Bending Properties of Short-Cut Basalt Fiber Shotcrete in Deep Soft Rock Roadway by Shaoyang Yan, Huazhe Jiao, Xiaolin Yang, Jinxing Wang, Fengbin Chen

“…Compared with the control group, the peak load and absorption capacity increased by 56.67% and 636.96%, respectively, and the maximum crack width decreased by 32.10%. (3) The SEM analysis indicated that the basalt fibers distributed randomly and evenly in the concrete, which can form a three-dimensional spatial skeleton with a stable structure. …”
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Cognitive prehabilitation for geriatric patients undergoing elective surgery: a PRISMA-P-compliant protocol for a systematic review by Yu He, Nianyi Sun, Wenchen Zou, Anren Zhang, Xiaochai Han, Caitao Chen

“…This comprehensive systematic review will assess the effectiveness and safety of cognitive prehabilitation programmes prior to surgery on cognitive functional capacity and postoperative cognitive outcomes in geriatric patients undergoing elective surgery.Methods and analysis This protocol was prepared using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols. …”
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Assessment of drought resistance in sorghum CMS lines based on various sterility sources by O. P. Kibalnik, T. V. Larina, O. B. Kameneva, D. S. Semin

“…Four CMS lines were identified according to the chosen set of indicators: they manifested 71.13–72.02% of total water content, 5.26–9.08% of water deficit, and 57.40–83.17% of water retention capacity on average for the two years of research. …”
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Introduction of the Project “Community Police Officer” as a Step towards Strengthening Local Security Infrastructure by O. I. Bezpalova

“…The author has emphasized on the importance of strengthening the institutional capacity of local self-government agencies to address their challenges, including in the field of public safety, in particular by strengthening local security infrastructure. …”
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Suitability of jute fiber in the production of eco-friendly building block by Sumaya Sadia Toha, Md. Golam Mostofa, Md. Moinul Islam, Md. Saiful Islam

“…Moreover, the second-lowest absorption capacities for blocks with 0.125% jute fiber were 6.65% for Mix-A and 3.45% for Mix-B, slightly higher than those of the control specimens. …”
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Identification of a Robust Five-Gene Risk Model in Prostate Cancer: A Robust Likelihood-Based Survival Analysis by Yutao Wang, Jiaxing Lin, Kexin Yan, Jianfeng Wang

“…The benign prediction capacity of CMU5 was verified by GSE46602 (36 samples; AUC=0.6039) and GSE21032 GPL5188 (140 samples; AUC=0.7083). …”
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Sulfone-modified chitosan as selective adsorbent for the extraction of toxic Hg(II) metal ions by Youssef O Al-Ghamdi, Khalid A Alamry, Mahmoud A Hussein, Hadi M Marwani, Abdullah M Asiri

“…In addition to that, the adsorption isotherm showed that the adsorption capacity of sulfone-modified chitosan/5 for Hg(II) was 122.47 mg g −1 and that its adsorption isotherm was in agreement with the Langmuir adsorption isotherm.…”
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Antioxidant Effects of Eugenol on Oxidative Stress Induced by Hydrogen Peroxide in Islets of Langerhans Isolated from Male Mouse by Ali Akbar Oroojan, Narges Chenani, Marzieh An’aam

“…Malondialdehyde (MDA), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase (CAT) increased in all groups when compared to the control (P<0.05). …”
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Trichostatin A promotes de novo shoot regeneration from Arabidopsis root explants via a cytokinin related pathway by Su Hyun Park, Yu Jeong Jeong, Soyoung Kim, Jiyoung Lee, Cha Young Kim, Jae Cheol Jeong

“…Furthermore, mutants deficient in ARR10 and ARR12 showed diminished responsiveness to shoot regenerative capacity, a phenotype that was enhanced by TSA treatment. …”
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Economic burden analysis of nosocomial infections in tertiary care hospital in western India: A prospective evidence-based study by Pranali Patil, Jignesh Shah, Amol Muthal, Asavari Raut

“…Materials and methods: This prospective observational study was carried out in a 1000 bedded tertiary care teaching hospital with 100 bedded capacities of interdisciplinary ICUs for a period of 6 months. …”
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Static Analysis of Gelatin-like Simulation Mass as a Subsoil in Scale Physical Modeling by Veronika Valašková, Jozef Vlček

“…A plate load test with a circular plate is a non-destructive method for determining the static bearing capacities of soils and aggregates, which are usually expressed by the deformation modulus <i>E_def,2</i> (MPa) and the static modulus of elasticity <i>E</i> (MPa). …”
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Muon (g − 2) and thermal WIMP DM in U 1 L μ − L τ $$ \textrm{U}{(1)}_{L_{\mu }-{L}_{\tau }} $$ models by Seungwon Baek, Jongkuk Kim, P. Ko

“…This approach broadens the model’s capacity to accommodate various WIMP dark matter phenomena in the light Z′ region where the muon (g − 2) μ makes a sensitive probe of the model.…”
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Effect of LED Lights on Morphological Construction and Leaf Photosynthesis of Lettuce (<i>Lactuca sativa</i> L.) by Jianlei Qiao, Wen Hu, Shanshan Chen, Hongbo Cui, Jiangtao Qi, Yue Yu, Shuang Liu, Jianfeng Wang

“…Thus, the combination of red and white light provides a more comprehensive spectrum and enhances the photosynthetic capacity of plant leaves. Simultaneously, under supplemental lighting, the plant fluorescence parameters Y(II), Fv/Fm, qP, and ETR were significantly elevated. …”
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Quality of Life among Obstetric Fistula Patients at Kitovu Mission Hospital: A Health Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Masaka District, Uganda by Samuel Kakembo, Christine Atuhairwe, Ivan Mugisha Taremwa

“…Bivariate analysis indicated that level of education (P<0.001), employment status (P<0.001), energy for everyday life (P<0.001), capacity to work (P<0.001), satisfaction with personal relationships (P<0.001), feelings of loneliness (P<0.001), negative feelings (P=0.002), and self-confidence (P<0.001) were significantly associated with good QoL. …”
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Investments for effective functionality of health systems towards Universal Health Coverage in Africa: A scoping review. by Humphrey Cyprian Karamagi, Ali Ben Charif, Solyana Ngusbrhan Kidane, Tewelde Yohanes, David Kariuki, Maritza Titus, Charles Batungwanayo, Aminata Binetou-Wahebine Seydi, Araia Berhane, Jacinta Nzinga, David Njuguna, Hillary Kipchumba Kipruto, Edith Andrews Annan, Benson Droti

“…Effective interventions contributed to improving single (35.6%) or multiple (64.4%) capacities of health systems: access to essential services (75.6%), quality of care (70.5%), demand for essential services (38.6%), or health systems resilience (13.5%). …”
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Evaluating urban intersections: a comparative study of roundabouts versus protected U-turns—which is better? by Nawaf Alnawmasi, Hisham Jashami, Qiuqi Cai

“…Parameters such as vehicle queuing lengths, wait times, and overall intersection capacity are comprehensively evaluated. The simulation settings are adjusted to reflect different traffic densities and patterns, thus ensuring a thorough understanding of the performance of each intersection type under varied conditions. …”
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A Polymer-Binder-Free Approach to Creating Functional LiFePO₄ Cathodes by Organic Ionic Plastic Crystal-Derived Ion-Conductive Binders by Daniela M. Josepetti, Maria Forsyth, Patrick C. Howlett, Hiroyuki Ueda

“…Large amounts of OIPC−lithium salt mixtures in the composition yielded thick electrodes with expected nominal areal capacities of up to 3.74 mAh/cm², where the balanced composition with a reduced Li⁺ concentration can demonstrate >1.5 mAh/cm² at 0.1C. …”
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Design of Highly Porous Materials Based on Chitosan/Pectin Interpolyelectrolyte Complex for Wound Healing Application by Aliaksandr Kraskouski, Maksim Mashkin, Viktoryia Kulikouskaya, Viktoryia Savich, Anastasiya Sidarenka, Sergei Pinchuk, Ruibin Li

“…The chitosan-/aldehyde-functionalized pectin (Chit/AF-Pect) polyelectrolyte complex sponges obtained are characterized using SEM, FTIR spectroscopy, and TGA. The swelling capacity study reveals a higher swelling ratio of IPEC sponges with an increase in both the molecular weight and content of chitosan: for Chit30/AF-Pect, the swelling ratio rises from 327% to 480%, while for Chit1200/AF-Pect, from 681% to 1,066%. …”
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Evaluating multiannual sedimentary nutrient retention in agricultural two-stage channels by Kaisa Västilä, Tom Jilbert

“…The pilot TSC floodplain significantly retained SS and nutrients while the low-flow channel did not suffer from siltation, supporting the hypothesized enhanced self-cleansing capacity of TSCs compared to trapezoidal cross-sections. …”
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DR-Z2AN: dual-recurrent neural network with a tri-channel attention mechanism for financial management prediction by Salem Knifo, Ahmad Alzubi

“…The combined model efficiently processes the sequence data, and the tri-channel attention improves the model's capacity to extract meaningful characteristics from the input. …”
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