The Management of Children and Adolescents with Overactive Bladder Refractory to Treatment with Parasacral Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation by Carlos Eduardo Rocha Macedo, Antônio Vitor Nascimento Martinelli Braga, Felipe Santos Marimpietri, Beatriz Paixão Argollo, Glicia Estevam de Abreu, Maria Luiza Veiga da Fonseca, Ana Aparecida Nascimento Martinelli Braga, Ubirajara Barroso Jr.

“…This study aimed to describe and assess treatments for OAB in children who did not respond to pTENS. Material and Methods: This retrospective case series examined patients aged 4-17 years. …”
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Preparation and Gas-Sensitive Properties of SnO₂@Bi₂O₃ Core-Shell Heterojunction Structure by Jin Liu, Yixin Gao, Yuanyuan Lv, Mengdi Yang, Haoru Guo, Neng Li, Danyang Bai, Anyi Wang

“…The excellent gas-sensitive performance of the SnO₂@Bi₂O₃ core-shell heterojunction towards ethanol gas is attributed to its p-n heterojunction material properties. Its successful preparation contributes to the realization of high-performance heterostructure ethanol gas sensors.…”
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Adsorption-Oxidation Mechanism of δ-MnO2 to Remove Methylene Blue by Ge Yan, Pu Wang, Yuqian Li, Zhangjie Qin, Shuai Lan, Yupeng Yan, Qin Zhang, Xiaodi Cheng

“…The material, δ-MnO2, has exhibited superior performance on the removal of methylene blue (MB), but the process is significantly impacted by pH, and the impacting mechanism is still unclear. …”
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Effects of Lactobacillus plantarum on Physicochemical Properties and Volatile Flavor Substances of Blueberry Juice during Fermentation and Storage by Maowen LIAO, Chen HAN, Wei LIU, Yanlin LI, Changlin CHEN, Huaiyu YUAN, Yan ZHOU, Ke LI, Huajia LI

“…Fresh Baldwin was used as raw material and Lactobacillus plantarum b-1 was used as starter culture, the changes of physicochemical properties and viable bacterial counts during the fermentation and storage were detected. …”
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Genetic polymorphism of xenobiotic biotransformation genes, TNF-α and IL-4 in obstructive jaundice by A. A. Natalsky, S. V. Tarasenko, A. A. Nikiforov, O. V. Zaytsev, O. D. Peskov

“…To study polymorphism of СYP2E1-1293 G/C (c1/c2), CYP 3А4 1А/1В, NAT2 Leu161Leu (481 c/t), GSTP1 Ile105Val, IL4 C-589T, TNF-α G-308A genes at syndrome of obstructive jaundice and uncomplicated gallstone disease.Material and methods. Overall 54 patients were divided into three comparison groups: those with obstructive jaundice of benign etiology, with cholestasis due to malignancy and uncomplicated gallstone disease. …”
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Genetic Variants Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Risk: Cumulative Epidemiological Evidence from Meta-Analyses and Genome-Wide Association Studies by Caiyang Liu, Ran Ran, Xiaoliang Li, Gaohua Liu, Xiaoyang Xie, Ji Li

“…Therefore, we performed this article to systematically evaluate results from previous meta-analyses and genome-wide association studies (GWASs). Material and Methods. Firstly, we retrieved meta-analyses in PubMed, Embase, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure and GWASs in PubMed and GWAS catalog on or before April 7th, 2022. …”
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Numerical Prediction of Fatigue Life for Landing Gear Considering the Shock Absorber Travel by Haihong Tang, Panglun Liu, Jianbin Ding, Jinsong Cheng, Yiyao Jiang, Bingyan Jiang

“…Finally, according to the material S-N curve and Miner’s damage accumulation criterion, evaluate the fatigue life of the Main Fitting. …”
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A meta-analysis of the association between preoperative magnetic resonance imaging and surgical outcomes in newly diagnosed breast cancer by Li-Li Xie, Zhi-Hong Xu, Deng-Hui Wei, Chun-Sen Xu

“…Therefore, this study focused on the association between preoperative MRI and surgical outcomes, which include mastectomy rate, breast conservation rate, and re-excision rate. Material and methods A systematic literature search was performed by the Wanfang, VIP (Chinese biomedical databases), PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase, databases. …”
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Strain rebound and inhomogeneity in glass-to-metal seals: Radial vs axial strain evolution by Keqian Gong, Zheng Liu, Zifeng Song, Chao Zhou, Zhangjing Shi, Siyue Nie, Weisong Zhou, He Yan, Zhichun Fan, Yong Zhang

“…Glass, as a widely used amorphous material, often undergoes pre-stressing during processing to enhance its stability, with glass-to-metal (GTM) seal being a prominent example. …”
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Effectiveness of Bay Leaf Extract (Syzygium polyanthum) on Uric Acid and Cholesterol Levels in Caffeine-Induced Male Mice (Mus musculus) by Fahrul Andika Pratama, Salma Aisyafalah, Rochmah Kurnijasanti

“…Bay leaf (Syzygium polyanthum) is one of the plants from Indonesia that has the potential to be used as a raw material for herbal medicine. Pharmacologically, bay leaves containing flavonoids have been shown to have antioxidant activity, which can reduce hyperuricemia and blood cholesterol levels. …”
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The Return of Inorganic Substance Poisoning as a Method of Suicide. An Analysis of Autopsy Reports from 2018-2023 with a Discussion of the Phenomenon = Powrót zatruć substancjami n... by Łukasz Marczyk, Marcin Skorupa, Kacper Gil, Bartłomiej Cytlau, Joanna Augustyn, Aleksandra Łach, Tomasz Konopka

“… Cel pracy: Opisanie znalezisk sekcyjnych ofiar samobójstw z użyciem związków nieorganicznych z ostatnich 5 lat i próba wyjaśnienia zjawiska powrotu tych substancji jako środków do zatruć samobójczych. Materiał i metody: Badanie zostało oparte na retrospektywnej analizie protokołów sekcji zwłok z Zakładu Medycyny Sądowej w Krakowie z lat 2018-2023. …”
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Adoção do orçamento por competência no Brasil a partir de experiências comparadas dos EUA, Canadá, Reino Unido, Austrália e Nova Zelândia by Andrew Pereira Gonçalves, Roberto Sérgio do Nascimento, Ricardo Viotto

“…Metodologia: Natureza qualitativa, exploratória, bibliográfica, documental e de análise de conteúdo, com a catalogação do material com base em atributos ambientais (comprometimento político, capital humano, sustentabilidade a longo prazo e política macroeconômica) e técnicos (depreciação e avaliação de ativos, despesa de capital, simetria entre relatórios, reconhecimento de benefícios e accountability). …”
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The effectiveness of rural community health workers in improving health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review by Neema Kaseje, Meghna Ranganathan, Monica Magadi, Kevin Oria, Andy Haines

“…There is a need to focus on rural CHWs and rural health systems as they have limited material and human resources rendering them more vulnerable than urban health systems to severe disruptions during pandemics. …”
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Oxymatrine inhibits the development of radioresistance in NSCLC cells by reversing EMT through the DcR3/AKT/GSK-3β pathway by Jianming Tang, Yu Cao, Hong Zhang, Rui Wang

“…Therefore, the demand remains to explore potential novel and effective mechanism underlying radioresistance to improve the efficacy of radiotherapy for NSCLC. Material and methods Western blotting was conducted to quantify the protein expression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers E-cadherin and vimentin in the A549 cell line. …”
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Geochronology and geochemistry of the Neoproterozoic–Mesozoic intrusive rocks in the Xinlin area, northeastern China: new constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Erguna block... by Sheng Lu, Sheng Lu, Sheng Lu, Sheng Lu, Chenglu Li, Masroor Alam, Zhichao Song, Xiannan Zhu, Anzong Fu, Wenpeng Yang

“…These results suggest that the magma sources of these rocks varied: intermediate–acidic magmas were derived from the lower crust, and intermediate–mafic magmas originated from the mantle and were subsequently contaminated by crustal material. In contrast, the Late Carboniferous, Early Permian, Late Triassic–Early Jurassic, and Early Cretaceous intermediate–acidic intrusive rocks display high Rb/Sr contents, low Mg#, and strongly negative Eu anomalies, indicating derivation from the partial melting of the lower crust. …”
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Continuous-flow columns packed with zero-valent iron and iron sulfide as a feasible strategy to remediate the persistent contaminant nitroguanidine by Youngjae Yu, Erika E. Rios-Valenciana, Robert A. Root, Reyes Sierra-Alvarez, Jon Chorover, Jim A. Field

“…ZVI outperformed FeS as a reactive material to remove NQ. The ZVI-packed column effectively removed NQ below detection even after 45 d of operation (490 pore volumes, PV). …”
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Optimizing Methane Production from Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Cow Manure: The Potential Use of Carica (Carica pubescens) Seeds as a Co-Substrate by R. Purwasih, M. Saindah, H. Triyuwanti, F. S. Yusuf, A. Purnomoadi, E. Purbowati, S. Sutaryo

“…The co-digestion of DCM and CSM must consider the proportion of organic material in the mixed substrate. In this study, the mixed substrate with a VS proportion of 51.68% was the best-mixed substrate. …”
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CAPABILITIES OF APPLYING VISIBLE LIGHT RAYS IN THE SYSTEMS OF HIDDEN INFORMATION TRANSMITTING by I. V. Pyslar, V. V. Brailovsky, M. G. Rozhdestvenska, M. M. Ivanchuk

“…In the case of thermostat heater made from material with positive temperature coefficient of resistance 0.48 K-1 the change of LED matrix temperature was 7 times less than without thermostat.To provide research in wide frequency and duration ranges of pulse sequences (10–3–103 Hz and 10–7–1 s) a pulse generator was developed and made using microcontroller PIC18F2550.…”
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Nomenclature and description of Electro-Luminescence (EL) observations: cell cracks and other observations by Jaeckel Bengt, Pander Matthias, Schenk Paul, Linsenmeyer Aswin, Kirch Jochen

“…These categories can be applied to all existing and new cell types and are independent on the size (ranging from “old” 4” to new M/G12), shape (full, half, third, x-cut), material (mono, multi), or cell technology (AlBSF, PERC, TOPCON, HJT, IBC, Perovskite on Si), as well as of the PV module design (size, glass/backsheet, glass/glass, internal wiring of the electric circuit). …”
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Steatohepatitis Is Not Associated with an Increased Risk for Fibrosis Progression in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Hannes Hagström, Olof Elfwén, Rolf Hultcrantz, Per Stål

“…The present study investigates risk factors for fibrosis progression in patients with NAFLD, and if fibrosis progression associates with subsequent mortality. Material and Methods. All patients with at least two liver biopsies more than a year apart at our hospital between 1971 and 2016 were identified. …”
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