Evaluating the implementation and impact of a volunteer navigation oncology support programme: study protocol for a pragmatic, real-world hybrid type 2 study by Charlotte Waugh, Noah Federman, Gabrielle B Rocque, D'Ambra N Dent, Emily K Hill, Ian Bostock Rosenzweig, Bonny Morris, Arif Kamal

“…However, oncology practices are often resource constrained and lack the capacity to extend navigation services at the desired intensity for their patient population. …”
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Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors for Spousal Resemblance in Obesity Status and Habitual Physical Activity in the United States by Hsin-Jen Chen, Yinghui Liu, Youfa Wang

“…Absolute-scale difference and relative-scale resemblance indices (correlation and kappa coefficients) in body mass index (BMI) and HPA were estimated by couples’ socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. …”
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Isovitexin targets SIRT3 to prevent steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head by modulating mitophagy-mediated ferroptosis by Yinuo Fan, Zhiwen Chen, Haixing Wang, Mengyu Jiang, Hongduo Lu, Yangwenxiang Wei, Yunhao Hu, Liang Mo, Yuhao Liu, Chi Zhou, Wei He, Zhenqiu Chen

“…Additionally, we discovered that Isovitexin, by promoting SIRT3 expression, effectively regulated mitophagy, preserved mitochondrial homeostasis in osteoblasts, suppressed ferroptosis, and restored osteogenic capacity, leading to remarkable improvements in SIONFH. …”
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Effects of Different Modification Methods on the Functional Properties and Structure of Chlorella Protein by HOU Yu-xin, LI Shi-chang, ZHANG Chen, DING Hao, LI Bing-qian, GONG Ming-gui

“…The neutral protease method exhibited the most significant improvements in antioxidant activity, water-holding capacity, oil-holding capacity, thermal stability, and secondary structure of the Chlorella protein. …”
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Dose Optimization with mAs Reduction of 15% using Computed Radiography on Radiographic Examinations Pelvic Ap Projection by Intan Cahya, Muhammad Irsal, Nursama Heru A., Shinta Gunawati S., Mahfud Edy Widiatmoko

“…Besides that, the test had the Kappa Cohens level of agreement with a value of 0.5-0.8. …”
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Metabonomic-Transcriptome Integration Analysis on Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis by Ningyang Gao, Li Ding, Jian Pang, Yuxin Zheng, Yuelong Cao, Hongsheng Zhan, Yinyu Shi

“…TRAF3-acetoacetate interaction may be involved in regulating inflammation in OA and RA by the NF-kappa B and IL-17 pathway.…”
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Adsorption of Acid Yellow 36 and direct blue 86 dyes to Delonix regia biochar-sulphur by Ahmed Eleryan, Uyiosa Osagie Aigbe, Kingsley Eghonghon Ukhurebor, Mohamed A. Hassaan, Safaa Ragab, Otolorin Adelaja Osibote, Ismail Hossain, Ahmed El Nemr

“…The determined biosorption capacities for both dyes (AY36 and DB86) were found to be 270.27 mg/g and 36.23 mg/g, respectively. …”
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The Amphoteric Ion Exchange Membrane Based on CS/CMC for Tobacco-Protein Adsorption and Separation from Tobacco Extract by Jun Ling, Yixiao Li, Bo Zhou, Baokun Zhu, Xinru Zhang, Yonghong Wang, Tiandong Zhang, Wanying Feng

“…It was found that the high desorption capacity and protein desorption efficiency can be achieved at pH 9.40. …”
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Gellan Gum Enhances the Quality of Egg-Based Yoghurt by Changing the Water Phase Distribution and Improving the Gel Texture by Yuanyuan Zhang, Jianwei Zang, Shutong Liu, Bingxu Yan, Daobang Tang, Jiguang Chen, Dongwen Li, Dayong Peng, Zebo Liu, Zhongping Yin

“…However, the hardness, adhesiveness, and water-holding capacity of egg-based yoghurt need to be further improved. …”
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Improving the resilience of urban transportation to natural disasters: the case of Changchun, China by Ziyang Wan, Qiuling Lang, Yichen Zhang, Jiquan Zhang, Yanan Chen, Gexu Liu, Huanan Liu

“…The vulnerability, exposure, and emergency recovery capacity of the transport system in Changchun were analyzed by constructing a comprehensive assessment framework combining multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDM) and geographic information system (GIS). …”
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Enhancing magnetic hyperthermia: Investigating iron oxide nanoparticle coating and stability by Joana Santos, Jorge Carvalho Silva, Manuel A. Valente, Tânia Vieira, Paula I.P. Soares

“…The heating capacity of the three types of SPIONs was maintained after 1 month of storage; however, these values significantly decreased to about 60 % of the initial value after 6 months. …”
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Lower Hemoglobin Concentration Is Associated with Retinal Ischemia and the Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes by Alicia Traveset, Esther Rubinat, Emilio Ortega, Nuria Alcubierre, Beatriz Vazquez, Marta Hernández, Carmen Jurjo, Ramon Espinet, Juan Antonio Ezpeleta, Didac Mauricio

“…To assess the association of blood oxygen-transport capacity variables with the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR), retinal ischemia, and macular oedema in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). …”
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Exploring return to work barriers through the lens of model of human occupation. The NOW WHAT project by Kine Strømstad, Lisebet S. Skarpaas, Sturla I. Haslerud, Yeasir A. Alve, Jan Sandqvist, Randi W. Aas

“…In the person-specific concepts, performance capacity barriers were most often described (n = 303), followed by volitional barriers (n = 165) and barriers related to habituation (n = 66). …”
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Chitosan reduces naturally occurring plant pathogenic fungi and increases nematophagous fungus Purpureocillium in soil under field conditions by Raquel Lopez-Nuñez, Jorge Prieto-Rubio, Jorge Prieto-Rubio, Inmaculada Bautista, Antonio L. Lidón-Cerezuela, Miguel Valverde-Urrea, Federico Lopez-Moya, Luis V. Lopez-Llorca

“…Application of chitosan reduced soil pH, conductivity (CE), and cation exchange capacity (CEC) in pots when applied at field capacity. …”
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DFF-ResNet: An Insect Pest Recognition Model Based on Residual Networks by Wenjie Liu, Guoqing Wu, Fuji Ren, Xin Kang

“…Based on the original residual block, we fused the feature from a previous layer between two 1×1 convolution layers in a residual signal branch to improve the capacity of the block. Furthermore, we explored the contribution of each residual group to the model performance. …”
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Local and Systemic CD4+ T Cell Exhaustion Reverses with Clinical Resolution of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis by Charlene Hawkins, Guzel Shaginurova, D. Auriel Shelton, Jose D. Herazo-Maya, Kyra A. Oswald-Richter, Joseph E. Rotsinger, Anjuli Young, Lindsay J. Celada, Naftali Kaminski, Carla Sevin, Wonder P. Drake

“…Investigation of the Th1 immune response in sarcoidosis CD4+ T cells has revealed reduced proliferative capacity and cytokine expression upon TCR stimulation. …”
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HHV8/EBV Coinfection Lymphoproliferative Disorder: Rare Entity with a Favorable Outcome by Dhouha Bacha, Beya Chelly, Houda Kilani, Lamia Charfi, Amel Douggaz, Samia Chatti, Emna Chelbi

“…In situ hybridization confirmed the monotypic kappa light chains and the EBV infection (EBER+). …”
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The Impacts of Cardiac Rehabilitation Program on Echocardiographic Parameters in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction by Masoumeh Sadeghi, Mohammad Garakyaraghi, Mohsen Khosravi, Mahboobeh Taghavi, Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Hamidreza Roohafza

“…At the end of rehabilitation period, the LVEF increased from 45.14 ± 5.77% to 50.44 ± 8.70% (P<0.001), and the peak exercise capacity increased from 8.00 ± 2.56 to 10.08 ± 3.00 METs (P<0.001). …”
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Cross-sectional study of proteomic differences between moderate and severe psoriasis by Lingling Wu, Chen Cen, Bibo Xie, Lihua Hu, Jia Huang, Ningning Shen, Qiang Dong

“…Eighteen DEPs were mainly enriched in the IL − 17 signalling pathway, Neutrophil extracellular trap formation, Neutrophil degranulation and NF − kappa B signalling pathway, which were associated with psoriasis pathogenesis. …”
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Response surface method-driven design of experiments for the synthesis of fly ash-based geopolymers in the gallic acid optimized removal from wastewater by Ana Paula Ferreira, Ana Paula S. Natal, Arthur P. Baldo, Adriano S. Silva, Jose L. Diaz de Tuesta, Pricila Marin, José A. Peres, Helder T. Gomes

“…Geopolymer samples demonstrated significant adsorption capacities, with GP_2.0_10_2.5 achieving a maximum adsorption capacity of 75.8 mg g-1. …”
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