Spectroscopic (FT-IR and FT-Raman) and quantum chemical study on monomer and dimer of benznidazole from DFT and molecular docking approaches by Tirth Raj Paneru, Manoj Kumar Chaudhary, Poonam Tandon, Bhawani Datt Joshi, Beatriz Pinheiro Bezerra, Alejandro Pedro Ayala

“…The red shift in the spectra of amide and carbonyl functional groups indicates their involvement in intermolecular hydrogen bonding in crystal packing, while the other peaks showed good agreement with the experimental result. The intra- and intermolecular interactions in the monomer and dimer were analyzed using various tools. …”
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Knowledge and attitude of nursing students regarding pediatric palliative care in a teaching nursing institute by Dinabndhu Barad, Kalpana Panda, Soumya Satpathy, Neelanjana Jena, Nirupama Behera, Syed Ghulam Mustafa, Jayeeta Dey, Jami Bikrant Kumar Prusty

“…Result: Based on the investigation, it was discovered that among 223 of the total study sample, 39.5% had good knowledge, and the remaining 60.5% had poor knowledge. …”
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Research on the Strength Prediction Model of Softened Mudstone Based on Triaxial Compressive Test of Rock by Kai Yun, Yongquan Zhu, Renyuan Wang, Zhichun Fang

“…Finally, based on this strength criterion, a nonlinear strength prediction model of softened mudstone considering water content and confining pressure effect is proposed and its good applicability is verified.…”
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Ethical relations, a connecting theme in Vilhjálmur Árnason’s work on Icelandic sagas, public deliberation, and encounters between patients and professionals by Henrik Lerner

“…By integrating insights from historic literary studies with contemporary bioethical research we gain an interesting platform for a discussion on Western assumptions of what constitutes a good dialogue. One of the core aspects in dialogue ethics is how to develop the procedure for a fair, open-minded, and oppression-free discussion in ethical issues. …”
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Kombucha Production in Uganda: Quality Aspects and Compliance With Standards by Rehema Meeme, Ivan Muzira Mukisa, Robert Mugabi

“…The majority of the processors (n = 6) had very good scores (> 75%) for knowledge and practices related to food safety but did not know the importance of sanitizing equipment. …”
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Fuzzy Terminal Sliding Mode Control with Compound Reaching Law and Time Delay Estimation for HDU of Legged Robot by Kaixian Ba, Bin Yu, Yaliang Liu, Zhengguo Jin, Zhengjie Gao, Junxiao Zhang, Xiangdong Kong

“…The experimental results show that the proposed controller greatly improves the system position control performance and has a strong disturbance rejection ability and a good adaptability under different working conditions. …”
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Leuko-glycemic Index as a Prognostic Factor after Acute Myocardial Infarction with ST-segment Elevation by Ailed Rodríguez Jiménez, Raikel Fardales Rodríguez, Enrique Toledo Rodríguez, Guillermo Quintana Cañizarez

“…The 75th percentile showed an acceptable sensitivity and good specificity as a predictor of complications and mortality after STEMI. …”
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Influencing Factors of Disturbance Effects of Blasting and Driving of Deep Mine Roadway Groups by Jiaguang Kan, Peng Wang, Peng Wang

“…The monitoring results show that the movement of the roof and floor of the floor uphill return wind roadway is larger than that on the two sides. …”
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NATURE-USE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by V. A. Gorbanyov

“…Our challenge is to create a new economy, acting on geoecological laws, this task is quite feasible, but if we can make the market called the true price of goods and services, that is taking into account the ecosystem services. …”
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Cordycepin affects Streptococcus mutans biofilm and interferes with its metabolism by Yidan Shao, Wenyan Zhu, Shanshan Liu, Kai Zhang, Yu Sun, Yudong Liu, Tingchi Wen, Yingxue Zou, Qingwei Zheng

“…Results The results showed that treatment with 128 µg/mL cordycepin reduced both the biomass and metabolic activity of the biofilm without killing the bacteria, and cordycepin at this concentration showed good biocompatibility. Metabolomics analysis showed that differentially abundant metabolites following cordycepin treatment were mainly related to purine and nucleotide metabolism. …”
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Internal Limiting Membrane Flap in the Management of Retinal Detachment due to Paracentral Retinal Breaks by Yen-Chih Chen, Chung-May Yang, San-Ni Chen

“…The retina can be attached successfully and achieve good visual outcome without major complication. This trial is registered with NCT03707015.…”
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Informing grassland ecosystem modeling with in-situ and remote sensing observations by Johny Arteaga, Melannie D Hartman, William J Parton, Maosi Chen, Wei Gao

“…The model’s phenology was informed by the MODIS MCD12Q2 product, which showed good agreement with in-situ observations of growing season commencement and duration across different grassland ecosystems, and with observed historical trends. …”
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Rubberized reinforced concrete columns�under axial and cyclic loading� by Heba A. Mohamed, Hilal Hassan, Mahmoud Zaghlal, Mohammed A. M. Ahmed

“…The numerical results were in good alignment with the experimental results, indicating that the simulated model may simulate the behavior of rubberized concrete columns under both axial and cyclic loads. …”
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Analytical criterion to prevent thermal overshoot during dynamic curing of thick composite laminates by Jordi Farjas, José Antonio González, Daniel Sánchez-Rodríguez, Norbert Blanco, Marc Gascons, Josep Costa

“…However, these cure cycles can be improved to shorten cure times in thin laminates and may not be good enough to avoid overheating in thick laminates. …”
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The Role and Applications of Aerogels in Textiles by Farooq Azam, Faheem Ahmad, Zeynep Ulker, Muhammad Sohail Zafar, Sheraz Ahmad, Abher Rasheed, Yasir Nawab, Can Erkey

“…Aerogels are solid materials with ultrahigh porosity at the nanoscale with low density and good thermal insulation properties, due to which they are considered potential insulation materials today. …”
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Application of desktop virtual reality technology in nursing student education: a realist review by Yi Li, Yushuang Chen, Guanxing Wei, Fang Ma, Qiulan Hu, Wei Wei, Yangjuan Bai

“…Mechanisms include (1) personalized education, (2) clinically relevant cases, (3) dynamic visualization, (4) good education conditions, (5) gaming education, and (6) interactive education. …”
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Case Report: Endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion using percutaneous unilateral biportal endoscopy and 3D printing for an andersson lesion in ankylosing spondylitis by Xiaofeng Yuan, Rui Tao, Mengfei Zhu, Jiajun Zhu

“…In this study, we first used UBE with endoscopic LIF for an AL between T12 and L1 in a 43-year-old male patient with good clinical outcomes.MethodsA 43-year-old man was admitted to our hospital due to recurrent back pain for 8 years. …”
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Systematic Characterization of the Chemical Components of Canna edulis Ker-Gawl Based on UHPLC Q-Exactive Orbitrap MS Technology by Liqiao Lv, Chi Zhang, Jiahui Wu, Dachuan Zhang, Fangyuan Zhao, Lv Bu Aga, Nan Wang, Junling Li, Leimengyuan Tang, Baosheng Zhao, Chunguo Wang, Xueyong Wang

“…The established method provided satisfactory precision and accuracy, acceptable recovery, good linearity, and a reasonable detection limit. …”
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Radiomics-based biomarker for PD-1 status and prognosis analysis in patients with HCC by Gulizaina Hapaer, Feng Che, Qing Xu, Qian Li, Ailin Liang, Zhou Wang, Jituome Ziluo, Xin Zhang, Yi Wei, Yuan Yuan, Bin Song, Bin Song

“…The radiomics model integrated radiomics signature with serum creatine and peritumoral enhancement showed good discriminative performance (AUC of 0.897 and 0.794 in the training and validation cohort). …”
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Full Conjugate Contour Constructing of Helical Rotor with Higher and Its Flow Ripple Formula by Taixi Quan, Yan Yang

“…The results show that instantaneous diameter as representing contour type has good universality， dimensionless derivation process of theoretical flow is simple and reliable. …”
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