A Spontaneous Complexation–Exfoliation Strategy for a Flexible Anode Towards Superior Durable and Ultrafast Lithium-Ion Batteries by Heying Chu, Jingchuan Zhang, Pengsen Zhao, Yong Li, Zhaoxia Liu, Hongzhou Zhang

“…Transition metal oxides are considered promising anode materials for high performance flexible electrodes due to their abundant reserves and excellent specific capacity. …”
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Intranasal Immunization with DNA Vaccine HA-CCL19/Polyethylenimine/Chitosan Composite Provides Immune Protection Against H7N9 Infection by Yuqing Xiang, Hongbo Zhang, Youcai An, Ze Chen

“…Methods: In this study; BALB/c mice were utilized as a model to investigate the effect of CCL19 as a molecular adjuvant and to determine the immune response elicited by polyethylene imine (PEI) and chitosan (CS) as adjuvants during the delivery of a DNA vaccine through the nasal mucosal route. …”
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Tumor Markers in Pleural Fluid: A Comprehensive Study on Diagnostic Accuracy by Vladimir Aleksiev, Daniel Markov, Kristian Bechev

“…These effusions are a leading cause of debilitating dyspnea and a diminished quality of life among cancer patients, with distant metastasis to the pleural layers occurring in about 20% of cases during treatment. <b>Methods</b>: A cross-sectional, observational case-control study was conducted on 151 Bulgarian patients with a hydrothorax. …”
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Vagal nerve stimulation dynamically alters anxiety-like behavior in rats by A.G. Butler, J.K. Bassi, A.A. Connelly, M.R. Melo, A.M. Allen, S.J. McDougall

“…Higher-intensity VNS was aversive during the place preference assay, confounding anxiety measures. …”
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Comparison of inhaled versus intravenous anesthesia for laryngoscopy and laryngeal electromyography in a rat model by M. Gazzaz, J. Saini, S. Pagliardini, B. Tsui, C. Jeffery, H. El-Hakim

“…Three mortalities were encountered, one of which was due to lidocaine toxicity and two were during anesthetic induction. …”
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Equilibrium Studies of Fluoride Adsorption onto a Ferric Poly−mineral from Kenya by EW Wambu, CO Onindo, W Ambusso, GK Muthakia

“…In this work, the removal of fluoride (F) from water solutions using a ferric poly-mineral (FPM) from Kenya was therefore studied using batch adsorption experiments. …”
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Guarding the Borders of Japan: Occupation, Korean War and Frontier Controls by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

“…It was a moonless autumn night, and the forested spine of hills above the jagged cliffs of the peninsula was devoid of lights.The boat – a 20-ton wooden vessel called the Hatsushima1 – had left the heavy swell of the open ocean and now moved slowly and quietly through the calmer waters of the Uwa Sea. …”
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The Impact of Coronavirus Disease-19 on Pregnancy Outcomes, A Case Series by Bilge Cetinkaya Demir, Ozge Albayrak, Kiper Aslan

“…There were 19 patients with a history of favipiravir use. There was not any other congenital abnormality due to Favipiravir usage. …”
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Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography to Distinguish Changes of Choroidal Neovascularization after Anti-VEGF Therapy: Monthly Loading Dose versus Pro Re Nata Regimen by Alexandra Miere, Hassiba Oubraham, Francesca Amoroso, Pauline Butori, Polina Astroz, Oudy Semoun, Elsa Bruyere, Alexandre Pedinielli, Manar Addou-Regnard, Camille Jung, Salomon Y. Cohen, Eric H. Souied

“…CNV size was measured using a free image analysis software (ImageJ, open-source imaging processing software, 2.0.0). …”
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Law enforcement activities of the National Guard under martial law by I. V. Shmahailo

“…The National Guard was established at the beginning of Ukraine’s independence, but began its development only after 2014. Its functioning is due to the threat to public security and order of the state, in particular from the Russian Federation. …”
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Asthma Risk Prevalence and Associated Factors in Stunted Children: A Study Using Asthma Predictive Index by Gartika Sapartini, Gary W. K. Wong, Agnes Rengga Indrati, Cissy B. Kartasasmita, Budi Setiabudiawan

“…The asthma predictive index (API) identifies children with a recurrent wheezing disorder at risk of developing asthma during the first 3 years. However, the risk of developing asthma and its associated factors among stunted children has not been studied. …”
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Impact of tiered restrictions in December 2020 on COVID-19 hospitalisations in England: a synthetic control study by Daniel Hungerford, Benjamin Barr, Mark Green, Marta García-Fiñana, Iain Buchan, Xingna Zhang

“…The impact did not exacerbate socioeconomic inequalities during the pandemic. Our findings suggest that regionally targeted restrictions can be effective in managing infectious diseases.…”
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NGS sequencing in barley breeding and genetic studies by I. V. Rozanova, E. K. Khlestkina

“…In recent years, GWAS analysis has been used for large-scale phenotypegenotype association studies, which has been widely used in barley since 2010 due to the developed SNP-arrays, as well as genotyping methods based on direct NGS sequencing of selected fractions of the genome. …”
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How I experienced tele-intervention: Qualitative insights from persons who stutter by Raadhiyah Hoosain, Shabnam Abdoola, Esedra Krüger, Bhavani Pillay

“…Background: Tele-intervention gained popularity, during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, prompting healthcare providers to adapt to remote service delivery. …”
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Dysregulated T Cell Activation and Aberrant Cytokine Expression Profile in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Haiyan Zhou, Bojiang Li, Jing Li, Tongqian Wu, Xiaoqian Jin, Rui Yuan, Ping Shi, Yan Zhou, Long Li, Fang Yu

“…These results suggested a dysregulated T cell activity and cytokine expression profiles in SLE subjects. We also developed a chemokine and cytokine profiling strategy to predict the activity of SLE, which has clinical implication for better monitoring the flares and remission during the course of SLE and for assessing therapeutic interventions.…”
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Unmet Medical Needs in the Management of Ulcerative Colitis: Results of an Italian Delphi Consensus by Marco Daperno, Alessandro Armuzzi, Silvio Danese, Walter Fries, Giuseppina Liguori, Ambrogio Orlando, Claudio Papi, Mariabeatrice Principi, Fernando Rizzello, Angelo Viscido, Paolo Gionchetti

“…With the aim of providing a better understanding of the unmet needs of patients towards improving overall care, a Delphi process was used to obtain consensus among a group of Italian ulcerative colitis experts. …”
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Respectful community engagement in health research with diverse im/migrant communities by M Ruth Lavergne, Shira Goldenberg, Mei-ling Wiedmeyer, Stefanie Machado, Samira Karsiem

“…Our training opportunities, colearning activities and knowledge exchange efforts also confirmed the accuracy of interpretation, prompted additional analysis to clarify or add depth to findings, and helped us identify additional research topics. We hope these learnings can be used to expand engagement with diverse im/migrant communities in health and immigration research.…”
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Development of nanofiber facial mask inspired by the multi-function of dried ginger (Zingiberis Rhizoma) essential oil by Yiwen Hao, Xia Lin, Wenwen Liu, Tinghongyang Jiang, Xing Zhang, Shasha Yang, You Huang, Wenjing Lai, Chaomei Fu, Zhen Zhang

“…Then, electrospinning was used to make DGEO-βCD-IC into a nanofiber facial mask. …”
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Witnessing versus Fiction: Julia Frey’s diary of September 11, 2001 and Last Fall (2005) by Ronald Sukenick, her husband by Julia FREY

“…Frey has recently completed her own (forthcoming) novel, which includes her non-fiction account of events during and after the attacks on the World Trade Center, quoted with small changes, directly from her diary. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Total Knee Arthroplasty Performed with Midvastus and Medial Parapatellar Approaches in Obese Patients by Olcay Guler, Gürkan Gümüşsuyu, Hakan Sofu, Hüseyin Bahadır Gökçen

“…Patients were allocated into 2 groups as for the type of approach conducted during TKA: group I (n = 41) underwent TKA by MV approach, while the MMP technique was used in group II (n = 39). …”
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