Peripheral versus central cannulation of VA-ECMO for primary graft dysfunction after heart transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Eduard Ródenas-Alesina, MD, Aleix Olivella, MD, Ani Orchanian-Cheff, MiST, Farid Foroutan, PhD, Yasbanoo Moayedi, MD, MSc, Vivek Rao, MD, PhD, Filio Billia, MD, PhD, Heather J. Ross, MD, MHSc, Ana Carolina Alba, MD, PhD, Natasha Aleksova, MD, MSc

“…Background: Severe primary graft dysfunction (PGD) after heart transplantation (HT) is a major cause of death and requires veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO). …”
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Biochar filtration of drug-resistant bacteria and active pharmaceutical ingredients to combat antimicrobial resistance by Paul-Enguerrand Fady, Alexandra K. Richardson, Leon P. Barron, A. James Mason, Roberto Volpe, Meredith R. Barr

“…Abstract Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major cause of death worldwide, with 1.27 M direct deaths from bacterial drug-resistant infections as of 2019. …”
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Linkage of Equatorial Ionization Anomaly With the Day‐To‐Day Occurrence of Postsunset Irregularities and Scintillation in Low‐Latitude Region Around 110°E by Weihua Luo, Heng Li, Chao Xiong, Zhengping Zhu, Xiao Yu, Shanshan Chang

“…Abstract The zonal electric field and meridional wind are two major factors to affect the formation of both equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) and plasma irregularities in equatorial and low‐latitude regions, the correlation between the EIA characteristics and the occurrence of both irregularities and the sequent scintillation is always concerned. …”
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The Modification Effect of Influenza Vaccine on Prognostic Indicators for Cardiovascular Events after Acute Coronary Syndrome: Observations from an Influenza Vaccination Trial by Apirak Sribhutorn, Arintaya Phrommintikul, Wanwarang Wongcharoen, Usa Chaikledkaew, Suntara Eakanunkul, Apichard Sukonthasarn

“…The cardiovascular outcomes were described as major cardiovascular events (MACEs) which included mortality, hospitalization due to ACS, and hospitalization due to heart failure (HF). …”
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The Rapid Effect of Bisphenol-A on Long-Term Potentiation in Hippocampus Involves Estrogen Receptors and ERK Activation by Xiaowei Chen, Yu Wang, Fang Xu, Xiaofei Wei, Junfang Zhang, Chuang Wang, Hua Wei, Shujun Xu, Peiyun Yan, Wenhua Zhou, Istvan Mody, Xiaohong Xu, Qinwen Wang

“…However, less is known about the influence of BPA on long-term potentiation (LTP), one of the major cellular mechanisms that underlie learning and memory. …”
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Construction of a troublemaking risk assessment tool for patients with severe mental disorders in community of China by Shiming Li, Jieyun Yin, Queping Yang, Yingying Ji, Haohao Zhu, Qitao Yin

“…The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that males, ≤ 44 years old, duration of disease ≤ 14 years, high school education and below, unemployed, subsistence allowances, schizophrenia, major symptoms > 1, psychiatric visits ≥ 1 time per year, unwilling to participate in community management and community rehabilitation activities, and delayed diagnosis < 2 months were risk factors for troublemaking. …”
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Enhancing heat recovery efficiency in chimney exhaust systems using thermoelectric generators – Thermal modeling and parametric analysis by Obeida Farhat, Mahmoud Khaled, Jalal Faraj, Khaled Chahine, Farouk Hachem, Cathy Castelain

“…Performance metrics demonstrate that the positioning of the thermoelectric generator site can bring about major improvements including thermal resistance, generated power, temperature of water heated, and energy conversion efficiency, which ranged from 0.57 % to 5.6 %, depending on thermoelectric generators configuration and operating parameters. …”
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Robust Classification of Smartphone Captured Handwritten Document Images Using Deep Learning by K. S. Koushik, B. J. Bipin Nair, N. Shobha Rani, Mohammed Javed

“…Document classification is a challenging research problem in Document image analysis, majorly the presence of degradations like low illumination, blur, and shadows. …”
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The Gut Microbiome Regulates the Psychomotor Effects and Context-Dependent Rewarding Responses to Cocaine in Germ-Free and Antibiotic-Treated Animal Models by Andrew D. Winters, Dina M. Francescutti, David J. Kracht, Diptaraj S. Chaudhari, Branislava Zagorac, Mariana Angoa-Perez

“…Cocaine use disorder remains a major global health concern, with growing evidence that the gut microbiome modulates drug-related behaviors. …”
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The triterpenoids-enriched extracts from Antrodia cinnamomea mycelia attenuate alcohol-induced chronic liver injury via suppression lipid accumulation in C57BL/6 mice by Yange Liu, Ronglong Chen, Lanzhou Li, Ruitao Dong, Hui Yin, Yawen Wang, Anhui Yang, Jianbin Wang, Changtian Li, Di Wang

“…The major pathologic hallmark of the alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is the representation of chronic alcohol-induced hepatocyte lipid accumulation. …”
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Health benefits of algae and marine-derived bioactive metabolites for modulating ulcerative colitis symptoms by Najmeh Oliyaei, Saghar Zekri, Aida Iraji, Alireza Oliyaei, Romina Tanideh, Nadiar M. Mussin, Amin Tamadon, Nader Tanideh

“…Recent investigations in functional foods have demonstrated that diet and fortified foods play major therapeutic effects in human health, thus, the natural remedies have become an attractive approach. …”
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Identification of Repellent and Insecticidal Constituents from Artemisia mongolica Essential Oil against Lasioderma serricorne by Chunxue You, Shanshan Guo, Wenjuan Zhang, Kai Yang, Zhufeng Geng, Shushan Du, Chengfang Wang, Zhiwei Deng

“…Eucalyptol (39.88%), (S)-cis-verbenol (14.93%), 4-terpineol (7.20%), (−)-camphor (6.02%), and α-terpineol (4.20%) were found to be major components. With a further isolation process, five constituents obtained from the essential oil were identified as eucalyptol, verbenol, 4-terpineol, camphor, and α-terpineol. …”
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Lysosome and Cytoskeleton Pathways Are Robustly Enriched in the Blood of Septic Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Transcriptomic Data by Jie Ma, Chuanxi Chen, Andreas S. Barth, Chris Cheadle, Xiangdong Guan, Li Gao

“…., protease cathepsin A, D) as well as the major (LAMP1, 2) and minor (SORT1, LAPTM4B) membrane proteins. …”
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The Influence of Soil Parameters on the Impulse and Airblast Overpressure Loading above Surface-Laid and Shallow-Buried Explosives by John Q. Ehrgott Jr., Stephen A. Akers, Jon E. Windham, Denis D. Rickman, Kent T. Danielson

“…The dynamic airblast, fragmentation, and soil ejecta loading environments produced by the detonation of surface-laid and shallow-buried mines are major threats to lightweight military vehicles. During the past several years, the US Army has focused considerable attention on developing improved methods for predicting the below-vehicle environment from these threats for use by vehicle/armor analysts; thereby, improving the survivability of these platforms. …”
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Silicon and Phosphorus Co-doping of Aluminium Nitride Nanotube (SiP-AlNNT) as Sensors for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Fuel Pollutants: A Computational Approach by Musa Runde, Uzairu Muhammad Sada, Friday Odey Izachi, Odey S. Eburu, Anthony M.S. Pembere

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have become one of the major pollutants of the environment today due to consistent industrial activities, which have imposed great effects on human health. …”
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Age- and Gender-Related Differences in LDL-Cholesterol Management in Outpatients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Giuseppina Russo, Basilio Pintaudi, Carlo Giorda, Giuseppe Lucisano, Antonio Nicolucci, Maria Rosaria Cristofaro, Concetta Suraci, Maria Franca Mulas, Angela Napoli, Maria Chiara Rossi, Valeria Manicardi

“…Low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) is the major target for CHD prevention, and T2DM women seem to reach LDL-C targets less frequently than men. …”
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Pharmacokinetics of Transdermal Flunixin Meglumine Following a Single Dose in Marine Toads (Rhinella marina) by Gregory Scott, Meghan M. Louis, Julie A. Balko, Claire M. Bublitz, Brigid V. Troan, Ronald E. Baynes, Dustin Smith, Larry J. Minter

“…Histopathology of skin and major organs revealed one minimal superficial lesion in a single toad potentially attributable to flunixin meglumine administration; otherwise, no other treatment-related lesions were observed in 11 of 12 toads. …”
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Image segmentation and CNN-based deep learning architectures for the modelling on particulate matter formation during solid fuels combustion by Yanchi Jiang, Lanting Zhuo, Xiaojiang Wu, Zhongxiao Zhang, Xinwei Guo, Wei Wang, Cunjiang Fan

“…By combining combustion experiments and thermodynamic equilibrium calculations, it was proven that Si, Na, K, and Cl form irregular particles as the major types of PM10. SiAl readily forms ‘angular’ PM10–200, whereas collisions with fine particles in the gas phase leads to the formation of agglomerated particles of Na/K-Al-Si. …”
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Drastic Improvements in Air Quality in Ecuador during the COVID-19 Outbreak by Rasa Zalakeviciute, Renne Vasquez, Daniel Bayas, Adrian Buenano, Danilo Mejia, Rafael Zegarra, Valeria Diaz, Brian Lamb

“…The spatial evolution of atmospheric pollution using observed surface and satellite data, showed different results for the two major cities: Quito and Guayaquil. While the population in Quito adhered to the quarantine measures immediately, in the port city of Guayaquil, quarantine measures were slow to be adopted and, thus, the effect on air quality in Guayaquil occurred more slowly. …”
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Seismotectonics and landslides of the NE border of the Calabrian Arc (Southern Italy) by Carlo Tansi, Salvatore Critelli, Michele Folino Gallo, Anna Gervasi, Gianpietro Imbrogno, Mario La Rocca, Michela Ponte, Vincenzo Tripodi, Francesco Muto

“…Landslides and flood phenomena of this sector involve many municipalities, major and minor infrastructures and economic and social activities. …”
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