N-Cadherin Upregulation Promotes the Neurogenic Differentiation of Menstrual Blood-Derived Endometrial Stem Cells by Yanli Liu, Fen Yang, Shengying Liang, Qing Liu, Sulei Fu, Zhenyu Wang, Ciqing Yang, Juntang Lin

“…Moreover, upregulation of N-cadherin (N-cad) mRNA and protein expression was observed after neurogenic differentiation. …”
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Preliminary study on mercury pollution affecting soil bacteria near a mercury mining area by Jianxiong Du, Yili Yuan, Jianfeng Li, Shuqing Zhang, Yuxiang Ren

“…In order to further explore the effect of mercury contamination soil (nearly 20 years) near a mercury mining area (Tongren, Guizhou, China) on the diversity and structure of the soil bacterial communities, five groups of soil samples (SMO2, SMO20, SMO30, SMO500, and SMO650) were collected at distances of 2, 20, 30, 500, and 650 m, respectively, from the only sewage outlet of a mercury mining area (Guizhou, China). …”
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Rationale, Design, and Baseline Characteristics of Beijing Prediabetes Reversion Program: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Lifestyle Intervention... by Yingying Luo, Sanjoy K. Paul, Xianghai Zhou, Cuiqing Chang, Wei Chen, Xiaohui Guo, Jinkui Yang, Linong Ji, Hongyuan Wang

“…At baseline, the individuals were 53±10 years old, with median BMI 26.0 (23.9, 28.2) kg/m2 and HbA1c 5.8 (5.6, 6.1)%. 85% of the participants had IGT and 15% had IFG. …”
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Risk Factors for Skin Cancer in the Salud Delicias Area by Yanet Hernández Caballero, María del Carmen Pérez Cuesta, Leticia Rómulo Ávila, Yoenny Peña García

“…They had a higher risk of skin cancer: those with white skin color (Chi2: 3.3; OR: 6.4; p<0.05), occupation with sun exposure (Chi2: 4.4; OR: 5, 5 p<0.05), more than 3 years in the occupation (Chi2: 3.3; OR: 6.4; p<0.05), exposed after 11 a.m. (Chi2: 3.3; OR: 3.6 p<0.05), without use of protective means (Chi2: 7.8; OR: 14; p<0.05), contact with chemical products (Chi2: 7.4; OR: 8.8; p<0.05) and a family history of cancer (Chi2: 2.6; OR: 3; p<0.05).…”
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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

“…Na losses exceeded 70% as Ca and Si overestimation reached approximately 13% at current densities above 0.354 nA/μm². Literature-reported densities often surpass this threshold. …”
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A History of The Six-Year Primary Project in the Use of Yoruba as the Medium of Primary Education by Toyin Falola, Michael Oladejo Afolayan

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Prediction of Immune Infiltration Diagnostic Gene Biomarkers in Kawasaki Disease by Hongjun Ba, Yao Wang, Lili Zhang, Huishen Wang, Zhan-Peng Huang, Youzhen Qin

“…Analyses of immune cell infiltration demonstrated that ALPL, EDEM2, and HIST2H2BE were linked to CD4 memory resting T cells, monocytes, M0 macrophages, CD8 T cells, neutrophils, and memory CD4 T cells. …”
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Effect of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus Yoba Fermentation on Physicochemical Properties, Amino Acids, and Antioxidant Activity of Cowpea-Peanut Milk by Armistice Chawafambira, Talknice Zvamaziva Jombo, Tafadzwa Mkungunugwa

“…The fermented cowpea-peanut milk samples had 7.7–8.1 log CFU/mL viable L. rhamnosus Yoba cells after fermentation. …”
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Face Boundary Formulation for Harmonic Models: Face Image Resembling by Hung-Tsai Huang, Zi-Cai Li, Yimin Wei, Ching Yee Suen

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Grain quality indicators and size-dependent fractional composition in winter rye cultivars under the conditions of the Lower Volga region by N. N. Nuzhdina, D. A. Zhiganov, T. Y. Ermolaeva, T. B. Kulevatova, L. N. Zlobina, L. V. Andreeva, V. A. Kulikova, N. A. Salmanova, V. N. Nechaev

“…Comparative trials were conducted in 2021–2022 on 13.2 m2 plots in two field replications. The following grain quality indicators were studied: grain test weight, 1000 grain weight, size-dependent fractional composition, Hagberg falling number, amylogram peak height, starch gelatinization temperature, protein content, and rheological properties of the meal/water slurry.Results. …”
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UHRF1 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition mediating renal fibrosis by activating the TGF-β/SMAD signaling pathway by Lijie Yang, Penghui Si, Tuoheti Kuerban, Linfa Guo, Shanzhi Zhan, Yisha Zuhaer, Yingtong Zuo, Peixiang Lu, Xiaojie Bai, Tongzu Liu

“…Hinokitiol has been reported to reduce the expression of UHRF1 mRNA and protein. We observed that inhibition of UHRF1 with Hinokitiol ameliorated induced EMT and renal fibrosis by reducing SMAD2/3 phosphorylation in vivo and in vitro. …”
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Combination Therapy with Platelet-Rich Plasma and Epidermal Neural Crest Stem Cells Increases Treatment Efficacy in Vascular Dementia by Somayeh Akbari, Masoud Haghani, Mojtaba Ghobadi, Etrat Hooshmandi, Afshin Borhani Haghighi, Mohammad Saied Salehi, Sareh Pandamooz, Negar Azarpira, Afsoon Afshari, Shahrbanoo Zabihi, Marzieh Nemati, Mahnaz Bayat

“…The basal-synaptic transmission (BST) and long-term potentiation (LTP) were assessed through field-potential recordings of the CA1. The mRNA expression levels of IGF-1, TGF-β1, PSD-95, and GSk-3β were measured in the rat hippocampus by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. …”
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Elucidating the role of pyrimidine metabolism in prostate cancer and its therapeutic implications by Liang Huang, Yu Xie, Shusuan Jiang, Kan Liu, Zhihao Ming, Hong Shan

“…Tumors in the P2 subgroup, characterized by higher pyrimidine metabolism, exhibited greater infiltration of activated CD4 + T cells and M2 macrophages, indicating a potential link between metabolic reprogramming and the immune response in prostate cancer. …”
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An optimized lightweight real-time detection network model for IoT embedded devices by Rongjun Chen, Peixian Wang, Binfan Lin, Leijun Wang, Xianxian Zeng, Xianglei Hu, Jun Yuan, Jiawen Li, Jinchang Ren, Huimin Zhao

“…Characterized by low training cost and high detection performance, this model accurately detects various types of fruits and their states, as the experimental results show that FRYOLO achieves 84.7% in recall and 89.0% in mean Average Precision (mAP), along with a precision of 92.5%. In addition, it provides a detection frame rate of up to 33 Frames Per Second (FPS), satisfying the real-time requirement. …”
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Dye adsorption on fish scale biosorbent from tannery wastewater by Md. Abul Hashem, Forhad Ahammad, Bishwajit Chandra Das, Eshtiyaq Tauhid Enan, Modinatul Maoya, Mohammad Jakir Hossain Khan, Md. Mukimujjaman Miem

“…The maximum dye removal efficiency (81.8 %) was achieved with a 2 g biosorbent dose per 50 mL of wastewater, 25 min stirring time, 30°C temperature, and 20 h settling time at pH 4.8. …”
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Extraction and Bioactivity Analysis of Major Flavones Compounds from Scutellaria baicalensis Using In Vitro Assay and Online Screening HPLC-ABTS System by Kwang Jin Lee, Pil Mun Jung, You-Chang Oh, Na-Young Song, Taesoo Kim, Jin Yeul Ma

“…In addition, the yield (43.05%) and IC50 (34.04 μg/mL) determined through ABTS assay of the 60% aqueous ethanol extract were the most satisfactory of all solvent solutions tested. …”
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The Bipolar Depression Electrical Treatment Trial (BETTER): Design, Rationale, and Objectives of a Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial and Data from the Pilot Study Phase by Bernardo de Sampaio Pereira Junior, Gabriel Tortella, Beny Lafer, Paula Nunes, Isabela Martins Benseñor, Paulo Andrade Lotufo, Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, André R. Brunoni

“…Twelve anodal-left/cathodal-right 2 mA tDCS sessions over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex will be performed in 6 weeks. …”
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Automated skin melanoma diagnostics based on mathematical model of artificial convolutional neural network by D. A. Gavrilov, E. I. Zakirov, E. V. Gameeva, V. Yu. Semenov, O. Yu. Aleksandrova

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Effect of Imatinib on Bone Marrow Morphology and Angiogenesis in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia by Neetu Pandey, Geeta Yadav, Rashmi Kushwaha, Shailendra Prasad Verma, Uma Shankar Singh, Ashutosh Kumar, Prabhaker Mishra

“…Results. 86.21% of patients showed decrease in marrow cellularity with normalization of M:E ratio. 72.42% of patients had decrease in grade of fibrosis and 17.24% showed no change while 10.34% of patients showed progression of fibrosis grade. …”
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A selective colorimetric chemosensor for detection of Cu(II) ions in aqueous samples by Ferretti, Cristián Alejandro, Gutierrez, Leandro Gabriel, Guntero, Vanina Alejandra, Noriega, Pablo Javier, Kneeteman, María Nelida

“…The proposed analytical method can be applied to $\mathrm{Cu}^{2+}$ quantification with a linear range covering from 5.0 to $315.8~{\mu }$M, and can be used to routinely analyze $\mathrm{Cu}^{2+}$ in environmental aqueous samples with satisfactory results.…”
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