Tumor-associated neutrophils and macrophages interaction contributes to intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression by activating STAT3 by Jian Zhou, Jia Fan, Zhiqiang Hu, Jia Li, Zhengjun Zhou, Pengcheng Wang, Rongqi Sun, Haoyang Xin, Chubin Luo, Shaolai Zhou

“…In tumor samples from patients with ICC, increased TAN and TAM levels were correlated with elevated p-STAT3 expression. All three of those factors were independent predictors of patient outcomes.Conclusions TANs and TAMs interact to promote ICC progression by activating STAT3.…”
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Anti-inflammatory treatment using alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) does not alter osteoblasts differentiation and fracture healing by Johanna Graue, Melanie Timmen, Katharina Schmitz, Daniel Kronenberg, Markus Böhm, Kishor K. Sivaraj, M. Gabriele Bixel, Richard Stange

“…Results α-MSH-treatment did not impair either proliferation nor mineralisation of osteoblastic cells under native or inflammatory conditions (no significant differences found). All four melanocortin receptor-molecules were expressed in murine osteoblastic cells but in very limited amounts and this did not change upon treatment with inflammatory cytokines or α-MSH or both at the same time. …”
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Analysis of the diagnostic efficacy of ultrasound, MRI, and combined examination in benign and malignant breast tumors by Dianpei Ma, Dianpei Ma, Changliang Wang, Jie Li, Jie Li, Xiaohan Hao, Yun Zhu, Zhizhen Gao, Zhizhen Gao, Chun Liu, Changfan Luo, Yu Huang

“…BackgroundTo compare the diagnostic effectiveness of ultrasound (US), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and their combined application in distinguishing between benign and malignant breast tumors, with particular emphasis on evaluating diagnostic performance in different breast densities—fatty breast tissue, where fat predominates, and dense breast tissue, which contains a significant amount of fibroglandular tissue.Materials and methodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on 185 patients with breast tumors, including 90 malignant and 95 benign cases. All patients underwent both US and MRI examinations within one week prior to surgery. …”
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Death trends for 2010 - 2022 for members of a large private medical scheme in South Africa by L Steenkamp, S Collie, T A Moultrie, H Moultrie, G Gray

“…To investigate trends in Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS) members’ death rates and underlying cause of death patterns between 2010 and 2022. Methods. All-cause deaths were compared across years accounting for demographic changes, by analysing age- and sex-standardised rates using 2019 age and sex population weightings. …”
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BananaImageBD: A comprehensive banana image dataset for classification of banana varieties and detection of ripeness stages in BangladeshMendeley Data by Md Hasanul Ferdaus, Rizvee Hassan Prito, Ahmed Abdal Shafi Rasel, Masud Ahmed, Md. Jahid Hassan Saykot, Shanjida Sultan Shanta, Sonali Akter, Ankan Chandra Das, Mohammad Manzurul Islam, Mahamudul Hasan, Md Sawkat Ali

“…Overall, the dataset has 2471 original images of different varieties of bananas and 820 original images of varying ripeness stages of bananas. All the images were carefully captured using a high-quality smartphone camera. …”
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Designing a Policy-Making Model for Biomass Energy Development Training in the Agricultural Supply Chain Sector by Tahereh Pourelmi, Seyed Mohammad Shobeiri, Enayatollah Yazdanpanah, Gholam Reza Bakhshi Khaniki, Mahdieh Rezaei

“…The validity and reliability of the components were examined, and Cronbach’s alpha of all components was higher than 0.7. The essential components of the effective factors were measured in the education policy of biomass energy development in the agricultural sector. …”
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Efficacy of an artificial intelligence preoperative planning system for assisting in revision surgery after artificial total hip arthroplasty by Jiaqing Zhu, Shanbin Zheng, Jiahao Sun, Bowen Ma, Chiyu Zhang, Chao Zhang, Jirong Shen, Tianwei Xia

“…The Harris Hip score (HHS) was used to evaluate the function of the affected limbs preoperatively, and 1 week and 6 months postoperatively, and hip mobility was compared preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively. Results All 25 patients were followed up for 6 to 59 months, with an average of 25.3 months. …”
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Towards Understanding the Security of Modern Image Captchas and Underground Captcha-Solving Services by Haiqin Weng, Binbin Zhao, Shouling Ji, Jianhai Chen, Ting Wang, Qinming He, Raheem Beyah

“…Our evaluation results show that (1) each of the popular image captchas that we study is vulnerable to our attacks; (2) our attacks yield the highest captcha-breaking success rate compared with state-of-the-art methods in almost all scenarios; and (3) our attacks achieve almost as high a success rate as human labor while being much faster. …”
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Glycine rich proteins of ticks: more than a cement component by Renata Perotto de Souza, Mariana Vieira Dalla Valentina, Bruna Ferreira Leal, Sílvia Dias Oliveira, Carlos Alexandre Sanchez Ferreira, Ala Tabor

“…Conversely, several GRPs are present in all tick developmental stages, and the expression of many GRP genes is modulated by physiological processes and immune challenges, such as feeding and pathogen infection. …”
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Multimorbidity is associated with risk of incident venous thromboembolism – A nationwide proof-of-concept study by Jonatan Ahrén, MirNabi Pirouzifard, Björn Holmquist, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist, Bengt Zöller

“…Multimorbidity was associated with incident VTE in all three analyzed landmarks: adjusted HR for VTE was 2.47 (95%CI 2.24–2.72) for L1, HR was 2.23 (95%CI 2.11–2.36) for L2, and HR was 2.16 (95%CI 2.03–2.29) for L3. …”
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Gambaran Obesitas pada Siswa Sekolah Dasar di SD Pertiwi dan SD Negeri 03 Alai Padang by Rizqa Fiorendita Hadi, Afriwardi ., Yusri Dianne Jurnalis

“…Population of the study were all students of class I to VI of SD Pertiwi and SD Negeri 03 Alai Padang. …”
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CO2 levels and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in public schools: A retrospective cohort study in Montreal (Canada) by Olivier Séguin, Dorra Ghorbal, Gabrielle Denault, Karine Trudeau, Patrick Poulin, Catherine Dea, Stéphane Perron

“…In response to concerns related to inadequate ventilation for students and staff, CO2 concentrations were measured in all of Montreal’s public elementary and high schools during winter of 2020–21. …”
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Phenotypic Identification of Blood Groups in Blood Donors: A Peruvian Multicenter Analysis by Yovera-Ancajima CDP, Calderon Cumpa LY, Lezama-Cotrina ID, Walttuoni-Picón E, Cárdenas-Mendoza WW, Culqui-García JE, Retuerto-Salazar WR, Céspedes Poma RC

“…It was also found that 1.5% of donors are carriers of the Kell antigen, all of which are clinically important.Conclusion: The phenotypic identification of blood groups in blood donors from three hospitals in Lima highlighted the clinical relevance of identifying less common antigens in the Kell, Kidd, Duffy, and MNS systems to prevent alloimmunization during blood transfusions.Keywords: alloimmunization, phenotype, blood group antigens, blood donors…”
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Attenuated titin protein expression is associated with advanced stages of ovarian cancer by Harvey Sharma, Jaskaran Aujla, Asad Nawaz, Thabet Khasawneh, Ayesha Alvero, Robert T. Morris, Asma Basha, Laila Tutunji, Toshima Z. Parris, Khalil Helou, Ghassan M. Saed

“…Serum titin levels were consistently decreased across all stages relative to healthy controls, with a gradual decrease in expression from stages I to IV. …”
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Fournier Gangrene Associated with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors: A Pharmacovigilance Study with Data from the U.S. FDA Adverse Event Reporting System by Yang Hu, Ziyu Bai, Yan Tang, Rongji Liu, Bin Zhao, Jian Gong, Dan Mei

“…There were 542 FG cases identified in the FAERS database in patients receiving SGLT2 inhibitors. Among all SGLT2 inhibitor therapies, empagliflozin was associated with the highest number of FG reports (232 in total), while empagliflozin plus metformin had the strongest association with FG occurrence with the reporting odds ratio (ROR 54.79, 95% two-sided CI 31.56 to 95.12) and proportional reporting ratio (PRR 53.36, χ2 666.70). …”
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Development and Validation of a Novel Classification System and Prognostic Model for Open Traumatic Brain Injury: A Multicenter Retrospective Study by Yuhui Chen, Li Chen, Liang Xian, Haibing Liu, Jiaxing Wang, Shaohuai Xia, Liangfeng Wei, Xuewei Xia, Shousen Wang

“…The addition of the OTBI classification to a model containing all the other identified prognostic factors improved the predictive ability of the model (Z = 1.983; p = 0.047). …”
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Accumulation Characteristics and Hydrological Effects of Litter in Mixed Robinia pseudoacacia Plantations by CAO Zetao, DENG Yangxu, TIAN Jing, WANG Bing, LIU Guobin, YANG Yanfen

“…[Results] (1) The total litter accumulation in different mixed R. pseudoacacia plantations ranged from 0.29 to 1.01 kg/m2, with semi-decomposed litter accounting for more than 60% in all cases. Except for the mixture with A. fruticosa, the leaf litter accumulation in other mixtures was higher than that in pure R. pseudoacacia plantations. (2) After 24 hours, the water-holding capacity of litter from different mixtures stabilized with no significant differences. …”
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Metode COPRAS untuk Menentukan Kain Terbaik dalam Pembuatan Pakaian pada Butik Batik Hatta Semarang by Saifur Rohman Cholil, Mohamad Adi Setyawan

“…Abstract Batik is a cultural heritage of Indonesia that has been recognized by UNESCO. Almost all regions in Indonesia have typical batik with different philosophies and meanings. …”
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Molecular and Clinical Characterization of Giardia duodenalis Infection in Preschool Children from Lisbon, Portugal by Filipa Santana Ferreira, Rita Alexandre dos Santos Soares de Bellegarde Machado Sá da Bandeira, Cláudia Alexandra Cecílio de Sampaio Ferreira Constantino, Ana Maria Teixeira Duarte Cancela da Fonseca, Joana da Graça Matias Gomes, Rúben Miguel Lopes Rodrigues, Jorge Luís Marques da Silva Atouguia, Sónia Chavarria Alves Ferreira Centeno-Lima

“…Molecular analysis was conducted in all positive samples for G. duodenalis in order to determine the assemblage and subassemblage of this parasite. …”
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Association of baseline and trajectory of triglyceride-glucose index with the incidence of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Qiong Huang, Wenbin Nan, Baimei He, Zhenhua Xing, Zhenyu Peng

“…Cox regression analysis indicated that individuals in class 3 experienced a greater incidence of CAN in comparison to those in class 1 after adjusting for all covariates. Subgroup analysis found no significant effect modification in this relationship. …”
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