Ultrasound pretreatment and solvent extraction parameters effects on the nutritional characteristics of Indonesian shortfin eel (Anguilla bicolor bicolor) protein concentrate by Andri Cahyo Kumoro, Dyah Hesti Wardhani, Tutuk Djoko Kusworo, Mohamad Djaeni, Yusuf Ma'rifat Fajar Azis, Misbahudin Alhanif, Tan Chin Ping

“…The study involved ultrasonic pretreatment at different times and power, and solvent extraction with different solvents, temperature, and solvent-solid-feed-ratio (SSFR). …”
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Acute Soft Head Syndrome as the Initial Presentation of Sickle Cell Disease in an Adolescent in Rural Western Uganda: Case Report by Abukar Ali Ahmed, Dalton Kambale Munyambalu, Awil Abdulkadir Abdi, Elias Joseph Xwatsal, Hanan Asad Hassan, Ibrahim Ahmed Nur, Abdikani Ali Hassan, Venance Emmanuel Mswelo

“…In such settings, the pre-existing poor socio-economic background coupled with atypical presentation constitute a major impediment for timely diagnosis.…”
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Temporal Characteristics of High-Frequency Lower-Limb Oscillation during Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease by Don A. Yungher, Tiffany R. Morris, Valentina Dilda, James M. Shine, Sharon L. Naismith, Simon J. G. Lewis, Steven T. Moore

“…Acceleration data was obtained from sensors attached to the back, thighs, shanks, and feet in 14 Parkinson’s disease patients performing timed-up-and-go tasks, and clinical assessment of FOG was performed by two experienced raters from video. …”
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Phenolic compounds and biological activities of grape (Vitis vinifera L.) seeds at different ripening stages: insights from Algerian varieties by F. Kamah, A. Basli, R. Erenler, A. Bouzana, C. Bensouici, T. Richard, F.A. Al-Mekhlafi, M.A. Wadaan, M.S. Al-Khalifa, F. Boulkenafet

“…It identifies optimal harvest times for maximizing bioactive compounds and supports the use of grape seed extract in sunscreens and antioxidants.…”
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Progenitor Diversity in the Accreted Stellar Halos of Milky Way–like Galaxies by Sy-Yun Pu, Andrew P. Cooper, Robert J. J. Grand, Facundo A. Gómez, Antonela Monachesi

“…The Milky Way therefore appears unusual in having an accreted stellar halo dominated by a small number of progenitors accreted at very early times.…”
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Different Pathological Roles of Toll-Like Receptor 9 on Mucosal B Cells and Dendritic Cells in Murine IgA Nephropathy by Tadahiro Kajiyama, Yusuke Suzuki, Masao Kihara, Hitoshi Suzuki, Satoshi Horikoshi, Yasuhiko Tomino

“…To address this, we nasally challenged cell-specific CpG DNA ((i): dendritic cell: (DC), (ii): B cell, (iii): both), known as ligand for TLR9, to IgAN prone mice and analyzed disease phenotype of each group. After 8 times of the weekly administration, every group showed deterioration of glomerular damage. …”
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Comparison of the Manual, Semiautomatic, and Automatic Selection and Leveling of Hot Spots in Whole Slide Images for Ki-67 Quantification in Meningiomas by Zaneta Swiderska, Anna Korzynska, Tomasz Markiewicz, Malgorzata Lorent, Jakub Zak, Anna Wesolowska, Lukasz Roszkowiak, Janina Slodkowska, Bartlomiej Grala

“…The results of scoring the Ki-67 index using optical scoring under a microscope, software for Ki-67 index quantification based on hot spots selected by two pathologists (resp., once and three times), and the same software but on hot spots selected by proposed automatic methods were compared using Kendall’s tau-b statistics. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Immunotherapy with Interferon-Gamma in the Management of Chronic Sulfur Mustard-Induced Cutaneous Complications: Comparison with Topical Betamethasone 1% by Yunes Panahi, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Seyyed Masoud Davoudi, Mojtaba Amiri, Fatemeh Beiraghdar

“…Forty subjects who were suffering from chronic skin complications of SM and were diagnosed to have severe atopic dermatitis, were assigned to IFN-γ (50 μg/m2) subcutaneously three times per week (n=20) or betamethasone valerate topical cream 0.1% (n=20) every night for 30 days. …”
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Perioperative gum-chewing training prevents a decrease in tongue pressure after esophagectomy in thoracic esophageal cancer patients: a nonrandomized trial by Reiko Yamanaka-Kohno, Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Aya Yokoi, Naoaki Maeda, Shunsuke Tanabe, Kazuhiro Noma, Kazuyoshi Shimizu, Toshiharu Mituhashi, Yoshihide Nakamura, Souto Nanba, Yurika Uchida, Takayuki Maruyama, Manabu Morita, Daisuke Ekuni

“…Thirty-two patients of 40 in the gum-chewing group (GCG) were completed perioperative GCT in 3 times daily. Propensity score matching was performed with covariates related to TP including preoperative age, sex, body mass index, and the repetitive saliva swallowing test result, and yielded a matched cohort of 25 case pairs. …”
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Rare case of glandular odontogenic cyst in the posterior mandibular ramus: A case report by Nasem Jamal Yousef, Issa Saad, Marwan Al-Raeei, Chadi Azmeh, Maya Saad, Zeina Darwich, Maya Jokhadar, Ammar Nasser Agha, Waad Omran, Thayer Marouf

“…As GOCs can be locally aggressive and have a tendency to recur, timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment are crucial in ensuring the best possible outcome for the patient. …”
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Room Temperature Gas Sensor Based on GaN/PANI Micro Composite with Ultrahigh NH3 Gas Sensibility by LIU Xiaoru, JIA Zhengyang, GUANG Juxu, HAN Dan, SANG Shengbo

“…In experimental conditions, the response of GaN/PANI gas sensor to 100×10-6 NH3 is 80.73%, which is 1.7 times that of pure GaN to the same concentration of NH3 and the limit of detection of GaN/PANI is determined to be 1×10-9 while that of pure GaN is 1×10-6 level. …”
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Thyroid Autoimmunity in the Context of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Implications for Vitamin D by Konstantinos Toulis, Xanthippi Tsekmekidou, Evangelos Potolidis, Triantafyllos Didangelos, Anna Gotzamani-Psarrakou, Pantelis Zebekakis, Michael Daniilidis, John Yovos, Kalliopi Kotsa

“…In an elderly population of diabetic patients and controls with a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency, a patient with T2DM was found to be 2.5 times more likely to have thyroid autoimmunity compared to a nondiabetic individual and the higher the serum 25(OH)D levels were, the higher this chance was.…”
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Multilayer Shielding Design for Intermediate Radioactive Waste Storage Drums: A Comparative Study between FLUKA and QAD-CGA by Wenqian Li, Xuegang Liu, Ming Li, Yilin Huang, Sheng Fang

“…In FLUKA calculation, with optimized setting and VRT adopted, the calculation efficiency can be improved more than 20 times. The results of this study provide not only suggestions for the design of the ILW storage drums but also useful references for other similar work.…”
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Tripartite organization of brain state dynamics underlying spoken narrative comprehension by Lanfang Liu, Jiahao Jiang, Hehui Li, Guosheng Ding

“…Our study suggests that the brain underlies narrative comprehension by switching through a tripartite state space, with each state probably dedicated to a specific component of language faculty, and effective narrative comprehension relies on engaging those states in a timely manner.…”
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Understanding the impact of summer festival on the dynamic of micropollutant delivery to coastal wastewater treatment plant by Agne Jucyte-Cicine, Elise Lorre, Jolita Petkuviene, Zita R. Gasiunaite, Ema Durcova, Irma Vybernaite-Lubiene, Mindaugas Zilius

“…Notably, the load of specific organic pollutants (dissolved organic carbon, estrogen, and PAEs) increased by ∼50 %, which is more than three times the increase in influent flow. Despite this, the treatment process achieved high retention rates between 87 % and 100 %. …”
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Real world pharmacovigilance assessment of drug related macular degeneration risks by Xiaodong Chen, Shinan Wu, Shaopan Wang, Chaofeng Yu, Zihan Guo, Shiya Huang, Peixin Cai, Yanliang Miao, Shiying Li, Qian Chen

“…Lifitegrast, nicotine, and travoprost were associated with the shortest onset times for ocular adverse events. Among drug classes, glucocorticosteroids were linked to the most rapid onset of ocular side effects (P < 0.001), typically occurring within two months compared to other drugs. …”
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Insights from a cluster of tuberculosis outbreak in a psychiatric hospital—Shandong Province, 2024 by Shulei Wang, Peilin Diao, Jingyu Liu, Shiwen Wang, Yuelei Wang, Xiaomin He

“…To enhance outbreak prevention, medical institutions should clarify whether TB patients with a history of mental illness have been admitted in psychiatric hospitals and, if so, initiate timely outbreak alerts. Additionally, psychiatric hospitals should improve healthcare worker training to recognize TB symptoms and promptly report cases involving patients with mental illnesses.…”
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Advancing tritium self-sufficiency in fusion power plants: insights from the BABY experiment by Rémi Delaporte-Mathurin, Nikola Goles, John Ball, Collin Dunn, Emily Edwards, Sara Ferry, Edward Lamere, Andrew Lanzrath, Rick Leccacorvi, Samuele Meschini, Ethan Peterson, Stefano Segantin, Rui Vieira, Dennis Whyte, Weiyue Zhou, Kevin Woller

“…Using a small-scale (100 ml) molten salt tritium breeding setup, we not only simulated, but also directly measured a TBR ( $3.57\times 10^{-4}$ ). This innovative approach provides crucial experimental validation, offering insights unattainable through simulation alone. …”
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PERILAKU OKSIDASI ISOTERMAL PADUAN 68,5Fe-14Ni-9Al-7,5Cr-1Mo PADA TEMPERATUR 800, 900, DAN 1000°C by Fadhli Muhammad, Eddy Agus Basuki

“…Measurements of oxide thickness indicated an accelerated growth phase during the first 10 hours of exposure, which was subsequently followed by a gradual slowing down in growth rates over more extended periods of time…”
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Case Report: The first Korean familial case of BCAP31-related deafness, dystonia, and cerebral hypomyelination by Yoong-A Suh, Jisun Hwang, Go Hun Seo, Rin Khang, Jang Hoon Lee, Moon Sung Park, Young Bae Sohn

“…Early genetic evaluation via next-generation sequencing is crucial for timely diagnosis and intervention, particularly in VLBW infants with genetic disorders. …”
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