Prenatally Diagnosed Cardiac Tumors and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: A Single-Center Experience by Matija Bakoš, Dora Jelinek, Ana Ćorić Ljoka, Nada Sindičić Dessardo, Dalibor Šarić, Ruža Grizelj

“…Brain MRI revealed TSC-related changes in all TSC-affected patients except one, who had a developmental brain anomaly. …”
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Impact of sodium alginate hydrogel containing bacteriophage peptides that specifically bind to the EtCab protein on the inhibition of Eimeria tenella infection by Hang Chen, Wenjing Zhi, Bingrong Bai, Faisal R. Anjum, Zhipeng Jia, Rui Kong, Qiuju Liu, Biao Wang, Chunli Ma, Dexing Ma

“…The results indicated that three specific phages (Y, G, and V) could bind effectively to recombinant EtCab protein as well as to sporozoite proteins. All three peptides, particularly Y and G, demonstrated significant inhibition of sporozoite invasion into cells in vitro. …”
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Maternal iron deficiency assessed by serum ferritin and birth outcomes in mainland China by Hang Zhou, Yiming Lu, Jianying Luo, Binyu Pan, Qihua Zhao, Min Chen, Zheng Feei Ma

“…Maternal iron deficiency as assessed by serum ferritin concentration in 2nd and 3rd trimesters of pregnancy was not associated with neonatal outcomes (all P > 0.05). Our study reported that increased prevalence of maternal iron deficiency in 3rd trimester, suggesting that screening and supplementation of at-risk pregnancies can be used as a preventive strategy to tackle the issue. …”
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Hydrocortisone for Preventing Adverse Drug Reactions to Snake Antivenom: A Meta-Analysis by Jihua Feng, Zimeng Wu, Qiao Yu, Hongyuan Li, Pan Ji, Yanli Yang, Xiaoliang Zeng, Xiaowen Zheng, Chunling Zhao, Jianfeng Zhang

“…Among 831 identified studies, 4 were eligible and included in our analysis (N = 1348 participants). Upon combining all eight comparisons from the four selected studies, the overall pooled odds ratio (OR) for ADRs was 0.47 (95% CI 0.19, 1.17; p=0.11; I2 = 68%). …”
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Do Human Papilloma Virus and Cytological Testing Results Before Colposcopy Alter the Pathological Grading of Colposcopy Acetic Acid Visual Examination?: A Retrospective Study by Gao S, Qian B, Wang T, Wang J

“…According to pathological results from cervical tissue specimens, among all groups diagnosed using colposcopy, the age of the HSIL group was significantly younger than that of the other groups, and the proportion of patients with a TCT greater than LSIL was significantly higher than that of the other groups.Conclusion: HPV did not provide additional information for vaginal colposcopy. …”
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Comparison of Learning Curves and Clinical Outcomes in Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Spinal Surgery Versus Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Surgery: A Cumulative Sum Analysi... by Yuan S, Chen R, Mei Y, Fan N, Wang T, Wang A, Du P, Xi Y, Zang L

“…Both early- and late-phase cases exhibited significant improvement in all PROMs postoperatively. Furthermore, PROMs did not differ between patients who underwent PTES and those who underwent UBESS.Conclusion: Both procedures achieved comparable clinical outcomes with low complication incidences. …”
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Dietary Patterns and Fitness Level in Mexican Teenagers by César Estrada-Reyes, Patricia Tlatempa-Sotelo, Roxana Valdés-Ramos, María Cabañas-Armesilla, Rafael Manjarrez-Montes-de-Oca

“…Conclusions. In this study, all of teenagers with a very low level of fitness obtained a high dietary pattern in protein; however, 40% with a high level of physical condition resulted in the same pattern; that is why we did not find a relationship between the fitness level and the patterns investigated in this study.…”
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Autologous CIK Cell Immunotherapy in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma after Radical Nephrectomy by Yajing Zhang, Jin Wang, Yao Wang, Xue-Chun Lu, Hui Fan, Yang Liu, Yan Zhang, Kai-Chao Feng, Wen-Ying Zhang, Mei-Xia Chen, Xiaobing Fu, Wei-Dong Han

“…The median PFS in CIK cell treatment group was significantly longer than that in control group (PFS, 32.2 months versus 21.6 months; log-rank, P=0.032), all patients were alive during the course of followup, and there are no statistically significant differences between two groups in OS (log-rank, P=0.214). …”
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Histopathological evaluation of the effects of thymoquinone and resveratrol on the liver in rats administered doxorubicin by Mehmet Burak Ates, Ozgur Ozdemir, Ali Erdem Ozturk, Mustafa Numan Bucak, Aysegul Bulut

“…Hepatocyte degeneration, necrosis/apoptosis, bile duct hyperplasia, dissociation, congestion, karyomegaly, mononuclear cell infiltration, binuclear hepatocytes, and mitosis were all examined microscopically, and a liver total lesion score was calculated<p> <b>Results:</b> Dox treatment increased relative liver weight, but the TQ and Res groups prevented this increase (p<0.05). …”
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A Proposal of a Personalized Surveillance Strategy for Gastric Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis of 9191 Patients by Si-wei Pan, Peng-liang Wang, Han-wei Huang, Lei Luo, Xin Wang, Tao Wang, Fu-nan Liu, Hui-mian Xu

“…After estimating CS at intervals of three months, six months, and 12 months in different periods, stages I and IIA had high levels of CS all along, while there were visible differences among CS levels of stages IIB and III. …”
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Reversal of Myopic Correction for Patients Intolerant to LASIK by Amr A. Gab-Alla

“…Reversal treatment was bilateral in all patients. The mean age of the patients was 38 ± 1.9 years (range 37 to 45 yrs). …”
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Reading between the lines: exploring the discriminative ability of the Short-Story Task in identifying autistic individuals within autism outpatient services by Irina Jarvers, Monika Sommer, Monika Sommer, Manuela Ullmann, Verena Simmel, Lore Blaas, Stefanie Gorski, Saskia Krüger-Lassen, Matthias Vogel, Berthold Langguth

“…In 100 of them an autism spectrum disorder has been diagnosed and 111 individuals were diagnosed with other conditions or none at all.ResultsPerformance on the SST did not significantly differ between the two groups, and receiver operator curve analysis did not support the SST as a reliable discriminator. …”
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A Novel Construction of Substitution Box Based on Polynomial Mapped and Finite Field With Image Encryption Application by Abid Mahboob, Muhammad Asif, Imran Siddique, Aysha Saleem, Muhammad Nadeem, Dariusz Grzelczyk, Jan Awrejcewicz

“…Lastly, to examine the validity of the suggested S-box we used various tests such as nonlinearity (NL), bit independence criteria (BIC), strict avalanche criteria (SAC), differential uniformity (DU) and linear approximation probability (LAP) which all certify algebraic properties of S-box. Moreover, the features of newly constructed S-box compared with recent S-boxes from literature which show superior performance against intruders&#x2019; attacks. …”
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Food Store Environment Modifies Intervention Effect on Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Low-Income Women in North Carolina by Alison A. Gustafson, Joseph Sharkey, Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge, Jessica C. Jones-Smith, Jianwen Cai, Alice S. Ammerman

“…The retail food environment for all women was characterized by (1) the number and type of food stores within census tracts; (2) availability of healthy foods in stores where participants shop; (3) an aggregate score of self-reported availability of healthy foods in neighborhood and food stores. …”
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The Potential of Sitka Spruce Bark as an Alternative to Peat Casing for Mushroom (<i>Agaricus bisporus</i>) Production by Gabrielle Young, Helen Grogan, Eoghan Corbett, Brian W. McGuinness, Michael T. Gaffney, Saoirse Tracy, Olaf Schmidt, Lael Walsh

“…There were several issues associated with the bark casing, which included water stress and cropping delays, all of which would be unacceptable from a commercial perspective. …”
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Estimation of Anthocyanins in Apple Leaves Based on Ground Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Learning Models by Yu Zhang, Mi Zou, Yanjun Li, Qingrui Chang, Xing Chen, Zhiyong Dai, Weihao Yuan

“…The original hyperspectral imaging at wavelengths before 720 nm shows a decrease in reflectance as the growth stages progress, while the spectral curves after 720 nm remain largely consistent across stages; (2) Compared to single original spectral variables, multivariate estimation models using original spectra and second-order derivative transformed spectra show improved accuracy for anthocyanins estimation across different growth stages, with the most significant improvement during the Fruit Enlargement stage; (3) Although the computation of the three-band spectral indices is resource-intensive and time-consuming, it can enhance anthocyanins estimation accuracy; (4) Among all models, the CatBoost model based on original spectra and second-order derivative transformed spectra indices for the entire growth period achieved the highest accuracy, with a validation set R² of 0.934 and a RPD of 3.888, and produced effective leaf anthocyanins inversion maps. …”
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Effect of nusinersen on pulmonary function in children with spinal muscular atrophy in the plateau region: A pilot study by Jicai Zhu, Xiaofang Chen, Haoke Sang, Minming Ma, Chunhui Tang

“…The mean value of FEV1% was 4.4 % and 5.0 % higher than before treatment in all patients (P = 0.03), and those with type 2 SMA (P = 0.04), respectively. …”
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Crop residue degradation by fungi isolated from conservation agriculture fields under riceâwheat system of North-West India by Madhu Choudhary, Parbodh C. Sharma, Hanuman S. Jat, Vibha Nehra, Andrew J. McDonald, Neelam Garg

“…Out of these 19 isolates, 11 were further selected based on their enzymatic secretions in solid state fermentation. All the 11 strains were identified morphologically. …”
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Behavior of Mortality in Cienfuegos Province in the Period 2013-2022 by Jorge Enrique Portell del Sol, Dania Lázara Pedraza Alejo, Yusimí Alejo Padrón, Leticia Castro Morejón, Ling Denisse Santeiro Pérez, Yaniela Sarmiento Albelo

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive, retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out in health systems and services, which analyzed all deaths (N=39,684) in the period 2013-2022, grouped by five-year periods 2013-2017 and 2018-2022 according to variables. selected clinical and epidemiological conditions, municipality of residence, place of death, basic cause of death, general and premature mortality rates. …”
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Determination of Levetiracetam in Human Plasma by Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction Followed by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Greyce Kelly Steinhorst Alcantara, Leandro Augusto Calixto, Luiz Alberto Beraldo de Moraes, Regina Helena Costa Queiroz, Anderson Rodrigo Moraes de Oliveira, Cristiane Masetto de Gaitani

“…Under chosen parameters (extraction solvent: chloroform, 130 μL; dispersing solvent: isopropyl alcohol, 400 μL; no salt addition and no vortex agitation time), the method was completely validated and all parameters were in agreement with the literature recommendations. …”
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