Pan-Cancer Analyses of the Tumor Microenvironment Reveal That Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme E2C Might Be a Potential Immunotherapy Target by Guang-zhao Huang, Ze-qun Chen, Juan Wu, Ting-ru Shao, Chen Zou, Yi-long Ai, Xiao-zhi Lv

“…Increasing evidence indicated that the tumor microenvironment (TME) played a crucial role in cancer initiation and progression. …”
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The effect of yoga on insomnia and quality of life among nursing professionals during COVID-19: A pre–post-test interventional study by Madhu Basavegowda, Sujan M. Umeshchandra, Patteswari Duraisamy, Rajesh K. Thimmulappa, Mounika S. Manivasagan, Chaithra Mallaiah, Jahnavi V. Madhu, Vijaya V. Yogeeshwaran, Nagashree Vishwanath, Vinitha K. Rudramuniyappa, Srinath C. Galag, VSK Manasa Priya Dwadasi

“…Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has taken a toll on the well-being and quality of life (QoL) of healthcare professionals, especially nurses. …”
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Case report of the first use of a hydrogel rectal spacer for prostate cancer reirradiation via LDR brachytherapy: applications and technical notes by Amina Lazrek, Sebastiano Finocchi Ghersi, Adeline Petre, Sarah Houabes, Anne-Agathe Serre, Frederic Gassa, Magali Sandt, Cecile Laude, Camille Roukoz, Salvatore Cozzi

“…This article examines the critical role of a biodegradable hydrogel spacer, which creates a temporary interspace between the prostate and the rectum, thus reducing radiation exposure to healthy tissues.Case descriptionWe present a case of a man with a history of intermediate-risk prostate adenocarcinoma initially treated with external beam radiotherapy in 2015. …”
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Exploring Health-Seeking Behaviors Among Healthcare Workers and the General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Quantitative Study by Gabriela Castañeda-Millán, Alexia M. Haritos, Edris Formuli, Maryna Mazur, Kishana Balakrishnar, Bao-Zhu Stephanie Long, Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia

“…We examined prevalence of help-seeking, barriers to accessing mental health support, and predictors of help seeking using descriptive and inferential statistics. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to explore the relationship between sociodemographic factors and help-seeking. …”
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Feldspar Dissolution and Its Influence on Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Lower Triassic Baikouquan Formation in the Northwest Margin of the Junggar Basin, China by Meng Xiao, Xuanjun Yuan, Dawei Cheng, Songtao Wu, Zhenglin Cao, Yong Tang, Zongrui Xie

“…Feldspar dissolution is a common feature in clastic rock reservoirs of petroliferous basins and has an important influence on reservoir quality. …”
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ANALYSIS OF GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF INFLUENZA VIRUS A/CHICKEN/CHELYABINSK/30/2019 H9N2 ISOLATED IN CHELYABINSK OBLAST by N. G. Zinyakov, Щю S. Osipova, P. B. Akshalova, V. Yu. Sosipatorova, A. V. Andriyasov, D. B. Andreychuk, I. A. Chvala

“…The primary structure of the A/chicken/Chelyabinsk/30/2019 H9N2 isolate demonstrates a very high level of genetic similarity to the infl uenza virus isolate A/chicken/ Israel/215/2007 H9N2 used as a vaccine strain.…”
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Novel combination therapy for platinum-eligible patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Takafumi Yanagisawa, Keiichiro Mori, Akihiro Matsukawa, Tatsushi Kawada, Satoshi Katayama, Ekaterina Laukhtina, Pawel Rajwa, Fahad Quhal, Benjamin Pradere, Wataru Fukuokaya, Kosuke Iwatani, Renate Pichler, Jeremy Yuen-Chun Teoh, Marco Moschini, Wojciech Krajewski, Jun Miki, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Takahiro Kimura, European Association of Urology–Young Academic Urologists Urothelial Carcinoma Working Group (EAU-YAU)

“…Thus, EV + pembrolizumab may become a guideline-changing standard treatment.…”
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A Phase I/II Study of Ultra-Hypofractionated Carbon-ion Radiation therapy for Low- and Intermediate-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer by Noriyuki Okonogi, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Tsuji, MD, PhD, Kana Kobayashi, MD, PhD, Mio Nakajima, MD, PhD, Shuri Aoki, MD, PhD, Takanobu Utsumi, MD, PhD, Hiroyoshi Suzuki, MD, PhD, Koichiro Akakura, MD, PhD, Tomohiko Ichikawa, MD, PhD, Hitoshi Ishikawa, MD, PhD

“…Purpose: We report herein the 3-year results of a phase I/II prospective study of 4-fraction course of carbon-ion radiation therapy (CIRT) in patients with localized prostate cancer. …”
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Nano-XRF of lung fibrotic tissue reveals unexplored Ca, Zn, S and Fe metabolism: a novel approach to chronic lung diseases by Bryan Falcones, Maik Kahnt, Ulf Johansson, Barbora Svobodová, Karin A. von Wachenfelt, Charlott Brunmark, Göran Dellgren, Linda Elowsson, Karina Thånell, Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson

“…In the context of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), a debilitating lung condition associated with respiratory complications and reduced life expectancy, nano-XRF presents a promising avenue for understanding the disease’s intricate pathology. …”
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EL ECOSISTEMA EMPRENDEDOR COSTARRICENSE Y COLOMBIANO FRENTE A LAS EXPECTATIVAS DE ALTO CRECIMIENTO DE LOS EMPRENDEDORES NACIENTES (*) by Zaida María Granados-Elizondo, Juan Carlos Leiva-Bonilla

“…La investigación se llevó a cabo mediante un enfoque cualitativo, con un muestreo determinístico intencional o por conveniencia; para la recolección de los datos se empleó una entrevista semiestructurada, aplicada a dieciocho componentes del ecosistema emprendedor: nueve en Costa Rica y nueve en Colombia. …”
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An HPLC-based Assay to Study the Activity of Cyclic Diadenosine Monophosphate (C-di-AMP) Synthase DisA from Mycobacterium smegmatis by Avisek Mahapa, Sudhanshu Gautam, Arti Rathore, Dipankar Chatterji

“…Cyclic diadenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is a recently discovered second messenger that modulates several signal transduction pathways in bacterial and host cells. …”
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SP-Loc: A crowdsourcing fingerprint based shop-level indoor localization algorithm integrating shop popularity without the indoor map by Jie Wei, Fang Zhao, Haiyong Luo

“…However, most of the Wi-Fi-based indoor localization approaches requiring professionals to deploy expensive beacon devices and intensively collect fingerprints in each location grid, which severely limits its extensive promotion. We introduce a zero-cost indoor localization algorithm utilizing crowdsourcing fingerprints to obtain the shop recognition where the user is located. …”
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Uptake of Photosensitizer 2-Devinyl-2-(1-methoxylethyl) Chlorin f in Human Breast Cancer Cells: A Diffusion Kinetics Study by Ping Chen, Feng Zhang, Lei Zhang, Song-Cheng Mao, Lie Lin, Hua Bai, Guo-Qing Tang, Jian-Zhong Yao, Jun-Hong Yang, Yun-Feng Ma

“…The kinetics of photosensitizer 2-devinyl-2-(1-methoxylethyl) chlorin f (CPD4) uptake in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells is described by a diffusion kinetics model and experimentally investigated using laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM). …”
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Does the transition from face-to-face to face-to-screen improve oral health literacy? A non-inferiority randomized controlled trial by Negar Ebrahimi, Katayoun Sargeran, Reza Yazdani, Ahmad Reza Shamshiri

“…Oral health literacy (OHL) plays a major role in reducing oral health inequalities. …”
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Hybrid Method for Predictive Transient Nonlinear Analysis of a Radiative-Convective Moving Porous Fin with Temperature-variant Internal Heat Generation by Gbeminiyi Musibau Sobamowo, Ridwan Oladotun Olagbadamosi, Arinola Bola Ajayi, Antonio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira

“… In this work, Laplace transform-Legendre-wavelet collocation method is adopted for a semi-numerical analysis of predicting transient nonlinear behaviour of a radiative-convective fin with temperature-variant internal heat generation. …”
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Vitamin D Status and Its Relationship with Metabolic Markers in Persons with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in the UAE: A Cross-Sectional Study by Amena Sadiya, Solafa M. Ahmed, Sijomol Skaria, Salah Abusnana

“…Association of s-25(OH)D with body mass index, waist circumference, fat mass, markers of calcium homeostasis and cardiometabolic parameters suggests a role of vitamin D in the development of cardiometabolic disease-related process.…”
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Chemical cross‐linking facilitates antigen uptake and presentation and provides improved protection from Mpox with a dual‐antigen subunit vaccine by Long Chen, Chao Shang, Zihao Wang, Mengzhu Zheng, Cuiling Zhang, Dapeng Li, Zhanqun Yang, Yuchao Dong, Yuru Xu, Yunsheng Yuan, Shiyong Fan, Wu Zhong, Jian Lin, Xiao Li

“…We applied this strategy to monkeypox virus antigens A29L and A35R to construct dual‐antigen subunit vaccines. …”
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Application of Surface Roughness Analysis on Micro–Computed Tomographic Images of Bone Erosion: Examples Using a Rodent Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Matthew D. Silva, Jason Ruan, Elizabeth Siebert, Anneli Savinainen, Bruce Jaffee, Lisa Schopf, Sudeep Chandra

“…Quantifying the bone erosion in preclinical models of rheumatoid arthritis is valuable for the evaluation of drug treatments. This study introduces a three-dimensional method for bone surface roughness measurement from micro–computed tomographic data obtained from rats subjected to collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), in which the degree of bone erosion is related to the severity and the duration of the disease. …”
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DE LO PERSONAL A LO COLECTIVO: CUESTIONES PSICOLÓGICAS Y FEMINISTAS DE LA SALUD MENTAL DE LAS MUJERES by U. Vindhya

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A Qualitative Study of Digital Religious Influence: Perspectives from Christian, Hindu, and Muslim Gen Y and Gen Z in Mumbai, India by Clyde Anieldath Missier

“…It draws on data from 64 in-depth interviews with Generation Y and Generation Z individuals with a higher-education background who identified as Christian, Muslim, or Hindu, conducted in Mumbai, India. …”
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