Association between magnesium depletion score and prevalence of hyperuricemia in American adults: a study based on NHANES 2007-2018 by Yongchun Xiao, Yong Mou, Yong Mou, Ping Wu, Ke Wang, Tianjun Chen, Zhiwan Chen, Hongsheng Lin, Hua Yang, Zhisheng Ji

“…Sensitivity and additional analyses reinforced the robustness of these findings.ConclusionAmong U.S. adults, higher MDS were significantly associated with an increased prevalence of HUA, suggesting that interventions targeting magnesium deficiency could be beneficial in reducing HUA prevalence within this population. …”
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Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles Deliver miR-21 to Promote Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing through PTEN/PI3K/Akt Pathway by Xiaolong Liu, Xuran Li, Guangyuan Wu, Pengfei Qi, Yanyan Zhang, Zhiyu Liu, Xinyue Li, Yu Yu, Xiangmei Ye, Yang Li, Dongguang Yang, Yueqiu Teng, Ce Shi, Xin Jin, Sen Qi, Yuting Liu, Shudan Wang, Ying Liu, Fenglin Cao, Qingran Kong, Zhenkun Wang, Hong Zhang

“…Changes in HCEC proliferation after HUMSC-sEVs or miR-21 mimic treatment were evaluated by CCK-8 and EdU assays, while migration was assessed by in vitro scratch wound assay. …”
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Convolutional Attention Based Mechanism for Facial Microexpression Recognition by Hafiz Khizer Bin Talib, Kaiwei Xu, Yanlong Cao, Yuan-Ping Xu, Zhijie Xu, Muhammad Zaman, Adnan Akhunzada

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Novel Mechanisms Modulating Palmitate-Induced Inflammatory Factors in Hypertrophied 3T3-L1 Adipocytes by AMPK by Naru Morita, Toshio Hosaka, Atsuko Kitahara, Toshitaka Murashima, Hirohisa Onuma, Yoshikazu Sumitani, Kazuto Takahashi, Toshiaki Tanaka, Takuma Kondo, Hitoshi Ishida

“…In contrast, MCP-1 release suppression was abolished by the AMPK inhibitor compound C and the MEK inhibitor U0126. Conclusions. MCP-1 release from hypertrophied adipocytes is suppressed by AMPK activation through the NF-κB and ERK pathways. …”
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Global and Regional Burden of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Attributable to Low Physical Activity From 1990 to 2021 by Lihang Yang, Diya Xie, Fengmin Liu, Jiaying Lin, Xin Lin, Yuquan Chen, Kun Zhang

“…The global PAF for ASDR and ASMR in 2021 is 7.38% and 9.45%. A U‐shaped drift pattern was observed in most SDI quintiles in APC model. …”
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Association of the body roundness index with chronic diarrhea and chronic constipation: findings based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2010 data by Yinda Wang, Fei Chen, Binzhong Zhang, Zhengwei Song

“…Abstract Aim The study aimed to explore potential links between long-term digestive issues (specifically diarrhea and constipation) and body roundness index (BRI) in a representative U.S. population sample. Methods This study adopted a design that is cross sectional, drawing on data from the NHANES, gathered from 2005 to 2010 with health information from a total of 11,235 individuals. …”
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Profile of Children With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Referred to a Hospital in Iran by Amin Ghanbari, Mohammadreza Pazoki, Bahar Allahverdi, Pejman Rohani, Parisa Rahmani

“…Laboratory findings revealed elevated levels of alanine transaminase (ALT), triglycerides (TG), and total cholesterol (TC) (60.72±59.06 U/L, 65.35±142.54 mg/dL, 35±166.71 mg/dL, respectively). …”
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Mapping the future: The current landscape and future directions of evidence-based practice in Saudi radiology departments. by Walaa Alsharif, Faisal Alrehily, Fahad H Alhazmi, Awadia Greeballah, Abdulaziz A Qurashi, Shrooq Aldahery, Adnan Alahmadi, Amirah Alsaedi, Sultan Alshoabi, Khalid M Alshamrani, Awatif M Omer, Raghad Aljuhani

“…Inferential statistics, including non-parametric tests such as the Mann-Whitney U Test and the Kruskal-Wallis Test, were used to assess the influence of demographic factors on perceptions and challenges related to the adoption of evidence-based practice (EBP) in research within Saudi Arabia. …”
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Revize vzdělávacího obsahu bezpečnostní problematiky pohledem klíčových aktérů kurikulární reformy by Miroslava Kovaříková

“…K vyhodnocení otázek byly použity statistické metody Mannův–Whitneyho U-test a Spearmanův korelační koeficient. Výsledky a závěry – Ukázalo se, že učitelé hodnotí bezpečnostní témata jako důležitá pro připravenost žáků pro život a zařazení této problematiky do vzdělávací oblasti Člověk a zdraví, resp. …”
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BerryPortraits: Phenotyping Of Ripening Traits in cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) with YOLOv8 by Jenyne Loarca, Tyr Wiesner-Hanks, Hector Lopez-Moreno, Andrew F. Maule, Michael Liou, Maria Alejandra Torres-Meraz, Luis Diaz-Garcia, Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, Jeffrey Neyhart, James Polashock, Gina M. Sideli, Christopher F. Strock, Craig T. Beil, Moira J. Sheehan, Massimo Iorizzo, Amaya Atucha, Juan Zalapa

“…Utilizing the YOLOv8 framework and community-developed, actively-maintained Python libraries such as OpenCV, BerryPortraits software was trained on 512 postharvest images (taken under controlled lighting conditions) of phenotypically diverse cranberry populations (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) from the two largest public cranberry breeding programs in the U.S. The implementation of CIELAB, an intuitive and perceptually uniform color space, enables differentiation between berry color and berry brightness, which are confounded in classic RGB color channel measurements. …”
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Pear Juice Clarification Using Polygalacturonase from Beauveria bassiana : Effects on Rheological, Antioxidant and Quality Properties by Ayodeji Emmanuel Amobonye, Prashant Bhagwat, Faith Matiza Ruzengwe, Suren Singh, Santhosh Pillai

“…The optimization of the juice clarification process led to 137% improvement in clarification compared to control, under optimal conditions of 39.37 U/mL enzyme load, 36.87°C temperature and 2.75 h treatment time. …”
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A Rare Case of Metachronous Clear Cell Ovarian Carcinoma and Thyroid Carcinoma: Clinical and Pathological Insights by Ridwan S, Harsono AB, Suardi D, Kurniadi A, Mantilidewi KI, Hidayat YM

“…CA-125 tumor marker levels were 190.1 U/mL. Ovarian cancer was suspected, and surgical staging with total hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, omentectomy, frozen sectioning, and adhesiolysis was performed. …”
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ULSOSEAL Technique: A Unique Technique to Achieve Hemostasis Using ExoSeal in High-Risk Patients after Common Femoral Artery Puncture by Yohsuke Honda, Shinsuke Mori, Tomoya Fukagawa, Toshihiko Kishida, Takahide Nakano, Shigemitsu Shirai, Masafumi Mizusawa, Kenji Makino, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Norihiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Yamawaki, Yoshiaki Ito

“…This study aimed to assess the safety and feasibility of the ULtrasound-guided uSe Of exoSEAL technique (ULSOSEAL technique) in patients at a high risk of complications following the use of ExoSeal. …”
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SCIENTIFIC PARADIGM SHIFT AS THE BACKGROUND OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION by V. D. Tabanakova

“…Each of the paradigms was traced in the frame of linguistic education functions alternation and constantly changing academic programs.A new take on the U-turn of a centrifugal vector in science has obviously demonstrated the tendencies of the domestic linguistic education flimsiness: fundamental linguistic education tends to become popularized linguistic knowledge; there is no conception of linguistic education based on all the basic language functions.However, the author notes the natural language to be the most difficult, most multipurpose and multidimensional sign system. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Cr, As, Se, and Other Trace Metal Elements in Seawater by ICP-MS with Hybrid Simultaneous Preconcentration Combining Iron Hydroxide Coprecipitation an... by Akihide Itoh, Masato Ono, Kota Suzuki, Takumi Yasuda, Kazuhiko Nakano, Kimika Kaneshima, Kazuho Inaba

“…In multielement determination, the present method makes it possible to determine Cr(III), As(V), Se (IV), and other 14 trace metal elements (Ti, V, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Ge, Cd, Sb, Sn, W, Pb, and U) in seawater. Moreover, for speciation analyses of Cr, As, and Se, the pH dependence on recovery for the different chemical forms of Cr, As, and Se was investigated. …”
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Immediate Respiratory Warm-Up Effect on Dynamic Inspiratory Muscle Strength in Cardiac Surgery Candidates by Bahareh Mehregan Far, Sedigheh Sadat Naimi, Mohsen Abedi, Seyed Ahmad Raeissadat, Mahmood Beheshti Monfared, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban

“…Results: Covariance analysis showed no significant difference in the average and best values of the S-index, PIF or VC indices at the second tests, between two groups (P>0.05), or in the independent t test and Mann-Whitney U test for the “rate of changes,” between two tests (P>0.05). …”
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Green synthesis of Au-Pt bimetallic nanoparticels using Croton caudatus Geisel leaf extract and their biological studies by P.Vijaya Kumar, K.S. Pushpavalli, Baskaran Ganesh Kumar, S.Mary Jelastin Kala, K.S. Prakash

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Harnessing national data systems to understand circumstances surrounding veteran suicide: linking Department of Veterans Affairs and National Violent Death Reporting System Data by Claire A. Hoffmire, Alexandra L. Schneider, Laurel A. Gaeddert, Joseph Logan, Julie A. Kittel, Ryan Holliday, Lindsey L. Monteith

“…Abstract Background Veterans are at elevated risk for suicide compared to non-Veteran U.S. adults. Data sources and analyses to inform prevention efforts, especially for those who do not use Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare services, are needed. …”
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MUNet: a novel framework for accurate brain tumor segmentation combining UNet and mamba networks by Lijuan Yang, Lijuan Yang, Qiumei Dong, Da Lin, Chunfang Tian, Xinliang Lü

“…Finally, we propose a new loss function that combines mIoU loss, Dice loss, and Boundary loss, which improves segmentation overlap, similarity, and boundary accuracy from multiple perspectives. …”
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Study protocol of the PRINCESS trial—PReoperative INtermittent fasting versus CarbohydratE loading to reduce inSulin resiStance versus standard of care in orthopaedic patients: a r... by Markus W Hollmann, Abraham H Hulst, Benedikt Preckel, Jeroen Hermanides, Ayla Y Stobbe, Eline S de Klerk, Robert van Wilpe, Arthur J Kievit, Kee Fong Choi, Mireille F M van Stijn

“…Statistical analyses are performed using Student’s t-tests or Mann-Whitney U tests.Ethics and dissemination The local medical ethics committee of the Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands, approved the trial protocol in January 2023 (NL81556.018.22). …”
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