Elucidating the causal associations and mechanisms between circulating immune cells and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: new insights from Mendelian randomization and transcriptomics by Han Yang, Xuanyu Wu, Xiang Xiao, Jiajing Chen, Xiaomin Yu, Wen Zhao, Fei Wang

“…Although studies have attempted to elucidate the causal relationship between the two, further clarification of the specific mechanisms and causal linkages is warranted.ObjectiveWe aimed to conduct a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis with transcriptomics data analysis to elucidate the causal relationship between circulating immune cells and IPF and to explore potential biomarkers.MethodsWe first explored the bidirectional causal association between IPF and immune cell phenotypes using two-sample MR analysis. …”
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High Seropositivity of Brucella melitensis Antibodies among Pregnant Women Attending Health Care Facilities in Mwanza, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study by Helmut A. Nyawale, Michael Simchimba, Joseph Mlekwa, Fridolin Mujuni, Elieza Chibwe, Prosper Shayo, Elifuraha B. Mngumi, Khadija S. Majid, Mtebe Majigo, Stephen E. Mshana, Mariam M. Mirambo

“…A hospital-based cross-sectional study involving pregnant women was conducted at two antenatal clinics in Mwanza between May and July 2019. …”
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CNN-Based Time Series Decomposition Model for Video Prediction by Jinyoung Lee, Gyeyoung Kim

“…To assess the performance of the proposed technique, experiments were conducted using the moving MNIST, KTH, and KITTI-Caltech benchmark datasets. …”
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The Characteristics of Diverticular Disease in Caribbean Population: A Control Group Study by Moana Gelu-Simeon, Matthieu Schnee, Marie-Josée Lafrance, Pauline Plazy-Chabrand, Anne-Sophie Schneck, Georgette Saint-Georges, Marceline Alexis, Stéphanie Delumeau, Philippe Montigny, Roger Faroux, Jérome Dimet, Eric Saillard

“…Our aim was to compare the anatomical presentation of colonic diverticulosis in African Caribbeans (group AC) versus Europeans (group E) and severity. Methods. We conducted a prospective controlled study involving 274 patients admitted for lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage (LGIH) in France (center 1: Guadeloupe; center 2: La Roche-sur-Yon); 179 cases with diverticular haemorrhage, including 129 in group AC and 40 in group E. …”
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Lulu Filterized Lin’s correlative Theil-Sen regression-based fully connected deep multilayer perceptive neural network for eye gaze pattern recognition by Rathi K., Srinivasan K.

“…Experimental evaluation is conducted to demonstrate performance analysis of LFLCTR-FCDMPNN technique through different metrics like gaze pattern recognition accuracy, gaze pattern recognition time, and false-positive rate with different number of eye images. …”
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Prevention Is the Best Medicine : Development of a Work and Health Toolkit for New Immigrants Using Settlement Services in Ontario by Agnieszka Kosny, Marni Lifshen, Peter Smith, Ron Saunders, Roland Rhooms

“…Once the toolkit was developed, focus groups were conducted with educators and new immigrant learners from a large settlement organization in Toronto which provided feedback on the tools.In the method and results section, we will discuss the toolkit development process and the focus group results. …”
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Study on the safety and efficacy of HIFU in the treatment of VaIN by Susu Wu, Xiang Li, Dabao Xu, Mingzhu Ye

“…Purpose This study aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) treatment for vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia(VaIN).Methods Retrospective analysis was conducted on clinical, pathological, and follow-up data of 43 patients who underwent HIFU treatment for VaIN at Xiangya Third Hospital of Central South University between January 2018 and December 2022. …”
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Unraveling the risk of dredging on river bars for mineral sand mining: an engineering geological approach by Md. Shohel Rana, A.T.M. Shakhawat Hossain, Md. Fuad Hasan, Md. Aminur Rahman, Pradip Kumar Biswas, Mohammad Nazim Zaman

“…A detailed engineering geological analysis was conducted using field and laboratory testing methods, including Standard Penetration Tests (SPT), mineralogy, grain size distribution (GSD), California Bearing Ratio (CBR), and direct shear tests. …”
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FTIR: A novel method for identifying fish gut contents by Abolfazl Aminimehr, Mohammad Amini Chermahini, Laleh Moosavi Dehmoordi

“…Ten fish were placed in each tank. Feeding was conducted for 10 days, twice daily. After 7 hours of the last feeding, the fish were euthanized using clove powder. …”
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High-dose thiamine supplementation ameliorates obesity induced by a high-fat and high-fructose diet in mice by reshaping gut microbiota by Yu Xia, Yu Xia, Lulu Wang, Yanyan Qiu, Weihong Ge, Weihong Ge, Weihong Ge

“…Biochemical analysis and histological analysis were conducted to assess phenotypic changes. Fecal 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed to analyze alterations in the gut microbiota.ResultsThe results showed that high-dose thiamine supplementation for eight weeks could significantly alleviate symptoms of HFFD-induced obesity and improve HFFD-induced intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction by enhancing the tight junction function. …”
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Association of the triglyceride glucose index with obesity indicators and hypertension in American adults based on NHANES 2013 to 2018 by Pingping Huang, Hongwei Zhang, Gaocan Ren, Yifei Wang, Shuangqing Fu, Yicheng Liu, Zhibo Zhang, Lijun Guo, Xiaochang Ma

“…Subgroup analyses and interaction tests were conducted. Results showed strong correlations between TyG, TyG-BMI, TyG-WHtR, TyG-WC and hypertension, with odds ratios (ORs) of hypertension rising across TyG quartiles (Q1–Q4). …”
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Intra‐aortic balloon pump: is the technique really outdated? by Mariama Akodad, Clément Delmas, Laurent Bonello, Claire Duflos, François Roubille

“…Methods and results We conducted a retrospective study based on the French national hospital discharge database. …”
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Validity and reliability International Classification of Diseases-10 codes for all forms of injury: A systematic review. by Sarah Paleczny, Nosakhare Osagie, Jai Sethi, Michael Cusimano

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To conduct a systematic review of the validity and reliability of external cause injury ICD-10 codes.…”
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Predictors of Young Adult Women’s Psychological Well-Being in Romantic Relationships by Elif Yöyen, Süreyya Çalık, Tülay Güneri Barış

“…Psychological well-being in romantic relationships is influenced by several factors, such as empathy, relationship stability, and quality of sex life. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between psychological well-being and empathy, quality of sexual life, love, relationship intimacy, and relationship stability among women in romantic relationships. …”
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Analysis and Verification of a Slope Steering Model of TRVs in Hilly and Mountainous Environments by Luojia Duan, Kaibo Kang, Shiying Chen, Zixing Du, Longhai Zhang, Zhijie Liu, Fuzeng Yang, Zheng Wang

“…Turning tests on different slopes are conducted on a “soil–machine–crop” integrated experimental platform. …”
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Randomized controlled comparative study of anterior abdominal field block at linea semilunaris with a standard institutional regimen for postoperative analgesia in caesarean sectio... by Sudhakar D.S., Selvakumar R., Arunachalam R., Murugesan K., Karthick S.

“…Methods: A randomized controlled comparative interventional study was conducted at Government Dharmapuri Medical College and Hospital, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, India between January 2023 to June 2023. …”
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Clinical and Epidemiological Features of Patients with Drug-Induced Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in Iran: Different Points of Children from Adults by Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini, Mohammad-sadegh Dehghan, Fatemeh Paknazar, Zabihollah Shahmoradi, Gita Faghihi, Ali Mohammad Sabzghabaee, Mojtaba Akbari, Mahdi Hadian, Tooba Momen

“…This retrospective study was conducted at two academic referral centers (Isfahan, Iran) over 5 years. …”
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Amelioration of the growth and physiological responses of Capsicum annum L. via quantum dot-graphene oxide, cerium oxide, and titanium oxide nanoparticles foliar application under... by Mohammad Bagher Hassanpouraghdam, Lamia Vojodi Mehrabani, Leila Khoshmaram, Farzad Rasouli

“…This experiment was conducted to study the effects of NaCl salinity stress (0, 100, and 200 mM), and foliar application of quantum dot-graphene oxide, nano-TiO2, and CeO2 (zero and 2 g/l) on the growth and physiological responses of Capsicum annum L. …”
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Predicting early diagnosis of intensive care unit-acquired weakness in septic patients using critical ultrasound and biological markers by Ling Lei, Liang He, Tongjuan Zou, Jun Qiu, Yi Li, Ran Zhou, Yao Qin, Wanhong Yin

“…Logistic regression analysis was conducted for variable selection and nomogram model construction. …”
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Bioenergy potential of Chlorella vulgaris under the influence of different light conditions in a bubble column photobioreactor by S. Dhanasekar, R. Sathyanathan

“…Additionally, the research findings focus on assessing the degradation of organic pollutants and biomass generation under different light conditions.METHODS: In this study, synthetic agrochemical wastewater was treated in a bubble column photobioreactor with blue, red, sunlight, and white light conditions. The treatment was conducted in a batch process with a hydraulic retention time of 21 days, using light intensity of 1800–2800 luminescence and a temperature maintained at 25–28° degrees Celsius.FINDINGS: Under different lighting conditions, the blue light condition exhibited a higher biomass concentration of 3.99 gram per liter, with an estimated heat energy value of 1.278 kilojoule per liter. …”
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