The Expression of IL-6, TNF-α, and MCP-1 in Respiratory Viral Infection in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Jingtong Zheng, Yue Shi, Lingxin Xiong, Weijie Zhang, Ying Li, Peter G. Gibson, Jodie L. Simpson, Chao Zhang, Junying Lu, Jingying Sai, Guoqiang Wang, Fang Wang

“…Additionally, VP patients were less likely to have received influenza vaccination. VP patients had a systemic inflammation response involving IL-6, TNF-α, and MCP-1 which may be due to virus-induced activation of macrophages. …”
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Inhibition of <i>Salmonella enterica</i> and Enterohemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i> by Ethanolic Extracts of Pomegranate Peels by Weifan Wu, Kevin Mis Solval, Jinru Chen

“…Reductions in cell population positively correlated with the total contents of hydrolyzable tannins in the treatment systems. These findings suggested that ethanolic extracts of evaluated pomegranate peels had inhibitory activities against the two bacterial pathogens. …”
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International Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Available Data by Elizabeth Hedgeman, Loren Lipworth, Kimberly Lowe, Rajiv Saran, Thy Do, Jon Fryzek

“…Structured reviews of biomedical literature and online data systems were performed for selected countries to ascertain recent estimates of the incidence, prevalence, and survival of individuals with CKD and SHPT. …”
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Thermal Brownian motion and thermophoretic of reacting hybridized nanoparticles in Williamson-water base fluid with convective cooling cylinder by S.O. Salawu, A.M. Obalalu, E.O. Fatunmbi, O.Y. Oludoun

“…This will give insights into the long-term stability and economic feasibility of nanofluid viscous materials for cooling systems design and potential advancement of nanotechnology. …”
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Anticiper pour mieux planifier : quelle demande en eau pour quelle agriculture demain ? Éditorial by Sami BOUARFA, Delphine LEENHARDT, Pierre COMPÈRE, Dominique COURAULT, Gilles BELAUD, Salomé SCHNEIDER

“…Cet événement a été organisé le 28 septembre 2023 par la Chaire partenariale Eau, Agriculture et Changement Climatique, le réseau INRAE « Systèmes agricoles et Eau » et le pôle Aqua-Valley. …”
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The Effect of Reynolds Number on Jet in Asymmetric Co-Flows: A CFD Study by Ziyan Teng, I. A. Sofia Larsson, T. Staffan Lundström, B. Daniel Marjavaara

“…In rotary kilns in grate-kiln systems for iron ore pelletizing, a long and stable jet flame is needed to ensure a high quality of the pellets. …”
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Resistance Exercise Reduces Skeletal Muscle Cachexia and Improves Muscle Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Salaheddin Sharif, James M. Thomas, David A. Donley, Diana L. Gilleland, Daniel E. Bonner, Jean L. McCrory, W. Guyton Hornsby, Hua Zhao, Mathew W. Lively, Jo Ann A. Hornsby, Stephen E. Alway

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic, autoimmune, inflammatory disease associated with cachexia (reduced muscle and increased fat). …”
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Transfer learning for multi-material classification of transition metal dichalcogenides with atomic force microscopy by Isaiah A Moses, Wesley F Reinhart

“…Also important is the need to interpret trained models, which are normally complex enough to be uninterpretable by humans. Here, we present a systemic evaluation of transfer learning strategies to accommodate low-data scenarios in materials synthesis and a model latent feature analysis to draw connections to the human-interpretable characteristics of the samples. …”
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Emodin Ameliorates Intestinal Dysfunction by Maintaining Intestinal Barrier Integrity and Modulating the Microbiota in Septic Mice by Mina Zhang, Bo Lian, Rui Zhang, Yuhong Guo, Jingxia Zhao, Shasha He, Yunjing Bai, Ning Wang, Yan Lin, Xuerui Wang, Qingquan Liu, Xiaolong Xu

“…Sepsis-induced inflammatory response leads to intestinal damage and secondary bacterial translocation, causing systemic infections and eventually death. Emodin is a natural anthraquinone derivative in many plants with promising bioactivities. …”
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Platelet membrane biomimetic nanomedicine induces dual glutathione consumption for enhancing cancer radioimmunotherapy by Xiaopeng Li, Yang Zhong, Pengyuan Qi, Daoming Zhu, Chenglong Sun, Nan Wei, Yang Zhang, Zhanggui Wang

“…This nanodrug combines dual GSH depletion, starvation therapy, and RT to promote immunogenic cell death and stimulate the systemic immune response. In the bilateral tumor model in vivo, distal tumor growth was also well suppressed. …”
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Proposed Relationships Between Climate, Biological Soil Crusts, Human Health, and in Arid Ecosystems by Marieke L. Ramsey, Daniel R. Kollath, Anita J. Antoninka, Bridget M. Barker

“…We provide a review of mechanisms by which healthy biocrusts in dryland systems may reduce soil‐borne pathogens that impact human health. …”
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Black mulberry (Morus nigra L.) prevents deleterious effects of excess glucose in obese C. elegans decreasing lipofuscin accumulation and ROS production by Sonia Núñez, Adrián Millán-Laleona, Javier Cano-Lou, Andrea Corella, Cristina Moliner, Guillermo Cásedas, Filippo Maggi, Víctor López, Carlota Gómez-Rincón

“…The objective of this work is to determine if Morus nigra berries could prevent metabolic and obesity-related disorders using in vitro systems and in vivo alternative models such as C. elegans. …”
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A Formal Approach to Road Safety Assessment Using Traffic Conflict Techniques by Oumaima Barhoumi, Mohamed H. Zaki, Sofiene Tahar

“…By highlighting these findings, we aim to provide valuable insights into the real-world applicability of formal methods for traffic safety and their potential in promoting safer driving practices that can help create reliable autonomous vehicle control systems.…”
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Electromagnetic Wavefront Engineering by Switchable and Multifunctional Kirigami Metasurfaces by Yingying Wang, Yang Shi, Liangwei Li, Zhiyan Zhu, Muhan Liu, Xiangyu Jin, Haodong Li, Guobang Jiang, Jizhai Cui, Shaojie Ma, Qiong He, Lei Zhou, Shulin Sun

“…However, most previous studies encountered challenges such as limited degrees of freedom, simple tuning of predefined functionality, and complicated control systems. Here, we develop a general strategy to construct switchable and multifunctional metasurfaces. …”
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Enhanced Urea Oxidation Reaction Through Layered Double Hydroxides: Insights From ZIF‐67‐Derived Nanostructures by Yuri Jeon, Jury Medvedev, Yeeun Seong, Xenia Medvedeva, Cheongwon Bae, Jeongeon Kim, Anna Klinkova, Juyeong Kim

“…LDHs have shown high electrochemical activity in energy conversion systems such as batteries and fuel cells. In this study, we developed a hierarchically porous nanostructure derived from zeolitic imidazolate framework‐67, which was subsequently transformed into an LDH structure with varying Ni concentrations. …”
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Locally Advanced and Unresectable Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Outcomes of Concurrent Cetuximab and Radiotherapy by Robert M. Samstein, Alan L. Ho, Nancy Y. Lee, Christopher A. Barker

“…Concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy may not be well tolerated in this population, but another systemic therapy may improve disease control. Objective. …”
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Lipidomic Signature of Pregnant and Postpartum Females by Longitudinal and Transversal Evaluation: Putative Biomarkers Determined by UHPLC-QTOF-ESI⁺-MS by Alexandra Traila, Marius Craina, Carmen Socaciu, Andreea Iulia Socaciu, Diana Nitusca, Catalin Marian

“…These adaptations impact various systems, including immune tolerance, metabolism, and endocrine function. …”
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Application of Principal Component Analysis as a Prediction Model for Feline Sporotrichosis by Franco Bresolin Pegoraro, Rita Maria Venâncio Mangrich-Rocha, Saulo Henrique Weber, Marconi Rodrigues de Farias, Elizabeth Moreira dos Santos Schmidt

“…Cats are the most susceptible species to develop the disease, which could cause significant systemic lesions. The aim was to investigate and to identify predictive indicators of disease progression by correlations between the blood profile (hematological and biochemical analytes) and cutaneous lesion patterns of 70 cats diagnosed with <i>Sporothrix brasiliensis</i>. …”
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Learning a Quantum Computer&#x0027;s Capability by Daniel Hothem, Kevin Young, Tommie Catanach, Timothy Proctor

“…We also apply our CNNs to model the capabilities of cloud-access quantum computing systems, obtaining moderate prediction accuracy (average absolute error around 2&#x2013;5&#x0025;), and we highlight the challenges to building better neural network capability models.…”
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Technical aspects of neuraxial analgesia during labor and maternity care: an updated overview by Antonio Coviello, Carmine Iacovazzo, Maria Grazia Frigo, Marilena Ianniello, Dario Cirillo, Giuseppe Tierno, Andrea Uriel de Siena, Pasquale Buonanno, Giuseppe Servillo

“…The following pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches were assessed: spinal techniques, such as epidural analgesia (EA), combined spinal-epidural (CSE), dural puncture epidural (DPE), and continuous spinal anesthesia (CSA); pharmacological administration of nitrous oxide (N2O) and systemic opioids (morphine, fentanyl, and pethidine); as the third one transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS), acupressure/acupuncture, aromatherapy, and breathing exercises. …”
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