Cetuximab Plus Methotrexate in Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head-and-Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Wen-Chen Tang, Pei-Wei Huang, Chien-Yu Lin, Chia-Hsun Hsieh, Cheng-Lung Hsu, Shiang-Fu Huang, Chun-Ta Liao, Chih-Hua Yeh, Nai-Ming Cheng, Hung-Ming Wang*

“…Among 58 cisplatin-sensitive patients receiving CTX/MTX as the first-line treatment, the outcomes were 39.7% response rate (RR), 70.7% disease control rate (DCR), 6.0 months of median progression-free survival (PFS), and 9.0 months of overall survival (OS). …”
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Growth of oysters (Crassostrea Sp.) at different stocking densities in Alue Naga Ponds, Banda Aceh by Rusydi Ichsan, Abdullah Abbas Muhammadar, Riska Dhia, Amelia Karla

“…The average results indicated that treatment A with a stocking density of 30 individuals per 1500 cm² achieved an absolute length of 45.51 mm, absolute weight growth of 35.23 grams, and a weekly length growth rate of 3.87 mm/week. …”
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Vitamin D Insufficiency Is Associated with Lower Physical Function in Patients with Heart Failure and Diabetes by M. R. Lopes, Paula A. B. Ribeiro, Priscila Ledur, Gabriela C. Souza, Nadine Clausell, Beatriz D. Schaan

“…A cross-sectional study of 146 HF patients, 39.7% with diabetes, at a Brazilian tertiary outpatient clinic was performed. …”
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Bamboo waste recycling using Dictyophora indusiata mycelia cultivation by Haruthai Thaisuchat, Weeranuch Karuehanon, Pornanan Boonkorn, Jumnian Meesumlee, Sarayut Malai, Kanjana Ruttanateerawichien

“…To evaluate the mushrooms productivity, the length of time to fruiting and the weight of the harvested mushrooms were recorded.Results D. indusiata mycelia grew fastest in a lingzhi-based substrate (19.3 days), followed by a combination of lingzhi and bamboo (24.9 days) and bamboo (35.7 days). The highest number of the fruiting body (37.0 mushrooms per plot) and fresh weight (2,310.5 g/0.75 m2) were observed in treatments in which spawn was produced prior to cultivation and inoculum was derived from lingzhi pieces combined with bamboo scraps. …”
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El profesorado ante la educación inclusiva: perfiles actitudinales y orientaciones para su formación by Pablo Palomero-Fernández, Katherine Gajardo-Espinoza, Noelia Santamaría-Cárdaba

“…Este estudio indaga en los perfiles actitudinales del profesorado acerca de la inclusión educativa. Participaron 357 docentes de educación primaria en formación inicial y en ejercicio procedentes de países hispanohablantes. …”
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Pilot Trial on Ischemic Conditioning of the Gastric Conduit in Esophageal Cancer: Feasibility and Impact on Anastomotic Leakage (TIGOAL-I) by María-Carmen Fernández-Moreno, MD, PhD, María Eugenia Barrios Carvajal, MD, Fernando López Mozos, MD, PhD, Roberto Martí Obiol, MD, PhD, Jorge Guijarro Rozalén, MD, PhD, Elisabetta Casula, MD, PhD, Joaquín Ortega, MD, PhD

“…However, AL severity, including conduit necrosis, was higher in the control group according to the Clavien-Dindo ≥IIIb (5% vs 30%, P = 0.029) and Comprehensive Complication Index (20.9 vs 33.7, P = 0.01). No significant differences were found in other postoperative complications, such as pneumonia or postoperative mortality. …”
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Association of retinal sensitivity with gestational hypertension and obesity by Debasmita Nandi, Swati Majumdar, Prosenjit Banerjee

“…Results: A significant decrease in mean retinal sensitivity (−7.71 ± 3.67 decibels, P < 0.001) and foveal sensitivity was observed in cases at 32 weeks of gestation compared to controls. …”
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THE ANALYSIS OF THE KEY DRIVERS AND BARRIERS OF CLOUD MIGRATION IN COMPANIES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Kasim Tatić, Zijad Džafić, Mahir Haračić, Merima Haračić

“…The re-search was sent to 387 participants, but in total 84 questionnaires were filled in full. …”
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Evaluation of transcriptomic changes after photobiomodulation in spinal cord injury by Andrew R. Stevens, Mohammed Hadis, Hannah Alldrit, Michael R. Milward, Valentina Di Pietro, Deena M. A. Gendoo, Antonio Belli, William Palin, David J. Davies, Zubair Ahmed

“…Pathway analysis demonstrated 1275 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) after PBM treatment, of which 397 were upregulated and 878 were downregulated. …”
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Effects of Oil Drops and the Charcoal’s Proximate Composition on the Air Pollution Emitted from Charcoal Barbecues by Kuo-Pin Yu, Yen-Chi Chen, Yun-Jhe Miao, Sepridawati Siregar, Yu Wei Tsai, Whei-May Grace Lee

“…Charcoal briquettes, longan charcoal, and binchotan (commonly used for indoor barbecues) were selected for combustion experiments, and the exhaust gas was collected for the analysis of air pollutants, viz., CO, CO2, NOx, hydrocarbons (HCs), benzene, toluene, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, PM2.5, and trace metals (Al, Cr, Cu, Fe, and Zn). …”
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Ovine Eimeria infection, OPG and determinants in and around Gondar town, Ethiopia by Senait Belay, Desie Sheferaw

“…Of the selected and examined sheep 132 (31.3%, 95% CI=26.8-35.7) were found infected by Eimeria species. …”
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Different Anatomical Subsites of Colon Cancer and Mortality: A Population-Based Study by Xing-kang He, Wenrui Wu, Yu-e Ding, Yue Li, Lei-min Sun, Jianmin Si

“…The effect of tumour location on overall and cancer-specific survival was analysed by Cox proportional hazards model. Results. A total of 377,849 patients from SEER database were included in the current study, with 180,889 (47.9%) RCC and 196,960 (52.1%) LCC. …”
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RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF CONTROL RESULTS WITH REGARD TO COMPLETENESS AND QUALITY OF IMPLEMENTATION BY VETERINARY SERVICES OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF POWERS TRA... by M. A. Shibayev, A. S. Oganesyan, A. V. Belchikhina, K. N. Gruzdev, A. K. Karaulov

“…It was shown that in the period from 2014 to 2016 the veterinary services of the RF subjects implemented 21,337 measures on establishment and lifting of restrictive measures/quarantine based on the occurrence of animal diseases. …”
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Adherence to iron deficiency interventions among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Ubungo municipality, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Glory Benjamin, Ezra J. Mrema, Nchang’wa Nhumba, Albert Burudi Wakoli, Hussein H. Mwanga

“…In multivariable regression analysis, participants who forgot to take their iron tables on most days (AOR 2.35; 95% CI 1.23–4.48) and those who reported that not enough time was spent on education and counseling during antenatal clinic visits (AOR 3.87; 95% CI 1.08–13.84) were more likely to be non-adherent to iron deficiency interventions. …”
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The Influence of Osteoporosis and Diabetes on Dental Implant Stability: A Pilot Study by Liliana Sachelarie, Ioana Scrobota, Felicia Cioara, Timea Claudia Ghitea, Corina Laura Stefanescu, Liana Todor, Georgiana Ioana Potra Cicalau

“…<i>Results</i>: At 6 months, the osteoporosis group showed higher initial stability (mean ISQ: 67.04 ± 5.42) compared to the diabetes group (mean ISQ: 62.10 ± 5.46; <i>p</i> = 0.0215)), and by 12 months, both groups showed significant improvements in ISQ scores (osteoporosis: 68.93 ± 4.83; diabetes: 65.79 ± 3.87), with Periotest values indicating more significant reductions in implant mobility, particularly in diabetic patients (osteoporosis: −3.34 ± 1.59; diabetes: −2.81 ± 1.44; <i>p</i> = 0.0001). …”
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Genome-wide association study reveals major loci for resistance to septoria tritici blotch in a Tunisian durum wheat collection. by Maroua Ouaja, Bikash Ghimire, Bochra Amina Bahri, Medini Maher, Sahbi Ferjaoui, Sripada Udupa, Sonia Hamza

“…A major QTL was identified on each of chromosomes 1B, 4B, 5A, and 7B, respectively. The QTL on 7B chromosome colocalized with Stb8 identified in bread wheat. …”
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Genetically Modified Crops’ Technology and its Awareness among Smallholder Farmers in Nigeria by Ogheneruemu Obi-Egbedi, Omowunmi Ogungbite, Isaac Oluwatayo

“…Results showed that farmers were aged 43 years with farm size of 3.57 ha, farming experience of 14 years and 11 years of education. …”
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Emission Characteristics of Volatile Organic Compounds from Typical Coal Utilization Sources: A Case Study in Shanxi of Northern China by Yang Xu, Hualong Yu, Yulong Yan, Lin Peng, Rumei Li, Cheng Wang, Zhiyong Li

“…Among the detected VOCs, the results identified 1-butene as the most abundant species for both the power plants (36.7%) and the residential stoves (41.7%) as well as a significant contributor at the steel plants (7.3%), and alkenes, alkanes, and aromatics composed the largest groups for the power plants (42.0%) and residential stoves (60.2%); steel plants (59.2%); and coking plants (66.1%), respectively. …”
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Gas Displacement Engineering Test by Combination of Low and Medium Pressure Injection with Liquid CO2 in High Gas and Low Permeability Coal Seam by Hu Wen, Mingyang Liu, Gaoming Wei, Xiaowei Zhai, Shixing Fan, Xiaojiao Cheng, Hu Wang, Jianchi Hao

“…Taking the liquid CO2 low-medium-pressure displacement gas test area as the calculation unit, from the comprehensive benefit analysis, compared with the original drainage mode, the liquid CO2-combined pressure injection process can save 34.7% of the engineering cost and shorten the gas drainage standard time by 45.9%. …”
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Burden and mortality of breast cancer attributed to diabetes and smoking in women: a secondary analysis based on Global Burden of Disease 2019 in North Africa and the Middle East by Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani, Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Leili Abedi Gheshlaghi, Leila Rezakhani, Mozafar Khazaei

“…In 1990, the age-standardised mortality rate was 12.3 (95% CI: 11.0 to 14.2) per 100 000 people, and by 2019, it had increased to 15.2 (95% CI: 13.3 to 17.3) per 100 000. …”
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