Experts' discussion: implications of the World Health Organization's World report on hearing for the cochlear implant field by Wolf-Dieter Baumgartner, Javier Gavilán, Abdelhamid Benghalem, Suela Sallavaci, Gunesh Rajan, Ranjith Rajeswaran, Mario Zernotti, Shelly Chadha

“…Organizations like the HEARRING group can promote education, awareness, and training, and act as advocates for changes in healthcare systems to expand access to hearing care services.…”
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Exploring perinatal mesenchymal stromal cells as a potential therapeutic strategy for rheumatoid arthritis by Stefano Alivernini, Alice Masserdotti, Marta Magatti, Anna Cargnoni, Andrea Papait, Antonietta R. Silini, Jacopo Romoli, Sara Ficai, Clara Di Mario, Elisa Gremese, Barbara Tolusso, Ornella Parolini

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation in the synovial tissue, driven by aberrant activation of both the innate and adaptive immune systems, which can lead to irreversible disability. …”
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Dual-Functional Additives Boost Zinc-Ion Battery Electrolyte over Wide Temperature Range by Zhiqiang Dai, Rungroj Chanajaree, Chengwu Yang, Xueqing Zhang, Manunya Okhawilai, Prasit Pattananuwat, Xinyu Zhang, Guanjie He, Jiaqian Qin

“…Traditional aqueous electrolyte systems in zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) often face challenges such as sluggish ion transfer kinetics, dendrite formation, and sudden battery failures in harsh temperature environments. …”
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Multi-Component Temporal-Correlation Seismic Data Compression Algorithm Based on the PCA and DWT by Mateus Martinez de Lucena, Josafat Leal Ribeiro, Matheus Wagner, Antônio Augusto Fröhlich

“…Industrial application data acquisition systems can be sources of vast amounts of data. The seismic surveys conducted by oil and gas companies result in enormous datasets, often exceeding terabytes of data. …”
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CONUS+ Experiment by N. Ackermann, S. Armbruster, H. Bonet, C. Buck, K. Fülber, J. Hakenmüller, J. Hempfling, G. Heusser, M. Lindner, W. Maneschg, K. Ni, M. Rank, T. Rink, E. Sánchez García, I. Stalder, H. Strecker, R. Wink, J. Woenckhaus, CONUS Collaboration

“…New data acquisition and monitoring systems were developed. A direct network connection between the experiment and the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) makes it possible to control and monitor data acquisition in real time. …”
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Safety evaluation of the food enzyme containing endo‐polygalacturonase and β‐glucosidase from the non‐genetically modified Aspergillus tubingensis strain ARO by EFSA Panel on Food Enzymes (FEZ Panel), Holger Zorn, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Claudia Bolognesi, Francesco Catania, Gabriele Gadermaier, Ralf Greiner, Baltasar Mayo, Alicja Mortensen, Yrjö Henrik Roos, Marize L. M. Solano, Monika Sramkova, Henk Van Loveren, Laurence Vernis, Valentina Tokić, Ana Criado, Eleonora Marini, Laura Sanmartin Cabo, Yi Liu

“…Genotoxicity tests did not indicate a safety concern. The systemic toxicity was assessed by means of a repeated dose 90‐day oral toxicity study in rats. …”
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Analysis of Choroidal Vascularity Index in Keratoconus Patients Using Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography-Based Binarization Techniques by Rosa Gutierrez-Bonet, Jorge Ruiz-Medrano, Marc Biarnés, Mohammed Abdul Rasheed, Kiran Kumar Vupparaboina, Jay Chhablani, José M. Ruiz-Moreno

“…Inclusion criteria were topographic diagnosis of KC using Pentacam, axial length shorter than 26 mm, good quality of the images, and no other systemic or ocular diseases. A 12 mm horizontal single-line SS-OCT b-scan was performed to create a choroidal thickness (CT) profile. …”
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Lipoic acid-boronophenylalanine-derived multifunctional vesicles for cancer chemoradiotherapy by Liqun Dai, Jie Liu, Tingyu Yang, Xiaorui Yu, Yi Lu, Lili Pan, Siming Zhou, Diyun Shu, Yuanhao Liu, Wuyu Mao, Zhiyong Qian

“…Abstract Cancer remains a major health challenge, with the effectiveness of chemotherapy often limited by its lack of specificity and systemic toxicity. Nanotechnology, particularly in targeted drug delivery, has emerged as a key innovation to address these limitations. …”
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Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Secreting Pheochromocytoma Underlying Glucocorticoid Induced Pheochromocytoma Crisis by Gil A. Geva, David J. Gross, Haggi Mazeh, Karine Atlan, Iddo Z. Ben-Dov, Matan Fischer

“…Pheochromocytoma crisis is a life threatening event in which high levels of catecholamines cause a systemic reaction leading to organ failure. Case Description. …”
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In defence of ferroptosis by Francesca Alves, Darius Lane, Triet Phu Minh Nguyen, Ashley I. Bush, Scott Ayton

“…Here, we profile key ferroptotic defence strategies including iron regulation, phospholipid modulation and enzymes and metabolite systems: glutathione reductase (GR), Ferroptosis suppressor protein 1 (FSP1), NAD(P)H Quinone Dehydrogenase 1 (NQO1), Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), retinal reductases and retinal dehydrogenases (RDH) and thioredoxin reductases (TR). …”
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sAMDGCN: sLSTM-Attention-Based Multi-Head Dynamic Graph Convolutional Network for Traffic Flow Forecasting by Shiyuan Zhang, Yanni Ju, Weishan Kong, Hong Qu, Liwei Huang

“…Accurate traffic flow prediction plays a vital role in intelligent transportation systems, helping traffic management departments maintain stable traffic order, reduce traffic congestion, and improve road safety. …”
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Evaluating the Cause of Death in Obese Individuals: A Ten-Year Medical Autopsy Study by Jad Saab, Steven P. Salvatore

“…The primary cause of death in each group was categorized into malignancy, infection, stroke, ischemic and nonischemic heart disease, pulmonary embolism, hemorrhage, and primary nonneoplastic diseases of different organ systems. Results. Of 849 autopsies, 32.3% were obese. …”
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Clone-Specific Response in Leaf Nitrate Reductase Activity among Unrelated Hybrid Poplars in relation to Soil Nitrate Availability by Julien Fortier, Benoit Truax, France Lambert, Daniel Gagnon, Normand Chevrier

“…We also examined if leaf NRA of these clones is influenced to the same extent by different levels of soil NO3- availability in two riparian agroforestry systems located in pastures. Leaf NRA differences of more than one order of magnitude were observed between the clones, clearly showing their different abilities to reduce NO3- in leaves. …”
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The Role of Pentacyclic Triterpenoids in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: The Mechanisms of Action and Therapeutic Potential by Young-Shin Lee, Ryuk Jun Kwon, Hye Sun Lee, Jae Heun Chung, Yun Seong Kim, Han-Sol Jeong, Su-Jung Park, Seung Yeon Lee, Taehwa Kim, Seong Hoon Yoon

“…Furthermore, advances in drug delivery technologies such as nanocarriers and targeted delivery systems have improved the bioavailability and therapeutic efficacy of triterpenoids. …”
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Freeze-Drying Microencapsulation of <i>Ruellia tuberosa</i> L. Extracts: A Comparative Study Using Different Polymers as Encapsulants by Firza Rajasa Gunawan, Siti Mariyah Ulfa, Anna Safitri

“…Therefore, freeze-drying microencapsulation with biodegradable polymers is a viable method for delivering the health benefits of R. tuberosa L. extracts, yielding a convenient powder form suitable for drug delivery systems.…”
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Three Vessel Coronary Cameral Fistulae Associated with New Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Angina Pectoris by Murat Yuksel, Abdulkadir Yildiz, Mustafa Oylumlu, Nihat Polat, Halit Acet, Necdet Ozaydogdu

“…Coronary angiography revealed diffuse and multiple coronary-left ventricle fistulas originating from the distal segments of both left and right coronary arterial systems without any stenosis in epicardial coronary arteries. …”
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Daratumumab treatment for kidney-involved light chain deposition disease prevents renal function progression: a case report with 3 years of follow-up and review of the literature by Xueying Chen, Jie Sun, Pingyan Shen, Zijin Chen, Wen Zhang

“…It can affect various systems throughout the body, mainly the kidneys. Symptoms may include renal insufficiency, proteinuria, hematuria, and others. …”
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Clinicopathological Features of Cutaneous Findings of SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Bengu COBANOGLU, Filiz CEBECI, Mustafa SIMSEK, Seyma OZKANLI

“…Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) can affect different organ systems, including the skin. Recently, COVID-19 cases with skin lesions of different clinicopathological features have been published. …”
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Review on recent advancements in the role of electrolytes and electrode materials on supercapacitor performances by Ashutosh Patel, Suresh Kumar Patel, R. S. Singh, R. P. Patel

“…Abstract Supercapacitors currently hold a prominent position in energy storage systems due to their exceptionally high power density, although they fall behind batteries and fuel cells in terms of energy density. …”
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Artificial intelligence, media and journalism: Between a good servant and a bad master by Tomić Boban, Bajić Predrag Đ.

“…However, it is crucial to always keep in mind that behind everything is human input, meaning that artificial intelligence is not the creator o f something entirely new but a processor based on available data and information previously stored by humans in online systems, emphasizing the ongoing essential role o f humans in these processes. …”
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