Decrease in phase angle after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is related to increase of anti-inflammatory status by Amanda Cristina Araújo Gomes, Amanda Machado Fiorotti, Amanda Motta de Bortoli, Beatriz Bobbio de Brito, João Arthur Souza Fiorido, Luciane Bresciani Salaroli, Andressa Bolsoni Lopes, Fabiano Kenji Haraguchi

“…A significance level of 5% was adopted. Results: Final sample was composed of 23 subjects (87% women), aged 40.6 ± 10.7 years. …”
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Unpacking the benefits of black soldier fly frass fertilizer towards nematode suppression and potato production by Emmanuel O. Anedo, Emmanuel O. Anedo, Emmanuel O. Anedo, Dennis Beesigamukama, Benson Mochoge, Nicholas K. Korir, Solveig Haukeland, Solveig Haukeland, Xavier Cheseto, Moses Nyongesa, Patrick Pwaipwai, Sevgan Subramanian, Abdou Tenkouano, Betty Kibaara, Chrysantus M. Tanga

“…Our findings demonstrate that chitin-fortified BSFFF can significantly contribute to potato cyst nematode suppression and boost potato yields in smallholder farming systems, thus, making it a promising and sustainable alternative to commercial fertilizers and nematicides. Adopting this regenerative and multipurpose fertilizer will reduce reliance on synthetic fertilizers and nematicides, which are costly and harmful to the environment and human health.…”
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Is routine preoperative head ultrasound screening before congenital cardiac surgery mandatory? by Shawana Farooq, Hanan Rashid Abu Hassan, Omai Mohammed AlSassi, Tarek Alfawzan, Abdullah Eltayeb, Seifeldin Mohamed, Suffura Rafique, Ghaida Mohammed Ali, Tarek Jamal Alanezi, Ali Hussain Alharbi, Brahim Tabarki, Abdullah Al Wadai

“…Abstract Background The practice of routine preoperative head ultrasound (HUS) screening for infants and neonates undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease has been widely adopted; however, its usefulness is still unclear. …”
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City information models for optimal EV charging and energy-resilient renaissance by Zhaohui Dan, Aoye Song, Yuyu Zheng, Xinyue Zhang, Yuekuan Zhou

“…Broader context: Electric vehicles (EVs) are being increasingly adopted, particularly in China, Europe, and the United States, as they offer a cleaner alternative to conventional vehicles. …”
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Biochar effects on durum wheat (Triticum durum) under ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2 by Lorenzo Brilli, Franz-Werner Badeck, Lorenzo Genesio, Silvia Baronti, Fulvia Rizza, Clara Fares, Luigi Cattivelli, Franco Miglietta, Anita Maienza, Alessandro Zaldei, Federica Camin, Rosella Motzo, Piero Toscano

“…Accordingly, biochar use could be preferentially adopted for increasing the productivity of high-quality cultivars whose destination and industrial processing would not suffer from a decrease in quality parameters.…”
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Comparison of prognosis for T4b rectal cancer with different pelvic compartment involvement treated using neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and implications for refinement of the curre... by Yang-zi Zhang, Maxiaowei Song, Shuai Li, Jian Tie, Xiang-gao Zhu, Yong-heng Li, Ai-wen Wu, Yong Cai, Wei-hu Wang

“…The R0 resection rates were 97.6 % and 89.3 %, respectively. 8.7 % patients (9/104) in group A achieved clinical complete response and adopted watch-and-wait strategy. Patients in group A had significantly superior 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) (67.8 % vs. 55.5 %, P = 0.032) and overall survival (OS) (89.6 % vs. 71.8 %, P = 0.001) than group B. …”
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Manganese-based immunotherapy synergized with novel supramolecular hydrogel: Advancing localized immune activation strategies in squamous cell carcinoma by Tianqing Wang, Xiaopei Hu, Xin Tian, Ying Wang, Shiyu Zhang, Silu Sun, Ning Ji, Xiaobo Luo, Qianming Chen, Xin Zeng, Hang Zhao, Jing Li

“…This hydrogel not only exhibited acceptable biocompatibility and biodegradability but also was able to load and sustain the release of Mn2+ and PD-1 antibody in situ. Finally, we adopted a range of mouse tumor models to reveal that G-TA-I supramolecular hydrogel drug delivery system loaded with Mn2+ and PD-1 antibody could efficiently activate local immunity, effectively combating the occurrence and progression of HNSCC. …”
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Efficacy of personalized feedback in encouraging sustainable washing behavior: evidence from a pilot study in Germany by Laura Höpfl, Laura Höpfl, Laura Höpfl, Ivan Đula, Ivan Đula, Ivan Đula, Francisco Kiss, Rebecca Walter, Maria Wirzberger, Maria Wirzberger, Maria Wirzberger

“…A more personalized approach toward encouraging the resulting clusters of people to adopt more sustainable strategies seems promising. …”
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Valorisation of shell waste of invasive crayfish from Danube River (Faxonius limosus): Protein extraction and characterization by Hromiš Nevena M., Popović Senka Z., Šuput Danijela Z., Pantić Jovana R., Rakita Slađana M., Tomičić Zorica M., Čabarkapa Ivana S.

“…In order to deal with invasive crayfish (Faxonius limosus) impact on the native crayfish, as well as fish biodiversity in the Danube River, a possible solution would be to find and adopt mechanisms for its utilization for novel valuable product production. …”
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Biorefinery potential of coffee silverskin: Composition and applications by Elena M. Anchugova, Elena V. Udoratina, Elena G. Kazakova, Anastasiia O. Nosova, Mayya V. Uspenskaya, Tatiana N. Shchemelinina

“…The high macro and micro-nutrient contents of CS, make it an attractive opportunity to adopt a circular bioeconomy model in the agricultural sector. …”
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High Data-Rate Hilbert-Curved-Shaped MIMO Antenna With Improved Bandwidth and Circular Polarization for Wireless Capsule Endoscopy by Syed Misbah Un Noor, Syed Ahson Ali Shah, Shahid Khan, Izaz Ali Shah, Jamal Nasir, Salahuddin Khan, Slawomir Koziel

“…Simultaneously, employing the curve’s inherent natural symmetry and adopting an orthogonal port arrangement led to a noteworthy improvement in isolation up to 27 dB with an enhanced gain of −27.9 dBi. …”
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Comparative Structural and Biophysical Investigation of <i>Lycosa erythrognatha</i> Toxin I (LyeTx I) and Its Analog LyeTx I-b by Amanda Neves de Souza, Gabriele de Azevedo Cardoso, Lúcio Otávio Nunes, Christopher Aisenbrey, Evgeniy Salnikov, Kelton Rodrigues de Souza, Ahmad Saad, Maria Elena de Lima, Jarbas Magalhães Resende, Burkhard Bechinger, Rodrigo Moreira Verly

“…<b>Results:</b> Circular dichroism and solid-state NMR analyses revealed that, while both peptides adopt α-helical conformations in membrane mimetic environments, LyeTx I-b exhibits a more amphipathic and extended helical structure, which correlates with its enhanced membrane interaction. …”
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A Prospective, Randomized Comparison of Duodenoscope Reprocessing Surveillance Methods by Travis J. De Wolfe, Nasia Safdar, Megan Meller, John Marx, Patrick R. Pfau, Eric M. Nelsen, Mark E. Benson, Anurag Soni, Mark Reichelderfer, Megan Duster, Deepak V. Gopal

“…Though the interim methods were widely adopted, alternative surveillance protocols were developed and implemented at individual institutions. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to implementation of a home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme for patients with heart failure in the NHS: a mixed-methods study by Rod S Taylor, Paulina Daw, Samantha B van Beurden, Jet J C S Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Alexander Harrison, Sinead T J McDonagh, Patrick J Doherty, Colin J Greaves, Hasnain M Dalal, Grace E R Wood

“…REACH-HF is an effective and cost-effective 12-week home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme for patients with heart failure.Setting/participants In 2019, four early adopter ‘Beacon Sites’ were set up to deliver REACH-HF to 200 patients. …”
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Cluster Candidates with Massive Quiescent Galaxies at z ∼ 2 by Tomokazu Kiyota, Makoto Ando, Masayuki Tanaka, Alexis Finoguenov, Sadman Shariar Ali, Jean Coupon, Guillaume Desprez, Stephen Gwyn, Marcin Sawicki, Rhythm Shimakawa

“…We construct a photometric redshift catalog based on deep ( i  ∼ 26, K _s  ∼ 24) multiwavelength photometry from the u * band to the K band gathered from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program and other collaborative/public surveys. We adopt a Gaussian kernel density estimate with two different spatial scales (10″ and 60″) to draw a density map of massive ( $\mathrm{log}({M}_{* }/{M}_{\odot })\gt 10.5$ ) and quiescent ( $\mathrm{log}(\mathrm{sSFR}\,[{\mathrm{yr}}^{-1}])\lt -10$ ) galaxies at z  ∼ 2. …”
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CD4 CAR-T cells targeting CD19 play a key role in exacerbating cytokine release syndrome, while maintaining long-term responses by Alice Bergamini, Barbara Camisa, Attilio Bondanza, Fabio Ciceri, Chiara Bonini, Monica Casucci, Beatrice Greco, Camilla Bove, Silvia Arcangeli, Laura Falcone, Rita El Khoury, Anna De Lucia

“…Interestingly, the combination of CD4.BBz with CD8.28z CAR-T cells resulted in the lowest toxicity, without impacting antitumor efficacy.Conclusions Taken together, these data point out that the rational design of improved adoptive T-cell therapies should consider the biological features of CD4 CAR-T cells, which emerged as crucial for maintaining long-term responses but also endowed by a higher toxic potential.…”
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Network Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials Comparing Robotic, Laparoscopic, and Open Pancreatoduodenectomy by Nejo Joseph, MBChB, Chris Varghese, MBChB, James Lucocq, MBChB, Matthew J. McGuinness, MBChB, Samuel Tingle, MBChB, Giovanni Marchegiani, PhD, Kjetil Soreide, PhD, Mohammed Abu-Hilal, Jas Samra, Marc Besselink, PhD, Steve White, Sanjay Pandanaboyana, FRCS

“…The use of minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robotic) pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) is being increasingly adopted despite the lack of hard evidence to support its utilisation. …”
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Group B streptococcus colonization in pregnancy and neonatal outcomes: a three-year monocentric retrospective study during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by Gregorio Serra, Lucia Lo Scalzo, Maria Giordano, Mario Giuffrè, Pietro Trupiano, Renato Venezia, Giovanni Corsello

“…Therefore, the prophylactic measures adopted to date cannot be considered fully satisfactory, and should be improved. …”
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First aid guidelines for Bites and Stings: Educational Approach and Adaptation: Educational approach &amp; Adaptation

“…Cette approche a été conçue de manière à ce que les utilisateurs des lignes directrices puissent facilement les appliquer aux contextes pertinents des apprenants par le biais de leur adaptation, adoptant à cette fin des niveaux variés de ressources et de soins médicaux et des stratégies de mise en œuvre localisées. …”
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Heart Rate in Hypertension: Review and Expert Opinion by Jamshed Dalal, Arup Dasbiswas, Immaneni Sathyamurthy, Srinivasa Rao Maddury, Prafulla Kerkar, Sandeep Bansal, Joy Thomas, Sankar Chandra Mandal, Soura Mookerjee, Sivakadaksham Natarajan, Viveka Kumar, Nishith Chandra, Aziz Khan, R. Vijayakumar, J. P. S. Sawhney

“…Generally, HR<70 bpm on beta blocker (BB) treatment is advised which may be further lowered in patients with comorbidities like heart failure and coronary artery disease. (vii) Adopting healthy lifestyle approaches to keep check on BP and HR is essential. …”
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