The contribution of leaders' and managers' attributes, values, principles, and behaviours to the sustainable implementation of Lean in healthcare: A realist review protocol [versio... by Seán Paul Teeling, Anne Marie Keown, Martin McNamara

“…The findings will inform policy and practice, enhancing leadership strategies to improve patient and staff experiences, patient outcomes, and organizational performance.…”
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In Situ g-C3N4@Zno Nanocomposite: One-Pot Hydrothermal Synthesis and Photocatalytic Performance under Visible Light Irradiation by Lan Anh Luu Thi, Mateus Manuel Neto, Thang Pham Van, Trung Nguyen Ngoc, Tuyet Mai Nguyen Thi, Xuan Sang Nguyen, Cong Tu Nguyen

“…The photocatalyst activity of g-C3N4@ZnO nanocomposites was evaluated via methylene blue degradation experiment under visible light irradiation. The g-C3N4@ZnO nanocomposites showed an enhancement in photocatalytic activity in comparison to pure ZnO which increased with the g-C3N4 content (1, 3, 5, and 7 wt.%) in nanocomposites. …”
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Monitoring the Maize Canopy Chlorophyll Content Using Discrete Wavelet Transform Combined with RGB Feature Fusion by Wenfeng Li, Kun Pan, Yue Huang, Guodong Fu, Wenrong Liu, Jizhong He, Weihua Xiao, Yi Fu, Jin Guo

“…To evaluate the accuracy of Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) in monitoring the chlorophyll (CHL) content of maize canopies based on RGB images, a field experiment was conducted in 2023. Images of maize canopies during the jointing, tasseling, and grouting stages were captured using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing to extract color, texture, and wavelet features and to construct a color and texture feature dataset and a fusion of wavelet, color, and texture feature datasets. …”
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Extracellular matrix stiffness regulates colorectal cancer progression via HSF4 by Kangtao Wang, Siyi Ning, Shuai Zhang, Mingming Jiang, Yan Huang, Haiping Pei, Ming Li, Fengbo Tan

“…HSF4 expression increased with higher TNM stages, and its knockout significantly inhibited cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, especially on high-stiffness matrices. In vivo experiments confirmed that HSF4 promoted tumour growth and metastasis, independent of collagen protein increase. …”
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Recovery of Iodine in the Gaseous Phase Using the Silicone Hollow Fiber Membrane Module by Yoshio Yamabe, Naotake Takahashi, Jun Sawai, Tamotsu Minami, Mikio Kikuchi, Toshimitsu Ishii

“…With the improved SFMM, the capture efficiency markedly increased to approximately 100% in the range of the flow rates tested in our experiments. The recovery efficiency also increased to ≥70%. …”
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Fipronil prevents transmission of Lyme disease spirochetes by Radek Šíma, Adéla Palusová, Tereza Hatalová, Luise Robbertse, Petra Berková, Martin Moos, Petr Kopáček, Veronika Urbanová, Jan Perner, Ala Tabor

“…The in vitro co-culture experiments confirmed that fipronil had no direct effect on Borrelia viability, indicating a tick-directed effect. …”
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Variation and simulation of tomato transpiration in a greenhouse under different ventilation modes by Jiankun Ge, Sen Wang, Xuewen Gong, Yuhao Zhu, Zihui Yu, Yanbin Li

“…To address these challenges, this study refines the P-M model by incorporating resistance parameters specifically tailored to greenhouse convection regimes. Field experiments were conducted at the Xinxiang Integrated Experimental Base of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in northern China from March to July in 2020 and 2021. …”
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UGCG promotes chemoresistance and breast cancer progression via NF-κB and Wnt/β-catenin pathway activation by Li Long, Lei Wang, Yiran Liang, Fangzhou Ye, Yuhan Jin, Dan Luo, Xiaoyan Li, Yajie Wang, Yaming Li, Dianwen Han, Bing Chen, Wenjing Zhao, Lijuan Wang, Qifeng Yang

“…Gain- and loss-of-function experiments demonstrated that UGCG enhanced the proliferation, metastasis, and stemness of breast cancer cells. …”
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Deapioplatycodin D inhibits glioblastoma cell proliferation by inducing BNIP3L-mediated incomplete mitophagy by Yu Sun, Guangze Zhu, Renshuang Zhao, Yaru Li, Hongyang Li, Yunyun Liu, Ningyi Jin, Xiao Li, Yiquan Li, Tiemei Liu

“…In this study, in vitro and in vivo experiments established that DPD inhibited GBM cell growth by inducing BNIP3L-mediated incomplete mitophagy, which provides an experimental basis for studying new treatments of GBM. …”
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Divergent Adsorption Regulation in Metal–Organic Frameworks for Highly Efficient CF4/C2F6 Separation by Guihong Xu, Tian Ke, Rongrong Fan, Kaiyuan Tan, Wenjun Zhang, Baogen Su, Zhiguo Zhang, Zongbi Bao, Qilong Ren, Qiwei Yang

“…Comprehensive insights into the unique separation mechanism are illustrated through a combination of solid‐state MAS nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR), molecular simulations, and meticulously designed comparative experiments. As a result, benchmark C2F6/CF4 separation performance is achieved, as demonstrated by the unprecedented electronic‐grade (over 99.999%) CF4 productivity (401 L kg−1) obtained from an industrially relevant C2F6/CF4 (3:97) mixture, as well as the excellent water/air/heat stability and recyclability.…”
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Explainable surrogate modeling for predicting temperature separation performance of the vortex tube by Hyo Beom Heo, Jun Ho Lee, Jeong Won Yoon, Sangseok Yu, Byoung Jae Kim, Seokyeon Im, Seung Hwan Park

“…The existing black box model was suitable only for specific experiments, However, the proposed white-box model demonstrated suitability for new experimental data, achieving a maximum performance of R2 = 0.8625.…”
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Integrated nitrogen nutrition with vermicompost and storage duration affect grain quality characters of aromatic rice under subtropical condition by Mohammad Rezaul Manir, Uttam Kumer Sarker, Sinthia Afsana Kheya, Md. Towkir Ahmed, Nilufa Ferdous, Md. Salahuddin Kaysar, Md. Abdus Salam, Md. Parvez Anwar, Uzzal Somaddar, Abeer Hashem, Alanoud Alfagham, Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah, Md. Romij Uddin

“…This study evaluated the grain quality of aromatic rice and was conducted during the rice growing season of 2022 and 2023. The experiment consisted of five N managements viz. control, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) recommended dose (RD) of N from urea, 70% RD of N from urea + 30% RD of N from cowdung, 70% RD of N from urea + 30% RD of N from vermicompost and 70% RD of N from urea + 30% RD of N from poultry manure, six aromatic rice varieties, for example, BR5, BRRI dhan34, BRRI dhan37, BRRI dhan70, Kalijira and Chinigura and five storage duration (SD) viz. 0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. …”
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Construction Control Technology and Monitoring Analysis of Walking Incremental Launching Construction of Small-Curvature Steel Box Girder Bridges Across Expressways by Hai Huang, Xiaomin Xue, Haitao Ma, Zhijun Zhou, Jianbo Dou, Heng Yang, Erwei Guo, Jianjun Ma

“…In the maximum cantilever condition, the guide girder experiences significant stress, but the maximum value is not observed during the maximum cantilever condition of the guide girder. …”
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MSTD: A Multi-Scale Transformer-Based Method to Diagnose Benign and Malignant Lung Nodules by Xiaoyu Zhao, Jiao Li, Man Qi, Xuxin Chen, Wei Chen, Yongqun Li, Qi Liu, Jiajia Tang, Zhihai Han, Chunyang Zhang

“…We conducted extensive ablation experiments on multi-scale structures and transformer-based methods of fusion to explore the impact of features obtained at different scales on the accuracy of classification of lung nodules. …”
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Chemical Constituents and Combined Larvicidal Effects of Selected Essential Oils against Anopheles cracens (Diptera: Culicidae) by Jitrawadee Intirach, Anuluck Junkum, Benjawan Tuetun, Wej Choochote, Udom Chaithong, Atchariya Jitpakdi, Doungrat Riyong, Daruna Champakaew, Benjawan Pitasawat

“…The essential oils of five plants, including Piper sarmentosum, Foeniculum vulgare, Curcuma longa, Myristica fragrans, and Zanthoxylum piperitum, were then selected for chemical analysis, dose-response larvicidal experiments, and combination-based bioassays. Chemical compositions analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry demonstrated that the main component in the oil derived from P. sarmentosum, F. vulgare, C. longa, M. fragrans, and Z. piperitum was croweacin (71.01%), anethole (63.00%), ar-turmerone (30.19%), safrole (46.60%), and 1,8-cineole (21.27%), respectively. …”
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Assessing genetic diversity and population structure of f4:f5 wheat genotypes using morphological and microsatellite markers under heat stress by Md. Zahid Hassan, M. Hasanuzzaman, Md. Jalil Uddin, Md Badsha Alomgir, Most. Salma Akter, Amorish Chandra Mohanto, Md. Omar Kayess

“…Enhancing the genetic background through the introgression of desired gene(s) is an effective strategy to combat stresses like heat. Two field experiments were carried out in 2019–20 and 2020–21 at the research fields of Genetics and Plant Breeding at Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh, to identify heat-tolerant wheat advance lines. …”
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Convolutional Attention Based Mechanism for Facial Microexpression Recognition by Hafiz Khizer Bin Talib, Kaiwei Xu, Yanlong Cao, Yuan-Ping Xu, Zhijie Xu, Muhammad Zaman, Adnan Akhunzada

“…The research uses SAMM, SMIC, and CASME-II are benchmark datasets used to perform experiments. ConvMixer deployed to analyze the SAMM dataset where ConvMixer achieved an amazing 99.73% accuracy, 97.3% precision, 96.5% recall, and 99% F1-Score while 10-fold cross-validation. …”
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Effects of asiaticoside on the model of gestational diabetes mellitus in HTR-8/svneo cells via PI3K/AKT pathway by Zhilan Hu, Ya Long, Xiangyue Li, Zhiqin Jia, Mingyan Wang, Xuemei Huang, Xiaolan Yu

“…After the cytotoxicity assay of AS, cells were divided into the control group, HG group and HG + AS group to conduct control experiment in cells. The cell proliferation and migration were detected by CCK-8 assay and scratch test, respectively. …”
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Variability of the thousand-seed weight in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Urošević Dušan, Knežević Desimir, Matković-Stojšin Mirela, Živić Jelica, Mićanović Danica, Kondić Danijela, Zečević Veselinka

“…Fifty wheat varieties in a field experiment designed as a randomized block system were used for this study in three replications on the field in Kraljevo, Serbia during two vegetation seasons (2015-2017). …”
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Suppressing GDF15 enhances the chemotherapeutic effect of 5 FU on MSI-H CRC by regulating the ferroptosis pathway SLC7A11/GSH/GPX4 by Zhi min Huang Fu, Ming Xiao, Hailun Xie, Shuxian Zhang, Tang Yi, Qingshu Li, Ming Li, Yalan Wang

“…Furthermore, suppressing GDF15 can increase the sensitivity of MSI-H CRC cells to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), which decreases cell viability and increases the apoptosis rate. In vivo experiments also demonstrated that mouse xenografts with suppressed GDF15 expression were more susceptible to 5-FU chemotherapy. …”
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