Safety and effectiveness of dual therapy for Helicobacter pylori infection and the effect on the glycated hemoglobin level in type 2 diabetes by Jie Zhang, Xin Cao, Kai Ma, Yizhou Jiang, Xiangrong Qin, Xiaoyong Wang

“…The eradication rate in the intention-to-treat analysis and per-protocol analysis was 84.00% (63/75) and 87.14% (61/70), respectively. …”
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Neurovascular bundle sparing in hypofractionated radiotherapy maintained with realistic treatment uncertainties by Roel C. Kwakernaak, Victor J. Brand, Jesús Rojo-Santiago, Femke E. Froklage, Mischa S. Hoogeman, Steven J.M. Habraken, Maaike T.W. Milder

“…PCE enabled a robustness evaluation of 100.000 treatment scenarios per plan, allowing to derive scenario distributions of clinically relevant dose volume histogram parameters and population dose histograms. …”
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Adverse events following immunization surveillance on two types of enterovirus 71 vaccines: A real-world comparative study in China by Yiqing Zhu, Yihan Wang, Jinghui Wang, Yafei Wang, Li Sun, Shiheng Cui, Jing Li, Yu Guo

“…With 477 AEFI reported, the reported rate was 14.21 per 100,000 doses. Most cases occurred in infants under one year of age (45.91%). …”
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Characterization of the genomic landscape in liver oligometastatic NSCLC by Rongxin Liao, Guangming Yi, Lu Shen, Xiao Xiao, Chuan Zeng, Liangzhong Liu, Hongjun Tang, Shunping Huang, Xiaoyue Zhang, Zaicheng Xu, Zhenzhou Yang, Yuan Peng

“…Results A total of 206 mutated genes in 32 patients were detected, with a median of 4 mutations per sample. The most frequent alterations (> 10%) in liver oligometastasis were TP53 (72%), EGFR (50%), RB1 (19%) and SMARCA4 (12%). …”
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Effect of selected Indonesian plants on Giardia intestinalis in an experimental in vitro model by Radka Pecková, Karel Doležal, Bohumil Sak, Dana Květoňová, Martin Kváč, Ivan Petřík, Wisnu Nurcahyo, Ivona Foitová

“…Methods Plant extracts of different concentrations (400, 100, 25 and 6.25 µg/ml) and metronidazole (100 µg/ml), a standard giardicidal drug, were incubated with 25,000 trophozoites per milliliter of growth medium in 12-well tissue culture plates under anaerobic conditions for 72 h. …”
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Divergent thinking in groups during cold-water immersion is impaired by cold stress not the cold shock response by Max Kailler Smith, Max Kailler Smith, Rebecca Weller, Rebecca Weller, Tony Duong, Tony Duong, Rebecca McClintock, Rebecca McClintock, Matthew Peterson, Nathaniel Barr, Douglas M. Jones, Timothy L. Dunn

“…To date, research shows that executive functioning is generally impaired by intense, acute stress, which implies the ability to think through potential actions to maximize survival would also be impaired by the cold shock response.MethodsTo examine whether the severity of cold shock response impairs higher-level thinking in a group, 29 active duty service members completed a group format Divergent Association Task (DAT; 4–5 per group) prior to and during a 13-min cold-water immersion (water temperature: 1.3°C, air temperature: −2.7°C).ResultsResults showed no relationship between cold shock response magnitude, indexed by peak heart rate, and DAT performance. …”
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Longitudinal profiles of oral microbiome in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma and their prognostic implications by Ting Zhou, Yan-Xia Wu, Xiao-Hui Zheng, Xi-Zhao Li, Wen-Qiong Xue, Tong-Min Wang, Yong-Qiao He, Shi-Hao Zhou, Yan Du, Jin-Ru Xie, Yi-Wei Chen, Li-Xia Lu, Ying Liao, Wei-Hua Jia

“…This study aims to address the dynamic changes in oral microbiome following cancer treatment and their prognostic implications in NPC patients.Patients and Methods Unstimulated whole saliva samples were collected from 23 NPC patients before and after treatment, with an average of 2.8 samples per patient, and post-treatment saliva samples were collected from additional 13 NPC patients that enrolled after treatment. …”
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The Potential of Defatted Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Meal as an Alternative Protein Source for Juvenile Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) by Wenxiang Yao, Chunyan Zhang, Sai Zhang, Guoan Hua, Sitong Zhao, Huiyang Shuang, Ningyang Sun, Yijun Sun, Lumpan Poolsawat, Jianguo Wang, Quan Wang

“…Four hundred juvenile Chinese mitten crabs (4.94 ± 0.08 g) were randomly distributed into five groups in quadruplicate (20 crabs per tank), and each group was fed with diets that replaced FM with DYM at 0% (CON, containing 200 g/kg FM), 25% (DYM25), 50% (DYM50), 75% (DYM75), and 100% (DYM100) for 8 weeks, respectively. …”
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The BES1/BZR1 transcriptional factor SlBES2 regulates photosynthetic apparatus in tomato fruit by Ming Huang, Wenjing Liu, Deding Su, Ghassen Abid, Baowen Huang, Zhengguo Li

“…Notably, chlorophyll content and number of thylakoids per chloroplast in fruit was substantially increased in SlBES2-overexpressing lines, while markedly decreased in SlBES2-suppressing lines. …”
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Association between normal saline infusion volume in the emergency department and acute kidney injury in heat stroke patients: a multicenter retrospective study by Lan Chen, Junlu Zhao, Liyun Lu, Zhumei Gong, Shuying Xu, Xiaoling Yang, Yuping Zhang, Xiuqin Feng

“…In the multivariate model, as a continuous variable (per 1 L), the volume of NS infusion was associated with the incidence of AKI (OR, 2.51; 95% CI, 1.43–4.40; p = .001), admission to the ICU (OR, 3.46; 95% CI 1.58–7.54; p = .002), and length of stay in the ICU (β, 1.00 days; 95% CI, 0.44–1.56; p < .001) and hospital (β, 1.41 days; 95% CI, 0.37–2.45; p = .008). …”
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Adherence to guidelines for incidental pulmonary nodules: insights from a Nordic survey by Kirill Neumann, Janna Berg, Haseem Ashraf, Johan Isaksson, Aija Knuuttila, Morten H. Borg, Torben R. Rasmussen

“…These institutions reported following a median of 20 new lung nodules monthly (5–400 IPN cases per month). Results: In Denmark and Sweden, 100% of respondents indicated the presence of national guidelines. …”
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Solving the choice puzzle: Financial and non-financial stakeholders preferences in corporate disclosures by Oleh Pasko, Li Zhang, Alvina Oriekhova, Nataliia Gerasymenko, Olena Polishchuk

“…Employing an accrual-based proxy for accounting conservatism and the social contribution value per share from the Shanghai Stock Exchange as a proxy for CSP, the study utilizes a sample of 25,490 year-company observations of A-share listed companies on China’s Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges spanning from 2008 to 2019. …”
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Association between HOMA2 based beta-cell function or insulin resistance and long-term outcomes in kidney transplant recipients with type 2 diabetes by Mehdi Maanaoui, Florence Debillon, Rémi Lenain, Frédérique Defrance, Marie-Christine Vantyghem, Marine Van Triempont, François Provôt, Mikael Chetboun, Julie Kerr-Conte, Aghiles Hamroun, Marie Frimat, Violeta Raverdy, François Pattou, Marc Hazzan, François Glowacki

“…HOMA2 IR was significantly associated with an increased risk of kidney graft failure or death (HR per unit = 1.11 (1.02–1.21). Beta-cell function was not associated with graft prognosis, but decreased beta-cell function was associated with poorer metabolic control over time. …”
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Removal of ceftriaxone and ciprofloxacin antibiotics from aqueous solutions using graphene oxide derived from corn cob by . Rinawati, A. Rahmawati, D.R. Muthia, M.D. Imelda, F.H. Latief, S. Mohamad, A.A. Kiswandono

“…This is in addition to the initial concentrations of 14 and 2 parts per million, the potential of hydrogen 4, and contact times of 50 and 40 minutes, respectively.CONCLUSION: In conclusion, adsorbents made from corn cobs are better at the removal of ciprofloxacin from water than the antibiotic ceftriaxone. …”
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Directional Topography Influences Adipose Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Plasticity: Prospects for Tissue Engineering and Fibrosis by Gabriel Romero Liguori, Qihui Zhou, Tácia Tavares Aquinas Liguori, Guilherme Garcia Barros, Philipp Till Kühn, Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira, Patrick van Rijn, Martin C. Harmsen

“…The number and total area of focal adhesions per cell were reduced on topographies from w=562 nm/a=96 nm to w=3919 nm/a=1430 nm. …”
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Air pollution, temperature and mumps: A time-series study of independent and interaction effects by Haoyue Cao, Rongrong Xu, Xiqian Lu, Wenguo Jiang, Lihua Wang, Miao Yu, Wenjun Wang, Juxiang Yuan

“…Specifically, the precent changes in the risk of mumps were 0.6 % and 0.3 % associated with per 10 μg/m3 increment in PM2.5 and PM10 at lag0 day, respectively. …”
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Large-Scale Experimental Validation of Real-Time Monitoring in Underground Gas Storage Wells Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing by Linqing Luo, Diana Abdulhameed, Gang Tao, Tianchen Xu, Jiangnan Wang, David Xu, Kenichi Soga, Yuxin Wu

“…It also successfully detected gas leaks through the cement behind the casing for newly constructed borehole, with a minimum leak rate of 1.5 LPM (Liter Per Minute). During simulated pressure cycles, the DFOS system detected small strain changes and minor tubing deformations, highlighting its potential for early detection of tubing failure. …”
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ClimaWATCH: A new interactive tool for community heat-health vulnerability assessments by Aparna Keshaviah, Dheeya Rizmie, Huihua Lu, Mike Rudacille, Eric Morris, Colleen Psomas, Farid Qamar, Xindi C. Hu

“…Nationally in 2020, excess Medicaid spending amounted to $18 million on heat stress, $15 million on electrolyte imbalance, $25 million on acute myocardial infarction, and $133 million on acute renal failure. Per-beneficiary levels of excess spending on these four acute diagnoses were highest in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and California. …”
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Myo-inositol increases respiratory burst, cellular proliferation, and phagocytosis of cultured leukocytes from Nile tilapia by Edgar Junio Damasceno Rodrigues, Pedro Luiz Pucci Figueiredo de Carvalho, Vitor Fernandes Silva, Delbert M. Gatlin, III, Margarida Maria Barros

“…Five concentrations of MI were supplemented to the culture media: 0, 300, 600, 900, and 1200 mg l-1 with 16 replicates per concentration. MI supplementation at 900 mg l-1 increased intracellular anion superoxide production up to 15 %, whilst 1200 mg l-1 boosted extracellular anion superoxide production up to 39 % in comparison with the basal group. …”
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Inducing aggresome and stable tau aggregation in Neuro2a cells with an optogenetic tool by Shigeo Sakuragi, Tomoya Uchida, Naoki Kato, Boxiao Zhao, Toshiki Takahashi, Akito Hattori, Yoshihiro Sakata, Yoshiyuki Soeda, Akihiko Takashima, Hideaki Yoshimura, Gen Matsumoto, Hiroko Bannai

“…Conversely, methanol-resistant tau aggregation was formed when alternating light exposure and darkness in 30-min cycles for 8 sets per day were repeated over 8 days. Methanol-resistant tau was induced more rapidly by repeating 5-min illumination followed by 25-min darkness over 24 h. …”
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