Antifungal efficacy of chitosan-mediated fenugreek nanocomposite incorporated in tissue conditioner by Mohika Damle, Ponsekar Abraham Anandapandian, B. Eswaran, Swapnaneel Pradhan, Silvin Joe C J, Shreyas Dhumke

“…Aim: To synthesize Chitosan mediated Fenugreek nanocomposite (1.5 %,2 %,2.5 % by weight concentrations) and evaluate its antifungal efficacy on heat cure denture base relined with tissue conditioner mixed with nanocomposite by assessing fungal colony formation after 1st day, 1st week and 2nd week. …”
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Functionalization of sawdust biochar using Mg-Fe-LDH and sodium dodecyl sulfonate enhanced its stability and immobilization capacity for Cd and Pb in contaminated water and soil by Xin Pan, Shaoping Kuang, Xiao Wang, Habib Ullah, Zepeng Rao, Esmat F. Ali, Qumber Abbas, Sang Soo Lee, Sabry M. Shaheen

“…Sawdust biochar (SB) was coated with Mg and Fe to synthesize the Mg-Fe-LDH functionalized biochar (MFB); thereafter, the MFB was mixed with SDS solution to synthesize the organic-Mg-Fe-LDH biochar (MSB). …”
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Being a tree crop increases the odds of experiencing yield declines irrespective of pollinator dependence by Aizen, Marcelo A., Gleiser, Gabriela, Kitzberger, Thomas A., Milla, Ruben

“…Because pollinator dependence and plant growth form were partially correlated, we disentangled the effect of each of these two predictors using a series of generalized linear mixed models that evaluated direct and indirect associations. …”
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The Impact of Truck Proportion on Traffic Safety Using Surrogate Safety Measures in China by Shengdi Chen, Shiwen Zhang, Yingying Xing, Jian Lu, Yichuan Peng, H. Michael Zhang

“…The findings of this study indicate a need for decreasing the disturbance of mixed traffic and the impact of the truck proportion on traffic safety status.…”
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Predictors of plasma HDL-C concentrations in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study by James M. Shikany, John R. Bassler, Jared P. Reis, Pamela J. Schreiner, David T. Redden, John T. Wilkins, Cora E. Lewis

“…We performed multiple linear regression of HDL-C at each CARDIA exam in a cross-sectional analysis, and linear mixed-effects regression to assess the longitudinal change of HDL-C across exams, treating time as a linear predictor, separately in women and men. …”
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Effectiveness of a personal health coaching intervention (diabetescoach) in patients with type 2 diabetes: protocol for an open-label, pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Oliver Faude, Fiona Streckmann, Lukas Zahner, Markus Gerber, Vivien Hohberg, Jan-Niklas Kreppke, Jan Kohl, Eleonora Seelig, Daniel König

“…The recruitment of participants and the measurements will be completed after 2 years. Linear mixed-effects models will be applied for each outcome variable to analyse the intervention effects.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Ethics Committee North-western and Central Switzerland in February 2021 (ref: 2020-02755). …”
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Tackling antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh: A scoping review of policy and practice in human, animal and environment sectors. by Roksana Hoque, Syed Masud Ahmed, Nahitun Naher, Mohammad Aminul Islam, Emily K Rousham, Bushra Zarin Islam, Shaikh Hassan

“…Two members of the study team independently reviewed these documents for inclusion in the analysis. We used a 'mixed studies review' method for synthesizing evidences from different studies.…”
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A Study on Dust Storm Pollution and Source Identification in Northwestern China by Hongfei Meng, Feiteng Wang, Guangzu Bai, Huilin Li

“…From the 19th to the 21st, the dust distribution showed similarities between day and night, with a noticeable increase in dust concentration from night to day due to strong vertical atmospheric mixing. To mitigate the impacts of future dust storms, this study highlights both short-term and long-term strategies, including enhanced monitoring systems, public health advisories, and vegetation restoration in key source regions. …”
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Analysis of thyroid function and structure and serum metabolomics in pregnant rats exposed to airborne contaminants: Combined perchlorate, thiocyanate, and nitrate exposure by Chenchen Wang, Xiaohui Xu, Jiangling Yuan, Ran An, Aierken Taxitiemuer, Yan Zhang, Tao Luo, Jing Zhou, Chang Wang, Ling Zhang, Shunhua Wu

“…The involved pathways included lipid, glucose, bile acid, choline, and gamma-aminobutyric acid metabolism and peroxisome proliferation-activated receptors. Conclusions: Mixed thiocyanate, nitrate, and perchlorate exposure can result in subchronic toxicity in rats, affecting thyroid function and structure.…”
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Folic Acid Supplementation Mitigates Alzheimer’s Disease by Reducing Inflammation: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Hui Chen, Shuai Liu, Lu Ji, Tianfeng Wu, Yong Ji, Yuying Zhou, Miaoyan Zheng, Meilin Zhang, Weili Xu, Guowei Huang

“…Data were analyzed using a repeated-measures mixed model. Results. The mean MMSE was slightly increased in the intervention group compared to that in the control group (P<0.05). …”
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Management of sleep apnoea syndrome (SAS) in patients with vasovagal syncope (VVS): a protocol for the VVS-SAS cohort study by Jean Louis Pepin, Nicolas Molinari, Frédéric Gagnadoux, Carey Meredith Suehs, Frédéric Roche, Vincent Puel, Isabelle Godard, Georgios Papaioannou, Philippe Gosse, Fabrice Thoin, Jean Claude Deharo, Naïma Zarqane

“…Longitudinal data will be analysed using mixed models with patients set as a random effect. …”
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Level of and trends in women’s empowerment inequalities in antenatal care services in Ethiopia: further analysis of the Ethiopia demographic and health surveys, 2000-16 by Gebretsadik Shibre, Wubegzier Mekonnen, Damen Haile Mariam

“…However, the confidence intervals suggest mixed findings. The concentration indices showed that disparities mostly increased in 2016 and the change was underpinned by the changes in the inequalities of various factors and sensitivities of antenatal care services with respect to these variables, such as wealth, maternal education, media exposure, place of residence, and women’s empowerment itself. …”
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Computational Modeling and Experimental Investigation of CO₂-Hydrocarbon System Within Cross-Scale Porous Media by Feiyu Chen, Linghui Sun, Bowen Li, Xiuxiu Pan, Boyu Jiang, Xu Huo, Zhirong Zhang, Chun Feng

“…The results also reveal that smaller pores restrict gas expansion, leading to an enhanced CO₂ solubility effect and stronger phase mixing behavior. Through phase diagram analysis, density expansion, multi-stage contact, and differential separation simulations, we further clarify how confinement influences CO₂ injection efficiency. …”
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The Impact of Exposure to Indoor Pollutants on Allergy and Lung Inflammation among School Children in Selangor, Malaysia: An Evaluation Using Factor Analysis by Khairul Nizam Mohd Isa, Zailina Hashim, Juliana Jalaludin, Dan Norbäck, Mohammed Abdulrazzaq Jabbar, Jamal Hisham Hashim

“…Active and passive sampling was used to measure the classroom indoor air concentration of NO2, CO2, formaldehyde, PM10, PM2.5, temperature and relative humidity. Linear mixed model, two-levels multiple logistic regression, PCA and SPC were applied to determine the complex relationship between respiratory symptoms, personal factors, FeNO levels and atmospheric indoor pollutants. 20.6% of students reported daytime breathlessness and 55.5% reported having rhinitis in the last 12 months. …”
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Pharmacognostic Characterization of Panchatikta, an Ayurvedic Polyherbal Combination—Exploring the Role of Botanical and Phytochemical Techniques in the Standardization and Validat... by C. M. Harinarayanan, M. Deepak, S. P. Geetha, Arun Karnwal, Gaurav Kumar, Anupam Kumar, Tabarak Malik

“…The plant materials were collected from different natural habitats, authenticated, dried, ground, and the combination was prepared by mixing the ingredients in equal amounts followed by macroscopic, organoleptic, microscopic, histochemical, and physicochemical characterization according to the standard protocol of the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. …”
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Evaluating the effects of time-restricted eating on overweight and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A randomized controlled trial study protocol. by Hui Liu, Fuliang Shangguan, Fen Liu, Yu Guo, Huixi Yu, Hanbing Li, Yinhua Su, Zhongyu Li

“…Statistical analysis will include the Anderson-Darling test for normality, T-test/Wilcoxon test based on distribution, mixed-effects models for assessing time/group effects, Cox model for time-to-event analysis, repeated ANOVA for change analysis, and sensitivity analysis. …”
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Characterization of food wastes from the hotel industry as a potential feedstock for energy production by Emily Machuma Muchele, Booker Osodo, Isaiah Omosa, Emmanuel Yeri Kombe

“…In this study, food wastes were collected from 21 hotels within Nairobi City County, in different mixed ratios and subdivided into five samples for investigation and analysis. …”
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Dephrasal adjectives in Polish – A case of syntax-inside-morphology by Joanna Kolbusz-Buda

“…Lieber and Scalise’s (2007) Firewall Theory, which belongs to the current of the so-called mixed models of word-formation advanced in the recent years by, for instance, Ackema and Neeleman 2004 and Pafel 2017, allowing for a limited intermodular interaction between morphological and syntactic domains. …”
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Study of Financial Management Behavior Based on Financial Self-Efficacy and Financial Literacy in Small-Scale Agribusiness Development by Fithriah Napu, Dedy Takdir Syaifuddin

“…Then, it is recommended to use a qualitative paradigm, or a mixed research approach so that the research findings are more comprehensive. …”
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Pre-service teachers' perceptions of physical, socioemotional and cognitive traits in gifted students: unveiling bias? by Carmen Ferrándiz, Mercedes Ferrando-Prieto, Álvaro Infantes-Paniagua, Álvaro Infantes-Paniagua, Maria Carmen Fernández Vidal, Rosa María Pons

“…This study examines Spanish pre-service teachers' stereotypical conceptions of gifted and non-gifted students focusing on physical appearance and athletic ability.MethodsFollowing a mixed methods research with between subjects design and using a convenience sampling, 455 last-year pre-service teachers enrolled during 2023–2024 in one of three university degrees or one Master's degree related to teacher training at University of Murcia were randomly assigned a vignette in order to rate the intellectual ability, motivation, prosociality, and physical characteristics of a fictitious 12-year-old student whose ability level (gifted/non-gifted) and gender (girl/boy), varied. …”
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