Design and Construction of Ag@MOFs Immobilized PVDF Ultrafiltration Membranes with Anti-bacterial and Antifouling Properties by Wentao Xu, Huaqiang Zhuang, Zehai Xu, Mianli Huang, Shangchan Gao, Qingbiao Li, Guoliang Zhang

“…Meanwhile, the pure water flux of Ag@MOF membranes increased from 85 L/m2 h to 157 L/m2 h, and the maximum membrane flux recovery rate (FRR) of 95.7% was obtained using SA as pollutant, which is attributed to the introduction of Ag@MOF composite material. …”
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心力衰竭大鼠左心室β3-肾上腺素能受体表达及其与心功能的关系 by 邓义军, 伍卫, 杨蕙, 方昶, 黄至斌

“…【结果】①与对照组相比，心力衰竭大鼠左心室β3-AR mRNA表达量（β3/β-actin的比值）增加（0．011vs0．028，P〈0．05），所占比例[β3／（β3/＋β2＋β3]增加（1．2％vs5．4％，P〈0．05）；②静注BRL37344后，对照组LVESP、＋dp/dtmax，-dp/dtmax分别下降12．2％、15．8％、11．5％，LVEDP上升9．8％；心力衰竭大鼠LVESP、＋dp/dtmax ,-dp/dtmax分别下降16．1％、21．7％、13．2％。LVEDP上升10．5％。【结论】心力衰竭大鼠左心室β3-AR mRNA表达明显增高。…”
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Cyclic Learning Rate-Based Co-Training for Image Classification With Noisy Labels by Ying Zheng, Yu Gu, Pingping Bai, Dong Yuan, Siqi Zhou, Xin Lyu, Ang Chen

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Thinning enhances whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) growth and resin duct defenses by Nickolas E. Kichas, Erin K. Shanahan, Sharon M. Hood

“…In the nine years following thinning treatments, we found that whitebark pine trees (>12.7 cm diameter at breast height [dbh]) responded favorably to thinning and experienced a 60% increase in basal area increment (52% increase in ring width index) while also producing 34% more resin ducts. …”
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Augmentation versus No Augmentation for Immediate Postextraction Implants by Huda Hamed Basher Mohamed, Asma M. Serag Eldien, Amr Zahran

“…One trial compared bone graft augmentation versus membrane augmentation and reported no difference in implant failure between both groups after 6 months (risk ratio (RR) 0.98, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.06 to 15.31) or 1 year of follow-up (RR 0.33, 95% CI 0.01 to 7.86), and no implants were lost after 3 years. …”
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The genomic pattern of insertion/deletion variations during rice improvement by Xia Zhou, Jilong Li, Lei Chen, Minjie Guo, Renmin Liang, Yinghua Pan

“…INDELs were unevenly distributed across the genome, generating a total of 33 hotspot regions. 47.0% of INDELs were located within 2 kb upstream and downstream of genes. …”
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Determinants of essential newborn care for institutional births in Bangladesh: Findings from the 2019 MICS Survey by Syeda Sumaiya Efa, Syed Nafi Mahdee, Md Fuad Al Fidah

“…Results: Almost half of the participants were <20 years old (241, 59.7 %), half had secondary level education (205, 50.7 %), and one-third were from the poorest wealth quintile (123, 30.4 %). …”
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Development of a Gluten Standard from Relevant Sources of Wheat and Investigation into Gluten Content of Supplemental Enzymes Generated During Fermentation by Pyeongsug Kim, Natasha Kim Leeuwendaal, Jonathon Niño Charari, Joan Colom, John Deaton, Kieran Rea

“…During this process, potential allergenic products, including immunologically important gluten peptides, can be created. Current protocols for assessing the levels of these peptides often overlook the specific gluten source. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 vaccination on confusion around vaccination in general: A longitudinal study on a university population over 18 months. by Marine Paridans, Justine Monseur, Nicolas Gillain, Eddy Husson, Gilles Darcis, Claude Saegerman, Laurent Gillet, Fabrice Bureau, Anne-Françoise Donneau, Michèle Guillaume, Benoit Pétré

“…Time 1 vs Time 2, 41.3% vs 35.4% seemed to be less confused, 24.2% vs 28.7% were moderately confused and 34.4% vs 35.8% more confused, respectively. …”
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Hollow Fibre-Supported Liquid Membrane for the Determination of Sulfonamide Residues in Egg Samples by Eskinder Teklu Bekele, S. Dube, M. M. Nindi

“…Under optimum conditions, the limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) values ranged from 0.8–7.9 μg·kg−1 and from 2.4–21.0 μg·kg−1, respectively, linearity in the range of 5 1 000 μg·kg−1, and intra- and inter-day precision (%RSD) values at three concentration levels (50, 100, and 500 μg·L−1) ranged from 6.2–15.7%, 7.3–15.0%, and 7.3–14.6%; and 6.4–17.4%, 4.3–16.2%, and 8.3–16.5%, respectively, were obtained. …”
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Influence of Hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrin on the Photostability of Fungicide Pyrimethanil by Carlos Fernandes, Igor Encarnação, Alexandra Gaspar, Jorge Garrido, Fernanda Borges, E. Manuela Garrido

“…The overall results point out that pyrimethanil can be successfully encapsulated by HP-β-CD, a process that can improve its solubility and photostability properties.…”
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Micro to Nanolevel Stabilization of Expansive Clay Using Agro-Wastes by Mehmood Munawar, Ammad H. Khan, Zia U. Rehman, Abdur Rahim, Mubashir Aziz, Sultan Almuaythir, Bothaina S. I. A. El Kheir, Farhan Haider

“…The outcome of this study depicted that the cost ratio for the optimized composite, i.e., (1.2% NS-9% RHA)/(9% RHA) is 1.22 whereas stiffness ratio MR (NS-RHA)/MR(RHA) and Es (NS-RHA)/Es(RHA) and strength ratio UCT(NS-RHA)/UCT(RHA) and CBR(NS-RHA)/CBR(RHA) were found to be 2.0, 1.64, 2.17, and 2.82, respectively. …”
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Social determinants of student mental health before and after the Beirut port explosion: two cross-sectional studies by Julia Scheuring, Tania Bosqui

“…The study was conducted just before (Study 1) and repeated after the Beirut port explosion (Study 2). Results A total of 217 students participated (n = 143 in Study 1 and n = 74 in Study 2). …”
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Advances in the Research on Brown Carbon Aerosols: Its Concentrations, Radiative Forcing, and Effects on Climate by Shuai Li, Hua Zhang, Zhili Wang, Yonghang Chen

“…Recent research suggests that: (1) Climate effects of aerosols can be represented more accurately when including BrC absorption in climate models; the regions with the highest global mean surface BrC concentrations estimated by models are mostly Southeast Asia and South America (biomass burning), East Asia and northeast India (biofuel burning), and Europe and North America (secondary sources); estimates of BrC radiative forcing are quite erratic, with a range of around 0.03–0.57 W m−2. (2) BrC heating lead to tropical expansion and a reduction in deep convective mass fluxes in the upper troposphere; cloud fraction and cloud type have a substantial impact on the heating rate estimates of BrC. …”
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Additive Effects of Glutathione in Improving Antibiotic Efficacy in HIV–<i>M.tb</i> Co-Infection in the Central Nervous System: A Systematic Review by Leena Nabipur, Michael Mouawad, Vishwanath Venketaraman

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A Simple Clinical Measure of Quadriceps Muscle Strength Identifies Responders to Pulmonary Rehabilitation by James R. Walsh, Norman R. Morris, Zoe J. McKeough, Stephanie T. Yerkovich, Jenny D. Paratz

“…Participants were classified as a responder with improvement in 6MWD (criteria of ≥25 m or ≥2SD) and Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ; ≥0.5 points/question). Eighty-five participants with a mean (SD) age of 67(9) years and a mean forced expiratory volume in one second of 55(22)% were studied. …”
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DNA PANEL DESIGN FOR GENOMIC STUDIES IN RUSSIAN CATTLE BREEDS by N. S. Yudin, L. A. Vasil’eva, V. A. Belyavskaya, R. B. Aitnazarov, P. N. Smirnov, M. Heaton, W. W. Laegreid, G. V. Orlova, A. G. Romashchenko, M. I. Voevoda

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Determinants of Maternal Death in a Pastoralist Area of Borena Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study by Jarso Sara, Yusuf Haji, Achamyelesh Gebretsadik

“…Husbands who had no formal education were 5 times higher compared with their counterparts (AOR = 5.1, 95% CI: 1.6–16). Mothers who were not attending ANC were 5 times more at risk for death than those who attend (AOR 5.3, 95% CI 2.3–12.1). …”
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Determinants of physical activity among female students based on the transtheoretical model by Maryam Abdoli, Leili Tapak, Payam Amini, Azam Geravandi, Babak Moeini, Omid Hamidi, Maryam Afshari

“…In addition, this study highlights a positive association between theatrical relief (OR = 1.08; 95% CI 1.02,1.14) and self-efficacy (OR = 1.06; 95% CI 1.02,1.09) for physical activity, and a negative association between self-relief (OR = 0.82; 95% CI 0.74,0.90), counter-conditioning (OR = 0.85; 95% CI 0.79,0.92), stimulus control (OR = 0.87; 95% CI 0.81,0.93) and helping relationships (OR = 0.94; 95% CI 0.88,0.99) with physical activity among female students. …”
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A Cone Bean Computer Tomography Investigation of the Newly Formed Mandibular Anterior Ridge following the Treatment of an Extended Comminuted Fracture: A 12-Year Follow-Up by Pascal Grün, Florian Pfaffeneder-Mantai, Patrick Bandura, Benedikt Schneider, Anna Sophia Bandura, Dritan Turhani

“…The treatment of the comminuted fracture and the combination of the modified shell technique with autologous bone plates, the GBR technique, and implant placement can be considered successful. The three dental implants were osseointegrated in 2010, with the buccal bone level averaging 1.31 mm below the implant shoulder and the lingual bone level 1.57 mm above the implant shoulder. …”
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