Receptor Status Differences in Prognosis for Breast Cancer by Yelda Deligöz Bildacı, Deniz Yamaç, Uğur Coşkun

“…Our objective was to determine the difference in overall and disease-free survival for breast cancer types categorized by receptor status. Methods: This is a retrospective matched case-control study with breast cancer patients of two types. …”
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Trajectories of US parents’ divisions of domestic labor throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by Richard Petts, Daniel Carlson

“…Nonetheless, one-quarter experienced long-term changes. Parents were equally as likely to transition to a nontraditional division of housework as to a traditional one (10%) but were four times more likely to transition to a nontraditional division of child care than to a traditional division (21% vs. 5%). …”
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Uncertainty Quantification of Geophysical and Hydrologic Parameters Estimated From Borehole Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Data by Burke J. Minsley, Stephanie N. Phillips, Stephanie R. James

“…Often, parameters are estimated through deterministic inversion methods that produce a single best‐fit estimate, but do not reflect uncertainties in model parameters. …”
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Characteristics of the Static Zigzag-Triangle Frequency Converter by Kalinin L.P., Zaitsev D.A., Tirsu M.S., Golub I.V., Pogorletsky V.M., Kaloshin D.N

“…The aim of the work is to study operational characteristics and evaluate strategies and laws of the proposed device from the point of view of developing methods and means of power transmission improving quality via electrical communication, containing a frequency converter based on phase-shifting transformer made according to zigzag-triangle scheme and controlled by power keys. …”
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DETERMINATION OF PARAMETERS OF INFORMATION PROTECTIOOF N AT THE ENTERPRISE IN CONDITIONS DESTABILIZING INFORMATION INFLUENCE by Асаді Болдгоягович Гребенніков, Герман Вікторович Шуклін, Олег Владимирович Барабаш, Юрій Миколайович Щебланін

“…The task of this work are determinations of basic parameters, that characterize the system of defense of information of enterprise at the acceptance of administrative decisions a public servant in the conditions of destabilizing informative influences. The methods of researches are a probability theory and quality theory of differential equalizations. …”
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Somatic overgrowth predisposes to seizures in autism spectrum disorders. by Giulia Valvo, Sara Baldini, Francesca Brachini, Fabio Apicella, Angela Cosenza, Anna Rita Ferrari, Renzo Guerrini, Filippo Muratori, Maria Francesca Romano, Filippo M Santorelli, Raffaella Tancredi, Federico Sicca

“…However, isolated macrocephaly was equally distributed among groups or associated with early onset seizures when accompanied by tall stature.…”
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Motives of Poland's Outward Direct Investments from the Lodz Region: Results of a Direct Study by Tomasz Dorożyński, Anetta Kuna-Marszałek, Janusz Świerkocki

“… Objective: The objective of the paper is to identify motivation behind FDI followed by enterprises from the Lodz Region and to find out if these motives are similar in companies different in size, share of foreign capital and internationalisation path. Research Design & Methods: Empirical research was based on questionnaire-based interviews and in-depth interviews which covered 80% of outward direct investors from the Lodz Region. …”
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Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder: pediatric comorbidities by Francisca Gomes Neves, Dário Ferreira, Paula Cristina Correia

“…This systematic review aims to gather knowledge on prevalent comorbidities in pediatric ARFID patients. Methods: Following PRISMA guidelines, a systematic literature review was conducted, focusing on comorbidities in ARFID-diagnosed participants with a mean age inferior or equal to 18 years old. …”
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Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of lifitegrast 5% eye drops: A randomized, double-blind, active-controlled trial in Indian patients with dry eye disease by Namrata Sharma, Sayan Basu, Rohit Shetty, Pramod Kumar, Anindita Mondal, P Seshu Babu, Richa Srivastava, Ranjana A Pande, Shubashree Karat, Hemaxi P Desai, S Manjula, M Krishna Kumar

“…Purpose: To compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of lifitegrast 5% versus carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) 0.5% in adult patients with dry eye disease (DED). Methods: A total of 370 eligible patients with DED were randomized equally to receive twice-daily doses of a single drop in each eye of either lifitegrast 5% or CMC 0.5% for 12 weeks. …”
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A novel framework for fluid/structure interaction in rapid subject specific simulations of blood flow in coronary artery bifurcations by Blagojević Milan, Nikolić Aleksandar, Živković Miroslav, Živković Milorad, Stanković Goran

“…The places where (a) endothelial shear stress is less than 1.5, and (b) oscillatory shear index is very small (close or equal to 0) are prone to plaque genesis. Conclusion. …”
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Fracture strength of veneered translucent zirconium dioxide crowns with different porcelain thicknesses by Fahad Bakitian, Przemek Seweryniak, Evaggelia Papia, Christel Larsson, Per Vult von Steyern

“…Objective: To evaluate fracture strength of veneered translucent zirconium dioxide crowns designed with different porcelain layer thicknesses. Materials and Methods: Sixty crowns, divided into six groups of 10, were used in this study. …”
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DAPK Promoter Methylation and Bladder Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Lihe Dai, Chong Ma, Zhensheng Zhang, Shuxiong Zeng, Anwei Liu, Shijie Tang, Qian Ren, Yinghao Sun, Chuanliang Xu

“…Due to inconsistent results of these studies, we performed this meta-analysis to ascertain the association.<h4>Methods</h4>Studies were retrieved from the PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library databases. …”
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Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing The Effect Of Oral Rehydration Therapy With And Without Racecadotril In The Management Of Acute Diarrhea In Children by Sughra Zulfiqar, Hifza Zeb, Nadia Mumtaz, Ammara Musthaq Khan, Taimur Khalil Sheikh, Tariq Saeed

“… Objective: This study aimed to investigate the beneficial effect of racecadotril in children with acute diarrheal illness. Methods: This randomized case-control study was conducted at Watim General Hospital over four months from April to July 2023. …”
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Mechanisms and Factors Influencing Resorption of Herniated Part of Lumbar Disc Herniation: Comprehensive Review by Lai Q, Gong G, Lu Y, You P, Zhu Y, Wang Z, Lin S, Jiang H, Li X, Liu J

“…Additionally, this review summarizes recent progress in the study of resorption mechanisms following lumbar disc herniation, providing a reference for future clinical research.Methods: Literature was systematically searched in PubMed, Web of Science, and CNKI (2000-2024) using keywords: ‘lumbar disc herniation,’ ‘resorption,’ ‘autophagy,’ ‘TCM.’ …”
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Managing collaboration between Traditional and Western health practitioners in mental health care, Limpopo province, South Africa by Nare J. Masola, Mpho Maotoana

“…Setting: This study was conducted in six rural villages in Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg district, Limpopo province, South Africa. Methods: Qualitative approach was adopted, and exploratory descriptive design was used. …”
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The Effect of Coenzyme Q10 on Vestibular Compensation Process after Unilateral Labyrinthectomy in Rats Using Behavioral Tests by Ayşe Çeçen, Rıfat Karlı, Asude Ünal

“…Objective: To determine the effect of coenzyme Q10 on the vestibular compensation process after unilateral labyrinthectomy. Material and Methods: Thirty Wistar rats were randomly assigned to 3 equal groups: the negative control group, the experimental group and the control group. …”
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Effects of dose-dependent response to gamma radiation on circumvallate papilla by expression of caspase-3 in vivo by Khaled El-Haddad, Nabil El-Faramawy

“…Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the dose-dependent response of circumvallate papillae to gamma radiation by immunohistochemical expression of caspase-3. Material and methods: Twenty-four adult male albino rats were divided into 3 equal groups irradiated at 2.0, 4.0 and 6.0 Gy whole-body gamma radiation doses. …”
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A comparative study between transbronchial cryobiopsy vs forceps biopsy in patients with interstitial lung diseases guided by fluoroscope by Mahmoud Abdelnasser Elkomy, Mohamed Samy Torky, Ayman Mohamed El Saqa, Hoda Mokhtar Bahr

“…Two equal groups were formed from the participants. Group I underwent transbronchial cryobiopsy guided by fluoroscopy, and group II underwent transbronchial forceps biopsy guided by fluoroscopy. …”
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Restrictions of the freedom of speech in France in the digital technologies era by Xenia A. Ivanova, Alexander A. Stepanov

“…The description of methodology. General scientific methods ‐ analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, comparison ‐ were used. …”
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A Novelly-Spatiotemporal Characterization of the Disease Course in the MNU-Induced Retinitis Pigmentosa Model by Yan W, He Q, Long P, Zhang L, Wang H, Chen T

“…Weiming Yan,1,&ast; Qiurui He,2,&ast; Pan Long,3,&ast; Lei Zhang,4 Haiyan Wang,4 Tao Chen5 1Department of Ophthalmology, Fuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Dongfang Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiovascular Intervention, The Third Hospital of Zhangzhou, Zhangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Ophthalmology, The General Hospital of Western Theatre Command, PLA, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Ophthalmology, The Shaanxi Eye Hospital, Xi’an People’s Hospital (Xi’an Fourth Hospital), Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 5Center of Clinical Aerospace Medicine, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Weiming Yan; Tao Chen, Email ywming@fjmu.edu.cn; baiidtf0506@126.comObjective: With the aids of ophthalmic imaging techniques for animals, the spatiotemporal characterization of MNU-induced retinitis pigmentosa (RP) rats were performed.Methods: Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into normal group (N), MNU-low-dose group (L) and MNU-high-dose group (H). …”
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