Integrated bioinformatics analysis of the effects of chronic pain on patients with spinal cord injury by Jinlong Zhang, Jinlong Zhang, Longju Qi, Yuyu Sun, Yuyu Sun, Shiyuan Chen, Jinyi Liu, Jiaxi Chen, Fangsu Yan, Wenqi Wang, Qinghua Wang, Liang Chen

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Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Retrospective Cohort of a Brazilian Reference Hospital in the Post-HAART Era of Universal Access by Aline Z. de Azambuja, Gustavo Wissmann Neto, Guilherme Watte, Luciana Antoniolli, Luciano Z. Goldani

“…Initial opening intracranial pressures varied from 30 to 130 cm H2O. CNS imaging abnormalities include hydrocephalus and hypodensities. …”
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The association between serum fructosamine and random spot urine fructose levels with the severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – an analytical cross-sectional study by H Kamuzinzi, M Kgomo, P Rheeder, N Dada, P Bester

“…Using a cross-sectional study design, 65 patients with three different levels of NAFLD, as detected by imaging, were enrolled. The primary exposures measured were serum fructosamine with random spot urine fructose, and secondary exposures were the serum transaminases (AST and alanine aminotransferase (ALT)) and the APRI score. …”
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Effect of Implant Positions and Angulations on Retentive Strength of 2-Implant Mandibular Overdentures: An In Vitro Study with the New 3D-Printed Simulation Method by Pravinkumar G. Patil, Liang Lin Seow, Rashmi Uddanwadikar, Allan Pau, Piyush D. Ukey

“…Edentulous mandibular models were 3D-printed using CBCT images and Materialise Mimics software and the denture models using the intraoral scanner. …”
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Double degree programs and education for sustainable development implementation: Experience of Ukrainian and UK universities cooperation in wartime by Iryna Skliar, Mykola Kostel’, Olena Melnyk, Kseniia Bliumska-Danko

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Effect of Acupuncture Stimulation of Hegu (LI4) and Taichong (LR3) on the Resting-State Networks in Alzheimer’s Disease: Beyond the Default Mode Network by Shaozhen Ji, Hao Zhang, Wen Qin, Ming Liu, Weimin Zheng, Ying Han, Haiqing Song, Kuncheng Li, Jie Lu, Zhiqun Wang

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A De Novo Frameshift Variant in SMC1A Causes Non‐Classic Cornelia de Lange Syndrome With Epilepsy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Ying Yang, Liqing Chen, Zhenzhen Wang, Yaling Ding, Yan Liu

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Can enhanced CSR quality reduce the cost of debt capital? An empirical analysis of CEO expertise and non-financial reporting practices in China by Oleh Pasko, Yang Zhang, Nelia Proskurina, Vadym Sapych, Yelyzaveta Mykhailova

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Mangrove biomass productivity and sediment carbon storage assessment at selected sites in Mauritius: the effect of tidal inundation, forest age and mineral availability by M D D Doodee, S D D V Rughooputh, S Jawaheer

“…The rate of canopy coverage over the past twenty years was assessed using historical Landsat 7 and 8 images available on Google Earth Pro. Rhizophora allometric equations were used to estimate the above-ground biomass (AGB), below-ground biomass (BGB), and total biomass (TB). …”
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Prognostic value of serum inflammatory markers in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma undergoing surgery: a two-center retrospective cohort study by Yaqin Dong, Fan Wang, Jiaying Deng, Tong Tong, Xiangxun Chen, Liming Wu, Yichun Wang, Mei Kang, Yutong Xu, Guangjie Shi, Liyang Zhu

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Dietary supplementation of Astragalus polysaccharide or its nanoparticles enhances testicular hemodynamics, echotexture, scrotal circumference, concentration of testosterone, estra... by Eman Fayez, Ali Salama, Mohamed Ahmed Ismail, Fady Sayed Youssef, Zaher Mohamed Rawash, MR Oshba, Haney Samir

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Enhanced effect of radiofrequency ablation on HCC by siRNA-PD-L1-endostatin Co-expression plasmid delivered by Pengfei Chen, Kun Li, Jinwei Chen, He Hei, Jiaxin Geng, Nannan Huang, Mengyu Lei, Huijie Jia, Jianzhuang Ren, Chenwang Jin

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Comprehensive characterization of tobacco-induced changes in enamel surface topography by Tamanna Kaur, Ramya Ramadoss, Nitya Krishnasamy, Sandhya Sundar, Suganya Panneer Selvam, Hema Shree K

“…The samples were thoroughly cleaned and dried to ensure accurate results. High-resolution AFM imaging was employed to assess surface roughness, porosity, and microstructural changes induced by tobacco staining. …”
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[^99mTc]Technetium and Rhenium Dithiocarbazate Complexes: Chemical Synthesis and Biological Assessment by André Gustavo de Araujo Fernandes, Alyne Eloise Lafratta, Carolina Portela Luz, Debora Levy, Daniele de Paula Faria, Carlos Alberto Buchpiguel, Ulrich Abram, Victor Marcelo Deflon, Fabio Luiz Navarro Marques

“…Ex vivo biodistribution demonstrated that the compound has a fast and persistent (until 2 h) uptake by the spleen (55.46%), and tumor B16F10 and TM1M uptake is lower than 1%. In vivo SPECT/CT imaging confirmed ex vivo biodistribution, except by heterogenous TM1M accumulation but not in the B16-F10 lineage. …”
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αAsarone alleviates neuronal injury by facilitating autophagy via miR-499-5p/PDCD4/ATG5 signaling pathway in ischemia stroke by Yonghuan Yan, Linfang Wu, Lu Wang, Dandan Wang, Mengting Huang, Jinyong Peng, Jinyong Peng, Yingying Huang, Yingying Huang, Yingying Huang

“…To further clarify the protective effect of αAsarone in vivo, TTC staining, neurological function score, H&E staining, Nissl staining, Laser speckle contrast imaging, transmission electron microscopy, immunofluorescence colocalization, WB and RT-qPCR were performed in the MCAO mice.ResultsαAsarone was observed to inhibit the apoptosis of neuronal cells, and enhance autophagy. …”
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Surgical Injury and Ischemia Prime the Adipose Stromal Vascular Fraction and Increase Angiogenic Capacity in a Mouse Limb Ischemia Model by Satoko Kishimoto, Ken-ichi Inoue, Ryoichi Sohma, Shigeru Toyoda, Masashi Sakuma, Teruo Inoue, Ken-ichiro Yoshida

“…Hindlimb blood flow was measured using a laser Doppler blood perfusion imager, and capillary density was quantified by CD31 staining of ischemic tissues. …”
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Exploration of linear and interpretable models for quantification of cell parameters via contactless short-wave infrared hyperspectral sensing by Anjana Hevaganinge, Eva Lowenstein, Anna Filatova, Mihir Modak, Nandi Thales Mogo, Bryana Rowley, Jenny Yarmowsky, Joshua Ehizibolo, Ravidu Hevaganinge, Amy Musser, Abbey Kim, Anthony Neri, Jessica Conway, Yiding Yuan, Maurizio Cattaneo, Sui Seng Tee, Yang Tao

“…Replacing optical probes with contactless short-wave infrared (SWIR) hyperspectral cameras allows efficient collection of thousands of absorption signals in a handful of images. This high repetition allows for effective denoising of each spectrum, so interpretable linear models can quantify metabolites. …”
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Selective expression and significance of ACKR2 in lung aerocytes by Alberto Mantovani, Gianluigi Condorelli, Raffaella Bonecchi, Massimo Locati, Marina Sironi, Roberta Carriero, Francesca Albano, Valeria Mollica Poeta, Lucia Zotti, Alessandra Castagna, Arianna Felicetta, Alessandro Mesaglio, Elisa Zaghen, Arianna Capucetti, Rachele Di Donato, Mattia Laffranchi, Matteo Massara, Silvano Sozzani

“…This study aims to explore the specific cell types expressing ACKR2 and their relative contributions to the protection against lung metastasis.Methods ACKR2 expression was studied by the generation of an inducible and conditional knockout (KO) mouse expressing two reporter genes, luciferase and TdTomato visible by In Vivo Imaging System, flow cytometry and immunofluorescence. …”
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Pancreatic cancer cell-intrinsic transglutaminase-2 promotes T cell suppression through microtubule-dependent secretion of immunosuppressive cytokines by Anton Wellstein, Thomas Seufferlein, Alexander Kleger, Tim Eiseler, Anton Lahusen, Nora Minhöfer, Kim-André Lohse, Christine Blechner, Jessica Lindenmayer, Sabine Windhorst, Yuan-Na Lin

“…The action of TGM2 via interaction with tubulin and the impact of microtubule dynamics and vesicle trafficking were evaluated by protein analyses and live-cell imaging. Correlation analyses via TCGA data complemented the functional studies.Results We identified transglutaminase 2 (TGM2) as a mediator of T cell suppression in PDAC. …”
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A sea ice deformation and rotation rate dataset (2017–2023) from the Environment and Climate Change Canada automated sea ice tracking system (ECCC-ASITS) by M. Plante, J.-F. Lemieux, L. B. Tremblay, A. Bouchat, D. Ringeisen, D. Ringeisen, P. Blain, S. Howell, M. Brady, A. S. Komarov, B. Duval, L. Yakuden, F. Labelle

“…The SIDRR dataset is not regularized and consists of stacked data from multiple SAR images computed on a range of spatial (4–10 <span class="inline-formula">km</span>) and temporal (0.5–6 <span class="inline-formula">d</span>) scales. …”
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