Multimodal Screening for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Scleroderma: Current Methods and Future Directions by Ioan Teodor Dragoi, Ciprian Rezus, Alexandra Maria Burlui, Ioana Bratoiu, Elena Rezus

“…Due to the high risk of complications, procedural difficulties, and significant costs, non-invasive screening for SSc-PAH has garnered significant interest. Echocardiography is likely the most important screening tool, providing structural and functional information about the right heart through measurements that have proven their utility over time. …”
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Refactoring BZIP2 on the new‐generation sunway supercomputer by Xiaohui Liu, Zekun Yin, Haodong Tian, Wubing Wan, Mengyuan Hua, Wenlai Zhao, Zhenchun Huang, Ping Gao, Fangjin Zhu, Hua Wang, Xiaohui Duan

“…The data compression technology has garnered significant attention as a solution to reduce data transmission and storage costs while enhancing performance. …”
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Exploring the economic and environmental benefits of Colombo wetlands in urban planning with nature-based solutions by Chethika Gunasiri Wadumestrige Dona, Geetha Mohan, Kensuke Fukushi, Nadeera Dissanayaka

“…Urban wetlands have garnered considerable attention as a nature-based solution (NbS) for urban flood control. …”
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Presenting a multi-objective decision-making model for cost-time trade-off considering the time value of money and solving it using particle swarm optimization by Mohammadreza Shahriari

“…This enables decision-makers to adjust activity scheduling to achieve the best balance between cost and time. …”
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Evolution of artificial intelligence in healthcare: a 30-year bibliometric study by Yaojue Xie, Yuansheng Zhai, Yuansheng Zhai, Guihua Lu, Guihua Lu

“…Concurrently, the integration of artificial intelligence with the medical field has garnered increasing attention from medical experts. …”
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Recent Developments on Novel 2D Materials for Emerging Neuromorphic Computing Devices by Muhammad Hamza Pervez, Ehsan Elahi, Muhammad Asghar Khan, Muhammad Nasim, Muhammad Asim, Arslan Rehmat, Malik Abdul Rehman, Mohammed A. Assiri, Shania Rehman, Jonghwa Eom, Muhammad Farooq Khan

“…The capacity of neuromorphic computing to handle large amounts of data with low power consumption has garnered a lot of interest during the last few decades. …”
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Trajectories of self-rated health in an older general population and their determinants: the Lifelines Cohort Study by Barbara C van Munster, Nynke Smidt, Sophia E de Rooij, Marlies Feenstra, Janet L MacNeil Vroomen

“…Whether trajectories of SRH are associated with deviating physiological markers is unclear. This study identified trajectories of SRH and investigated the associations of trajectory membership with chronic diseases, health risk behaviours and physiological markers in community-dwelling older adults.Study design and setting Prospective general population cohort.Participants Trajectories of SRH over 5 years were identified using data of 11 600 participants aged 65 years and older of the Lifelines Cohort Study.Outcome measures Trajectories of SRH were the main outcome. …”
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Association between Serum Neopterin and Inflammatory Activation in Chronic Kidney Disease by Ashok Kumar Yadav, Vinod Sharma, Vivekanand Jha

“…The serum levels of neopterin, a marker associated with cell-mediated immunity are elevated in chronic kidney disease (CKD). …”
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Inflammation biomarkers and neurobehavioral performance in rural adolescentsKey PointsRelevance by Beemnet Amdemicael, Kun Yang, Briana N.C. Chronister, Caroline Mackey, Xin Tu, Sheila Gahagan, Danilo Martinez, Harvey Checkoway, David R. Jacobs, Jr., Jose Suarez-Torres, Suzi Hong, Jose R. Suarez-Lopez

“…Methods: We examined 535 adolescents in rural communities of Ecuador (ESPINA study), 508 of which had neurobehavioral assessments (NEPSY-II) and circulating plasma levels of inflammatory markers (CRP, IL-6, TNF-⍺, sICAM-1, sVCAM-1, SAA, and sCD14). …”
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Differentiation Potential of Early- and Late-Passage Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cultured under Hypoxia and Normoxia by Ashley G. Zhao, Kiran Shah, Julien Freitag, Brett Cromer, Huseyin Sumer

“…We found that expression levels of stem cell marker genes and osteogenic and chondrogenic genes were higher in normoxia compared to hypoxia. …”
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QTL Mapping of Traits Associated with Dual Resistance to the African Stem Borer (Busseola fusca) and Spotted Stem Borer (Chilo partellus) in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) by Phyllis W. Muturi, Mary Mgonja, Patrick Rubaihayo, James K. Mwololo

“…Joint analyses for B. fusca and C. partellus further revealed that marker CS132-2 colocalised for leaf toughness and stem tunneling traits on QTLs 1 and 2, respectively; thus, the two traits can be improved using the same linked marker. …”
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Helicobacter pylori SlyD stabilizes TPT1 via hnRNPK and enhances OCT1-mediated CDX2 transcriptional activation to drive gastric intestinal metaplasia by Shuwen Zheng, Yingying Wang, Chuxuan Ni, Rui Guo, Xunan Qiu, Jijun Chen, Lu Wang, Xiaohu Sun, Moye Chen, Yunen Liu, Yuan Yuan, Yuehua Gong

“…TPT1 promotes the expression of GIM markers mediated via OCT1, which binds to CDX2 promoter region, thereby modulating its transcriptional activity. …”
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Association of the body roundness index with chronic diarrhea and chronic constipation: findings based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2010 data by Yinda Wang, Fei Chen, Binzhong Zhang, Zhengwei Song

“…Methods This study adopted a design that is cross sectional, drawing on data from the NHANES, gathered from 2005 to 2010 with health information from a total of 11,235 individuals. …”
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Stroke in the Setting of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report by S. McDermott, N. Casey, D. J. Robinson, K. M. Tan

“…Initial inflammatory markers were misleading. We discuss pitfalls in diagnosis, and approach to management.…”
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Hypothèses sur l’origine et la diffusion du complexe rituel du tlacaxipehualiztli by Anne-Marie Vié-Wohrer

“…This article tries to document similarities between rituals practised mostly by hunter-gatherers of the North of Middle America and one of the most famous Aztec ritual complex.…”
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Effects of methotrexate upon inflammatory parameters induced by carrageenan in the mouse model of pleurisy by Eduardo Monguilhott Dalmarco, Tânia Silvia Fröde, Yara Santos Medeiros

“…Background: The model of pleurisy induced by carrageenan exhibits a biphasic response (4 and 48 h) and permits the quantification of exudate, cell migration and certain enzymes such as myeloperoxidase (MPO) and adenosine-deaminase (ADA) that are markers of activated leukocytes.…”
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Unexpected Smoking-Linked High MMP-9 in Induced Sputum of Hazardous Dust-Exposed Workers by Yehuda Lerman, Abraham Moscovich, Elizabeth Fireman

“…We investigated whether metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) values in induced sputum (IS) and pulmonary function tests can serve as a marker of damage and intensity of exposure to hazardous dust. …”
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ZNF521 Is Correlated with Tumor Immune Cell Infiltration and Act as a Valuable Prognostic Biomarker in Gastric Cancer by Li Li, Zheng-Hui Liu, Hui-Ju Wang, Lei Wang, Guo-Qing Ru, Yuan-Yu Wang

“…TIMER and GEPIA were used to analyze the correlation between ZNF521 expression and gene markers of immune cell infiltration. Results. The expression of ZNF521 was up-regulated in gastric cancer samples. …”
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Study of Protein Biomarkers of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and Therapy with Vitamin B1 by Samreen Riaz

“…Some proteins were up- and downregulated in diabetic samples as compared to control and decreased after thiamine therapy, while other protein markers did not show a significant change after the thiamine therapy. …”
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Hepatoprotective Potential of Sargassum muticum against STZ-Induced Diabetic Liver Damage in Wistar Rats by Inhibiting Cytokines and the Apoptosis Pathway by Mohammed M. Safhi, Mohammad Firoz Alam, Sivagurunathan Moni Sivakumar, Tarique Anwer

“…Exposure to the MESM tremendously modulated the levels of hepatic enzyme markers ALP, ACP, ALT, and AST in Groups 3 and 4. …”
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