Actinic Keratosis Clinical Practice Guidelines: An Appraisal of Quality by Joslyn S. Kirby, Thomas Scharnitz, Elizabeth V. Seiverling, Hadjh Ahrns, Sara Ferguson

“…Actinic keratosis (AK) is a common precancerous skin lesion and many AK management guidelines exist, but there has been limited investigation into the quality of these documents. …”
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Oligodendrocytes drive neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease via the prosaposin-GPR37-IL-6 axis by Qiang Ma, Jin-Lan Tian, Yao Lou, Ran Guo, Xiao-Ru Ma, Jian-Bin Wu, Jing Yang, Bing-Jie Tang, Shun Li, Mengsheng Qiu, Shumin Duan, Jing-Wei Zhao, Jing Zhang, Zhen-Zhong Xu

“…Summary: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease and is difficult to treat due to its elusive mechanisms. …”
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Functional Constipation in Children: overview and new outcomes by Kamila Stępień, Maria Przygoda, Joanna Śnieżna, Gabriela Trestka, Sabina Adamczyk, Urszula Zelik, Jakub Dziewic, Wojciech Florczak, Wiktoria Domino, Jagienka Włodyka, Karol Dzwonnik

“…Long-term outcomes are generally favorable with appropriate treatment, although relapse is common, emphasizing the need for sustained management. …”
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Adhesive micro-liquid for efficient removal of bacterial biofilm infection by Ying Wang, Zhibang Li, Lingli Ji, Jiao Sun, Fei Gao, Ruiqing Yu, Kai Li, Wenjun Wang, Weiwei Zhao, Qi-Zhi Zhong, Shaohua Ge, Jianhua Li

“…Bacteria are common infectious pathogens that can cause invasive and potentially life-threatening infections. …”
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Compressive Fracture of Brittle Geomaterial: Fractal Features of Compression-Induced Fracture Surfaces and Failure Mechanism by L. Ren, L. Z. Xie, C. B. Li, J. Wang

“…Compressive fracture is one of the most common failure patterns in geotechnical engineering. …”
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Association of TLR4-T399I Polymorphism with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Smokers by Matthaios Speletas, Vassiliki Merentiti, Konstantinos Kostikas, Kyriaki Liadaki, Markos Minas, Konstantinos Gourgoulianis, Anastasios E. Germenis

“…For this purpose we investigated the prevalence and any possible associations of common TLR polymorphisms (𝑇𝐿𝑅2-R753Q, 𝑇𝐿𝑅4-D299G, and 𝑇𝐿𝑅4-T399I) in a group of 240 heavy smokers (>20 pack years), without overt atherosclerosis disease, of whom 136 had developed COPD and 104 had not. …”
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Exosomal miRNAs involvement in pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by Mahvash Sadeghi, Jalil Tavakol Afshari, Afsane Fadaee, Mohammadreza Dashti, Fatemeh Kheradmand, Sajad Dehnavi, Mojgan Mohammadi

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common chronic autoimmune arthropathy worldwide. The initiation, and progression of RA involves multiple cellular and molecular pathways, and biological interactions. …”
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Noise Robustness of Quantum Relaxation for Combinatorial Optimization by Kentaro Tamura, Yohichi Suzuki, Rudy Raymond, C. Hiroshi Watanabe, Yuki Sato, Ruho Kondo, Michihiko Sugawara, Naoki Yamamoto

“…Relaxation is a common way for dealing with combinatorial optimization problems. …”
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New advances in biological preservation technology for aquatic products by Xiaobao Nie, Zhijie Zuo, Ruichang Zhang, Si Luo, Yongzhou Chi, Xiangyang Yuan, Chengwen Song, Yongjiang Wu

“…The present review discusses commonly employed bio-preservatives derived from plants, animals, and microorganisms and their utilization in the preservation of aquatic products. …”
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An Optimal Adaptive Control of DC-Microgrid with the Aim of Accurate Current Sharing and Voltage Regulation According to the Load Variation and Gray-Wolf Optimization by Muhammad Hammad Saeed, Sajid Iqbal, Madni Sohail, Usman Akram

“…The droop control method is one of the most common methods used in DC microgrids. One of the main challenges in the droop control method is that it is not possible to share the current and regulate the voltage at the same time in this method. …”
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Emerging Norovirus GII.12 infection in 2010 in Northern Taiwan by Chi-Neu Tsai, Yu-Chung Chang, Hsun-Ching Chao, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Yuan-Hung Wang, Shih-Yen Chen

“…In this study, we reported novel variant NoV GII.12 outbreaks in 2010, Taiwan with their genomic analysis and clinical manifestations compared to GII.4 infections.There were 30.5% (29 out of 95 cases) with NoV infection. The most common genotype was GII.4 (22, 75.9%) followed by GII.12 (5, 17.2%) and GII.3 (2, 6.9%). …”
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The role of PM2.5 exposure in lung cancer: mechanisms, genetic factors, and clinical implications by Chi-Yuan Chen, Kuo-Yen Huang, Chin-Chuan Chen, Ya-Hsuan Chang, Hsin-Jung Li, Tong-Hong Wang, Pan-Chyr Yang

“…Abstract Lung cancer is one of the most critical global health threats, as the second most common cancer and leading cause of cancer deaths globally. …”
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Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of the Greek Pepper ( Capsicum annuum ) Cultivars ‘Florinis’ and ‘Karatzova’ by Niki Mougiou, Foteini Trikka, Sofia Michailidou, Mariana Pantoura, Anagnostis Argiriou

“…Such an analysis could be used for the discrimination of pepper cultivars sharing common morphological traits ensuring the unique identity of each cultivar and protecting farmers and consumers from fraud.…”
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A Multi-granularity Decomposition Mechanism of Complex Tasks Based on Density Peaks by Ziling Pang, Guoyin Wang, Jie Yang

“…However, unsupervised tasks are more common in real scenarios. Inspired by the idea of granular computing and the characteristics of human cognitive process, this paper proposes a complex tasks decomposition mechanism based on Density Peaks Clustering (DPC) to address complex tasks with an unsupervised process, which simulates the multi-granular observation and analysis of human being. …”
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Cryopreserved human alternatively activated macrophages promote resolution of acetaminophen-induced liver injury in mouse by Maria Elena Candela, Melisande Addison, Rhona Aird, Tak-Yung Man, Jennifer A. Cartwright, Candice Ashmore-Harris, Alastair M. Kilpatrick, Philip J. Starkey Lewis, Anna Drape, Mark Barnett, Donna Mitchell, Colin McLean, Neil McGowan, Marc Turner, James W. Dear, Stuart J. Forbes

“…Abstract Acute liver failure is a rapidly progressing, life-threatening condition most commonly caused by an overdose of acetaminophen (paracetamol). …”
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Modification of partial safety factors for a semi-probabilistic evaluation of existing timber structures by Maria Loebjinski, Zheng Li, Wolgang Rug, Hartmut Pasternak

“…As a contribution to this, a first step of this study is the evaluation of the reliability level of timber elements subjected to common limit states. Based on these analyses, modifications of the target reliability and of partial safety factors (PSF) for existing structures on the resistance side are studied. …”
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Preparation of Ca-Mg Double-Doped Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles and Their Drug-Loading and Drug-Releasing Properties by Qian Zhang, Jiamin Huang, Chao Liu, Ruihua Chen, Tao Jiang, Yusufu Hailili, Telieke Bahetibieke, Xiaohui Tang, Mei Wang

“…Breast cancer is a common clinical malignant tumor that seriously threatens women’s physical and mental health. …”
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Intravenous leiomyomatosis presenting as Budd–Chiari syndrome: a case report and literature review by Jingwen Gan, Xiao Ma, Jiang Shao, Jinhui Wang, Dongyan Cao

“…Abdominal pain, bloating or increasing abdominal circumference, and bilateral lower extremity edema were common symptoms. The establishment of clinical diagnoses of IVL and BCS mainly depends on clinical presentations and imaging, such as ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. …”
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Auditory Hallucinations as a Rare Presentation of Occipital Infarcts by Firas Ido, Reina Badran, Brandon Dmytruk, Zain Kulairi

“…Psychosis with auditory hallucinations is not commonly reported following stroke. Since histologic and functional alterations in the occipital lobe appear to play a significant role in psychosis of schizophrenics, it is likely that ischemia in the same area may cause similar changes. …”
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Customization and prospects of friction stir processing for improving the biomedical properties of metallic implants for orthopedic applications by Jialong Li, Ming-Chun Zhao, Ying-Chao Zhao, Dengfeng Yin, Andrej Atrens

“…This review (i) provides an overview of the current status and issues of metallic implants for orthopedic applications, with a special attention to the potential of FSP to address the performance decay commonly encountered by implant materials. (ii) details the principles for the development of FSP process parameters to the performation modification of implant materials, (iii) introduces the customized design of implant materials by FSP (including magnesium alloys, titanium alloys and other alloys, as well as their physico-mechanical properties and implant application), and (iv) highlights the influence of FSP on the biological functionality of implant materials. …”
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