Experience of sexual relationship of patients after radical prostatectomy: a qualitative study by Haiyu Zhang, Zhen Liu, Zhen Liu, Yongmei Ye, Xiaolian Long, Tuan Yu, Yuxi Zhang, Ziling Dai, Juan Du, Ling Chen

“…Colaizzi’s seven-step process for the phenomenological approach was applied to data analysis.ResultsFour themes and 11 subcategories were identified. …”
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Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling to Assess Biobehavioral Factors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Thailand: Cross-Sectional Study by Watcharapol Srinor, Suvimon Tanpradech, Panupit Thiengtham, Samart Karuchit, Charif Naksuk, Thitipong Yingyong, Thananda Naiwatanakul, Sanny Northbrook, Wolfgang Hladik

“…All functions were automated; data managers monitored recruitment, data collection, and payment and could be contacted by recruits as needed. …”
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USP14 inhibition enhances Parkin-independent mitophagy in iNeurons by Greta Bernardo, Miguel A. Prado, Anna Roshani Dashtmian, Mariavittoria Favaro, Sofia Mauri, Alice Borsetto, Elena Marchesan, Joao A. Paulo, Steve P. Gygi, Daniel J. Finley, Elena Ziviani

“…Quantitative global proteomics analysis performed following genetic ablation or pharmacological inhibition of USP14 demonstrated that USP14 loss of function specifically promotes mitochondrial autophagy in iNeurons. …”
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Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals the Role of Cis-Regulatory Elements and eQTL/sQTL in the Adaptive Selection of Hubei Indigenous Cattle by Liangyu Shi, Pu Zhang, Bo Yu, Qing Liu, Chenhui Liu, Wei Lu, Lei Cheng, Hongbo Chen

“…Selective sweep analysis revealed the candidate genes (<i>USH2A</i>, <i>TMTC2</i>, <i>ABCC12</i>, and <i>SUGT1</i>) associated with sensory perception, backfat thickness, reproduction, and immune function. …”
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Visual Servoing Using Sliding-Mode Control with Dynamic Compensation for UAVs’ Tracking of Moving Targets by Christian P. Carvajal, Víctor H. Andaluz, José Varela-Aldás, Flavio Roberti, Carolina Del-Valle-Soto, Ricardo Carelli

“…For detection and image processing, the Opencv C++ library is used; the data are published in an ROS topic at a frequency of 50 Hz. …”
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Description of the Human Penile Urethra Epithelium by Matisse Duval, David Brownell, Stéphane Chabaud, Alexis Laungani, Eric Philippe, Stéphane Bolduc

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: The male urethra is a complex structure that plays a critical role in genitourinary health and function. Despite its importance, histological descriptions of the penile urethra, particularly its epithelial components, remain incomplete. …”
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Exploring the effects of oxidative stress caused by opioid drugs: A systematic review by Thur Sina Alkesah, Nik Nasihah Nik Ramli, Nur Alya Syarafina Moh Salleh, Muhamad Arif Shahariah, Ashok Kumar Jeppu, Mohamad Halim Mohamad Shariff

“…A total of seven relevant articles underwent further analysis for data extraction.  Tramadol was shown has an effect on testicular tissue abnormalities due to the presence of oxidative stress that change the gene expression, besides, it can lead to altered neurotransmitter in cerebral cortex. …”
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Therapeutic gene targets and epigenetic modifications in rheumatoid arthritis: Insights from MTX, JAK inhibitors, and LLDT-8 by Jianan Zhao, Yunshen Li, Runrun Zhang, Yu Shan, Chenyang Song, Yaxin Cheng, Yiming Shi, Yixin Zheng, Fuyu Zhao, Junyu Fan, Cen Chang, Yuejuan Zheng, Dongyi He

“…Functional enrichment analyses were performed to explore associated pathways. …”
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Potential ecological risk and accumulation of heavy metal(loid)s in soils of Macao in China as a non-industrial and tourist City by Yao Ma, Boran Shao, Wenjun Li, Ying Li, Yang Wu, Ni Xiong, Bingzheng Zhou, Yibing Ma

“…The total concentrations of heavy metal(loid)s (As, Co, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Ni, Hg, and Zn) in soil as well as the ecological risk in different functional areas and geographic locations were studied by combining statistical analysis, the land accumulation index, and the potential ecological risk index. …”
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IGFBP5 mediates the therapeutic effect of isoliquiritigenin in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury via AKT/GLUT4 regulated insulin resistance by Jue Bai, Jue Bai, Si-Yuan Yang, Shao-Mei Yu, Ying Cao, Chang-Han Ma, Chang-Han Ma, Xuan-Yi Hu, Xiong Chen, Ying-Nan Song, Ying-Nan Song, Hong-Jin Chen, Hong-Jin Chen, Hong-Jin Chen

“…Then, we identified potential therapeutic targets IGFBP5 for MIRI by network pharmacology and molecular docking analysis. Finally, lentivirus were used to silence or over-express IGFBP5 to elucidate the role of IGFBP5 in regulating the therapeutic effects of ISL on IR in MIRI.ResultsIn the present study, In vivo experiments demonstrated that ISL attenuated myocardial infarct size, decreased serum markers of myocardial injury, improved left ventricular systolic function, and enhanced insulin sensitivity. …”
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Single-cell transcriptome and multi-omics integration reveal ferroptosis-driven immune microenvironment remodeling in knee osteoarthritis by Yushun Wu, Jing Liu, Wenying Yu, Xiaoding Wang, Jian Li, Weiquan Zeng

“…Single-cell data were processed via Seurat (QC: mitochondrial genes &gt;3 MAD; normalization: LogNormalize; batch correction: Harmony) and annotated using CellMarker/PanglaoDB. …”
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Spatial Correlates of Dementia and Disability After Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Yutong Chen, Cyprien A. Rivier, Samantha A. Mora, Victor Torres Lopez, Sam Payabvash, Kevin Sheth, Andreas Harloff, Guido J. Falcone, Jonathan Rosand, Ernst Mayerhofer, Christopher D. Anderson

“…This study aims to refine our understanding of the association between ICH location and post‐ICH dementia and disability at a voxel level, which could improve the prognostic accuracy of these outcomes and provide mechanistic insights into post‐ICH functional outcomes. Methods and Results In this cohort study, we segmented the ICH lesions from the noncontrast computed tomography scans from 882 patients from the MGH‐ICH (Massachusetts General Hospital ICH Study) as the discovery data set and from 146 patients from the Yale‐ICH cohort as the validation data set. …”
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MicroRNA-146a Serves as a Biomarker for Adverse Prognosis of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Shengjue Xiao, Tongneng Xue, Qinyuan Pan, Yue Hu, Qi Wu, Qiaozhi Liu, Xiaotong Wang, Ailin Liu, Jie Liu, Hong Zhu, Yufei Zhou, Defeng Pan

“…MicroRNA-146a can serve as a biomarker for adverse prognosis of STEMI and might function in its pathogenesis by targeting S100A12, which may exert its role via an inflammatory response. …”
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Psychological and emotional profiles of Australian uterine transplant potential recipients: A comparison with international trials by Brigitte Gerstl, Eva Kehag, Hayley Mallinder, Tamika Baker, Kaushalya Arulpragasam, Catherine David, Meredith Stone, Elizabeth Fitzsimmons, Kate Hetherington, Rebecca Deans

“…Quantitative measurement tools included the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Short Form‐36 Health Survey, Fertility Quality of Life, and the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation. Thematic analysis was conducted on qualitative data from semi‐structured interviews. …”
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Effects of Using a Smart Bassinet on the Mental Health of Military-Affiliated Pregnant Women: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Sleep Health and Mood in Newly Expectant Military... by Michele L Okun, Jennifer L Payne, Lauren M Osborne, Leilani Feliciano, Andrew Lac

“…Six separate mixed 2 (treatment vs control) × 6 (assessment period) multivariate analysis of variance and analysis of variance models will be conducted to test the hypotheses that SB will have a greater impact on infant and maternal sleep than TB, SB will be associated with a greater reduction in postpartum mood symptoms than TB, and immune system function will be less dysregulated in birthing individuals using SB compared to those using TB. …”
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Exploring the role of topography in the sputtering process of tungsten by GyM helium plasma by Andrea Uccello, Gabriele Alberti, Matteo Pedroni, Anna Cremona, Francesco Ghezzi, Miriam Saleh, Espedito Vassallo, Luigi Bana, David Dellasega, Matteo Passoni, Carlo Tuccari, Davide Vavassori, Antti Hakola, Marcin Rasinski, Juri Romazanov, the GyM Team

“…Moreover, $Y_{\mathrm{eff}}$ values from both mass loss data and ERO2.0 simulations as a function of $\delta_{\mathrm{m}}$ align well with a decreasing sigmoid fit function. …”
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Predicting and elucidating the etiology of fatty liver disease: A machine learning modeling and validation study in the IMI DIRECT cohorts. by Naeimeh Atabaki-Pasdar, Mattias Ohlsson, Ana Viñuela, Francesca Frau, Hugo Pomares-Millan, Mark Haid, Angus G Jones, E Louise Thomas, Robert W Koivula, Azra Kurbasic, Pascal M Mutie, Hugo Fitipaldi, Juan Fernandez, Adem Y Dawed, Giuseppe N Giordano, Ian M Forgie, Timothy J McDonald, Femke Rutters, Henna Cederberg, Elizaveta Chabanova, Matilda Dale, Federico De Masi, Cecilia Engel Thomas, Kristine H Allin, Tue H Hansen, Alison Heggie, Mun-Gwan Hong, Petra J M Elders, Gwen Kennedy, Tarja Kokkola, Helle Krogh Pedersen, Anubha Mahajan, Donna McEvoy, Francois Pattou, Violeta Raverdy, Ragna S Häussler, Sapna Sharma, Henrik S Thomsen, Jagadish Vangipurapu, Henrik Vestergaard, Leen M 't Hart, Jerzy Adamski, Petra B Musholt, Soren Brage, Søren Brunak, Emmanouil Dermitzakis, Gary Frost, Torben Hansen, Markku Laakso, Oluf Pedersen, Martin Ridderstråle, Hartmut Ruetten, Andrew T Hattersley, Mark Walker, Joline W J Beulens, Andrea Mari, Jochen M Schwenk, Ramneek Gupta, Mark I McCarthy, Ewan R Pearson, Jimmy D Bell, Imre Pavo, Paul W Franks

“…Multi-omics (genetic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic) and clinical (liver enzymes and other serological biomarkers, anthropometry, measures of beta-cell function, insulin sensitivity, and lifestyle) data comprised the key input variables. …”
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ROLE OF CYTOXIC T-LYMPHOCYTES IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF PRETERM BIRTH by N. R. Radzhabova, N. Yu. Sotnikova, A. V. Kudryashova, N. Yu. Borzova, A. I. Malyshkina

“…To establish a possible pathogenetic mechanism of preterm birth in women with threatened preterm birth on the basis of the revealed features of differentiation and functional activity of CD8+- lymphocytes at the systemic levelMaterials and methods. …”
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Association between self-stigma and diabetic complications in Japanese people with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study by Asuka Kato, Yasutaka Maeda, Masae Minami, Daiji Kawanami, Mayuko Yamamoto, Yuichi Takashi, Masashi Ishizu, Kyoko Toyokawa, Dai Nagata, Kensuke Makihata, Haruki Koganemaru, Tomoki Sakamoto, Kayoko Teshima, Yuka Urata, Yoshimi Muta, Hisashi Yokomizo, Dan Sekiguchi

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Characterization of Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) Gene Family and Their Responses to Salinity Stress and Fruit Development in Octoploid Strawberry by Yunting Zhang, Yan Chen, Weiliang Gao, Su Tian, Bangyu Lin, Xianjie Gu, Yuanxiu Lin, Mengyao Li, Yan Wang, Wen He, Yong Zhang, Qing Chen, Ya Luo, Xiaorong Wang, Haoru Tang

“…The analysis of previously published transcriptome data revealed that <i>FaSOD</i> genes are expressed variably under salt stress. …”
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