Self-Care in Palliative Healthcare Professionals: A Qualitative Study by Andrea Bovero, Maria Federica Spada, Alessandra Loreta Cito, Alexa Victoria Pidinchedda, Chiara Tosi, Sara Carletto

“…Not all participants had received professional self-care training, and some struggled to identify their own strategies. …”
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Costs and Quality of Life in Diabetic Macular Edema: Canadian Burden of Diabetic Macular Edema Observational Study (C-REALITY) by John R. Gonder, Valery M. Walker, Martin Barbeau, Nancy Zaour, Bryan H. Zachau, James R. Hartje, Ruihong Li

“…DME-related healthcare costs were determined over 6 months, and vision-related (National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire) and generic (EQ-5D) quality of life was assessed at months 0, 3, and 6. …”
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Spatiotemporal variations in habitat quality and their determinants in the Henan Section of the Yellow River Basin by ZHANG Yingying, MA Ziyan, YU Nan, WEI Dechao, CHEN Zhaojing, YUAN Shuting, WANG Zheng, SONG Xinxin, ZHAO Yongqiang

“…【Objective】The ecological functions of the Yellow River Basin have undergone significant changes in recent decades due to both natural and anthropogenic influences. …”
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Development and validation of the Fall Risk Assessment Scale for patients in rehabilitation hospitals: A methodological study by Shoeleh Rahimi, Hamid Reza Khankeh, Abbas Ebadi, Batol Mohammadian, Narges Arsalani, Masoud Fallahi‐Khoshknab, Nazila Akbarfahimi, Elham Loni

“…The risk for falls group had a significantly higher perceived fall risk than the no risk for falls group, thus establishing known‐group validity. …”
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Interbrain synchronization in classroom during high-entropy music listening and meditation: a hyperscanning EEG study by Junling Gao, Hang Kin Leung, Kin Cheung (George) Lee, Chun Chi Poon, Gan Huang, Junhao Liao, Bonnie Wai Yan Wu, Thuan Quoc Thach, Rainbow Tin Hung Ho, Hin Hung Sik

“…Graph analyses quantified network properties.ResultsMean correlation was highest during music, then meditation, and lowest during rest, with significant differences between music and both rest and meditation. Meditation had the highest clustering coefficient and small-world index, suggesting more integrated and efficient networks. …”
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Effects of Essential Oils as Antioxidant and Cryoprotective Agents in Improving Frozen and Thawed Human Sperm Criteria by Hamza Goujet, Ismail Kaarouch, Abderrahim Malki, Modou Mamoune Mbaye, Rosalie Cabry, Noureddine Louanjli, Taha Rhouda, Moncef Benkhalifa

“…Sperm parameters were significantly better preserved with ROEO in both normozoospermic (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and asthenozoospermic samples (<i>p</i> < 0.01). In contrast, TSEO had a negative impact for both groups (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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MiR-195 Inhibits Tumor Growth and Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Cell Lines by Targeting CCND1 and FGF2 by Yali Yin, Shubin Hong, Shuang Yu, Yanrui Huang, Shuwei Chen, Yujie Liu, Quan Zhang, Yanbing Li, Haipeng Xiao

“…Our study aimed to explore the biological functions and the underlying molecular mechanisms of miR-195 in PTC. …”
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Impact of vegetation restoration on preferential flow and soil infiltration capacity in the hilly region of the Loess Plateau by Shuyu Zhang, Yuanhao Liu, Mingyue Yang, Peng Tian, Xingmin Mu, Guangju Zhao

“…Monocultured forestland had slightly higher soil infiltration rates than mixed forestland, with macropore flow was dominant. …”
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Endocrown: a conservative approach by Rafael Menezes-Silva, Carlos Andres Villavicencio Espinoza, Maria Tereza Atta, Maria Fidela de Lima Navarro, Sergio Kiyoshi Ishikiriama, Rafael Francisco Lia Mondelli

“…A 39-year-old woman presented to the Graduate clinic of the Bauru Dental School (FOB), University of São Paulo (USP), with the complaint that tooth #36 had an extensive and unsatisfactory composite resin restoration. …”
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Evaluation of maxillary sinus expansion in children due to maxillary first molar extraction by Sinem Kuru, Mustafa Mert Açıkgöz, Arzu Pınar Erdem, Gülsüm Ak, Tamer Lütfi Erdem, Gamze Aren, Elif Sepet

“…PurposeThis study is aimed at understanding the effects of maxillary first molar extraction on the expansion of maxillary sinus in children.Subjects and methods119 patients (aged 11-17 years) who had only one extracted maxillary first molar were included in the study. …”
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Effects of planting patterns on physicochemical properties, metabolites and microbial community structure of rhizosphere soil in perennial cultivated grassland by Xiaofang Zhang, Chunping Zhang, Yuzhen Liu, Lian Huo, Zengzeng Yang, Yongshang Tong, Xue Zhang, Zehang Yu, Xiaoxia Yang, Quan Cao, Quanmin Dong

“…The results showed that compared with monocropping, mixed cropping significantly increased the contents of soil nutrients and key metabolites. In addition, it had a greater impact on fungal diversity than bacterial diversity, particularly in terms of β-diversity. …”
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PD-L2 Expression in Breast Cancer Promotes Tumor Development and Progression by Yuling Sun, Jie Yang, Yachun Chen, Yundi Guo, Jian Xiong, Xuqin Guo, Yawen Zhang, Li Gu, Min Tong, Weipeng Wang, Jing Sun

“…Additionally, breast cancer patients with high concentrations of sPD-L2 had higher Ki67 values (≥30%) and tumor grades. …”
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Establishment of a Visual Gene Chip Method for the Simultaneous Detection of Seven Waterfowl Virus Pathogens by Linjie Yan, Yafen Song, Tianshu Zhai, Qian Qiu, Jia Wang, Jinming Liu, Daiyue Lv, Xiaojie Huang, Huabin Cao, Chenghuai Yang, Yaqing Mao

“…In this study, a total of 210 clinical samples were detected by the gene chip and qPCR, respectively, and the results of the two methods had a concordance rate of 98.1~100%, with a kappa value of 0.952, indicating that the consistency of the two detection methods was good.…”
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Assessing Drainage Infrastructure in Coastal Lowlands: Challenges, Design Choices, and Environmental and Urban Impacts by Beatriz Cruz Amback, Paula Morais Canedo de Magalhães, Luiz Eduardo Siqueira Saraiva, Matheus Martins de Sousa, Marcelo Gomes Miguez

“…Results show S2/S3 outperformed S1 in storage capacity (2.7× larger volume), freeboard resilience (0.42–0.43 m vs. 0.25 m), and urban integration (floodable parks accessible to communities), though S1 had faster reservoir emptying. Under climate change, all scenarios sustained functionality, but S1’s freeboard reduced by 86%, nearing its limit. …”
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XPO1 serves as a prognostic marker involving AKT/MAPK/TGFBR1 pathway in OSCC by Ying Han, Ying Peng, Haofeng Xiong, Liujun Zeng, Tianyi Zhang, Kun Xia, Xin Hu, Tong Su

“…Additionally, XPO1 mRNA and protein expression levels had significant positive relationships with AKT/MAPK/TGFBR1. …”
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Genome-wide identification of HbVQ proteins and their interaction with HbWRKY14 to regulate the expression of HbSRPP in Hevea brasiliensis by Jiahong Zhu, Long Qu, Liwang Zeng, Ying Wang, Huiliang Li, Shiqing Peng, Dong Guo

“…This study provides insight into the functions of VQ proteins in regulating natural rubber biosynthesis.…”
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Incidence, Severity, and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Octogenarians following Heart Valve Replacement Surgery by Michael A. Mao, Charat Thongprayoon, YiFan Wu, Vickram Tejwani, Myriam Vela-Ortiz, Joseph Dearani, Qi Qian

“…AKI was associated with significant functional impairment and reduced survival.…”
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Tubular intestinal duplication extending from the stomach to the ileum associated with multiple intestinal atresia and situs inversus: a case report by Naruki Higashidate, Saki Sakamoto, Nobuyuki Saikusa, Yoshinori Koga, Daisuke Masui, Hirotomo Nakahara, Misa Nakamura, Mamoru Saikusa, Masahiro Kinoshita, Tatsuru Kaji

“…Therefore, we spared the duplicated intestine with a length of 3 cm to secure the passage of the biliary and pancreatic juices by a functional-side-to-side anastomosis with a 45-mm Endo-GIA™ camel load (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA). …”
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Clay Nanomaterials Sorbents for Cleaner Water: A Sustainable Application for the Mining Industry by María Molina-Fernández, Albert Santos Silva, Rodrigo Prado Feitosa, Edson C. Silva-Filho, Josy A. Osajima, Santiago Medina-Carrasco, María del Mar Orta Cuevas

“…The materials tested included montmorillonite, high-loading expandable synthetic mica, and their organically functionalized forms (MMT, Mica-Na-4, C18-MMT, and C18-Mica-4). …”
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FABRICATION OF ALL PORCELAIN CANTILEVER BRIDGE RESTORATION IN CASES OF GINGIVA RECESSION USING ZIRCONIUM DIOXIDE MATERIAL WITH ADDITIONAL RETENSION by Yobellivia Pauline, Eny Inayati, Sianiwati Goenharto, Okti Setyowati, Endang Kusdaryanti, Sri Redjeki Indiani, Mia Laksmi Lita Rosa

“…Background: Aesthetic and functional dental restoration is a hope for people who have lost teeth, especially in the anterior region. …”
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