Global seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Nader Salari, Avijeh Rahimi, Hosna Zarei, Amir Abdolmaleki, Shabnam Rasoulpoor, Shamarina Shohaimi, Masoud Mohammadi

“…Initial searching was conducted using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)-based keywords with no time limitation (by August 1, 2024). Collected papers were transferred to Citation Management Software (EndNote). …”
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Long-term neuropsychologic outcome of pre-emptive mTOR inhibitor treatment in children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) under 4 months of age (PROTECT), a two-arm, randomized,... by Jan H. Driedger, Julian Schröter, PROTECT-Study Group, Steffen Syrbe, Afshin Saffari

“…It has thus been hypothesized, that the critical time window for mTOR inhibitors may lie in early infancy, before TSC-related symptoms such as early-onset epilepsy and infantile spasms as sign of disruptive brain maturation occur. …”
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Penerapan Algoritma Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Network Dalam Menentukan Kematangan Buah Jeruk Manis Berdasarkan Citra Red Green Blue (RGB) by Budi Yanto, Erni Rouza, Luth Fimawahib, B.Herawan Hayadi, Rinanda Rizki Pratama

“…Observations in this way have several weaknesses, namely the presence of human visual limitations, being influenced by the psychological condition of the observations and taking a long time, especially for large plantations. For this reason, an algorithm is needed to determine sweet oranges with a computerized system created using the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) algorithm, which is one of the deep learning algorithms, which is the development of Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), which is able to process data in two-dimensional form, for example. …”
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Extracellular matrix turnover in severe COVID-19 is reduced by corticosteroids by Janesh Pillay, Antine W. Flikweert, Matijs van Meurs, Marco J. Grootenboers, Simone van der Sar-van der Brugge, Peter H. J. van der Voort, Morten A. Karsdal, Jannie M. B. Sand, Diana J. Leeming, Janette K. Burgess, Jill Moser

“…Non-survivors displayed rising levels of collagen degradation and synthesis markers over time, whereas survivors had stable or declining levels. …”
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Prediksi Detak Jantung Berbasis LSTM pada Raspberry Pi untuk Pemantauan Kesehatan Portabel by Ahmad Foresta Azhar Zen, Eko Sakti Pramukantoro, Kasyful Amron, Viera Wardhani, Putri Annisa Kamila

“…The implementation of inference on the Raspberry Pi also demonstrates good performance, with an average inference time of 4.82 seconds for processing 100 data points and a memory usage of 134.8MB. …”
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Seroprevalence characteristics of hepatitis E virus among blood donors infected with hepatitis B virus by YU Qin, XU Tingting, YANG Hao, ZHAO Lei

“…[Methods] From January to December 2022, 219 samples positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), 142 occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) samples (HBV group) and 873 samples tested negative (control group) were collected. 361 samples were further tested with viral load assay and serological testing for five serological markers (HBsAg, HBsAb, HBeAg, HBeAb and HBcAb), and the DNA load was measured using real time fluorescence quantitative PCR. Commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) were used for the detection of anti-HEV IgG, anti-HEV IgM and HEV antigen (Ag). …”
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Dim blue light at night worsens high-fat diet-induced kidney damage via increasing corticosterone levels and modulating the expression of circadian clock genes by Wenji Ren, Zixu Wang, Yulan Dong, Jing Cao, Ting Gao, Qingyun Guo, Yaoxing Chen

“…Furthermore, dBL increased BAX protein levels and decreased BCL2 protein levels. At the same time, dBL affected the Keap1/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway, elevating KEAP1 and decreasing NRF2 and HO-1 protein levels. …”
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اثر تمرین شنا بر بیان ژن‌های هیپوکامپی mir-23b و mir-let-7 مرتبط با درد، در موش‌های صحرایی نژاد ویستار مبتلا به پارکینسون... by رضا زین العبادی, مهرزاد مقدسی, محمدامین عدالت منش, مهدی نورا

“…بیان ژن  های mir-23b و mir-let-7 در بافت هیپوکامپ، با روش Real Time-PCR اندازه‌گیری شد. تغییرات بیان ژن با استفاده از آزمون تحلیل واریانس یک راهه و آزمون تعقیبی LSD در سطح معنی‌داری 05/0>p تجزیه و تحلیل شدند. …”
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Model Evaluasi Usability Menggunakan Confirmatory Factor Analysis pada KRS Online by Endah Ratna Arumi, Pristi Sukmasetya, Agus Setiawan

“…Abstract Nowadays, the development of computer software systems is not just a functional analysis. At this time, the software interface has begun to become a focus in software development. …”
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Interleukin-12 Inhibits Tumor Growth and Metastasis Promoted by Tumor-Associated Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer by Babak Jahangiri, Zahra-Soheila Soheili, Elahe Asadollahi, Mehdi Shamsara, Vahid Shariati, Alireza Zomorodipour

“…Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) marker expression was quantifiedby real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Cell proliferation was measured using trypan blue exclusiontechnique, while cell cycle distribution and apoptosis were assessed by flow cytometry. …”
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Perfusion index as a predictor of successful PNS-guided supraclavicular block: A prospective study by Monika Gandhi, Khushboo Ranpise, Aseem Sharma, Manish Banjare

“…These metrics provide clinicians with a quick and practical tool for evaluating block efficacy in real-time, potentially improving clinical outcomes.…”
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Functional Characteristics and Lipid Lowering Activity of Auricularia heimuer Soluble Dietary Fiber by Xueyu SHANG, Heriban MEI, Ling SU, Qi WANG

“…In addition, HSDF with a concentration of 2.0 mg·mL−1 had a 75% inhibition rate of pancreatic lipase, and had good lipid-lowering activity in vitro. At the same time, HSDF could significantly (P<0.05) improve the organ index of HFD mice, improve the lipid accumulation, inflammatory cell infiltration in the liver and adipocyte enlargement in adipose tissue of HFD mice, and improve the cell area of white adipose tissue of epididymis by more than 50%, which had a good lipid-lowering effect in vivo. …”
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Emulation of ARISTOTLE and ROCKET AF trials in real-world atrial fibrillation patients results in similar efficacy and safety as original landmark trials: insights from the GARFIEL... by Ralf E Harskamp, Karen Pieper, A John Camm, Ajay K Kakkar, Jelle C L Himmelreich, Saverio Virdone, Jean-Pierre Bassand, Frank Misselwitz, Freek W A Verheugt, Frank Cools, Harry Gibbs, Antônio C Pereira-Barretto

“…Eligibility rates were steady over time, with minor differences across medical specialties. …”
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Whole-body tumor segmentation from FDG-PET/CT: Leveraging a segmentation prior from tissue-wise projections by Sambit Tarai, Elin Lundström, Nouman Ahmad, Robin Strand, Håkan Ahlström, Joel Kullberg

“…The results from this study highlight the potential of the proposed method as a valuable future tool for time-efficient quantification of tumor burden in oncologic FDG-PET/CT.…”
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Application of rapid genotyping of Warfarin individualized pharmacogenetic variants in Warfarin therapy by Defa Huang, Fangfang Xie, Shengpeng Xiao, Minyang Cai, Die Hu, Baodian Ling, Fangsheng Wang, Xuan Lin, Fangli Song, Qi Wang, Tianyu Zhong

“…The current method for individualized dosing gene polymorphism detection for warfarin has the disadvantages of being easily contaminated, time-consuming, expensive, and unsuitable for clinical use. …”
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Acute Concurrent Exercise Improves Inhibitory Control Without Mediating the Role of Lactate: An Event-Related Potential Study by Ruei-Hong Li, Tai-Rui Chen, Nicholas D. Gilson, Marius Brazaitis, Yi-Ting Cheng, Hui-Fang Wu, Ji-Hang Lee, Yu-Kai Chang

“…Lactate concentrations were measured at timepoints of 0-, 17-, and 30-min relative to the treatment onset. Response time (RT) and accuracy in the Stroop test, as well as P3 amplitude, were assessed before and after the treatment. …”
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Study of the association of polymorphisms of the folate cycle enzyme gene with the degree of cognitive and affective disorders in patients in the post-covid period by A.A. Shuprovych, O.V. Zinych, N.M. Kushnareva, O.M. Trofymenko, K.P. Komisarenko

“…MTHGFR polymorphisms for C677T and A1298C mutations were determined by polymerase chain reaction in real time. According to the MTHGFR C677T genotype variant, the examined patients were divided into 3 groups: 1) 21 persons (male/female 10/11) with homozygous CC genotype; 2) 17 ones (male/female 12/5) with heterozygous CT genotype; 3) 3 persons with a recessive homozygous TT genotype (all men). …”
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Study on a cable jumper method for offshore floating photovoltaic systems with multiple floating bodies by Xiangyu KONG, Yangping SHAO, Qiang FU, Lujie YU, Hongbin LIU

“…This approach achieves the desired effect while reducing both time and economic costs compared with the use of protection devices such as bending limiters. (2) Cosserat theory was used to accurately model flexible cables, fully considering the influence of cable structural parameters on linear lines. …”
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Humic acid improves water retention, maize growth, water use efficiency and economic benefits in coastal saline-alkali soils by Ge Li, Yuyang Shan, Weibo Nie, Yan Sun, Lijun Su, Weiyi Mu, Zhi Qu, Ting Yang

“…The results indicated that HA application increased cumulative infiltration by 0.83 %–9.92 %, extended the infiltration time required to reach the predetermined wetting front depth by 11.6 %–74.8 %, and reduced cumulative evaporation by 4.72 %–28.99 %. …”
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Logical-semantic knowledge model for the knowledge base of a lecturer by Serhii Dotsenko, Olga Banit, Dmytro Nor, Olga Morozova

“…The current focus of implementing information technologies in educational activities is on organizing educational processes in a distance format. At the same time, an important aspect of lecturers’ work—providing information supports for their methodological activities—has been overlooked. …”
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