Comorbidities reduce survival and quality of life in COPD with severe lung hyperinflation by Else A.M.D. ter Haar, Dirk-Jan Slebos, Karin Klooster, Simon D. Pouwels, Jorine E. Hartman

“…Moreover, patients having 3, 4 or >5 comorbidities had a significantly (all p<0.05) worse QoL, in comparison to patients without comorbidities. …”
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Second harmonic generation imaging reveals entanglement of collagen fibers in the elephant trunk skin dermis by Andrew K. Schulz, Magdalena Plotczyk, Sophia Sordilla, David C. A. Gaboriau, Madeline Boyle, Krishma Singal, Joy S. Reidenberg, David L. Hu, Claire A. Higgins

“…The bimodal distribution of collagen is seen across all portions of the trunk, and is dissimilar from that of human skin where one orientation dominates within a body site. …”
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Anthocyanins as functional food components by R. S. Yudina, E. I. Gordeeva, O. Yu. Shoeva, M. A. Tikhonova, E. K. Khlestkina

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Morphometric and Molecular Characterization of Fasciola spp. in Livestock From Northwestern Provinces of Iran by Hossein Galavani, Saber Raeghi, Mehdi Karamian, Negin Torabi, Ali Haniloo

“…Methods Five hundred adult Fasciola flukes were obtained from different definitive hosts (cattle, sheep, goats, and buffaloes) in four local abattoirs in the northwestern provinces of Iran (West‐Azerbaijan, East‐Azerbaijan, Ardabil, and Zanjan) from September 2021 to August 2022. All samples were examined by morphometric criteria; then, 49 samples were identified using PCR‐RFLP based on ITS1 region and 23 sequence of isolates analyzed by cox1 marker. …”
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Substrate Specificity and Enzymatic Characteristics of Three Rutinosidases by Fengwei XIAO, Jiang SUN, Jiaying YE, Lijun LI, Hui NI

“…The results showed that, all three rutinosidases could only hydrolyze flavonoid compounds with α-1,6-linked rutinosides, but had no effect on flavonoid compounds with α-1,2-linked neohesperidosides. …”
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A post-marketing pharmacovigilance study of triazole antifungals: adverse event data mining and analysis based on the FDA adverse event reporting system database by Yalan Tian, Min Jin, Hong Ning

“…Voriconazole ADEs primarily involved the following SOCs: Investigations (9.45%), Eye Disorders (8.46%), and Nervous System Disorders (7.21%); Posaconazole ADEs primarily involved the following SOCs: Investigations (13.84%), General Disorders and Administration Site Conditions (11.95%), and Nervous System Disorders (6.29%); Isavuconazole ADEs primarily involved the following SOCs: General Disorders and Administration Site Conditions (15.22%), Hepatobiliary Disorders (10.87%), and Blood and Lymphatic System Disorders (10.87%).ConclusionVoriconazole, posaconazole, and isavuconazole all potentially pose safety risks related to hepatobiliary disorders and cardiac disorders. …”
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Translation and Initial Validation of the Chinese (Cantonese) Version of Cognitive Flexibility Inventory Using People with Mental Illness by Sui Lung Wong, Tai Wa Liu, Chi Chiu Lee, Pui Wong

“…The study recruited a sample of 104 participants from a group of Cantonese-speaking psychiatric outpatients receiving psychiatric service in Hong Kong. All of them were aged 18 years or older, with a mean age of 39.43 (SD=11.04), and 75.96% was employed either full time or part time. …”
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Serum Cytokine Profile by ELISA in Patients with Echinococcal Cysts of the Liver: A Stage-Specific Approach to Assess Their Biological Activity by Luca Piccoli, Valeria Meroni, Francesca Genco, Francesca Tamarozzi, Carmine Tinelli, Carlo Filice, Enrico Brunetti

“…IL-10 was undetectable in all serum samples of patients and controls, while a few sera contained measurable amounts of IFN-γ, IL-4, and IL-13. …”
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The potential of Sonneratia caseolaris mangrove leaves extract as a bioactive food ingredient using various water extract [version 4; peer review: 2 approved] by Maharani Pertiwi Koentjoro, Bambang Semedi, Ike Listya Anggraeni, Hartati Kartikaningsih, Nur Fitriana

“…LC-HRMS results identified three compounds in all S. caseolaris leaf extracts with antioxidant activity, namely TEMPO, Choline, and Betaine. …”
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Mortality and functional outcomes in elderly adults treated surgically by hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fractures by Ankush Ratanpal, Katapadi Ramachandra Kamath, Preetham Raj V Salian, Saiprasad Sarvothama Baliga, Rajendra Annappa, Sayak Banerjee

“…To evaluate if preoperative (minimum 2 months) calcium and vitamin D supplement intake in patients affects postoperative mobilization with or without walker support. Methods: All patients aged 65 and above who underwent hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fractures in our tertiary care center were included. …”
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Implementation of Solar Heat Energy and Adsorption Cooling Mechanism for Milk Pasteurization Application by G. Ramkumar, B. Arthi, S. D. Sundarsingh Jebaseelan, M. Gopila, P. Bhuvaneswari, R. Radhika, Geremew Geidare Kailo

“…Consequently, scientific communities, environmental and social organizations, and the governments have all pushed the use of green energy. Solar energy has been shown to be the most viable among various sustainable and renewable energies given the geographical position of India. …”
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Detection of Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin A in Spices by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography by Zahra Zareshahrabadi, Robab Bahmyari, Hasti Nouraei, Hossein Khodadadi, Pouyan Mehryar, Fatemeh Asadian, Kamiar Zomorodian

“…The highest rate of AFs contamination was related to red pepper, in 80% of which the amount of contamination was excessive than the standard level (>10 μg/kg). All black pepper samples were determined to be contaminated with OTA at over legislation limits of >15 μg/kg. …”
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Protective effects of resveratrol and naringenin against nonylphenol-induced oxidative stress in rats by Haitham S. Elewa, Dawlat A. Salama, Mohamed S. Hikal, Mohamed F. Abd El hamid, Mohamed H. Eid, Fatma M. A. Khalil, Muayad S. Albadrani, Khaled Abdelaal, Ahmed I. El-Tokhy

“…Also, NP treatment led to a significant decrease in serum total testosterone and testis weight, accompanied with concurrent elevation in estradiol level compared to NC and DMSO groups. All the recorded effects induced by NP treatment were effectively countered by co-treatment with RES or NG. …”
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Color Confinement, Hadron Dynamics, and Hadron Spectroscopy from Light-Front Holography and Superconformal Algebra by Stanley J. Brodsky

“…The result is an effective coupling αs(Q2) defined at all momenta. One obtains empirically viable predictions for spacelike and timelike hadronic form factors, structure functions, distribution amplitudes, and transverse momentum distributions. …”
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Ultrasound-guided Hydrostatic Reduction of Acute Intussusception in Children at a Tertiary Care Center: An Observational Study by Ajay Kumar Yadav, Neha Yadav, Binit Dev, Sonia Dahal, Rohit Prasad Yadav, Sushil Taparia, Hiramani Pathak

“…Ultrasoud guided hydrostatic reduction was done in all radiologically confirmed intussusception in children presenting to our tertiary hospital from February 2023 to July 2024 fulfilling the inclusion criteria after proper resuscitation. …”
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Association of leukocyte elastase in semen and seminal plasma with sperm parameters and pregnancy outcomes in male fertility by Mausumi Das, Maha Gumssani, Julia Mullaney, Ralf Henkel, Suks Minhas, Marie Claire Aquilina, Channa N Jayasena

“…However, it may not address all aspects of male infertility. This review explores the role of leukocyte elastase (LE) as a possible biomarker for male fertility by evaluating 28 corresponding studies. …”
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Geosynchronous Magnetopause Crossings and Their Relationships With Magnetic Storms and Substorms by A. A. Samsonov, Y. V. Bogdanova, G. Branduardi‐Raymont, L. Xu, J. Zhang, D. Sormakov, O. A. Troshichev, C. Forsyth

“…The hourly interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) BZ is negative in 87% cases. The average over all events SMU (SML), Kp, and PC indices reach maxima (minima) in 1 h after the GMC beginning, while the delay of the minimum of the Dst index is usually 3–8 h. …”
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Antibacterial, Antifungal, and Antidiabetic Effects of Leaf Extracts from Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) by Mercy Makopa, Benjamin Mangiza, Benjamin Banda, Winnie Mozirandi, Molly Mombeshora, Stanley Mukanganyama

“…Screening of extracts’ potential to inhibit the activity of α-glucosidase was carried out spectrophotometrically following the production of p-nitrophenol from p-nitrophenol-glucopyranoside (substrate) at a wavelength of 405 nm. Out of all the tested extracts, the methanolic extract showed the best inhibitory activity on α-glucosidase enzyme in a time-dependent and dose-dependent manner. …”
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MODERN APPROACHES TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF NONISCHEMIC (ARTERIAL) PRIAPISM by S. K. Yarovoi, R. A. Khromov, O. V. Dzhalilov

“…Erectile function, provided the timeliness of the intervention is preserved in virtually all patients.…”
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Heterozygous CDKL5 Knockout Female Mice Are a Valuable Animal Model for CDKL5 Disorder by Claudia Fuchs, Laura Gennaccaro, Stefania Trazzi, Stefano Bastianini, Simone Bettini, Viviana Lo Martire, Elisa Ren, Giorgio Medici, Giovanna Zoccoli, Roberto Rimondini, Elisabetta Ciani

“…CDKL5 disorder primarily affects girls and is characterized by early-onset epileptic seizures, gross motor impairment, intellectual disability, and autistic features. Although all CDKL5 female patients are heterozygous, the most valid disease-related model, the heterozygous female Cdkl5 knockout (Cdkl5 +/−) mouse, has been little characterized. …”
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