Insulin Resistance Mediates the Association Between Vitamin D and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Caiyan Zou, Xuekui Liu, Maosheng He, Yan Sun, Yiquan Sang, Gangshan Peng, Yamei Ma, Houfa Geng, Jun Liang

“…A total of 723 individuals who had completed liver ultrasound examination and the detection of VD levels were included in the final analysis. …”
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Beyond the Surface: Investigating Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Dynamics in Knee Injuries: A Cross-sectional Study by Gaurav Singh, Vineet Kumar, Swagat Mahapatra, Pankaj Aggarwal, Ammar Mohd. Aslam, Prabhat Pandey, Prakhar Mishra

“…Conclusions: Despite a few limitations, clinical examination and MRI currently stand out as the most precise non-invasive methods for detecting abnormalities in the menisci and the ACL. …”
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MaDis-Stereo: Enhanced Stereo Matching via Distilled Masked Image Modeling by Jihye Ahn, Hyesong Choi, Soomin Kim, Dongbo Min

“…Our findings highlight the potential for extending this approach to other vision tasks, such as object detection and semantic segmentation, that require sufficient locality inductive bias in Transformer-based architectures. …”
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Kidney Autotransplantation and Orthotopic Kidney Transplantation: Two Different Approaches for Complex Cases by Alberto Artiles Medina, Victoria Gómez Dos Santos, Víctor Díez Nicolás, Vital Hevia Palacios, Mercedes Ruiz Hernández, Inés Laso García, Marina Mata Alcaraz, Cristina Galeano Álvarez, Miguel Ángel Jiménez Cidre, Fernando Arias Fúnez, Milagros Fernández Lucas, Francisco Javier Burgos Revilla

“…During the follow-up period (mean 5.76 -SD 6.15- years), we detected 9 (42.85%) graft losses. At 1 year, the survival rate was 84.9%. …”
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Risk prediction model of cognitive performance in older people with cardiovascular diseases: a study of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database by Hui Wang, Sensen Wu, Dikang Pan, Yachan Ning, Cong Wang, Jianming Guo, Yongquan Gu

“…The model exhibited robust discriminative ability and validity, offering a scientific framework for community healthcare providers to assess and detect the risk of cognitive decline in these patients prematurely.…”
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Mir-615-5p inhibits cervical cancer progression by targeting TMIGD2 by Yan Zhao, Haitao Chen, Wenhui Zhang, Wei Shang, Jinwei Cao, Huijuan Zhao, Zhixiang Zou

“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as promising biomarkers with significant potential for the early detection and prognosis of CC. Objective This study aimed to explore the clinical significance and biological role of miR-615-5p in CC, with the goal of identifying novel biomarkers for this disease. …”
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Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Retail Cattle Meat by Nasrin Akter Liza, Hemayet Hossain, Md. Shahidur Rahman Chowdhury, Jarin Al Naser, Rayhan Mahmud Lasker, Asikur Rahman, Md. Ariful Haque, Md. Al Mamun, Md. Mukter Hossain, Md. Mahfujur Rahman

“…Genes encoding ESBL enzymes were detected by the double-disk synergy test (DDST) and multiplex PCR. …”
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Epidemiology and Mechanism of Drug Resistance of Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infection in Beijing Teaching Hospital, China by Xie Z, Jian J, Chen L

“…Among the quinolone resistance genes, the major resistance genes were aac(6’)-Ib-cr, oqxA and oqxB.Conclusion: The main molecular epidemiological types we detected was ST11. The main resistance gene of carbapenems was KPC-19. …”
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IgE-based analysis of sensitization and cross-reactivity to yellow mealworm and edible insect allergens before their widespread dietary introduction by Majsiak Emilia, Choina Magdalena, Gromek Weronika, Wykrota Julia, Kozłowska Danuta, Swadźba Jakub, Cukrowska Bożena, Kowal Krzysztof

“…This analysis was performed using serum allergen-specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE) results in 6,173 individuals using the ALEX2 test to detect sensitivity to TM and other related allergens. …”
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Viral conjunctivitis in children: the specific clinical features and treatment by N.V. Kazinskaya, V.Yu. Evgraphov, I.A. Il’inskaya

“…Modern diagnostic techniques facilitate a prompt detection of this disease, assuming that a qualified approach is used by the ophthalmologist for making diagnosis in such cases. …”
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Maintenance of Genetic Diversity Despite Population Fluctuations in the Lesser Prairie‐Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) by Andrew J. Lawrence, Scott A. Carleton, Sara J. Oyler‐McCance, Randy W. DeYoung, Clay T. Nichols, Timothy F. Wright

“…Mean heterozygosity, allelic richness, and inbreeding coefficient were not significantly different between discrete sampling periods, suggesting that this population has maintained its genetic diversity across the sampled population fluctuations. We did not detect genetic structure using multiple Bayesian clustering approaches. …”
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The use of whole genome amplification for genomic evaluation of bovine embryos by K. S. Pantiukh, I. V. Rukin, S. V. Portnov, A. Khatib, S. L. Panteleev, A. M. Mazur

“…From the genotyping analysis, there was detected one carrier status for three lethal haplotypes, HH0 (Brachyspina), HH5, and HCD. …”
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The effect of 4-month cycling trainings performed on elite cyclists on some immunological parameters by Fulya Erantgil, Mehibe Akandere

“…When the leukocyte counts of the experimental group and the control group were examined, no significant difference was observed in the lymphocyte, monocyte, monocyte%, eosinophil, eosinophil%, basophil parameters, while a statistically significant difference was detected between leukocyte, neutrophil, neutrophil%, lymphocyte% and basophil% values (P lt;0.05). …”
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Correlation between oxygen reserve index monitoring and blood gas oxygen values during anesthesia in robotic total prostatectomy surgery by Hilal Zengin

“…In the ROC curve analysis conducted to determine the optimal cut-off point for ORI to detect PaO2 ≥ 150 mmHg, the AUC was 0.901 (95% CI: 0.821–0.981), and the cut-off value obtained based on the ROC curve (cut point ORI) was 0.220 (sensitivity: 0.826, specificity: 0.771). …”
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Phenotypic Profiling of Selected Cellulolytic Strains to Develop a Crop Residue-Decomposing Bacterial Consortium by Arman Shamshitov, Egidija Satkevičiūtė, Francesca Decorosi, Carlo Viti, Skaidrė Supronienė

“…All strains demonstrated effective straw biomass degradation compared to the negative control, with significant differences detected only in oil seed rape straw biodegradation estimations. …”
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Effect of individual health perception, health consultation, and other risk factors on undiagnosed hypertension in South Africa by Muchiri E. Wandai, Brian E. Dixon

“…Regular consultations with healthcare providers are crucial for early detection and management of hypertension.…”
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Activities of Some Medicinal Plants on the Proliferation and Invasion of Brain Tumor Cell Lines by Saidu I. Ngulde, Umar K. Sandabe, Roger Abounader, Ying Zhang, Isa M. Hussaini

“…U87 and U231 brain tumor cell lines were used for proliferation assay, U251 cell line was used for the invasion assay in collagen V coated inserts, and U87 cell line was used for the western blot detection of cleaved Poly-ADP-Ribose-Polymerase (PARP). …”
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Distribution and characteristics of human papilloma virus infection genotyping in women in Changchun area by Pingping Zhou, Zhenwu Du, Xuyuan Qin, Jiaxin Chen, Guizhen Zhang

“…[Results] The positive rate of HPV infection in 6 750 samples was 20.46%(1 381/6 750), and the high-risk HPV infection rate was 18.16%(1 226/6 750).The single genotyping HPV infection was the main type, and there were multiplemixed genotyping infection(2-6 types).The top five genotyping of high-risk HPV detection rate were HPV16, HPV52, HPV58, HPV51 and HPV53.The high-risk infection rate was the highest in older people over 60 years old [25.28%(135/534)] , followed by 15-30 years old [24.26% (163/672)] .The infection rate in these two ages was significantly higher than that in other ages, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).The mixed infection rate of HPV genotypings in older people over 60 years old was 8.43% (45/534), which was significantly higher than those in other age groups(P<0.05). …”
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Prevalence and spectrum of haemoglobinopathies in females of reproductive age group- A first tertiary care center experience in Punjab, North India by Vikram Narang, Anshul Jain, Sumit Grover, Ankita Soni, Monika Narang, Ashima Taneja

“…To reduce the burden of these highly prevalent monogenic disorders, detecting them in the carrier stage is crucial to prevent disease progression. …”
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Targeting AI-2 quorum sensing: harnessing natural products against Streptococcus suis biofilm infection by Shuji Gao, Shuo Yuan, Yingying Quan, Wenjie Jin, Yamin Shen, Rishun Li, Baobao Liu, Yuxin Wang, Li Yi, Shaohui Wang, Xiaogai Hou, Yang Wang

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