Food addiction and associated factors in newly diagnosed patients with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional comparison with siblings and healthy controls by Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Youssef Boukadida, Abir Hakiri, Wided Homri, Majda Cheour, Souheil Hallit

“…FA was assessed using the modified version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (mYFAS 2.0). The Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30) and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire were administered to the patients’ group. …”
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Sustainable Asphalt Mixtures Reinforced with Basic Oxygen Furnace Steel Slag: Multi-Scale Analysis of Enhanced Interfacial Bonding by Bin Lei, Linjie Yu, Jiawu Chen, Yuan Meng, Dong Lu, Ning Li, Fulin Qu

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Anti-VEGF agents for the treatment of diabetic macular edema by S.G. Sergushev, E.N. Khomyakova

“…Burnazyan Federal Medical Biological Center of the Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <b>²M.F. Vladimirskiy Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute, Moscow, <br> </b><b>&nbsp; </b><b>Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <i>According to the International Diabetes Federation, in 2017, approximately 425 million adults were living with diabetes. …”
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Comparative transcriptomics and metabolomics provide insight into degeneration‐related physiological mechanisms of Morchella importuna after long‐term preservation by Ying Chen, Xuelian Cao, Liyuan Xie, Jie Tang, Lixu Liu, Di Wang, Xiang Wu, Tianhai Liu, Yang Yu, Yong Wang, Francis Martin, Weihong Peng, Hao Tan

“…Agricultural production of the prized ascomycete mushroom Morchella importuna (black morel) typically suffers from reduced yield and malformed ascocarps owing to culture degeneration. This study compared M. importuna cultures subjected to five different long‐term preservation treatments, using transcriptomics and metabolomics. …”
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Adaptive Modification in Agonist Common Drive After Combined Blood Flow Restriction and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation by Yi-Ching Chen, Chia-Chan Wu, Yeng-Ting Lin, Yueh Chen, Ing-Shiou Hwang

“…Post-test force fluctuations increased (p =0.031), along with a decrease in the mean inter-spike interval (M_ISI) in the ECRL (p =0.022). Factor analysis revealed an increase in the proportion of motor units (MUs) jointly regulated by the neural mode for both ECRB and ECRL, coupled with a decline in independently regulated MUs. …”
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Factors affecting patient satisfaction during endoscopic procedures by Maryam Ghazala, E-Hinna Rashk, Sardar Saman, Khan Jahangir, Isram Javaria, Hassan Fayyaz

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载药微球栓塞联合甲磺酸阿帕替尼治疗中晚期原发性肝癌的近期疗效 by 万源, 陈斌, 李楠, 林润, 唐可禺, 戴海涛, 温春勇, 黄勇慧

“…【结果】根据实体瘤疗效评价标准（RECIST）、改良实体瘤疗效评价标准（mRECIST）及欧洲肝脏研究协会标准（EASL）结果显示，这11例患者的客观缓解率（ORR）分别为36.4%、63.6%、72.7%，疾病控制率（DCR）分别为90.7%、72.7%、81.8%。…”
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Elevation of High-Mobility Group Protein Box-1 in Serum Correlates with Severity of Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Yu Zhou, Kun-Lin Xiong, Sen Lin, Qi Zhong, Feng-Lin Lu, Hong Liang, Jing-Cheng Li, Jing-Zhou Wang, Qing-Wu Yang

“…Compared with normal controls, patients with ICH had markedly elevated levels of HMGB1, which was significantly correlated with the levels of IL-6 and TNF-α, NIHSS score at the 10th day, and mRS score at 3 months. In comparison with the control group, the levels of HMGB1 in the perihematomal tissue in mice with ICH increased dramatically, peaked at 72 hours, and decreased at 5 days. …”
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A single-center, single-arm, prospective, open-label, and comparative trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability profile of a 90-day oral L-arginine hydrochloride intervention f... by Hiroyuki Naito, Masahiro Nakamori, Megumi Toko, Yuki Hayashi, Taku Tazuma, Tomoaki Watanabe, Keito Ishihara, Keisuke Tachiyama, Yu Yamazaki, Hirofumi Maruyama

“…Over the course of three months, the average changes in body weight, body mass index, and the ALSFRS score were − 0.37 kg, -1.1 kg/m2, and − 1.7 points, respectively. There were no events requiring TPPV initiation or deaths. …”
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Quantitative Proteomics Analysis Reveals XDH Related with Ovarian Oxidative Stress Involved in Broodiness of Geese by Ning Zhou, Yaoyao Zhang, Youluan Jiang, Wang Gu, Shuai Zhao, Wanwipa Vongsangnak, Yang Zhang, Qi Xu, Yu Zhang

“…Antioxidant activity (GSH, CAT, SOD, T-AOC, and the content of H₂O₂) and the mRNA expression levels of antioxidant genes (GPX, SOD-1, SOD-2, CAT, COX-2, and Hsp70) were significantly higher in pre-broody geese compared to laying geese, while the expression of apoptosis-related genes (p53, Caspase-3, and Caspase-9) increased and the anti-apoptotic gene Bcl-2 decreased. …”
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Intravenous Infusion of Dexmedetomidine Combined Isoflurane Inhalation Reduces Oxidative Stress and Potentiates Hypoxia Pulmonary Vasoconstriction during One-Lung Ventilation in Pa... by Rui Xia, Jinjin Xu, Hong Yin, Huozhi Wu, Zhengyuan Xia, Daiwei Zhou, Zhong-yuan Xia, Liangqing Zhang, Haobo Li, Xiaoshan Xiao

“…Anesthesia was maintained with intravenous remifentanil and inhalational isoflurane (1.0–2.0%), with concomitant infusion of dexmedetomidine 0.7 μgkg−1h−1 in DISO and saline 0.25 mL kg−1h−1 in NISO group. Hemodynamic variables or depth of anesthesia did not significantly differ between groups. …”
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Understanding the point mass balance and surface ice velocity for the debris-covered glacier, Panchi II, western Himalaya (India) by Sarvagya Vatsal, Mohd Farooq Azam, Anshuman Bhardwaj, Arindan Mandal, Raaj Ramsankaran, Mohd Soheb, Saumya G. Kutty, Chetan Singh, Somdutta Mishra, Alagappan Ramanathan, Ishmohan Bahuguna, Purvee Joshi, N. Janardhana Raju

“…Mean surface ice velocity of the whole glacier for the year 2019/21 was 9.2 ± 1.5 m a−1. Our findings indicate that for Panchi II Glacier melting is predominantly governed by debris thickness rather than elevation. …”
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A Retrospective Analysis of Thromboembolic Phenomena in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 by Fahad Faqihi, Abdulrahman Alharthy, Abdullah Balhamar, Nasir Nasim, Khaled Alanezi, Feisal Alaklobi, Ziad A. Memish, Mike Blaivas, Saleh A. Alqahtani, Dimitrios Karakitsos

“…The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of a cutoff D-dimer level of 3.0 μg/mL for predicting PE were 74.5%, 95.1%, 86.8%, and 91.9%, respectively. …”
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Comprehensive evaluation of the Paleogene lacustrine source rocks within the Bodong Sag, Bohai Bay Basin using kinetics-based petroleum system modeling by Xinyu Yan, Zhenliang Wang, Deying Wang, Feilong Wang, Rongtao Chen, Kuaile Zhang, Xiangnan Yin

“…Resource estimates for the Bodong Sag source rocks are quantified at 8.33 × 10 8  t of oil and 1.68 × 10 11  m 3 of gas. E 2 s 3 , E 3 s 1 , and E 3 d 3 contribute 41.62%, 33.95%, and 24.43% respectively, with E 2 s 3 source rocks being the major contributor. …”
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Study on hot deformation behavior and microstructure evolution of ultrafine W-0.5 wt%La2O3 alloy wire during processing by Yuan Yao, Jianwei Guo, Shizhong Wei, Jinghong Yang, Zhou Li, Hongan Geng, Liujie Xu

“…Combined with the hot processing map, the optimum process parameters of tungsten alloy were determined to be 1400 °C–1600 °C, 0.01–0.05s−1. The φ35.5 μm ultra-fine tungsten wire was prepared according to this parameter. …”
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Effects of Lemon Beverage Containing Citric Acid with Calcium Supplementation on Bone Metabolism and Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women: Double-Blind 11-Month Intervention Stu... by Hiromi Ikeda, Tadayuki Iida, Masanori Hiramitsu, Takashi Inoue, Satomi Aoi, Miho Kanazashi, Fumiko Ishizaki, Toshihide Harada

“…Using a double-blind protocol, subjects in the LECA and LE groups consumed one bottle containing 290 mL of the test beverage each day. The ratio of change in BMD after 11 months was significantly higher in the LECA group as compared to the control and LE groups. …”
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Evaluating the correlation between pretreatment 18F-FDG PET/CT metabolic parameters and tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte levels in nonluminal breast cancer and impact on survival by Muge Tamam, Halim Ozcevik, Gamze Kulduk, Merve Nur Acar Tayyar, Gunduzalp Bugrahan Babacan

“…The association between these factors and overall survival was analyzed using multivariate Cox regression models.ResultsTIL showed weak negative correlations with tumor size, tumor (T), and metastasis (M) stages. No significant correlation was found between TIL levels and overall SUV values. …”
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Performance of Noninvasive Indices for Discrimination of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in Young Adults by Jaejun Lee, Chang In Han, Dong Yeup Lee, Pil Soo Sung, Si Hyun Bae, Hyun Yang

“…Steatosis was diagnosed on the basis of a controlled attenuation parameter score ≥250 dB/m. MASLD was defined as the presence of steatosis in patients with at least one cardiometabolic risk factor. …”
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Knockdown of RFC4 inhibits cell proliferation of oral squamous cell carcinoma in vitro and in vivo by Pengyue You, Di Wang, Zheng Liu, Shuzhen Guan, Ning Xiao, Haotian Chen, Xin Zhang, Lichuan Wu, Guizhen Wang, Haitao Dong

“…Knockdown of RFC4 led to G2/M phase cell cycle arrest and inhibited the proliferation of OSCC cells both in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Winter tick sharing between ungulates in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and implications for apparent competition by Troy Koser, Alynn Martin, Alyson Courtemanch, Laura Thompson, Benjamin Wise, Gary Fralick, Sarah Dewey, Amy Girard, Brandon Scurlock, Jared Rogerson, Kennan Oyen, Paul Cross

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