Bioconversion of a Glycerol- and Methanol-Rich Residue from Biodiesel Industry into 1,3-Propanediol: The Role of Magnesium by Rafael de Moraes Altafini, Giovana Masson Fachin, Valeria Reginatto

“…Biodiesel is one of the most important biofuels worldwide. Besides glycerol, the residual aqueous phase of the transesterification reaction (RAPTR) from the biodiesel industry contains a high concentration of methanol. …”
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Psychological and Linguistic Peculiarities of English Mastering by the Children of Young School Age in the Process of Associative Symbols Usage by Людмила Гусак, Ольга Шапран, Юрій Шапран

“…It is proven that elementary school pupils learn foreign words much faster if the words are related with a particular image or association, which conforms to the associative symbol method, which is one of the most effective ways to semantise lexical units. Based on the fundamental characteristics of the ASM, it is determined that this method involves combinations of language, gestures, facial expressions, body language, language code ideas and associations. …”
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THE PERFORMANCE OF 2023 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY (ACR) / EUROPEAN ALLIANCE OF ASSOCIATIONS FOR RHEUMATOLOGY (EULAR) ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA IN A R... by Ahmet Usta, Müçteba Enes Yayla, Emine Uslu, Serdar Sezer, Ebru Us, Aşkın Ateş, Murat Turgay

“… Background: Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) is one of the most common acquired causes of hypercoagulability. …”
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A Scalable Genetic Programming Approach to Integrate miRNA-Target Predictions: Comparing Different Parallel Implementations of M3GP by Stefano Beretta, Mauro Castelli, Luis Muñoz, Leonardo Trujillo, Yuliana Martínez, Aleš Popovič, Luciano Milanesi, Ivan Merelli

“…Although several computational methods have been developed for predicting the interactions between miRNA and target genes, there are substantial differences in the results achieved since most algorithms provide a large number of false positives. …”
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Review of Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Techniques for Timber Structures by Ziad Azzi, Houssam Al Sayegh, Omar Metwally, Mohamed Eissa

“…In the United States, wood is the most common material used in building construction. …”
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Integrated transcriptome and metabolome analysis revealed differential drought stress response mechanisms of wheat seedlings with varying drought tolerance by Xiaorui Guo, Liangjie Lv, Aiju Zhao, Wei Zhao, Yuping Liu, Zetong Li, Hui Li, Xiyong Chen

“…Integrated metabolome and transcriptome analyses demonstrated significant up-regulation of most flavonoids and phenolic acids biosynthesis-related metabolites and genes (HCT, FLS, CHS and F3’5’H) in T13 under drought stress. …”
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Modeling of spatial spread of COVID-19 pandemic waves in Russia using a kinetic-advection model by V. V. Aristov, A. V. Stroganov, A. D. Yastrebov

“…This paper studies the development of epidemic events in Russia, starting from the third and including the most recent fifth and sixth waves. Our twoparameter model is based on a kinetic equation. …”
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Exploring the link between dietary patterns and gastric adenocarcinoma in Brazil: a mediation analysis by Alex Richard Costa Silva, Gianfranco Alicandro, Valdete Regina Guandalini, Patrícia Paula da Fonseca Grili, Paulo Pimentel Assumpção, Mônica Santiago Barbosa, Rosane Oliveira de Sant’Ana, Felipe José Fernández Coimbra, Maria Paula Curado

“…Added sugars partly mediated the association between UDP and GA (percentage mediated between 7.3 and 21.7%), while sodium intake mediated most of the association between HDP and GA (percentage mediated between 52.4 and 100%). …”
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Russian language as an object of reflection for a foreign student by Viktoriya A. Maryanchik, Larisa V. Popova

“…To achieve this aim, an overview of the most representative scientific results was made. …”
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Diagnostic performance of two rapid tests for syphilis screening in people living with HIV in Cali, Colombia. by Jonny Alejandro García Luna, Nelson Romero-Rosas, Sebastian Alejandro Silva Peña, Oscar Javier Oviedo Sarmiento, Ximena Galindo Orrego, William Lenis Quintero, Luisa Consuelo Perea, Ernesto Martínez Buitrago, Lyda Osorio, Juan Carlos Salazar, Adrian D Smith, Neal Alexander

“…Specificities of the RDTs were > 95% in most analyses. Predictive values were 90% or higher. …”
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Leader Propagation Characteristics Under Positive Lightning Impulse Voltages by Lei Jia, Song Zhang, Lu Qu, Yongxiang Cai, Huaifei Chen, Xiaobing Xiao, Ruihan Qi, Minchuan Liao, Jian Hu

“…This overvoltage, with a rapid rise time of just a few microseconds, causes leader propagation characteristics to differ significantly from those under an impulse with a slower rise time. However, most existing studies focus on leader behavior under slow-rise-time impulses, like switching impulse voltage, while research on fast-rise-time impulses remains limited. …”
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A bibliometric analysis of programmed cell death in oral cancer literature: research patterns and emerging trends (2000–2024) by Wenli Gu

“…The annual publication output showed a steady increase, with a significant growth rate after 2010, dividing the study period into three distinct phases. The most productive countries were China (58.42%), South Korea (12.27%), and Japan (10.04%), with China Medical University and Kaohsiung Medical University being the leading institutions. …”
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Promoting sustainable water distribution networks: Modeling of water pipe failure factors and modes by Ridwan Taiwo, Tarek Zayed, Nehal Elshaboury, Ghasan Alfalah, Eslam Mohammed Abdelkader

“…The results reveal that pipe age, diameter, and length are the most critical pipe-related factors; water alkalinity, leaks, and acidity dominate operation-related factors; temperature, precipitation, and frost are key external factors; and soil moisture, resistivity, and pH are crucial soil-related factors. …”
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Low-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for prophylaxis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in HIV-uninfected patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Hui-Bin Huang, Jia-Heng Shi, Yan-Ge Hu, Yi-Bing Zhu, Da-Xing Yu

“…The low-dose regimen also significantly reduced total AEs (OR = 0.33; 95% CI, 0.24–0.46; I2 = 22%; P < 0.00001) and improved the incidence of most specific AEs (ORs ranged from 0.24 to 0.67), especially in outcomes of fever, rash, thrombocytopenia, hyponatremia, and liver and renal function (P values ranged from 0.0001 to 0.02).ConclusionOur findings suggested that a low-dose TMP-SMX regimen is safe and significantly reduces the discontinuation rate and total AEs compared to the standard regimen against PJP in HIV-uninfected patients. …”
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Study on effect of tobacco seed pelleting on germination and seedling emergence by H. Zamani, H.R. Mobasser, A. Hamidi, A.R. Daneshmand

“…Normal seedlings percent immediately and one year after pelleting andcoefficient of velocity of germination immediately after seeds pelletingby standard germination test and seedling emergence percent in nursery immediately and one year after seeds pelleting were determined.Results showed, two mm diameter pelleted seeds had the lowest normal seedlings percent and seedling emergencepercent in nursery immediately and one year after seeds pelleting and coefficient of velocity of germination immediately after seeds pelleting. Also, the most amounts of this traits belonged to not pelleted seeds and pelleted seeds germination ability and seedling emergence did not significantly decreased after one year after pelleting. …”
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Honoring the Afro-Colombian musical culture with the naming of Epipedobates currulao sp. nov. (Anura, Dendrobatidae), a frog from the Pacific rainforests by Mileidy Betancourth-Cundar, Juan Camilo Ríos-Orjuela, Andrew J. Crawford, David C. Cannatella, Rebecca D. Tarvin

“…Epipedobates currulao sp. nov. is the most northern species of Epipedobates, which extends southwards along the western edge of the Andes. …”
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Atypical «overlapping» variants of inflammatory bowel diseases by Kh. M. Akhrieva, A. S. Tertychnyy, N. V. Pachuashvili, N. S. Marenich

“…In patients with UC, ileitis was detected in 18 patients, with the inflammatory process predominantly confined to the distal 1-2 cm of the ileum in most cases. Five patients exhibited ileitis without involvement of the cecum, and the inflammatory process was not related to a retrograde mechanism. …”
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Large Brunner’s Gland Hyperplasia with Bleeding: A Case Report by Yuki Okutomi, Takaharu Kato, Hidetoshi Aizawa, Yuhei Endo, Naoya Kasahara, Fumiaki Watanabe, Hiroshi Noda, Toishiki Rikiyama

“…The histological diagnosis was BGH with no malignancy. Most cases of BGH are benign and asymptomatic; however, it is important to be aware that some patients have severe anemia, gastrointestinal obstruction, or malignant potential.…”
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Metabolic and molecular regulation in skeletal muscle dysfunction and regeneration by Jong Beom Jin, Angelique Robinson, Tori Soukup, Ember Black, André Abit, André Abit, Shane M. Hammer, Anna Han, Anna Han, Edralin Lucas, Yoo Kim, Jiyoung Bae

“…Finally, the need for developing human-relevant models to study muscle regeneration is emphasized as most current findings are derived from in vivo and in vitro models.…”
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Two-gigapascal-strong ductile soft magnets by Liuliu Han, Nicolas J. Peter, Fernando Maccari, András Kovács, Jin Wang, Yixuan Zhang, Ruiwen Xie, Yuxiang Wu, Ruth Schwaiger, Hongbin Zhang, Zhiming Li, Oliver Gutfleisch, Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Dierk Raabe

“…Enhancing the yield strength of SMMs is essential to prevent the degradation in magnetic performance and failure from plastic deformation, yet most SMMs have yield strengths far below one gigapascal. …”
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