Impact of finasteride on modulating the risk and clinical outcomes of bladder cancer: insights from a comprehensive meta-analysis by Ailing Yu, Ailing Yu, Ailing Yu, Ailing Yu, Ailing Yu, Zian Bai, Zian Bai, Zian Bai, Zian Bai, Yijie Wang, Yijie Wang, Yijie Wang, Yijie Wang, Zhen Luo, Zhen Luo, Zhen Luo, Zhen Luo, Xiaochen Du, Mengxin Chen, Shuang Wen, Honglong Wang, Xiaoying Yuan, Chunyu Yang, Shanshan Bai, Bo Fan, Bo Fan, Bo Fan, Bo Fan

“…Additional multi-center prospective studies with long-term follow-up are required to further validate prophylactic role of finasteride on bladder cancer.Systematic review registration numberhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=525046, identifier CRD42024525046.…”
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Pragmatic algorithm for visual assessment of 4-Repeat tauopathies in [18F]PI-2620 PET Scans by Theresa Bauer, Matthias Brendel, Mirlind Zaganjori, Alexander M. Bernhardt, Alexander Jäck, Sophia Stöcklein, Maximilian Scheifele, Johannes Levin, Thilo van Eimeren, Alexander Drzezga, Osama Sabri, Henryk Barthel, Robert Perneczky, Günter Höglinger, Nicolai Franzmeier, Johannes Gnörich

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The impact of war on people with type 2 diabetes in Ukraine: a survey studyResearch in context by Oksana Sulaieva, Viktoriia Yerokhovych, Sergii Zemskov, Iuliia Komisarenko, Vitalii Gurianov, Volodymyr Pankiv, Oleksandr Tovkai, Tetyana Yuzvenko, Violetta Yuzvenko, Andrii Tovkai, Zlatoslava Shaienko, Tetyana Falalyeyeva, Nadiya Skrypnyk, Taras Romaniv, Nadiya Pasyechko, Taras Krytskyy, Solomiia Danyliuk, Andrii Klantsa, Dmytro Krasnienkov, Oleksandr Gurbych, Nazarii Kobyliak

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Evidence construction of Silibinin capsules against alcoholic liver disease based on a meta-analysis and systematic review by Yan Wang, Yan Wang, Wenmin Yang, Wenmin Yang, Yuan Yang, Yuan Yang, Xingning Liu, Xingning Liu, Lanfen Peng, Lanfen Peng, Qi Huang, Qi Huang, Qi Huang, Kongli Fan, Kongli Fan, Rui Hu, Rui Hu, Jinyu Yi, Jinyu Yi, Xin Zhong, Xin Zhong, Jing Li, Jialing Sun, Xiaozhou Zhou, Xiaozhou Zhou

“…At present, the mechanism of action of this drug for ALD is still unclear, and we expect more experimental studies to prove the clinical value of Silibinin capsules.Systematic Review Registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=509676.…”
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Assessing environmental change and population declines of large wading birds in southwestern India by K.M. Aarif, Aymen Nefla, K.A. Rubeena, Yanjie Xu, Zakher Bouragaoui, M. Nasser, C.T. Shifa, T.R. Athira, K. Jishnu, Jasmine Anand, Seerangan Manokaran, P.P. Moosa, Anu Gopinath, Omer R. Reshi, K.M. Rajaneesh, H. Byju, Thadickal V. Joydas, Karuppasamy P. Manikandan, Mohd Irfan Naikoo, Christian Sonne, Sabir Bin Muzaffar

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کلونینگ و توالی یابی ژن p- انسولین جدا شده از گیاه دارویی Momordica charantia و تحلیل بیوانفورماتیکی ساختار سه بعدی پروتئین... by مریم رحیمی, مجید عزیزی, احد یامچی, مجید شهبازی

“…در ادامه ساختار سه بعدی پروتئین p-انسولین از طریق مدلینگ به کمک نرم افزار Phyre 2.0 (www.sbg.bio.ic.ac.uk/phyre2/) بررسی شد.یافته ها:در نتایج بدست آمده ازالکتروفورز RNA از بافت های مختلف کارلا، وجود دو باند مربوط به 28SrRNA و 18SrRNA نشان دهنده استخراج موفق RNA بود. …”
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Treatment Inertia and Symptom Burden in Anemia of CKD: Insights from the SATISFY Survey in the Middle East, South Africa, and Türkiye by Arici M, Al-Ghamdi SMG, Assounga AG, El-Koraie AF, McMillan A, Camidge LJ, Sumarsono B, Blogg M, Ng DB, Lansang EP

“…Mustafa Arici,1 Saeed MG Al-Ghamdi,2 Alain G Assounga,3 Ahmed F El-Koraie,4 Abigail McMillan,5 Lucinda J Camidge,5 Budiwan Sumarsono,6 Martin Blogg,7 Daniel Bin Ng,6 Elvira P Lansang6 1Department of Nephrology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye; 2Department of Medicine, Nephrology Section, King Abdulaziz University and King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 3Department of Nephrology, Division of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; 4Nephrology Unit, Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; 5Adelphi Real World, Bollington, UK; 6Astellas Pharma Singapore Pte. Ltd, Singapore, Singapore; 7Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd, Addlestone, UKCorrespondence: Mustafa Arici, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Sihhiye, Ankara, 06100, Türkiye, Tel +90-312-324 3109, Fax +90-312-311 3958, Email marici@hacettepe.edu.tr, aricim@gmail.comIntroduction: Limited data exist regarding treatment patterns and symptom burden of patients with anemia of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the Middle East, South Africa, and Türkiye.Methods: This real-world study explored clinical characteristics, symptom burden, and treatment patterns of patients with anemia of CKD living in the Middle East, South Africa, and Türkiye. …”
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Requirements and special considerations for drug trials with children across six jurisdictions: 2. Ethics review in the regulatory approval process by Breanne Stewart, Pirkko Lepola, Gunter F. Egger, Fahimeda Ali, Albert J. Allen, Albert J. Allen, Alysha K. Croker, Andrew J. Davidson, Pamela Dicks, Saul N. Faust, Saul N. Faust, Dionna Green, Collin Hovinga, Collin Hovinga, Agnes V. Klein, Robyn Langham, Hidefumi Nakamura, Laura Pioppo, Shiva Ramroop, Michiyo Sakiyama, Isabel Sanchez Vigil de la Villa, Junko Sato, Donna L. Snyder, Mark A. Turner, Mark A. Turner, Sarah Zaidi, Kanecia Zimmerman, Kanecia Zimmerman, Thierry Lacaze-Masmonteil

“…This work, undertaken by the Working Group (WG) on International Collaborations at the European Network of Pediatric Research at the European Medicines Agency (Enpr-EMA) aims to describe the research ethics review requirements including any pediatric specific requirements, as well as current or upcoming changes across six jurisdictions – the European Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA), Canada, Japan, and Australia.MethodsAn open questionnaire developed by the WG and directed at both the Competent Authorities (CA) and the national pediatric clinical trial networks arranged by jurisdictions.ResultsA synopsis of the current regulatory requirements covers centralized versus independent review, comparisons between investigator initiated and industry sponsored clinical trials, timelines, review board members requirements and the consenting/assent process for clinical trial (CT) applications, application submission processes and application requirements for each of the six jurisdictions. …”
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APOKASC-3: The Third Joint Spectroscopic and Asteroseismic Catalog for Evolved Stars in the Kepler Fields by Marc H. Pinsonneault, Joel C. Zinn, Jamie Tayar, Aldo Serenelli, Rafael A. García, Savita Mathur, Mathieu Vrard, Yvonne P. Elsworth, Benoit Mosser, Dennis Stello, Keaton J. Bell, Lisa Bugnet, Enrico Corsaro, Patrick Gaulme, Saskia Hekker, Marc Hon, Daniel Huber, Thomas Kallinger, Kaili Cao, Jennifer A. Johnson, Bastien Liagre, Rachel A. Patton, Ângela R. G. Santos, Sarbani Basu, Paul G. Beck, Timothy C. Beers, William J. Chaplin, Katia Cunha, Peter M. Frinchaboy, Léo Girardi, Diego Godoy-Rivera, Jon A. Holtzman, Henrik Jönsson, Szabolcs Mészáros, Claudia Reyes, Hans-Walter Rix, Matthew Shetrone, Verne V. Smith, Taylor Spoo, Keivan G. Stassun, Ji Wang

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Providing a model of consumer behavior in creating brand attachment with an emphasis on the packaging component of food industry companies by maziar Ghasemzadeh Sangroudi, karim hamdi, SHADAN VAHABZADEH MUNSHI

“…This research was carried out as a survey among a sample consisting of teenagers (2469 people) and adults (12046 people) in the UK. Based on the results obtained, it was found that the use of attractive packaging has a positive effect on brand associations and brand loyalty. …”
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Comparative genomics of Aspergillus nidulans and section Nidulantes by Sebastian Theobald, Tammi Vesth, Jane L. Nybo, Jens C. Frisvad, Inge Kjærbølling, Stephen Mondo, Kurt LaButti, Sajeet Haridas, Robert Riley, Alan A. Kuo, Asaf A. Salamov, Jasmyn Pangilinan, Anna Lipzen, Maxim Koriabine, Mi Yan, Kerrie Barry, Alicia Clum, Ellen K. Lyhne, Elodie Drula, Ad Wiebenga, Astrid Müller, Ronnie J.M. Lubbers, Roland S. Kun, Ana Carolina dos Santos Gomes, Miia R. Mäkelä, Bernard Henrissat, Blake A. Simmons, Jon K. Magnuson, Jakob B. Hoof, Uffe H. Mortensen, Paul S. Dyer, Michelle Momany, Thomas O. Larsen, Igor V Grigoriev, Scott E. Baker, Ronald P. de Vries, Mikael R. Andersen

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Urethra-sparing prostate cancer radiotherapy: Current practices and future insights from an international survey by Jennifer Le Guévelou, Paul Sargos, Piet Ost, Filippo Alongi, Stefano Arcangeli, Alejandro Berlin, Pierre Blanchard, Anna Bruynzeel, Olivier Chapet, Alan Dal Pra, Robert T. Dess, Matthias Guckenberger, Andrew Loblaw, Amar U. Kishan, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, David Pasquier, Mohamed Shelan, Shankar Siva, Alison C. Tree, Costantinos Zamboglou, Stephane Supiot, Vedang Murthy, Thomas Zilli

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The Eczema Bathing Study: Weekly versus daily bathing for people with eczema? Protocol of an online, randomised controlled trial [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved wit... by Paul Leighton, Wei Chern Gavin Fong, Ingrid Muller, Laura Howells, Arabella Baker, Eleanor J Mitchell, Eleanor Harrison, Leila Thuma, Yimin Jiang, Lucy Bradshaw, Alan Montgomery, Fiona Cowdel, Matthew J Ridd, Jane Ravenscroft, Reiko J Tanaka, Miriam Santer, Richard Swinden, Nicholas Hilken, Carron Layfield, Richard Dooley, Sophia Collins, Clare Upton, Tracy Owen, Firoza Davies, Devin Patel, Mars Eddis-Finbow, Hywel C Williams, Goldie Putrym, Kim S Thomas, Amanda Roberts

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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…Pistor’s review of the book is unequivocal: using methods from comparative politics, the authors provide a “very interesting argument” and “a clear empirical case for the youthquake during the 2017 General Election in the UK”. Pistor also welcomes especially two implications of the book: (1) many young British people are not as politically disenfranchised as general wisdom holds (and there is much more to be said about that); (2) many of them are not only cosmopolitans but also British cosmopolitans interested and engaged in national politics. …”
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ATClean: A Novel Method for Detecting Low-luminosity Transients and Application to Pre-explosion Counterparts from SN 2023ixf by S. Rest, A. Rest, C. D. Kilpatrick, J. E. Jencson, S. von Coelln, L. Strolger, S. Smartt, J. P. Anderson, A. Clocchiatti, D. A. Coulter, L. Denneau, S. Gomez, A. Heinze, R. Ridden-Harper, K. W. Smith, B. Stalder, J. L. Tonry, Q. Wang, Y. Zenati

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Climate change rivals fertilizer use in driving soil nitrous oxide emissions in the northern high latitudes: Insights from terrestrial biosphere models by Naiqing Pan, Hanqin Tian, Hao Shi, Shufen Pan, Josep G. Canadell, Jinfeng Chang, Philippe Ciais, Eric A. Davidson, Gustaf Hugelius, Akihiko Ito, Robert B. Jackson, Fortunat Joos, Sebastian Lienert, Dylan B. Millet, Stefan Olin, Prabir K. Patra, Rona L. Thompson, Nicolas Vuichard, Kelley C. Wells, Chris Wilson, Yongfa You, Sönke Zaehle

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Effectiveness of a universal film intervention in reducing violence against children and increasing positive parenting among migrant and displaced caregivers from Myanmar: a commun... by Amanda Sim, Khaing Zar Lwin, Stephanie Eagling-Peche, G.J. Melendez-Torres, Seema Vyas, Francisco Calderon, Tawanchai Jirapramukpitak, Jamie Lachman, Sureeporn Punpuing, Andrea Gonzalez, Mary Soan, Nway Nway Oo, Ivet Castello Mitjans, Greg Tyrosvoutis, Eve Puffer

“…Funding: This study is part of the Global Parenting Initiative, which is funded by The LEGO Foundation, Oak Foundation, the World Childhood Foundation, The Human Safety Net, and the UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund ((ES/S008101/1).…”
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Utilizing a Wireless Radar Framework in Combination With Deep Learning Approaches to Evaluate Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity in Home-Setting Environments by Lee KT, Liu WT, Lin YC, Chen Z, Ho YH, Huang YW, Tsai ZL, Hsu CW, Yeh SM, Lin HY, Majumdar A, Chen YL, Kuan YC, Lee KY, Feng PH, Chen KY, Kang JH, Lee HC, Ho SC, Tsai CY

“…Kun-Ta Lee,1 Wen-Te Liu,2– 6 Yi-Chih Lin,3,7 Zhihe Chen,8 Yu-Hsuan Ho,9 Yu-Wen Huang,9 Zong-Lin Tsai,9 Chih-Wei Hsu,9 Shang-Min Yeh,9 Hsiao Yi Lin,9 Arnab Majumdar,8 Yen-Ling Chen,10 Yi-Chun Kuan,3,11– 13 Kang-Yun Lee,4,6 Po-Hao Feng,4,6 Kuan-Yuan Chen,4,6 Jiunn-Horng Kang,5,6,14– 16 Hsin-Chien Lee,17 Shu-Chuan Ho,2,6,* Cheng-Yu Tsai2– 6,16,18,* 1Respiratory Therapy Room, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan; 2School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; 3Sleep Center, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan; 4Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan; 5Research Center of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; 6Research Center of Thoracic Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; 7Department of Otolaryngology, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan; 8Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK; 9Advanced Technology Lab, Wistron Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan; 10Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; 11Department of Neurology, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan; 12Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; 13Taipei Neuroscience Institute, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; 14Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; 15Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; 16Professional Master Program in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; 17Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; 18School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Cheng-Yu Tsai, School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wuxing Street, Taipei, 11031, Taiwan, Tel +886-2-2736-1661, Fax +886-2-2739-1143, Email b117101018@tmu.edu.tw Shu-Chuan Ho, School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wuxing Street, Taipei, 11031, Taiwan, Tel +886-2-2736-1661, Fax +886-2-2739-1143, Email shu-chuan@tmu.edu.twObjective: Common examinations for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are polysomnography (PSG) and home sleep apnea testing (HSAT). …”
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Tobacco control environment: cross-sectional survey of policy implementation, social unacceptability, knowledge of tobacco health harms and relationship to quit ratio in 17 low-inc... by Annika Rosengren, Li Wei, Khalid Yusoff, Martin McKee, Clara K Chow, Rajeev Gupta, Koon Teo, Sumathy Rangarajan, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Rafael Diaz, Alvaro Avezum, Fernando Lanas, Noorhassim Ismail, Romaina Iqbal, Jephat Chifamba, Gilles Dagenais, Salim Yusuf, Anna B Gilmore, Scott Lear, Wang Yang, Omar Rahman, Katarzyna Zatonska, Prem Mony, Rajesh Kumar, Afzalhussein Yusufali, Daniel J Corsi, Ehimario Igumbor, V Mohan, Annamarie Kruger, Krishnapillai Vijayakumar, Yuksel Altuntas, Ahmad Bahonar

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Perspectives from the 2nd International Post-Tuberculosis Symposium: mobilising advocacy and research for improved outcomes by B.W. Allwood, R. Nightingale, G. Agbota, S. Auld, G.P. Bisson, A. Byrne, R. Dunn, D. Evans, G. Hoddinott, G. Günther, Z. Islam, J.C. Johnston, G. Kalyatanda, C. Khosa, S. Marais, G. Makanda, O.M. Mashedi, J. Meghji, C. Mitnick, C. Mulder, E. Nkereuwem, O. Nkereuwem, O.B. Ozoh, A. Rachow, K. Romanowski, J.A. Seddon, I. Schoeman, F. Thienemann, N.F. Walker, D.T. Wademan, R. Wallis, M.M. van der Zalm

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