Increasing Donor Endothelial Cell Pool by Culturing Cells from Discarded Pieces of Human Donor Corneas for Regenerative Treatments by Mohit Parekh, Vito Romano, Alessandro Ruzza, Stephen B. Kaye, Diego Ponzin, Sajjad Ahmad, Stefano Ferrari

“…Proliferation rate, hexagonality, Ki-67 positivity, and the cell area did not significantly differ between the groups (p>0.05). All the proteins corresponding to the biomarkers tested were expressed in both the groups. …”
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Activities of Some Medicinal Plants on the Proliferation and Invasion of Brain Tumor Cell Lines by Saidu I. Ngulde, Umar K. Sandabe, Roger Abounader, Ying Zhang, Isa M. Hussaini

“…The result revealed that all tested extracts significantly (p<0.05) inhibited the proliferation of U87 and U231 cell lines with the respective IC50 values ranging between 8 and 20 μg/ml for S. longepedunculata and 100 and 90 μg/ml for P. polyandra. …”
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CT Angiography Assessment of Dorsal Pancreatic Artery and Intrapancreatic Arcade Anatomy: Impact on Whipple Surgery Outcomes by Gorkem Ozdemir, Tolga Olmez, Okan Dilek, Berkay Eyi, Alper Sozutek, Ahmet Seker

“…Methods: This retrospective study was conducted with 362 patients who underwent a Whipple procedure at the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery of Adana City Training and Research Hospital between January 2018 and April 2024. All data collected from medical records were compared and statistically analyzed according to the patients’ survival status and arcade subtypes. …”
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Collapsible properties of Q2 loess and its collapsible prediction model by Yukai FU, Guanglin LI, Tonglu LI, Ziran ZHANG, He LIU

“…The test results indicates that all collapsible coefficients in the δs-p semi-logarithmic coordinates present the trend of linear slow increase-sudden increase-peak-decrease with the increasing pressure. …”
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Reducing Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Disparities: Performance and Outcomes of a Screening Colonoscopy Program in South Carolina by Sudha Xirasagar, Yi-Jhen Li, James B. Burch, Virginie G. Daguisé, Thomas G. Hurley, James R. Hébert

“…The adenoma detection rate was 27.8% (males 34.6% and females 25.1%), advanced neoplasm rate 7.7% (including 3 cancers), cecum intubation rate 98.9%, inadequate bowel preparation rate 7.9%, and adverse event rate 0.9%. All indicators met the national quality benchmarks. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of the Prenatal Detection of Congenital Heart Diseases: A Systematic Literature Review by Darío Londoño Trujillo, Paula A. Castro García, Kristian K. Rojas López, Karen J. Moreno-Medina, María T. Dominguez Torres, Rodolfo J. Dennis Verano, Nestor F. Sandoval Reyes

“…**Results:** We found 785 articles, of which only 7 met all inclusion criteria. Most were cost-effectiveness analyses, with the most common outcome being number of cases detected. …”
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Reoperation after radical correction tetralogy of Fallot: results and prospects by M.F. Zinkovskyi, A.G. Goryachev, S.O. Dykukha, L.R. Naumova, O.A. Pishchurin, M.Yu. Atamanyuk, V.M. Hondoga, S.O. Yakubyuk, R.M. Vitovsky

“…Hospital mortality after surgical correction of long-term complications was 8.0 %. All discharged patients with echocardiographic evaluation revealed a positive dynamics of volume and functional parameters of the right and left ventricles…”
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Evaluate the integrative effects of irrigation water level, furrow irrigation methods, and nitrogen fertilizer rate on tomato yield in semi-arid southern Ethiopia by Edmealem Temesgen Ebstu, Mekuanent Muluneh

“…The study results reveal significant impacts of these factors. All p-values for tomato yield and agronomy-measured components are less than 0.05. …”
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Neovascular Glaucoma from Ocular Ischemic Syndrome Treated with Serial Monthly Intravitreal Bevacizumab and Panretinal Photocoagulation: A Case Report by Hassaan Asif, Zhuangjun Si, Steven Quan, Pathik Amin, David Dao, Lincoln Shaw, Dimitra Skondra, Mary Qiu

“…We term this treatment protocol the Salvaging Conventional Outflow Pathway in Neovascular Glaucoma (SCOPING) Protocol, and this is our (MQ and DS) standard of care for all NVG patients presenting with partially or completely open angles. …”
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Association of food security with cardiometabolic health during young adulthood: cross-sectional comparison of American Indian adults with other racial/ethnic groups by Cassandra J Nikolaus, Anna Zamora-Kapoor, Luciana E Hebert, Ka'imi Sinclair

“…Multivariable regression models were used to assess the association of risk of food insecurity with cardiometabolic health, while controlling for sociodemographic variables. All analyses were weighted and accounted for the complex survey design.Participants The analytical sample of n=12 799 included mostly non-Hispanic white respondents (n=7900), followed by n=2666 black, n=442 American Indian, n=848 Asian or Pacific Islander and n=943 Hispanic.Results Risk of food insecurity was more common among respondents who were female, Black, American Indian, had lower educational attainment, and were classified as having obesity or diabetes. …”
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Features of the water regime and photosynthesis in hybrid forms of cherry plum under the dry wind season conditions by A. V. Grigoriev, R. A. Pilkevich, L. A. Lukicheva, T. B. Gubanova, V. M. Gorina

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Effect of Allium cepa L. on Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Osteoclast Precursor Cell Viability, Count, and Morphology Using 4′,6-Diamidino-2-phenylindole-Staining by Tatiane Oliveira, Camila A. Figueiredo, Carlos Brito, Alexander Stavroullakis, Anuradha Prakki, Eudes Da Silva Velozo, Getulio Nogueira-Filho

“…Fluorescence images stained by DAPI showed no alteration on the morphology and cell counts of LPS-stimulated osteoclast precursor cells with the use of AcE in all tested concentrations when compared to control. …”
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The rural health initiative: Bridging gaps in healthcare access and grant-funded research in central Idaho by Monica Zigman Suchsland, Dillon van Rensburg, Kelly McGrath, Cody Wilkinson, Kimberly Johnson, Ashley Steinbruecker, James Probus, Allison Cole

“…Healthcare access was selected by all three counties in the RHI community as the most critical health priority to address. …”
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Seroprevalence of Leptospiral Antibodies among Healthy Municipal Service Workers in Selangor by Suhailah Samsudin, Siti Norbaya Masri, Tengku Zetty Maztura Tengku Jamaluddin, Siti Nor Sakinah Saudi, Umi Kalsom Md Ariffin, Fairuz Amran, Malina Osman

“…There were 31 workers with positive leptospiral antibodies. All of them were frequently exposed towards leptospirosis. …”
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Neuromodulation of risk and reward processing during decision making in individuals with general anxiety disorder (GAD) by Vahid Nejati, Jamal Amani Rad, Amir Hosein Hadian Rasanan

“…The process-based modeling measures, rather than conventional outcome-based measures, showed a significant effect of stimulation condition. All real stimulation conditions improved the updating rate of prevalence, and risk taking in the BART. …”
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Meta-analysis of COVID-19 prevalence during preoperative COVID-19 screening in asymptomatic patients by Menno R Vriens, Ellen de Bock, Mando D Filipe, Milan C Richir, Roger K J Simmermacher, A Christiaan Kroese

“…Therefore, this study aims to determine the prevalence of preoperative COVID-19, confirmed by reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), in asymptomatic patients.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources Pubmed and Embase databases were searched through 20 February 2022.Eligibility criteria All COVID-19 articles including preoperative asymptomatic patients were included.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers extracted data and assessed risk of bias. …”
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Early Sialadenitis After Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Prevalence and Predictors by Ruba Riachy, Nisrine Ghazal, Mohamad B. Haidar, Ahmad Elamine, Mona P. Nasrallah

“…Medical charts were reviewed for all patients 18–79 years of age admitted to receive RAI for DTC between 01/01/2012 and 31/12/2015. …”
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Influence of two different printing methods on the accuracy of full-guided implant insertion – a laboratory study in undergraduate dental students by Matthias C. Schulz, Michael Krimmel, Christina Weismann, Pablo Kaucher-Fernandez, Bernd Lethaus, Nils Kristian Mann

“…The accuracy of the implant insertion was assessed radiographically, followed by statistical analysis. Additionally, all participants completed a questionnaire. Results The implants inserted using guides made by DLP showed a higher accuracy compared to guides made by FFF. …”
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Mechanism of mineral phase transformation in preparing aluminum alloy by electrolysis of molten salt from aluminum alloy dross by Zhengping Zuo, Wenfen Wu, Jianbo Zhang, Zhanbing Li, Fengqin Liu, Shaopeng Li

“…During calcination, Al(OH)3 was transformed into γ-Al2O3, and part of the aluminum alloy phase and Si monomers were oxidized into oxides. During electrolysis, all positive elements (such as Fe, Si, Cu, and Zn, which are more electronegative than aluminum) were incorporated into the aluminum alloy. …”
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Impact of serum lipid on recurrence of uterine fibroids: a single center retrospective study by Yimin Ma, Jingjing Weng, Yingying Zhu

“…Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were adopted to evaluate the association between four serum lipid parameters and the risk of UF recurrence. All included patients were randomly assigned to the training group for nomogram development and the testing group for nomogram validation, with a ratio of 7:3. …”
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