Analysis of the Stockholm Public Health Cohort: Exploring How Ultraviolet Radiation and Other Factors Associate with Skin Cancer by Lina U. Ivert, Henrik Dal, Ylva Rodvall, Bernt Lindelöf

“…Sunbed use >10 times before age 30 years was related to all three skin cancers; SCC adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.66, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.12–2.47, CMM (aOR 1.57, 95% CI 1.11–2.22), and the clearest dose-response association with BCC (aOR 1.74, 95% CI 1.46–2.06). …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Dengue Transmission and Spatial Distribution of High Seroprevalence in Schoolchildren from the Urban Area of Medellin, Colombia by Leidy Diana Piedrahita, Ivony Y. Agudelo Salas, Katherine Marin, Andrea I. Trujillo, Jorge E. Osorio, Sair Orieta Arboleda-Sanchez, Berta Nelly Restrepo

“…A total of 4,385 schoolchildren participated for at least one year. …”
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Estilos gerenciais dos coordenadores de cursos de graduação de uma instituição de ensino superior by Evanilde Gollo Cordazzo, Rodney Wernke, Antonio Zanin

“…Quanto às principais funções evidenciadas pelos respondentes, estas referem-se à organização (75%), ao planejamento (65%), à liderança (55%) e à de mediador (50%). …”
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The role of repeat fine needle aspiration in managing indeterminate thyroid nodules by Laura Allen, Ayham Al Afif, Matthew H. Rigby, Martin J. Bullock, Jonathan Trites, S. Mark Taylor, Robert D. Hart

“…Abstract Background The Bethesda System is the most widely used for reporting fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology. It recommends a repeat FNA (rFNA) when initial results are category I or III. …”
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Preclinical Polymodal Hallucinations for 13 Years before Dementia with Lewy Bodies by Carlo Abbate, Pietro Davide Trimarchi, Silvia Inglese, Niccolò Viti, Alessandra Cantatore, Lisa De Agostini, Federico Pirri, Lorenza Marino, Renzo Bagarolo, Daniela Mari

“…Objective. We describe a case of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) that presented long-lasting preclinical complex polymodal hallucinations. …”
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Revolutionizing load harmony in edge computing networks with probabilistic cellular automata and Markov decision processes by Dinesh Sahu, Nidhi, Rajnish Chaturvedi, Shiv Prakash, Tiansheng Yang, Rajkumar Singh Rathore, Lu Wang, Sabeen Tahir, Sheikh Tahir Bakhsh

“…By conducting a large number of experiments, we prove that the proposed PCA-MDP model yields a higher efficiency in the distribution of the load, higher stabilities of the reward function, and a faster convergence speed compared to the existing approaches. …”
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Experimental Fracture Model versus Osteotomy Model in Metacarpal Bone Plate Fixation by S. Ochman, T. Vordemvenne, J. Paletta, M. J. Raschke, R. H. Meffert, S. Doht

“…In groups I and II bones were fractured with a modified 3-point bending test. The intact bones represented a further control group to which the other groups after fixation were compared. …”
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Association of intraprocedural near admission-level blood pressure with functional outcome in stroke patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy by Min Chen, Lukas Daniel Sauer, Mika Herwig, Jessica Jesser, Meinhard Kieser, Arne Potreck, Markus Möhlenbruch, Peter Arthur Ringleb, Silvia Schönenberger

“…Methods We conducted a retrospective observational study at a single center at a university hospital, which included patients from August 2018 to September 2020 suffering from acute ischemic stroke with anterior circulation vessel occlusion and treated with endovascular therapy. …”
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Impact of chlorine dioxide and chlorhexidine mouthwashes on friction and surface roughness of orthodontic stainless steel wires: an in-vitro comparative study [version 2; peer revi... by Arun S Urala, Shivani Apte, Divya S

“…Results Friction resistance evaluation for the archwires revealed a mean friction of 0.011 ± 0.0056 in Group A, 0.015 ± 0.0052 in Group B, and 0.010 ± 0.0067 in Group C. …”
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Evaluation of Five Ready-to-Use Bases for the Topical Administration of Propranolol Hydrochloride to Treat Infantile Hemangioma by Chiara Lacassia, Annalisa Cutrignelli, Flavia Maria la Forgia, Sergio Fontana, Antonio Lopalco, Nunzio Denora, Angela Assunta Lopedota

“…Topical skin applications could help maintain a high drug concentration at local sites and also represent a characteristically easy method of administration for pediatric patients. …”
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Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy in an STXBP1 Patient with Lactic Acidemia and Normal Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Function by Dong Li, Elizabeth Bhoj, Elizabeth McCormick, Fengxiang Wang, James Snyder, Tiancheng Wang, Yan Zhao, Cecilia Kim, Rosetta Chiavacci, Lifeng Tian, Marni J. Falk, Hakon Hakonarson

“…We report a 7-year-old boy who presented for diagnostic evaluation of intractable epilepsy, episodic ataxia, resting tremor, and speech regression following a period of apparently normal early development. …”
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Cellular senescence-associated gene IFI16 promotes HMOX1-dependent evasion of ferroptosis and radioresistance in glioblastoma by Yuchuan Zhou, Liang Zeng, Linbo Cai, Wang Zheng, Xinglong Liu, Yuqi Xiao, Xiaoya Jin, Yang Bai, Mingyao Lai, Hainan Li, Hua Jiang, Songling Hu, Yan Pan, Jianghong Zhang, Chunlin Shao

“…Abstract Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains a therapeutic challenge due to its aggressive nature and recurrence. …”
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The role of pro-environmental behavior in the development of sustainable tourism by N. Zulvianti, H. Akmal, M.R. Putra

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Sustainable tourism is tourism development that has a long-term impact on the environment, society, culture, and the economy for the present and the future. …”
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Utilização dos Arquivos Climáticos IWEC, SWERA, INMET, TRY e TMY da Cidade de Belém-PA para Análise de Desempenho Térmico Estrutural by David Lohan Pereira de Sousa, Jean Carlos de Almeida Nobre, Larissa dos Santos Borges, Luiz Claudio Fialho Andrade, Jerson Rogério Pinheiro Vaz, Silvio Bispo do Vale, Daniel José Lima de Sousa

“… A pesquisa objetivou analisar o desempenho térmico de um edifício padrão na cidade de Belém-PA através de uma simulação numérica. …”
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The analysis of influence of uncertainty factors on mathematical modeling of process of reverse expansion of ammonia in low-speed reciprocating compressor stage. Part 1 by D. Kh. Sadvakasov, G. I. Chernov, V. L. Yusha

“…The mathematical model is based on the equations of the first law of thermodynamics for a body of variable mass, the equation of state of a real gas, the Clausius– Clausius and Newton–Richmann equations. …”
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Multi-scale mechanical properties of Al–Mg–Zr–Sc alloys fabricated by direct metal laser sintering: Towards single-material composites by Dominic Zettel, Piotr Breitkopf, Ludovic Cauvin, Pascal Nicolay, Roland Willmann

“…This study proposes a methodology for experimentally deriving parameter-dependent mechanical properties of DMLS-printed aluminum. …”
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Integrated analysis of M2 macrophage-related gene prognostic model and single-cell sequence to predict immunotherapy response in lung adenocarcinoma by Meifang Li, Zhiping Wang, Bin Huang, Yanyun Lai, Meng Zhang, Cheng Lin

“…Moreover, the signature was an independent prognostic factor for LUAD and a potential biomarker for patients receiving immunotherapy. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Relationships Between Roe and Red Deer in an Alpine Area by Valerio Donini, Luca Pedrotti, Francesco Ferretti, Elisa Iacona, Lucrezia Lorenzetti, Francesca Cozzi, Luca Corlatti

“…Analyses were based on 2060 and 9030 roe deer and red deer detections, respectively, collected from July to September, from 2019 to 2023, using 50 camera traps randomly distributed over a 10,000‐ha study area. Spatial interactions were assessed by fitting a single‐season, single‐species occupancy model to calculate the probability of roe deer detection and occupancy as a function of relative red deer abundance and site‐specific environmental covariates. …”
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Smoking Induces the Circulating Levels of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Its Association with Cardiovascular Risk in Young Smokers by Dinesh NATH, Meera SHIVASEKAR, V. M. VINODHINI

“…As a result, smoking-induced elevated serum MMP-9 levels, particularly at a younger age, raise the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). …”
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Characterization of the Merkel Cell Carcinoma miRNome by Matthew S. Ning, Annette S. Kim, Nripesh Prasad, Shawn E. Levy, Huiqiu Zhang, Thomas Andl

“…For validation, their expression was measured via qRT-PCR in a larger group of MCC and in a comparison group of non-MCC cutaneous tumors and normal skin. …”
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