Properties of Asphalt Mixtures Using Reclaimed Asphalt Containing Polymer-Modified Binder and Technicoeconomical Considerations of Their Use by Jan Mikolaj, Frantisek Schlosser, Lubos Remek, Martin Pitoňák, Juraj Šrámek

“…It is found that the addition of RA containing PMB increased stiffness modulus of the final mixture, which increases resistance to plastic deformation and leads to higher brittleness at low temperatures. …”
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Analysis of risk factors for radiation-induced oral mucositis for nasopharyngeal carcinoma and prognostic value of EGF and STREM-1 by Puyu Jiang, Po Xue, Jiani Wu

“…The EGF level of patients was negatively correlated with the severity of RIOM. In addition, EGF levels in the poor prognosis group were lower than those in the better prognosis group, whereas sTREM-1 levels were higher than those in the better prognosis group (P<0.05). …”
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Factors Associated with Midterm Visual Field Variability in Patients with Stable Glaucoma by Maria Emília V. Guimarães, Carolina P. B. Gracitelli, Syril Dorairaj, Fábio N. Kanadani, Tiago S. Prata

“…A worse SAP MD and VFI were associated with a higher CV. In addition, even adjusting for potential confounding factors (age and level of education), the association between CV and the SAP MD and between CV and VFI remained significant (P≤0.010). …”
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Infektivitas parasit Ichtyophthirius multifiliis yang disimpan pada suhu rendah by , Rahman, , Sukenda, Sri Nuryati, Dendi Hidayatullah

“…The final rate of survival, and excystment of parasite were 35% and 33,3% respectively. Additionally, the descendants came out with high abnormality which recognized by weak mobility and lower infectivity (50%) compared to the control (80%). …”
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Immune imbalance in the pre-ovulatory follicular microenvironment of overweight and obese women during IVF by Yang Liu, Yiran Zhao, Chengliang Zhou, Hong Zhu, Jiexue Pan, Jing Fu, Hefeng Huang, Hui Lin, Li Jin

“…Lipid profiles were screened, revealing no difference between the two groups, however, levels were higher in serum compared to FF. Additionally, the concentration gradient of TG between serum and FF was 22-fold in OW group (2.92 ± 3.66 vs. 0.13 ± 0.03), which was significantly higher than the 12-fold gradient observed in NW group (1.72 ± 0.95 vs. 0.14 ± 0.08). …”
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High-dose glucocorticoid treatment vs. glucocorticoid replacement in immune checkpoint inhibitor associated hypophysitis (CORTICI): an open, randomised controlled trial by Verena Theiler-Schwetz, Christian Trummer, Lisa Schmitt, Angelika Terbuch, Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch, Erika Richtig, Stefan Pilz

“…Nine patients presented with hyponatraemia, two had typical changes on MRI, 12 had isolated adrenal insufficiency, and six had an additional hormone deficiency. None of the patients in neither group experienced a recovery in adrenal function. …”
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Breeding for Heat Tolerant Aromatic Rice Varieties and Identification of Novel QTL Regions Associated with Heat Tolerance During Reproductive Phase by QTL-Seq by Surangkana Chimthai, Sulaiman Cheabu, Wanchana Aesomnuk, Siriphat Ruengphayak, Siwaret Arikit, Apichart Vanavichit, Chanate Malumpong

“…The results revealed that four promising lines, namely 84-7-1-9, 84-7-1-10, 159-3-3-1, and 159-3-3-10, were classified as heat-tolerant with low amylose content. In addition, lines 84-7-1-9 and 84-7-1-10 were identified as aromatic rice encompassing the aroma gene (badh2). …”
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A Review on Polyaniline: Synthesis, Properties, Nanocomposites, and Electrochemical Applications by Abdulwahhab H. Majeed, Leqaa A. Mohammed, Omar G. Hammoodi, Shankar Sehgal, Mustafa A. Alheety, Kuldeep K. Saxena, Safaa A. Dadoosh, Israa K. Mohammed, Mustafa M. Jasim, N. Ummal Salmaan

“…The unique composition of PANI qualifies it for use in electrochemical applications in addition to many other applications whose use depends on its mechanical properties. …”
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Prevalence of the Helicobacter pylori babA2 Gene in Children Mainly Depends on the PCR Primer Set Used by Anja Šterbenc, Maja M. Lunar, Matjaž Homan, Boštjan Luzar, Nina Zidar, Mario Poljak

“…The 139 and 832 bp PCR primer sets concordantly detected the babA2 gene in 93 cases; however, in comparison to the 832 bp PCR primer set, the 139 bp PCR primer set detected additional 50 babA2 cases, whereas only two 832 bp positive cases were missed. …”
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Rice genotypes (Oryza sativa) respond to varying planting dates and environmental conditions by 1Asif Ali Kaleri, 1Danish Manzoor,1Rabia Laghari,2Muzamil Awan, 3Bina Khanzada, 4Hafsa Munir, 2Saba Solangi, 2Tameer Hyder Shah.5Ameer Jan, 6Laiba Ashfaq, 2Ghulam Sajjad Kaleri Kaleri

“…In terms of production, it comes in third place worldwide, behind maize and wheat. Additionally, about two-thirds of the world's population depends mostly on rice as a food source. …”
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Development of Speech and Communication in Polish Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study by Natalia Moćko, Marcin Rudzki, Zuzanna Miodońska, Julia Olesiak, Katarzyna Jochymczyk-Woźniak, Michał Kręcichwost

“…Conclusions: Our findings suggest that this may represent a phenomenon associated with 22q11DS that warrants further investigation using standardized tests for assessing disfluencies. Additionally, we observed that speech therapists and caregivers were perceived as not fully aware of the speech development impairments caused by 22q11DS. …”
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Application of Short Peptide Enteral Nutrition in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Children with Severe Pneumonia and Its Impact on Patient Recovery by Xu Z, Ding Y, Deng XM, Mao XX, Xia PF, Li DR, Lu YP

“…The nutritional risk was assessed using STRONGkids, and the nutritional status was analyzed through biochemical protein indicators. Additionally, mechanical ventilation time, hospitalization duration, incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), and disease outcomes were recorded and compared between the two groups.Results: Both groups were assessed with medium to high nutritional risk, with no significant difference in the degree of nutritional risk (P > 0.05). …”
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Vocational and psychosocial predictors of medical negligence claims among Australian doctors: a prospective cohort analysis of the MABEL survey by Anthony Scott, Marie Bismark, Owen M Bradfield, Matthew Spittal

“…Objective To understand the association between medical negligence claims and doctors’ sex, age, specialty, working hours, work location, personality, social supports, family circumstances, self-rated health, self-rated life satisfaction and presence of recent injury or illness.Design and setting Prospective cohort study of Australian doctors.Participants 12 134 doctors who completed the Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life survey between 2013 and 2019.Primary outcome measure Doctors named as a defendant in a medical negligence claim in the preceding 12 months.Results 649 (5.35%) doctors reported being named in a medical negligence claim during the study period. In addition to previously identified demographic factors (sex, age and specialty), we identified the following vocational and psychosocial risk factors for claims: working full time (OR=1.48, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.94) or overtime hours (OR 1.70, 95% CI 1.29 to 2.23), working in a regional centre (OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.37 to 2.08), increasing job demands (OR 1.16, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.30), low self-rated life satisfaction (OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.08 to 1.91) and recent serious personal injury or illness (OR 1.40, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.72). …”
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Direct Photocoagulation Guided by Merged Retinal Images for the Treatment of Focal Diabetic Macular Edema by Yoshihiro Takamura, Takehiro Matsumura, Shogo Arimura, Makoto Gozawa, Masakazu Morioka, YutakaYamada, Masaru Inatani

“…The numbers of laser spots (p=0.0001), additional laser treatments (p=0.0121), and intravitreal injection of ranibizumab (p=0.0012) in the MIG-PC group were significantly lower than those in the FG-PC group (Mann–Whitney test). …”
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Association between systemic immune-inflammation index and the risk of all-cause, cancer and non-cancer mortality in the general population: results from national health and nutrit... by Siyu Wu, Zhao Liu, Xing Li, Shan Gao, Peng Xia

“…In RCS analysis, non-linear relationships of J-shaped curves were observed in the association between SII with all-cause and non-cancer mortality. Additionally, a U-shaped curve was identified between SII and cancer mortality with a threshold value of 445.22. …”
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Overcoming the Silencing of Doxycycline-Inducible Promoters in hiPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Michelle Guichardaz, Elisa Balmas, Alessandro Bertero, Sveva Bottini

“…We compared two promoters, TRE3VG and T11, for activity and stability, and investigated the addition of a Ubiquitous Chromatin Opening Element (UCOE) to reduce silencing. …”
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A Novel Design of a Neural Network-Based Fractional PID Controller for Mobile Robots Using Hybridized Fruit Fly and Particle Swarm Optimization by Ghusn Abdul Redha Ibraheem, Ahmad Taher Azar, Ibraheem Kasim Ibraheem, Amjad J. Humaidi

“…The proposed NNFOPID controller’s parameters consist of derivative, integral, and proportional gains in addition to fractional integral and fractional derivative orders. …”
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Harnessing defects in Ag/CeO2 for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of antibiotic in water: Structural characteristics, in-depth insights on mechanism, degradation pathway by Ajit Kumar Dhanka, Emerson C. Kohlrausch, Raghabendra Samantray, Vinod Kumar, Balaram Pani, Nityananda Agasti

“…Here we introduced oxygen vacancies in CeO2 by incorporating Ag on the surface of CeO2. Notably, the addition of Ag to CeO2 reduces the band gap energy to 2.90 eV, accompanied by an increase in Ce3+ content which is correlated with an increase in oxygen vacancies. …”
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China’s CBM exploration and production and associated technological advancements: A review and reflections by Jianping YE

“…Shallow CBM, acting as the “ballast stone” for the development of the CBM industry, is supposed to keep continued stable production and serve as the replacement for current CBM resources. Additionally, CBM in low-rank coal reservoirs is a potential target for CBM exploration and production.…”
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Efficacy of Group O Washed Red Blood Cell Transfusion on Vital Signs and Hematologic Stability in Trauma Patients With Different Blood Types by Gou XJ, Li LF, He XL, Chen X, Yu AY, Tian WY

“…In patients with blood groups AB or O, systolic blood pressure (SBP) significantly increased, and SI significantly decreased. Additionally, patients with blood group O revealed a significant rise in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) post-transfusion, with the differences being statistically significant (P < 0.05).Conclusion: Timely and effective transfusion of group O washed red blood cells is crucial for stabilizing the vital signs of patients with severe trauma. …”
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