Evaluating the impact of smoking on the risk of dry eye disease: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Kuiliang Yang, Han Zhang, Yujin Wang, Yulin Yan, Zixian Yang, Shanshan Wan, Wanju Yang, Yanning Yang

“…Abstract Dry Eye Disease (DED) is a common condition worldwide, with smoking being recognized as a possible aggravating factor. …”
Get full text

Vasculitic Tibial Mononeuropathy Associated with Inherited Immune Dysregulation: A Review of Tibial Mononeuropathies with Electrodiagnostic Considerations by James Liu, Yue Ding, Sandra Camelo-Piragua, James Richardson

“…Therefore, it is critical to consider noncompressive etiologies when a tibial mononeuropathy is suspected. This is a patient with a history of rare inherited immune dysregulation that presented to the electrodiagnostic laboratory with severe neuropathic pain in the right foot associated with plantarflexion weakness, concerning for a tibial mononeuropathy. …”
Get full text

Alternative splicing of modulatory immune receptors in T lymphocytes: a newly identified and targetable mechanism for anticancer immunotherapy by Shay Tzaban, Ori Stern, Elad Zisman, Galit Eisenberg, Galit Eisenberg, Shiri Klein, Shiri Klein, Shoshana Frankenburg, Michal Lotem, Michal Lotem, Michal Lotem

“…Alternative splicing (AS) is a mechanism that generates translational diversity within a genome. …”
Get full text

Serum uric acid level and subclinical left ventricular dysfunction: a community‐based cohort study by Koki Nakanishi, Masao Daimon, Yuriko Yoshida, Jumpei Ishiwata, Naoko Sawada, Megumi Hirokawa, Hidehiro Kaneko, Tomoko Nakao, Yoshiko Mizuno, Hiroyuki Morita, Marco R. Di Tullio, Shunichi Homma, Issei Komuro

“…This study aimed to investigate the association between SUA and subclinical LV dysfunction in a sample of a general population without overt cardiac disease. …”
Get full text

Comparison of biodegradable and durable polymer drug-eluting stents in acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis by Tingting Wei, Can Huang, Yifan Zeng, Haoyong Yuan, Zhongshi Wu, Ting Lu, Yalin Liu

“…Statistical pooling was performed to estimate incidence using a random-effects model with generic inverse-variance weighting. …”
Get full text

Avaliação da produção de acetais e levulinatos: das possibilidades de síntese à separação by Willian Melgaço Vasconcelos, Lucas Martins Inez, Rejane de Castro Santana, Fabio de Ávila Rodrigues

“… A produção de biocombustíveis e seus aditivos constituem alternativas diante do uso combustíveis fósseis. …”
Get full text

Effect of Spirulina Meal Supplementation on Growth Performance and Feed Utilization in Fish and Shrimp: A Meta-Analysis by Ling Li, Haiyan Liu, Peiyu Zhang

“…Therefore, SPM is a promising fishmeal substitute and a growth-promoting feed additive for sustainable aquaculture of fish and shrimp.…”
Get full text

Factors affecting the sexual health of newly married couples: A qualitative study of experts\' point of views by Zabihollah Gharlipour, Leila GHazvinian, Zohreh Khalajinia, Farideh Khalajabadi Farahani, Mostafa GHazvinian

“…Objective(s): Sexual health is one of the main aspects of health that strengthens the foundation of the family. Therefore, a study was conducted aiming to explore the factors affecting the sexual health of newly married couples from the point of view of experts. …”
Get full text

A large annotated cervical cytology images dataset for AI models to aid cervical cancer screening by Xuan Zhang, Jianxin Ji, Qi Zhang, Xiaohan Zheng, Kaiyuan Ge, Menglei Hua, Lei Cao, Liuying Wang

“…Through this work, we seek to provide a large dataset of cervical cytology images with exhaustive annotations of abnormal cervical cells. …”
Get full text

A Case of Low-Grade Oncocytic Tumor/Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma (Oncocytic Variant) of the Kidney by Noriyoshi Ishikawa, Nao Kimura, Toshio Yoshida, Ichiro Yoshimura, Ken Nakahara, Toyonori Tsuzuki, Osamu Tokunaga

“…Distinguishing between eosinophilic variant of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (eCRCC) and oncocytoma is often a diagnostic challenge in routine surgical pathology. …”
Get full text

Genetic Determinants of Immune Cells and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk: A Bioinformatics and Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by Tong WU, Fei GAO, Fei TENG, Qiaoli ZHANG

“…ResultsA total of 284 HCC-related genes were identified, with 120 genes recognized within the protein interaction network. …”
Get full text

Pyrolysis Kinetics of Spirulina platensis and Non-condensable Gas Product Distribution in a Fixed-Bed Reactor by Ahmad Yusril Aminullah, Sukarni Sukarni, Retno Wulandari, Muhammad Shahbaz

“…Energy is a fundamental factor for civilization development and sustainability. …”
Get full text

Detection of Bovine IgG Isotypes in a PPA-ELISA for Johne's Disease Diagnosis in Infected Herds by Bárbara Fernández, Liliana Rosa Gilardoni, Ana Jolly, Silvia Beatriz Colavecchia, Fernando Alberto Paolicchi, Silvia Leonor Mundo

“…Johne's Disease or Paratuberculosis is a chronic granulomatous enteritis disease affecting ruminants. …”
Get full text

Mortality, Work and Migration. A Consideration of Age-specific Mortality from Tuberculosis in Scotland, 1861-1901 by Alice Reid, Eilidh Garrett

“…We use populations reconstructed from individual census and civil register data for the period 1861 to 1901, comparing a growing urban area with a declining rural area, both with around 20,000 inhabitants in 1861. …”
Get full text

Evaluation of Groundwater Quality for Suitability of Irrigation Purposes: A Case Study in the Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand by Kshitindra Kr. Singh, Geeta Tewari, Suresh Kumar

“…In the present study, the groundwater quality for suitability in agriculture from Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand, has been evaluated. A total of 50 groundwater samples have been collected and analysed for pH, EC, TH, HCO3−, CO32−, Cl−, SO42−, NO3–, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+ and K+. …”
Get full text

Anti-jamming transmission in a multi-channel wireless network based on incomplete information dynamic game by Hengjie ZHOU, Minhong SUN, Hua ZHONG, Wei LIU

“…Intelligent jammer can analyze the history of user’s transmission and control their own behavior,so it has brought new threats to the wireless network.In order to analyze the behavior of users and intelligent jammers in a multi-channel wireless network,a dynamic Stackelberg game with incomplete information was modelled.In the model,it was assumed that the intelligent jammer followed the user and they transmitted at a same wireless channel,and both of them took power control as their strategy.Furthermore,their benefit functions were designed of which the observation error of the jammer was taken into account.Then,the Stackelberg equilibrium (SE) point of the game model was derived and the existence and the uniqueness of the SE were proved.The validity of the multi-channel dynamic Stackelberg game anti-jamming model with incomplete information was verified by simulations.…”
Get full text

Definition of minimum clearance height of railway bridges in a windblown sand area based on numerical simulation by Xian Zhang, Shengbo Xie, Yingjun Pang

“…Therefore, the clearance height of bridges in the windblown area should be at least 9 m. These results provide a theoretical basis for the survey and design of bridges in the windblown sand areas.…”
Get full text

A Picrorhiza kurroa Derivative, Picroliv, Attenuates the Development of Dextran-Sulfate-Sodium-Induced Colitis in Mice by De-Kui Zhang, Jian-Jie Yu, Yu-Min Li, Li-Na Wei, Yi Yu, Yan-Hu Feng, Xiang Wang

“…Free radicals and proinflammatory cytokines have been shown to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis (UC). …”
Get full text

Production of Extracellular Laccase from Bacillus subtilis MTCC 2414 Using Agroresidues as a Potential Substrate by Narayanan P. Muthukumarasamy, Beenie Jackson, Antony Joseph Raj, Murugan Sevanan

“…This is the first report that delivers the higher yield of laccase produced from B. subtilis MTCC 2414 using agroresidues as a potential substrate.…”
Get full text

Nitrogen Incorporation in TiO2: Does It Make a Visible Light Photo-Active Material? by B. Viswanathan, K. R. Krishanmurthy

“…(iii) The exact chemical nature/state of the introduced nitrogen, and its location in titania lattice, substitutional and/or interstitial, is still unclear (iv) Is there a limit to the incorporation of nitrogen in the lattice of TiO2?…”
Get full text