Safety and Efficacy of a 6‐Month Placement of a Fully Covered Self‐Expanding Metallic Stent for Refractory Benign Biliary Stricture: A Multicenter Prospective Study by Tomohisa Iwai, Mitsuhiro Kida, Kazuya Sugimori, Hiroaki Shigoka, Takaaki Matsumoto, Masashi Ijima, Haruo Miwa, Kosuke Okuwaki, Masafumi Watanabe, Kai Adachi, Akihiro Tamaki, Taro Hanaoka, Junro Ishizaki, Chika Kusano

“…No stent‐induced pancreatitis or cholecystitis occurred. All stents were removed successfully, and the treatment success rate was 85%. …”
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EASTERN MYSTICISM AND TIMOTHY LEARY: HUMAN BEYOND THE CONVENTIONAL REALITY by T. V. Danylova

“…The essence of Eastern worldview is an awareness of unity and coherence of all things and phenomena. All things are the interdependent and interrelated parts of the One Whole: they are the different manifestations of the same unconditional reality. …”
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Molecular genetic detection and differentiation of <i>Xanthomonas oryzae</i> pv. <i>oryzicola</i>, bacterial leaf streak agents of rice by M. L. Koroleva, S. A. Blinova, A. A. Shvartsev, V. E. Kurochkin, Ya. I. Alekseev

“…They allowed identifying all the strains the sequences of which had been loaded in the GenBank NCBI Nucleotide database before November 11, 2021. …”
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Effects of oral Lcarnitine supplementation on liver enzymes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients in the maintenance phase of treatment: a randomized clinical trial st... by Aziz Eghbali, Aygin Eghbali, Neda Ashayeri, Fatemeh Fadayi, Kazem Ghaffari, Kazem Ghaffari, Kazem Ghaffari, Ali Ghasemi, Ali Ghasemi

“…The incidence of side effects was significantly higher in the Lcarnitine group than in the placebo group (18% vs 4%, P = 0.025).ConclusionThe results of this study suggested that a 60-day Lcarnitine treatment can improve liver enzyme levels and thus prevent the extent of liver damage during the treatment of ALL. Based on the results of our study, Lcarnitine supplementation may have a beneficial effect on liver enzyme levels in pediatric ALL patients during the maintenance phase of treatment.Clinical Trial Registration:https://irct.behdasht.gov.ir/search/result?…”
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The Effect of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders (OPMD) on Dental Implants Survival—A Systematic Review by Sebahat Kaya, Christian Walter, Aya Khamis, Lena Katharina Müller-Heupt, Stefanie Zimmer, Lorena Cascant Ortolano, Keyvan Sagheb, Bilal Al-Nawas, Eik Schiegnitz

“…To validate the results and evaluate OPMD on peri-implant tissue, large-scale prospective studies for all types of OPMD, especially for leukoplakia and erythroplakia, are needed.…”
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System of plasminogen regulators in the skin of intact uPA gene-knockout C57BL/6-PlautmI.IBug-This Plau6FDhu/GFDhu mice and in a model of chronic neurogenic pain by E. M. Frantsiyants, E. I. Surikova, I. V. Kaplieva, I. V. Neskubina, L. S. Kozlova, V. A. Bandovkina, L. K. Trepitaki, V. V. Pozdnyakova

“…Intact uPA-deficient C57BL/6-PlautmI.IBug-ThisPlau6FDhu/GFDhu mice differed from C57BL/6 mice by a decreased level of PG regulators, excluding plasmin in all mice, PG in males and urokinase receptor (uPAR). uPA-deficient mice with CNP showed continuing decrease in levels of plasminogen regulators, except for uPAR in all mice, PG in males and the activity of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1-act) in females.Conclusion. …”
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Effects of biophilic virtual reality on cognitive function of patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery: study protocol for a sham randomised controlled trial by Bin Gao, Yanling Zhou, Jianhua Wang, Binbin Zhu, Qiuyan Weng, Wenjun Luo, Xiuchao He, Lufei Jin, Qinwen Wang, Ahmad Khaled Ahmad Harb

“…Written informed consent is obtained for all participants. All information acquired will be disseminated via national or international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number ChiCTR2000040919.…”
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MiR-155-Mediated Deregulation of GPER1 Plays an Important Role in the Gender Differences Related to Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Xiaojuan Shao, Jintao Li, Fumin Xu, Dongfeng Chen, Kaijun Liu

“…Colonoscopies were performed, and clinical characteristics and blood samples were collected from all of the subjects. The serum cytokine levels in the patients with IBD and the health donors were detected by ELISA, and the estrogen receptor level measurements for all of the participants were assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). …”
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Statistical analysis plan for the LAST ACT clinical trial; a Leukotriene A4 hydrolase Stratified non-inferiority Trial of Adjunctive Corticosteroids for HIV-negative adults with Tu... by Joseph Donovan, Dong Huu Khanh Trinh, Ronald B. Geskus, Marcel Wolbers, Guy E. Thwaites, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Le Thanh Hoang Nhat

“…The primary endpoint was all-cause death or new neurological event over the first 12 months after randomisation. …”
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Polymorphism of ITS sequences in 35S rRNA genes in Elymus dahuricus aggregate species: two cryptic species? by A. V. Rodionov, K. S. Dobryakova, N. N. Nosov, A. A. Gnutikov, E. O. Punina, A. A. Kriukov, V. S. Shneyer

“…Both of them were found in all four studied species of the E. dahuricus aggregate: E. dahuricus Turcz. ex Griseb., E. franchetii Kitag., E. excelsus Turcz. ex Griseb. and Himalayan E. tangutorum (Nevski) Hand.…”
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Efficacy of biocontrol agents against damping-off and Sclerotinia stem rot diseases and their role in eliciting defense in chickpea plants by Yaser H. El-Gammal, Salama A. S. El-Blasy, Neamat A. M. Khalifa, Shereen Abu El-Maaty, Sara B. H. Awaly

“…Combinations of microbial bioagents specifically all four (T. atroviride, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Bacillus polymyxa, and Serratia sp.) and a combination of three (P. fluorescens, B. polymyxa, and Serratia sp.) followed in effectiveness. …”
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Caregiver Global Impression Observations from EMBARK: A Phase 3 Study Evaluating Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec in Ambulatory Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Craig M. McDonald, Jacob S. Elkins, Sai Dharmarajan, Katherine Gooch, Teofil Ciobanu, Claire J. Lansdall, Alexander P. Murphy, Fiona McDougall, Eugenio M. Mercuri, Ivana Audhya, the EMBARK Study Group

“…After adjusting for age, ordinal regression analysis showed a nominally significant increase in the odds of achieving a better rating for delandistrogene moxeparvovec-treated patients on all four CaGI-C items (≥ 3.8-fold increase). After adjusting for baseline severity and age, ordinal regression analysis showed a nominally significant increase in the odds of improvement on all four CaGI-S items (≥ 2.2-fold increase). …”
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Interspecific Competition Between <i>Eotetranychus sexmaculatus</i> Riley and <i>Oligonychus biharensis</i> Hirst (Acari: Tetranychidae) by Lijiu Zheng, Yong Zhang, Xia Shi, Wei Gan, Fangping Zhang, Yueguan Fu, Ya Liu, Junyu Chen, Zhengpei Ye

“…In conclusion, <i>O. biharensis</i> consistently outcompeted <i>E. sexmaculatus</i> at all tested temperatures, irrespective of initial densities, providing valuable insights into the competitive dynamics of dominant rubber tree pests.…”
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Agent-Based Adaptive Dynamic Round Robin (AADRR) Scheduling Algorithm by Zafar Iqbal Khan, Muzafar Khan, Syed Nasir Mehmood Shah

“…In the proposed AADRR, all processes are ranked dynamically by a software agent based on user preferences and current system load. …”
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Improved Outcomes following the Establishment of a Neurocritical Care Unit in Saudi Arabia by Ibrahim Soliman, Waleed Tharwat Aletreby, Fahad Faqihi, Nasir Nasim Mahmood, Omar E. Ramadan, Ahmad Fouad Mady, Babar Kahlon, Abdulrahman Alharthy, Peter Brindley, Dimitrios Karakitsos

“…Group 2 also had lower ICU and hospital mortality rates (5.3% versus 10.2% and 9.1% versus 19.5%, respectively; all p<0.05). Group 2 patients had higher discharge GCS and underwent fewer tracheostomies but more interventional procedures (all p<0.05). …”
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Selective and persistent toxicity of seven insecticides to five egg parasitoids of Spodoptera frugiperda by Hao-Ran Li, Cheng-Yang Li, Peng Dai, Lian-Sheng Zang, Nicolas Desneux, Wei Xu

“…. + luf. (3:1), MabrNPV, and Bt, the mortality rates of all tested parasitoid adults were below 25% (lunefuron lower than 10%). …”
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Comparison of meat tenderness parameters and free amino acids content in different species: Buffalo, Yak and Maremmana beef by Michela Contò, Sabrina Di Giovanni, Giacomo Contò, Sebastiana Failla

“…As we expected, the aging time influenced almost all FAA. The increase in FAA generally contributes to the improvement of meat taste. …”
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The Impact of Complete Revascularization in Symptomatic Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction between Coronary Artery Bypass Graft and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Hsiu-Yu Fang, Yen-Nan Fang, Yin-Chia Chen, Jiunn-Jye Sheu, Wei-Chieh Lee

“…The revascularization index (RI) was significantly higher in the CABG group than in all patients of the PCI group or complete revascularization subgroup (0.93 ± 0.12 vs. 0.71 ± 0.25; p<0.001) and (0.93 ± 0.12 vs. 0.86 ± 0.13; p=0.019). …”
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Deer Browsing Increases Stem Slenderness and Crown Irregularity and Modifies the Effects of Light Gradients on Architecture of Forest Tree Saplings by Cecilia Cacciatori, Anna Gazda, Jan Bodziarczyk, Kacper Foremnik, Aklilu B. Madalcho, Zbigniew Maciejewski, Remigiusz Pielech, Andrzej Tomski, Antoni Zięba, Tomasz Zwijacz‐Kozica, Jerzy Szwagrzyk

“…H/D consistently increased with BI across all height classes, with stronger effects in medium and tall saplings. …”
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HIV viral load suppression rates among adults and children living with HIV in the North West Region of Cameroon: A call for action! by Gladys Fosah E Tayong, Melissa Sander, Comfort Vuchas, Moses Samje, Vera Kum, Pascal Enokbonong, Eugene Yeika, Ndanga Bekombo, Paul Nyibio, Vanessa B Ngwani, Justin Ndié, Njamnshi Wepnyu Yembe, Gloria Ashuntangtang

“…We systematically collected deidentified data on viral load test of all PLHIV with HIV viral load results in the Bamenda TB reference laboratory database for the period January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. …”
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