Unpacking the “Black Box”: Understanding the Effect of Social Network Characteristics on Safety Behaviors of Construction Workers by Shuquan Li, Pei Yang, Xiuyu Wu, Ge Wang, Meng Fan

“…Third, in informal networks, safety communication plays a full mediation role between degree centrality and safety compliance and a partial mediation role between degree centrality and safety participation. …”
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Engineering triple O-Ti-O vacancy associates for efficient water-activation catalysis by Feng Bi, Qingjie Meng, Yili Zhang, Hao Chen, Boqiong Jiang, Hanfeng Lu, Qinghua Liu, Hongjun Zhang, Zhongbiao Wu, Xiaole Weng

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Characterization and Comparison of Structure and Physicochemical Properties of Highland Barley Starch of Different Colors by Mengru Han, Xiongying Zhang, Honglu Wang, Jiayue Zhou, Meijin Liu, Xirong Zhou, Aliaksandr Ivanistau, Qinghua Yang, Baili Feng

“…The different varieties had three subgroups and A-type crystalline structures, but the particle size and relative crystallinity (25.67–27.59%) were significantly different. …”
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Immobilization of Alkaline Collagenase from Bacillus subtilis onto Sulfonated Polystyrene Nanospheres for Hydrolysis of Tilapia Collagen by Ling Zhang, Xiaocui Yang, Kaijun Xiao, Yuyi Lu, Chunhai Li, Zijin Zhang

“…The structure of an alkaline protease from Bacillus subtilis used by a tilapia collagen peptide manufacturer was analyzed, and the technology of the enzyme immobilized by sulfonated polystyrene (SPS) nanoparticles was studied. The particle size distribution, SEM, EDS, TEM, and FT-IR spectroscopy of the carrier before and after immobilization were analyzed. …”
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Prognostic Factors and Nomogram for Malignant Brainstem Ependymoma: A Population‐Based Retrospective Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database Analysis by Xiaoyu Ji, Siyuan Yang, Dejing Cheng, Wenbo Zhao, Xuebo Sun, Fang Su

“…Furthermore, we found that patients with GTR have improved overall survival than patient with no surgery and biopsy only or with partial resection (GTR vs. no: p = 0.0004, GTR vs. partial resection: p = 0.022). …”
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Enhancing the bioaccessibility and stability of curcumin through the formation of curcumin-piperine complexes in delivery systems based on nanoemulsions stabilized with phospholipi... by M.J. Hernández-Hernández, C.I. Beristain, M. Jiménez-Fernández, E. Bonilla-Zavaleta, L.A. Pascual-Pineda, M.P. Rascón-Díaz

“…All NEs showed initial particle sizes < 200 nm; however, curcumin-piperine complex nanoemulsion (without whey protein) presented the smallest particle size (108.85 ± 5.88 nm), being the one that showed the best physicochemical stability during storage and accelerated stability test. …”
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Microbial diversity and biogeography across gastrointestinal tracts of Takifugu pufferfish revealed by full-length 16S amplicon sequencing by Xingkun Jin, Yan Shi, Zhenlong Sun, Yaohui Wang, Zhe Zhao

“…Here we compiled 78 full and partial-length 16 ​S rRNA amplicon datasets across three anteroposteriorly distinct intestinal sites in a cohort of cohabitating artificial hybrid and purebred Takifugu pufferfishes. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Coal Dust Wettability Based on Surface Contact Angle by Gang Zhou, Han Qiu, Qi Zhang, Mao Xu, Jiayuan Wang, Gang Wang

“…Due to the effect of particle dispersity, compared with the contact angle of milled coal particle, not all the contact angles of screened coal powder with different sizes have a tendency to increase. …”
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Antifungal Activity of Chitosan Nanoparticles and Correlation with Their Physical Properties by Ling Yien Ing, Noraziah Mohamad Zin, Atif Sarwar, Haliza Katas

“…This inhibitory effect was also influenced by particle size and zeta potential of chitosan nanoparticles. …”
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Targeted Neuromodulation of Abnormal Interhemispheric Connectivity to Promote Neural Plasticity and Recovery of Arm Function after Stroke: A Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial Stu... by Michael R. Borich, Steven L. Wolf, Andrew Q. Tan, Jacqueline A. Palmer

“…A repeated-measures, cross-over design study will recruit 20 individuals post-stroke with chronic mild–moderate paretic arm impairment. Each participant will complete an active ihPAS and control ihPAS session. …”
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Flow-diverter stents alone and in combination with coiling as treatment options for unruptured, symptomatic true PcomA aneurysms by S. Matanov, K. Ninov, K. Minkin, K. Sirakova, G. Vladev, S. Sirakov, A. Sirakov

“…At six months, 60 % of patients had complete resolution of ophthalmoparesis, and 40 % showed partial improvement. By 12 months, 73.3 % had complete symptom resolution, and 26.7 % exhibited partial improvement. …”
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The metabolomic approach to the assessment of cultivar specificity of Brassica napus L. seeds by G. N. Smolikova, A. L. Shavarda, I. V. Alekseichuk, V. V. Chantseva, S. S. Medvedev

“…In order to keep the data assay within the context of multivariate statistics, we used principal component analysis (PCA), partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), and partial least square regression (PLS-R). …”
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PPARG Could Work as a Valid Therapeutic Strategy for the Treatment of Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Shunbin Shi, Guiping Yu, Bin Huang, Yedong Mi, Yan Kang, Julia Pia Simon

“…First, we used mega-analysis and partial mega-analysis to analyze the effects of PPARG on LSCC by using 12 independent LSCC expression datasets (285 healthy controls and 375 LSCC cases). …”
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Impact of Lonicera hypoglauca leaf inclusion on immune and antioxidant responses in geese by Zonghao Lv, Zhen Li, Zhizhong Zhang, Gao Li, Qinghua Chen, Qian Lin

“…The parent study explored the effects of LHLs as a partial feed substitute on the growth performance, serum biochemistry, antioxidant capacity and immune function of geese. …”
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Preparation and Performance Evaluation of Polymeric Microspheres Used for Profile Control of Low-Permeability Reservoirs by Fajun Zhao, Hongbao Zhang, Yanping Wu, Dawei Wang, Yufei Zhang

“…After the polymeric microspheres were hydrated, the particle size distribution curve shows a normal distribution, reaching a maximum swelling size of 21.3 times that of the original microspheres. …”
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Effect of Ultrasonic Treatment on the in Vitro Digestibility Properties of Black Bean Protein by Rong'an CAO, Xuemin ZHANG, Jingjing DIAO, Yunhua CHEN, Meiqi LI, Jiamiao ZHANG, Changyuan WANG

“…The particle size was decreased from 56 μm to 32 μm and the variation of secondary and tertiary structure of black bean protein was changed after the ultrasonic treatment at 300 W for 6 min. …”
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Performance evaluation of biomass-derived hydrothermal carbonaceous material in cement based composites by Monika Sharma, İrfan Şehrullah Öztürk, Mehmet Emiroğlu, Aliye Suna Erses Yay

“…Reducing CO2 emissions from cement production can be achieved by incorporating carbonaceous materials as partial replacements for traditional cement. However, the effects of these particles on cement composites are not fully understood. …”
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Insights into core-shell multi-structure and strengthening by multi-microalloying (Sc, Zr, Er and Ti) of a T6 treated Al–Li–Mg alloy by Dengfeng Yin, Shenchen Zhang, Xin Li, Jiangang Yao, Qi Yin, Andrej Atrens, Ming-Chun Zhao

“…The particle growth was controlled by a combination of these two mechanisms. …”
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Removal of Organic Dyes by Nanostructure ZnO-Bamboo Charcoal Composites with Photocatalysis Function by Xinliang Yu, Aimiao Qin, Lei Liao, Rui Du, Ning Tian, Song Huang, Chun Wei

“…The results show that smaller particle size of BC in the composites has a better removal effect. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Decontamination Factor Dependence on Aerosol Concentration in Pool Scrubbing by Haomin Sun, Yasuteru Sibamoto, Yuria Okagaki, Taisuke Yonomoto

“…Significant DF dependence was observed in the condition of the water submergence higher than 1.6 m and the inlet particle number concentration less than around 1×1011 /m3. …”
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