Dosimetric Comparison of Noncoplanar VMAT Without Rotating the Patient Couch Versus Conventional Coplanar/Noncoplanar VMAT for Head and Neck Cancer: First Report of Dynamic Swing A... by Kouta Hirotaki, MS, Kento Tomizawa, MD, PhD, Satoe Kitou, BS, Shunta Jinno, MS, Shunsuke Moriya, PhD, Takeshi Fujisawa, MD, Sadamoto Zenda, MD, PhD, Takeji Sakae, PhD, Masashi Ito, BS

“…DSA plans had the lowest median normal tissue complication for xerostomia with significant differences, followed by NC-VMAT and C-VMAT. The delivery time for DSA plans was longer than VMAT (151 seconds vs 124 seconds), but shorter than NC-VMAT. …”
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Pilot study of a comprehensive multidisciplinary inpatient-based approach to smoking cessation in patients with vascular disease by Tanner Kim, MD, Anand Brahmandam, MBBS, Dana Alameddine, MD, Rachel Forman, MD, Amin Hardik, MD, Lisa Fucito, PhD, Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD, Raul Guzman, MD, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, MS, MPH

“…Patients were given appointments for a smoking cessation program visit and routine provider follow-up was scheduled. The primary end points were smoking cessation rates at 3 months and 1 year. …”
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The effects of different cooking methods on some fatty acid composition in sea bass grown in marine, freshwater, and culture environments by Ali Şen, Gürkan Uçar

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> he % fatty acids values obtained as a result of the analysis were determined as follows in the "freshwater, marine, culture" sea bass fish and in the "raw, deep fat frying, grilling, baking" cooking groups, respectively. …”
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Effects of population aging on quality of life and disease burden: a population-based study by Jun-Yan Xi, Bo-Heng Liang, Wang-Jian Zhang, Bo Yan, Hang Dong, Yuan-Yuan Chen, Xiao Lin, Jing Gu, Yuan-Tao Hao

“…In Scenarios 1 and 2, the disease burden rates in 2030 were assumed to  either remain at 2020 levels or follow historical trends. In Scenario 3, it was assumed that the absolute numbers of years of life lost (YLL) and years lived with disability (YLD) in 2030 would remain unchanged from the 2020 levels. …”
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Optimization and Evaluation of Conditions for Orthotopic Nude Mouse Models of Human Liver Tumor Cells by MENG Yu, LIANG Dongli, ZHENG Linlin, ZHOU Yuanyuan, WANG Zhaoxia

“…Conclusion For the HepG2-LUC cell line, the recommended injection volume is 50 µL with a cell density of 2.4×107 cells/mL, resuspended with Matrigel, followed by drug administration or prognostic measures on day 7 post-modeling. …”
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Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) improves daily activity and whole-body protein metabolism in Duchenne muscular dystrophy dogs: a pilot study by Peter P. Nghiem, Alexis M. Rutledge, Kyle Tehas, Corine Kaderli, Meredith Poling, Sidney Arnim, Vitaliy Dernov, Celine van Sas, Macie L. Mackey, Gabriella A. M. ten Have, Mariëlle P. K. J. Engelen, Nicolaas E. P. Deutz

“…We collected blood before and six times after until two hours post tracer pulse administration and measured amino acid enrichments and concentrations by LC–MS/MS, subsequently followed by (non) compartmental modeling of the decay enrichment curves. …”
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Using Laboratory Test Results for Surveillance During a New Outbreak of Acute Hepatitis in 3-Week- to 5-Year-Old Children in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Curaç... by Maaike C Swets, Steven R Kerr, Brian MacKenna, Louis Fisher, Merel van Wijnen, Diederik Brandwagt, Paul W Schenk, Pieter Fraaij, Leonardus G Visser, Sebastian Bacon, Amir Mehrkar, Alistair Nichol, Patrick Twomey, Philippa C Matthews, Malcolm G Semple, Geert H Groeneveld, Ben Goldacre, Iain Jones, J Kenneth Baillie

“…In addition, we studied the feasibility of using routinely collected clinical laboratory results to detect or follow-up the outbreak of an infectious disease. …”
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The Self-Defence Scroll of Kyokushinkai Karate: Analysing the Mokuroku Ōyama Masutatsu Received from Daitō-ryū Aikijūjutsu Master Yoshida Kōtarō by Richárd Gábor Gottner

“…The paper dwells into the historical connections between the arts of Kyokuhsinkai, Daitō-ryū aikijūjutsu, and aikidō supported by circumstantial evidence and gives a brief technical comparation of the self-defence techniques of Kyokushinkai and the curricula of Daitō-ryū and aikidō. This is followed by a detailed analysis of the scroll itself, examining its structure and terminology and some techniques included in the scroll that are possibly featured in the Kyokushinkai curriculum, with special attention to stick and parasol techniques. …”
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Identifikasi Nada antara Suling Sunda dan Suling Rekorder dengan Menggunakan Metode Frequency Cpstral Coefficients (MFCC) dan Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) by Fawwaz Muhammad Suryadikarsa, Youllia Indrawaty Nurhasanah, Irma Amelia Dewi

“…But not many people know the tone  Sundanese flute can be played using recorder flutes, so that students who follow the dengung (Sundanese art) must bring 2 flutes to school when it coincides with the music class. …”
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The Burden of Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Young Adults in China: A Secondary Analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Junting Yang, Siwei Deng, Houyu Zhao, Feng Sun, Xiantong Zou, Linong Ji, Siyan Zhan

“…In 2021, high body mass index (BMI) was the primary attributable risk factor for DALYs of early-onset T2D (59.85%, 95% UI: 33.54% to 76.65%), and its contribution increased substantially from 40.08% (95% UI: 20.71% to 55.79%) in 1990, followed by ambient particulate matter pollution (14.77%, 95% UI: 8.24% to 21.24%) and diet high in red meat (9.33%, 95% UI: −1.42% to 20.06%). …”
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Investigating the Occurrence of Soil-Transmitted Parasites Contaminating Soil, Vegetables, and Green Fodder in the East of Nile Delta, Egypt by Samah H. Yahia, Samia E. Etewa, Abd Allah A. Al Hoot, Salwa Z. Arafa, Nesreen S. Saleh, Mohamed H. Sarhan, Suzan I. Rashad, Shimaa S. Hassan

“…The proportion of parasite contamination in vegetable samples was insignificant although the highest was in spring (29.3%), followed by summer (27.7%), whereas it is significant in autumn (24.5%). …”
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Iron triggers TvPI4P5K proteostasis and Arf-mediated cell membrane trafficking to regulate PIP2 signaling crucial for multiple pathogenic activities of the parasitic protozoan Tric... by Kuan-Yi Wu, Yen-Ju Chen, Shu-Fan Lin, Hong-Ming Hsu

“…Our findings reveal that iron rapidly induces T. vaginalis phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase (TvPI4P5K) translation followed by its degradation, while simultaneously activating TvArf220 binding, which facilitates TvPI4P5K localization to the plasma membrane for PIP2 production. …”
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Association of Differing Qatari Genotypes with Vitamin D Metabolites by Youssra Dakroury, Alexandra E. Butler, Soha R. Dargham, Aishah Latif, Amal Robay, Ronald G. Crystal, Stephen L. Atkin

“…The distribution was as follows: 164 (41.2%) genotyped Q1, 149 (37.4%) genotyped Q2, 31 (7.8%) genotyped Q3, and 54 (13.6%) genotyped “admixed.” …”
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Optimization of osmotic pressure swelling method in the process of hemoglobin extraction from red blood cells by ZHANG Honghui, ZHOU Wentao, HAO Shasha, WANG Hong, LIU Jiaxin, YANG Chengmin, LI Shen, LI Fengjuan

“…[Results] The optimal matching conditions for preparing red blood cell swelling solution were obtained through orthogonal experiment as follows: osmotic pressure molar concentration was 30 mOsmol/Kg, pH was 7.8, and phosphate buffer to red blood cell volume ratio was 6∶1. …”
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Weight Loss Patterns and Outcomes Over 12 Months on a Commercial Weight Management Program (CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet Online): Large-Community Cohort Evaluation Study by Gilly A Hendrie, Danielle L Baird, Genevieve James-Martin, Emily Brindal, Paige G Brooker

“…The most common (961/6602, 14.56% members) weight loss pattern over the first 12 months was 6 months of weight loss, followed by 6 months of weight maintenance. This group had an average weight loss of 10.6 kg at 12 months (11.9% of their starting body weight). …”
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Clinical Study of Sentinel Lymph Node Detection to Evaluate Pelvic Lymph Node Metastasis to Determine the Prognosis of Patients with Early Cervical Cancer by Peipei Li, Shuai Feng, Guodong Zhou, Lu Zhang, Xiugui Sheng, Dapeng Li

“…The detection rates, accuracy, sensitivity, coincidence rate, false negative rate, and negative predictive values of these cases were estimated, and the follow-up outcomes were carefully observed. Chi squared test or Fisher’s exact test was employed for a comparison of the categorical variables. …”
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TGF-β induces cholesterol accumulation to regulate the secretion of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles by Dorival Mendes Rodrigues-Junior, Chrysoula Tsirigoti, Konstantina Psatha, Dimitris Kletsas, Michalis Aivaliotis, Carl-Henrik Heldin, Aristidis Moustakas

“…To this end, we used a large number of cancer cell models, coupled to EV cell biological assays, unbiased proteomic and transcriptomic screens, followed by signaling and cancer biology analyses, including drug resistance assays. …”
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Effect of SOCO–SAP on moisture of different graded coal gangue and Elymus Dahuricus growth in alpine mining area by Zhilong SUN, Jianying YANG, Changqing SHI, Cheng LI, Ruijie LI, Xiaozhan WANG, Chunyan YANG, Monan DENG, Xinrui YANG, Jiajing LI

“…Therefore, it is suggested that the bulk density of 1.3 g/cm3, partial soil gradation (2∶2∶2∶2∶2), and the SAP mass fraction of 0.3% should be the main matrix ratio for the construction of water-retaining layer in the alpine mining area, followed by the bulk density of 1.3 g/cm3, partial soil or partial sand gradation, and the SAP usage of 0.3% or 0.4%. …”
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Ferroptosis-related genes participate in the microglia-induced neuroinflammation of spinal cord injury via NF-κB signaling: evidence from integrated single-cell and spatial transcr... by Siqiao Wang, Li Yang, Zhourui Wu, Chen Li, Shaoke Wang, Zhihui Xiao, Bei Ma, Rongrong Zhu, Liming Cheng

“…Protein–protein interaction and microRNA-mRNA-transcription factor regulatory networks were constructed based on Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes (STRING) and NetworkAnalyst, respectively, which were validated by chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq). Cell subclusters and unique features of microglia in SCI were identified by single-cell transcriptomic analysis, which were validated in GSE226286. …”
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Implementation of the Lupus Low Disease Activity State in Pediatric Rheumatology Care: The Role of the Visual Analog Scale by Ekemini A. Ogbu, Anna Carmela P. Sagcal‐Gironella, B. Anne Eberhard, Jennifer M. Huggins, Marisa S. Klein‐Gitelman, Karen Onel, Chen Chen, Bin Huang, Hermine I. Brunner

“…Methods We used a secondary data analysis from a convenience sample of 100 patients with cSLE followed every three months for up to seven visits. …”
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