Evaluating waist-to-hip ratio in youth using frequency-modulated continuous wave radar and machine learning by Jun Byung Park, Jinjoo Choi, Jae Yoon Na, Seung Hyun Kim, Hyun-Kyung Park, Seung Yang, Sung Ho Cho

“…Abstract Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is an essential predictor of cardiometabolic diseases, but traditional tape-based WHR measurements in children and adolescents can cause discomfort due to direct contact and are prone to measurer variation. …”
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A Simulated Model of a Triple Band Patch Antenna Proposed for Vital Signs Monitoring Equipment by Anfal Shukur Taher, Rashid Ali Fayadh, Abbas Fadhal Humadi, Aaraf Shukur Alqaisi, Mohd Fareq Abd Malek

“… In the modern lifestyle, an increase in psychological pressures was observed, leading to an increase in various diseases, which increased the need for diagnosis and treatment, (i.e., increased demand for) equipment to monitor vital activities, Therefore, a microstrip patch antenna was suggested as the topic of this article because it is popular in wireless systems due to its low cost, lightweight, and thin profile. …”
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Multimedia for Fifth Year Medicine Professors and Students. Public Health Subject by Juan Rafael Zerquera Rodriguez, Sara Hernández Malpica, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Margarita Romeu Escobar, María Lina Valdés Gómez, Pedro Hernández Sánchez, Jorge Cañella Granda, Juan Andrés Alemañy Co

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the multimedia works so that the students and professors can agree to the software and semesters validated for its utilization according to the program of the subject of study, exercises for themes are available, it is accessed to instructive, educational and counsellors videos of different contents, the literature is updated, counts with the health programs, actions of control of focus in transmissible diseases and other documents for fifth year Medicine professor and students. …”
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Ataxin-10 Inhibits TNF-α-Induced Endothelial Inflammation via Suppressing Interferon Regulatory Factor-1 by Yong Li, Qi Zhang, Na Li, Liting Ding, Jinping Yi, Yue Xiao, Shibiao Chen, Xuan Huang

“…Taken together, these results indicate that Ataxin-10 inhibits endothelial cell activation and may serve as a promising therapeutic target for some vascular inflammatory-related diseases such as atherosclerosis.…”
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Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity and HIV Associated Nephropathy: Mimickers of Myeloma-Like Cast Nephropathy by Muhammad Siddique Khurram, Ahmed Alrajjal, Warda Ibrar, Jacob Edens, Umer Sheikh, Ameer Hamza, Hong Qu

“…Myeloma-like cast nephropathy (MLCN) has been reported in the literature to occur in various primary renal and nonrenal diseases. We present a series of three rare cases of cast nephropathy, two of which are HIV patients, and the third patient is receiving cisplatin-based chemotherapy. …”
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Muramyl Dipeptide Enhances Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Osteoclast Formation and Bone Resorption through Increased RANKL Expression in Stromal Cells by Masahiko Ishida, Hideki Kitaura, Keisuke Kimura, Haruki Sugisawa, Tomo Aonuma, Haruhiko Takada, Teruko Takano-Yamamoto

“…These results suggest that MDP might play an important role in pathological bone resorption in bacterial infection diseases.…”
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Prenatal exposure to nitrate alters uterine morphology and gene expression in adult female F1 generation rats by André Gilberto Cassiani, Thiago Pinheiro Arrais Aloia, Érica Kássia Sousa-Vidal, Sérgio Podgaec, Carla de Azevedo Piccinato, Caroline Serrano-Nascimento

“…Conclusion: Our results strongly suggest that prenatal exposure to nitrate programs gene expression and alters the uterine morphology in female F1 rats, potentially increasing their susceptibility to developing uterine diseases during adulthood.…”
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Antibacterial, Antifungal, and Insecticidal Potentials of Oxalis corniculata and Its Isolated Compounds by Azizur Rehman, Ali Rehman, Ijaz Ahmad

“…Oxalis corniculata is a common medicinal plant widely used against numerous infectious diseases. The agrochemical potential of methanolic extract, n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, and n-butanol fractions were assessed to measure the antibacterial, antifungal, and insecticidal activities of the plant. …”
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N7-methylguanosine modification in cancers: from mechanisms to therapeutic potential by Qihui Wu, Xiaodan Fu, Guoqian Liu, Xiaoyun He, Yimin Li, Chunlin Ou

“…Their influence on the synthesis and processing of messenger RNA, ribosomal RNA, and transfer RNA allows m7G modifications to affect diverse cellular, physiological, and pathological processes. m7G modifications are pivotal in human diseases, particularly cancer progression. On one hand, m7G modification-associated modulate tumour progression and affect malignant biological characteristics, including sustained proliferation signalling, resistance to cell death, activation of invasion and metastasis, reprogramming of energy metabolism, genome instability, and immune evasion. …”
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Ethanol Disrupts the Protective Crosstalk Between Macrophages and HBV-Infected Hepatocytes by Murali Ganesan, Anup S. Pathania, Grace Bybee, Kusum K. Kharbanda, Larisa Y. Poluektova, Natalia A. Osna

“…About 296 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection, and outcomes to end-stage liver diseases are potentiated by alcohol. HBV replicates in hepatocytes, but other liver non-parenchymal cells can sense the virus. …”
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PharmacoNER Tagger: a deep learning-based tool for automatically finding chemicals and drugs in Spanish medical texts by Jordi Armengol-Estapé, Felipe Soares, Montserrat Marimon, Martin Krallinger

“…Automatically detecting mentions of pharmaceutical drugs and chemical substances is key for the subsequent extraction of relations of chemicals with other biomedical entities such as genes, proteins, diseases, adverse reactions or symptoms. The identification of drug mentions is also a prior step for complex event types such as drug dosage recognition, duration of medical treatments or drug repurposing. …”
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Feasibility of Ex Vivo Ligandomics by Prabuddha Waduge, Remya Ammassam Veettil, Bojun Zhang, Chengchi Huang, Hong Tian, Wei Li

“…These findings demonstrate the feasibility of ex vivo ligandomics, which can be broadly applied to various cell types, tissues, diseases, and species.…”
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The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Vascular Inflammation and Remodeling by Maricica Pacurari, Ramzi Kafoury, Paul B. Tchounwou, Kenneth Ndebele

“…Blocking RAAS provides beneficial effects for the treatment of cardiovascular and renal diseases. Evidence shows that inhibition of RAAS positively influences vascular remodeling thus improving CVD outcomes. …”
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Immunological Impacts of Diabetes on the Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Birhanu Ayelign, Markos Negash, Meaza Genetu, Tadelo Wondmagegn, Tewodros Shibabaw

“…Understanding of the immunological and biochemical basis of TB susceptibility in diabetic patients will tell us the rational development of implementation and therapeutic strategies to alleviate the dual burden of the diseases. Therefore, the aim of this review was focused on the association between diabetes and tuberculosis, focusing on epidemiology, pathogenesis, and immune dysfunction in diabetes mellitus, and its association with susceptibility, severity, and treatment outcome failure to tuberculosis.…”
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Effects of a Pseudophysiological Environment on the Elastic and Viscoelastic Properties of Collagen Gels by Sébastien Meghezi, Frédéric Couet, Pascale Chevallier, Diego Mantovani

“…Vascular tissue engineering focuses on the replacement of diseased small-diameter blood vessels with a diameter less than 6 mm for which adequate substitutes still do not exist. …”
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Green banana flour does not alter lipid and inflammatory profile of women overweight by Sandra Tavares da Silva, Carolina Araújo dos Santos, Júlia Cristina Cardoso Carraro, José Luiz Marques Rocha, Josefina Bressan

“…The prevalence of chronic diseases such as dyslipidemia, overweight and complications related to the inflammatory state have increased worldwide. …”
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Time-variant left ventricle models for intracardiac impedance analysis by Voss Daniel, Wemmer Clara, Leonhardt Steffen, Walter Marian

“…Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of mortality worldwide. …”
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Biogenic Synthesis of Copper and Silver Nanoparticles Using Green Alga Botryococcus braunii and Its Antimicrobial Activity by Anju Arya, Khushbu Gupta, Tejpal Singh Chundawat, Dipti Vaya

“…The spread of infectious diseases and the increase in the drug resistance among microbes has forced the researchers to synthesize biologically active nanoparticles. …”
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New discoveries of the action of L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) - Enhanced efficacy in formulations by Andressa Costa de Oliveira, Ana Lucia Morocho-Jacome, Tércio Elyan Azevedo Martins, Claudinéia Aparecida Sales de Oliveira Pinto, André Rolim Baby, Maria Valéria Robles Velasco

“…Abstract Skin oxidation can impair physiological functions and induce skin diseases, such as photoaging and cancer. L-ascorbic acid (L-AA), or vitamin C, is commonly used in cosmetics because it is a potent antioxidant, inhibits melanogenesis, and promotes collagen and elastin synthesis in the skin. …”
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Expression of Otx Genes in Müller Cells Using an In Vitro Experimental Model of Retinal Hypoxia by Claudio Azzolini, Simone Donati, Giovanni Micheloni, Vittoria Moretti, Roberto Valli, Francesco Acquati, Lucy Costantino, Fulvio Ferrara, Davide Borroni, Elias Premi, Francesco Testa, Francesca Simonelli, Giovanni Porta

“…Müller glial cells typically activate to react to hypoxic tissue damage in several retinal diseases. We evaluated the in vitro response to a hypoxia-mimicking stimulus on the expression of a set of genes, known to contribute to eye morphogenesis and cell differentiation. …”
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