Analyzing arguments on tobacco tax increases. Focus on French parliamentary questions and responses, 2000–2020 by François Topart, Emmanuelle Béguinot, Karine Gallopel-Morvan

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Association of dietary inflammatory index with ocular diseases: a population-based cross-sectional study by Xue Wang, Can Zhang, Haitao Jiang

“…RCS shown that there was a U-shaped correlation between DII and prevalence of glaucoma, cataract, ARMD, and diabetic retinopathy. …”
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Object-Level Contrastive-Learning-Based Multi-Branch Network for Building Change Detection from Bi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images by Shiming Li, Fengtao Yan, Cheng Liao, Qingfeng Hu, Kaifeng Ma, Wei Wang, Hui Zhang

“…Our approach achieves IoU values of 88.54% and 51.94%, respectively, surpassing state-of-the-art methods for building change detection.…”
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Optimization of Lycopene Extraction from Tomato Pomace and Effect of Extract on Oxidative Stability of Peanut Oil by Dinh Thi Tran, Lan Thi Hoang Nguyen, Cuong Ngoc Nguyen, Maarten L. A. T. M. Hertog, Bart Nicolaï, David Picha

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Decoding the Molecular Basis of the Specificity of an Anti-sTn Antibody by Cátia O. Soares, Maria Elena Laugieri, Ana Sofia Grosso, Mariangela Natale, Helena Coelho, Sandra Behren, Jin Yu, Hui Cai, Antonio Franconetti, Iker Oyenarte, Maria Magnasco, Ana Gimeno, Nuno Ramos, Wengang Chai, Francisco Corzana, Ulrika Westerlind, Jesús Jiménez-Barbero, Angelina S. Palma, Paula A. Videira, June Ereño-Orbea, Filipa Marcelo

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Sex steroid hormones mediate the association between neonicotinoids and obesity among children and adolescents by Qian Su, Jinzhu Luo, You Zhou, Miao Liu, Shaohua Zeng, Yin Li, Jieying Gao

“…Objective: To investigate the association between neonicotinoid exposure and obesity among U.S. children and adolescents and to explore underlying mechanism mediated by serum sex steroid hormones in these associations. …”
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Geology, Fluid Inclusion, and H–O–S–Pb Isotope Constraints on the Mineralization of the Xiejiagou Gold Deposit in the Jiaodong Peninsula by Peng Chai, Zeng-qian Hou, Hong-rui Zhang, Lei-lei Dong

“…The orebodies are hosted in the Linglong biotite granite with a zircon LA-ICP-MS U–Pb age of 160.5±1.3 Ma (N=15, MSWD=1.2) and are characterized by disseminated- or stockwork-style ores. …”
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Effect of scaling on levels of interleukin 1-beta and clinical periodontal parameters among e-cigarette users and non-smokers: A prospective study by Alaa B. Alkhalifah, Nehad T. Alfuraih, Bobby Joseph, Jagan K. Baskaradoss

“…Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to assess the changes in the periodontal measurements and IL-1β levels at different time points and Mann–Whitney U Test was used to compare the two groups. Results A total of 38 individuals (18 NS and 20 ENDS users) participated in the study. …”
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Bibliografia literacka w Instytucie Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk (1948-2010) – geneza, dokonania, perspektywy by Zyta Szymańska

“…Artykuł omawia bibliografie literackie opracowywane w Instytucie Badań Literackich PAN, ich genezę, specyfikę i założenia leżące u podstaw opracowań różnych typów bibliografii. …”
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Evaluation of commercial traits in the accessions of the wheatgrass genus (<i>Agropyron</i> Gaertn.) under the conditions of Central Yakutia by A. A. Kochegina, V. M. Koryakina

“…Studying plants of the wheatgrass genus as a unique and valuable fodder and phytomeliorating perennial arid xerophytic crop is of great interest to plant breeders, geneticists, biologists, ecologists, agriculturists, and forestry experts in southern regions of Russia, the ex-USSR republics, a number of European and Asia Minor countries, the U. S., Canada, and China. Accessions from the VIR collection representing five wheatgrass species were studied for the first time under the harsh conditions of extremely continental climate in the northern region of Central Yakutia. …”
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Pharmacological Inhibition of Glutaminase 1 Normalized the Metabolic State and CD4+ T Cell Response in Sjogren’s Syndrome by Jiayao Fu, Yiping Pu, Baoli Wang, Hui Li, Xiujuan Yang, Lisong Xie, Huan Shi, Zhijun Wang, Junhao Yin, Tianle Zhan, Yanxiong Shao, Changyu Chen, Qi Luo, Jiabao Xu, Zirui Zong, Xindi Wei, Wanwen Xiao, Chuangqi Yu, Lingyan Zheng

“…Inhibiting Gls1 with BPTES significantly abolished the proliferation rate, as indicated by EdU, CFSE, and Western blot analyses. Additionally, BPTES downregulated the extracellular acidification rate (ECAR) and oxygen consumption rate (OCR) values of activated CD4+ T cells from SS mice. …”
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Circ-ADAM9 Promotes High Glucose-Induced Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Injury in DR via Regulating miR-338-3p/CARM1 Axis by Zeyu Liang, Chengzhe Lu, Tingting Feng, Xiang Gao, Yongfang Tu, Wenchao Yang, Yipeng Wang

“…Cell proliferation and apoptosis were determined using MTT assay, EdU assay, and flow cytometry. The protein expression of apoptosis markers and CARM1 was examined by the western blot analysis. …”
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The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypokalemia in Pregnancy-Related Hospitalizations: A Nationwide Population Study by Chien-Wen Yang, Si Li, Yishan Dong

“…There are no nationwide population studies conducted to analyze the prevalence and risk factors associated with hypokalemia during pregnancy in the U.S. Method. We retrieved data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) and the National Inpatient Sample of Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) for pregnant patients with hypokalemia from 2012 to 2014. …”
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Development of a psychological frailty index: results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study by Jinlong Zhao, Justina Yat Wa Liu, Justina Yat Wa Liu, Daniel Fernández, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Stefanos Tyrovolas

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The Impact of DNA Methylation on IL6 mRNA Levels in Hematinic Deficiency and Atopy-Associated Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis Patients by Nanan Nur’aeny, Dida Akhmad Gurnida, Oki Suwarsa, Irna Sufiawati

“…The statistical analysis using the Mann–Whitney U test was conducted to evaluate IL6 mRNA levels and DNA methylation with p value <0.05 considered to be statistically significant. …”
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Effectiveness of Retail Promotions in the Green Industry by Age Group: A Case Study by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn

“…For instance, consumers over the age of 55 account for the majority of U.S. household lawn and garden retail sales and the number of gardeners in this group is increasing (National Gardening Association, 2013).  …”
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Association between social determinants of health and premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and sex differences in US adults: A cross-sectional study by Chun Yang, Na Zhang, Tiankuo Gao, Yingxin Zhu, Chen Gong, Mingyue Xu, Cuicui Feng

“…Method: Data on self-reported SDoH based on Healthy People 2030 criteria were obtained from U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (2003–2018). …”
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Urban landscape patterns and residents’ perceptions of safety under extreme city flood disasters by Wei Ma, Yingjie Du, Yuxiao Wang, Quanxiu Chen, Huaxiong Jiang, Runting Cai, Tianshun Gu, Wenxin Zhang

“…Results: Results indicate: (1) ULP significantly impacts RPS, with a relative importance of 44.8%, particularly influenced by the Largest Patch Index (LPI), Landscape Connectivity Index (CONTAG), and Patch Density (PD); (2) The effect of landscape pattern indices on RPS reveals a complex nonlinear relationship, exhibiting various patterns such as ’stage-wise negative correlation,’ ’U-shaped,’ and ’inverted V-shaped’ with noticeable threshold effects. …”
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Üst hava yolu hacmi, maksiller morfoloji ve osteomeatal kompleks ilişkilerinin konik ışınlı bilgisayarlı tomografi ile değerlendirilmesi by Nursel Arpay Gümüş , Zühre Zafersoy Akarslan

“…Gereç ve Yöntem: 18-35 yaşlar arasında bulunan 83’ü erkek ve 117’si kadın toplam 200 genç erişkin hastadan alınan Konik Işınlı Bilgisayarlı Tomografi (KIBT) görüntüleri retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi. …”
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Interaction of norsecurinine-type monomeric and dimeric alkaloids with α-tubulin: a molecular docking study by Gérard Vergoten, Christian Bailly

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