Retinal Levels of Amyloid Beta Correlate with Cerebral Levels of Amyloid Beta in Young APPswe/PS1dE9 Transgenic Mice before Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease by Xi Mei, Mengxiang Yang, Lina Zhu, Qi Zhou, Xingxing Li, Zhongming Chen, Chenjun Zou

“…Our data suggest an appropriate time to measure retinal Aβ. Although curcumin can label Aβ in the retina, it also suppresses Aβ levels and weakens the degree of correlation between Aβ in cerebrum and retina tissues.…”
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Stem Cell Transplantation for Ovarian Cancer Patient with Associated Myelodysplasia After Maintenance Therapy with Olaparib: A Case Report by Linn Z, Gu Z, Wang L, Cai S

“…Olaparib, a poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, has been shown in studies to increase the time that people with cancer do not get worse. However, reports have indicated rare adverse effects, like myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). …”
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The Brain Activation of Two Motor Imagery Strategies in a Mental Rotation Task by Cancan Wang, Yuxuan Yang, Kewei Sun, Yifei Wang, Xiuchao Wang, Xufeng Liu

“…<b>Results:</b> The results showed that the accuracy of the kinesthetic imagery group was significantly higher than that of the visual imagery group, and the reaction time of the kinesthetic imagery group was significantly shorter than that of the visual imagery group. …”
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The Association of Serum Lactoferrin Level with Psychological Symptoms, Cognition, and Executive Function in Schizophrenia Patients by Niloufar Mahdavi Hezaveh, Soheila Kianpour Rad, Yousef Semnani, Maryam Mousavi Bazaz, Abdolreza Javadi

“…Participants were evaluated at two time points: upon hospital admission and after the resolution of acute symptoms. …”
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Genetics polymorphism of poplars from Moscow region based on high-throughput sequencing of ITS by E. V. Borkhert, G. S. Krasnov, N. L. Bolsheva, Р. Kezimana, O. Yu. Yurkevich, O. V. Muravenko, A. V. Kudryavtseva, N. V. Melnikova

“…We showed that even trees which had been planted on the same territory and, probably, at the same time had significant genetic differences. It can be speculated that highly polymorphic plant material was used for planting poplars in Moscow. …”
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Profil Ekspresi MikroRNA Kanker Payudara di Purwokerto by Ari Dwi Nurasih, Indah Sulistiyawati, Muhammad Falah

“…Metode: Analisis profil ekspresi mikroRNA pada kanker payudara dilakukan dengan isolasi plasma dari pasien kanker payudara dan individu sehat, sintesis cDNA, dan kuantifikasi mikroRNA dengan quantitative real time PCR (qPCR). Kemudian dilakukan penghitungan dengan metode Livak untuk mengetahui mikroRNA yang mengalami peningkatan dan penurunan ekspresi yang signifikan. …”
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Post-operative Rehabilitation for Scapular Muscle Reattachment: A Case Report by Wendy Burke, W Ben Kibler, Tim L Uhl

“…The slow recovery is due to three issues 1) the prolonged time from injury to diagnosis created significant muscle wasting and muscular imbalance of surrounding tissues, 2) once this tissue was repaired it requires months of protection to recover, 3) the involved scapulothoracic muscle have to regain adequate strength as the foundation for upper extremity functions…”
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Theoretical Study of the Quadruple Gamma Transitions of Radioactive Radon and Radium Isotopes Based on Half-Life by Duaa Abed Salim, Waleed Jabbar Mhana, Hadeel Ghali Ishnayin, Khalid Hadi Mahdi

“…In the end, we successfully determined a relationship between the decay constant and the half-life of a decay event, which let us determine the probability that such events will occur within a certain time frame. Our study provides important insights into the transition probability within the examined nuclides and is in excellent agreement with global results and experimental data. …”
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Effect of tempering temperature on low-temperature impact toughness of 35MnB steel by Ping Ni, Wen Shi, Hengchang Lu, Bo Zhang, Han Dong

“…The form and distribution of boron in the steel were characterized by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) combined with transmission electron microscopy (TEM). …”
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A quantitative module of avalanche hazard – comparing forecaster assessments of storm and persistent slab avalanche problems with information derived from distributed snowpack simu... by F. Herla, P. Haegeli, S. Horton, P. Mair

“…The grouping of simulated layers based on regional burial dates allows us to track them across space and time and calculate insightful spatial distributions of avalanche problem characteristics.…”
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Temporal changes in prevalence and severity of pulmonary hypertension, and relationship to outcomes in coarctation of aorta by Ahmed Younis, Yogesh N.V. Reddy, William R. Miranda, Ahmed T. Abdelhalim, Barry A. Borlaug, Heidi M. Connolly, Alexander C. Egbe

“…What is not known is whether PH prevalence and severity increased over time, and the prognostic implications of such changes. …”
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Functional Skin Grafts: Where Biomaterials Meet Stem Cells by Amtoj Kaur, Swati Midha, Shibashish Giri, Sujata Mohanty

“…The current focus of skin tissue engineers is primarily to develop a 3D construct that maintains the functionality of cultured cells in a guided manner over a period of time. While several natural and synthetic biopolymers have been translated, only partial clinical success is attained so far. …”
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Preoperative vs Postoperative Patient Outcome and Recovery Expectations of Total Joint Arthroplasty by Siddhartha Dandamudi, BBA, Kyleen Jan, MD, Madelyn Malvitz, BS, Anne DeBenedetti, MSc, Omar Behery, MD, MPH, Brett R. Levine, MD, MS

“…Preoperatively, 91.3% of patients felt they had enough time to ask questions compared to 98.5% (P = .01) postoperatively. …”
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IMC-YOLO: a detection model for assisted razor clam fishing in the mudflat environment by Jianhao Xu, Lijie Cao, Lanlan Pan, Xiankun Li, Lei Zhang, Hongyong Gao, Weibo Song

“…To improve the efficiency of razor clam fishing and at the same time reduce the damage to the natural environment, in this study, a razor clam burrows dataset is established, and an intelligent razor clam fishing method is proposed, which realizes the accurate identification and counting of razor clam burrows by introducing the object detection technology into the razor clam fishing activity. …”
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Effects of Storage Temperature and Spices Incorporation on the Stability and Antibacterial Properties of Fontitrygon margarita (Günther, 1870) Liver Oil by Boris Simo Noutsa, Arlette Danelle Deutchoua Djitieu, Fabrice Fabien Dongho Dongmo, Fabrice Hervé Njike Ngamga, Sammuel Raymond Tchabong, Ousman Tamgue, Rosalie Anne Ngono Ngane, François Tchoumbougnang

“…The quality indices of oil extracted without a stabilizer and stored at room temperature significantly increased over time. The antibacterial activity of these oils gradually decreased during storage, with the minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) on bacterial strains of Escherichia coli (EC 137), Enterobacter cloacae (ENT 119 and ENT 51), and Yersinia enterocolitica (YERB 1) increasing from 16 to 128 mg/ml. …”
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Association between Smoking and Liver Fibrosis among Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Hongjie Ou, Yaojie Fu, Wei Liao, Caixia Zheng, Xiaolu Wu

“…For patients with NAFLD who smoke, priority screening and timely intervention should be provided if they are at risk of liver fibrosis.…”
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Estimating the Severity of Oral Lesions Via Analysis of Cone Beam Computed Tomography Reports: A Proposed Deep Learning Model by Sare Mahdavifar, Seyed Mostafa Fakhrahmad, Elham Ansarifard

“…Employing the proposed model which can Provide timely warnings about the need for follow-up and prompt treatment can shield the patient from the risks associated with delays. …”
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The trends of lung cancer burden in BRICS from 1990 to 2021 and its projection to 2035 by Yifan Wang, Jingwen Zhu, Shaoqiang Wang, Jihong Zhou

“…With the exception of Ethiopia, the top tier level 1 and level 2 risk factors in the rest of the BRICS were behavioral factors and smoking factors, respectively.ConclusionThe BRICS still have a heavy burden of lung cancer, and there are significant differences in the burden of lung cancer among the BRICS. At the same time, many BRICS lung cancer prevention and control measures are worth learning from other developing countries.…”
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Hypotony maculopathy after glaucoma surgery: pathogenic mechanisms, diagnostic tools, and treatment modalites by V.P. Erichev, S.Yu. Petrov, N.A. Orekhova, L.Kh. El’murzaeva

“…</i> </p> <p> <i>Major diagnostic tools for hypotony maculopathy to assess the abnormalities and their changes over time are ultrasound (to provide differential diagnosis in poor fundus visualization), fluorescent angiography (to identify choroidal folds and to differentiate between choroidal and retinal folds), and optical coherence tomography.…”
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Handshake antimicrobial stewardship for adult surgical patients by Abby Kosharek, Elizabeth Neuner, Emily Welch, Spenser January, Alice Bewley, Kevin Hsueh, Sena Sayood

“…Total antimicrobial usage significantly decreased between the pre- and post-implementation period (608 vs 542 d of therapy/1,000 d present, P = 0.004). An interrupted time series found that there was an immediate (P < 0.001) and sustained (P < 0.001) decrease in antibiotic spectrum index during the post-implementation period. …”
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