Crosstalk between the Ketogenic Diet and Epilepsy: From the Perspective of Gut Microbiota by Yuying Fan, Hua Wang, Xueyan Liu, Junmei Zhang, Gang Liu

“…In particular, the significant involvement of the autoimmune processes in the development of epilepsy, one of the most serious and widespread neurological diseases, has led to a suggested link with the gut microbiome. …”
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Optimizing Vegetation Restoration: A Comprehensive Index System for Reclaiming Abandoned Mining Areas in Arid Regions of China by Aishajiang Aili, Yuguang Zhang, Tao Lin, Hailiang Xu, Abdul Waheed, Wanyu Zhao, Amannisha Kuerban, Kun Liu, Haitao Dou

“…Mining activities in arid regions of China have led to severe environmental degradation, including soil erosion, vegetation loss, and contamination of soil and water resources. …”
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15-Deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2 Induces Apoptosis and Upregulates SOCS3 in Human Thyroid Cancer Cells by Carlos Antônio Trindade-da-Silva, Carolina Fernandes Reis, Lara Vecchi, Marcelo Henrique Napimoga, Marcelo Sperandio, Bruna França Matias Colombo, Patrícia Terra Alves, Laura Sterian Ward, Carlos Ueira-Vieira, Luiz Ricardo Goulart

“…Overall, we demonstrated that 15d-PGJ2 downregulated IL-6 signaling pathway and led TPC-1 cells into apoptosis. In conclusion, 15d-PGJ2 shows the potential to become a new therapeutic approach for thyroid tumors.…”
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Neurobehavioral plasticity in the rodent gustatory system induced by regular consumption of a low-calorie sweetener during adolescence by Clare M. Mathes, Sarah J. Terrill, Juan P. Taborda-Bejarano, Sandrine Chometton, Mallory J. Witt, Gaurikka Mendiratta, Emily G. Gilman, Delenn R. Hartswick, Bo M. Anderson, Lindsey A. Schier

“…The anterior tongue had fewer fungiform taste papillae, and the circumvallate papillae had a reduced anterior to posterior span and diminished expression of genes involved in sweet reception, sweet and bitter intracellular signaling, fructose transport, and cellular progeneration in the Ace-K-exposed rats. Ace-K exposure also led to a significant reduction in dopamine-producing cells of the ventral tegmental area. …”
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A probabilistic stress-strain relationship model for steel bars including the non-uniform corrosion effects in chloride environments by Qin Zhang, Xinguo Guo, Haitao Zhao, Dongkang Hu, Xianglin Gu, Rongqing Li

“…The findings indicated that there is non-uniform corrosion along the length of corroded steel bars, which led to irregular corrosion pits on the surface of steel bars. …”
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Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Drainage without Fluoroscopic Guidance for Extraluminal Complicated Cysts by Hyeong Seok Nam, Hyung Wook Kim, Dae Hwan Kang, Cheol Woong Choi, Su Bum Park, Su Jin Kim, Dae Gon Ryu, Joon Ho Jeon

“…However, improvements in endoscopic and EUS techniques and experience have led to questions regarding the usefulness of fluoroscopy. …”
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Multiphysical Models for Hydrogen Production Using NaOH and Stainless Steel Electrodes in Alkaline Electrolysis Cell by Ivan Newen Aquigeh, Merlin Zacharie Ayissi, Dieudonné Bitondo

“…The distilled water from air conditioning led to a minimum cell voltage (1.18–2.78 V). The water from a factory presented the highest flow rate (12.48 × 10−1cm3/min). …”
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A Multi-Scale Convolutional Residual Time-Frequency Calibration Method for Low-Accuracy Air Pollution Data by Jiahao Liu, Fei Shi, Zhenhong Jia, Jiwei Qin

“…Air pollution concerns have led to the widespread deployment of air quality monitoring stations. …”
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Toxicologic Assessment of a Commercial Decolorized Whole Leaf Aloe Vera Juice, Lily of the Desert Filtered Whole Leaf Juice with Aloesorb by Inder Sehgal, Wallace D. Winters, Michael Scott, Andrew David, Glenn Gillis, Thaya Stoufflet, Anand Nair, Konstantine Kousoulas

“…When fed to male and female F344 rats over 13 weeks, DCWL aloe led to no toxicity as assessed by behavior, stools, weight gain, feed consumption, organ weights, and hematologic or clinical chemistry profiles. …”
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Inhibiting Autophagy by Chemicals During SCAPs Osteodifferentiation Elicits Disorganized Mineralization, While the Knock-Out of <i>Atg5/7</i> Genes Leads to Cell Adaptation by Damien Le Nihouannen, Claudine Boiziau, Sylvie Rey, Nicole Agadzhanian, Nathalie Dusserre, Fabrice Cordelières, Muriel Priault, Helene Boeuf

“…However, blocking the autophagy flux with bafilomycin A1 led to ALP repression. Strikingly, the mineralization process was observed with both compounds, with calcium phosphate (CaP) nodules that remained inside cells under bafilomycin A1 treatment and numerous but smaller CaP nodules after verteporfin treatment. …”
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Conservation of the West Sayan endemic Fritillaria sonnikovae Schaulo et A. Erst (Liliaceae) in in vitro collection by D. S. Muraseva, N. S. Zvyagina, T. I. Novikova, O. V. Dorogina

“…However, further cultivation led to decrease of shoot development, and the regeneration rate reached the level before slow-growth storage at the third passage. …”
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Somatostatin Treatment for Ectopic ACTH Syndrome due to Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Review of the Literature by Da Zhang, Lin Lu, Hui-Juan Zhu, Yu Xiao, Xian-Lin Han, Shun-Da Du, Hua-Dan Xue, Qing-Xing Liu, Zhao-Hui Zhu, Ming-Ming Hu, Xiao Zhai, Xiao-Ping Xing, Zhao-Lin Lu

“…As a supplemental therapy, SSA treatment led to clinical and biochemical improvement with a good safety profile in patients exhibiting EAS-p-NET with metastasis. …”
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High‐Speed Solar Wind Imprints on the Ionosphere During the Recovery Phase of the August 2018 Geomagnetic Storm by Dexin Ren, Jiuhou Lei, Su Zhou, Wenbo Li, Fuqing Huang, Xiaoli Luan, Tong Dang, Yu Liu

“…The high‐speed solar wind, combined with oscillating interplanetary magnetic field Bz, led to the enhancement of the low‐latitude prompt penetrating electric fields and increased the low‐latitude TEC of about 2 TECU. …”
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Nanoplastics induces arrhythmia in human stem-cells derived cardiomyocytes by Shirley Pei Shan Chia, Jeremy Kah Sheng Pang, Winanto Winanto, Boon-Seng Soh

“…These molecular changes led to ER stress, apoptosis, and impaired transmembrane ion conductance, contributing to the arrhythmic phenotype. …”
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Metabolomics mechanism of traditional soy sauce associated with fermentation time by Li Zhu, Siyu He, Ying Lu, Jianhong Gan, Ningping Tao, Xichang Wang, Zaoli Jiang, Yuanxiang Hong, Changhua Xu

“…As the formation and conversion of amino acids and sugars might be mainly responsible for flavor formation in CTFSS, the ratio of these two reactions rate led the metabolism to be divided into three steps, degradation, conversion and balance.…”
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Experimental and Numerical Study of Mechanical Properties of Concrete Containing Biochar by S.O Odeyemi, M.O Adisa, M.A Olawale, A.O Abdulsalam, J.A Oloba, H.A Ibrahim, B.O Sanusi, J.O Eda, F.O Obisiji

“…The numerical and experimental study revealed that elevating the proportion of biochar in concrete led to about 17% decrease in compressive strength, 40% reduction in tensile strength, and about 25% reduction in the flexural strength of concrete beams. …”
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Dysplasia of stomach epithelium at chronic <i>H. pylori</i>-associated gastritis: is everything quite so simple? by T. L. Lapina, A. S. Tertychny, S. S. Pirogov, V. V. Sokolov, I. M. Kartavenko, E. R. Nasretdinova, A. A. Paraskevova, O. A. Storonova, O. S. Lyashenko, Ye. Yu. Yur'yeva, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…So, in presented clinical case H. pylori eradication therapy in 45-year old patient has led to disappearance of changes suspicious to epithelial dysplasia. …”
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Effect of parent concrete strength on recycled concrete performance by Bachir Kebaili, Mohammed Benzerara, Souad Menadi, Nadia Kouider, Redjem Belouettar

“…The experimental mix use 40% of secondary aggregates (both course and fine) and 60% of natural aggregates. This led to the decreasing of the compressive strength of the test concrete between 14% and 23.7% compared to the normal concrete. …”
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A localized tracing technique to explore intra-amygdala functional and structural correlates of individual variability in behavioral response by Allie Lipshutz, Allie Lipshutz, Victoria Saltz, Victoria Saltz, Victoria Saltz, Kristin R. Anderson, Kristin R. Anderson, Alessia Manganaro, Alessia Manganaro, Dani Dumitriu, Dani Dumitriu, Dani Dumitriu

“…New developments of viral neuronal tracing tools have led to a recent increase in studies on long range circuits and their functional role in stress responses and social behavior. …”
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A Comprehensive Approach to Intrusion Detection in IoT Environments Using Hybrid Feature Selection and Multi-Stage Classification Techniques by G. Logeswari, J. Deepika Roselind, K. Tamilarasi, V. Nivethitha

“…The rapid expansion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has led to an increasingly complex threat landscape, challenging traditional Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to effectively handle the vast and diverse data generated by IoT networks. …”
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