Exothermic characteristics evaluation of the Pt coated α-Al2O3 catalyst in bed for passive airborne radioactive material reduction system under forced flow conditions by Hyun Chul Lee, Jungjin Bang, Kiwan Jang, Min Beom Heo, Doo Yong Lee, Daewoo Kim, Chang-Ha Lee

“…Exothermic characteristics evaluation tests were conducted by varying the hydrogen volume fraction and face velocity, measuring heat generation in the catalytic bed under each condition. …”
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The Effects of SLS on Structural and Complex Permittivity of SLS-HDPE Composites by Abubakar Dantani Meli, Zulkifly Abbas, Mohd Hafiz Mohd Zaid, Nor Azowa Ibrahim

“…Moreover, the complex permittivity increased as the percentage of SLS filler increased in the host matrix HDPE as a result of increased in composite density due to less volume being occupied by the filler as the percentage increased. …”
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Different activation of MAPKs and Akt/GSK3β after preload vs. afterload elevation by Nico Hartmann, Lena Preuß, Belal A. Mohamed, Moritz Schnelle, Andre Renner, Gerd Hasenfuß, Karl Toischer

“…Abstract Aims Pressure overload (PO) and volume overload (VO) lead to concentric or eccentric hypertrophy. …”
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Ferric Carboxymaltose in the Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy: A Subgroup Analysis of a Multicenter Real-World Study Involving 1191 Pregnant Women by Prakash Trivedi, S. Chitra, Suma Natarajan, Vandana Amin, Shilpi Sud, Priti Vyas, Meenakshi Singla, Ajinkya Rodge, Onkar C. Swami

“…Similarly, there was a significant increase in red blood cell count, hematocrit, mean corpuscular volume, and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (P<0.001 for all). …”
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Effects of Diet on Larval Survival, Growth, and Development of the Sea Cucumber Holothuria leucospilota by Zonghe Yu, Hong Wu, Youkai Tu, Zesen Hong, Jiewen Luo

“…In this study, we trialed different ratios of microalgae Chaetoceros muelleri (2.00–2.50×106 cells/mL) and yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, ~2.00×106 cells/mL) in diets for H. leucospilota larvae (6 d after fertilization, referred to as “day 0”) at proportions 4 : 0, 3 : 1, 2 : 2, 1 : 3, and 0 : 4 by volume, in 5 treatments (A, B, C, D, and E, respectively). …”
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In vitro effect of hCG on cryptorchid patients’ gubernacular cells: a predictive model for adjuvant personalized therapy by Andrea Errico, Giulia Ambrosini, Sara Vinco, Emanuela Bottani, Elisa Dalla Pozza, Nunzio Marroncelli, Jessica Brandi, Daniela Cecconi, Ilaria Decimo, Filippo Migliorini, Nicola Zampieri, Ilaria Dando

“…The most effective method to treat cryptorchidism is orchiopexy, followed by human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) therapy; however, a portion of treated patients do not show a significant improvement in testis volume and vascularization after adjuvant therapy. …”
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&lsquo;That&rsquo;s Enough&rsquo; - Workplace Violence Against Physicians, Pharmacists, and Nurses in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review of Prevalence, Causes, and Consequences by Alhomoud F

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Circadian Rhythms Fluctuate the Treatment Effects of Intravesical Treatments on Rat Urinary Frequency Models by Tomofumi Watanabe, Takuya Sadahira, Yusuke Tominaga, Yuki Maruyama, Naoya Nagasaki, Takanori Sekito, Kohei Edamura, Toyohiko Watanabe, Motoo Araki, Masami Watanabe

“…Intravesical instillation of AA increased the urinary frequency and decreased the mean voided volume (VV) in a concentration-dependent manner, with statistical significance at a concentration of 1.0% (urinary frequency; p=0.0007, mean VV; p=0.0032, respectively) compared with PBS. …”
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Evaluating the correlation between pretreatment 18F-FDG PET/CT metabolic parameters and tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte levels in nonluminal breast cancer and impact on survival by Muge Tamam, Halim Ozcevik, Gamze Kulduk, Merve Nur Acar Tayyar, Gunduzalp Bugrahan Babacan

“…TIL was scored based on Hematoxylin-Eosin-stained specimens and 18F-FDG PET metabolic parameters, including maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), mean standardized uptake value (SUVmean), metabolic tumor volume (MTV), total lesion glycolysis (TLG), liver, spleen, and bone marrow FDG uptake were calculated. …”
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Association Between Dietary Inflammatory Index and Triglyceride Glucose-Body Mass Index with Iron Deficiency in Reproductive Age Women: Evidence from NHANES 2005-2018 by Ding J, Xu Z, Liang R, Xie S

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Differential gray matter correlates and machine learning prediction of abuse and internalizing psychopathology in adolescent females by Sara A. Heyn, Taylor J. Keding, Josh Cisler, Katie McLaughlin, Ryan J. Herringa

“…While previous studies have separately associated reductions in gray matter volume (GMV) with childhood abuse and internalizing psychopathology (IP), it is unclear whether abuse and IP differ in their structural abnormalities, and which GMV features are related to abuse and IP at the individual level. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Preclinical and Clinical Exposure to the Pediatric Pulpotomy Procedure on Confidence Among Senior Dental Students: An Analytical Survey Study by Alzain I, Albqmi SS, Alkatheeri SM

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Development and validation of a prediction model for all-cause mortality in maintenance dialysis patients: a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Jingcan Wu, Xuehong Li, Hong Zhang, Lin Lin, Man Li, Gangyi Chen, Cheng Wang

“…The discrimination and accuracy of the prediction model were assessed using C-indexes and calibration curves, while the clinical value was assessed by decision curve analysis (DCA).Results The best predictors of 1-, 3-, and 5-year all-cause mortality contained nine independent factors, including age, body mass index (BMI), diabetes mellitus (DM), cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, urine volume, hemoglobin (HGB), albumin (ALB), and pleural effusion (PE). …”
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Deep Learning for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Detection and Severity Assessment: A Multimodal Signals Fusion Multiscale Transformer Model by Zhang Y, Zhou L, Zhu S, Zhou Y, Wang Z, Ma L, Yuan Y, Xie Y, Niu X, Su Y, Liu H, Hei X, Shi Z, Ren X, Shi Y

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The Impact of Chronic Pelvic Pain and Bowel Morbidity on Quality of Life in Cervical Cancer Patients Treated With Radio (Chemo) Therapy. A Systematic Literature Review by Natuhwera G, Ellis P

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Ankle Arthrodesis: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Complications in Diabetic vs Nondiabetic Patients Using US Nationwide Inpatient Sample Data by Assil Mahamid MD, David Maman MD, Summer Sofer, Mykhail Pavlenko MD, Amr Mansour MD, Marah Hodruj MD, Yaron Berkovich MD, Eyal Behrbalk MD

“…Temporal trends in surgical volume were analyzed using linear regression models, and risk ratios were calculated for perioperative complications during the index hospital stay. …”
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The Effect of Physical Activity on Alzheimer’s Disease - Systematic Review by Julia Lachowska, Karolina Senior, Jerzy Smandek, Maja Mielczarek, Paulina Sroczyńska, Jan Sroczyński

“…Although obesity is traditionally seen as a risk factor for cognitive decline, recent studies suggest that obesity in late life may have protective effects, potentially due to factors like lower amyloid-beta levels and larger hippocampal volume. This review emphasizes the importance of physical exercise and its potential to mitigate cognitive decline and improve quality of life in individuals at risk of or living with Alzheimer’s disease. …”
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The economic burden of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure infections in Italy by Paolo Sciattella, Annarosa Fornero, Susanna Giordano, Claudio De Angelis, Francesco Cattel

“…. €9,561; p=0.048). With an annual volume of 25,000 ERCP procedures, post-ERCP infections in Italy contribute approximately €2.9 million in additional direct costs per year. …”
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Efficacy of Amflow®, a Real-Time-Portable Feedback Device for Delivering Appropriate Ventilation in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomised, Controlled, Cross-Over Simulation Study by Jong Won Kim, Sang O Park, Kyeong Ryong Lee, Dae Young Hong, Kwang Je Baek

“…The aim of this study was to test whether Amflow® (a newly designed portable ventilation feedback device) can assist rescuers in delivering target tidal volume (VT) and respiration rate (RR) during self-inflating bag (SB) ventilations in various clinical scenarios. …”
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Shared Genes and Pathways in Ulcerative Colitis and Ankylosing Spondylitis: Functional Validation and Implications for Diagnosis by Li L, An G, Li F, Zhang D, Zhu X, Liang C, Zhao Y, Xie K, Zhou P, Zhu H, Jin X, Du L

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