Lung Cancer Risk and Genetic Polymorphisms in DNA Repair Pathways: A Meta-Analysis by Chikako Kiyohara, Koichi Takayama, Yoichi Nakanishi

“…Considering the data available, it can be conjectured that if there is any risk association between a single SNP and lung cancer, the risk fluctuation will probably be minimal. Advances in the identification of new polymorphisms and in high-throughput genotyping techniques will facilitate the analysis of multiple genes in multiple DNA repair pathways. …”
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Surrounding Gastric Mucosa Findings Facilitate Diagnosis of Gastric Neoplasm as Gastric Adenoma or Early Gastric Cancer by Tadashi Miike, Shojiro Yamamoto, Yoshifumi Miyata, Tomoya Hirata, Yuko Noda, Takaho Noda, Sho Suzuki, Sachiko Takeda, Shuichiro Natsuda, Mai Sakaguchi, Kosuke Maemura, Kanna Hashimoto, Takumi Yamaji, Hiroo Abe, Hisayoshi Iwakiri, Yoshihiro Tahara, Satoru Hasuike, Kenji Nagata, Akira Kitanaka, Kazuya Shimoda

“…When gastric neoplasm is present in the context of surrounding localized gastric atrophy, gastric cancer is probable but not certain.…”
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Modulation of Th1/Th2 Immune Responses by Killed Propionibacterium acnes and Its Soluble Polysaccharide Fraction in a Type I Hypersensitivity Murine Model: Induction of Different A... by Carla Cristina Squaiella-Baptistão, Daniela Teixeira, Juliana Sekeres Mussalem, Mayari Eika Ishimura, Ieda Maria Longo-Maugéri

“…We verified that higher numbers of APCs expressing costimulatory molecules and higher expression levels of these molecules are probably related to potentiation of the Th2 response to OVA induced by P. acnes or PS, while higher expression of toll-like receptors (TLRs) seems to be related to Th2 suppression. …”
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Natural repeated backcrosses lead to triploidy and tetraploidy in parthenogenetic butterfly lizards (Leiolepis: Agamidae) by Eduard Galoyan, Roman Nazarov, Marie Altmanová, Sergey Matveevsky, Ivan Kropachev, Dmitrij Dedukh, Eugene Iryshkov, Mark Pankin, Natalia Sopilko, Oleg Nikolaev, Nikolai Orlov, Marine Arakelyan, Jiří Klíma, Evgeniya Solovyeva, Tao Nguyen, Lukáš Kratochvíl

“…Within the range of L. guentherpetersi, we found an adult tetraploid male with three L. guttata and one L. reevesii haploid genomes. It probably originated from fertilisation of an unreduced triploid L. guentherpetersi egg by a L. guttata sperm. …”
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Identification of the Aerosol Types over Athens, Greece: The Influence of Air-Mass Transport by D. G. Kaskaoutis, P. G. Kosmopoulos, H. D. Kambezidis, P. T. Nastos

“…Based on both AOD550 and FM values three main aerosol types have been discriminated corresponding to urban/industrial aerosols, clean maritime conditions, and coarse-mode, probably desert dust, particles. Five main sectors were identified for the classification of the air-mass trajectories, which were further used in the analysis of the (AOD550 and FM data for the three aerosol types). …”
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Enhancing intracranial aneurysm rupture risk prediction with a novel multivariable logistic regression model incorporating high-resolution vessel wall imaging by Zihang Wang, Zihang Wang, Chang Yan, Chang Yan, Wenqing Yuan, Wenqing Yuan, Shuangyan Jiang, Shuangyan Jiang, Yongxiang Jiang, Ting Chen

“…The model revealed strong calibration and good agreement between predicted and observed rupture probabilities.ConclusionThe multivariate model based on HR-VWI, which incorporates aneurysm and parent artery features, provides a more accurate prediction of IA rupture risk than conventional scoring systems, offering a valuable tool for clinical decision-making.…”
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High-performance composite anodes based on SBA-15 mesoporous silica modified with silicon, silicon oxide, titanium oxide, and germanium oxide for lithium-ion batteries by Radu Dorin Andrei, Giorgian Cosmin Ungureanu, Luisa Roxana Mandoc, Violeta-Carolina Niculescu, Jeremy Rodriguez, Mihaela Ramona Buga, Athanasios Tiliakos

“…With indications of the underlying driving phenomenon pertaining to electrochemical grinding effects, our work encourages further investigations on the highly probable outcome of much increased lifetimes and higher performances for these types of composite anodes for lithium-ion batteries.…”
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Exception to the Rule: Genomic Characterization of Naturally Occurring Unusual Vibrio cholerae Strains with a Single Chromosome by Gary Xie, Shannon L. Johnson, Karen W. Davenport, Mathumathi Rajavel, Torsten Waldminghaus, John C. Detter, Patrick S. Chain, Shanmuga Sozhamannan

“…The two origins of replication and associated genes are generally intact with synonymous mutations in some genes, as are recA and mismatch repair (MMR) genes dam, mutH, and mutL; MutS function is probably impaired in NSCV2. These strains are ideal tools for studying mechanistic aspects of maintenance of chromosomes with multiple origins and other rearrangements and the biological, functional, and evolutionary significance of multipartite genome architecture in general.…”
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Osteology and functional morphology of a transitional pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Scotland by Natalia Jagielska, Michael O’Sullivan, Ian B. Butler, Thomas J. Challands, Gregory F. Funston, Dugald Ross, Amelia Penny, Stephen L. Brusatte

“…We identify new autapomorphies of the flight apparatus (humerus and sternum), which further support the distinctiveness of Dearc compared with other early-diverging pterosaurs and describe features, such as the vertebral morphology, shared with later-diverging pterosaurs that probably developed convergently to support a large body size or as a sign of modular evolution. …”
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CXCL14 Overexpression Attenuates Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury by Inhibiting Proinflammatory Cytokine Production by Jing Lv, Zhi-Lin Wu, Zheng Gan, Ping Gui, Shang-Long Yao

“…Together, these results suggest that CXCL14 overexpression attenuates sepsis-associated AKI probably through the downregulation of macrophages-derived cytokine production. …”
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Effect of Ultrasound, Steaming, and Dipping on Bioactive Compound Contents and Antioxidant Capacity of Basil and Parsley by Magdalena Dadan, Urszula Tylewicz, Silvia Tappi, Katarzyna Rybak, Dorota Witrowa-Rajchert, Marco Dalla Rosa

“…The changes in the chemical properties after treatments were more significant in the case of basil than parsley, probably due to a lower thickness of leaf epidermis layer and stiffness of the former. …”
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The Role of Adrenomedullin in the Renal NADPH Oxidase and (Pro)renin in Diabetic Mice by Michio Hayashi, Akihiro Tojo, Tatsuo Shimosawa, Toshiro Fujita

“…The endogenous adrenomedullin gene exhibits an antioxidant action via the inhibition of NADPH oxidase probably by suppressing the local renin-angiotensin system.…”
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The Role of Host‐Range Expansion and Co‐Speciation in Host–Parasite Associations With the Divergence of the Great Tit Species Complex by Xi Huang, Vincenzo A. Ellis, Yangyang Peng, Farah Ishtiaq, Haitao Wang, Wei Liang, Qiang Wu, Staffan Bensch, Lu Dong

“…We estimated the phylogeography of lineages detected in the species complex, and quantified their transition probabilities among hosts. Lineages detected in different host species presented a strong geographical signal but did not form monophyletic groups. …”
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Predicting drug combination side effects based on a metapath-based heterogeneous graph neural network by Leixia Tian, Qi Wang, Zhiheng Zhou, Xiya Liu, Ming Zhang, Guiying Yan

“…However, the toxic side effects of drug combinations are probably increased with the increase of drugs numbers, so the accurate prediction of toxic side effects of drug combinations is equally important. …”
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Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Salmonella enterica in the Upper Suwannee River by Masoumeh Rajabi, Melissa Jones, Michael Hubbard, Gary Rodrick, Anita C. Wright

“…Isolates were confirmed by detection of the invA gene, and 96% of all samples were positive for the bacterium. Most probable number enumeration ranged from <18 to 5400 MPN/100 mL. …”
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Exploring UAV Networking From the Terrain Information Completeness Perspective: A Tutorial by Zhengying Lou, Ruibo Wang, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Mustafa A. Kishk, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

“…When terrain information is incomplete, and only terrain-related feature parameters are available, we discuss how existing models map terrain features to blockage probabilities. By introducing the application of this model with stochastic geometry, a case study is proposed to analyze the accuracy of the model. …”
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Hyperandrogenism-Insulin Resistance-Acanthosis Nigricans Syndrome by A. H. Dédjan, A. Chadli, S. El Aziz, A. Farouqi

“…The retained diagnosis is HAIR-AN syndrome probably related to ovarian hyperthecosis and she was provided with androcur 50 mg/day and estradiol pills 2 mg/day and under hygiene-dietetic conditions. …”
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Application of lacrimal gland ultrasonography in the evaluation of chronic ocular graft-versus-host-disease by Mingxia Zhong, Siyuan Liu, Jinghan Luo, Qin Zhang, Zhou Yang, Shanshan Zhang

“…Statistical analyses were performed to determine differences in ocular surface conditions and lacrimal gland ultrasonographic parameters between groups as well as to determine the correlation between ocular surface condition and lacrimal gland ultrasonographic findings.Result(1) Patients with definite and probable oGVHD exhibited a significantly longer duration after allo-HSCT compared to non-oGVHD patients (H=11.264, p&lt;0.01), The median durations were 247(164,894) days and 525(310,928) days, respectively, compared to 204(169,323.25) days for non-oGVHD patients. (2) Compared to non-oGVHD patients, both definite oGVHD patients and probable oGVHD patients showed lower average of Schirmer test (H=31.188, p&lt;0.01), TBUT (H=11.853, p&lt;0.01), tear meniscus height (H=13.630, p&lt;0.01) and higher average of OSDI (F=27.992, p&lt;0.01), corneal staining scores (χ²=23.66, p&lt;0.05) and temporal conjunctival staining scores (χ²=14.84, p&lt;0.05). (3) The B-mode and Doppler ultrasonography parameters in lacrimal glands including long diameter, thick diameter, homogeneity and parenchymal vascularization did not exhibit significant differences between the three groups. (4) The long diameter in lacrimal ultrasonography had significantly positive correlations with tear meniscus height (r=0.297, p&lt;0.05) and significantly negative correlations with temporal conjunctival staining scores (r=-0.313, p&lt;0.05) and staining total scores (r=-0.285, p&lt;0.05). …”
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Lesion Location and Possible Etiology of Acute Unilateral Vestibulopathy by Zhang M, Wang J, Xue S, Liu S, Li K, Zhao T, Feng Y, Sui R, Yang B, Yang X

“…About 57.1% (12/21) of the patients showed abnormal vHIT (including reduced gain in horizontal canal (HC) in 14.3%, anterior canal (AC) in 4.8%, both the AC and HC in 19%, both the HC and posterior canal (PC) in 14.3%, and all three canals in 9.5% of cases). Probable entire vestibular nerve damage was found in 38.1% of the patients, only 9.5% of the patients followed the innervation pattern of the entire vestibular nerve, these patients had abnormal vHIT and VEMP results, and were considered to have definite entire vestibular nerve damage. …”
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Descriptions anatomiques et hypothèses étiologiques des déformations des mains et des pieds observées chez les chimpanzés de Sebitoli (Parc national de Kibale, Ouganda) by Pauline Couchoud, Marie Cibot, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Sabrina Krief

“…Dix autres déformations résultent probablement de piégeages (cas des amputations de doigt(s) et des paralysies de doigt(s) ou de la main) mais les causes naturelles ne peuvent pas être exclues. …”
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