Human platelet lysate: a potential therapeutic for intracerebral hemorrhage by Dachang Qiu, Lin Wang, Lanlan Wang, Yongfei Dong

“…Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a major public health challenge worldwide, and is associated with elevated rates of mortality, disability, and morbidity, especially in low- and middle-income nations. …”
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Self-Administered Information Sharing Framework Using Bioinspired Mechanisms by Huibo Bi, Yanyan Chen, Wen-Long Shang, Chengcheng Song, Wenbo Huang

“…Although related applications have been widely used in different domains in attempting to collect and harness the ever-growing information flows, one major issue that impedes the further advancement of WSNs or IoT-based applications is the restricted battery power. …”
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A scalable solar-driven photocatalytic system for separated H2 and O2 production from water by Hui Fu, Yaqiang Wu, Yuhao Guo, Takuya Sakurai, Qianqian Zhang, Yuanyuan Liu, Zhaoke Zheng, Hefeng Cheng, Zeyan Wang, Baibiao Huang, Qian Wang, Kazunari Domen, Peng Wang

“…Additionally, an outdoor scaled-up setup of 692.5 cm2 achieves an average solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of 1.21% during a week-long test under natural sunlight. By addressing major limitations inherent in conventional photocatalytic systems, such as the cooccurrence of hydrogen and oxygen in a single cell and the resultant severe reverse reactions from hydrogen and oxygen recombination, this work introduces an alternative concept for photocatalytic system design, which enhances both efficiency and practicality.…”
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Functional Properties, Antioxidant Activity, and Organoleptic Quality of Novel Biscuit Produced by Moroccan Cladode Flour “Opuntia ficus-indica” by Bouchra Nabil, Rachida Ouaabou, Mourad Ouhammou, Lamia Essaadouni, Mostafa Mahrouz

“…Proximate analysis revealed that CF had a high amount of ash (11.9%) and dietary fiber (41.04%). Major minerals determined by ICP-MS were calcium (4.47 g/100 g); potassium (1.25 g/100 g); magnesium (1.46 g/100 g); and trace elements such as zinc (1.77 mg/100 g), copper (0.95 mg/100 g), and selenium (148.5 μg/100 g). …”
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Population Dynamics of the Exotic Flatworm Obama nungara in an Invaded Garden by Shanèze Noël, Yoan Fourcade, Virginie Roy, Georges Bonnet, Lise Dupont

“…These findings highlight the potentially high invasiveness of O. nungara and raise concerns about the major threat these invasive flatworms pose to the populations of their prey.…”
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Keratorefractive Effect of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Keratoplasty on Rabbit Eyes by Zhiyu Du, Pisong Yan, Qiang Luo, Dan Zhang, Yu Zhang

“…In the treated eyes, the corneal curvature increases from 49.42 ± 0.30 diopters (D) and 48.00 ± 1.95 D before procedure to 51.37 ± 1.11 D and 57.00 ± 1.84 D after HIFU keratoplasty application in groups 1 and 3, respectively. The major axis and minor axis of the focal region got longer when the powers of the HIFU got increased; the difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). …”
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Fate and Effect of Intravenously Infused Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Mouse Model of Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury and Resection by T. C. Saat, S. van den Engel, W. Bijman-Lachger, S. S. Korevaar, M. J. Hoogduijn, J. N. M. IJzermans, R. W. F. de Bruin

“…Therapeutic strategies to reduce IRI and accelerate regeneration could offer major benefits. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are reported to have anti-inflammatory and regeneration promoting properties. …”
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Rearranging the Bird’s Nest Fungi: molecular review of internal clades in Cyathus (Nidulariaceae, Basidiomycota) by Rhudson Henrique Santos Ferreira da Cruz, Jefferson dos Santos Góis, Paulo Marinho, Iuri Goulart Baseia, Kentaro Hosaka

“…Based on the last two classifications, this work aims to expand and understand the internal phylogenetic relationships among the fungi of the genus Cyathus and examine how these relationships are reflected in the taxonomic classification, through molecular analyses covering most of the species in the group, based on materials obtained from type specimens deposited in major fungal collections worldwide, besides expanding sampling with tropical species. …”
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The Role of Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity in Insulin Sensitivity, Beta Cell Function, and Abnormal Glucose Tolerance by Lou Rose Malamug, Rudruidee Karnchanasorn, Raynald Samoa, Ken C. Chiu

“…H. pylori infection was not a risk factor for abnormal glucose tolerance, nor plays a major role in insulin resistance or beta cell dysfunction.…”
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An efficient cryptographic technique using modified Diffie–Hellman in wireless sensor networks by Shahwar Ali, A Humaria, M Sher Ramzan, Imran Khan, Syed M Saqlain, Anwar Ghani, J Zakia, Bander A Alzahrani

“…Sensor nodes are used to sense environmental conditions such as temperature, strain, humidity, sound, vibration, and position. Data security is a major issue in wireless sensor networks since data travel over the naturally exposed wireless channel where malicious attackers may get access to critical information. …”
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Microbial Pattern in Amniotic Fluid from Women with Premature Rupture of Membranes and Meconium-Stained Fluid by Fauna Herawati, Patricia Valery Rahaded, Ruddy Hartono, Rika Yulia

“…Intra-amniotic infection (IAI), also known as chorioamnionitis, is a major cause of maternal and neonatal infection that occurs during pregnancy, labor and delivery, or in the postpartum period. …”
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Biochemical characterization of the Escherichia coli surfaceome: a focus on type I fimbriae and flagella by Devon W. Kavanaugh, Adeline Sivignon, Yannick Rossez, Zina Chouit, Christophe Chambon, Christophe Chambon, Louane Béal, Mathilde Bonnet, Michel Hébraud, Michel Hébraud, Yann Guérardel, Hang Thi Thu Nguyen, Nicolas Barnich

“…Using biochemical and glycobiological techniques, including biotin-hydrazide labeling of glycans and chemical and glycosidase treatments, we demonstrate (i) the presence of a well-defined and chemically resistant FimA oligomer in several strains of pathogenic and non-pathogenic E. coli, (ii) the major subunit of type I fimbriae, FimA, in pathogenic and laboratory strains is recognized by concanavalin A, (iii) standard methods to remove N-glycans (PNGase F) or a broad-specificity mannosidase fail to remove the glycan structure, despite the treatments resulting in altered migration in SDS-PAGE, (iv) PNGase F treatment results in a novel 32 kDa band recognized by anti-FliC antiserum. …”
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Patterns in the influence of funding and reimbursement on the development and implementation of healthcare innovation: A systematic review by Sanne Allers, Frank Eijkenaar, Erik M. van Raaij, Frederik T. Schut

“…The way in which healthcare innovations are financed is often mentioned as a major stumbling block, but a comprehensive overview of the role payment mechanisms play in innovation processes is lacking. …”
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Potential plant extinctions with the loss of the Pleistocene mammoth steppe by Jérémy Courtin, Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring, Simeon Lisovski, Ying Liu, Inger Greve Alsos, Boris K. Biskaborn, Bernhard Diekmann, Martin Melles, Bernd Wagner, Luidmila Pestryakova, James Russell, Yongsong Huang, Ulrike Herzschuh

“…Estimated potential plant extinction rates were 1.7–5.9 extinctions per million species years (E/MSY), above background extinction rates but below modern estimates. Major potential plant extinction events were detected around 17,000 and 9000 years ago which lag maximum vegetation turnover. …”
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LUneXt: Simple and Efficient U-shaped Network Design for Medical Image Segmentation with Nonlinear Activation by Guanghong Deng, Bing Yu, Wenlong Jing, Yong Li, Xiaodan Zhao

“…While improving model performance, it does not introduce higher computational complexity and does not have a major impact on the processing speed of a single image.…”
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A Stereomicroscopic Evaluation of Dentinal Cracks at Different Instrumentation Lengths by Using Different Rotary Files (ProTaper Universal, ProTaper Next, and HyFlex CM): An Ex Viv... by Fauzia Ashraf, Pushpa Shankarappa, Abhinav Misra, Asheesh Sawhney, Nandamuri Sridevi, Anu Singh

“…The root canals were instrumented with different rotary files, namely, ProTaper Universal, ProTaper Next, and HyFlex CM, to the major apical foramen (AF), short AF, and beyond AF. …”
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Increased Peripheral Proinflammatory T Helper Subsets Contribute to Cardiovascular Complications in Diabetic Patients by Ru-xing Zhao, Wen-juan Li, Yi-ran Lu, Jun Qin, Chuan-long Wu, Meng Tian, Tian-yi He, Shou-nan Yi, Dong-qi Tang, Lei Sun, Li Chen

“…Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease (CHD) is one of the major concerns in type 2 diabetes (T2D). The systemic chronic inflammation has been postulated to bridge the increased risk of cardiovascular disease and T2D. …”
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Ion suppression correction and normalization for non-targeted metabolomics by Iqbal Mahmud, Bo Wei, Lucas Veillon, Lin Tan, Sara Martinez, Bao Tran, Alexander Raskind, Felice de Jong, Yiwei Liu, Jibin Ding, Yun Xiong, Wai-kin Chan, Rehan Akbani, John N. Weinstein, Chris Beecher, Philip L. Lorenzi

“…Abstract Ion suppression is a major problem in mass spectrometry (MS)-based metabolomics; it can dramatically decrease measurement accuracy, precision, and sensitivity. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Prevalence of Candida albicans, Gardnerella vaginalis, and Trichomonas vaginalis among Women at the District Hospital of Dschang, West Region, Cameroon by Vincent Khan Payne, Tsonang Tassongwa Florence Cécile, Yamssi Cedric, Noumedem Anangmo Christelle Nadia, Ouaba José

“…Vaginal or genitourinary infections are a major cause of morbidity, sterility, and increase in the vulnerability to cancers and HIV/AIDS infection. …”
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Arterial Blood Gas Analysis and the Outcome of Treatment in Tricyclic Antidepressants Poisoned Patients with Benzodiazepine Coingestion by Ahmad Yaraghi, Nastaran Eizadi-Mood, Maryam Katani, Shadi Farsaei, Mahrang Hedaiaty, Seyyed Mohammad Mahdy Mirhosseini, Elham Beheshtian, Ali Mohammad Sabzghabaee

“…Poisoning with tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) is still a major concern for emergency physicians and intensivists. …”
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