Hydrogels of Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) and Poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) Interpenetrating Polymer Networks as Dermal Delivery Systems for Dexamethasone by Marin Simeonov, Bistra Kostova, Rositsa Mihaylova, Elena Vassileva

“…Drug release profiles were studied in Franz diffusion cells in PBS media. Finally, the cytotoxicity of the PHEMA/PDMAM-based IPNs was studied against T-cell lymphoma cells (HUT-78) and a normal murine fibroblast cell line (CCL-1). …”
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Deciphering the multifaceted mechanism of Shuang Huang Lian in treating upper respiratory tract infections: A metabolomics-based network pharmacology approach by Gang Xu, Akshay Suresh Patil, Ruhan Wei, Dan Liu, Aimin Zhou, Yan Xu

“…Target-target interaction (TTI) network construction and modularity analysis were also performed. Finally, pivotal protein targets and key active SHL components were validated through molecular docking simulations and in vitro cell culture experiments. …”
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A Study of the Solid-Liquid-Gas Three-Phase Coupling Relationship of Coal, Water and Gas by Anying Yuan, Chunhui Huang, Junling Hou, Zhaomin Zhang, Weihui Pan, Lei Duan, Quansen Wu

“…Then, with the passage of time, the increase speeds of the gas desorption amount gradually decreased and finally tended to remain at a stable value. It was found that with the increases in water content, the desorption speeds, initial desorption speeds, and desorption amount of gas in the coal bodies continuously decreased. …”
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“I surely don’t call for fun”: experiences of being a “frequent caller” to the Danish emergency helpline by Camilla Braendstrup Laursen, Tine Bennedsen Gehrt, Linda Huibers, Claus Bossen, Ulla Vaeggemose

“…Furthermore, we found that the sense of disorientation and the fragmentation of experience that is characteristic of “struggling along” made it difficult for our study participants to communicate with the Emergency Medical Coordination Center (EMCC) that manages all health-related calls to 1-1-2. Finally, our analysis pointed to differences in how the goal of providing “the right help at the right time” was understood by citizens and by health professionals working within the EMCC of the Prehospital Emergency Medical Services. …”
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Molecular mechanisms induced by phase modifiers used in hydrometallurgy: consequences on transfer efficiency and process safety by El Maangar, Asmae, Prévost, Sylvain, Dourdain, Sandrine, Zemb, Thomas

“…In the case of “lipotropes”, the preferential solvation mechanism is emphasized. Finally, the consequences of these mechanisms on the extraction efficiency and selectivity are discussed.…”
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Reconstructing Risk Dimensions in Telemedicine: Investigating Technology Adoption and Barriers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Taiwan by Tzu-Chi Wu, Chien-Ta Ho

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to first reconstruct the risk dimensions associated with telemedicine, then identify the risk factors affecting users’ adoption, and finally propose effective solutions to mitigate these concerns. …”
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Evaluating the mental and emotional effects of Sahand Bonab thermal power plant greenhouse on rural communities, Case study: Rurlas in Bonab by Mohamad Zaheri, Ali Majnouni-Toutakhane

“…The results of multivariate regression and path analysis showed that in general, the air pollution caused by the power plant has the ability to explain R2 = 37.42 percent of the changes related to the psychological and psychological pressure of the villagers. Finally, it can be said that thermal power plants have negative mental and psychological effects according to type of activity, type of age and gender of the villagers, which should be considered in the studies of the construction of power plants.…”
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Evidence mapping and overview of systematic reviews of the effects of acupuncture therapies by Yuqing Zhang, Gordon Guyatt, Lin Wang, Hao Wen, Liming Lu, Gabriel Rada, Lai Wang, Shuqi Ge, Yu Dong, Camila Ávila, Xiaorong Tang, Neng-Gui Xu, Zhao Zeng, Camilo Vergara, Rouhao Chen, Xiaojing Wei, Wen Luo, Jing chun Zeng, Chun-Zhi Tang

“…Seventy-seven SRs represented the effect estimate of acupuncture therapies. Finally, we system summarised the areas of possible underutilisation of acupuncture therapies (high or moderate certainty evidence of large or moderate effects), and the areas of warranting additional investigation of acupuncture therapies (low or very low certainty evidence of moderate or large effects).Conclusion The evidence maps and overview of SRs on acupuncture therapies identified both therapies with substantial benefits that may require more assertive evidence dissemination and promising acupuncture therapies that require further investigation.…”
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IL-1β Pretreatment Improves the Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Acute Liver Failure by Enhancing CXCR4 Expression by He Nie, Fangmei An, Jie Mei, Cheng Yang, Qiang Zhan, Qinglin Zhang

“…Then, Western blot was performed to detect the c-Met and CXCR4 expression of MSCs and Pre-MSCs and followed by flow cytometry to detect the meaningful indicators. Finally, the migration abilities of different cells and different conditions were tested by the Transwell migration assay. …”
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Serum Muscle Enzymes as Indicator for Gingival Wound Healing in Rabbits Orally Receiving Pomegranate Peel Extract by Bakhtiar Muhialdin Ahmed

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate serum muscle enzymes; Creatine phospho kinase (CPK), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities in gingival wound healing process in rabbits orally administrated pomegranate peel extract (PPE). …”
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Automatic GPR detection of grouting defects behind the tunnel shield segments based on wavelet coherence analysis combined with modified Res-RCNN by Dengyi Wang, Ming Peng, Liu Liu, Xiongyao Xie, Zhenming Shi, Yaoying Liang, Jian Shen, Qiyu Wu

“…Then, a modified Res-RCNN is applied to automatically extract the defect features from the wavelet coherence images. Finally, the post-processing and visualization automatically give an intuitive clear feature map that shows the location and probability of the grouting defects along the tunnel. …”
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Sedated and unsedated gastroscopy has no influence on the outcomes of patients with gastric cancer: a retrospective study by Chengke Yin, Yiwu Sun, Jie Liang, Xin Sui, Zhaoyi He, Ailing Song, Wenjia Xu, Lei Zhang, Yufei Sun, Jingshun Zhao, Fei Han

“…Survival outcomes and distant metastases were compared between these two groups. Results Finally, 673 patients were enrolled, 160 in the sedated gastroscopy group and 513 in the unsedated gastroscopy group. …”
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Identification of Fake Comments in E-Commerce Based on Triplet Convolutional Twin Network and CatBoost Model by Juanjuan Peng

“…Key semantic features are refined from the perspective of semantic similarity through triplet convolutional twin networks. Finally, integrating the advantages of the CatBoost model and combining text and behavioral data aims to reduce over-fitting and enhance recognition accuracy. …”
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The viral and cellular microRNA targetome in lymphoblastoid cell lines. by Rebecca L Skalsky, David L Corcoran, Eva Gottwein, Christopher L Frank, Dong Kang, Markus Hafner, Jeffrey D Nusbaum, Regina Feederle, Henri-Jacques Delecluse, Micah A Luftig, Thomas Tuschl, Uwe Ohler, Bryan R Cullen

“…Furthermore, targets of EBV miRNAs are involved in multiple cellular processes that are directly relevant to viral infection, including innate immunity, cell survival, and cell proliferation. Finally, we present evidence that myc-regulated host miRNAs from the miR-17/92 cluster can regulate latent viral gene expression. …”
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Is Moore’s Moral Objectivist Argument Sufficient Against Moral Relativism? by Burhan Başarslan

“…I will criticize his arguments for their failure to explain the diversity of moral codes. Finally, I suggest that moral subjectivism and moral relativism can be appropriately addressed within extended moral realism. …”
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Research on Lean Planning and Optimization for Precast Component Production Based on Discrete Event Simulation by Zhenmin Yuan, Yaning Qiao, Yaru Guo, Yaowu Wang, Chen Chen, Wenshun Wang

“…The submodel of lean analysis and optimization provides multidimensional analysis, comparative analysis, and suggestions. Finally, a detailed production case is selected to simulate and test the proposed method. …”
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Classification of North Atlantic and European extratropical cyclones using multiple measures of intensity by J. Cornér, C. Bouvier, B. Doiteau, B. Doiteau, F. Pantillon, V. A. Sinclair

“…Based on the correlations and the sparse principal component analysis, we find that five intensity measures, namely 850 hPa relative vorticity, 850 hPa wind speed, wind footprint, precipitation, and a storm severity index, describe ETC intensity comprehensively and non-redundantly. …”
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Synergistic Enhancement of Carbon Sinks and Connectivity: Restoration and Renewal of Ecological Networks in Nanjing, China by Renfei Zhang, Hongye Li, Zhicheng Liu

“…On this basis, by coupling dPC and CSI indices to classify ecological network nodes, we proposed four strategies for optimization: ecological conservation, structural connectivity, carbon sink improvement, and synergistic enhancement. Finally, by adding 26 ecological stepping stones, 32 ecological corridors, and optimizing landscape components, we achieved dual improvements in both the structural and functional aspects of the ecological network. …”
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Complications and adverse events of high-intensity focused ultrasound in its application to gynecological field - a systematic review and meta-analysis by Shan-shan Lu, Lei-lei Yang, Wei Yang, Jing Wang, Xia-Lin Zhang, Liu Yang, Yi Wen

“…We evaluated the quality of included literature and publication bias and conducted a meta-analysis of single group rates for various AEs using Stata 17.0.Results This systematic review finally included 41 articles. We summarized 34 kinds of AEs in 7 aspects and conducted a single group rate meta-analysis and sub-group analysis of 16 kinds of AEs. …”
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Mathematical model and its solution for water-altering-gas (WAG) injection process incorporating the effect of miscibility, gravity, viscous fingering and permeability heterogeneit... by Mohammad Yunus Khan

“…The presented analytical solutions can be used to predict different parameters for stratified porous media in a fast and efficient way. Finally, the results of analytical solution validated with high-resolution numerical simulation for a wide range of permeability heterogeneity, which shows excellent agreement for breakthrough time, saturation, and pressure versus displacement location of different waves at different times. …”
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