A randomized trial of blended first aid education for the public

“…In the blended cohort, knowledge appears to increase most during the online phase, but this is not mirrored for confidence or willingness. …”
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The Conceptual Domain of Hunting and Its Negative Representation in Love: A Cognitive-Cultural Analysis by Raheleh Gandomkar, Masoomeh Hashemi

“…The results showed that factors such as gender, commitment to cohabitation and the suitability of couples in terms of appearance, economy, age, celibacy and ethical orientation affect metaphorical representations. …”
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Hameaux et villages paysans de la période romaine en plaine d’Alsace by Antonin Nüsslein, Pascal Flotté, Mathias Higelin, Muriel Roth-Zehner

“…According to the data collected within the excavation windows the clustered form mainly appears from the second half of the 2nd c. AD on. …”
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A randomized trial of blended first aid education for the public

“…In the blended cohort, knowledge appears to increase most during the online phase, but this is not mirrored for confidenceor willingness.Discussion: Blended learning appears to be comparable to face-to-face only learning for first aid education for learner outcomes of knowledge, and superior for increasing confidence and willingness in the study sample. …”
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A first evaluation of the efficacy of minibeam radiation therapy combined with an immune check point inhibitor in a model of glioma-bearing rats by Lorea Iturri, Emmanuel Jouglar, Cristèle Gilbert, Julie Espenon, Marjorie Juchaux, Yolanda Prezado

“…The combination of CRT plus ICI appeared to be toxic. MBRT + ICI surpassed the survival rate with respect to ICI alone. …”
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Interleukin 6 Function in the Skin and Isolated Keratinocytes Is Modulated by Hyperglycemia by Eric G. Lee, Lerin R. Luckett-Chastain, Kaitlin N. Calhoun, Benjamin Frempah, Anja Bastian, Randle M. Gallucci

“…Primary mouse keratinocytes cultured in high glucose for 7 days displayed 2-fold higher IL-6Rα mRNA and higher rmIL-6-induced nuclear pSTAT3, but lower SOCS3 basal levels compared to normal glucose-cultured cells. Thus, it appears that delayed diabetic skin wound healing is associated with increased induction and expression of IL-6 and its receptor, but its function in epidermal keratinocytes may be impaired.…”
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Surface Modification of TFC-PA RO Membrane by Grafting Hydrophilic pH Switchable Poly(Acrylic Acid) Brushes by Muhammad Asad Abbas, Shehla Mushtaq, Waqas A. Cheema, Hazim Qiblawey, Shenmin Zhu, Yao Li, Runnan Zhang, Hong Wu, Zhongyi Jiang, Rehan Sadiq, Nasir M. Ahmad

“…On the other hand, at higher pH values, PAA brushes appeared to be in extended conformation to induce smaller pore sizes and result in less flux. …”
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Dietary Magnesium Intake and Leukocyte Telomere Attrition in Adults: The Regulatory Role of Serum Tumor Necrosis Factor α by Jie Yu, Haibin Liu, Shuli He, Pingping Li, Chunxiao Ma, Minglei Ma, Yiwen Liu, Lu Lv, Fan Ping, Huabing Zhang, Wei Li, Qi Sun, Lingling Xu, Yuxiu Li

“…There was a direct negative effect of dietary magnesium intake on LTL (B=−0.002; P=0.001), which appeared to be indirectly influenced by TNFα (-0.002 to -0.0005). …”
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Zoning and assessing the potential for landslide in the Shidri Chach basin using the ANP model by aghail madadi, ebrahim beheshti javid, nazfar aghazadeh

“…Therefore, identifying regions susceptible to landslide and classifying them can partly help man to prevent from happening above phenomena. The current study aims to demonstrate factors contributing to occurrence of landslide in Candrigh Chay basin and then, flattening the basin regarding risks related to landslide event using one methods, Network Analysis Process. …”
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Effects of Calliandra and Sesbania on Daily Milk Production in Dairy Cows on Commercial Smallholder Farms in Kenya by D. N. Makau, J. A. VanLeeuwen, G. K. Gitau, S. L. McKenna, C. Walton, J. Muraya, J. J. Wichtel

“…Other variables positively associated with ln daily milk production in the final model included feeding of Napier grass, amount of silage and dairy meal fed, body condition score, and appetite of the cow. …”
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Engineering aortic valves via transdifferentiating fibroblasts into valvular endothelial cells without using viruses or iPS cells by Peng Tang, Fuxiang Wei, Weihua Qiao, Xing Chen, Chenyang Ji, Wanzhi Yang, Xinyu Zhang, Sihan Chen, Yanyan Wu, Mingxing Jiang, Chenyu Ma, Weiqiang Shen, Qi Dong, Hong Cao, Minghui Xie, Ziwen Cai, Li Xu, Jiawei Shi, Nianguo Dong, Junwei Chen, Ning Wang

“…This approach provides possibilities for cell replacement therapies and drug screening, but the potential risk of tumorigenesis hampers its further development and in vivo application. …”
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Acoustic Emission and Failure Modes for Coal-Rock Structure under Different Loading Rates by Ning Wang, Yingqian Xu, Dengyuan Zhu, Nan Wang, Benfu Yu

“…The following conclusions are drawn: (1) when loading rate was relatively low, plastic deformation of coal mass fully developed, while surface cracks of coal mass was not apparent and slip along the transfixion crack occurred in the postpeak stage; (2) with the increase in loading rate, surface tensile cracks developed into splitting cracks at the end of the prepeak stage and throughout the postpeak stage, and brittle failure finally happened due to the release of nonlinear step-shaped energy or one-time strain energy release of upper rock mass, resulting in the damage of internal bearing structure and weakening of bearing capacity; (3) the deformation and failure process of combined samples showed obvious phases, and corresponding AE energy release rate could be divided into periodic linear growth and transient growth, while the cumulative energy of AE events has multiple peak points and transient growth with the increase of loading rate; (4) it was demonstrated that two distinct frequency bands existed in AE events, which were about 50 kHz and 150 kHz, and the distribution of AE events near 50 kHz was larger and stronger, representing the main frequency range of cracks in coal mass. …”
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The Immunohistochemical Prognostic Value of Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Silent Information Regulator 1 Protein Expression in Saudi Patients with Breast Cancer by Bayan Alharbi, Alia Aldahlawi, Mourad Assidi, Fatemah Basingab, Kawther Zaher, Jehan Alrahimi, Sara Mokhtar, Jaudah Al-Maghrabi, Abdelbaset Buhmeida, Kaltoom Al-Sakkaf

“…Background: The mammalian NAD-dependent deacetylase sirtuin-1 family (named also silent information regulator or SIRT family, where NAD stands for “nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide” (NAD)) appears to have a dual role in several human cancers by modulating cell proliferation and death. …”
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Standardization and validation of a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method for detecting virulent strains of the infectious bursal disease virus by Vladimir Longa-Bobadilla, Phillip Ormeño-Vásquez, Manuel Criollo-Orozco, Luis Tataje-Lavanda, Katherine Huamán-Gutierrez, Ángela Montalván, Mirko Zimic, Manolo Fernández-Sanchez, Manolo Fernández-Díaz

“…For many years, the development of molecular techniques for either diagnostic purposes or surveillance of the appearance of new pathogenic strains has mainly focused on targeting the VP2 genomic region. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of More Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment in Patients with High Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Saudi Arabia: A Modelling Study of Meta-Analysis by Ziyad Almalki, Yasser Alatawi, Adnan Alharbi, Bader Almaklefi, Suliman Alfaiz, Omar Almohana, Yasser Alsaidan, Abdullah Alanezi

“…The result of this study showed that more intensive BP treatment appears to be a cost-effective choice for patients with a high risk of CVD in Saudi Arabia when compared with a less intensive BP strategy. …”
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Ion bridging enables high-voltage polyether electrolytes for quasi-solid-state batteries by Tianyi Hou, Donghai Wang, Bowen Jiang, Yi Liu, Jia Kong, Yanbing He, Yunhui Huang, Henghui Xu

“…Abstract Polyether electrolytes have been widely recognized for their favorable compatibility with lithium-metal, yet they are hampered by intrinsically low oxidation thresholds, limiting their potential for realizing high-energy Li-metal batteries. …”
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A strategy for selective screening of dual-target bioactive compounds against hypertrophic scar through inhibiting angiotensin II type 1 receptor while stimulating type 2 receptor... by Lejing Qu, Meizhi Jiao, Zilong Zhang, Yuanyuan Ou, Xue Zhao, Yajun Zhang, Xinfeng Zhao

“…Results Aloe-emodin and emodin were identified as the potential bioactive compounds binding to both of the two receptors, thereby improving the appearance and pathomorphology of hypertrophic scar. …”
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Variability of Kappaphycus alvarezii cultivation in South-Sulawesi (Indonesia) related to the monsoon shift: Water quality, growth and colour quantification by Laurent Barillé, Iona L.R. Paterson, Simon Oiry, Agus Aris, Elizabeth J. Cook-Cottier, Nurjannah Nurdin

“…A decrease in the greenness optical index at 550 nm was observed at the end of each cultivation cycle, with the thalli appearing darker. This study showed marked variations in growth rates, with significantly higher growth during the wet West monsoon, in conjunction with a higher risk of production loss due to the prevalence of ice-ice disease.…”
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Leaf reflectance and physiological attributes monitoring differentiate rice cultivars under drought-stress and non-stress conditions by Kossi Lorimpo Adjah, Maxwell Darko Asante, Michael Frei, Aboubacar Toure, Mawuli Aziadekey, Linbo Wu, Andriele Wairich, Daniel Dzorkpe Gamenyah, Shailesh Yadav

“…Rice production in Africa is unambiguously hampered by drought. This study aimed to monitor the efficiency of physiological traits (stomatal conductance (gsw), transpiration rate (E)), and leaf-reflectance (NDVI and RDVI) at vegetative (VS) and reproductive (RS) stages for selection of drought-tolerant genotypes. …”
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Pretransplant immunotherapy increases acute rejection yet improves survival outcome of HCC patients with MVI post-liver transplantation by Xinjun Lu, Qi Zhu, Junfeng Cai, Zuozhong Yang, Guangxiang Gu, Li Pang, Mingye Su, Fapeng Zhang, Haoming Lin, Wenrui Wu, Leibo Xu, Chao Liu

“…Notably, though MVI was identified as a risk factor for the LT recipients, pretransplant ICI exposure appeared to be a protective factor for HCC patients with MVI which benefits its overall survival. …”
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