Novel nanocomposite synthesis of carboxymethyl cellulose coated to zero-valent iron supported on chitosan for simultaneous removal of heavy metals and pesticides in water: Performa... by Ahmad Abo Markeb, Javier Moral-Vico, Antoni Sánchez, Xavier Font

“…Also, the novelty of this work has been proven by eliminating several heavy metals and pesticides from aqueous solutions and drinking water simultaneously. …”
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Achilles Tendon Rupture In Recreational Athletes - Hobby-Ending Incident or Easily Treatable Injury? Current Insight Into Risk Factors, Treatment Options and Recovery Strategies by Jakub Kędzia, Joanna Duda, Kinga Racisz, Paweł Racisz, Alicja Obcowska, Aleksandra Walendzik, Łukasz Sencerek

“…Results: Various risk factors for ATR were identified, with some later proven irrelevant, while others remained significant. …”
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Low-Dose Mitomycin C Decreases the Postoperative Recurrence Rate of Pterygium by Perturbing NLRP3 Inflammatory Signalling Pathway and Suppressing the Expression of Inflammatory Fac... by Qie Guo, Xiao Li, Meng-Na Cui, Yu Liang, Xiang-Peng Li, Jun Zhao, Li-Na Wei, Xiao-Lei Zhang, Xiang Hua Quan

“…In recent years, although MMC has proven useful for the treatment of pterygium, its application has been controversial because of its clear toxicity and the possibility of ocular complications. …”
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Electrically reconfigurable surface acoustic wave phase shifters based on ZnO TFTs on LiNbO3 substrate by Yi Zhang, Zilong Xiong, Lewei He, Yang Jiang, Chenkai Deng, Fangzhou Du, Kangyao Wen, Chuying Tang, Qiaoyu Hu, Mujun Li, Xiaohui Wang, Wenhui Wang, Han Wang, Qing Wang, Hongyu Yu, Zhongrui Wang

“…Among various modulation methods, employing gate voltage-controlled tuning methodologies that leverage acoustoelectric interactions has proven to be an efficient modulation approach that requires a low bias voltage. …”
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Control of BKPyV-DNAemia by a Tailored Viro-Immunologic Approach Does Not Lead to BKPyV-Nephropathy Progression and Development of Donor-Specific Antibodies in Pediatric Kidney Tra... by Michela Cioni, Stella Muscianisi, Marica De Cicco, Sabrina Basso, Hans H. Hirsch, Iris Fontana, Laura Catenacci, Jessica Bagnarino, Mariangela Siciliano, Oriana Montana Lampo, Gloria Acquafredda, Lou Tina Diana Boti, Jessica Rotella, Eleonora Bozza, Jennifer Zumelli, Kristiana Mebelli, Fausto Baldanti, Massimo Cardillo, Marco Zecca, Arcangelo Nocera, Mario Luppi, Enrico Verrina, Fabrizio Ginevri, Patrizia Comoli

“…All patients with DNAemia cleared BKPyV after having mounted a virus-specific cellular immune response, and no biopsy-proven BKPyV-nephropathy was observed. The presence of cytotoxic populations directed to the BKPyV Large-T (LT) antigen early after transplantation protected kidney recipients from developing BKPyV replication, and the appearance of LT-specific T cells in viruric patients prevented the development of BKPyV-DNAemia. …”
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Refining δ15N isotopic fingerprints of local NOx for accurate source identification of nitrate in PM2.5 by Hao Xiao, Qinkai Li, Shiyuan Ding, Wenjing Dai, Gaoyang Cui, Xiaodong Li

“…Stable nitrogen isotopic composition (δ15N) has proven to be a valuable tool for identifying sources of nitrates (NO3–) in PM2.5. …”
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Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Single- and Multilayer Polyester Foils (Laminates) from Polylactide and Poly(Ethylene 2,5-Furandicarboxylate) by Sandra Paszkiewicz, Izabela Irska, Konrad Walkowiak, Filip Włodarczyk, Magdalena Zdanowicz, Elżbieta Piesowicz, Mateusz Barczewski

“…The best possible arrangement was selected in terms of the packaging industry. It was proven that the elastic modulus was significantly higher for multilayer systems, whilst higher-strength parameters were observed for PLA single foils. …”
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One Earth-One Health (OE-OH): Antibacterial Effects of Plant Flavonoids in Combination with Clinical Antibiotics with Various Mechanisms by Ganjun Yuan, Fengxian Lian, Yu Yan, Yu Wang, Li Zhang, Jianping Zhu, Aiman Fatima, Yuxing Qian

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat to human health, and combination therapy has proven effective in combating it. It has been reported that some plant flavonoids can enhance the antibacterial effects of antibiotics and even reverse AMR. …”
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Predicting waste generation using Bayesian model averaging by M.G. Hoang, T. Fujiwara, S.T. Pham Phu, K.T. Nguyen Thi

“…Variables accounting for household income, presence of a garden, number of rooms in a house, and percentage of members of different ages were proven to be not significant. The study provides a reliable method for estimating household waste generation, providing decision makers useful information for waste management policy development.…”
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H₂S Prodrug, SG-1002, Protects against Myocardial Oxidative Damage and Hypertrophy In Vitro via Induction of Cystathionine β-Synthase and Antioxidant Proteins by Rahib K. Islam, Erinn Donnelly, Erminia Donnarumma, Fokhrul Hossain, Jason D. Gardner, Kazi N. Islam

“…Therapeutic strategies aimed at increasing H₂S levels have proven cardioprotective in models of acute myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure (HF). …”
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Higher AVCO2 and Lactate Gradient Combined with SOFA Score as a Mortality Predictor during the 6-Hours of Resuscitation of Septic Shock by Morteza Talebi Doluee, Sahar Azam Ghasemzadeh, Ahmad Bagheri Moghadam, Zahra Abbasishaye, Davood Soroosh, Elnaz Vafadar Moradi

“…Sepsis is defined as patients who had 1 or more of the SIRS criteria with a possible or proven source of infection and hypotension despite appropriate fluid therapy who needed to receive vasopressors. …”
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Atlas of Fshr expression from novel reporter mice by Hongqian Chen, Hui-Qing Fang, Jin-Tao Liu, Shi-Yu Chang, Li-Ben Cheng, Ming-Xin Sun, Jian-Rui Feng, Ze-Min Liu, Yong-Hong Zhang, Clifford J Rosen, Peng Liu

“…However, conventional methods have proven insufficient for examining FSHR expression due to several limitations. …”
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Vaccination against COVID-19 in patients with allergy: experience of the allergological center in Dnipro by Ye.M. Dytiatkovska, K.Yu. Gashynova, Ye.V. Korietskaia, M.A. Yevtushenko

“…According to the results of the study, it was proven that vaccination against COVID-19 in patients with pathology associated with hypersensitivity reactions is safe, on condition of prior consultation with an allergist and performing vaccination in a medical institution. …”
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Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population. by Marta Relvas, Luciana Rocha, Paulo Rompante, Filomena Salazar, Luís Monteiro, Ana Sofia Vinhas, Maria Gonçalves

“… Background: The dependence on the illicit drugs has been proven to be harmful to the oral cavity and may lead to a series of abnormal manifestations. …”
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Local Binary and Multiclass SVMs Trained on a Quantum Annealer by Enrico Zardini, Amer Delilbasic, Enrico Blanzieri, Gabriele Cavallaro, Davide Pastorello

“…In the classical domain, local SVMs, namely, SVMs trained on the data samples selected by a <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$k$</tex-math></inline-formula>-nearest neighbors model, have already proven successful. Here, the local application of quantum-trained SVM models is proposed and empirically assessed. …”
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Enhancing the targeted and untargeted analysis of honey by vacuum-assisted SPME-GC × GC-MS. A green, practical, and highly informative approach by Damien Eggermont, Francesca Pardi, Giorgia Purcaro

“…The use of vacuum-assisted headspace (Vac-HS) coupled with solid-phase microextraction (SPME) is a technique that has been recently proven to be highly beneficial for enhancing the extraction of semi-volatile in shorter time and milder temperatures. …”
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Research progress of exercise rehabilitation in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction (急性心肌梗死患者经皮冠状动脉介入术后运动康复的研究进展)... by JIA Hongwei (贾红薇), XING Zheng (邢政), DONG Yujie (董玉洁), SHAN Li (单立), LIU Yanjie (刘艳杰), WANG Jing (王晶), YI jiaxin (益嘉欣), YANG Lin (杨林)

“…Exercise rehabilitation has been proven as a promising intervention for recovery of patients after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction. …”
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Analgesic Appraisal of Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) Leaf Extracts Used in Management of Oral Lesion Pain in HIV/AIDS Patients in Rodents by Joseph Obiezu, Chukwujekwu Ezeonwumelu, Muhammad, Ntale, Steve, Okwudili Ogbonnia, Ezera, Agwu, Julius, Kihdze Tanayen, Ahmed, Adebowale Adedeji, Okonkwo, Chukwudi Onyeka, Ambrose, Amamchukwu Akunne, Jennifer, Chibuogwu Ebosie, Frederick, Byarugaba

“…However, the inability of rural dwellers to afford readily available drugs is a consequence for using herbs like Bidens pilosa whose local usefulness in the management of oral lesions of HIV/AIDS has not been proven scientifically. Therefore, the objective of this study was to provide the scientific basis in rats for the traditional healers’ use of Bidens pilosa leaves’ extracts in managing pain associated with oral lesions of HIV/AIDS patients in South Western Uganda. …”
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Evaluating the effects of chlorhexidine and vitamin c mouthwash on oral health in non-surgical periodontal therapy: a randomized controlled clinical trial by Nurdan Ozmeric, Ayaz Enver, Sila Cagri Isler, Ceren Gökmenoğlu, Merve Topaloğlu, Hilal Selamet, Gökçen Altun, Selin Aykol Sayar

“…Abstract Chlorhexidine (CHX) is the most commonly used mouthwash with proven antiplaque and antibacterial activity. The aim is to evaluate the effect of vitamin C (VitC) in CHX mouthwash on plaque accumulation and gingivitis, and to compare it with CHX alone mouthwash and antiseptic phenol-containing mouthwashes. …”
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Comparison of lateral tail vein and retro-orbital venous sinus as routes of inoculation to study Group B streptococcal systemic infection by Jéssica da Conceição Mendonça, Stephen Lumsdaine, Lindsey R. Burcham

“…While these models have proven beneficial for uncovering bacterial mechanisms required for progression to invasive disease, it can be challenging to draw comparisons across studies as several different routes of infection are standardly used for these experiments. …”
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