Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Cameroon: Prevalence and Predictors—A Multisetting Community-Based Study by Massongo Massongo, Adamou Dodo Balkissou, Laurent-Mireille Endale Mangamba, Virginie Poka Mayap, Marie Elisabeth Ngah Komo, Abdou Wouoliyou Nsounfon, Alain Kuaban, Eric Walter Pefura Yone

“…Independent predictors of COPD (aOR (95% CI)) were a high educational level (4.7 (2.0, 11.1)), living in semiurban or rural locality (1.7 (1.4, 3.0)), tobacco smoking (1.7 (1.1, 2.5)), biomass fuel exposure (1.9 (1.1, 3.3)), experience of dyspnea (2.2 (1.4, 3.5)), history of tuberculosis (3.6 (1.9, 6.7)), and history of asthma (6.3 (3.4, 11.6)). …”
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Genome-wide identification, characterization, and functional analysis of the CHX, SOS, and RLK genes in Solanum lycopersicum under salt stress by Amaal Maghraby, Mohamed Alzalaty

“…CHX genes were found on chromosomes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12 of S. lycopersicum. SOS genes were found on chromosomes 1, 4, 6, and 10. …”
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Different DNA Loidy Patterns for the Differentiation of Common Subtypes of Renal Tumors by Guorong Li, Michèle Cottier, Odile Sabido, Anne Gentil-Perret, Claude Lambert, Christian Genin, Jacques Tostain

“…The diploid pattern was dominant in conventional and papillary RCCs. 10/13 (76.9%) of clear cell RCCs and 9/11 (81.8%) of papillary RCCs possessed a homogeneous DNA ploidy pattern while only 1/7 (14.3%) has a homogeneous DNA ploidy pattern. 6/7 chromophobe RCCs had multiple aneuploid stemlines. …”
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Determination of the effect of danofloxacin on 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine level by Devran Coşkun, Rahmi Canbar, Yasemin Korkmaz, Burak Dik, Ayşe Er, Enver Yazar

“…Blood samples were taken on day 0 (control), 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 days. Serum 8-OHDG, troponin I and CK-MB isoenzyme levels were measured with ELISA reader, while serum LDH, AST, ALT, ALP, creatinine and BUN values were determined with autoanalyzer. …”
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Antichronic Gastric Ulcer Effect of Zinc-Baicalin Complex on the Acetic Acid-Induced Chronic Gastric Ulcer Rat Model by Hui Yang, Yi Lu, Xiao-Feng Zeng, Ling Li, Rong-Ping Zhang, Zhong-Kun Ren, Xu Liu

“…BA-Zn (6.5 and 13 mg/kg) exerted a greater antiulcerogenic effect than both BA and zinc-gluconate, leading to a reduced ulcer index (18.43 ± 1.11, 15.00 ± 1.44), decreased MDA content (1.33 ± 0.07, 0.63 ± 0.01), and increased SOD activity (17.62 ± 0.11, 20.12 ± 0.32) and GSH-Px levels (102.12 ± 9.11, 120.25 ± 9.07). In addition, our results from Western blot suggested that BA-Zn (6.5 and 13 mg/kg) has a greater antiulcerogenic effect than both BA and zinc-gluconate. …”
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Serotyping and antimicrobial resistance of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae isolates from fattening pigs in Poland from 2019 to 2024 by Przyborowska Paulina, Tobolski Dawid

“…Results Analysis of 119 isolates from 67 farms demonstrated the predominance of serotype 2 (65.5%), followed by serogroups 3, 6, 8 (18.5%) and 1, 9, 11 (15.1%). This distribution differs from recent trends in other European countries, suggesting regional epidemiological variations. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of Metabolic Changes in Mice Exposed to Corilagin Based on GC-MS Analysis by Xu B, Wang C, Zhu X, Zhu L, Han G, Cui C

“…Using MetaboAnalyst 5.0 and the KEGG database was used to depict the 12 key metabolic pathways.Results: Compared with the control group, the Corilagin induced 20, 9, 11, 7, 16, 19, 14, 15, and 16 differential metabolites in the intestine, lung, kidney, stomach, heart, liver, hippocampus, cerebral cortex, and serum, respectively. …”
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Effect of Flaxseed Gum and Konjac Gum on the 3D Printing Properties of Pea Protein Isolate Emulsion Gels by Congjin BAI, Jingjing GUO, Yifan WANG, Zhenrong LI, Bo JIAO, Lei DAI

“…The composite polysaccharide was combined with pea protein isolate (PPI) under shearing treatment to investigate the effects of different concentrations (0.5%, 0.7%, 0.9%, 1.1%, and 1.3%) on the particle size, rheological properties, and 3D printing performance of emulsion gels. …”
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Screening fungi for use as biocatalysts in self-healing concrete with protocol simulating concrete environment by Ahsanul Kabir Sumon, Krutika Invally, Lu-Kwang Ju

“…The objective of this work was to develop an effective and innovative screening protocol that mimics not only the concrete-relevant pH and temperature but also the essential process/scenario of MESHC, that is, microbial spores remain dormant through the harsh conditions during concrete mixing and curing and germinate later at the less harsh condition (pH 9–11, ambient temperature) in concrete cracks. The protocol includes 4 steps with increasing complexity to reduce strains for time-consuming steps. …”
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Comparación de perfil lipídico por sexo y edad en una población de equinos en Caldas (Colombia) by J. H. Osorio, Y. E. Quenan, J. A. Castañeda

“…Resultados: las variables de CT, TG, C-HDL, C-LDL y C-VLDL del total de la población de acuerdo a la media y desviación estándar mostraron valores expresados en mg/dl de 100,3 ± 12,89; 45,59 ± 11,95; 62,03 ± 10,88; 27,91 ± 6,48; 9,11 ± 2. Al comparar los 4 grupos se encontró diferencia significativa en el C-HDL en los adultos (p-valor: 0,031), siendo mayor en las hembras adultas. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Acute Lung Injury Caused by Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Sing... by Liang-jie Fang, Lu-yan Chen, Jun-hui Sun, Jian-ying Zhou

“…The study included 14 ALI cases where the mean age of patients was 60.9±11.7 years (range 41-82 years), with a mean onset time of 2.4±1.6 d after TACE. …”
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Implementation of Solar Heat Energy and Adsorption Cooling Mechanism for Milk Pasteurization Application by G. Ramkumar, B. Arthi, S. D. Sundarsingh Jebaseelan, M. Gopila, P. Bhuvaneswari, R. Radhika, Geremew Geidare Kailo

“…A solar energy adsorbent refrigeration system has been constructed and described for keeping 200 liters of milk at 10-15°C for 9–11 hours. Investigation findings indicate that the specific cooling power of the system is sufficient to store 200 liters of milk at 5.8 kW/kg and 5.5 kW/kg for 500 liter per hours hot water supplied at 92°C, 32°C condenser temperatures, and 5°C evaporator temperatures. …”
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Do maternal haemodynamics have a causal influence on treatment for gestational diabetes? by Abigail R. Anness, Michael Foster, Mohammed W. Osman, David Webb, Thompson Robinson, Asma Khalil, Neil Walkinshaw, Hatem A. Mousa

“…The raw values of maternal heart rate (87.6 ± 11.7 vs. 92.9 ± 11.90 bpm, p = 0.014) and PWV (7.8 ± 1.04 vs. 8.4 ± 1.61 m/s, p = 0.029) were both significantly higher amongst the women requiring pharmacological management, though these relationships did not remain significant in causal logistic regression.Conclusions Maternal BMI at booking has a causal, rather than simply associational, relationship on the need for pharmacological treatment of GDM. …”
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Lysine (K)-specific methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A) rearrangements among Iraqi de novo acute myeloid leukemia by Riyam Qusay Al Jadir, Saba Abdulmahdi Abdulameer, Jaffar Nouri Alalsaidissa, Ali AlJabban

“…The most common was t(10;11) which presented in 15 (13%) patients, followed by t(9;11) in 5 (4.3%) patients and t(11;17) in 3 (2.6%) patients. …”
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RNAseq of peripheral blood mononucleated cells exposed to platelet-rich fibrin and enamel matrix derivatives by Layla Panahipour, Zahra Kargarpour, Michael Mildner, Hannes Kühtreiber, Reinhard Gruber

“…Representative is a characteristic IFN response indicated by various human leukocyte antigens (HLA-DPA1, HLA-DPB1, HLA-DQA1, HLA-DQA2, HLA-DRA, HLA-DRB1, HLA-DRB5), gamma Fc receptors (FCGR1A, FCGR1B, FCGR3B), chemokines (CXCL9-11), and calprotectin (S100A8/9 and S100A12), complement (C1QA/B, C2) and interferon-induced guanylate-binding proteins (GBP1, GBP5). …”
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S-NiFe2O4@graphene/cellulose nanofibers/polyvinyl alcohol composite towards high-performance microwave absorption and flame retardancy by Qiang Guo, Yanfei Pan, Shuaiqi Hu, Zhenghua Xue, Sufen Hao, Jintian Huang

“…The NF-4@G absorption bandwidth covers entire X-band at 0.9–1.1 mm thickness. Besides, the peak heat release rate and total heat release of the modified composite film were reduced by 67.83 % and 66.23 % and smoke release was also significantly reduced. …”
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辅助生育治疗后多胎妊娠减胎术67例临床分析

“…【结果】 减胎后,14.9%的病人出现阴道出血,1.5%的病人诉腹痛,总流产率为9.0%;67例病人中,已有46例患者获得分娩,共65个婴儿.平均出生孕周为37.1 ± 2.5(30 ~ 40.5)周,11例患者孕周小于37周,早产率为23.9%(11/46),其中,6.5%的患者孕周小于32周;在65个新生儿中,平均出生体质量为2688 ± 651 (1 350 ~ 4 250) g,35.4%(23/65)为低体质量儿(< 2 500 g),6.2%的新生儿出生体质量小于1 500 g;减胎前胚胎数与减胎后剩余胚胎数明显影响出生孕周及新生儿体质量;双胎减为单胎较未减胎的双胎者比较,妊娠结局明显改善?…”
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Morphological and phylogenetic features of the Crimean population of <i>Juniperus deltoids</i> R.P. Adams by A. O. Lantushenko, O. O. Korenkova, A. A. Syrovets, Ya. V. Meger, P. A. Korenkov, O. M. Shevchuk

“…The dimensions of the cones are d1 (conditional height) = 7.54 ± 0.14 mm, and d2 (conditional width) = 9.11 ± 0.09 mm, which is more in line with J. deltoides. …”
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Factors Associated with Midterm Visual Field Variability in Patients with Stable Glaucoma by Maria Emília V. Guimarães, Carolina P. B. Gracitelli, Syril Dorairaj, Fábio N. Kanadani, Tiago S. Prata

“…Average SAP VFI values for groups 1 and 2 were 95.6 ± 5.9% and 85.9 ± 11.3%, respectively (P=0.002). There was a statistically significant association between CV and SAP MD values (P=0.006). …”
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张广才岭东部地区黑线姬鼠夏秋季植物性食物分析研究 by 常诗麒, 李殿伟, 徐梦昊, 王阳, 单洪佳, 丁森

“…黑线姬鼠（<italic>Apodemus agrarius</italic>）是农林业典型害鼠，为探究黑线姬鼠对食物资源利用的变化特征，选取张广才岭东部地区三道关针阔叶混交林为研究地点，分别于夏季（2020年6—8月）和秋季（2020年9—11月），采用铗日法和样线法采集黑线姬鼠样本，利用DNA宏条形码技术进行黑线姬鼠食性分析。结果表明：黑线姬鼠的夏季食物主要为草本植物，胃容物包含14科19属21种，其中以稗（<italic>Echinochloa crus</italic>-<italic>galli</italic>，87.0%）和堪察加费菜（<italic>Phedimus kamtschaticus</italic>，7.0%）为主；秋季食物主要为乔木植物果实，胃容物包含15科40属44种，其中以蒙古栎（<italic>Quercus mongolica</italic>，48.3%）、湿地风毛菊（<italic>Saussurea umbrosa</italic>，17.0%）、樟子松（<italic>Pinus sylvestris </italic>var. …”
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