Expression of PD-1 on CD4+ Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Tumor Microenvironment Associated with Pathological Characteristics of Breast Cancer by Yan-Jie Zhao, Jian Zhang, Feng Shi, Zhi-Ping Hu, Jiang-Ping Wu, Guang-Jiang Wu, Rui-Bin Wang, Quan Zhou, Hong Chang, Ying-Nan Li, Qing-Kun Song

“…This study aimed to investigate the correlation of CD4+/PD-1+ or CD4+/PD-1− tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes with pathological characteristics in breast cancer patients. Methods. A cross-sectional study consecutively recruited 133 patients with invasive ductal breast cancer. …”
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Seasonal Variations in the Composition and Distribution of Planktonic Fauna in the Eastern Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria by AS Yakup, KJ Balogun, GE Ajani, KO Renner, BO Bello, JA Nkwoji, JK Igbo

“…The rainy season adult zooplankton count (515) was lower than that of dry season (580) but the reverse was the case for the juvenile stages count (520 and 325 in rainy and dry season respectively). …”
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Seasonal Variations in the Composition and Distribution of Planktonic Fauna in the Eastern Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria by AS Yakup, KJ Balogun, GE Ajani, KO Renner, BO Bello, JA Nkwoji, JK Igbo

“…The rainy season adult zooplankton count (515) was lower than that of dry season (580) but the reverse was the case for the juvenile stages count (520 and 325 in rainy and dry season respectively). …”
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Impaired pulmonary function increases the risk of gout: evidence from a large cohort study in the UK Biobank by Zijian Kang, Jianzheng Zhang, Chen Zhu, Ying Zhu, Hanlei Jiang, Qiang Tong, Sheng-Ming Dai

“…Mediation analysis revealed that urate levels (49.1% mediation proportion), C-reactive protein (CRP) levels (6.62%), monocyte counts (1.33%), and neutrophil counts (4.85%) significantly mediated the relationship between pulmonary function and the risk of gout. …”
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<i>Broussonetia papyrifera</i> Extract Can Be Used as a Raw Material Source for a Sterility Agent for <i>Microtus fortis</i> by Shuangye Wang, Tian Lan, Yunlin Zhao, Wanfu Liu, Tian Huang, Meiwen Zhang, Zhiyuan Hu, Zhenggang Xu

“…<i>Broussonetia papyrifera</i> is a plant material that has shown the potential to inhibit the reproduction of <i>Microtus fortis</i>, a species that causes serious damage to crops in the Dongting Lake region in China. <i>M. fortis</i> was treated with different doses of <i>B. papyrifera</i> leaf methanol extracts. …”
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Biodiversity Patterns of Rocky Coastal and Human-Made Structures in Gheshm Shorelines; Role of Slope and Tidal Levels Characteristics in Determining Patterns of Biodiversity by Marzieh Razaghi, Ali Nasrolahi, Ehsan Kamrani, Mohammad Sharif Ranjbar, Amir Vazirizadeh

“…PERMANOVA tests revealed significant differences in the structure of epibiotic communities between natural and artificial hard substrates, as well as across different tidal levels on the southern shores of Qeshm Island (p < 0.05).Discussion: A nearly regular increasing trend in species count was observed with rising tidal height, with lower intertidal areas hosting higher species richness compared to the other two tidal levels. …”
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Comparison between traditional logistic regression and machine learning for predicting mortality in adult sepsis patients by Hongsheng Wu, Biling Liao, Tengfei Ji, Keqiang Ma, Yumei Luo, Shengmin Zhang

“…LASSO regression, employing the lambda.1SE criteria, identified systolic pressure, lactic acid, NEUT, RDW, IL6, INR, and Tbil as variables for constructing the RF model, validated through ten-fold cross-validation. For model validation and comparison with traditional logistic models, SOFA, and APACHE scoring.ConclusionBased on deep machine learning principles, the RF model demonstrates advantages over traditional logistic regression models in predicting adult sepsis prognosis. …”
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications on University-Industry Collaboration Using VOSviewer and R-biblioshiny by Zhan Guofang, Mohamad Sattar Rasul, Marlissa Omar

“…This bibliometric analysis studied the development trends, publication and citation counts, research themes and trends, and international cooperation models related to university-industry collaboration from 1970 to 2023. …”
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Bipartisanship Breakdown, Functional Networks, and Forensic Analysis in Spanish 2015 and 2016 National Elections by Juan Fernández-Gracia, Lucas Lacasa

“…We present a social network and forensic analysis of the vote counts of Spanish national elections that took place in December 2015 and their sequel in June 2016. …”
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Frequency-bin-encoded entanglement-based quantum key distribution in a reconfigurable frequency-multiplexed network by Anahita Khodadad Kashi, Michael Kues

“…Abstract Large-scale quantum networks require dynamic and resource-efficient solutions to reduce system complexity with maintained security and performance to support growing number of users over large distances. Current encoding schemes including time-bin, polarization, and orbital angular momentum, suffer from the lack of reconfigurability and thus scalability issues. …”
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Exploring Passive Structures in Political and Religious Text: A Corpus-Based Study in Pakistani Writing by Khizar Abbas, Adnan Tahir, Ayyaz Qadeer

“…The frequencies of the passive constructions are counted through AntConc 4.2.4 software after tagging the data in Multidimensional Analysis Tagger (MAT) 2.4. …”
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Individual health passport storage, sharing and verification scheme based on blockchain by GAO Hancheng, JI Haoyu, GAO Chenhao, HUANG Haiping

“…Moreover, the proposed consensus mechanism demonstrates significant efficiency benefits across varying node counts.…”
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Prevalence of Hypertension and Its Associated Risk Factors among 34,111 HAART Naïve HIV-Infected Adults in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Marina Njelekela, Alfa Muhihi, Akum Aveika, Donna Spiegelman, Claudia Hawkins, Catharina Armstrong, Enju Liu, James Okuma, Guerino Chalamila, Sylvia Kaaya, Ferdinand Mugusi, Wafaie Fawzi

“…We investigated prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors in a HAART naïve HIV-infected population in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Methods. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted among HAART naïve HIV-infected patients. …”
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Advanced Text Summarization Model Incorporating NLP Techniques and Feature-Based Scoring by Estabraq Abdulreda Kadhim, Mohammad-Reza Feizi-Derakhshi, Hadi S. Aghdasi

“…For example, various textual features such as Named Entity Counts, Noun Counts, and Sentence Position contribute to the summarization quality appropriately. …”
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Aflatoxin M1 Concentrations, Adulterants, Microbial Loads, and Physicochemical Properties of Raw Milk Collected From Nekemte City, Ethiopia by Leila Nasir, Habtamu Fekadu Gemede

“…The present study also revealed that of the investigated adulterants, only the addition of water had positive effects on three milk samples, while the remaining adulterants were not detected in any of the milk samples. The total bacterial count (TBC) and total coliform count (TCC) were significantly (p<0.05) different and ranged from 5.53 to 6.82 log10cfumL−1 and from 4.21 to 4.74 log10cfumL−1, respectively. …”
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EXPLORING AUTOMATED SUMMARIZATION: FROM EXTRACTION TO ABSTRACTION by Svetlana G. Sorokina

“…The study draws on a selection of scientific publications across various disciplines, testing the functionality and output quality of automated summarization tools such as Summate.it, WordTune, SciSummary, Scholarcy, and OpenAI ChatGPT-4. …”
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Healthcare Resource Utilization Associated with Leukopenia and Neutropenia in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Valganciclovir in the United States by Qinghua Li, Vladimir Turzhitsky, Pamela Moise, Harry Jin, Kaylen Brzozowski, Irina Kolobova

“…PTN/PTL was defined as absolute neutrophil count less than 1000/μL or white blood cell count less than 3500/μL. …”
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Vascular endothelial growth factor-C increases lymphatic vessels in the conjunctiva and maintains low intraocular pressure after trabeculectomy in rabbits by Aulia A. H. Abdullah, Hidayat Sujuti, Happy K. Permatasari, Ihda D. Kusuma, Nurdiana

“…Blood vessel count revealed using CD31 did not indicate any increase in vascular vessels between the groups. …”
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Where We Rate: The Impact of Urban Characteristics on Digital Reviews and Ratings by Özge Öztürk Hacar, Müslüm Hacar, Fatih Gülgen, Luca Pappalardo

“…The geometric features of streets play varying roles across different prediction tasks. The model achieved a 65% F1-score for review volume classifications and a 62% for visitor score. …”
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Isolation, Characterization, and Quantification of Bacteria from African Sausages Sold in Nairobi County, Kenya by W. H. Karoki, D. N. Karanja, L. C. Bebora, L. W. Njagi

“…There was no significant difference (p>0.05) in distribution of isolates and total aerobic bacterial count across geographical sites studied among the roasted and nonroasted African sausages. …”
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