Robot-Assisted versus Laparoscopic-Assisted Gastrectomy among Gastric Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Short-Term Analysis from a Single Institution in China by Li-Fei Sun, Kai Liu, Xue-Shang Su, Xuan Wei, Xiao-Long Chen, Wei-Han Zhang, Xin-Zu Chen, Kun Yang, Zong-Guang Zhou, Jian-Kun Hu

“…The operation time of RAG was longer than that of LAG (333.1±61.4 min vs. 290.6±39.0 min, p=0.001), and the estimated blood loss was 62.4±41.2 ml in the RAG group and 77.7±32.3 ml in the LAG group (p=0.005), respectively. …”
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Assessing the effect of beta-propiolactone inactivation on the antigenicity and immunogenicity of cluster 2.1 duck Tembusu virus by Kanana Rungprasert, Wikanda Tunterek, Phornphisut Areeraksakul, Duangduean Prakairungnamthip, Chalida Sri-in, Navapon Techakriengkrai, Wijit Banlunara, Christine A. Jansen, Teerawut Nedumpun, Aunyaratana Thontiravong

“…Overall, these findings suggest that a 1:4000 dilution of BPL with 24 h of incubation is the optimal condition for complete inactivation of cluster 2.1 DTMUV without significant loss of antigenicity and immunogenicity. This protocol can serve as a guideline for efficient cluster 2.1 DTMUV inactivation, which is valuable for vaccine and immunoassay development.…”
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Fatigue characteristics of deep excavation-disturbed jinping marble by Anlin Zhang, Ru Zhang, Ting Ai, Li Ren, Zetian Zhang, Jing Xie, Chendi Lou, Kun Xiao, Zeqian Yang

“…With increasing depth, marble samples have longer fatigue lives but exhibit more significant stiffness loss, energy dissipation and irrecoverable deformation accumulation; thus, evaluating the instability of deep rock structures solely using fatigue life alone is inadequate. …”
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Suppressing surface segregation by introducing lanthanides to enhance high-temperature oxygen evolution reaction activity and durability by Jingwei Li, Zichao Wu, Yuxiang Shen, Yuefeng Song, Houfu Lv, Xiaomin Zhang, Guoxiong Wang

“…Continuous lattice oxygen loss and Co ion oxidation of LnSCF are demonstrated upon annealing in oxidizing atmosphere; thus, we propose that surface segregation is a self-regulation mechanism of perovskite lattice to tolerant oxidizing atmosphere. …”
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NLRX1 limits inflammatory neurodegeneration in the anterior visual pathway by Alexander J. Gill, Matthew D. Smith, Danny Galleguillos, Thomas Garton, Jackson W. Mace, Sachin P. Gadani, Swati Kumar, Aayush Pokharel, Krista Solem, Saahith Potluri, Omar Hussein, Giuliana Sardi Rogines, Arihant Singh, Annatje Clark, Peter A. Calabresi, Marjan Gharagozloo

“…We quantified retinal ganglion cell (RGC) density and optic nerve axonal degeneration, gliosis, and T-cell infiltration in Nlrx1 −/− and wild-type (WT) EAE mice and found increased RGC loss and axonal injury in Nlrx1 −/− mice compared to WT mice in both active immunization EAE and spontaneous opticospinal encephalomyelitis (OSE) models. …”
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Effect of Sling Exercise Therapy combined with Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training for Stroke Patients with Hemiplegia by Wenlin SUN, Dianhuai MENG, Yangyang LIU, Xiaoyong SU, Yang LIU, Fangfang ZHANG, Tiantian ZHAO

“…The sling group received sling exercise therapy on the basis of the control group, which mainly included trunk control training, intensive training of lower limb separation exercises, and alternate training of both lower limbs under the condition of waist sling for weight loss. The above three exercises should be trained alternately, hold for five seconds at the end of each exercise, and then rest for five seconds, 20 minutes one time, twice a day, five days a week, contionus training for six weeks. …”
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Early determination of potential critical quality attributes of therapeutic antibodies in developability studies through surface plasmon resonance-based relative binding activity a... by Shuai Wang, Yanqiu Wang, Zhenzhen Li, Ye Hong, Zhaohui Wang, Jiteng Fan, Qiong Wang, Yuanjie Ge, Xiaofeng Zhao, Guangcun Cheng, Changyan Chen, Yadan Wu, Yayuan Fu

“…Certain potential CQAs impaired antibody binding to antigen and led to a loss of binding activity. A few potential CQAs could influence both binding affinity and binding response and cause a substantial decrease in antibody binding activity. …”
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Advancements in hazardous gases detection: Using dual structures of photonic crystal fiber-based sensor by Pratishtha Pandey, Sapana Yadav, Adarsh Chandra Mishra, D.K. Dwivedi, Pooja Lohia, R.K. Yadav, Upendra Kulshrestha, Vipin Kumar, Prabhu Paramasivam, R. Bousbih, M. Khalid Hossain

“…When comparing both sensors, sensor design-2 stands out with an impressive nonlinear coefficient value of 15.470 W−1Km−1, a higher relative sensitivity of 98.386 %, enhanced effective area of 1.134× 10−11 m2, comparable effective refractive index of 1.496 and significant birefringence −4.701 × 10−5, along with low confinement loss for SnCl4 followed by CCl4 and C10H16 at 1.2 μm operating wavelength, owing to its higher refractive index compared to sensor design-1 for same sensing analyte. …”
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Le port antique de Chelles (Seine-et-Marne) : une course après la rivière by Yann Le Jeune, Corinne Charamond, Christian Charamond

“…The harbor was therefore established on the convex riverbank of an old meander, in an environment marked by very strong alluvial sedimentation linked to the progressive loss of energy from the channel, its migration northward, and its subsequent abandonment in favor of another secondary branch of the Marne located 2 km further south. …”
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A quantitative amplitude of vagus nerve obtained by intraoperative neuromonitoring predicts postoperative vocal cord paralysis among patients in thyroid/parathyroid surgery as a se... by Hiroshi Katoh, MD, FACS, Riku Okamoto, MD, Kanako Naito, MD, Tomoya Mitsuma, MD, Mariko Kikuchi, MD, Takaaki Tokito, MD, Takeshi Naitoh, MD, FACS, Naoki Hiki, MD, Yusuke Kumamoto, MD, Takafumi Sangai, MD

“…Forty-nine RLNs were excluded because of either loss of signal without preoperative VCP or combined RLN resection. …”
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Does the transfer of knowledge from the pioneer generation to the second‐generation speed‐up the learning curve of robot‐assisted partial nephrectomies? TRANSFER trial (UroCCR n°83... by Louis Vignot, Zine‐Eddine Khene, Adil Mellouki, Arnoult Morrone, Jean‐Christophe Bernhard, Karim Bensalah, Daniel Chevallier, Nicolas Doumerc, Morgan Roupret, Francois‐Xavier Nouhaud, Cédric Lebacle, Jean‐Alexandre Long, Pierre Pillot, Xavier Tillou, Brannwel Tibi, Matthieu Durand, Younes Ahallal, Imad Bentellis

“…Independent factors for a higher WIT were the second group (p < 0.001), higher experience (p < 0.001) the collinearity between the group and experience (p < 0.001), the RENAL score (p < 0.001) and blood loss (p < 0.001). Adjusted Loess regressions showed a plateau of WIT at 400 procedures for the pioneers and a significant decrease at 20 procedures for the second generation. …”
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Advances and applications on non-Hermitian topological photonics by Yan Qiuchen, Zhao Boheng, Zhou Rong, Ma Rui, Lyu Qinghong, Chu Saisai, Hu Xiaoyong, Gong Qihuang

“…On one hand, photonics system can introduce artificially-constructed gain and loss to study non-Hermitian physics. Photonics platform is an important methods and ways to verify novel physical phenomena and promote the development of non-Hermitian physics. …”
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Reeve’s Muntjac (<i>Muntiacus reevesi</i>) Habitat Suitability Under Climate Change Scenarios in Hupingshan National Nature Reserve, China by Qi Liu, Jianyang Ye, Zujie Kang, Guiqing Yu, Cuncun Yang, Jianjun Li, Tao Tang

“…These findings suggest that while mid-century climate projections (SSP126 and SSP585) may support Reeve’s muntjac’s survival, habitat loss is projected by 2090s (SSP126). Thus, future climate change may lead to decreased habitat suitability and increased fragmentation, raising extinction risks for Reeves’s muntjac. …”
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Challenges and Novelties in the Treatment of Obesity in Adults. A review by Karolina Kuczapska, Marek Kurowski, Anna Gliwa, Monika Ryglewicz, Dariusz Fabian, Elżbieta Leszczyńska-Knaga, Natalia Jakubczyk, Weronika Rutkowska-Kawalec, Paweł Moczydłowski, Karolina Michalczuk

“…Additionally, bariatric surgery continues to offer great solution for severe obesity, combining restrictive and malabsorptive mechanisms for significant weight loss and metabolic benefits. The main procedures include gastric bypass with sleeve gastrectomy or duodenal switch. …”
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FNDC5/irisin mitigates the cardiotoxic impacts of cancer chemotherapeutics by modulating ROS-dependent and -independent mechanisms by Manish Kumar, Abhishek Singh Sengar, Anushree Lye, Pranesh Kumar, Sukhes Mukherjee, Dinesh Kumar, Priyadip Das, Suvro Chatterjee, Adele Stewart, Biswanath Maity

“…Whereas FNDC5 overexpression in murine heart was cardioprotective, introduction of FNDC5-targeted shRNA into the myocardium was sufficient to trigger Bax up-regulation, ATR/Chk1 activation, oxidative stress, cardiac fibrosis, loss of ventricular function, and compromised animal survival. …”
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Role of mordenite zeolite in improving nutrient and water use efficiency in Alfisols by Girijaveni V, Sammi Reddy K, Srinivasarao Ch, Raju B M K, Divya Balakrishnan, Sumanta Kundu, Pushpanjali, Jagriti Rohit, Singh V K

“…Thus, zeolite application along with chemical fertilisers can improve the nutrient availability by reducing the leaching losses and improving nutrient use efficiency.…”
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Bariatric surgery in elderly patients by Alexander V. Smirnov, Vladimir R. Stankevich, Ekaterina S. Danilina, Vladislav I. Sychev, Evgeniya M. Voronets, Vladimir I. Sharobaro, Nikolay A. Solovyev, Yury V. Ivanov, Robert I. Khabazov

“…RESULTS: There were no postoperative complications in the older age group, the 30-day mortality was 2.6% (1 patient has died from the complications of the coronaviral infection). The weight loss was found to be significantly less in the older age group (61 and older) comparing to the main group of patients (18–60 years): for laparoscopic longitudinal resection — 55.5% versus 73%, respectively (р=0.01), for laparoscopic Roux gastric bypass surgery — 58% versus 77.5% (р=0.0008). …”
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Designing a glass nanoshell on barium titanium trioxide to suppress nanocrystal growth during sintering for fine-grain dielectric ceramics by Jia Yu, Qi Jiang, Qingchao Jia, Liangzhu Zhang, Wenchun Chiu, Huidan Zeng

“…When the BT200 coated with 5% (in mass) BBS was sintered at 1100 °C, a dense BaTiO3 ceramic were obtained, with dielectric constant of 1194.23 and loss of 0.0139 at room temperature and 1 kHz. Therefore, this work provides a robust strategy for suppressing the nanocrystal growth during sintering for MLCC applications.…”
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Childhood wasting and associated factors in Africa: evidence from standard demographic and health surveys from 35 countries by Tadesse Tarik Tamir, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Mohammed Seid Ali, Almaz Tefera Gonete, Masresha Asmare Techane, Mulugeta Wassie, Alemneh Tadesse Kassie, Medina Abdela Ahmed, Sintayehu Simie Tsega, Yilkal Abebaw Wassie, Berhan Tekeba, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen

“…Childhood wasting, a severe form of malnutrition, indicates acute undernutrition, leading to significant loss of muscle and fat tissue. The World Health Organization’s Global Nutrition Target aims to reduce childhood wasting to less than 5% in over half of low- and middle-income countries by 2025. …”
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Selected cannabis cultivars modulate glial activation: in vitro and in vivo studies by Sigal Fleisher-Berkovich, Nitzan Sharon, Yvonne Ventura, Valeria Feinshtein, Jonathan Gorelick, Nirit Bernstein, Shimon Ben-Shabat

“…Abstract Introduction Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system characterized by neuroinflammation, demyelination and axonal loss. Cannabis, an immunomodulating agent, is known for its ability to treat MS effectively. …”
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