The Influence of Cell Isolation and Culturing on Natriuretic Peptide Receptors in Aortic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by Christine Rager, Tobias Klöpper, Sabine Tasch, Michael Raymond Whittaker, Betty Exintaris, Andrea Mietens, Ralf Middendorff

“…Expression was quantified by RT-qPCR comparing aortic media and SMCs with our recently validated reference gene (RG) small nuclear ribonucleoprotein 2 (U2). Only GC-A was stably expressed. In intact media, GC-A exceeded GC-B and NPRC. …”
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EGb761 促进臂丛根性撕脱伤运动神经元功能修复的多靶点机制 by 刘佛林, 汪丽清, 周丽华, 袁群芳, 吴国珍, 吴武田

“…【结果】 EGb761 组与撕脱组相比: 不仅降低脊髓组织 NO 含量(μmol/g) (2 周组0.24 vs 0.36、4 周组 0.22 vs 0.30、6 周组 0.19 vs 0.23; P 均 < 0.05), 也降低脊髓组织 cNOS 酶活力(U/mg) (5 d组 0.047 vs 0.057、2 周组 0.13 vs 0.20、4 周组 0.065 vs 0.14、6 周组 0.061 vs 0.083; P 均 < 0.05)。…”
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Conditional diffusion-generated super-resolution for myocardial perfusion MRI by Changyu Sun, Changyu Sun, Neha Goyal, Yu Wang, Darla L. Tharp, Senthil Kumar, Talissa A. Altes

“…The forward diffusion process introduces Gaussian noise incrementally, while the reverse process employs a U-Net architecture to progressively denoise the images, conditioned on the low-resolution input image.ResultsWe trained and validated the model on a retrospective dataset of dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) perfusion MRI, consisting of both stress and rest images from 47 patients with heart disease. …”
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The Application of Biologically Active Components Derived from Mineral, Synthetic, Phyto- and Organic Sources for Developing Local Hemostatic Agents: Historical Traditions and Cont... by S. Abramov, S. Sokolovskyi, A. Gozhenko, I. Sobko, G. Titov, V. Gladyshev, M. Khmil, Ugis Kletnieks

“…Sokolovskiy R" of the manufacturer "Medpro Nutraceuticals" (Latvia) by order of LLC "Plantor" (Ukraine, Dnipro), the author and owner of the developed technology of the hemostatic agent - powder "PLANTOR" (TU U 20.4-44827581-001:2022) as an auxiliary means of revitalization, local coagulation, treated wound surfaces during emergency medical care for external bleeding. …”
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Waste heat recovery cycles integration into a net-Zero emission solar-thermal multi-generation system; Techno-economic analysis and ANN-MOPSO optimization by Pradeep Kumar Singh, Ali Basem, Rebwar Nasir Dara, Mohamed Shaban, Sarminah Samad, Raymond Ghandour, Ahmad Almadhor, Samah G. Babiker, Iskandar Shernazarov, Ibrahim A. Alsayer

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Role of Psychological Distress in the Assessment of Chronic Illness Care and Self-Management Behaviors of Elderly Patients with T2DM Chronic Complications by Sun X, Wang X, Zhou R, Deng W, Jiang J, Shi Y

“…Student’s t-test, one-way ANOVA or the nonparametric analysis (Mann–Whitney U-test), Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation model (SEM) were used to analyse the data.Results: A total of 264 participants (157 males [59.47%], with an average age of 71.07± 6.47 years) were included in the study; their duration of T2DM ranged from 5 to 30 years, with a mean duration of 11.19± 6.96 years. …”
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Associations between oxidation balance score and abdominal aortic calcification, and the mediating role of glycohemoglobin: a nationally representative cross-sectional study from N... by Heqian Liu, Yifei Wu, Zhenyu Liu, Hongzhi Ren, Ya Wu, Ya Wu, Yong Liu, Yong Liu, Yong Liu

“…Our aim was to evaluate whether subjective interventions could influence AAC scores by modifying the antioxidant/pro-oxidant status of individuals and to investigate the role of glycohemoglobin in this relationship.MethodsThe study analyzed data from 1,600 U.S. adults. The study used oxidation balance score (OBS) as an exposure variable derived from 16 dietary and 4 lifestyle factors, as well as glycohemoglobin obtained from blood tests. …”
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Creation of a recombinant Komagataella phaffii strain, a producer of proteinase K from Tritirachium album by A. B. Beklemishev, M. B. Pykhtina, Ya. M. Kulikov, T. N. Goryachkovskaya, D. V. Bochkov, S. V. Sergeeva, A. R. Vasileva, V. P. Romanov, D. S. Novikova, S. E. Peltek

“…The resulting recombinant protease has a high specific proteolytic activity: ~5000 U/mg.…”
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Effects of tongue tamers and customized bonded spurs as an early treatment of anterior open bite: a randomized clinical study by Safa B. Alawy, Shaimaa S. EL-Desouky, Ibrahim A. Kabbash, Shimaa M. Hadwa

“…Regarding SNB measurement, there was a non-significant increase in all three groups with the highest increase in group-I(0.49 ± 0.48) followed by group-III(0.34 ± 0.63). The U1/FHP and L1/GoGn angles were non-significantly decreased in all tested groups with the highest decrease in group-I(-1.76 ± 1.00 and-2.54 ± 0.87 respectively). …”
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Combat the growing prevalence of anaemia through underutilised iron-rich plant-based foods by Naman Kaur, Arthittaya Thuanthong, Simran Kaur, Aparna Agarwal, Manisha Sabharwal, Jatinder K. Sahu, Jayashree Arcot, Abhishek Dutt Tripathi, Pankaj Koirala, Nilesh Nirmal

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The Prevalence of Star-forming Clumps as a Function of Environmental Overdensity in Local Galaxies by Dominic Adams, Hugh Dickinson, Lucy Fortson, Kameswara Mantha, Vihang Mehta, Jürgen Popp, Claudia Scarlata, Chris Lintott, Brooke Simmons, Mike Walmsley

“…The resulting sample of 41,445 u -band bright clumps in 34,246 galaxies is the largest sample of clumps yet assembled. …”
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Relationship between albumin-corrected anion gap and lumbar spine bone mineral density: a cross-sectional study by Aiguo Liu, Aiguo Liu, Ting Ying, Shuang Deng, Chenxu Wang, Chenxu Wang, Ziwen Zhao, Sitong Zhang, Han Xiao, Chengqing Yi, Dejian Li

“…Quartile analysis indicated that participants in the highest ACAG quartile (≥19.55) experienced the most substantial reductions in BMD (β coefficients ranging from −0.034 to −0.036, P &lt; 0.001). Furthermore, a U-shaped relationship was identified, with a turning point at an ACAG value of 22.15, indicating that lower ACAG levels were associated with decreased BMD, while higher levels showed a positive effect. …”
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Comparison of thromboelastographic profiles and clinical characteristics in children with severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia by Yong-tao Li, Yu-mei Ma, Fu-li Dai, Zhen Peng, Ya-ping Dai, Ke Zhi, Hai-hong Feng, Shu-jun Li

“…They also showed higher levels of C-reactive protein (median: 30.2 vs. 20.1 mg/L, P &lt; 0.001), lactate dehydrogenase (median: 334.5 vs. 276.0 U/L, P = 0.001), and D-dimer (median: 1.2 vs. 0.5 μg/ml, P &lt; 0.001). …”
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Proceedings of the 14th European immunogenicity platform open symposium on immunogenicity of biopharmaceuticals by Sophie Tourdot, Daniel Baltrunkonis, Sofie Denies, Viswanath Devanarayan, Joanna Grudzinska-Goebel, Arno Kromminga, Gregor P. Lotz, Laurent Malherbe, Lydia Michaut, Karin N. Weldingh, Joao A. Pedras-Vasconcelos, Laura. I. Salazar-Fontana, Sebastian Spindeldreher, Zuben Sauna, Veerle Snoeck, Daniela Verthelyi, Daniel Kramer

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Clinical Study and Finite Element Analysis on the Effects of Pseudo‐Patella Baja After TKA by Shenghu Jiang, Wenxing Wei, Mingyang Li, Shengliang Zhou, Yi Zeng, Bin Shen

“…CT and MRI scans of two healthy left knees and TKA prostheses were taken; 3D models including PPB, True patella baja (TPB), normal patella, and patella alta (PA) were created in FEA and applied load along the direction of quadriceps femoris. T‐test, Mann–Whitney U‐test, chi‐squared (χ 2) test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were performed using GraphPad Prism (Version 8, GraphPad Software, USA). …”
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Can “LITE” Procedure Combined With a Short Course Antibiotic Treatment Be Effective in Treating the Chronic PJI?—A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial by Yang Chen, Haiqi Ding, Qijin Wang, Zida Huang, Chaofan Zhang, Wenbo Li, Yansheng Lin, Yufeng Guo, Xinyu Fang, Wenming Zhang

“…Continuous variables were analyzed using the two‐sample t‐test or Mann–Whitney U test, and categorical variables were analyzed using Fisher's exact tests. …”
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乳酸脱氢酶A在肾细胞癌中的表达及意义 by 邱文瀚, 廖定准, 盛义雨, 熊海云, 李骏

“…构建<italic>LDHA</italic>-shRNA重组质粒，转染至786-O以敲低<italic>LDHA</italic>表达，利用CCK-8、克隆形成实验及EdU染色法检测敲低<italic>LDHA</italic>表达对癌细胞增殖活性的影响。利用细胞葡萄糖摄取试验及乳酸分泌试验检测细胞糖摄取水平和乳酸分泌水平的变化。…”
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O multiculturalismo e as divergências teóricas no debate multicultural by Willian Martini

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Automatic segmentation model and machine learning model grounded in ultrasound radiomics for distinguishing between low malignant risk and intermediate-high malignant risk of adnex... by Lu Liu, Wenjun Cai, Feibo Zheng, Hongyan Tian, Yanping Li, Ting Wang, Xiaonan Chen, Wenjing Zhu

“…Feature selection was conducted using the Spearman correlation analysis, Mann–Whitney U-test, and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression. …”
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Effects of sexual counseling and education based on self-efficacy theory on the sexual function of women with breast cancer by Azadeh Jamshidi, Farzaneh Noroozi, Razieh Bagherzadeh, Tayebeh Gharibi

“…Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, percentage, frequency) and analytical tests, including the independent t-test, Mann‒Whitney U test, Chi-square test, and Fisher’s exact test and repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by post hoc LSD test were used for data analysis, considering a significance level of less than 0.05 in all cases. …”
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