Enhancing Bioavailability and Stability of Plant Secondary Metabolites: Formulation and Characterization of Nanophytosomes Encapsulating Red Bryony and Horned Poppy Extracts by Atoosa Olfati, Naser Karimi, Elham Arkan, Mohsen Zhaleh, M. R. Mozafari

“…Stability tests over 30 days revealed minimal size fluctuations, further supporting the structural integrity of the formulations. Results suggest that the synthesized nanophytosomes could serve as effective and novel nanocarriers for herbal delivery, addressing the bioavailability limitations of herbal extracts and offering a promising approach for therapeutic applications in both traditional and alternative medicine. …”
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Nanostructured lipid carriers loaded with hyssop essential oil: Antioxidant and antimicrobial platform for food preservation by Razieh Habibi, Mahmoud Rezazadeh Bari, Hamed Hamishehkar, Hossein Samadi Kafil, Saber Amiri, Ki Hyun Kim

“…The resulting HEO-loaded NLCs exhibited favorable physicochemical characteristics, including nanoscale size, uniform polydispersity, high loading capacity of >20 %, and encapsulation efficiency of >85 %. Structural analyses by X-ray diffraction and FTIR confirmed successful physical encapsulation of HEO into the lipid matrix. …”
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Sustainable Synthesis of CO2‐Based Polyols via Pentaerythritol Derivatives for High‐Performance Rigid Polyurethane Foams by Su Min Jung, Jiyoung Chae, Jiwon Hwang, Harin Kim, Nam‐Kyun Kim, Joon Hyun Baik

“…The enhanced mechanical properties of the RPUFs correlate with an increase in carbonate linkages within the polymer backbone, leading to greater intermolecular interactions and improved structural integrity, as confirmed by FT‐IR and compression tests. …”
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Exclusion and Othering in maternity care for forced migrant women: a qualitative study with forced migrant mothers and health care professionals in Germany by Martha Engelhardt, Mathilde Gaudion, Elizabeth Mohr, Jasmin Kamhiye, Razan Al Munjid, Liane Schenk, Theda Borde

“…Our findings underscore the need for structural change to reduce barriers, strengthen equity, and protect reproductive autonomy. …”
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Restoration of Out-of-Focus Fluorescence Microscopy Images Using Learning-Based Depth-Variant Deconvolution by Da He, De Cai, Jiasheng Zhou, Jiajia Luo, Sung-Liang Chen

“…The subsequent DV deconvolution gives rise to good performance in peak signal-to-noise ratios and structural similarity index, which are improved by up to 6.6 dB and 11%, respectively, before and after the deconvolution. …”
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Blockchain technology and its impact on sustainable supply chain management in SMEs by Chao Fang, Nazir Ullah, M. Batumalay, Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi, Fahad Alblehai

“…They utilized partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to analyze the causal relationships between different constructs and test their hypotheses. …”
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The Role of the Authenticity of Iranian Brands on the Emotional Attachment of Sports Goods Consumers, with Customer Bias as a Mediator by Roghayeh Sarlab, Nahid Darooghe Arefi, Maryam Seidler, Fateme Zare

“…The statistical population was all consumers of domestic sports goods (Daei, Majid, and Momentum brands), and 191 people were selected as a statistical sample based on the law of structural equations (five times the number of observable variables). …”
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The impact of social norms and conformity on cyberbullying perpetration among adolescents: an integration of the theory of planned behavior model by Giulia Prestera, Alberto Amadori, Francesca Sangiuliano Intra, Livia Taverna, Demis Basso, Demis Basso, Antonella Brighi

“…This study examines how social norms and conformism influence adolescents' cyberbullying perpetration, addressing the gap in understanding how social pressure and interpersonal factors impact these actions within the Theory of Planned Behavior.MethodA total of 1,081 adolescents participated to our study. Structural equation modeling was used to test the effect of social norms and conformism on the Theory of Planned Behavior construct applied to cyberbullying.ResultsResults indicated a positive association between social norms, situational self-efficacy, and cyberbullying perpetration. …”
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Regional rural transformation and its association with household income and poverty incidence in Indonesia in the last two decades by Tahlim SUDARYANTO, ERWIDODO, Saktyanu Kristyantoadi DERMOREDJO, Helena Juliani PURBA, Rika Reviza RACHMAWATI, Aldho Riski IRAWAN

“…However, the speed of structural transformation (ST), RT1, RT2, rural income growth, and poverty reduction vary across regions. …”
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Enhancing self-care management among women with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Na’eemah Zaini, Idayu Badilla Idris, Norfazilah Ahmad, Syahnaz Mohd Hashim, Nik Nairan Abdullah, Nadia Aqilla Shamsusah

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted among 330 female patients recruited through multistage sampling from nine health clinics in Malaysia. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the relationships between these factors. …”
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Plastic Film Mulching Regulates Soil Respiration and Temperature Sensitivity in Maize Farming Across Diverse Hydrothermal Conditions by Jianjun Yang, Rui Wang, Xiaopeng Shi, Yufei Li, Rafi Ullah, Feng Zhang

“…Rh Q₁₀ remained stable, indicating microbial respiration was less sensitive to temperature changes. Structural equation modeling revealed that Rt and Ra were mainly driven by soil temperature and root biomass, while Rh was more influenced by microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). …”
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Target Mapping in Cancer: Ligandable Protein Pockets on 3D OncoPPI Networks by Daniela Trisciuzzi, Orazio Nicolotti, Gabriele Cruciani, Gabriele Menna, Lydia Siragusa

“…<b>Results:</b> Combining interaction networks with structural pocket data helps identify cancer-relevant proteins and key interacting residues. …”
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European digital transformation for Roma girls’ health: the case of Spain by Daniela E. Miranda, Valeria Terán-Tinedo, João Henrique Borges Bento, Tomas de Jong, Jaisalmer de Frutos-Lucas, Jaisalmer de Frutos-Lucas

“…Although the European digital transformation advances rapidly, it often fails to address the enduring impacts of structural antigypsyism across DDoH. This article addresses the following questions: (1) how do European digital transformation efforts respond to the impacts of historical antigypsyism on Roma girls’ digital experiences? …”
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Social media burnout and social anxiety as antecedents of discontinuous usage in the stressor-strain-outcome framework by Servet Üztemur, Chung-Ying Lin, Ali Gökalp, Aslı Kartol, Görkem Avcı, Amir H. Pakpour

“…Abstract This study aims to examine the structural relationships between problematic social media use (PSMU), social anxiety on social networking sites (SNSs), social media burnout (SMB), and discontinuous use from a stress-strain-outcome (SSO) framework. …”
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Hydrological connectivity on watershed nitrogen transport processes: a review by Ming Lei, Yu Long, Taoxi Li, Gang Sun, Hang Liu, Yichun Ma, Qian Zeng, Yaojun Liu

“…However, the current researches primarily focused on conceptual and structural connectivity, limiting the deeper exploration of NTP. …”
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Leishmania mexicana pathogenicity requires flagellar assembly but not motility by Tom Beneke, Rachel Neish, Carolina M. C. Catta-Preta, James Smith, Jessica Valli, Ciaran J. McCoy, Andreia Albuquerque-Wendt, Jeremy C. Mottram, Eva Gluenz

“…The kinetoplastid flagellar cytoskeleton consists of a nine-microtubule doublet axoneme; further structural elaborations, which can vary between species and life cycle stages, include the assembly of axonemal dynein complexes, a pair of singlet microtubules and the extra-axonemal paraflagellar rod. …”
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Utilization of and Barriers to HIV and MCH Services among Community ART Group Members and Their Families in Tete, Mozambique by Diederike Geelhoed, Tom Decroo, Sergio Dezembro, Humberto Matias, Faustino Lessitala, Fausto Muzila, Luisa Brumana, Emanuele Capobianco

“…Barriers for utilization mentioned centred on insufficient knowledge, limited community-health facility collaboration, and structural health system limitations. CAG members were open to include MCH in their groups, offering the possibility to extend patient involvement to other health needs. …”
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Digitalization for Fast, Fair, and Safe Humanitarian Logistics by Muhammad Khan, Marwan Khan, Abbas Ali, Muhammad Imran Khan, Ihsan Ullah, Muhammad Iqbal

“…<i>Methods:</i> Primary empirical data were acquired from 449 disaster relief workers (DRWs) via questionnaires and by employing the snowball sampling methodology and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) in SmartPLS 3. …”
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The role of emotional intelligence in enhancing organizational resilience: Examining the moderating impact of transformational leadership by Abdallah Q. Bataineh, Mohammad Alhur, Dhia Qasim, Ahmed Shuhaiber

“…A quantitative research design was employed, and data were collected in 2024 from 768 employees working across three leading yogurt manufacturing companies in Jordan. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using Smart PLS was applied to analyze the relationships among the variables. …”
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Study Quality in Quantitative L2 Research: A Path Analysis on the Perceptions of Iranian Published Authors by Parviz Ajideh, Mohammad Zohrabi, Akbar Jahanbakhsh

“…The results showed that respondents saw fundamental issues like random sampling, reliability, validity, checking normality, and reporting inferential statistics as the most highly-associated features with quality while the concerned issues by scholars, like generalizability in convenience samplings, use of delayed posttest, reporting non-significant results, and importance of visual presentations are less acknowledged. Moreover, using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), it was revealed that a path of perception exists which starts from sampling issues and going through design and statistical to reporting practices. …”
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