Achievements and prospects of applying high-throughput sequencing techniques to potato genetics and breeding by I. V. Bykova, N. A. Shmakov, D. A. Afonnikov, A. V. Kochetov, E. K. Khlestkina

“…Sequencing of the genome as well as transcriptomes and microRNomes of cultivated potato and its wild relatives, on one hand, is of fundamental interest, assisting in detecting features of genome evolution, ontogenetic development and mechanisms of various environmental stresses responses. …”
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Biochemical Composition Variation among Southern Ethiopian Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Genotypes by Meseret Degefa, Sentayehu Alamerew, Ali Mohammed, Adeba Gemechu

“…The presence of significant (P<0.05) differences among the examined accessions for most of the traits considered was revealed by analysis of variance, and a wide range of variation was detected for several traits, indicating that the coffee germplasm accessions have high genetic variability. …”
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Radiomics Features Based on MRI-ADC Maps of Patients with Breast Cancer: Relationship with Lesion Size, Features Stability, and Model Accuracy by Begumhan BAYSAL, Hakan BAYSAL, Mehmet Bilgin ESER, Mahmut Bilal DOGAN, Orhan ALIMOGLU

“…Objective: To predict breast cancer molecular subtypes with neural networks based on magnetic resonance imaging apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) radiomics and to detect the relation of lesion size with the stability of radiomics features. …”
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General practitioner use of D-dimer in suspected venous thromboembolism: historical cohort study in one geographical region in the Netherlands by Angel M R Schols, Eline Meijs, Geert-Jan Dinant, Henri E J H Stoffers, Mariëlle M E Krekels, Jochen W L Cals

“…Applying age-adjusted D-dimer cut-offs to all patients aged 50 years or older resulted in a reduction of positive D-dimer results from 97.9% to 79.4%, without missing any VTE.Conclusions Although D-dimer testing contributes to the diagnostic work-up of VTE, GPs have a high detection rate for VTE in patients who they urgently refer to secondary care based on clinical assessment only.…”
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Analyzing and modeling urban sprawl and land use changes in a developing city using a CA-Markovian approach by M. Tajbakhsh, H. Memarian, Y. Shahrokhi

“…The Kappa index of quantity and allocation agreement was determined to be 0.9189 and 0.9529, respectively, which established an almost perfect agreement between simulated and observed land uses according to the year 2015. Change detection results showed that with the physical expansion of urban continuous patches, range lands and agricultural lands mostly transited to urban discontinuous patches and eventually were promoted to urban continuous texture. …”
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Acute Neurotoxicity in Children Treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma: A 10-Year Single-Centre Experience by Izabela Kranjčec, Nada Rajačić, Tamara Janjić, Monika Kukuruzović, Filip Jadrijević-Cvrlje, Maja Pavlović, Jelena Roganović

“…The most frequent clinical presentation was seizures (83.3%), with status epilepticus in four cases. We detected electroencephalogram (EEG) irregularities in almost all patients and various morphological changes in the brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), most often consistent with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and leukoencephalopathy. …”
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Prevalence of transfusion-transmitted infection and reactive donor response rate in a tertiary care hospital in South India: A retrospective observational study by Kingsley Simon, Kevin Alphones, B. Gayathri Priyadharshini

“…Background: Transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs) are a serious problem to our blood centers as they necessitate utilization of massive resources and labor to detect and remove infected blood donations and also turn out to be a source of great distress to the patients recieving blood components and the doctors treating them. …”
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Predictive value of systemic immune inflammation index combined with coagulation index in traumatic coagulopathy in patients with severe trauma by Chen Wang, Yongyong Huang, Shiyun Liao, Jiming Song

“…Here, this study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of combining SII with coagulation indices for TIC in severe trauma patients, with the goal of enhancing early detection and guiding prompt therapeutic strategies. …”
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Assessment of fire blight resistance in apple clonal rootstocks using molecular markers by I. N. Shamshin, M. V. Maslova, N. V. Drenova, M. L. Dubrovsky, O. V. Parusova

“…However, polymorphism was detected there. Most genotypes had a 174 bp fragment, but a 210 bp fragment was identified in two of the 20 forms. …”
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Knowledge, perceptions and practices associated with timing for breast cancer screening among female students at the University of Zimbabwe: A cross-sectional study by Peter Chikuvadze, Grace Nkhoma, Maxwell Mhlanga, Augustine Ndaimani

“…Background: Breast cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality among women globally. Early detection through screening is crucial for improving outcomes. …”
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Sistem Pakar : Deteksi Dini Stres pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Menggunakan Metode Forward Chaining by Angga Wijaya Narwa Putra, Nadea Cipta Laksmita

“…Therefore, the researcher intends to make a simple expert system using knowledge obtained from an expert, then made a list of questions to detect whether someone is depressed / stressed or not, and provide solutions or suggestions for users. …”
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Socioeconomic position and breast cancer screening use in Chile: A population-based study by Camilo Guerrero-Nancuante, Pamela Eguiguren, Isabel Abarca-Baeza, Isabel Guzmán, María Luisa Garmendia

“…Background: Breast cancer screening is crucial for the early detection of the disease. Although several studies have examined the relationship between socioeconomic factors and mammography use, the impact of socioeconomic position (SEP) in countries undergoing demographic and epidemiological transitions—marked by a rising cancer incidence—and passive breast cancer screening programs in the search of the target population remains understudied. …”
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Emerging Challenges in Methicillin Resistance of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci by Marta Katkowska, Maja Kosecka-Strojek, Mariola Wolska-Gębarzewska, Ewa Kwapisz, Maria Wierzbowska, Jacek Międzobrodzki, Katarzyna Garbacz

“…<b>Methods:</b> One hundred one CoNS strains were screened for oxacillin and cefoxitin susceptibility using phenotypic (disk diffusion, agar dilution, latex agglutination, and chromagar) and molecular (detection of <i>mec</i>A, <i>mec</i>B, and <i>mec</i>C) methods. …”
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Transvaginal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of endometrioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies* by Fleur Serge Kanti, Rose Gorak Savard, Frédéric Bergeron, Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun, Antoine Netter, Sarah Maheux-Lacroix

“…This study aimed to systematically assess the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting endometrioma using the surgical visualisation of lesions with or without histopathological confirmation as reference standards in patients of reproductive age with suspected endometriosis.Methods PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and ClinicalTrials.gov databases were searched from their inception to 12 October 2022, using a manual search for additional articles. …”
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Frequency and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity: a 5-year single-center study in a Tertiary Care Hospital by Maaly Abdel Fattah, Anas AlKhabaz, Ibrahim Issa, Hadeel Alhemsi, Kassem AlSaad, Eyad AlMidani, Faisal Khan

“…Caesarean section was the main mode of delivery in 80.5% of our sample (269 babies). ROP was detected in 181 (53.7%) infants, of which 110 (32.6%) had Stage 1, 57 (17%) Stage 2, and 14 (4.15%) had Stage 3. …”
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Banxia Xiexin Decoction Ameliorates t-BHP-Induced Apoptosis in Pancreatic Beta Cells by Activating the PI3K/AKT/FOXO1 Signaling Pathway by Li-juan Du, Bing Pang, Yu-meng Tan, Ya-nan Yang, Mei-zhen Zhang, Qing Pang, Min Sun, Qing Ni

“…The protective effects of BXXD on MIN6 cells were evaluated by detecting cell viability and proliferation and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS). …”
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Validating the reproductive tract score (RTS) technique in pre-service buffalo heifers by Freddys Escalona-Ramírez, Jessenia Mercado-Carrillo, Balbino A. Jaimes-Vazques, Antonio Landaeta-Hernández

“…Using rectal palpation, the RTS (scale 1-5) assign the following scores: 1=flabby uterus and ovaries both <10 mm of diameter with no detectable follicles; 2=flabby uterus and ovaries both 10-15mm of diameter with <8 mm follicles; 3=soft tone uterus and ovaries both <15-20 mm of diameter with 8-10 mm follicles; 4=good tone uterus with 20-25 mm of diameter, ovaries >20mm with >10 mm follicles; 5= good tone uterus >25 mm of diameter, ovaries >20mm with evident luteal tissue. …”
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DLAT is involved in ovarian cancer progression by modulating lipid metabolism through the JAK2/STAT5A/SREBP1 signaling pathway by Hui Wang, Shen Luo, Yue Yin, Yang Liu, Xiaomei Sun, Ling Qiu, Xin Wu

“…Commercially available triglyceride and cholesterol detection kits, as well as Nile Red and Oil red O staining were used to measure lipid metabolism. …”
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Effect of Acupuncture Combined with Enriched Rehabilitation Training on Neural Function, Nogo Protein and Its Receptor in Cerebral Ischemia Rats by Mengxing LI, Zhaohui CHEN, Qi LIU, Fang LIU, Wei TANG

“…The scores of neural function deficit, sensation and motor ability were recorded, and the expression of Nogo-A and NgR proteins in hippocampal tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry staining.Results:At the 7 d, 14 d after treatment, the neural function deficit score, sensation and motor ability score in the acupuncture group, the enriched rehabilitation training group and the acupuncture combined with enriched rehabilitation training group were lower respectively than those of the model group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01 or <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the scores in the acupuncture combined with enriched rehabilitation training group were lower respectively than those of the acupuncture group and the enriched rehabilitation training group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01 or <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Therapeutic potential of brentuximab vedotin in breast cancer and lymphoma via targeted apoptosis and gene regulation by Abeer Ezzat, Mohga Shafiek, Shimaa Shawki, Shaimaa Abdel-Ghany, Mahmoud Nazih, Hussein Sabit

“…Additionally, cell cycle analysis indicated G2/M phase arrest in cancer cells, particularly in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231, while HSF cells remained largely unaffected. Apoptosis detection confirmed Brentuximab-induced cell death, with significant increases in late apoptosis in cancer lines, especially by 72 h. …”
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