No Emergence of Colistin Resistance in the Respiratory Tract of Lung Transplant Patients Treated With Inhaled Colistin by Nathalie Grall, Nathalie Grall, Maksud Assadi, Marina Esposito-Farese, Brice Lortat-Jacob, Sébastien Tanaka, Sébastien Tanaka, Enora Atchade, Jonathan Messika, Jonathan Messika, Jonathan Messika, Vincent Bunel, Hervé Mal, Hervé Mal, Pierre Mordant, Pierre Mordant, Pierre Mordant, Yves Castier, Yves Castier, Bastien Garnier, Signara Gueye, Marie Petitjean, Erick Denamur, Laurence Armand-Lefevre, Laurence Armand-Lefevre, Charles Burdet, Philippe Montravers, Philippe Montravers, Alexy Tran-Dinh, Alexy Tran-Dinh

“…We conducted a prospective, single-centre, observational study of all adult patients who underwent LT between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019. …”
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β-Tricalcium Phosphate Interferes with the Assessment of Crystallinity in Burned Skeletal Remains by Giampaolo Piga, Ana Amarante, Calil Makhoul, Eugénia Cunha, Assumpció Malgosa, Stefano Enzo, David Gonçalves

“…In the case of bone, besides bioapatite, only the first two mineralogical phases and magnesium oxide were present. We also observed that the formation of β-TCP affects the phosphate peaks used for CI calculation. …”
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Cortical tracking of hierarchical rhythms orchestrates the multisensory processing of biological motion by Li Shen, Shuo Li, Yuhao Tian, Ying Wang, Yi Jiang

“…When observing others’ behaviors, we continuously integrate their movements with the corresponding sounds to enhance perception and develop adaptive responses. …”
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Detection of The TNFSF Members BAFF, APRIL, TWEAK and Their Receptors in Normal Kidney and Renal Cell Carcinomas by Vassiliki Pelekanou, George Notas, Katerina Theodoropoulou, Marilena Kampa, Dimitrios Takos, Vassilia-Ismini Alexaki, Jelena Radojicic, Frank Sofras, Andreas Tsapis, Efstathios N. Stathopoulos, Elias Castanas

“…Here, we assayed the TNFSF members APRIL, BAFF, TWEAK and their receptors (BCMA, TACI, BAFFR, Fn14) in 86 conventional type clear cell RCC, using immunohistochemistry and correlated our findings with histological data and, in a limited series, follow-up of patients. We observed a differential expression of these TNFSF ligands and receptors in cancerous and non-cancerous structures. …”
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Study of the Prevalence of Cytomegalovirus in Children with Malignancy in Southwestern Iran from 2016-2023 by Arash Alghasi, Saeed Bitraf, Roya Salehi Kahyesh, Yasin Alidadi, Homayoun Yousefi, Manouchehr Makvandi

“…Most cases of CMV positivity were observed in patients with ALL. Conclusion: This study investigated the association between CMV infection and the risk of mortality from this infection in children with various malignancies. …”
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Metagenomic insights into pathogenic bacteria and antimicrobial resistance in offshore coastal sediments – An example from Gulf waters by Nazima Habibi, Saif Uddin, Hanan Al Sarawi, Ahmad Aldhameer, Montaha Behbehani, Saja Fakhraldeen, Waleed Al-Zekri, Nasreem Abdulrazzack, Farhana Zakir, Anisha Shajan

“…The ARGs exhibited spatial variations and were distributed into three overlapping clusters (r2 = 0.277; p < 0.006). The observed Shannon and Simpson indices differed between the groups (ANOVA-p < 0.05). …”
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Expression of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Epicardial Fat: Link with Tissue Thickness and Local Insulin Resistance in Coronary Artery Disease by Elena Dozio, Elena Vianello, Silvia Briganti, John Lamont, Lorenza Tacchini, Gerd Schmitz, Massimiliano Marco Corsi Romanelli

“…With increasing RAGE expression in EAT we observed increases in EAT thickness, reduced expression of GLUT4, adiponectin, and GLO1, and elevations of HMGB1, TLR-4, and MyD88. …”
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Overexpression of MMP13 Is Associated with Clinical Outcomes and Poor Prognosis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Vui King Vincent-Chong, Iman Salahshourifar, Lee Peng Karen-Ng, Ming Yhong Siow, Thomas George Kallarakkal, Anand Ramanathan, Yi-Hsin Yang, Goot Heah Khor, Zainal Ariff Abdul Rahman, Siti Mazlipah Ismail, Narayanan Prepageran, Wan Mahadzir Wan Mustafa, Mannil Thomas Abraham, Keng Kiong Tay, Sok Ching Cheong, Rosnah Binti Zain

“…Taken together, these observations indicate that the MMP13 protein overexpression could be considered as a prognostic marker of OSCC.…”
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Salivary IL-17A, IL-17F, and TNF-α Are Associated with Disease Advancement in Patients with Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer by Kinga Zielińska, Bożenna Karczmarek-Borowska, Konrad Kwaśniak, Justyna Czarnik-Kwaśniak, Aleksandra Ludwin, Bogumił Lewandowski, Jacek Tabarkiewicz

“…On the other hand, higher concentration of TNF-α was observed in patients with positive aerobic culture of oral swabs. …”
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Foxp3 Expression in Liver Correlates with the Degree but Not the Cause of Inflammation by Matthaios Speletas, Nikoletta Argentou, Georgios Germanidis, Themistoclis Vasiliadis, Konstantinos Mantzoukis, Kalliopi Patsiaoura, Pavlos Nikolaidis, Vaios Karanikas, Konstantinos Ritis, Anastasios E. Germenis

“…Significant increase of Foxp3 was observed in all disease groups compared to controls, which was positively correlated with the intensity of inflammation. …”
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Effect of Oxygen-Reducing Atmospheres on the Safety of Packaged Shelled Brazil Nuts during Storage by Vildes Maria Scussel, Barbara Nantua Giordano, Vanessa Simao, Daniel Manfio, Simone Galvao, Manuel Nazaré Ferreira Rodrigues

“…In addition, the destruction of fungi and yeast was observed since the O3 application (from 1.8×104 cfu/g to NG = no growth). …”
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Biocementation beyond the Petri dish, scaling up to 900 L batches and a meter-scale column by Dimitrios Terzis, Camilla Perego, Margherita Cappa, Elisa Pianta, Federica Mauri, Pamela Principi

“…When this latter strain was inoculated in 900 L batches and continuously cultivated at 5400 L, no contamination issues were observed, and the reference strain remained the dominant species. …”
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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

“…In the functional domains where improvement was observed following HBOT treatment, the improvements were maintained up to 3 months following the last treatment. …”
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An integrated method for taxonomic identif ication of microorganisms by Yu. E. Uvarova, A. V. Bryanskaya, A. S. Rozanov, V. N. Shlyakhtun, E. A. Demidov, K. V. Starostin, T. N. Goryachkovskaya, S. V. Shekhovtsov, N. M. Slynko, S. E. Peltek

“…For accurate species-level identification of microorganisms, researchers today increasingly use a combination of standard microbiological cultivation and visual observation methods with molecular biological and genetic techniques that help distinguish between species and strains of microorganisms at the level of DNA or RNA molecules. …”
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PGE2 Desensitizes β-Agonist Effect on Human Lung Fibroblast-Mediated Collagen Gel Contraction through Upregulating PDE4 by Qiuhong Fang, Yingmin Ma, Jing Wang, Joel Michalski, Stephen I. Rennard, Xiangde Liu

“…Higher concentrations of salmeterol (10−7 and 10−6 M) inhibited fibroblast-mediated collagen gel contraction. No effect was observed with cilomilast alone (up to 10−5 M). In the presence of 10−8 M salmeterol, however, cilomilast could significantly inhibit fibroblast-mediated collagen gel contraction in a concentration-dependent manner (10−7~10−5 M). …”
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Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced DNA Damage and Repair through the Differentiation of Human Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Mahara Valverde, Jonathan Lozano-Salgado, Paola Fortini, Maria Alexandra Rodriguez-Sastre, Emilio Rojas, Eugenia Dogliotti

“…An increase in the basal levels of DNA breaks and oxidative DNA lesions was observed through adipocyte differentiation. In addition, hydrogen peroxide-induced DNA damage increased through adipocyte differentiation; DNA repair capacity also decreased. …”
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Thermodynamics guided design and processing of a WC/HEA cermet tool for high temperature friction stir welding by Supreeth Gaddam, Surekha Yadav, Amit Kishan Behera, Noriaki Arai, Zaynab Mahbooba, Shikhar Krishn Jha, Qiaofu Zhang, Rajiv S. Mishra

“…The tools performed with no observed chemical interaction with the workpiece material. …”
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Thermal behavior of silica aerogel-paraffin nanocomposites in a nanochannel under varying magnetic fields: A molecular dynamics study by Yi Ru, Ali B.M. Ali, Shahram Babadoust, Rasha Abed Hussein, Mohammed Al-Bahrani, Barno Abdullaeva, Soheil Salahshour, S. Mohammad Sajadi, Sh Esmaeili

“…Additionally, the maximum velocity increased to 0.0142 Å/fs, while the maximum temperature and heat flux rose to 646 K and 72.13 W/m2, respectively. The observed charging and discharging times were 5.91 ns and 8.52 ns, with stronger magnetic fields expediting the charging phase. …”
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A Patch-Level Data Synthesis Pipeline Enhances Species-Level Crop and Weed Segmentation in Natural Agricultural Scenes by Tang Li, James Burridge, Pieter M. Blok, Wei Guo

“…By increasing the number of synthetic images in these hybrid datasets from 1× to 20×, we observed a substantially performance improvement, with mIoU increasing by 15% at 15×. …”
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An Evaluation of the Biocompatibility and Chemical Properties of Two Bioceramic Root Canal Sealers in a Sealer Extrusion Model of Rat Molars by Shintaro Takahara, Naoki Edanami, Razi Saifullah Ibn Belal, Kunihiko Yoshiba, Shoji Takenaka, Naoto Ohkura, Nagako Yoshiba, Susan Gomez-Kasimoto, Yuichiro Noiri

“…No periapical lesions were observed with the sealer extrusion. Additionally, inflammation around the extruded EBC and NBG was minimal to mild on Day 28, whereas moderate inflammation was found around the extruded AHP. …”
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