Dual Role of Quercetin in Promoting Early Wound Healing via Inhibiting Inflammatory Factors and Attenuating Scar Formation by Suppressing Myofibroblast Differentiation by Dan Wu, Mengyuan Jiang, Jing Zhang

“…Notably, quercetin exhibited cell type-specific effects: while suppressing BJ fibroblast migration (scratch assay), it enhanced keratinocyte proliferation. …”
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Modifiable risk factors for anemia among women of childbearing age in sub-saharan Africa (2015–2023) by Beminate Lemma Seifu, Yohannes Mekuria Negussie, Angwach Abrham Asnake, Bezawit Melak Fente, Zufan Alamrie Asmare, Mamaru Melkam, Meklit Melaku Bezie, Alemayehu Kasu Gebrehana, Sintayehu Simie Tsega, Hiwot Atlaye Asebe

“…Abstract Background The Sustainable Development Goals Target 2.2 aims to eliminate all forms of malnutrition, including anemia, while the World Health Assembly targets a 50% reduction in anemia among women of childbearing age by 2025. …”
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Impact of landscape patterns on solute dynamics during hydrological events: A multiscale study in the upper Han River basin by Xi Jiang, Jiasheng Wang, Xiaoguang Liu, Shouhang Chen, Lingqi Yi

“…Cultivated land ratio and landscape shape index (LSI) were identified as key factors influencing the flushing and lag characteristics of solutes, while forest coverage played an important role in moderating solute delivery during HW periods. …”
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Integrated soil moisture fusion for enhanced agricultural drought monitoring in China by Aifeng Lv, Xianglei Yang, Wenxiang Zhang, Yan Han

“…Spatially, 58.25 % of China's territory experienced a decrease in drought intensity, especially in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, North China Plain, and southern regions, while certain areas in northern and southwestern China recorded an intensification of drought conditions. (4) The correlation between meteorological drought and agricultural drought was found to be stronger during the summer (R = 0.68) and autumn (R = 0.63) compared to winter and spring. …”
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Time trend of measles burden on children and adolescents in BRICS-plus countries from 1990 to 2021 and prediction to 2032 by Hongxia Yuan, Hongxia Yuan, Bingju Yan, Yiran Chong, Le Wang, Yong Jiang

“…Joinpoint regression was performed to identify temporal trends, while the age-period-cohort model was used to assess demographic effects. …”
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Impact of radiation dose to immune cells on survival in patients with esophageal cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a retrospective analysis by Junfeng Zhao, Kang Wang, Ying Li, Xinying Hu, Haoyu Liu, Jingjing Zhao, Li Li, Shuanghu Yuan

“…As a quantifiable parameter, future research should explore methods of lowering EDRIC during NCRT while ensuring adequate tumor coverage and sufficient dosage.…”
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Molecular ferroelectric self-assembled interlayer for efficient perovskite solar cells by Chang Xu, Pengjie Hang, Chenxia Kan, Xiangwei Guo, Xianjiang Song, Chenran Xu, Guofeng You, Wei-Qiang Liao, Haiming Zhu, Dawei Wang, Qi Chen, Zijian Hong, Ren-Gen Xiong, Xuegong Yu, Lijian Zuo, Hongzheng Chen

“…However, conventional self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) face challenges like inadequate interface coverage and weak dipole interactions. Herein, we develop a strategy using a self-assembled ferroelectric layer to modify the interfacial properties of PSCs. …”
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Evidence of atmospheric nanoparticle formation from emissions of marine microorganisms by K. Sellegri, J. Pey, C. Rose, A. Culot, H. L. DeWitt, S. Mas, A. N. Schwier, B. Temime‐Roussel, B. Charriere, A. Saiz‐Lopez, A. S. Mahajan, D. Parin, A. Kukui, R. Sempere, B. D'Anna, N. Marchand

“…We identify iodine‐containing species as major precursors for new particle clusters' formation, while questioning the role of the commonly accepted dimethyl sulfide oxidation products, in forming new particle clusters in the region investigated and within a time scale on the order of an hour. …”
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The analysis of the notions of Russian school principals about digital transformation by A. A. Deryabin, I. E. Boytsov, A. A. Popov, P. D. Rabinovich, K. E. Zavedensky, I. S. Tsarkov

“…The research findings demonstrated the significant imbalance in the frequency of responses: the most frequent answers belong to the “Infrastructure” category, while the least frequent ones belong to the categories of pedagogical aspects of digital transformation affecting changes in the educational content and methods for assessing educational outcomes. …”
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Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Hospitalized Pediatric Measles Cases; The 2023 Outbreak in Northern Jordan by Alsulaiman JW, Kheirallah KA, Alrawashdeh A, Abu Sanad Z, Al-Mnayyis AM, Yassin A, Rawabdeh MI, Alzoubi H

“…Strengthening vaccination coverage and revisiting age-specific policies in high-risk regions remain essential to reduce measles-related morbidity and mortality.Keywords: measles, pediatrics, outbreak, vaccination, Jordan, respiratory complications…”
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Spatial and temporal variation of Antarctic microbial interactions: a study around the west Antarctic Peninsula by Swan L. S. Sow, Willem H. van de Poll, Rachel Eveleth, Jeremy J. Rich, Hugh W. Ducklow, Patrick D. Rozema, Catherine M. Luria, Henk Bolhuis, Michael P. Meredith, Linda A. Amaral-Zettler, Julia C. Engelmann

“…Overall, in terms of biotic drivers, causal-effect modelling suggests that bacteria were stronger drivers of ecosystem dynamics at Palmer, while microbial eukaryotes played a stronger role at Rothera. …”
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School health and nutrition environments: A multicountry survey in five countries of sub‐Saharan Africa region—Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, South Africa, Sudan, and Tanzania by Ramadhani A. Noor, Heavenlight A. Paulo, Sachin Shinde, Amare W. Tadesse, Amani Tinkasimile, Yemisrach Hussen, Joyce Ngeba, Huda Sherfi, Roisin Drysdale, Mary Mwanyika‐Sando, Patrick Codjia, Stanley Chitekwe, Till Bärnighausen, Deepika Sharma, Wafaie W. Fawzi

“…In our study, 24 out of 79 school administrators were aware of their school's health‐related policies and guidelines while 30 schools had a specific SHN curriculum. In general, health, nutrition, and WASH services were inadequate. …”
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Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity 1AB: Comparison in Patients Treated with Medializing Calcaneal Osteotomy and Lateral Column Lengthening with and without Soft Tissue Reconstru... by Julian Manuel Parma, Maria Gala Santini-Araujo MD, Julieta Brue MD, Virginia M. Cafruni MD, Daniel Villena MD, Ana Cecilia Parise MD, Pablo Sotelano MD, Leonardo Conti MD, Marina Carrasco MD

“…One group underwent Medializing Calcaneal Osteotomy (MCO), External Column Lengthening (ECL), and medial soft tissue intervention, while the other group underwent only MCO and ECL. …”
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Surge capacity and practice management challenges of Canadian family physicians during COVID-19: a qualitative study by Maria Mathews, Dana Ryan, Lindsay Hedden, Julia Lukewich, Emily Gard Marshall, Paul Gill, Stephen J. Wetmore, Leslie Meredith, Sarah Spencer, Judith Belle Brown, Thomas R. Freeman

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, family physicians (FPs) were called upon to provide surge capacity in settings such as hospital units and emergency departments while also maintaining their primary care responsibilities. …”
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Non-communicable disease (NCD) corners in public sector health facilities in Bangladesh: a qualitative study assessing challenges and opportunities for improving NCD services at th... by Syed Masud Ahmed, Tuhin Biswas, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Lal B Rawal, Kie Kanda, Md. Imtiaz Tanim, Prakash Poudel, Andre M N Renzaho, Abu S Abdullah

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A long-term, high-accuracy and seamless 1km soil moisture dataset over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau during 2001–2020 based on a two-step downscaling method by Yulin Shangguan, Xiaoxiao Min, Nan Wang, Cheng Tong, Zhou Shi

“…Compared with existing 1 km SM datasets, the LHS-SM data also showed the best performance (mean R = 0.62, ubRMSE = 0.047 m3/m3), while existing datasets either failed to fully characterize the spatial details or had some data gaps and unreasonable distributions. …”
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Auto-Segmentation and Auto-Planning in Automated Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer by Sijuan Huang, Jingheng Wu, Xi Lin, Guangyu Wang, Ting Song, Li Chen, Lecheng Jia, Qian Cao, Ruiqi Liu, Yang Liu, Xin Yang, Xiaoyan Huang, Liru He

“…The auto-planning process required 1–3 optimization iterations for 50%, 40%, and 10% of cases, respectively, and exhibited significant better conformity (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.01) and OAR sparing (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.03) while maintaining comparable target coverage. Only 6.7% of auto-plans were deemed unacceptable compared to 20% of manual plans, with 75% of auto-plans considered superior. …”
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Decomposition analysis of public health service utilization and health disparities among urban and rural older adult migrants in China by Bo Dong, MengHan Jiang, Jing Zong

“…Regression analysis revealed that age, mobility range, education level, income, health insurance coverage, and geographic region were significant factors influencing both service utilization and health outcomes. …”
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Design, Immunogenicity and Preclinical Efficacy of the ChAdOx1.COVconsv12 Pan-Sarbecovirus T-Cell Vaccine by Edmund G.-T. Wee, Sarah Kempster, Deborah Ferguson, Joanna Hall, Claire Ham, Susan Morris, Alison Crook, Sarah C. Gilbert, Bette Korber, Neil Almond, Tomáš Hanke

“…Induction of CD8⁺ T cells may decrease COVID-19 severity and extend the T-cell response coverage of variants to match the known (and as yet unknown) members of the β-coronavirus family.…”
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Evaluation of the Quality and Educational Value of YouTube Videos on Class IV Resin Composite Restorations by Rashed A. AlSahafi, Hesham A. Alhazmi, Israa Alkhalifah, Danah Albuhmdouh, Malik J. Farraj, Abdullah Alhussein, Abdulrahman A. Balhaddad

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: While a significant portion of YouTube videos provided high-quality educational content, notable deficiencies were identified. …”
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