Evaluation of the PEΔIII-LC3-KDEL3 Chimeric Protein of Entamoeba histolytica-Lectin as a Vaccine Candidate against Amebic Liver Abscess by Sandra L. Martínez-Hernández, Viridiana M. Becerra-González, Martín H. Muñoz-Ortega, Víctor M. Loera-Muro, Manuel E. Ávila-Blanco, Marina N. Medina-Rosales, Javier Ventura-Juárez

“…PEΔIII-LC3-KDEL3 reduced the expression of TNF-α, IL-1β, and NF-κB in all immunized groups at 4- and 7-day postinfection. …”
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Adherence to First-Line Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Therapy in the Context of Guideline Recommendations for US Patients With High-Risk Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer by Franklin D. Gaylis, Bruno Emond, Ameur M. Manceur, Anabelle Tardif-Samson, Laura Morrison, Dominic Pilon, Patrick Lefebvre, Lorie A. Ellis, Hiremagalur Balaji, Andrea Ireland

“…Similar trends were observed for patients with and without CIS, with higher adherence to guidelines for patients with CIS (adequate induction using claims-based algorithm: 90.3% vs 86.2%; adequate induction and maintenance: 50.8% vs 39.7%, all _P_ < .001). A greater proportion of CIS patients than non-CIS patients had cystectomy (CIS, 14.4%, non-CIS, 8.5%; _P_ < .001) after first-line BCG. …”
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Metabolic profile of blood serum in experimental arterial hypertension by A. A. Seryapina, A. A. Malyavko, Yu. K. Polityko, L. V. Yanshole, Yu. P. Tsentalovich, A. L. Markel

“…Such a ratio of the metabolite concentrations is associated with changes in the regulation of glucose metabolism (metabolic markers – leucine, isoleucine, valine, myoinositol), of nitric oxide synthesis (ornithine) and catecholamine pathway (tyrosine), and with inflammatory processes (metabolic markers – betaine, tryptophan), all of these changes being typical for hypertensive status. …”
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Evaluation Method of the Gas Hydrate and Free Gas System and Its Application in the Shenhu Area, South China Sea by Pibo Su, Tingwei Li, Shurong Liang, Jinqiang Liang, Xiaoxue Wang, Xiaoming Wan, Feifei Wang, Fang Liu

“…As a new alternative energy source, gas hydrate has attracted wide attention all over the world. Since gas hydrate is always associated with free gas, the evaluation of the gas hydrate and free gas system is an important aspect of hydrate reservoir exploration and development. …”
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Reprogramming of Adult Retinal Müller Glial Cells into Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells as an Efficient Source of Retinal Cells by Amélie Slembrouck-Brec, Amélie Rodrigues, Oriane Rabesandratana, Giuliana Gagliardi, Céline Nanteau, Stéphane Fouquet, Gilles Thuret, Sacha Reichman, Gael Orieux, Olivier Goureau

“…Retinal organoids recapitulated retinal neurogenesis with differentiation of retinal progenitor cells into all retinal cell types in a sequential overlapping order. …”
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Predicting high sensitivity C-reactive protein levels and their associations in a large population using decision tree and linear regression by Somayeh Ghiasi Hafezi, Toktam Sahranavard, Alireza Kooshki, Marzieh Hosseini, Amin Mansoori, Elham Amir Fakhrian, Helia Rezaeifard, Mark Ghamsary, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…Except for fasting blood glucose (FBG), hypertension (HTN), and Type 2 diabetes mellites (T2DM), all variables showed significant differences between the two groups. …”
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Anthropological Dimension of the Philosophical "Literature-Centric" Model of Ukrainian Romanticism by Z. O. Yankovska, L. V. Sorochuk

“…Romanticism as a movement developed in Germany, where, becoming the philosophy of time in the 18th-19th centuries, spread to all European countries. The "mobility" of the Romantic doctrine, its diversity, sometimes contradictory views, attitude to man as a free, harmonious, creative person led to the susceptibility of this movement by ethnic groups, different in nature and mentality. …”
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Usability Evaluation of Foods with Function Claims Labelling as Health Information in Japan: A User-Testing Study by Yamamoto M, Yamamoto K, Takano-Ohmuro H, Yamamoto R, Saruwatari J

“…Two levels of passing criteria were established for accessibility to correct answers: ≥ 90% of all questions within 1 min and 2 min. After the user testing, we qualitatively analyzed the participants’ feedback. …”
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Maternal and Perinatal Outcome of Triplet Pregnancies in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India: A Prospective Observational Study by Sabreen Wani, Fiza Amin, Shagufta Yasmeen Rather

“…Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted over 18 months. All adult pregnant patients with ultrasound-confirmed triplet pregnancy were included. …”
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Etiological, Clinical, and Epidemiological Characteristics of Acute Viral Gastroenteritis in an Adult Population in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Spain by Sara Herranz-Ulldemolins, Anna Sellarès-Crous, Miriam J. Álvarez-Martínez, M. Eugenia Valls, Marta Aldea Novo, Anna Vilella Morató, Laura Rodriguez, Mireia Navarro, Roser Vendrell, Josep Barrachina, Miguel J. Martínez, M. Ángeles Marcos

“…Results Enteric viruses constituted 10.3% (307 cases) of all AGE of known etiology, with norovirus being the predominant pathogen (196, 63.8%), followed by rotavirus (82, 26.7%) and adenovirus (29, 9.4%). …”
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LİVÂYÎ BEY MECMÛ‘ASI / JOURNAL OF LIWAI BEG by Semra TUNÇ, Ahmet SEVGİ

“…Seçme bir nazire mecmuası denebilecek söz konusu derleme;  <em>Mecmuaların Sistematik Tasnifi Projesi’</em>ne (MESTAP) <a title="" href="#_ftn1">[1]</a>  uygun<em> </em>tabloyla araştırmacıların istifadesine sunulmaktadır<div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /><div><p><a title="" href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a> MESTAP; Prof. …”
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Enhancing detection of STEC in the meat industry: insights into virulence of priority STEC by Mai-Lan Tran, Sabine Delannoy, Patrick Fach

“…Routine testing of beef samples should be revised to prioritize a hierarchical surveillance system based only on high risk STEC (STEC carrying the eae gene) and not on all STEC. This approach would provide Food Business Operators a significant improvement, saving time and costs while maintaining a high level of product safety.…”
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Bone Density, Geometry, and Mass by Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography and Bone Turnover Markers in Children with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 by Maciej Jaworski, Elżbieta Wierzbicka, Edyta Czekuć-Kryśkiewicz, Paweł Płudowski, Maria Kobylińska, Mieczysaw Szalecki

“…When analyzing bone mass and dimensions, boys in Tanner stage 5 diverged from “less-mature” individuals, which may suggest that bone development in these individuals was impaired, affecting all three: mass, size, and strength. Noted in boys, suppressed bone metabolism may result in impairment of bone strength because of inadequate repair of microdamage and accumulation of microfractures.…”
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Temporal and Spatial Assessment of Glacier Elevation Change in the Kangri Karpo Region Using ASTER Data from 2000 to 2024 by Qihua Wang, Yuande Yang, Jiayu Hu, Jianglong Zhang, Zuqiang Li, Yuechen Wang

“…The results indicate that almost all glaciers have experienced rapid ablation, with an average surface elevation decrease of −18.35 ± 5.13 m, corresponding to a rate of −0.76 ± 0.21 m yr⁻¹. …”
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Validation of a tele-robotic ultrasound system for abdomen and thyroid gland explorations: a comparison with standard ultrasound by Andreu Antolin, Nuria Roson, Marina Planes, Mar Castillo, Anna Alberti, Manuel Escobar

“…The learning curve estimated a minimum of 20 patients for abdominal tele-robotic US training, being almost non-existent in the thyroid gland cohort. All the variables showed no-statistical differences between standard US and tele-robotic US in the abdominal post-trained cohort except the visualization of the left kidney short axis and its interpolar length. …”
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The occurrence and safety evaluation of phthalic acid esters in Oasis agricultural soils of Xinjiang, China by Hejiang Liu, Xiuting Liu, Kai Wang, Xingwang Ma, Haihe Gao, Xuejun Liu, Changrong Yan

“…Furthermore, the concentrations of all PAEs were below China's soil quality risk control standards, and the non-carcinogenic risks to both adults and children were below the current threshold, indicating relatively low risks to both the human health and the environment. …”
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Novel technique for endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage to skip the needle tract dilation step: Efficacy of a 6-mm antimigration metal stent with a thin, tapered deli... by Keiichi Hatamaru, Masayuki Kitano, Masahiro Itonaga, Yasunobu Yamashita, Takashi Tamura, Yuki Kawaji, Junya Nuta

“…The median follow-up periods were 336 days (interquartile range [IQR] 152-919 days) and 1,135 days (IQR 1,009-1,675 days) for all and alive patients, respectively. No adverse events or recurrence of cholecystitis due to stent occlusion that occurred in any patient at follow-up was observed. …”
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Antidepressant Treatment Response Prediction With Early Assessment of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Micro-RNA by Lok Hua Lee, Cyrus Su Hui Ho, Yee Ling Chan, Gabrielle Wann Nii Tay, Cheng-Kai Lu, Tong Boon Tang

“…The first few components that sum up to 99% of explained variance are discarded to minimize inter-subject variability while the remaining projection vectors are applied on all response groups (24 non-responders, 15 partial-responders, 13 responders) to obtain their relative projections in feature space. …”
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Relationship between multiple morbidities and performance on the Timed Up and Go test in elderly patients: a cross-sectional study by Arsalan Tariq, Sayed Alireza Mousavi Zadeh, Muhammad Ammar, Nafisehsadat Mousavizadeh, Arash Hajary, Somayeh Mohamadi

“…Multivariate linear regression pinpointed key predictors of CCI scores. All analyses were performed using SPSS software.Results A total of 160 participants (mean age: 67.2±6.9 years and body mass index (BMI): 28.7±4.9 kg/m²) were included. …”
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Multiple Comorbidities, Psychiatric Disorders, Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Adults with Essential Tremor: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Large US Comme... by Dingwei Dai, Ali Samiian, Joaquim Fernandes, Henriette Coetzer

“…Patients with ET had a higher number of comorbidities than non-ET patients (5.3 \[3.2\] vs 4.0 \[3.3\]); a higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders (depression: 25.6% vs 15.3%; adjusted odds ratio (AOR) \[95% CI\], 1.56 \[1.41-1.73\]; anxiety: 27.7% vs 15.5%, AOR: 1.78 \[1.61-1.96\]); and higher total healthcare costs: $17 560 \[$39&#8239;972\] vs $13&#8239;237 \[$27&#8239;098\], adjusted cost ratio \[95% CI\]: 1.11 \[1.06-1.16\]; all _P_<.0001. **Discussion:** Highly prevalent multiple comorbidities and psychiatric disorders should be considered in the context of clinical decision-making to optimize ET management. …”
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