Microstructural, Mechanical and Fresh-State Performance of BOF Steel Slag in Alkali-Activated Binders: Experimental Characterization and Parametric Mix Design Method by Lucas B. R. Araújo, Daniel L. L. Targino, Lucas F. A. L. Babadopulos, Heloina N. Costa, Antonio E. B. Cabral, Juceline B. S. Bastos

“…A parametric investigation was performed on the mix design parameters, sweeping the (i) alkali content from 6% to 10%, (ii) silica modulus (SiO₂/Na₂O) from 0.75 to 1.75, and (iii) ash-to-slag ratios in the proportions of 75:25 and 50:50, using parametric intervals retrieved from the literature. …”
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Intradialytic Changes and Prognostic Value of Ventriculo-Arterial Coupling in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease: Protocol for an Observational Prospective Trial by Alessandro Salustri, Giovanni Tonti, Gianni Pedrizzetti, Aizhan Zhankorazova, Zaukiya Khamitova, Bauyrzhan Toktarbay, Dinara Jumadilova, Marina Khvan, Dinara Galiyeva, Makhabbat Bekbossynova, Murat Mukarov, Alexey Kokoshko, Abduzhappar Gaipov

“…The secondary objective is to assess the prognostic value of VAC parameters in predicting adverse outcomes. …”
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Physical Model Tests on Reinforced Loess Foundation Model Under Wetting and Loading by ZHANG Wan, MU Hongkun, LIU Fengyin, GUO Huaining, ZHAO Wei, XUE Yifeng

“…Altering reinforcement parameters beyond this depth does not affect reducing the differential settlement of the foundation. …”
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Tuning the physical properties of ternary alloys (NiCuCo) for in vitro magnetic hyperthermia: experimental and theoretical investigation by O. M. Lemine, Noura Al-Dosari, Saja Algessair, Nawal Madkhali, Moustapha Elansary, Chouaïb Ahmani Ferdi, Marzook S Alshammari, Rizwan Ali, Ali Z. Alanzi, Mohammed Belaiche, Kheireddine El-Boubbou

“…We also showed that heat dissipiation can be simply tuned by changing many parameters such as concentration, field amplitude, and frequency. …”
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Diastolic function and cardiovascular events in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Improving risk stratification with left atrial strain by Ibon Rodriguez-Sanchez, Inaki Villanueva-Benito, Urko Agirre, Jose Juan Onaindia, Alazne Urkullu, Angela Cacicedo, Alberto Ullate, Idoia Bravo, Josu Florido, Alberto Salcedo, Sonia Velasco

“…Clinical parameters, comorbidities and specific cardiac diseases were also assessed. …”
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Mid-term outcome and quality of life after Bentall procedure: single-center experience by I. O. Stetsyuk, L. R. Stetsiuk, B. M. Todurov, I. Yu. Mokryk, V. I. Zaviiskyi, I. P. Nechai, V. B. Demyanchuk, O. V. Zelenchuk

“…The mean age of the 55 patients (53 (96.36 %) males), who underwent the Bentall procedure (composite graft replacement of the aortic root), was 52.36 ± 1.56 years. …”
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The Canadian Lung Outcomes in Users of Vaping Devices (CLOUD) Study: protocol for a prospective, observational cohort study by Michael K Stickland, Stephen Lam, Hasina Samji, Sarah Svenningsen, Rachel L Eddy, Don D Sin, Rafael Meza, Xuan Li, Jonathon Leipsic, Ana I Hernandez Cordero, Julia Yang, Theo J Moraes, Joanna MacLean, Shawn Aaron, Jonathan H Rayment, Simon Couillard, Terence Ho, Clarus Leung, Laura L Struik, Heather Drew, Paloma Burns, Satvir S Dhillon, Jordan Guenette, Trisha Tulloch, Tina Afshar, Brandon Zanette, Giles Santyr, François-Pierre Counil, Sheila Matano, Giulia de Arruda Maluf, Carmen Feng, Lydia Bal, Harnoor Dhaliwal, Adeola Mumuni, Caitlyn Lui, Janice M Leung

“…The primary endpoint will be a composite of small airway dysfunction according to oscillometry, cardiopulmonary testing and/or chest imaging parameters.Ethics and dissemination This protocol has been approved by The University of British Columbia-Providence Health Care Research Ethics Board (Certificate H24-00374). …”
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Transcranial Doppler microemboli and acute brain injury in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A prospective observational studyCentral MessagePerspective by Giorgio Caturegli, BS, Shrey Kapoor, BS, Vladimir Ponomarev, RVS, Bo Soo Kim, MD, Glenn J.R. Whitman, MD, Wendy Ziai, MD, MPH, Sung-Min Cho, DO, MHS, Lucy Q. Zhang, MD, Yunis Mayasi, MD, Aaron Gusdon, MD, Bahattin Ergin, RVT, Steven Keller, MD, Matthew Acton, MD, Hannah Rando, MD, Diane Alejo, Kate Calligy, RN, Scott Anderson, Benjamin Shou, BS, Pedro A. Mendez-Tellez, MD, Henry Chang, MD, PhD, Marc Sussman, MD, Christopher Wilcox, DO, MS, Patricia Brown, RD-AP, CNSC, Anna Peeler, RN

“…In multivariable logistic regression analyses, neither ABI nor a composite outcome of arterial thromboembolic events was associated with presence or number of MES in VA- ECMO. …”
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Exploring effects of Souvenaid on cerebral glucose metabolism in Alzheimer's disease by Nienke M.E. Scheltens, Casper T. Briels, Maqsood Yaqub, Frederik Barkhof, Ronald Boellaard, Wiesje M. van derFlier, Lothar A. Schwarte, Charlotte E. Teunissen, Amos Attali, Laus M. Broersen, Bart N.M. vanBerckel, Philip Scheltens

“…Additional exploratory outcome parameters included voxel‐based analyses by Statistical Parametric Mapping. …”
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A co-created self-care and informal support intervention targeting women with gestational diabetes mellitus in northern Vietnam (VALID-II): a protocol for a two-arm non-randomised... by Ditte S. Linde, Hieu M. Le, Dung T. K. Vu, Ngoc-Anh T. Dang, Ai T. Nguyen, Tuc P. Vu, Xuan-Bai Nguyen, Cuong D. Nguyen, Dan W. Meyrowitsch, Jens Søndergaard, Christina A. Vinter, Ib C. Bygbjerg, Vibeke Rasch, Thanh D. Nguyen, Tine M. Gammeltoft, Dang K. Nguyen

“…The primary outcome is to evaluate how feasible the self-care intervention is (composite outcome: recruitment, retention, and acceptability). …”
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V. DOMONTOVYCH’S SHORT STORY “THIRST FOR MUSIC” IN THE ASPECT OF INTERDISCURSIVE METHODOLOGY by Alyona R. Tychinina., Nataliia V. Nikoriak

“…The veiled compositions of Handel, Bach, Schumann, and Scarlatti are seen as musical ekphrasis. …”
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Recycling of the Soviet Estrada in The Voice Television Show / Ресайклинг советской эстрады в телешоу «Голос» by ZHURKOVA DARIA A. / ЖУРКОВА Д.А.

“…The nature of the show’s interaction with Soviet culture is traced through five parameters: the geography of the participants, the repertoire, the figure of one of the mentors, voice timbres, and specifics of interpretation. …”
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Adsorptive removal of methylene blue dye by a ternary magnetic rGO/AK/Fe3O4 nanocomposite: Studying adsorption isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamics by Hayat Mulaw Ahmed, Worku Lakew Kebede, Abrha Berhe Yaebyo, Amogne Wendu Digisu, Sleshi Fentie Tadesse

“…It is characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to investigate the crystal structure, morphology, and functional groups present in rGO/AK/Fe3O4 composites, respectively. The adsorption of methylene blue dye onto the ternary nanocomposite was studied. …”
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The effectiveness of dexmedetomidine cardioprotection during vascular surgery in high cardiac risk patients by I. A. Kozlov, D. A. Sokolov, P. A. Lyuboshevsky

“…The objective was to study the occurrence of perioperative cardiovascular complications (CVС) and clinical and laboratory cardioprotection parameters in patients treated with dexmedetomidine infusion in perioperative period of vascular surgery.Materials and methods. …”
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Evaluation of drug release from topical dosage forms and permeability prediction through the skin barrier (review) by N. B. Melnikova, I. A. Sheferov, A. A. Emasheva, A. A. Sheferova, D. A. Panteleev, A. I. Slivkin

“…Drug release is determined both lipophilicity and the membrane nature, both various physicochemical parameters of the drug. One of the correlation characteristics of mass transfer is the assessment of the permeability coefficient for a specific membrane that simulates skin. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigation of dissimilar weld characterization in laser welding of duplex 2205 and AISI 1060 steel: Microstructure, mechanical properties and weld geo... by Mohammad Behzad Botlani Esfahani, Arash Karimipour, Mohammad Akbari, Ali Abdollahi, Mohammad Najafi

“…The experiments were then conducted based on central composite design experiments (CCD) and analyzed via the response surface methodology (RSM) by considering the effect of laser welding process parameters (incident laser power, speed of welding, nozzle distance and deviation of laser beam) on the weld joint characterization. …”
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Preparation, Structural Characterization and Antioxidant Activity of Carboxylated Chitosan-Pectin-based Silver Nanoparticles by Yongjin SUN, Hongjie WANG, Jing HUANG, Yunlong ZHAO, Huiying LIAO, Shuyun LIANG, Jinyuan CAI, Xia LI

“…Silver nanoparticles based on carboxylated chitosan-pectin composites (CP-AgNPs) and pectin (P-AgNPs) were synthesized via a microwave-assisted method. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Thermal Performance Optimization of Na₂HPO₄·12H₂O-Based Gel Phase Change Materials for Solar Greenhouse by Wenhe Liu, Gui Liu, Wenlu Shi, Xinyang Tang, Xuhui Wu, Jiayang Wu, Zhanyang Xu, Feng Zhang, Mengmeng Yang

“…The results showed that Na₂SiO₃·9H₂O, KCl, and α-Fe₂O₃ were the most critical process parameters. This research work enriches the selection of composite gel phase change materials for solar greenhouses and provides guidance for the selection of different modified material contents using Na₂HPO₄·12H₂O as the starting material.…”
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Prognostic value of a lncRNA signature in early-stage invasive breast cancer patients by Rong Guo, Xiting Wang, Yinju Yang, Jiaying Zou, Ming Li, Zeying Li, Yuan Yan, Nan Lan, JianYun Nie, Yiyin Tang, Guojun Zhang

“…Our study hypothesized that multivariate long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) expression profiles, when systematically integrated into a composite model, may synergistically refine postoperative risk categorization and enhance prognostic forecasting precision in this patient cohort. …”
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Interplay of coprecipitation and adsorption processes: deciphering amorphous mineral–organic associations under both forest and cropland conditions by F. Jamoteau, F. Jamoteau, F. Jamoteau, F. Jamoteau, E. Doelsch, E. Doelsch, N. Cam, C. Levard, T. Woignier, T. Woignier, A. Boulineau, F. Saint-Antonin, S. Swaraj, G. Gassier, A. Duvivier, D. Borschneck, M.-L. Pons, P. Chaurand, V. Vidal, N. Brouilly, I. Basile-Doelsch

“…We then analyzed differences between the two soil profiles in soil physicochemical parameters and characterized mineral–organic associations using an array of spectro-microscopic techniques for comprehensive structural and compositional analysis. …”
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