Inkjet-based oligonucleotide synthesis reagents: Formulation optimization and comparison of acetonitrile and propylene carbonate applications by Yu Xiao, Yongjin Peng, Zhen Rong, Xiaoyang He, Fei Sun, Shengqi Wang

“…This study proposes propylene carbonate (PC) as a novel solvent for inkjet DNA synthesis, comparing the stability of inkjet droplets and the performance of oligonucleotide synthesis between PC and ACN, while further optimizing the concentrations of phosphoramidite monomers and activator. Experimental results indicate that the PC solvent not only exhibits good inkjet stability but also significantly enhances the purity of oligonucleotide synthesis products and stepwise coupling efficiency under optimal conditions. …”
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A Body‐Temperature‐Triggered In Situ Softening Peripheral Nerve Electrode for Chronic Robust Neuromodulation by Xueyang Ren, Wenjie Tang, Yuehui Yuan, Shisheng Chen, Fangzhou Lu, Jinyang Mao, Jidan Fan, Xufeng Wei, Ming Chu, Benhui Hu

“…The central core is altered from the tri‐arm crosslinker to the star‐branched monomer to kill two birds (close the translation temperature to 37 °C and decrease the modulus after implantation) with one stone. …”
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A coopetition-driven strategy of parallel/perpendicular aromatic stacking enabling metastable supramolecular polymerization by Zhao Gao, Xuxu Xie, Juan Zhang, Wei Yuan, Hongxia Yan, Wei Tian

“…Herein, we propose a coopetition-driven metastability strategy for parallel/perpendicular aromatic stacking to construct metastable supramolecular polymers derived from a class of simple monomers consisting of lateral indoles and aromatic core. …”
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Expression Analysis of Heavy-Chain-Only Antibodies in Cloudy Catshark and Japanese Bullhead Shark by Reo Uemura, Susumu Tanimura, Nao Yamaguchi, Ryuichi Kuroiwa, Gabriel Takashi Andrés Tsutsumi, Toshiaki Fujikawa, Kiyoshi Soyano, Kohsuke Takeda, Yoshimasa Tanaka

“…The variable region of IgNAR can be expressed as a monomer composed of a single domain, which has antigen specificity and is thus gaining attention as a next-generation antibody drug modality. …”
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Law of conservation-guided neural network with gradient aggregation for improved energy efficiency optimization in industrial processes by Santi Bardeeniz, Chanin Panjapornpon, Moonyong Lee

“…Through evaluation of two large-scale case studies—vinyl chloride monomer and detergent powder production—the proposed model produced substantial improvements in prediction accuracy and model reliability, with a test prediction improvement of 12.2 % and 5.87 % over published methods. …”
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Effect of addition of silver nanoparticles on flexural and impact strength of heat cure acrylic resin by Ranj A. Omer, Fahd S. Ikram

“…Materials and methods: Silver nanoparticles were impregnated at 1%, 3% and 5% by weight to the monomer of methyl methacrylate with the aid of probe sonicator. …”
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Correlation between shear bond strength and degree of conversion of four orthodontic adhesives. by Hangaw Tariq Ibrahim, Bayan Abdulla Hassan

“… Background and objective: The aim of the study is to assess the correlation between degree of monomer conversion (DC) and shear bond strength (SBS) of the different adhesives. …”
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Removal of Contaminants from Industrial Lean Amine Solvent Using Polyacrylamide Hydrogels Optimized by Response Surface Methodology by Priyabrata Pal, Fawzi Banat

“…Response surface methodology (RSM) based on a three-level, three-variable model was used to optimize the preparation parameters of a hydrogel consisting of acrylamide (AAM) as monomer, N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide as cross-linker and ammonium peroxodisulphate as initiator. …”
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Removal of anionic phenol red from water solution in the batch system by using N,N-dimethylacrylamide and 3-acrlylamidopropil-trimethyl ammonium chloride-based polymeric hydrogels by Tuba Erşen Dudu

“…p(DMAAm-co-APTMACl) based hydrogels were synthesized at different molar ratios by the redox polymerization technique using N,N-Dimethylacrylamide (DMAAm) and 3-acrlylamidopropil-trimethyl ammonium chloride (APTMACl) monomers and a crosslinker. In this study was aimed to improve the swelling properties and dye sorption of the prepared hydrogels. …”
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The unconventional Xer recombination machinery of Streptococci/Lactococci. by Pascal Le Bourgeois, Marie Bugarel, Nathalie Campo, Marie-Line Daveran-Mingot, Jessica Labonté, Daniel Lanfranchi, Thomas Lautier, Carine Pagès, Paul Ritzenthaler

“…Homologous recombination between circular sister chromosomes during DNA replication in bacteria can generate chromosome dimers that must be resolved into monomers prior to cell division. In Escherichia coli, dimer resolution is achieved by site-specific recombination, Xer recombination, involving two paralogous tyrosine recombinases, XerC and XerD, and a 28-bp recombination site (dif) located at the junction of the two replication arms. …”
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The role of Pharmaceutical Marketing in Prescribing Decisions in a Developing Country: A Comprehensive Study Exploiting Theory of Planned Behaviour by Mahmoud Al-Areefi, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Abubakr Abdelraouf Alfadl

“…Data was collected through an anonymous survey questionnaire. The hypotheses were tested by multiple regressions analysis. …”
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Hybrid natural language processing tool for semantic annotation of medical texts in Spanish by Leonardo Campillos-Llanos, Ana Valverde-Mateos, Adrián Capllonch-Carrión

“…In the external validation with 100 clinical trials, the tool achieved an average F1 score of 0.858 (± 0.032); and in 100 anonymized clinical cases, it achieved an average F1 score of 0.910 (± 0.019). …”
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Eating green in Copenhagen: organic consumers’ path to less meat and minimal food waste by Lea Ellen Matthiessen, Lea Ellen Matthiessen, Sinne Smed, Jørgen Dejgård Jensen, Dominika Średnicka-Tober, Laura Rossi, Susanne Gjedsted Bügel

“…This mixed-method study used quantitative data from an anonymous online survey and qualitative data from semi-structured interviews. …”
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Attitudes towards and use of dental dams by final-year dental students in Chongqing, China: a cross-sectional study by Jing Yang, Haofeng Jiang, Lu Shen, Yuhan Zhang

“…Objectives To investigate the current and intended future use of dental dams (DDs) and attitudes regarding DD use among final-year dental students at two levels (undergraduate and college) in dental schools in Chongqing, China.Design A cross-sectional study based on a questionnaire was conducted from June to July 2021.Setting Chongqing Medical University (CQMU, undergraduate level) and Chongqing Three Gorges Medical College (CQTGMC, junior college level).Participants A total of 245 final-year dental students.Main outcome measures An anonymous online questionnaire was distributed to dental students less than 1 month before graduation. …”
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Automatic Comparative Chest Radiography Using Deep Neural Networks by Redwan Sony, Carolyn V. Isaac, Alexis Vanbaarle, Clara J. Devota, Todd Fenton, Joseph T. Hefner, Arun Ross

“…We compiled a dataset of 5,165 anonymized chest radiographs representing 760 individuals from two databases: NIH Chest X-Ray Database and case files from the Michigan State University Forensic Anthropology Laboratory (MSUFAL). …”
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Medical students and ChatGPT: analyzing attitudes, practices, and academic perceptions by Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz, Maysa I. Farghly, Eman Anwar Sultan, Moaz Elsayed Abouelmagd, Youssef Ashmawy, Eman Hany Elsebaie

“…This study aimed to explore the knowledge, perceptions, attitudes, and practices of undergraduate medical students regarding the use of ChatGPT and similar chatbots in their academic work. Methods An anonymous, structured questionnaire was developed using Google Forms and administered to medical students as part of a cross-sectional study. …”
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Attitudes towards vaccination against COVID-19 during pregnancy and its determinants among people of reproductive age by Chenyuan Qin, Yansheng Ding, Min Liu, Jue Liu

“…We aimed to explore the attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy and the determinants among the Chinese reproductive-age population. An anonymous cross-sectional study was conducted in China from July 4 to August 11, 2023. …”
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Reflection to enhance dental students´ awareness of and comfort with uncertainty – an experimental study by Joséphine Brodén, Helena Fransson, Niklas Vareman, Maria Pigg

“…The exercises and questionnaire were administered in mandatory sessions on an internet-based learning platform, ensuring anonymity and informed consent. Potential carryover effects were mitigated by analyzing intervention exercise data from both groups but control exercise data only from the first group. …”
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Impact of leadership behaviour on physician well-being, burnout, professional fulfilment and intent to leave: a multicentre cross-sectional survey study by Mihriye Mete, Charlotte Goldman, Tait Shanafelt, Daniel Marchalik

“…Objective To examine how perceived leadership behaviours affect burnout, professional fulfilment and intent to leave the organisation among physicians.Design Anonymous cross-sectional survey study from November 2016 to October 2018.Setting 12 036 attending and resident physicians at 11 healthcare organisations participating in the Physician Wellness Academic Consortium (PWAC) were surveyed to assess burnout and professional fulfilment and their drivers.Participants A sample of 5416 attending physicians with complete data on gender, specialty, leadership, burnout and professional fulfilment.Main outcomes and measures The leadership behaviour of each physician’s supervisor was assessed using the Mayo Clinic Participatory Management Leadership Index and categorised in tertiles. …”
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Specifics of Foreign Assistance Allocation under the Trump Administration: From Inauguration to ‘Ukrainegate’ by V. I. Bartenev

“…The research covers a 3-year period from the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States to the Ukrainegate — the first scandal in the U.S. history provoqued by the submission of an anonymous whistleblower’s report pointing at the President’s illegal manipulation of the foreign aid resources to achieve personal political goals, which paved the way to his impeachment. …”
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