A novel platelets-related gene signature for predicting prognosis, immune features and drug sensitivity in gastric cancer by Qun Li, Cheng Zhang, Yulin Ren, Lei Qiao, Shuning Xu, Ke Li, Ying Liu

“…A nomogram integrating the risk score and clinicopathological features was constructed. Functional enrichment and tumor microenvironment (TME) analyses were performed. …”
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Exploring the interplay of gender, breastfeeding practices, and minimum dietary diversity on stunting among Indonesian children aged 6–23 months by Rossa Amalia, Hartati Eko Wardani, Tika Dwi Tama, Anindya Hapsari

“…Stunting requires a faster reduction in prevalence to avoid functional losses in children. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the association between gender, early breastfeeding initiation, exclusive breastfeeding, breastfeeding status, and Minimum Dietary Diversity with the incidence of stunting. …”
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Coproducing healthcare service improvement for people with common mental health disorders including psychotic experiences: a study protocol of a multiperspective qualitative study by Alexandros Georgiadis, Robbie Duschinsky, Jesus Perez, Peter B Jones, Debra Russo, Clare Knight, Emma Soneson, Mary Dixon-Woods

“…Our sample will include (1) approximately 15 service users who will be receiving therapy or will have completed therapy at the time of recruitment, (2) approximately 15 service users who initiated treatment but withdrew, (3) approximately 15 therapists each with at least 4-month experience in a step-3 IAPT setting and (4) three IAPT managers. Data analysis will be based on the constant comparative method.Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the London Harrow Research Ethics Committee (reference: 18/LO/0642), and all National Health Service Trusts have granted permissions to conduct the study. …”
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Role of information technology in enhancing competitive priorities: Evidence from Yemeni pharmaceutical sector by Khadeeja Aljaradi, Ahmad Alshami

“…This sampling method was chosen to ensure representativeness across functional levels involved in strategic and operational decision-making.Data analysis using SPSS v28 revealed that IT significantly influences competitive priorities (R² = 0.586, β = 0.765, t = 16.642, p < 0.001). …”
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Identification of key genes in osteoarthritis development: biomarker discovery and therapeutic targets by Liming Wu, Disheng Wen, Weizhou Wang, Yanghao Wang, Li Zhang

“…This study aims to identify key genes involved in OA progression using bioinformatics, which may serve as diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets.MethodsSynovial tissue sequencing data (GSE1919, GSE55235, GSE82107) were retrieved from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. …”
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Distinguishing classes of neuroactive drugs based on computational physicochemical properties and experimental phenotypic profiling in planarians. by Danielle Ireland, Christina Rabeler, Sagar Rao, Rudy J Richardson, Eva-Maria S Collins

“…Here, we used cheminformatics and MTS in the freshwater planarian Dugesia japonica-an invertebrate system used for neurotoxicant testing-to evaluate the extent to which complementary insight could be gained from the two data streams. In this pilot study, our goal was to classify 19 neuroactive compounds into their functional categories: antipsychotics, anxiolytics, and antidepressants. …”
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Compensatory Plasticity in the Lateral Extrastriate Visual Cortex Preserves Audiovisual Temporal Processing following Adult-Onset Hearing Loss by Ashley L. Schormans, Brian L. Allman

“…To examine the cortical layer-specific effects at the level of postsynaptic potentials, a current source density (CSD) analysis was applied to the local field potential (LFP) data recorded in response to auditory and visual stimuli presented at various stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs). …”
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Surface wetting and contact angle: basics and characterisation by G. V. Beketov, O. V. Shynkarenko

“… Wettability is of pivotal importance in many areas of science and technology, ranging from the extractive industry to development of advanced functional materials and biomedicine problems. An increasing interest to wetting-related phenomena stimulates impetuous growth of research activity in this field. …”
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The causal relationship between circulating inflammatory proteins, gut microbiotas, immune cells and leukemia: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study by Linying Zhu, Xiaoyi Ruan, Yilun Zou, Shuikang Ye, Liangzhen Xie

“…Instrumental variables (IVs) mapping genes were identified, and functional analyses of the related genes were subsequently carried out. …”
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Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals an Atlas of Meihua Pig Testis Cells by Mao Zhang, Yiming Yan, Guoliang Peng, Shuang Gao, Hongyi Li, Yuan Li

“…Functional enrichment analysis revealed that the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in testicular somatic cells were enriched in the pathways of Ribosome, Oxidative phosphorylation, Protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum, Retrograde endocannabinoid signaling, Cellular senescence and Insulin signaling. …”
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Information security of the personnel of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine: problematic issues of normative and legal regulation by V. V. Polovnikov

“…Information security as a state is determined by the degree of achievement of the greatest correspondence (balance) between the vital personal and official (state) interests of the personnel of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in the field of collection, storage, processing, analysis and exchange of information. In the functional aspect, information security is identified with the concept of “ensuring security” and is viewed as a set of organisational, legal, technical, managerial and other measures which constitute the process of ensuring the security of public relations in the information sphere. …”
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TLR7 gene effect on hepatic fibrosis progression rate in HIV-infected patients with chronic hepatitis C by L. M. Syzova, T. I. Koval, L. P. Kotsiubailo, O. H. Marchenko

“…The examination program included: assessment of complaints and anamnestic data obtained by questioning and detailed analysis of medical records, physical examination, general clinical study of peripheral blood, determination of biochemical parameters of blood serum, characterizing the functional state of the liver, the level of СD4+ Т-lymphocytes, the stages of HF according to METAVIR and genetic studies (genotyping of TLR7 in order to determine the carriage of Leu allele). …”
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Evaluation of Geophagy Clay Capacity in Adsorbing Cd2+ and Pb2+ for Water Treatment in Southeast Nigeria by T. M. Osobamiro, E. T. Ademuyiwa, O. M. Ajibade, A. S. Hashimi

“…The presence of functional groups (hydroxyl, amine, and carboxylic/ester) and minerals (kaolinite, goethite, and quartz) provided evidence of the good adsorptive properties of the clay samples. …”
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PLOD3 as a novel oncogene in prognostic and immune infiltration risk model based on multi-machine learning in cervical cancer by Lingling Qiu, Xiuchai Qiu, Xiaoyi Yang

“…This study integrated genomic, transcriptomic, and spatial data from multiple databases to identify key metabolic genes with a causal relationship to CC. …”
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Validation of Russian versions of questionnaires in patients with low back pain syndrome by T. V. Chernyshova, G G Bagirova

“…High correlation communications of size FDI (Functional Disability Index) on HAQ, scales WOMAC, sections of a brief questionnaire of pain Me Gill with scales of general questionnaire SF-36 are revealed. …”
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Elevated plasma CXCL12α is associated with a poorer prognosis in pulmonary arterial hypertension. by Brian N McCullagh, Christine M Costello, Lili Li, Caroline O'Connell, Mary Codd, Allan Lawrie, Allison Morton, David G Kiely, Robin Condliffe, Charles Elliot, Paul McLoughlin, Sean Gaine

“…In the largest subset by WHO functional class (Class 3, 65% of patients) elevated CXCL12α independently predicted (P<0.05) earlier death, hazard ratio 2.27 (1.05-4.89).…”
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Intra-rater Reliability of a Qualitative Landing Scale for the Single-Hop Test: A Pilot Study by Maxime V. Measson, Matthew P. Ithurburn, Alexandre JM. Rambaud

“…# Background The test battery classically used for return-to-sport (RTS) decision-making after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction (ACLR) may not be sufficient, as it does not include a qualitative analysis of movement. Therefore, the Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) scale was adapted to a primary functional test in the typical RTS test battery: the single leg hop for distance (SHD)…”
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Effect of Ni doping on the properties of Ca(OH)2 nanoparticles and its application in toxic methylene blue dye removal by Akash, Pushpendra Kumar, Vipin Kumar, Ashok Kumar Sharma, Anoop Kumar Mukhopadhyay

“…The CHNPs and nickel-doped calcium hydroxide nanoparticles (Ni-CHNPs) samples were examined for their structural, elemental, functional group, surface morphology, thermal, and optical analysis using various characterization techniques. …”
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Cities as innovation poles in the digital transition. The Italian case by Giuseppe Borruso, Ginevra Balletto

“…This research combined an analysis of innovative cities in Italy, based on the innovation index (ICity Rank) with demographic data, considering metropolitan cities and their functional urban areas (FUAs), along with a set of mid-sized cities identified as 'innovative' and dynamic. …”
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Quality of Life, Procedural Success, and Clinical Outcomes following Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair by Sharon Shalom Natanzon, Keita Koseki, Danon Kaewkes, Ofir Koren, Vivek Patel, Mamoo Nakamura, Tarun Chakravarty, Raj Makkar

“…Background. Limited data exist regarding the association between the quality of life (QoL) and clinical outcomes following transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr). …”
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