Stimulation of MMP-1 and CCL2 by NAMPT in PDL Cells by Marjan Nokhbehsaim, Sigrun Eick, Andressa Vilas Boas Nogueira, Per Hoffmann, Stefan Herms, Holger Fröhlich, Søren Jepsen, Andreas Jäger, Joni Augusto Cirelli, James Deschner

“…Eight of these genes could be confirmed by real-time PCR: NAMPT induced a significant upregulation of EGR1, MMP-1, SYT7, ITPKA, CCL2, NTM, IGF2BP3, and NRP1. …”
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Fully automatic fossa ovalis segmentation from computed tomography images using deep neural network with atlas-based localization by Gakuto Aoyama, Toru Tanaka, Yukiteru Masuda, Naoki Matsuki, Ryo Ishikawa, Masahiko Asami, Kiyohide Satoh, Takuya Sakaguchi

“…At present, this information is obtained manually from pre-procedural medical images, which is time consuming with limited reproducibility. In this paper, we propose a method to automatically segment the FO region from computed tomography (CT) images. …”
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MicroRNAs obtained from cervical swabs in predicting preterm birth by Rosalia Purbandari, Suheni Ninik Hariyati

“…Sample characteristics, time of cervical swab collection, and results from each study were extracted for further analysis. …”
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Quantitative Evaluation of Top Coal Caving Methods at the Working Face of Extra-Thick Coal Seams Based on the Random Medium Theory by Shi Jiulin, Zhang Quntao, Gao Xiaojin, Xue Jisheng

“…The results show the following: (1) The coal-rock settlement and the caving body demonstrate clear axial symmetrical features along the working face; the size of the caving body increases as the caving height grows and its shape turns progressively from semicircular to semielliptical with a lower foot of the coal-rock settlement. (2) The caving interval is derived using the sum of the radii of the coal-rock settlement curves formed by the two largest caving bodies. (3) The symmetrical caving approach provides a symmetrical space for the subsequent movement of the broken top coal, which enables a uniform development of the caving body. (4) Compared with the traditional sequential coal caving method with the same number of supports, the interval symmetrical caving method results in a 21.7% of coal production increase, 17% caving rate promotion, and a shortened caving time by 23.4%. (5) The interval symmetrical caving method is found to improve the controllability of the caving process at the fully mechanized top coal caving working face. …”
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MicroRNA-33 regulates the synaptic plasticity-related gene ARC in temporal lobe epilepsy by Yuchen Xu, Lily Zhang, Yan Yan, Wenbiao Xiao, Wei Zou, Zhaohui Luo, Bo Xiao, Hongyu Long

“…We observed that miR-33 levels were reduced at 1 hour and 60 days post-seizure, while ARC expression notably increased at these time points. In the hippocampal CA1 and CA3 regions of post-seizure rats, ARC expression significantly exceeded that of control groups. …”
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An Analysis of Lexical Coherence in Fereydoun Tavallali’s Al-Tafasil from the perspective of functional Linguistics by Gholamreza Salimi, Zahra Rafie, Alireza Biaban Navard Sarvestani

“…Despite the passage of time and the obsolescence of the sociopolitical events of that era, Tavallali's satire has maintained its charm for the Persian speaking audience. …”
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Diet supplementation with phytase and xylanase on laying performance, egg quality, apparent metabolizable energy, and phosphorous use in laying hens by Autchara Kayan, Sombat Prasongsook, Theerawit Poeikhampha

“…Apparent metabolizable energy, phosphorus retention time, and feces scores were not significantly affected by dietary treatments. …”
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Clinical characteristics, complications and satisfaction of megameatus intact prepuce (MIP) hypospadias variant: a 15 year retrospective study by Meng He, Songqiao Fan, Ning Sun, Jun Tian, Minglei Li, Hongcheng Song, Weiping Zhang

“…Results The average age of 31 MIP patients was 92.1 ± 40.7 months, and the median follow-up time was 49.0 [21.0–82.2] months. Twenty one patients (67.7%, 21/31) had ventral curvature and no dorsal curvature was observed. …”
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Bidirectional Relationship between Gastric Emptying and Plasma Glucose Control in Normoglycemic Individuals and Diabetic Patients by Bogdan Mircea Mihai, Cătălina Mihai, Cristina Cijevschi-Prelipcean, Elena-Daniela Grigorescu, Mihaela Dranga, Vasile Drug, Ioan Sporea, Cristina Mihaela Lăcătușu

“…Disordered gastric emptying in diabetes mellitus is understood today as a complex pathophysiological condition, with both irreversible and reversible components and high intra- and interindividual variability of time span and clinical features. While limited delays may be useful for reducing postprandial hyperglycemias, severely hindered gastric emptying may be associated with higher glycemic variability and worsened long-term glycemic control. …”
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Magnifying Chromoendoscopy with Flexible Spectral Imaging Color Enhancement, Indigo Carmine, and Crystal Violet in Predicting the Histopathology of Colorectal Polyps: Diagnostic Va... by Nguyen Binh Pham, Khanh Truong Vu, Nam Hoai Nguyen, Ha Thi-Ngoc Doan, Thanh Trung Tran

“…After identified by white light endoscopy, polyps continued to be evaluated by virtual magnifying chromoendoscopy (×50-150 times) with FICE. The capillary-vessel pattern was divided into 5 subtypes according to the number, morphology, and distribution of the fine blood vessels according to Teixeira classification. …”
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Assessment of Blasting-Induced Ground Vibration in an Open-Pit Mine under Different Rock Properties by Zhi-qiang Yin, Zu-xiang Hu, Ze-di Wei, Guang-ming Zhao, Ma Hai-feng, Zhuo Zhang, Rui-min Feng

“…In this study, the blasting vibration signals monitored at a blasting site with different rock masses were used to investigate the attenuation characteristics of blasting vibration through the peak particle velocity (PPV), frequency characteristics, and energy distribution of the blasting vibration signals analyzed with the time-frequency processing method. The results demonstrated that the main vibration frequency of the blasting vibration of dolomite was wider than that of shale, and these main vibration frequencies occurred at 25 kHz and 14 kHz for dolomite and shale, respectively, at a distance of 50 m from the blast area to the vibration monitoring point. …”
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EEG-based multivariate and univariate analyses reveal the mechanisms underlying the recognition-based production effect: evidence from mixed-list design by Bohua Zhang, Bohua Zhang, Alhassan Abdullah, Minmin Yan, Yongqing Hou, Antao Chen, Helen McLaren

“…Moreover, this study was the first to employ multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) to decode the time course between two distinct memory strategies (aloud vs. silent). …”
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Transcript Changes of Placental Tissue in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Based on Transcriptome Sequencing by Sun Y, Wang Y, Liu C, Yang J, Li Q, Zhao F

“…Significant DEGs were validated through real-time quantitative PCR in conjunction with relevant literature.Results: In comparison to the normal pregnancy group, 435 DEGs were identified in the GDM group, comprising 128 upregulated and 307 downregulated genes. …”
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Classification and Physical Characteristic Analysis of Fermi-GBM Gamma-Ray Bursts Based on Deep Learning by Jia-Ming Chen, Ke-Rui Zhu, Zhao-Yang Peng, Li Zhang

“…To further investigate the physical properties of these two types of bursts, we conduct a time-integrated spectral analysis and discover significant differences in their spectral characteristics. …”
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Discovery of a novel Mediterranean Haemaphysalis (Ornithophysalis) doenitzi group tick species infesting Falco eleonorae on Antikythira Island, Greece by Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Christos Barboutis, Anastasios Bounas, Christina Kassara, Ben J. Mans, Anastasios Saratsis, Ala Tabor

“…This taxonomic assignment situates the newly described species within the Ornithophysalis subgenus and the Haemaphysalis doenitzi group, marking its presence for the first time within the Western Palaearctic region.…”
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Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization for Coronary Artery Disease by Hidekatsu Fukuta, Nobuyuki Ohte, Kazuaki Wakami, Toshihiko Goto, Tomomitsu Tani, Genjiro Kimura

“…To test the hypothesis, we assessed diastolic function by cardiac catheterization (relaxation time constant (Tau) and end-diastolic pressure (EDP)) as well as Doppler echocardiography (early diastolic mitral annular velocity (𝑒) and a ratio of early diastolic mitral inflow to annular velocities (𝐸/𝑒)) in 222 consecutive patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for coronary artery disease (CAD). …”
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Analysis of differentially expressed genes in hypertension and hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage via RNA-sequencing by Hongwu Qi, Min Qiao, Yansong Liu, Weijun Zeng, Lizhao Zhang, Hongjun Guo

“…Estimation of cell infiltration, drug prediction, and real-time qPCR (RT-qPCR) validation were performed. Compared with the controls, 502 and 1649 DEGs were identified in the HT and HCH groups, respectively. …”
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Understanding the risks for post-disaster infectious disease outbreaks: a systematic review protocol by Ilan Kelman, Gina E C Charnley, Katy Gaythorpe, Kris Murray

“…Despite evidence for post-disaster outbreaks, reviews quantifying them have been on short time scales, specific geographic areas or specific hazards. …”
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Research on power plant security issues monitoring and fault detection using attention based LSTM model by Shengda Wang, Zeng Dou, Danni Liu, Han Xu, Ji Du

“…It is possible to improve the safety of renewable energy systems and guarantee that the service will continue uninterrupted if problem detection and diagnostics are performed in a timely and accurate manner. In general, wind power is one of the three major renewable energy sources, along with solar power and hydropower. …”
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Textbook outcome in ovarian cancer and its impact on survival: comparative study by Silvia Carbonell-Morote, Alvaro Arjona-Sánchez, Pedro Antonio Cascales-Campos, Alida González-Gil, Gonzalo Gomez-Dueñas, Elena Gil-Gómez, Iban Caravaca-García, Veronica Aranaz, Francisco Javier Lacueva, José Manuel Ramia

“…Multivariate analysis confirmed postsurgical PCI, age, HIPEC, and time of surgery in minutes as an independent factor of TOOC. …”
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