Quality of Life Assessment in Diabetic Patients Using a Validated Tool in a Patient Population Visiting a Tertiary Care Center in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India by Dayanidhi Meher, Sonali Kar, Mona Pathak, Snigdha Singh

“…The final questionnaire had an overall Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.894 (subscale: 0.55 to 0.85), showing high internal consistency in the current study population. …”
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Palmitic Acid Induces Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines Interleukin-6, Interleukin-1β, and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α via a NF-κB-Dependent Mechanism in HaCaT Keratinocytes by Bing-rong Zhou, Jia-an Zhang, Qian Zhang, Felicia Permatasari, Yang Xu, Di Wu, Zhi-qiang Yin, Dan Luo

“…Secretion levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), NF-κB nuclear translocation, NF-κB activation, Stat3 phosphorylation, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) mRNA and protein levels, as well as the cell proliferation ability were measured at the end of the treatment and after 24 hours of recovery. …”
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H. Wendl Leaf Metabolites Potentiate the Radiosensitivity of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Through Ki67 and PARP Inhibition by Nabil M. Selim PhD, Seham S. El-Hawary PhD, Soheir M. El Zalabani PhD, Rehab Nabil Shamma PhD, Nariman El Sayed Mahdy PhD, Noheir H. Sherif PhD, Khayrya A. Youssif PhD, Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen PhD, Mai H. Mekkawy PhD, Hanan A. Fahmy PhD

“…Likewise, the tumor markers alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels were considerably reduced in HCC rats. …”
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Validação transcultural da versão moçambicana da escala de autoeficácia em Educação Física inclusiva by Leonor Picardo, Maria João Campos, José Pedro Ferreira

“…Resultados: Os valores dos índices de bondade e de ajustamento do modelo atestam a fidignidade da versão Moçambicana (NFI=0,83; TLI=0,91; CFI=0,92; IFI=0,92; RMSEA =0,074). Os valores de Alpha de Cronbach de cada uma das variáveis observadas variaram entre 0,786 e 0,823 para Deficiência Intelectual (DI), entre 0,732 e 0,826 para Deficiência Física (DF) e entre 0,729 e 0,847 para Deficiência Visual (DV), demonstrando valores bons de consistência interna. …”
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Bifidobacterium adolescentis-derived nicotinic acid improves host skeletal muscle mitochondrial function to ameliorate sarcopenia by Zeng Zhang, Quan Guo, Zhihan Yang, Yukai Sun, Shuaiming Jiang, Yangli He, Jiahe Li, Jiachao Zhang

“…Additionally, NAD+ activation enhances the silent-information-regulator 1 (SIRT1)/peroxisome-proliferator-activated-receptor-γ-coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α) axis, stimulating mitochondrial biogenesis and promoting oxidative metabolism in slow-twitch fibers, ultimately improving muscle function. …”
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Effects of Adipose-tissue Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells on PBMCs in Co-culture with HeLa Cell Line by Maryam Dorfaki, mahdi ghatrehsamani, fahimeh Lavi Arab, Mona Roozbehani, Majid Khoshmirsafa, Reza Falak, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Fatemeh Faraji

“…Materials and Methods: The effect of MSC cells on proliferation, apoptosis, and gene expression of the cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β), interleukin (IL)-4, IL-2, and interferon-γ in PBMCs cultured together with HeLa cells was investigated using flow cytometry and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), respectively. …”
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Stress factors among physiotherapy students at a university in Gauteng, South Africa by Zander I. Collins, Chané Siepker, Kelebogile J. Ralehlaka, Boitshoko C. Molefe, Tiisetso C. Phala, Simphiwe A. Vilankulu, Makwena M. Sibuyi, Thembelihle S. Ntuli

“…Data were collected through an online anonymised self-administered questionnaire. The Cronbach alpha coefficients for each subscale were 0.99 for physical, 0.72 for interpersonal relationships, 0.85 for academic and 0.81 for environment. …”
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Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells Differentiate into Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblast-Like Cells under the Influence of Tumor-Derived Factors by Constantin Jotzu, Eckhard Alt, Gabriel Welte, Jie Li, Bryan T. Hennessy, Eswaran Devarajan, Srinivasalu Krishnappa, Severin Pinilla, Lilly Droll, Yao-Hua Song

“…We demonstrated that a significant percentage of hASCs differentiated into a CAF-like myofibroblastic phenotype (e.g., expression of alpha smooth muscle actin and tenascin-C) when exposed to conditioned medium from the human breast cancer lines MDAMB231 and MCF7. …”
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Curcumin nanoparticles alleviate brain mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular senescence in γ-irradiated rats by Omnia A. Moselhy, Nahed Abdel-Aziz, Azza El-bahkery, Said S. Moselhy, Ehab A. Ibrahim

“…In irradiated rats, CNPs also showed anti-neuroinflammatory effects by reducing brain interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-ĸB) levels (P < 0.05). …”
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Natural language processing to identify suicidal ideation and anhedonia in major depressive disorder by L. Alexander Vance, Leslie Way, Deepali Kulkarni, Emily O. C. Palmer, Abhijit Ghosh, Melissa Unruh, Kelly M. Y. Chan, Amey Girdhari, Joydeep Sarkar

“…Interrater reliability (IRR) was calculated using Krippendorff’s alpha. A novel transformer architecture-based NLP model was trained on clinical notes to recognize linguistic patterns and contextual cues. …”
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Low Circulating TRAIL Levels Are Associated with Increase of Resistin and Lipocalin-2/ngal Adipokines in Postmenopausal Women by Veronica Tisato, Paola Secchiero, Gloria Bonaccorsi, Carlo Bergamini, Pantaleo Greco, Giorgio Zauli, Carlo Cervellati

“…The panel of adipokines included interleukin- (IL-) 6, IL-8, IL-1β, adipsin, lipocalin-2/neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (ngal), TNF-alpha, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, hepatocyte growth factor, resistin, leptin, adiponectin, and nerve growth factor. …”
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Lentinan's effect on gut microbiota and inflammatory cytokines in 5-FU-induced mucositis mice by Xiaoxiao Zhang, Liang Wang, Asif Iqbal Khan, Ata Ur Rehman, Kavish Hasnain Khinsar, Yi Xin

“…In addition, we measured the levels of certain inflammatory cytokines (Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-α), Interleukin-1 (IL-1), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), and Interleukin-10 (IL-10), looked at the expression of tight junction proteins (Zonula Occludens-1(ZO-1), Claudin-1), measured mucin-2 levels, and looked into changes in the gut flora. …”
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Serum cardiac and inflammatory biomarker levels following chemotherapy among female patients with breast cancer attending at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiop... by Muluabay Getie, Biset Asrade Mekonnen, Daniel Seifu, Yonas Mulugeta, Solomon Tebeje, Chernet Tafere, Asmare Amuamuta

“…An Elecsys 2010 Troponin-T immunoassay analyzer was used to measure serum levels of cardiac troponin T (cTnT), creatinine kinase-myocardial band (CK-MB), C-reactive protein (CRP), and R and D systemic luminex performance assays were used to measure serum Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF- α). Data were analyzed using the SPSS version 23 package, and a p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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Bioinformatics and Expression Profiling of the DHHC-CRD S-Acyltransferases Reveal Their Roles in Growth and Stress Response in Woodland Strawberry (<i>Fragaria vesca</i>) by Si Gu, Xinghua Nie, Amal George, Kyle Tyler, Yu Xing, Ling Qin, Baoxiu Qi

“…A complementation assay in yeast PAT mutant <i>akr1</i> and auto-S-acylation assay of one FvPAT (FvPAT19) confirmed its enzyme activity where the Cys in the DHHC motif was required. An AlphaFold prediction of the DHHC and the mutated DHHC155S of FvPAT19 provided further proof of the importance of C155 in fatty acid binding. …”
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Adaptation Studies of the Aggression and Victimization Scales for Elementary School Children by Arzu KURNAZ, Emine Gül KAPÇI

“…CSBS-SR’s and CSEQ-SR’s test-retest reliability were found to be .64 and.80 and internal consistency assessed by Cronbach Alpha were found to be .84 and .90 respectively. …”
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Role of Paricalcitol in Modulating the Immune Response in Patients with Renal Disease by Silvia Lucisano, Adriana Arena, Giovanna Stassi, Daniela Iannello, Gaetano Montalto, Adolfo Romeo, Giuseppe Costantino, Rosaria Lupica, Valeria Cernaro, Domenico Santoro, Michele Buemi

“…Serum calcium, phosphorus, 25(OH)-vitamin D, parathyroid hormone (PTH), erythrocyte sedimentation rate, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, interleukin- (IL-) 17, IL-6, IL-1β, interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), plasmatic and urinary NGAL, and 24 h albuminuria and proteinuria were measured before and 24 h after an intravenous bolus of paricalcitol (5 mcg). …”
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Screening and Early Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Cancer and Optimization of Diagnostic Imaging Techniques: A Review and Conclusion of the Expert Panel by V. V. Breder, R. B. Alikhanov, S. S. Bagnenko, E. N. Bessonova, V. A. Isakov, N. E. Kudashkin, B. M. Medvedeva, A. V. Mishchenko, M. S. Novruzbekov, V. S.  Rudakov

“…Screening for HCC in high-risk groups (cirrhosis of any etiology, patients with chronic viral hepatitis B and patients with F3 liver fibrosis) should be organized as regular (every 6 months) liver ultrasound in combination with determination of the serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level. At an AFP level of ≥ 20 ng/ml, even in the absence of changes according to ultrasound data, it is advisable to perform MRI with a hepatospecific contrast agent (gadoxetic acid) which makes it possible to detect very small focal liver lesions. …”
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A Study on Canopy Volume Measurement Model for Fruit Tree Application Based on LiDAR Point Cloud by Na Guo, Ning Xu, Jianming Kang, Guohai Zhang, Qingshan Meng, Mengmeng Niu, Wenxuan Wu, Xingguo Zhang

“…In the domain of point cloud feature extraction, an improved Alpha Shape algorithm is proposed for extracting point cloud contours. …”
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Synthetic Retinoid Sulfarotene Selectively Inhibits Tumor‐Repopulating Cells of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma via Disrupting Cytoskeleton by P‐Selectin/PSGL1 N‐Glycosylation Bloc... by Xiaojing Du, Zhuoran Qi, Sinuo Chen, Jinlan Wu, Ye Xu, Sunkuan Hu, Zhijie Yu, Jiayun Hou, Yuan Fang, Jinglin Xia, Xin Cao

“…Sulfarotene induces retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARɑ) translocation from the cytoplasm to the nucleus, suppressing P‐selectin expression at the transcriptional level. …”
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Estimación sustentable del riesgo cardiovascular con las tablas predictivas de Gaziano sin laboratorio by José Betancourt Bethencourt, Gerardo Brunet Bernal, Moura Revueltas Agüero

“…A estas personas se les realizó la prueba de confiabilidad Alpha de Cronbach. Se les preguntó si tenían otros hábitos modificables (frecuencia de ejercicios físicos, consumo de bebidas alcohólicas, si realizan meriendas entre comidas y si le adiciona sal a estas). …”
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