CircWDR78 inhibits the development of colorectal cancer by regulating the miR-653-3p/RGS4 axis by Chu Hao, Yunju Pu, Jiunian Li, Zhi Zhong, Zhaohui Huang, Xue Wang

“…Results This study demonstrated that circWDR78 is lower expression in colorectal cancer tissues, revealing its capacity to inhibit proliferation, colony forming ability and cell motility. …”
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Customization of an efficient and cost-effective optical biosensor for trace cadmium detection in milk samples by Varsha S. Pawar, Shivaji D. Pawar, Harish Mudila, Arif D. Sheikh, Ajeet Kaushik, Anil Kumar

“…Compared to the previous report's detection limit of 8.1 μg/L, this unique approach shows a lower limit of 4.8 μg/L. Such fabricated optical biosensor was designed to monitor urease activity to detect Cd ions in milk samples, where calibration was performed using UV–Vis spectroscopy and further validation was done using ICP-MS technology. …”
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Optimization of the Production Parameters of Composites from Sugarcane Bagasse and Iron Salts for Use in Dye Adsorption by Carine Pereira da Silva, Marluce Oliveira da Guarda Souza, Walter Nei Lopes dos Santos, Laiana Oliveira Bastos Silva

“…The sample SB/IN-IA 1:2 (400°C) had lower specific area and was composed of magnetite and/or maghemite phases. …”
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PSMA PET/CT Identifies Intrapatient Variation in Salivary Gland Toxicity From Iodine-131 Therapy by Vineet Mohan MSc, Wouter V. Vogel MD, PhD, Gerlof D. Valk MD, PhD, Jan P. de Boer MD, PhD, Marnix G. E. H. Lam MD, PhD, Bart de Keizer MD, PhD

“…Results: Four of 5 patients demonstrated significant lowered uptake in at least one salivary gland, after receiving at least 2 131 I-treatments. …”
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Carcass Traits, Physicochemical Characteristics, Fatty Acid, and Protein Profile of Khiew Phalee, Pradu Hang Dam and Broiler Chicken Meat by S. Phromnoi, W. Chumngoen, T. Puangmalee, W. Nuchchanart

“…Importantly, KP and PHD Thai native chickens possess lower amounts of unhealthy fatty acids, which positively affect the consumer and are anticipated to reduce the risk of many cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Genetic Variations of Gene Associated with Adverse Drug Reactions to Valproic Acid in Korean Epileptic Patients by Ji Hyun Yi, Yang-Je Cho, Won-Joo Kim, Min Goo Lee, Ji Hyun Lee

“….-1774Gdel was significantly lower in the patients with CNS ADRs than without CNS ADRs (15.8% vs. 32.3%, p = 0.0039). …”
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Cold temperature-related attributable risk for emergency circulatory hospitalizations, length of stay, and healthcare costs in Hong Kong by Eliza Lai-Yi Wong, Hong Qiu

“…The cold temperature defined as the lower quartile of the ambient temperature range explained more than half of the temperature-related attributable risk and healthcare costs. …”
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Subjective Evaluation of Music Compressed with the ACER Codec Compared to AAC, MP3, and Uncompressed PCM by Stuart Cunningham, Iain McGregor

“…Results show that participants reported no perceived differences between the uncompressed, MP3, AAC, ACER high quality, and ACER medium quality compressed audio in terms of noise and distortions but that the ACER low quality format was perceived as being of lower quality. However, in terms of participants’ perceptions of the stereo field, all formats under test performed as well as each other, with no statistically significant differences. …”
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Tracking pygmy blue whale diving behaviour and validation of foraging areas defined from horizontal movement data by Michele Thums, Luciana C. Ferreira, Andrew Davenport, Micheline Jenner, Luciana Möller, Grace Russell, Robert D. McCauley, Curt Jenner

“…Despite a weak temporal relationship between putative (inferred from a movement model) and actual foraging, there was generally good spatial overlap detected, predominantly in high use areas, while more opportunistic foraging areas with lower use were less likely to be detected by the model. …”
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Sigmoid Volvulus in Pregnancy Assessed by Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography Scanning by Toshiaki Watanabe, Tadatsugu Kinjo, Yoshino Kinjyo, Hayase Nitta, Hitoshi Masamoto, Keiko Mekaru, Yoichi Aoki

“…She complained of repeated exacerbations and remissions of abrupt lower abdominal pain for the past 2 days and was transported to our hospital at 33 weeks of gestation. …”
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Less is more - Retrospective analysis of the two-incision implantation technique for hypoglossal nerve stimulation and comparison of respiratory sensing lead curves against the thr... by Nikhil Thakur, Valentin Krüger, Marcus Czabanka, Johanna Quick-Weller

“…It can be postulated that a 2-incision-implant has a lower risk of infection due to the reduced wound-surface.…”
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Chitosan based coating enriched with Spirulina platensis and moringa leaf extracts preserved the postharvest quality of Mexican Lime (Citrus aurantifolia) by Soheila Aghaei Dargiri, Somayeh Rastegar, Mahbobeh Mohammadi

“…Findings: The findings indicated that the samples coated with chitosan + Sp experienced a significantly lower weight loss compared to the control (19.8%) fruit after 24 days of storage, with a weight loss of 16.4%. …”
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Elevated risk of possible sarcopenia and weak muscle strength with higher dietary inflammatory index in Iranian breast cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study by Kianaz Shirinyfard Pilehrood, Gholamreza Askari, Mehran Sharifi, Mehdi Kargarfard, Sahar Saraf-Bank

“…In addition, a decreasing linear trend was observed between higher DII score and 0.059 and 0.349- units lower in appendicular skeletal muscle mass index and hand grip strength variables in the crude Model (P-value < 0.05). …”
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Peripheral neuropathy in the phase 3 ASPEN study of Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors for Waldenström macroglobulinemia by Benjamin M. Heyman, Stephen S. Opat, Björn E. Wahlin, Meletios-Athanasios C. Dimopoulos, Jorge J. Castillo, Alessandra Tedeschi, Constantine S. Tam, Christian Buske, Roger G. Owen, Véronique Leblond, Judith Trotman, Gisoo Barnes, Wai Y. Chan, Jingjing Schneider, Heather Allewelt, Aileen Cohen, Jeffrey V. Matous

“…Logistic regression demonstrated a significant relationship between PN symptom resolution and both major response and lower baseline anti–myelin-associated glycoprotein antibody levels. …”
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Quantitative Changes in Vascular and Neural Fibers Induced by Subretinal Fluid Excluding the Peripapillary Region in Patients with Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy by Esra Kızıldağ Özbay, Şenol Sabancı, Mehmet Fatih Küçük, Muhammet Kazım Erol

“…Additionally, RPC vessel density in the small vessel disc area (%) was significantly lower in the persistent SRF group compared to controls (<i>p</i> = 0.021). …”
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Arsenic and Antimony in Hydrothermal Plumes from the Eastern Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea by Zhigang Zeng, Xiaoyuan Wang, Haiyan Qi, Bowen Zhu

“…In addition, anomalous layer with As/Sb ratio lower than those of ambient seawater at the same temperature is found in the eastern Manus basin, suggesting that the As/Sb ratio may also act as an effective tracer reflecting the effect of hydrothermal activity on As and Sb in the seawater column.…”
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Vitamin D levels and bone mineral density: a prospective cross-sectional analysis of young orthopedic trauma patients at a rural United States trauma center by Michael Booth, Kenneth Sabacinski, Colleen Watkins, Erin Butcho, Emilie Kramer, Lukas Meadows, Michelle A. Bramer

“…Higher lumbar spine Hounsfield unit measurements correlated with lower vitamin D levels in this nondeficient population. …”
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Electrocardiogram Parameters That Affect the Success Rate of Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients with Outflow Tract Ventricular Premature Complexes by Zhen Ye, Zhe Xu, Kezeng Gong, Xuehai Chen, Weiwei Wang, Jianhua Chen, Lianglong Chen, Feilong Zhang

“…The patients with successful procedures (136) reflected a lower pseudo delta wave ratio (16.2% vs. 44.4%, P<0.01), a smaller R-wave amplitude in lead V1 (V1) (0.23±0.24 mV vs. 0.35±0.44 mV, P<0.05), shorter intrinsicoid deflection time in lead V2 (V2) (44.00±18.33 ms vs. 57.41±20.67 ms, P<0.01), a shorter RS duration in V2 (93.67±21.33 ms vs. 106.93±18.76 ms, P<0.01), and smaller R/S-waveratios in V2. …”
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Risk factors and preventive measures for abnormal blood pressure during hemodialysis filtration for patients with sepsis by Zhang Chunfang, Lin Tingting, Xia Yu, Zhang Daowei

“…The constructed risk model is suitable for identifying high-risk groups and provides a reference for effective prevention and treatment, to lower the incidence rate of ABP and improve the prognosis.…”
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Unveiling antidiabetic and antioxidant activities of biogenically synthesized red fluorescent graphene quantum dots using Bauhinia variegata L. leaves by Pooja Kadyan, Jaya Saini, Parul Singh, Ponnusamy Thillai Arasu, Sudhir Kumar Kataria

“…The study found that the synthesized graphene quantum dots (GQDs) were more effective than the leaf extract in antioxidant and enzyme inhibition activities. The GQDs showed lower IC50 values for DPPH⋅ radical scavenging (51.232 ± 6.478 µg/mL), α-amylase inhibition (135.309 ± 4.970 µg/mL), and α-glucosidase inhibition (147.551 ± 5.549 µg/mL) compared to the leaf extract, which showed higher IC50 values of 71.157 ± 6.134 µg/mL, 157.660 ± 7.463 µg/mL, 152.455 ± 4.630 µg/mL respectively. …”
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