This study investigates the variation in rate constants for nucleation and growth of silver nanowires (AgNWs) synthesized using the polyol method in batch and millifluidic flow reactors (MFRs). In a particular reactor, silver ion concentration at any time is quantified by the method of El-Ghamry et al. and the non-linear two-step Finke-Watzky model is used to determine the rate constants for nucleation (k(1)) and growth (k(2)). The results indicate that k(1) and k(2) for the MFRs are...

CONCLUSIONS: Obese women have higher rates of pregnancy redating compared to normal weight women, with class III obese women having the highest rates of all groups studied. Accurate pregnancy dating is important to decrease unnecessary interventions due to false diagnoses of fetal growth restriction or macrosomia.

Cervical cancer screening is a crucial cancer detection measure that can be facilitated by effective patient-provider communication (PPC). This study examined how face-to-face patient-provider communication (FPPC) and online patient-provider communication (OPPC) were associated with cervical cancer screening behaviors through the mediation of human papillomavirus (HPV) awareness and cancer worry. Using data from 3133 women in the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 6, 2022), we...

Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment, commonly referred to as "chemobrain," significantly affects cancer survivors' quality of life, yet its underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Most chemotherapeutic agents cannot cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), yet they cause central nervous system side effects, suggesting alternative pathways of toxicity. Given that these drugs interact with the cerebrovascular endothelium at their highest concentrations, it is logical to hypothesize that...

Following the acute COVID-19 disease, many countries see long-time sequences of this infectious disease, commonly known as Long COVID. This seems to be a multi-organ inflammatory chronic condition of variable intensity and incidence, partly due to the retention of the virus or viral particles in several organs. Based on our 6-country (4 in Europe, 2 from North America) collaborative investigations, we found that the incidence of Long COVID varied from 46 (Mexico) to 17% (Ukraine), the average...