A vascular endothelial growth factor–loaded chitosan-hyaluronic acid hydrogel scaffold enhances the therapeutic effect of adipose-derived stem cells in the context of stroke by Zhijian Zheng, Xiaohui Lin, Zijun Zhao, Qiang Lin, Ji Liu, Manli Chen, Wenwen Wu, Zhiyun Wu, Nan Liu, Hongbin Chen

“…When loaded with adipose-derived stem cells, this vascular endothelial growth factor–loaded scaffold markedly reduced neuronal apoptosis caused by oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation and substantially restored mitochondrial membrane potential and axon morphology. …”
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Priming Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Hyaluronan Alters Growth Kinetics and Increases Attachment to Articular Cartilage by Peter Succar, Michael Medynskyj, Edmond J. Breen, Tony Batterham, Mark P. Molloy, Benjamin R. Herbert

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Do DSM-5 Eating Disorder Criteria Overpathologize Normative Eating Patterns among Individuals with Obesity? by Jennifer J. Thomas, Katherine A. Koh, Kamryn T. Eddy, Andrea S. Hartmann, Helen B. Murray, Mark J. Gorman, Stephanie Sogg, Anne E. Becker

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Efficient Feature Selection and Hyperparameter Tuning for Improved Speech Signal-Based Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis via Machine Learning Techniques by Deepak Painuli, Suyash Bhardwaj, Utku Kose

“…It achieved an accuracy of 96.46%, a recall of 0.96, a precision of 0.97, an F1-score of 0.96, and an AUC score of 0.998, marking the highest performance metrics reported for this dataset in recent studies. …”
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Factors associated with pulmonary complications after hepatectomy and establishment of nomogram: A real-world retrospective study by Kunyu Han, Hui Liu, Ruiping Bai, Jiarui Li, Linjuan Zhang, Rui An, Di Peng, Jiamin Zhao, Mengwen Xue, Xin Shen

“…The total length of hospital stay and perioperative mortality in the PPCs group were markedly higher (P < 0.001) than in the non-PPCs group. …”
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Assessment of emotional intelligence level in intercultural educational environment by T. V. Kuprina, A. A. Evtyugina, S. M. Minasyan, O. V. Taranova

“…To study the level of emotional intelligence, the authors used the Mark Daniel Self-Scoring Emotional Intelligence Tests, which are a compilation of tests designed to study the level of emotional intelligence and determine the strengths and weaknesses of the test takers. …”
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Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Temporary Spinal Cord Stimulation versus Pulsed Radiofrequency for Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial by Xiaohong Li, Pan Chen, Jian He, Xiang Huang, Dacheng Tang, Lumiao Chen, Xiaoping Wang

“…Among the variables that demonstrated marked improvements from presurgical data to 1 week postsurgery were VAS, ER, CRR, SIS, PHQ-9, GAD-7, as well as BP and PF of the SF-36 in both cohorts. …”
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The Effects of Selective Muscle Weakness on Muscle Coordination in the Human Arm by Jinsook Roh, Randall F. Beer, Andrew Lai, Monica Rho, Kristopher R. Karvelas, Antoun M. Nader, Mark C. Kendall, William Z. Rymer

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Exploring the macro-level, meso-level and micro-level barriers and facilitators to the provision of good quality early inflammatory arthritis (EIA) care in England and Wales by Sam Norton, Cath Taylor, James Galloway, Magdalena Zasada, Mark Yates, Nicola Ayers, Zoë Ide

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Brexit and the Future of the Special Relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom by A. A. Aleshin, S. V. Kislitsyn

“…Throughout preceding decades, this relationship was marked by stability and unprecedented high level of political, military, economic and financial cooperation. …”
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Long-term cardiac MRI follow up of MANTICORE (Multidisciplinary Approach to Novel Therapies in Cardio-Oncology REsearch) by Dina Labib, Mark Haykowsky, Emer Sonnex, John R. Mackey, Richard B. Thompson, D. Ian Paterson, Edith Pituskin

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Chronic alcohol intoxication and liver diseases by A. I. Khazanov, S. V. Plyusnin, S. A. Belyakin, A. P. Vasiliev, A. N. Bobrov, A. I. Pavlov, S. G. Pehktashev

“…Dominating growth of ALC is marked. In the years of limited sale of alcohol the number of LC with lethal outcome dramatically decreased. …”
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Patient-reported safety incidents in older patients with long-term conditions: a large cross-sectional study by Maria Panagioti, Peter Bower, Mark Hann, Thomas Blakeman

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STUDY ON THE ESTIMATION OF SARS-CoV-2 VIRUS PATHOGENS’ TRANSMISSION PROBABILITIES FOR DIFFERENT PUBLIC BUS TRANSPORT SERVICE SCENARIOS by Rafał BURDZIK, Niko SPEYBROECK

“…The study draws on scenarios from the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland, a period that was devastatingly marked by the lack of available vaccines. This study aims to add value to the scientific community by offering an estimation of the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in public transport and a preliminary risk assessment for COVID-19 infection, considering the number of active, non-isolated COVID-19 cases in the Polish population. …”
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LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN POLAND by Monika Król

“…In Poland, both in the interwar period, and throughout the communist period, the government policy relating to agriculture marked as the primary goal ensuring the public food security in terms of quantity. …”
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Effects of Antisense Oligonucleotides against C-Reactive Protein on the Development of Atherosclerosis in WHHL Rabbits by Qi Yu, Zhengcao Liu, Ahmed Bilal Waqar, Bo Ning, Xianghong Yang, Masashi Shiomi, Mark J. Graham, Rosanne M. Crooke, Enqi Liu, Sijun Dong, Jianglin Fan

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Differences in Thigh Muscle Activation Between Standing and Landing Exercises for Knee Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation by Jesper Bencke, Mark Strøm, Derek J. Curtis, Thomas Bandholm, Mette K. Zebis

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Medical negligence compensation claims in knee meniscal surgery in Norway: a cross-sectional study by Frank-David Øhrn, Asbjørn Årøen, Tommy Frøseth Aae

“…Conclusion Compensation claims after meniscal surgery are rare, with only 0.3% of patients filing a compensation claim. There was a marked preponderance of men with accepted claims due to a higher frequency of postoperative infections. …”
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France in the EU Economic System: The Peerless Second by O. V. Butorina

“…With respect to per capita income, France ranks 10th among EU member states, marking the lowest position among the core economies. …”
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The Feasibility of Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy in Immunosuppressed ICU Patients with or without Thrombocytopenia by Marianne Angelberger, Michaela Barnikel, Alessia Fraccaroli, Johanna Tischer, Sofía Antón, Alexandra Pawlikowski, Mark op den Winkel, Hans Joachim Stemmler, Stephanie-Susanne Stecher

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