An In Vitro Model of Diabetic Retinal Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction and Neuroretinal Degeneration by Qiyun Wang, Xinyuan Zhang, Kaiyue Wang, Ling Zhu, Bingjie Qiu, Xiaosi Chen, Xiao Lin, Yao Nie

“…The tube formation assay found that all the parameters were significantly higher in the 25 mM and 50 mM groups (p<0.001) concomitant with the elevated VEGFA expression in HRMECs (p=0.016). …”
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Thiazole Based Carbohydrazide Derivatives as α-Amylase Inhibitor and Their Molecular Docking Study by Muhammad Taha, Maryam Irshad, Syahrul Imran, Fazal Rahim, Manikandan Selvaraj, Noor Barak Almandil, Ashik Mosaddik, Sridevi Chigurupati, Faisal Nawaz, Nor Hadiani Ismail, Mohamed Ibrahim

“…Thiazole based carbohydrazide derivatives 1-25 have been synthesized, characterized by 1HNMR, 13CNMR, and EI-MS, and evaluated for α-amylase inhibition. Except compound 11 all analogs showed α-amylase inhibitory activity with IC50 values from 1.709 ± 0.12 to 3.049 ± 0.25 μM against the standard acarbose (IC50 = 1.637 ± 0.153 μM). …”
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Association of frailty with non-laboratory based cardiovascular disease risk score among older adults and elderly population: insights from longitudinal aging study in India (LASI-... by Pritam Halder, Semanti Das, Anshul Mamgai, Divya Sharma, Ashish Behera, Pulak Syal, Vineeth Rajagopal, Tanvi Kiran

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Determination of Electrolytes in Critical Illness Patients at Different pH Ranges: Whom Shall We Believe, the Blood Gas Analysis or the Laboratory Autoanalyzer? by Christopher Hohmann, Roman Pfister, Kathrin Kuhr, Julia Merkle, Julian Hinzmann, Guido Michels

“…One hundred samples from intensive care unit patients with a range in pH values between 7.20 and 7.49 were evaluated in this retrospective cohort study. All patients suffered an infarct-related cardiogenic shock and were intubated and not under therapeutical hypothermia at the time of blood collection. …”
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Maternal knowledge, attitude and practice regarding commercial oral rehydration salt solution: experience from a diarrhoeal disease hospital in Bangladesh by Tahmeed Ahmed, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Md Fuad Al Fidah, Sharika Nuzhat, Md Ridwan Islam, Shoeb Bin Islam, Md Mushfiqur Rahman, Sneha Paul, Mahfuz-Un Nesa, Devjani Chowdhury, Shayontan Fardin Nabi, Awni Mokhtar Sallam Ali Awn, Liaquat Ali Khan, Chowdhury Ali Kawser

“…Only 2.9% correctly knew all recommended steps. Approximately half (51.1%) knew the purpose of ORS use, and 24.6% believed that antibiotics are more helpful than ORS.Conclusions The findings of the study emphasise the need for substantial improvements to the existing health education program with a focus on parental education. …”
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Percutaneous cryoablation of kidney tumors after partial nephrectomy by Wojciech Krajewski, Maciej Guziński, Wojciech Tomczak, Łukasz Nowak, Jan Łaszkiewicz, Joanna Chorbińska, Adam Chełmoński, Katarzyna Grunwald, Bartosz Małkiewicz, Tomasz Szydełko

“…There was no significant change in estimated glomerular filtration rate following cryoablation. All the recorded complications, except one, were grade I and resolved with hydration or treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. …”
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The influence of combinations of alien translocations on <i>in vitro</i> androgenesis in spring common wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) by E. M. Timonova, I. G. Adonina, E. A. Salina

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Characterization of Vaginitis Among Women Complaining of Genital Tract Symptoms by Hemin Muheddin Kareem, Muhammed Saed Qadir, Safa Bakr Karim, Solaf Jawhar Ali

“…Samples were examined microbiologically and causative agents were isolated. All relevant clinical information such as patient demographic profiles, socioeconomic variables, risk factors and symptoms have been collected by questionnaire based study. …”
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The effects of deprivation, age, and regional differences in COVID-19 mortality from 2020 to 2022: a retrospective analysis of public provincial data by Anqi A. Chen, Elizabeth M. Renouf, Charmaine B. Dean, X. Joan Hu

“…Results Mean daily COVID-19 deaths increased quickly as daily hospitalizations increased, particularly when daily hospitalizations were less than 20. In all the subperiods, mean daily deaths of a public health unit was significantly associated with its population size and the proportion of confirmed cases in subjects over 60 years old. …”
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A new hybrid distance and similarity based scenario reduction approach for stochastic economic operation of microgrid by Gaurav Gangil, Amit Saraswat, Sunil Kumar Goyal

“…To verify the effectiveness of the proposed HDS, its performance is compared with three well developed distinct methods such as SBR (simultaneous backward reduction method), FFS (fast forward selection method), and SIMCOR (similarity-correlation method) on two different stochastic optimization problems including one real-life economic microgrid problem. All the competing scenario reduction methods are compared in terms of various performance indices i.e. …”
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Effects of Soil Conservation Practice and Crop Rotation on Selected Soil Physicochemical Properties: The Case of Dembecha District, Northwestern Ethiopia by Melkamu Degu, Asmare Melese, Wondwosen Tena

“…Considering the interaction effect of crop rotations by conservation practice, all studied parameters, except bulk density, CEC, and C : N ratio, were significantly (p<0.05) affected. …”
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Coping Strategies in Migraine without Aura: A Cross-Sectional Study by Antonio Russo, Gabriella Santangelo, Alessandro Tessitore, Marcello Silvestro, Francesca Trojsi, Antonio De Mase, Federica Garramone, Luigi Trojano, Gioacchino Tedeschi

“…Moreover, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), a scale measuring self-perception of stress, global cognitive functioning, depressive symptoms, apathy, state, and trait anxiety, was administered to all participants. Results. No significant difference was found on the scales and subscales of PCI and CISS as well as in the PSS between MwoA patients and HCs. …”
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Efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by Ziting Peng, Jianhui Dong, Shuyao Tang, Jiaxu Shi, Tongdong Shi

“…However, no significant disparity in the PFS with immunotherapy in different lines therapy(P=0.406) and the OS was observed between the two groups(P=0.360). 18 patients (18.75%) experienced treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs), with 3 patients encountering AEs of grade ≥3. All patients returned to normal after symptomatic treatment.ConclusionsIn patients with advanced ICC, the timely initiation of ICIs as adjuvant therapy following first-line antitumor treatment can result in favorable efficacy and a good safety profile.…”
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Satellite-Based Forest Stand Detection Using Artificial Intelligence by Patrik Kovacovic, Rastislav Pirnik, Julia Kafkova, Mario Michalik, Alzbeta Kanalikova, Pavol Kuchar

“…The forest constitutes an essential and irreplaceable component of life for all organisms, with its primary significance lying in its role in creating a breathable atmosphere on Earth. …”
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Patterns of self-harm presentations at a Tertiary Urban Hospital in Kenya: A retrospective 5-year study (2018-2022). by Willie Njoroge, Catherine Gitau, Everline Onchari, Linnet Ongeri, Linda Khakali, Murad Khan, Zul Merali, Lukoye Atwoli, Jasmit Shah

“…A data abstraction tool was used to collect data from eligible files sourced from the medical records department for all patients who met the study criteria. Summary statistics were reported as frequencies and percentages for categorical data and as means and standard deviations for continuous data.…”
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Cross-sectional survey of changes in knowledge, attitudes and practice of mask use in Sydney and Melbourne during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic by Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, C Raina MacIntyre, Holly Seale, Ashley Lindsay Quigley, Mallory Trent

“…In both Sydney and Melbourne, a consistent decrease was reported in almost all risk-mitigation behaviours between March 2020 and July 2020 and again between March 2020 and September 2020. …”
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Helicobacter pylori infection diagnostics and choice of eradication treatment: results of inquiry of doctors from different regions of Russian Federation by N. N. Dekhnich, R. S. Kozlov, O. A. Sablin, Ye. A. Prischepova

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The use of veno-arterial extra corporeal membrane oxygenation for hemodynamics support during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention by Wael Samy, Helmy Elghawaby, Akram Abdelbary, Hany Zakaria Mohamed, Alia Hassan Abdel Fattah

“…Also our study showed no statistically difference between LV EF before and after PCI in both groups; in group 1, eight patients had complete revascularization in one session while in group 2 only seven patients had complete revascularization; one patient in group 1 had VT while in group 2, one patient had VF and another one suffered of asystole; group 1 patients all discharged home within 1 week while group 2 had two mortalities during PCI. …”
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Minimally Manipulated Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review of Clinical Evidence by B. Di Matteo, F. Vandenbulcke, N. D. Vitale, F. Iacono, K. Ashmore, M. Marcacci, E. Kon

“…The reference lists of all retrieved articles were further reviewed for identification of potentially relevant studies. …”
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Comparative analysis of galectin-1, galectin-3, and galectin-8 signatures in normal and choriocarcinoma trophoblast cell lines by Jovanović Krivokuća Milica, Legner Janko, Ćujić Danica, Vilotić Aleksandra, Grubiša Ivana, Vićovac Ljiljana, Bojić-Trbojević Žanka

“…Additionally, different splice variants of galectin-8 were detected across all cell lines. Galectin-1 was predominantly localized at the plasma membrane. …”
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