Identification of novel autoantibodies in Sjögren’s disease by Fiona Engelke, Petra Budde, Salvatore De Vita, Thomas Dörner, Diana Ernst, Jan Gras, Harald Heidecke, Annika Loredana Kilian, Katja Kniesch, Ann-Sophie Lindemann, Luca Quartuccio, Jacob Ritter, Kai Schulze-Forster, Benjamin Seeliger, Hans-Dieter Zucht, Torsten Witte

“…We aimed to identify novel autoantibodies in SjD that may facilitate the diagnostic procedure for Ro/SSA negative SjD.MethodsIgG and IgA autoantibody reactivity of 94 potential candidate autoantigens for SjD, selected from a discovery screen of 1,629 human antigens coupled to Luminex beads and prior knowledge about potential biological relevance, were examined in serum of SjD patients (n=347) using Luminex and ELISA technology. …”
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Study on interface structure and thermal conductivity regulation of Cu–In composite thermal interface materials by Jie Zhang, Nan Wu, Hong Guo, Zhongnan Xie, Mingmei Sun, Hui Yang, Ximin Zhang, Yulin Liu, Xinbo He

“…Therefore, a continuous CuIn phase interface layer of about 0.91 μm thick yields the highest thermal conductivity, reaching 122.25 Wm−1K−1, which is 1.4 times greater than that of pure In. …”
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Exploring under-five child malnutrition in Bangladesh: Analysis using the Extended Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (ECIEF) by Farzana Akhter Bornee, Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury, Badrun Naher Siddique, Baki Billah, Farjana Akter, Md Nazmul Karim

“…Results: In Bangladesh, as indicated by the ECIAF, approximately 40.8% (95% Confidence interval (CI): 39.7, 41.9) of children under-five experience malnutrition where about 3.3% (95% CI: 2.9, 3.7) were overweight. Children of parents with no formal education (56.3%, 95% CI: 50.8, 61.8), underweight mothers (53.4%, 95% CI: 50.4, 56.3), belonging to the lowest socio-economic strata (50.6%, 95% CI: 48.3, 53.0), residing in rural areas (43.3%, 95% CI: 41.9, 44.6), and aged below three years (47.7%, 95% CI: 45.2, 50.2) demonstrated a greater age and sex adjusted prevalence of malnutrition. …”
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Syndemic, mental health and living with dependent persons in Latin America and Spain: a study with a gender perspective by Natalia López-Contreras, Tomás López-Jiménez, Laura Medina-Perucha, Brenda Biaani León-Gómez, Alessandra Queiroga Gonçalves, Olivia Janett Horna-Campos, Maria Sol Anigstein, Jakeline Ribeiro Barbosa, Mariana Pastorello Verotti, Olga Bardales-Mendoza, Karen M. Arteaga-Contreras, Anna Berenguera, Andrés Peralta, Constanza Jacques-Aviñó

“…For men, risks were related to being younger, worsening working conditions and concerns about living together at home. Conclusions Women in Latin America who lived with dependents had worse outcomes than those in Spain did. …”
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Angel or devil: the dual roles of 2,3,5,4′-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-β-D-glucopyranoside in the development of liver injury based on integrating pharmacological techniques: a system... by Jiajie Jiang, Jiajie Jiang, Qixiu Wang, Qiang Wu, Bobin Deng, Cui Guo, Jie Chen, Jinhao Zeng, Yaoguang Guo, Xiao Ma

“…The findings revealed that TSG exhibited bidirectional effects on the levels of ALT and AST, while also regulating the levels of ALT, AST, TNF-α, IL-6, serum TG, serum TC, SOD, MDA, IFN-γ, and apoptosis rate. …”
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Impact of Additional Active Treatment for Prostate Cancer on Health-related Quality of Life of Men: Results from the EUPROMS 2.0 1-year Follow-up Survey by Lionne D.F. Venderbos, Sebastiaan Remmers, André Deschamps, John Dowling, Ernst-Günter Carl, Nuno Pereira-Azevedo, Monique J. Roobol

“…Patient summary: The follow-up data on quality of life collected by Europa Uomo can be used to inform future prostate cancer (PCa) patients about the impact of undergoing (multiple) PCa treatment(s).…”
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Meteorological Anomalies During Earthquake Preparation: A Case Study for the 1995 Kobe Earthquake (M = 7.3) Based on Statistical and Machine Learning-Based Analyses by Masashi Hayakawa, Shinji Hirooka, Koichiro Michimoto, Stelios M. Potirakis, Yasuhide Hobara

“…Further, the spatial distributions of the anomaly intensity of the two quantities have been presented using about 40 stations to provide a further support to the close relationship of this peak with the EQ. …”
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Intention to use eLearning-based continuing professional development and its predictors among healthcare professionals in Amhara region referral hospitals, Ethiopia, 2023: using mo... by Jenberu Mekurianew Kelkay, Sisay Maru Wubante, Deje Sendek Anteneh, Mitiku Kassaw Takilo, Chernet Desalegn Gebeyehu, Temesgen Ayenew Alameraw, Kassahun Dessie Gashu

“…AMOS 23 SEM was also used to describe and assess the degree and significance of relationships between variables. Results About 51.8% (506/976) (95% CI: 48.7–55.0) of participants have the intention to use eLearning for CPD. …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Treatments for Early‐Stage Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized and Non‐Randomized Studies by Yves Paul Vincent Mbous, Rowida Mohamed, Usha Sambamoorthi, Murtuza Bharmal, Khalid M. Kamal, Traci LeMasters, Joanna Kolodney, George A. Kelley

“…A statistically significant improvement in OS was observed for groups administered adjuvant RTx (SRx + RTx) compared to SRx only (HR = 0.78, 95% CI, 0.62–0.99), albeit with statistically significant heterogeneity (Q = 532.30, p < 0.001) and a large amount of inconsistency (I2 = 94%, 95% CI, 93.0–95.5). …”
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Analisis Ketahanan Hidup Lima Tahun Kanker Tiroid yang Dikelola di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Oktahermoniza Oktahermoniza, Wirsma Arif Harahap, Tofriza Tofriza, Rosfita Rasyid

“…The purpose of this research is to determine about at five year survival of thyroid cancer which recorded at RS M. …”
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Determining the effect of frailty on survival in advanced ovarian cancer: study protocol for a prospective multicentre national cohort study (FOLERO) by Daniel Hunde, Niklas Ekerstad, Mihaela Asp, Päivi Kannisto, Madelene Wedin, Charlotte Palmqvist, Pernilla Dahm-Kähler, Yvonne Brandberg, Mirna Abraham-Nordling, Kristina Åhlund, Vilhelm Mörlin, Nina Groes-Kofoed, Sahar Salehi

“…Nevertheless, there are no recommendations on patient-selection, albeit treating an unselected population in a public and centralized health care setting. …”
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Pseudomonas syringae lytic transglycosylase HrpH interacts with host ubiquitin ligase ATL2 to modulate plant immunity by Jun-Zhou Li, Yi-Lin Gu, Wei Zhang, Shen Cong, Ruo-Na Wang, Yi-Nan Ma, Ya Jin, Hai-Lei Wei

“…Summary: Pseudomonas syringae deploys a type III secretion system (T3SS) to deliver effector proteins to facilitate infection of plant cells; however, little is known about the direct interactions between T3SS components and plants. …”
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Impact of Flexor Tendon Traction Tenolysis on Clinical Outcomes in Open A1 Pulley Release for Trigger Finger by Shalimar Abdullah, BMBS, MS, Syed Jeffrey Syed Ahmad Kabeer, MBChB, MD, Lim Chia Hua, MD, Jamari Sapuan, MD, MS, Parminder Singh Gill, MBBS, MS, Elaine Soh Zi Fan, MBBS, MD

“…The patients were predominantly diabetic with the condition affecting the left hand and middle finger and presenting as grade III trigger finger. …”
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Tools for the Analysis of Quantum Protocols Requiring State Generation Within a Time Window by Bethany Davies, Thomas Beauchamp, Gayane Vardoyan, Stephanie Wehner

“…To maintain sufficient quality for an application, each resource state is discarded from the memory after <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$w$</tex-math></inline-formula> time steps. Let <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$s$</tex-math></inline-formula> be the number of desired resource states required by a protocol. …”
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Catalytic effect of Fe@Fe2O3 nanowires and Fenton process on carbamazepine removal from aqueous solutions using response surface methodology by M.M. Amin, S. Yousefinejad, M. Dehghani, S. Rahimi

“…After scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray diffract meter analysis, Fe@Fe₂O₃ morphology was synthesized in the form of nanowires with diameters of about 40-80 nm. The optimum oxidation conditions for carbamazepine were established at pH= 4.3, reaction time of 45.9 min, nanowire dose of 179.4 mg/L as well as H₂O₂, FeSO₄.7H₂O and carbamazepine concentrations of 22, 52.2 and 7.7 mg/L, respectively. …”
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Pengaruh Senam Nifas terhadap Penurunan Tinggi Fundus Uteri pada Ibu Post Partum di RSUP DR. M. Djamil Padang by Nurniati Tianastia Rullynil, Ermawati ., Lisma Evareny

“…Penelitian ini merupakan studi eksperimental dengan Post Test Only Control Group Design. Alat yang digunakan dalam penelitian berupa kaliper pelvimetri. …”
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hUC-MSC preserves erectile function by restoring mitochondrial mass of penile smooth muscle cells in a rat model of cavernous nerve injury via SIRT1/PGC-1a/TFAM signaling by Mengbo Yang, Xinda Chen, Ming Zhang, Xiaolin Zhang, Dongdong Xiao, Huiming Xu, Mujun Lu

“…However, little is known about the effect of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSC) on CNI-ED. …”
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Readiness of adults with type 1 diabetes and diabetes caregivers for diabetes distress monitoring using a voice-based digital health solution: insights from the PsyVoice mixed meth... by Carine de Beaufort, Guy Fagherazzi, Aurélie Fischer, Till Seuring, Franchesca Aguirre Vergara, Gloria A Aguayo, India Pinker, Maria A Tichomirowa, Siri-Maria Kamp

“…We performed a qualitative reflexive thematic analysis of semistructured interviews of people living with T1D or caring for a child with T1D, complemented by quantitative analysis (descriptive statistics).Setting 12 adults living with T1D who attended diabetes centres or cared for a child with this condition participated in semistructured interviews to collect opinions about voice technology. They also responded to three questionnaires on sociodemographics and diabetes management, diabetes distress and e-health literacy.Outcome measures Main: Patient experiences and perceptions derived from the coded transcriptions of interview data. …”
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Machine learning based on blood test biomarkers predicts fast progression in advanced NSCLC patients treated with immunotherapy by Jie Yang, Jian-Guo Zhou, Benjamin Frey, Hu Ma, Haitao Wang, Markus Hecht, Rainer Fietkau, Udo Gaipl, Xiaofei Chen, Ada Hang-Heng Wong, Fangya Tan, Si-Si He, Gang Shen, Yun-Jia Wang, Wenzhao Zhong

“…In addition, the absolute difference in median survival between the SVM-predicted FP and non-FP groups was significant in both progression-free survival and overall survival (p&lt;0.001).Conclusion SVM trained using a 4-biomarker panel has good performance in predicting the occurrence of FP regardless of programmed cell death ligand 1 expression, hence providing evidence for decision-making in single-agent atezolizumab immunotherapy for patients with advanced NSCLC.…”
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Alterations in fecal bacteriome virome interplay and microbiota-derived dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia by Shiwan Tao, Yulu Wu, Liling Xiao, Yunqi Huang, Han Wang, Yiguo Tang, Siyi Liu, Yunjia Liu, Qianshu Ma, Yubing Yin, Minhan Dai, Min Xie, Jia Cai, Zhengyang Zhao, Qiuyue Lv, Jiashuo Zhang, Mengting Zhang, Menghan Wei, Yang Chen, Mingli Li, Qiang Wang

“…However, little is known about the role of the gut virome on shaping the gut bacteriome in SCZ. …”
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