Quantification of Free Circulating DNA and Differential Methylation Profiling of Selected Genes as Novel Non-Invasive Biomarkers for Endometriosis Diagnosis by Moncef Benkhalifa, Pierre Alain Menoud, David Piquemal, Jack Y. Hazout, Sami Mahjoub, Mohammed Zarquaoui, Noureddine Louanjli, Rosalie Cabry, Andre Hazout

“…We found a significant difference between the two groups when Cf-DNA was quantified, with 3.9 times more Cf-DNA in the serum of women with endometriosis. …”
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Plasticity of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Mouse Bone Marrow in the Presence of Conditioned Medium of the Facial Nerve and Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 by Eudes Euler de Souza Lucena, Fausto Pierdoná Guzen, José Rodolfo Lopes de Paiva Cavalcanti, Maria Jocileide de Medeiros Marinho, Wogelsanger Oliveira Pereira, Carlos Augusto Galvão Barboza, Miriam Stela Mariz de Oliveira Costa, Expedito Silva do Nascimento Júnior, Jeferson Sousa Cavalcante

“…Cells cultured with conditioned medium alone or combined with FGF-2 showed morphological features apparently similar at certain times to neurons and glia and a significant proliferative activity in groups 2 and 4. …”
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Role of Colchicine Treatment in Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS): Real-Life Data from the AIDA Network by Antonio Vitale, Jurgen Sota, Laura Obici, Nicola Ricco, Maria Cristina Maggio, Marco Cattalini, Piero Ruscitti, Francesco Caso, Raffaele Manna, Ombretta Viapiana, Valeria Caggiano, Giacomo Emmi, Antonella Insalaco, Davide Montin, Francesco Licciardi, Alessandra Soriano, Lorenzo Dagna, Carlo Salvarani, Vittoria Lamacchia, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Roberto Giacomelli, Bruno Frediani, Alessandra Renieri, Luca Cantarini

“…Patients with TRAPS treated with colchicine monotherapy were retrospectively enrolled; demographic, clinical and therapeutic data were collected and statistically analysed after having clustered patients according to different times at disease onset, penetrance of mutations, dosage of colchicine, and different disease manifestations. …”
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Black Hole Supernovae, Their Equation of State Dependence, and Ejecta Composition by Oliver Eggenberger Andersen, Evan O’Connor, Haakon Andresen, André da Silva Schneider, Sean M. Couch

“…This results in different BH formation times and explosion energies at BH formation, yielding final explosion energies between 0.06 and 0.72 × 10 ^51 erg with 21.8–23.3 M _⊙ of ejecta, of which 0–0.018 M _⊙ is ^56 Ni. …”
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Assistive Devices Analysis for Visually Impaired Persons: A Review on Taxonomy by Sadia Zafar, Muhammad Asif, Maaz Bin Ahmad, Taher M. Ghazal, Tauqeer Faiz, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Adnan Khan

“…Visually impaired persons (VIPs) comprise a significant portion of the population and they are present in all corners of the world. In recent times, the technology proved its presence in every domain of life and innovative devices are assisting humans in all fields especially, artificial intelligence has dominated and outperformed the rest of the trades. …”
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Pulse current assisted regulation for creep aging behavior of 1420 alloy under different current density by Yuan Liu, Minghao Li, Guoqing Chen, Yufei Zu, Wenlong Zhou, Xuesong Fu

“…ECA samples demonstrate 1.65 to 2.48 times higher creep strain compared to CCA samples at different temperature. …”
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Study on Long-Term Dynamic Mechanical Properties and Degradation Law of Sandstone under Freeze-Thaw Cycle by Qingsong Pu, Junhong Huang, Fuling Zeng, Yi Luo, Xinping Li, Jixue Zhou, Shilong Zheng

“…When the freeze-thaw cycle exceeded 200 times and the strain rate was greater than 200 s−1, the physical and mechanical properties of sandstone gradually tended to be stable.…”
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Do pregnant women living in higher well-being populations in the USA experience lower risk of preterm delivery? A cross-sectional study by Jeph Herrin, Harlan M Krumholz, Carley Riley, Brita Roy, Erica Spatz, Mark T Silvestri, Anita Arora, Kenneth P Kell, Elizabeth Y Rula

“…In the model adjusted for maternal risk factors (age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, smoking status, timing of initiation of prenatal visits, multiparity, maternal insurance payer), the association was slightly attenuated with an absolute difference of 1.9% (95% CI 1.7% to 2.1%; p<0.001).Conclusions Pregnant women who live in areas with higher population well-being have lower risk of preterm birth, even after accounting for individual risk factors.…”
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OLED-on-silicon (OLEDoS) microdisplays: Technology challenges, design considerations, and adaptation in eXtended Reality (XR) ecosystem – Review by Rifat Kaçar, Ramis Berkay Seri̇n, Esin Uçar, Murat Artuç, Alper Ülkü, Barış Kınacı

“…OLEDs are ideal for microdisplays due to their high contrast ratios, deep blacks, and fast response times, all essential for eXtended Reality (XR) experiences. …”
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Clinical impact of direct rotational atherectomy in patients with complex coronary artery lesions by Kyusup Lee, Ji-hoon Jung, Woojin Kwon, Dae-Won Kim, Mahn-Won Park, Ik Jun Choi, Jae-Hwan Lee, Yong Hoon Yoon, Jang Hoon Lee, Sang Rok Lee, Pil Hyung Lee, Seung-Whan Lee, Ki Dong Yoo, Kyeong Ho Yun, Hyun-Jong Lee, Sung-Ho Her

“…Abstract Owing to limited data on the optimal timing of rotational atherectomy (RA), we sought to evaluate the clinical impact of the early application of the RA strategy. …”
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Analysis on the Behavior Characteristics of NOx in Blast Furnace Gas by Peng HOU, Changliang ZHEN, Zibing WANG, Jie XU, Long HE, Xing ZHANG, Huan LIU

“…When the temperature increases from 2 000 °C to 2 500 °C, the theoretically generated content of NO and NO2 increases by 2.56 and 1.7 times, respectively, and the key to controlling the reduction of NOx in blast furnace gas is to control the reasonable distribution of gas flow in the furnace. …”
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Standardization of Micropropagation for Four Hybrids of <i>Coffea arabica</i> Through Direct Somatic Embryogenesis by Marileydi Zuta-Puscan, Jegnes Benjamín Meléndez-Mori, Eyner Huaman-Huaman, Yoiner Kalin Lapiz-Culqui, Reyna Stefani Mego-Pérez, Manuel Oliva-Cruz

“…These findings significantly reduce production times by establishing precise standards for each genotype, thereby overcoming existing gaps in production protocols and providing a solid foundation for industrial growth.…”
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The Opportunity Offered by the ESSnuSB Project to Exploit the Larger Leptonic CP Violation Signal at the Second Oscillation Maximum and the Requirements of This Project on the ESS... by E. Wildner, E. Baussan, M. Blennow, M. Bogomilov, A. Burgman, E. Bouquerel, C. Carlile, J. Cederkäll, P. Christiansen, P. Cupial, H. Danared, M. Dracos, T. Ekelöf, M. Eshraqi, R. Hall-Wilton, J.-P. Koutchouk, M. Lindroos, M. Martini, R. Matev, D. McGinnis, R. Miyamoto, T. Ohlsson, H. Öhman, M. Olvegård, R. Ruber, H. Schönauer, J. Y. Tang, R. Tsenov, G. Vankova-Kirilova, N. Vassilopoulos

“…This will allow searching for leptonic CP violation at the second oscillation maximum where the sensitivity is about 3 times higher than at the first. The ESS neutrino Super Beam, ESSnuSB operated with a 2.0 GeV linac proton beam, together with a large underground Water Cherenkov detector located at 540 km from Lund, will make it possible to discover leptonic CP violation at 5σ significance level in 56% (65% for an upgrade to 2.5 GeV beam energy) of the leptonic CP-violating phase range after 10 years of data taking, assuming a 5% systematic error in the neutrino flux and 10% in the neutrino cross section. …”
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Insulin Resistance of Normal Weight Central Obese Adolescents in Korea Stratified by Waist to Height Ratio: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys... by Won Kyoung Cho, Hyojin Kim, Hyun Young Lee, Kyung Do Han, Yeon Jin Jeon, In Ah Jung, Shin Hee Kim, Kyoung Soon Cho, So Hyun Park, Min Ho Jung, Byung-Kyu Suh

“…WHR and BMI had similar significant correlations with MS components. CONW showed 2.5 times (95% confidence interval, 1.21–5.00) more likelihood to have high insulin resistance than NW in male. …”
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Revised recommendations from the CSO-HNS taskforce on performance of tracheotomy during the COVID-19 pandemic – what a difference a year makes by D. D. Sommer, D. Cote, T. McHugh, M. Corsten, M. A. Tewfik, S. Khalili, K. Fung, M. Gupta, N. Sne, P. T. Engels, E. Weitzel, T. F. E. Brown, J. Paul, K. M. Kost, J. A. Anderson, L. Sowerby, D. Mertz, I. J. Witterick

“…Main body Based on recent evidence, a negative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) COVID-19 swab status is no longer the main deciding factor in the timing of tracheotomy. Instead, tracheotomy may be considered as soon as COVID-19 swab positive patients are greater than 20 days beyond initial symptoms and 2 weeks of mechanical ventilation. …”
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The Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Functional Impairments Caused by Ischemic Stroke by Emily R. Rosario, Stephanie E. Kaplan, Sepehr Khonsari, Garrett Vazquez, Niyant Solanki, Melanie Lane, Hiriam Brownell, Sheila S. Rosenberg

“…Subjects completed a battery of assessments and had blood drawn six times over the 9-month total duration of the study. …”
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Lifetime Attributable Risk for Breast Cancer Induced by High-Resolution Computed Tomography During COVID-19 Pandemic by Roya Sahebi, Jafar Hassanzadeh, Rezvan Ravanfar Haghighi, Mehrzad Lotfi, Alireza Mirahmadizadeh

“…Results: The sample size was 666, with ages spanning from 15 to 95 years. 25% (168) had HRCT more than once (2 to 8 times). The mean and 95% uncertainty limits (UL) for Total LAR of breast cancer, considering both single and multiple doses of radiation exposure, was 217 (95% UL, 194-244) per 100,000 persons. …”
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Acid sphingomyelinase modulates anxiety-like behavior likely through toll-like receptor signaling pathway by Huiqi Yuan, Yanan Xu, Hailun Jiang, Meizhu Jiang, Luofei Zhang, Shifeng Wei, Cao Li, Zhigang Zhao

“…The behavioral results showed that Asm KO mice exhibit enhanced anxiety-like behaviors, such as restricted activity, reduced cumulative times in the central area, diminished exploratory interest, delayed latency to feed, through behavioral tests including open field, novelty-suppressed feeding test, elevated plus maze test, ect. …”
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Transcriptome Profile Analysis of Strawberry Leaves Reveals Flowering Regulation under Blue Light Treatment by Yuntian Ye, Yongqiang Liu, Xiaolong Li, Qing Chen, Yong Zhang, Ya Luo, Zejing Liu, Yan Wang, Yuanxiu Lin, Yunting Zhang, Xiaorong Wang, Haoru Tang

“…Our results provide a timely, comprehensive view and a reliable reference data resource for further study of flowering regulation under different light qualities.…”
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Associations Between Ambient PM_2.5 and Thyroid Hormones in Pregnant Persons in Puerto Rico by Trenton Honda, Trenton D. Henry, Laura Corlin, Kipruto Kirwa, Akram Alshawabkeh, Julia R. Varshavsky, Winston Kennedy, José F. Cordero, Carmen M. Velez Vega, Zaira Y. Rosario Pabon, John D. Meeker, Helen Suh

“…These effects vary by timing, with T3 showing stronger associations later in pregnancy and T4/FT4 earlier. …”
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