Adrenal insufficiency in severely wounded men with combat gunshot injury by N.Yu. Seliukova, K.V. Misiura, E.M. Khoroshun, V.V. Makarov, V.V. Nehoduiko, O.I. Zalyubovska, E. Szucsik

“…War destroys normal life and is the main factor of human psychological and physical vulnerability. …”
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Factors influencing sport development among women with disabilities: a case study of a visually impaired Spanish Paralympic woman by Alejandro Barrera-Garcimartín, Áurea Redondo-Fernández, Javier Pérez-Tejero

“…Although a great deal of research has been conducted with high-performance athletes, relatively few studies have focused on athletes with disabilities, especially Paralympic women using person-first approaches. Thus, the main objective of this study is to understand, through the experience and opinion of a Paralympian female athlete, how these athletes reach their full potential, identifying the elements and initiatives that can influence (whether positively or negatively) their sporting trajectory and developmental milestones.MethodologyThis study analyzes the case of a quadruple Paralympic medalist in blind Judo, who has competed in Paralympic Games from Athens 2004 to Paris 2024. …”
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The patient perspective on transanal irrigation treatment for low anterior resection syndrome after rectal cancer surgery - a qualitative and quantitative study by Boglarka Rethy, Anna Schandl, Caroline Nordenvall, Gabriella Jansson Palmer, Charlotta Bergström, Maria Williamson, Emil Pieniowski, Asif Johar, Pernilla Lagergren, Mirna Abraham-Nordling

“…The interview text rendered into three main categories: regaining control in everyday life, need for structure and planning and becoming familiar with the procedure. …”
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Effect of ON and OFF Axis Open Hole Tensile Testing of GFRP/Epoxy Composites by Sunith Babu Loganathan, Ashok Kumar Krishnappa, Jaya Christiyan Kumaravelu Grace Jesu Bai, Ritin Pavirala, Rajesh Mathivanan

“…Composites are widely used for different applications in engineering mainly due to their tailored benefits, durability, reduced maintenance, and enhanced performance. …”
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Microneedle technology for enhanced topical treatment of skin infections by Tingting Peng, Yangyan Chen, Xuanyu Luan, Wanshan Hu, Wentao Wu, Bing Guo, Chao Lu, Chuanbin Wu, Xin Pan

“…Among different drug administration paradigms for skin infections, microneedles (MNs) have demonstrated superiority mainly because of their merits in enhancing drug delivery efficiency and reducing microbial resistance. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Pixel-Based Segmentation Models for Accurate Detection of Impacted Teeth on Panoramic Radiographs by Meryem Durmus, Burhan Ergen, Adalet Celebi, Muammer Turkoglu

“…Among the configurations tested, the U-Net model with an EfficientNetB7 backbone achieved the highest performance, with an average IoU score of 85.29%, demonstrating superior accuracy and reliability. The main contributions of this study are the in-depth comparison of state-of-the-art segmentation models, the identification of the most effective architectures tailored for dental radiograph segmentation, and new insights into the advantages of pixel-based approaches over region-based methods commonly used in previous studies. …”
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Investigation the effects of friction stir processing on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al–Cu alloy fabricated by wire arc additive manufacturing by Li Liu, Wanghui Xu, Yu Li, Ruizhe Liu, Ruiwei Liu, Yongxian Huang, Chunlin Dong

“…Both strengths and elongations of the manufactured Al–Cu alloy are enhanced by interlayer FSP, which is mainly ascribed to the combined action of porosity reduction, grain refinement, fragmentation and dissolution of the second-phase particles caused by interlayer FSP. …”
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Time-resolved measurement of neutron energy isotropy in a sheared-flow-stabilized Z pinch by R.A. Ryan, P.E. Tsai, A.R. Johansen, A.E. Youmans, D.P. Higginson, J.M. Mitrani, C.S. Adams, D.A. Sutherland, B. Levitt, U. Shumlak

“…This suggests the possible growth of m = 0 instabilities at the end of the main radiation event but confirms that the majority of the neutron production exhibits isotropy consistent with thermonuclear origin.…”
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The Clinical Significance of High Antimicrobial Resistance in Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections by Maria G. Zavala-Cerna, Midrori Segura-Cobos, Ricardo Gonzalez, Isidro G. Zavala-Trujillo, Silvia F. Navarro-Perez, Jose A. Rueda-Cruz, Fernando A. Satoscoy-Tovar

“…Urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect up to 150 million individuals annually worldwide, mainly due to Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Klebsiella. …”
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Bioprinted hydrogels in bone regeneration: a bibliometric analysis by Huijie Zhang, Xiaoyu Li, Zhenyu Jia, Kun Jiao, Kun Jiao, Chen Liu, Chen Liu, Zixiang Deng, Yushu Bai, Xianzhao Wei, Xiaoyi Zhou

“…The number of research papers in this field is increasing annually, and the main research hotspots include bone regeneration, 3D printing, scaffolds, and hydrogels. …”
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Phenolic Acid and Flavonoid Content Analysis with Antioxidant Activity Assessment in Chinese <i>C. pi. Shen</i> Honey by Ningxin Qi, Wen Zhao, Chenghua Xue, Lin Zhang, Han Hu, Yue Jin, Xiaofeng Xue, Rui Chen, Jinzhen Zhang

“…Shen), a key plant in traditional Chinese medicine, mainly produced in Gansu Province of China, has attracted much attention for its medicinal value. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Intravitreal Conbercept, Ranibizumab, and Triamcinolone on 23-Gauge Vitrectomy for Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by Jinglin Cui, Hong Chen, Hang Lu, Fangtian Dong, Dongmei Wei, Yan Jiao, Steve Charles, Weikuan Gu, Lin Wang

“…The experiment was randomized controlled, with a noninferiority limit of five letters. Main outcome measures included BCVA, operation time, incidence of iatrogenic retinal breaks, endodiathermy rate, and silicone oil tamponade. …”
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Thermal radiation and thermo-diffusion in Casson-ferrofluid over a magnetized porous surface: RSM analysis by S. Manjunatha, J. Santhosh Kumar, Khalil Ur Rehman, Wasfi Shatanawi, S.V.K. Varma

“…These include heat exchangers, materials research, and a host of other industries, such as food processing, solar trough collectors, and aerospace engineering. The main goal of this study is to investigate how fluid moves through a porous medium stretched across a Casson ferrofluid bilinear stretching surface, accounting for the effects of slip and magnetic fields. …”
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Preventive Effect of Cocoa Flavonoids via Suppression of Oxidative Stress-Induced Apoptosis in Auditory Senescent Cells by Luz del Mar Rivas-Chacón, Joaquín Yanes-Díaz, Beatriz de Lucas, Juan Ignacio Riestra-Ayora, Raquel Madrid-García, Ricardo Sanz-Fernández, Carolina Sánchez-Rodríguez

“…It is known that cocoa products have high levels of polyphenol content (mainly flavonoids), that are potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agents with proven benefits for health. …”
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Expression of Angiogenesis Regulatory Proteins and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Factors in Platelets of the Breast Cancer Patients by Hui Han, Fang-Li Cao, Bao-Zhong Wang, Xue-Ru Mu, Guang-Yao Li, Xiu-Wen Wang

“…Platelets play a role in tumor angiogenesis and growth and are the main transporters of several angiogenesis regulators. …”
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Exploring the role of epileptic focus lateralization on facial emotion recognition in the spectrum of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy by Fabio Iannaccone, Chiara Pizzanelli, Francesca Lorenzini, Francesco Turco, Chiara Milano, Claudia Scarpitta, Luca Tommasini, Gloria Tognoni, Riccardo Morganti, Enrica Bonanni, Gabriele Siciliano

“…Patients with a right focus underperformed across all negative emotions, whereas those with a left focus showed deficits mainly in fear and anger. Analysis indicated that early epilepsy onset was associated with poorer FER in right-focused patients; febrile seizures and mesial temporal sclerosis significantly impacted FER in left-focused patients.ConclusionMTLE affects circuits of FER even in mild subjects, although to a lesser extent than in refractory ones. …”
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γ-Aminobutyric acid alleviates litchi thaumatin-like protein-induced inflammation and reduces gut microbial translocation by Yao Wang, Dongwei Wang, Kai Wang, Min Zhao, Cizhou Li, Yu Wang, Xuwei Liu, Lei Zhao, Zhuoyan Hu

“…Previous research reported litchi thaumatin-like protein (LcTLP) could lead to inflammation, which is a factor causing the adverse reactions after excessive intake of litchi. As a main amino acid in litchi pulp, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was found with anti-inflammatory effect. …”
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Diversity, distribution and threat status of Fabaceae plants in Costa Rica: a 135-year herbarium record by Donifer Campos Parra, Andres Blanco Picado, Keilor Rojas Jimenez

“…Objective: To understand species distribution and extent of collection efforts from the country’s two main herbaria. Methods: We cleaned databases from 1887 to 2022 at the University of Costa Rica (USJ) and the National Herbarium (CR). …”
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Thermodynamic and kinetics analysis of the sulfur-fixed roasting of antimony sulfide using ZnO as sulfur-fixing agent by Ouyang Z., Chen Y.F., Tian S.Y., Xiao L., Tang C.B., Hu Y.J., Xia Z.M., Chen Y.M., Ye L.G.

“…Currently, the commercial antimony metallurgy is mainly based on pyrometallurgical processes and oxidative volatilization of Sb2S3 is an essential step. …”
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NIR‐II AIEgens nanosystem for fluorescence and chemiluminescence synergistic imaging‐guided precise resection in osteosarcoma surgery by Ruotong Li, Kaiyuan Liu, Qian Hu, Jiakang Shen, Dongqing Zuo, Hongsheng Wang, Xingjun Zhu, Wei Sun

“…During OS surgery, the FLNP, with the stability of FL and a high targeting capability, was first intravenously used to guide the surgical removal of the main tumor. Subsequently, CLNP was locally incubated to facilitate rapid and accurate evaluation of residual tumors at the operative border. …”
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