Pediatric pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma with a non-canonical BRAF-KMT2C fusion and a classic SND1-BRAF fusion: a case report and literature review by Yaqin Wang, Jiasi Zhang, Dimin Nie, Ai Zhang, Qun Hu, Aiguo Liu

“…In our case report, we identified both the classical SND1-BRAF fusion, commonly associated with PACC, and a previously unreported nonclassical BRAF-KMT2C fusion. …”
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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

“…The aim was to highlight the existence of a relationship between vitamin D deficiency, chronic inflammation, and proteinuria, by measuring neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) and common inflammatory markers after administration of paricalcitol, a vitamin D analog, in vivo and in vitro. …”
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Promoting Computational Access to Digital Collections in the Nordic and Baltic Countries: An Icelandic Use Case by Gustavo Candela, Olga Holownia, Max Odsbjerg, Mirjam Cuper, Nele Gabriëls, Katrine Hofmann, Edward J. Gray, Sally Chambers, Mahendra Mahey

“…The framework was applied to a relevant dataset derived from Timarit.is, a digitised collection of newspapers and periodicals from Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. We identified common features and best practices and we provide a detailed analysis that can be useful for organisations interested in publishing reproducible code combined with documentation such as Jupyter Notebooks. …”
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Incidence and outcomes of neonatal group B streptococcal sepsis in Qatar-a multicentre study by Sajid Salim Thyvilayil, Anvar Paraparambil Vellamgot, Khalil Salameh, Sudheer Babu Kurunthattilthazhe, Abdurahiman Elikkottil, Liliana Llerena Dominguez, Dhanya Banarjee

“…Abstract Background Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the most common cause of neonatal early onset sepsis in term infants and a major cause of late onset sepsis in both term and preterm infants. …”
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Study of Health-Related Quality of Life and Healthcare Utilization among Type 2 Diabetic Population in an Urban Area of Eastern Nepal by Sangita Shah, Nilambar Jha, Deepak Kumar Yadav, Prajjwal Pyakurel, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Suman Bahadur Singh

“…Hypertension (55.55%) was the most common comorbidity. Age, marital status, literacy, alcohol, disease duration, comorbidity, and complications were significantly associated with overall quality of life. …”
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Human PBMC-based humanized mice exhibit myositis features and serve as a drug evaluation model by Akiko Nishidate, Kana Takemoto, Yuki Imura, Mikako Murase, Ryu Yamanaka, Manami Kikuchi, Junpei Anan, Sayuka Kato, Airi Akatsuka, Sachiko Mochizuki, Yuzo Koda

“…Finally, administration of prednisolone or tacrolimus, which are commonly used for IIM treatment, leads to significant alleviation of myositis findings. …”
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Point prevalence survey of antibiotics in a pediatric tertiary hospital in the Republic of Panama by Ximena Norero, Dora Estripeaut, Elizabeth Castaño, Jacqueline Levy, Paola Lichtenberger, José Pablo Díaz-Madriz, José Luis Bustos, Robin Rojas Cortés, Gabriel Levy-Hara

“…The findings suggest it is necessary to assess the need for ampicillin, gentamicin, and piperacillin-tazobactam use in patients admitted to pediatric critical care units, with special emphasis on children with pneumonia and sepsis diagnosis, the most common pathologies for which an antimicrobial was prescribed.…”
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Intersection of rare pathogenic variants from TCGA in the All of Us Research Program v6 by Blaine A. Bates, Kylee E. Bates, Spencer A. Boris, Colin Wessman, David Stone, Justin Bryan, Mary F. Davis, Matthew H. Bailey

“…As All of Us grows to 1 million participants, our projections suggest sufficient power (>99%) to detect cancer-associated variants that are common, but limited power (∼28%) to detect rare mutations when using the entire cohort. …”
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Effects of Tank-Mix Adjuvants on Spray Performance Under Downwash Airflow Fields Using an Indoor Simulated UASS Spraying Platform by Supakorn Wongsuk, Yangfan Li, Zhaoyan Zhu, Mengran Yang, Hao Zhang, Li Zhang, Changling Wang, Xiongkui He

“…The addition of tank-mix adjuvants to PPP solutions is a common practice to enhance aerial spray performance. …”
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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Various Specialties of Medical Practice (Literature Review and Expert Council Resolution) by V. T. Ivashkin, V. V. Fomin, O. N. Tkacheva, O. S. Medvedev, E. A. Poluektova, D. I. Abdulganieva, S. R. Abdulkhakov, O. P. Alexeeva, S. A. Alekseenko, D. N. Andreev, A. Yu. Baranovsky, M. S. Zharkova, O. Yu. Zolnikova, K. V. Ivashkin, I. L. Kliaritskaia, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. N. Mammaev, R. V. Maslennikov, R. G. Myazin, M. V. Perekalina, A. V. Povtoreyko, A. I. Ulyanin, M. V. Fadeeva, I. B. Khlynov, V. V. Tsukanov, O. S. Shifrin

“…Aim: to discuss current views on the clinical significance, diagnostic opportunities, and therapeutic approaches in the treatment of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) as an important component in the gut microbiota function assessment, to assess the awareness of physicians and the opportunities in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease in patients in the Federal districts of the Russian Federation, as well as to present the proceedings of the Expert Council held on December 16, 2023 in Moscow.Key points. SIBO is a common syndrome often associated with irritable bowel syndrome, liver cirrhosis, asthma, and congestive heart failure, being also a predictor of early death in the elderly. …”
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Combined detection of inflammatory proteins is beneficial for diagnosing the papillary thyroid carcinoma and nodular goiter by Yongqin Pan, Mingxi Xu, Tsz Hong Chong, Siping Xie, Kunsong Huang, Guanghao Wang, Yuhua Ma, Jinyi Li, Wah Yang

“…Abstract Fine‐needle aspiration cytology and imaging examinations are commonly used diagnostic tools for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). …”
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Species classification of Tabanus (Diptera: Tabanidae) in Western Thailand: Integrating DNA barcoding and modern morphometrics by Tanasak Changbunjong, Thekhawet Weluwanarak, Sedthapong Laojun, Tanawat Chaiphongpachara

“…The species of Tabanus, commonly known as horse flies, are remarkable ectoparasites capable of transmitting various pathogens to animals and humans. …”
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Acute kidney injury in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a single-center retrospective study by Ping Zhou, Bing Liu, Ning Shen, Xiaoting Fan, Shangwei Lu, Zhijuan Kong, Ying Gao, Zhimei Lv, Rong Wang

“…Background Immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated acute kidney injury (ICI-AKI) is the most common renal complication and has attracted increasing amounts of attention. …”
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Propylene glycol-based deep eutectic solvent as an alternative to Ethaline for electrometallurgy by Bertoloni, Calogera, Mba Ekomo, Vitalys, Villemejeanne, Benoît, Lemoine, Charly, Duwald, Romain, Billy, Emmanuel, Mendil-Jakani, Hakima,  Legeai, Sophie

“…Ethaline, a DES composed of choline chloride (ChCl) as hydrogen bond acceptor and ethylene glycol (EG) as hydrogen bond donor in 1:2 molar proportions (Et 1:2), is commonly used in electrometallurgy thanks to its good transport properties. …”
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The Effects of Extra Virgin Olive Oil on Alanine Aminotransferase, Aspartate Aminotransferase, and Ultrasonographic Indices of Hepatic Steatosis in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease... by Farzad Shidfar, Samaneh Sadat Bahrololumi, Saeid Doaei, Assieh Mohammadzadeh, Maryam Gholamalizadeh, Ali Mohammadimanesh

“…Coronary artery disease is the most common cause of death in the patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). …”
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Anti-allergic potentials of Ceriops decandra leaves in TDI-induced allergic mice: Comprehensive in-vivo and in-silico studies by Aishwarja Dey, Subarna Rani, Rabindra Nath Acharyya, Apurba Kumar Barman, Khondoker Shahin Ahmed, Nripendra Nath Biswas, Shrabanti Dev, Asish Kumar Das

“…Anti-allergic activity test was conducted on TDI induced allergy model mice by assessing the common allergic symptoms such as sneezing, scratching, nasal score as well as total and differential WBC counts. …”
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Multi-spatial urban function modeling: A multi-modal deep network approach for transfer and multi-task learning by Zhaoya Gong, Chenglong Wang, Bin Liu, Binbo Li, Wei Tu, Yuting Chen, Zhicheng Deng, Pengjun Zhao

“…A range of data-driven models based on the representation learning of multiple data sources have focused on extracting spatially explicit characteristics at the feature level for urban function inference. However, they commonly pay no attention to the systematic relationships between urban land-use and transportation as the core components of urban systems. …”
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Self-citation pattern among world's top 2 % of the scientists by Berun A. Abdalla, Ayman M. Mustafa, Fattah H. Fattah, Fahmi H. Kakamad, Sami S. Omar, Ameer M. Salih, Aso S. Muhialdeen, Jaafar Omer Ahmed, Rawa Bapir, Shvan H. Mohammed, Karokh K. Mohammed, Hiwa O. Baba, Sasan M. Ahmed, Shevan M. Mustafa, Kayhan A. Najar

“…Although self-citation is a common practice among scholars, its impact and significance remain under scrutiny within the academic community. …”
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Serum microRNAs as Diagnostic Markers in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Narrative Review by K Lavanya, N Palaniappan, VM Vinodhini, Santhi Silambanan

“…Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is thought to be common worldwide among middle-aged women. Increased androgen production, recurrent anovulatory cycles and ovaries with multiple cysts are symptoms of this multiorgan endocrine condition. …”
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Digital technologies for water use and management in agriculture: Recent applications and future outlook by Carlos Parra-López, Saker Ben Abdallah, Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, Abdo Hassoun, Hana Trollman, Sandeep Jagtap, Sumit Gupta, Abderrahmane Aït-Kaddour, Sureerat Makmuang, Carmen Carmona-Torres

“…Efficient irrigation strategies appear to be the most common application across technologies. Digital solutions significantly reduce water wastage, help identify pollution hotspots, and improve overall water resource management. …”
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