Early and midterm efficacy of oxiplex gel on postoperative pain intensity, physical disability, and musculoskeletal power in patients undergoing lumbar discectomy by Alireza Tabibkhooei, Maziar Azar, Mohsen Nabiuni, Javad Jahandideh, Mohsen Benam, Farid Qoorchi Moheb Seraj, Feizollah Ebrahimnia, Ali Moradi

“…Methods A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 56 consecutive patients who were candidates for unilateral lumbar discectomy on one lumbar surface. The patients were chosen based on their clinical manifestations and imaging findings. …”
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The influence of modification on the structure and mechanical properties of aluminum alloys by Tetiana Nosova, Stella Mamchur

“…Exposure to seawater and fog leads to the formation on the surface of a part of a conductive medium and in the case of a potential difference caused by structural heterogeneity, corrosion destruction may occur (due to the appearance of a liquid conductive film of a salt solution). …”
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Strontium nitrate-dopped zinc oxide-loaded alginate gels with gentamicin for improved wound healing by Suhair Hikmat, Ola Tarawneh, Lama Hamadneh, Rania Hamed, Ala A. Alhusban, Mohammad Hailat, Hadeel Abu Mahfouz, Sawsan Shraim, Alghadeer Al-Shammari, Aya Aljariri, Rafa Abu Rayya, Lana Hamdan

“…Herein, we report the preparation of alginate gel using the crosslinking technique as potential wound dressing, with insight investigation of the influence of employing single, two, or three cross-linkers: Strontium (Sr), zinc oxide (ZnO), and gentamicin sulfate. Rheology was used to confirm the gel’s preparation, where the samples’ viscosity curves show decreased viscosity with increased shear rate, indicating pseudoplastic flow. …”
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Floristic Inventory and Diversity Assessment at Two Locations along the Shores of Cape Coast, Ghana by Gertrude Lucky Aku Dali, Sethiler Arthur, Paul Kwame Essandoh

“…Coastal vegetation plays significant roles such as stabilization of the surface against wind and erosion, and provision of critical terrestrial and aquatic habitats for organisms. …”
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Hidden Urban Biodiversity: A New Species of the Genus <i>Scincella</i> Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Southwest China by Ru-Wan Jia, Zong-Yuan Gao, Di-Hao Wu, Guan-Qi Wang, Gang Liu, Min Liu, Ke Jiang, De-Chun Jiang, Jin-Long Ren, Jia-Tang Li

“…The new species can be clearly distinguished by a combination of the following unique characters: (1) slender, medium-sized body, snout-vent length 28.4–43.2 mm; (2) infralabials seven, rarely six; (3) supraciliaries six or seven; (4) tympanum deeply recessed without lobules, tympanum diameters equal to or exceeding palpebral disc diameters; (5) midbody scale-row counts 23; (6) dorsal scales smooth, slightly enlarged, paravertebral scale-row counts 57–60, ventral scale-row counts 42–44, gulars 21–22; (7) upper edge of lateral longitudinal stripes relatively straight, four rows of dorsal scales in middle; (8) enlarged, undivided lamellae beneath finger IV 8–9, enlarged, undivided lamellae beneath toe IV 10–12; (9) ventral surface densely covered with dark spots; (10) grayish-brown, irregular dorsal stripes 2–3, black dorsolateral stripes from posterior corner of eye to lateral side of tail. …”
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Factors influencing the efficiency of building materials self-cleaning with photocatalytically active components by P. I. Kiyko, T. N. Chernykh, V. P. Plesovskikh

“…The efficiency of self-cleaning was determined by the change in the contact angle of a water drop on a surface coated with oleic acid.Results. The efficiency of self-cleaning of specimens with added and impurity photocatalytically active components was determined. …”
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Simulation Study on the Impact Response of Barrels with Different Rifling Profiles during Bullet Engraving by Zhifang Wei, Yangyang Cheng, Zhiwei Wang, Yanpeng Lin

“…Second, theoretical models were constructed considering different rifling structures: a model to calculate the chamber pressure, a model for heat transfer in the barrel during continuous firing, and a model to calculate the friction between a bullet and the barrel wall surface based on shear-slip friction theory. These models were integrated into a simulation, where the ABAQUS (ABAQUS. 6.14.1-4. 2014. …”
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DETERMINATION OF HEAVY METALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STATUS OF AGRO SOILS IN IKOT ABASI, NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA by Usoro M. Etesin, Iniobong J. Ogbonna

“…Twelve locations were demarcated for soil sampling, whereby top (0- 15 cm ) and sub-surface ( 15 – 30cm ) soil samples were obtained. …”
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Structural performance of lightweight fibre-reinforced oil palm shell concrete subjected to impact loadings under varying boundary conditions by Idris Ahmed Ja'e, Zakaria Che Muda, Agusril Syamsir, Chiemela Victor Amaechi, Hamad Almujibah, Ali.E.A. Elshekh, Maaz Osman Bashir, Abdulrazak H. Almaliki

“…The recorded experimental results for impact and crack behaviour under service and ultimate loading were analysed using response surface analysis. Regression models were developed to predict responses for specimens with up to 8 boundary conditions and 5 % PPF. …”
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Prediction of Current and Future Distributions of Chalcophora detrita (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Under Climate Change Scenarios by Arif Duyar, Muhammed Arif Demir, Mahmut Kabalak

“…An ensemble model was created by using 11 different algorithms (Artificial Neural Network, Classification Tree Analysis, eXtreme Gradient Boosting, Flexible Discriminant Analysis, Generalised Additive Model, Generalised Boosting Model, Generalised Linear Model, Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines, Maximum Entropy, Random Forest, Surface Range Envelope) to predict the potential suitable habitats of C. detrita. …”
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Mechanical Mechanism and Propagation Law of Fissure-Tip Cracks of Large-Size Rock Specimens with Two Precut Fissures by Liming Yin, Ming Li, Wenbin Sun, Juntao Chen, Bin Liu, Ziqi Wang

“…The results demonstrate that with the increase of load, the microcracks developed and propagated gradually, during which a number of branch paths were generated from the fissure tips of the specimens; the upper and lower cracks were connected first due to the main crack propagation, forming a sliding surface which caused the failure of the specimens, and the strengths of the specimens also fluctuated according to the different combinations of the fissure dip angles and rock bridge dip angles. …”
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Optimizing chitosan derived from Metapenaeus affinis: a novel anti-biofilm agent against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Anali Riahi, Hadideh Mabudi, Elahe Tajbakhsh, Laleh Roomiani, Hasan Momtaz

“…This research aims to optimize chitosan derived from white shrimp (Metapenaeus affinis) using the Response Surface Methodology (RSM) computational approach. …”
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Controlled lattice deformation for high-mobility two-dimensional MoTe2 growth by Ruishan Li, Mengyu Hong, Wei Shangguan, Yanzhe Zhang, Yihe Liu, He Jiang, Huihui Yu, Li Gao, Xiankun Zhang, Zheng Zhang, Yue Zhang

“…However, the target product 2H-MoTe2 from Mo precursor suffers from long growth time and suboptimal crystal quality, and MoOx precursor confronts the dilemma of unclear growth mechanism and inconsistent growth products. …”
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Observational pilot study of switching from entecavir to tenofovir alafenamide in patients with chronic hepatitis B by Takuya Matsubara, Satoru Hagiwara, Naoshi Nishida, Naoya Omaru, Akihiro Yoshida, Tomoki Yamamoto, Yoriaki Komeda, Mamoru Takenaka, Masatoshi Kudo

“…After 240 weeks, the mean changes in serum hepatitis B surface antigen (− 0.365 ± 0.069 log IU/mL vs. 0.301 ± 0.039 log IU/mL, p = 0.39) and hepatitis B core-related antigen (− 0.215 ± 0.092 log IU/mL vs. − 0.195 ± 0.056 log IU/mL) were not significantly different between the ETV and TAF groups. …”
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Experimental Study of Enriched Environment on Neurological Functional Repair in Rats with Cerebral Ischemia-reperfusion Injury by Kewei YU, Yi WU, Hongyu XIE, Gang LIU, Junfa WU

“…There were significant statistical differences between the enriched environment group and the standard environment group for the pressure of the foot, the area of foot contact with the contact surface of rats (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Enriched environment can promote the autonomic movement of rats, and the enriched environment can promote the neurological function recovery of rats after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury. …”
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A Study on Dust Storm Pollution and Source Identification in Northwestern China by Hongfei Meng, Feiteng Wang, Guangzu Bai, Huilin Li

“…Key meteorological conditions influencing the storm’s occurrence were analyzed, including the formation and eastward movement of a high-potential ridge, convection driven by diurnal temperature variations, and surface temperature increases coupled with decreased relative humidity, which together promoted the generation and development of dust. …”
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Physicochemical characteristics and trophic state evaluation of post glacial mountain lake using multivariate analysis by S. Nayek, S. Gupta, K.K. Pobi

“…Concentrations of total phosphorous (136.78±29.14 µg/L), total nitrogen (7177.78±1346.70 µg/L) and Chlorophyll-a (38.54±21.67 µg/L) in lake water are distinctly higher than the recommended standards for eutrophic condition of lake/surface water. Application of multivariate tools such as cluster analysis and principal component analysis reveals that ionic constituents of lake water are majorly associated to the geogenic and exogenic factors, with minor seasonal influences. …”
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L’établissement rural du second âge du Fer (275 av. à 15/20 ap. J.-C.) des “ Allets ” (Épeigné-les-Bois, Indre-et-Loire) et du “ Marchais Rond ” (Saint-Georges-sur-Cher, Loir-et-Ch... by Agnès Couderc, Delphine Barbier-Pain, Francesca Di Napoli, Dorothée Lusson

“…Among these is a large building on supporting posts and rejected walls with a surface area of more than 126 m2 (building E3). Another complex defines a domestic space of 100 m2 dated to La Tène D1. …”
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Quantitative impacts of climate change and human activities on grassland growth in Xinjiang, China by Hanyi Rui, Beier Luo, Ying Wang, Lin Zhu, Qinyuan Zhu

“…NDVI was negatively correlated with VPD, mainly due to the effects of transpiration and surface evaporation. In terms of grassland growth, climate change (52%) contributed as much as human activity (48%). …”
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The Growth and Yield of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) with Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer Application by Cellulolytic Microbes in Peat by Atrisina Allamah, Hapsoh Hapsoh, Wawan Wawan, Isna Rahma Dini

“…Damage criteria peat in government regulations to function cultivation is more than 0,4 m below the peat surface. One alternative for the agricultural development of peatlands associated with groundwater levels ≤0,4 m to do with the development of food crops, especially rice crops. …”
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