Waste heat recovery cycles integration into a net-Zero emission solar-thermal multi-generation system; Techno-economic analysis and ANN-MOPSO optimization by Pradeep Kumar Singh, Ali Basem, Rebwar Nasir Dara, Mohamed Shaban, Sarminah Samad, Raymond Ghandour, Ahmad Almadhor, Samah G. Babiker, Iskandar Shernazarov, Ibrahim A. Alsayer

“…This paper presents a novel solar-powered multi-generation system (MGS) integrated with a fuel cell, designed to enhance both sustainability and operational reliability. …”
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Uji Daya Hambat Sabun Cair Cuci Tangan pada Restoran Waralaba di Kota Padang Terhadap Pertumbuhan Bakteri Escherichia coli dan Staphylococcus aureus Secara In Vitro by Anisha Fazlisia, Elizabeth Bahar, Yulistini .

“…Sebagian besar restoran waralaba di Kota Padang menyediakan sabun cair cuci tangan yang telah diencerkan. …”
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The assessment of marrow adiposity in type 1 diabetic rabbits through magnetic resonance spectroscopy is linked to bone resorption by Wei Li, Wei Wang, Minlan Zhang, Qi Chen, Fengyi Li, Shaojun Li

“…Quantification of bone marrow adipose tissue utilized both MR spectroscopy and histological examinations. …”
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Characteristics of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo among adults with ADHD: objective neurocognitive measures align with self-report of executive function by Beth Krone, Lenard A. Adler, Deepti Anbarasan, Terry Leon, Richard Gallagher, Pooja Patel, Stephen V. Faraone, Jeffrey H. Newcorn

“…Additionally, significantly greater impairment via both clinician and participant report was seen in the SCT + versus SCT - cohorts. …”
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Plant Disease Classifier: Detection of Dual-Crop Diseases Using Lightweight 2D CNN Architecture by Hasibul Islam Peyal, Md. Nahiduzzaman, Md. Abu Hanif Pramanik, Md. Khalid Syfullah, Saleh Mohammed Shahriar, Abida Sultana, Mominul Ahsan, Julfikar Haider, Amith Khandakar, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury

“…Also, the precision, recall, F1-score of the proposed model is 97 % and Area Under Curve (AUC) score of the model is 99.9% which is an indicator of the very good performance of the model. Class activation maps were shown using the Gradient Weighted Class Activation Mapping (Grad-CAM) technique to visually explain the disease detected by the proposed model, and a heatmap was produced to indicate the responsible region for classification. …”
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Impact of pandemic service changes on ethnic inequalities in maternal and perinatal outcomes in England: a population-based study by Andrew Judge, Erik Lenguerrand, Tim Draycott, Stamatina Iliodromiti, Asma Khalil, Buthaina Ibrahim, Jennifer Elizabeth Jardine

“…The risk of adverse outcomes was higher in women and babies from all ethnic minority groups compared with White women in both pandemic periods. Black and South-Asian women and babies were approximately 25% more likely to sustain adverse outcomes. …”
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Electronically Coupled Heterojunctions Based on Graphene and Cu2−xS Nanocrystals: The Effect of the Surface Ligand by Ju Y. Shang, Mariangela Giancaspro, Adriana Grandolfo, Rafique A. Lakho, Elisabetta Fanizza, Suraj K. Patel, Giuseppe Valerio Bianco, Marinella Striccoli, Chiara Ingrosso, Oscar Vazquez-Mena, M. Lucia Curri

“…The photoresponse of two hybrid devices based on three layers of Cu₂₋_xS NCs, deposited in one case on SLG/Cu_2−xS/TBAI (“TBAI-only” device) and in the other on SLG/Cu_2−xS/DMBT (“DMBT + TBAI” device), with a TBAI treatment applied, for both, after each layer deposition, has been evaluated under 450 nm laser diode illumination. …”
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Molecular Characterization and Evolution Analysis of Two Forms of TLR5 and TLR13 Genes Base on Larimichthys crocea Genome Data by Lihua Jiang, Liyi Pei, Ping Wang, Liqin Liu, Gong Li, Binjian Liu, Zhenming Lǚ, Tabata Hiromasa, Hao Pan, Atsushi Ogura

“…There are two types of TLR5, namely, membrane form of TLR5 (TLR5M) and soluble form of TLR5 (TLR5S), both of which perform a crucial role in flagellin response. …”
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Comparison of Effect Sevoflurane-Based Anesthesia and Propofol-Based Anesthesia on the Early Postoperative Renal Function of Living Kidney Transplant Donors: A Randomized Controlle... by Cai J, Kang F, Han M, Huang X, Yan W, Wan F, Li J

“…Record the cystatin C, glomerular filtration rate, urine output during perioperative period.Results: There were both increases in biomarkers of kidney injury before and 1, 2 and 6 days after the anaesthetic surgery in donors, However, no statistical differences in KIM-1 (P (0.42 pg/mL (95% CI 0.21 to 0.63 pg/mL)) vs S (0.26 pg/mL (95% CI 0.02 to 0.49 pg/mL)), − 0.16 pg/mL (95% CI − 0.48 to 0.16 pg/mL)), IL-18 (P (178.54 pg/mL (95% CI 110.15 to 24693 pg/mL)) vs S (175.86 pg/mL (95% CI 100.35 to 251.38 pg/mL)), − 2.68 pg/mL (95% CI − 105.61 to 100.25 pg/mL)), and TIMP-2 (P (12.88 ng/mL (95% CI 8.69 to 17.07 ng/mL)) vs S (14.85 ng/mL (95% CI 10.23 to 19.46 ng/mL)), 1.97 ng/mL (95% CI − 4.30 to 8.23 ng/mL)) concentration changes between the two types of anaesthesia.Conclusion: There was no difference between sevoflurane and propofol anaesthesia on postoperative changes in biomarkers of renal injury in living kidney transplant donors.Keywords: general anesthetics, sevoflurane, propofol, renal transplantation…”
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Validation of a tri-axial accelerometer for measuring physical activity in patients with subacute stroke by Yosuke Kimura, Yosuke Kimura, Yoshiki Suzuki, Yoshiki Suzuki, Hiroki Kubo, Hiroki Kubo, Keishi Yoshida, Keishi Yoshida, Tomohiro Ota, Tomohiro Ota, Natsuki Shimizu, Natsuki Shimizu, Masashi Kanai, Masashi Kanai

“…They performed sitting and standing reaching tasks, as well as walking while wearing a VO2 Master respiratory gas analyzer and ASP devices on both the paretic and non-paretic sides. The METs values recorded by the ASP were compared with those obtained using a VO2 Master respiratory gas analyzer. …”
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Parental epigenetic age acceleration and risk of adverse birth outcomes: the Norwegian mother, father and child cohort study by Maria C. Magnus, Yunsung Lee, Ellen Ø. Carlsen, Lise A. Arge, Astanand Jugessur, Liv G. Kvalvik, Nils-Halvdan Morken, Cecilia H. Ramlau-Hansen, Mikko Myrskylä, Per Magnus, Siri E. Håberg

“…Our objective was to assess the associations of parental (both maternal and paternal) epigenetic age acceleration in relation to birth outcomes. …”
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Pengaruh Media Promosi Kesehatan tentang ASI Eksklusif terhadap Peningkatan Pengetahuan Ibu di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Lubuk Begalung Padang Tahun 2014 by Binarni Suhertusi, Desmiwarti ., Emi Nurjasmi

“…The data analyzed by using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test to compare the knowledge of respondent before and after being given promotion and Mann-Whitney test to compare both of media. The average of respondent knowledge before being given health promotion by using leaflet was 8.71 and after being given health promotion was 11.52. …”
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Germline variants of the genes involved in NF-kB activation are associated with the risk of COPD and lung cancer development by Baranasic Jurica, Niazi Yasmeen, Chattopadhyay Subhayan, Rumora Lada, Ćorak Lorna, Dugac Andrea Vukić, Jakopović Marko, Samaržija Miroslav, Försti Asta, Knežević Jelena

“…Although results presented in this study do not fully support our hypothesis, it is worth to mention that the identified genes/SNPs that were associated with either COPD or LC risk, all were involved in the activation of the NF-κB transcription factor which is closely related to the regulation of the inflammatory response, a condition associated with both pathologies.…”
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Adjustment of the Framingham index by abdominal aortic calcification scores enables a more accurate prediction of long-term cardiac events in general population aged 40 years and a... by Xiao-Jun Liu, Li Wang, Li-sha Zhang, Li-Fei Cao, Zhao-Fei Wan, Jia-Hong Xue, Yan-Ru He, Xin-Hong Wang, Xiao-Fang Bai

“…The FRS was positively associated with AAC score. Both FRS and AAC score were independent predictors of cardiac death (hazard ratio 1.216; 95%CI 1.135 to 1.302; p < 0.00001; 1.159; 95%CI 1.109 to 1.211; p < 0.00001; respectively). …”
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A Space Efficient Circular Patch MIMO Antenna Having Six Degrees of Freedom for 5G-n79/WLAN Applications by Susanta Kumar Badi, Om Prakash Acharya, Bhargav Appasani, Nicu Bizon

“…All the required diversity parameters such as envelope correlation coefficient, diversity gain and mean effective gain ratio are investigated in both uniform and non-uniform media and found within acceptable limit. …”
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Malnutrition risk, weight loss, and subsequent survival in patients listed for heart transplantation by Tae Kyung Yoo, MD, MS, Satoshi Miyashita, MD, Ariella Stein, MSCIS-HI, Michael Wu, BS, MPH, Lauren Parsly Read-Button, MPH, RD, LDN, Masashi Kawabori, MD, Greg S. Couper, MD, Edward Saltzman, MD, Amanda R. Vest, MBBS, MPH

“…We constructed Cox proportional hazards models and restricted cubic spline curves for each risk score at both HT listing and HT operation and inputted HT operation as a time-varying covariate for models commencing at listing. …”
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Poor sleep quality remains a major challenge among tertiary education students in Ghana: A cross-sectional study in a Ghanaian University by David Larbi Simpong, Ansumana Bockarie, Akosua Bema Kumah, Alex Bismark Atta-Owusu, Mordecai Eshun, Bernice Akua Frimpong, Beatrice Bachella, George Nkrumah Osei

“…Despite the recognized importance of good sleep for students, there is a need for a deeper understanding of the sleep problems faced by university students to inform effective campus support services and interventions. …”
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High tumor mutational burden assessed through next-generation sequencing predicts favorable survival in microsatellite stable metastatic colon cancer patients by Annabella Di Mauro, Mariachiara Santorsola, Giovanni Savarese, Roberto Sirica, Monica Ianniello, Alessia Maria Cossu, Anna Ceccarelli, Francesco Sabbatino, Marco Bocchetti, Anna Chiara Carratù, Francesca Pentimalli, Gerardo Ferrara, Guglielmo Nasti, Michele Caraglia, Alessandro Ottaiano

“…Abstract Background Microsatellite instability (MSI) is a well-established predictive biomarker for immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) response in metastatic colon cancer. Both high MSI and tumor mutational burden (TMB) are markers of genomic instability. …”
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Forecasting stroke and stroke-driven dementia in a rapidly ageing population: a model-based analysis of alternative projection scenarios for Ireland by Anne Hickey, Eithne Sexton, Frances Horgan, Kathleen E Bennett, Ronan Collins, Martin O'Flaherty, Suzanne Timmons, Chris Macey, David J. Williams

“…There is an urgent need to both invest in prevention strategies and plan for likely increases in future stroke care needs.…”
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Effects of Pharmacotherapy Training Course on Improving the Drug Prescription Skills of Medical Students: A Pharmacy-based Intervention by Fatemeh Taheri Asl, Mohammadhossein Taherynejad, Maryam Emadzadeh, Mina Akbari Rad, Mohammad Ali Yaghoubi, Amirreza Rostami, Sepideh Hejazi, Mitra Ahadi, Samaneh Sajjadi, Amirali Moodi Ghalibaf, Ali Moradi, Sahar Ravanshad

“…Post-tests were conducted for both groups at the end of their internal internship period. …”
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