Cross-Cultural Validity, Reliability, and Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson’s Disease-Psychosocial Questionnaire by Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Farzaneh Farhadi, Hasti Hadizadeh, Gholam Ali Shahidi, Ahmad Delbari, Johan Lökk

“…Eligible patients filled up a number of questionnaires including the Persian version of SCOPA-PS during the face-to-face interview session and clinical examination to measure disease severity, nonmotor psychiatric symptoms, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). …”
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Pollution Characteristics of Sb, As, Hg, Pb, Cd, and Zn in Soils from Different Zones of Xikuangshan Antimony Mine by Saijun Zhou, Andrew Hursthouse, Tengshu Chen

“…Major sources of pollution during the antimony (Sb) mining and processing are mining waste rock, smelting waste, tailings dam, and underground tunnel wastewater. …”
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A relationship between physical activity and healthy quality of life in students by Ali Ashkanı, Amin Azımkhanı, Mahdi Talebpour, Masoud Aghaeı, Sadegh Abbasıan

“…Statistical population of this research involves all physically active male students in Iran from which 1352 students participated in the study as sample by using cluster sampling and sample random method. …”
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Public satisfaction with Healthy China Action Plan implementation: a web-based cross-sectional survey in southwest China by Li Pan, Yi Chen, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Dongyang Liu, Wuzhao Chen, Xinyu Bai

“…However, there is limited information available on the community-level public satisfaction with the outcomes of its implementation. Therefore, we intend to conduct an assessment based in southwest China.Design A population-based, cross-sectional survey was performed between 1 June 2023 and 31 July 2023.Setting Community members of all 14 prefecture-level cities within Guangxi, China, during June 2023 to July 2023.Participants A total of 62 4016 participants were included for analysis based on exclusion criteria, with 44.4% aged 18–35 and a male to female ratio of 3:2.Primary outcome measure ‘Public satisfaction with the Healthy China (Guangxi) Action Plan implementation’ was measured by the combination of ‘Willingness to join health promotion’ and ‘Satisfaction to overall medical implementation measures and services’ using a structural equation model with a multiple-indicator, multiple-cause approach in R software.Results The study proposed a comprehensive five-factor model to evaluate the public satisfaction with Healthy China (Guangxi) Action Plan implementation. …”
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An investigation on the feasibility of applying MODIS snow cover products in cloudy weather by the employment of its integration with microwave images by majid vazifedoust, nima fayaz, shahab araghinejad

“…Variation of snow cover area (SCA) in small to large scale catchment can be studied using MODIS snow products on daily to montly time step since the year 2000. …”
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Tissue-specific roles of de novo DNA methyltransferases by Dániel Márton Tóth, Flóra Szeri, Mária Ashaber, Muhyiddeen Muazu, Lóránt Székvölgyi, Tamás Arányi

“…DNMT3A and DNMT3B establish novel methylation patterns maintained by DNMT1 during replication. Genetic variants of DNMT3A and DNMT3B cause rare diseases such as Tatton-Brown-Rahman and ICF syndromes. …”
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β-Endorphin Mediates the Development and Instability of Atherosclerotic Plaques by Taisuke Okano, Kengo Sato, Remina Shirai, Tomomi Seki, Koichiro Shibata, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Ayaka Koide, Hitomi Tezuka, Yusaku Mori, Tsutomu Hirano, Takuya Watanabe

“…We also assessed the effects of β-endorphin on aortic lesions in Apoe−/− mice in vivo. …”
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Method for Calculating Transients in a Gas Pipeline by A. S. Fikov

“…Such a problem arises when studying the regularity of alterations in the instantaneous values of pressure and gas flow in main gas pipelines, for example, during startups and shutdowns of large gas consumers. …”
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Localization of the quantitative trait loci related to lodging resistance in spring bread wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) by I. N. Leonova, E. V. Ageeva

“…Phenotypic screening of 97 spring varieties and breeding lines was carried out in the field conditions of the West Siberian region during 2017–2019. It was found that 54 % of the varieties could be characterized as medium and highly resistant to lodging. …”
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Language interpretation and translation in emergency care: A scoping review protocol. by Henry Li, Samina Ali, Lisa Hartling, Liz Dennett, Elena Lopatina, Kayathiri Ganeshamoorthy, Jaspreet Khangura

“…Primary research articles involving interpretation/translation between English and a non-English language during emergency healthcare encounters will be included. …”
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Description of current status of implementation and management of cardiac arrest in China by Shuai Liu, Huadong Zhu, Nan Zhang

“…About half of the participants don’t build the advanced airway rather than use bag valve mask to ventilate, and 75% of the rest use mechanical ventilation whether they succeed to ROSC. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates in tear secretions of inpatient COVID-positive individuals in an Indian tertiary care setting by Amit Raj, Prateek Nishant, Binod K Pati, Bhawesh C Saha, Prabhakar Singh, Asim Sarfaraz, Sanepalli Sravani, Kopal Shrivastav

“…This study aimed to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in tears as detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), among individuals who tested COVID-positive during the third wave of the COVID pandemic. Methods: Among 90 patients admitted with mild to severe COVID-19 infection (ranging from asymptomatic to severe symptoms), separate conjunctival samples were obtained from both eyes without topical anesthesia taking precautions to avoid contamination. …”
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Preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen to lymphocyte ratio serves as a prognostic predictor in elderly patients with colorectal cancer: a multicentre retrospective study by Lei Jiang, Ning Tan, Xiaonan Zhang, Jiayi Jiang, Xinyi Li, Gang Deng, Tao Liang, Haohan Ma, Weiping Deng, Lichang Guan, Kaijun Zhang, Xujie Cai, Lishu Xu

“…The observed end point was all-cause death during the follow-up period postoperation.Results In the derivation cohort, CLR demonstrated an independent association with all-cause mortality. …”
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EEG electrode setup optimization using feature extraction techniques for neonatal sleep state classification by Hafza Ayesha Siddiqa, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Arsalan Khurshid, Yan Xu, Laishuan Wang, Saadullah Farooq Abbasi, Chen Chen, Wei Chen

“…Using electroencephalography (EEG) data, a long-short-term memory (LSTM) classifier categorizes neonatal sleep states. …”
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Evaluation of Some Quality Parameters of Pumpkin Seeds and Oil After Roasting with Marjoram by Mariola Kozłowska, Małgorzata Ziarno, Katarzyna Zawada, Hanna Kowalska, Dorota Derewiaka, Małgorzata Chobot, Iwona Ścibisz

“…Among them, marjoram is particularly suited to drying, retaining its flavor better than other dried herbs. Marjoram can be used to impart flavor and aroma to food products and extend their shelf life because it can prevent lipid autoxidation. …”
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A novel non-invasive murine model for rapidly testing drug activity via inhalation administration against Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Xirong Tian, Xirong Tian, Xirong Tian, Xirong Tian, Yamin Gao, Yamin Gao, Yamin Gao, Yamin Gao, Chunyu Li, Chunyu Li, Chunyu Li, Chunyu Li, Wanli Ma, Wanli Ma, Wanli Ma, Wanli Ma, Jingran Zhang, Jingran Zhang, Jingran Zhang, Jingran Zhang, Yanan Ju, Yanan Ju, Yanan Ju, Yanan Ju, Jie Ding, Jie Ding, Jie Ding, Jie Ding, Sanshan Zeng, Sanshan Zeng, Sanshan Zeng, Sanshan Zeng, H. M. Adnan Hameed, H. M. Adnan Hameed, H. M. Adnan Hameed, H. M. Adnan Hameed, Htin Lin Aung, Htin Lin Aung, Htin Lin Aung, Nanshan Zhong, Gregory M. Cook, Gregory M. Cook, Gregory M. Cook, Gregory M. Cook, Jinxing Hu, Jinxing Hu, Tianyu Zhang, Tianyu Zhang, Tianyu Zhang, Tianyu Zhang, Tianyu Zhang

“…The efficacy of many compounds against Mycobacterium tuberculosis is often limited when administered via conventional oral or injection routes due to suboptimal pharmacokinetic characteristics. …”
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Outcomes among Mothers Who Gave Birth in the Health Facility: Does Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness Have a Role? by Temesgen Worku Gudayu, Bilen Mekonnen Araya

“…Data were checked for completeness, entered using Epi Info version 7, and analyzed using STATA 14 software. …”
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Developing the digital research competence of a future mathematics teacher as a part of project activities by Elena N. Alekseeva

“…During the implementation of design tasks, methods of experimental mathematics and visualization of geometric objects were used. …”
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Tetrandrine Inhibits Titanium Particle-Induced Inflammatory Osteolysis through the Nuclear Factor-κB Pathway by Zige Liu, Yan Li, Fengying Guo, Chen Zhang, Guorui Song, Jiahao Yang, Desheng Chen

“…Exposure of receptor activator for nuclear factor-κB ligand- (RANKL-) induced bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMMs) and RAW264.7 cells to Tet significantly reduced osteoclast formation, F-actin ring formation, bone resorption, and the expression of relevant genes (matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP-9), TRAP, and nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic 1 (NFATc1)) during osteoclastogenesis in vitro. Mechanistic studies using Western blotting demonstrated that Tet inhibited the nuclear factor (NF)-κB signaling pathway by decreasing the phosphorylation of inhibitor of NF-κB α (IκBα) and p65, which play important roles in osteoclast formation. …”
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D-mannose promotes diabetic wound healing through inhibiting advanced glycation end products formation in keratinocytes by Jialiang Luo, Tianxing Wu, Jing Zhang, Zhicheng Liang, Weijie Shao, Di Wang, Lei Li, Daming Zuo, Jia Zhou

“…D-mannose is enriched in cirtus peel and exerts beneficial effects among various diseases, especially against inflammation-related disorders. Methods Here, we examined the potential effect of D-mannose during wound healing process in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes mice in vivo and by culturing keratinocytes under high glucose condition in vitro. …”
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