A Systematic Comparison Identifies an ATP-Based Viability Assay as Most Suitable Read-Out for Drug Screening in Glioma Stem-Like Cells by A. Kleijn, J. J. Kloezeman, R. K. Balvers, M. van der Kaaij, C. M. F. Dirven, S. Leenstra, M. L. M. Lamfers

“…Serum-free culture methods for patient-derived primary glioma cultures, selecting for glioma stem-like cells (GSCs), are becoming the gold standard in neurooncology research. These GSCs can be implemented in drug screens to detect patient-specific responses, potentially bridging the translational gap to personalized medicine. …”
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Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Synchronous Bilateral Testicular Seminoma: A Case Report and a Review of the Pertinent Literature by Daniel A. Jones, Elizabeth C. Ester, David Leavitt, Robert Sweet, Badrinath Konety, Gautam Jha, L. Chinsoo Cho

“…Bilateral radical inguinal orchiectomy is standard of care, yet some groups have proposed an organ preservation approach. …”
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Performance of broodstock and hybrid juvenile of Egyptian and sangkuriang Clarias gariepinus strains by Putri Zulfania, Muhammad Zairin Junior, , Alimuddin, Ade Sunarma

“…Heterosis of total length, standard length, and body weight were varied, whereas the survival showed positive heterosis. …”
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Clinical benefits of modifying the evening light environment in an acute psychiatric unit: A single-centre, two-arm, parallel-group, pragmatic effectiveness randomised controlled t... by Håvard Kallestad, Knut Langsrud, Melanie Rae Simpson, Cecilie Lund Vestergaard, Daniel Vethe, Kaia Kjørstad, Patrick Faaland, Stian Lydersen, Gunnar Morken, Ingvild Ulsaker-Janke, Simen Berg Saksvik, Jan Scott

“…The Intent to Treat sample comprised 476 individuals (mean age 37 (standard deviation (SD) 13.3); 193 (41%) were male, 283 (59%) were female). …”
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In situ quantification of fungicide residue on wheat leaf surfaces using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry imaging technology by Xuerui Yang, Mengyao Shi, Minghui Hong, Zhixin Hui, Jiaqi Pan, Guangli Xiu, Lei Zhou

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Flexible and wireless metasurface coils for knee and elbow MRI by Daniel M. Düx, Robert Kowal, Lucas Knull, Simon Schröer, Othmar Belker, Dominik Horstmann, Moritz Gutt, Holger Maune, Oliver Speck, Frank Wacker, Bennet Hensen, Marcel Gutberlet

“…MCs could match the image quality of standard coils in both knee and elbow imaging. Graphical Abstract…”
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Benzodiazepine agonist treatment for patients with benzodiazepine dependence undergoing opioid agonist treatment: a study protocol for the randomized controlled trial BMX-BAR by Fatemeh Chalabianloo, Lars Thore Fadnes, Jörg Assmus, Jon Mordal, Kristin K. Solli, Kjetil S. Dale, Christina D. Andersen, Silvia Zavenova, Beathe H. Rønning, Andreas W. Blomkvist, Martin Ryssdal, Wasifa S. J. Butt, Anne Marciuch, Anne G. Ørmen, Christian Ohldieck, Else-Marie Løberg, Kjell Arne Johansson, for the BMX-BAR and NORCATS study group

“…Tapering and discontinuation of benzodiazepines has long been considered the standard treatment, even though there is limited evidence for this practice. …”
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Dispersion modelling of particulate matter concentrations of sand product plants in a mineral complex by Y. Zehtab Yazdi, N. Mansouri, F. Atabi, H. Aghamohammadi

“…The concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 produced by these plants in the mineral complex ambient air were higher than the standard average values recommended by the United States Environmental Protect Agency and World Health Organization. …”
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Changing trends in the global burden of polycystic ovarian syndrome-related infertility over the past 30 years: retrospective data analysis of the global burden of disease study 20... by Ming Huo, Yixiang Wang, Xianbin Yuan, Yue Yuan, Xuehong Zhang

“…The association between the age-standardized prevalence rate (ASPR), age-standardized YLD rate (ASYR), and the AAPCs in ASPR and ASYR and the SDI was performed using linear regression analysis. …”
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Use of artificial intelligence for gestational age estimation: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Sabahat Naz, Sahir Noorani, Syed Ali Jaffar Zaidi, Abdu R. Rahman, Saima Sattar, Jai K. Das, Jai K. Das, Zahra Hoodbhoy

“…The aim of this meta-analysis is to assess the accuracy of AI models in assessing GA against US as the gold standard.MethodsA literature search was performed in PubMed, CINAHL, Wiley Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. …”
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Metodología de análisis y diseño de lechos de frenado Methodology for assessement and design of arrestor beds by Tomás Echaveguren, Sergio Vargas, Juan Ñancufíl

“…These systems are known as Arrestor Bed (AB). Design Standards consider the geometric criteria proposed by AASHTO (2001) standards. …”
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Evaluation of mineral and near-infrared forecasting of wheat yield varieties using spectrophotometric techniques by H.A. Pardhe, N. Krishnaveni, B.K. Chekraverthy, S. Patel, S. Naveen, V. Rashmi, P.C. Govinden

“…The obtained results were compared with the standard "Food Composition and Food Safety Standard Authority of India" and predicted using near-infrared spectra combined with chemometrics.CONCLUSION: The work aims to investigate the nutritional content of various wheat varieties, particularly focusing on iron content, which could potentially have implications for improving dietary strategies and addressing nutritional deficiencies. …”
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Workplace Health Promotion as a good solution to the negative impact of the financial crisis on healthcare systems by Francesco Chirico

“…In this way, economics inequality becomes inequality in health standards. In Italy, recent data from the Italian National Institute of Statistics showed a disparity in life expectancy between the richer Northern and the poorer Southern regions of the country, a clear outcome of health inequality [5]. …”
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Dynamics of inland saline ground water and associated growth potential of common carp Cyprinus carpio for a sustainable aquaculture by P. S. Nagaraja, V. Susitharan, Siddhant Shivaji Upaskar, Jay Prakash Yadav, Pankaj Kumar, Sreedharan Krishnan, A. M. Babitha Rani, Ashok Kumar, Satyendra Singh, Dhalongsaih Reang, Sunil Kumar Nayak, Mohammad Aklakur, Angom Lenin Singh, Aparna Chaudhari, Mujahidkhan A. Pathan

“…The effects of standard length, sex of fish, and sex by pond interaction were found to be significant on the harvest body weight. …”
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Crinum jagus (J. Thomps. Dandy): Antioxidant and protective properties as a medicinal plant on toluene-induced oxidative stress damages in liver and kidney of rats by Mariama, Salihu, Gaber, El-Saber Batiha, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, George D., Zouganelis, Souty M.Z., Sharkawi, Eman, Ibrahim Ahmed, Ibe Michael, Usman, Halima, Nalugo, Juma J., Ochieng, Ibrahim, Ssengendo, Olatayo Segun, Okeniran, Theophilus, Pius, Kyobe Ronald, Kimanje, Eric Simidi, Kegoye, Ritah, Kenganzi, Fred Ssempijja

“…The LFTs, kidney function tests, and antioxidant status were signifi- cantly (P < 0.05) more improved with the methanol extract test and standard control groups compared to the aqueous extract test group; Also, the methanol extract test group showed better histological features than the aqueous extract test and standard control groups. …”
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Relationships of convolution products, generalized transforms, and the first variation on function space by Seung Jun Chang, Jae Gil Choi

“…These results subsume similar known results obtained by Park, Skoug, and Storvick (1998) for the standard Wiener process.…”
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Multiple Positive Solutions for Nonlinear Semipositone Fractional Differential Equations by Wen-Xue Zhou, Ji-Gen Peng, Yan-Dong Chu

“…We present some new multiplicity of positive solutions results for nonlinear semipositone fractional boundary value problem D0+αu(t)=p(t)f(t,u(t))-q(t),0<t<1,u(0)=u(1)=u'(1)=0, where 2<α≤3 is a real number and D0+α is the standard Riemann-Liouville differentiation. One example is also given to illustrate the main result.…”
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Integral and Series Representations of Riemann's Zeta Function and Dirichlet's Eta Function and a Medley of Related Results by Michael S. Milgram

“…These representations flow naturally from methods developed in the 1800s, but somehow they do not appear in the standard reference summaries, textbooks, or literature. …”
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The Quantum Description of BF Model in Superspace by Manoj Kumar Dwivedi

“…Within this formulation, the antighost fields corresponding to shift symmetry coincide with antifields of standard field/antifield formulation. Furthermore, we provide a superspace description for the BF model possessing extended BRST and extended anti-BRST transformations.…”
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Dupilumab for treatment of primary cutaneous amyloidosis in adults: two case reports and literature review by Feiying Guo, Feiying Guo, Feiying Guo, Huajie Zhong, Huajie Zhong, Yuan Wu, Yuan Wu, Xue Xu, Xue Xu, Jiarong Tan, Qiang Zhou, Shunli Tang, Shunli Tang

“…Lichenoid amyloidosis (LA), a subtype of primary cutaneous amyloidosis (PCA), is featured by intensely pruritic, hyperkeratotic papules which lacks standardized treatment. Dupilumab, a human monoclonal antibody targeting for interleukin (IL)-4/13 receptor α chain, is widely applied in type 2 inflammation diseases treatment. …”
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