Utilizing Colpocleisis to Repair a Vesicovaginal Fistula in a Cervical Cancer Patient with History of Pelvic Radiation: A Case Report and Literature Review by Ahmad Dahman, Daniel McClelland, Stanley Zaslau, Valerie Galvan Turner, Omar Duenas, Robert Shapiro

“…Because of the adjacent tissue having been compromised by pelvic radiation, we opted to use a biologic graft made of human cadaveric pericardial tissue (CPT) instead of a native tissue flap to provide additional support for the fistula repair. …”
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Normative Study and Psychometric Properties of the Digital Quotient Test in Children and Adolescents Aged 8-18 in the Iranian Community by Marzieh Poursalehy Navideh, AhmadReza Matinfar

“…Objective: Digital Quotient (DQ) refers to a comprehensive set of digital competencies derived from universal ethical values that aim to enhance human interaction with, control, and create technology. …”
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Ethical and Legal Aspects of the Dispute Over the Legalization of Assisted Suicide in Italy in 2017-2022 by Andrzej Kobyliński

“…The conducted analyses showed that the Italian ethical and legal dispute regarding the legalization of assisted suicide is an important element of the contemporary global debate, concerning, among others, medical ethics, value and quality of human life, conscience clause, ethical aspects of suffering and death. …”
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Health risk assessment via ingestion of disinfection by-products in drinking water by Lei Wang, Zisi Fang, Xiaocong Zhou, Keyi Cheng, Yanjun Ren, Chaokang Li, Bing Gao, Ye Lv, Shanshan Xu, Hong Xu

“…However, disinfectants can produce disinfection by-products (DBPs) that threaten human health. Despite their importance, research and systematic analyses of these risks remain limited. …”
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Paired Stimulation to Promote Lasting Augmentation of Corticospinal Circuits by Noam Y. Harel, Jason B. Carmel

“…This review addresses what is known about paired stimulation of the corticospinal system of both humans and animal models, emphasizes how it qualitatively differs from single-site stimulation, and discusses the gaps in knowledge that must be addressed to maximize its use and efficacy in neurorehabilitation.…”
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Slight Pro-Inflammatory Immunomodulation Properties of Dendritic Cells by Gardnerella vaginalis: The “Invisible Man” of Bacterial Vaginosis? by Thomas Bertran, Patrick Brachet, Marjolaine Vareille-Delarbre, Julie Falenta, Annie Dosgilbert, Marie-Paule Vasson, Christiane Forestier, Arlette Tridon, Bertrand Evrard

“…We investigated the interactions between G. vaginalis and human monocyte-derived DCs using a wide range of bacterial concentrations (multiplicity of infection from 0.01 to 100), and the effects of this pathogen on PHA-induced lymphocyte proliferation. …”
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Multidimensional patterns of bird diversity and its driving forces in the Yangtze River Basin of China by Wei Liu, Tong Mu, Sijia Yuan, Jianfeng Yi, Dandan Yu, Jiaqi Li, Fangzhou Ma, Yaqiong Wan, Jing Chen, Riquan Zhang, David S. Wilcove, Haigen Xu

“…Biodiversity is fundamental to human well-being and economic development. The Yangtze River, the largest river in China, faces biodiversity loss due to habitat degradation, climate change, and other anthropogenic threats. …”
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Remote Wind Turbine Inspections: Exploring the Potential of Multimodal Drones by Ahmed Omara, Adel Nasser, Ahmad Alsayed, Mostafa R. A. Nabawy

“…With these inspections being hazardous to human operators, time-consuming and expensive, the door was opened for drone solutions to offer a more effective alternative. …”
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Semantic Integration of Sensor Data and Disaster Management Systems: The Emergency Archetype Approach by Leonardo Lezcano, Leopoldo Santos, Elena García-Barriocanal

“…It is also a fact that ERM must be carried out as a multiorganizational task to combine sensor data with human decisions and observations. A frequent problem in such scenarios is that current formats for data exchange do not support sensor data in a way that allows semantic interoperability between heterogeneous ERM systems. …”
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Diversity of potamodromous fishes in the Tocantins-Araguaia basin by Thiago Nascimento da Silva Campos, Hasley Rodrigo Pereira, Phâmela Bernardes Perônico, Carine Cavalcante Chamon, Philip Teles Soares, Fernando Mayer Pelicice

“…Abstract Migratory fishes are deeply connected with human societies. In the Tocantins-Araguaia basin, a region marked by high biodiversity, endemism and environmental degradation, there is little information about these fishes. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Spatial Habitat and Environmental Quality on Improving Satisfaction of Citizens from Localities (Case study: Keshavarz District 6th District of Tehran) by Elmira Azimi, hosin Mobara, maryam farzadmanesh

“…For this reason, many scholars and experts have focused on the quality of life, in order to improve living conditions and improve the quality of life of human beings. Many studies show that satisfaction with different dimensions and characteristics of the neighborhood affects residents' quality of life. …”
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Switchable Adhesion of Hydrogels to Plant and Animal Tissues by Leah K. Borden, Morine G. Nader, Faraz A. Burni, Samantha M. Grasso, Irene Orueta‐Ortega, Mahima Srivastava, Paula Montero‐Atienza, Metecan Erdi, Sarah L. Wright, Rajabrata Sarkar, Anthony D. Sandler, Srinivasa R. Raghavan

“…This includes tissues from animals, including humans and other mammals; birds; fish; reptiles (e.g., lizards); amphibians (e.g., frogs), and invertebrates (e.g., shrimp, worms). …”
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A New Decision Support Framework with Picture Fuzzy Information: Comparison of Video Conferencing Platforms for Higher Education in India by Sanjib Biswas, Dragan Pamucar, Paramita Chowdhury, Samarjit Kar

“…We attempt to apply our proposed model for addressing a real-life complex decision making problem in social science research that gets influenced by the dynamics of discrete human behaviors. We compare eight popular video conferencing (VC) tools used for teaching-learning and meeting purposes in India using our novel integrated multicriteria decision making (MCDM) framework of FUCOM-PROBID with PF information. …”
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DeepCERES: A deep learning method for cerebellar lobule segmentation using ultra-high resolution multimodal MRI by Sergio Morell-Ortega, Marina Ruiz-Perez, Marien Gadea, Roberto Vivo-Hernando, Gregorio Rubio, Fernando Aparici, Maria de la Iglesia-Vaya, Gwenaelle Catheline, Boris Mansencal, Pierrick Coupé, José V. Manjón

“…This paper introduces a novel multimodal and high-resolution human brain cerebellum lobule segmentation method. …”
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POVERTY LEVELS MUST BE REDUCED TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY TO HEALTH SERVICES by Desri Yesi, Ekowati Retnaningsih, Pardomuan Robinson Sihombing, Nuryanto Nuryanto, Irni Novitha

“…Conclusion: Based on the results, policies to improve access to health services, a basic human right, could not be solely achieved by the health sector. …”
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Clinical Trials of Immunogene Therapy for Spontaneous Tumors in Companion Animals by Gerardo Claudio Glikin, Liliana María Elena Finocchiaro

“…The encouraging outcomes obtained in companion animals support their ready application in veterinary clinical oncology and serve as preclinical proof of concept and safety assay for future human gene therapy trials.…”
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A Novel Protective Framework for Defeating HTTP-Based Denial of Service and Distributed Denial of Service Attacks by Mohammed A. Saleh, Azizah Abdul Manaf

“…Secondly, the service traceback oriented architecture (STBOA) scheme is to validate whether the incoming request is launched by a human or by an automated tool. Then, it traces back the true attacking IP source. …”
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Binding of CXCL8/IL-8 to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Modulates the Innate Immune Response by Agnieszka Krupa, Marek Fol, Bozena R. Dziadek, Ewa Kepka, Dominika Wojciechowska, Anna Brzostek, Agnieszka Torzewska, Jaroslaw Dziadek, Robert P. Baughman, David Griffith, Anna K. Kurdowska

“…Interleukin-8 (IL-8) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several human respiratory diseases, including tuberculosis (TB). …”
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Assessment of Antioxidant and Cytotoxicity Activities of Saponin and Crude Extracts of Chlorophytum borivilianum by Mehdi Farshad Ashraf, Maheran Abd Aziz, Johnson Stanslas, Ismanizan Ismail, Mihdzar Abdul Kadir

“…Cytotoxicity evaluation of crude extract and total saponin fraction against MCF-7, PC3, and HCT-116 cancer cell lines using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5 diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) cell viability assay indicated a higher cytotoxicity activity of the crude extract than the total saponin fraction on all cell lines, being most effective and selective on MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line.…”
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Metabolism of Mycotoxins, Intracellular Functions of Vitamin B12, and Neurological Manifestations in Patients with Chronic Toxigenic Mold Exposures. A Review by Ebere C. Anyanwu, Mohammed Morad, Andrew W. Campbell

“…Since patients with chronic exposures to toxigenic molds manifest vitamin B12 deficiencies, the role of mycotoxins in vitamin B12 metabolism is assessed, and since vitamin B12 plays important biochemical roles in one-carbon metabolism, the synergistic effects with mycotoxins on humans are reviewed. An outline of the proposed mechanism by which mycotoxins disrupt or interfere with the normal functions of vitamin B12 on one-carbon metabolism is proposed. …”
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