Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency Causing Priapism by Vinay Hanyalu Shankar, Bharadwaj Adithya-Sateesh, Nicole Gousy, Girma Ayele, Freyr Petursson, Rediet Atalay, Miriam Michael

“…Diagnosis is usually made by demonstration of decreased PK enzymatic activity in a spectrophotometric assay and on the detection of mutations in the PK-LR gene. Management strategies vary from full splenectomies to hematopoietic stem cell transplants with gene therapies with transfusions and administration of PK-activators coming in between. …”
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Performances of halide scintillators for the dosimetry based on gamma-ray spectrometry for environmental monitoring systems by Wanook Ji, Eunjoong Lee, Young-Yong Ji

“…This study employed four halide scintillators – LaBr3(Ce), CeBr3, and SrI2(Eu) – to measure the ambient dose equivalent rate and detect gamma nuclides from measured energy spectrum. …”
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Effect of Ribavirin on Hepatitis A Virus Replication In Vitro by Rabindra K Chaudhary, Anton P Andonov

“…The effect of ribavirin on hepatitis A virus yield as detected by radioimmunoassay in acutely infected FRhK-4 cells was dependent on hepatitis A virus inoculum dose. …”
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Shannon Entropy and K-Means Method for Automatic Diagnosis of Broken Rotor Bars in Induction Motors Using Vibration Signals by David Camarena-Martinez, Martin Valtierra-Rodriguez, Juan P. Amezquita-Sanchez, David Granados-Lieberman, Rene J. Romero-Troncoso, Arturo Garcia-Perez

“…In this work, a methodology to detect BRBs using vibration signals is proposed. The methodology uses the Shannon entropy to quantify the amount of information provided by the vibration signals, which changes due to the presence of new frequency components associated with the fault. …”
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Uncommon metastatic journey: unusual breast metastases of medullary thyroid carcinoma: a case report by Saadallah Fatma, Chrigui Maha, Zemni Ines, Kammoun Salma, Houcin Yoldez, Jbeli Souhail, Driss Maha, Ben Dhiab Tarak

“…This case emphasizes the need for thorough and continuous monitoring of patients with Medullary thyroid carcinoma, even in unusual locations, to ensure early detection and appropriate management. New lesions on imaging should be interpreted with caution to avoid underdiagnosing metastasis. …”
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An Unusual Case of Cystic Fibrosis Associated Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia in an Infant by Ravinder Kaur, Priyanka Katariya, Megh Singh Dhakad, Bhanu Mehra, Urmila Jhamb, A. P. Dubey

“…Subsequently, an immunofluorescence staining of BAL fluid was performed and P. jiroveci cysts were detected. Following a laboratory confirmation of Pneumocystis pneumonia, cotrimoxazole was added and the clinical condition of the patient significantly improved. …”
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Flt3/Flt3L Participates in the Process of Regulating Dendritic Cells and Regulatory T Cells in DSS-Induced Colitis by Jing-Wei Mao, Yu-Shuang Huang, Hai-Ying Tang, Jian Bi, Yan-Fei Liu, Ying-De Wang

“…In this study, we observe the disease activity index (DAI) and histological scoring, detect the amounts of DCs and T-regs and expression of Flt3/Flt3L, and investigate Flt3/Flt3L participating in the process of DCs regulating T-regs in DSS-induced colitis. …”
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Changes in Antioxidant and Photosynthetic Capacity in Rice Under Different Substrates by Hang Zhou, Liming Zhao, Yiwen Song, Xiaole Du, Jingxin Huo, Wanqi Mei, Xi Wang, Naijie Feng, Dianfeng Zheng, Zhaohui Wu

“…In addition, compared with S and T, the photosynthetic activity of rice in the optimized substrate (TT) was the highest; the net photosynthetic rate (Pn) of TT seedlings was significantly higher than that of T. This study also detected that the change in substrates affected the gas exchange parameters of rice leaves. …”
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Discovery of the Richest Pulsating Ultramassive White Dwarf by Francisco C. De Gerónimo, Murat Uzundag, Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas, Alex Brown, Mukremin Kilic, Alejandro H. Córsico, Gracyn C. Jewett, Adam G. Moss

“…To date, the richest pulsating UM WD known is BPM 37093 with 8 modes detected, for which detailed asteroseismic analysis has been performed in the past. …”
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Assessment of genetic variability in oat (Avena sativa L.) germplasm using agro-morphological traits and microsatellite markersParameshwaran Mathavaraj1, Prasanta Kumar Goswami1,... by Parameshwaran Mathavaraj1, Prasanta Kumar Goswami1, Seuji Bora Neog2 and Akhil Ranjan Baruah3

“…Validation with a panel of 31 diverse genotypes revealed that seven of ten newly developed markers detected expected alleles, with four being polymorphic. …”
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A Green Preconcentration Method for Determination of Cobalt and Lead in Fresh Surface and Waste Water Samples Prior to Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry by Naeemullah, Tasneem Gul Kazi, Faheem Shah, Hassan Imran Afridi, Sumaira Khan, Sadaf Sadia Arian, Kapil Dev Brahman

“…The enhancement factors 70 and 50 with detection limits of 0.26 μg L−1 and 0.44 μg L−1 were obtained for Co and Pb, respectively. …”
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Original Approach for Automated Quantification of Antinuclear Autoantibodies by Indirect Immunofluorescence by Daniel Bertin, Noémie Jourde-Chiche, Pierre Bongrand, Nathalie Bardin

“…Indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) is the gold standard method for the detection of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) which are essential markers for the diagnosis of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases. …”
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A comparative analysis for crack identification in structural health monitoring: a focus on experimental crack length prediction with YUKI and POD-RBF by Zenzen, Roumaissa, Ayadi, Ayoub, Benaissa, Brahim, Belaidi, Idir, Sukic, Enes, Khatir, Tawfiq

“…Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) has emerged as a pivotal tool for assessing structural health, with an emphasis on damage detection, localisation, and quantification, particularly through vibration-based methods that exploit variations in modal properties as precursors to structural damage. …”
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Mutant Prevention Concentrations of Imipenem and Meropenem against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii by E. Dahdouh, S. H. Shoucair, S. E. Salem, Z. Daoud

“…The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of the MPC of carbapenems against clinical isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp. and to assess its possible relationship with mechanisms of resistance. Detection of the mechanisms of resistance was performed using Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing, Double Disk Synergy, disk antagonism, addition of NaCl to the medium, addition of PBA or EDTA to Carbapenem disks, addition of PBA to Cefoxitin disks, and CCCP test for 10 Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter baumannii strains. …”
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Shock wave attenuation in a high-entropy alloy with pre-existing dislocation network by Hongcai Xie, Guoxiang Shen, Zhichao Ma, Wei Zhang, Hongwei Zhao, Luquan Ren

“…However, the in-depth understanding of dynamic deformation mechanisms remains limited due to technological constraints in real-time detection of microstructural evolution at the atomic level. …”
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Soil Drought and Vegetation Response during 2001–2015 in North China Based on GLDAS and MODIS Data by Siyao Yang, Dan Meng, Huili Gong, Xiaojuan Li, Xinling Wu

“…We firstly concluded that SMAI related well with standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI), and drought events can be detected by SMAI. Next, the mean value of SMAI in North China showed a decreasing trend in recent 15 years. …”
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A Signal Based Triangular Structuring Element for Mathematical Morphological Analysis and Its Application in Rolling Element Bearing Fault Diagnosis by Zhaowen Chen, Ning Gao, Wei Sun, Qiong Chen, Fengying Yan, Xinyu Zhang, Maria Iftikhar, Shiwei Liu, Zhongqi Ren

“…Results show that all faults can be detected clearly and correctly. Compared with a commonly used flat SE, the correlation analysis on morphology spectrum with proposed SE gives better performance at fault diagnosis of bearing, especially the identification of the location of outer race fault and the level of fault severity.…”
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A case report of fatal familial insomnia with cerebrospinal fluid leukocytosis during the COVID-19 epidemic and review of the literature by Zheng Wang, Yueqi Huang, Shuqi Wang, Jiefang Chen, Gesang Meiduo, Man Jin, Xiaoying Zhang

“…This case suggests that patients with FFI may also have elevated white blood cells in cerebrospinal fluid and timely detection of Tau protein in cerebrospinal fluid is helpful for early identification of FFI. …”
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Humoral Autoimmune Responses to Insulin-Like Growth Factor II mRNA-Binding Proteins IMP1 and p62/IMP2 in Ovarian Cancer by Xinxin Liu, Hua Ye, Liuxia Li, Wenjie Li, Yi Zhang, Jian-Ying Zhang

“…There is an urgent need of better approaches for the identification of appropriate biomarkers in the early detection of ovarian cancer. The aim of this study was to elucidate the significance of autoantibodies against insulin-like growth factor II mRNA-binding proteins (IMPs) in patients with ovarian cancer. …”
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HuBot: A biomimicking mobile robot for non-disruptive bird behavior study by Lyes Saad Saoud, Loïc Lesobre, Enrico Sorato, Saud Al Qaydi, Yves Hingrat, Lakmal Seneviratne, Irfan Hussain

“…By employing advanced real-time deep-learning algorithms, including YOLOv9 for detection, MobileSAM for segmentation, and vision transformer (ViT) for depth estimation, HuBot semi-autonomously tracks individual birds, providing unprecedented insights into their individual behavior, social interactions, and habitat use. …”
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