Elimination of olfactory sensory neurons by zinc sulfate inoculation prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection of the brain in K18-hACE2 transgenic mice by Ji-Hun Lee, Eun-Seon Yoo, Na-Won Kim, Won-Yong Shim, Han-Bi Jeong, Dong-Hyun Kim, Young-Jun Park, Sun-Min Seo, Jun-Won Yun, Jun Won Park, Kang-Seuk Choi, Ho-Young Lee, Jun-Young Seo, Ki Taek Nam, Je Kyung Seong, Yang-Kyu Choi

“…Moreover, a positive correlation was observed between viral persistence in the OE and brain infection. …”
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Prevalence, Etiology, and Risk Factors of Tinea Pedis and Tinea Unguium in Tunisia by Nourchène Toukabri, Cyrine Dhieb, Dalenda El Euch, Mustapha Rouissi, Mourad Mokni, Najla Sadfi-Zouaoui

“…Non-dermatophyte molds (NDMs) were observed in 8.02% cases and Fusarium sp. was the frequent genus (29.1%). …”
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Expansion of Circulating T Follicular Helper Cells in Children with Acute Henoch-Schönlein Purpura by Jue Xie, Yan Liu, Lei Wang, Guoxiang Ruan, Huiming Yuan, Hong Fang, Jianyong Wu, Dawei Cui

“…A positive correlation was observed between the frequencies of circulating ICOS+CXCR5+CD4+TFH cells and the serum IL-21 or IgA levels of acute HSP children, respectively. …”
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Efficacy of Robotic-Assisted Prostatectomy in Localized Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials by Carolina Sandoval Salinas, Andrés L. González Rangel, Juan G. Cataño Cataño, Juan C. Fuentes Pachón, Juan S. Castillo Londoño

“…The three approaches in current use have been extensively compared in observational studies, which have methodological limitations. …”
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Antifungal and Antibacterial Activity of Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of Different <i>Rosa rugosa</i> Parts by Žaneta Maželienė, Jolita Kirvaitienė, Kamilė Kaklauskienė, Rasa Volskienė, Asta Aleksandravičienė

“…The leaf extracts exhibited the strongest antimicrobial activity, followed by the extracts from the petals and rose hips, while weaker activity was observed in the root extracts. The extracts from the stems and rose hips showed the weakest effect. …”
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Mathematical modeling of the parasitism and hyperparasitism increase on Halyomorpha halys eggs in a five-year survey in Northern Italy by Ezio Venturino, Francesco Cantaloni, Luciana Tavella, Silvia Moraglio, Francesco Tortorici

“…It has some limitations in the fact that climatic conditions were not considered, while more accurate simulations could be performed with additional collection of field data, which at the moment are based on partial field observations not sampled at the same sites.…”
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Role of MMP-2 (-1306 C/T) Polymorphism in Pituitary Adenoma by Brigita Glebauskiene, Rasa Liutkeviciene, Alvita Vilkeviciute, Loresa Kriauciuniene, Giedrimantas Bernotas, Arimantas Tamasauskas, Dalia Zaliuniene

“…MMP-2 (-1306) C/C genotype was rarely observed in noninvasive PA compared to healthy controls: 35.1% versus 59.75%; p=0.0049, as well C/C genotype being more frequently detected in nonrecurrence PA compared to healthy controls: 46.5% versus 59.75%; p=0.0468. …”
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Spatial accuracy of dose delivery significantly impacts the planning target volume margin in linear accelerator-based intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery by Yuta Takahashi, Riki Oshika, Rie Tachibana, Katsuyuki Shirai, Hiroshi Asakura, Masayoshi Miyazaki, Tomohiro Sagawa, Shinichi Takahashi, Tsunekazu Kuwae, Hironori Kojima, Shiro Nishiyama, Hikaru Nemoto, Yoshitomo Ishihara, Mariko Umeda, Kotaro Kijima, Daisuke Kobayashi, Keiji Suzuki, Yuki Nozawa, Kento Hoshida, Tomoki Kitagawa, Hiromitsu Endo, Yuki Matsunaga, Hiroya Itagaki, Mayumi Ishida, Shigeru Kanahara, Ryo Horita, Daisuke Hori, Hidenobu Tachibana

“…Variability in dose delivery accuracy was observed, with the distance between the imaging isocenter and each beam exceeding 1 mm at one institution for Varian and nine institutions for Elekta. …”
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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

“…Finally, feedback is provided to the user through auditory and/or vibratory means. It is observed that most of the existing devices are constrained in their abilities. …”
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N-Cadherin Upregulation Promotes the Neurogenic Differentiation of Menstrual Blood-Derived Endometrial Stem Cells by Yanli Liu, Fen Yang, Shengying Liang, Qing Liu, Sulei Fu, Zhenyu Wang, Ciqing Yang, Juntang Lin

“…Moreover, upregulation of N-cadherin (N-cad) mRNA and protein expression was observed after neurogenic differentiation. In vivo studies clearly showed that N-cad knockdown via in utero electroporation perturbed the migration and maturation of mouse neural precursor cells (NPCs). …”
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Development of Natural Fiber Hybrid Composites Using Sugarcane Bagasse and Bamboo Charcoal for Automotive Thermal Insulation Materials by Fasika Abedom, S. Sakthivel, Daniel Asfaw, Bahiru Melese, Eshetu Solomon, S. Senthil Kumar

“…The fiber alignments, internal crack, and binding properties are checked by morphological test. It is observed that the tensile strength of sugarcane bagasse/charcoal composites produces 255.80 MPa which is approximately the same strength (260.10 MPa) as artificial fiber composites. …”
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Metagenomic global survey and in-depth genomic analyses of Ruminococcus gnavus reveal differences across host lifestyle and health status by S. Nooij, N. Plomp, I. M. J. G. Sanders, L. Schout, A. E. van der Meulen, E. M. Terveer, J. M. Norman, N. Karcher, M. F. Larralde, R. H. A. M. Vossen, S. L. Kloet, K. N. Faber, H. J. M. Harmsen, G. F. Zeller, E. J. Kuijper, W. K. Smits, Q. R. Ducarmon

“…We uncovered a higher prevalence and abundance of R. gnavus in Westernized populations and observed bacterial relative abundances up to 83% in newborns. …”
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Parchment Glutamine Index (PQI): A novel method to estimate glutamine deamidation levels in parchment collagen obtained from low-quality MALDI-TOF data by Nair, Bharath, Palomo, Ismael Rodríguez, Markussen, Bo, Wiuf, Carsten, Fiddyment, Sarah, Collins, Matthew James

“…In addition to reliably predicting PQI, we observed interesting patterns pertaining to parchment production. …”
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The impact of digital training and mentoring on early childhood education teachers’ knowledge and practices related to nutrition and health by Herawati Netti, B Nuraeni, R Efendi, Y Herlina, N Kusumaningtyas, Zam R Zam, Rudianto, Y Natakusuma, AM Ramadhan

“…Additionally, research questions should be designed to explore the underlying reasons for observed outcomes.…”
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Dose-dependent effects of apple pectin on alleviating high fat-induced obesity modulated by gut microbiota and SCFAs by Yuanyuan Zhao, Jinfeng Bi, Jianyong Yi, Jian Peng, Qiancheng Ma

“…Besides, attenuations for colonic injury and liver steatosis were observed after adding 5% and 8% pectin, respectively. …”
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Increased Frequency of Circulating Follicular Helper T Cells in Children with Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Caused by Enterovirus 71 Infection by Jianping Wu, David Cui, Xianzhi Yang, Jianzhou Lou, Jie Lin, Xianfei Ye, Zhimei Qin, Li Huang, Dejian Zhao, Zhaoxia Huo, Guoliang Xie, Shufa Zheng, Fei Yu, Liwei Lu, Yu Chen

“…In the acute stage of patients with EV71 infection, increased frequencies of circulating TFH cells with ICOShigh and PD-1high expression in the mild and severe patients were observed, and the positive correlations among the frequencies of circulating TFH cells and the serum levels of IL-21, IL-6, and NAb-EV71 titres were detected, respectively. …”
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Mitochondrial function in patients affected with fibromyalgia syndrome is impaired and correlates with disease severity by Chiara Macchi, Andrea Giachi, Isabella Fichtner, Silvia Pedretti, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Nico Mitro, Alberto Corsini, Massimiliano Ruscica, Roberta Gualtierotti

“…Although no differences in mitochondrial basal respiration were observed between patients with primary FMS and healthy controls, a lower median bioenergetic health index (BHI; − 22.1%, p = 0.03), a proxy of mitochondrial function, was found in patients. …”
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PBVit: A Patch-Based Vision Transformer for Enhanced Brain Tumor Detection by Pratikkumar Chauhan, Munindra Lunagaria, Deepak Kumar Verma, Krunal Vaghela, Ghanshyam G. Tejani, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Ahmad Raza Khan

“…We trained PBVit using the Figshare brain tumor dataset and observed notable performance improvements compared to traditional CNN-based models. …”
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Acute toxicological and behavioural effects of perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) in the model nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans by Tanmoy Sana, Manjurul Islam Chowdhury, Panneerselvan Logeshwaran, Mallavarapu Megharaj

“…The study also highlights the relationship between PFCA toxicity and chain length, with a toxicity gradient observed (PFOA >> PFHxA> PFBA). As the industry increasingly adopts short chain PFAS as alternatives to their long chain counterparts, PFHxA levels in the environment are expected to rise, particularly in regions impacted by firefighting foam usage. …”
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Distribution of (1,3)(1,4)-β-D-Glucans in Grains of Polish Oat Cultivars and Lines (Avena sativa L.) – Short Report by Sykut-Domańska Emilia, Rzedzicki Zbigniew, Zarzycki Piotr, Sobota Aldona, Błaszczak Wioletta

“…With increase in the levels of β-glucans in high-glucan oat cultivars and lines, a tendency was observed towards their greater accumulation in the central parts of the kernel. …”
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