Steel Bubbles: Death, Inexhaustibility, and Dickens’s Idea of the Book in Sketches by Boz, First Series (1836) by Jeffrey Jackson

“…Critics have shown little interest, however, in the originary volume of Sketches’s debut as a ‘whole book’, the two-volume edition of 1836, otherwise known as the First Series: most scholarly treatments take for their copy-text the 1839 edition. …”
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Effects of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on the Growth of NH-Ae 47-4 Variety of Okra by Molik A Zainab, Eluwa C Vincent, Oluwatobi S Ayodele, Gayus Y Lakwannum, Olorunmaiye S Kehinde

“…The results obtained from the experiment showed that the effect of the treatments were significantly difference from the control for all the parameters accessed with urea fertilizer having least effect. …”
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Therapeutic Actions of the Thiazolidinediones in Alzheimer’s Disease by María José Pérez, Rodrigo A. Quintanilla

“…Currently, there is no effective therapy for AD; however several studies have shown that the treatments with the peroxisome proliferators activated receptor-gamma (PPARγ) agonists known as thiazolidinedione drugs (TZDs), like rosiglitazone and pioglitazone, attenuate neurodegeneration and improve cognition in mouse models and patients with mild-to-moderate AD. …”
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Weed Control in White Bean with Pethoxamid Tank-Mixes Applied Preemergence by Nader Soltani, Lynette R. Brown, Peter H. Sikkema

“…Visible injury was generally minimal (0 to 8%) with herbicide treatments evaluated. Weed control was variable depending on the weed species evaluated. …”
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Differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells towards lens epithelial stem cells based on three-dimensional bio-printed matrix by Yufan Liu, Zuowei Wang, Tianju Ma, Yi Gao, Wenqian Chen, Zi Ye, Zhaohui Li

“…The high risks of traumatic cataract treatments promoted the development of the concept of autologous lens regeneration. …”
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Immediate shock and residual stress: Unmasking the dual dynamics of covid-19 on the mental health of health professionals in China by Suyi Duan

“… # Conclusion The key findings underscore the complicated interaction of immediate and delayed mental health challenges among health professionals, advocating for the deployment of tailored treatments and policy modifications to address the ever changing needs of this vital workforce.…”
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COVID-19 Outbreak: Routes of Transmission, Precautions, and Economic Impact on Dentistry-A Review Article by Mohammed Tahir Abdalqadir

“…Dental practitioners should have comprehensive knowledge of the virus and its route of transmission, and they should take proper precautions during dental treatments to protect themselves and their patients. …”
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A Comparative Study of CO and CH Adsorption on Silicalite-1 Fabricated by Sonication and Conventional Method by Marjan Razavian, Shohreh Fatemi, Mojtaba Masoudi-Nejad

“…In this work, silicalite-1 is synthesized by conventional hydrothermal treatments at atmospheric (T = 80 °C) and high pressures (T = 150 °C), respectively. …”
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Degradation of Strength and Stiffness of Sandstones Caused by Wetting-Drying Cycles: The Role of Mineral Composition by Lu Chen, Yichao Rui, Yihan Zhao

“…Three kinds of sandstones with different mineral constituents are selected for testing. Artificial treatments of cyclic wetting-drying are conducted on respective specimens of the three sandstones (0, 10, 20, 30, and 40 cycles) to simulate the damage of rocks exposed to natural weathering. …”
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Coinfections increase the risk of HIV acquisition, AIDS progression, and therapy and prophylaxis failure: a review by Robert Root-Bernstein

“…Thus, non-HIV infections are as important to understanding susceptibility to HIV infection, its progression, and the effectiveness of treatments and prevention. Addressing these non-HIV predispository infections may provide novel preventative, diagnostic, and therapeutic opportunities.…”
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How Health Systems World-wide Fail Type 2 Diabetics by Abdo S. Yazbeck, Son Nam Nguyen, Maria-Luisa Escobar

“…This happened despite extensive scientific literature on the causes of, as well as proven treatments for, this disease. Using a health systems prism to review the extensive medical and nutritional T2DM published research, we identified three main shortcomings of health systems in T2DM: (i) failure in early detection; (ii) failure in understanding the actionable lifestyle drivers; and (iii) subsidizing the causes of the disease. …”
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Inflammation in Diabetic Nephropathy by Andy K. H. Lim, Gregory H. Tesch

“…Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease worldwide but current treatments remain suboptimal. This review examines the evidence for inflammation in the development and progression of diabetic nephropathy in both experimental and human diabetes, and provides an update on recent novel experimental approaches targeting inflammation and the lessons we have learned from these approaches. …”
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Pressure Drop Distribution in Smooth and Rib Roughened Square Channel with Sharp 180° Bend in the Presence of Guide Vanes by Venkata Ratna Rao.D, S. V. Prabhu

“…An experimental investigation is carried out to study the effect of several turn treatments like single guide vane (short and long) and multiple guide vanes on the pressure drop distribution in smooth and rib roughened square channels with a sharp 180° bend. …”
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Modulation of Sleep Homeostasis by Corticotropin Releasing Hormone in REM Sleep-Deprived Rats by Ricardo Borges Machado, Sergio Tufik, Deborah Suchecki

“…Throughout 96 hours of sleep deprivation, separate groups of rats were treated i.c.v. with vehicle, CRH or with alphahelical CRH9−41, a CRH receptor blocker, twice/day, at 07:00 h and 19:00 h. Both treatments impaired sleep homeostasis, especially in regards to length of rapid eye movement sleep (REM) and theta/delta ratio and induced a later decrease in NREM and REM sleep and increased waking bouts. …”
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Effect of Cattle Manure and NPK Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Potatoes (Solanum Tuberosum). by Ankunda, Olivia

“…The study used a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), with two treatments and a control experiment replicated three times. …”
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The Effect of Fermented Human Urine on the Cabbage Yields. by Nsanga, John

“…The plots were uniformly spaced to minimize the risk of cross-contamination between the treatments. Each plot was condemning 4 cabbages. Research is aimed at examining the impact of urine concentration, fermentation duration, and application frequency on =vegetative growth and yield for cabbages. …”
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Recent progress on anti-cancer activity of thiadiazoles: A review by C.R. Santhosh, Sampath Chinnam, Nagaraju Kottam, S Amreen, Guddekoppa S. Ananthnag, G.M. Madhu, Samata Gadde, Viola Tressa Fernandes, Haritha Arnipalli

“…Thiadiazoles exhibit beneficial synergistic effects when used with other anticancer treatments like chemotherapy or targeted therapy. They have shown considerable anti-cancer action against various cancer cell lines. …”
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Tumor microenvironment-responsive engineered hybrid nanomedicine for photodynamic-immunotherapy via multi-pronged amplification of reactive oxygen species by Jinglin Zou, Cong Jiang, Qiangsheng Hu, Xinlin Jia, Shuqi Wang, Shiyue Wan, Yuanqing Mao, Dapeng Zhang, Peng Zhang, Bin Dai, Yongsheng Li

“…Amplification of oxidative stress has been successfully employed for tumor therapy, but the interactions between cancer cells and the other factors of TME usually lead to inadequate tumor treatments. To tackle this issue, we develop a pH/redox dual-responsive nanomedicine based on the remodeling of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) for multi-pronged amplification of ROS (ZnPP@FQOS). …”
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Standardized patient profile review using large language models for case adjudication in observational research by Martijn J. Schuemie, Anna Ostropolets, Aleh Zhuk, Uladzislau Korsik, Seung In Seo, Marc A. Suchard, George Hripcsak, Patrick B. Ryan

“…The task involves adjudicating cases identified by a phenotype algorithm, with KEEPER extracting predefined findings such as symptoms, comorbidities, and treatments from structured data. LLMs then evaluate KEEPER outputs to determine whether a patient truly qualifies as a case. …”
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Nanoparticles in biomedical implants: Pioneering progress in healthcare by David Raymond, Induni Nayodhara Weerarathna, John Kessellie Jallah, Praveen Kumar

“…In the quickly evolving world of healthcare today, new technologies are constantly altering the way we approach medical treatments. Biomedical implants are specialist devices designed to enhance physiological functions. …”
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