A Nonfunctioning Pituitary Macroadenoma Presenting as Cyclical Vomiting and Severe Hyponatremia in a Young Female by Dinuka S. Warapitiya, Dimuthu Muthukuda, W. A. H. P. Sanjeewa, Kushalee Poornima Jayawickreme, Shyama Subasinghe

“…There can be multiple overlapping aetiologies for every observed symptom, sign, and abnormal investigation finding. …”
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Relative expression of IL-10 and TNF-α mRNA of kidney and spleen tissues of rat with and without mammary tumor after exposed to alternating current electric field by Nafisa Khoirun Widiasri, Anysah Nur Fauziyah, Firman Alamsyah, Rarastoeti Pratiwi

“…Specifically, no effect was observed on TNF-α mRNA expression in all groups, and there was no effect on IL-10 mRNA expression in the spleen. …”
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Ni12P5 and Ni12P5-rGO for multifunctional electrocatalyst and supercapacitor application by Anil M. Palve, Omkar V. Vani, Rishabh Srivastava, Wang Lin, Ram K. Gupta

“…The Ni12P5-rGO demonstrated a specific capacitance of 192 F/g, significantly higher than the 110 F/g observed for Ni12P5 at a current density of 1 A/g. …”
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The Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients Waiting for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Is Worse Than an Age- and Sex-Matched Population: Increasing Time on Waiting Li... by Siddharth Sripada, Harrison Loader, Man Hei Marcus Kam, Arslan Khaliq Raja, Joshua Haggart, Thomas Fawcett, Cameron Peattie, Samuel Molyneux, Nicholas Clement

“…The mean EQ-5D score for the study cohort was significantly worse than the matched score (difference, 0.367; p<0.001), and the same trend was observed for all eight dimensions of the SF-36 score. …”
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Early childhood caries and their association with serum iron, serum ferritin, serum albumin, and Vitamin D by Vasundhara Megha, Jeevendra Nath Shukla, Rajat Kumar Singh, Chitrita Gupta Mukherjee, Siddharth Anand, Aparna Singh

“…Statistically, no significant relationship was observed between serum iron (P = 0.066), serum albumin (P = 0.448), and serum ferritin (P = 0.192) with ECC. …”
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Carotenoids and carotenes in the fruits of <i>Cucurbita maxima</i>, <i>C. moschata</i> and <i>C. pepo</i> under the conditions of Northwestern Russia by T. M. Piskunova, T. V. Shelenga, P. V. Ozersky, A. E. Solovyeva

“…A statistically significant effect of the flesh and fruit skin color on the content of carotenoids, carotenes and β-carotene in them was observed (p &lt; 0.001). The minimum amount of carotenoids, carotenes and β-carotene was found in the fruits with light yellow flesh, and the maximum in those with dark orange flesh. …”
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Assessment of Hearing Ability in Patients after Head and Neck Cancer Radiotherapy by Sohaila Yazdani, Kolsoum Teimouri, Negin Farshchian, Karim Khoshgard

“…A significant difference in SNHL threshold was observed between men and women at the frequency of 1000 Hz (P-value = 0.024). …”
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The Development of Methods of BLOTCHIP^®-MS for Peptidome: Small Samples in Tuberous Sclerosis by Kunio Yui, George Imataka, Kotaro Yuge, Hitomi Sasaki, Tadashi Shiohama, Kyoichi Asada, Hidehisa Tachiki

“…ASD is the presenting symptom (25–50% of patients). ASD was observed at significantly higher frequencies in participants with TSC2 than those with TSC1 mutations. …”
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Efficacy and safety of camrelizumab combined with chemotherapy as second-line treatment for locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Yinfang Gu, Xiaofang Zou, Junlin Zhu, Guowu Wu

“…Methods In this retrospective, single-center observational study, we collected medical records of patients with locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic ESCC who received either camrelizumab combined with chemotherapy or chemotherapy alone as second-line treatment between July 1, 2019, and May 31, 2023. …”
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From registration, protocol to report: are COVID-19-related RCTs in mainland China consistent? A systematic review of clinical trial registry and literature by Yu Chen, Ruiqing Yan

“…Publications were searched in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, CNKI.net and Wanfangdata from 10 February 2022 to 12 February 2022.Eligibility criteria Eligible trials were COVID-19 related RCTs carried out in mainland China. Observational studies, non-randomised trials and single-arm trials were excluded.Data extraction and synthesis Two reviewers independently extracted data from registrations, publications and performed risk of bias assessment for trial reports. …”
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The Effects of Confiding on Shift Work Nurses’ Emotion Regulation and Self-Perceived Well-Being: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial by Cui Lu, Yawen Sun, Chunyan Wang, Tianyong Chen, Yi Tang

“…Furthermore, self-rated general health and sleep quality showed significant improvement in the intervention group compared to pre-test levels, but no significant differences were observed between the experimental and control groups. …”
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Metatranscriptomic time series insight into antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in wastewater systems under antibiotic selective pressure by An-Dong Li, Yuanfang Chen, Lei Han, Ye Li, Ming Xu, Baoli Zhu

“…At the transcriptional level, significant upregulation of a class A beta-lactamase (P14171 gene) was observed. The P14171 gene is mostly spread in wastewater treatment systems and is carried by Rhodobacteraceae. …”
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Cultivation of Different Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus species) on Coffee Waste and Determination of Their Relative Biological Efficiency and Pectinase Enzyme Production, Ethiopia by Guta Dissasa

“…There was a significant difference at (P<0.05) observed between noncomposted and composted coffee husk and coffee parchment as well as between coffee husk and coffee parchment on yield and biological efficiency (B.E.). …”
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Transportation increases circulating corticosterone levels and decreases central serotonergic activity in a sex dependent manner in Pekin ducks by M.M. Bergman, J.M. Schober, R. Novak, A. Grief, C. Plue, G.S. Fraley

“…No differences in serotonin turnover were observed in drakes but increased in hens within the CM and RM from control to crate (p = 0.01) and crate to transport (p = 0.016). …”
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Cost-benefit analysis of VKA versus NOAC treatment in German patients with atrial fibrillation utilizing patient self-testing by Roland Diel, Niklas Lampenius

“…**Results:** When achieving an average time in therapeutic range (TTR) of 78%, implementing PST in VKA patients reduces cost per patient compared to NOAC treatment between €603.38 [USD 681.52] (edoxaban) and €762.64 [USD 861.40] (rivaroxaban) during the 1-year observation period. In line with the TTR increase, the initially higher number of adverse events per VKA patient compared to NOAC-treated patients in the approval studies becomes largely aligned; the difference in associated hospital costs per patient in the NOAC groups is then only €1.03 [USD 1.16] (in favor of dabigatran), €23.41 [USD 26.44] (in favor of apixaban), €0.53 [USD 0.60] (in favor of edoxaban) and €52.62 [USD 59.43] (in favor of VKA anticoagulation in the rivaroxaban group). …”
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Different Methods for Measurements and Estimation of Pulse Wave Velocity are not Interchangeable by Vladimir Prelević, Ana Jelaković, Kristina Gašparović, Danira Bažadona, Josipa Josipović, Mia Dubravčić-Došen, Danilo Radunović, Marija Domislović, Bojan Jelaković

“…The smallest deviation (TDI) and the highest probability of overlapping (CP) were observed with ePWV (TDI = 45.524, CP = 0.322, respectively). …”
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RESILSTIGMA. Resilience to self-stigmatization experienced by people living with HIV: Which self-reported factors improve awareness among health workers? by Christine Jacomet, Cécile Miele, Emilie Goncalves, Céline Lambert, Clément Belletier, Françoise Linard, Josiane Phalip-Le Besnerais, Pierre Dellamonica, Michaël Dambrun

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A multicenter observational study was conducted in France using self-reports from PLHIV consulted between January 15, 2022 and June 15, 2022 and from professionals responsible for their care (study registration number 2021-A01588-33/SI:21.02814.000036). …”
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A scoping review on U.S. undergraduate students with disabilities in STEM courses and STEM majors by Maura Borrego, Ariel Chasen, Hannah Chapman Tripp, Emily Landgren, Elisa Koolman

“…The most common data collection methods were surveys, assessments or task completions (n = 161 sources), followed by interviews (n = 109), observations (n = 44), document analyses (n = 18), and institutional student records (n = 14). …”
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Tanshinlactone triggers methuosis in breast cancer cells via NRF2 activation by Wanjun Lin, Zifeng Huang, Xuening Zhang, Dayuan Zheng, Yanchao Yang, Meina Shi, Dongfang Yang, Tong Chu, Wenzhe Ma

“…Phase contrast, confocal and transmission electron microscopy were employed to observe cell morphological changes. RT-PCR, western blot, lentiviral-mediated gene overexpression, and pharmacological inhibitor assays were comprehensively designed to regulate the identified signaling pathways and confirm the mechanism of tanshinlactone. …”
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Combination of APACHE Scoring Systems with Adductor Pollicis Muscle Thickness for the Prediction of Mortality in Patients Who Spend More Than One Day in the Intensive Care Unit by Elahe Nematifard, Seyed Hossein Ardehali, Shaahin Shahbazi, Hassan Eini-Zinab, Zahra Vahdat Shariatpanahi

“…Methods. A prospective observational study was conducted with the APM thickness in the dominant hand, and APACHE II and III scores were measured for each patient upon admission. …”
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