Utilization of biomass ash generated from combined heat and power generation system as a multi-nutrient source for crops by Tirthankar Mohanty, Subhaprada Dash, Priyabrata Pattanaik, Hara Prasada Tripathy, J.M.L. Gulati, Dilip Kumar Mishra, William Holderbaum

“…The protocol includes the collection of crop residues like rice, maize and groundnut from the homogenous fields of respective crops at harvest as part of the initial study. …”
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Adjuvant-free, self−assembling ferritin nanoparticle vaccine coupled with influenza virus hemagglutinin protein carrying M1 and PADRE epitopes elicits cross-protective immune respo... by Yongqiang Zhao, Shuangshuang Guo, Jia Liu, Yating Wang, Bo Wang, Chun Peng, Enqi Du, Enqi Du, Enqi Du

“…HMP-NPs were expressed in a soluble form in the baculovirus-insect cell system and self-assembled into homogeneous nanoparticles. Animal immunization studies showed that the HMP-NP nanovaccine elicited 4-fold higher haemagglutination inhibition (HAI) titers than inactivated influenza vaccine. …”
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A Study of NOAA-20 VIIRS Band M1 (0.41 µm) Striping over Clear-Sky Ocean by Wenhui Wang, Changyong Cao, Slawomir Blonski, Xi Shao

“…HAM-side and detector-dependent striping correction factors were analyzed using deep convective cloud (DCC) observations (low gain, high radiances) and verified over the homogeneous Libya-4 desert site (low gain, mid-level radiance); neither are significantly affected by the polarization effect. …”
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Effect of Whole Wheat Noodles on Biochemical Indexes and Histopathology of Type 2 Diabetic Rats by Li WU, Yuan ZHANG, Chunhong TANG, Huan YOU, Haijun CHANG, Shuai ZHANG

“…The phenomenon of inflammatory cell infiltration in hepatocytes improved, homogeneous thickening of glomerular basement membranes and the increase in the stroma of glomerular tethered membranes were ameliorated, and the morphology of islets showed improvement with reduced autolysis phenomenon. …”
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Determinants of Physicochemical Composition of Palm Oil Mill Effluent - Implications on Environment and Bio-digester Treatment Design by E.B. Tambe, A.U. Okonkwo, I. E. Mbuka-Nwosu, C.O. Cookey, E. Agbe, S.C. Onwusa, I.N. Ekpe, U.F. Evuen, J. Okpoghono

“…From a randomly sampled small-scaled mill in each community, and for the lone medium and large-scaled mills, four homogenous samples of POME were collected from sampled small, medium and large-scaled mills for laboratory analysis of potential of hydrogen (pH), dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total carbon (TC), total solid (TS), total suspended solid (TSS), total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N), Manganese (Mn), Nickel (Ni), Iron (Fe), Copper (Cu), Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Potassium (K), total phosphorus (TP), Calcium (Ca), and Magnesium (Mg) using standard methods for wastewater analysis as described in American Public Health Association. …”
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Sistemas de creencias parentales y orientación cultural en niños y niñas en cuidado transitorio: estudio de caso en una aldea gubernamental en Costa Rica/ Parental Belief Systems a... by Esteban Durán-Delgado, Mariano Rosabal-Coto

“…We discuss how the context and the culture have a homogenizing function with regards to trajectories for development. …”
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Meta Analysis of Clinical Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Compounds of Huoxue Yangyin in the Treatment of Vocal Cord Polyp after Surgery by GE Xiaoni, ZHU Ling, SONG Ruohui, TU Yanhong, ZHENG Rixin

“…If the included studies were homogeneous (<italic>I</italic>²&lt;50%), a fixed effects model would be used; if the included studies were heterogeneous (<italic>I</italic>²≥50%), a random-effects model would be used.ResultsA total of 1 628 patients were included in 15 RCTs, including 813 in the experimental group and 815 in the control group. …”
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Pre-CCRT 18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT improves survival in patients with advanced stages p16-negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma via accurate radiation treatment plannin... by Tsung-Ming Chen, Wan-Ming Chen, Mingchih Chen, Ben-Chang Shia, Szu-Yuan Wu

“…Our study is the first, largest, homogenous modality study on PET–CT including a long-term follow-up cohort to examine the survival outcomes of pre-CCRT 18FDG PET–CT or non-pre-CCRT PET–CT for patients with p16-negative OPSCC receiving standard CCRT stratified by different clinical stages. …”
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Dietary tea tree (Melaleucae Aetheroleum) oil fortifies growth, biochemical, immune-antioxidant trait, gene function, tissue reaction, and Aeromonas sobria resistance in Nile tilap... by Mohamed Shaalan, Heba H. Mahboub, Ahmed Hosny Abdelgawad, Abdelwahab A. Abdelwarith, Elsayed M. Younis, Ahmed A. Elnegiry, Asmaa W. Basher, Walaa El-Houseiny, Sherif M. Shawky, Sahar H. Orabi, Simon J. Davies, Yasmina K. Mahmoud

“…Supplementing TTO at 2.0-mL /kg diet revealed the best results for elevating CAT, SOD, and GSH activities plus declining MDA value in hepatic homogenate. Additionally, dietary 2.0-mL TTO/kg showed the best outcomes for the intestinal morphometry plus maintaining the histological picture in spleen and liver. …”
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Dosimetric Comparison of Noncoplanar VMAT Without Rotating the Patient Couch Versus Conventional Coplanar/Noncoplanar VMAT for Head and Neck Cancer: First Report of Dynamic Swing A... by Kouta Hirotaki, MS, Kento Tomizawa, MD, PhD, Satoe Kitou, BS, Shunta Jinno, MS, Shunsuke Moriya, PhD, Takeshi Fujisawa, MD, Sadamoto Zenda, MD, PhD, Takeji Sakae, PhD, Masashi Ito, BS

“…DSA plans showed significantly better median conformity and homogeneity indices (0.97 and 7.33, respectively) compared to C-VMAT (0.95 and 8.36) and NC-VMAT (0.96 and 7.96) plans. …”
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Obstructive sleep apnea and structural and functional brain alterations: a brain-wide investigation from clinical association to genetic causality by Kang Wu, Qiming Gan, Yuhong Pi, Yanjuan Wu, Wenjin Zou, Xiaofen Su, Sun Zhang, Xinni Wang, Xinchun Li, Nuofu Zhang

“…Results In the cohort study, OSA patients exhibited significantly lower fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation and regional homogeneity in the right posterior cerebellar lobe and bilateral superior and middle frontal gyrus, while showing higher levels in the left occipital lobe and left posterior central gyrus. …”
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Factors associated with non-response and nutritional status of non-responders at 6-month post-discharge: a cohort study nested in a MUAC-based nutrition programme for acutely malno... by Maguy Daures, Jérémie Hien, Cécile Cazes, Rodrigue Alitanou, Laure Saillet, Benjamin Séri, Ahmad Ag Mohamed Aly, Oumarou Maidadji, Atté Sanoussi, Aboubacar Mahamadou, Mathias Altmann, Kevin Phelan, Renaud Becquet, Susan Shepherd

“…The nutritional status of non-responders had generally improved 6 months after discharge, but only 40% had achieved MUAC ≥125 mm.ConclusionNon-responders are not a homogeneous group; while most children ultimately show significant nutritional improvement, rapid hospital referral is crucial for those not gaining MUAC early in treatment. …”
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The impact of pre-transplant ventricular assist device support in pediatric patients with end-stage heart failure on the outcomes of heart transplantation—“a single center experien... by L. Lily Rosenthal, L. Lily Rosenthal, L. Lily Rosenthal, Carola Grinninger, Sarah Marie Ulrich, Robert Dalla Pozza, Nikolaus A. Haas, Paolo Brenner, Michael Schmoeckel, Sebastian Michel, Sebastian Michel, Sebastian Michel, Christian Hagl, Christian Hagl, Jürgen Hörer, Jürgen Hörer, Jürgen Hörer

“…The results demonstrated a statistically significant correlation between prolonged waiting times and length of hospital stay in group 1. More homogeneous and adequately powered cohorts are needed to better understand the impact of VAD support on posttransplant outcomes.…”
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Impact of Sex-Related Differences in Infrarenal Aortic Neck Morphology on Outcomes of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair for Similar-Sized Aortic Aneurysm by Ombretta Martinelli, Antonio Marzano, Maria Irene Bellini, Roberto Gattuso, Luca Di Marzo, Valeria Gonta, Jihad Jabbour, Wassim Mansour, Simone Cuozzo

“…Demographics and comorbidities were homogeneous across genders. Female patients (Group A) demonstrated a higher prevalence of hostile proximal aortic neck features, including neck length < 10 mm and angulation > 60° (<i>p</i> = 0.009, <i>p</i> = 0.029, respectively) and a higher frequency of off-label EVAR procedures (28.6% vs. 11.5%; <i>p</i> = 0.034). …”
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Sulfosalts and Sulfates in the Epithermal Au-Ag-Te Emmy Deposit (Khabarovsk Territory, Far East of Russia): Implications for the Mineralization Process by Tamara Yu. Yakich, Panagiotis Voudouris, Darya V. Levochskaia, Alexey K. Mazurov, Mikhail V. Shaldybin, Yuriy M. Lopushnyak, Alexey S. Ruban, Evan Dasi, Prokopiy N. Maximov, Ekaterina A. Sinkina, Ksenia V. Bestemianova, Maxim A. Rudmin

“…The study of fluid inclusions in quartz within the Emmy deposit showed the hydrothermal ore process at a temperature of 236–337 °C. Homogenization temperatures for quartz–pyrite–goldfieldite mineral association vary within 337–310 °C and salinity varies within 0–0.18 wt.…”
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Personality and help-seeking for psychological distress: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Anna Szücs, Anna Szücs, Anna Szücs, Rachel Hui Xin Lam, Wymann Shao Wen Tang, Lifan Zhou, Monica Lazarus, Andrea B. Maier, Andrea B. Maier, Andrea B. Maier, Jose M. Valderas, Jose M. Valderas, Jose M. Valderas

“…Reference tracking and searches on Google Scholar were additionally performed. Sufficiently homogeneous subsections were analyzed by meta-analysis.ResultsA total of 48 studies described in 47 records reported on the association between personality and help-seeking. …”
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Peculiarities of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in patients who have suffered from COVID-19 by V.O. Zbitnieva, O.B. Voloshyna, I.V. Balashova, E.A. Zubok, O.R. Dukova, L.I. Kovalchuk

“…The groups of examinees were homogeneous in age and gender. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (AM BP) was carried out on the CardioTens apparatus (Meditech, Hungary) according to the standard method. …”
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Analysis of the long-range transport of the volcanic plume from the 2021 Tajogaite/Cumbre Vieja eruption to Europe using TROPOMI and ground-based measurements by P. Hedelt, J. Reichardt, F. Lauermann, B. Weiß, N. Theys, A. Redondas, A. Barreto, O. Garcia, D. Loyola

“…Possibly RAMSES observed, at least in part, volcanic secondary sulfate aerosol, which was produced by gas-phase homogeneous reactions during the transport of the air masses from La Palma to Lindenberg.…”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF CYTOPROTECTIVE EFFECT ON THE GASTRIC MUCOSA OF CRYOPRESERVED PLACENTA EXTRACT UNDER WATER-IMMOBILIZATION STRESS by Illia Koshurba, Fedir Hladkykh, Mykola Chyzh

“…The research aims at characterizing the gastrocytoprotective effect of cryopreserved placenta extract (CEP) on the model of water-immobilization stress in rats according to macroscopic data and the results of biochemical study of homogenates of the gastric mucosa (GM). Materials and Methods. …”
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The effect of pressurized intraperitoneal aerosolized chemotherapy on the surgical treatment outcomes of ovarian cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis by A. S. Dzasochov, A. A. Kostin, V. L. Astashov, A. B. Turiev, A. D. Uskov, M. A. Andreeva

“…The distribution was homogeneous according to the stages of ovarian cancer (Barnard's criterion = 0.292) and the peritoneal carcinomatosis index (PCI) (Mann-Whitney U test = 0.625). …”
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