Cissus quadrangularis L. hexane extract infused glyoxal cross-linked chitosan-collagen scaffold elicits early osteoinduction by Praseetha R. Nair, P.S. Unnikrishnan, Sachin J. Shenoy, G.S. Sailaja

“…Background: The induction of osteoblast activity by natural materials would possibly eliminate toxicity concerns and can serve as a better approach for regenerative drug development studies. …”
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Center of Pressure Velocity and Dynamic Postural Control Strategies Vary During Y-Balance and Star Excursion Balance Testing by Kristen L Jagger, Brent Harper

“…It was hypothesized that feedback from the YBT/MYBT reach indicator would enhance DPC. # Study Design Cross-sectional study # Methods Twenty-one participants (9 females, 12 males, mean age 24.5±1.2 years) performed three trials in each direction (anterior-AN, posteromedial-PM, and posterolateral-PL) on each balance test during one session. …”
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A lightweight wheat ear counting model in UAV images based on improved YOLOv8 by Ruofan Li, Xiaohua Sun, Kun Yang, Zhenxue He, Zhenxue He, Xinxin Wang, Xinxin Wang, Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Bin Wang, Fushun Wang, Fushun Wang, Hongquan Liu, Hongquan Liu

“…Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the significant food crops in the world, and the number of wheat ears serves as a critical indicator of wheat yield. …”
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Supporting teams with designing for dissemination and sustainability: the design, development, and usability of a digital interactive platform by Maura M. Kepper, Allison J. L’Hotta, Thembekile Shato, Bethany M. Kwan, Russell E. Glasgow, Douglas Luke, Andrea K. Graham, Ana A. Baumann, Ross C. Brownson, Brad Morse

“…D4DS principles and methods are not well-known or used during clinical and public health research; research teams would benefit from applying D4DS. This paper presents the development of a new digital platform for research teams to learn and apply a D4DS process to their work. …”
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Normative Reference Values and Validity for the 30-Second Chair-Stand Test in Healthy Young Adults by Donald H. Lein Jr., Mansour Alotaibi, Marzouq Almutairi, Harshvardhan Singh

“…Perhaps, the 30-second chair-stand test (30CST) would be a good functional test in athletic populations as it has been shown to demonstrate good psychometric properties in older adults…”
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Evaluating causes and gestures: source-related and crossmodal features in the perception of environmental sounds by Sven-Amin Lembke

“…The study considered gesture-related factors, such as auditory salience and contour complexity, and explored whether a concurrent evaluation of features related to the environmental sound source or cause would affect gesture identification. Twenty untrained listeners evaluated sound gestures occurring in environmental sounds, e.g., pitch contour when switching a vacuum cleaner on and off, loudness contour of a ball dropping. …”
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The effects of deprivation, age, and regional differences in COVID-19 mortality from 2020 to 2022: a retrospective analysis of public provincial data by Anqi A. Chen, Elizabeth M. Renouf, Charmaine B. Dean, X. Joan Hu

“…Abstract Background Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) quickly spread around the world after its initial identification in Wuhan, China in 2019 and became a global public health crisis. …”
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The Relationship between Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and Surgical Site Infections in a Hospital Center in Morocco by Rachid Flouchi, Abderrahim Elmniai, Abdelaziz Hibatallah, Karim Fahsi, Ibrahim Touzani, Kawtar Fikri-Benbrahim

“…Surgical site infection is a major public health problem in the world. Nasal carriage is a major risk factor for the development of nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus infection, especially methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). …”
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Impact of biological sex and gender-related factors on public engagement in protective health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analyses from a global survey by Simon L Bacon, Kim L Lavoie, Valeria Raparelli, Louise Pilote, Rubee Dev, Colleen M Norris

“…Objective Given the role of sociocultural gender in shaping human behaviours, the main objective of this study was to examine whether sex and gender-related factors were associated with the public’s adherence to COVID-19-recommended protective health behaviours.Design This was a retrospective analysis of the survey that captured data on people’s awareness, attitudes and behaviours as they relate to the COVID-19 policies.Setting Data from the International COVID-19 Awareness and Responses Evaluation survey collected between March 2020 and February 2021 from 175 countries.Participants Convenience sample around the world.Main outcome measures We examined the role of sex and gender-related factors in relation to non-adherence of protective health behaviours including: (1) hand washing; (2) mask wearing; and (3) physical distancing. …”
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Use of Subsurface Geology in Assessing the Optimal Co-Location of CO2 Storage and Wind Energy Sites by I. de Jonge-Anderson, J. R. Underhill

“…Turbines fixed to the seabed over the field would restrict where new CO2 injection wells might be drilled and efforts to measure, monitor and verify the CO2 plume using conventional towed-streamer seismic. …”
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Hypoglycemia and hospital mortality in critically ill patients by Hsuan-Fan Yeh, Wen-Cheng Chao, Chieh-Liang Wu, Ming-Cheng Chan

“…However, there is a lack of studies investigating the incidence of hypoglycemia and its consequential outcomes in real-world clinical settings. This retrospective cohort study was conducted at Taichung Veterans General Hospital, utilizing critical care databases covering the period from 2015 to 2020. …”
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Jacobean Morality and Moral Performativity in Volpone and Women Beware Women by Gül Kurtuluş

“…On the other hand, Jonson demonstrates how a person’s greed leads to his downfall. Volpone’s inner world and motivations for his actions show that he is initially driven by negative traits; greed, extravagance and deception. …”
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Fusarium oxysporum assisted green synthesis of small-sized silver nanoparticles for high antibacterial, and photocatalytic decolorization performances by Reyad M. El-Sharkawy, Inas A. Ahmed, Taghrid G. Kharboush

“…The unique characteristics of metal oxide and noble metals nanoparticles make them suitable for different fields including antimicrobial agents, cosmetics, textiles, wound dressings, and anticancer drug carriers. Methods This study focuses on the biosynthesis of small-sized SNPs using exo-metabolites of Fusarium oxysporum via bioprocess optimization using Plackett-Burman (PBD) and central composite designs (CCD) while evaluating their multifaceted bioactivities. …”
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Dual-hybrid intrusion detection system to detect False Data Injection in smart grids. by Saad Hammood Mohammed, Mandeep S Jit Singh, Abdulmajeed Al-Jumaily, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Md Shabiul Islam, Abdulmajeed M Alenezi, Mohamed S Soliman

“…Future research should focus on integrating real-world smart grid data for validation, developing adaptive learning mechanisms, exploring other bio-inspired optimization algorithms, and addressing real-time processing and scalability challenges in large-scale deployments.…”
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Improving predictability of IgE-high type 2 chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps in the biologic era by Austin Heffernan, Jobanjit Phulka, Andrew Thamboo

“…Demographics, past medical history, preoperative blood work, Lund-Mackay (LM), Lund Kennedy (LK), and SNOT-22 scores were extracted. …”
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L’École de journalisme d’Alger (1964-1990) : les défis d’une formation professionnelle by Chloé Nejma Rondeleux

“…With the evolution of this university institute, the only place in Algeria for training in the information trades, there emerge different visions of the figure of the journalist and the great transformations of higher education in Algeria, of which the most striking is Arabisation.By considering, on the one hand, ministerial supervision and, on the other, the socialist and Third World positions adopted by Algerian political managers from 1962, this article favours an internal view of the institute. …”
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Characterization of Local Nano-Heat Transfer Fluids for Solar Thermal Collection by Kawira Millien

“…It was established that utilization of copper nanoparticles to enhance heat transfer in oil-based local heat transfer fluids can mitigate energy demand for meeting the world’s increasing energy uses, especially for areas inaccessible due to poor land terrain.…”
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Lebanon: An Ordinary “Consociational Democracy” in the Regional Context by A. V. Sarabiev

“…An important role in this is played by the ideological and strategic aspects of world politics in the region in which Lebanon is organically inscribed in both the historical and geopolitical plans. …”
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Field margins as substitute habitat for the conservation of birds in agricultural wetlands by Mallet, Pierre, Bechet, Arnaud, Sirami, Clelia, Mesleard, Francois, Blanchon, Thomas, Calatayud, Francois, Dagonet, Thomas, Gaget, Elie, Leray, Carole, Galewski, Thomas

“…These results therefore suggest that field margins may represent substitute habitats for some species but further studies, in contexts where species are strongly associated with their primary habitat, would be needed to confirm the generality of this hypothesis. …”
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Conflits armés et environnement by Al–Hamandou Dorsouma, Michel-André Bouchard

“…Upstream from conflict, while some elements of potential collapse of environmental governance is foreseen, some form of advanced strategic environmental assessment could help to anticipate impacts and design Involuntary Resettlement Plan with least environmental damages, or plans for monitoring Protected Areas or World Heritage sites. Not much can be done during the actual conflict phase, but a number of International legal instruments do exist that deal with the Protection of the Environment in war times; belligerents should be duly informed and reminded of those as preventive and protective measures of the environment. …”
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