence by John A. Lednicky, Sripriya N. Shankar, Maha A. Elbadry, Julia C. Gibson, Md. Mahbubul Alam, Caroline J. Stephenson, Arantzazu Eiguren-Fernandez, J. Glenn Morris, Carla N. Mavian, Marco Salemi, James R. Clugston, Chang-Yu Wu

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Importance Analysis of Causative Nodes for Accident Chains of Railway Locomotive Operation Based on STPA-PageRank Method by Ping WAN, Wei-Lun YANG, Jie-Wen LUO, Xiao-Feng MA

“…Firstly, 68 sets of data of railway locomotive operation accidents happened in recent two years were collected and compiled. Secondly, the system theory process analysis (STPA) method was adopted to extract 68 accident chains based on those data. …”
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Investigation of new solitary stochastic structures to the Heisenberg ferromagnetic spin chain model via a Stratonovich sense by Md. Nur Alam

“…This study examines how Stratonovich integrals (SIs) affect the solutions of the Heisenberg ferromagnetic spin chain (HFSC) equation using the modified (G'/G)-expansion (MG'/GE) scheme. …”
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The importance of genotyping within the climate-smart plant breeding value chain – integrative tools for genetic enhancement programs by Ana Luísa Garcia-Oliveira, Rodomiro Ortiz, Fatma Sarsu, Søren K. Rasmussen, Paterne Agre, Asrat Asfaw, Moctar Kante, Subhash Chander

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Single-chain variable fragment affinity tuning can optimize anti-AML CAR-NK cell functionality by Marianna Zahurak, Ravi Varadhan, Ilias Christodoulou, Ruyan Rahnama, Jun Choe, Huilin Yang, Monika Kizerwetter, Christian Guaraca, Natalie Jordan Holl, Stamatia C Vorri, Megan Zinsky, Danielle G Jones, Nikol Garcia Espinoza, Yun-Huai Kuo, Jamie B. Spangler, Challice L. Bonifant

“…Here, we study the functional consequences of CAR binding affinity and targeted epitope on CAR-NK cell activation, cytolytic synapse formation, and antitumor activity.Methods We characterized NK-92 and primary NK cell populations expressing variant affinity AML-specific CARs containing single-chain variable fragments (scFvs, 26292 or 7G3) targeting two epitopes on CD123. 26292 affinity variants were discovered through directed evolution of an error-prone mutagenic library, while 7G3 affinity variants were previously reported. …”
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Reliability analysis of new jointly Type-II hybrid NH censored data and its modeling for three engineering cases by Maysaa Elmahi Abd Elwahab, Ahmed Elshahhat, Ohud A. Alqasem, Mazen Nassar

“…In this study, we employ a newly proposed methodology called a joint Type-II hybrid censoring plan for gathering data from two production lines. …”
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A novel hybrid CLARA and fuzzy time series Markov chain model for predicting air pollution in Jakarta by Nurtiti Sunusi, Ankaz As Sikib, Sumanta Pasari

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