Population-based survey of the prevalence and types of glaucoma in Bangladesh by Bipul Kumer De Sarker, Sheikh M A Mannaf, Siddiqur Rahman, Md Shafiqul Islam, Md Mizanur Rahman, M Nazrul Islam, Salma Parvin

“…Extrapolating the results, we estimate about 2 million patients with glaucoma. Though normal-tension variety was the most common type, caution should be exercised in generalising these results to other populations.…”
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Immunohistological Localization of BMP-2, BMP-7, and Their Receptors in Knee Joints with Focal Cartilage Lesions by Hagen Schmal, Alexander T. Mehlhorn, Ingo H. Pilz, David Dovi-Akue, Christina Kirchhoff, Norbert P. Südkamp, Ulrike Gerlach, Christian Lohrmann, Philipp Niemeyer

“…Although it is well known that BMP-2 and BMP-7 play significant roles in cartilage metabolism, data about intra-articular expression and localization of these proteins and their receptors in humans are rare. …”
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Pediatric Emergency Department-based Food Insecurity Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Stephanie Ruest, Lana Nguyen, Celeste Corcoran, Susan Duffy

“…The COVID-19 pandemic caused a dramatic rise in food insecurity (FI) nationally; however, little is known about the prevalence of FI among families seen in pediatric EDs (PED). …”
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Preliminary and Comparative Experiment Study Between F-Flurpiridaz and N-NHHO Myocardial Perfusion Imaging With PET/CT in Miniature Pigs by Jiao Wang MD, Shuai Li Mpharm, Tian-wen Liu BS, Jie-min Zhang MD, PhD, Yue Chen MD, Jian-ming Li MD, PhD, Wen-gui Xu MD, PhD

“…The radioactive ratio of the left ventricular myocardium to cardiac blood pool and adjacent liver were high. …”
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LEGO-Lipophosphonoxin membrane activity is enhanced by presence of phosphatidylethanolamine but hindered by outer membrane by Hana Brzobohatá, Milica Dugić, Viktor Mojr, Nitjawan Sahatsapan, Ivana Kóšiová, Tomáš Křížek, Tereza Dolejšová, Petra Lišková, Lukasz Cwiklik, Dominik Rejman, Radovan Fišer, Gabriela Mikušová

“…Outer membrane permeability measurements and time-kill assay showed that presence of the intact outer membrane brought about reduced susceptibility of Gram-negatives. Using liposome leakage and in silico simulations, we showed that membranes with major content of phosphatidylethanolamine were more prone to LEGO-LPPO permeabilization. …”
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Associations between adverse childhood experiences and trust in health and other information from public services, professionals and wider sources: national cross sectional survey by Mark A Bellis, Karen Hughes, Kat Ford, Catherine Sharp, Rebecca Hill

“…Ensuring their engagement with health and other services is important in improving their life course prospects, but little is known about how ACEs affect trust in such services and the information they provide.Methods Data were collected via a national household survey of residents in Wales (aged ≥18 years, n=1880, November 2022–March 2023). …”
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Aqueous Extract of Leaves and Flowers of Acmella caulirhiza Reduces the Proliferation of Cancer Cells by Underexpressing Some Genes and Activating Caspase-3 by Huiny Miriane Tienoue Fotso, Mary-Ann Mbong Angie, Françoise Raïssa Ntentie, Inelle Makamwe, Ferdinand Lanvin Edoun Ebouel, Emmerencia Kenjing Ndansack, Enyong Julius Oben

“…AE-Ac showed inhibitory effects on the expression of genes involved in cancer progression making it a potential health intervention agent that can be exploited in cancer therapy protocols.…”
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Morphometric Analysis of the Host Effect on Phenotypical Variation of Belminus ferroae (Hemiptera: Triatominae) by Claudia Magaly Sandoval Ramirez, Elsa Evelia Nieves Blanco, Reinaldo Gutiérrez Marin, Diego Alexander Jaimes Mendez, Nelcy Ortiz Rodríguez, Fernando Otálora-Luna, Elis José Aldana

“…The Triatominae subfamily includes hematophagous insects, well known for their role as vectors for the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite, etiologic agent of Chagas’ disease. Belminus ferroae is a triatomine that showed an increased demographic fitness when cockroaches were used as hosts. …”
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STATISTICAL PROCESSING OF RESULTS OF TESTING OF STUDENTS by Yulia V. Gumennikova, Elena N. Ryabinova, Ruzilya N. Chernitsina

“…Assessment of the probability that a random value within the range of learning, characterized by a deficiency in the assimilation of educational material, leads to the conclusion that about 30% of students will require more self-educational activity to achieve a satisfactory invariant form of self-competence. …”
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Combined Open-Slot and Monopole 8 × 8 High-Isolation Broadband MIMO Antenna System for Sub-6 GHz Terminals by Jie Guo, Shaoqing Zhang, Chong-Zhi Han, Liang Zhang

“…Second, a dual antenna pair is constructed by placing the two antenna elements with an edge-to-edge distance of 27 mm in a mirror image placement; the 8 × 8 MIMO antenna system is brought about by symmetrically disposing four such antenna pairs with an edge-to-edge distance of 47 mm. …”
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Semaphorin 3A Inhibits Inflammation in Chondrocytes under Excessive Mechanical Stress by Chikako Sumi, Naoto Hirose, Makoto Yanoshita, Mami Takano, Sayuri Nishiyama, Yuki Okamoto, Yuki Asakawa, Kotaro Tanimoto

“…However, there are few reports about Sema3A in chondrocytes, and the effects of Sema3A on inflammation in the cartilage are poorly understood. …”
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A comparison of kinesiophobia, pain-activity patterns and fear-avoidance beliefs in patients with chronic low back pain by Egemen Kızılay, Fatma Kızılay, Betül Ergün

“…A Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was used to inquire about for the duration of axial spondylarthritis diagnosis, duration of LBP, duration of morning stiffness, general pain, pain during movement, and night pain. …”
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The Selection of Anode and Cathode Materials for Top Emission Organic Light-Emitting Diodes by Fuh-Shyang Juang, Krishn Das Patel, Kuo-Chun Huang, Wen-Xaing Juang, Jeng-Yue Chen, Lin-Ann Hong

“…There is a high energy barrier between the work function of Ag and MoO3 HOMO (5.3 eV)—about 1.1 eV—which is still not conducive to the hole injection, so a thin layer of high work function metal Au (work function 5.1 eV) was added to the top of the anode silver, which more matches with the MoO3 energy level. …”
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Prediabetes: Challenges, Novel Solutions, and Future Directions by Monique E Francois, Katie M Oetsch

“…In addition to public perception about the likelihood of disease progression to T2D, prediabetes is not considered a disease state, which may also influence public perception regarding perceived urgency of treatment and necessity for intervention. …”
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Assessment of Iodine Status among Pregnant Women and Neonates Using Neonatal Thyrotropin (TSH) in Mainland China after the Introduction of New Revised Universal Salt Iodisation (US... by Hang Zhou, Zheng Feei Ma, Yiming Lu, Binyu Pan, Jian Shao, Liya Wang, Yanyan Du, Qihua Zhao

“…However, it is unclear about iodine and thyroid status of Chinese pregnant women and neonates after the implementation of the revised universal salt iodisation (USI) level in 2012. …”
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Grade IV oral mucositis treatment with Brazilian green propolis mucoadherent gel by Diogo Alvarenga Silva, Patrícia Carlos Caldeira, Silvia Ferreira de Sousa, Vagner Rodrigues Santos

“…The patients complained about the inability to eat, drink, and speak, which caused the radiotherapy interruption. …”
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What Time Is It? Finding Which Temporal Features is More Useful for Next Activity Prediction by Lerina Aversano, Martina Iammarino, Antonella Madau, Giuseppe Pirlo, Gianfranco Semeraro

“…Considering predictive process monitoring, the subarea of next activity prediction helps to obtain a prediction about the next activity performed using control flow data, event data with no attributes other than the timestamp, activity label, and case identifier. …”
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For Carlos Castillo-Chavez by Dean Evasius

“…His unparalleled mentoring of minority students is a reflection of his deep belief in the abundance of scientific talent.    Carlos, we in the mathematical sciences community offer you our deepest gratitude. …”
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Measurement of the temperature-dependent cross-plane thermal conductivity of the Li-ion battery pouch cell by Minjoo Kim, Dong-min Kim, Young-Beom Kim, Bong Jae Lee

“…Calibration experiments resulted in a measurement uncertainty of about 2%. Notably, our measurements showed that the cross-plane thermal conductivity of LFP pouch cell is strongly temperature-dependent, changing from 0.128±0.005 Wm−1K−1 at 21.7 °C to 0.199±0.006 Wm−1K−1 at 44 °C (i.e., 55% increase). …”
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Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Signaling in Immune Cells and Inflammation: Roles and Therapeutic Potential by Masayo Aoki, Hiroaki Aoki, Rajesh Ramanathan, Nitai C. Hait, Kazuaki Takabe

“…In this review, we summarize previous findings and new discoveries about the importance of S1P and S1PR signaling in the recruitment of immune cells and lymphocyte retention in inflamed tissues. …”
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