Development of New Biosorbent Based on Crosslinked Chitosan Beads with High Brilliant Blue FCF Removal Efficiency by Fatiha Lahgui, Beatriz Delgado Cano, Antonio Avalos Ramirez, Michèle Heitz, Hafida Hadjar, Samia Kaddour

“…Crosslinking with epichlorohydrin significantly improved the biosorption capacity of chitosan beads. A maximum biosorption capacity of 600 mg/g corresponding to 99% removal efficiency was observed at pH 3.0, a biosorbent dose of 0.5 g/L, an initial dye concentration of 300 mg/L, a contact time of 10 h, and a temperature of 323 K. …”
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Inter- and Intra-observer Reproducibility of Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology: An investigation of Bethesda 2023 Using Immunohistochemical BRAFV600E Antibody by Erdogan Bahattin, Dündar Emine, Çetin Kısmet Çivi, Yılmaz Fatih

“…Data were interpreted using Cohen’s kappa and Fleiss’s kappa test in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences Windows 2021 program. …”
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Functional Properties of Protein Isolate and Acid Soluble Protein-Rich Ingredient Co-Produced from Ethanol-Treated Industrial Rapeseed Meal by Hristo Kalaydzhiev, Petya Ivanova, Cristina L. M. Silva, Vesela I. Chalova

“…The ASP did not exhibit any capacity to hold water but demonstrated higher ability to absorb oil compared to the PI. …”
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Adsorption of phenol and methylene blue contaminants onto high-performance catalytic activated carbon from biomass residues by Numfor Linda Bih, Mwemezi J. Rwiza, Asha S. Ripanda, Assia Aboubakar Mahamat, Revocatus L. Machunda, Joon Weon Choi

“…The high maximum adsorption capacities of organic waste for the single and binary systems were 352.25–855.96 mg/g and 348.90–456.39 mg/g, respectively. …”
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Physical, Physicochemical, Mechanical, and Sensory Properties of Bioplastics from Phosphate Acetylated Arenga Starches by Abdul Rahim, Safitri Dombus, Syahraeni Kadir, Muhardi Hasanuddin, Syamsuddin Laude, Jusman Aditya, Steivie Karouw

“…The thickness, water holding capacity (WHC), oil holding capacity (OHC), water vapor transmission rate (WVTR), water content, biodegradation, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, tensile strength, elongation at break, Young’s modulus, and sensory properties of the NAS and PAAS bioplastics were investigated. …”
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Preparation and validation of the content of an instrument to assess the quality of services of reception with risk classification in obstetrics. by Dannielly Azevedo de Oliveira, Douglissandra de Morais Ferreira, Lilian Lira Lisboa, Thaiza Teixeira Xavier Nobre

“…<h4>Results</h4>The results suggest that the tool has good content validity. CVI, Kappa, and CI were evaluated above 0.8. Item values considered lower than 0.8 were excluded.…”
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An Integrated Use of Topography with RSI in Gully Mapping, Shandong Peninsula, China by Fuhong He, Tao Wang, Lijuan Gu, Tao Li, Weiguo Jiang, Hongbo Shao

“…Compared with interpreting remote sensing imagery only, the overall accuracy and kappa coefficient are increased by 24.080% and 264.364%, respectively. …”
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Classificação da cobertura da terra na região da ilha do Bananal usando imagens multitemporais PALSAR-2/ALOS-2 by Jorge Bohrer Marques, Osmar Abilio de Carvalho Junior, Fernando Campagnoli, Humberto Navarro de Mesquita Júnior, Roberto Arnaldo Trancoso Gomes, Renato Fontes Guimarães

“…The main factor for the decrease of the Kappa coefficient was the confusion between the areas of Savana Rupestre and anthropic use (pasture) in the areas adjacent to the Bananal island…”
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Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Human Umbilical Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transfected with miR-7704 Improved Damaged Cartilage and Reduced Matrix Metallopeptidase 13 by Kun-Chi Wu, Hui-I Yang, Yu-Hsun Chang, Raymond Yuh-Shyan Chiang, Dah-Ching Ding

“…In vivo experiments revealed that an intra-articular injection of miR-7704-overexpressed EVs significantly improved walking capacity, preserved cartilage morphology, and resulted in higher histological scores compared to in the controls. …”
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Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells for Treatment of Patients with Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease (MyStromalCell Trial): A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study by Abbas Ali Qayyum, Anders Bruun Mathiasen, Naja Dam Mygind, Jørgen Tobias Kühl, Erik Jørgensen, Steffen Helqvist, Jens Jørgen Elberg, Klaus Fuglsang Kofoed, Niels Groove Vejlstrup, Anne Fischer-Nielsen, Mandana Haack-Sørensen, Annette Ekblond, Jens Kastrup

“…Intramyocardial delivered VEGF-A165-stimulated ASC treatment was safe but did not improve exercise capacity compared to placebo. However, exercise capacity increased in the ASC but not in the placebo group. …”
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Optimization of Preparation Process and Antioxidant Activity of Kidney Bean-Haskap Composite Fermentation Liquid by Jia WANG, Fangli DING, Yu AN, Xueying ZENG, Zhihui ZHANG, Sinan LI, Kaiyuan XU, Fang ZHOU, Ying WANG, Lu ZHANG, Bingzheng XU, Zekun SUN

“…The optimal process parameters resulted in a strong antioxidant capacity in the composite fermentation liquid of kidney bean and haskap.…”
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Noggin Combined With Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells to Promote Skeletal Muscle Regeneration by Meng-Han Zhang, Li-Ming Yu, Wei-Hua Zhang, Jia-Jia Deng, Bing-Jing Sun, Mei-Hua Chen, Wei Huang, Jiao Li, Hua He, Xin-Xin Han, Yue-Hua Liu

“…Dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) are an ideal source for the treatment of muscle injuries due to their high proliferative and differentiation capacities. However, the current myogenic induction efficiency of human DPSCs hinders their use in muscle regeneration due to the unknown induction mechanism. …”
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The effect of resveratrol on the cryopreservation of Mongolian horse semen by M. Du, M. Du, M. Du, Y. Liu, Y. Liu, Y. Liu, L. Zhang, L. Zhang, L. Zhang, X. Li, X. Li, X. Li, N. Wang, N. Wang, N. Wang, Q. He, Q. He, Q. He, J. Cao, J. Cao, J. Cao, B. Zhao, B. Zhao, B. Zhao, Y. Shi, Y. Shi, Y. Shi, B. Li, B. Li, B. Li, G. Bou, G. Bou, G. Bou, M. Dugarjaviin, M. Dugarjaviin, M. Dugarjaviin

“…<p>Cryopreservation of semen has advanced significantly with the development of artificial insemination techniques, but post-thawed sperm often exhibit reduced viability, membrane integrity, and acrosome integrity compared to fresh sperm, leading to decreased fertilization capacity. Oxidative stress is a major concern during cryopreservation. …”
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Efficient continuous SF6/N2 separation using low-cost and robust metal-organic frameworks composites by Jinjian Li, Yuting Chen, Tian Ke, Yuanyuan Jin, Rongrong Fan, Guihong Xu, Liu Yang, Zhiguo Zhang, Zongbi Bao, Qilong Ren, Qiwei Yang

“…The proposed VTSA processes successfully met the dual stringent requirements of both environmental protection and electricity equipment operation: the SF6 recovery of 99.91% accompanied with a SF6 purity/working capacity of 99.91%/2.1 mmol/g, which significantly outperformed the industrial employed adsorbent zeolite 13X and showed only 18.7% the energy consumption of the cryogenic distillation.…”
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Sealing Performance of New Solidified Materials: Mechanical Properties and Stress Sensitivity Characterization of Pores by Chao Zhang, Gaohan Jin, Chao Liu, Shugang Li, Junhua Xue, Renhui Cheng, Hua Liu

“…Compared with the traditional concrete solidified material, the new solidified sealing material has better strain-bearing capacity and volumetric expansion capacity under each confining pressure in the experiment. …”
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Exploring the evolution of structure growth in the universe with field-fluid interactions through dynamical stability analysis by Anirban Chatterjee, Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Debasish Majumdar

“…The interaction is introduced by incorporating a non-zero source term into the continuity equations of the two sectors (with opposite signs), modeled as $$\bar{Q}_0 \equiv \alpha \bar{\rho }_\textrm{m}(H + \kappa \dot{\phi })$$ Q ¯ 0 ≡ α ρ ¯ m ( H + κ ϕ ˙ ) . …”
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Identification of HPV16 E1 and E2-specific T cells in the oropharyngeal cancer tumor microenvironment by Christine McInnis, Lakshmi Srinivasan, Anthony J Coyle, Shilpa Bhatia, Glenn J Hanna, Ann Marie Egloff, Brinda Vijaykumar, Qiaomu Tian, Yanbo Sun, Del Leistritz-Edwards, Charles T Quinn, Ravi Uppaluri, Daniel C Pregibon

“…Responses to E2 were associated with loss of E2 expression in at least one tumor, indicating the functional capacity of these E2-recognizing T cells and many of these interactions validated in a functional assay. …”
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Phytomining Potential of Jatropha curcas and Sansevieria trifasciata for Chromium (Cr) and Vanadium (V) Uptake from Red Mud Amended with Sludge-Manure Mixture by Adjie Praja Ardin, Voijant Tangahu Bieby, Yulikasari Andriyan, Arliyani Isni, Mashudi, Titah Harmin Sulistyaning, Ramadhani Muhammad Alif, Fauziah Natasya Febriani, Lam Yeng Ming, Wang Yamin, In Hurun, Soesilo Mery Maryanawati

“…This study investigates the phytomining capacity of Jatropha curcas and Sansevieria trifasciata to uptake Cr and V from red mud amended with a 5% sludge-manure mixture. …”
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How does social capital facilitate community disaster resilience? A systematic review by Guanhu Zhao, Guanhu Zhao, Xu Hui, Xu Hui, Fazhen Zhao, Fazhen Zhao, Fazhen Zhao, Lufang Feng, Lufang Feng, Yao Lu, Yao Lu, Yuting Zhang, Yuting Zhang

“…Furthermore, social capital mechanisms for enhancing community disaster resilience are observed across social (man-made) and natural disaster scenarios.ConclusionThese findings provide valuable guidelines for risk management practice by social capital to improve community disaster resilience: (1) enhance community residents’ risk perception and social learning capacity; (2) reinforcing offline face-to-face and social media-based disaster risk communication; (3) placing greater emphasis on the capacity for community collective action and disaster preparedness.…”
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Evaluation of the extraction of antioxidant compounds from buriti pulp (Mauritia flexuosa L.) by response surface methodology by Gabriela Mota Nogueira, Flávia Aparecida Reitz Cardoso, Márcia Regina Ferreira Geraldo Perdoncini, Marcos Vieira da Silva, Eliane Sloboda Rigobello

“…The antioxidant capacity of the extracts, evaluated by DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP methods, ranged from 1.23 to 3.47 μmol ET g−1, 6.34–15.86 μmol ET g−1, and 4.74–11.95 μmol ET g−1, respectively, highlighting the broad diversity of antioxidant activities present in the extracts. …”
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