Effectiveness of a Dyadic Technology–Enhanced Home-Based Horticultural Therapy on Psychosocial Well-Being Among People With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers: Multimethods Pilot... by Patrick Pui Kin Kor, Justina Yat Wa Liu, Arkers Kwan Ching Wong, Alex Pak Lik Tsang, Han Zhi Tan, Daphne Sze Ki Cheung, Humphrey Kwong Wai Leung, Frances Kam Yuet Wong

“…Significant improvements were detected in caregiver distress (P<.05) and the happiness level of people with dementia (P<.01). …”
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Validation of the shortest version of the eating attitude test (EAT-7) as a screening tool for disordered eating in patients with first-episode schizophrenia by Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Youssef Boukadida, Majda Cheour, Souheil Hallit

“…Conclusion The shortness, items’ clarity and conciseness of the EAT-7 make it an efficient tool appropriate as a first-step screening tool to detect disordered eating in patients with schizophrenia at low cost and burden. …”
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Inflammation and Immune Escape in Ovarian Cancer: Pathways and Therapeutic Opportunities by Liu C, Yin Q, Wu Z, Li W, Huang J, Chen B, Yang Y, Zheng X, Zeng L, Wang J

“…Additionally, emerging research on the microbiome and inflammation-related biomarkers, such as microRNAs (miRNAs) and exosomes, points to new opportunities for early detection and precision medicine. Future approaches to OC treatment must focus on personalized strategies that target the inflammatory TME, integrating anti-inflammatory therapies with immunotherapy to enhance patient outcomes. …”
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A Structural Model of Truncated Gaussia princeps Luciferase Elucidating the Crucial Catalytic Function of No.76 Arginine towards Coelenterazine Oxidation. by Nan Wu, Zhi-Chao Xu, Kai-Dong Du, Shen Huang, Naohiro Kobayashi, Yutaka Kuroda, Yan-Hong Bai

“…However, deleting the C-terminal repeat only limited reduces the activity (over 30% residual luminescence intensity detectable), despite being a key part of the cavity. …”
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Immortalized Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Safe Cell Source for Cellular or Cell Membrane-Based Treatment of Glioma by Yuxuan Zhang, Jie Liu, Yunzhao Mo, Zetao Chen, Taoliang Chen, Yan Li, Yaofeng Zheng, Shaokang Deng, Xiangdong Xu, Huajian Chen, Haoqi He, Jiansheng Chen, Tao Jin, Xinlin Sun, Yiquan Ke, Jihui Wang

“…Finally, the cell membranes of im-MSCs were labeled with DiO or DiR to detect their ability to be taken up by glioma cells and target in situ gliomas using the IVIS system. …”
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High Seroprevalence of Autoantibodies Typical of Autoimmune Liver Disease in Eastern Ethiopia: Is Chewing of Khat (Catha edulis) a Triggering Factor? by Stian Magnus Staurung Orlien, Tekabe Abdosh Ahmed, Nejib Yusuf Ismael, Nega Berhe, Trine Lauritzen, Svein Gunnar Gundersen, Asgeir Johannessen

“…When comparing khat users to nonusers, ANA was detected in 4.1% vs. 0% (p=0.047), SMA in 16.0% vs. 14.4% (p=0.730), and AMA in 24.9% vs. 26.9% (p=0.704). …”
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Simultaneous central retinal vein and cilioretinal artery occlusion in a young female patient with progestin-only oral contraceptive use: a case report by Sardar Noman Qayyum, Risha Naeem, Faraz Azhar, Gulmeena Aziz Khan, Tehreem Zubair, Samim Noori

“…Careful consideration should be given to contraceptive choice, and ophthalmologic monitoring is recommended for early detection and intervention in at-risk patients.…”
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EEG electrode setup optimization using feature extraction techniques for neonatal sleep state classification by Hafza Ayesha Siddiqa, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Arsalan Khurshid, Yan Xu, Laishuan Wang, Saadullah Farooq Abbasi, Chen Chen, Wei Chen

“…Moreover, this research can be used to improve neonatal care by monitoring sleep, which can allow early detection of sleep disorders. As a result, this study captures information effectively using a single channel, reducing computing load and maintaining performance at the same time. …”
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Virulence diversity of the yellow rust pathogen population in Dagestan by E. I. Gultyaeva, E. L. Shaydayuk, R. E. Smirnova, K. M. Abdullaev, K. U. Kurkiev

“…Virulence to Yr17 was detected only in the isolates from cvs. ‘Graf’ and ‘Svarog’ carrying this gene, and ‘Siete Ceros’. …”
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Clinical Characterization of Ulcerative Colitis in Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis by Shun Murasugi, Ayumi Ito, Teppei Omori, Shinichi Nakamura, Katsutoshi Tokushige

“…The patients with UC were diagnosed with PSC at a significantly younger age than those without UC (mean (SD), 36 [17] years vs. 55 [19] years, p<0.0001) and had a significantly higher 5-year survival rate (97.1% vs. 70.5%, p=0.0028). UC was detected in 19 of 34 asymptomatic patients (56%) who underwent colonoscopy screening. …”
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Auditory attention decoding based on neural-network for binaural beamforming applications by Roy Gueta, Elana Zion-Golumbic, Jacob Goldberger, Sharon Gannot

“…Finally, posterior probability post-processing is applied to the outputs of the NN to improve detection accuracy. The experimental study validates the applicability of the proposed scheme as an AAD method. …”
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Acquired sperm hypomethylation by gestational arsenic exposure is re-established in both the paternal and maternal genomes of post-epigenetic reprogramming embryos by Keiko Nohara, Takehiro Suzuki, Kazuyuki Okamura, Tomoko Kawai, Kazuhiko Nakabayashi

“…Unexpectedly, the characteristic methylome features were detected not only in the paternal genome but also in the maternal genome of embryos. …”
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Determination of the Levels of Heavy Metals and Formaldehyde in Baby Clothes in South Africa: A Case Study of Stores in the Greater Cape Town Region by P. Nyamukamba, C. Bantom, Z. Mququ, T. Ngcobo, S. Isaacs

“…The concentrations of the heavy metals in wet digested samples were found to be in the following range: Pb (0.02–23.662 mg/kg), As (0.009–0.033 mg/kg), Co (0.001–1.053 mg/kg), Cr (0.053–6.373 mg/kg), Ni (0.039–36.715 mg/kg), and Cd (0.001–0.914 mg/kg), whereas the concentrations in artificial sweat extracted samples were in the following range: Pb (0.006–1.658 mg/kg), As (not detected), Co (0.001–1.05 mg/kg), Cr (0.112–0.371 mg/kg), Ni (0.062–0.121 mg/kg), and Cd (0.001–0.018 mg/kg). …”
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Epizootiological characteristics of echinococcosis in dogs, sheep and goats and measures to combat it in Caspian Sea region of Russia by S. Sh. Kabardiev, A. M. Bittirov, G. M. Magomedshapiev, Z. G. Musaev, S. A. Aygubova, N. H. Gulakhmedova

“…In the zones covered by the study, Echinococcus species are detected in adult pasture-raised sheep throughout the year, the invasion intensity and extensity average 22.3 ± 2.1 parasites/animal and 23.0%, respectively. …”
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Prognostic and diagnostic accuracy of intracoronary electrocardiogram recorded during percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis by Jun Fan, Weijie Li, Yizhi Pan, Jialin He, Jiankai Huang, Pingan Chen

“…Objective Intracoronary ECG (IC-ECG) recording has been shown to be sensitive and reliable for detecting myocardial viability and local myocardial ischaemia in some studies. …”
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The MicroRNA-106a/20b Strongly Enhances the Antitumour Immune Responses of Dendritic Cells Pulsed with Glioma Stem Cells by Targeting STAT3 by Hui Zhou, Chengmei Sun, Cong Li, Shiting Hua, Feng Li, Ruichun Li, Dongpeng Cai, Yuxi Zou, Yingqian Cai, Xiaodan Jiang

“…Finally, the cytotoxic functions of T cells stimulated by GSC-DC fusion cells transfected with a miR-106a/20b mimic in vitro and the antitumour activity in vivo were detected. Results. We found that the levels of miR-106a/20b were downregulated, but the expression of STAT3 was significantly upregulated. …”
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Predictive model for determining the indications for automated 3D ultrasound for screening patients at low risk of developing breast tumors by A. E. Garanina, A. V. Kholin

“…The most significant risk factors for the detection of breast cancer were identified. Based on their screening with 3D ultrasound in a group up to 40 years of age, it can be used in 95.96 % and is not indicated in 4.04 %. …”
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Assessment of the Nutritional Status, Bone Mineralization, and Anthropometrics of Children with Thalassemia Major by Serap Cevher Bulğurcu, Aylin Canbolat Ayhan, Hamdi Cihan Emeksiz, Fahri Ovalı

“…Low bone density was detected in 14.8% (2 osteopenic and 2 osteoporotic) of patients. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Combined with Serological Markers Improves the Diagnosis of Placenta Previa with Placenta Accreta Spectrum by Ying Wang, Zhengdong Hou, Bingqing Xia, Xianjing Xie, Ying He

“…Conclusions: Combining MRI with serological markers (AFP, CK, and sFlt-1) provides enhanced diagnostic accuracy for detecting PP with PAS as compared to either method alone. …”
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The Clinical and Economic Burden of Colorectal Anastomotic Leaks: Middle-Income Country Perspective by Ulysses Ribeiro Jr., Daiane O. Tayar, Rodrigo A. Ribeiro, Priscila Andrade, Silvio M. Junqueira Jr.

“…Generalized linear models (GLM) were employed to evaluate the association between AL and continuous outcomes (LOS and costs). Results. AL was detected in 6.8% of the patients. Emergency surgery (aRR 2.56; 95% CI: 1.15–5.71, p=0.021), blood transfusion (aRR 4.44; 95% CI: 1.86–10.64, p=0.001), and cancer diagnosis (aRR 2.51; 95% CI: 1.27–4.98, p=0.008) were found to be independent predictors of AL. …”
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