Primary Bronchopulmonary Actinomycosis Masquerading as Lung Cancer: Apropos of Two Cases and Literature Review by Stamatis Katsenos, Iosif Galinos, Panagiota Styliara, Nikoletta Galanopoulou, Konstantinos Psathakis

“…Actinomycosis is a rare and slowly progressive infectious disease that can affect a variety of organ systems including the lung. …”
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Wnt5a Signaling in Normal and Cancer Stem Cells by Yan Zhou, Thomas J. Kipps, Suping Zhang

“…Moreover, the aberrant activation or inhibition of Wnt5a signaling is emerging as an important event in cancer progression, exerting both oncogenic and tumor suppressive effects. …”
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Effect of Opioid on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis by Yue Zhang, Horace H. Loh, Ping-Yee Law

“…During the past decade, the study of the mechanisms and functional implications of adult neurogenesis has significantly progressed. Many studies focus on the factors that regulate proliferation and fate determination of adult neural stem/progenitor cells, including addictive drugs such as opioid. …”
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Three-Dimensional Near-Field Microwave Holography for Tissue Imaging by Reza K. Amineh, Ali Khalatpour, Haohan Xu, Yona Baskharoun, Natalia K. Nikolova

“…This paper reports the progress toward a fast and reliable microwave imaging setup for tissue imaging exploiting near-field holographic reconstruction. …”
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Bacterial phyla: microbiota of kingdom animalia by Dinesh Nalage, Rahul Kale, Tejswini Sontakke, Vidya Pradhan, Ashwini Biradar, Jayan Duminda Mahesh Senevirathna, Reshma Jaweria, Tara Dighe, Prashant Dixit, Rohit Patil, P. S. Kudnar

“…These findings lay a vital foundation for future endeavors in animal health and conservation. As the field progresses, we anticipate uncovering even more profound insights into the intricate relationship between the gut microbiome and human health.…”
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Radixin Enhances Colon Cancer Cell Invasion by Increasing MMP-7 Production via Rac1-ERK Pathway by Qi-Hong Jiang, Ai-Xiang Wang, Yan Chen

“…However, little is known about its role in the progression of colon cancer. So we here aimed to determine the function of radixin in colon cancer cell invasion. …”
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Inhomogeneous coupling induced quantized distribution of photonic states in Kagome lattices across different Landau levels by Liyun Tao, Yahong Liu, Xin Zhou, Lianlian Du, Shaojie Ma, Xiaoyong Yang, Jintao Zhang, Zhenfei Li, Kun Song, Xiaopeng Zhao

“…Abstract Recent progress has demonstrated that synthetic gauge fields can mimic Landau quantization in materials including graphene and lattices for sound and light. …”
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Immobilisation of Higher Activity Wastes from Nuclear Reactor Production of 99Mo by Martin W. A. Stewart, Eric R. Vance, Sam A. Moricca, Daniel R. Brew, Catherine Cheung, Tina Eddowes, Walter Bermudez

“…This paper discusses the progress in waste form development and processing to treat ANSTO’s ILW streams arising from 99Mo. …”
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Endometrioid Paraovarian Borderline Cystic Tumor in an Infant with Proteus Syndrome by Liliana Vasquez, Mariela Tello, Ivan Maza, Monica Oscanoa, Milagros Dueñas, Haydee Castro, Alan Latorre

“…There is an association between genital tract tumors and Proteus syndrome, a rare, sporadic, and progressive entity, characterized by a postnatal overgrowth in several tissues caused by a mosaic mutation in the AKT1 gene. …”
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Bilateral Ureteral Stenosis with Hydronephrosis as First Manifestation of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener’s Granulomatosis): A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Joelle Suillot, Jürg Bollmann, Samuel Rotman, Eric Descombes

“…We report the case of a 76-year-old woman with progressive renal failure in which bilateral hydronephrosis due to ureteral stenosis was the first manifestation of the disease. …”
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BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION OF POLYAXIAL ANGULAR STABLE PLATES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURES by Norin Forna, Paul-Dan Sîrbu, Savin Liliana, Lucian Eva, Wilhelm Friedl, Eugen Carata, Tudor Pinteală, Răzvan Tudor, Mihnea Theodor Sîrbu

“…Although no statistically significant differences in stiffness and stability were observed across all groups under progressive axial loading, the combined lateral and medial plate technique demonstrated superior biomechanical performance compared to individual plate use. …”
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Proteomic dataset of sorghum leaf and root responses to single and combined drought and heat stress by Ali Elnaeim Elbasheir Ali, Robert E. Sharp, Laura Greeley, Scott C. Peck, David L. Tabb, Ndiko Ludidi

“…Sorghum is well adapted to dry and hot conditions. Despite the progress that has been made in determining proteomic responses to water deficit or heat stress in crops, such information remains limited for crops subjected to combined water deficit and heat stress. …”
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A multidisciplinary evaluation of robotic-assisted surgery effectiveness and its implications for healthcare education and practice - review of literature by Justyna Korus, Natalia Hopej, Aleksandra Grzegorczyk, Nicol Dardzińska, Marta Dziedziak

“… The following work is a review of the literature on the use of robots in the operating room in various fields of surgery. Due to the progress of medicine and technology, the management of a patient requiring surgery is changing and new technologies are increasingly being used, including robotic surgery and the da Vinci robot. …”
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CKD patients comorbid with hypertension are associated with imbalanced gut microbiome by Pan Wang, Yang Shen, Kaixin Yan, Siyuan Wang, Jie Jiao, Hongjie Chi, Jiuchang Zhong, Qianmei Sun, Ying Dong, Jing Li

“…The Prevotella-dominated type progressively increased from CKD to CKD_HTN. Based on the variation patterns, we identified six distinct clusters. …”
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The Domestic Cat as a Large Animal Model for Characterization of Disease and Therapeutic Intervention in Hereditary Retinal Blindness by Kristina Narfström, Koren Holland Deckman, Marilyn Menotti-Raymond

“…The first model is the autosomal recessive, slowly progressive, late-onset, rod-cone degenerative disease caused by a mutation in the CEP290 gene. …”
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Elderly Onset Primary Intestinal Lymphangiectasia—A Rare Case by Li‐Han Goh, Madhavan Manoharan, Khean‐Lee Goh

“…We present a rare case of primary intestinal lymphangiectasia in a 62‐year‐old Chinese woman who presented with a six‐month history of lethargy, persistent diarrhea, and progressive weight loss. Gastroscopy and colonoscopy were performed, and biopsies revealed dilated intestinal lymphatics with broadened villi in the small intestine. …”
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Multimodal Elimination for Intoxication with a Lethal Dose of Organic Mercury by L. C. Napp, C. Moelgen, F. Wegner, P. Heitland, H. D. Koester, M. Klintschar, M. Hiss, A. Schaper, B. Schieffer, J. Bauersachs, A. Schäfer, J. Tongers

“…We here report on a case of massive organic mercury intoxication in a 40-year-old man that resulted in progressive multiorgan failure. We treated the patient intravenously and enterally with the chelating agent (RS)-2,3-bis(sulfanyl) propane-1-sulfonic acid (DMPS) in addition to hemodialysis. …”
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Application of different hardware and software in the concept of digital pilot training and selection by Aleksandar Z. Knežević, Aleksandar G. Bukvić, Branimir B. Krstić

“…The research aims to develop instruments that will measure and evaluate the success and qualitative progress in pilot training achieved by using the digital cabin space, based on which a decision can be made about further training for a specific aircraft type. …”
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Composition and liquid-to-solid maturation of protein aggregates contribute to bacterial dormancy development and recovery by Celien Bollen, Sofie Louwagie, Femke Deroover, Wouter Duverger, Ladan Khodaparast, Laleh Khodaparast, Dieter Hofkens, Joost Schymkowitz, Frederic Rousseau, Liselot Dewachter, Jan Michiels

“…Our experiments demonstrate that aggregates progressively sequester proteins involved in energy production, thereby likely causing ATP depletion and dormancy. …”
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Syringomyelia with Chiari I Malformation Presenting as Hip Charcot Arthropathy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Roya Memarpour, Basheer Tashtoush, Lydia Issac, Fernando Gonzalez-Ibarra

“…Neuroarthropathy (neuropathic osteoarthropathy), also known as Charcot joint, is a condition characterized by a progressive articular surface destruction in the setting of impaired nociceptive and proprioceptive innervation of the involved joint. …”
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