Histology Assessment of Chitosan–Polyvinyl Alcohol Scaffolds Incorporated with CaO Nanoparticles by Carlos David Grande-Tovar, Jorge Ivan Castro Castro, Lemy Vanessa Barba-Rosado, Paula A. Zapata, Daniel Insuasty, Carlos-Humberto Valencia-Llano

“…Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed a heterogeneous morphology with needle-like structures on the surface, resulting from the uniform dispersion of CaO NPs among the polymer chains and the solvent evaporation process. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell–Sourced Exosomes as Potentially Novel Remedies for Severe Dry Eye Disease by Carl Randall Harrell, Valentin Djonov, Ana Volarevic, Aleksandar Arsenijevic, Vladislav Volarevic

“…Severe dry eye disease (DED) is an inflammatory condition characterized by a lack of sufficient moisture or lubrication on the surface of the eye, significantly impacting the quality of life and visual function. …”
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Delayed Acetaminophen Absorption Resulting in Acute Liver Failure by Huiling Tan, Paul Stathakis, Benoj Varghese, Nicholas A. Buckley, Angela L. Chiew

“…Acetaminophen metabolites were measured, including nontoxic glucuronide and sulfate conjugates and toxic cytochrome P450 (CYP) metabolites. …”
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Forest stand height predicted from ICESat-2 ATLAS data for forest inventory and comparison to airborne laser scanning metrics by Lang Mait, Tampuu Tauri, Trofimov Heido

“…Regression modelling was used to explain variability in ground surface elevation estimates, and relationships of HICESat to basal area weighted mean tree height given in the forest inventory database (HFI) and to the 95th percentile of the vertical distribution of airborne laser scanning pulse return (HALS). …”
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ER-GMMD: Cross-Scene Remote Sensing Classification Method of <italic>Tamarix chinensis</italic> in the Yellow River Estuary by Liying Zhu, Yabin Hu, Guangbo Ren, Na Qiao, Ziyue Meng, Jianbu Wang, Yajie Zhao, Shibao Li, Yi Ma

“…<italic>Tamarix chinensis</italic> effectively prevents coastal erosion, stabilizes the surface of coastal wetlands, and improves the soil quality of saline-alkali land, playing a crucial role in coastal wetland ecosystem restoration. …”
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Climate change impacts to extreme weather events associated with insured losses in New Zealand: a review by Joanna Aldridge, Rob Bell

“…Extreme weather systems such as ex-tropical and extra-tropical cyclones may be supported by warmer sea surface temperatures and the poleward shift in subtropical weather systems, although quantitative studies on their changing frequency and severity are not yet available. …”
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Loss of LLGL1 Expression Correlates with Diffuse Gastric Cancer and Distant Peritoneal Metastases by Alexander Desuki, Frank Staib, Ines Gockel, Markus Moehler, Hauke Lang, Stefan Biesterfeld, Annett Maderer, Peter R. Galle, Martin R. Berger, Carl C. Schimanski

“…Stable reexpression of LLGL1 in SNU16 cells significantly increased both plastic surface adhesion and extracellular matrix proteins laminin and fibronectin, but had no impact on in vitro proliferation, apoptosis, or invasion or on in vivo proliferation or differentiation in our xenograft bioassay. …”
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Efficacy of dupilumab with concomitant topical calcineurin inhibitors treatment for preschool children with atopic dermatitis: a retrospective cohort study by Wu Liming, Kamran Ali

“…Significant improvement was also observed in secondary outcomes: caregiver-reported Peak Pruritus numerical rating scale (P-NRS) (−77.73%), Body Surface Area (BSA) (−62.11%), and Investigators Global Assessment (IGA) (−36.23%) at week 16. …”
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Application of a new type of Si–Al porous clay material as a solid phase support for immobilizing sp. PM3 to treat domestic sewage by Binhui Jiang, Yu Li, Haiyan Wang, Liping Jia, Fei Huang, Xiaomin Hu

“…The porous clay material W was characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy indicating that porous clay material W was a type of mullite with 63.52 m 2 /g specific surface area. After immobilization, the maximum biomass increased 2.7 times the specific growth rate and the removal rates of chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia (NH 4 + –N), and total phosphorus (TP) by the immobilized PM3 were 42.99, 29.19, and 11.76% higher than the free strain after 24 h. …”
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Impact of Combined Acidic and Hyperosmotic Shock Conditions on the Proteome of Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19115 in a Time-Course Study by Dong Lai Zhang, Ya Long Bai, John P. Bowman

“…From the iTRAQ results, the proteome level changes that occur rapidly during the inactivation process mainly affected prophage, cell defense/detoxification, carbohydrate-related metabolism, transporter proteins, phosphotransferase systems, cell wall biogenesis, and specific cell surface proteins. Pathway map analysis revealed that several pathways are affected including pentose and glucuronate interconversions, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, pyruvate metabolism, valine, leucine and isoleucine biosynthesis, oxidative phosphorylation, and proteins associated with bacterial invasion of epithelial cells and host survival. …”
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Regulation of S100A8/A9 (Calprotectin) Binding to Tumor Cells by Zinc Ion and Its Implication for Apoptosis-Inducing Activity by Yuichi Nakatani, Masatoshi Yamazaki, Walter J. Chazin, Satoru Yui

“…Although it has been reported that S100A8/A9 binds to heparan sulfate on cell membranes, the amount of S100A8/A9 bound to MM46 cells was not reduced by heparinase treatment, but was reduced by trypsin treatment. …”
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Comparison of Satellite-based PM2.5 Estimation from Aerosol Optical Depth and Top-of-atmosphere Reflectance by Heming Bai, Zhi Zheng, Yuanpeng Zhang, He Huang, Li Wang

“…Abstract Aerosol optical depth (AOD) and top-of-atmosphere (TOA) reflectance are two useful sources of satellite data for estimating surface PM2.5 concentrations. Comparison of PM2.5 estimates between these two approaches remains to be explored. …”
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Estimation of soil moisture of a high Andean wetland ecosystem (Bofedal) with geo-radar data and In-Situ measurements, Ayacucho - Peru by Wilmer Moncada, Alex Pereda, Manuel Masías, Manuel Lagos, Edwin Portal-Quicaña, Cristhian Aldana, Yesenia Saavedra, Edwin Saavedra

“…High Andean ecosystems within microbasins serve as crucial areas for water recharge, containing both surface and subsurface moisture. However, these ecosystems are currently under threat due to overgrazing, degradation, and the impacts of climate change. …”
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Tailoring conductive polyvinyl alcohol nanofibers: thermal-induced structural evolution in nitrogen for energy storage device by Diky Anggoro, Sudarsono, Endhah Purwandari, Malik Anjelh Baqiya, Mohammad Mahyiddin Ramli, Hideki Nakajima, Gatut Yudoyono, Darminto

“…The SEM image of the PVA precursor reveals the presence of fibers exhibiting a smooth surface following the stabilization and carbonization processes at temperatures below 500 °C. …”
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HfC–HfO2 modified high/superhigh temperature thermal protection coating for superior hot corrosion resistance and antioxidation performance by Zhiyun Ye, Shuqi Wang, Shuang Yu, Xinrui Zhao, Yongchun Zou, Guoliang Chen, Lei Wen, Lina Zhao, Guangxi Zhang, Yaming Wang, Jiahu Ouyang, Dechang Jia, Yu Zhou

“…The corrosion gain of the composite coating is only 13.94 mg·cm−2 after a corrosion time of 200 h at 900 °C, and an intact oxide scale surface is observed after oxidation at 1500 °C for 500 min. …”
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Clinical Progression and Load Management For Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy In A Long-Distance Runner: A Case Report by Cristina Campos-Villegas, Lucía Ortega-Pérez de Villar, Javier Gámez-Payá, Jorge Alarcón-Jiménez, Nieves de Bernardo

“…His pain was aggravated by running on sloped roads and prolonged sitting on hard surfaces, particularly while driving. The visual analog scale (VAS) for pain, the Puranen-Orave test (PO), the Bent-Knee stretch test (BK stretch), the supine plank test, the Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment-proximal hamstring tendons (VISA-H) questionnaire, and the sciatic nerve mobility (via the Slump test) were assessed. …”
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Synthesis of a Calcium Silicate Cement Containing a Calcinated Strontium Silicate Phase by Saeede Zadsirjan, Negar Parvaneh Dehkordi, Soolmaz Heidari, Farhood Najafi, Nazanin Zargar, Mojgan Feli, Sepideh Salimnezhad

“…Biomineralization on the specimen surface was evaluated by scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS). …”
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NIR-triggered programmable nanomotor with H2S and NO generation for cascading oncotherapy by three-pronged reinforcing ICD by Jinlong Zhang, Quan Jing, Longlong Yuan, Xianhui Zhou, Duolong Di, Jinyao Li, Dong Pei, Zhongxiong Fan, Jun Hai

“…In brief, a gas signal molecule donor NOSH with H2S and NO capable of on-demand H2S and NO release was synthesized and then loaded into hollow mesoporous copper sulfide nanoparticles (termed as HCuSNPs) with an inherent NIR absorption and surface modification activity to obtain the programmable nanomotor (termed as NOSH@PEG-HCuSNPs). …”
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Determination of Natural Capsaicin, Dihydrocapsaicin and Synthetic Capsaicin in Hot Pepper and Its Products by QuEChERS Combined with HPLC by CHENG Luyao, WEN Yajun, SHI Wenting, ZHOU Ziying, MA Liyan

“…The samples were extracted with acetonitrile and purified by sequential use of anhydrous magnesium sulfate, octadecylsilane (C18), ethylenediamine-N-propylsilane silica gel (PSA) and graphitized carbon black (GCB). …”
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Comparative Study on the Elucidation of Sedimentary Phosphorus Species Using Two Methods, the SMT and SEDEX Methods by Pei Sun Loh, Chen-Yu Ying, Hussien Ibrahim Mohammed Alnoor, Xing-Rui Huang, Zhang-Hua Lou, Xue-Gang Chen, Shuangyan He, Zong-Pei Jiang, Ai-Min Jin

“…Sedimentary phosphorus (P) forms are important representatives of P sources and their bioavailability as well as the potential of sediments to release P in water. In this study, surface sediments along a transect of the Changjiang Estuary and two transects along the Andong salt marsh in the southwest of Hangzhou Bay were subjected to the elucidation of sedimentary P species using the standards, measurements, and testing (SMT) and sequential extraction (SEDEX) methods. …”
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