Harnessing marine bacteria for next-gen antibiotics: potent inhibition of S. aureus and Riemerella anatipestifer through in vitro, omics, and chemoinformatics approach with enhance... by Syed Shams ul Hassan, Huizi Jin

“…All compounds have been evaluated for their antibacterial activity against multiple pathogens, among which good activity was achieved against S. aureus, while potent activity was achieved against Riemerella anatipestifer with its IC50 value at 200 µm and bactericidal effect at 300 µm. …”
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Optimization Configuration Model for Intelligent Measurement Multi-Core Modules Considering “Cloud-Edge-End-Core” Collaboration by Lai Zhou, Qinhao Li, Guoying Lin

“…The new power system with new energy as the main body gives the low-voltage distribution network (LVDN) a richer connotation, requiring intelligent measurement equipment to have good scalability and collaborative ability. To address these requirements, an optimization configuration model for intelligent measurement multi-core modules considering “cloud-edge-end-core” collaboration is proposed in this paper. …”
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Green and High Throughput Assay Using 96-Microwell Base to Determine Metformin Hydrochloride in the Tablet Dosage Form by Mohammed Alqarni, Atheer Alshehri, Bayan Almalki, Refah Althumali, Maram Alghamdi, Rawan Alqahtani, Safia G. Alotibi, Ali Alqarni, Adel H. Awad, Ibrahim A. Naguib

“…The method was successfully used for the quantification of MET in the tablet dosage form. The results showed good correlation coefficients (0.996 and 0.997) with CLA and DDQ, respectively. …”
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A decision support system based on classification algorithms for the diagnosis of periodontal disease by Abdulrahman Alshehri, Mohammed Dahman, Mousa Assiri, Abdulkarim Alshehri, Sharifah Alqahtani, Mohammed Shaiban, Bashyer Alqahtani, Sabah Althbyani, Hatem Alhefdi, Khalid Hakami, Abdulbari Ali, Abdullah Saeed

“…Results: The RF and ANN models exhibited very good performance, reaching almost perfect accuracy, precision, recall and F1 scores, showing strong potential as a diagnostic. …”
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Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationship (QSAR) Modeling of Chiral CCR2 Antagonists with a Multidimensional Space of Novel Chirality Descriptors by Ramanathan Natarajan, Ganapathy S. Natarajan, Subhash C. Basak

“…The linear regression using the principal component scores (PCSs) resulted in a three-predictor prediction model with good statistics: R² = 0.823; Adj R² = 0.790. …”
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Overestimating Impacts of Urbanization on Regional Temperatures in Developing Megacity: Beijing as an Example by Wei Cao, Lin Huang, Lulu Liu, Jun Zhai, Dan Wu

“…In addition, planting trees or grass along roadsides and increasing green parks and green roofs can also suppress surface warming. Therefore, the actual warming effects of urbanization on temperatures were overestimated in megacities or urban agglomeration regions. …”
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Establishing nomograms for predicting disease-free survival and overall survival in patients with breast cancer by Ling Zhou, Lifen Bai, Huiyin Zhu, Chongyong Guo, Sheng Liu, Lu Yin, Jian Sun

“…The established nomograms based on these factors were effective for predicting the DFS and OS with good agreement to the calibration curve and acceptable area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. …”
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Constructions of multi-scale 3D digital rocks by associated image segmentation method by Haiyan Wang, Xuefeng Yang, Cong Zhou, Jingxu Yan, Jiaqi Yu, Kui Xie

“…Additionally, the elastic moduli calculated by the differential effective medium (DEM) model and the finite element method (FEM) demonstrated good correspondence with experimental results. These results validate the proposed multi-scale digital rock modeling method as an effective approach for accurately characterizing the porosity and mineral components of tight sandstone reservoirs.…”
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TRANSMETACARPAL REPLANTATION. ELEVEN YEARS LATER by Binka Popova, Elena Mateva, Kevork Kaykchian, Deyan Sokolov

“…Eleven years later the following outcome is registered. TAM: 110 (good), ab-adduction of 2nd and 4th fingers is restored in limited range. …”
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Yorùbá Literary Artists on Youths and Parenthood by Olufadekemi Adagbada, Olatunde Adeleye Adeyemo, Ejitoyosi O. Salami

“…The study recommends collective responsibility by parents, to become positive role models for their children by spending undivided and qualitative time with them, thus creating a good and safe environment for their children to be free to express themselves. …”
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Clinical characteristics, complications and satisfaction of megameatus intact prepuce (MIP) hypospadias variant: a 15 year retrospective study by Meng He, Songqiao Fan, Ning Sun, Jun Tian, Minglei Li, Hongcheng Song, Weiping Zhang

“…Conclusions MIP hypospadias variants can exhibit severe ventral curvature. Surgery can achieve good results with a low incidence of complications. …”
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Eculizumab treatment for Chinese patients with hemolytic paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH): efficacy and safety – a single-center study by Leyu Wang, Ziwei Liu, Chen Yang, Miao Chen, Bing Han

“…No deaths or clonal evolution was observed.Conclusion Eculizumab can effectively control the hemolytic symptoms of PNH with good tolerance for Chinese patients.…”
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THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE IT SECTOR: WAS THE ADJUSTMENT AS EASY AS IT SEEMED? THE CASE OF CROATIA by Julia Perić, Ružica Stanić

“…This research can serve as an example of good practice for all organizations looking to digitalize their business and respond to potential new, unexpected crises. …”
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MoodMover: Development and usability testing of an mHealth physical activity intervention for depression by Yiling Tang, Madelaine Gierc, Henry La, Juehee Kim, Sam Liu, Raymond W Lam, Eli Puterman, Guy Faulkner

“…Nine participants engaged in the usability testing with the MoodMover prototypes receiving an average MAUQ score of 5.79 (SD = 1.04), indicating good to high usability. Necessary modifications were made based on end-users' feedback. …”
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Waste Foundry Sand as Permeable and Low Permeable Barrier for Restriction of the Propagation of Lead and Nickel Ions in Groundwater by Ayad A. H. Faisal, Zaid Abed Al-Ridah, Laith A. Naji, Mu. Naushad, Hamed A. El-Serehy

“…Sorption isotherm measurements were represented in a good manner by Langmuir model in comparison with Freundlich model with coefficient of determination (R2) greater than 0.99. …”
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Association between balance ability and cardiovascular disease onsets among middle-aged and older adults: an observational cohort study from the China Health and Retirement Longitu... by Yinghe Lin, Shanshan Zhong, Zhihua Sun

“…Compared to those with good balance ability, individuals with moderate balance ability had a higher risk of incident CVD [HR (95% CI): 1.15 (1.03–1.28)], and the risk was more pronounced in female (20.0%), rural residence (21.0%), never smoking (22.0%), never drinking (23.0%), hypertension (16.0%), without dyslipidemia (17.0%), and without kidney disease (13.0%) participants. …”
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Quality improvement exercises in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) services: A scoping review. by Katie Ridsdale, Kajal Khurana, Azizat Temidayo Taslim, Jessica K Robinson, Faith Solanke, Wei Shao Tung, Elena Sheldon, Daniel Hind, Alan J Lobo

“…Studies principally focused on areas covered by the IBD standards 'ongoing care' and 'the IBD service', with less focus on standards 'pre-diagnosis', 'newly diagnosed', 'flare management', 'surgery' or 'inpatient care'.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Good quality evidence exists on approaches to improve the quality of a narrow range of IBD service functions, but there are many topic areas with little or no published quality improvement initiatives. …”
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Screening of Anti-Inflammatory Components of Qin Jin Hua Tan Tang by a Multivariate Statistical Analysis Approach for Spectrum-Effect Relationships by Feipeng Duan, Yisheng Li, Meizhen Zhao, Tianyong Hu, Xinquan Pan, Yue Feng, Fang Ma, Shuqi Qiu, Yiqing Zheng

“…QJHTT ethanol extract 1 exhibited good anti-inflammatory activity. Peaks 11, 12, 13, 14, and 16, which were closely correlated with anti-inflammatory activity, were identified as meranzin, baicalin, baicalein, chrysin-7-O-β-D-glucuronide, and wogonoside, respectively. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Blockchain in Enhancing the Drug Traceability in Edible Foods Using Multiple Regression Analysis by K. Suresh Kumar, Vinay Kumar Nassa, Dipesh Uike, Ashima kalra, Ajay Kumar Sahu, Vijay Anant Athavale, V. Saravanan

“…Hence, the industry is looking for effective solutions in relation to drug traceability, and the application of Blockchain technology enables the stakeholders in the food and beverage (F&B) sector to track the movement of goods, supported in gathering the required details so that the contaminated products can be identified and recalled without much delay and lesser recall costs to protect the lives of the individuals. …”
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Cerebral compliance assessment from intracranial pressure waveform analysis: Is a positional shift-related increase in intracranial pressure predictable? by Donatien Legé, Pierre-Henri Murgat, Russell Chabanne, Kevin Lagarde, Clément Magand, Jean-François Payen, Marion Prud'homme, Yoann Launey, Laurent Gergelé

“…The goal was to predict the level of induced ICP elevation, which was categorized into three classes: less than 7 mmHg ("good ICC"), between 7 and 10 mmHg ("medium ICC"), and more than 10 mmHg ("poor ICC"). …”
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