Interaction studies unveil potential binding sites on bovine serum albumin for gut metabolite trimethylamine n-oxide (TMAO) by Awadhesh Kumar Verma, Payal Gulati, GBVS Lakshmi, Anand Mohan, Neeta Raj Sharma, Pratima R. Solanki, Anil Kumar

“…However, detailed insights into the interaction mechanisms, preferred binding locations, and conformational changes in BSA upon binding TMAO are still unclear. …”
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Assessing the Structure of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire in Fibromyalgia Patients Using Common Factor Analytic Approaches by Charles Van Liew, Maya S. Santoro, Larissa Edwards, Jeremy Kang, Terry A. Cronan

“…It was concluded that the 4-factor PAF solution was the preferable solution, based on PA extraction and the fact that this solution minimizes nonvocality and multivocality. …”
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Testing the Key Performance of Mobile Flood Protection System by Shoukai Chen, Huimin Li, Lei Guo, Lunyan Wang, Yongchao Cao

“…However, the former is preferable over the latter. The mobile flood protection wall leaks when filled with water, and the leakage changes exponentially with the level. …”
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Issues concerning Landowner Management Plan Adoption Decisions: A Recursive Bivariate Probit Approach by Omkar Joshi, Donald L. Grebner, Ian A. Munn, Robert K. Grala

“…While the landowners having interest for wildlife management were also interested to have a written management plan, they did not prefer to harvest in future. Study results indicate that written management plan means more than a timber harvesting strategy to landowners in general. …”
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Microgravity Monitoring Technology for Deep Gas-Reservoir Development based on Dixi 121 Wellblock in Xinjiang Oilfield by Zongfang HU, Qingxiong HU, Yun CAI, Changrui ZHANG, Quandang SHI, Guihong XU, Jianqiang QIN, Yuangang XIE, Shenshen DENG, Hewen ZHU, Xue BAI

“…The depth recursive method is the preferred method for separating residual gravity anomalies of different scales and extract reliable residual gravity anomalies. …”
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Atypical (symplastic) uterine leiomyoma masquerading as endometrial malignancy in a 78-year-old post-menopausal Nigerian woman by John Nwadiokwu, Elizabeth Grillo, Victor Okebalama, Olutomiwa Omokore, Obinna Onwe, Aaron Uka, Jennifer Ibhiedu, Samuel Okore, Nneoma Nwanna, Chiomaefuelim Dibie

“…Considering the malignant transformation potential, recurrence risk of this pathology, and the completion of family size in this case, hysterectomy is the most preferred treatment option even though myomectomy can be offered to patients with plans of conception in the future. …”
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Antibacterial Activity of Sinularia sp. Against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review by Deka Prismawan, Monika Arvia Chiara, Shannen Ivanka Gunardi, Karmill Trinanda, Robby Sutedjo, Michael Michael

“…This study was conducted based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) statement to measure the effect size of the antibacterial activity from Sinularia sp. against E. coli and S. aureus. …”
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Performance of Laboratory Designed Permeable Asphalt Mixtures by Ieva Jakubėnaitė, Audrius Vaitkus, Judita Škulteckė, Ovidijus Šernas

“…Based on the importance of vertical water permeability (0.5%), mass loss (0.3%), water sensitivity (ITSR) (0.2%), the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) methods showed that PA 11 (0.729 and 0.745) and PA 16 (0.684 and 0.631) had the highest overall weights. …”
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Nanostructural and nanomechanical alterations of photosensitized lipid membranes due to light induced formation of reactive oxygen species by Ádám Zolcsák, Bálint Kiss, Tamás Bozó, Judit Somkuti, István Vona, Miklós Kellermayer, Levente Herenyi

“…Since PSs are accumulated preferably in lipid membranes, the study of photoinduced damage to membrane lipids can greatly increase our understanding of the effect of ROS on membranes in pathological as well as therapeutic conditions. …”
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Theoretical investigations on analysis and optimization of freeze drying of pharmaceutical powder using machine learning modeling of temperature distribution by Turki Al Hagbani, Jawaher Abdullah Alamoudi, Majed A. Bajaber, Huda Ibrahim Alsayed, Halah Jawad Al-fanhrawi

“…For heat-sensitive biopharmaceutical products, freeze drying is preferred to prevent degradation of pharmaceutical compounds. …”
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Spider mites collectively avoid plants with cadmium irrespective of their frequency or the presence of competitors by Godinho, Diogo Prino, Fragata, Inês, de la Masseliere, Maud Charlery, Magalhães, Sara

“…In addition, T. urticae did not discriminate between plants infested with its competitor T. evansi and other uncontaminated plants but they preferred plants with competitors when the other plants contained cadmium. …”
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A Comparison of Evolutionary Computation Techniques for IIR Model Identification by Erik Cuevas, Jorge Gálvez, Salvador Hinojosa, Omar Avalos, Daniel Zaldívar, Marco Pérez-Cisneros

“…In particular, the use of infinite impulse response (IIR) models for identification is preferred over their equivalent FIR (finite impulse response) models since the former yield more accurate models of physical plants for real world applications. …”
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Impact of Heat on Human and Animal Health in India: A Landscape Review by Sandul Yasobant, K. Shruti Lekha, Poonam Trivedi, Shruti Krishnan, Chinmayee Kator, Harleen Kaur, Mudita Adaniya, Anish Sinha, Deepak Saxena

“…The publications on this topic were retrieved from PubMed and Google Scholar using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. …”
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Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life after TBI: Comparison of a Disease-Specific (QOLIBRI) with a Generic (SF-36) Instrument by Nicole von Steinbuechel, Amra Covic, Suzanne Polinder, Thomas Kohlmann, Ugne Cepulyte, Herbert Poinstingl, Joy Backhaus, Wilbert Bakx, Monika Bullinger, Anne-Lise Christensen, Rita Formisano, Henning Gibbons, Stefan Höfer, Sanna Koskinen, Andrew Maas, Edmund Neugebauer, Jane Powell, Jaana Sarajuuri, Nadine Sasse, Silke Schmidt, Holger Mühlan, Klaus von Wild, George Zitnay, Jean-Luc Truelle

“…When the focus is on how a certain subscale or sum score differentiates between individuals in one specific dimension/health state, the QOLIBRI can be recommended as the preferable instrument.…”
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Sexual Offspring Production by Acorn Ant <i>Temnothorax crassispinus</i> Colonies Is Associated with the Colony Size but Not with the Volume of the Nest Cavity by Mateusz Rolski, Anna Gruszka, Mariia Marczak, Sławomir Mitrus

“…., acorns and twigs, and these ant colonies prefer larger cavities as nest sites. It was previously shown that colonies inhabiting more durable nest sites invested more resources in sexual production. …”
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Persepsi, Sikap, dan Awareness Orang Tua Terkait Kekerasan Seksual Pada Anak: Scoping Review by Tetti Solehati, Rifani Okti Putri Tanjung, Regina Yasmine Herman, Aulia Putri Regita, Dinyatul Arba Ramdhona, Yanti Hermayanti, Cecep Eli Kosasih

“…Pencarian artikel menggunakan database Pubmed, CINAHL, SAGE, dan search engine Google Scholar Direct dengan memperhatikan kriteria inklusi, seperti: fokus pada penelitian persepsi sikap, awareness orang tua terkait KSA, artikel primer, dan fullteks, rentang tahun 2011-2021, berpedoman pada Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA ScR). …”
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Exploring the Effectiveness of Whatsapp Application on Teaching and Learning at One Midlands Teacher Education Institution in Zimbabwe by Shoorai Konyana, Motalenyane Alfred Modise

“…Most students own smartphones and Whatsapp, and though prone to cyberbullying and circulation of falsehoods, the platform was preferred to other platforms as it was categorised under cheaper modes of conveying information to many people at once. …”
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Dissection of the long-range circuit of the mouse intermediate retrosplenial cortex by Yuxiao Li, Miao Ren, Bimin Liu, Tao Jiang, Xueyan Jia, Haili Zhang, Hui Gong, Xiaojun Wang

“…The dorsal and ventral subregions have preferred circuits such that the dorsal RSP exhibits spatially topological connections with the dorsal visual cortex and lateral thalamus. …”
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Crystallized Pickering Emulsions from Plant Oil as a Local Alternative to Palm Oil by Cyrill Husmann, Tamara Schmid, Chiara Waser, Ivo Kaelin, Lukas Hollenstein, Nadina Müller

“…Palm and palm kernel oils are preferred ingredients in industrial food processing for baked goods and chocolate-based desserts due to their unique properties, such as their distinctive melting behaviors. …”
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3D Bioprinting Strategies for Melatonin‐Loaded Polymers in Bone Tissue Engineering by Damla Aykora, Ayhan Oral, Cemre Aydeğer, Metehan Uzun

“…Polymers are now among the most preferable materials for 3D bioprinting. Melatonin is a well‐known antioxidant with many osteoinductive properties and is one of the key hormones in the brain–bone axis. 3D bioprinted melatonin‐loaded polymers with unique lipophilic, anti‐inflammatory, antioxidant, and osteoinductive properties for filling large bone gaps following fractures or congenital bone deformities may be developed in the future. …”
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