Molecular genetics of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by R. N. Mustafin

“…The pathogenesis of IPF consists of TGF-β activation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and SIRT7 expression decrease. …”
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Penentuan bobot kayu apu Pistia stratiotes L. sebagai fitoremediator dalam pendederan ikan gurami Lac. ukuran 3 cm by Kukuh Nirmala, Sulistia Wardani, Yuni Puji Hastuti, Wildan Nurusallam

“…Giant goramy size 3 cm was maintained in an aquarium and was treated with different weight of P. stratiotes L. consisted of 45 g, 90 g, 135 g, and controls P. stratiotes L. 0 g. …”
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Acoustic and perceptual impact of face masks on speech: A scoping review. by Gursharan Badh, Thea Knowles

“…The 52 articles included in the final review consisted of; 11 studied perceptual outcomes only, 16 studied acoustic outcomes only, and 14 studied both perceptual and acoustic outcomes. 13 of these investigated acoustic features that could be used for mask classification. …”
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Optimization of Performance Characteristics of Magnetofluidic Seals for Wind Power Plants by O. N. Labkovich, S. G. Pogirnitskaya

“…Magnetic fluid seal of the rotating shaft consists of a ring magnet and two concentrators of magnetic field, forming with the shaft a narrow ring gap in which the magnetic fluid retained by magnetic field is a hermetic seal. …”
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The impact of urolithiasis on urology services in a high-prevalence region: A multicenter study by Wissam Khalid Kamal, Musab M. Alghamdi, Raed A. Azhar, Ahmad Bugis, Mohammed Abuzenada, Majed Alharthi, Saeed Bin Hamri, Yahya Ghazwani, Yasser A. Noureldin, Hassan Aljifri, Abdulaziz Alamri, Hatem Hamed Althubiany, Mansour Alnazari, Badr Alharbi, Abdulrahman Al Own, Mohanad Jebril Bosily, Mohammed Almansour, Abdullah Alfakhri, Ibrahim Alowidah, Ali Abdel Raheem

“…Objective: To assess the effect of upper urinary tract (UUT) urolithiasis on urology services in a region with a high prevalence of the condition, and analyze the trends in endourological procedures for treating UUT urolithiasis and the cost of treatments in 11 hospitals over the last 6 years. …”
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Improving daily reference evapotranspiration forecasts: Designing AI-enabled recurrent neural networks based long short-term memory by Mumtaz Ali, Jesu Vedha Nayahi, Erfan Abdi, Mohammad Ali Ghorbani, Farzan Mohajeri, Aitazaz Ahsan Farooque, Salman Alamery

“…By leveraging advanced technologies and accurate modeling techniques, stakeholders can make informed decisions that promote sustainability and resilience in the face of changing climatic conditions. The main purpose of this investigation was to forecast the daily ETo trends at Melbourne and Sydney stations in Australia, where several cutting-edge machine learning methodologies were employed. …”
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Longitudinal associations between air pollution and incident dementia as mediated by MRI-measured brain volumes in the UK Biobank by Rhiannon Thompson, Xinning Tong, Xueyi Shen, Jinjun Ran, Shengzhi Sun, Xiaoxin Iris Yao, Chen Shen

“…Background: Although there is increasing evidence that environmental exposures are associated with the risk of neurodegenerative conditions, there is still limited mechanistic evidence evaluating potential mediators in human populations. …”
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Estrogen-related receptor gamma is a regulator of mitochondrial, autophagy, and immediate-early gene programs in spiny projection neurons: Relevance for transcriptional changes in... by Stephanie N. Fox, Cody H. Savage, Narcy R. Amireddy, Laura J. McMeekin, David K. Crossman, Peter J. Detloff, Michelle Gray, Rita M. Cowell

“…Here, we demonstrate that developmental deletion of Esrrg selectively in SPNs causes a transcriptional pattern consistent with a reduction of Drd1 and Drd2–positive neurons in the mouse dorsolateral striatum. …”
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Association of estimated glucose disposal rate with metabolic syndrome prevalence and mortality risks: a population-based study by Xiaoli Chen, Aihua Li, Qilin Ma

“…The core findings were consistent across subgroups (all p < 0.001). Cox regression analysis indicated that in individuals with MetS, each standard deviation (SD) increment in eGDR was associated with an 11% and 18% decrement in the risk of all-cause and CVD mortality, respectively. …”
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Immune Cells and Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Causal Investigation Through Mendelian Randomization by Liumei Mo, Wei Pan, Wenjing Cao, Kui Wang, Li'an Huang

“…The sensitivity analyses validated the robustness and consistency of these results. Conclusion Our research provides robust evidence substantiating the causal relationship between specific immunophenotypes and ICH risk. …”
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First-in-human phase 1 study of the arginase inhibitor INCB001158 alone or combined with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumours by Michael Smith, Aung Naing, Todd Bauer, Kyriakos P Papadopoulos, Osama Rahma, Elena Garralda, Glenn J Hanna, Michael J Pishvaian, Xuejun Chen, Sven Gogov, Omar Saavedra, Howard Kallender, LuLu Cheng, Emil Kuriakose

“…The highest response rate was seen in the anti–PD-1/PD-L1–naive combination therapy group with head/neck squamous cell carcinoma (overall response rate, 19.2%; 4/26 partial responses, 1/26 complete response). Consistent with arginase inhibition activity, plasma arginine dose-dependently increased. …”
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Finite Local Rings of Length 4 by Sami Alabiad, Alhanouf Ali Alhomaidhi, Nawal A. Alsarori

“…The current paper provides the structure and classification, up to isomorphism, of local rings consisting of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi>p</mi><mrow><mn>4</mn><mi>m</mi></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> elements. …”
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Modeling of historical and future changes in temperature and precipitation in the Panj River Basin in Central Asia under the CMIP5 RCP and CMIP6 SSP scenarios by Aminjon Gulakhmadov, Xi Chen, Nekruz Gulahmadov, Muhammmad Rizwan, Manuchekhr Gulakhmadov, Muhammad Umar Nadeem, Moldir Rakhimova, Tie Liu

“…The uncertainty analysis revealed a significant improvement in the CMIP6 precipitation bias bands, resulting in a more precise depiction of diverse climate zones compared to CMIP5. Both CMIPs consistently tended to underestimate Tmax in the Csa zone and overestimate it in the Bwk zone throughout all months. …”
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Association of adenylate cyclase activity in vasopressor-type neurally mediated syncope based on the α2b-AR gene. by Tomoyoshi Komiyama, Kengo Ayabe, Kunzo Orita, Ayumi Sasaki, Yuka Kitamura, Hideyuki Matsuzawa, Teppei Yamashita, Eiichiro Nagata, Yasuhiro Kanatani, Koichiro Yoshioka

“…Both genotypes displayed the greatest blood pressure fluctuations under 70° tilt stress, with patients with Glu12/12 showing consistent cardiac load and higher values than those with Glu9/12 at two points. …”
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Cuantificación del efecto de obstrucciones en el área transversal de un túnel de viento sobre los resultados de la calibración de anemómetros by Carolina Madolet Pinto, Edison Gerardo Granados Avellaneda, Carlos Eduardo García Sanchez

“…Uno de los métodos de calibración de anemómetros más utilizados consiste en la comparación directa de las lecturas obtenidas por el anemómetro que se desea calibrar y por un instrumento patrón, al exponer ambos instrumentos a un gas a la misma velocidad en el interior de un túnel de viento. …”
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Spatial-temporal evolution and multi-scenario prediction of carbon emissions from land use in the adjacent areas of nature reserves by Yuan Li, Yu-Ling Peng, Wei-Ying Cheng, Hao-Na Peng

“…Areas with robust carbon absorption capacities consistently showed a decreasing trend; (3) Across all three scenarios, land allocated for construction emerged as the predominant source of carbon emissions. …”
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Impact of blastocyst biopsy for preimplantation genetic testing on maternal and neonatal outcomes following single frozen embryo transfer cycles by Tingting He, Wenhao Shi, Xia Xue, Juanzi Shi

“…The study population were categorized into two groups: the preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) group, comprising 269 women whose blastocysts underwent trophectoderm biopsy, and the control group, consisting of 739 women whose blastocysts did not undergo biopsy. …”
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Entrenamiento de fuerza y su impacto en linfedema y movilidad del hombro tras cirugía por cáncer de mama: revisión sistemática by Mauricio Ernesto Tauda, Harry Castro Núñez, Eduardo Joel Cruzat Bravo

“…En este contexto, el ejercicio de fuerza ha surgido como una intervención prometedora para mejorar la funcionalidad física en mujeres postoperatorias de cáncer de mama. El tratamiento consiste principalmente en una fisioterapia descongestiva compleja, que comprende drenaje linfático manual, terapia de compresión, un cuidado meticuloso de la piel y ejercicio físico. …”
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Role of bilevel erector spinae with high thoracic block vs conventional unilevel block in analgesia and reduction of pain in axilla in breast cancer surgeries: a randomized control... by Walaa Y. Elsabeeny, Reham M. Fahmy, Fatma H. Elshamy, Nahla N. Shehab, Sayed M. Abed, Walid S. Taha, Mostafa A. Ibrahim, Ahmed F. Gad

“…There was 96.1% and 90.3% reduction in morphine intake with odds ratio 25.6 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 6.6–100) and 10.3 (95% CI: 3.7–28.6) for the bilevel and unilevel groups compared with the control group. …”
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Study on Damage Evolution of Tunnel Lining under Strike-Slip Fault Movements by Jiaxuan Du, Songhong Yan, Weiyu Sun, Mingxing Cao, Yuxiang Li, Kang Yang

“…Interestingly, with the decrease of the crossing angle, the axial strain gradually changes from the tensile strain to the compressive strain, which is consistent with the direction of the fault angle. Furthermore, the tensile and compressive damage of the secondary lining increases with the increase of movement distance. …”
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