Predictive and Prognostic Molecular Markers of Oral Cancers and Potential Therapeutic Agents Targeting These Markers by Shilpa Jain, Anil Goel, Arpita H Patel, Sarvatnida Shaikh

“…The age-adjusted incidence rate for oral cancer is 4 per 1,00,000 population in males and 2 per 1,00,000 population in females worldwide with an overall 5-year survival rate of 50–60%. …”
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A Block-Based and Highly Parallel CNN Accelerator for Seed Sorting by Xiaoting Sang, Zhenghui Hu, Huanyu Li, Chunlei Li, Zhoufeng Liu

“…Experimental results demonstrate that our implementation can achieve about 29.4 frames per second (FPS) and 10.86 Giga operations per second (GOPS), and 0.92× to 5.70 × DSP-efficiency compared with previous FPGA-based accelerators.…”
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Hydrogel as an alternative to agar for laboratory rearing of the green peach aphid Myzus persicae by Ana Paula Nascimento Silva, Camila Faria Chagas, Emanuel Lucas de Andrade Alves, Vinícius de Castro Carvalho, Khalid Haddi

“…Methods Initially, the effects of three concentrations of hydrogel (0.3, 0.6, and 0.9 g per 100 ml) and agar (1 g per 100 ml) on the ability of aphids to complete their life cycle were compared. …”
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Adding chitosan nanoparticles of green tea extract in diluent and thawing temperatures ameliorate the post-thawed quality of Boer buck semen by Suherni Susilowati, Imam Mustofa, Tri Wahyu Suparyogi, Adeyinka Oye Akintunde, Djoko Agus Purwanto, Wurlina Wurlina, Suzanita Utama, Sri Mulyati

“…Methods: The ejaculate of Boer buck was added to skimmed egg yolk diluent without (the control group) and with adding 1 μg of chitosan nanoparticles of green tea extract per mL of diluent (the treatment group). Then, the diluted semen was filled in French mini straws containing 60× 106 live sperm per straw, frozen in a standard protocol, and stored as frozen semen at -196 °C for a week. …”
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Living standards and income dynamics by T. I. Gordievich, P. V. Ruzanov

“…In the course of the analysis, the dynamics of the average per capita cash income of the population (per month), the real disposable cash income of the population, the volume and structure of the cash income of the population by source of income, the distribution of income, the dynamics of the living wage, and real wages are determined. …”
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Incidence rate and associated patient characteristics of liver disease in Wales 2004–2022: a retrospective population-scale observational study by Ashley Akbari, Andrew Yeoman, Haroon Ahmed, Jingwei Gao, Aled Davies, Thomas Peter Ignatius Pembroke

“…The incidence of liver disease increased threefold during the study period (97.7 per 100 000 inhabitants in 2004 to 316.2 per 100 000 inhabitants in 2022). …”
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Isoniazid and Rifampicin Produce Hepatic Fibrosis through an Oxidative Stress-Dependent Mechanism by Ayan Biswas, Suman Santra, Debasree Bishnu, Gopal Krishna Dhali, Abhijit Chowdhury, Amal Santra

“…A combined dose of INH (50 mg) and RMP (100 mg) per kg body weight per day was administered to mice by oral gavage, 6 days a week, for 4 to 24 weeks for the assessment of liver injury, oxidative stress, and development of hepatic fibrosis, including demonstration of changes in key fibrogenesis linked pathways and mediators. …”
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Efficacy of low-dose rituximab versus immunosuppressants in refractory orbital inflammatory pseudotumors with intracranial extension by Yuyu Li, Mingming Sun, Xintong Xu, Biyue Chen, Xiyun Chen, Yuhang Wang, Quangang Xu, Huanfen Zhou, Shihui Wei

“…After methylprednisolone pulse therapy, we added 2 mg of tacrolimus per day, 1500 mg of mycophenolate mofetil per day, or 200 mg of rituximab at days 1 and 15, and then monitored those with CD19+ B cells of under 1% as adjuvant therapy.ResultsEleven patients (six males and five females) were included, with a mean age of 45.5 ± 11.8 years (age range: 21–64 years). …”
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Investigation of the effects of combined exercises and self-management education, with and without functional exercises, on pain and functional outcomes in patients with avascular... by Zohreh Gholami, Seyedeh Tahereh Faezi, Elham Madreseh, Raghad Mimar

“…The Exe+Functional group will engage in two times per week sessions of low-intensity resistance, and mobility exercises, along with a one time per week functional exercise session. …”
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The Effect of Stocking Density on Nitrification Rate in a Closed Recirculating Culture System by A.S. Sidik, , Sarwono, , Agustina

“…Fish were cultivated  in rounded tanks with four level of stocking densities i.e. 10, 20, 30 and 40 fish/100 l in a closed recirculting water system, and fed on a commercial pellet given thrice a day at a quantity of 5% from the total body weight of fish per day.  The experiment was designed completely randomized with three replications. …”
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Propostes de millora de la situació de la llengua catalana dins del sistema lingüístic de la Unió Europea: què es pot fer en una situació de no oficialitat reconeguda by Narcis Mir i Sala

“…El punt de partida és la situació actual del català com a llengua no oficial de la Unió i la previsió que el seu estatus jurídic actual no millori significativament, com a mínim a curt o mitjà termini, tot i les darreres propostes presentades pel Govern de l’Estat espanyol per impulsar aquest reconeixement d’oficialitat. …”
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Uninvestigated Dyspepsia and Heartburn Overlap Syndrome at Industrial Hub of Eastern Siberia by V. V. Tsukanov, A. V. Vasiutin, J. L. Tonkikh, E. V. Kasparov, O. V. Smirnova

“…Dyspepsia was diagnosed as per the Rome IV criteria. The study conduction complied with ethical standards. …”
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Cost-effectiveness evaluation of neonatal emergency transport organization in Italy by Carlo Bellini, Maurizio Gente, Diego Minghetti, Luca A. Ramenghi

“…Of this, €24,964,050 was associated with services organised according to the on-call model, while €7,821,600 was associated with dedicated services. The cost per transport varied considerably between regions. …”
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Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin: a biochemical marker for acute kidney injury and long-term outcomes in patients presenting to the emergency department by Kah Hui Brian Teo, Swee Han Lim, Ying Hao, Yin Keong Daryl Lo, Ziwei Lin, Manish Kaushik, Chieh Suai Tan, Mohammed Zuhary Thajudeen, Choon Peng Jeremy Wee

“…Need for RRT increased 21% per 100 ng/dL increase in NGAL (P < 0.001), whereas odds of death in three months increased 10% per 100 ng/dL increase in NGAL (P = 0.028). …”
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Controlling root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita in tomatoes using modified effective microorganisms-fermented plant extract and compost manure by Benoit Sossou, Nkechi Izuogu, Aisha Anifowose, H. Ahamefule

“…For single treatments, 100 ml of EM-FPE or 200 g of compost was used per plant while 50 ml of EM-FPE and 100 g of compost were combined and used per plant for treatment combination. …”
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Diagnostic yield of chest and thumb ECG after cryptogenic stroke, Transient ECG Assessment in Stroke Evaluation (TEASE): an observational trial by Peter Magnusson, Adam Lyren, Gustav Mattsson

“…The objective of this study was to assess the yield of newly diagnosed AF during 28 days of chest and thumb ECG monitoring two times per day in cryptogenic stroke.Methods This study, Transient ECG Assessment in Stroke Evaluation, included patients who had a stroke from Region Gävleborg, Sweden, between 2017 and 2019. …”
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Agricultural waste as growing media component for the growth and flowering of Gerbera jamesonii cv. hybrid mix by Atif Riaz, Adnan Younis, Imran Ghani, Usman Tariq, Muhammad Ahsan

“…The presented results showed that treatment combination of silt, coconut coir dust, and top soil (SCT) produced maximum plant height while mixture of silt, Lahore compost and top soil (SLT) gave maximum number of leaves per plant and maximum flower stalk thickness. The highest values for leaf area, number of roots, flower fresh to dry weight ratio and number of flowers per plant were achieved in combination of silt, farm yard manure, and top soil (SFT) whereas silt, sand, and top soil (SST) presented maximum flower diameter, maximum fresh, and dry weight of flowers. …”
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Long-Term Mortality following Acute Noninvasive Ventilation for Obesity-Related Respiratory Failure: A Retrospective Single-Centre Study by Aditya Krishnan, Paul Ellis, Pearlene Antoine-Pitterson, Amy Oakes, Bethany Jones, Alice Turner, Rahul Mukherjee

“…However, multivariable analysis identified that pH was not a significant determinant of long-term mortality, although male sex, older age, and higher admission pCO2 increased the risk of death at two years by 76%, 3% per year of age, and 16% per 1 kPa of pCO2 increase, respectively. …”
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Effective Method Using a Stool in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on Dialysis Chair by Takeshi Ifuku, Takashi Hitosugi, Yoshfumi Kawakubo, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Kazuto Doi, Takeshi Yokoyama

“…MCC was performed in sets of 2 (each set was 100 times per minute) per person, with and without a round chair. …”
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Research note: Effects of L-carnitine and L-arginine on sperm quality and fertility potential of aged broiler breeder roosters by Habibeh Samiei, Shaban Rahimi, Mohammad Amir Karimi Torshizi, Ali Baghbanzadeh, Rasoul Vaez Torshizi, Vahid Esmaeili, Jesse Grimes

“…Treatments included (1) control (CON), 2) diet supplemented with 150 mg LC per kg diet, (3) diet supplemented with 500 mg L-Arg per kg diet, and (4) diet supplemented with 75 mg LC + 250 mg L-Arg. …”
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