Small RNA sequencing highlights potential functions of tsRNAs in regulating pyroptosis in trigeminal neuralgia by Mizhen Qiu, Fei Zeng, Yi Yan, Mu Xu, Xuexue Zhang, Zhijian Wang, Yutong Wang, Daying Zhang, Shibiao Chen

“…KEGG pathway enrichment showed that DEtsRNAs were mainly involved in pyroptosis-related pathways, such as MAPK, ErbB, and mTOR signaling pathways. …”
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Day Ward Glaucoma Patients Have Lower Depression Levels and Higher Glaucoma Knowledge Levels than Inpatients by Huiming Xiao, Wenmin Huang, Xi Qin, Chengguo Zuo, Qiongman Yang, Rong Li, Mingkai Lin

“…All participants were asked to complete the General Condition Questionnaire, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the Gray Glaucoma Knowledge Questionnaire (GGKQ) at admission and the HADS and GGKQ at discharge. Main Outcome Measures. The scores for the General Condition Questionnaire, the HADS, and the GGKQ. …”
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Study on the Adsorption Mechanism of Hydrophobic SiO2 Nanoparticles: A Molecular Dynamics Study by Runnan Zhou, Yuyuan Wang, Dong Zhang, Peng Ye, Jianguang Wei

“…Furthermore, coulombic interactions are the main influencing factor for the stable adsorption of nanoparticles on the wall. …”
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Trace elements in children with pre-dialysis and end-stage renal disease by Alsalam Asmaa Abd, Ali Ruaa H., Hussain Haider K., Mahdi Montadher Ali

“…Trace elements as iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) are required for a variety of physiological activities and may influence CKD progression. The main goal of this work was to analyse the amounts of trace elements among children with CKD and ESRD and their potential as disease stage biomarkers. …”
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Evaluation of the Macular, Peripapillary Nerve Fiber Layer and Choroid Thickness Changes in Behçet’s Disease with Spectral-Domain OCT by Mustafa Ataş, İsa Yuvacı, Süleyman Demircan, Emel Güler, Orhan Altunel, Emine Pangal, Altan Göktaş, Serap Sütbeyaz, Gökmen Zararsız

“…All of the patients and controls underwent macular, choroid, and peripapillary nerve fiber layer thickness analysis with Spectralis domain OCT (Spectralis OCT Heidelberg Engineering, Dossenheim, Germany). Main Outcome Measures. The differences in macular, choroid, and peripapillary nerve fiber layer thicknesses between groups were analyzed statistically. …”
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Design and Development of a Pine Needle Briquetting Machine for the Uttarakhand Region of India by Tejas Pramod Naik, Soumyajeet Jaiswal, Inderdeep Singh, Apurbba Kumar Sharma, Ayush Joshi

“…Every year during the summer, there is a forest fire breakout, mainly caused by these dry pine needles, which cover a forest floor and are highly flammable. …”
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Once a Triple, Not Always a Triple: The Evolution of Hierarchical Triples That Yield Merged Inner Binaries by Cheyanne Shariat, Smadar Naoz, Kareem El-Badry, Antonio C. Rodriguez, Bradley M. S. Hansen, Isabel Angelo, Alexander P. Stephan

“…More than half of all main-sequence (MS) stars have one or more companions, and many of those with initial masses <8 M _⊙ are born in hierarchical triples. …”
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A New Approach to Recover Bioactive Compounds from Apple Pomace: Healthy Jelly Candies by Liliana Ciurlă, Iuliana-Maria Enache, Ioana Buțerchi, Gabriela Mihalache, Florin Daniel Lipșa, Antoanela Patraș

“…The current study investigates the possibility of using an aqueous AP extract (APE) as the main ingredient in a jelly candy recipe, replacing artificial colors and flavors and improving its nutritional value. …”
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Metabolomics and Lipidomics Reveal the Metabolic Disorders Induced by Single and Combined Exposure of Fusarium Mycotoxins in IEC-6 Cells by Xinlu Wang, Yanyang Xu, Haiqi Yu, Yushun Lu, Yongzhong Qian, Meng Wang

“…Pathway enrichment analysis annotated ethanol metabolism production of ROS by CYP2E1 was mainly involved in the disturbance of DON, FB₁, and ZEN. …”
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Reduction of chickens use to perform in vitro pre-screening of novel anticoccidials by miniaturisation and increased throughput of the current Eimeria tenella compound-screening mo... by Virginia Marugan-Hernandez, Javier Regidor-Cerrillo, Luis Ortega-Mora, Sara Arias-Maroto, Kelsilandia Aguiar-Martins

“…This disease is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Eimeria (Apicomplexa), and it is mainly controlled by chemoprophylaxis with ionophores and chemical anticoccidials; however, there is an overall agreement about the limitation of these traditional drugs and the need to improve current methods of control. …”
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Energy and CO2 fluxes in the early stage development of reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining areas by Aysan Badraghi, Ondřej Mudrák, Jiří Kučera, Leonardo Montagnani, Jan Frouz

“…Differences in NEE and LE were mainly caused by higher emissions (Reco) at the unreclaimed site due to lower soil bulk density and higher runoff at the reclaimed site due to compacted soil, both influenced by heavy summer rainfall. …”
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Clinical Characteristic of Patients Underwent Bone Mineral Density Examination in Prof. Dr. R. Soeharso Orthopaedic Hospital in 2022-2023: A Cross-Sectional Study by R. Andhi Prijosedjati, Pamudji Utomo, Leli Sabariyah, Ahmad Fauzi

“…Results: This study involved 168 patients, mainly women (83%) and men (17%). Most (81.5%) were aged 50-74, with osteoporosis affecting 29.2% and severe osteoporosis affecting 60.7%. …”
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The predictors of sleep quality in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders in the west of Iran: A path analysis by Ensiyeh Jenabi, Azam Maleki, Erfan Ayubi, Saeid Bashirian, Mahdieh Seyedi, Sara Abdoli

“…Children's sleep habits, perceived stress, and perceived social support are the main predictors of Sleep Quality in Mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders. …”
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Evaluation of Cinnamon Essential Oil and Its Emulsion on Biofilm-Associated Components of <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> Clinical Strains by Tea Ganić, Ilinka Pećinar, Biljana Nikolić, Dušan Kekić, Nina Tomić, Stefana Cvetković, Stefana Vuletić, Dragana Mitić-Ćulafić

“…Methods: In order to evaluate the antibiofilm activity, crystal violet assay was performed to determine biofilm biomass. The main components of the biofilm matrix were measured as well as the motile capacity of the tested strains. …”
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Claim Amount Forecasting and Pricing of Automobile Insurance Based on the BP Neural Network by Wenguang Yu, Guofeng Guan, Jingchao Li, Qi Wang, Xiaohan Xie, Yu Zhang, Yujuan Huang, Xinliang Yu, Chaoran Cui

“…The BP neural network model is a hot issue in recent academic research, and it has been successfully applied to many other fields, but few researchers apply the BP neural network model to the field of automobile insurance. The main method that has been used in the prediction of the total claim amount in automobile insurance is the generalized linear model, where the BP neural network model could provide a different approach to estimate the total claim loss. …”
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Phylogeography and population structure of the global, wide host-range hybrid pathogen Phytophthora × cambivora by Martin S. Mullett, Kris Van Poucke, Annelies Haegeman, Fran Focquet, Nicholas C. Cauldron, Brian J. Knaus, Marilia Horta Jung, Koji Kageyama, Ayaka Hieno, Hayato Masuja, Seiji Uematsu, Joan F. Webber, Clive M. Brasier, József Bakonyi, Kurt Heungens, Niklaus J. Grünwald, Thomas Jung

“…We determined its population genetic history in Europe, North and South America, Australia and East Asia (mainly Japan) using genotyping-by-sequencing. Populations in Europe and Australia appear clonal, those in North America are highly clonal yet show some degree of sexual reproduction, and those in East Asia are partially sexual. …”
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Artemisia capillaris with two novel active compounds, Kawarayomogin I and II, inhibits HYBID (KIAA1199) expression as well as hyaluronic acid degradation by Kazal Boron Biswas, Yuka Kawai, Satoshi Nakagawa, Kyoko Kanai, Hiroyuki Kojima, Teruaki Masutani, Masayoshi Oyama, Arunasiri Iddamalgoda, Kotaro Sakamoto

“…Hyaluronan-binding protein involved in hyaluronan depolymerization (HYBID) is the main factor responsible for HA degradation in dermis. …”
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Particle Size-Dependent Monthly Variation of Pollution Load, Ecological Risk, and Sources of Heavy Metals in Road Dust in Beijing, China by Cong Men, Donghui Li, Yunqi Jing, Ke Xiong, Jiayao Liu, Shikun Cheng, Zifu Li

“…The frequency of heavy metals in P1 posing extreme risk was about two times that of P5. Main types of heavy metal sources were similar among different fractions, whereas the impact intensity of these sources varied among different fractions. …”
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Phage vB_KlebPS_265 Active Against Resistant/MDR and Hypermucoid K2 Strains of <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> by Vyacheslav I. Yakubovskij, Vera V. Morozova, Yuliya N. Kozlova, Artem Yu. Tikunov, Valeria A. Fedorets, Elena V. Zhirakovskaya, Igor V. Babkin, Alevtina V. Bardasheva, Nina V. Tikunova

“…KlebP_265 was specific mainly to <i>K. pneumoniae</i>-type K2 strains including hypermucoid strains. …”
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Patient preferences for facility-based management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda: a discrete choice experiment by Robert Kalyesubula, Isaac Ssinabulya, Rachel Nugent, Christine Ngaruiya, Nicola L Hawley, Dallas Wood, Baylah Tessier-Sherman, Deron Galusha, Mari Armstrong-Hough, Sarah EG Moor, Andrew K Tusubira, Ann R Akiteng, Evelyn Hsieh Donroe, Tracy L Rabin, Brenda D Nakirya, Christine Nalwadda, Jeremy I Schwartz

“…Objective To explore how respondents with common chronic conditions—hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM)—make healthcare-seeking decisions.Setting Three health facilities in Nakaseke District, Uganda.Design Discrete choice experiment (DCE).Participants 496 adults with HTN and/or DM.Main outcome measures Willingness to pay for changes in DCE attributes: getting to the facility, interactions with healthcare providers, availability of medicines for condition, patient peer-support groups; and education at the facility.Results Respondents were willing to pay more to attend facilities that offer peer-support groups, friendly healthcare providers with low staff turnover and greater availabilities of medicines. …”
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