Alterations in the social-conditioned place preference and density of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area in Clsnt2-KO mice by I. N. Rozhkova, S. V. Okotrub, E. Yu. Brusentsev, K. E. Uldanova, E. A. Chuyko, V. A. Naprimerov, T. V. Lipina, T. G. Amstislavskaya, S. Ya. Amstislavsky

“…Thus, a change in social-conditioned place preference in Clstn2-KO mice as well as a higher number of neurons expressing type 2 dopamine receptors and tyrosine hydroxylase in the VTA, the key structure of the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway, were observed.…”
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Acute Stroke in northern Portugal: outcomes and characteristics of patients in a Medical-Surgical Emergency Department by Sandra Domingues, Tiago Barros, João Correia, Arlindo Cruz, Nuno Araújo, Liliana Silva

“…Methods: Retrospective observational study of 1153 patients admitted through the Acute Stroke Care Pathway from 2019 to 2023. …”
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High-grade liver injury: outcomes with a trauma surgery–liver surgery collaborative approach by J Wallis Marsh, Abhinav Humar, Jason L Sperry, David A Geller, Deepika Mohan, Timothy R Billiar, Juan Carlos Puyana, Brian Zuckerbraun, Joshua B Brown, Matthew D Neal, Matthew R Rosengart, David Newhouse, Christine Leeper, Andrew B Peitzman, Raquel Forsythe, Rafael G Ramos-Jimenez, Andrew-Paul Deeb, Evelyn I Truong, Sowmya Narayanan, Louis Alarcon, Graciela M Bauza, Vaishali Dixit Schuchert, Gregory Watson, Amit D Tevar

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate mortality and complications of operative and nonoperative management (OM and NOM) of HGLI at our institution, characterized by a trauma surgery–liver surgery collaborative approach to trauma care.Methods This was an observational cohort study of adult patients (age ≥16) with HGLI (The American Association for Surgery of Trauma (AAST) grades IV and V) admitted to an urban level I trauma center from January 2010 to November 2021. …”
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Cortico-Muscular Phase Connectivity During an Isometric Knee Extension Task in People With Early Parkinson’s Disease by Nina Omejc, Tomislav Stankovski, Manca Peskar, Milos Kalc, Paolo Manganotti, Klaus Gramann, Saso Dzeroski, Uros Marusic

“…Results: The strongest CM phase coherence was observed in the lower beta band (12.5–15 Hz) over the Cz electrode and was significantly higher in healthy controls compared to individuals with PD during the motor task. …”
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Enhanced Visual Attentional Modulation in Patients with Inherited Peripheral Retinal Degeneration in the Absence of Cortical Degeneration by Sónia Ferreira, Andreia Carvalho Pereira, Bruno Quendera, Aldina Reis, Eduardo Duarte Silva, Miguel Castelo-Branco

“…These findings were observed in the presence of preserved visual cortical structure. …”
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Using stated-preferences methods to develop a summary metric to determine successful treatment of children with a surgical condition: a study protocol by Nigel Hall, Marian Knight, Nick Lansdale, Lisa Hinton, Charles Opondo, Simon Kenny, Stefano Giuliani, John Buckell, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Kokila Lakhoo, Alexander Macdonald, Crispin Jenkinson, Benjamin Allin, Rema Ramakrishnan, Gregor Walker, Timothy Bradnock, Karolina Kuberska, Benjamin M Craig, Goher Ayman, Anna May Long, Joanne Shepherd

“…However, major barriers to this are the inability to detect differences between observed and expected hospital outcomes based on the casemix of the children they have treated, and the inability to detect variation in significant outcomes between hospitals. …”
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Penerapan Artificial Intelligence pada Non Player Character Menggunakan Algoritma Collision Avoidance System dan Random Number Generator pada Game 2D "Balap Egrang" by Asep Saeful Milak, Eka Wahyu Hidayat, Aldy Putra Aldya

“…Similar games that have been observed, such as the Balap Karungs Game from Playstore which is in the racing genre, have endless run weaknesses and also have no Non-Player Character NPCs. …”
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Association of self-reported dental caries with sex, lifestyle, and problematic Internet use among elementary school children in Japan by Masaaki Yamada, Michikazu Sekine, Takashi Tatsuse, Yukiko Yanai

“…When stratified by sex, a dose-response relationship was observed between PIU and the presence of multiple caries in boys (YDQ score 3–4: aPR 1.19 and YDQ score ≥ 5: aPR 1.22). …”
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An Objective Pain Score for Chronic Pain Clinic Patients by Agnes K. Pace, Melanio Bruceta, John Donovan, Sonia J. Vaida, Jill M. Eckert

“…Meanwhile, objective pain scales utilize, for the most part, the patient’s behavioral component as observed by the provider in addition to the patient’s subjective perception of pain. …”
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Potential Interfering Substances and Potentiometric Antioxidant Activity Tests in Food Systems by Aleksey V. Tarasov, Natalia V. Zavorokhina, Olga V. Chugunova

“…However, these interference effects were observed only at high concentrations in an electrochemical cell and were leveled after a sixfold dilution. …”
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First detection of Culex tritaeniorhynchus in Western Australia using molecular diagnostics and morphological identification by Kimberly L. Evasco, Craig Brockway, Tamara Falkingham, Margaret Hall, Nerida G. Wilson, Abbey Potter

“…Given the widespread nature of trap sites that yielded the species and consecutive seasons over which it was observed, the authors surmise that Cx. tritaeniorhynchus is now established within the northeast Kimberley region. …”
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Aridity-induced phenological shifts and greening trends in Mediterranean forest species: Insights from 28 years of Landsat data in southern Spain by Aurelio D. Herraiz, Pablo Salazar-Zarzosa, Cristina Acosta-Muñoz, Rocío Hernández-Clemente, Rafael Villar

“…Over the 28-year analysis period, a general positive trend in NDVI (greening) and its associated phenological metrics was observed for most species. However, aridity impacts surface phenology differently among Mediterranean species, notably shortening the growth season of Scots pine and causing significant seasonal phenology shifts in Cork oak, Stone pine, and Aleppo pine. …”
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Treatment Patterns of Long-Acting Somatostatin Analogs for Neuroendocrine Tumors by Callisia N. Clarke, Paul Cockrum, Thomas J.R. Beveridge, Michelle Jerry, Donna McMorrow, Anh Thu Tran, Alexandria T. Phan

“…Similar treatment patterns were observed in CS subgroups. Results for switched treatment patterns were limited due to insufficient sample sizes. …”
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Robotic-assisted left thoracic small-incision minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting: a case series report by HE Peiling, SONG Yi, YUAN Ye

“…The incision length in the left chest was 8 （8， 8） cm， the operation time was 380 （300， 465） min， the intraoperative bleeding volume was 300 （100， 400） mL， the length of ICU stay was 3 （2， 3） d， the amount of thoracic drainage was 780 （525， 1 040） mL， and the postoperative length from surgery to discharge was 11.17±2.38 d. No mortality was observed during or within 30 d of hospitalization， and 1 patient was readmitted due to pericardial effusion within 30 d， and was discharged after symptomatic treatment including pericardiocentesis and drainage. …”
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How do socioeconomic inequalities and preterm birth interact to modify health and education outcomes? A narrative systematic review by Ben Barr, David Taylor-Robinson, Andy Pennington, Daniela K Schlüter, Philip McHale, Katie Fahy

“…Design Narrative systematic review of quantitative observational studies of an interaction, or effect modification, between preterm birth and socioeconomic status.Data sources Five databases were searched for studies published between January 2000 and June 2020. …”
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Follow-Up Study on Acoustic De-Licing of Atlantic Salmon (<i>Salmo salar</i>): <i>Lepeophtheirus salmonis</i> and <i>Caligus elongatus</i> Dynamics over Four Consecutive Production... by Albert Kjartan Dagbjartarson Imsland, Pablo Balseiro, Sigurd Handeland, Olav Rune Godø

“…In addition, a lower number (mean ± SEM) of salmon lice treatments (1.4 ± 0.17 vs. 4.22 ± 0.20) and a longer production period before the first salmon lice treatment occurred was observed for the AcuLice group (11.2 ± 0.1 weeks) compared with the control group (24.1 ± 2.3 weeks). …”
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Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) Modulates Cockroach Allergen-Induced Immune Responses through Active TGFβ1 Release by Yufeng Zhou, Sarah Mirza, Ting Xu, Priya Tripathi, Beverly Plunkett, Allen Myers, Peisong Gao

“…Increased AhR expression was observed in CRE-treated fibroblasts. Importantly, CRE induced TGFβ1 production in fibroblasts was significantly enhanced by TCDD but inhibited by CH122319. …”
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Using Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Fluorescence (SRXRF) to Assess the Impacts of Shipping Emissions on the Variations of PM10-bound Elemental Species by Siwatt Pongpiachan, Nichada Jearanaikoon, Kanjana Thumanu, Jureerat Pradubsri, Ratchadaporn Supruangnet, Chaisri Tharasawatpipat, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Ronbanchob Apiratikul

“…In this study, we conducted simultaneous sampling of PM10 at three air quality observation sites located close to Laem Chabang Sea Port (LCSP) from 24 May to 27 June 2020. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass as Revisional Surgery on Antidiabetic Reimbursement: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Jérémie Thereaux, MD, PhD, Mohammed Bennani, PhD, Jean Khemis, MD, Elisabeth Ohayon, MD, Isabelle Visnovec Buissez, MD, Alexandre Lafourcade, MSc, Laëtitia Quiriconi, MSc, Caroline Philippe, MSc, Jean-Michel Oppert, MD, PhD

“…Method:. This nationwide observational population-based cohort study analyzed data from the French National Health Insurance Database. …”
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Enhancing detection of STEC in the meat industry: insights into virulence of priority STEC by Mai-Lan Tran, Sabine Delannoy, Patrick Fach

“…The high occurrence of serogroup O113 observed in beef samples is not corroborated by the clinical data reported in France. …”
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