Protocol for a first-in-human feasibility study of T regulatory cells (TR004) for inflammatory bowel disease using (ex vivo) Treg expansion (TRIBUTE) by Jennifer Clough, Peter Irving, A Toby Prevost, Graham M Lord, Joana Vasconcelos, James B Canavan, Beverley Rodger, D Macallan

“…It is intended that the results of the trial will be presented at international conferences and will be submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.Trial registration number NCT03185000…”
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Chinese stroke association guidelines on reperfusion therapy for acute ischaemic stroke 2024 by Liping Liu, Anding Xu, Xin Wang, Yongjun Wang, Yilong Wang, Zhongrong Miao, Yuming Xu, Benyan Luo, Bin Peng, Yong Huo, Qiang Dong, Zixiao Li, Xingquan Zhao, Caiyun Wang, Hongqiu Gu, Chunjuan Wang, Zhengqi Lu, Yunyun Xiong, Shuo Wang, Lihua Wang, Linong Ji, Xiaoping Gao, Wenzhi Wang, Yi Yang, Kai Wang, Junbo Ge, Xunming Ji, Jun Pu, Tong Zhang, Bo Hu, Ning Wang, Yun Xu, Jinsheng Zeng, Gang Zhao, Zhong Chen, Aoming Jin, Xiaoyuan Niu, Jiong Shi, Shuya Li, Jianmin Zhang, Ling Yin, Dou Li, Dehong Lu, Chao Qin, Dapeng Sun, Kaifu Ke, Yanhui Du, Xiaoning Zhang, Fudong Shi, Jianxin Zhou, Lan Chu, Li Guo Li He, Shengnian Zhou, Weixin Cai, Xiaomu Wu, Zhiyi He

“…Each recommendation was graded using the CSA’s class of recommendation and level of evidence in the Guideline Development Manual of the CSA.Results This guideline, reviewed and approved by the CSA Guidelines Writing Group, outlines the criteria for patient selection for thrombolysis and thrombectomy and summarises the latest evidence on various thrombolytic drug options to support decision-making in reperfusion therapy. …”
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Advanced heart failure: guideline‐directed medical therapy, diuretics, inotropes, and palliative care by Daniela Tomasoni, Julie K.K. Vishram‐Nielsen, Matteo Pagnesi, Marianna Adamo, Carlo Mario Lombardi, Finn Gustafsson, Marco Metra

“…Only a limited proportion of these patients can undergo heart transplantation or mechanical circulatory support. The purpose of this review is to summarize medical management of patients with advanced HF. …”
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Patient selection criteria for transcatheter implantation of aortic valve by M.B. Todurov, O.V. Zelenchuk, A.V. Khokhlov, M.V. Stan, N.O. Yashchenko

“…The aim – to conduct a literature review, analyze and, based on our own results, present an algorithm for choosing the tactics of surgical treatment of patients with severe aortic stenosis. …”
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Persistent Retinal Detachment in Retinoblastoma: The Challenges by Sophia El Hamichi, Dhariana Acon, Veronica Kon Graversen, Aaron S. Gold, Audina M. Berrocal, Timothy G. Murray

“…Materials and Methods. Retrospective review of 62 patients over a period of 8 years between 2012 and 2019 with eyes treated for RB and having persistent RD that did not resolve after complete tumor regression. …”
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Microplastics in agricultural soils: sources and microbial remediation approaches by Nataliia Tkachuk, Liubov Zelena, Yaroslav Novikov

“…In Ukraine, the level of contamination of agricultural soils with microplastics, the impact of toxicants on the biofilm formation by soil microorganisms-biodegraders on the surface of microplastics (with attention to sulfate-reducing bacteria) have not been determined and further research on this issue is needed. Paper Type. Review. PURL: https://purl.org/cims/2403.034 …”
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Science-based communication and education needed to improve forest carbon science, policy, and management outcomes by Chad C Papa, Kylie Clay, Lauren T Cooper, Scott C Stark

“…Here, we use a survey, semi-structured interviews, and a review of relevant policy literature to assess the nature and extent of, as well as possibilities to bridge, the science-practice gap with regards to forest carbon science, management, and policy. …”
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The prevention opportunities of retinopathy in diabetic patients – position paper endorsed by the Polish Lipid Association by Maciej Banach, Stanisław Surma, Grzegorz Dzida, Jacek Jóźwiak, Bogusław Okopień, Jacek Rysz, Konrad Szosland, Andrzej Grzybowski

“…In this Position Paper by the Polish Lipid Association (PoLA) we have reviewed the current stage of knowledge on possible mechanisms by which fenofibrate may contribute to retinopathy prevention, available data on safety and efficacy, to finally recommend administering fenofibrate in prevention of this dangerous diabetic complication, which significantly affects quality of life and disability-adjusted life-years (DALY). …”
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Hypothesized pharmacogenomic and medication influences on tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol metabolism in a cohort of unselected oral cannabis users by Jessica A. Wright, Linda Huang, Basant E. Katamesh, Siddhant Yadav, Abhinav Singla, Ann Vincent

“…Materials and methods A retrospective chart review was conducted on a cohort of unselected patients who had previously completed pharmacogenomic testing and reported oral cannabis use, as defined as “oral” or “by mouth” route of administration. …”
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App-Based Tele Ophthalmology: A Novel Method of Rural Eye Care Delivery Connecting Tertiary Eye Care Center and Vision Centers in India by Anthony Vipin Das, Shravani Mididoddi, Priyanka Kammari, Navya Deepthi Davara, Abhinav Loomba, Rohit Khanna, Mukesh Taneja

“…This is a retrospective review of all patients who required a tele-ophthalmology consultation from January 2017 to August 2018. …”
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Does the transfer of knowledge from the pioneer generation to the second‐generation speed‐up the learning curve of robot‐assisted partial nephrectomies? TRANSFER trial (UroCCR n°83... by Louis Vignot, Zine‐Eddine Khene, Adil Mellouki, Arnoult Morrone, Jean‐Christophe Bernhard, Karim Bensalah, Daniel Chevallier, Nicolas Doumerc, Morgan Roupret, Francois‐Xavier Nouhaud, Cédric Lebacle, Jean‐Alexandre Long, Pierre Pillot, Xavier Tillou, Brannwel Tibi, Matthieu Durand, Younes Ahallal, Imad Bentellis

“…Materials and methods The charts of consecutive RAPNs of three centres were reviewed from the UroCCR prospective database. The experience was assessed by a regression model for each group. …”
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Acute Exercise and Appetite-Regulating Hormones in Overweight and Obese Individuals: A Meta-Analysis by Jessica Anne Douglas, Kevin Deighton, Jan Maria Atkinson, Vahid Sari-Sarraf, David John Stensel, Greg Atkinson

“…Findings in overweight/obese individuals have yet to be synthesised. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we quantified the effects that acute exercise has on AG and total PYY and GLP-1 in overweight/obese individuals. …”
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RETRACTION Riyana, A., Sutapa, P.., Hardianto, D., Pratama, K. W., Utami, D.., Auliana, R.., Utami, D. Y.., Trisnadi, R. A., Astuti, A. T.., Karakauki, M.., Amran, A., Ali, S. K. S... by RETOS RETOS

“…Authors in the Word document of the article submitted for review: 15 Authors in the published PDF with modified authors: 17 Differences between the authors between both moments: +3 y -1 (Additions: Syed Kamaruzaman Syed Ali, Muhammad Nazim Razali, Aida Mustapha. …”
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T-LLaMA: a Tibetan large language model based on LLaMA2 by Hui Lv, Chi Pu, La Duo, Yan Li, Qingguo Zhou, Jun Shen

“…Notably, the text classification task attains a state-of-the-art (SOTA) accuracy of 79.8% on a publicly available dataset Tibetan News Classification Corpus. In addition, manual review of 500 generated samples indicates satisfactory results in both news text generation and text summarization tasks. …”
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Unraveling the Potential of Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a Sustainable Protein Source for Nile Tilapia Production in Diverse Aquaculture Systems by Jonathan Munguti, Mavindu Muthoka, Jimmy B. Mboya, Domitila Kyule, Menaga Meenakshisundaram, Chrysantus M. Tanga

“…In response, black soldier fly larvae meal (BSFLM) has emerged as a promising, nutrient-dense alternative. This review synthesizes existing literature on BSFLM’s nutritional profile and its suitability for Nile tilapia diets, while acknowledging that the data come from diverse independent studies conducted under varying environmental conditions and husbandry practices. …”
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Optimizing Rotary Cement Kiln modelling: A comparative analysis of metaheuristics in a real-world application by Miguel Ángel Castán-Lascorz, Antonio Alcaide-Moreno, Jorge Arroyo

“…The algorithm design and selection process adhere to recommendations from literature review articles, employing robust statistical techniques, including Bayesian analysis and Monte Carlo sampling to support the replicability of analysis. …”
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Achieving chronic hepatitis B functional cure: Factors and potential mechanisms by Jiarui Zheng, Zilong Wang, Linxiang Huang, Zixuan Qiu, Yandi Xie, Suzhen Jiang, Bo Feng

“…Therefore, this study systematically reviewed the relevant factors and potential mechanisms influencing functional cure CHB, which can provide a basis for personalized treatment, help predict treatment outcomes and assess prognosis, and provide theoretical support for the advancement of novel treatment strategies and medications.…”
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Development and validation of the treatment expectation scale for patients with liver cancer by Xiaoyi Yang, Ruijun Yang, Yang Xu, Shuang Zang

“…In the first stage, we used literature reviews and semi-structured interviews to generate the items to be included in the questionnaire TES-LC (version 1). …”
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PD-L1 Immunohistochemistry Comparability and Their Correlation with Clinical Characteristics in NSCLC by Chiao-En Wu, Ching-Fu Chang, Liao Kou-Sheng, Ju Chiang, Shih-Wei Lee, Yu-Chi Chiu

“…Data of 144 patients with histologically confirmed NSCLC and available PD-L1 measurements treated at the Taoyuan General Hospital from 2018 to 2019 were retrospectively reviewed in the study. Patients’ characteristics, including age, sex, clinical stage (T, N, and M) of NSCLC (AJCC, 8th edition), and EGFR/ALK alterations, were analyzed for association with PD-L1 expression. …”
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Advances and applications on non-Hermitian topological photonics by Yan Qiuchen, Zhao Boheng, Zhou Rong, Ma Rui, Lyu Qinghong, Chu Saisai, Hu Xiaoyong, Gong Qihuang

“…Active and dissipate materials are common in photonic systems; therefore, by using light pump and dissipation of photonic systems, it is expected to promote further development of topological photonics in device applications. In this review article, we focus on the recent advances and applications on non-Hermitian topological photonics, including the non-Hermitian topological phase transition and skin effect, as well as the applications emerging prosperously in reconfigurable, nonlinear and quantum optical systems. …”
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