Esophageal perforation more than 10 years after anterior cervical spine surgery: a case report and literature review by Hua Luo, Zhangfu Wang, Shuang Mi, Wenjun Pan, Xingbing Feng, Zhenghua Hong

“…Ultimately, complete excision of the diverticulum, repair of the perforation and muscle flap reconstruction led to her recovery, with no recurrence over an 8-year follow-up. …”
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The Cytotoxicity Assessment of Grapefruit Peel Essential Oil and Its Effect on Frying Stability of Sunflower Oil by Ghania Kaanin-Boudraa, Fatiha Brahmi, Linda Grimaud, Mohamed Lamine Freidja, Ourdia-Nouara Kernou, Daniel Henrion, Samir Hadjal, Khodir Madani, Lila Boulekbache-Makhlouf

“…Conclusion: The incorporation of this EO into sunflower oil during a deep-frying process led to a significant increase in its oxidative stability; therefore, it can be used as a food additive.…”
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Optimization of microprobe analysis of cementitious materials incorporating glass powder under electron beam to avoid alkali migration by Wena de Nazaré do Rosário Martel, Josée Duchesne, Benoît Fournier

“…The growing use of alkali-rich glass powder (GP) as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) in concrete has led to a rising number of studies focused on the microstructure of cementitious matrices incorporating GP. …”
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A Deep Learning-Based Approach for the Detection of Various Internet of Things Intrusion Attacks Through Optical Networks by Nouman Imtiaz, Abdul Wahid, Syed Zain Ul Abideen, Mian Muhammad Kamal, Nabila Sehito, Salahuddin Khan, Bal S. Virdee, Lida Kouhalvandi, Mohammad Alibakhshikenari

“…The widespread use of the Internet of Things (IoT) has led to significant breakthroughs in various fields but has also exposed critical vulnerabilities to evolving cybersecurity threats. …”
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Bacterial communities as bioindicators of climate change in freshwater ecosystems: Tank bromeliads as model systems by Daniel Di Pace Soares Penna, Gustavo Quevedo Romero, Mark P. Nessel, Angélica L. González, Valéria Maia Oliveira

“…The study showed that deterministic processes shaped community assembly; however higher temperatures led to stochastic processes, altering bacterial composition. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles for Regenerative Applications and Radiotherapy by Ning Wang, Feifei Ma, Huijuan Song, Ningning He, Huanteng Zhang, Jianguo Li, Qiang Liu, Chang Xu

“…The long recovery time and some unavoidable complications such as cell damage and the inflammatory reaction caused by radiotherapy have led to unsatisfactory results. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have similar tissue repair functions as MSCs. …”
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Impact of Varying Amplitudes of Upward and Downward Motion on the Torque/Force Generation, Canal-Centering Ability, and Cyclic Fatigue Resistance of Nickel–Titanium Reciprocating I... by Keiko Hirano, Shunsuke Kimura, Keiichiro Maki, Satoshi Omori, Arata Ebihara, Takashi Okiji

“…Groups M and L exhibited a significantly smaller canal-centering ratio than Group S (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Pecking at 3 mm led to a significantly longer time to fracture and shorter fragment lengths than 1 mm pecking (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Oral phenotype and scoring of vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome: a case–control study by Lisa Golmard, Ariane Berdal, François Côme Ferré, Michael Frank, Bruno Gogly, Adrien Naveau, Hafida Chérifi, Joseph Emmerich, Frédérick Gaultier, Xavier Jeunemaitre, Benjamin P J Fournier

“…Difficulty of clinical diagnosis has led to the design of diagnostic criteria, summarised in the Villefranche classification. …”
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Quantum Vulnerability Analysis to Guide Robust Quantum Computing System Design by Fang Qi, Kaitlin N. Smith, Travis LeCompte, Nian-feng Tzeng, Xu Yuan, Frederic T. Chong, Lu Peng

“…Incomplete noise models have led to discrepancies between quantum program success rate (SR) estimates and actual machine outcomes. …”
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Design, defect analysis, compressive strength and surface texture characterization of Laser Powder Bed Fusion processed Ti6Al4V lattice structures by Bruno Zluhan, Shubhavardhan Ramadurga Narasimharaju, Abhijit Cholkar, Ken Thomas, Ramesh Raghavendra, Eder S.N. Lopes

“…The intricate arbitrary design and layer-wise LPBF building of Voronoi lattice resulted in the worst surface roughness Sa of 0.59 μm while BCC's uniform surface distribution and non-existence of staircase effect led to the best Sa of 0.17 μm.…”
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Deposition behaviors and interfacial interaction mechanism between carboxyl-modified polystyrene nanoplastics and magnetite in aquatic environment by Meimei Ran, Xin Nie, Jingxin Wang, Ruiyin Xie, Xiaoping Lin, Hanjun Zhu, Quan Wan, Yuhong Fu

“…At pH 6.5, phosphate and dichromate significantly inhibited the deposition of COOH-PSNPs since their competitive adsorption for the surface sites on magnetite led to a potential reversal of magnetite, resulting in the strong electrostatic repulsion between COOH-PSNPs and magnetite. …”
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Focal Adhesion Kinase and ROCK Signaling Are Switch-Like Regulators of Human Adipose Stem Cell Differentiation towards Osteogenic and Adipogenic Lineages by Laura Hyväri, Miina Ojansivu, Miia Juntunen, Kimmo Kartasalo, Susanna Miettinen, Sari Vanhatupa

“…Inhibition of these kinases with specific small molecule inhibitors diminished osteogenesis, while inhibition of FAK and ROCK activity led to elevation of adipogenic marker genes AP2 and LEP and lipid accumulation implicating adipogenesis. …”
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MHD effect on peristaltic motion of Williamson fluid via porous channel with suction and injection by K. Chakradhar, K. Nandagopal, Vishnudasu Prashanthi, A. Parandhama, T. Somaiah, B.V. Sai Thrinath, Nainaru Tarakaramu, Ghulam Rasool, Dilsora Abduvalieva

“…Recent advancements in nanofluids (NFs) nanomaterials have led to diverse applications across multiple disciplines, enhancing heat transfer (HT) performance in clinical systems, engineering, cooling technologies, engine generators (EG), and more. …”
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Femoral Head Pathology in Subcapital Hip Fractures: Clinical Value and Cost-Effectiveness in a 230-Patient Case Series by Nissim Ohana, Omer Marom, David Segal, Refael Behrbalk, Yuval Ben-Sira, Alex Tavdi, Ezequiel Palmanovich, Eyal Yaacobi

“…The most common malignancies detected were breast cancer and multiple myeloma (three cases each). None of the findings led to changes in patient management. <b>Conclusions:</b> The routine pathological examination of femoral heads following SCF provided a limited diagnostic yield and did not alter clinical management in this cohort. …”
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Impact of synthetic insecticides on the life table parameters of Trichogramma chilonis under laboratory conditions by Muhammad Salim, Arsalan Arif, Muhammad Ayaz, Ahmad Ur Rahman Saljoqi, Ayhan Gökçe, Haroon Khan, Shahid Sattar, Bashir Ahmad, Shah Alam Khan

“…The results showed that the insecticides Imidacloprid and Chlorantraniliprole led to low mean fecundity, minimum number of male and female adults emergence and prolonged the total pre-oviposition period of T. chilonis as compared to Bifenthrin and Novaluron. …”
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Identification of two new genetic loci for high-resolution genotyping of Enterocytozoon bieneusi by Meng Xinan, Ou Yonglin, Jiang Wen, Guo Yaqiong, Xiao Lihua, Feng Yaoyu, Li Na

“…In this study, comparison of a clinical genome sequence (C44566) with the whole genome sequence of an E. bieneusi isolate (H348) in GenBank led to the selection of the hypothetical protein 1 (hp1) and tubulin 1 (tub1) loci. …”
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Prevalence of Japanese encephalitis in pigs in Mainland China during 2000–2024: a systemic review and meta-analysis by Xue-Tong Liu, Li-Dong Jiang, Yu-Ting Lin, Ran Zhao, Qi Wang, Shu-Ying Zhang, Shu-Ying Zhang, Shu-Ying Zhang, Emad Beshir Ata, Xin Liu, Yuan Wang, Zi-Xuan Liu, Cui Xu, Ying Xiao, Yi-Fan Wang, Xue Leng, Qing-Long Gong, Rui Du, Rui Du, Rui Du

“…The highest prevalence occurred between 2010 and 2015 at 53.4% (95% CI: 44.2–80.6), from 2010 to 2015, increased precipitation and favorable annual temperatures led to the proliferation of mosquitoes, causing Japanese Encephalitis outbreaks among swine. …”
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Efficacy of Wii-Fit on Static and Dynamic Balance in Community Dwelling Older Veterans: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial by Kalpana P. Padala, Prasad R. Padala, Shelly Y. Lensing, Richard A. Dennis, Melinda M. Bopp, Christopher M. Parkes, Mark K. Garrison, Patricia M. Dubbert, Paula K. Roberson, Dennis H. Sullivan

“…The objective of this study was to establish the efficacy of a Wii-Fit interactive video-game-led physical exercise program to improve balance in older Veterans. …”
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Transformation of NO in Combustion Gases by DC Corona by Oleksandr Molchanov, Kamil Krpec, Jiří Horák, Lenka Kuboňová, František Hopan, Jiří Ryšavý, Marcelina Bury

“…In positive corona, dispersed active species distribution led to more uniform NO conversion, while negative corona exhibited concentrated reaction zones with about 20% higher ozone production. …”
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Leveraging Single-Cell Multi-Omics to Decode Tumor Microenvironment Diversity and Therapeutic Resistance by Hussein Sabit, Borros Arneth, Timothy M. Pawlik, Shaimaa Abdel-Ghany, Aysha Ghazy, Rawan M. Abdelazeem, Amany Alqosaibi, Ibtesam S. Al-Dhuayan, Jawaher Almulhim, Noof A. Alrabiah, Ahmed Hashash

“…Understanding the complex and sometimes reciprocal relationships among cancer cells, CAFs, immune cells, and ECs has led to novel insights into their immense heterogeneity in functions, which can have important consequences on tumor behavior. …”
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