Abdominal Aortic Occlusion and the Inflammatory Effects in Heart and Brain by Jun Xu, Sijie Li, Alexandra Wehbe, Xunming Ji, Yong Yang, Yu Yang, Linhui Qin, Feng-Yong Liu, Yuchuan Ding, Changhong Ren

“…We also aimed to investigate the how length of ischemic time in AAO influences reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and inflammatory marker levels in the heart, brain, and serum. …”
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Profiling Proteins in the Hypothalamus and Hippocampus of a Rat Model of Premenstrual Syndrome Irritability by Mingqi Qiao, Peng Sun, Yang Wang, Sheng Wei, Xia Wei, Chunhong Song, Fushun Wang, Jibiao Wu

“…Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time of flight mass spectroscopy (MALDI-TOF-MS) was used to identify proteins possibly related with PMS irritability. …”
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Cumulative Risk Assessment Toolbox: Methods and Approaches for the Practitioner by Margaret M. MacDonell, Lynne A. Haroun, Linda K. Teuschler, Glenn E. Rice, Richard C. Hertzberg, James P. Butler, Young-Soo Chang, Shanna L. Clark, Alan P. Johns, Camarie S. Perry, Shannon S. Garcia, John H. Jacobi, Marcienne A. Scofield

“…The historical approach to assessing health risks of environmental chemicals has been to evaluate them one at a time. In fact, we are exposed every day to a wide variety of chemicals and are increasingly aware of potential health implications. …”
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The development of a kinetic biotic ligand model to predict acute toxicity of Gadolinium for Daphnia magna by Marion Revel, Qiao-Guo Tan, Andrew Hursthouse, Susanne Heise

“…The model could also predict chronic effect of Gd by estimating the no-effect concentration (NEC) under prolonged exposure time ranging from 0.1 to 1 mg L−1.…”
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Prioritizing Key Internal Strategic Factors for Long-term Competitiveness of Medium-sized Shipyards using the DEMATEL-ANP Method by Mohamad Imron Mustajib, Buana Ma'ruf, Satrio Samudro Aji Basuki, Erwien Yuliansyah Putera, Bambang Irawan, Intan Baroroh, Sutrisno Sutrisno, Deshinta Arrova Dewi

“…These findings hold fruitful implications for decision makers in medium-sized shipyards to prioritize the business network rather than profit margin, delivery time, quality assurance, and price level to sustain their business competitiveness. …”
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Review of experience in the construction of NPP using modular structures with external sheet reinforcement by D. N. Korotkikh, O. A. Kornev, V. V. Belov, A. S. Silantiev, D. E. Kapustin

“…To increase the competitiveness of domestic NPP projects, it is necessary to reduce the construction time to 36 months. One of the ways to solve this problem is industrialization of the construction process, which uses prefabricated elements in the form of volumetric units with sheet steel cladding. …”
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First Comprehensive List of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a Leishmaniasis Focus (Djelfa, Algeria), Including the First Record of Phlebotomus langeroni Fem... by Fatma Messaoudene, Slimane Boukraa, Said Chaouki Boubidi, Ahlem Guerzou

“…Our study investigates for the first time the ecology and distribution of sand fly populations in leishmaniasis focus (Djelfa, Algeria). …”
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Urinary Eosinophil Protein X in Childhood Asthma: Relation with Changes in Disease Control and Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation by Marianne Nuijsink, Wim C. J. Hop, Peter J. Sterk, Eric J. Duiverman, Johan C. De Jongste

“…We measured uEPX at baseline, after 1 year and after 2 years in 205 atopic asthmatic children using inhaled fluticasone. At the same time points, we assessed symptom scores (2 weeks diary card), lung function (forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)), airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), and percentage eosinophils in induced sputum (% eos). …”
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Once-weekly semaglutide doubles the five-year risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a Danish cohort of 424,152 persons with type 2 diabetes by Jakob Grauslund, Andreas Abou Taha, Laleh Dehghani Molander, Ryo Kawasaki, Sören Möller, Kurt Højlund, Lonny Stokholm

“…Overall, 67 persons exposed to semaglutide developed NAION with a median time from first prescription to event of 22·2 months (interquartile range 10·2–37·8 months). …”
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Controversies in the Application of AI in Radiology—Is There Medico-Legal Support? Aspects from Romanian Practice by Ana-Maria Ungureanu, Sergiu-Ciprian Matei, Daniel Malita

“…Regarding liability in the case of malpractice, at the currently accepted legislative level, most of the time, the radiologist is liable for their own fault or non-compliant use of diagnostic AI systems. …”
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Microscopic Observation of Proliferative Membranes in Fibrocontractive Retinal Disorders by Rino Frisina, Francesco Tessarolo, Ivan Marchesoni, Federico Piccoli, Emiliana Bonomi, Patrizio Caciagli, Edoardo Midena, Giandomenico Nollo

“…The reduction of the ERM cellularity with the patient’s age supports the hypothesis that ERM evolves in time up to a fibrous tissue formation.…”
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The Examination of Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Physical Education Pre-Service Teachers According to Different Variables by Ayşe Feray Özbal, Tolga Eski, Arıkan Ektirici

“…Bandura (3) proposed the term “self-efficacy” for the first time in 1977 in his book titled Self-efficacy: Toward a Unifying Theory of Behavioral Change. …”
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SVFRH: A Growth Stage-Based Compartmental Model for Predicting the Disease Incident in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) by Athira P. Shaji, S. Hemalatha

“…By incorporating temporal and stage-specific modeling, we focus on understanding how disease spreads and evolves over time, with the aim of improving the precision of disease detection and developing effective control strategies. …”
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Characterising COVID-19 school and childcare outbreaks in Canada in 2021: a surveillance study by Kaitlin Patterson, Erin McGill, Demy Dam, Anna Bellos, Cameron Mark Coulby, Rachel McCormick

“…Epidemiological curves were generated, trends in outbreak settings and cases’ age distribution over time were examined and descriptive statistics on outbreak size were calculated.Results In 2021, most school and childcare outbreaks were in primary schools (42%). …”
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HIV-related stigma among young men who have sex with men in HIV care in Plateau State Nigeria by Tolulope O. Afolaranmi, Tolulope O. Afolaranmi, Beth Chaplin, Ayuba I. Zoakah, Phyllis J. Kanki

“…Significant variation in the mean total HIV-related stigma score was found with duration on HIV treatment with those who had been on treatment for >3 years having a mean score of 117.8 ± 15.2 compared to 110.3 ± 20.1 for those who had been on treatment for <2 years (mean difference: −7.50; 95% Confidence interval: −14.45, −5.51; p = 0.035).ConclusionThis study found a high level of HIV-related stigma among the YMSM in HIV care which is significantly influenced by the duration of time in HIV care.…”
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Barriers and enablers to opioid deprescription: A qualitative study. by Rebecca Lawrence, Everett Versteeg, Andrea Pike, Holly Etchegary, Amanda Hall

“…They also feel unprepared to deal with deprescription effectively without access to other resources, healthcare professionals, patient education materials and time. Rural physicians would benefit most from added foundational supports for deprescription.…”
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Temporal shifts in dengue epidemic in Guangdong Province before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Bayesian model study from 2012 to 2022. by Jiaqing Xu, Xiaohua Tan, Yi Quan, Dexin Gong, Hui Deng, Jianguo Zhao, Xing Huang, Yingtao Zhang, Zhoupeng Ren, Zuhua Rong, Weilin Zeng, Xing Li, Wenyuan Zheng, Shu Xiao, Jianpeng Xiao, Meng Zhang

“…Based on the counterfactual framework, we constructed the Bayesian structural time series (BSTS) model to capture the epidemic trends of dengue.…”
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Improvement in Quality Metrics Outcomes and Patient and Family Satisfaction in a Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit after Creation of a Dedicated Neurocritical Care Team by Yaw Sarpong, Premkumar Nattanmai, Ginger Schelp, Robert Bell, Keerthivaas Premkumar, Erin Stapleton, Ashley McCormick, Christopher R. Newey

“…There was a decrease in neurosciences mortality (35.8%), catheter-associated urinary tract infection (50%), central line associated bloodstream infection (100%), and ventilator-associated pneumonia (50%). During the same time, patient satisfaction increased by 28.3% on physicians/nurses consistency (p=0.025), by 69.5% in confidence/trust in physicians (p<0.0001), by 78.3% on physicians treated me with courtesy/respect (p<0.0001), and by 46.4% on physicians’ attentiveness (p<0.0001). …”
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A division-dependent compartmental model for computing cell numbers in CFSE-based lymphocyte proliferation assays by H. Thomas Banks, W. Clayton Thompson, Cristina Peligero, Sandra Giest, Jordi Argilaguet, Andreas Meyerhans

“…From such a model, cell counts (in terms of the number of divisions undergone) can be directly computed and thus key biological parameters such as population doubling time and precursor viability can be determined. …”
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Effect of different doses of ciprofol on hemodynamics induced by general anesthesia in elderly diabetic patients undergoing spinal surgery: a double-blind, randomized, controlled s... by Xiaorui Jiang, Linzhong Zhang, Jiawei Ji, Yan Jing, Meiping Li

“…Case presentation The incidence of hypotension in Group C (46.4%) was significantly higher than that in Groups A (7.4%) and B (14.8%) (P < 0.05). The area under the time-mean arterial pressure curve (AUTMAP) was significantly greater in Group C (176.39 ± 33.83 mmHg·min) than in Group B (158.44 ± 26.55 mmHg·min) and Group A (143.59 ± 19.52 mmHg·min) (P < 0.05). …”
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