Nicotine is associated with smoking dependence and vascular inflammation through cotinine: A mediation analysis by Kumboyono Kumboyono, Indah N. Chomsy, Nadya N. Shalshabilla, Hidayat Sujuti, Arie Srihardyastutie, Cholid T. Tjahjono, Teuku Heriansyah, Titin A. Wihastuti

“…Nicotine and cotinine can also cause damage to blood vessels through a chronic inflammatory process mediated by the Ligand-Tie2 Angiopoietin Receptor system. Hypoxic conditions that occur due to vascular inflammation cause a decrease in the concentration of nitric oxide (NO). …”
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Revitalizing Ukrainian Cities: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Smart Urban Development by Vitalii Kruhlov, Jaroslav Dvorak, Volodymyr Moroz, Dina Tereshchenko

“…This includes bolstering the transportation system, deploying digital technologies, modernizing social institutions, and enhancing the efficiency of urban resource management. …”
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Prevalence and genomic insights of carbapenem resistant and ESBL producing Multidrug resistant Escherichia coli in urinary tract infections by Vidhyalakshmi Sivarajan, Amirtha Varshini Ganesh, Pavithra Subramani, Priyanka Ganesapandi, R. N. Sivanandan, Sneha Prakash, Nithyasri Manikandan, Arunasalam Dharmarajan, Frank Arfuso, Sudha Warrier, Marquess Raj, Kumar Perumal

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility profiling was performed using the VITEK 2 automated system for 1254 E. coli isolates, revealing that 831(66.2%) isolates were determined as MDR E. coli. …”
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Co-Digestion of Tea Extracts with Omega-3 Fatty Acids Enhances Digestive Stability and Intestinal Absorption of Omega-3 Fatty Acids by Increasing Antioxidant Activity and Micelle S... by In-Su Na, Hyun Woo Jeong, Jin-Oh Chung, Byung-Fhy Suh, Jonghee Sohn, Soon-Mi Shim

“…The digestive stability of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) co-digested with GTE65 using an in vitro digestion model system was improved by up to 20.76% and 23.22%, respectively, compared to ω-3 FAs. …”
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A Green Approach to the Production of Hybrid Diindolylmethane-Phenylboronic Acids via a 3MCR: Promising Antineoplasic Molecules by Mónica Zarco Juarez, Joel Omar Martínez, Olivia Noguez Cordova, María Inés Nicolás Vazquez, Teresa Ramírez-Apan, Javier Pérez Flores, René Miranda Ruvalcaba, Gabriel Arturo Arroyo Razo

“…Moreover, the activity of these target molecules was evaluated in the presence of six cancer cell lines (U251 = glia of the central nerve system, PC-3 = prostate, K562 = leukemia, HCT-15 = colon, MCF-7 = breast, and SKLU-1 = lung), which resulted in the meta-regioisomer being the most active. …”
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Retrospective Analysis Comparing Lung-RADS v2022 and British Thoracic Society Guidelines for Differentiating Lung Metastases from Primary Lung Cancer by Loredana Gabriela Stana, Alexandru Ovidiu Mederle, Claudiu Avram, Felix Bratosin, Paula Irina Barata

“…<b>Background and Objectives</b>: The current study aimed to compare the effectiveness of the Lung Imaging Reporting and Data System (Lung-RADS) Version 2022 and the British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines in differentiating lung metastases from de novo primary lung cancer on CT scans in patients without prior cancer diagnosis. …”
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Epidemiological and genomic analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii strains from retailed raw meat by Leila Hamze, Raquel Garcia-Fierro, Antoine Drapeau, Pauline François, Andrea Endimiani, Jean-Yves Madec, Marisa Haenni, Vincent Perreten, Agnese Lupo

“…Acinetobacter baumannii causes hospital-acquired infections in human patients with compromised immune system. Strains associated to nosocomial infections are often resistant to carbapenems and belong to few international clones (IC1-11). …”
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Patella height ratios diagnose the same healthy knees differently by Martinique Vella-Baldacchino, Alessandra Cipolla, Zahid Asghar, Sally LiArno, Ahmad Faizan, Jean-Noel Argenson, Matthieu Ollivier

“…Abstract Our study aims to investigate if the ratios proposed by Insall-Salvati and Caton-Deschamps follow the theory of normal distribution levels in a healthy population. 434 skeletal mature, healthy knees were obtained from a CT-scan-based modelling system (SOMA). Patellae height ratios were measured using the Insall-Salvati ratio and the Caton-Deschamps index. …”
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Cross Flow Analysis over the Jet Pumps of a BWR-5 Reactor by G. Soto-Mendoza, A. Armenta-Molina, S. Pérez-Montejo, L.H. Hernández-Gómez, P. Ruiz-López, G.M. Urriolagoitia-Calderón, J.A. Beltrán-Fernández

“…The recirculation system of a BWR-5 has 20 jet pumps. They are submerged in water in the cylindrical annular zone of the reactor. …”
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Three-Dimensional Modelling of Desorbed Gas Volume and Comparison to Gas Production Rate in the Montney Plays, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin by Gihun Song, Hyun Suk Lee, Hyundon Shin

“…In the beginning of production, free gas was rapidly recovered through an artificial fracture system, and then, desorbed gas followed at the final stage due to a decrease of reservoir pressure. …”
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Ultralight aircraft and conventional digital cameras as an alternative for urban mapping by Román Edén Parra-Galaviz, Manuel de Jesús Pérez-Valdez, Omar Llanes-Cárdenas, Lennin Enrique Amador-Castro, Rafael Macías-Segura, Ciro de la Concepción Díaz-Hernández, Alberto Gaxiola

“…Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are employed extensively for this purpose, owing to their ease of operation and advanced georeferencing capabilities facilitated by integrated cameras coupled with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) devices. However, some drawbacks have been identified, such as limited battery life, strict airspace regulations, and difficulties in mapping extensive territories due to the need for numerous takeoffs. …”
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The South African Traditional Communities and Women for Rural Democracy and Land Rights by Wandile Brian Zondo

“…However, their contributions have often been marginalised due to systemic challenges stemming from historical injustices, gender discrimination, and entrenched patriarchal practices. …”
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First-principles investigation on the brittleness mechanism of TiAl alloys and the effect of doping by Zewen Zhang, Qinghua Song, Yapeng Li, Kunyu Li, Jing Qin, Zhanqiang Liu

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Establishment of a bat lung organoid culture model for studying bat-derived infectious diseases by Mohamed Elbadawy, Nagisa Saito, Yuki Kato, Kimika Hayashi, Amira Abugomaa, Mio Kobayashi, Toshinori Yoshida, Makoto Shibutani, Masahiro Kaneda, Hideyuki Yamawaki, Kazuaki Sasaki, Tatsuya Usui, Tsutomu Omatsu

“…BLO expressed the entry receptors for coronavirus, Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), and Transmembrane Protease Serine 2 (TMPRSS2), and alveolar type 2 cells were successfully sorted from BLO, which has an important role for the development of viral infection in the respiratory system. Furthermore, we showed that BLO had no susceptibility to Pteropine orthoreovirus (PRV) compared to bat intestinal organoids. …”
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Manganese metal organic frame work assisted magnetic ionic liquid single crystal by Naima Sharmin, Md. Jahidul Islam

“…In contrast, the mononuclear final compound, (2) with cyclam, is crystallized in triclinic system, showing distorted octahedral N4O2 geometry around a mononuclear d4 Mn(III) centre; that is further evidenced by it's µeff value of 4.6 BM., calculated from room temperature magnetic susceptibility measurement. …”
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Characterisation of internal tremors and vibration symptoms by Harlan M Krumholz, Mitsuaki Sawano, Richa Sharma, Tianna Zhou, Dorothy Massey, Anna D Baker, Diana Berrent Güthe, Nick Güthe, Suzanne Pincus Shidlovsky, Liza Fisher, Connor B Grady, Cesar Caraballo

“…There were often frustrating experiences with the healthcare system.Conclusions This study describes key themes and experiences among a group of people reporting long COVID and having a prolonged and debilitating symptom complex that prominently features internal tremors and vibrations.…”
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Patient education materials for non-specific low back pain and sciatica: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Amanda Hall, Michelle Swab, Bradley Furlong, Andrea Pike, Holly Etchegary, Georgia Darmonkow

“…The primary aim of this review is to investigate the effectiveness of patient education materials on immediate process, clinical and health system outcomes.Methods and analysis The search strategy was developed in collaboration with a librarian and systematic searches will be performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and SPORTDiscus. …”
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Deformations and seepage-induced erosion of fractured rocks in fault under confined settings by Wenbin SUN, Dianjin TIAN, Cheng MA, Yanchao XUE, Can YANG, Kaipeng ZHU

“…MethodsUsing a deformation-seepage experiment system for fractured rocks, this study investigated the characteristics of compressive deformations and seepage-induced erosion of fractured rocks in faults. …”
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Expediated modeling of burn events results (EMBER): A screening-level dataset of 2023 ozone fire impacts in the USzenodo by Heather Simon, James Beidler, Kirk R. Baker, Barron H. Henderson, Loren Fox, Chris Misenis, Patrick Campbell, Jeff Vukovich, Norm Possiel, Alison Eyth

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Monte Carlo Simulation Strategies for Predicting CO/CH Adsorption onto Activated Carbons from Pure Gas Isotherms by José C.A. de Oliveira, Rafael B. Rios, Raúl H. López, Hugo R. Peixoto, Valéria Cornette, A. Eurico B. Torres, Célio L. Cavalcante, Diana C.S. Azevedo, Giorgio Zgrablich

“…It was concluded that, for the adsorbate/adsorbent system under study, the proposed GCMC mixed model was capable of predicting the binary adsorption equilibrium, and especially the selectivity, more accurately than the IAST.…”
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