Effect of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid on the Quality and Volatile Metabolites of Korla Fragrant Pear Fruit by SUN Tianyu, WEN Bo, WANG Chunfeng, TIAN Jia, HAO Zhichao, LIN Yan, WEN Yue, ZHANG Feng

“…Specifically, compared with the control group, the hardness, stone cell content and titratable acid content of the fruit without calyx decreased by 13.45%, 31.03% and 42.31%, respectively, and the soluble solids content and solid/acid ratio increased by 9.95% and 90.57%, respectively; the hardness, titratable acid content and stone cell content of the fruit with calyx decreased significantly by 12.89%, 48.48% and 30.16%, and the soluble solids content, soluble sugar content and solid/acid ratio increased by 19.33%, 23.51% and 131.63%, respectively. In addition, exogenous spraying of 5-ALA significantly increased the mass fraction of volatile metabolites in both fruits, mainly including terpenoids and esters, enriching their aroma attributes such as woody, fruity, vanilla, fresh, grassy and sweet notes. …”
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From awareness to action: investigating the impact of big-five teamwork model awareness on rationing of nursing care and patient-centered care by Heba Mohamed Al-Anwer Ali Ashour, Ebtsam Aly Omer Abou Hashish, Nadia Hassan Ali Awad

“…Post-sessions, there was a significant decrease in rationing of nursing care scores and significant increases in nursing teamwork and patient-centered care scores (p ≤ 0.001). In addition to the significant correlation values, regression analysis revealed that overall teamwork accounted for approximately 22% of the variance in rationing of nursing care (R² = 0.224, p = 0.015), with trust as the significant predictor. …”
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People with symptoms of depression and those at significant risk of suicide show differences in their personality profile and sense of meaning in life by Kacper Deska, Grzegorz Mirocha, Bartłomiej Bąk, Anna Mirgos-Wierzchowska, Marcin Kosmalski, Monika Różycka-Kosmalska, Tadeusz Pietras

“…According to the BDI-II, 79 participants (28.4%) were identified as having depressive symptoms. …”
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Cybersecurity enhancement in the field of eHealth  system development in Ukraine by I. Parfonova, O. Zinchenko

“…Exclusion criteria included publications that did not align with the purpose of this review. The methods used included bibliographic, analytical, and forecasting. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic indicator in COVID-19: Evidence from a northern tanzanian cohort. by Norman Jonas Kyala, Innocent Mboya, Elichilia Shao, Francis Sakita, Kajiru Gadiel Kilonzo, Laura Shirima, Abid Sadiq, Elifuraha Mkwizu, Nyasatu Chamba, Annette Marandu, Sophia Muhali, Faryal Raza, Eliasa Ndale, Damas Bayo, Daniel Mujuni, Furaha Lyamuya

“…An NLR cutoff value of 6.1 or higher had a sensitivity of 92.1% (95% CI 89.2%-94.0%) and a specificity of 92.0% (95% CI 89.7%-94.4%). Additionally, 39.5% of patients with an NLR value of 6.1 or higher had increased risk of severe disease, subsequent clinical deterioration, and mortality.…”
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Enhancing maize yield, water use efficiency, and Zn content under drought stress by applying Zn-solubilizing bacteria by Fahimeh Khaledi, Hamidreza Balouchi, Mohsen Movahhedi Dehnavi, Amin Salehi

“…However, priming or foliar application of ZnSO4 with both P. fluorescens and P. aeruginosa strains increased the number of cobs/m2 by 12.5 % and the number of rows/cob by 15 %. Additionally, most methods of applying ZnSO4 and bacteria increased the number of grains, 100-grain weight, grain yield, and WUE of corn. …”
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Functional Analysis and Experimental Validation of the Prognostic and Immune Effects of the Oncogenic Protein CDC45 in Breast Cancer by Zhang JN, Li LW, Cao MQ, Liu X, Yi ZL, Liu SS, Liu H

“…We established a Nomogram model based on CDC45 and other clinical indicators. Additionally, we performed protein-protein interaction (PPI) network construction, drug sensitivity analysis, and immune correlation analysis of CDC45. …”
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Acupuncture for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with dry eye: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ting Li, Xin Xu, Juan Wei, Qingbo Wei, Zhouyu Xie, Xiangyu Bian, Yunchuan Wu

“…Introduction The global incidence of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with dry eye is increasing annually, which imposes additional healthcare costs and financial burden on families and societies. …”
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Multi-Omics Insights into Rumen Microbiota and Metabolite Interactions Regulating Milk Fat Synthesis in Buffaloes by Ye Yu, Runqi Fu, Chunjia Jin, Lin Han, Huan Gao, Binlong Fu, Min Qi, Qian Li, Jing Leng

“…The results suggest that rumen microbiota such as <i>Quinella</i>, <i>Fretibacterium</i>, <i>Selenomonas</i>, and <i>Cyrenella</i> may regulate milk fat synthesis by influencing the lipid metabolites in the rumen and plasma. In addition, the combined analysis of the rumen microbiota and host metabolites may provide a fundamental understanding of the role of the microbiota and host in regulating milk fat synthesis.…”
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Potential for circular economy in the construction sector. An explorative study about single-use masks and sustainable building material based on a customer and construction compan... by Daniela Ludin, Erika Mueller, Asli Ercengiz, Jannick Lumpp, Wanja Wellbrock

“…Then in 2023 an explorative online survey of German customers was conducted; the sample consists of 118 people. In addition to consumers, three constructions companies were also examined. …”
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High-throughput phenotyping of wheat root angle and coleoptile length at different temperatures using 3D-printed equipment by Nevzat Aydin, Mesut Ersin Sönmez, Tuğba Güleç, Bedrettin Demir, Hadi Alipour, Aras Türkoğlu

“…The Tosunbey genotypes exhibited the highest root angle and the lowest root angle was observed in Altindane genotypes. Additionally, we observed that increasing the temperature led to an increase in seedling root length. …”
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Mechanism of Electroacupuncture Quchi (LI 11) -Yanglingquan (GB 34) in Rats with Spasticity of Cerebral Apoplexy by Bin GUO, Penghan WANG, Linxing HUANG, Zhiqiang XIE, Lina XIE, Weiai LIU, Lizhen YI, Xin LIU, Zenghui YUE

“…The number of synaptic vesicles, the concave synapses increased, while the post-synaptic cell terminal cytoplasmic degeneration was significantly reduced compared with the model group. In addition, the dense substance thickened and the gap was narrowed. (3) The expression of BDNF-TrkB protein and gene in the electroacupuncture group increased significantly compared with that in the model group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Chronic Atrophic Gastritis Presenting as Hemolytic Anemia due to Severe Vitamin B12 Deficiency by Amanda M. Woodford, Rabhea Chaudhry, Gabriella A. Conte, Varsha Gupta, Madhurima Anne

“…Still, seronegative patients have been reported, like this patient. Additionally, hemolytic anemia secondary to vitamin B12 deficiency is uncommon. …”
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Unveiling the signal valve specifically tuning the TGF-β1 suppression of osteogenesis: mediation through a SMAD1-SMAD2 complex by Ying-Wen Wang, Ching-Wei Luo

“…Such phenomena can be reproduced via knockdown of co-repressors such as Hdac1 or addition of HDAC1 inhibitors in TGF-β1-treated MSCs. …”
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Hydrological Models and Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to Simulate Streamflow in a Tropical Catchment of Sri Lanka by Miyuru B. Gunathilake, Chamaka Karunanayake, Anura S. Gunathilake, Niranga Marasingha, Jayanga T. Samarasinghe, Isuru M. Bandara, Upaka Rathnayake

“…Hydrological modelling is a frequently adopted and a matured technique to simulate streamflow compared to the data driven models such as artificial neural networks (ANNs). In addition, usage of ANNs is minimum to simulate streamflow in the context of Sri Lanka. …”
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Semi-field experiments reveal contrasted predation and movement patterns of aquatic macroinvertebrate predators of Anopheles gambiae larvae by Hudson Onen, Emmanuel W. Kaindoa, Joel Nkya, Alex Limwagu, Martha A. Kaddumukasa, Fredros O. Okumu, Jonathan K. Kayondo, Anne M. Akol, Frédéric Tripet

“…It also confirms the ability of these predators to significantly reduce An. gambiae larval densities in aquatic habitats, thus their potential for consideration as additional biocontrol tools for mosquito population reduction.…”
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OPTIMIZATION OF ROCK PHOSPHATE USE AND EFFECT ON SOYBEAN GRAIN YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS ON AN ANDOSOL AND ACRISOL OF CAMEROON by Lawrence T. Nanganoa, Foncha Felix, Kamdem N. Franck Gilles, Djocne F. Christiane, Christopher Suh, Francis A. Ngome

“…There was an outright grain yield and economic benefit because of fertilizer application which increased with addition of phosphorus in the fertilizer mixtures. …”
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Reference Intervals of Central Aortic Blood Pressure and Augmentation Index Assessed with an Oscillometric Device in Healthy Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults from Argentina by Alejandro Diaz, Yanina Zócalo, Daniel Bia, Edmundo Cabrera Fischer

“…This study, performed in Argentinean healthy children, adolescents, and young adults with ages of 5 to 22 years, provides the first RIs and percentile curves of cSBP and cAIx. Additionally, specific body height-related cAIx percentiles are reported for the analyzed population. …”
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PolyRes-Net: A Polyhierarchical Residual Network for Decoding Anatomical Complexity in Medical Image Segmentation by Amr Magdy, Khalid N. Ismail, Marghny H. Mohamed, Mahmoud Hassaballah, Haitham Mahmoud, Mohammed M. Abdelsamea

“…Specifically, PolyRes-Net achieves the highest mDSC scores of 91.02%, 91.80%, and 89.25% on CVC ClinicDB, 2018 Data Science Bowl, and ISIC-2018 skin lesion segmentation challenge dataset, respectively. Additionally, the highest mIOU scores are 85.60%, 85.32%, and 82.14% for the same datasets, further underscoring the efficacy of the proposed model.…”
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Case report: Monitoring consciousness with fNIRS in a patient with prolonged reduced consciousness following hemorrhagic stroke undergoing adjunct taVNS therapy by Fei Gao, Likai Wang, Likai Wang, Zhan Wang, Yaru Tian, Jingyi Wu, Mengchun Wang, Litong Wang

“…Behavioral improvements were evidenced by an increase in CRS-R scores from 2 to 14, marking the patient's transition from UWS to minimally conscious state plus (MCS+). Additionally, regions associated with auditory and sensory processing showed increased cortical engagement, supporting the positive impact of taVNS on cortical responsiveness. …”
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