Analysis of tracheal, bronchial, and lung cancer attributable to respiratory system-related risk factors in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019 by Shiwen Yu, Liangwei Yang, Weiwen Xu, Tian Zhao, Liyuan Han, Guofang Zhao, Ting Cai

“…Results From 1990 to 2019, the age-standardized DALY rate and death rate of TBL cancer only attributable to ambient particulate matter pollution increased globally, and in all Socio-Demographic Index (SDI) quintiles, except for high SDI quintiles. …”
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Liability issues for environmental damage caused by military aggression of a terrorist country by I. V. Kyrieieva

“…The relevance of the topic is due to the fact that the negative environmental consequences of hostilities violate the norms of both Ukrainian and international law and have all the signs of ecocide, which is currently considered a crime exclusively at the level of national legislation. …”
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Phage display as a tool for identifying HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies by A. N. Chikaev, A. P. Rudometov, Yu. A. Merkulyeva, L. I. Karpenko

“…Combinatorial biology methods offer a good solution for targeting interactions of specific molecules by a high-throughput screening and are widely used for drug development, diagnostics, identification of novel monoclonal antibodies, search for linear peptide mimetics of discontinuous epitopes for the development of immunogens or vaccine components. Among all currently available techniques, phage display remains one of the most popular approaches. …”
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Effect of vehicle operating parameters on fuel consumption and the overall energy efficiency of the drive system by Jaroslaw Gonera, Michał Janulin, Oleksandr Vrublevskyi

“…It was observed that in all testing variants, the value increased with increasing road gradient values, with the intensity of η increase not being constant. …”
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Comparing the Fiscal Consequences of Controlled and Uncontrolled Osteoarthritis Pain Applying a UK Public Economic Perspective by Rui Martins, Nikos Kotsopoulos, Melodi Kosaner Kließ, Craig Beck, Lucy Abraham, Samuel Large, Patricia Schepman, Mark P. Connolly

“…Health-care costs represented 13% and 12% of all OA-related fiscal cost in the moderate uncontrolled OA pain and severe uncontrolled OA pain comparison, respectively. …”
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Burden and trends of dietary iron deficiency in the Middle East and North Africa region, 1990–2021 by Saeid Safiri, Saeid Safiri, Fatemeh Amiri, Nahid Karamzad, Nahid Karamzad, Mark J. M. Sullman, Mark J. M. Sullman, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Morteza Abdollahi

“…ObjectiveTo assess the burden of dietary iron deficiency in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, focusing on prevalence and years lived with disability (YLD) in 2021 and their changes since 1990.MethodsData from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 study were utilised to report counts and age-standardised rates for prevalence and YLD related to dietary iron deficiency. All estimates were accompanied by 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs).ResultsIn 2021, the age-standardised prevalence of dietary iron deficiency in the MENA region was 14368.2 per 100,000, representing a 26% decline since 1990. …”
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Present-day mass loss rates are a precursor for West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse by T. van den Akker, W. H. Lipscomb, G. R. Leguy, J. Bernales, C. J. Berends, W. J. van de Berg, R. S. W. van de Wal, R. S. W. van de Wal

“…The dynamical response shows slow grounding-line retreat over several centuries, followed by a phase of rapid mass loss over about 200 years with a consistent rate of <span class="inline-formula">∼3</span> mm GMSL yr<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span> (global mean sea level). We find that, for all ensemble members, the Thwaites Glacier and Pine Island Glacier collapse. …”
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Genetic Diversity and Population Differentiation of Guignardia mangiferae from “Tahiti” Acid Lime by Ester Wickert, Eliana Gertrudes de Macedo Lemos, Luciano Takeshi Kishi, Andressa de Souza, Antonio de Goes

“…As gene flow was detected among the studied populations and they share haplotypes, it is possible that all populations, from citrus plants and also from the other known hosts of this fungus, belong to one great panmictic population.…”
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Syntactic Comprehension in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Kentarou Yoshizawa, Nao Yasuda, Michinari Fukuda, Yumi Yukimoto, Mieko Ogino, Wakana Hata, Ikuyo Ishizaka, Mari Higashikawa

“…Although sample size was small, these patients had a low STA score but normal FAB and RCPM score. All patients with bulbar onset ALS had syntactic comprehension disorder. …”
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Automatic Classification of Difficulty of Texts From Eye Gaze and Physiological Measures of L2 English Speakers by Javier Melo, Leigh Fernandez, Shoya Ishimaru

“…Combining sensor data from all modalities improved predictions in both LoDo and LoPo cross-validation, compared to each modality in isolation. …”
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Rare Manifestation of a Rare Disease, Acute Liver Failure in Adult Onset Still’s Disease: Dramatic Response to Methylprednisolone Pulse Therapy—A Case Report and Review by Nalini Valluru, Venkata S. Tammana, Michael Windham, Eyasu Mekonen, Rehana Begum, Andrew Sanderson

“…Extensive workup excluded all potential causes of liver failure. She was diagnosed with AOSD associated acute liver failure (ALF). …”
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Downregulation of the Proinflammatory State of Circulating Mononuclear Cells by Short-Term Treatment with Pioglitazone in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Coronary Artery... by Andreas Pfützner, Alexander Weise, Elisabeth Pfützner-Riehn, Georg Lübben, Michael Morcos, Efstrathios Karagiannis, Matthias Weber, Thomas Forst

“…., P105 pioglitazone: −19%/placebo: +6%, RelA: −20%/+2%, MMP−9: −36%/+9%, TNFα: −10%/+14%, P<0.05 between groups in all cases). Conclusions. Pioglitazone very rapidly down-regulated the activated state of peripheral monocytes/macrophages as assessed by mRNA expression of NFκB and NFκB-modulated cytokines and decreased plasma levels of cardiovascular risk marker proteins independent of glycemic control.…”
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Dynamics of blackleg epizootic process in the Republic of Kazakhstan by A. Abutalip, B. D. Aitzhanov, A. K. Mussayeva, V. Yu. Sushchikh, N. N. Yegorova, Ye. K. Ospanov, M. A. Berdikulov, K. A. Kalkabayev, N. Matikhan

“…In 2012–2021, 2,030 outbreaks of acute infectious animal diseases were registered in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Among all the diseases blackleg accounted for 20.7% (421 outbreaks), which suggests that the nosological unit is of high epizootological significance among other infectious animal diseases in the country. …”
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‘Customary’ use of stick tools by chimpanzees in Bulindi, Uganda: update and analysis of digging techniques from behavioural observations by Matthew R. McLennan, Jacqueline Rohen, Zoe Satsias, Tom Sabiiti, John-Mary Baruzaliire, Marie Cibot

“…., occurring in most or all adult, subadult and juvenile individuals. The chimpanzees use stick tools in various foraging contexts, for example as probes to investigate branches or logs containing insect prey or products (e.g., Apis mellifera and Xylocopa sp. bee nests, and unidentified grubs or larvae), as well as for excavating Meliponini ground nests. …”
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Usefulness of an Image Fusion Model Using Three-Dimensional CT and MRI with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Endoscopy as a Multimodal Assistant System in Endoscopic Transsphenoidal... by Akihiro Inoue, Takanori Ohnishi, Shohei Kohno, Naoya Nishida, Yawara Nakamura, Yoshihiro Ohtsuka, Shirabe Matsumoto, Shiro Ohue

“…Thirty-five consecutive patients undergoing ETSS in our hospital between April 2014 and March 2015 were enrolled in the study. In all patients, fusion models of 3D-CT and MRI were created by reconstructing preoperative images. …”
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Finite element analysis of stress in mandibular molars repaired after fractured instrument removal by Salih Düzgün, Emir Esim, Tuğrul Aslan, Ayşe Tuğba Eminsoy Avcı

“…Furthermore, calcium silicate-based materials alone or in combination with Gutta-percha showed similar stress levels, suggesting their potential use for root canal filling. All models demonstrated structural integrity within safe limits.…”
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Degradation of 4-nonylphenol in bromide-containing water by UVC/O3/TiO2-combination processes: Impacts on trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids formation by Muammar Qadafi, Raden Tina Rosmalina, Hanny Meirinawati, Widyarani, Diana Rahayuning Wulan

“…The UVC-combination process was conducted with standalone UVC, UVC/O3, and photocatalytic ozonation using UVC/O3/TiO2. All the process was conducted for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30min. …”
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Progression of Luminal Breast Tumors Is Promoted by Ménage à Trois between the Inflammatory Cytokine TNFα and the Hormonal and Growth-Supporting Arms of the Tumor Microenvironment... by Polina Weitzenfeld, Nurit Meron, Tal Leibovich-Rivkin, Tsipi Meshel, Adit Ben-Baruch

“…Importantly, the tumor cells used in this study are known to be nonmetastatic under all conditions; nevertheless, they have acquired high metastasizing abilities in vivo in mice, following a brief stimulation by TNFα + Estrogen + EGF. …”
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Physicochemical Characterization, Storage Stability Behavior, and Intestinal Bioaccessibility of Clove Extract Encapsulated Using Varying Combinations of Gum Arabic and Maltodextri... by Farhad Ahmadi, Hafiz A. R. Suleria, Frank R. Dunshea

“…Encapsulation was effective in protecting bioactive components of clove extract during storage at room (up to 40 days) or high temperature (60 °C for 7 days) and minimized the loss of antioxidant activity during storage, as compared to the clove extract in a non-encapsulated form. All encapsulation formulations were characterized by a negative zeta potential (from −22.1 to −29.7 mV) and a polydispersity index ranging from 0.47 to 0.68, classifying the formulations as having a mid-range polydisperse particle size distribution. …”
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Exploring the epidemiology of disseminated intravascular coagulation: protocol for the DANish Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DANDIC) Cohort Study by Henrik Toft Sørensen, Kasper Adelborg, Jecko Thachil, Anne-Mette Hvas, Simon Flæng, Søren Nygaard, Asger Granfeldt

“…The project will use state-of-the-art epidemiological and biostatistical methods.Ethics and dissemination The project has been approved by the Danish Patient Safety Authority (31-1521-452), the Central Denmark Region (1-45-70-83-21), the Danish Data Protection Agency (1-16-02-258-21) and all the hospital chairs. Register-based studies require no ethical approval in Denmark. …”
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