Determination of Ischemia Onset Based on Automatically Generated Spectralis SD-OCT Values in Acute Central Retinal Artery Occlusion by Maria Casagrande, Robert Kromer, Daniel A. Wenzel, Sven Poli, Martin S. Spitzer, Vasyl Druchkiv, Maximilian Schultheiss, Spyridon Dimopoulos

“…The optimal cutoff point to detect CRAOs ≤4.5 hours was between 18.7% nasally and 22.9% RRTI temporally. …”
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Research on the Pore Evolution of Sandstone in Cold Regions under Freeze-Thaw Weathering Cycles Based on NMR by Zheng Pan, Keping Zhou, Rugao Gao, Zhen Jiang, Chun Yang, Feng Gao

“…The porosity, T2 spectral distribution, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics of the red sandstone after 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, and 120 freeze-thaw weathering cycles were measured by the nondestructive detection technique nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). …”
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Efficacy of Administration of an Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor for Two Years on Autonomic and Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus by Triantafyllos Didangelos, Konstantinos Tziomalos, Charalambos Margaritidis, Zisis Kontoninas, Ioannis Stergiou, Stefanos Tsotoulidis, Eleni Karlafti, Alexandros Mourouglakis, Apostolos I. Hatzitolios

“…Patients with hypertension or coronary heart disease were excluded. To detect DPN and DCAN, the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument Questionnaire and Examination (MNSIQ and MNSIE), measurement of vibration perception threshold with biothesiometer (BIO), and CARTs [R-R variation during deep breathing [assessed by expiration/inspiration ratio (E/I), mean circular resultant (MCR), and standard deviation (SD)], Valsalva maneuver (Vals), 30 : 15 ratio, and orthostatic hypotension (OH)] were used. …”
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Local delivery of TGF-β1-mRNA decreases fibrosis in osteochondral defects by Gianluca Fontana, Brett Nemke, Yan Lu, Connie Chamberlain, Jae-Sung Lee, Joshua A. Choe, Hongli Jiao, Michael Nelson, Margot Amitrano, Wan-Ju Li, Mark Markel, William L. Murphy

“…Despite the transient expression of therapeutic mRNA we have detected lasting effects, such as a decrease in fibrocartilage formation demonstrated by the decrease in type I collagen deposition and the improvement in macroscopic appearance in the treatment group.…”
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Lipid Profiles, Telomere Length, and the Risk of Malignant Tumors: A Mendelian Randomization and Mediation Analysis by Shupeng Liu, Zhengzheng Fu, Hui Liu, Yinghui Wang, Meijuan Zhou, Zhenhua Ding, Zhijun Feng

“…No horizontal pleiotropy was detected. <b>Conclusions:</b> Our findings suggest that lipid metabolism disorders may influence cancer development through telomere regulation, particularly in lung and hematologic cancers. …”
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DNA barcoding: how many earthworm species are there in the south of West Siberia? by S. V. Shekhovtsov, N. E. Bazarova, D. I. Berman, N. A. Bulakhova, E. V. Golovanova, S. V. Konyaev, T. M. Krugova, I. I. Lyubechanskii, S. E. Peltek

“…We analyzed 259 individuals from twelve locations and detected 27 genetic clusters. Ten of them correspond to known species (A. caliginosa, E. fetida, O. tyrtaeum, D. r. tenuis, D. octaedra, E. balatonica, E. sibirica, as well as three genetic lineages of E. nordenskioldi nordenskioldi). …”
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Bacterial diversity determination using culture-dependent and culture-independent methods by M. Ghiasian, A. Akhavan Sepahy, M.A. Amoozegar, S. Saadatmand, M. Shavandi

“…Total cell abundance in the mud volcano from 1×101-6×101per milliliter was determined by 4', 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole direct count. The detectable proportion of Archaea to Bacteria in the community by FISH was one to five. …”
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Evaluating the antagonist effect of naltrexone implant via opioid challenge tests with escalating doses of hydromorphone injection in former heroin dependent patients by Wei Qu, Xuyi Wang, Chongyang Dong, Tao Zhang, Shugui Yin, Zhijun Sun, Shiqiang Wang, Anni Guo, Wei Hao

“…Pharmacokinetic data suggested that effective plasma naltrexone concentration (≥1ng/ml) was detected from the third day for over 148 days, with higher concentration and longer duration in the 1.5 g group. …”
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Albumin as an Effective Auxiliary Agent for the Enriched Extraction of Anthraquinones and Curcumin from Plant Matrices by Chiara Collevecchio, Salvatore Genovese, Francesco Epifano, Lorenzo Marchetti, Serena Fiorito

“…Aloe emodin, rhein, emodin, and chrysophanol, from <i>Polygonum cuspidatum</i>, <i>Senna alexandrina</i>, <i>Rhamnus frangula</i>, and <i>Rheum palmatum</i>, and curcumin from <i>Curcuma longa</i> were analyzed in parent dry extracts, solubilized either with water, ethanol, or hydro-alcoholic mixtures, and in ones treated with aqueous solutions of bovine serum albumin by HPLC with UV/Vis detection. The different ratios between the volumes of solvents, powdered plant extracts, and bovine serum albumin were tested. …”
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Source Quantification of PM10 and PM2.5 Using Iron Tracer Mass Balance in a Seoul Subway Station, South Korea by Jihwan Son, Kwangrae Kim, Seungmi Kwon, Seung-Myung Park, Kwangtae Ha, Yunmi Shin, Mijin Ahn, Seogju Cho, Jinho Shin, Yongseung Shin, Gangwoong Lee

“…Additionally, of the airborne trace metals detected at the sampling locations inside the station (the concourse, platform, and tunnel), iron (Fe) displayed the highest concentration and was thus selected as a tracer of PM. …”
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Halofuginone prevents inflammation and proliferation of high-altitude pulmonary hypertension by inhibiting the TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway by Jiangtao Wang, Lina Guan, Jian Yu, Bohua Ma, Huihua Shen, Guozhu Xing, Yawei Xu, Qiufang Li, Juan Liu, Qin Xu, Wenhui Shi, Jia He, Yixuan Huang, Dongfeng Yin, Wu Li, Rui Wang

“…The results showed that HF (1 mg/kg) could prevent hypoxia-induced hemodynamic abnormalities, right ventricular hypertrophy, and pulmonary vascular remodeling in rats. We further detected the expression levels of inflammatory factors interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and proliferative/antiproliferative indicators proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), cyclin-dependent kinase 6 (CDK6), Cyclin D1, p21 in lung tissue, and found that HF could attenuate the lung tissue inflammatory response and proliferative response in HAPH rats. …”
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Prevalence and investigation of Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in blood donors from the main blood establishment in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil by Agildo da Silva Oliveira, Jéssica Gonçalves Pereira, Gabrielle Tantos Nunes, Ivanildo Pedro de Sousa Junior, Dmitry José de Santana Sarmento, Josiane Iole França Lopes, Luiz Amorim Filho, Vanessa Salete de Paula

“…The prevalence of cytomegalovirus was 88.5 %, and HCMV DNA was detected in 1.2 % of the samples. Discussion: Given that there are approximately 100,000 blood donations per year, this prevalence rate is considerably high compared to that in developed countries. …”
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MSC-derived exosome ameliorates pulmonary fibrosis by modulating NOD 1/NLRP3-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition and inflammation by Wei Chen, Jie Peng, Xiangyi Tang, Shao Ouyang

“…Using cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) to detect cell viability. Classic molecular biology approaches such as RT-qPCR, Western blot, immunofluorescence, and ELISA were used to examine molecular pathways. …”
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Free Radical-Scavenging, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antibacterial Activities of Water and Ethanol Extracts Prepared from Compressional-Puffing Pretreated Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Pe... by Chun-Yung Huang, Chia-Hung Kuo, Chien-Hui Wu, Ai-Wei Kuan, Hui-Ru Guo, Yu-Hua Lin, Po-Kai Wang

“…Seven phenolic compounds (gallic acid, pyrogallol, chlorogenic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, p-coumaric acid, ECG, and CG) were detected in CPWE (compressional-puffed water extract) and CPEE (compressional-puffed ethanol extract) from TN1, and antioxidant stability of both CPWE and CPEE was higher than that of vitamin C. …”
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Polarization variable terahertz metasurface along the propagation path by Jitao Li, Jingyu Liu, Zhen Yue, Jie Li, Chenglong Zheng, Fan Yang, Hui Li, Yating Zhang, Yan Zhang, Jianquan Yao

“…Based on the variable property of longitudinal polarization, we propose an application concept of dielectric refractive index sensing, in which an additional medium is placed in the terahertz propagation path and the unknown refractive index is determined by detecting the rotation angle of the output polarization state. …”
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Identifying Tomato Growth Stages in Protected Agriculture with StyleGAN3–Synthetic Images and Vision Transformer by Yao Huo, Yongbo Liu, Peng He, Liang Hu, Wenbo Gao, Le Gu

“…The validation set achieved an accuracy of 99.6%, while the test set achieved 98.39%, marking improvements of 22.85%, 3.57%, and 3.21% over AlexNet, DenseNet50, and VGG16, respectively. The average detection speed was 9.5 ms. This method provides a highly effective means of identifying tomato growth stages in protected environments and offers valuable insights for improving the efficiency and quality of protected crop production.…”
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Bioactive Potential of Some <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i> Strains from Macapá, Amazon, Brazil, Against the Housefly <i>Musca domestica</i> (Diptera: Muscidae) Under Laboratory Cond... by Tatiane Aparecida Nascimento, Maria José Paes, Fernando Hercos Valicente, Margareth Maria de Carvalho Queiroz

“…Twelve <i>Bt</i> strains from Macapá, Brazil, were tested against housefly larvae. PCR was employed to detect genes encoding Cry and Cyt proteins and Vips. …”
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Pregabalin for Refractory Radicular Leg Pain due to Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Preliminary Prospective Study by Sumihisa Orita, Masaomi Yamashita, Yawara Eguchi, Miyako Suzuki, Gen Inoue, Masayuki Miyagi, Tomoko Watanabe, Tomoyuki Ozawa, Hiroto Kamoda, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Yasuchika Aoki, Toshinori Ito, Go Kubota, Munetaka Suzuki, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Eiji Hanaoka, Yoshihiro Sakuma, Jun Shimbo, Yasuhiro Oikawa, Takane Suzuki, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Seiji Ohtori

“…NeP was identified using screening tool, Pain DETECT questionnaire. Visual analog scale (VAS) scores and responses to the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire (JOABPEQ) were assessed before and 6 weeks after PGB treatment initiation. …”
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Pig nasal and rectal microbiotas are involved in the antibody response to Glaesserella parasuis by Pau Obregon-Gutierrez, Yasser Mahmmod, Emili Barba-Vidal, Marina Sibila, Florencia Correa-Fiz, Virginia Aragón

“…Regarding taxa found in the rectal microbiota, associations with antibody responses were detected only at order level, pointing towards a positive role for Clostridiales while negative for Enterobacteriales. …”
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Effect of opercular deformity on morphological and transcriptomic profiling of gills in golden pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) by Yuwei Wu, Qian Ma, Dihao Huang, Liuyong Wang, Qiling Zhou, Chunli Ran, Gang Chen

“…Transcriptome sequencing of the gill samples has detected a total of 100 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), including 66 up-regulated and 34 down-regulated genes. …”
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