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Open AccessScreening for frailty and its association with activities of daily living, cognitive impairment, and falls among community-dwelling older adults in China
Frailty is a prevalent geriatric condition that significantly impacts the health of older adults. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of frailty among older Chinese adults aged ≥ 65 years and to assess ...
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Open AccessFostering students’ geographical synthetic thinking using geographic subject mind maps
The term “geographical synthetic thinking” is taken from the latest Chinese version of the “Geography Curriculum Standards” (General High School 2017 edition, Compulsory Education 2022 edition) and is one of t...
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Graphitic carbon nitride film deposited with nitrogen-doped carbon nanoparticles as electrode for high-performance supercapacitors
Graphitic nitrogen-doped carbon film/nanoparticle composite, in which the films were wrapped and separated by the nanoparticles, was prepared through a simple co-calcination route. Due to its unique porous str...
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Compensatory effects of loneliness: how and when does workplace loneliness promote employees unethical pro-organizational behavior
With the development of information and communication technology (ICT) and the rise of telecommuting, loneliness has become a prevalent emotional experience in the workplace. Therefore, it is important to unde...
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Remember to say “thanks” when rejecting others: the moderating role of leader gratitude expression in the relationship between leader voice rejection and employees’ subsequent upward voice
The rejection of employees’ suggestions by leaders is a common occurrence in organizations, yet the extant research is unclear regarding how and when leader voice rejection affects employees’ subsequent upward...
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Construction of digital 3D magic-cube organization structure for innovation-driven manufacturing
Owing to the heterogeneity between functional units and resource scarcity, manufacturing firms have been struggling with intra-organizational coordination for productivity and innovation. Traditional organizat...
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Exploring impact of street layout on urban flood risk of people and vehicles under extreme rainfall based on numerical experiments
Urban street layout is an important factor in the formation process, characteristics, and risk level of urban flooding; therefore, this study numerically investigates the impact of street layout on urban flood...
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Angelica sinensis polysaccharides prevents hematopoietic regression in D-Galactose-Induced aging model via attenuation of oxidative stress in hematopoietic microenvironment
Extrinsic molecular mechanisms that regulate hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell (HSPC) aging are still poorly understood, and a potential protective medication needs to be explored.
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Open AccessSleep patterns correlates with the efficacy of tDCS on post-stroke patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness
The subclassification of prolonged disorders of consciousness (DoC) based on sleep patterns is important for the evaluation and treatment of the disease. This study evaluates the correlation between polysomnog...
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Novel NO removal using combined sodium erythorbate and FeIIEDTA system
To solve the difficulty of easy oxidation of FeIIEDTA in nitric oxide removal, FeIIEDTA combined with sodium erythorbate (SE) was employed for nitric oxide absorption. SE quickly reduced FeIIIEDTA to FeIIEDTA and...
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Relationship between dietary niacin intake and diabetes mellitus in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003–2018
Previous studies show inconsistent associations between niacin supplementation and diabetes mellitus (DM) in high-risk population, but little is known about the relationship between dietary intake of niacin an...
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Heme oxygenase-1 protects against endotoxin-induced acute lung injury depends on NAD+-mediated mitonuclear communication through PGC1α/PPARγ signaling pathway
Endotoxin-induced acute lung injury (ALI) is a challenging life-threatening disease for which no specific therapy exists. Mitochondrial dysfunction is corroborated as hallmarks in sepsis which commonly disrupt...
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Low-solvation electrolytes for high-voltage sodium-ion batteries
Sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) have attracted worldwide attention for next-generation energy storage systems. However, the severe instability of the solid–electrolyte interphase (SEI) formed during repeated cycli...
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Role of Penicillin-Binding Protein 1b in the Biofilm Inhibitory Efficacy of Ceftazidime Against Escherichia coli
Penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) play an important role in bacterial biofilm formation and are the targets of β-lactam antibiotics. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the β-lactam antibiotic cefta...
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Dynamic changes of growth and physiological parameters of Spirulina cultivated outdoors—a case study in Spirulina Industrial Park in Inner Mongolia, China
The annual yield of Spirulina (Arthrospira) in China is approximately 10,000 tonnes, accounting for 60–70% of the total capacity in the world. As the largest Spirulina production base in China, Ordos Spirulina In...
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Open AccessRopivacaine inhibits wound healing by suppressing the proliferation and migration of keratinocytes via the PI3K/AKT/mTOR Pathway
After surgery, millions of people suffer from delayed healing or wound dehiscence with subsequent severe complications, even death. Previous studies have reported that ropivacaine exhibits anti-proliferative a...
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Comparison of obesity indices and triglyceride glucose-related parameters to predict type 2 diabetes mellitus among normal-weight elderly in China
Although a significant proportion of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) cases arose from normal-weight individuals, studies on indicators of T2DM in normal-weight people are limited. Accordingly, this study aims ...
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Establishment of high-cell-density heterotrophic cultivation of Poterioochromonas malhamensis contributes to achieving biological control of Microcystis
The chrysophyte Poterioochromonas malhamensis has potential for controlling algal blooms through rapid grazing of toxic Microcystis cells and efficient degradation of microcystin. However, this method has not bee...
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Open AccessDirect observation of one-dimensional disordered diffusion channel in a chain-like thermoelectric with ultralow thermal conductivity
Structural disorder, highly effective in reducing thermal conductivity, is important in technological applications such as thermal barrier coatings and thermoelectrics. In particular, interstitial, disordered,...
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Preparation of Carboxymethylcellulose from Waste Paper
We aimed at producing sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from waste paper cellulose. For this etherification, the raw material was waste paper, the cellulose was initially alkalized with NaOH, the etherifying...
