Intratumoral <i>Fusobacterium nucleatum</i> in Pancreatic Cancer: Current and Future Perspectives by Domenica Lucia D’Antonio, Anna Zenoniani, Samia Umme, Adriano Piattelli, Maria Cristina Curia

“…Furthermore, this review underscores the clinical research significance of <i>Fn</i> as a potential tumor biomarker and therapeutic target, offering a novel outlook on its applicability in cancer detection and prognostic assessment. It is thought that given the role of <i>Fn</i> in tumor formation and metastasis processes via its FadA, FapA, Fap2, and RadD, new therapies for tumor treatment targeting <i>Fn</i> will be developed.…”
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Testing the Purity of <i>Limnospira fusiformis</i> Cultures After Axenicity Treatments by Michael Schagerl, Alexander Kaptejna, Fabian Polz, Sameh S. Ali, Shuhao Huo, Joana Seneca, Petra Pjevac, Vera Hechtl

“…Contamination was also verified by cultivation-independent methods like flow cytometry and 16S rRNA genome amplicon sequencing. We detected taxa of the phyla Proteobacteria, Bacteriodota, Firmicutes and to a lesser extent Verrucomicrobiota. …”
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Design of Conformal Cooling of an Additively Printed Aluminium Die-Casting Mold Component by J. Sviželová, L. Socha, A. Mohamed, M. Pinta, K. Koza, T. Sellner, K. Gryc, M. Dvořák, M. Roh

“…Numerical simulations were validated through the temperature field of the mold detected by a thermal camera during the casting cycle. …”
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Cellulase-Assisted Extraction, Characterization, and Bioactivity against Rheumatoid Arthritis of Astragalus Polysaccharides by Ling Cao, Mi Yu, Chonghui Wang, Yunhui Bao, Minghui Zhang, Ping He, Yan Zhang, Tingting Yang, Lulu Li, Gang Li, Yun Gong

“…This study investigated the effect of cellulase on the isolation of crude Astragalus polysaccharide (APS), analyzed the monosaccharide component of deproteinized APS, detected the molecular weights of purified APS, and examined the biological activities and the preliminary mechanism against rheumatoid arthritis (RA). …”
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Trace elements in children with pre-dialysis and end-stage renal disease by Alsalam Asmaa Abd, Ali Ruaa H., Hussain Haider K., Mahdi Montadher Ali

“…Conclusion: Zn is a promising biomarker for detecting CKD development and distinguishing between CKD stages and ESRD. …”
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Epidemiological Characteristics of Meningococcal Meningitis (2016 to 2018) Four Years after the Introduction of Serogroup A Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Benin by Togbemabou Primous Martial Godjedo, Alidehou Jerrold Agbankpe, Moussiliou Noël Paraiso, Tamegnon Victorien Dougnon, Marie Hidjo, Lamine Baba-Moussa, Honore Bankole

“…These results demonstrated the effectiveness of case-by-case surveillance in detecting small changes in the distribution of serogroups that could have important implications for public health strategies in the coming seasons.…”
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Comparing the diagnosis accuracy and efficacy of presepsin (sCD14) and nCD64 in neonatal sepsis: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Amit Kumar Mittal, Mamta Patel, Dolat Singh Shekhawat, Pratibha Singh, Kuldeep Singh

“…Objective: To evaluate and compare the diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of sCD14 and nCD64 in detecting neonatal sepsis. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted, including studies that assessed the sensitivity, specificity, and overall diagnostic performance of sCD14 and nCD64. …”
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Highly efficient assessment and selective determination of pancreatic cancer biomarker CA-19-9 using co-electrodeposited MXene-AgNPs nanocomposite by Mahsa Mirzayi, Balal Khalilzadeh, Sattar Akbari Nakhjavani, Rahim Mohammad-Rezaei

“…We believe that our fabricated sensor can be the plan of diseases management program due to affordable rapid and label free detection of a targeted biomarkers.…”
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Intraindividual variation in histone acetylation and its impact on autoimmune thyroid diseases by Emi Haga, Naoya Inoue, Yoshinori Iwatani, Yuya Arakawa, Emi Morita, Hidemi Hashimoto, Yusuke Noguchi, Yoh Hidaka, Mikio Watanabe

“…In this study, we analyzed histone H3 acetylation levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) using a histone H3 total acetylation detection fast kit. Blood samples were collected before meals, between 8:30–9:00 am, daily for 10 weeks to evaluate the daily variation. …”
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Emergence of invasive Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis in Spain (2012-2022): genomic insights and clinical correlations by Guillem López de Egea, Aida González-Díaz, Randall J Olsen, Gérard Guédon, Dàmaris Berbel, Immaculada Grau, Jordi Càmara, Lucía Saiz-Escobedo, Sara Calvo-Silveria, Irene Cadenas-Jiménez, José María Marimón, Emilia Cercenado, Antonio Casabella, Sara Martí, M. Ángeles Domínguez, Nathalie Leblond-Bourget, James M Musser, Carmen Ardanuy

“…Methods: We conducted a retrospective, laboratory-based study of iSDSE detected at Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge (HUB) from 2012 to 2022 (n = 89) and isolates collected in three Spanish hospitals in 2018 (n = 22). …”
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Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for the Determination of Vardenafil and Its Application of Bioequivalence by Kok Zheng Gan, Riyanto Teguh Widodo, Zamri Chik, Lay Kek Teh, Mohd Salleh Rofiee, Mohd Izwan Mohamad Yusof

“…The mass transitions m/z 489⟶151 and m/z 390⟶169 were used to measure vardenafil and tadalafil (internal standard), respectively, with a total assay run time of 6 min. The limit of detection was 0.2 ng/mL. The assay was reproducible with intra-assay and interassay precision ranging 1.17%–9.17% and 1.31%–5.86%, respectively. …”
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Emission Characteristics of Volatile Organic Compounds from Typical Coal Utilization Sources: A Case Study in Shanxi of Northern China by Yang Xu, Hualong Yu, Yulong Yan, Lin Peng, Rumei Li, Cheng Wang, Zhiyong Li

“…In this study, we investigated the profiles; benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) ratios; ozone formation potential (OFP); and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation potential of VOCs generated by coal-utilizing steel plants, power plants, coking plants, and residential stoves in northern China. Among the detected VOCs, the results identified 1-butene as the most abundant species for both the power plants (36.7%) and the residential stoves (41.7%) as well as a significant contributor at the steel plants (7.3%), and alkenes, alkanes, and aromatics composed the largest groups for the power plants (42.0%) and residential stoves (60.2%); steel plants (59.2%); and coking plants (66.1%), respectively. …”
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Genome-Wide Analysis, Characterization, and Expression Profile of the Basic Leucine Zipper Transcription Factor Family in Pineapple by Yanhui Liu, Mengnan Chai, Man Zhang, Qing He, Zhenxia Su, S. V. G. N. Priyadarshani, Liping Liu, Guanxi Dong, Yuan Qin

“…Six bZIP genes were exposed to abiotic stress, and the relative expression levels were detected by quantitative real-time PCR. A significant response was observed for AcobZIP24 against all kinds of abiotic stresses at 24 and 48 h in pineapple root tissues. …”
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Extracellular vesicles display distinct glycosignatures in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma by Kristina Mae Bienes, Akira Yokoi, Masami Kitagawa, Hiroaki Kajiyama, Morten-Thaysen Andersen, Rebeca Kawahara

“…High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) is a deadly subtype of ovarian cancer (OC), often diagnosed at late stages due to nonspecific symptoms and lack of effective markers for early detection. Aberrant protein N-linked glycosylation has been reported in HGSOC, holding a potential for improving the diagnosis and prognosis of affected patients. …”
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Clinical Features of Human Parvovirus B19-Associated Encephalitis Identified in the Dakar Region, Senegal, and Viral Genome Characterization by Al Ousseynou Seye, Fatou Kiné Top, Maimouna Mbanne, Moussa Moise Diagne, Ousmane Faye, Amadou Alpha Sall, Ndongo Dia, Jean-Michel Heraud, Martin Faye

“…Herein, we report on the clinical features of 13 laboratory-confirmed human cases of B19V-associated encephalitis in Senegal in the framework of a hospital-based surveillance of acute viral encephalitis conducted from 2021 to 2023. Overall, B19V was detected from 13 cerebrospinal fluid samples using specific real time PCR. …”
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Assessment of MGMT and TERT Subtypes and Prognosis of Glioblastoma by Whole Tumor Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Histogram Analysis by Ling Chen, Min Wu, Yao Li, Lifang Tang, Chuyun Tang, Lizhao Huang, Tao Li, Li Zhu

“…Results: MGMT promoter methylation and TERT promoter mutation were detected in 53.2% and 44.3% of GBM patients, respectively. …”
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Isolation of a tumor neoantigen specific CD8+ TCR from a skin biopsy of a vaccination site by Maria Paula Roberti, Pornpimol Charoentong, Yanhong Lyu, Marten Meyer, Stefan B. Eichmüller, Patrick Schmidt, Frank Momburg, Miray Cetin, Felix Hartmann, Nektarios A. Valous, Albrecht Stenzinger, Laura Michel, Peter Lichter, Andreas Schneeweiss, Verena Thewes, Carlo Fremd, Inka Zörnig, Dirk Jäger

“…Reactive T cells from VILs were non-overlapping with those detected in the blood and the tumor-microenvironment. …”
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LMF-Net: A Learnable Multimodal Fusion Network for Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Data by Jihao Li, Wenkai Zhang, Weihang Zhang, Ruixue Zhou, Chongyang Li, Boyuan Tong, Xian Sun, Kun Fu

“…Semantic segmentation of remote sensing images has produced a significant effect on many applications, such as land cover, land use, and smoke detection. With the ever-growing remote sensing data, fusing multimodal data from different sensors is a feasible and effective scheme for semantic segmentation task. …”
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Removal of Matrix Interferences by Nano-MgO and Co-Adsorbents for Accurate Multi-Pesticide Residue Analysis in the Chinese Medicinal Herb, Paeoniae Radix Alba by Chunyu Wang, Xinquan Wang, Jiao Wang, Shanshan Di, Zhiwei Wang, Hao Xu, Huiyu Zhao, Changshan Zhao, Peipei Qi

“…A simple, accurate, and high-throughput analytical method was developed to detect 123 pesticide residues in Chinese medicinal herb Paeoniae Radix Alba (PRA) by introducing nano-MgO as a highly efficient purification material based on quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) design concept. …”
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Aircraft Measurements of Physicochemical Evolution of Atmospheric Aerosols in Air Pollution Plumes over a Megacity and Suburban Areas by Taehyun Park, Yongjoo Choi, Jinsoo Choi, Junyoung Ahn, Jinsoo Park, Yonghwan Lee, Jihee Ban, Gyutae Park, Seokwon Kang, Kyunghoon Kim, Beom-Keun Seo, Jongho Kim, Soobog Park, Hyunjae Kim, HaEun Jeon, Taehyoung Lee

“…Finally, flights investigating the distributions of pollutants in the central, upwind, and downwind SMA regions generally detected high levels of oxidation downwind as well as different aerosol masses between the low and high altitudes. …”
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