Associations between Macular OCT Angiography and Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in Young Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Nina C. B. B. Veiby, Aida Simeunovic, Martin Heier, Cathrine Brunborg, Naila Saddique, Morten C. Moe, Knut Dahl-Jørgensen, Hanna D. Margeirsdottir, Goran Petrovski

“…Sparser VD in DCP is significantly associated with severity of NPDR, supporting that OCTA might detect the earliest signs of NPDR before it is visible by ophthalmoscopy.…”
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Unveiling shadows: A data-driven insight on depression among Bangladeshi university students by Sanjib Kumar Sen, Md. Shifatul Ahsan Apurba, Anika Priodorshinee Mrittika, Md. Tawhid Anwar, A.B.M. Alim Al Islam, Jannatun Noor

“…This research, along with detecting depression and gaining insights into the reasons behind the prevalence of depression in this specific population, also focuses on providing simple yet important and tailored recommendations to those who need them. …”
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Characterization of a Novel Male Pheromone Compound in <i>Leucoptera sinuella</i> (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) and Its Role in Courtship Behavior by Laura Sánchez-Aros, Abel F. O. Queiroz, Jorge Guajardo, Wilson Barros-Parada, Glenn P. Svensson, Jan Bergmann

“…Although electrophysiological assays did not show detectable antennal responses to (<i>Z</i>)-3-decenyl hexanoate, behavioral bioassays demonstrated its role as a short-range courtship signal in <i>L. sinuella</i>. …”
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Dietary Calcium Intake and Calcium Supplementation in Hungarian Patients with Osteoporosis by Gábor Speer, Pál Szamosujvári, Péter Dombai, Katalin Csóré, Kinga Mikófalvi, Tímea Steindl, Ildikó Streicher, Júlia Tarsoly, Gergely Zajzon, Péter Somogyi, Pál Szamosújvári, Péter Lakatos

“…A significant positive relationship could be detected between total dietary calcium intake and lumbar spine BMD (P=0.045), whereas such correlation could not be demonstrated with femoral T-score. …”
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Association of AFF3 Gene Polymorphism rs10865035 with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Case-Control Study on a Pakistani Cohort by Yasir Ali, Suleman Khan, Yangchao Chen, Nadia Farooqi, Zia-Ul Islam, Mehran Akhtar, Aamir, Aisha Aman, Aftab Ali Shah, Muhsin Jamal, Fazal Jalil

“…This study was designed to detect the association of a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs10865035 in the AFF3 gene with the genetic background of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the Pakistani cohort. …”
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X-Ray/Radio Quasiperiodic Pulsations Associated with Plasmoids in Solar Flare Current Sheets by Pankaj Kumar, Judith T. Karpen, Joel T. Dahlin

“…RHESSI X-ray images show double coronal sources (“looptop” and higher coronal sources) located at both ends of the flare current/plasma sheet. Moreover, we detect an additional transient faint X-ray source (6–12 keV) located between the double coronal sources, which is cospatial with multiple plasmoids in the flare current sheet. …”
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The maternal and newborn health eCohort to track longitudinal care quality: study protocol and survey development by Catherine Arsenault, Katherine Wright, Tefera Taddele, Ashenif Tadele, Anagaw Derseh Mebratie, Firew Tiruneh Tiyare, Rose J. Kosgei, Jacinta Nzinga, Bethany Holt, Irene Mugenya, Emma Clarke-Deelder, Adiam Nega, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Sailesh Mohan, Nompumelelo Gloria Mfeka-Nkabinde, Londiwe Mthethwa, Damen Haile Mariam, Gebeyaw Molla, Theodros Getachew, Prashant Jarhyan, Monica Chaudhry, Munir Kassa, Margaret E. Kruk

“…The final MNH eCohort instrument is centered around six key domains of high-quality health systems including competent care (content of ANC, delivery, and postnatal care for the mother and newborn), competent systems (prevention and detection, timely care, continuity, integration), user experience, health outcomes, confidence in the health system, and economic outcomes. …”
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Nonlocal Huygens’ meta-lens for high-quality-factor spin-multiplexing imaging by Jin Yao, Yubin Fan, Yunhui Gao, Rong Lin, Zhihui Wang, Mu Ku Chen, Shumin Xiao, Din Ping Tsai

“…Bright-field imaging and edge detection are thus presented under two output spin states. …”
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Development and internal validation of a nomogram for predicting cognitive impairment after mild ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack based on cognitive trajectories: a pr... by Panpan Zhao, Panpan Zhao, Lin Shi, Guimei Zhang, Chunxiao Wei, Weijie Zhai, Yanxin Shen, Yongchun Wang, Zicheng Wang, Li Sun

“…These models provide a basis for early detection and prompt treatment.…”
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Minimally Invasive Fetoscopic Resection of Life-Threatening Amniotic Band Constrictions in a Human Fetus at 22 + 2 Weeks of Gestation Complicated by Subtotal Chorioamniotic Separat... by Nadja Riehle, Oliver Nowak, Leila Messroghli, Samantha Wakerlin, Thomas Schaible, Thomas Kohl

“…The latter two complications will ultimately lead to fetal demise if left untreated. If detected early enough, select cases may benefit from prenatal resection of the amniotic bands, thus preventing amputation and fetal death. …”
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Cytogenetically Unrelated Clones in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Showing Different Responses to Chemotherapy by Kohei Kasahara, Masahiro Onozawa, Naohiro Miyashita, Emi Yokohata, Miho Yoshida, Minoru Kanaya, Mizuha Kosugi-Kanaya, Ryo Takemura, Shojiro Takahashi, Junichi Sugita, Akio Shigematsu, Mutsumi Takahata, Shinichi Fujisawa, Daigo Hashimoto, Katsuya Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Endo, Takeshi Kondo, Takanori Teshima

“…The clone with multiple trisomies was eliminated after induction therapy and never recurred, but a clone with monosomy 7 was still detected in myelodysplastic marrow with a normal blast percentage. …”
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Long-Term Results of the Etiotropic Therapy of Subcompensed Liver Cirrhosis in the Outcome of Chronic Hepatitis C by P. O. Bogomolov, A. O. Bueverov, V. E. Bakirova, E. O. Lyusina, E. A. Fedosyina, S. V. Koblov, O. V. Sumtsova

“…Two deaths were reported due to hepatocellular cancer (HCC) and bleeding from esophageal varices. HCC was detected in 8 patients. Two patients underwent liver transplantation.Conclusion. …”
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Transplacental Transfer of Primaquine and Neurobehavioral Development of Prenatally Exposed Rats by Klaus M. Becker, Lorenna Rosa, Manoella S. B. Fernandes, Rosangela R. de Carvalho, Ana Cecilia X. De-Oliveira, Davyson L. Moreira, Francisco J. R. Paumgartten

“…PQ was analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array ultraviolet detection. To evaluate effects of intrauterine exposure on postnatal development, dams were treated orally with PQ (20 mg.kg·bw−1·d−1) or water (controls) on GD 0–21. …”
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From Nasion to Sellion: repositioning landmarks for radioprotection-tailored 3D cephalometric analysis by Marco Serafin, Benedetta Baldini, Elisa Boccalari, Salvatore Bocchieri, Sergio Sambataro, Chiarella Sforza, Giuseppe Baselli, Gianluca Martino Tartaglia, Alberto Caprioglio

“…Therefore, data were statistically analysed after outliers’ detection and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) calculation. …”
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Review of the environmental and health risks of hydraulic fracturing fluids by Sara Makki, Elsa Maalouf, Alissar Yehya

“…For example, a negative correlation was detected between HF fluid recovery and shut-in period, fracture network complexity, and induced seismicity, while a positive correlation was observed between HF fluid migration speed and permeable pathways. …”
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The Impact of Cooking on Antioxidant and Enzyme Activities in Ruichang Yam Polyphenols by Haoping Liu, Hua Zhang, Mengting Geng, Dingxin Shi, Dongsheng Liu, Yanxiao Jiao, Zhiqiang Lei, You Peng

“…Polyphenol components were preliminary detected in raw yam by HPLC, including 2, 4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, syringic acid, vanillic acid, 4-coumaric acid, and sinapic acid. …”
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Long non-coding RNAs modulate glutathione metabolism gene expression and tolerance to Pb stress in root tissue of endophyte-infected rice seedling by He-Fei Sun, Xin-Nan Wang, Ya-Nan Li, Lan-Lan Wang, Yue-Ying Li, Lian-Ju Ma, Xue-Mei Li

“…DEmRNAs were most significantly enriched in glutathione metabolism, thereinto detected total glutathione, reduced and oxidized glutathione contents, glutathione S-transferase and glutathione reductase activities were significantly increased after 5 d of treatment. …”
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Physically Meaningful Surrogate Data for COPD by Harry J. Davies, Ghena Hammour, Hongjian Xiao, Patrik Bachtiger, Alexander Larionov, Philip L. Molyneaux, Nicholas S. Peters, Danilo P. Mandic

“…As a final stage of verification, a simple convolutional neural network is trained on surrogate data alone, and is used to accurately detect COPD in real-world patients. When training solely on surrogate data, and testing on real-world data, a comparison of true positive rate against false positive rate yields an area under the curve of 0.75, compared with 0.63 when training solely on real-world data.…”
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GnRH pulse generator activity in mouse models of polycystic ovary syndrome by Ziyue Zhou, Su Young Han, Maria Pardo-Navarro, Ellen G Wall, Reena Desai, Szilvia Vas, David J Handelsman, Allan E Herbison

“…Examining the prenatal androgen (PNA) model of PCOS, we observed highly variable patterns of pulse generator activity with no significant differences detected in ARNKISS neuron SEs, pulsatile LH secretion, or serum testosterone, estradiol, and progesterone concentrations. …”
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Surgical and Non-surgical Treatments in Pleural Empyema by Sami DENİZ, Nimet AKSEL, Özer ÖZDEMİR, Görkem VAYISOĞLU ŞAHİN, Ezgi ÇİMEN ÇELİK, Mutlu Onur GÜÇSAV, Filiz GÜLDAVAL, Ahmet Emin ERBAYCU, Ahmet ÜÇVET

“…In comparison of two groups, a significant difference was detected for lactate dehydrogenase (p<0.001) in pleural fluid and leukocyte count (p=0.05), hemoglobin (p=0.01), albumin (p=0.002), urea (p=0.3), and creatinine (p=0.21) levels in blood. …”
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