The Burden of Severe Periodontitis in China From 1990 to 2021, With Projections to 2050: A Comprehensive Analysis From The Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Yuyang Wang, Yinbao Wang, Lu Fan, Yueyuan Yu

“…Conclusion: Future public health initiatives should prioritize enhancing the management of middle-aged and elderly populations, while simultaneously advancing public health systems in tandem with economic growth. These efforts are critical to effectively addressing the challenges posed by population growth and aging.…”
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Physicochemical and Functional Properties of Chemically Pretreated Ndou Sweet Potato Flour by Khuthadzo Ngoma, Mpho E. Mashau, Henry Silungwe

“…The findings of this study show the possibilities of using NSP flour in food systems as gelling agent, fat replacer, and thickeners.…”
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Ambient fine particulate matter provokes multiple modalities of cell death via perturbation of subcellular structures by Yán Wāng

“…Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is increasingly recognized for its detrimental effects on human health, with substantial evidence linking exposure to various forms of cell death and dysfunction across multiple organ systems. This review examines key cell death mechanisms triggered by PM2.5, including PANoptosis, necroptosis, autophagy, and ferroptosis, while other forms such as oncosis, paraptosis, and cuprotosis remain unreported in relation to PM2.5 exposure. …”
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Advanced Algorithmic Model for Real-Time Multi-Level Crop Disease Detection Using Neural Architecture Search by Slimani Hicham, El Mhamdi Jamal, Jilbab Abdelilah

“…This research paper comprehensively evaluates deep transfer learning techniques for identifying the degree of rust disease infection in Vicia faba L. production systems. We curate a vast dataset comprising images captured under natural lighting conditions and at different growth stages of the crop under study. …”
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Astaxanthin Inhibits Interleukin-6 Expression in Cerulein/Resistin-Stimulated Pancreatic Acinar Cells by Min Seung Kwak, Joo Weon Lim, Hyeyoung Kim

“…Obese patients with acute pancreatitis have a higher systemic inflammatory response rate. Levels of serum resistin, an adipocytokine secreted by fat tissues, increase with obesity. …”
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Securitization of China in the NATO discourse in the late 2010s— early 2020s: Towards a global collective identity by Yu. Yu. Melnikova

“…In 2022, the PRC was officially qualified as a ‘systemic challenge’ to the countries of the alliance. …”
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Network approaches and interventions in healthcare settings: A systematic scoping review. by Ameneh Ghazal Saatchi, Francesca Pallotti, Paul Sullivan

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>The growing interest in networks of interactions is sustained by the conviction that they can be leveraged to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery systems. Evidence in support of this conviction, however, is mostly based on descriptive studies. …”
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Transgenic plants as genetic models for studying functions of plant genes by A. V. Kochetov, V. K. Shumny

“…However, expression patterns of some genes coding for S-like RNases were similar to some pathogen-responsive genes (both local and systemic induction after wounding or pathogen inoculation). …”
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Threat to fish food safety in Nigeria: Role of antimicrobial usage and resistance in aquaculture by Lukman Adegoke Agbabiaka, Favour Ogechi Onwuzuruigbo, Olatunji Abubakar Jimoh

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2022 and December 2023, involving 120 fish farmers practicing either extensive or intensive management systems in Orlu Senatorial zone, Imo State, Nigeria. …”
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Time Complexity of Training DNNs With Parallel Computing for Wireless Communications by Pengyu Cong, Chenyang Yang, Shengqian Han, Shuangfeng Han, Xiaoyun Wang

“…Since practical wireless systems require retraining due to operating in open and dynamic environments, it is crucial to analyze the factors affecting the training complexity, which can guide the DNN architecture selection and the hyper-parameter tuning for efficient policy learning. …”
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Accuracy of administrative data for surveillance of healthcare-associated infections: a systematic review by Karel G M Moons, Marc J M Bonten, Maaike S M van Mourik, Pleun Joppe van Duijn, Grace M Lee

“…Objective Measuring the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) is of increasing importance in current healthcare delivery systems. Administrative data algorithms, including (combinations of) diagnosis codes, are commonly used to determine the occurrence of HAI, either to support within-hospital surveillance programmes or as free-standing quality indicators. …”
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High-throughput analysis of microbiomes in a meat processing facility: are food processing facilities an establishment niche for persisting bacterial communities? by Zhaohui S. Xu, Vi D. Pham, Xianqin Yang, Michael G. Gänzle

“…Abstract Background Microbial spoilage in meat impedes the development of sustainable food systems. However, our understanding of the origin of spoilage microbes is limited. …”
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Skin Cell and Tissue Responses to Cross-Linked Hyaluronic Acid in Low-Grade Inflammatory Conditions by Benjamin Sanchez, Sandra Ferraro, Audrey Josset-Lamaugarny, Aurélie Pagnon, Charlie K. Hee, Lauren Nakab, Dominique Sigaudo-Roussel, Bérengère Fromy

“…To further characterize HA responses, we used a novel in vivo murine model exhibiting a systemic low-grade inflammatory phenotype. The intradermal injection of VYC-15L and its degradation products induced an inflammation and cell infiltration into the skin that was more pronounced than those by HYC-24L+. …”
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Tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil in corticosteroid-resistant hepatitis secondary to tislelizumab: a case report by Chang Jiang, Shanxian Guo

“…Besides, when tumor progression and IRH recurrence occur simultaneously, providing effective immunosuppressive therapy and reasonably arranging systemic anti-tumor therapy may bring clinical benefits to patients.…”
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Induction training programme of resident doctors: The need of the hour by Md Sameer, Jawahar S. K. Pillai, Biswajeevan Sahoo

“…The Hospital Infection Control Practices, Hospital Management Information Systems, and Medico-legal Module were rated high by the residents. …”
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الدور المجتمعى للمکتبة الوطنیة فى تنمیة الوعى السیاسى للمواطنین : دراسة مسحیة by د. هبة ابراهیم مرعى

“…National libraries are considered one of the most important types oflibraries in the governmental information sources systems for political awarenessprograms, applications and services. …”
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Looking beyond the ER, PR, and HER2: what’s new in the ARsenal for combating breast cancer? by Tryambak Pratap Srivastava, Ruby Dhar, Subhradip Karmakar

“…Although AR-targeting drugs, initially developed for prostate cancer (PCa), have shown promise in AR-positive breast cancer, significant gaps remain in understanding AR’s precise functions and therapeutic potential. The systemic management of breast cancer is guided primarily by theranostic biomarkers; ER, PR, HER2, and Ki67 which also dictate the breast cancer classification. …”
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Driving sustainable energy transition: Understanding residential rooftop solar photovoltaic adoption in Malaysia through a behavioural analysis by Sook-Theng Lam, Kian-Meng Yap, Keat-Hoe Yeoh

“…Findings from SEM indicate that Performance Expectancy (PE, β = 0.311, p < 0.001), Price Value (PV, β = 0.245, p = 0.006), Facilitating Conditions (FC, β = 0.311, p < 0.001) and Environmental Concern (EC, β = 0.253, p < 0.001) significantly predict Behavioral Intention (BI) to adopt rooftop solar PV systems. Social Influence (SI, β = −0.111, p = 0.165), Effort Expectancy (EE, β = −0.098, p = 0.266) and Hedonic Motivation (HM, β = 0.082, p = 0.167) were statistically insignificant. …”
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Pituitary Metastatic Composite Tumors: A Case Report with Next-Generation Sequencing and Review of the Literature by Matthew Helton, Muhammad Abu-Rmaileh, Kevin Thomas, Murat Gokden, Alissa Kanaan, Analiz Rodriguez

“…The patient died 2 months later from systemic metastatic cancer. Conclusion. From our literature review, most metastatic lesions in these composite tumors originated from neoplasms of the lung and kidney. …”
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The central regulatory circuit in the gene network controlling the morphogenesis of Drosophila mechanoreceptors: an <i>in silico</i> analysis by T. A. Bukharina, V. P. Golubyatnikov, D. P. Furman

“…Mathematical and computer modeling is used to obtain the dynamic characteristics of the studied systems and to predict their state and behavior. An example of the spatial morphological structure is the Drosophila bristle pattern with a strictly defined arrangement of its components – mechanoreceptors (external sensory organs) – on the head and body. …”
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