To Hemoadsorb or Not to Hemoadsorb—Do We Have the Answer Yet? An Updated Meta-Analysis on the Use of CytoSorb in Sepsis and Septic Shock by Carmen Orban, Angelica Bratu, Mihaela Agapie, Tudor Borjog, Mugurel Jafal, Romina-Marina Sima, Oana Clementina Dumitrașcu, Mihai Popescu

“…Methods: To better understand the clinical effectiveness of hemoadsorption in managing inflammation, we conducted an updated meta-analysis on the effects of CytoSorb in critically ill septic patients. Ten studies containing 715 patients (355 in the interventional group and 360 in the control group) have been included in the final analysis. …”
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Temporal Convolutional Network Approach to Secure Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) in Electric Vehicle Charging by Ikram Benfarhat, Vik Tor Goh, Chun Lim Siow, Muhammad Sheraz, Teong Chee Chuah

“…These issues are particularly critical in electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs) due to the sensitive data involved, such as data breaches, unauthorized access, and privacy concerns. …”
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Nurses retention: the impact of transformational leadership, career growth, work well-being, and work-life Balance by Eman Sameh AbdELhay, Samah Mohamed Taha, Mona Metwally El-Sayed, Sahar Hassan Helaly, Islam Sameh AbdELhay

“…Abstract Background Nurse retention is critical for healthcare systems worldwide, as high turnover rates adversely affect patient care and organizational stability. …”
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Sox Genes Show Spatiotemporal Expression during Murine Tongue and Eyelid Development by Ryuichi Ishikawa, Maiko Kawasaki, Katsushige Kawasaki, Akane Yamada, Supaluk Trakanant, Fumiya Meguro, Atsushi Kitamura, Takehisa Kudo, Takeyasu Maeda, Atsushi Ohazama

“…The tongue is a critical organ, involved in functions such as speaking, swallowing, mastication, and degustation. …”
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UHRF1 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition mediating renal fibrosis by activating the TGF-β/SMAD signaling pathway by Lijie Yang, Penghui Si, Tuoheti Kuerban, Linfa Guo, Shanzhi Zhan, Yisha Zuhaer, Yingtong Zuo, Peixiang Lu, Xiaojie Bai, Tongzu Liu

“…The process of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a critical role in the progression of fibrosis following renal injury. …”
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Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of hydrogen imported by maritime transportation: A South Korean case study by Gyuna Kwak, Juha Lee, Yujin Jung, Wonjae Choi

“…Reducing emissions from liquefaction and ammonia cracking processes is identified as a critical priority. This study conducts a case study on South Korea while simultaneously analyzing the effects of transport distance and electricity emissions to extend the findings globally. …”
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A Review on Performance Calculation and Design Methodologies for Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine Blades by Rongyu Zha, Siyuan Wu, Chang Cai, Xiaohui Liu, Dian Wang, Chaoyi Peng, Xuebin Feng, Qiuhua Chen, Xiaohui Zhong, Qing’an Li

“…This review not only provides a concise and clear overview for researchers new to the field of blade design to quickly acquire key background knowledge but also offers valuable insights for experienced researchers through critical evaluations of various methods and the presentation of core viewpoints. …”
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The Role of EGFR/PI3K/Akt/cyclinD1 Signaling Pathway in Acquired Middle Ear Cholesteatoma by Wei Liu, Hongmiao Ren, Jihao Ren, Tuanfang Yin, Bing Hu, Shumin Xie, Yinghuan Dai, Weijing Wu, Zian Xiao, Xinming Yang, Dinghua Xie

“…We also demonstrated that EGF led to the activation of the EGFR/PI3K/Akt/cyclinD1 signaling pathway, which played a critical role in EGF-induced cell proliferation and cell cycle progression of EACKs. …”
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Missing Risk Factor Prediction in Cardiovascular Disease Using a Blended Dataset and Optimizing Classification With a Stacking Algorithm by Jannatul Mauya, Saad Sahriar, Sanjida Akther, Ruhul Amin, Sabba Ruhi, Md. Shamim Reza

“…Handling missing risk factors is critical during dataset preprocessing and becomes more difficult when the risk factors are completely missing. …”
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Long non-coding RNA MIR4435-2HG modulates pancreatic cancer stem cells and chemosensitivity to gemcitabine by targeting the miR-1252-5p/STAT1 by Baocheng Xie, Peishan Wu, Hongyu Liu, XiangDi Yang, Linxuan Huang

“…Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as critical regulators of CSC properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of MIR4435-2HG in regulating CSC characteristics, tumorigenesis, and chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer. …”
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Short-Circuit Performance Analysis of Commercial 1.7 kV SiC MOSFETs Under Varying Electrical Stress by Shahid Makhdoom, Na Ren, Ce Wang, Yiding Wu, Hongyi Xu, Jiakun Wang, Kuang Sheng

“…The short-circuit (SC) robustness of SiC MOSFETs is critical for high-power applications, yet 1.2 kV devices often struggle to meet the industry-standard SC withstand time (SCWT) under practical operating conditions. …”
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Toward enhancement of antibody thermostability and affinity by computational design in the absence of antigen by Mark Hutchinson, Jeffrey A. Ruffolo, Nantaporn Haskins, Michael Iannotti, Giuliana Vozza, Tony Pham, Nurjahan Mehzabeen, Harini Shandilya, Keith Rickert, Rebecca Croasdale-Wood, Melissa Damschroder, Ying Fu, Andrew Dippel, Jeffrey J. Gray, Gilad Kaplan

“…In silico tools that can streamline the process of antibody discovery and optimization are critical to support a pipeline that is growing more numerous and complex every year. …”
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Workplace Discourse and Expression of Hierarchy in Yoon Tae-ho’s Webtoon Misaeng by Eva Vučkovič

“…Its story takes place in a large trading company and portrays workers' daily lives, focusing on the work of Sales team 3. Through critical discourse analysis, the research shows how power relations among team members are expressed through language and interactions in a Korean corporate setting. …”
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A Computational Design Analysis of UAV’s Rotor Blade in Low-Temperature Conditions for the Defence Applications by Sreenadh Chevula, Sankeerth Chillamcharal, Satya Prasad Maddula

“…This paper discusses about the critical situations faced by the Defence operations with drones in the area of Siachen Glacier in the Himalayas. …”
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GIUSEPPE VERDI IN VICTORIAN LONDON by Massimo ZICARI

“…A review of such periodicals as The Times, The Musical Times, The Athenaeum has drawn attention to two particular aspects of relevance; Verdi’s first operas impinged upon the model represented by Rossini’s light-spirited melodiousness and provoked a sense of general bewilderment; even when opera-goers began to show clear signs of appreciation and to crowd the theatres where Verdi’s operas were performed, critics continued to object to their value and to ascribe their success to the singers’ new vocal and dramatic skills. …”
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Le rendez-vous manqué de Bouvard et Pécuchet avec la peinture by Stéphanie Dord-Crouslé

“…The writer then suppressed both the practical application and the critical examination of painting by his two characters, leaving literature in first place, even when it came to thinking about the two aesthetic domains in interaction, as shown by his use of the notes taken from the reading of Réflexions critiques sur la poésie et sur la peinture by the Abbé Dubos (1733).…”
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Challenging Class Barriers in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park by Yalçın Erden

“…Nevertheless, reading Austen in a profound way reveals that there lies a hidden critical voice against the irregularities of society. …”
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Collectifs d’échanges de pratiques pour écologiser l’agriculture : éclairer les difficultés d’une approche volontaire by Marie-Hélène Vergote, Corinne Tanguy

“…After an analysis of their contributions, with farmers who are members of technical collectives, we wonder about what helps establishing and making work a collective, through the feedback of a technical institute, on a critical project put on hold. Presented by the project promoters as the consequence of a lack of confidence from the farmers, the analysis of this failure is a source of learning. …”
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THE PANDEMIC AND HOMILETICS 101: A REFLECTION by S. Hoezee

“… The global pandemic of COVID-19 across the year 2020 afforded pastors everywhere an opportunity to engage in some critical reflection on their homiletic practices. The dual challenges of no longer being able to preach to a physically present congregation and of preaching during a time of significant fear, stress, and sorrow revealed to many preachers aspects of preaching of which they had not previously been aware. …”
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La connaissance des maîtres allemands anciens en France, de Dominique-Vivant Denon à Henri Focillon by Isabelle Dubois-Brinkmann, François-René Martin

“…Knowledge of the old German masters, the so-called "Primitives", from the end of the 18th century to the middle of the 20th century, is the result of an immense collective effort, to which art historians, museum curators, critics and writers have all contributed. France has played a fundamental role in it, and deserves a synthesis that has never really been done. …”
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