Clinical Response and Transfusion Reactions of Sheep Subjected to Single Homologous Blood Transfusion by Rejane Santos Sousa, Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino, Carolina Akiko Sato Cabral Araújo, Frederico Augusto Mazzocca Lopes Rodrigues, Francisco Leonardo Costa Oliveira, Clara Satsuki Mori, Janaina Larissa Rodrigues Zaminhan, Thiago Rocha Moreira, Isadora Karolina Freitas Sousa, Enrico Lippi Ortolani, Raimundo Alves Barrêto Júnior

“…Eighteen adult sheep were subjected to a single phlebotomy to withdraw 40% of the total blood volume, which was placed into CPDA-1 bags and then divided into G0, animals that received fresh blood, and G15 and G35, animals that received blood stored for 15 or 35 days, respectively. Clinical observations were recorded throughout the transfusion, whereas heart rate, respiratory rate, and rectal temperature were assessed at the following times: 24 hours after phlebotomy and before transfusion; 30 minutes, six, twelve, 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours and eight and 16 days after transfusion. …”
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Thyroidectomy for Painful Thyroiditis Resistant to Steroid Treatment: Three New Cases with Review of the Literature by Enrico Mazza, Francesco Quaglino, Adolfo Suriani, Nicola Palestini, Cristina Gottero, Renzo Leli, Stefano Taraglio

“…Our data (1) suggest that not only PHT but also SAT may show resistance to steroid treatment and (2) confirm a previous observation in a single PHT patient that increasing prednisone doses above conventional maximal dosages may not be useful in these patients.…”
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Excitation Induced Tunable Emission in Ce3+/Eu3+ Codoped BiPO4 Nanophosphors by Sarabjot Singh, G. Lakshminarayana, Manoj Sharma, Thang Duy Dao, K. Chen, Yoshiki Wada, T. Takeda, T. Nagao

“…For Eu3+ doped nanophosphors, five emission bands have been observed with 394 nm excitation wavelength. Among them, 595 nm has shown bright yellowish-orange emission. …”
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Mechano-gated iontronic piezomemristor for temporal-tactile neuromorphic plasticity by Xiao Wei, Zhixin Wu, Hanfei Gao, Shiqi Cao, Xue Meng, Yuqun Lan, Huixue Su, Zhenglian Qin, Hang Liu, Wenxin Du, Yuchen Wu, Mingjie Liu, Ziguang Zhao

“…However, existing artificial tactile neuromorphic systems struggle to replicate the elaborate temporal plasticity observed between excitatory and inhibitory features in biological systems, which is critical for the biomimetic processing and memorizing of tactile information. …”
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The Therapeutic Potential of Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound in Enhancing Gallbladder Function and Reducing Inflammation in Cholesterol Gallstone Disease by Fang Chen, Run Guo, Tian Chen, Liping Liu, Fan Ding, Gang Zhao, Bo Zhang

“…Methods: Gallbladder motility was assessed through in vitro and in vivo contraction tests, while bile condition was evaluated by observing bile crystal clearance. Tissue analysis and Western blotting were performed to examine the expression of the cholecystokinin A receptor (CCKAR) and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) as markers of gallbladder smooth muscle health and the inflammatory microenvironment. …”
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Association between composite dietary antioxidant index and hyperlipidemia in adults based on the NHANES by Kaidi Nie, Tingting Deng, Yiling Bai, Yuxian Zhang, Zhixuan Chen, Xile Peng, Lina Xia, Jiao Liu

“…No significant non-linear relationship was observed (p = 0.822). In conclusion, increased antioxidant intake, as measured by CDAI, is associated with reduced hyperlipidemia, underscoring the role of antioxidants in its management.…”
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Brucella abortus Strain RB51 Vaccine: Immune Response after Calfhood Vaccination and Field Investigation in Italian Cattle Population by Manuela Tittarelli, Barbara Bonfini, Fabrizio De Massis, Armando Giovannini, Mauro Di Ventura, Donatella Nannini, Vincenzo Caporale

“…The study outcomes indicate that in case of RB51-CFT positive results observed in officially Brucellosis-free (OBF) areas and, in any case, when an illegal use of RB51 vaccine is suspected, the use of the RB51-CFT alone is not sufficient to identify all the vaccinated animals. …”
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No Obesity Paradox—BMI Incapable of Adequately Capturing the Relation of Obesity with All-Cause Mortality: An Inception Diabetes Cohort Study by Mohammadreza Bozorgmanesh, Banafsheh Arshi, Farhad Sheikholeslami, Fereidoun Azizi, Farzad Hadaegh

“…To reconcile “the obesity paradox,” we tested if (1) the contribution of anthropometric measures to mortality was nonlinear and (2) the confounding of hip circumference contributed to the obesity paradox recently observed among diabetic patients. Methods. We analyzed data of diabetic patients attending a community-based prospective, “Tehran lipid and glucose study.” …”
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Cardiac Output Measurements in Septic Patients: Comparing the Accuracy of USCOM to PiCCO by Sophia Horster, Hans-Joachim Stemmler, Nina Strecker, Florian Brettner, Andreas Hausmann, Jitske Cnossen, Klaus G. Parhofer, Thomas Nickel, Sandra Geiger

“…We conducted a prospective observational study in a medical but noncardiological ICU of a university hospital. …”
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Variability in storm season intensity modulates ocean acidification conditions in the northern Strait of Georgia by Wiley Evans, Katie Campbell, Carrie Weekes, Justin Del Bel Belluz, Jessy Barrette, Drew Jordison, Chris Mackenzie, Jonathan Bergshoeff, Carolyn Prentice, Rosie Savage, Isabelle Desmarais, Bryn Fedje, Emma Myers, Kimberly Bedard, Alex Hare, Ian J. W. Giesbrecht, Colleen T. E. Kellogg, Zoe Sandwith, Jennifer M. Jackson

“…Such conditions were observed in the northern Strait of Georgia, on the northeast Pacific coast, where extreme OA spanned a 3-year period. …”
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Motor and Perceptual Recovery in Adult Patients with Mild Intellectual Disability by Mariagiovanna Cantone, Maria A. Catalano, Giuseppe Lanza, Gaetano La Delfa, Raffaele Ferri, Manuela Pennisi, Rita Bella, Giovanni Pennisi, Alessia Bramanti

“…Motor learning and memory-mediated mechanisms of neural plasticity might underlie the observed recovery, suggesting the presence of plastic adaptive changes even in the adult brain with ID.…”
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Clinical Characteristics in Patients with Triple Negative Breast Cancer by Janet Yeh, Jennifer Chun, Shira Schwartz, Annie Wang, Elizabeth Kern, Amber A. Guth, Deborah Axelrod, Richard Shapiro, Freya Schnabel

“…There was no relationship observed between TNBC and a history of chemoprevention or patients who had a history of AH or LCIS. …”
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Alcohol Consumption Is a Risk Factor for Lower Extremity Arterial Disease in Chinese Patients with T2DM by Shanshan Yang, Shuang Wang, Bo Yang, Jinliang Zheng, Yuping Cai, Zhengguo Yang

“…Additionally, after adjusting for age, gender, region, occupation, smoking status, body mass index, weight change, and duration of diabetes, the OR of peripheral artery disease after >20 years of alcohol consumption was 3.48 (95% CI: 1.09–11.15). Furthermore, we observed a significant dose-response relationship between alcohol consumption and LEAD. …”
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Ultrafast Charge and Triplet State Formation in Diketopyrrolopyrrole Low Band Gap Polymer/Fullerene Blends: Influence of Nanoscale Morphology of Organic Photovoltaic Materials on C... by René M. Williams, Hung-Cheng Chen, Daniele Di Nuzzo, Stephan C. J. Meskers, René A. J. Janssen

“…For the pristine polymer, a flat and unstructured singlet-singlet absorption spectrum (between 900 and 1400 nm) and a very minor triplet state formation (5%) are observed at low laser fluence.…”
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Decomposition of the Methylene Blue Dye Using Layered Manganese Oxide Materials Synthesized by Solid State Reactions by M. E. Becerra, A. M. Suarez, N. P. Arias, O. Giraldo

“…Furthermore, it was observed that as the conductivity increases for the materials, the catalytic performance also increases. …”
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Benchmark dataset on feeding intensity of the pearl gentian grouper(Epinephelus fuscoguttatus♀×E. lanceolatus♂) by Haijing Qin, Yunchen Tian, Jianing Quan, Xueqi Cong, Qingfei Li, Jinzhu Sui

“…Although the deep learning-based fish feeding intensity assessment model has higher recognition accuracy and better robustness, the conventional differentiation of feeding intensity usually relies on manual experience to divide the feeding intensity dataset, which is subjective and uncertain, and the annotation is observed by the aquaculture experienced personnel to increase the labor and time cost. …”
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Pigtail Catheter: A Less Invasive Option for Pleural Drainage in Egyptian Patients with Recurrent Hepatic Hydrothorax by Mohamed Sharaf-Eldin, Adel Salah Bediwy, Abdelrahman Kobtan, Sherief Abd-Elsalam, Ferial El-Kalla, Loai Mansour, Walaa Elkhalawany, Mohamed Elhendawy, Samah Soliman

“…Pleurodesis was performed on 38 patients with no recurrence of fluid within three months of observation. Conclusions. Pigtail catheter insertion is a practical method for treatment of recurrent hepatic hydrothorax with a low rate of complications. …”
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Evaluation of the organoleptic characteristics of chocolate made with cocoa beans from three main production areas in Côte d'Ivoire by Kouakou Brou Julien, Kobenan Koffi Christophe, Ouattara Tièba Victor, N’goran Kouadio Emmanuel

“…The findings of this study indicate that the average fermentation time for cocoa beans is identical across all regions. The observed values (5.30 days in the East, 5.0 days in the Center-West, and 5.04 days in the South-West) are below the recommended 6-day threshold for optimal fermentation. …”
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Genetic Regulation of Maternal Oxytocin Response and Its Influences on Maternal Behavior by Divya Mehta, Valsamma Eapen, Jane Kohlhoff, Antonio Mendoza Diaz, Bryanne Barnett, Derrick Silove, Mark R. Dadds

“…The same G×E interaction was also observed for the extended OXTR cumulative genetic risk score that included rs968389. …”
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Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Is Implicated in the Pathogenesis of Bullous Pemphigoid by Dendritic Cells by Si-Zhe Li, Xin-Xing Jin, Xiao-Lei Ge, Ya-Gang Zuo, Hong-Zhong Jin

“…Greater numbers of TSLP-positive cells were observed in the epidermis of patients with BP compared to the healthy controls. …”
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