Compatibility and antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticles synthesized using Lycopersicon esculentum peels by Esraa Ali, Samah H. Abu-Hussien, Esraa Hesham, Shimaa Ahmed, Habiba Mostafa, Ahmed Gamal, Salwa M. El-Sayed, Bahaa Hemdan, Ashraf Bakry, Naglaa M. Ebeed, Hesham Elhariry, Ahmed Galal, Basma T. Abd-Elhalim

“…Le-AgNPs demonstrated good inhibitory potential against pathogenic fungi, with IZDs of 3.0 and 0.92 cm against Alternaria solani ATCC 62102 and Candida albicans DSM 1386, respectively. …”
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Tracking shoreline change using minimum convolution of Gaussian weight and squared differences by Hojun Yoo, Hyoseob Kim, Tae Soon Kang, Jin Young Park, Jong Beom Kim

“…The new MCGWSD method tracks the shoreline position, and its results show good agreement with PIMACS results along two transects. …”
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Russia’s Foreign Trade with the GCC Countries: Dynamics, Characteristics and Opportunities by L. V. Shkvarya

“…Trade volumes, both in goods and services, have shown steady growth, particularly in the past 5-6 years, although there are significant differentiations among countries. …”
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Prevalence and Regional Variations of Visual and Auditory Impairments Among Elderly Individuals in the Faroe Islands: A Cross-Sectional Study by Haanes GG, Christiansen J, Hofoss D

“…Differences by gender and region were tested by Pearson chi squared test and Fisher’s exact test, Bonferroni corrected for multiple comparisons.Results: Problems with seeing and hearing were widespread, difficulty reading small print was reported by 58% of participants, and 51% reported less than “good” hearing. Despite the high prevalence of issues, no significant difference was found between genders in terms of problem frequency.Conclusion: This study underscores the high prevalence of vision and hearing issues among 76-year-old Faroese individuals, with no gender differences observed. …”
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Improving Ukraine’s progress in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals by S. O. Serbenyuk

“…Moreover, there is no clear, coherent, simplified list of the necessary requirements for the activities and regulatory framework of higher education institutions that would meet the criteria of good practice at various levels. The impact of sustainable development activities of universities on the growth of the state's image in the international arena and the attraction of additional allocations for economic reconstruction, as well as on strengthening the rule of law, requires more detailed research. …”
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Application of central composite design to optimization of Yellow Tartarazine and Methylene Blue environmentally clean adsorption by untreated walnut shells by Mahmoud Trachi, Moussa Abbas, Mohamed Trari

“…Several error analysis equations were used to measure the goodness of fit. Kinetic studies showed that the adsorption kinetic data are well modeled by a pseudo-second-order model. …”
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Evaluation of Immune Characteristics and Factors Associated with Immune Response following Hepatitis B Vaccination among Ghanaian Adolescents by Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Joseph Badu Gyapong, Ebenezer Krampah Aidoo, Alfred Effah, Simon Koffie, Oscar Simon Olympio Mensah, Isaac Arddey, Godwin Boakye, Stephen Opoku, Benjamin Amoani, Robert Amadu Ngala

“…Following booster administration, 59.4% were hyporesponders (10 ≤ anti-HBsAg titre ≤99 mIU/ml) whilst 40.6% were good responders (anti-HBsAg titre ≥100 mIU/ml). Exercise (p=0.034) was significantly associated with immune response after booster administration. …”
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Quality of life of older adults and associated factors in Ghanaian urban slums: a cross-sectional study by Jos M G A Schols, Priscilla Yeye Adumoah Attafuah, Irma Everink, Aaron Asibi Abuosi, Christa Lohrmann

“…When viewed as a whole, the perceived overall QoL is neither poor nor good and participants were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with their health. …”
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Intensive Annual Forage Cultivation via Diversified Sowing Under a Mixed-Cropping System to Increase Production and Decrease Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Xiangyu Wei, Qin Feng, Jianqiang Deng, Haiying Hu, Qiaoli Ma, Jian Lan

“…This study demonstrates that the mixed forage oat and common vetch during spring and summer was the sustainable cropping system that achieved high system productivity, good economic returns, high energy utilization, and low environmental risk in Northwestern China.…”
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Integrating RNA-seq and scRNA-seq to explore the prognostic features and immune landscape of exosome-related genes in breast cancer metastasis by Guanyou Huang, Yong Yu, Heng Su, Hongchuan Gan, Liangzhao Chu

“…The developed prognostic model demonstrates good predictive performance for patient survival at 1, 3 and 5 years, with AUC values of 0.654, 0.602 and 0.635, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of Apical Sealing Ability of Four Endodontic Sealers: An In vitro Study by Sourabh Ramesh Joshi, S. Sruthi, Viddyasagar Prabhakar Mopagar, Neeta Surendra Padmawar, Gowri Swaminatham Pendyala

“…Therefore, it is imperative to provide a good apical seal to prevent reinfection by spread of microbial toxins. …”
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Gangguan Menstruasi Menyebabkan Peningkatan Stres Akademik pada Mahasiswa by Jehan Puspasari, Veronica Yeni Rahmawati, Dian Fitria

“…The results of univariate analysis showed that the average age of menarche was 12 years, the average BMI was 20.50, good nutritional status was 66.7%, students did not experience menstrual disorders by 84.4% and the academic stress level of students was 80.9%. …”
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Intratumoural CD8+ CXCR5+ follicular cytotoxic T cells have prognostic value and are associated with CD19+ CD38+ B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures in colorectal cancer by Fangze Wei, Xiaotian Xu, Jing Wang, Shi Wen Mei, Fu Qiang Zhao, Fei Huang, Ti Xian Xiao, Guo Jing Wang, Baojun Wei, Shengkai Huang, Wei Cui

“…Conclusions The prognostic prediction model has good predictive value. In MSS CRC, TFC cells function mostly in T cell activation and the cell cycle and have low expression of immune checkpoint molecules, which may influence the effectiveness of ICB therapy. …”
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Analyzing Tight Sand Characteristics and Its Influence on Aqueous Phase Removal by Gas Displacement by Mianmo Meng, Hongkui Ge, Yinghao Shen, Wenming Ji, Yang Wu, Xiaosong Xu, Weihan Huang, Qinyu Li, Jiayao Yu

“…However, it has high flowback rate, which may account for good pore connection. Through the above study, the flowback rate has negative relationship with clay content and positive relationship with pore size, pore connection, and displacement pressure. …”
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Endoscopic tympanoplasty type I using interlay technique by Masahiro Takahashi, Masaomi Motegi, Kazuhisa Yamamoto, Yutaka Yamamoto, Hiromi Kojima

“…Perforations were closed in 50 of the 51 ears (98.0%), and the postoperative hearing was good (average air-bone [A-B] gap was 6.8 ± 5.8 dB). …”
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Compact 999.6 nm Actively Q-Switched Yb3+:LuAlO for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Laser by A. Rudenkov, V. Kisel, A. Yasukevich, K. Hovhannesyan, A. Petrosyan, N. Kuleshov

“…Yttrium aluminate crystal YAlO3 (YAP) is a well-known host with good thermal and mechanical properties (thermal conductivity for undoped crystal is about 11 W/m·K and about 8 W/m·K for Yb(5 at.%):YAP) similar to those of YAG. …”
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Comparison of the Disposable Streamlined Liner of the Pharynx Airway and the Disposable I-gel in Anaesthetized, Paralyzed Adults: A Randomized Prospective Study by Khaled EL-Radaideh, Ala"a Alhowary, Diab Bani Hani

“…Both noninflatable SADs are useful, but SLIPA rapid insertion and good airway sealing make it an effective alternative to the I-gel.…”
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Comparison of Extracellular Metabolites and Antioxidant Activity of Different Strains of Wolfiporia hoelen (Fr.) Y.C. Dai &V. Papp by TAN Yun, SHEN Airong, SHEN Baoming, YU Jinxiu, LIU Lina, LI Sainan, TAN Zhuming

“…In conclusion, this strain has a high content of extracellular bioactive ingredients and good antioxidant activity, making it a potential candidate for the development of antioxidant products.…”
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Mitral Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (MAPSE) as a Predictor of Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence in Patients after Pulmonary Vein Isolation by Jan Alatic, David Suran, Damijan Vokac, Franjo Husam Naji

“…Mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) is the parameter that measures left ventricular longitudinal function, and it appears to be a good early marker of LV dysfunction. It is practically independent of poor image quality. …”
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Diagnostic prediction model for screening of elevated low-density and non-high-density lipoproteins in young Thai adults between 20 and 40 years of age by Phichayut Phinyo, Wuttipat Kiratipaisarl, Vithawat Surawattanasakul, Wachiranun Sirikul

“…Three predictors—gender, diastolic blood pressure and metabolic age—were identified in the non-HDL-C model with AuROC 0.722 (95% CI 0.705 to 0.738), good calibration and utility in 9%–55% probability range.Discussion and conclusion Overall results demonstrated acceptable discrimination for non-HDL-C model but inadequate performance of LDL-C model for clinical practice. …”
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