Regolith-Rich PEEK Composite Bricks: Steps Towards Space-Ready Lunar Construction Materials by Roberto Torre, Carlo Giovanni Ferro, Lorenzo Bono, Aidan Cowley

“…Building on previous research that explored binder optimization through process simplification and targeting predefined shapes, this work delves deeper into a comparative analysis of high-performance thermoplastics. Among the various options, PEEK demonstrates the most favorable properties. …”
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What Resilience Skills Do Emergency Workers Need During a Widespread Phase of a Socio-Health Emergency? A Focus on the Role of Hardiness and Resilience by Valeria Giostra, Tiziana Maiorano, Monia Vagni

“…Experiencing highly stressful experiences can lead to developing secondary trauma and burnout. It is, therefore, important to know what protective factors can be strengthened in volunteers to protect their mental and social well-being. …”
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Predictive Biomarkers of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy Response in Bladder Cancer: Where Are We Now? by Luís Lima, Mário Dinis-Ribeiro, Adhemar Longatto-Filho, Lúcio Santos

“…This has been performed as an adjuvant therapeutic to transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT) and mostly directed towards patients with high-grade tumours, T1 tumours, and in situ carcinomas. …”
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Prokaryotic diversity of the rhizosphere from Argentinean wine-producing regions by Andres Martin Toscani, Monica Oyuela Aguilar, Constanza Rey, Ramiro Eugenio Rocco Welsh, Alex Gobbi, Maria Florencia del Papa, Liliana Carmen Semorile, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, Mariano Pistorio

“…The soil physicochemical properties of the vineyards analysed, were evaluated by principal component analysis, and clustering analysis, allowing us to identify differences among them. Despite no significant variations were observed between Malbec and Cabernet-Sauvignon vineyards, significant differences in microbial diversity were observed among the analysed locations. …”
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Exploratory Factor Analysis of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) in College Students from Cajamarca by Andy Rick Sánchez-Villena, Eduardo Farfán Cedrón

“…Results: The initial results showed a single factor explaining 48.16% variance with a reliability of α = .945; however, due to international, national and theoretical background, a second exploratory factor analysis was forced extracting two factors that explained 54.48% variance and a reliabity of = .843 for the first factor and α = .935 for the second on. …”
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The Cyclically Resolvable Steiner Triple Systems of Order 57 by Svetlana Topalova, Stela Zhelezova

“…We establish that 155,966 of them are cyclically resolvable yielding 3,638,984 point-cyclic resolutions which we classify with respect to their automorphism groups and to the availability of some configurations.…”
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Channel Hopping Sequences for Rendezvous Establishment in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks by Widist Bekulu Tessema, Byeongung Kim, Junhyung Kim, Wooseong Cho, Kijun Han

“…Our schemes provide successful communication rendezvous within a bounded time interval. Theoretical analysis and simulation results showed that both schemes outperform the existing schemes used for similar purpose in terms of many performance criteria.…”
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Population Dynamic Study of Prey-Predator Interactions with Weak Allee Effect, Fear Effect, and Delay by Ye Xuan Li, Hua Liu, Yu Mei Wei, Ming Ma, Gang Ma, Jing Yan Ma

“…Next, according to the Sotomayor theorem, the cross-sectional conditions of transcritical bifurcation and Hopf bifurcation are obtained. …”
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Guar Gum as an Edible Coating for Enhancing Shelf-Life and Improving Postharvest Quality of Roma Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) by X. Ruelas-Chacon, J. C. Contreras-Esquivel, J. Montañez, A. F. Aguilera-Carbo, M. L. Reyes-Vega, R. D. Peralta-Rodriguez, G. Sanchéz-Brambila

“…It was concluded that guar gum affected favorably the physicochemical, microbial, and sensorial quality properties of Roma tomato and therefore could be beneficial in delaying the ripening process at 22±2°C.…”
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Investigating Reliability of Duimenshan High Rock Slope in Gejiu, Yunnan Province Based on the Monte Carlo Method by A. Fa-You, Wan-cheng Pan, Wen-ping Wu, Shi-qun Yan

“…More specifically, as the slope height and angle increase, the number of samples with a stability coefficient of less than 1 increases, thereby increasing the failure probability of the slope indicating that the slope is stable. …”
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An Analytical Method for Calculating Short-Term Space Interception Probability by Wenzhe Ding, Xinhong Li, Hong Yang, Zhibin Zhang, Jiping An

“…However, the Monte Carlo (MC) based simulation method not only consumes a lot of computation time but also theoretically lacks interpretability. In this regard, this paper proposes an analytical method that can quickly and accurately calculate the short-term space interception probability. …”
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Laboratory study on magnetization reduction of CO by Li Y., Yuan S., Han Y., Zhang S., Gao P.

“…In addition, the phase transformation, changes in magnetism, and microstructures were studied by thermodynamic analysis, chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction technique (XRD), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), and optical microscopy. …”
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Immunomodulatory Properties of HLA-G in Infectious Diseases by Laurence Amiot, Nicolas Vu, Michel Samson

“…We also discuss the cellular source of HLA-G, according to the type of infection and the potential role of HLA-G. New therapeutic approaches based on synthetic HLA-G-derived proteins or antibodies are emerging in mouse models of cancer or transplantation, and these new therapeutic tools may eventually prove useful for the treatment of infectious diseases.…”
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Freehand Apple-peeling Technique for Recycled Skin Graft Harvesting in a Case of Buttock Hidradenitis Suppurativa by Chen-Yu Ho, MD, Keng-Yu Lin, MD, MS, Shu-Hung Huang, MD, PhD

“…This study introduces a novel technique, the apple-peeling procedure, combined with negative pressure wound therapy at −50 mm Hg for 5 days postoperatively. This approach demonstrated improved operative efficiency and a low complication rate. …”
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Nonuniform Corrosion in the Vertical Direction of Q345 Steel in a Real Ocean Environment by Jiezhen Hu, Huan Huang, Xin Hu, Peichang Deng, Guo Zheng, Jiahong Chen, Zhiwen Tu

“…The results revealed that within the first 30 days of the experiment, the array electrodes connected by electricity exhibited sacrificial anode/cathode protection with self-coupling. Therefore, the corrosion rates of the electrodes were slowed. …”
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Acanthopanax versus 3-Methyladenine Ameliorates Sodium Taurocholate-Induced Severe Acute Pancreatitis by Inhibiting the Autophagic Pathway in Rats by Xiaohong Wang, Guoxiong Zhou, Chun Liu, Ronglong Wei, Shunxing Zhu, Yuefen Xu, Mengjie Wu, Qing Miao

“…Objectives. To observe the therapeutic effects of Acanthopanax and 3-methyladenine against severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). …”
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mHealth education for patients with chronic kidney disease: protocol for a scoping review by Anders Nikolai Ørsted Schultz, Kristian Kidholm, Jan Dominik Kampmann, Caroline Moos, Eithne Hayes Bauer

“…Despite many promising indications regarding the use of mHealth education for patients with CKD, there is still little evidence regarding the feasibility, effectiveness outcomes and outcome measures. Therefore, we will conduct a scoping review to examine the currently available evidence on mHealth education for patients with CKD and, thus, explore the existing evidence regarding feasibility, effectiveness outcomes and outcome measures, patient and/or provider perception and implementation challenges.Methods and analysis A scoping review will be conducted in accordance with Joanna Briggs Institute Manual for Evidence Synthesis chapter on scoping reviews.MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and PsycINFO will be searched. …”
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Dysplasia in Ulcerative Colitis by RH Riddell

“…Cancers which are resected but from which the patient survives are an acceptable outcome, although less so in theory, as survival is to a certain extent fortuitous. …”
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Enhancing Exercise Responsiveness across Prediabetes Phenotypes by Targeting Insulin Sensitivity with Nutrition by Julian M. Gaitan, Arthur Weltman, Steven K. Malin

“…Exercise is a cornerstone therapy for chronic diseases related to multiorgan insulin resistance. …”
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A disturbance suppression second-order penalty-like neurodynamic approach to distributed optimal allocation by Wenwen Jia, Wenbin Zhao, Sitian Qin

“…Compared with the existing neurodynamic approaches developed based on the projection theory, the proposed neurodynamic approach utilizes the penalty method and tracking technique to avoid introducing projection operators. …”
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