Patient Perspectives on Evolving Diverticulitis Treatment: An Assessment of Patient Willingness to Enroll in a Randomized Controlled Trial by Annie Altman-Merino, MD, Kemberlee Bonnet, MA, David Schlundt, PhD, Jesse Wrenn, MD, PhD, Wesley H. Self, MD, MPH, Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH, Alexander T. Hawkins, MD, MPH

“…A randomized trial in the United States evaluating antibiotic effectiveness could accelerate the implementation of antibiotic-free treatment, but providers maintain concerns that patients may be unwilling to participate. …”
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Chemoradiotherapy in a Case of Malignant Syringocystadenocarcinoma Papilliferum of Vulva with Locoregional Failure by Pamidimukkala Bramhananda Rao, Saptarshi Ghosh, Manisha Mohapatra, N. Pramod Philip, P. Ravindra Kumar, Surendra Manam, Pradeep Karra, Vijay Krishna Jasti

“…Then definitive chemoradiation was delivered with five cycles of weekly Cisplatin and external beam pelvic irradiation up to a dose of 59.4 Gy. Patient is disease-free 11 months after treatment. Discussion. We here report the fifth case of malignant SCACP with locoregional metastases. …”
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Biochemistry of the Thrombin-Like TLBpic and Its Purification from Bothrops pictus “Jergon de la Costa” (Reptilia: Viperidae) by Victor Ludgardo Álvarez Tohalino, Hugo Guillermo Jiménez Pacheco, Juan Raúl Jesús Zumaran Farfán, Pavel Kewin Delgado Sarmiento, Paulino Rodolfo Zegarra Panca

“…Within the simple substances, we have free amino acids, peptides, nucleotides, carbohydrates, lipids, and biogenic amines (organic molecules) as well as cations and anions (inorganic constituents). …”
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Mycorrhizal fungi mitigate cadmium leaching losses by decreasing the inorganic cadmium proportion in soil solutions by Wei Li, Jiong Wu, Jie Yan, Xinran Liang, Xiaoyi Li, Yongmei He, Bo Li, Fangdong Zhan

“…AMF caused an increase in total glomalin-related soil protein (T-GRSP) of 12.2 % and in the exudation of low-molecular-weight organic acids (LMWOAs), such as citric acid, malic acid, oxalic acid, and free amino acids, by maize roots of 30.4 %–200.0 % but caused a decrease in the Cd contents of the maize shoots and roots by 53.2 % and 47.2 %, respectively compared those of the CK. …”
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Inhibition of A2B Adenosine Receptor Attenuates Intestinal Injury in a Rat Model of Necrotizing Enterocolitis by Lie Huang, Juan Fan, Yan-Xiang Chen, Jian-Hui Wang

“…Animals in the control group were free from any interventions. Our results showed that the inhibition of A2BR PSB1115 improved intestinal injury and inflammation in newborn NEC rats. …”
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Venetoclax added to CLAG regimen might improve the outcome of patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia by Yu Zhang, Zhao Yin, Zurong Yao, Dan Xu, Xuejie Jiang, Xiaqi Nie, Dandan Chen, Hongsheng Zhou, Pengcheng Shi, Hui Liu, Qifa Liu, Guopan Yu

“…The endpoints of this study were to evaluate the rate of composite complete remission (CRc), measurable residual disease (MRD), event-free survival (EFS), overall survival (OS), and relapse between CLAG and CLAG + Ven groups. …”
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Characterization of zeolitic imidazole framework (ZIF-8) catalyst for potential biodiesel production from waste cooking oil (WCO) by Chai Xin Hui, Ng Law Yong, Ng Ching Yin, Sim Jia Huey, Lim Ying Pei, Liew Josephine Ying Chyi

“…Heteropoly acids (HPAs) catalysts prove effective in waste cooking oil biodiesel production, considering their high density of Brønsted acidic sites, exhibit significant resilience to elevated levels of free fatty acid (FFA) and moisture content. However, the separation of HPA catalysts after biodiesel production is challenging due to their homogeneous catalytic nature. …”
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Estimating Complex Signals With a Fuzzy-Enhanced Kalman Filter: A Note on “the Output Regulation and the Kalman Filter as the Signal Generator” by Jesus Alberto Meda-Campana, Juan Carlos Garcia-Hernandez, Rodolfo Daniel Velazquez-Sanchez, Luis Alberto Paramo-Carranza, Tonatiuh Hernandez-Cortes, Ricardo Tapia-Herrera

“…To overcome this problem, this paper proposes a solution for estimating complex, unmodeled, and noise-contaminated signals while simultaneously obtaining a low-dimensional dynamical model whose output approximates the actual noise-free signal. This is achieved by incorporating a fuzzy error covariance matrix into the standard linear Kalman filter algorithm. …”
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A soft tick vector of Babesia sp. YLG in Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) nests by Bonsergent, Claire, Vittecoq, Marion, Leray, Carole, Jouglin, Maggy, Buysse, Marie, McCoy, Karen D., Malandrin, Laurence

“…YLG DNA in several male testes and in endospermatophores, and notably in a parasite-free female (uninfected ovaries and salivary glands), raise the interesting possibility of sexual transmission from infected males to uninfected females. …”
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Computational fluid dynamics for naval hydrodynamics by Visonneau, Michel, Deng, Ganbo, Guilmineau, Emmanuel, Leroyer, Alban, Queutey, Patrick, Wackers, Jeroen

“…The specific aspects of Naval Hydrodynamics are discussed and illustrated by recent simulations and comparisons with available experiments. Free-surface flows with or without waves and even violent phenomena such as ventilation or cavitation can be modelled with mixture-fluid surface capturing. …”
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Potentials of transanal endoscopic surgery at early rectal cancer by Yu. A. Shelygin, S. V. Chernyshov, L. P. Orlova, E. G. Rybakov

“…The median duration of operation was 39 (25–110) minutes. Tumor-free resection edges have been obtained in all operation specimens. …”
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Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies of Naegleria fowleri Carter (1970): a review of the fatal brain-eating amoeba by N. Datta

“…Naegleria fowleri is a thermophilic free-living amoeba that can cause a rare and fatal infection of the brain called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). …”
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Validation of a Radio frequency identification system for tracking location of laying hens in a quasi-commercial aviary system by Gebhardt-Henrich, Sabine G., Kashev, Alexander, Petelle, Matthew B., Toscano, Michael J.

“…Cage-free housing is increasingly chosen in Europe, North America, and Australia as an animal-welfare friendly farm system for laying hens. …”
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Man versus Machine: Software Training for Surgeons—An Objective Evaluation of Human and Computer-Based Training Tools for Cataract Surgical Performance by Nizar Din, Phillip Smith, Krisztina Emeriewen, Anant Sharma, Simon Jones, James Wawrzynski, Hongying Tang, Paul Sullivan, Silvestro Caputo, George M. Saleh

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Association between Sensitivity to Thyroid Hormone Indices and Bone Mineral Density in US Males by Shuai Chen, Wucui Huang, Guowei Zhou, Xiaohe Sun, Jie Jin, Zhiwei Li

“…The thyroid hormone sensitivity indices included free triiodothyronine/tree thyroxine (FT3/FT4), thyroid-stimulating hormone index (TSHI), thyrotroph thyroxine resistance index (TT4RI), and thyroid feedback quantile-based index (TFQI). …”
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Perioperative or neo/adjuvant chemoimmunotherapy versus chemotherapy for resectable non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Qiong Zhang, Jia Duan, Yuanmei Zhang, Lei Yang, Duo Li

“…This study investigates the relative benefits and potential complications of neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and perioperative immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy compared to chemotherapy alone, focusing on event-free survival (EFS), overall survival (OS), and adverse events (AEs). …”
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Synthesis of Highly Sulfonated Poly(arylene ether) Containing Multiphenyl for Proton Exchange Membrane Materials by Yi-Chiang Huang, Ruei-Hong Tai, Hsu-Feng Lee, Po-Hsun Wang, Ram Gopal, Chun-Che Lee, Mei-Ying Chang, Wen-Yao Huang

“…This investigation demonstrates introducing multiphenylated moieties to create a high free volume polymer that provides dimensionally stable and high proton conductivity membranes.…”
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Bacteriological Contamination of Drinking Water Supply from Protected Water Sources to Point of Use and Water Handling Practices among Beneficiary Households of Boloso Sore Woreda,... by Matusala Gizachew, Amha Admasie, Chala Wegi, Etagegnehu Assefa

“…Unsafe water handling was a common practice in the study area, and water sources and household water storage were not free of faecal coliform, indicating noncompliance with the World Health Organization water quality guideline. …”
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Changes of protein oxidation, lipid oxidation and lipolysis in Chinese dry sausage with different sodium chloride curing salt content by Bing Zhao, Huimin Zhou, Shunliang Zhang, Xiaoqian Pan, Su Li, Ning Zhu, Qianrong Wu, Shouwei Wang, Xiaoling Qiao, Wenhua Chen

“…The degree of protein oxidation increased during the processes in two groups sausages, while the content of phospholipids decreased, neutral lipids and free fatty acids increased. The degree of protein oxidation, lipid oxidation and lipolysis in 4% NaCl content group was higher than those in 2% NaCl content group, while 4% NaCl content group has higher lipase activity. …”
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Local control of S atoms on the Co-SACs for effective activation of PMS and degradation imidacloprid: Mechanism insights and toxicity evaluation by Zehua Wang, JiaoXue Yang, Guochun Lv, Xiaomin Sun, Hongjie Wang

“…In the degradation processes of IMI, HO•-addition at the C2 sites and HO•-abstract at the H6 sites had the lowest Gibbs free barrier with 6.64 kcal/mol and 6.22 kcal/mol, respectively. …”
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