DNA Ploidy and Chromosome (FISH) Pattern Analysis of Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors by Anett Hruska, Reinhard Bollmann, Rita Beáta Kovács, Magdolna Bollmann, Miklós Bodó, Zoltán Sápi

“…FISH analysis revealed and confirmed that the ‘normal’ euploid–polyploid cells are mainly eusomic–polysomic containing two, four, eight or sixteen signals for each chromosomes examined, but in a small proportion aneusomy was found among tumor cells of benign schwannomas (average: 2.58; range 1.33–3.44). …”
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Professional and personal experiences of workplace violence among Italian mental health nurses: A qualitative study by Ilenia Piras, Igor Portoghese, Massimo Tusconi, Federica Minafra, Mariangela Lecca, Giampaolo Piras, Paolo Contu, Maura Galletta

“…The collected data were transcribed and analyzed.ResultsThe narratives revealed five main themes: (1) Feelings about the violence experienced; (2) the effects of violent incidents on nurses; (3) features of the mental health setting related to the phenomenon of the assault; (4) the care and organizational aspects to prevent the assault; and (5) the care in psychiatric settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Caustic Esophageal Stricture with Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation in Chinese Children by Lan-Lan Geng, Cui-Ping Liang, Pei-Yu Chen, Qiang Wu, Min Yang, Hui-Wen Li, Zhao-Hui Xu, Lu Ren, Hong-Li Wang, Shunxian Cheng, Wan-Fu Xu, Yang Chen, Chao Zhang, Li-Ying Liu, Ding-You Li, Si-Tang Gong

“…Length of stricture was the main influencing factor associated with EBD treatment outcome.…”
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Immunohistochemical Profile of p62/SQSTM1/Sequestosome-1 in Human Low- and High-Grade Intracranial Meningiomas by Antonio Ieni, Cristina Pizzimenti, Vincenzo Fiorentino, Mariausilia Franchina, Antonino Germanò, Giovanni Raffa, Maurizio Martini, Guido Fadda, Giovanni Tuccari

“…Generally meningiomas have a benign behavior, but their recurrence is not uncommon mainly when atypical or anaplastic varieties occur. …”
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Evaluation of Chest CT Scan as a Screening and Diagnostic Tool in Trauma Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Cross-Sectional Study by Hossein Abdolrahimzadeh Fard, Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer, Sepideh Sefidbakht, Pooya Iranpour, Shahram Bolandparvaz, Hamid Reza Abbasi, Shahram Paydar, Golnar Sabetian, Mohamad Mahdi Mahmoudi, Masoume Zare, Leila Shayan, Maryam Salimi

“…The CT scans were evaluated in a blinded manner, and the main CT scan features were described and classified into four groups according to RSNA recommendation. …”
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Design of a double-blade swirl wet dust collector for comprehensive mining faces by GONG Xiaoyan, HE Zilun, CHEN Long, WANG Haijun, FU Haoran, PEI Xiaoze, SUN Haixin, ZHANG Hongbing, YANG Fuqiang

“…The dust collector was mainly composed of an annular spray device, double swirl blades, and baffle mist eliminators, with the double swirl blades designed to provide greater centrifugal force and thus improve dust collection efficiency. …”
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Texture evolution and anisotropy of TA18 titanium alloy strip under rolling and heat treatment conditions by Bobo Li, Jiangkun Fan, Wenyuan Zhang, Jiaxing Zhao, Ding Zhao, Huifa Tao, Xiaobo Hao, Fei Wang, Peng Jiang, Hongchao Kou, Jinshan Li

“…The obvious tensile properties anisotropy of hot-rolled TA18 titanium alloy is mainly due to the non-uniform microstructure formed and strong T-type micro-texture. …”
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Needs and views on eye health and women’s empowerment and theory of change map: implication on the development of a women-targeted eyecare programme for older Zanzibari craftswomen... by Ving Fai Chan, Fatma Omar, Eden Mashayo, Damaris Mulewa, Ai Chee Yong, Christine Graham, Ronnie Graham, Carlos Price-Sanchez, Omar Othman, Kayleigh McCluskey

“…They were advised by the cooperatives to visit eye health centres for treatment. The main barriers to accessing services were inaccessibility and unaffordability of eye services and a lack of eye health knowledge and practices. …”
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FPR1 affects acute rejection in kidney transplantation by regulating iron metabolism in neutrophils by Peiyuan Li, Wenbin Ji, Baotong Zhang, Haowen Jia, Jinmiao Wang, Zhaonan Sun, Yifan Wang, Weiwei Wang, Feng Qi

“…Abstract Background Acute rejection (AR) is one of the significant factors contributing to poor prognosis in patients following kidney transplantation. Neutrophils are the main cause of early host-induced tissue injury. This paper intends to investigate the possible mechanisms of neutrophil involvement in acute rejection in renal transplantation. …”
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Echocardiographic Features of Cardiomyopathy in Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy by Michał Marchel, Agnieszka Madej-Pilarczyk, Agata Tymińska, Roman Steckiewicz, Janusz Kochanowski, Julia Wysińska, Ewa Ostrowska, Paweł Balsam, Marcin Grabowski, Grzegorz Opolski

“…The aim of the study was to characterize and compare the cardiac morphology and function in the two main genetic subgroups of EDMD with the use of echocardiography. …”
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Surgical management of benign tumors of the parotid gland: the advantages of extracapsular dissection compared to traditional surgical techniques by Antonio Zanghì, Andrea Cavallaro, Martine Marchi, Marcello Marchi, Luigi La Via, Luigi La Via, Filippo Sanfilippo, Filippo Sanfilippo, Alessandro Cappellani, Simone Di Majo

“…In the early twentieth century, tumor enucleation was the standard treatment for parotid tumors to preserve the facial nerve, but high recurrence rates were the main downside of this procedure. To improve the outcome, superficial parotidectomy (SP) was implemented, which involves excision of the entire lateral segment of the parotid gland, superficial to the facial nerve. …”
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Mixed-methods process evaluation of a proactive approach to healthcare in Parkinson’s disease—ParkProReakt: a protocol of a hybrid efficacy-implementation study by Xinyu Huang, Max Geraedts, Elke Kalbe, Carsten Eggers, David José Pedrosa, Ann-Kristin Folkerts, Marcin Grzegorzek, Marlena van Munster, Johanne Stümpel, Natalie Altschuck, Ingmar Wellach, Hannes Boebinger, Anna Pedrosa, Kati Niemand, Dirk Becker, Nicole Pohlschmidt, Isabel Doblinger, Kristina Schmidt, Daniel Wolferts, Marius Nisslmueller, Gennet Beer, Mohammad Osman Ashraf, Florian Eberhardt, Rebecca Wichartz, Birgit Samans, Volker Gross, Keywan Sohrabi, Linda Kerkemeyer, Uemran Seven, Paulina Olgemoeller, Artur Piet, Mona Irsfeld, Marlena van Munster

“…A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods will be used to assess process data from care providers and patients. The main process outcomes are fidelity, dose, feasibility and context. …”
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Exploring the metabolic patterns and response mechanisms of bile acids during fasting: A study with poultry as an example by Jun Zhang, Yujie Gong, Yidan Zhu, Qingduo Zeng, Hao Zhang, Ruili Han, Yujie Guo, Donghua Li, Yadong Tian, Xiangtao Kang, Yawei Yang, Zhuanjian Li, Ruirui Jiang

“…This study explored the metabolic patterns of bile acids during fasting and identified the main reasons for the accumulation of bile acids in the cecum, which provides a basis for fasting research and offers a reference for the formulation of fasting protocols.…”
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Primary cardiac lymphoma: a clinicopathological study of 121 cases by Shuhui Zhuang, Liudi Chang, Liudi Chang, Xiaoxi Feng, Xiaoxi Feng, Weiwen Hu, Weiwen Hu, Zhaobo Yang, Yuanyuan Zhang

“…These cases usually present with atypical symptoms, mainly circulatory and respiratory, including chest tightness, dyspnea, and edema, along with occasional neurological and gastrointestinal symptoms. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Columbianetin on Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells by Junying Lu, Keyong Fang, Shiji Wang, Lingxin Xiong, Chao Zhang, Zhongmin Liu, Xuewa Guan, Ruipeng Zheng, Guoqiang Wang, Jingtong Zheng, Fang Wang

“…Dysregulated inflammation is increasingly considered as the main cause of many diseases on which NOD1/NF-κB pathway plays an important role. …”
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A Method and Engineering Practice for a Fully Mechanized Caving Coalface to Rapidly Pass Through a Large Fault by Wei Zhang, Feili Yang, Jingyu Chang, Shengxun Zhao, Bin Xu, Jinyong Xiang

“…Based on the occurrence characteristics of the F₆ fault (maximum throw: 13.5 m) in the #3_up1101 fully mechanized caving coalface at Gaozhuang Coal Mine, two different solutions allowing the coalface to pass through this fault were proposed, and the solution of pre-driven roadways with rock pillars was optimally determined. The main implementation steps of the method include designing the layout parameters of the pre-driven roadways, determining the width for rock pillars between the adjacent pre-driven roadways, construction of pre-driven roadways by smooth wall blasting, and controlling the surrounding rock deformation of the pre-driven roadways. …”
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Study on the Role and Pathological and Immune Responses of Silver Nanoparticles Against Two <i>Aeromonas salmonicida</i> subsp. <i>salmonicida</i> Strains at Different Virulence Le... by Yunqiang Guo, Chaoli Zheng, Yingfei Wang, Yongji Dang, Ruiyuan Li, Ye Tao, Yucheng Yang, Xiaofeng Sun, Zekun Song, Pengcheng Sun, Qian Zhang, Dandan Qian, Wenhao Ren, Xiyu Cao, Bowen Wang, Mengxi Xu, Bingyang Jiang, Yujing Li, Qing Sun, Jinye Wang, Lei Zheng, Yanling Sun

“…<i>Aeromonas</i> species are among the main pathogens causing rainbow trout infections. …”
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Development and design validation of a novel network meta-analysis presentation tool for multiple outcomes: a qualitative descriptive study by Lehana Thabane, Jason W Busse, Behnam Sadeghirad, Gordon H Guyatt, Mohit Bhandari, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Fernando Kenji Nampo, Carlos A Cuello-Garcia, Raveendhara R Bannuru, Mark R Phillips, Yu Jia Guo, Sofia Bzovsky

“…Through an iterative process, we assessed the validity of both formats to maximise their clarity and ease of interpretation.Participants 26 participants including 20 clinicians who routinely provide patient care, 3 research staff/research methodologists and 3 residents.Main outcome measures Two team members used qualitative content analysis to independently analyse transcripts of all interviews. …”
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Insecticidal Activity and Chemical Composition of the Morinda lucida Essential Oil against Pulse Beetle Callosobruchus maculatus by Moses S. Owolabi, Eduardo Padilla-Camberos, Akintayo L. Ogundajo, Isiaka A. Ogunwande, Guido Flamini, Olaniyi K. Yusuff, Kirk Allen, Karen Isabel Flores-Fernandez, Jose Miguel Flores-Fernandez

“…M. lucida essential oil had a potent insecticidal activity (LC90 = 0.629 μg/mL) compared to both pesticides, Phostoxin (LC90 = 0.652 μg/mL) and Primo-ban-20 (LC90 = 0.726 μg/mL), at 24 h. The main compounds of the essential oil were the oxygenated monoterpenoids, 1,8-cineole (43.4%), and α-terpinyl acetate (14.5%), and the monoterpene hydrocarbons, mostly sabinene (8.2%) and β-pinene (4.0%). …”
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Real-World Experience with AGA Guidelines in the Management of Crohn’s Disease following Ileocolonic Resection: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Shasha Tang, Wei Liu, Weilin Qi, Tunan Yu, Qian Cao, Xiaolong Ge, Wei Zhou

“…In addition, further investigation revealed that educational background was the main factor related to patients’ nonadherence to AGA guidelines. …”
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