Immunohistochemical Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in Primary Canine Mast Cell Tumors and Related Regional Lymph Node Metastasis by Alice Corrêa Rassele, Isabella Oliveira Almeida, Maylla Garschagen Gava, Pedro Antônio Bronhara Pimentel, Antonio Giuliano, Felipe Augusto Ruiz Sueiro, Ayisa Rodrigues de Oliveira, Andrigo Barboza de Nardi, Rodrigo dos Santos Horta

“…VEGF was expressed in 14/28 patients (50%) and 35.7% of primary MCTs (10/28), and only 14.3% expressed VEGF in both the primary tumor and its respective metastasis (4/28), with fair agreement (Κ = 0.250). …”
Get full text

Conservative Management of Cesarean Scar Ectopic Pregnancy with Fetal Heart Activity and a Very High β-hCG by Rodney McLaren, Sandra McCalla, Mohamad Irani

“…We propose that patients with CSP with very high β-hCG and fetal heart activity can be offered conservative or fertility preserving management.…”
Get full text

Impact of abnormal placentation on the risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: A retrospective analysis by Gulay Balkas

“…Among the participants, 37 women (9.81%) were diagnosed with HDPs. The incidence of HDPs was significantly lower in the PP (4.2%) and PAS (7.7%) groups compared to the control group (12.3%) (p [Med-Science 2024; 13(4.000): 1007-13]…”
Get full text

The prevalence of atrophic gastritis of the body of stomach at Krasnoyarsk population over 45 years old by V. V. Tsukanov, O. V. Tret'yakova, O. S. Amelchugova, E. V. Kasparov, D. V. Rodina, A. V. Vasyutin, N. N. Butorin, Yu. L. Tonkikh

“…Original study was carried out with involvement of 387 men and 414 women over 45 years of age (n=801), selected as a random sample, and 29 relatives of stomach cancer patients.Results. …”
Get full text

Prediction of individual patient outcomes to psychotherapy vs medication for major depression by Devon LoParo, Boadie W. Dunlop, Charles B. Nemeroff, Helen S. Mayberg, W. Edward Craighead

“…The variables predicted a meaningful proportion of variance in end-of-treatment depression severity for cognitive behavioral therapy (39.7%), escitalopram (32.1%), and duloxetine (67.7%), leading to a high accuracy in predicting remission (71%). …”
Get full text

Evaluating eating patterns and health status of undergraduate students majoring in human nutrition, Lahore, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study by Saad Afzal, Ayesha Iftikhar, Mateen Ahmad, Zeeshan Ashraf, Waseem Khalid, Shinawar Waseem Ali, Maryam Illyas, Fareed Afzal, Muhammad Zubair Khalid, Tawfiq Alsulami, Emery Lenge Mukonzo

“…The average caloric intake was only 990 ± 347 kcal, which is well below the requirement for healthy adult functioning. …”
Get full text

Design of Ring-Focus Elliptical Beam Reflector Antenna by Jun-Mo Wu, Xue Lei, Dong-fang Zhou, Lei Hou, Hong-wei Chen

“…The gain at center frequency (12 GHz) is 37.7 dBi with an aperture efficiency of 74.6%. 3 dB beam-width in φ=0° and φ=90° plane is 2.6° and 1.4°, respectively. …”
Get full text

Determination of the Phenolic Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Pear Extracts by Mindaugas Liaudanskas, Kristina Zymonė, Jonas Viškelis, Almantas Klevinskas, Valdimaras Janulis

“…Repeatability % RSD did not exceed 3.87%, and intermediate precision did not exceed 4.63%. …”
Get full text

Comparison of some methods used for estimation of heritability by Tamer Çağlayan, Şeref İnal

“…Half-sib correlations, parent-offspring correlations, parent-offspring regression and REML methods for the heritabilities were between 0.085-0.954, 0,168-0.442, 0.030-0.387 and 0.210-1.000, respectively. Heritabilities estimated by using REML method were moderate or high. …”
Get full text

Treatment of Cd2+ and Cu2+ Ions Using Modified Apatite Ore by Phuong Thu Nguyen, Xuyen Thi Nguyen, Trang Van Nguyen, Thom Thi Nguyen, Thai Quoc Vu, Huy Trung Nguyen, Nam Thi Pham, Thanh Mai Thi Dinh

“…The specific surface area of modified apatite ore (100.79 m2/g) is much higher than the original ore (3.97 m2/g). The modified apatite ore was used to adsorb Cd2+ and Cu2+ ions in water. …”
Get full text

The role of social media marketing and brand experience in increasing brand loyalty through customer engagement for mpv car users in Medan by Indawati Lestari, Desy Astrid Anindya, Finta Aramita

“…The sample calculation used the slovin formula with a total of 397 respondents. The research data used primary data and secondary data. …”
Get full text

Pharmacokinetics and Biodistribution of Zinc-Enriched Yeast in Rats by Shuangqing Zhang, Yan Zhang, Ning Peng, Haibo Zhang, Juan Yao, Zhihong Li, Liegang Liu

“…Maximum plasma concentration values were 3.87 and 2.81 μg/mL for ZnY and ZnSO4, respectively. …”
Get full text

Simultaneous Determination of Rutin, Luteolin, Quercetin, and Betulinic Acid in the Extract of Disporopsis pernyi (Hua) Diels by UPLC by Yanqi Wang, Shuyi Li, Dandan Han, Kehan Meng, Miao Wang, Chunjie Zhao

“…The average contents of rutin, luteolin, quercetin, and betulinic acid in roots were 5.63, 2.51, 3.87, and 2.41 μg/g, respectively. The method was accurate and reproducible and it can provide a quantitative basis for quality control of Disporopsis pernyi (Hua) Diels.…”
Get full text

Biosynthesis of Xanthan Gum from Fermenting Shrimp Shell: Yield and Apparent Viscosity by Larissa Alves de Sousa Costa, Márcio Inomata Campos, Janice Izabel Druzian, Ana Maria de Oliveira, Enio Nazaré de Oliveira Junior

“…It was found that the SSAE contained 89.75% moisture, 0.054% ash, 8.069% protein, 0.787 lipids, and 1.337% carbohydrates. Media containing different concentrations of SSAE and supplemented with urea (0.01%) and phosphate (0.1%) were fermented in a shaker, and the results obtained were compared with those obtained from sucrose (control) with the same supplementation and fermentation conditions. …”
Get full text

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Malay Version Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire Tested among Mothers of Primary School Children in Malaysia by Shamarina Shohaimi, Wong Yoke Wei, Zalilah Mohd Shariff

“…The confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the final model (twelve-factor model with 39 items and 2 error covariances) displayed the best fit for our sample (Chi-square = 1147; df = 634; P<0.05; CFI = 0.900; RMSEA = 0.045; SRMR = 0.0058). …”
Get full text

Virtual Culinary Influence: Investigating the Impact of Food Vlogs on Viewer Attitudes and Restaurant Visit Intentions by Tu-Anh Truong, Diana Piscarac, Seung-Mi Kang, Seung-Chul Yoo

“…Hypotheses were quantitatively assessed through an online survey with 347 participants from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk), analyzed using SPSS 22 and AMOS 22 for structural equation modeling (SEM). …”
Get full text

The Feasibility of TOAFL Instrument as a Measuring Tool for Reading Skills of Students Faculty of Education by Marsekal Rahman Hakiem, Muhammad Uwais Abdurrohman, Muhammad Irfan Faturrahman

“…The results showed that all questions were valid and reliable, with 65% having a moderate difficulty level, 37.7% at an easy level and 3.3% at a difficult level. …”
Get full text

GastroHUN an Endoscopy Dataset of Complete Systematic Screening Protocol for the Stomach by Diego Bravo, Juan Frias, Felipe Vera, Juan Trejos, Carlos Martínez, Martín Gómez, Fabio González, Eduardo Romero

“…GastroHUN includes 8,834 images from 387 patients and 4,729 labeled video sequences, all annotated by four experts. …”
Get full text

An Intelligent Wireless Sensing and Control System to Improve Indoor Air Quality: Monitoring, Prediction, and Preaction by Tsang-Chu Yu, Chung-Chih Lin

“…We find the ARIMA prediction model accuracy improving from 3.19 ± 3.47% for a time interval of 10 minutes to 1.71 ± 1.45% for a time interval of 50 minutes. (2) The stability experiment shows that the error rate of prediction model is also less than 7.5%. (3) In the energy-saving experiment, fuzzy logic-based decision model can reduce the 55% energy while maintaining adequate air quality.…”
Get full text

Prediction of Extrathyroidal Extension Using Ultrasonography and Computed Tomography by Doh Young Lee, Tack-Kyun Kwon, Myung-Whun Sung, Kwang Hyun Kim, J. Hun Hah

“…This study suggests that ETE can be predicted most accurately by a combination of categories based on the findings of US and CT scans.…”
Get full text