The Effect of Combination Therapy with Rituximab and Intravenous Immunoglobulin on the Progression of Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection in Renal Transplant Recipients by Gun Hee An, Jintak Yun, Yu Ah Hong, Marina Khvan, Byung Ha Chung, Bum Soon Choi, Cheol Whee Park, Yeong Jin Choi, Yong-Soo Kim, Chul Woo Yang

“…The effect of the RIT on ΔeGFR had dissipated in all patients by 1 year post-RIT. Thus, RIT delayed CAMR progression, and baseline proteinuria level was a prognostic factor for response to RIT.…”
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Treatment of uterine fibroid: focus on endometrial receptivity. A pilot randomized prospective study by Yulia E. Dobrokhotova, Irina A. Lapina, Valeriia M. Gomzikova, Yury А. Sorokin, Eleonora T. Khatagova, Ayshan R. Allakhverdieva, Mariya A. Olkhovskaya

“…Group 1 (n=24) included patients with UF who were treated with a selective progesterone receptor modulator, mifepristone 50 mg per day, and group 2 (n=21) – with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist triptorelin acetate 3.75 mg once every 28 days for 3 months. The samples from all patients were subjected to immunohistochemical examination before the start of drug therapy and at the first menstruation after the end of treatment. …”
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L-shaped association of body mass index with prognosis in individuals with sepsis: a multicenter cohort study by Kunping Cui, Xiangnan Teng, Wei liu, Xiaoxiao Zhao, Shanling Xu, Lang Bai

“…Sepsis patients with higher BMI values exhibited decreased ICU all-cause mortality rates (MIMIC-IV cohort: HR: 0.81, 95% CI 0.75–0.88, p < 0.001; eICU-CRD cohort: HR: 0.75, 95% CI 0.71–0.80, p < 0.001). …”
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Use of Relay Method for Enhancing Comb Construction by <i>Apis cerana cerana</i> Utilizing <i>Apis mellifera ligustica</i> by Shunhua Yang, Shanglun Ge, Yiqiu Liu, Danyin Zhou, Xueyang Gong, Kun Dong

“…The results showed that the combs built by CHBs in 28 h, those built by IHBs in 4 h, and the 4 + 24 h relay combs all shared a foundation size of 41.7 cm × 19.7 cm, with average thicknesses of 10.40 mm, 5.60 mm, and 12.20 mm, respectively. …”
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Colonic Mucosal Microbiota in Colorectal Cancer: A Single-Center Metagenomic Study in Saudi Arabia by Ahmed O. Alomair, Ibrahim Masoodi, Essam J. Alyamani, Abed A. Allehibi, Adel N. Qutub, Khalid N. Alsayari, Musaad A. Altammami, Ali S. Alshanqeeti

“…From July 2010 to November 2012, colorectal cancer patients attending our hospital were enrolled for the metagenomic studies. All underwent clinical, endoscopic, and histological assessment. …”
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Inferior Outcomes of Fludarabine–Cyclophosphamide–Rituximab Chemotherapy in Korean Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients with Concurrent Thrombocytopenia and Anemia by Tong-Yoon Kim, Gi-June Min, Young-Woo Jeon, Seung-Ah Yahng, Seok-Goo Cho, Jong-Mi Lee, Myungshin Kim, Ki-Seong Eom

“…<b>Results</b>: The 5-year overall survival (OS) and 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) for all patients were 84.4% and 68.3%, respectively. …”
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Crustacean Zooplankton Ingestion of Potentially Toxic <i>Microcystis</i>: In Situ Estimation Using <i>mcyE</i> Gene Gut Content Detection in a Large Temperate Eutrophic Lake by Helen Agasild, Margarita Esmeralda Gonzales Ferraz, Madli Saat, Priit Zingel, Kai Piirsoo, Kätlin Blank, Veljo Kisand, Tiina Nõges, Kristel Panksep

“…<i>Microcystis</i> cells with <i>mcyE</i> genes were found in all crustaceans examined. However, some species, such as the cyclopoid copepod <i>Mesocyclops leuckarti</i>, were more efficient in ingesting potentially toxic <i>Microcystis</i> than other co-occurring cladocerans (<i>Daphnia</i> spp., <i>Bosmina</i> spp., <i>Chydorus sphaericus</i>) and copepods (<i>Eudiaptomus gracilis</i>). …”
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Optimizing boron application methods and dosages to enhance jute (Corchorus olitorius) seed yield and quality under sub-tropical climate by Tapan Kumar, Pritthee Mallick Tama, Syed Aflatun Kabir Hemel, Ranjit Kumar Ghosh, Md Imran Ali, Abdullah Al-Bakky, Abdul Alim

“…Additionally, boron application consistently improved seed yield and germination percentage across all methods and doses. The 3.0 kg/ha foliar treatment, applied half at 20–25 days after sowing and the remainder at the first flowering stage, yielded the highest results for Corchorus olitorius. …”
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Inflammatory Monocytes Are Rapidly Recruited to the Post-Ischaemic Liver in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation and Cytokines Associated with Their Activation Correlate with... by Francis P. Robertson, Antonia O. Cuff, Victoria Male, Graham P. Wright, Laura J. Pallett, Barry J. Fuller, Brian R. Davidson

“…A post-reperfusion biopsy was analysed in all patients, and in five patients, a donor liver biopsy was available pre-implantation. …”
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Ultra-Wideband 4-Bit Distributed Phase Shifters Using Lattice Network at <italic>K/Ka</italic>- and <italic>E/W</italic>-Band by Sungwon Kwon, Minjae Jung, Byung-Wook Min

“…To achieve wider bandwidth, the proposed phase shifter employed an all-pass lattice network instead of the traditional low-pass ladder network. …”
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Volatile Organic Compounds as Biomarkers of Gastrointestinal Diseases and Nutritional Status by Mariangela Rondanelli, Federica Perdoni, Vittoria Infantino, Milena Anna Faliva, Gabriella Peroni, Giancarlo Iannello, Mara Nichetti, Tariq A. Alalwan, Simone Perna, Clementina Cocuzza

“…Five studies were analyzed that involved VOC analysis in relation to type of diet. All of them showed that the type of diet can have an impact on metabolites excreted and therefore can be a useful tool in the nutritional studies related to metabolism and health and disease status. …”
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Importance of early use of tolvaptan in hyponatremic acutely decompensated heart failure patients, a retrospective study by Rarsari Soerarso, Emir Yonas, Silfi Pauline Sirait, Dian Yaniarti Hasanah, Sunu Budhi Raharjo, Bambang Budi Siswanto, Maarten J. Cramer, Pim van der Harst, Marish I. F. J. Oerlemans

“…Results A total of 71 patients with hyponatremia secondary to ADHF were included, and all patients were given tolvaptan. 37 patients were administered tolvaptan early (up until 5 th day of admission). 34 patients received tolvaptan after 5 th day of admission mean administration as 6.86 th day, and median administration was 5 th day. …”
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Clinical treatment score Post-5 Years (CTS5) predicts the benefit of postmastectomy radiotherapy in patients with T1-2N1 luminal breast cancer by Ke Liu, Guan-Qiao Li, Si-Qi Li, Xue-Qin Chen, San-Gang Wu

“…Patients with younger age, T2 stage, higher tumor grade, a higher number of positive lymph nodes, infiltrating lobular carcinoma subtype, and receipt of chemotherapy were associated with the receipt of PMRT (all P < 0.05). The multivariate analysis showed that the receipt of PMRT was the independent prognostic factor associated with better BCSS (P = 0.005) and OS (P < 0.001). …”
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Vasoreactive testing prevalence and characteristics in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension by Goncharova Natalia, Kirill Lapshin, Aelita Berezina, Irina Zlobina, Anton Ryzhkov, Zhaneta Matakaeva, Elizaveta Andreeva, Olga Moiseeva

“…Long-term vasoresponders demonstrate sustained low-risk status and the highest survival among all PH subtypes. THE STUDY AIMED: To characterize VRT performance in IPAH patients and differences in presentation between patients with positive, negative VRT, and patients with not done VRT due to physicians’ decision. …”
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Characterization, Molecular Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Diarrhea Infected Patients Around Dhaka City by Fahima Akter, Md. Shamimuzzaman, Susmita Roy Chowdhury, Faria Islam, Rajib Kanti Roy

“…Nevertheless, Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) is one of the few strains that causes severe diarrheal disease in humans all over the world, where tropical and developing countries have a higher incident rate. …”
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Akuisisi Foreground dan Background Berbasis Fitur DTC pada Matting Citra secara Otomatis by Meidya Koeshardianto, Eko Mulyanto Yuniarno, Mochamad Hariadi

“…The MAE score from the experimental results shows that the alpha matte value produced has a difference of 0.336, and the difference in processing time is 0.4 seconds compared to the supervised matting method. All image data comes from images that have been used by previous researchers. …”
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Rheological Properties of Dysphagia Food Purees Prepared according to IDDSI Framework by Zheng Wan, Yan Wang, Xiaodong Shi, Wen Hu, Yihan Zhao, Xinying Liu, Jiuming Yan, Yishu Lyu, Yu Xue, Linhua Zhou, Guoyuan Qiu, Xile Jiang

“…Their hardness values ranged from 39.32 to 88.21 g. All the viscosity values fall within the reported safe range. …”
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Association of Obesity and Socioeconomic Status among Women of Childbearing Age Living in Urban Area of Morocco by Fatima Barich, Fatima Ezzahra Zahrou, Fatima Zahra Laamiri, Nisrine El Mir, Manelle Rjimati, Amina Barkat, El Arbi Rjimati, Hassan Aguenaou

“…Our results reinforce the necessity to improve the access of all social classes in Morocco to reliable information on the determinants and consequences of obesity and to develop plans for adequate prevention and management of obesity.…”
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A comparative study of the performance of ten metaheuristic algorithms for parameter estimation of solar photovoltaic models by Adel Zga, Farouq Zitouni, Saad Harous, Karam Sallam, Abdulaziz S. Almazyad, Guojiang Xiong, Ali Wagdy Mohamed

“…The Friedman test was utilized to rank the performance of the various algorithms, revealing the Growth Optimizer as the top performer across all the considered models. This optimizer achieved a root mean square error of 9.8602187789E−04 for the single-diode model, 9.8248487610E−04 for both the double-diode and triple-diode models and 1.2307306856E−02 for the photovoltaic module model. …”
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Association of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio with severe abdominal aortic calcification: new evidence from the United States by Hao Deng, Mengmeng Sun, Zhentong Zhao, Kun Fan, Zizhang Zhao, Yifan Chi, Wei Sheng

“…Multivariable logistic regression, stratified analysis with interaction, and restricted cubic spline analysis were used to examine the relationship between the NLR and AAC.ResultsThis study enrolled 3,047 participants [1,469 men (48.2%) and 1,578 women (51.8%)]. After adjusting for all covariates in the multivariate logistic regression, an independent association was identified between augmented NLR and the incidence of severe AAC (SAAC). …”
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