Sustainable alternatives in particleboard production: The role of leveraging recycled and renewable materials by Manish Ranjan, G. Murali, B.S. Mamatha, V. Prakash, V.R. Ramkumar, A.R. Uthappa, Saurav Dixit

“…The sustainable production of particleboards has become a critical concern in response to growing environmental issues, including deforestation, the accumulation of waste, and high energy consumption in industrial processes. …”
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Capability Analysis of Earth Observation Data for Integrated Emergency Management by Kristina Wolf, Jon P. Mills, Luis Cormier, Ruth Dunn, Olivia Fairless, Adewale Falaye, Stuart Gordon, Oshadee Jayamanne, Carrow Morris-Wiltshire, Eleanor Myall, Francisco Salgado-Castillo, Yashvini Shukla, Luke Taylor, Ellen Robson, Daniel Donoghue, Richard J. Dawson, Elizabeth Lewis, Sim M. Reaney, Elaine Scott, Joel Freedman, Stuart Marshall, Patrick Walker, Helen Hinds

“…As part of the strategic funding programme, in 2023, the UK Space Agency (UKSA) funded a scoping study to assess the potential of satellite data to address issues that the three North East England Local Resilience Forums face at all stages of implementing the UK’s Integrated Emergency Management Framework (IEMF). …”
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Biosafety and biosecurity problems in Ukraine that arise during emergent infections by A. O. Vysotskyi, B. V. Gutyj, O. V. Kozenko, N. Yu. Krempa, I. V. Dvyliuk, N. V. Magrelo, H. V. Klym, T. V. Martyshuk, U. M. Vus

“…Research institutions in our country are developing diagnostic tools and vaccines for various diseases, but problematic issues remain in monitoring and diagnosing certain infections. …”
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Are they looking for support? Mental health and trauma awareness as predictors of mental health help-seeking behaviour among young adults and adolescents in Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghan... by Maxwell Peprah Opoku, Rahemeen Yusuf, Shakila Nur, Ebenezer Mensah Gyimah, Lilian Frimpomaa, Eleana Charalambous, Yasmin A. Salem, Mokhtar A. Elkayal, Aisha A. Abosrea, Tawasol Babiker, Mahra Murad Alblooshi, Erin September, Nada Obaid, Daniel Miezah, Ashraf Moustafa

“…This stagnation may be attributed to limited research on the underlying causes of mental health issues, such as trauma, as well as a lack of awareness regarding mental health disorders and help-seeking behaviours. …”
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Diagnosis, evaluation and management of osteoporosis in chronic kidney disease: navigating treatment approaches – Indian consensus statement by Vijay Kher, Rajkumar Sharma, Georgi Abraham, Bharat Shah, Sishir Gang, Sanjeev Gulati, Manisha Sahay, Jatin Kothari, Anil Kumar BT, Raja Ramachandran, Sanjay Kalra, Rakesh Kumar Sahay, Om Lakhani, Jay Kumar Sharma, Deepak Bunger, Thomas L. Nickolas

“…This study aimed to gather an expert opinion to bridge this gap and establish consensus recommendations on the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in CKD patients.MethodsA panel of 13 Indian and 1 international experts, including nephrologists and endocrinologists, participated in a structured survey and discussion process. Thirteen Indian experts provided their opinion on key clinical issues, including screening, diagnosis, and treatment strategies for osteoporosis in CKD. …”
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Knowledge, perceptions, and management of symptoms of hormonal imbalance among adolescent girls in selected schools in Ghana: a qualitative exploratory study by Sawudatu Zakariah-Akoto, Benjamin Abuaku, Godfred Egbi, Bismark Edem Kofi Klu, Eric Kyei-Baafour, Michael Fokuo Ofori, Collins Stephen Ahorlu, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

“…Perceived causes included natural process of adolescent growth, consumption of unhealthy diets, use of cosmetics and medications. …”
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Sorafenib enhanced the function of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in hepatocellular carcinoma by facilitating PPARα-mediated fatty acid oxidation by Chunxiao Li, Liting Xiong, Yuhan Yang, Ping Jiang, Junjie Wang, Mengyuan Li, Shuhua Wei, Suqing Tian, Yuexuan Wang, Mi Zhang, Jie Tang

“…Abstract Background Sorafenib, an FDA-approved drug for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), faces resistance issues, partly due to myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) that enhance immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment (TME). …”
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Recognising the heterogeneity of Indigenous Peoples during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review across Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA by Aleksandra M Zuk, Eric N Liberda, Fatima Ahmed, Joonsoo Sean Lyeo, Nadia A Charania, Robert J Moriarity, Leonard J Tsuji, Jerry P White, Nicholas D Spence

“…However, Indigenous Peoples are often homogenised, with key differences often overlooked, failing to capture the complexity of issues and may lead to suboptimal public health policy-making. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Food Safety Policies in Portugal: A Stakeholder-Based Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities for Food Safety Governance by Júlia Rodrigues, Cristina Saraiva, Juan García-Díez, José Castro, Alexandra Esteves

“…The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) revealed that risk control and consumer protection are top priorities for all stakeholder groups, while plant and animal health receive lower priority. …”
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Bradykinin measurement by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in subjects with hereditary angioedema enhanced by cold activation by Jinguo Chen, MD, Yunkou Wu, PhD, J. Joanna Yu, MD, PhD, Joseph Chiao, MD, Jing Yu, PhD, Mark D. Scarupa, MD, Lili Wan, PhD, H. Henry Li, MD, PhD

“…Objective: We sought to develop a novel method to overcome the issues in current protease inhibitor–based methods for measuring endogenous BK. …”
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Virtual care for prostate cancer survivorship: protocol for an evaluation of a nurse-led algorithm-enhanced virtual clinic implemented at five cancer centres across Canada by Antonio Finelli, Ricardo Rendon, Joseph A Cafazzo, Robert Hamilton, Alejando Berlin, Jacqueline L Bender, Denise Bryant-Lukosius, Quynh Pham, Jason Hearn, Ian Brown, Andrew H Feifer, Geoffrey Gotto

“…Building on their viability, our research group conceived the Ned Clinic—a virtual PCa survivorship model that provides patients with access to lab results, collects patient-reported outcomes, alerts clinicians to emerging issues, and promotes patient self-care. Despite the promise of the Ned Clinic, the model remains limited by its dependence on oncology specialists, lack of an autonomous triage algorithm, and has only been implemented among PCa survivors living in Ontario.Methods and analysis Our programme of research comprises two main research objectives: (1) to evaluate the process and cost of implementing and sustaining five nurse-led virtual PCa survivorship clinics in three provinces across Canada and identify barriers and facilitators to implementation success and (2) to assess the impact of these virtual clinics on implementation and effectiveness outcomes of enrolled PCa survivors. …”
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Global drought tolerant maize research and development: Analysis and visualization of cutting-edge scientific technologies by Muhammad Azrai, Abdul Haris Bahrun, Roy Efendi, Nining Nurini Andayani, Muhammad Jihad, Bahtiar, Bunyamin Zainuddin, Muslimin, Muhammad Aqil

“…The research underlines the growing importance of these tools in developing drought-tolerant maize varieties to address climate change issues. The methodology involves identifying countries significant in advanced breeding research, analyzing common terms in publications, and examining networking where authors share their work. …”
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The impact of information technology applications on the quality of life of disabled older adults in nursing homes in China: a qualitative study by Hong Zhang, Xiaoyan Liao, Shuang Liang, Lifang Tong, Jun Shen, Bin Peng, Lin Wu, Lu Gao, Qianying Jia, Liu Ren, Lanyue Luo, Yixin Wang, Xiaoli Zhang

“…This study explores the adaptation process and experiences of disabled older adults with the use of information technology in nursing homes from four perspectives: physiological, psychological, social, and environmental, and examines its impact on their quality of life.MethodsAn interpretative phenomenological approach was adopted, with purposive sampling used to recruit participants. …”
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Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration by J.R. Harrison, A. Aboutaleb, S. Ahmed, M. Aljunid, S.Y. Allan, H. Anand, Y. Andrew, L.C. Appel, A. Ash, J. Ashton, O. Bachmann, M. Barnes, B. Barrett, D. Baver, D. Beckett, J. Bennett, J. Berkery, M. Bernert, W. Boeglin, C. Bowman, J. Bradley, D. Brida, P.K. Browning, D. Brunetti, P. Bryant, J. Bryant, J. Buchanan, N. Bulmer, A. Carruthers, L. Casali, M. Cecconello, Z.P. Chen, J. Clark, C. Cowley, M. Coy, N. Crocker, G. Cunningham, I. Cziegler, T. Da Assuncao, Y. Damizia, P. Davies, I.E. Day, G.L. Derks, S. Dixon, R. Doyle, M. Dreval, M. Dunne, B.P. Duval, T. Eagles, J. Edmond, H. El-Haroun, S.D. Elmore, Y. Enters, M. Faitsch, F. Federici, N. Fedorczak, F. Felici, A.R. Field, M. Fitzgerald, I. Fitzgerald, R. Fitzpatrick, L. Frassinetti, W. Fuller, D. Gahle, J. Galdon-Quiroga, L. Garzotti, S. Gee, T. Gheorghiu, S. Gibson, K.J. Gibson, C. Giroud, D. Greenhouse, V.H. Hall-Chen, C.J. Ham, R. Harrison, S.S. Henderson, C. Hickling, B. Hnat, L. Howlett, J. Hughes, R. Hussain, K. Imada, P. Jacquet, P. Jepson, B. Kandan, I. Katramados, Y.O. Kazakov, D. King, R. King, A. Kirk, M. Knolker, M. Kochan, L. Kogan, B. Kool, M. Kotschenreuther, K. -W. Lee, M. Lees, A.W. Leonard, G. Liddiard, B. Lipschultz, Y.Q. Liu, B.A. Lomanowski, N. Lonigro, J. Lore, J. Lovell, S. Mahajan, F. Maiden, C. Man-Friel, F. Mansfield, S. Marsden, R. Martin, S. Mazzi, R. McAdams, G. McArdle, K.G. McClements, J. McClenaghan, D. McConville, K. McKay, C. McKnight, P. McKnight, A. McLean, B.F. McMillan, A. McShee, J. Measures, N. Mehay, C.A. Michael, F. Militello, D. Morbey, S. Mordijck, D. Moulton, O. Myatra, A.O. Nelson, M. Nicassio, M.G. O’Mullane, H.J.C. Oliver, P. Ollus, T. Osborne, N. Osborne, E. Parr, B. Parry, B.S. Patel, D. Payne, C. Paz-Soldan, A. Phelps, L. Piron, C. Piron, G. Prechel, M. Price, B. Pritchard, R. Proudfoot, H. Reimerdes, T. Rhodes, P. Richardson, J. Riquezes, J.F. Rivero-Rodriguez, C.M. Roach, M. Robson, K. Ronald, E. Rose, P. Ryan, D. Ryan, S. Saarelma, S. Sabbagh, R. Sarwar, P. Saunders, O. Sauter, R. Scannell, T. Schuett, R. Seath, R. Sharma, P. Shi, B. Sieglin, M. Simmonds, J. Smith, A. Smith, V. A. Soukhanovskii, D. Speirs, G. Staebler, R. Stephen, P. Stevenson, J. Stobbs, M. Stott, C. Stroud, C. Tame, C. Theiler, N. Thomas-Davies, A.J. Thornton, M. Tobin, M. Vallar, R.G.L. Vann, L. Velarde, K. Verhaegh, E. Viezzer, C. Vincent, G. Voss, M. Warr, W. Wehner, S. Wiesen, T.A. Wijkamp, D. Wilkins, T. Williams, T. Wilson, H.R. Wilson, H. Wong, M. Wood, V. Zamkovska

“…Recent results from MAST Upgrade are presented, emphasising understanding the capabilities of this new device and deepening understanding of key physics issues for the operation of ITER and the design of future fusion power plants. …”
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Constructing of Ni-Nx Active Sites in Self-Supported Ni Single-Atom Catalysts for Efficient Reduction of CO₂ to CO by Xuemei Zhou, Chunxia Meng, Wanqiang Yu, Yijie Wang, Luyun Cui, Tong Li, Jingang Wang

“…The unique self-supporting architecture effectively addressed traditional electrode instability issues caused by catalyst detachment. These results indicate that by tuning the local coordination structure of atomically dispersed Ni, the original inert reaction sites can be activated into efficient catalytic centers. …”
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Optimizing Jatropha curcas bioenergy plantations in Pakistan: A geospatial suitability analysis using advanced spatial modeling by Faisal Khalid, Sami Ullah, Sangam Khalil, Adnan Yousaf, Muhammad Shafique, Muhammad Tayyab Khan, Fariha Rehman, Nauman Ahmad, Khalil Ur Rahman, Majid Hussain

“…In this study, we integrated an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) with the ArcGIS tool for assessing suitable available sites to cultivate JC across Pakistan. …”
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Analysis of fault detection and defect categorization in photovoltaic inverters for enhanced reliability and efficiency in large-scale solar energy systems by Malik Stephanie, Daßler David, Patel Dharm, Klute Carola, Klengel Robert, Dietrich Andreas, Kaufmann Kai, Hennig Carsten, Wehnert Danny, Ebert Matthias

“…The focus is on an interdisciplinary approach, utilising methodologies from materials science, data analysis, statistics, and machine learning to investigate defect mechanisms, identify recurring issues, and analyse their impacts for a system portfolio of 64 MWp. …”
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Nursing care for a pediatric patient with small-for-size syndrome after liver transplantation (1例小儿肝移植术后并发小肝综合征的护理体会) by CHEN Rui (陈锐), ZHAO Ruiling (赵瑞玲), YANG Jing (杨静), MA Jing (马晶)

“…This article outlines the nursing process for a 12-year-old pediatric patient who developed small-for-size syndrome after liver transplantation. …”
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Investigation of internal action to enhance structural stability and electrochemical performance of K+/Mg2+ co-doped cathodes in high voltage environments utilizing dual coordinati... by Xuantian Feng, Minjie Hou, Bowen Xu, Yiyong Zhang, Da Zhang, Yun Zeng, Yong Lei, Feng Liang

“…Ion doping is an effective approach for addressing the aforementioned issues. In this context, we have successfully developed a novel K+ and Mg2+ co-doped P2-Na0.7Fe0.5Mn0.5O2 cathode to address these challenges. …”
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Salience and default networks predict borderline personality traits and affective symptoms: a dynamic functional connectivity analysis by Alessandro Grecucci, Miriam Langerbeck, Richard Bakiaj, Parisa Ahmadi Ghomroudi, Davide Rivolta, Xiaoping Yi, Xiaoping Yi, Xiaoping Yi, Irene Messina, Irene Messina

“…We expect to find abnormal connectivity inside the DMN, the SN and in regions ascribed to mentalization processes associated with BPT. We also expect these networks to be associated with psychological symptoms experienced by borderline patients such as impulsivity and anger issues, as well as lack of self-control and neuroticism among others.MethodAn unsupervised machine learning method known as Group-ICA, was applied to resting state fMRI images of 200 individuals to predict BPT from the temporal variability of independent macro networks.ResultsResults indicated abnormal dynamic functional connectivity inside the SN including areas implicated in emotional reactivity and sensitivity, and in a network that partially overlaps with the DMN, including regions involved in social cognition and mind reading. …”
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