Clinical and angiographic profile of left main coronary artery disease in patients with chronic coronary syndrome: a retrospective study by Abdulsalam Mahmoud Algamal, Mahmoud Abdelbadie Salem, Ahmed Ibrahim Bedier, Mohammed Salah A. Hussein, Mona Malek Abdelrahim, Shady Hussein Elhusseiny

“…We conducted a single-center retrospective study over a period of 10 years to screen all patients who underwent elective cardiac catheterization for chronic coronary syndrome. …”
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Antifungal Activity of Denture Base Resin Containing Nanozirconia: In Vitro Assessment of Candida albicans Biofilm by Reem Abualsaud, Doaa M. Aleraky, Sultan Akhtar, Soban Q. Khan, Mohammed M. Gad

“…Surface roughness was significantly increased with all modified groups compared with control (P<0.01), which showed the lowest roughness value (0.027 ± 0.004 μm). …”
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Trans-Septal Myocardial Biopsy in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using the Liwen Procedure: An Introduction of a Novel Technique by Chao Han, Mengyao Zhou, Rui Hu, Bo Wang, Lei Zuo, Jing Li, Shengjun Ta, David H. Hsi, Jiani Liu, Lichun Wei, Liwen Liu

“…The number of myocardial samples taken per patient was 1.8 ± 0.8, and the average length of all samples was 16.7 ± 5.6 mm which could be used for pathological diagnosis. …”
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A Physical Charge-Based Analytical Threshold Voltage Model for Cryogenic CMOS Design by Hao Su, Yiyuan Cai, Shenghua Zhou, Guangchong Hu, Yu He, Yunfeng Xie, Yuhuan Lin, Chunhui Li, Tianqi Zhao, Jun Lan, Wenhui Wang, Wenxin Li, Feichi Zhou, Xiaoguang Liu, Longyang Lin, Yida Li, Hongyu Yu, Kai Chen

“…Consequently, a model covering each and all above characteristics is proposed for the first time. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of the Water Retention Properties of Hydrogels Prepared from Melon and Orange Peels in Soils by Shiwei Fang, Yuan Zhong, Jun Wu, Yufan Xie, Liqun Cai, Minjun Li, Jun Cao, Hejie Zhao, Bo Dong

“…A comparative analysis of the degree of swelling, water absorption time, pH range, reusability, and soil water retention and water-holding capacity of the two hydrogels revealed that the MP-based hydrogels exhibited superior performance in all evaluated parameters when compared to their OP-based counterparts. …”
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Prebreeding research of near-isogenic lines of spring bread wheat with a combination of translocations from Agropyron elongatum (Host.) Р.В. and Aegilops ventricosa Tausch. by S. N. Sibikeev, A. E. Druzhin

“…Phytopathological tests showed that L653 and L654 were highly resistant to Puccinia triticina at all stages of plant development and to Puccinia graminis race Ug99 + Lr24 (TTKST), but they were moderately susceptible to the Saratov population of this pathogen. …”
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Explaining the γγ + X excesses at ≈151.5 GeV via the Drell-Yan production of a Higgs triplet by Saiyad Ashanujjaman, Sumit Banik, Guglielmo Coloretti, Andreas Crivellin, Siddharth P. Maharathy, Bruce Mellado

“…Since the dominant decays of Δ± depend only on its mass, the effect in the 22 signal categories considered by ATLAS is completely correlated. Combining all channels in a likelihood ratio test, we find that a non-zero Br[Δ0→γγ], with a best-fit value of 0.66%, is preferred by ≈3σ for a mass of ≈151.5 GeV. …”
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Spatiotemporal Assessment of Temperature Data Products for the Detection of Warming Trends and Abrupt Transitions over the Largest Irrigated Area of Pakistan by Zain Nawaz, Xin Li, Yingying Chen, Xufeng Wang, Kun Zhang, Naima Nawaz, Yanlong Guo, Akynbekkyzy Meerzhan

“…Differences between GDPs revealed discrepancies of 1-2°C when compared with different products within the same category and with reference data. The accuracy of all GDPs was particularly poor in the northern Punjab, where underestimates were greatest. …”
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The impact of weight change on suicide mortality: a nationwide population-based cohort study of 2 million Koreans by Kyuho Kim, Jin-Hyung Jung, Yoo Hyun Um, Yu-Bae Ahn, Seung-Hyun Ko, Kyungdo Han, Jae-Seung Yun

“…Abstract Background Previous studies have shown that weight change has a reverse J-shape association with all-cause mortality. However, its association with suicide mortality remains undetermined. …”
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Is the treatment of ankle osteoarthritis changing over time in Italy? Analysis of temporal trends for fusion and arthroplasty in a population-based study from 2001 to 2022 on the N... by Adriano Cuccu, Elena Manuela Samaila, Enrico Ciminello, Umberto Alfieri Montrasio, Fabrizio Cortese, Stefania Ceccarelli, Tiziana Falcone, Marina Torre

“…The analysis of the number of procedures performed on inhabitants by region and that performed by all the hospitals in the region showed a different pattern across Italy. …”
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Value of C-Reactive Protein as a Risk Factor for Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Comparison with Apolipoprotein Concentrations and Lipid Profile by Magdalena Krintus, Marek Kozinski, Anna Stefanska, Marcin Sawicki, Karolina Obonska, Tomasz Fabiszak, Jacek Kubica, Grazyna Sypniewska

“…Similarly, we demonstrated the highest diagnostic accuracy for CRP among all investigated markers (area under the curve 0.80; 95% CI 0.75–0.85). …”
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Formation of digital literacy components of future teachers in the course of studying the university-wide discipline “Digital Technologies in Education” by Natalya I. Isupova, Tatyana N. Suvorova

“…Development of informatization of education occurs under the influence of large-scale penetration of digital technologies into all spheres of modern society. Considering this influence, it becomes important to identify and take into account the current level of digital literacy of future teachers and, based on its analysis, develop a scientific and methodological justification for determining the structure and content of the discipline destined for preparing future teachers to work in the context of digital transformation of education. …”
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Acute kidney injury in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a single-center retrospective study by Ping Zhou, Bing Liu, Ning Shen, Xiaoting Fan, Shangwei Lu, Zhijuan Kong, Ying Gao, Zhimei Lv, Rong Wang

“…Therefore, we conducted a retrospective study on the incidence, risk factors, clinical features and renal recovery of ICI-AKI in all patients with malignancies treated with ICIs in Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University.Methods In this single-center retrospective cohort study, the data of 904 patients who received immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) treatment were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Vitamin D Supplementation and Hemoglobin Levels in Hypertensive Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Jana B. Ernst, Andreas Tomaschitz, Martin R. Grübler, Martin Gaksch, Katharina Kienreich, Nicolas Verheyen, Winfried März, Stefan Pilz, Armin Zittermann

“…Initially, the prevalence of anemic status (Hb levels <12.5 g/dL) and deficient 25OHD levels (<30 nmol/L) was 6.5% and 7.5%, respectively. All anemic patients had 25OHD levels >50 nmol/L. …”
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Foliar application of nano biochar solution elevates tomato productivity by counteracting the effect of salt stress insights into morphological physiological and biochemical indice... by Javeria Shahzadi, Zaib-un-Nisa, Naila Ali, Muhammad Iftikhar, Anis Ali Shah, M. Yasin Ashraf, Chen Chao, Shifa Shaffique, Mansour K. Gatasheh

“…Overall, NBS foliar application significantly improved all growth and yield indices, pigments, primary and secondary metabolites, leaf water content, antioxidant enzyme activities as well as reduced electrolyte leakage and lipid peroxidation rates in tomato to combat stress conditions. …”
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Mathematical analysis of steady-state solutions in compartment and continuum models of cell polarization by Zhenzhen Zheng, Ching-Shan Chou, Tau-Mu Yi, Qing Nie

“…Through both analysis and simulations, we find that stronger positive feedback, reduced diffusion, and a shallower ligand gradient all result in more steady-state solutions, although most of these are not optimally aligned with the gradient. …”
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Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Different Groups of Phenolic Compounds from Grape Skin Pomaces: Modeling and Optimization by Natka Ćurko, Karla Kelšin, Verica Dragović-Uzelac, Davor Valinger, Marina Tomašević, Karin Kovačević Ganić

“…Results showed that methanol concentration was the most significant parameter influencing the extraction of all groups of phenolics and antioxidant capacity of extracts. …”
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The linkage between economic literacy and students’ intention of starting business: The mediating role of entrepreneurial alertness by Agus Wibowo, Bagus Shandy Narmaditya, Ratieh Widhiastuti, Ari Saptono

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Community perspectives regarding brain-computer interfaces: A cross-sectional study of community-dwelling adults in the UK. by Austen El-Osta, Mahmoud Al Ammouri, Shujhat Khan, Sami Altalib, Manisha Karki, Eva Riboli-Sasco, Azeem Majeed

“…Data analysis involved summarizing responses using frequencies and percentages, with chi-squared tests to compare groups. All data were securely stored and pseudo-anonymized to ensure confidentiality.…”
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Cultural humility strategies for recruitment and retention of minoritised participants: a scoping review protocol by Mireille Chehade, Kellie McLean, Samar Mohsen Ashmawi, Moroni Fernandez Cajavilca, Baomi T Phung, Maya N Clark-Cutaia, Brynne Campbell Rice

“…The tabular format will be piloted and agreed on by all research team members. Descriptive content analysis will outline the operationalisation of cultural humility and identify strategies found effective in improving the representation of minoritised populations.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required in line with the scoping review methodology. …”
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