Experimental Study on Fe3O4 Nanoparticle-Assisted Microwave Enhancing Heavy Oil by Teng Lu, Faqiang Dang, Haitao Wang, Qingmin Zhao, Zhengxiao Xu

“…Compared with traditional heating methods, it can reduce viscosity in a shorter time. In addition, the heavy components in the heavy oil are cracked into light components at high temperatures (this high temperature cannot be reached by conventional heating methods). …”
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Suppression of Migration and Invasion by 4-Carbomethoxyl-10-Epigyrosanoldie E from the Cultured Soft Coral Sinularia sandensis through the MAPKs Pathway on Oral Cancer Cells by Rou-Yi Fang, Yueh-Wen Liu, Yih-Gang Goan, Jen-Jie Lin, Jui-Hsin Su, Wen-Tung Wu, Yu-Jen Wu

“…Conversely, it elevated the concentrations of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) and TIMP-2. In addition, the treatment with this compound led to the inhibition of phosphorylation in extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), p38, and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). …”
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Assessment of the healing properties of Cichorium intybus L. extracts on wounds by Berivan Kaçmaz, Duygu Misirli, Seçil Erden Tayhan, Zafer Ömer Özdemir, Mahfuz Elmastaş

“…These scars may also be a consequence of the body's innate responses to different stimuli. Various medicinal drugs and methods have been used to treat scars. …”
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Design Optimization of an Innovative Instrumental Single-Sided Formwork Supporting System for Retaining Walls Using Physics-Constrained Generative Adversarial Network by Wei Liu, Lin He, Jikai Liu, Xiangyang Xie, Ning Hao, Cheng Shen, Junyong Zhou

“…The instrumented SFSS enables individual components to be easily and rapidly prefabricated, assembled, and disassembled, requiring only two workers for installation or removal without the need for additional hoisting equipment. The optimized instrumented SFSS, designed using the PC-GAN approach, achieves comparable deformation performance (from 2.49 mm to 2.48 mm in maxima) and slightly improved component stress levels (from 97 MPa to 115 MPa in maxima) while reducing the total weight by 20.85%, through optimizing panel thickness, the dimensions and spacings of vertical and lateral braces, and the spacings of steel tubes. …”
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Investigation of intracellular signals generated by γ-interferon and IL-4 leading to the induction of class II antigen expression by S. Vassiliadis, N. Kyrpides, D. Stravopodis, M. Grigoriou, I. Athanassakis, J. Papamatheakis

“…These findings are firmly supported by other reports and show, in addition, a unique action exerted by γ-IFN, since IL-4, another inducer of class II antigen expression, uses different pathways. …”
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Modern advancements of energy storage systems integrated with hybrid renewable energy sources for water pumping application by Marwa M. Ahmed, Haneen M. Bawayan, Mohamed A. Enany, Mahmoud M. Elymany, Ahmed A. Shaier

“…The manuscript also highlights the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize energy management, predict irrigation demands, and improve operational efficiency. Additionally, recent advancements in energy storage, such as hybrid configurations of batteries and supercapacitors, are discussed in the context of enhancing system sustainability and reducing operational costs. …”
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Geodetic Evidence of the Interannual Fluctuations and Long-Term Trends Over the Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Change by Yuanjin Pan, Xiaohong Zhang, Jiashuang Jiao, Hao Ding, C. K. Shum

“…Furthermore, the GPS vertical velocity, excluding the common mode component + AOG, yielded a median value of 0.13 mm/yr, which indicates that the retreat of ice mass has made a significant contribution to the GPS-observed VLM. In addition, the glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) effect is found to play a key role in the large-scale VLM uplifting of the West AIS. …”
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Extraction and Optimization of Tanning Material from Osyris lanceolata Barks: Cleaner Leather Tanning Processing by Zerihun Teshome, Tesfaye Agazhi, Tale Gashew, Biniyam Solomon, Tsion Belay, Belete Baye, Efrem Temach

“…The study also aimed to improve the extraction and optimization mechanisms of tannin material from the bark of the Osyris lanceolata plant, which grows in Dera Hamusit Woreda in Ethiopia’s south Gonder Amhara region. In addition to these, the chemical and physical properties of experimentally treated leather were analyzed. …”
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Efficacy and safety of new protease inhibitor faldaprevir in treatment of hepatitis C by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The combination of faldaprevir to interferon and ribavirin has essentially increased efficacy of treatment at previously untreated patients with hepatitis C genotype 1 (according to results of SILEN-C1 study, frequency of SVR achievement was 82% in group receiving faldaprevir in comparison to 56% of patients, who received placebo). Addition of faldaprevir to treatment mode has allowed to increase frequency of SVR (to 50%) in patients with unsuccessful course of standard antiviral therapy. …”
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Spectrophotometric and computational characterization of charge transfer complex of selumetinib with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone and its utilization in developing an... by Sarah Alrubia, Wafa A. AlShehri, Awwad A. Radwan, Nourah Z. Alzoman, Ibrahim A. Darwish

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Integrated teaching methodology in the development of foreign language professional communicative competence on the discipline “organic chemistry” at Kazakhstan University by Aziza Kenzhe, Aliya Bitemirova, Ualikhanova Bayan, Saule Bitursyn, Ainur Zhorabekova

“…This limitation highlights the need for additional instructional time.…”
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Penetrating chest trauma from a “less lethal” bean bag in the United States: a case report by Gloria Sanin, Gabriel Cambronero, Megan E. Lundy, William T. Terzian, Martin D. Avery, Samuel P. Carmichael, Maggie Bosley

“…In a primary survey, a penetrating left supraclavicular wound was noted in addition to a taser dart lodged in his flank. No other traumatic findings were noted in a secondary survey. …”
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Understanding variation in management of early-onset neonatal sepsis in India: a vignette-based survey by Christina M Schumacher, Samuel McAleese, Tushar B Parikh, Basma Ouddi, Julia Johnson

“…The use of sepsis screening tests remains common in Indian neonates and requires additional study.…”
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A dynamic co-expression approach reveals Gins2 as a potential upstream modulator of HNSCC metastasis by Nasibeh Khayer, Samira Shabani, Maryam Jalessi, Mohammad Taghi Joghataei, Frouzandeh Mahjoubi

“…It suggests that Gins2 could serve as a potential upstream modulator in the PAM signaling pathway, playing a crucial role in the distant metastasis of HNSCC. In addition, survival analysis of significant switch genes indicated that two genes, C19orf33 and Usp13, may be especially important for prognostic purposes in HNSCC.…”
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Predicting species distributions in the open ocean with convolutional neural networks by Morand, Gaétan, Joly, Alexis, Rouyer, Tristan, Lorieul, Titouan, Barde, Julien

“…These findings show the adequacy of deep learning for species distribution modelling in the open ocean. Additionally, this purely correlative model was then analysed with explicability tools to understand which variables had an influence on the model’s predictions. …”
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The stability of anisotropic compact stars influenced by dark matter under teleparallel gravity: an extended gravitational deformation approach by Sneha Pradhan, Piyali Bhar, Sanjay Mandal, P. K. Sahoo, Kazuharu Bamba

“…Furthermore, we compare our results with those obtained for a slow-rotating configuration. In addition to this, we discuss the moment of inertia using the Bejger–Haensel approach in this formulation.…”
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Eating Habits, Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Clinical and Laboratory Comparisons by O. V. Gaus, M. A. Livzan

“…All individuals included in the study were assessed for diet and eating habits using the WHO CINDI program questionnaire, “Information on Nutrition and Eating Behavior”, the severity of anxiety and depression according to the HADS questionnaire, the level of specific anxiety in relation to gastrointestinal symptoms according to the VSI questionnaire, quality of life according to the IBS-QoL questionnaire. In addition, the enzyme immunoassay method was used to assess the levels of cortisol in the morning and evening portions of saliva, serotonin in the blood serum and dopamine in the blood plasma.Results. …”
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COVID-19 prevention strategies and compliance among postnatal adolescent mothers with postnatal depression and generalised anxiety in rural Malawi: a cross-sectional study by Sharyn Burns, Linda Portsmouth, Chimwemwe Pindani Tembo

“…The findings support the need for policies that integrate mental health within the public health response due to the potential direct and indirect effects the pandemic might have on perinatal mothers’ mental health. Additionally, recommended pandemic responses should be appropriate and relevant to the social environment.…”
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Multi-step Prediction of Monthly Sediment Concentration Based on WPT-ARO-DBN/WPT-EPO-DBN Model by GAO Xuemei, CUI Dongwen

“…Accurate multi-step sediment concentration prediction is of significance for regional soil erosion control,flood control and disaster reduction.To improve the multi-step prediction accuracy of sediment concentration and the prediction performance of the deep belief network (DBN),this paper proposes a multi-step prediction model of monthly sediment concentration by combining the artificial rabbit optimization (ARO) algorithm,eagle habitat optimization (EPO) algorithm,and DBN based on wavelet packet transform (WPT).The model is validated using time series data of monthly sediment concentration from Longtan Station in Yunnan Province.Firstly,WPT is employed to decompose the time series data of the monthly sediment concentration of the case in three layers,and eight more regular subsequence components are obtained.Secondly,the principles of ARO and EPO algorithms are introduced,and hyperparameters such as the neuron number in the hidden layer of DBN are optimized by ARO and EPO.Meanwhile,WPT-ARO-DBN and WPT-EPO-DBN prediction models are built,and WPT-PSO (particle swarm optimization)-DBN and WPT-DBN are constructed for comparative analysis.Finally,four models are adopted to predict each subsequence component,and the predicted values are superimposed to obtain the multi-step prediction results of the final monthly sediment concentration.The results are as follows.① WPT-ARO-DBN and WPT-EPO-DBN models have satisfactory prediction effects on the monthly sediment concentration of the case from one step ahead to four steps ahead.This yields sound prediction results for five steps ahead.The prediction effect for six steps ahead and seven steps ahead is average,and the prediction accuracy for eight steps ahead is poor and cannot meet the prediction accuracy requirements.② The multi-step prediction performance of WPT-ARO-DBN and WPT-EPO-DBN models is superior to WPT-PSO-DBN models and far superior to WPT-DBN models,with higher prediction accuracy,better generalization ability,and larger prediction step size.③ ARO and EPO can effectively optimize DBN hyperparameters,improve DBN prediction performance,and have better optimization effects than PSO.Additionally,WPT-ARO-DBN and WPT-EPO-DBN models can give full play to the advantages of WPT,new swarm intelligence algorithms and the DBN network and improve the multi-step prediction accuracy of monthly sediment concentration,and the prediction accuracy decreases with the increasing prediction steps.…”
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Informing the development of diagnostic criteria for differential diagnosis of alcohol-related cognitive impairment (ARCI) among heavy drinkers: A systematic scoping review. by Lisa Jones, Lynn Owens, Andrew Thompson, Ian Gilmore, Paul Richardson

“…Cognitive screening tools are commonly used in practice to support a diagnosis of ARCI, and as a secondary objective we included an additional 12 studies, which covered a range of settings and patient populations relevant to screening, diagnosis or assessment in acute, secondary or community 'point-of-care' settings. …”
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