Edaphic and climatic effects on soil water dynamics and infiltration patterns in tropical rainforests by Xin Zou, Ankit Shekhar, Yuxuan Mo, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Xiaojin Jiang, Wenjie Liu

“…The effect of sand content on soil water content was found to be significant only during the dry period (R2 = 0.48, p < 0.05), while the effects of soil organic matter and fine roots were significant during both transition and wet periods (R2 > 0.5, p < 0.05). …”
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Preparation and characterization of biomineralizing dentin bonding primer based on bioactive amphiphilic raspberry-like nanoparticles by Qiuju Li, Guibin Huang, Wei An, Ailing Li, Xiaofeng Huang

“…Abstract Background Incomplete resin coverage of demineralized collagen can compromise dentin bond durability. …”
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Village and age based precision mapping of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Chevakadzi ward of Shamva district in Zimbabwe by Nicholas Midzi, Masceline Jenipher Mutsaka-Makuvaza, Shan Lv, Qin-Zhi Qiang, Hong-Mei Li, Ling Tang, Xin-lin Yu, Chang-Lian Li, Tonderai Manengureni, White Soko, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Ying-Jun Qian, Shi-Zhu Li

“…Abstract Schistosomiasis is earmarked for elimination as a public health problem, while morbidity control is a priority for soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) by 2030. …”
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Disparities in Postoperative Pain Management: A Scoping Review of Prescription Practices and Social Determinants of Health by Aidan Snell, Diana Lobaina, Sebastian Densley, Elijah Moothedan, Julianne Baker, Lama Al Abdul Razzak, Alexandra Garcia, Shane Skibba, Ayden Dunn, Tiffany Follin, Maria Mejia, Panagiota Kitsantas, Lea Sacca

“…The highest reported Healthy People 2030 category was Social and community context (n = 39), while the highest reported category of SDoH was age (n = 36). …”
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Ataque del colocador en voleibol de alto nivel (The setter’s attack in high-level volleyball) by Eduardo López, María Velasco Rodrigo, Gemma María Gea-García

“…In the female category, the attack by the setter was used more frequently than in the male category, after an excellent quality pass (X2=14.35; p=.001), using a one hand tip (X2=12.53; p=.002) and after receiving a serve (X2=9.55; p=.023); while in the male category, the attack after an acceptable pass (X2=14.35; p=.001), the attack with a spike (X2=12.53; p=.002), and the attack after attack coverage (X2=12.53; p=.002) were used more frequently than in the female category. …”
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Diversification of macrophytes within aquatic nature-based solutions (NBS) developing under urban environmental conditions across European cities by Krzysztof Szoszkiewicz, Krzysztof Achtenberg, Robrecht Debbaut, Vladimíra Dekan Carreira, Daniel Gebler, Szymon Jusik, Tomasz Kałuża, Krister Karttunen, Niko Lehti, Silvia Martin Muñoz, Mariusz Sojka, Ana Júlia Pereira, Pedro Pinho, Jonas Schoelynck, Jan Staes, Doerthe Tetzlaff, Maria Magdalena Warter, Kati Vierikko

“…Helsinki had the highest species richness, averaging 7.25 species per site, while Berlin had the lowest at 3.54 species per site. …”
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Effectiveness of Individualized Health Education Interventions on Middle-aged and Elderly Patients with Chronic Diseases in the Community: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial by LI Xiaoze, SUN Guoqiang, SHEN Qiang, SONG Yan, WANG Hufeng

“…However, there was a significant difference in the type of medical insurance coverage between groups (P&lt;0.05). After the intervention, patients in the intervention group demonstrated significantly higher correct awareness rates of overall disease knowledge, basic knowledge of chronic diseases, diabetes knowledge, coronary heart disease knowledge, and stroke knowledge compared to pre-intervention levels (P&lt;0.05), while that of hypertension knowledge was not statistically significant (P&gt;0.05). …”
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Decentralized community-integrated research sites drive higher randomization rates: insights from a large-scale neurodegenerative disease trial by Seyed-Mahdi Khaligh-Razavi, Tyler E. Miller, Tyler E. Miller, Tyler E. Miller, Ralph Passarella, Ahmad Namvargolian

“…At the same time, this approach helped reach underrepresented groups, thereby improving both geographic coverage and trial generalizability while enhancing overall trial performance. …”
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Ridge and furrow cultivation raises water and nitrogen use efficiency and crop climate adaptability by Kun Han, Guangxu Yao, Zhongrui Li, Yueying Wang, Mengjiao Li, Tangyuan Ning, Yakov Kuzyakov

“…Under humid conditions, ridge planting retains moisture in the ridges, thereby increasing WUE, NUE and yield, while reducing waterlogging. Factors such as microtopography, mulch coverage, stemflow, irrigation, climate, and plant uptake influence water and N redistribution, vertical and lateral infiltration. …”
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Born Too Soon: Care for small and sick newborns, evidence for investment and implementation by Sarah Murless-Collins, Veronica Chinyere Ezeaka, Nahya Salim Masoud, Karen Walker, Natasha R Rhoda, William Keenan, Steve Wall, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Pablo Duran, Olufunke Bolaji, Karen Edmond, Gagan Gupta, Joy E Lawn

“…The shift to 80% of births in health facilities creates opportunities for impact, for both maternal and newborn care. Increased coverage and quality of high-impact newborn interventions is urgently needed to reach SDG targets. …”
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BioBricks.ai: a versioned data registry for life sciences data assets by Yifan Gao, Zakariyya Mughal, Jose A. Jaramillo-Villegas, Jose A. Jaramillo-Villegas, Marie Corradi, Alexandre Borrel, Ben Lieberman, Suliman Sharif, John Shaffer, Karamarie Fecho, Karamarie Fecho, Ajay Chatrath, Alexandra Maertens, Marc A. T. Teunis, Nicole Kleinstreuer, Thomas Hartung, Thomas Hartung, Thomas Luechtefeld, Thomas Luechtefeld

“…A package‑manager–like interface handles installation, dependency resolution, and updates, while data are delivered through a unified backend (https://biobricks.ai).ResultsThe current release provides &gt;90 curated datasets spanning genomics, proteomics, cheminformatics, and epidemiology. …”
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Insights into the Adsorptive Separation of Ethylene/Ethane in LTA-Type Zeolites by Xiaohui Zhao, Shixue Zhou, Magdy Abdelghany Elsayed, Zhongyuan Chen, Chunhui Jiang, Yongli Hu, Gumawa Windu Manggada

“…Zeolite ITQ-29 demonstrates high C₂H₄/C₂H₆ ideal selectivity (43.5 at 5 ns) while exhibiting slow C₂H₄ uptake efficiency due to the small pore windows, hindering C₂H₄ diffusion (1.05 × 10⁻¹⁰ m²/s at 298 K). …”
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The impact of social and commercial determinants on the unequal increase of oral disorder disease burdens across global, regional, and national contexts by Yongqiang Lai, Ye Li, Xinwei Liu, Yuanxiang Shi, Fangqi Qu, Xiyu Zhang, Baoguo Shi, Xiaohe Wang, Tao Sun, Xianhong Huang, Dingyun You

“…Among social factors, higher income and urbanization were associated with reduced burden in LMICs, while dentist density was more effective in high-income countries (HICs). …”
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Herpes zoster prophylaxis: Essential for treating newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients by Wen‐Ying Lin, Chun‐Kuang Tsai, Chiu‐Mei Yeh, Tin Chian, Yao‐Chung Liu, Hao‐Yuan Wang, Po‐Shen Ko, Ting‐An Lin, Liang‐Tsai Hsiao, Po‐Min Chen, Jyh‐Pyng Gau, Chia‐Jen Liu

“…Conclusions We concluded that MM patients should receive HZ prophylaxis drugs while receiving active cancer‐related treatment. …”
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UAV spatiotemporal crowdsourcing resource allocation based on deep reinforcement learning by Yaxi LIU, Xulong LI, Jiahao HUO, Wei HUANGFU

“…This approach aims to minimize the average AoI across the network while also reducing the energy consumption of IoT devices. …”
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Expectation Confirmation and Technology Acceptance: A Study of the Public's Attention to Accept the Government's Digital Human Avatar by Jinghao CHEN, Feng JIA, Qianxi LIU

“…In particular, high levels of perceived quality and intelligence significantly increase satisfaction and acceptance, while convenience and attractiveness also play an important role. …”
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Assessment of the global healthcare industry during COVID-19 pandemic: A content analysis approach [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Annie Kizirian, Rola Hasna, Ralph A Doumit, Sylvana Bitar, Amal Abbas, Nahed Boudani, Chady Ayrout, Hadi Moubayed, Robert Abou Chacra, Elie Kassis, Malik Ladki, Latifa Daher, Wissam H. Faour, Darine Barakat

“…Background Content analysis (CA) is an investigative research tool used in healthcare studies to identify imminent challenges while providing lead time for preparedness measures. …”
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Optimizing Dose Reduction to the Left Anterior Descending Artery in Patients With Locally Advanced Lung Cancer Treated With Definitive Radiation Therapy: A Feasibility Study of Cop... by Joshua P. Kim, PhD, Justine M. Cunningham, MS, Emily Moats, CMD, Ahmed I. Ghanem, MD, PhD, Benjamin Movsas, MD, Kenneth Levin, MD, Aharon M. Feldman, MD, Kundan Thind, PhD

“…Conclusions: Heart_Ethos plans showed significant reduction in cardiac and LAD doses in comparison to the original plans while maintaining target and organ at risk goals. …”
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Population Genetic Characteristics of the Cultivated <i>Coffea arabica</i> with Whole-Genome Resequencing by Qin Zhang, Dongxiao Ma, Yang Yang, Faguang Hu, Xingfei Fu, Guiping Li, Xiaofang Zhang, Na Wang, Dexin Liu, Ruirui Wu, Xiaofei Bi, Yuqiang Lou, Yaqi Li, Haohao Yu, Wei Yan, Yanan Li

“…Catimor exhibited the highest genetic diversity, while Geisha had the lowest genetic diversity. The selective sweep analysis indicated that among the selected genes in Catimor, disease-resistance genes were significantly more numerous than in other coffee varieties. …”
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Should annual cost of the drug inform reimbursement decisions? A perspective from China’s healthcare security system by Xiaochen Peng, Xiaochen Peng, Haiyin Wang, Hui Sun, Xiaoxiao Qin, Zhe Huang

“…BackgroundAn increasing number of countries worldwide, including China, have adopted Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and pharmacoeconomic (PE) principles, either comprehensively or partially, to inform drug reimbursement decisions. While China has integrated the annual cost of the drug (ACD) as a key economic factor considered in decision-making, implicitly establishing a price ceiling for medical insurance coverage. …”
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