The alkaline treatment and its influence on the physicomechanical properties of plantain pseudostem fibers - A comparative study of treated and untreated fibers by Oswaldo Hurtado-Figueroa, Humberto Varum, María Isabel Prieto, Romel J. Gallardo Amaya, Alfonso Cobo Escamilla

“…Excessive hemicellulose removal was found to cause fibril separation and detachment. Considerable contraction of vascular bundles occurred. Roughness in the fibers surface topography were improved.…”
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Comparison of the Effects of Maternal Supportive Care and Acupressure (BL32 Acupoint) on Pregnant Women’s Pain Intensity and Delivery Outcome by Marzieh Akbarzadeh, Zahra Masoudi, Mohammad Javad Hadianfard, Maryam Kasraeian, Najaf Zare

“…In the acupressure group, on the other hand, BL32 acupoint was pressed during the contractions. Then, the data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. …”
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Identification, resistance, and susceptibility of microorganisms on healthcare workers' hands: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Juan Jairo Vaca González, Nolbedir Saza Ramírez, Fernando Rojas Páez, Julieth Yadira Serrano Riaño

“…Specifically, health personnel contracted Enterococcus spp., Staphylococcus. epidermis, Acinetobacter spp., Escherichia. coli, among others. …”
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Application of Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Models in Chemical Risk Assessment by Moiz Mumtaz, Jeffrey Fisher, Benjamin Blount, Patricia Ruiz

“…During the past two decades, through cooperative agreements and contracts at several research and higher education institutions, ATSDR funded translational research has encouraged the use of various types of models. …”
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A Secure and Reliable Fog-Enabled Architecture Using Blockchain With Functional Biased Elliptic Curve Cryptography Algorithm for Healthcare Services by charu awasthi, Satya Prakash, Prashant Kumar Mishra

“…Here the fog nodes gather the information from the medical sensor devices and the data is validated using smart contracts in the blockchain network. We propose a Functional Biased Elliptic Curve Cryptography Algorithm (FB-ECC) to encrypt the data. …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Botulinum Toxin Type A in Children with Musculoskeletal Conditions: What Is the Current State of Evidence? by Noémi Dahan-Oliel, Bahar Kasaai, Kathleen Montpetit, Reggie Hamdy

“…Improvements in gait pattern, function, range of motion, reduction of co-contractions, and avoidance of surgical procedures were found following BTX-A injections. …”
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ParasitoBank dataset for diagnosing intestinal parasitism: Helminths and protozoa in coprological samplesMendeley Data by Jader Alejandro Muñoz Galindez, Luis Reinel Vásquez Arteaga, Rubiel Vargas Cañas

“…Intestinal parasitism is an infection that affects people worldwide, with populations in developing countries being at a higher risk of acquiring it. This infection is contracted for various reasons, mainly related to poor sanitary conditions and inadequate food practices, leading to multiple health issues such as malnutrition, intestinal obstructions, epilepsy, and others. …”
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Eliciting Emotions: Investigating the Use of Generative AI and Facial Muscle Activation in Children’s Emotional Recognition by Manuel A. Solis-Arrazola, Raul E. Sanchez-Yanez, Ana M. S. Gonzalez-Acosta, Carlos H. Garcia-Capulin, Horacio Rostro-Gonzalez

“…A feature vector is extracted from these images, indicating lengths between reference points on the face that contract or expand based on the expressed emotion. …”
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Generative AI, IoT, and blockchain in healthcare: application, issues, and solutions by Tehseen Mazhar, Sunawar khan, Tariq Shahzad, Muhammad Amir khan, Mamoon M. Saeed, Joseph Bamidele Awotunde, Habib Hamam

“…Blockchain technology improves EHR security, privacy, and interoperability, while smart contracts streamline supply chain management and administrative procedures. …”
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Ketamine-associated upper urinary tract dysfunction: What we know from current literature by Zhihuan Zheng, Zhongyi Li, Jiazhe Yuan, Feng Han, Li Huang, Zhao Wang

“…Conclusion: Ketamine abuse can lead to UUT impairment and dysfunction, with symptoms such as bladder dysfunction and contracted bladder with vesicoureteral reflux, direct damage and barrier dysfunction, inflammation, apoptosis, fibrosis and stricture, and papillary necrosis. …”
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Analysis of Fatwa Regarding Sharia Credit Cards and Their Relevance to the Development of Islamic Banking in Indonesia and Bahrain by Suci Ramadhan, Toguan Rambe, Badai Husain Hasibuan, Abdul Aziz Harahap

“…This study concludes that Sharia credit cards, as outlined in the fatwas of the National Sharia Council of the Indonesian Ulema Council (DSN-MUI) and the Sharia Supervisory Board of Bank Islam Bahrain (SSB-BIsB), are permissible as transaction tools based on legal principles, contract provisions, wage and service provisions, penalties, and limits in accordance with Sharia principles. …”
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Disability, comorbidities and risk determinants at end of TB treatment in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe by The Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe TB Disability Study Group (members listed here in alphabetical order):, S.A. Adakun, F.M. Banda, A. Bloom, M. Bochnowicz, J. Chakaya, A. Chansa, H. Chiguvare, R. Chimzizi, C. Colvin, J.P. Dongo, A. Durena, C. Duri, R. Edmund, A.D. Harries, I. Kathure, F.N. Kavenga, Y. Lin, H. Luzze, I. Mbithi, M. Mputu, A. Mubanga, D. Nair, M. Ngwenya, B. Okotu, P. Owiti, A. Owuor, P. Thekkur, C. Timire, S. Turyahabwe, E. Tweyongyere, M. YaDiul, R. Zachariah, K. Zimba

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Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy and Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis in a Family of South Indian Descent by Muthiah Subramanian, N. Senthil, S. Sujatha

“…They may manifest as diseases affecting skeletal muscle contraction, the conduction system of the heart, nervous system function, and vision syndromes. …”
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Stepping in Place While Voluntarily Turning Around Produces a Long-Lasting Posteffect Consisting in Inadvertent Turning While Stepping Eyes Closed by Stefania Sozzi, Marco Schieppati

“…The posteffects are possibly dependent on the repeated voluntary contraction of leg and foot intrarotating pelvic muscles that rotate the trunk over the stance foot, a synergy common to both protocols. …”
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Dynamics of a Self-Excited Vibrating Thermal Energy Harvester with Shape Memory Alloys and PVDF Cantilevers by Ivo Yotov, Georgi Todorov, Elitsa Gieva, Todor Todorov

“…The vibrations are generated by a symmetrical system of two masses placed on the SMA filament, which moves transversely due to its own longitudinal temperature contractions and extensions. Temperature differences over a heat source of constant temperature are the cause of the periodic changes in length of the SMA filament. …”
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Pig tongue soft robot mimicking intrinsic tongue muscle structure by Yuta Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Nabae, Megu Gunji, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori

“…We conducted experiments to assess both the motion of the tongue robot’s tip and its stiffness during muscle contractions. The results confirmed characteristic tongue motions, such as tip extension, flexion, and lateral bending, as well as stiffness changes during actuation, suggesting the potential for this soft robot to serve as a platform for academic and engineering studies.…”
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Changes in the Diaphragm Lipid Content after Administration of Streptozotocin and High-Fat Diet Regime by Bartlomiej Lukaszuk, Agnieszka Miklosz, Malgorzata Zendzian-Piotrowska, Beata Wojcik, Jan Gorski, Adrian Chabowski

“…In comparison to other skeletal muscles, it is distinguished by an oxidative phenotype and uninterrupted cyclic contraction pattern. Surprisingly, the research regarding diaphragm diabetic phenotype particularly in the light of lipid-induced insulin resistance is virtually nonexistent. …”
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Effects of Nopal Mucilage (Opuntia ficus-indica) as Plasticizer in the Fabrication of Laminated and Tubular Films of Extruded Acetylated Starches by Caroline Andreuccetti, Tomás Galicia-García, Fernando Martínez-Bustos, Raimundo Ferreira Grosso, Rubén González-Núñez

“…The films elaborated with nopal mucilage and glycerol present a homogeneous relief without breaking, adhesiveness, and contraction once formed. The elongation values of acetylated waxy maize starch films (33%) were higher than those of rice acetylated films (17%), while the blown films presented a 30% decrease in tensile strength, compared to the laminated films. …”
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Decoupling of muscle‐tendon unit and fascicle velocity contributes to the in vivo stretch‐shortening cycle effect in the male human triceps surae muscle by Denis Holzer, Daniel Hahn, Ansgar Schwirtz, Tobias Siebert, Wolfgang Seiberl

“…In general, muscle‐tendon unit (MTU), muscle belly, muscle fascicle, and tendon length changes can be decoupled during contraction, which affects force generation and elastic recoil. …”
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Insects Induced Mango Fruit Rot: Unraveling the Culprits by Sivagami Subramaniam, Noor Aisyah Md Noordin, Noor Azrizal-Wahid, Nur Ain Izzati Mohd Zainudin

“…Depending on the environmental factors, the insect contracts the host through primary or secondary infection. …”
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