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Enhancement of dissolution and oral bioavailability by adjusting microenvironment pH in crocetin ternary solid dispersions: Optimization, characterization, in vitro evaluation, and pharmacokinetics
The most promising active ingredient of Crocus sativus L., crocetin (CCT), has been demonstrated to possess many biological activities. However, only a few studies have been conducted on CCT formulation, especial...
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Open AccessComparison of networks of loneliness, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms in at-risk community-dwelling older adults before and during COVID-19
Network analysis provides an innovative approach to examining symptom-to-symptom interactions in mental health, and adverse external conditions may change the network structures. This study compared the networ...
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Open AccessEffect of Intravenous Thrombolytic Dose of Alteplase on Long-Term Prognosis in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke
This study aimed to investigate the long-term prognostic effects of different alteplase doses on patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS).
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Open Access‘It was the deepest level of companionship’: peer-to-peer experience of supporting community-dwelling older people with depression - a qualitative study
There is an ample body of literature examining the experiences and outcomes of peer support services for mental health recovery in western countries. However, formal peer support is only recently adapted and p...
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Open AccessCollaborative community mental health and aged care services with peer support to prevent late-life depression: study protocol for a non-randomised controlled trial
Late-life depression is common, modifiable, yet under-treated. Service silos and human resources shortage contribute to insufficient prevention and intervention. We describe an implementation research protocol...
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Open AccessUpregulation of miR-215 attenuates propofol-induced apoptosis and oxidative stress in develo** neurons by targeting LATS2
Propofol is an intravenous anesthetic agent that commonly induces significant neuroapoptosis. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been reported to participate in the regulation of propofol exposure-mediated neurotoxicity....
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The supramolecular organization of PVDF lamellae formed in diphenyl ketone dilutions via thermally induced phase separation
The crystallization of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) during thermally induced solid–liquid phase separation leads to supermolecular structures in PVDF/montmorillonite (MMT)/diphenyl ketone dilutions with va...
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Position of phonetic components may influence how written words are processed in the brain: Evidence from Chinese phonetic compound pronunciation
Previous studies have shown a right-visual-field (RVF)/left-hemisphere (LH) advantage in Chinese phonetic compound pronunciation. Here, we contrast the processing of two phonetic compound types: a dominant str...
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Contrary Effects of BMP-2 and ATRA on Adipogenesis in Mouse Mesenchymal Fibroblasts
This study evaluates the effects of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) and all trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on adipogenesis in primary mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs). In BMP-2-treated MEFs, lipid accumulation...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Qualitative Simulation of Teachers Group Behaviors Based on BP Neural Network
This paper discusses the development of the conceptual model of oscillation-equilibrium qualitative simulation(OEQS) for teachers group behaviors and the integration of the approaches of QSIM and Qualitative R...
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Surface dissociation properties of short chain carboxyl mercaptan self-assembled monolayers by impedance titration
Impedance titration was used to determine the surface dissociation characteristics of short-chain carboxyl mercaptan self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). Based on the change of the cyclic voltammetric peak curren...
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A Chitosan-Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Modified Electrode for Simultaneous Detection of Dopamine and Ascorbic Acid
A chemically modified electrode based on a chitosan-multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT) coated glassy carbon electrode (GCE) is described, which exhibits an attractive ability to determine dopamine (DA) and ascor...