Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1 and 2 Mutations in Pediatric Neuroblastoma Patients by Emre LEVENTOGLU, Gurses SAHIN, Sule YESIL, Ceyhun BOZKURT, Nazmiye YUKSEK, Ali FETTAH, Sule TOPRAK, Burcak KURUCU BILGIN, Emre CAPKINOGLU, Nilgun EROGLU, Sibel AKPINAR TEKGUNDUZ, Ayse Ulya ERTEM

“…The mean age was 32.2+-25.9 months (3 days-96 months). IDH1 mutation was detected in 8 (32%) and IDH2 mutations in 5 (20%) patients. …”
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Impervious surface cover and number of restaurants shape diet variation in an urban carnivore by Tal Caspi, Monica G. Serrano, Stevi L. Vanderzwan, Janet Kessler, Christopher J. Schell, Benjamin N. Sacks

“…The most frequently detected species were domestic chicken, pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae), domestic pig, and raccoon (Procyon lotor). …”
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Aqueous Levels of Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor and Macular Choroidal Thickness in High Myopia by Wei Chen, Yubo Guan, Guanghui He, Zhiwei Li, Hui Song, Shiyong Xie, Quanhong Han

“…No correlation between serum PEDF and macular choroidal thickness was detected in the three groups. Conclusion. Variations in aqueous PEDF levels coincide with changes in macular choroidal thickness in high myopia patients with no CNV, while no such relationship exists in high myopia patients with CNV.…”
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New digital drilling process monitoring: Instrumentation, validation and calibration by Yanpeng Sun, Zuyu Chen, Fangcai Xu, Yufei Zhao, Ruilang Cao, Dong Li

“…Most importantly, this new instrument is proven to be successful in improving the detection of structural discontinuities with thicknesses >1 mm. …”
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The Hydroalcoholic Extract Obtained from Mentha piperita L. Leaves Attenuates Oxidative Stress and Improves Survival in Lipopolysaccharide-Treated Macrophages by Mariana Oliveira Arruda, Saulo José Figueiredo Mendes, Simone Aparecida Teixeira, Ludmilla Santos Silva de Mesquita, Maria Nilce de Sousa Ribeiro, Stanley de Sousa Lima Galvão, Marcelo Nicolás Muscará, Elizabeth Soares Fernandes, Valério Monteiro-Neto

“…Epicatechin was the major compound detected in the LHAE. LPS-induced macrophage death was reversed by incubation with LHAE (1–30 μg/ml). …”
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History and prospects of flax genetic markers by Daiana A. Zhernova, Elena N. Pushkova, Tatiana A. Rozhmina, Elena V. Borkhert, Alexander A. Arkhipov, Alexander A. Arkhipov, Elizaveta A. Sigova, Elizaveta A. Sigova, Ekaterina M. Dvorianinova, Ekaterina M. Dvorianinova, Alexey A. Dmitriev, Alexey A. Dmitriev, Nataliya V. Melnikova

“…Cost-effective and accurate analysis of large number of genotypes for multiple markers simultaneously using microarrays or targeted deep sequencing became available, as well as HRM, TaqMan, KASP, and other fluorescence-based high-throughput methods for detecting DNA polymorphisms. However, most DNA markers identified in flax are ambiguously linked to trait expression and are not universally applicable. …”
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MAC30 Knockdown Inhibits Proliferation and Enhance Apoptosis of Gastric Cancer by Suppressing Wnt/β-Cateninsignaling Pathway by Xiaohong Wu, Yong Zhang, Junping Guo, Xun Yan, Li Shen, Jianping Zhou, Jun Zhao, Min Zhuang, Zhihong Cao

“…Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was used to detect the expression of MAC30 in 68 patients with gastric cancer and their adjacent tissues. …”
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Spatiotemporal occurrence, distribution, and risk of steroid hormones along the coast of Guangdong, China by Xing Zhao, Xing Zhao, Yunlin Jiang, Hanqiang Deng, Yao Lu, Suimin Li, Yuxia Jiang, Kaifeng Sun

“…The highest average concentrations of steroid hormones detected in seawater, sediments, and marine organisms were progestins, estrogens, and glucocorticoids, respectively. …”
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Assessment of the Chemical Diversity and Functional Properties of Secondary Metabolites from the Marine Fungus <i>Asteromyces cruciatus</i> by María Paz González-Troncoso, Catalina Landeta-Salgado, Javiera Munizaga, Ruth Hornedo-Ortega, María del Carmen García-Parrilla, María Elena Lienqueo

“…No such compounds were detected in <i>Durvillaea</i> spp. medium. The glucose-grown extract exhibited the highest TPC (3.09 ± 0.04 mg GAE/g DW) and TAC (39.70 ± 1.0 µmol TEq/g biomass). …”
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Ultrafast laser frequency tuning based on equivalent optical phase sampling and accumulation by Weiqiang Lyu, Huan Tian, Zhenwei Fu, Lingjie Zhang, Zhen Zeng, Yaowen Zhang, Heping Li, Zhiyao Zhang, Yong Liu

“…Ultrafast laser frequency tuning is a crucial function in numerous applications, including light detection and ranging (LiDAR), optical coherence tomography (OCT), and spectroscopy. …”
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Theoretical finishing size limitation and failure mechanism of viscoelastic abrasive media on micro-hole structure by Baocai Zhang, Xiayu Wang, Neng Jiang, Jun Tang, Fanghong Sun, Xinchang Wang

“…Furthermore, based on the pseudo-network structure and elasticity of media, as well as the interaction between continuous matrix with discrete grains, this work theoretically established the mechanics model on single grain and the total material removal model to discussed the variation tendency of material loss volume along with the key parameters (storage modulus, inlet pressure, non-Newtonian index and grain fraction), primarily detecting the theoretical size limitation (around 5 μm). …”
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Understanding empathy and theory of mind in Romanian dental students for improved educational strategies by Ancuta Mioara Banu, Sorin Ursoniu, Smaranda Laura Gotia, Salomeia Putnoky, Costela Lacrimioara Serban

“…A subset of students (25.6%) showing below-average ToM scores raises concerns, emphasizing the need for further investigation and screening of possible related conditions to enable early detection and intervention. These findings underscore the importance of incorporating empathy training and cognitive skill development into dental education to foster patient-centered care and address the emotional and cognitive needs of future practitioners.…”
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Genomic Insight into <i>Vibrio</i> Isolates from Fresh Raw Mussels and Ready-to-Eat Stuffed Mussels by Artun Yibar, Muhammed Duman, Hilal Ay, Nihed Ajmi, Gorkem Tasci, Fatma Gurler, Sabire Guler, Danny Morick, Izzet Burcin Saticioglu

“…A total of 22 virulence factor (VF) classes and up to six antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes were detected in different <i>Vibrio</i> species. The presence of nine different biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs), 27 prophage regions, and eight CRISPR/Cas systems in 15 <i>Vibrio</i> strains provides information about their potential pathogenicity, survival strategies, and adaptation to different habitats. …”
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Amino acid composition, antioxidant activity and mineral content of Achatina fulica snail slimes and edible bird’s nest by Dang Tin Tin, Ong Mei Kying, Wong Seng Mei, Ong Ching Ang

“…The four major amino acids detected in snail slimes were aspartic acid (3.80 µmol/mL), glutamic acid (2.87 µmol/mL), alanine (2.23 µmol/mL) and serine (1.80 µmol/mL), while for EBN, the top four amino acids were proline (5.31 µmol/mL), serine (5.27 µmol/mL), aspartic acid (4.78 µmol/mL) and threonine (3.97 µmol/mL). …”
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Ultrasound evaluation of gallbladder wall thickness for predicting severe dengue: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Amirhossein Shahsavand Davoudi, Hamid Harandi, Reza Samiee, Shayan Forghani, Keyhan Mohammadi, Maryam Shafaati

“…Its severe manifestations like thrombocytopenia and plasma leakage are associated with increased mortality. Ultrasound-detected gallbladder wall thickening (GBWT) has been suggested as a potential indicator of the severity of the disease. …”
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Choroidal Detachment after XEN Gel Stent Implantation by Carlo Alberto Cutolo, Letizia Negri, Sara Olivari, Francesca Cappelli, Carlo Enrico Traverso, Michele Iester

“…The mean period between surgery and CD detection was 5.84 ± 1.77 days. The mean intraocular pressure (IOP) at the time of CD diagnosis was 6.4 ± 3.1 mmHg. …”
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Task-Oriented Adversarial Attacks for Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis Models by Monserrat Vázquez-Hernández, Ignacio Algredo-Badillo, Luis Villaseñor-Pineda, Mariana Lobato-Báez, Juan Carlos Lopez-Pimentel, Luis Alberto Morales-Rosales

“…Consequently, unnecessary modifications are made, compromising the input semantics, making the changes more detectable, and avoiding the identification of new vulnerabilities. …”
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Collagen Induced Arthritis in DBA/1J Mice Associates with Oxylipin Changes in Plasma by Min He, Eduard van Wijk, Ruud Berger, Mei Wang, Katrin Strassburg, Johannes C. Schoeman, Rob J. Vreeken, Herman van Wietmarschen, Amy C. Harms, Masaki Kobayashi, Thomas Hankemeier, Jan van der Greef

“…Oxylipin metabolites were extracted from plasma for each individual sample using solid phase extraction (SPE) and were detected with high performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS/MS), using dynamic multiple reaction monitoring (dMRM). …”
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Cells and Cytokines in Milk of Subclinically Infected Bovine Mammary Glands after the Use of Immunomodulatory Composition GLP 810 by Gundega Gulbe, Māra Pilmane, Vaira Saulīte, Simona Doniņa, Jevgenijs Jermolajevs, Lilija Peškova, Anda Valdovska

“…A reduction in the number of pathogenic bacteria was also detected. The analyses of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-10, and beta-defensin-2 revealed that the production of the aforementioned cytokines significantly increased, whereas no significant effects on interleukin-1 and caspase-6 expression in milk leukocytes were recorded. …”
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Double disaggregation of the decline of terrestrial water storage for a highly cultivated dryland partially covered by glaciers by Zongxia Wang, Suxia Liu

“…A widespread and significant decline of TWS was detected in NSTM. Besides the Tianshan Mountains, TWS also declined significantly downstream where it should have increased given the substantive glacier meltwater supply from upstream, implying that the evolution of TWS in NSTM has probably deviated from natural manners. …”
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