Indications, contributing factors, and short-term outcomes of pneumonectomy: an 8-year retrospective study in a resource-limited setting by Mekonnen Feyissa Senbu, Dereje Gulilat, Hiwot Tadesse Habtamu

“…Today, pneumonectomy is primarily indicated for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) worldwide. However, it carries a higher risk of morbidity and mortality compared to less extensive lung resections. …”
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Mycosynthesis of chitosan-selenium nanocomposite and its activity as an insecticide against the cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis by Sohila A. Ibrahiem, Fifi M. Reda, Eman M. Abd-ElAzeem, Mostafa S. Hashem, Hala A. Ammar

“…In this study, we successfully bio-fabricated selenium nanoparticles and chitosan-selenium nanocomposite (Ch-SeNPs) using a fungal cell-free filtrate of Penicillium griseofulvum. The biosynthesized nanomaterials were initially detected optically by the formation of a red color in the solution mixture and the appearance of a strong plasmon resonance peak at 240–300 nm. …”
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Effects of Tannic Acid Supplementation of a High-Carbohydrate Diet on the Growth, Serum Biochemical Parameters, Antioxidant Capacity, Digestive Enzyme Activity, and Liver and Intes... by Yi Wang, Jianjun Wu, Luoxin Li, Yuanfeng Yao, Chiqing Chen, Yucong Hong, Yi Chai, Wei Liu

“…Moreover, compared with the HC0 diet, 200–400 mg/kg dietary TA effectively improved the vacuolation of hepatocytes caused by the high-carbohydrate diet and reduced the occurrence of intestinal epithelial cell vacuolation and necrosis. In turn, 800 mg/kg dietary TA significantly inhibited protease activity in the pyloric caecum and intestine (P<0.05). …”
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Antifungal, toxicological, and colorimetric properties of Origanum vulgare, Moringa oleifera, and Cinnamomum verum essential oils mixture against Egyptian Prince Yusuf Palace deter... by Asmaa Alhussein Mohamed, Mahgoub A. Ahmed, Abdallah S. Korayem, Samah H. Abu-Hussien, Wael Bakry Rashidy

“…Cytotoxicity testing on human skin fibroblasts (HSF) showed minimal toxicity of EOs mixture with 87.64% cell viability at 100 µg/ml. Colorimetric measurements revealed some colour changes in experimental painting samples, particularly with cinnamon oil on white pigment (ΔE = 9.64) and moringa oil on a yellow pigment (ΔE = 16.31). …”
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Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in intraocular fluid of 11 suspected tuberculous uveitis patients by multiplex PCR by Huirong Xu, Min Xu, Fang Chen, Hong Chen, Wei Du, Jing Yu

“…Results Multiplex PCR was employed to detect MTBC DNA in intraocular fluid samples from 15 patients clinically suspected of having tuberculous uveitis, with no amplification bands observed in the DNA lanes for the three target genes. T-cell spot test (T-SPOT) results were positive in 11 patients (100%), while purified protein derivative (PPD) tests were positive in 5 patients (45.5%). …”
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Clinicopathological study and molecular subtyping of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) using dual immunohistochemical (IHC) markers by R. Vaithegi, Kanthilatha Pai, Anuradha Calicut Kini Rao, Vidya Monappa, Swathi Prabhu, Nischitha Suvarna

“…Basal subtype occurred at earlier age, showed greater association with smoking and was more commonly associated with urothelial carcinoma with non -papillary morphology and exhibiting divergent differentiation as well as pure squamous cell carcinoma on histopathological examination. …”
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Drosulfakinin signaling encodes early-life memory for adaptive social plasticity by Jiwon Jeong, Kujin Kwon, Terezia Klaudia Geisseova, Jongbin Lee, Taejoon Kwon, Chunghun Lim

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Association between Visual Acuity and Retinal Layer Metrics in Diabetics with and without Macular Edema by LakshmiPriya Rangaraju, Xuejuan Jiang, J. Jason McAnany, Michael R. Tan, Justin Wanek, Norman P. Blair, Jennifer I. Lim, Mahnaz Shahidi

“…Enface thickness maps and reflectance images of the nerve fiber layer (NFL), combined ganglion cell and inner plexiform layer (GCLIPL), inner nuclear layer (INL), outer plexiform layer (OPL), outer nuclear layer (ONL), photoreceptor outer segment layer (OSL), and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) were generated in the central macular subfield. …”
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Is There a Mild Form of Pediatric Appendicitis? An Eight-Year Single-Center Retrospective Review by Eric Scheier, Khaled Khalilia, Pavel Peslin, Stav Amir, Luba Pasherstnik Bizer

“…Fourteen had spontaneous resolution and twenty-five were treated medically. White blood cell count (14.1 versus 10.2, <i>p</i> = 0.005) and appendiceal diameter (8.6 mm versus 7.6 mm, <i>p</i> = 0.078) were higher for children with conservative treatment. …”
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Electronegative LDL from Rabbits Fed with Atherogenic Diet Is Highly Proinflammatory by Po-Yuan Chang, Jou-Hsiang Pai, Yu-Sheng Lai, Shao-Chun Lu

“…Macrophages were treated with nLDL, LDL(-), and extensively oxidized LDL (ox-LDL), then the levels of interleukin- (IL-) 1β, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-) α in a culture medium were determined by ELISA, and the levels of total and phosphorylated IκB, p65, p38, JNK, and ERK in cell lysates were determined by Western blotting. …”
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Elevated POSTN expression predicts poor prognosis and is associated with radioresistance in cervical cancer patients treated with radical radiotherapy by Cui-qin Huang, Wen-tao Xiao, Xiang-rong Yao, Zhi-min Li, Jun-yan He

“…Subsequently, in vitro experiments confirmed that POSTN knockdown significantly inhibited HeLa cell proliferation, invasion, and enhanced radiosensitivity, while promoting apoptosis. …”
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Human development II: We Need an Integrated Theory for Matter, Life and Consciousness to Understand Life and Healing by Sören Ventegodt, Tyge Dahl Hermansen, Maj Lyck Nielsen, Birgitte Clausen, Joav Merrick

“…The problems we address are all connected to the information flow in the functioning, living organism: function of the brain and consciousness, the regulations of the immune system and cell growth, the dynamics of health and disease. …”
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Fructosamine measurement for diabetes mellitus diagnosis and monitoring: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Andre Pascal Kengne, Eugene Sobngwi, Jean Jacques N Noubiap, Jobert Richie N Nansseu, Joël Fokom-Domgue, Eric V Balti

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Datation dendrochronologique des maxima du Petit Âge Glaciaire des glaciers d’Arolla (Valais, Suisse) by Melaine Le Roy, Kurt Nicolussi, Christian Schlüchter

“…Les dates que nous avons obtenues sont nettement plus précoces que celles disponibles pour d’autres glaciers Alpins au cours de la même période d’avancée. …”
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The sporophytic type of fertility restoration in the A3 CMS-inducing cytoplasm of sorghum and its modification by plant water availability conditions by L. A. Elkonin, V. V. Kozhemyakin, M. I. Tsvetova

“…Cytological analysis of fertile F1 hybrids revealed a significant amount of degenerating pollen grains (PGs) with impaired starch accumulation and detachment of the PG contents from the cell wall. It is assumed that the expression of the fertility-restoring genes Rf3 and Rf4 in the hybrids with studied CMS lines starts already in the sporophyte tissues, normalizing the development of a certain part of the PGs carrying the recessive alleles of these genes (rf3 and rf4), which are involved in fertilization and give rise to sterile genotypes found in F2 and BC1 families. …”
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Reverse mutational scanning of SARS-CoV-2 spike BA.2.86 identifies epitopes contributing to immune escape from polyclonal sera by Najat Bdeir, Tatjana Lüddecke, Henrike Maaß, Stefan Schmelz, Ulfert Rand, Henning Jacobsen, Kristin Metzdorf, Upasana Kulkarni, Anne Cossmann, Metodi V. Stankov, Markus Hoffmann, Stefan Pöhlmann, Wulf Blankenfeldt, Alexandra Dopfer-Jablonka, Georg M. N. Behrens, Luka Čičin-Šain

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Compilation and functional classification of telomere length-associated genes in humans and other animal species by E. V. Ignatieva, N. S. Yudin, D. M. Larkin

“…Telomeres are the terminal regions of chromosomes that ensure their stability while cell division. Telomere shortening initiates cellular senescence, which can lead to degeneration and atrophy of tissues, so the process is associated with a reduction in life expectancy and predisposition to a number of diseases. …”
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Preferences of pregnant women and obstetric healthcare professionals on using noninvasive prenatal testing to predict adverse pregnancy outcomes: a discrete choice experiment by Mireille N Bekker, Ewoud Schuit, Ian Smith, Ellis Becking, Elisabeth Akkerman, Peter Scheffer, Daphne Stemkens, Caroline J Bax, Neeltje Crombag, Lidewij Henneman

“…Objectives Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) to screen for fetal aneuploidies by analysing cell-free DNA in maternal plasma is available to pregnant women worldwide. …”
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Peripapillary and Macular Flow Changes in Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION) by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCT-A) by Juejun Liu, Changzheng Chen, Lu Li, Zuohuizi Yi, Hongmei Zheng

“…Measures of the thickness of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (wRNFL) and macular ganglion cell complex (wGCC) of the whole image in SD-OCT, vessel density of the RPC (wRPC) and superficial and deep vascular complexes (wSVD, wDVD) in the whole image of OCT-A, and their superior- and inferior-hemi values (s/iRNFL, s/iGCC, s/iRPC, and s/iSVD) were assessed. …”
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Plasma Diaphanous Related Formin 1 Levels Are Associated with Altered Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Resistance in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Case Control Study by Xing Li, Mingyu Liao, Jiaqing Shao, Weixin Li, Liu Shi, Dong Wang, Juan Ni, Qiuyue Shen, Fan Yang, Guiliang Peng, Ling Zhou, Yuling Zhang, Zheng Sun, Hongting Zheng, Min Long

“…DIAPH1 levels correlated with fasting blood glucose (FBG), total cholesterol (TC), the homeostasis model assessment of β-cell function (HOMA-β), and LH/FSH in all participants (FBG: r=0.351, P<0.0001; TC: r=0.178, P=0.029; HOMA-β: r=−0.211, P=0.009; LH/FSH: r=−0.172, P=0.040). …”
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