Interleukin-15 (IL-15) and Anti-C1q Antibodies as Serum Biomarkers for Ectopic Pregnancy and Missed Abortion by Alexandros Daponte, Efthimios Deligeoroglou, Spyros Pournaras, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Antonios Garas, Foteini Anastasiadou, Ioannis E. Messinis

“…Furthermore, when assessing IL-15 for the clinically important differentiation between IUP and EP, we found at a cut-off of 16 pg/mL a negative predictive value of 99 with a sensitivity for diagnosing an EP of 92%. …”
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Modeling of soil salinity in Rheris Oasis (Southeastern of Morocco) using satellite spectral indices by Ait Lahssaine Ismail, Kabiri Lahcen, Messaoudi Badre, El Hafyani Mohammed, Essafraoui Badre, Kadiri Abdelhakim, El Ouali Mohamed, Canas Kurz Edgardo, Hellriegel Ulrich, Kretzschmar Helen Alice, Hoinkis Jan

“…The most used indices in the literature were (14 indices) tested and correlated with the results obtained from 50 samples taken from the first soil horizon at a constant depth of 0.20 m from the November 2022 campaign. The findings confirm that this method is highly effective and reliable for the modeling and spatial mapping of soil salinity in this region. …”
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Instance Segmentation and 3D Pose Estimation of Tea Bud Leaves for Autonomous Harvesting Robots by Haoxin Li, Tianci Chen, Yingmei Chen, Chongyang Han, Jinhong Lv, Zhiheng Zhou, Weibin Wu

“…Quantitative experiments demonstrate that the instance segmentation model achieves an mAP@50 of 92.0% for box detection and 91.9% for mask detection, improving by 3.2% and 3.4%, respectively, compared to the YOLOv8s-seg instance segmentation model. …”
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A Graphene/MXene-Modified Flexible Fabric for Infrared Camouflage, Electrothermal, and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding by Xianguang Hou, Ziyi Zang, Yaxin Meng, Tian Wang, Shuai Gao, Qingman Liu, Lijun Qu, Xiansheng Zhang

“…When the graphene/MXene-modified fabrics are prepared at loads of 5 and 1.2 mg/cm², respectively, the modified fabrics have very low infrared emissivity in the 3–5 and 8–14 μm bands, and the surface temperature can be reduced by 53.1 °C when placed on a heater with a temperature of 100 °C (surface radiation temperature of 95 °C). …”
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NRBF2 plays a crucial role in the acquisition process of learning and memory, independent of the Vps34 complex by Songfen Wu, Songfen Wu, Songfen Wu, Haicai Zhuang, Haicai Zhuang, Haicai Zhuang, Xidan Zhou, Kuan Li, Kuan Li, Kuan Li

“…Employing quantitative PCR, Western blot analysis, behavioral tests, and electrophysiology, we investigated the mechanisms through which NRBF2 affects memory processing.ResultsWe observed an increase in Nrbf2 mRNA levels at 6 and 12 h, and protein levels at 6 h post fear conditioning. …”
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Etnomapeamento de roças indígenas em ilhas de mata no lavrado de Roraima, extremo norte da Amazônia by Rachel Pinho, Arthur Camurça Citó, Thiago Orsi Laranjeiras, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima Pequeno, Sonia Sena Alfaia, Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa

“…Cada família derruba e queima uma média de 2500 m2 de área florestal em ilhas de mata, anualmente, para instalar roças. …”
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Partial replacement of soybean meal with cottonseed meal in diets of broiler chicken sustains performance by upregulating the expression of nutrient transporter genes in small inte... by S. Haldar, S.S. Arora, A.K. Dhara, A. Debnath

“…Inclusion of the HF-CSM upregulated the expression of nutrient co-transporter genes responsible for absorption of small peptides (PEPT-1), glucose and other hexose sugars (SGLT-1, GLUT-5), and amino acids (EAAT-3) in the small intestine at 24 d (P = 0.001, linear effect) and 42 d (P = 0.001, quadratic effect). Expression of PYY mRNA, associated with satiety regulation, increased with HF-CSM levels in diet at 24 d (P = 0.0001 linear effect) and 42 d (P = 0.001, linear effect), suggesting a potential anorexigenic effect. …”
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Identification of a new fish trypanosome from the large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) and description of its impact on host pathology, blood biochemical parameters and immun... by Yang Xiaoao, Qi Pengzhi, Tao Zhen, Zhang Qingwei, Wang Yanjie, Zhu Denghui, Yan Xiaojun, Fu Peipei, Guo Baoying

“…The trypanosomes had the following morphological characteristics: a slender body with a long flagellum at the front; body size 12.30–30.90 × 1.13–2.33 μm; elongated oval nucleus situated in the median region; kinetoplast small, oval, located at the posterior end. …”
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Increasing the Wear Resistance of Stamping Tools for Coordinate Punching of Sheet Steel Using CrAlSiN and DLC:Si Coatings by Sergey N. Grigoriev, Marina A. Volosova, Ilya A. Korotkov, Vladimir D. Gurin, Artem P. Mitrofanov, Sergey V. Fedorov, Anna A. Okunkova

“…The wear criterion of the lateral surface was 250 μm. The tribological tests allow us to consider the CrAlSiN/DLC:Si coatings as effective in increasing the wear resistance of stamping tools (21,000 strokes for the uncoated tool and 48,000 strokes for the coated one) when solving a wide range of technological problems in sheet stamping of structural steels.…”
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Control of Unexpected <i>Mucor lusitanicus</i> in Litchi Fruit by Hydrocooling with Hypochlorous Acid and Cold Storage by I-Fang Liu, Huey-Ling Lin, Chang-Lin Chen

“…In vitro experiments demonstrated that <i>M. lusitanicus</i> growth was completely inhibited by HClO concentrations at 40 mg L⁻¹ or higher, as well as by temperatures below 1 °C. …”
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Impact of delayed pelvic imaging on the staging of biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer patients using [18F]DCFPYL PET/CT: a retrospective evaluation by Ana Rodríguez-Pajuelo, Miriam Guerra-Gómez, Juan Ignacio Cuenca Cuenca, José María Freire-Macías, José Manuel Jiménez-Hoyuela García, Rosa María Álvarez-Pérez

“…The highest percentage change was obtained in the miN classification (14/22 patients), followed by the miT classification (7/22) and lastly miM (1/22). Moreover, we found that patients in whom delayed pelvic imaging resulted in a change in molecular TNM classification were significantly older and had a higher PSA level than those in whom delayed imaging did not provide additional information. …”
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Integrated teaching methodology in the development of foreign language professional communicative competence on the discipline “organic chemistry” at Kazakhstan University by Aziza Kenzhe, Aliya Bitemirova, Ualikhanova Bayan, Saule Bitursyn, Ainur Zhorabekova

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A dynamic co-expression approach reveals Gins2 as a potential upstream modulator of HNSCC metastasis by Nasibeh Khayer, Samira Shabani, Maryam Jalessi, Mohammad Taghi Joghataei, Frouzandeh Mahjoubi

“…The results highlighted the “PI3K/AKT/mTOR (PAM) signaling pathway” as a disrupted pathway involved in the metastatic nature of HNSCC. …”
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Rheumatoid factor isotypes in rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis and prognosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Nicola Bizzaro, Franco Franceschini, Maria Infantino, Carlo Selmi, Gian Domenico Sebastiani, Francesca Motta, Davide Giavarina, Boaz Palterer

“…Testing all RF isotypes with latex test or nephelometry allows for the highest sensitivity (68.6%, 95% CI 66.2% to 71.0%); nonetheless, the determination of IgA isotype provides the highest specificity (91.4%, 95% CI 90.8% to 92.0%) and the highest positive likelihood ratio (7.7, 95% CI 5.7 to 10.4). When testing IgM isotype the highest diagnostic OR (21.7, 95% CI 16.1 to 29.3) is reached. …”
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Electroacupuncture Therapy Effectively Protects the Rat Brain after Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Li Huang, Xuehui Fan, Yao Chen, Heng Lin, Xiaoqian Jiang, Chaoxian Yang

“…We used modified neurological severity score (mNSS) and gait analysis to estimate neurological function in rats, and PET/CT to assess glucose uptake and the hemorrhagic focus volume. …”
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Effects of Polygonatum sibiricum Polysaccharides (PSP) on Human Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC) via NF-κB Signaling Pathway by Weizheng Zhou, Jiang Hong, Ji Zhu, Xiaowei Wang

“…Eca109 cells were divided into 5 groups, including one control group and 4 experimental groups where the concentrations of PSP used were 50, 100, 200, and 400 μg/mL. The proliferation rate of Eca109 cells in each group was measured with the CCK8 assay, and the apoptosis rate in each group was analyzed by flow cytometry; the in vitro scratch assay was used to determine the migration ability of Eca109 cells after PSP treatment; the expression levels of IL-1, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α, and TGF-β were measured by RT-PCR, and the expression levels of TLR4 and proteins that are related to NF-κB signaling pathways were determined by Western blot. …”
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Gel–sol synthesis of hierarchical CaO using pollen as biotemplate for biodiesel production by Zheng, Jingdi, Tao, Shuang, Yang, Ying, Tang, Ying

“…The results indicate that pollen as a biotemplate could be used to improve the basicity and textural parameters of calcium oxide particles, especially for 1/1-CaO(S)-700, presented by its total basicity of 5.90 mmol/g, the specific surface area of 16.47 m2/g, the pore volume of 0.04 cm3/g, the average pore size of 10.28 nm, and the widespread distribution of pore size (2–12.5 nm). …”
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Using Soluble Transferrin Receptor and Taking Inflammation into Account When Defining Serum Ferritin Cutoffs Improved the Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency in a Group of Canadian Presch... by Huguette Turgeon O’Brien, Rosanne Blanchet, Doris Gagné, Julie Lauzière, Carole Vézina

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Hubungan Pengetahuan, Sikap, dan Perilaku Personal Hygiene dengan Gejala Vaginitis pada Siswi SMPN 1 Kota Padang dan SMPN 23 Padang by Aulia Khatib, Syahredi S Adnani, Roni Eka Sahputra

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Influence of Dry Beach on the Dynamic Stability of Ash Storage Field: A Numerical Analysis by Fangtao She, Chang Liu, Xiangang Zhou, Changjun Qi, Jiulong Ding

“…It is, therefore, recommended that the length of the dry beach should not be less than 150 m for this ash storage site.…”
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