Long-Term Results of the Etiotropic Therapy of Subcompensed Liver Cirrhosis in the Outcome of Chronic Hepatitis C by P. O. Bogomolov, A. O. Bueverov, V. E. Bakirova, E. O. Lyusina, E. A. Fedosyina, S. V. Koblov, O. V. Sumtsova

“…In total, 66 patients (27 men and 39 women) received such a therapy, the median age was 56.4 years.Results. 147 weeks (IQR 56–156) following AVT completion, the long-term results were evaluated. At that time, 27 patients were available for observation. …”
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Intestinal Permeability Measured by Urinary Sucrose Excretion Correlates with Serum Zonulin and Faecal Calprotectin Concentrations in UC Patients in Remission by C. A. M. Wegh, N. M. de Roos, R. Hovenier, J. Meijerink, I. Besseling-van der Vaart, S. van Hemert, B. J. M. Witteman

“…During the study, no significant group or time effects were found for intestinal permeability measured by the 5-sugar absorption test, serum zonulin, and faecal zonulin. …”
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A Reliable Generative Adversarial Network Approach for Climate Downscaling and Weather Generation by Neelesh Rampal, Peter B. Gibson, Steven Sherwood, Gab Abramowitz, Sanaa Hobeichi

“…With this modification, we expect cGANs to be readily transferable to other applications and time periods, making them a useful weather generator for representing extreme event statistics in present and future climates.…”
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Fal – Fortune Telling from Chalil Juzefovich’s Tefsir (19th Century) by Galina Miškinienė

“…Although the fortune-telling text, which is being described for the first time, has no analogues in other manuscripts, it will provide excellent material for further comparative studies. …”
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A Novel Lactococcal Vaccine Expressing a Peptide from the M2 Antigen of H5N2 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A Virus Prolongs Survival of Vaccinated Chickens by Kaleb A. Reese, Christopher Lupfer, Rudd C. Johnson, Georgi M. Mitev, Valerie M. Mullen, Bruce L. Geller, Manoj Pastey

“…However, there was a significant correlation between the time of survival and M2e-specific serum IgG. The results of these trials show that birds in both vaccinated groups had significantly (P<0.05) higher median survival times than non-vaccinated birds and that this protection could be due to M2e-specific serum IgG.…”
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Ultrasound radiomics-based logistic regression model for fibrotic NASH by Fei Xia, Wei Wei, Junli Wang, Yuhe Wang, Kun Wang, Chaoxue Zhang, Qiwei Zhu

“…Conclusion The nomogram and clinical radiomics model, which consists of clinical characteristics, real-time shear wave elastography, and radiomics, provide excellent predictive capability in assessing the likelihood of fibrotic NASH.…”
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ONLINE PROJECTS AS A FORM OF SPREADING PEDAGOGICAL BIOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE CONTEXT OF OPEN SCIENCE by Larysa D. Berezivska, Oleksandr P. Mikhno, Olha P. Pinchuk

“…The online project is considered both as a multifunctional information resource and as a digital tool for educational activities, which, with the help of web technologies, demonstrates specially created open-access content to a wide range of users. For the first time, the paper analyzes the spread of biographical pedagogical knowledge through the development of online projects and their implementation by means of social networks. …”
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Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for postoperative gastroparesis syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yichuan Xv, Yiyi Feng, Jiang Lin

“…Acupuncture also reduced gastric tube indwelling time [MD = −2.36, 95% CI (−3.14, −1.59), p &lt; 0.001], decreased gastric juice drainage [MD = −166.88, 95% CI (−176.57, −156.18), p &lt; 0.001], and improved serum motilin levels [MD = 41.65, 95% CI (30.14, 53.15), p &lt; 0.001]. …”
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Why do people walk their dog where the wild things are? A qualitative content analysis from an urban nature reserve by Jasmin Packer, Mark Kohler, Dolly Dawson, Nusrat Asad, Rosslyn von derBorch, Anna Chur‐Hansen

“…Most people keep their dog on the lead at least some of the time, mainly for their dog's safety and to align with social norms. …”
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A Pilot Study of Parent Mentors for Early Childhood Obesity by Byron A. Foster, Christian A. Aquino, Mario Gil, Jonathan A. L. Gelfond, Daniel E. Hale

“…For change in BMI z-score over time, there was no difference by randomization group at the end of the intervention: −0.02 (95% CI: −0.26, 0.22). …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of the Remediation Activity of Cissus quadrangularis Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle-Activated Carbon Composite on Dieldrin in Aqueous Solution by Calvince Ondijo, Fredrick Kengara, Isaac K’Owino

“…Batch adsorption experiments were performed using 20 ml of dieldrin solution at varying pH values (1–14), concentrations (5–100 ppm), temperatures (293–323 K), adsorbent dosages (0.01–0.12 g), and contact times (30–180 minutes) to determine the optimum conditions. …”
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Mir-615-5p inhibits cervical cancer progression by targeting TMIGD2 by Yan Zhao, Haitao Chen, Wenhui Zhang, Wei Shang, Jinwei Cao, Huijuan Zhao, Zhixiang Zou

“…Materials and methods The levels of miR-615-5p and TMIGD2 mRNA in tissue samples and cells were quantified through quantitative reverse transcription real-time PCR, followed by statistical analyses to investigate the correlation between miR-615-5p and clinical data. …”
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Application of synthesized Fe3O4@Gelatin nanoparticles on interfacial properties and enhanced oil recovery by Hossein Ghalenavi, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh, Mahin Schaffie, Saeid Norouzi-Apourvari

“…In this study, Fe3O4@Gelatin NPs were synthesized by a convenient and single-step method and then investigated for EOR purposes for the first time. These NPS were characterized by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). …”
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Association Between Cardiometabolic Comorbidity Burden and Outcomes in Heart Failure by Carine E. Hamo, Xiyue Li, Chiadi E. Ndumele, Amrita Mukhopadhyay, Samrachana Adhikari, Saul Blecker

“…Cox regression models were used to assess the association between cardiometabolic comorbidity burden and time to all‐cause and HF hospitalization at 1 year, adjusting for age, sex, race or ethnicity, and insurance status, smoking, prior hospitalization, and Elixhauser comorbidity index. …”
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The Impact of Cooking on Antioxidant and Enzyme Activities in Ruichang Yam Polyphenols by Haoping Liu, Hua Zhang, Mengting Geng, Dingxin Shi, Dongsheng Liu, Yanxiao Jiao, Zhiqiang Lei, You Peng

“…Compared with uncooked yam, cooking times of 80 min and 40 min increased the TPC and TFC of multiple types of polyphenols, while cooking reduced the TPC and TFC of AHP (acid-hydrolyzed soluble conjugated polyphenols). …”
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Purification of mesenchymal stromal cell‐derived small extracellular vesicles using ultrafiltration by Rui Lei, Shuai Ren, Hua Ye, Zhanfeng Cui

“…Subsequently, a fed‐batch ultra‐diafiltration (UF/DF) process with optimised filtration parameters was developed and compared with the currently most used ultracentrifugation (UC) method, showing exceptional effectiveness and performance in the isolation of MSC‐sEVs: it increased the recovery of MSC‐sEV from 20.59% to 60.88% (about three folds increase) and nearly doubled the purity, while also reducing processing time from over 4 h to 3.5 h, with a potential further reduction to less than 2.5 h through automation. …”
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Development of the membrane ceiling method for in vitro spermatogenesis by Maki Kamoshita, Hiroki Shirai, Hiroko Nakamura, Tetsuya Kishimoto, Yuki Hatanaka, Daisuke Mashiko, Katsuhiro Esashika, Jingjing Yang, Satoshi Yamasaki, Takehiko Ogawa, Hiroshi Kimura, Masahito Ikawa

“…The chamber volume was minimized to 0.1% of the culture medium. Weekly time-lapse live imaging enabled us to observe transgenically fluorescent acrosome and nuclear shape formation throughout spermatogenesis. …”
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Research of partial discharge characteristics features in bushings by D. A. Polyakov, N. A. Tereshchenko, K. I. Nikitin

“…It might be connected with the fact that the defect could not be found visually at the test time or the defect is located in the gasket between the high voltage electrode and insulator’s body. …”
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Troglitazone and Δ2Troglitazone Enhance Adiponectin Expression in Monocytes/Macrophages through the AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway by Jaw-Shiun Tsai, Lee-Ming Chuang, Ching-Shih Chen, Chan-Jung Liang, Yuh-Lien Chen, Ching-Yu Chen

“…TG and Δ2TG enhanced adiponectin mRNA and protein expression in THP-1 cells by quantitative real-time PCR, Western blot, and immunocytochemistry. …”
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Autism spectrum disorder, social anxiety and obsessive–compulsive disorders: beyond the comorbidity by Liliana Dell’Osso, Giulia Amatori, Chiara Bonelli, Benedetta Nardi, Enrico Massimetti, Ivan Mirko Cremone, Stefano Pini, Barbara Carpita

“…In the analysis of PAS-SV scores, the ASD group once again achieved the highest scores after the PD individuals, although this time the difference was not statistically significant compared to the other diagnostic groups. …”
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