Untreated Active Tuberculosis in Pregnancy with Intraocular Dissemination: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Shadi Rezai, Stephen LoBue, Daniel Adams, Yewande Oladipo, Ramses Posso, Tiffany Mapp, Crystal Santiago, Manisha Jain, William D. Marino, Cassandra E. Henderson

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Phenolic-Rich Baccaurea angulata Modulates Inflammatory Biomarkers of Atherosclerosis by Muhammad Ibrahim, Maryam Abimbola Mikail, Idris Adewale Ahmed, Radiah Abdul Ghani

“…Baccaurea angulata is an underutilized fruit of the island of Borneo. It was obtained from Bau, Sarawak, Malaysia. …”
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The susceptibility level and sustainability potential of groupers; Plectropomus sp. in a marine national park by M. Tadjuddah, . Abdullah, S. Kamri, N.I. Wianti

“…Therefore, some sustainable efforts to effectively and environmentally friendly manage the fishing activity in the island need to be done in the future.…”
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Retrospective Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing Expands the Multicountry Outbreak Cluster of Listeria monocytogenes ST1247 by Mihkel Mäesaar, Rafael Mamede, Terje Elias, Mati Roasto

“…It was concluded that the persistent nature of the multicountry outbreak-related L. monocytogenes strain VLTRLM2013 together with stress island, virulence, and antibiotic resistance genes could potentially be the determining factors for the extensive and prolonged outbreak affecting five European Union countries. …”
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Analysis of Damage due to the M6.4 Tuban-Bawean Earthquake using Remote Sensing by Tuasamu Siti Asmayanti, Cahyadi Mokhamad Nur, Komalasari Nilam, Nusantara Candida Aulia De Silva, Widodo Amien, Widjajanti Nurrohmat, Aprianti Evi, Kusumawardani Deni, Rahmawati Yessi, Azizi Iqbal Hanun

“…A comparatively slight variance is indicated by the deformation of land movement surrounding Bawean Island, which ranges from -0.0091 to 0.0069 meters, indicating relatively small variation. …”
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Coupling the urban canopy model TEB (SURFEXv9.0) with the radiation model SPARTACUS-Urbanv0.6.1 for more realistic urban radiative exchange calculation by R. Schoetter, R. J. Hogan, R. J. Hogan, C. Caliot, V. Masson

“…Based on these results, TEB–SPARTACUS could lead to more realistic results for building energy consumption, outdoor human thermal comfort, or the urban heat island effect.</p>…”
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US Medical Schools’ 2024 Commencements and Antisemitism: Addressing Unprofessional Behavior by Steven Roth, Hedy S. Wald

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Alteration in Oxidative Stress Enzymes and Proteins by Datura metel Stramonium Hydroethanolic Root Extract Promotes Hippocampus and Cerebral Cortex Neurons Damage in Adult Sprague... by oboma YI, Eberechukwu GC

“…Yibala Ibor oboma,1,2 God’sman C Eberechukwu1,3 1Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island Bayelsa State, Amassoma, Nigeria; 2Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kampala International University, Ishaka Municipal, Uganda; 3Department of Histopathology and Cytopathology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, NigeriaCorrespondence: Yibala Ibor oboma, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kampala International University, Western Campus, Bushenyi District, Ishaka Municipal, Uganda, Tel +256740059020, Email yibaaoboma@kiu.ac.ugBackground: Datura metel is reported to induce hallucinations and mental disorders.Objective: This study investigates the neurotoxic effects of Datura metel stramonium hydroethanolic root extract on the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of adult rats using biochemical, histological and immunohistochemical techniques.Methodology: Twenty five adult rats were assigned to 5 groups (n = 5 each). …”
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Averting War in Northeast Asia: A Proposal by Mel Gurtov

“…North-South Korea relations are very tense as the result of the Cheonan incident, the North's artillery barrage against a small South Korean island, and revelations of a modern North Korean uranium enrichment plant-all coming in the wake of the Lee Myung Bak administration's almost complete reversal of his predecessors' engagement policies. …”
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Extreme precipitation associated with atmospheric rivers over West Antarctic ice shelves: insights from kilometre-scale regional climate modelling by E. Gilbert, D. Pishniak, J. A. Torres, A. Orr, M. Maclennan, M. Maclennan, N. Wever, K. Verro, K. Verro

“…Estimates of snowfall associated with both events from all three RCM simulations compare well against observed snow height measurements over the Thwaites and Pine Island ice shelves. By contrast, snowfall estimates from ERA5 reanalysis for both events are severely underestimated (by 3–4 times) compared to the measurements. …”
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In vitro investigating of anticancer activity of focuxanthin from marine brown seaweed species by M. Karkhane Yousefi, M. Seyed Hashtroudi, A. Mashinchian Moradi, A.R. Ghasempour

“…Samples with different concentrations (10, 25 and 50 µg/ml) and at various incubation times were collected (6, 24 and 48 hours) from four different species (Padina tenuis, Colpomenia sinuosa, Iyengaria stellate and Dictyota indica) of brown seaweeds from Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf. Moreover, the anticancer activity of fucoxanthin-containing extracts on breast cancer cells line and normal human skin fibroblast cells line was assessed by MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide] assay to specify the cytotoxic effects. …”
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Enhancing Patient-Centric Drug Development: Coupling Hot Melt Extrusion with Fused Deposition Modeling and Pressure-Assisted Microsyringe Additive Manufacturing Platforms with Qual... by Dinesh Nyavanandi, Preethi Mandati, Nithin Vidiyala, Prashanth Parupathi, Praveen Kolimi, Hemanth Kumar Mamidi

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Primary palliative care in acute care surgery: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee and Palliative Care Committee clinical consensus document by Deborah M Stein, Krista L Kaups, Randeep S Jawa, Lisa M Kodadek, David Zonies, Joseph Cuschieri, Michael Steven Farrell, Stephanie Lueckel, Alison Haruta, Zara Cooper, Linda L Maerz, Abhijit Pathak, Mackenzie Cook, Sarah Cottrell-Cumber, Randeep Jawa, Jason Young, Michael S Farrell, Jordan M Kirsch, Eden A Nohra, Eden Nohra, Jordan Michael Kirsch, Christine C Toevs, Sabrina E Sanchez, Jason B Young, Mackenzie R Cook, Sarah E Cottrell-Cumber, Stephanie N Lueckel, Linda Maerz

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Xylaria iriomotensis sp. nov. from termite nests and notes on X. angulosa by Izumi Okane, Huei-Mei Hsieh, Yu-Ming Ju, Chun-Ru Lin, Chun-Yun Huang, I-Ching Kuan

“…Abstract Background Fungus gardens of the termite Odontotermes formosanus, excavated from Iriomote Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, were subsequently incubated under laboratory conditions. …”
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Alpha-linolenic acid-mediated epigenetic reprogramming of cervical cancer cell lines by Amrita Ulhe, Prerna Raina, Amol Chaudhary, Ruchika Kaul-Ghanekar

“…ALA reduced methylation in the 5’ CpG island of CDH1, RARβ, and DAPK1 promoters and reduced global DNA methylation in cervical cancer cell lines. …”
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DNA methylation of ACADS promotes immunogenic cell death in hepatocellular carcinoma by Ze Qian, Yifan Jiang, Yacong Wang, Yu Li, Lin Zhang, Xiaofeng Xu, Diyu Chen

“…Methods and results Using RNA sequencing data from different tumours in The Cancer Genome Atlas database, we observed that ACADS was downregulated and hypermethylated in HCC. Three potential CpG island sites (cg01535453, cg08618068, and cg10174836) were identified in the ACADS promoter. …”
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PM2.5 in Sri Lanka: Trend Analysis, Low-cost Sensor Correlations and Spatial Distribution by Ranil Dhammapala, Ashani Basnayake, Sarath Premasiri, Lakmal Chathuranga, Karen Mera

“…Abstract The South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka did not have any permanent PM2.5 monitors sharing data publicly in near-real-time until the U.S. …”
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Prediction Scores Do Not Correlate with Clinically Adjudicated Categories of Pulmonary Embolism in Critically Ill Patients by CM Katsios, M Donadini, M Meade, S Mehta, R Hall, J Granton, J Kutsiogiannis, P Dodek, D Heels-Ansdell, L McIntyre, N Vlahakis, J Muscedere, J Friedrich, R Fowler, Y Skrobik, M Albert, M Cox, J Klinger, J Nates, A Bersten, C Doig, N Zytaruk, M Crowther, DJ Cook

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Genome-Wide Analysis of DNA Methylation in Human Amnion by Jinsil Kim, Mitchell M. Pitlick, Paul J. Christine, Amanda R. Schaefer, Cesar Saleme, Belén Comas, Viviana Cosentino, Enrique Gadow, Jeffrey C. Murray

“…Hypermethylation of the CpG island of the solute carrier family 30 member 3 (SLC30A3) gene in preterm amnion was confirmed by methylation-specific PCR. …”
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Sex Difference in Risk Factors, GRACE Scores, and Management among Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients in Sri Lanka by Priyadarshani Galappatthy, Vipula Bataduwaarachchi, Priyanga Ranasinghe, Gamini Galappatthy, Upul Senerath, Chandrika Wijeyaratne, Ruwan Ekanayake

“…Patients diagnosed with ACS were recruited from hospitals throughout the island. The Joint European Societies guidelines were used to assess recommended targets for coronary heart disease risk factors, and the GRACE score was used to assess the post-ACS prognosis. …”
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