Navigating the Semiochemical Landscape: Attraction of Subcortical Beetle Communities to Bark Beetle Pheromones, Fungal and Host Tree Volatiles by Leah Crandall, Rashaduz Zaman, Marnie Duthie-Holt, Wade Jarvis, Nadir Erbilgin

“…While the attraction of bark beetles, their insect predators, and competitors to bark beetle pheromones is commonly studied, the attraction of these beetle communities to other sources of semiochemicals remains poorly understood. …”
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Multilocus Sequence Typing for Interpreting Blood Isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis by Prannda Sharma, Ashley E. Satorius, Marika R. Raff, Adriana Rivera, Duane W. Newton, John G. Younger

“…Staphylococcus epidermidis is an important cause of nosocomial infection and bacteremia. It is also a common contaminant of blood cultures and, as a result, there is frequently uncertainty as to its diagnostic significance when recovered in the clinical laboratory. …”
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Ophiocordyceps gracilis and its comparison with related species by Aifeire Abuduaini, Yuan-Bing Wang, Hui-Ying Zhou, Rui-Ping Kang, Ming-Liang Ding, Yu Jiang, Fei-Ya Suo, Luo-Dong Huang

“…UCA was detected as anticodon in tRNA-Sec of O. gracilis, while comparative mitogenome analysis of nine Ophiocordycipitaceae fungi indicated that the order and contents of PCGs and rRNA genes were considerably conserved and could descend from a common ancestor in Ophiocordycipitaceae. In addition, the expansion of mitochondrial organization, introns, gene length, and order of O. gracilis were determined to be similar to those of O. sinensis, which indicated common mechanisms underlying adaptive evolution in O. gracilis and O. sinensis. …”
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Comparison of Risks Factors for Unplanned ICU Transfer after ED Admission in Patients with Infections and Those without Infections by Jeffrey Che-Hung Tsai, Ching-Wan Cheng, Shao-Jen Weng, Chin-Yin Huang, David Hung-Tsang Yen, Hsiu-Ling Chen

“…Several common risk factors were statistically independent. …”
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An Upcycling Approach from Fruit Processing By-Products: Flour for Use in Food Products by Laís Benvenutti, Fernanda Moreira Moura, Gabriela Zanghelini, Cristina Barrera, Lucía Seguí, Acácio Antonio Ferreira Zielinski

“…White flour, which is common in food products like bread and pasta, has good functional properties but poor nutritional value. …”
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Initial stage of crusted scabies and possible diagnostic characteristics: A case series by Wanchen Li, Lin Song, Tao Guo, Yaliu Wu, Xiaoli Li, Hongfeng Li, Jianjun Li, Simiao Li

“…Scabies is a neglected tropical disease caused by the ectoparasitic mite, Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis (S. scabiei). Common scabies, the most prevalent clinical subtype of scabies, is characterized by pruritus, multiple skin lesions and low mite burden. …”
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Interleukin-6: Potential Interorgan Inflammatory Mediators Contributing to Destructive Periodontal Disease in Obesity or Metabolic Syndrome by Roozbeh Khosravi, Khady Ka, Ting Huang, Saeed Khalili, Bich Hong Nguyen, Belinda Nicolau, Simon D. Tran

“…This review largely focuses on TNF-α and IL-6, inflammatory mediators, as potential common risk factors and does not exclude other biological mechanisms.…”
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Women Are More Susceptible to Caries but Individuals Born with Clefts Are Not by Aditi Jindal, Michelle McMeans, Somnya Narayanan, Erin K. Rose, Shilpa Jain, Mary L. Marazita, Renato Menezes, Ariadne Letra, Flavia M. Carvalho, Carla A. Brandon, Judith M. Resick, Juan C. Mereb, Fernando A. Poletta, Jorge S. Lopez-Camelo, Eduardo E. Castilla, Iêda M. Orioli, Alexandre R. Vieira

“…Isolated forms of cleft lip and palate are among the most common craniofacial congenital anomalies in humans. …”
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Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm with Thrombosed Infrarenal Component: A Modified Hybrid Technique without Aortic Cross Clamping by Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, Khaled J. Zaza, Muhammad Anees Sharif, Samer Koussayer

“…A computerized tomography scan demonstrated a large, nonleaking Crawford type III TAAA with thrombosed infrarenal component of the aneurysm. In addition, both common iliac arteries were occluded with the chronic thrombus. …”
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Comparison of Characteristics of Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Diseases, Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Diseases,... by Lin Pan, Yuan Liu, Rongfei Sun, Mingyu Fan, Guixiu Shi

“…Pulmonary symptoms were more common in IPF, while extrapulmonary symptoms were more common in CTD-ILD and UCTD-ILD group. …”
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Naegele Forceps Delivery and Association between Morbidity and the Number of Forceps Traction Applications: A Retrospective Study by Naoki Matsumoto, Toshifumi Takenaka, Nobuyuki Ikeda, Satoshi Yazaki, Yuichi Sato

“…Umbilical artery acidemia most commonly occurred in cases with nonreassuring fetal status. …”
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Gallstone Ileus following Endoscopic Stone Extraction by Yoshiya Yamauchi, Noritaka Wakui, Yasutsugu Asai, Nobuhiro Dan, Yuki Takeda, Nobuo Ueki, Takahumi Otsuka, Nobuyuki Oba, Shuta Nisinakagawa, Tatsuya Kojima

“…She had previously been diagnosed as having common bile duct stones, for which she underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). …”
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Cancer Stem Cell Marker Endoglin (CD105) Induces Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) but Not Metastasis in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Junhui Hu, Wei Guan, Libin Yan, Zhangqun Ye, Lily Wu, Hua Xu

“…Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common histological subtype of kidney cancer. We previously reported that CD105(+) subpopulation in human ccRCC tumors possesses tumor cell self-renewal and chemoresistance capability. …”
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Unveiling the molecular and cellular links between obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome and vascular aging by Wei Liu, Le Zhang, Wenhui Liao, Huiguo Liu, Wukaiyang Liang, Jinhua Yan, Yi Huang, Tao Jiang, Qian Wang, Cuntai Zhang, Peifang Wei

“…Vascular aging (VA) is a common etiology of various chronic diseases and represents a major public health concern. …”
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Acne Vulgaris Management: A Review of First-Line and Advanced Pharmacological Treatments by Krzysztof Dobrzeniecki, Anna Zygmunt, Karolina Karoń, Łukasz Karoń, Patrycja Karnas-Bogacka

“… Introduction and objective: Acne vulgaris is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease affecting hair and sebaceous follicles, characterized by skin lesions most commonly appearing on the face. …”
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Analysis of Microarray-Identified Genes and MicroRNAs Associated with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Lichao Fan, Xiaoting Yu, Ziling Huang, Shaoqiang Zheng, Yongxin Zhou, Hanjing Lv, Yu Zeng, Jin-Fu Xu, Xuyou Zhu, Xianghua Yi

“…A total of 45 DE-microRNAs were identified between IPF and control tissues, whereas 67 common DEGs were determined to exhibit the same expression trends in all three microarrays. …”
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The Strong Protective Effect of Circumcision against Cancer of the Penis by Brian J. Morris, Ronald H. Gray, Xavier Castellsague, F. Xavier Bosch, Daniel T. Halperin, Jake H. Waskett, Catherine A. Hankins

“…Even more relevant globally is protection from cervical cancer, which is 10-times more common, being much higher in women with uncircumcised male partners. …”
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Massive Leiomyomatous Uterine Proliferation Following Kidney Transplantation: A Case Report and Literature Review by Emmanuel J. Minja, Miguel Tan, Melissa J. Gibbs, Marwan M. Kazimi, Jonathan C. Hundley, Harrison S. Pollinger

“…Uterine fibroids are the most common benign uterine tumors affecting > 50% of premenopausal women. …”
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A Polysomnographic Study of Parkinson’s Disease Sleep Architecture by Daniel Martinez-Ramirez, Sol De Jesus, Roger Walz, Amin Cervantes-Arriaga, Zhongxing Peng-Chen, Michael S. Okun, Vanessa Alatriste-Booth, Mayela Rodríguez-Violante

“…Sleep disturbance is a common nonmotor phenomenon in Parkinson’s disease (PD) affecting patient’s quality of life. …”
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A Rare Form of Melanoma Masquerading as a Diabetic Foot Ulcer: A Case Report by Susan Thomas, Yuan-Xiang Meng, Vijaykumar G. Patel, Gregory Strayhorn

“…Acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM) is a less-common form of melanoma in US, and it accounts for about 5% of all diagnosed melanomas in US. …”
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