Application of response surface methodology (RSM) for experimental optimization in biogenic silica extraction from rice husk and straw ash by Yigezu Temesgen Zewide, Temesgen Atnafu Yemata, Adane Adugna Ayalew, Hawi Jihad Kedir, Asab Alemneh Tadesse, Asmarech Yeshaneh Fekad, Alemayehu Keflu Shibesh, Fentahun Adamu Getie, Tegen Dagnew Tessema, Tessera Alemneh Wubieneh, Wondmagegn Wonago Kululo, Muluken Tilahun Mihiret

“…The proximate analysis discovered that RH/RS possessed compositions of high ash, volatile matter and fixed carbon content whereas low moisture content, i.e., 20.5 ± 0.46, 67.1 ± 0.78, 15.8 ± 0.35 and, 6.6 ± 0.37 wt.%, correspondingly. …”
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Infecciones bacterianas asociadas a la COVID-19 en pacientes de una unidad de cuidados intensivos by Yaumara Aguilera Calzadilla, Yayquier Diaz Morales, Leonardo Abilio Ortiz Díaz, Olga Linee Gonzalez Martínez, Orlando Adolfo Lovelle Enríquez, Maria de Lourdes Sánchez Álvarez

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Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis on Treating Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer After CDK4/6 Inhibitors by Neha Pathak, Abhenil Mittal, Sudhir Kumar, Chitrakshi Nagpal, Eitan Amir, Partha Haldar, Bharath B. Gangadharaiah, Akash Kumar, Ashutosh Mishra, Atul Batra

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Antiganglioside Antibodies and Inflammatory Response in Cutaneous Melanoma by Corina Daniela Ene, Mircea Tampa, Ilinca Nicolae, Cristina Iulia Mitran, Madalina Irina Mitran, Clara Matei, Ana Caruntu, Constantin Caruntu, Simona Roxana Georgescu

“…The presence of IgG and IgM antiganglioside antibodies in primary melanoma was (%), as follows: anti-GM1 (5.0 and 13.1), -GM2 (1.8 and 18.1), -GM3 (0.6 and 5.6), -GD1a (0.6 and 15.0), -GD1b (3.7 and 10.7), -GT1b (0.0 and 13.1), -GQ1b (0.0 and 5.0). …”
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Pengaruh Media Pembelajaran Animasi Powtoon Terhadap Hasil Belajar Ditinjau dari Minat Belajar Peserta Didik by Deiby Tiwow, Veronica Wongkar, Navel Oktaviandy Mangelep, Edino Ayub Lomban

“…(b) Untuk mengetahui pengaruh interaksi antara media animasi powtoon terhadap hasil belajar jika ditinjau dari minat belajar. (c) Untuk mengetahui perbedaan hasil belajar kelas yang diajarkan dengan media animasi powtoon dan media pembelajaran konvensional untuk kelas peserta didik yang memiliki minat belajar tinggi. …”
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DEPDC1B, CDCA2, APOBEC3B, and TYMS are potential hub genes and therapeutic targets for diagnosing dialysis patients with heart failure by Wenwu Tang, Wenwu Tang, Zhixin Wang, Xinzhu Yuan, Liping Chen, Haiyang Guo, Zhirui Qi, Ying Zhang, Xisheng Xie

“…Through GSEA analysis, it was found that the four genes were closely related to ribosome, cell cycle, ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis. We constructed a ceRNA regulatory network, and found that 4 hub genes (TYMS, CDCA2 and DEPDC1B) might be regulated by 4 miRNAs (hsa-miR-1297, hsa-miR-4465, hsa-miR-27a-3p, hsa-miR-129-5p) and 21 lncRNAs (such as HCP5, CAS5, MEG3, HCG18). 24 small molecule drugs were predicted based on TYMS through DrugBank website. …”
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Neurodevelopmental outcomes of very low birth weight preterm infants during the COVID-19 pandemic by Yen-Chen Lin, Hung-Yang Chang, Chia-Huei Chen, Jui-Hsing Chang, Wai-Tim Jim, Chyong-Hsin Hsu, Chia-Ying Lin, Yu-Xiang Song, Cheng-Wei Chen, Tzu-Yu Liu, Mary Hsin-Ju Ko

“…VLBW infants born after May 2019 and followed-up for at least 24 months during the pandemic were assigned to the COVID-19 group (CG). The antenatal, perinatal, and postnatal data, and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 12 and/or 24 months corrected age (CA) of the participants were collected and compared. …”
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Precise Detection of Gene Mutations in Fine-Needle Aspiration Specimens of the Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma Using Next-Generation Sequencing by Feng-xia Yu, Min-xia Hu, Han-xue Zhao, Li-juan Niu, Xue-yu Rong, Wei-hua Li, Qiang Zhu, Jian-ming Ying, Ning Lyu

“…This mutation detected in BRAF was p.V600E (c.1799T>A) in exon 15 of all 59 specimens. NRAS mutation was identified in 1 (1.39%) specimen classified as Bethesda III and pathologically confirmed as a follicular variant PTMC. …”
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Gene prediction of immune cells association between gut microbiota and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomization study by Yan Zhong, Guanglei Chen, Menglu Chen, Junsong Cui, Qianren Tan, Zhenghua Xiao

“…Finally, we supplemented our analysis with methods such as Bayesian Weighted Mendelian Randomization (BWMR), Maximum-Likelihood, Lasso, Debiased Inverse Variance Weighted, and Contamination Mixture to establish a robust and compelling causal relationship.ResultsAfter accounting for reverse causality, horizontal pleiotropy, and various methodological corrections, Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense, GCA-900066755 sp900066755, Geminocystis, and Saccharofermentanaceae exhibited strong and robust causal effects on CRC. Specifically, CD40 on monocytes (2.82%) and CD45 on CD33+HLA-DR+CD14- cells (12.87%) mediated the causal relationship between Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense and CRC risk. …”
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FoodMicroDB: A microbiome database for composition and time‐series research in food by Yahui Li, Hujie Lyu, Haifei Yang, Zhicheng Ju, Chuang Ma, Huiyu Hou, Yao Wang, Yuanping Zhou, Yunyun Gao, Junbo Yang, Shanshan Xu, Defeng Bai, Hao Luo, Salsabeel Yousuf, Tianyuan Zhang, Jiani Xun, Meiyin Zeng, Heyuan Qi, Tong Chen, Yong‐Xin Liu

“…The database is freely accessible at: https://www.bic.ac.cn/FoodMicro/.…”
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Prognosis of patients with breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery using a 3D-printed surgical guide after neoadjuvant chemotherapy by Ah Yoon Kim, Sae Byul Lee, Tae Kyung Yoo, Ji Sun Kim, Il Yong Chung, Hee Joung Kim, Jong Won Lee, Byung Ho Son, Jae Ho Jeong, Hee Jin Lee, Nam kug Kim, BeomSeok Ko

“…A 3D-Printed Breast Surgical Guide (3DP-BSG) can address this issue by effectively pinpointing cancer extent in NACT patients, thus enhancing surgical accuracy. …”
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Effectiveness of a comic book intervention on mental health literacy among adolescents and youth in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial protocol by Irene Brandt, Sylvain Some, Ourohiré Millogo, Oumar Sourabié, Jacob Burns, Sachin Shinde, Matthias Haucke, Nathan Sivewright, Christine Neumann, Shraddha Bajaria, Katian Napon, Clarisse Dah, Marina Taonda, Jason T. Siegel, Mary Mwanyika Sando, Till Bärnighausen, Ali Sié, Shuyan Liu

“…Methods We will recruit 2,007 participants aged 10–24, stratify them by age, and randomly assign them to three groups (1:1:1): a comic book intervention group (Intervention 1), a text-only flyer group (Intervention 2), and a control group with no intervention. …”
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Prevalence and Knowledge of Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Pregnant Women in the Ningo-Prampram District, Ghana by Precious Kwablah Kwadzokpui, Elliot Elikplim Akorsu, Albert Abaka-Yawson, Solomon Sosu Quarshie, Stephen Adomako Amankwah, Philip Apraku Tawiah

“…Statistically significant association was observed between HBV infection and the health facility. Majority (77.40%) of the study participants had poor knowledge on HBV infection while only 14 (6.57%) had excellent knowledge on HBV. …”
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Effects of Long-Term Nitrogen Fertilization on Nitrous Oxide Emission and Yield in Acidic Tea (<i>Camellia sinensis</i> L.) Plantation Soils by Fuying Jiang, Yunni Chang, Jiabao Han, Xiangde Yang, Zhidan Wu

“…The cumulative N₂O emissions for N112.5, N225, and N450 were 1584, 2791, and 45,046 g N ha⁻², respectively, representing increases of 1.33, 2.34, and 3.77 times compared to N0. The N₂O-N emission factors (EF) were 0.35%, 0.71%, and 0.74%, respectively, and increased with higher N rates. …”
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Factors influencing hepatitis B vaccination intention and behavior among college students in Tibet: Insights from the expanded theory of planned behavior by Qi Chen, Jun Ma, Ruipeng Wu, Yingting Wang, Xiaoxin Ma, Xiaolei Zheng, Hui Jin

“…BI (β = 0.448, p < .001) and PVH (β = 0.127, p < .001) were significant predictors of VB. …”
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An urban land surface temperature and emissivity separation algorithm from ASTER TIR data and its application by Jinglun Li, Kun Li, Yonggang Qian, Xianhui Dou, Qijin Han, Jian Zeng, Hang Zhao, Qiongqiong Lan, Zhaopeng Xu, Jiayi Bai, Baoan Wei, Xining Liu, Feng Wang, Juntao Yang, Yueming Wang

“…Applied to Beijing and Wuhan, China, the algorithm yields slightly lower urban LST compared to ASTER level-2 products, with LST/LSE RMSEs of 0.72 K and 0.017, respectively.…”
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Social and Humanitarian Factor in South Korea's External Relations and The Korean Question by O. S. Pugacheva

“…Despite controversies concerning its status and policy as that of a middle power, South Korea advances through public diplomacy the discourse that constructs and enhance its middle power status and can contribute in forming the corresponding national identity. …”
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Assessment of Protein Quality and Nutritional Characteristics of Commonly Consumed Pulses in the Caribbean Diet by Different In Vitro Assays by Daniel J. Thomas, Zhanhui Lu, Yolanda Brummer, Yan Zhu, Ronghua Liu, Lili Mats, Rong Tsao, D. Dan Ramdath, Matthew G. Nosworthy

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The effects of Garcinia cambogia on glycaemic control and liver enzymes in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Sogand Tavakoli, Mohammad Reza Amini, Reyhaneh Rabiee, Marieh Salavatizadeh, Mostafa Afsharianfar, Moein Askarpour, Azita Hekmatdoost

“…The results showed that Garcinia cambogia has no significant effect on FBS (weighted mean difference (WMD): 1.02 mg/dl, 95% CI: −1.29, 3.33), insulin (WMD: −0.12 mU/L, 95% CI: −1.50, 1.25), AST (Hedges’ g: −0.08, 95% CI: −0.43, 0.26), and ALT (Hedges’ g: 0.27, 95% CI: −0.20, 0.73). …”
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First Experiences with Fusion of PET-CT and MRI Datasets for Navigation-Assisted Percutaneous Biopsies for Primary and Metastatic Bone Tumors by Hagen Fritzsche, Alexander Pape, Klaus-Dieter Schaser, Franziska Beyer, Verena Plodeck, Ralf-Thorsten Hoffmann, Patricia Hahlbohm, Elisabeth Mehnert, Anne Weidlich

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