Global burden and cross-country inequalities of nutritional deficiencies in adults aged 65 years and older, 1990–2021: population-based study using the GBD 2021 by Shuang Liang, Shao-Zhi Xi, Jia-Yi Liu, Gui-Chun Tang, Wei-Guang Zhang, Xin-Ru Guo, Chen Yang, Chun Zhang, Guang-Yan Cai

“…Age-standardised DALY rates for all deficiencies decreased as sociodemographic index increased. …”
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The expression of CCL17 and potential prognostic value on tumor immunity in thyroid carcinoma based on bioinformatics analysis by Xue Gu, Bingfeng Chen, Shengcan Zhang, Xinyu Zhai, Ying Hu, Hui Ye

“…According to survival status and survival time in 500 tumor samples and CCL17 expression from RNA-seq data, all patients were categorized as high- expression (n = 64) and low-expression (n = 436) groups using X-tile program. …”
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Transient lymphocyte count decrease correlates with oncolytic adenovirus efficacy in humans: mechanistic and biomarker findings from TUNIMO phase I trial by Tuomo Alanko, Akseli Hemminki, Víctor Cervera-Carrascón, Riikka Havunen, Kristian Taipale, Dafne C A Quixabeira, Jorma Sormunen, Katriina Peltola, Suvi Sorsa, Santeri A Pakola, Elise Jirovec, Lyna Haybout, Claudia Kistler, Tatiana V Kudling, Victor Arias, James H A Clubb, Mirte van der Heijden, Teijo Pellinen, Joao M Santos

“…Transcriptional differences were seen in tumors after intravenous therapy and intratumoral therapy, with patients benefitting therapy showing stronger downregulation of immune activation at all time points.Conclusions TILT-123 therapy induced accumulation of effector lymphocytes in tumors. …”
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'Giustizia fatta': observations sur un registre des condamnés à mort (1471–1764) de la bibliothèque de Beccaria by Pierre Musitelli

“…Through their violence, these gloomy pages and those of similar registers held at Milan’s Biblioteca Ambrosiana, no doubt stimulated Beccaria’s humanism, Verri’s indignation, and Manzoni’s moral exactingness, all three of whom exploded the myth that the death penalty is human justice in action. …”
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Evaluation of single and multispecies probiotic applications for the prevention of Motile Aeromonads Septicaemia in gourami, Osphronemus gourami by Agista Tsani Untsa, Widanarni Widanarni, Sukenda Sukenda, Usamah Afiff, Munti Yuhana

“…The immune responses, fish resistance to A. hydrophila RifR and gourami survival rate in all treatments of supplemented feed were significantly higher compared to the positive control. …”
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Most prevalent jobs of young master’s degree graduates by detailed field of study by Marc Frenette, Tomasz Handler

“…From Appendix Table A.2, the female master’s graduates aged 25 to 34 in 2021 most highly concentrated in specific jobs were all from health and related fields: speech-language pathology/pathologist (audiologists and speech-language pathologists, 96.3%), audiology/audiologist (audiologists and speech-language pathologists, 95.2%), physical therapy/therapist (physiotherapists, 94.0%), occupational therapy/therapist (occupational therapists, 91.3%) and pharmacy (pharmacists, 90.5%). …”
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The Combined Effect of Garlic (Allium sativum) and Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Extracts to Reduce the Adverse Effects of Aflatoxin B1 in Rats by Hadi Sarir, Saeedeh Zakerian, masood didarkhah

“…Eight groups were tested for 28 days in the animal dissection laboratory of the Faculty of Agriculture of Birjand University, observing all ethical considerations. This study aimed to determine the synergistic effect of garlic and turmeric extracts for possible protection against injury induced by aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). …”
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Comparison of long-term ankle joint function after one-stage and staged microsurgical repair of open achilles tendon defects by Jianjie Mao, Yang Xiang, Hui Chu, GenYang Jin, Guangyan Su, Chang zeng Liu, Feng Zhu

“…Results Three months after surgery, colour Doppler ultrasound revealed good continuity of the Achilles tendon in all patients, with slight thickening and irregular fibre orientation. …”
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Dynamic association of antimicrobial resistance in urinary isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae between primary care and hospital settings in the Netherlands (200... by Evelyn Pamela Martínez, Annelies Verbon, Annelot F. Schoffelen, Wieke Altorf-van der Kuil, Joost van Rosmalen, James W.T. Cohen Stuart, Damian C. Melles, Karin van Dijk, Ali Alzubaidy, Maarten Scholing, Sacha D. Kuil, Gert J. Blaauw, Wieke Altorf - van der Kuil, Saskia M. Bierman, Sabine C. de Greeff, Sonja R. Groenendijk, Rudy Hertroys, Jos C.M. Monen, Daan W. Notermans, Jan Polman, Wouter J. van den Reek, Caroline Schneeberger-van der Linden, Annelot F. Schoffelen, Feline Velthuis, Cornelia C.H. Wielders, Britt J. de Wit, Rony E. Zoetigheid, Wouter van den Bijllaardt, Elise M. Kraan, Michiel B. Haeseker, Júlia M. da Silva, Eefje de Jong, Boulos Maraha, Arjanne J. van Griethuysen, Bastiaan B. Wintermans, Marijke J.C.A. van Trijp, Anouk E. Muller, Man-Chi Wong, Alewijn Ott, Erik Bathoorn, Mariëtte Lokate, Jan Sinnige, Damian C. Melles, Nienke Plantinga, Nicole H.M. Renders, Julia W. Dorigo-Zetsma, Leendert J. Bakker, Wim Ang, Karola Waar, Martha T. van der Beek, Maurine A. Leversteijn-van Hall, Suzan P. van Mens, Erik Schaftenaar, Marrigje H. Nabuurs-Franssen, Ianthe Maat, Patrick D.J. Sturm, Bram M.W. Diederen, Lonneke G.M. Bode, David S.Y. Ong, Michiel van Rijn, Sander Dinant, Martijn den Reijer, Dick W. van Dam, Els I.G.B. de Brauwer, Robbert G. Bentvelsen, Anton G.M. Buiting, Anne L.M. Vlek, Melanie de Graaf, Annet Troelstra, Arjan R. Jansz, Maurits P.A. van Meer, Janneke de Vries, Julian D. Machiels

“…For ciprofloxacin resistance in K. pneumoniae, we found significant bidirectional associations between all healthcare settings with Granger-causality p-values between <0.0001 and 0.0075. …”
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Cloning, Characterization and Expression Regulation in Response to High-Temperature Stress of TRAF7 Gene in the Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus by Yanfeng ZHAO, Meijie LIAO, Jianlong GE, Jinjin WANG, Yingeng WANG, Xiaojun RONG, Bin LI, Yanting TAN

“…RT-qPCR showed that AjTRAF7 was expressed in all tested tissues of healthy sea cucumbers. Its expression was highest in female gonads, followed by coelomocytes; it decreased in respiratory trees, body walls, intestines, male gonads, and longitudinal muscles in that order, and the difference in expression among tissues was significant (P < 0.05). …”
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Comprehensive analyses reveal the promising value of gasdermins as prognostic biomarkers and immunotherapeutic targets in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Huageng Huang, Jingjing Ge, Shunzhen Lu, Xinyi Deng, Ying Tian, He Huang, Zhao Wang, Yuyi Yao, Huangming Hong, Tongyu Lin

“…Regulatory network analysis revealed several essential biological processes associated with GSDMs, including positive regulation of cytokine production involved in the immune response. Notably, almost all infiltrating immune cells and immune checkpoints were negatively correlated with GSDMA/C/E expression and positively related to GSDMB/D and PJVK expression. …”
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Associations between Osteocalcin, Calciotropic Hormones, and Energy Metabolism in a Cohort of Chinese Postmenopausal Women: Peking Vertebral Fracture Study by Ruizhi Jiajue, Shuying Liu, Yu Pei, Xuan Qi, Yan Jiang, Qiuping Wang, Wenbo Wang, Xiran Wang, Wei Huang, Xin Zheng, Zhiwei Ning, Ou Wang, Mei Li, Xiaoping Xing, Wei Yu, Ling Xu, Weibo Xia

“…Serum levels of OC, PTH, and 25(OH)D were all positively correlated with serum cholesterol levels, whereas only OC was negatively associated with serum glucose level. …”
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Cross-Gendering the Racial Memory by Marlon B. Ross

“…Lacking the economic resources for such a luxury of patriarchal imagination, black nationalist practice most frequently resorts to more figurative embodiments of the gigantic feminine in art, poetry, song, and dance.Gaines’s gigantic female who voices and embodies black American epochal and epical history, Miss Jane Pittman, is cast as novel and film (1974) at the height of the black nationalist moment, when metaphorical she/males emblematizing the masculine heroism of black nation-building are proliferating all over the place in black popular culture. This paper analyzes Miss Jane Pittman in this historical context of the black nationalist gigantic female icon. …”
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Prolonged use of selective immunosuppressants in glacoma drainage surgery: experimental in vivo study by V.N. Germanova, E.V. Karlova, L.T. Volova, N.N. Sarbaeva, I.F. Nefedova, M.V. Radaykina

“…The surgery involved implanting bio-resorptive drainage devices of polylactide enriched with cyclosporine or everolimus or control devices (neither cyclosporine nor everolimus). Postoperatively, all rabbits underwent regular ophthalmic exams and IOP measurements. …”
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Isolation and Characterization of Indigenous <i>Acetobacter</i> Strains from Cashew Apple and Their Potential Use in Vinegar Production by Yaya Anianhou Ouattara, Doudjo Soro, Kouakou Romain Fossou, Ahou Cinthia Ines Yebouet, Ismael Abraham Cissé, Dogbo Marius Akissi, Adolphe Zézé, Emmanuel Assidjo, Kouassi Benjamin Yao

“…The fifth strain, OYA7, being similar (99.7%) to <i>A. syzygii</i>. All the isolates were resistant to alcohol 15% (<i>v</i>/<i>v</i>) and grew well between pH 5.0 and 6.5. …”
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Dissection of the genetic loci for grain hardness and variation of the key genes in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Jinna Hou, Pengge Sun, Pei Yan, Shenghui Geng, Wenxu Li, Maomao Qin, Ziju Dai, Baoming Tian, Zhengqing Wu, Zhengfu Zhou, Changwen Li, Zhensheng Lei

“…The previously reported major genes for GHI, Pina and Pinb, were anchored in Qghi.5D-1, which was repeatedly detected under all environments (BLUP included). The haplotypes of Pina and Pinb were discriminated in the association population. …”
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A self-activated and protective module enhances the preclinical performance of allogeneic anti-CD70 CAR-T cells by Zhao Zhang, Lianfeng Zhao, Tinghui Huang, Zhengliang Chen, Zhengliang Chen, Yaoyao Zhao, Yaoyao Zhao, Junqing Liang, Xudong Ao, Xiaoqiong Jia, Lei Kang, Linghui Kong, Qi Jing, Jianhua Hu, Lili Gu, Feiyan Pan, Zhigang Hu, Lingfeng He, Muya Zhou, Jiannan Chen, Zhigang Guo

“…To address the limitations of UCAR-T therapy, we developed an 'all-in-one' self-activated and protective (SAP) module, integrated into the CAR scaffold. …”
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Biological activities of Usnea lethariiformis lichen extracts and UHPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS analysis of their secondary metabolites by Mauricio Piñeiro, Mauricio Piñeiro, Sofía Manrique, Jessica Gómez, Jessica Gómez, Juan Manuel Rodriguez, Patricia Barrera, Duilio Caballero, Miguel A. Sosa, Gabriel Vargas-Arana, Gabriel Vargas-Arana, Alejandro Tapia, Beatriz Lima, Beatriz Lima, Mario J. Simirgiotis

“…Regarding the antimicrobial activity, the results showed that all bacteria and yeasts tested were inhibited by the different extracts with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values between 25 μg/mL and 500 μg/mL. …”
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Comparative evaluation of sensititre YeastOne and VITEK2 antifungal susceptibility tests with CLSI broth microdilution method of clinical Cryptococcus isolates in Taiwan by Tzu-Ping Weng, Shin-Wei Wang, Shih-Ting Lo, Shu-Li Su, Ming-I Hsieh, Pei-Jane Tsai, Pei-Fang Tsai, Chi-Jung Wu, Nan-Yao Lee, Wen-Chien Ko, Po-Lin Chen

“…Non-wild-type (non-WT) strains to amphotericin B (AMB) were observed in 11 isolates with the CLSI BMD method and 8 with SYO among 44 C. neoformans isolates, but only 1 isolate was classified as non-WT by both methods. Additionally, all C. neoformans isolates were susceptible to AMB with their MIC ≤1 µg/mL according to the clinical breakpoint defined by EUCAST. …”
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Forest fire hazard assessment based on forest typology by Volodymyr P. Voron, Andriy D. Kuzyk, Sergiy V. Ivashyniuta, Yilia R. Tsipan

“…However, regardless of their group, all plants in dry conditions easily catch fire during droughts. …”
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