Decoding Vitellogenin Subtype Responses: A Molecular Approach to Biomarkers of Endocrine Disruption in <i>Scatophagus argus</i> by Meiqin Wu, Jun Zhang, Di Wu, Amina S. Moss, Weilong Wang

“…While in vivo assays indicated moderate upregulation, in vitro experiments demonstrated significantly higher expression, attributed to direct hepatocyte interaction with EE2. …”
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A Review of Different Stimulation Methods for Functional Reconstruction and Comparison of Respiratory Function after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury by Jiaqi Chang, Dongkai Shen, Yixuan Wang, Na Wang, Ya Liang

“…This paper describes the stimulation principle and application experiment. Finally, this paper will compare the indexes and effects of typical stimulation methods, as well as the two auxiliary methods: training and operation. …”
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A comprehensive scoping review of intergenerational dance programmes for cohorts with a generational gap. by Siobhán O'Reilly, Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain, Sarah Dillon, Amanda M Clifford

“…Genres varied with some programmes including co-creation through choreography. Experiences and social outcomes were the most assessed outcomes, with a lack of studies examining physical outcomes. …”
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Enhancing the performance of bituminous hot mix pavements with graphene nanoplatelet additive using taguchi optimization by Suna Işık, Fatih İrfan Baş

“…A comprehensive set of tests, including penetration, softening point, flash point, elastic recovery, rotational thin film oven test (RTFOT), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and Marshall design experiments, were conducted on the mixtures to evaluate the influence of the selected parameters and levels on the properties of bitumen. …”
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The New Approach Research on Singing Voice Detection Algorithm Based on Enhanced Reconstruction Residual Network by Lilin Liu

“…In this article, a high-resolution neural network is utilized to model the time spectrogram in order to correctly estimate the real value of the anticipated time-amplitude spectrograms. Experiments on the dataset MIR-1K show that compared with the current leading SH-4Stack model, the method in this paper has improved SDR, SIR, and SAR indicators for measuring the separation performance, confirming the effectiveness of the algorithm in this paper.…”
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Lesion classification and diabetic retinopathy grading by integrating softmax and pooling operators into vision transformer by Chong Liu, Weiguang Wang, Jian Lian, Wanzhen Jiao

“…Note that the proxy tokens can fully utilize both the advantages of softmax and linear attention.ResultsTo evaluate the performance of the presented approach, the comparison experiments between state-of-the-art algorithms and the proposed approach are conducted. …”
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Examining the effectiveness of psychological interventions for marginalised and disadvantaged women and individuals who have experienced gender-based violence: protocol for a scopi... by Dillon Thomas Browne, Busra Yalcinoz-Ucan, Laura Zilney, Agnes Zientarska-Kayko, Timothy Ireland

“…This review will (i) document what psychological interventions have been available and empirically established for marginalised and disadvantaged women and individuals with experiences of GBV, (ii) provide a narrative examination of the treatment outcomes of identified interventions regarding their effectiveness and (iii) examine the degree to which GBV interventions in selected sources are designed and applied with a recognition of the social determinants of mental health.Methods and analysis The search for the proposed scoping review will include five electronic databases: PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science, Ovid Medline, and CINAHL. …”
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Synergistic potential of α-Phellandrene combined with conventional antifungal agents and its mechanism against antibiotic resistant Candida albicans by Riya Bhattacharya, Prashant Sharma, Debajyoti Bose, Manish Singh

“…The agar well diffusion experiment was used to measure the anti-candida activity of α-Phellandrene which exhibited a zone of inhibition of 24 ± 0.5 mm and 22 ± 0.5 mm against the C. albicans cells (MTCC277 and ATCC90028), respectively. …”
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Influence of organism stimulation with bacterial lipopolysaccharide on nitric oxide production and metabolism in rat heart on the background of metabolic syndrome by O. Ye. Akimov, A. O. Mykytenko, V. O. Kostenko

“…The study was conducted on 24 mature male Wistar rats weighing 200–260 g. Experiment lasted 60 days. The animals were divided into 4 groups of 6 animals each: control group, MetS group, LPS stimulation group, LPS + MetS group. …”
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Kinetic, Isotherm and Thermodynamic Studies on the Removal of Zn (II) From Aqueous Solution using Silica Adsorbent by Vivekanand Choudhary, Twinkle Keshari, Himanshu Shekhar

“…A double beam atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) was used to obtain the calibration curve for the experiments. Results: The study investigated the removal efficiency of Zn (II) using SiO₂ as an adsorbent. …”
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Effects of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress on current drug use among healthcare workers: Differences by occupational level by Sylvia A. Okon, Tourna N. Khan, Nora J. Duffy, Carson C. Roan, Rachel A. Hoopsick

“…We collected data from a diverse sample of healthcare workers (N = 200) and separately examined the cross-sectional relationships between several work-related experiences (i.e., compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress) and measures of current drug use (i.e., non-medical use of prescription drugs [NMUPD], cannabis use, and illicit drug use). …”
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Siglec-E augments adipose tissue inflammation by modulating TRAF3 signaling and monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells during obesity by Ahmed Rakib, Mousumi Mandal, Md Abdullah Al Mamun, Sonia Kiran, Nelufar Yasmen, Lexiao Li, Daniel M. Collier, Jianxiong Jiang, Frank Park, Udai P. Singh

“…RNA-Seq analysis of AT immune cells isolated from mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) versus normal fat diet (ND) identified a panel of genes that were markedly downregulated, including sialic acid-binding Ig-like lectin E (siglec-E), in HFD compared to ND mice.MethodsA series of experiments in wild-type (WT) and siglec-E knockout (siglec-E KO) mice was designed to investigate the effect of HFD on the functional role of siglec-E in the regulation of AT inflammation and adipogenesis. …”
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Comprehensive assessment to reveal the salt tolerance potential of cultivated eggplants and their wild relatives by Esra Cebeci, Hatice Filiz Boyaci, Sevinc Kiran, Sekure Sebnem Ellialtioglu

“….), commercial varieties (Topan374, Kemer, Amadeo, Faselis, Bildircin), and local genotypes (TB, BB, MK, AH) were investigated under 150 mM NaCl stress. The experiment was set in a completely randomized block design with three replications. …”
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Comparison of the Cognitive Skills of Adolescent Basketball Players and Sedentary Adolescents by Egemen Mancı, Fırat Özdalyan, Sercin Kosova, Hikmet Gümüş, Celal Gençoğlu

“…Three different cognitive skill tests (Mackworth Clock Test, Timewall Test, and Change Detection Test) were applied among the participants via the “Psychology Experiment Building Language Test Battery” on a laptop computer, and the results were recorded. …”
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Efficiency comparison of natural coagulants (Cactus pads and Moringa seeds) for treating textile wastewater (in the case of Kombolcha textile industry) by Getahun Demeke Worku, Shimeles Nigussie Abate

“…To examine the impacts of various operating parameters, including coagulant dose, pH, and mixing time, as well as the ideal coagulation conditions, experiments were conducted using a jar testing system. …”
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MFG-E8 Exerts Neuroprotection in Neural Stem Cells Induced by Anesthetic Sevoflurane via Regulating the PI3K/AKT Pathways by Minmin Cai, Liufang Sheng

“…The pharmacological experiments suggested that both mRNA and protein expression of MFG-E8 were significantly decreased after 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h treatment with SEV, and the Western blot results displayed that 50 and 100 μg/ml rhMFG-E8 could evidently promote the expression of MFG-E8 in NSCs induced by SEV. …”
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DYNAMICS OF HAEMATOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS OF PEKIN DUCK BLOOD DURING ADMINISTRATION OF ORGANIC SELENIUM PREPARATION by Ye. O. Anisimova, V. V. Pronin, L. V. Kletikova, N. N. Yakimenko

“…To assess hematological parameters RBC and WBC count was performed, hemoglobin contents and hematocrit value were determined and color index of blood was calculated. The experiment demonstrated gradual increase in these parameters in the experimental and control groups. …”
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Beyond containment: driving change in residential care: a Queensland, Australia model of therapeutic residential care by Shelley Wall, Stewart Redshaw, Kym Edwards

“…Finally, the paper will share learning experiences from the implementation of the model into practice and initial outcomes for the young people placed during the first year of operation.…”

Patients’ preferences on atopic dermatitis skincare and social media use: a qualitative study by Roxana Mazilu, Stefanie Ziehfreund, Stephan Traidl, Alexander Zink

“…Electronic word-of-mouth, disease severity and prior product experiences emerge as prevalent factors influencing patients’ product selection. …”
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Neutrinoless double beta decay from scalar leptoquarks: interplay with neutrino mass and flavor physics by P. S. Bhupal Dev, Srubabati Goswami, Chayan Majumdar, Debashis Pachhar

“…The effective mass in presence of leptoquarks can lie in the desert region between the standard normal and inverted ordering cases, and this can be probed in future ton-scale experiments like LEGEND-1000 and nEXO.…”
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