The Impact of Epigenetics on the Pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes and Associated Nephropathic Complications by Amit Mukherjee, Tanusree Debbarman, Basu D. Banerjee, Sheelu S. Siddiqi

“…Understanding epigenetics thus emphasizes its crucial role in the development and progression of T2D and transition to DKD, while also highlighting the potential reversibility of epigenetic modifications and potency as a biomarker for predicting DKD. …”
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Evaluation of the Emotional Impacts of the Notre Dame Cathedral Fire and Restoration on a Population Sample by Miguel Ángel Maté-González, Cristina Sáez Blázquez, Noelia Gutiérrez-Martín, Myriam Lorenzo Canales

“…It serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of safeguarding cultural heritage for future generations while fostering a sense of collective responsibility.…”
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Total nasal reconstruction: use of the “sandwich technique” during residency by Renato Franz Matta Ramos, Leonardo Spencer, Paula Girelli, Karina Meneguzzi, Alessandra Martinelli, Carlos Oscar Uebel

“…We present an account of the use of the "sandwich technique", consisting of two frontal flaps interspersed by auricular cartilage. While the first flap gives rise to the new roof of the nasal fossa, the cartilage configures the three-dimensional shape and provides support for the new nasal structure. …”
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Airborne ultra-low profile ultra-wideband omnidirectional antenna based on tightly coupled arrays by Jun Chen, Feng Yang, Sheng-Jian Zhao, Xiao-Bo Shi, Ming Huang, Shi-Wen Yang

“…In order to ensure good aerodynamics of the flat airborne platform, it is required to implement conformal design, while the ultra-low profile is the greatest challenge in conformal design. …”
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SiO2 Antireflection Coatings Fabricated by Electron-Beam Evaporation for Black Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells by Minghua Li, Hui Shen, Lin Zhuang, Daming Chen, Xinghua Liang

“…SiO2 thin films were deposited by electron-beam evaporation on the conventional solar cell with SiNx:H single-layer antireflection coatings (SARC), while to avoid the coverage of SiO2 on the front side busbars, a steel mask was utilized as the shelter. …”
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Ionospheric Anomaly Identification: Based on GNSS-TEC Data Fusion Supported by Three-Dimensional Spherical Voxel Visualization by Boqi Peng, Biyan Chen, Busheng Xie, Lixin Wu

“…Compared to the conventional slice, our visualization model can visualize the characteristics, with the coverage area being observed to increase with the altitude within the same geospatial coordinates. …”
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Spatially Resolved Galaxy–Dust Modeling with Coupled Data-driven Priors by Jared C. Siegel, Peter Melchior

“…This problem has been solved for a few hundred nearby galaxies with exquisite data coverage, but these techniques are not scalable to the billions of galaxies soon to be observed by large wide-field surveys like the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, Euclid, and Roman. …”
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Landslide Risk Assessment along Roads by Using Radar-driven Land Deformation and Rainfall Data by Y. Ishii, J. Susaki, A. Kurihara, T. Oba, K. Yamaguchi, Y. Miyazaki, K. Kishida

“…According to the results of experiments, three spatio-temporal models showed similar predictions; relatively small deformations were well fitted while relatively large deformations were poorly fitted. …”
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Point-of-Care Electroencephalography in Acute Neurological Care: A Narrative Review by Roberto Fratangelo, Francesco Lolli, Maenia Scarpino, Antonello Grippo

“…Despite variability in accuracy, it supports triaging, improving management, treatment decisions and outcomes while reducing hospital stays, transfers, and costs. …”
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A benchmark study of compression software for human short-read sequence data by Raphael O. Betschart, Felix Thalén, Stefan Blankenberg, Martin Zoche, Tanja Zeller, Andreas Ziegler

“…ORA, repaq, and SPRING are limited to compressing fastq.gz files, while Genozip supports various file formats. Although Genozip requires an annual license, its source code is freely available, ensuring sustainability. …”
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Mpox vaccination hesitancy and its associated factors among the general population in China: A national observational study by Shunzhe Wu, Jie Deng, Min Du, Min Liu, Jue Liu

“…However, vaccine hesitancy remains a barrier to achieving widespread vaccination coverage. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of mpox vaccination hesitancy and its associated factors in China. …”
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Designing the city of the future: comprehensive and gender-inclusive strategies for sustainable urban mobility in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area by Lorea Mendiola, Pilar González

“…Women benefited more from improved public transport coverage and diversity, while higher population density, greater self-containment, and higher density of street intersections reduced travel distances and travel times in general, although they affected women’s mobility less. …”
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Prediction of land cover changes in an Urban City of Bangladesh using artificial neural network-based cellular automata by Tania Yeasmin, Sourav Karmaker, Md Shafiqul Islam, Irteja Hasan, Saifur Rahman, Mahmudul Hasan

“…The study revealed that the rate of built-up area increased significantly over 40 years while barren land and agricultural land decreased drastically. …”
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Spatial drought occurrences and distribution using VCI, TCI, VHI, and Google Earth Engine in Bilate River Watershed, Rift Valley of Ethiopia by Ashenafi Burka, Birhanu Biazin, Woldeamlak Bewket

“…The correlation analysis findings showed strong positive relationships among the vegetation indices and rainfall, while showing negative associations with temperature and land surface temperature. …”
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Inter-Media Agenda Setting between Twitter and News-Websites: A Case Study of The Turkish President’s Visit to Pakistan by Abdul Rehman Qaisar, Saqib Riaz

“…Lexis-Nexis was used to collect data from newspaper websites, while Twitter APIs were used to collect data from social media. …”
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Newly Developed Operative Instrument for Carpal Tunnel Release: A Cadaveric Study by Witchate Pichaisak, Nomina Pradhan, Pojchong Chotiyarnwong

“…Results: CTR Knife 2 achieved a complete cut of TCL for 35 of 36 cadaveric wrists, with only one incomplete cut, while CTR Knife 3 achieved 21 out of 24 complete TCL cuts. …”
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Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of Hazardous Heavy Metals: Environmental Persistence, Toxicity, and Bioaccumulation by Hazrat Ali, Ezzat Khan, Ikram Ilahi

“…Their natural sources include weathering of metal-bearing rocks and volcanic eruptions, while anthropogenic sources include mining and various industrial and agricultural activities. …”
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Current situation and challenges of prevention and control of diabetes in China by NING Guang

“…To achieve the goals of the "Healthy China 2030" initiative， concerted efforts from governments， sectors， communities， and individuals are required to raise diabetes awareness， expand standardized management coverage， and improve treatment and control rates， while reducing the incidence of diabetes and its complications. …”
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Debates over orphan drug pricing: a meta-narrative literature review by Matthew S. Hanchard

“…Overall, the article recommends that regulators look to alternative models of innovation steeped in social science thinking to modify reviewing appraisal, coverage, and reimbursement processes for orphan drugs. …”
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Optimal allocation of resources in female sex worker targeted HIV prevention interventions: model insights from Avahan in South India. by Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, Anna Vassall, Holly J Prudden, Aurélia Lépine, Marie-Claude Boily, Sudha Chandrashekar, Kate M Mitchell, Tara S Beattie, Michel Alary, Natasha K Martin, Peter Vickerman

“…The cost-effectiveness of these optimal strategies generally improves with increasing resources, while straying from these strategies can triple costs for the same impact. …”
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