Cervical Bone Graft Candida albicans Osteomyelitis: Management Strategies for an Uncommon Infection by Carlo Brembilla, Luigi Andrea Lanterna, Andrea Risso, Giuseppe Bonaldi, Paolo Gritti, Bruno Resmini, Andrea Viscone

“…The current case concerns a 27-year-old man with a spinal cord injury who, after undergoing anterior cervical fixation and fusion surgery, developed postoperative systemic bacterial infection and required long-term antibiotic therapy. …”
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Steeper Iris Conicity Is Related to a Shallower Anterior Chamber: The Gutenberg Health Study by Alexander K. Schuster, Norbert Pfeiffer, Stefan Nickels, Andreas Schulz, Philipp S. Wild, Maria Blettner, Karl Lackner, Manfred E. Beutel, Thomas Münzel, Urs Vossmerbaeumer

“…Multivariable analyses were carried out to determine independently associated systemic and ocular factors for iris conicity in phakic eyes. …”
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A Combined Computational and Experimental Study on Nanoparticle Transport and Partitioning in the Human Trachea and Upper Bronchial Airways by Jiawei Ma, Wei-Chung Su, Yi Chen, Yidan Shang, Jingliang Dong, Jiyuan Tu, Lin Tian

“…Abstract In the past few decades, the transport and deposition of aerosol in the human respiratory tract has been a crucial area of research, resulting in the identification of the toxicity pathways of inhaled pollutants and facilitating the design of efficient drug delivery systems for targeted treatment. Owing to the complexity of the tracheobronchial tree, experimental studies in vivo/in vitro have been extremely limited; hence, detailed data on the airflow and particle dynamics have been obtained predominantly through computational investigations. …”
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Sickle Cell Disease Activates Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells to Induce Cathepsins K and V Activity in Endothelial Cells by Philip M. Keegan, Sindhuja Surapaneni, Manu O. Platt

“…Sickle cell disease is a genetic disease that increases systemic inflammation as well as the risk of pediatric strokes, but links between sickle-induced inflammation and arterial remodeling are not clear. …”
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Physicochemical dataset from Lima and Douro estuaries (Northwest Portugal)Zenodo by Vânia Freitas, C. Marisa R. Almeida, Sabrina M. Rodrigues, Rúben Pereira, Ana M. Gorito, Jacinto Cunha, Diogo M. Silva, Alexandre van Heerden, Sandra Ramos

“…This dataset provides valuable insights into the estuarine dynamics of two important temperate systems, with a particular focus on anthropogenic influences such as nutrient enrichment and metal contamination. …”
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Heuristic Approach to Comparing the Environmental Impacts of Carbon Nanotube Production Methods by Ahmad Atif Fikri, Irham Fadlika, Albarrobi Nabila Saeful, Krisna Dwipa Muhdi, Daniel Febrian Pratama, Nasir Garba Bello

“…Calculating the environmental impact of CNTs production method often has challenges in implementation, because each production process has different systems and needs. One way to overcome this problem is by using the heuristic method for forecasting environmental impact, which can be done with the Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis algorithm. …”
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Strategic Approaches to Define the Production Rate in Conceptual Projects of Critical Raw Materials by Lucas Zucchi Silva, Anna Luiza Marques Ayres da Silva

“…Copper and zinc are crucial for renewable energy systems and low-carbon technologies, while lead supports energy storage applications. …”
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Systematic Review of Fake News, Propaganda, and Disinformation: Examining Authors, Content, and Social Impact Through Machine Learning by Darius Plikynas, Ieva Rizgeliene, Grazina Korvel

“…We present the results of a combined PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) review in three analysis domains: 1) propagators (authors, trolls, and bots), 2) textual content, 3) social impact. This systemic research framework integrates meta-analyses of three research domains, providing an overview of the wider research field and revealing important relationships between these research domains. …”
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DSFA-SwinNet: A Multi-Scale Attention Fusion Network for Photovoltaic Areas Detection by Shaofu Lin, Yang Yang, Xiliang Liu, Li Tian

“…However, due to the variability in scale and shape of PV installations in complex environments, the detection results often fail to capture detailed information and struggle to scale for multi-scale PV systems. To tackle these challenges, a detection method known as Dynamic Spatial-Frequency Attention SwinNet (DSFA-SwinNet) for multi-scale PV areas is proposed. …”
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Mechanism of microplastics in the reduction of cadmium toxicity in tomato by Rongchao Yang, Long Cheng, Zhenqin Li, Yilan Cui, Jiawei Liu, Duo Xu, Sijia Liu, Zhong Lin, Jiugeng Chen, Yueqin Zhang

“…Transcriptome analysis further revealed that combined treatment reprogrammed key pathways, including cell wall synthesis, antioxidant systems, Cd transport, hormone signaling, nitrogen metabolism, and glutathione metabolism, to alleviate Cd toxicity. …”
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MSC-Derived Exosome Promotes M2 Polarization and Enhances Cutaneous Wound Healing by Xiaoning He, Zhiwei Dong, Yina Cao, Han Wang, Shiyu Liu, Li Liao, Yan Jin, Lin Yuan, Bei Li

“…Moreover, we demonstrated that systemically infused bone marrow MSCs (BMMSCs) and jaw bone marrow MSCs (JMMSCs) could translocate to the wound site, promote macrophages toward M2 polarization, and enhance wound healing. …”
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CAR T cells for treating autoimmune diseases by Dimitrios Mougiakakos, Ulrike Koehl, Stephan Fricke, Ulrich Blache, Sandy Tretbar

“…We will cover first clinical results of applying anti-CD19 and anti-B cell maturation antigen CAR T cells for B cell elimination in systemic lupus erythematosus, refractory antisynthetase syndrome and myasthenia gravis, respectively. …”
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Community structure of heritable viruses in a Drosophila-parasitoids complex by Varaldi, Julien, Lepetit, David, Burlet, Nelly, Faber, Camille, Baretje, Bérénice, Allemand, Roland

“…Additionally, the factors that may shape viral communities are poorly known, except in some very specific viral-insect systems. Here we analyze the community structure of heritable viruses in a multi-hosts-multi-parasitoids community. …”
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Ultrasonic Speed and Related Acoustical Parameters of 1,1ʼ-Binaphthalene-2,2ʼ-diyl Diacetate Solutions at 308.15 K by Pooja P. Adroja, S. P. Gami, J. P. Patel, P. H. Parsania

“…A fairly constant Gibbs free energy of activation has been observed in all the solvent systems studied.…”
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Caregivers’ experience of having a child with Down syndrome: a meta-synthesis by Xiao Nan Zhang, Shuo Zhang, Chun Yan Liu, Zhi Hong Ni, Hai Tao Lv

“…We document the need for strong coping mechanisms and support systems for these families from medical and psychological institutions and a need for public education and awareness. …”
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Cognitive Load in eCommerce Applications—Measurement and Effects on User Satisfaction by Peter Schmutz, Silvia Heinz, Yolanda Métrailler, Klaus Opwis

“…Whereas in design guidelines numerous ways of reducing cognitive load in interactive systems are described, not many attempts have been made to measure cognitive load in Web applications, and few techniques exist. …”
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Gastroretentive Pulsatile Release Tablets of Lercanidipine HCl: Development, Statistical Optimization, and In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation by Gagganapalli Santhoshi Reddy, Usha Yogendra Nayak, Praful Balavant Deshpande, Srinivas Mutalik

“…DoE optimization of data revealed FPRTs containing PEO (20% w/w) with coat weight 480 mg were promising systems exhibiting good floating behavior and lag time in drug release. …”
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Input-Output Budget of Nitrogen and the Effect of Experimentally Changed Deposition in the Forest Ecosystems in Central Japan by Junko Shindo, Tamon Fumoto, Noriko Oura, Hideshige Toda, Hiroyuki Kawashima

“…Two thirds of input N were retained in plant-soil systems. Manipulation of N input was carried out. …”
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Self-reports map the landscape of task states derived from brain imaging by Brontë Mckeown, Ian Goodall-Halliwell, Raven Wallace, Louis Chitiz, Bridget Mulholland, Theodoros Karapanagiotidis, Samyogita Hardikar, Will Strawson, Adam Turnbull, Tamara Vanderwal, Nerissa Ho, Hao-Ting Wang, Ting Xu, Michael Milham, Xiuyi Wang, Meichao Zhang, Tirso RJ Gonzalez Alam, Reinder Vos de Wael, Boris Bernhardt, Daniel Margulies, Jeffrey Wammes, Elizabeth Jefferies, Robert Leech, Jonathan Smallwood

“…In our study, 194 participants provided descriptions of their psychological states while performing tasks for which the contribution of different brain systems was available from prior fMRI studies. We used machine learning to combine these reports with descriptions of brain function to form a ‘state-space’ that reliably predicted patterns of brain activity based solely on unseen descriptions of experience (N = 101). …”
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CD40 Gene Polymorphisms Associated with Susceptibility and Coronary Artery Lesions of Kawasaki Disease in the Taiwanese Population by Ho-Chang Kuo, Mei-Chyn Chao, Yu-Wen Hsu, Ying-Chi Lin, Ying-Hsien Huang, Hong-Ren Yu, Ming-Feng Hou, Chi-Di Liang, Kuender D. Yang, Wei-Chiao Chang, Chih-Lu Wang

“…Kawasaki disease (KD) is characterized by systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. Our previous studies showed expression of CD40 ligand on CD4+ T cells correlated to the coronary artery lesion (CAL) and disease progress in KD. …”
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