Influence of COVID-19 Lockdown on Self-Efficacy in Endodontics among Dental Students by Jelena Vidas Hrstić, Ema Paljević, Ivana Brekalo Pršo, Ivana Vidović Zdrilić, Luka Šimunović, Elvis Božac, Romana Peršić Bukmir

“…The effect size between groups showed a statistically significant difference in self-efficacy in performing endodontic treatments across all three repeated measures (F(1) = 13.958 p < 0.05). …”
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Predicting hepatocellular carcinoma outcomes and immune therapy response with ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling-related genes, highlighting MORF4L1 as a promising target by Chao Xu, Litao Liang, Guoqing Liu, Yanzhi Feng, Bin Xu, Deming Zhu, Wenbo Jia, Jinyi Wang, Wenhu Zhao, Xiangyu Ling, Yongping Zhou, Wenzhou Ding, Lianbao Kong

“…Abstract Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) continues to be a major cause of cancer-related death worldwide, primarily due to delays in diagnosis and resistance to existing treatments. Recent research has identified ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling-related genes (ACRRGs) as promising targets for therapeutic intervention across various types of cancer. …”
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A Real-World Comparison Between Adjuvant Docetaxel with Cyclophosphamide (TC) and Anthracycline–Taxane Chemotherapy in Early HER-2 Negative Breast Cancer by Danilo Giffoni de Mello Morais Mata, Rossanna C. Pezo, Kelvin K. W. Chan, Ines Menjak, Andrea Eisen, Maureen Trudeau

“…There were no substantial differences in CHF, between TC and anthracycline-based treatments. Patients treated with TC and FEC-D had more ED visits, compared to those treated with ACT. …”
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Screening for social anxiety disorder in students of Jordan universities after COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey study by Abdallah Y Naser, Othman Beni Yonis, Ahlam J Alhemedi, Hadeel Allan, Ghalia abu Mohsen, Ayham Almasri, Haitham Abdulrazzeq, Islam Khasawneh, Osama El-khateeb

“…The data show how important it is for universities to recognise and deal with this mental health issue. Focused treatments and support networks could help students with social anxiety problems to deal with them.…”
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Sleep Disorders and Reproductive Health: Mechanisms, Consequences, and Potential Interventions by Magdalena Rosa-Bończak Rosa, Patrycja Marta, Filip Maciej Huzarski, Klaudia Anna Pawełek, Gabriela Monika Ferfecka, Agata Ossolińska, Natalia Morawiecka, Lucyna Stolarska, Oliver Carlton, Weronika Kłosowicz

“…Recent findings emphasize that mindfulness techniques, cognitive-behavioral therapy, improved sleep hygiene, and even melatonin supplementation may contribute to the success of infertility treatments, including assisted reproductive techniques. …”
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Contemporaneous Emotion Regulation Theoretical Models: A Systematic Review by Camila Florencia Cremades, Cristian Javier Garay, Martín Juan Etchevers, Roberto Muiños, Graciela Mónica Peker, Juan Martín Gómez Penedo

“…Further studies along these lines would favor the implementation of preventive interventions and the personalization of treatments.…”
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High fructose rewires gut glucose sensing via glucagon-like peptide 2 to impair metabolic regulation in mice by Eya Sellami, Paulo Henrique Evangelista-Silva, Caio Jordão Teixeira, Khoudia Diop, Patricia Mitchell, Fernando Forato Anhê

“…Our findings are positioned to inform novel early diagnostic tools and treatments tailored to counter high fructose-induced metabolic derangements predisposing to T2D and MASLD.…”
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Preparation, Characterization, and Biotoxicity of Nanosized Doped ZnO Photocatalyst by Lingling Liu, XiangRui Wang, Xiuping Yang, Wenhong Fan, Xiaolong Wang, Ning Wang, Xiaomin Li, Feng Xue

“…MT and MDA contents in metal-doped nZnO (except Ni-nZnO) treatments were lower than those in nondoped nZnO. Zn accumulation showed a negative relationship with dissolved Zn percentage, which can be explained by the swallowing of nZnO particles as an important pathway of D. magna ingestion. …”
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Genetic analysis and heterosis breeding of seed yield and yieldattributing traits in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea (L.) Czern & Coss.) by Sanghamitra Rout, Suvendu Kumar Roy, Rupsanatan Mandal, Saurav Singla, Mehdi Rahimi, Bijaya Sur, Naderla Umamaheswar, Moumita Chakraborty, Lakshmi Hijam, Sahanob Nath, Manoj Kanti Debnath, Tulsi Saran Ghimiray

“…The study found significant variations across treatments, parents and parent vs. cross for all attributes related to seed yield. …”
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Mild heat stress promotes the differentiation of odontoblast-like MDPC-23 cells via yes-associated protein by Peiqi Liu, Zhen Li, Hui Zhang, Yijie Wang, Yuxin Liao, Yi Guo, Chenxu Wang, Yuanwu Zou, Rui Zou, Lin Niu

“…Purpose Dentin hypersensitivity (DH) is a prevalent condition, but long-term effective treatments are scarce. Differentiation of odontoblast-like cells is promising for inducing tertiary dentinogenesis and ensuring sustained therapeutic efficacy against DH. …”
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From bench to bedside: Developing CRISPR/Cas-based therapy for ocular diseases by Qing Zhao, Linxin Wei, Youxin Chen

“…To date, active trials include treatments for primary open angle glaucoma with MYOC mutations, refractory herpetic viral keratitis, CEP290-associated inherited retinal degenerations, neovascular age-related macular degeneration, and retinitis pigmentosa with RHO mutations. …”
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Effects of Polystyrene Microplastic Exposure on Liver Cell Damage, Oxidative Stress, and Gene Expression in Juvenile Crucian Carp (<i>Carassius auratus</i>) by Xiangtong Li, Yuequn Huang, Wenrong Li, Chaoyang Deng, Weiyuan Cao, Yi Yao

“…These four components demonstrated a relatively high level of responsiveness to PS-MP exposure and can be employed as ecotoxicological indicators of microplastics. (3) This experiment evaluated five genes in three treatments, which found that PS-MPs had different effects on gene expression in the liver and the tested genes were involved in different response pathways associated with virulence. …”
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Fungal Submerged Fermentation of Coffee Silverskin: A Sustainable Source of Natural Meat Additives by Stephany Carolina Terán-Rivera, Gastón Ramón Torrescano-Urrutia, Brisa del Mar Torres-Martínez, Martín Esqueda-Valle, Félix Joel Ibarra-Arias, Armida Sánchez-Escalante, Rey David Vargas-Sánchez

“…Based on the above, this study aimed to determine the effect of the aqueous extract obtained from maceration and fungal fermented coffee silverskin (CSS) on ground pork meat’s oxidative and microbiological stability. Treatments used to recover bioactive compounds from CSS were the following: maceration extraction (ME) using 0, 1.5, and 3.0% of CSS (ME–0%, ME–1.5%, and ME–3%); fungal submerged fermentation extraction (FE) using 0, 1.5, and 3.0% of CSS (FE–0%, FE–1.5%, and FE–3%) and <i>Pleurotus pulmonarius</i> mycelium. …”
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Analysis of different therapeutic schemes combining cyclophosphamide and doublestranded DNA preparation for eradication of Krebs-2 primary ascites in mice by E. A. Potter, E. V. Dolgova, A. M. Minkevich, V. P. Nikolin, N. A. Popova, Ya. R. Efremov, S. I. Baiborodin, V. A. Rogachev, A. S. Proskurina, A. V. Kozel, O. S. Taranov, V. V. Omigov, E. I. Vereschagin, D. B. Petrov, A. A. Ostanin, E. R. Chernykh, N. A. Kolchanov, S. S. Bogachev

“…The timing of injections is chosen so that they target the cells that were insensitive to the previous treatments as they were in the G2/M phase. 3-4 rounds of injections are needed to eliminate the subpopulation of tumor-initiating cancer stem cells. …”
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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Antimicrobial Activity Against ESKAPEE Bacteria and Mechanisms of Action by Thiago Hideo Endo, Mariana Homem de Mello Santos, Sara Scandorieiro, Bruna Carolina Gonçalves, Eliana Carolina Vespero, Márcia Regina Eches Perugini, Wander Rogério Pavanelli, Gerson Nakazato, Renata Katsuko Takayama Kobayashi

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> These findings indicate that sertraline and paroxetine could serve as alternative treatments against multidrug-resistant bacteria, as well as efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs), and they support further development of antimicrobial agents based on these compounds.…”
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Risk factors for Clostridioides difficile infection among patients diagnosed with inflammatory intestinal and rheumatological diseases in the biologic era by Helena Martínez-Lozano, Paula Saralegui-Gonzalez, Elena Reigadas, Pablo Ramón Fueyo-Peláez, Aurea García-García, José Miranda-Bautista, Luis Alcalá, Juan Carlos Nieto, María Elena Lobato-Matilla, Ignacio Marín-Jiménez, Patricia Muñoz, Luis Menchén

“…Conclusions IBD significantly increases the risk of CDI among patients treated with biologic therapy; although such treatments do not seem to individually increase the risk, the number of biologics received may be a new predictor of CDI.…”
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Assessing the Capabilities of Generative Pretrained Transformer-4 in Addressing Open-Ended Inquiries of Oral Cancer by Kaiyuan Ji, Jing Han, Guangtao Zhai, Jiannan Liu

“…Methods: Using 60 questions accompanied by reference answers, covering concepts, causes, treatments, nutrition, and other aspects of oral cancer, evaluators from diverse backgrounds were selected to evaluate the capabilities of GPT-4 and a customized version. …”
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Urea coated with cellulose acetate-lignin composite presents lower loss by ammonia volatilization by Jhonatan Nolasco Nascimento, Letícia Said Marangon, Fabiane Carvalho Ballotin, Renê Chagas da Silva, José Mauro de Almeida, Edison Márcio Mattiello, Reinaldo Bertola Cantarutti, Deusanilde de Jesus Silva

“…In addition, two reference treatments were included: urea without coating (U) and urea coated only with Ac. …”
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Animal and bird-related ocular trauma: a decade of experience from a tertiary referral eye hospital of Iran by Mohammadreza Mehrabi Bahar, Esmaeil Asadi Khameneh, Hassan Asadigandomani, Alireza Razavi, Seyed Ali Tabatabaei, Zahra Mahdizad, Fatemeh Masoudi Samghabadi

“…Methods In this retrospective analysis, we collected data on patient demographics, the species of the attacking animal and bird, the nature of the ocular and periocular injuries, details of ophthalmological examinations, therapeutic interventions, and surgical treatments. Results One hundred and twenty-nine patients, with an average age of 36 ± 23 years (range: 1–77 years), were included in this study, of whom 81 were male. …”
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Identification of novel clinical subtypes in patients with microscopic polyangiitis using cluster analysis: multicenter REVEAL cohort study by Ayana Okazaki, Shogo Matsuda, Takuya Kotani, Keisuke Fukui, Keisuke Fukui, Takaho Gon, Ryu Watanabe, Atsushi Manabe, Mikihito Shoji, Keiichiro Kadoba, Ryosuke Hiwa, Wataru Yamamoto, Motomu Hashimoto, Tohru Takeuchi

“…Cluster 1 showed the worst ESRD-free survival and relapse rates, whereas Cluster 2 showed the worst overall survival and respiratory-related death-free survival rates among the four groups.ConclusionsOur study identified four unique subgroups with different MPA outcomes. Individualized treatments for each subgroup may be required to improve the prognosis of MPA.…”
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