Hydrogen absorption kinetics and microstructural features of TiFe0.8Mn0.2 alloy by Ryun-Ho Kwak, Taeyang Kwak, Da Hye Lee, Sojin Jung, Jang-Won Kang, Seongtak Kim, Tae-Wook Na, Seok Su Sohn, Hyung-Ki Park, Taejun Ha

“…When the samples were hydrogenated under 40 bar of hydrogen at 20 °C, the 20 h annealed sample absorbed 1.6 wt% H2 within the longest time among the three samples. The maximum hydrogen absorption capacities of the three samples were found to be the same, exhibiting a value of 1.81 wt% H2. …”
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Clinical findings, treatment, and outcomes in cats with naturally occurring hypoadrenocorticism: 41 cases by Emma Roberts, Ian K. Ramsey, Ruth Gostelow, Anna Latysheva, Luca Battaglia, Paolo Silvestrini, Ghita Benchekroun, Karen Brenner, Bérénice Conversy, Riccardo Ferriani, Andre Kortum, Lisa Stammeleer, Nele Van den Steen, Flavia Tavares, Julia Lieser, Angie Hibbert, Antoine Duclos, Troy Bunn, Alisdair M Boag, Carolina Arenas, Kirsty Roe, Florian K. Zeugswetter, Yi Cui, Imogen Schofield, Federico Fracassi

“…In 2 cats, hypoadrenocorticism occurred secondary to lymphoma. Median survival time (MST) for all‐cause mortality was 2035 days (95% confidence interval [CI], 294‐4380 days); MST for disease‐specific mortality was not reached. …”
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Aetiology and Outcomes of Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study in a University Hospital, India by Sudha V. Hooli, Neelima Shah, Prashant Shah, Shrradha Suresh, Bali Sukeshani Sunil

“…Finally, 6.25% of patients who underwent lower segment caesarean section had severe TCP, 6.00% of patients who underwent vaginal delivery had severe TCP, and out of two patients who had a spontaneous abortion, one (50.00%) had severe TCP at the time of admission. The association was significant (p<0.05). …”
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Save a trip: Clinical outcomes of cardiac allografts recovered by local surgeons compared to recipient center surgeons. by Awab Ahmad, MD, Timothy R. Harris, MD, Aaron Williams, MD, Alexandra DeBose-Scarlett, MD, Rubayet Kamal, BS, Enock Atta Adjei, MD, Hasan K. Siddiqi, MD, Chen Chia Wang, Mark Petrovic, Clifton D. Keck, Shelley R. Scholl, RN, Ashish S. Shah, MD, Swaroop Bommareddi, MD, Brian Lima, MD MBA, John M. Trahanas, MD

“…Donor and recipient baseline characteristics, distance traveled and ischemic time, and recipient outcomes were collected. Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) was determined based on 2014 ISHLT guidelines. …”
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Assessing fecal contamination from human and environmental sources using Escherichia coli as an indicator in rural eastern Ethiopian households—a cross-sectional study from the EXC... by Loïc Deblais, Loïc Deblais, Belisa Usmael Ahmedo, Amanda Ojeda, Bahar Mummed, Yuke Wang, Yitagele Terefe Mekonnen, Yenenesh Demisie Weldesenbet, Kedir A. Hassen, Mussie Brhane, Sarah McKune, Arie H. Havelaar, Song Liang, Gireesh Rajashekara, Gireesh Rajashekara, Gireesh Rajashekara

“…Samples were assigned to two groups by infant age: TP1 (time point 1), infants between 4 and 8 months of age, and TP2, infants between 11 and 15 months of age. …”
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Evaluating the Efficacy of a Serious Game to Deliver Health Education About Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Clustered Randomized Controlled Equivalence Trial by Lauren Bloomfield, Julie Boston, Martin Masek, Lesley Andrew, Donna Barwood, Amanda Devine

“…Professional guest educators are an alternative to cover specialist topics such as IMD; however, time and resourcing constraints can mean that these educators are not always available. …”
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La transformation de l’ancien centre de détention secrète de Derb Moulay Cherif en musée des « années de plomb » (Casablanca, Maroc) by Anissa Habane

“…The third is blocked by the inability to make use of the building itself has prevented it from being turned into a museum for the time being, to preserve memory and educate future generations. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of mRNA and miRNA differential expression profiles in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis in laying and broodiness period of Wanxi white geese by Xinwei Tong, Xiaojin Li, Yuhua Wang, Fei Xie, Ruidong Li, Man Ren, Qianqian Hu, Shenghe Li

“…Six DEGs and four DEMs were randomly selected for real-time fluorescence quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR). …”
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International education and diplomacy: Education of Serbian students in internship in the 21st century by Vasojević Nena A.

“…Also, the analyzed data indicate that the education policy in Serbia aims to educate young talents abroad in economically developed countries, but at the same time, despite the contractual obligations, there is no group that ensures that insurance is provided, based on the data obtained. …”
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Fraxinellone-mediated targeting of cathepsin B leakage from lysosomes induces ferroptosis in fibroblasts to inhibit hypertrophic scar formation by Wei Xu, Hao Lv, Yaxin Xue, Xiaofeng Shi, Shaotian Fu, Xiaojun Li, Chuandong Wang, Danyang Zhao, Dong Han

“…Methods The impact of fraxinellone (FRA) on the proliferation and migration capacity of human hypertrophic scar-derived fibroblasts (HSFs) was assessed by EdU proliferation, wound healing and transwell assays. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT‒PCR), Western blot (WB), immunofluorescence staining and collagen gel contraction assays were performed to evaluate the collagen production and activation capacity of HSFs. …”
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Polish Historiography of Polish - Lithuanian Union of 20th Century by Mečislovas Jučas

“…There were no arguments on the time when the union became not just a kingdom but real - parliamentary. …”
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Tobacco control research in South Africa from 1978 to 2022: A scoping review by C O Egbe, C Dare, S Gwambe, C van Walbeek

“…A total of 79% of the studies used cross-sectional survey design, followed by randomised controlled trials (3.6%; n=8), time series studies (3.1%; n=7) and longitudinal and qualitative studies (2.2%; n=5 each), while costs and benefits analysis (0.4%; n=1) was used much less. …”
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Assessment of Water Surface Reflectance and Optical Water Types Over Two Decades in Europe&#x0027;s Largest Artificial Lake: An Intercomparison of ESA and NASA Satellite Data by Goncalo Rodrigues, Miguel Potes, Maria Joao Costa

“…Using 300 or 1000 m of spatial resolution, the Alqueva reservoir mostly exhibits high water transparency, associated with low surface reflectances for the majority of the time. Seasonal analysis revealed periods with the presence of microalgae in summer and autumn (SON), with a noticeable increase in the intensity and duration of these blooms in the SON period over the last ten years. …”
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Oncogenic PIK3CA corrupts growth factor signaling specificity by Ralitsa R Madsen, Alix Le Marois, Oliwia N Mruk, Margaritis Voliotis, Shaozhen Yin, Jahangir Sufi, Xiao Qin, Salome J Zhao, Julia Gorczynska, Daniele Morelli, Lindsay Davidson, Erik Sahai, Viktor I Korolchuk, Christopher J Tape, Bart Vanhaesebroeck

“…This features live-cell imaging of PI3K/AKT activity reporters and multiplexed CyTOF measurements of PI3K/AKT and RAS/ERK signaling markers over time. Using this framework, we found that the PIK3CA H1047R oncogene was not a simple, constitutive activator of the pathway as often presented. …”
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Mapping mycological ignorance – checklists and diversity patterns of fungi known for West Africa by Meike Piepenbring, Jose G. Maciá-Vicente, Jean Evans I. Codjia, Carola Glatthorn, Paul Kirk, Yalemwork Meswaet, David Minter, Boris Armel Olou, Kai Reschke, Marco Schmidt, Nourou Soulemane Yorou

“…Here, information for West African countries about species diversity of fungi and fungus-like organisms (other organisms traditionally studied by mycologists) is compiled from literature and analysed in its historical context for the first time. More than 16,000 records of fungi representing 4843 species and infraspecific taxa were found in 860 publications relating to West Africa. …”
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Long-Term Analysis of Recurrence Beyond Milan Criteria Following Ablation of Solitary Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma &le;3 cm in Potentially Transplantable Patients: A Over 1... by Chen S, Qi H, Tan H, Cao F, Xie L, Huang T, Wu Y, Wen C, Wang Y, Shen L, Fan W

“…Shuanggang Chen,1,2,&ast; Han Qi,1,2,&ast; Hongtong Tan,1,2,&ast; Fei Cao,1,2 Lin Xie,1,2 Tao Huang,1,2 Ying Wu,3 Chunyong Wen,1,2 Yujia Wang,1,2 Lujun Shen,1,2 Weijun Fan1,2 1Department of Minimally Invasive Interventional Therapy, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, People’s Republic of China; 2State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for cancer, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Interventional Therapy, Shenzhen second People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518035, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Weijun Fan, Email fanwj@sysucc.org.cn; Lujun Shen, Email shenlj@sysucc.org.cnBackground: Salvage liver transplantation is promising for hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) recurrence post-ablation but is significantly affected by recurrence beyond Milan Criteria (RBM).Materials and Methods: A retrospective cohort study of potentially transplantable HCC patients undergoing ablation between 2007 and 2017 assessed median time to recurrence beyond Milan Criteria(TRBM) via Kaplan-Meier curves and predictive capacity of recurrence and RBM for overall survival(OS) via Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves, and identified independent risk factors for TRBM and RBM via Cox and binary logistic regression models.Results: We enrolled 191 potentially transplantable patients with early-stage HBV-related HCC ≤ 3 cm who underwent ablation. …”
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Exploring the impact of insufficient thermal ablation on hepatocellular carcinoma: NDST2 overexpression mechanism and its role in facilitating growth and invasion of residual cance... by Weijun Wan, Danxia Guo, Tong Kang, Jinshu Pang, Yunjing Pan, Jiamin Chen, Wei Liao, Yuji Chen, Peng Lin, Lipeng Li, Hong Yang, Yun He

“…This study aims to investigate the expression changes of NDST2 following ITA of HCC and its impact on residual cancer cells.Methods An in vitro model of heat stress-induced liver cancer was constructed to measure the expression of NDST2 using Quantitative Real-Time PCR and Western blotting experiments. The sequencing data from nude mice were used for validation. …”
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Estimation of chlorophyll-a in uncrewed aircraft systems imagery using autonomous surface vessel data with machine learning algorithms and feature selection techniques by Mohammad Shakiul Islam, Padmanava Dash, Abduselam M. Nur, Hafez Ahmad, Rajendra M. Panda, Jessica S. Wolfe, Gray Turnage, Lee Hathcock, Gary D. Chesser, Jr, Robert J. Moorhead

“…The XGB algorithm was subsequently applied to a time series of UAS imagery to generate Chl-a concentration maps, which revealed the spatiotemporal distribution of Chl-a across the study area. …”
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‘Queer Reverence’: Aubrey Beardsley’s Venus and Tannhäuser by Nicole Fluhr

“…In excising the physical journey to Rome along with the guilt-induced repentance that sends Tannhäuser there, Beardsley’s text denies the pope the power to condemn or to save; at the same time, it refuses the troubadour the identity of sinner. …”
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A novel ready-to-use loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for detection of Burkholderia mallei and B. pseudomallei by Mitsuru Nakase, Jeewan Thapa, Vanaabaatar Batbaatar, Ochirbat Khurtsbaatar, Batchuluun Enkhtuul, Jugderkhorloo Unenbat, Baasansuren Lkham, Sachiho Fujita, Ai Koshikawa, Apichai Tuanyok, Vannarat Saechan, Hideaki Higashi, Kyoko Hayashida, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Chie Nakajima, Takashi Kimura

“…This method was used to test for the presence of B. mallei DNA in swabs collected from the nasal cavity and ulcerated skin of 19 B. mallei-infected horses and five uninfected horses and was compared with the real-time PCR method. These two tests showed 87.5% agreement for the positive samples and 100% agreement for the negative samples. …”
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