Preoperative Thrombocytopenia May Predict Poor Surgical Outcome after Extended Hepatectomy by Mohammad Golriz, Omid Ghamarnejad, Elias Khajeh, Mohammadsadegh Sabagh, Markus Mieth, Katrin Hoffmann, Alexis Ulrich, Thilo Hackert, Karl Heinz Weiss, Peter Schirmacher, Markus W. Büchler, Arianeb Mehrabi

“…PHLF was detected in 26.3% of patients, major complications in 26.8%, and 30-day mortality in 11.3% of patients. …”
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Global perspectives in acute and emergency general surgery in low and middle-income countries: a WSES project protocol for scoping review on global surgery by Mahmoud Diaa Hindawi, Arda Isik, Fausto Rosa, Diego Visconti, Taras Nechay, Sharfuddin Chowdhury, Abdourahmane Ndong, Tushar S. Mishra, Stefano Piero Bernardo Cioffi, Francesco Piscioneri, Edward C.T.H. Tan

“…Methods A comprehensive literature search up to November 2024 will be conducted across six major databases. PubMed, Scopus, Ovoid, Web of Science, Cochrane Central, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) database. …”
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Current Status, Challenges, Policies, and Bioethics of Biobanks by Byunghak Kang, Jaesun Park, Sangyun Cho, Meehee Lee, Namhee Kim, Haesook Min, Sooyoun Lee, Ok Park, Bokghee Han

“…Until now, the top 6 countries according to the number of large-scale biobanks are the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, and Italy, and there is one major National Biobank of Korea (NBK) and 17 regional biobanks in Korea. …”
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Liver Transplantation in Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis. Benefits and Limitations of Psychosocial Selection and Support in Alcohol Relapse. The Experience of a Tertiary Center in Ita... by Luca S. Belli, Adelaide Panariello, Giovanni Perricone, Paola Prandoni, Raffaella Viganò, Chiara Mazzarelli, Chiara Becchetti, Sara Giacalone, Giovanna Donvito, Sara Conti, Paolo A. Cortesi, Elena Roselli, Gianpaola Monti, Marco Carbone, Luciano G. De Carlis, Luciano G. De Carlis, Mauro Percudani

“…Sixteen transplanted patients had major depression with or without anxiety, with 10 patients (33%) being treated with antidepressants post-LT. …”
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Exploring the anticandida potentials of nanoparticles fabricated from tea leaf (Camellia sinensis) extracts: a systematic review by Naheem Adekilekun Tijani, Abdullateef Opeyemi Afolabi, Fred Mutanule, Sujithkumar Ganesh Moorthy, Danladi Makeri

“…Abstract Globally, large proportions of Candida species are becoming a major threat to human health as they are developing resistance to most available antifungal drugs. …”
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Museomics of Carabus giant ground beetles shows an Oligocene origin and in situ alpine diversification by Pauli, Marie T., Gauthier, Jérémy, Labédan, Marjorie, Blanc, Mickael, Bilat, Julia, Toussaint, Emmanuel F. A.

“…The development of museomics represents a major paradigm shift in the use of natural history collection specimens for systematics and evolutionary biology. …”
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Balancing the risks: continuous vs. interrupted anticoagulation during TAVI – what does the evidence say? by Ravi Patel, Emmanuel Kokori, Gbolahan Olatunji, Israel Charles Abraham, Adeola Akinboade, Emmanuel Ababio Agyemang, Adetola Babalola, Nicholas Aderinto

“…Key outcomes assessed include all-cause mortality, thromboembolic events, and major cardiovascular complications within 30 days and up to one year post-procedure. …”
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Proximal Policy Optimization for Crowd Evacuation in Complex Environments—A Metaverse Approach at Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal, Thailand by Sushank Chaudhary, Nitinun Sinpan, Pruk Sasithong, Sunita Khichar, Panithan la-Aiddee, Natt Leelawat, Amir Parnianifard, Suvit Poomrittigul, Lunchakorn Wuttisittikulkij

“…The results indicate that in a major emergency scenario, increasing the number of agents in the station reduced the number of remaining passengers from 111 to just 6, highlighting the model’s effectiveness. …”
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Women in business: The impact of digital and financial literacy on female-owned small and medium-sized enterprises by Nadia Asandimitra, Achmad Kautsar, Dewie Tri Wijayati, Nunik Dwi Kusumawati, Ina Uswatun Nihaya

“…The growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) shows a positive trend and has even become a major highlight in the national economic landscape. …”
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Cropland Suitability Prediction Method Based on Biophysical Variables from Copernicus Data and Machine Learning by Dorijan Radočaj, Mateo Gašparović, Mladen Jurišić

“…The results of the proposed approach indicate that it is viable for major crops, while cropland suitability prediction for minor crops would require higher spatial resolution, such as vegetation indices from Sentinel-2 imagery.…”
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Bioactive chemical constituents of Curcuma longa L. rhizomes extract inhibit the growth of human hepatoma cell line (HepG2) by Abdel-Lateef Ezzat, Mahmoud Faten, Hammam Olfat, El-Ahwany Eman, El-Wakil Eman, Kandil Sherihan, Abu Taleb Hoda, El-Sayed Mortada, Hassenein Hanaa

“…GC-MS analysis showed the presence of fifty compounds in the methanolic extract of C. longa. The major compounds were ar-turmerone (20.50 %), β-sesquiphellandrene (5.20 %) and curcumenol (5.11 %). …”
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Adipocyte DIO2 Expression Increases in Human Obesity but Is Not Related to Systemic Insulin Sensitivity by David Bradley, Joey Liu, Alecia Blaszczak, Valerie Wright, Anahita Jalilvand, Bradley Needleman, Sabrena Noria, David Renton, Willa Hsueh

“…Our results suggest that adipocyte-derived DIO2 may play a role in weight maintenance but is likely not a major contributor to obesity-related insulin resistance.…”
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Fungal-Host Interaction: Curcumin Modulates Proteolytic Enzyme Activity of Candida albicans and Inflammatory Host Response In Vitro by Emily Chen, Bruna Benso, Dalia Seleem, Luiz Eduardo Nunes Ferreira, Silvana Pasetto, Vanessa Pardi, Ramiro Mendonça Murata

“…Thus, this study evaluated the modulatory effects of curcumin on major virulence factors associated with the pathogenicity of C. albicans. …”
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Safety and efficacy of long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation on metabolism, sleep, and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide biosynthesis in healthy, middle-aged Japane... by Shintaro Yamaguchi, Junichiro Irie, Masanori Mitsuishi, Yuichi Uchino, Hideaki Nakaya, Ryo Takemura, Emi Inagaki, Shotaro Kosugi, Hideyuki Okano, Masato Yasui, Kazuo Tsubota, Kaori Hayashi, Jun Yoshino, Hiroshi Itoh

“…Obesity and aging are major risk factors for several life-threatening diseases. …”
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Deoxycholic Acid as a Modifier of the Permeation of Gliclazide through the Blood Brain Barrier of a Rat by Mladena Lalić-Popović, Velibor Vasović, Boris Milijašević, Svetlana Goločorbin-Kon, Hani Al-Salami, Momir Mikov

“…Major problem for diabetic patients represents damage of blood vessels and the oxidative stress of the brain cells due to increased concentration of free radicals and poor nutrition of brain cells. …”
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Spatial Microstructural Ordering of Expansive Clay Minerals by T. López-Lara, J. B. Hernández-Zaragoza, D. Carreón-Freyre, M. Cerca, E. Rojas-González, A. G. Minor Franco, G. Martínez-Barrera, R. Salgado-Delgado

“…Clays with the least expansion (7.6%) present lower agglomerations (5–10 microns) with face-to-face contacts within a dispersed structure that mainly contained calcium montmorillonite with openings lower than 15 Å and pH 7.56, which indicates a low electron concentration and face-to-face interaction. Major clay expansion corresponds to a greater size agglomerates, greater opening between particles, and greater pH presenting border-face and face-to-face interactions of a flocculent structure. …”
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The effects of plasma source on adiabatic electron acceleration at dipolarization fronts by S. N. F. Chepuri, A. N. Jaynes, J. Joseph, D. L. Turner, C. Gabrielse, I. J. Cohen, D. N. Baker, B. H. Mauk, T. Leonard, J. F. Fennell

“…Many studies have attempted to determine the acceleration mechanism, with betatron acceleration being a major candidate. In previous work, we attempted to match the observed change in electron energy to the change predicted by betatron acceleration, but found that although this worked in some cases, overall betatron acceleration alone could not describe the observed energy spectrum changes. …”
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The Role of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test in IPF Prognosis by Christina Triantafillidou, Effrosyni Manali, Panagiotis Lyberopoulos, Likourgos Kolilekas, Konstantinos Kagouridis, Sotirios Gyftopoulos, Konstantinos Vougas, Anastasia Kotanidou, Manos Alchanatis, Anna Karakatsani, Spyros A. Papiris

“…The integration of oxygen consumption and diffusing capacity proved to be a reliable predictor of survival because both variables reflect major underlying physiologic determinants of exercise limitation.…”
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Changes in Proteinuria on the Risk of All-Cause Mortality in People with Diabetes or Prediabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study by Yang Sun, Anxin Wang, Xiaoxue Liu, Zhaoping Su, Junjuan Li, Yanxia Luo, Shuohua Chen, Jianli Wang, Xia Li, Zhan Zhao, Huiping Zhu, Shouling Wu, Xiuhua Guo

“…There were 1193 deaths after a median follow-up of 6.69 years. After adjusting for major covariates and proteinuria at baseline, mortality risk was significantly associated with elevated proteinuria (hazard ratio (HR): 1.54, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.33–1.79) and reduced proteinuria (HR: 0.70, 95% CI: 0.55–0.89), compared to those with stable proteinuria. …”
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Bridging a Gap between Cr(VI)-Induced Oxidative Stress and Genotoxicity in Lettuce Organs after a Long-Term Exposure by Cristina Monteiro, Sara Sario, Rafael Mendes, Nuno Mariz-Ponte, Sónia Silva, Helena Oliveira, Verónica Bastos, Conceição Santos, Maria Celeste Dias

“…While 50 mg/L stimulated antioxidant activities and no major genotoxic effects were found, plants exposed to ≥150 showed an increase of oxidative disorders, together with cytostatic and DNA damage effects, and some mitotic impairment. …”
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