Comparison of Different Invasive Devices for the Treatment of Urinary Incontinence after Radical Prostatectomy by Stefano Salciccia, Pietro Viscuso, Giulio Bevilacqua, Antonio Tufano, Paolo Casale, Ettore De Berardinis, Giovanni Battista Di Pierro, Susanna Cattarino, Alessandro Gentilucci, Francesca Lourdes Lia, Di Giulio Ivan, Davide Rosati, Francesco Del Giudice, Alessandro Sciarra, Gianna Mariotti

“…A literature search was performed following the PRISMA guidelines. …”
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The Genetic Landscape of Human Glioblastoma and Matched Primary Cancer Stem Cells Reveals Intratumour Similarity and Intertumour Heterogeneity by Chiara Pesenti, Stefania Elena Navone, Laura Guarnaccia, Andrea Terrasi, Jole Costanza, Rosamaria Silipigni, Silvana Guarneri, Nicola Fusco, Laura Fontana, Marco Locatelli, Paolo Rampini, Rolando Campanella, Silvia Tabano, Monica Miozzo, Giovanni Marfia

“…Despite countless experimental researches for new therapeutic strategies and promising clinical trials, the prognosis remains extremely poor, with a mean survival of less than 14 months. …”
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Prognosis conferred by molecular features of appendix-derived Pseudomyxoma Peritonei by Ruiqing Ma, Guojun Li, Yingjiang Ye, Lei Liang, Chong Wang, Haipeng Zhou, Pu Zhang, Lubiao An, Guanjun Shi, Qian Chen, Hongbin Xu, Zhidong Gao

“…Introduction: Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP) is an extremely rare disease characterized by progressive accumulation of mucinous ascites and implants in the peritoneum. …”
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VSIG4+ tumor-associated macrophages mediate neutrophil infiltration and impair antigen-specific immunity in aggressive cancers through epigenetic regulation of SPP1 by Zongfu Pan, Jinming Chen, Tong Xu, Anqi Cai, Bing Han, Ying Li, Ziwen Fang, Dingyi Yu, Shanshan Wang, Junyu Zhou, Yingying Gong, Yulu Che, Xiaozhou Zou, Lei Cheng, Zhuo Tan, Minghua Ge, Ping Huang

“…In our study, we found targeting VSIG4+ TAMs by VSIG4 deficiency or blockade remarkably limited tumor growth and metastasis, especially those derived from anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) and pancreatic cancer, two extremely aggressive types. Moreover, the combination of VSIG4 blockade with a BRAF inhibitor synergistically enhanced anti-tumor activity in ATC-tumor bearing mice. …”
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Study on hot deformation behavior and microstructure evolution of ultrafine W-0.5 wt%La2O3 alloy wire during processing by Yuan Yao, Jianwei Guo, Shizhong Wei, Jinghong Yang, Zhou Li, Hongan Geng, Liujie Xu

“…The tensile strength of tungsten wire is extremely high, reaching 5723 MPa.…”
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Engagement féminin en Kabylie et intersection des revendications (1980-2001). Dominations, expériences et négociations identitaires by Margherita Rasulo

“…The choice of Kabylia implies a specific contextualisation in Algeria. As subalterns within a minority group, the representatives of this movement are confronted by various processes of minimisation. …”
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Tgfbr1 regulates lateral plate mesoderm and endoderm reorganization during the trunk to tail transition by Anastasiia Lozovska, Ana Casaca, Ana Novoa, Ying-Yi Kuo, Arnon D Jurberg, Gabriel G Martins, Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Moises Mallo

“…Genetic and molecular data indicate that Tgfbr1 is a key regulator of the trunk to tail transition. …”
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Differences in the response to TNF inhibitors at distinct joint locations in patients with psoriatic arthritis: results from nine European registries by Adrian Ciurea, Seraphina Kissling, Andrea Götschi, Lykke Midtbøll Ørnbjerg, Simon Horskjær Rasmussen, Bálint Tamási, Burkhard Möller, Michael J. Nissen, Bente Glintborg, Anne Gitte Loft, Almut Scherer, René Bräm, Karel Pavelka, Jakub Závada, Joao Madruga Dias, Paula Valente, Bjorn Gudbjornsson, Olafur Palsson, Vappu Rantalaiho, Ritva Peltomaa, Catalin Codreanu, Corina Mogosan, Florenzo Iannone, Marco Sebastiani, Gareth T. Jones, Gary J. Macfarlane, Isabel Castrejon, Ziga Rotar, Brigitte Michelsen, Johan K. Wallman, Irene van der Horst-Bruinsma, Oliver Distler, Mikkel Østergaard, Merete Lund Hetland, Raphael Micheroli, Caroline Ospelt

“…Considering the upper extremity, a higher rate of resolution of joint swelling (HR, 95% CI) was observed for the shoulder (1.65, 1.16–2.35) and elbow (1.90, 1.38–2.61), while a lower rate was found for the wrist (0.72, 0.62–0.83) compared to the joints of digit 3. …”
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Farmers’ perceptions of climate change, long-term variability and trends in rainfall in Apac district, northern Uganda by Francis Atube, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Martine Nyeko, Daniel M. Okello, Basil Mugonola, George William Omony, Ipolto Okello-Uma

“…Although the September, October and November (SON) season did not show a significant abrupt change, there was a significant (p < 0.05) increase in rainfall above the upper limit from 1994 to date. …”
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Model for End-Stage Liver Disease and Sodium Velocity Predicts Overall Survival in Nonmetastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients by Justin Y. Tang, Nitin Ohri, Rafi Kabarriti, Santiago Aparo, Jennifer Chuy, Sanjay Goel, Jonathan M. Schwartz, Milan Kinkhabwala, Andreas Kaubisch, Chandan Guha

“…Conclusions. We identified a subset of HCC patients who have extremely poor prognosis by incorporating the rate of short-term change in MELD-Na to baseline MELD-Na score.…”
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Design, evaluation, and future projections of the NARCliM2.0 CORDEX-CMIP6 Australasia regional climate ensemble by G. Di Virgilio, G. Di Virgilio, J. P. Evans, J. P. Evans, F. Ji, F. Ji, E. Tam, J. Kala, J. Andrys, C. Thomas, D. Choudhury, C. Rocha, S. White, Y. Li, M. El Rafei, R. Goyal, M. L. Riley, J. Lingala

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Optimization of Preparation Technology of Matcha Hickory Kernel and Study on Antioxidant and Lipid-lowering Activities by Fanping QIN, Ben NIU, Xiangjun FANG, Huizhi CHEN, Ruiling LIU, Hangjun CHEN, Weijie WU, Haiyan GAO

“…At a concentration of 200 μg/mL, matcha hickory kernel demonstrated an extremely significant reduction in the levels of total cholesterol and triglycerides in 3T3-L1 adipocytes (P<0.001). …”
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Evaluation of ecological geological environment carrying capacity and analysis of driving mechanisms based on normal cloud model and geodetector model by Rongkun Dai, Changlai Xiao, Xiujuan Liang, Lin Jia, Yi Jia, Jiarui Yao, Weifei Yang, Jiang Zhang, Linzuo Zhang, Weifeng Li

“…Abstract The Luoyang area of the Yellow River Basin, as a typical resource-based city, its special industrial structure and complex geological structure make the ecological and geological environment of the area extremely fragile. …”
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Pressurised water flow in fractured permafrost rocks revealed by borehole temperature, electrical resistivity tomography, and piezometric pressure by M. Offer, M. Offer, S. Weber, S. Weber, M. Krautblatter, I. Hartmeyer, M. Keuschnig

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Designing host-associated microbiomes using the consumer/resource model by Germán Plata, Karthik Srinivasan, Madan Krishnamurthy, Lukas Herron, Purushottam Dixit

“…ABSTRACT A key step toward rational microbiome engineering is in silico sampling of realistic microbial communities that correspond to desired host phenotypes, and vice versa. …”
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Coastal Sceneries of Albania, An Emerging 3S Destination: Analysis of Physical Characteristics and Human Activity Impacts by Alfredo Fernández Enríquez, Alexis Mooser, Giorgio Anfuso, Javier García-Onetti

“…This is particularly the case of Albania, a very popular emerging “Sun, Sea and Sand” (3S) destination characterized by massive fluxes of national/international visitors during the summer period. …”
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Robotic Assistance in Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Results in Superior Early Functional Recovery and Is More Likely to Meet Patient Expectations by Meredith P. Crizer, Amer Haffar, Andrew Battenberg, Mikayla McGrath, Ryan Sutton, Jess H. Lonner

“…The purpose of this study was to compare early functional recovery, pain levels, and satisfaction in UKA performed with either robotic assistance or conventional methods. A retrospective analysis was performed on 89 matched consecutive patients who underwent outpatient UKA by a single physician using either conventional instruments (n = 39) or robotic methods (n = 50), with otherwise identical perioperative protocols. …”
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Lithuanian Scientific Medical Periodicals in the Third-Fifth Decade of the 20th Century (till 1944) by Silvija Stakulienė

“…Since l 933, "Vytauto Didžiojo Universiteto Medicinos fakulteto darbai" (VDUMFD) started to be issued. It was an extremely significailt event in the history of Lithuanian medicine. …”
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DIGITAL ECONOMY AND RECRUITMENT POTENTIAL: STRATEGICAL INTERCONNECTION AND PROSPECTS by G. Yu. Peshkova, А. Yu. Samarina

“…This process affects practically all spheres of life and causes the need of system technological revolutions and modern methods of data processing. A process of digitalisation inevitably changes the structure of population employment and the educational environment as being provider of new HR-recourses.The aims of the research were to identify the problems of the digitalization policy in Russia and to formulate possible solutions.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Physiological and transcriptomic analysis of the effect of overexpression of the NTPIP2;4 gene on drought tolerance in tobacco by Xu Luo, Yuanshuai Shi, Jie Tan, Tao Long, Juntao Song, Yang Liu

“…This study demonstrates that overexpression of NtPIP2;4 gene can enhance the drought resistance of tobacco plants, which will provide a basis for the research on the function of tobacco NtPIP2;4 gene and the creation of new germplasm resources.…”
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