Barriers to Uptake of Cataract Surgery in Central Chhattisgarh by Samrat Chatterjee, Nehal Mohata, Anil Babanrao Gangwe, Anupam Sahu, Deepshikha Agrawal

“…Person-related barriers were more common (P < 0.05) in female patients, illiterate patients, and those from a lower socio-economic class. Fear of losing eyesight was the most common barrier in patients who had poor vision following cataract surgery in the other eye. …”
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Dispersion and Intersection of Hydrothermal Plumes in the Manus Back-Arc Basin, Western Pacific by Zhigang Zeng, Xiaoyuan Wang, Bramley J. Murton, Haiyan Qi, Berit Lehrmann, Xiaohui Li, Zuxing Chen, Yunchao Shu

“…The turbidity and dFe, dMn, and dissolved Mg concentrations in the sections of the plumes proximal to the Satanic Mills, Fenway, and Desmos vent sites were generally higher (turbidity, Mn, and Fe) and lower (Mg) than those in the sections of the plumes that were more distal from the vent sites. …”
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In vitro and in vivo investigations of selected varieties of Areca catechu L - Phytochemical analysis, antiulcer, and wound healing activity by R. Deveswaran, D.J. Madhu Kumar, V. Madhavan, Soma Chaki, Misbah Khan, Govind R. Kadambi, B.V. Basavaraj, J. Anbu

“…Cell line studies using human gingival fibroblasts demonstrated that higher doses of the extracts exhibited a mitogenic effect, with a plateau observed at higher concentrations. Lower concentrations showed maximum cell viability, reaching 80 % at 2.5 mg/mL. …”
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Effects of plant functional group removal on caterpillars (Gynaephora alpherakii) performance and plant production in an alpine meadow by Rui Cao, Han Chen, Jingran Cai, Chen Hang, Ziyu Zhang, Yingchun Miao, Peng Xie

“…Further investigation by the confirmatory microcosm experiment indicated that the absence of forbs decreased the feeding time of caterpillars and deprived caterpillars of refuge from the midday heat and intense sunlight, ultimately resulting in lower body size and higher larval mortality. Our findings suggest that forb removal disrupts trophic interactions, with potential cascading effects on herbivore populations, plant community structure, and ecosystem productivity. …”
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The Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Salivary Oxidative Stress in Relation to a Gingival Health Condition by Ryam Abdul Kareem Hussein, Baydaa Hussein Awn

“…Conclusion: Ramadan fasting results in lower salivary MDA levels and increased total salivary antioxidant capacity, leading to improved gingival health status.…”
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Design and evaluation of a problem-based learning VR module for apparel fit correction training. by Aditi Galada, Fatma Baytar

“…Participants with higher apparel spatial visualization skills saw a higher improvement in fit correction skills because of the training. At lower spatial visualization skill levels, women saw a higher increase in apparel spatial visualization skills after the training than men but the difference between the learning outcomes across genders reduced when participants had higher spatial skills before training. …”
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Enhanced Detection of Residual Breast Cancer Post-Excisional Biopsy: Comparative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced MRI with and Without Diffusion-Weighted Imaging by Han Song Mun, Bong Joo Kang, Sung Hun Kim, Ga Eun Park

“…AUCs for MG and US were lower at 0.623 and 0.563, with no significant difference between MG and US (<i>p</i> = 0.234). …”
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Microscopic and Spectroscopic Investigation of (AlxGa1–X)2O3 Films: Unraveling the Impact of Growth Orientation and Aluminum Content by Jith Sarker, Prachi Garg, Abrar Rauf, Ahsiur Rahman Nirjhar, Hsien‐Lien Huang, Menglin Zhu, A. F. M. Anhar Uddin Bhuiyan, Lingyu Meng, Hongping Zhao, Jinwoo Hwang, Eric Osei‐Agyemang, Saquib Ahmed, Baishakhi Mazumder

“…The findings reveal consistent in‐plane chemical homogeneity in lower aluminum content (x = 0.2) films. However, higher aluminum content (x = 0.5), showed inhomogeneity in (100), (010)–(AlxGa1–x)2O3 films attributed to their spectroscopic properties. …”
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MicroRNA-21 as a Regulator of Cancer Stem Cell Properties in Oral Cancer by Milica Jaksic Karisik, Milos Lazarevic, Dijana Mitic, Maja Milosevic Markovic, Nicole Riberti, Drago Jelovac, Jelena Milasin

“…CD44+ cells possessed a significantly higher migration and invasion potential compared to CD44− cells, higher levels of miRNA-21 (<i>p</i> = 0.004) and β-catenin (<i>p</i> = 0.005), and lower levels of BAX (<i>p</i> = 0.015). miRNA-21 inhibition in CD44+ cells reduced migration, invasion, and colony formation while increasing apoptosis. …”
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Role of platelet indices and vitamin D in forecasting deterioration of glycemic control and vascular complications in type 2 diabetes by Maryam Ahmed Obaid Al Ali, Khalid Abdelsamea Mohamedahmed, Asaad Ma Babker

“…Furthermore, diabetic patients had significantly higher levels of fasting blood glucose and hemoglobin A1C compared to the control group, along with higher MPV and slightly lower PDW. The findings suggest a potential predictive role of platelet indices and vitamin D in the deterioration of glycemic control and the development of vascular complications in T2DM patients attending Thumbay Hospital, Ajman. …”
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Understanding Patterns of the Gut Microbiome May Contribute to the Early Detection and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review by Natalia G. Bednarska, Asta Kristine Håberg

“…The overall microbial diversity scores were lower in the T2D and prediabetes cohorts in 86% of the analyzed studies. …”
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Multiomic machine learning on lactylation for molecular typing and prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma by Mengmeng Hua, Tao Li

“…In the subsequent prognosis validation, the high-risk group included more patients with stage T3 + 4, N1 + 2 + 3, M1, and III + IV cancer; higher recurrence/metastasis rates; and lower 1, 3, and 5 year overall survival rates. In the oncogenic pathway analysis, most of the oncogenic mutations were detected in the high-risk group. …”
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Measurement of population agglomeration, dynamic change characteristics, and motivations in metropolitan agglomerations-A case study of the Xi'an metropolitan area. by Ke Liu, Xu Bo, Wang Zhaoping, Ran Du, Chen Heng

“…Compared with metropolitan agglomerations such as Nanjing, Wuhan, Fuzhou, Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan, Chongqing, and Chengdu, the Xi'an metropolitan agglomeration had a lower population agglomeration level, with a significant gap. …”
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Access to robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty varies significantly by race/ethnicity by Jessica Schmerler, Victoria E. Bergstein, Whitney Kagabo, Harpal S. Khanuja, Julius K. Oni, Vishal Hegde

“…Conclusions The results of this study demonstrate that non-white race is associated with a significantly lower likelihood of undergoing RA-TKA relative to conventional TKA. …”
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Efficacy and safety of immunotherapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials by Cailing Jiang, Shuqin Wang, Lijun Zhu

“…Furthermore, the occurrence of grade 3 or higher adverse events related to the drugs was lower than systematic therapy (OR 0.35, 95% CI 0.17-0.73).ConclusionsThe study has provided compelling evidence that immunotherapy is a significant benefit in OS for HNSCC patients, either R/M HNSCC or LA HNSCC, immunochemotherapy may benefit more for these patients, but double-agent immunotherapy showed no more benefit for R/M HNSCC patients.Systematic Review Registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/, identifier CRD42023471570.…”
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Metasomatism and REE mineralization of the Zilair Formation sedimentary rocks in the Khudolaz complex gabbro massif exocontact zone (Chebarkul area, Southern Urals) by Evgeny I. Mikheev, Ildar R. Rakhimov, Elena O. Shaparenko, Elena I. Soroka

“…According to microthermometry of vapor-liquid fluid inclusions in calcite, the formation of REE-bearing minerals occurred at temperatures not lower than 150 °С. The sources of rare earth elements could be both the Zilair Formation sedimentary rocks and gabbro, as evidenced by the increase in REE concentrations and isotopic composition of oxygen and carbon in silicate-carbonate metasomatites (δ18OSMOW =13.80…15.98 ‰, δ13С = –5.64…–2.18). …”
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Canopy temperature depression for droughtand heat stress tolerance in wheat breeding by S. B. Lepekhov

“…The paper also demonstrates that genotypes with higher CTD values, and therefore with a lower canopy temperature, use more available soil moisture under drought stress to cool the canopy by transpiration. …”
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Gas-Sensitive Characteristics of Low-Power Semiconductor Gas Sensors to CO and H₂ by I. A. Taratyn, O. G. Reutskaya, G. G. Gorokh, I. V. Serdyuk, V. S. Fedosenko

“…Semiconducting metal oxides In2O3+Ga2O3 (70 % at 420 °C) and In2O3+SnO2 (30 % at 250 °C) showed lower sensitivity to hydrogen, with response time τ90 = 20 s. …”
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Application of Multimedia Quality Evaluation Relying on Intelligent Robot Numerical Control Technology in New Energy Power Generation System by Ruijuan Sun, Xiaoyuan Dang

“…The average relative error of the expected value of the power shortage of the new energy electricity generation system (EGS) was 2.45%, and the error was lower than 2.98%. In the intelligent robot numerical control technology in this paper, the planned outage condition of the unit was considered, which showed the correctness and superiority of the multimedia quality evaluation of the proposed model.…”
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A comparative study of the minimally invasive lateral shoulder approach and deltopectoral space approach for the treatment of proximal humerus fractures by Kunpeng Ma, Xinyu Wang, Zhilong Pi, Ying Zhang, Renkai Wang

“…The incidence of postoperative complications in the study group was significantly lower than that in the control group, and the difference between the groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05). …”
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