RETRACTED: Efficacy of Vanadyl Sulfate and Selenium Tetrachloride as Anti-Diabetic Agents against Hyperglycemia and Oxidative Stress Induced by Diabetes Mellitus in Male Rats by Fawziah A. Al-Salmi, Reham Z. Hamza

“…Fifty male albino rats were divided into five groups, and all treatments were administrated at 9:00 a.m. daily for 60 successive days: control, STZ (Streptozotocin; 50 mg/kg of STZ was given to 6 h fasted animals in a single dose, followed by confirmation of diabetic state occurrence after 72 h by blood glucose estimation at >280 mg/dl), STZ (Diabetic) plus administration of VOSO₄ (15 mg/kg) for 60 days, STZ (Diabetic) plus administration of selenium tetrachloride (0.87 mg/Kg), and STZ plus VOSO₄ and, after 1/2 h, administration of selenium tetrachloride at the above doses. …”
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How Does PM2.5 Impact the Urban Vertical Temperature Structure? A Case Study in Nanjing by Hao Wu, Yang Cao, Tijian Wang, Jiawei You, Tingting Yang, Yawei Qu, Shuqi Yan, Huadong Yang, Xiyu Mu, Libo Gao, Congwu Huang

“…The results show that the optical parameters, atmospheric heating rate, radiative forcing, and temperature are all impacted by the concentration and composition of PM2.5. …”
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Tumor resting-state fMRI connectivity to extralesional brain is associated with cognitive performance in glioma patients by Chuh-Hyoun Na, Hans Clusmann, Martin Wiesmann, Kerstin Jütten, Verena Mainz

“…Results: Patients showed deficits in all cognitive domains tested. While postoperative performance tended to be worse, deterioration was not statistically significant between timepoints. …”
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Study of Antibacterial Activity of Root Bark, Leaves, and Pericarp Extracts of Diploknema butyracea and Evaluation of Prospective Antioxidant Activity by Alisha Karki Chhetry, Subhila Dhakal, Lalita Chaudhary, Khimdhoj Karki, Ram Bahadur Khadka, Gautam Prasad Chaudhary, Tonking Bastola, Amrit Poudel, Pramod Aryal, Jitendra Pandey

“…Our study showed that methanolic root bark extract exhibited the potent antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Klebsiella pneumonia with an average zone of inhibition of 17.33 mm, 14.33 mm, and 13.0 mm, respectively. Surprisingly, all of the extracts were insensitive to Escherichia coli. …”
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Risk-Stratified Cardiovascular Screening Including Angiographic and Procedural Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Renal Transplant Candidates by Julian König, Martin Möckel, Eda Mueller, Wolfgang Bocksch, Seema Baid-Agrawal, Nina Babel, Ralf Schindler, Petra Reinke, Peter Nickel

“…Of 58 patients with coronary angiography, 38 had significant stenoses and 18 cardiac interventions (6.7% of all). 29 coronary lesions in 17/18 patients were treated by PCI. …”
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Significance of siderophore-producing cyanobacteria on enhancing iron uptake potentiality of maize plants grown under iron-deficiency by Mandees Bakr Brick, Mervat H. Hussein, Amr M. Mowafy, Ragaa A. Hamouda, Amr M. Ayyad, Dina A. Refaay

“…Additionally, the contents of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, carotenoids, total carbohydrates, and total protein were all surpassed in siderophore-treated plants, which is expected due to the increased iron content. …”
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Age, Body Mass Index, and Waist-to-Hip Ratio Related Changes in Insulin Secretion  and  Insulin Sensitivity in Women  with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Minimal Model Analyses by Mirjana Šumarac-Dumanović, Danica Stamenković-Pejković, Danka Jeremić, Janko Dumanović, Vesna Mandić-Marković, Miloš Žarković, Dragan Micić

“…In conclusion, these data suggest that not all patients with PCOS have basal and stimulated hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance, and impaired glucose tolerance. …”
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Determinants of variations in sleep patterns across Brazil: Exploring geographic influences by Giovana Longo-Silva, Renan Serenini, Roberto Antunes, Márcia Lima, Anny Pedrosa, Risia Menezes

“…Younger individuals, those living without partners, with depression, engaging in more frequent evening alcohol consumption, and with poorer diet quality, tended to wake up later. All the variables influenced bedtime, with daylight emerging as the environmental factor exerting the strongest association. …”
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Investigating the psychometric properties of the social exposure to nonsuicidal self-injury scale in students by Ali Sheykholreslami, Nastaran Seyedesmaili Ghomi, Ali Salmani, Aysan Sharei

“…The statistical population of the present study was formed by all the students of the second secondary school in Ardabil city in the academic year of 2023-2024. …”
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Seroprevalence of TORCH Viral Agents in Pregnant Women in Turkey: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Elmas Pinar Kahraman Kilbas, Ihsan Hakki Ciftci, Imdat Kilbas, Hande Toptan

“…The results of this study highlight the need to increase public awareness on prenatal screening for the control of fetal infection caused by all TORCH viral agents, vaccination for Rubella and HBV and compliance with hygiene conditions for agents such as CMV, HSV-2 and HCV.…”
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A Systematic Review on Safety and Efficacy of Ayurvedic Interventions in Hemiplegia () by Akashlal M. MD (Ay), Pratibha P Nair MD (Ay), Devi R Nair MD (Ay), Azeem Ahmad MD (Ay), B Chandrasekhararao MD (Ay), D Sudhakar MD (Ay), Srikanth Narayanam PhD (Ay), Rabinarayan Acharya PhD (Ay)

“…Quantitative analysis was unfeasible due to inadequate studies, leading to a qualitative analysis. All studies, except one, exhibited substantial bias upon risk of bias assessment. …”
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Requirements for Police Officer’s Personality in Terms of Globalization and the Implementation of International Standards of Law Enforcement Officers’ Conduct by D. V. Shvets, N. O. Rastorguyeva

“…It has been concluded that the educational process in higher educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine given the current requirements and threats, as well as taking into account the provisions of international law enforcement standards, should be aimed at: 1) providing in-depth study of international human rights standards and law enforcement officers conduct in order to guarantee a positive development of future police officer’s personality; 2) updating and expanding the methods of problem-based learning in order to form the competencies provided by international standards of law enforcement activity; 3) using interactive forms, methods and innovative tools that allow to form the relevant personal qualities of police officers by modeling situations of professional activity; 4) practical training on the use of force and its permissible limits in terms of the principles established in the field of human rights, in particular in the European Convention on Human Rights, and in relevant law enforcement practice, which should be a part of police professional training at all levels.…”
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The Influence of Media Treatments on Color Changes, Dimensional Stability, and Cracking Behavior of Bamboo Scrimber by Jingpeng Li, Yuhe Chen, Jun Xu, Danjing Ren, Hui Yu, Fan Guo, Zaixing Wu

“…The results showed that the bamboo scrimber specimens became darker after all treatment conditions, especially the oil treatments and infrared drying. …”
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Recycling spent Pleurotus eryngii substrate supplemented with Tenebrio molitor feces for cultivation of Agrocybe chaxingu by Xian-lu Zeng, Fei Han, Jing-li Ye, Yan-mei Zhong

“…Results Two flushes of fruitbody were harvested, the control substrate resulted in a biological efficiency of 40.42%; the formulae with supplementation of 10% wheat bran, 20% wheat bran and 10% T. molitor feces significantly increased biological efficiency to 52.50, 54.61 and 51.56%, respectively, and supplementation of 20% T. molitor feces, or 10% wheat bran plus 10% feces further significantly increased biological efficiency to 62.95 and 61.10%, respectively. All supplemented substrates had significantly higher cellulose and laccase activity than the Control (cellulase 0.10 U/g; laccase 41.00 U/g), which were 10% wheat bran (0.15 U/g; 72.67 U/g), 10% T. molitor feces (0.17 U/g; 98.33 U/g), 20% wheat bran (0.22 U/g; 76.00 U/g), 20% T. molitor feces (0.27 U/g; 87.00 U/g), 10% wheat bran plus 10% T. molitor feces (0.25 U/g; 97.67 U/g), respectively. …”
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Comparative analysis of efficacy and quality of life between totally extraperitoneal sublay and intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair for ventral hernia by Miaofeng Wang, Wei Chen, Xiufeng Chu

“…The TES group exhibited a significantly longer operative duration (P < 0.001); however, this group also experienced markedly reduced postoperative pain, decreased hospitalization costs, and diminished postoperative drainage (all P < 0.001). The length of hospital stay and the incidence of long-term complications were similar between the two groups. …”
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Clinical effectiveness of complex differentiated rehabilitation of patients with vertebral thoracic pain due to degenerative-dystrophic pathology of the thoracic spine by O. Ye. Alypova, Ye. I. Maramukha

“…A rehabilitation examination was carried out with an assessment of vertebrodynamic disorders indicators according to the A. Stoddard method. All patients had functional block of the 2nd degree in the vertebral-motor segments of the thoracic spine. …”
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Correlation of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism Levels and Serum Uric Acid Levels with Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus Patients by Tiantian Li, Yan Wu

“…Their clinical history and biochemical test indexes were collected, and the fundus was examined by fundus photography and the fundoscopic examination method, and the vascular diameter was measured by using a computer software. All clinical data, medical history, and biochemical test indexes were compared between the two groups, and logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors of DR. …”
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Bandage Contact Lens Application Reduces Fibrotic Wound Healing of Flap Margins after FS-LASIK: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial by Li-Quan Zhao, Liang-Mao Li, Jun Liu, Peng Li

“…The BCL was left in place overnight and removed the following morning. All eyes subsequently received standardized postoperative treatments. …”
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Hybrid optimized artificial neural network using Latin hypercube sampling and Bayesian optimization for detection, classification and location of faults in transmission lines by Abdul Yussif Seidu, Elvis Twumasi, Emmanuel Assuming Frimpong

“…The trained models were deployed on three different transmission lines and the models exhibited remarkable precision in all the cases tested. In summary, the innovative hybrid optimized ANN model, weaving together the strengths of LHS and Bayesian optimization, signifies an advancement in the field of power system fault analysis, ushering in heightened efficiency and reliability.…”
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Photocatalytic Mineralization of Organic Acids over Visible-Light-Driven Au/BiVO4 Photocatalyst by Kanlaya Pingmuang, Natda Wetchakun, Wiyong Kangwansupamonkon, Kontad Ounnunkad, Burapat Inceesungvorn, Sukon Phanichphant

“…Photocatalytic results showed that all Au/BiVO4 samples exhibited higher oxalic acid mineralization rate than that of pure BiVO4, probably due to a decrease of BiVO4 band gap energy and the presence of surface plasmon absorption upon loading BiVO4 with Au as evidenced from UV-Vis DRS results. …”
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