Dietary Herbal Leaves Mixture Extract Enhances Growth, Antioxidant Status, and Resistance to Gyrodactylus malalai in Heteroclarias Catfish, Clarias gariepinus ♀ × Heterobranchus lo... by Bilal Ahamad Paray, Eijaz Ahmed Bhat, Olaolu O. Fawole, Samuel B. Umma, Ibrahim Adeshina

“…Our study examined the use of an herbal leaf mixture extract of Tridax procumbens, Mitrascapus scaber, Mucuna pruriens, and Carica papaya (EML) as a functional feed supplement to manage this possible parasite infection. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with frailty among incident kidney transplant patients: a cross-sectional study by Raoni de Oliveira Domingues-da-Silva, Helady Sanders-Pinheiro, Emiliana Holanda Pedrosa, Camila Mendes dos Santos, Jerônimo Junqueira Junior, Ronaldo de Matos Esmeraldo, Paula Frassinetti Castelo Branco Camurça Fernandes, Claudia Maria Costa de Oliveira, Tainá Veras de Sandes-Freitas

“…OBJECTIVES: To estimate frailty prevalence in pre-KT patients and its association with functional, cognitive, and laboratory anomalies. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional descriptive study included adult KT candidates assessed within 24 hours before KT, at two medical centers in Northeast Brazil. …”
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Influence of VEGF deprivation upon vascular formation by endothelium in the presence of macrophages by A. R. Kozyreva, T. Yu. Lvova, K. L. Markova, A. S. Simbirtsev, A. M. Ischenko, S. A. Selkov, D. I. Sokolov

“…Development of angiogenesis depends on the functional state of endothelial cells, as well as on the balanced secretion of cytokines, growth factors and chemokines by endothelial cells and cells of microenvironment. …”
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Assessment of lipid metabolism in thyroid dysfunction by V. G. Kadzharyan, A. I. Melnik, P. P. Bidzilya, S. A. Solovyuk

“…To define features of lipid metabolism, depending on the functional state of the thyroid gland. 3. …”
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Impact of obesity on echocardiographic parameters and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels in patients with heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction: unanswered qu... by E. A. Lyasnikova, A. A. Kuular, A. V. Pavlovskaya, A. N. Vlasenko, A. V. Kozlenok, A. Yu. Babenko, M. Yu. Sitnikova, E. V. Shlyakhto

“…In 20% of patients with clinical manifestations of stable HFmrEF and structural and functional echocardiographic criteria, NT-proBNP were ≤125 pg/ml. …”
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E6AP is essential for the proliferation of HPV-positive cancer cells by preventing senescence. by Alicia Avenhaus, Milica Velimirović, Julia Bulkescher, Martin Scheffner, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, Karin Hoppe-Seyler

“…Taken together, our results uncover a hitherto unrecognized and potent anti-senescent function of the E6AP protein in HPV-positive cancer cells, which is essential for their sustained proliferation. …”
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A Joint Knowledge Extraction Model for Tobacco Pest and Disease Prevention Based on BERT+BA+CASREL by Kehan Liu, Feng Zhang, Qiulan Wu, Xiang Sun, Huarui Wu, Ziruo Sun

“…Additionally, the GHM loss function is adopted to replace the traditional cross-entropy loss function, alleviating the data imbalance issue. …”
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Incidence and prognosis associated with troponin elevation after cardiac surgery: a prospective cohort study by Arthur Clement, Lee S Nguyen, Anousone Daulasim, Magali Souibri

“…However, numerous confounding elements, such as inflammation, liver and renal function biomarkers, have been associated with troponin variations. …”
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Exosome-Mediated Mitochondrial Regulation: A Promising Therapeutic Tool for Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease by Jung YH, Jo HY, Kim DH, Oh YJ, Kim M, Na S, Song HY, Lee HJ

“…Neurons have high energy demands; thus, maintaining a healthy mitochondrial population is important for their biological function. Recently, exosomes have been reported to have mitochondrial regulatory potential and antineurodegenerative properties. …”
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Modelling cognitive decline in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial [HYVET] and proposed risk tables for population use. by Ruth Peters, Nigel Beckett, Robert Beardmore, Rafael Peña-Miller, Kenneth Rockwood, Arnold Mitnitski, Shahrul Mt-Isa, Christopher Bulpitt

“…The probability of maintaining cognitive function, based on baseline function, was slightly higher in the actively treated group (e.g., for those with the fewest baseline errors, the chance of staying in that state was 63% for those on treatment, compared with 60% for those on placebo). …”
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Experimental Studies of Heat and Moisture Exchange in the Process of Convective Drying of Thin Wet Materials by A. I. Ol’shanskii, S. V. Zhernosek, A. M. Gusarov

“…The authors consider the possibility of determining the rate of heating of wet material by the heating rate using the graphical differentiation of the temperature function, which is described by the curve, as a function of time in the second drying period. …”
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On notch and crack size effects in fatigue, Paris� law and implications for Whler curves by Michele Ciavarella, A. Papangelo

“…We find that for a notched structure, k min k min m, as a function of size of the notch: in particular, k=k holds for small notches, then k decreases up to a limiting value _which depends upon Kt for mildly notched structures, or on FK and FR only for severe notch or crack_. …”
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The influence of excessive alcohol consumption on the course and development of dermatoses by A. F. Gatina, N. P. Teplyuk

“…The spectrum of dermatoses associated with alcohol dependence syndrome is quite extensive. Ethanol and other components of alcoholic beverages affect the structure of the skin and blood vessels, impair immune function, increase the risk of exacerbation of existing skin diseases, and also make the skin vulnerable to infectious diseases. …”
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Protein folding and the formation of inclusion bodies by JING Ming-yan, SUN Jian-yi

“…Quality control over protein structure and function depends on the presence of molecular chaperones and proteases, which prevent aggregation. …”
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AdaSpline-Net for Improved Short-Term Solar Irradiance Forecasting by Ngiap Tiam Koh, Anurag Sharma, Jianfang Xiao, Cheng Siong Chin, Chin Jun Xing, Wai Lok Woo

“…This research highlights the potential of optimized B-spline activation functions to improve the accuracy and dependability of neural network-based forecasting models.…”
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Ambiguous results of balloon angioplasty for central vein stenosis in hemodialysis patients with native arteriovenous fistula by Z. B. Kardanakhishvili, A. B. Zulkarnaev, B. V. Baykov, V. A. Stepanov

“…In the experimental group, strong negative correlation between primary patency and functional primary patency was detected: r = –0.627 [95% CI –0.787; –0.388], p < 0.0001. …”
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FIRST MOLARS MISSING AS ' OCCLUSION KEY ' IN ADOLESCENTS 13-17-YEARS-OLD by G.B. Маrtinek, А.-S.А. Кrupnyk, V.G. Martinek

“… The aim - to determine the characteristics of the first molars missing in adolescents 13-17 years depending on the age , sex and accessories for the upper and lower jaws . …”
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Enhancing visual perception by modulating prestimulus alpha and beta power with tRNS by Jinwen Wei, Huiru Zou, Qianyuan Tang, Ziqing Yao, Gan Huang, Zhen Liang, Li Zhang, Lijie Ren, Xiaodong Cai, Chen Yao, Changsong Zhou, Zhiguo Zhang

“…In a sham-controlled, within-subject design, 29 participants completed a visual detection task combined with electroencephalography (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) recordings. …”
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Oxytocin in growth, reproduction, restoration and health by Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg

“…I also showed that activation of the vagal nerve inhibits the function of the inhibitory substance somatostatin.10 years later, after some big changes in my personal life, my research focus changed. …”
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