A study of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor level in individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder and their first-degree relatives as compared to the healthy population by Shaily Mina, Rupam Dhiman, Prakamya Singal, Sukanya Gangopadhyay, Pankaj Verma, Shivani Kathuria

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study compared serum BDNF levels in medication-free/naive individuals with OCD (n = 30) to their FDR (n = 30) and age-sex matched HC (n = 30). …”
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A Comparative Evaluation of Microleakage in Class V Composite Restorations by Sujatha Gopal Sooraparaju, Pavan Kumar Kanumuru, Surya Kumari Nujella, Karthik Roy Konda, K. Bala Kasi Reddy, Sivaram Penigalapati

“…Within the limitations of this study, none of the three materials were free from microleakage. All the three materials showed more microleakage at gingival margins compared to occlusal margins. …”
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The microstructure and texture effects on fatigue behavior of AZ31B magnesium induced by pre-strain along radial direction by Guosheng Duan, Jinze Du, Linghui Song, Wenhan Jin, Naifu Zou, Xinghao Du

“…When pre-strain exceeds 4%, fatigue life were shortened as compared with that free of compressional pre-strain. In this case, the residual twins with large volume accelerate fatigue failure, thus reducing fatigue life. …”
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Uterine Tumors Resembling Ovarian Sex Cord Tumors: Case Report of Rare Pathological and Clinical Entity by Rotem Sadeh, Yakir Segev, Meirav Schmidt, Jacob Schendler, Tamar Baruch, Ofer Lavie

“…This type has been shown to behave more aggressively with a decreased disease free survival period. Type II tumors, the classical UTROSCT, are less invasive but have the tendency to recur. …”
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Fish Protein Hydrolysate as Protein Enrichment in Texture-Modified Salmon Products by Leena Prabhu, Aase Vorre Skuland, Paula Varela, Jan Thomas Rosnes

“…The products were packaged in oxygen-free plastic trays, heat-treated to a core temperature of 95 °C for 15 min, chilled and stored at 4 °C for 29 days and analyzed for microbiology, instrumental texture, and sensory properties. …”
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Green Synthesis of S- and N-Codoped Carbon Nanospheres and Application as Adsorbent of Pb (II) from Aqueous Solution by Nadia Hussain, Salam Alwan, Hassan Alshamsi, Ibrahim Sahib

“…The thermodynamic parameters including Gibbs free energy (ΔG°), standard enthalpy change (ΔH°), and standard entropy change (ΔS°) were calculated for the adsorption process.…”
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A Low-Power Streaming Speech Enhancement Accelerator for Edge Devices by Ci-Hao Wu, Tian-Sheuan Chang

“…Additionally, we employed softmax-free attention, complemented by an extra batch normalization, facilitating simpler hardware design. …”
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Impact of Awareness to Control Malaria Disease: A Mathematical Modeling Approach by Malik Muhammad Ibrahim, Muhammad Ahmad Kamran, Malik Muhammad Naeem Mannan, Sangil Kim, Il Hyo Jung

“…Local and global stability analysis of disease-free equilibrium has been investigated via basic reproductive number R0, if R0 < 1, the system is stable otherwise unstable. …”
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A Criterion-based Approach for the Systematic and Transparent Extrapolation of Clinical Trial Survival Data by Gabriel Tremblay, Patrick Haines, Andrew Briggs

“…**Background:** Trial data often does not cover a sufficiently long period of time to truly capture time-toevent endpoints, however, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) bodies often require overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) estimates. Often, significant survival effects are found beyond the time period observed in clinical trials, thus, extrapolation of trial results is required for health economic and HTA evaluations. …”
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A Hidden Markov Model Applied to the Daily Spring Precipitation over the Danube Basin by Constantin Mares, Ileana Mares, Heike Huebener, Mihaela Mihailescu, Ulrich Cubasch, Petre Stanciu

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GA Based Adaptive Singularity-Robust Path Planning of Space Robot for On-Orbit Detection by Jianwei Wu, Deer Bin, Xiaobing Feng, Zhongpu Wen, Yin Zhang

“…The simulation of a 6-DOF free-floating space robot is carried out, and the results show that, compared with DLS method, the proposed method could improve the tracking accuracy of space manipulator end-effector.…”
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Cholestatic Jaundice as a Paraneoplastic Manifestation of Prostate Cancer by Tomomi Kuramoto, Hiroya Senzaki, Hiroyuki Koike, Kenji Yamagiwa, Shinobu Tamura, Tokuzou Fujimoto, Takeshi Inagaki

“…The patient remains symptom-free after 14-month followup. Paraneoplastic syndrome should be considered in case of cholestatic jaundice without biliary duct obstruction, hepatic involvement, or infection.…”
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A Case of Trapezium Avascular Necrosis Treated Conservatively by Evangelos Petsatodis, Konstantinos Ditsios, Panagiotis Konstantinou, Iosafat Pinto, Lazaros Kostretzis, Ioannis Theodoroudis, Mayia Pilavaki

“…Three months later, the patient was free of symptoms and the MRI scan revealed a normal trapezium. …”
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Called to the missional frontline in a turbulent world: The role of theological education by Daniel N. Andrew

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Near-Infrared All-Silicon Photodetectors by M. Casalino, G. Coppola, M. Iodice, I. Rendina, L. Sirleto

“…The former are constituted by a Fabry-Perot microcavity incorporating a Schottky diode, and their performance in terms of responsivity, free spectral range, and finesse was experimentally calculated in order to prove an enhancement in responsivity due to the cavity effect. …”
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Vehicle-Mounted SRM DITC Strategy Based on Optimal Switching Angle TSF by Hongyao Wang, Jingbo Wu, Chengwei Xie, Zhijun Guo

“…Switched reluctance motors (SRMs) offer several advantages, including a magnet- and winding-free rotor, high mechanical strength, and exceptional output efficiency. …”
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Glutamine and Its Effects on the Intestine by Paul E Hardy, Richard N Fedorak, Alan BR Thomson, Olin G Thurston

“…L-alanyl-L-glutamine seems to be the most promising glutamine precursor for parenteral use in humans, as it is safe and rapidly hydrolyzed in vivo to release free glutamine. The exact role of glutamine as a therapeutic agent to promote intetitinal well-being has yet to be determined. …”
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Secondary Full-thickness Macular Holes after Diabetic Vitrectomy: Clinical Manifestations and Rational Approaches to the Treatment by Yun Hsia, Chung-May Yang, Yi-Ting Hsieh, Lu-Chun Wang

“…Various surgical procedures were performed according to the clinical scenarios, including internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling, inverted ILM flap insertion, temporal inverted ILM flap, lens posterior capsular flap insertion, and neurosensory retinal free flap insertion. All patients achieved MH closure after surgery, and 5 patients exhibited improved visual acuity. …”
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Nutritional Composition and Health Benefits of Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) by Yoseph Asmelash Gebru, Desta Berhe Sbhatu, Kwang-Pyo Kim

“…The growing global demand for the grain is due to its gluten-free nature, high level of essential amino acids (EAA), high mineral content, low glycemic index (GI), high crude fiber content, longer shelf life, and slow staling of its bread products compared to that of wheat, sorghum, rice, barley, and maize. …”
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Characteristics of Pyrolysis and Copyrolysis Products Sewage Sludge in Different Temperature Ranges by Yunbing Li, Hongli Li, Qihang Zhang, Xinyi Wang, Xin Wang, Pen Jin

“…At present, pyrolysis is the main treatment method for sludge due to carbon-free effects and less air pollution compared with incineration. …”
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