Enhancing flame resistance properties and water resistance of rigid polyurethane foam using microencapsulation by Gang Tang, Zedong Gong, Mengru Liu, Yanbei Hou, Kang Tao, Kang Dai, Shihua Zhang

“…Results indicate that SiPAPP@Fe2O3 facilitates premature decomposition and promotes the development of a stable carbon layers, with the charcoal remains amount of RPUF/SiPAPP@Fe2O3 at 700 °C reaching 32.4 wt%, 1.36 times higher than pure RPUF. …”
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Chromosome-scale assembly and annotation of the wild wheat relative Aegilops comosa by Hongna Li, Shams ur Rehman, Rui Song, Liang Qiao, Xiaohua Hao, Jing Zhang, Kairong Li, Lifeng Hou, Wanyi Hu, Le Wang, Shisheng Chen

“…The assembly spans 4.47 Gb, featuring a contig N50 of 23.59 Mb and a scaffold N50 of 619.05 Mb. …”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Iran-package of essential non-communicable disease (IraPEN) program in reducing cardiovascular disease risk in pilot areas by Somayeh Derakhshan, Davood Khalili, Alireza Mahdavi, Seyed-Saeed Hashemi-Nazari, Amir Kavousi, Fatemeh Hadavandsiri, Afshin Ostovar, Koorosh Etemad

“…The proportion of men with a CVD risk score above 10%, according to the WHO/ISH risk charts, decreased from 7.5 to 5.3%, while the proportion of women decreased from 6.1 to 4.7%. …”
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Impacts of Climatic Change on Reference Crop Evapotranspiration across Different Climatic Zones of Ningxia at Multi-Time Scales from 1957 to 2018 by Ziyang Zhao, Hongrui Wang, Cheng Wang, Wangcheng Li, Hao Chen, Shuxin Gong

“…And at annual and seasonal scales, the overall increasing trends were more pronounced in NX, NYR, and SMA, while CAZ was the opposite. For the spatial distribution, ET0 presented a trend of rising first and then falling at all time scales. …”
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Planned, ongoing and completed tuberculosis treatment trials in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa: a 2019 cross-sectional descriptive analysis by Tamara Kredo, Duduzile Edith Ndwandwe, Lindi Mathebula, Lovemore Mapahla, Dilyara Nurkhametova, Liliya Eugenevna Ziganshina, Mikateko Mazinu, Esme Jordan

“…Most trials (207) evaluated TB treatment, followed by 29 behaviour change interventions, 13 nutritional supplementation, 4 surgical treatment and 2 assessing rehabilitation. …”
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Nation-wide cohort of device-measured sedentary time and physical activity in the USA—the Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) Accelerometry Substudy: cohort profile by Erika Rees-Punia, Alpa Patel, Jillian Nelson, Peter J Briggs, Nance Joiner, James M Hodge, Jeuneviette E Bontemps-Jones, Den E Bloodworth, Ashley Yeager, Jeshondria McCrary

“…Among the 23 111 participants who registered and were shipped an ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer, 21 219 participants returned the device with a complete wear log (91.8%) and 20 950 (90.6%) provided at least three adherent days of data (eg, days with at least 10 hours of wear).Findings to date Participants with ≥3 adherent days were predominantly female (n=16 187, 77.3%), non-Latino white (n=17 977, 85.8%) and had an average age of 58 years (SD=9.8). …”
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Impact of non-participation bias due to psychiatric illness on mortality and cardiovascular event estimates: a Danish longitudinal population study by Christian Torp-Pedersen, Mads Rasmussen, Christina Ellervik, Anders Jorgensen, Henrik E Poulsen, Zerlina Rygner

“…Compared with non-psychiatric participants in a 5-year follow-up, psychiatric non-participants had higher rates of cardiovascular events (HR 2.30 (2.07 to 2.56)) and all-cause mortality (3.37 (3.01 to 3.78)) than non-psychiatric non-participants (1.65 (1.48 to 1.83) and 2.26 (2.02 to 2.54), respectively) and psychiatric participants (1.39 (1.21 to 1.59) and 1.23 (1.05 to 1.44), respectively), pinteraction<0.0001 for both outcomes.Conclusions This study demonstrates a considerable non-participation bias due to psychiatric illness in a general population health study, potentially leading to distorted estimates of somatic morbidity and mortality. …”
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Association between Healthy Eating Index-2020, alternative Mediterranean Diet scores, and gastrointestinal cancer risk in NHANES 2005–2018 by Weijie Wang, Yu Chang, Geng Chen

“…Compared to the lowest tertile of HEI-2020, participants in the highest tertile had a 30% reduced risk of GI cancers (OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.50 to 0.98, p = 0.037). Compared to the lowest tertile of aMED scores, participants in the highest tertile had a 37% reduced risk of GI cancers (OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.44 to 0.92, p = 0.014). …”
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Device and Methods for Measuring of Acoustic Anisotropy and the Residual Stress in the Main Gas Pipelines’ Metal by L. V. Volkova, O. V. Murav’eva, V. V. Murav’ev, I. V. Buldakova

“…As an object of research, we used fragments – the cuttings of gas pipelines with circumferential welds both after fabrication and removed from service with stress corrosion cracking, including ones with corrosion damage and without visible damage.The method of determining the plane stress-strain state of pipeline elements is based on the phenomenon of acoustoelasticity – the dependence of the propagation velocity of ultrasonic waves on mechanical stresses. …”
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Management of thyroid tumors diagnosed cytologically as follicular neoplasms in a high-volume center: utility of a scoring system using serum thyroglobulin level, tumor size, ultra... by Yasuhiro Ito, Makoto Kawakami, Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa, Masashi Yamamoto, Minoru Kihara, Naoyoshi Onoda, Akihiro Miya, Akira Miyauchi, Takashi Akamizu

“…This study included 2,144 FNs from 2,067 patients diagnosed between 2012 and 2018. Of these, 952 (44.5%) tumors underwent active surveillance, and 1,188 (55.6%) underwent immediate surgery (IS). …”
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Adherence to Mediterranean-Like Dietary Pattern in Association with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Adolescents by Azam AhmadiVasmehjani, Sara Beigrezaei, Zahra Nafei, Nasrin Behniafard, Zahra Darabi, Amin Salehi-Abargouei, Majid Aflatoonian

“…Results: The results showed that after controlling for potential confounding variables including age, sex, watching TV and computer, and BMI, the adolescents in the highest adherence to the Mediterranean style diet (MedDiet) score had lower odds of GERD [odds ratio (OR)=0.53; 95% CI 0.35-0.80, Ptrend=0.005)], sense of reflux (OR=0.45; 95% CI 0.26-0.77, Ptrend=0.01) and poor sleep (OR=0.54; 95% CI 0.31-0.96, Ptrend=0.02) compared with those in the lowest adherence. …”
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Adenylate cyclase 10 promotes brown adipose tissue thermogenesis by Anupam Das, Christine Mund, Eman Hagag, Ruben Garcia-Martin, Eleftheria Karadima, Anke Witt, Mirko Peitzsch, Andreas Deussen, Triantafyllos Chavakis, Thomas Noll, Vasileia Ismini Alexaki

“…Hence, we suggest that ADCY10, acting as a CO2/bicarbonate sensor, mediates the effect of IDH on complex I activity through cAMP-EPAC1 signaling, thereby maintaining the ΔΨm and enabling thermogenesis in brown adipocytes.…”
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Evaluation of placental growth factor, Vitamin D, and systemic inflammatory index as predictive biomarkers for preeclampsia severity: a retrospective cohort study by Xiaoyan Han, Hua Yang

“…Participants were divided into three groups: control (n = 217), mild preeclampsia (n = 101), and severe preeclampsia (n = 67). …”
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Variations in the Obesity Gene “LEPR” Contribute to Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis by Ming Ming Yang, Jun Wang, Jiao Jie Fan, Tsz Kin Ng, Dian Jun Sun, Xin Guo, Yan Teng, Yan-Bo Li

“…Meta-analysis showed that rs1137101 (p.R223Q) was significantly associated with T2DM in all genetic models: allele model (OR = 1.27, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.13–1.42), dominant model (OR = 1.19, 95% CI = 1.05–1.35), homozygote model (OR = 1.82, 95% CI = 1.38–2.39), and recessive model (OR = 1.75, 95% CI = 1.35–2.28), with minimal heterogeneity and no indication of publication bias. …”
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Carga económica de la enfermedad neumocócica en niños de edad preescolar en el Policlínico Cecilio Ruiz de Zárate Castellón. 2016 by Martha Marrero Araújo, Anai García Fariñas, Ana María Gálvez González

“…<br /><strong>Resultados:</strong> el costo médico directo de los pacientes menores de cinco años de edad, con neumonía, atendidos solamente en el primer nivel de salud, tiene un valor medio de 237 CUP; en los pacientes con otitis media aguda fue de 120 CUP. …”
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Childhood neurodivergent traits, inflammation and chronic disabling fatigue in adolescence: a longitudinal case–control study by Neil A Harrison, Hugo D Critchley, Jessica Eccles, Kevin A Davies, Lisa Quadt, Rod Bond, Jenny Csecs

“…Mediation analyses were conducted to test if an inflammatory marker (interleukin 6 (IL-6)) at age 9 years linked neurodivergent traits to chronic disabling fatigue at age 18 years.Results Children with neurodivergent traits at ages 7 and 9 years were two times as likely to experience chronic disabling fatigue at age 18 years (likely ADHD OR=2.18 (95% CI=1.33 to 3.56); p=0.002; likely autism OR=1.78 (95% CI=1.17 to 2.72); p=0.004). …”
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The Changes in Biochemical Compositions of Five Different Macroalgae and Seagrass (Halophila stipulacea (Forsskal) Ascherson 1867) Collected from Iskenderun Bay by Eyüp İlker Saygılı, Zafer Çetin, Mehmet Naz, Oktay Söyler, Ergün Taşkın, Selin Sayın

“…Ash, lipid and protein values of Angiosperms/Seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) were determined as 14.56±2.08%, 3.16±0.48% and 8.11±0.07%, respectively. Protein value of Angiosperms/Seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) was higher than those of (GMA (Chaetomorpha linum and Caulerpa prolifera) but not RMA(Pterocladiella capillacea) and BMA (Sargassum vulgare and Ericaria amentacea)). …”
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Protozoocidal activity of Stemona collinsiae against Giardia duodenalis by Khuanchai Koompapong, Supaluk Popruk, Onrapak Reamtong, Tipparat Thiangtrongjit, Sumate Ampawong, Aurapa Sakulpanich, Ruenruetai Udonsom, Kanthinich Thima, Preeyaporn M. Sreepian, Kittiyod Poovorawan, Hirotake Mori, Christen Rune Stensvold, Aongart Mahittikorn

“…Dichloromethane and hexane extracts were highly active against the parasite after 48 h of exposure, with half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values of 60.77 μg/mL and 66.66 μg/mL, respectively. Both extracts reduced G. duodenalis trophozoite motility and adherence, altered trophozoite architecture, and induced apoptosis. …”
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Positive Expression of IGFBP2 as a Novel Prognostic Biomarker for Patients with Lower-Grade Gliomas by Yanguo Li, Jiawei Fan, Zhuo Shen, Jun Zhang, Xuemei Yin, Fang Han, Wenfei Li

“…Univariate and multivariate Cox analyses were used to identify independent prognostic factors associated with survival. …”
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An Early Experience of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) in the Republic of Korea: A Retrospective Multicenter Study by Joonhyeon Park, Sung Woo Jang, Byungchul Yu, Gil Jae Lee, Sung Wook Chang, Dong Hun Kim, Ye Rim Chang, Pil Young Jung

“…By LRA for mortality, the CPR group was the only variable that had a significantly higher risk of mortality than the No-CPR group in both univariate (OR 17.59, 95% CI 3.05-335.25, p=0.01), and multivariate (OR 24.92, 95% CI 3.77-520.51, p=0.01) analyses. …”
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