Prevalence of erectile dysfunction among renal failure patients whom underwent hemodialysis or renal transplantation; a local study by Khalid Ismael Sufi, Shawqi George Gazala, Tarq Aziz Toma, Yadgar Abduljabbar Karim

“…A control group was selected consisting of age-matching patients on hemodialysis (group two). …”
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Altered Memory T-Cell Responses to Bacillus Calmette-Guerin and Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination and Altered Cytokine Responses to Polyclonal Stimulation in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Kenyan... by Miguel A Garcia-Knight, Eunice Nduati, Amin S Hassan, Faith Gambo, Dennis Odera, Timothy J Etyang, Nassim J Hajj, James Alexander Berkley, Britta C Urban, Sarah L Rowland-Jones

“…Implementation of successful prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV strategies has resulted in an increased population of HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) infants. …”
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Organic cation transporter 3 on neuronal mitochondria mediates MPP+-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and neurotoxicity in a TIMM22-dependent manner by Ao Guan, Sida Han, Suzhen Liang, Weiwei Shen, Min Guo, Mei Cui

“…Abstract Background Mitochondria play crucial roles in cellular metabolism, and metabolite compartmentalization significantly impacts mitochondrial function and disease pathophysiology. MPP+ accumulation in mitochondria, a key factor in MPTP-induced neurodegeneration, leads to mitochondrial dysfunction, such as respiratory chain inhibition, ultimately leading to neuronal death. …”
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A Semi-Mechanistic Mathematical Model of Immune Tolerance Induction to Support Preclinical Studies of Human Monoclonal Antibodies in Rats by Paridhi Gupta, Josiah T. Ryman, Vibha Jawa, Bernd Meibohm

“…It also successfully captured the impact of tacrolimus/sirolimus immunomodulation on ADA formation, demonstrating that the regimen effectively suppressed ADA formations and induced immune tolerance. …”
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Biased thalamic innervation onto the distinct subregion where dopamine receptor 1 is dominantly expressed in the caudal striatum by Fuko Kadono, Jingqi Wang, Kenta Kobayashi, Fuyuki Karube, Fumino Fujiyama

“…Retrograde tracer labeling identified potential sources of subcortical glutamatergic projections. …”
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The association between serum albumin–globulin ratio and overactive bladder in American adults: a cross-sectional study by Yuan-Zhuo Du, Jia-Hao Liu, Fu-Chun Zheng, Qiang Zhou, Ju Guo

“…However, despite its widely studied correlations in numerous health fields, the link between AGR and Overactive Bladder (OAB) is still not completely comprehended. Methods Data were sourced from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database, selecting adult samples spanning from 2007 to 2018. …”
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GEANT4 Simulation of Proton Beam Properties from a Cyclotron Accelerator at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital by Piyanud Thongjerm, Ekkachai Kongmon, Khwanjira Tangpong, Phalakorn Khwansungnoen, Sarinrat Wonglee, Weerawat Pornroongruengchok, Nantanat Chailanggar

“…For effective treatment, the linear energy transfer (LET) is a key parameter in ensuring the destruction of diseased cells, and both the dose and LET are typically represented as functions of depth. The distribution of dose and LET in the target depends on the beam properties, including beam energy, energy spread, beam size, and beam emittance. …”
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Alkaline-Potassium Ferrate Pretreatment Promoting Acid Production Through Co-Fermentation of Waste Activated Sludge and Corn Straw by Xintian YU, Wei ZENG

“…Microbial community analysis revealed a reduction in the Shannon index, with a notable enrichment of fermentation-related functional bacteria, including Firmicutes and Bacteroidota. …”
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NORDIC denoising on VASO data by Lasse Knudsen, Lasse Knudsen, Luca Vizioli, Federico De Martino, Lonike K. Faes, Daniel A. Handwerker, Steen Moeller, Peter A. Bandettini, Peter A. Bandettini, Laurentius Huber

“…However, VASO comes along with another reduction in detection sensitivity. NOise Reduction with DIstribution Corrected (NORDIC) PCA (principal component analysis) is a denoising technique specifically aimed at suppressing thermal noise, which has proven useful for increasing the SNR of high-resolution functional data. …”
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The Soviet Military Microbiologists’ Contribution to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War by A. S. Tumanov, I. V. Darmov, M. K. Bakulin, A. A. Leshchenko, D. A. Sharov, S. V. Bagin, I. V. Kosenkov

“…The authors of this article have detected a sequence of events that led to relocation of a military scientific institution during the Great Patriotic War (the Sanitary engineering institution of the Red Army of Workers and Peasants) was relocated from Gorodomlya Island to Kirov. …”
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THE USE OF CRYOCONSERVATED PLACENTA FOR PREVENTION OF PATHOLOGIC SCAR FORMATION OF THE HEAD AND NECK AT THE INTRA- AND POSTOPERATIVE STAGE IN PLANNED SURGERY by O.A. Toropov, D.S. Avetikov, K.P. Lokes, D.V. Steblovskyi, V.M. Skrypnyk, R.A. Prykhidko

“…With the development of technology, it became possible to detect the phenotypic and functional heterogeneity of cell types. …”
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Recreational Thematic Dominants in News TV Discourse by M. A. Gladko

“…The key tasks of the research are to identify the repertoire of thematic dominants of recreation, their functional characteristics, the specifics of participation in the construction of the news text, as well as a description of the recreation scale.Methodology and sources. …”
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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Scrub Typhus and its Association with Liver Disease by Shalini Balamurugan, Reenaa Mohan, Jenifer Florence Mary, Kulkarni Sweta, Tresa Remya Athipozhi Thomas, Saranya Selvamurthy, Sanjay Pasupathy

“…The studies selected were all scrub typhus patients associated with liver diseases. …”
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Exploring Control Mechanism of Motoneuron Pools for the Forearm Antagonist Synergistic Muscles by Haoran Ren, Xinyu Jiang, Chenyun Dai

“…Therefore, we used a discharge coherence analysis of motor unit (MU) spike trains to investigate different sources of common and independent input between extensor and flexor muscle groups in different hand gestures. 14 gestures were selected, including the extension of individual and multi fingers, as well as pinch finger tasks. …”
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Carbon Dioxide Storage Site Location and Transport Assignment Optimization for Sustainable Maritime Transport by Yanmeng Tao, Ying Yang, Yuquan Du, Shuaian Wang

“…We formulate the problem as a mixed-integer programming (MIP) model and demonstrate that the objective function exhibits submodularity, reflecting diminishing returns in facility investment and ship operations. …”
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Sunflower-based butterfly optimization algorithm with enhanced RNN for the harmonics elimination in multilevel inverter by V. Mohan, G. Krithiga, M. Thamil Alagan, V. Sathya

“…In a cascaded MLI, the Selective Harmonic Elimination (SHE) and Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) approach is employed to mitigate lower harmonics by maintaining the needed fundamental voltage. …”
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Effects of climate change on goat production and mitigatory measures in semiarid savanna ecosystems by Alban Mugoti, Casper Nyamukanza, Anderson Munengwa, Sizo Moyo, Nation Chikumba

“…Climate change negatively affects goat productivity through decreased availability of high-quality forage, impaired reproductive function due to heat stress, and increased incidence of diseases associated with changing weather patterns. …”
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Intensive Care for Acute Liver Failure in Pediatric Practice (Review) by G. A. Avakyan, Yu. V. Bykov, A. N. Obedin

“…Anesthesiologists and intensivists face significant challenges in the diagnosis and prevention of ALF.The aim of this review is to analyze the main triggers, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and both specific and supportive treatment approaches for ALF in pediatric intensive care units.The Cochrane Library, PubMed, Medscape and Library.ru databases were used to conduct a systematic search and analysis of the scientific literature using the keywords «acute liver failure, children and adolescents, hepatic encephalopathy, cerebral edema, extracorporeal methods, liver transplantation». A total of 81 sources were selected for review. Inclusion criteria were studies that described the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of ALF in the pediatric intensive care unit. …”
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New insights into the evolution analysis of trihelix gene family in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and expression analysis under abiotic stress by Yanhong Lan, Fangyi Gong, Chun Li, Feng Xia, Yifan Li, Xiaojun Liu, Duchen Liu, Genyun Liang, Chao Fang, Peng Cai

“…In order to comprehensively investigate the functions of trihliex genes in eggplant development and the abiotic stress response, we conducted an extensive analysis of the trihliex gene family in the eggplant genome. …”
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Efficacy of Trikafta (ELX/TEZ/IVA) & Symdeko (TEZ/IVA) in Treating Cystic Fibrosis with F508del Allele: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Kainat Hussain, Sonali Karhana, Aakriti Garg, Mohd Ashif Khan

“…Additionally, ELX/TEZ/IVA successfully reduced sweat chloride levels and positively impacted Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised Respiratory Domain scores, reflecting enhanced respiratory function and improved quality of life for patients. …”
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