Derivation of Pluripotent Cells from Mouse SSCs Seems to Be Age Dependent by Hossein Azizi, Sabine Conrad, Ursula Hinz, Behrouz Asgari, Daniel Nanus, Heike Peterziel, Akbar Hajizadeh Moghaddam, Hossein Baharvand, Thomas Skutella

“…In vitro they differentiate into all three germ lineages; they form complex teratomas after transplantation in SCID mice and produce chimeric mice.…”
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Assessing mentoring: A scoping review of mentoring assessment tools in internal medicine between 1990 and 2019. by Yong Xiang Ng, Zachary Yong Keat Koh, Hong Wei Yap, Kuang Teck Tay, Xiu Hui Tan, Yun Ting Ong, Lorraine Hui En Tan, Annelissa Mien Chew Chin, Ying Pin Toh, Sushma Shivananda, Scott Compton, Stephen Mason, Ravindran Kanesvaran, Lalit Krishna, Lalit Krishna

“…<h4>Practice points</h4>Most tools focus on the mentee's perspective, do not consider mentoring's evolving nature and fail to consider mentoring holistically nor longitudinallyA new tool capable of addressing these gaps must also consider inputs from all stakeholders and take a longitudinal perspective of mentoring.…”
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Retrospective Assessment of Factors Affecting Carboxyhemoglobin Levels in Patients Undergoing Robotic Surgery by Selin Erel, Özge Erkoçak, Ülgen Öztürk Toyran, Gözde İnan

“…Results: No significant relationship was found between COHb levels at all measured time points and factors such as gender, ASA scores, surgery type, anesthesia type, position, FGF, insufflation pressure, and airway pressure. …”
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Seaweed Fly Larvae Cultivated on Macroalgae Side Streams: A Novel Marine Protein and Omega-3 Source for Rainbow Trout by Niklas Warwas, Emma L. Berdan, Xintian Xie, Elisabeth Jönsson, Jonathan A. C. Roques, Darragh Doyle, Markus Langeland, James Hinchcliffe, Henrik Pavia, Kristina Sundell

“…No difference in intestinal health parameters was noted between the insect diets and the control diet, indicating good intestinal health across all treatments. However, changes in electrogenic intestinal transport were observed between the SWFL and BSFL diets, illustrating the heterogeneous effect of different insect products. …”
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In Vitro Antibacterial, Antioxidant, Cytotoxicity Activity, and In Silico Molecular Modelling of Compounds Isolated from Roots of Hydnora johannis by Teshome Degfie, Milkyas Endale, Muhdin Aliye, Rajalakshmanan Eswaramoorthy, Tariku Nefo Duke, Aman Dekebo

“…In each docking pose, catechin (3) scored higher binding affinity of −7.9, −7.2, and −6.4 kcal/mol towards PqsA, DNA gyraseB, and S. aureus PK, respectively, compared to amoxicillin (−8.1, −6.1, and −6.4 kcal/mol). All five Lipinski rules were obeyed by compounds 1–3, which showed an acceptable drug resemblance. …”
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A retrospective study assessing RefluxStop surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease: Clinical outcomes in 79 patients from Germany by Thorsten Lehmann, MD, Mantas Šimkus, MD, Christoph Oehler, MD

“…Significant reduction in PPI use was observed from a baseline of 94.9 % to 2.5 % at follow-up. All cases of preoperative dysphagia (7.6 %) completely resolved. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Apathy Scale in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease by John B. Wetmore, José Matías Arbelo, María José Catalán, Francesc Valldeoriola, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez, Pablo Martinez-Martin

“…Cronbach’s alpha was 0.78, while item homogeneity coefficient was 0.21. Almost all items (11/14) reached acceptable item-total corrected correlations (rS = 0.16–0.50). …”
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Sperm DNA fragmentation index: limited effectiveness on predicting embryo quality in assisted reproduction technology treatments by Huan Jiang, Xiaolu Xia, Ying Luo, Haiyan Pan, Shihao Qu, Jianying Xu

“…No connection between DFI and embryological parameters in only IVF and ICSI groups was found, but a negative correlation with fertilization rate was seen in all ART cycles. ROC curve analysis revealed a DFI cut-off value of 21.15% having 36.7% sensitivity and 28.9% specificity in predicting high fertilization rate (≥ 80%). …”
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Pest categorisation of Lepidosaphes pistaciae by EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Antonio Vicent Civera, Paula Baptista, Anna Berlin, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Jaime Cubero, Nik Cunniffe, Eduardo de la Peña, Nicolas Desneux, Francesco Di Serio, Anna Filipiak, Paolo Gonthier, Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska, Hervé Jactel, Blanca B. Landa, Lara Maistrello, David Makowski, Panagiotis Milonas, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Roel Potting, Hanna Susi, Dirk Jan van der Gaag, Alex Gobbi, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Dimitrios Papachristos, Oresteia Sfyra

“…While the fulfilment of the criterion on having an economic or environmental impact in the EU is associated with a key uncertainty, all the other criteria assessed by EFSA for consideration as a potential quarantine pest are met.…”
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Forecasting the development of antimicrobial resistance of S. aureus by Oleh Shemetov, Mariia Faustova, Tetiana Perepelova, Hennadii Balia, Ihor Pavlish, Galina Loban'

“…Moreover, representatives of this species of bacteria can develop complete (100.0%) resistance to tetracycline as early as 2027.ConclusionsMathematical prediction of the development of antimicrobial sensitivity of S. aureus isolates showed a high probability of its development to antibiotics of all groups in the next five years.…”
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Changes in the intestinal microbiota of broiler chicken induced by dietary supplementation of the diatomite-bentonite mixture by E. Węsierska, P. Micek, M. G. Adamski, K. Gondek, M. Lis, M. Trela, D. Wojtysiak, J. Kowal, A. Wyrobisz-Papiewska, G. Kunstman, S. Mosiołek, K. Smoroń

“…Restricting the description to species that comprise a minimum of 1% of all analyzed sequences, 36 species in group E (with diatomite) and 30 species in group C (without diatomite) were selected. …”
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Integrated chronic care models for people with comorbid of HIV and non-communicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. by Rumbidzai Chireshe, Tawanda Manyangadze, Keshena Naidoo

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A scoping review was conducted to identify and describe all publications on integrated chronic care management models at the primary care level in the SSA context, particularly those that addressed the care of PLHIV with co-morbid chronic NCDs. …”
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Circulating MMP-12 as Potential Biomarker in Evaluating Disease Severity and Efficacy of Sublingual Immunotherapy in Allergic Rhinitis by Yandan Zhou, Min Xu, Wei Gong, Xiaoming Kang, Renzhong Guo, Jie Wen, Dinggang Zhou, Manjing Wang, Dazhi Shi, Qiancheng Jing

“…Circulating levels of MRGPRX2 and MMP-12 were measured, and their associations with disease severity were evaluated. All AR patients were assigned to receive sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT), and the efficacy was evaluated, and serum samples were collected at 1 year and 3 years after treatment. …”
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Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives as possible anticancer agents by Çevik Ulviye Acar, Osmaniye Derya, Levent Serkan, Sağlik Begüm Nurpelin, Çavuşoğlu Betül Kaya, Karaduman Abdullah Burak, Özkay Yusuf, Kaplancikli Zafer Asim

“…The synthesis of new N-(5-substituted-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-2-[(5-(substituted amino)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)thio]acetamide derivatives and investigation of their anticancer activities were the aims of this work. All the new compounds’ structures were elucidated by elemental analyses, IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and MS spectral data. …”
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Evaluation and Comparison of the Academic Quality of Open-Access Mega Journals and Authoritative Journals: Disruptive Innovation Evaluation by Yuyan Jiang, Xue-li Liu, Liyun Wang

“…OAMJs surpassed authoritative journals in publishing innovative papers in 24 research directions (eg, Allergy), accounting for 40.68% of all research directions in clinical medicine. Among research topics with at least 10 authoritative papers, OAMJs matched or exceeded MDAJ in 35.71% of cases. …”
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Insights into microbial compositions of the respiratory tract of neonatal dairy calves in a longitudinal probiotic trial through 16S rRNA sequencing by Jia W. Tan, Susan D. Eicher, Janice E. Kritchevsky, Keith A. Bryan, Aaron Dickey, Carol G. Chitko-McKown, Tara G. McDaneld

“…While the majority of differentially abundant taxa in probiotic treated calves were unique to their anatomical location, a few were common to two anatomical locations and one Finegoldia amplicon sequence variant was differentially abundant in all three anatomical locations.DiscussionIn conclusion, these findings contribute to the understanding of the dynamic nature of bacterial diversity and the potential effects of probiotics within the bovine respiratory tract and provides insight for future studies of probiotics on animal health, disease prevention, and management.…”
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Does bladder outflow obstruction obfuscate the traditional clinical factors that are used to assess the risk of prostate cancer at rapid‐access diagnostic clinics? by Thomas Philip Cahill, Samuel Joseph Withey, Steve Hazell, Declan Cahill, Netty Kinsella

“…Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed age, PSA density, an abnormal digital rectal examination and scoring PI‐RADS 4–5 on magnetic resonance imaging were all significantly associated with csPCa in the non‐obstructed cohort (p < 0.05). …”
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Anthracophyllum sontraense (Omphalotaceae, Agaricales), A New Species from Danang, Vietnam by Trung Thanh Nguyen, Hanh Hong Do, Toan Nguyen-Sy, Uyen Thi Diem Huynh, Nguyen Thi Lam Hai, Thi Thanh Tam Phan, Thi Thu Hoai Nguyen, Do Tan Khang, Phu Thi Tran

“…The phylogenetic analyses based on the combined internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and Large Subunit (LSU) molecular markers of ribosomal RNA genes revealed that the two specimens clustered in a single clade at species level with all tested Anthracophyllum species with strong bootstrap support of 99%. …”
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Physical, Thermal, and Morphology Characteristics of Waste Latex Rubber Glove-Modified Bitumen by Auni Diyana Fadzil, Nur Izzi Md Yusoff, Shuhaida Harun, Khairiah Haji Badri, Iswandaru Widyatmoko, Faridah Hanim Khairuddin, Abdalrhman Milad, Munder Bilema, Naeem Aziz Memon

“…The penetration, softening point, ductility, and viscosity tests of the modified binders show a consistent pattern. All WLRG-modified bitumens are stable storage blends at high temperatures. …”
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Comparative Effectiveness of Anti-Inflammatory Drug Treatments in Coronary Heart Disease Patients: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Ivan Wudexi, Elica Shokri, Mohamed Abo-Aly, Kazuhiro Shindo, Ahmed Abdel-Latif

“…Overall, there is no statistically significant difference in all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, revascularization, and major cardio and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) with the use of anti-inflammatory drugs. …”
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