Prevalence of anhedonia in women with deep endometriosis by Aida Mallorquí, Alessandra Fortuna, Emma Segura, Gemma Cardona, Marta Espinosa, Lara Quintas-Marquès, Meritxell Gracia, Elena Angulo-Antúnez, Francisco Carmona, María-Angeles Martínez-Zamora

“…This cross-sectional study reports, for the first time, the prevalence of anhedonia in a sample comprised by 212 premenopausal women with suspected DE referred to a tertiary hospital. …”
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The dynamics of seated shot put: a case study example of pole grip optimisation by Connor J. Holdback, Rony Ibrahim, David S. Haydon, David S. Haydon, Paul Grimshaw, Paul Grimshaw, Paul Grimshaw, Richard Kelso, Richard Kelso, Ross A. Pinder

“…This research demonstrates that pole grip height can impact athlete biomechanical parameters and may improve overall performance given sufficient time.…”
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Hydrogen-Rich Saline Inhibits NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Attenuates Experimental Acute Pancreatitis in Mice by Jian-Dong Ren, Jie Ma, Jun Hou, Wen-Jin Xiao, Wei-Hua Jin, Juan Wu, Kai-Hua Fan

“…In conclusion, our study has, for the first time, revealed that inhibition of the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome probably contributed to the therapeutic potential of HRS in AP.…”
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Diet-Induced Obesity Is Associated with an Impaired NK Cell Function and an Increased Colon Cancer Incidence by Ina Bähr, Vincent Goritz, Henriette Doberstein, Grit Gesine Ruth Hiller, Philip Rosenstock, Janine Jahn, Ole Pörtner, Tobias Berreis, Thomas Mueller, Julia Spielmann, Heike Kielstein

“…The results show for the first time that the decreased number and impaired NK cell function may be one cause for the higher colon cancer risk in obesity.…”
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Establishment and Characterization of a Human Small Cell Osteosarcoma Cancer Stem Cell Line: A New Possible In Vitro Model for Discovering Small Cell Osteosarcoma Biology by Gaia Palmini, Roberto Zonefrati, Cecilia Romagnoli, Alessandra Aldinucci, Carmelo Mavilia, Gigliola Leoncini, Alessandro Franchi, Rodolfo Capanna, Maria Luisa Brandi

“…In this study, for the first time, we have isolated, established, and characterized a cell line of cancer stem cells (CSCs) from a human SCO. …”
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A Data Quality Control Program for Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews by Janet E. Squires, Alison M. Hutchinson, Anne-Marie Bostrom, Kelly Deis, Peter G. Norton, Greta G. Cummings, Carole A. Estabrooks

“…While this data quality control program was demanding in terms of time and resources, we found that the benefits clearly outweighed the effort required to achieve high-quality data.…”
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Deflection Calculation Based on SDOF Method for Axially Loaded Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Members Subjected to Lateral Impact by Luming Wang, Yanhui Liu, Jiahuan Song, Shichun Zhao, Zhe Wang, Yue Zeng, Xingyu Feng

“…The contrastive investigation is carried out to illustrate the influence of axial load on the variation pattern of impact force for CFST members under various structural and impact parameters, and its result indicates that the impact force-time histories for CFST members with different axial loads are mainly characterized by rectangular pulse and triangular pulse. …”
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Analysis and impact of electrical energy consumption in the academic sector. A case study of the university of Castilla-La Mancha by Aarón Ortiz-Peña, Andrés Honrubia-Escribano, Inmaculada Gallego-Giner, Álvaro Galán, Emilio Gómez-Lázaro

“…This study aims to examine the electricity consumption of the University of Castilla-La Mancha in its entirety from 2021 to 2023, during which time energy-saving measures were established in March 2022 in response to high energy prices, thus addressing a research gap in real electricity consumption in public educational institutions and its economic impact, additionally incorporating energy efficiency measures. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Study on Fracture Characteristics of Interface between In Situ Engineered Cementitious Composites and Steel Deck by Weiwei Han, Shuyin Wu, Xue Gao, Xinyao Zong, Jingsong Shan

“…The fracture effect produced by the hydrodynamic pressure of the interfacial water-bearing crack was far less than the fracture toughness of the interface, which indicated that the hydrodynamic pressure could hardly destroy the interface at one time but might cause the erosion fatigue damage of the interface.…”
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Calcium Phosphate Coatings with Controlled Micro/Nano-Structures for Endothelial Cells Viability by Adil Elrayah, Ke Duan, Xiong Lu, Xiaob Lu, Jie Weng

“…Thus, it can provide an appropriate micro/nano-structure approach supporting angiogenesis capacity, which is a necessity to accelerate the time of bone healing and regeneration. …”
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The Cost of Regulating Effort: Reward and Difficulty Cues With Longer Prediction Horizons Have a Stronger Impact on Performance by Nanne Kukkonen, Senne Braem, Jens Allaert, Joshua O. Eayrs, Nicoleta Prutean, S. Tabitha Steendam, C. Nico Boehler, Jan R. Wiersema, Wim Notebaert, Ruth M. Krebs

“…Similarly, in the Stroop task, the reward facilitation of reaction time was only observed after reward cues with a long prediction horizon. …”
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Synthesis of Arginase Inhibitors: An Overview by Maria Cristina Molaro, Chiara Battisegola, Marica Erminia Schiano, Mariacristina Failla, Maria Grazia Rimoli, Loretta Lazzarato, Konstantin Chegaev, Federica Sodano

“…We will provide an overview of all classes of ARG inhibitors developed so far including compounds of synthetic, natural, and semisynthetic origin. For the first time, the synthesis protocol and optimized reaction conditions of each molecule, including those reported in patent applications, will be described. …”
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Theoretical Analysis of the Optical Response of Silicon/Silica/Gold Multishell Nanoparticles in Biological Tissue by Wajdi Chaabani, Abdallah Chehaidar, Julien Proust, Jérôme Plain

“…The scattering and absorption efficiencies of light by a single silicon/silica/gold spherical multishell in biological tissues are analyzed theoretically in the framework of Lorenz–Mie theory and finite-difference time-domain formalism. We first revised the ideal case of a concentric silicon/gold nanoshell, analyzed the effect of growing a silica layer of uniform thickness around the silicon core, and then examined the effect of an offset of the gold shell with respect to the centre of the silicon/silica nanoshell. …”
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GOLD POTENTIAL OF THE UPPER DEVONIAN BASAL CONGLOMERATES OF THE KANIN PENINSULA (NENETS AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT, RUSSIA) by M.A. Pavlova, D.A. Varlamov, S.M. Snigirevsky, D.V. Zarkhidze, S.V. Petrov, M.A. Rassomakhin

“…Native gold and garnets are described for the first time in heavy concentrates from coarse-grained sediments of the Upper Devonian Tayaokuyakha Formation, which occurs on the eroded Upper Riphean schists with angular and azimuthal unconformity (middle reaches of the Murseyakha River, Kanin Peninsula, Nenets autonomous district, Russia). …”
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Finite Element Analysis of Temperature Distribution and Stress Behavior of Squeeze Pressure Composites by P. Gurusamy, T. Sathish, V. Mohanavel, Alagar Karthick, M. Ravichandran, Omaima Nasif, Saleh Alfarraj, Velu Manikandan, S. Prasath

“…The solidification process is analyzed using the finite element method (FEM), and this would fetch a lot of information about the cooling rate of the composites and also helps to reduce the time in experimentation. This paper reports and plots the cooling curves of Al/SiCp composites using simulation software. …”
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Dextran-Polyacrylamide as Matrices for Creation of Anticancer Nanocomposite by G. Telegeev, N. Kutsevol, V. Chumachenko, A. Naumenko, P. Telegeeva, S. Filipchenko, Yu. Harahuts

“…Controlled targeting at the site of action and reduced time of exposure of nontargeted tissues increase the efficacy of the treatment and reduce toxicity and side effects, improving compliance and convenience. …”
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Viable Extreme Preterm Birth and Some Neonatal Outcomes in Double Cerclage versus Traditional Cerclage: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Farzaneh Broumand, Fatemeh Bahadori, Tahereh Behrouzilak, Zahra Yekta, Farkhondeh Ashrafi

“…Age, gestational age at cerclage time, and gravidity were not found to be statistically different between the groups. …”
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Frailty and outcomes of vascular access for hemodialysis – a scoping review by Lara R. Dias, Leandro Nóbrega, Tiago Costa-Pereira, Joana Ferreira, Armando Mansilha, Luís Coentrão

“…CONCLUSION: Frailty is associated with adverse outcomes of vascular access in dialysis patients, including thrombosis, longer time to functional use of access, and reintervention. …”
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Simplified Target Strength Analysis Procedure of an Underwater Vehicle Considering Target Strength Absorbing Materials by Jangwoo Kim, Jaeman Kim, Joo-Yeob Lee, Dae-Seung Cho, Sung-Ju Park, Kyungjun Song, Yun-ho Shin, Kookhyun Kim

“…From the observed results, it is concluded that the transfer matrix method is more suitable for practical TS analysis than the 4-microphone method because of the relatively low calculation and time costs required for the acoustic performance evaluations of TSAMs. …”
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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Selection of Dispatch Rules for Scheduling of Production Systems by Kosmas Alexopoulos, Panagiotis Mavrothalassitis, Emmanouil Bakopoulos, Nikolaos Nikolakis, Dimitris Mourtzis

“…Computationally expensive and time-consuming solutions have created major issues for companies trying to respect their customers’ demands. …”
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