The long non-coding RNA MALAT1 promotes the migration and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma by sponging miR-204 and releasing SIRT1 by Zhouhua Hou, Xuwen Xu, Ledu Zhou, Xiaoyu Fu, Shuhui Tao, Jiebin Zhou, Deming Tan, Shuiping Liu

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Construction and Preliminary Validation of the Children's Academic Readiness Test to Enter Primary School in Afghanistan Country by Mohammad Naeem Rasooli, Ahmad Abedi, Mohammad Ashori

“…The results also showed that the assessment test has appropriate validity (structural validity and factor analysis) and reliability (Cronbach's alpha).The overall model evaluation indices indicate that the data fits the model. …”
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Comparative assessment of airborne infection risk tools in enclosed spaces: Implications for disease control by Amar Aganovic, Giorgio Buonanno, Guangyu Cao, Christian Delmaar, Jarek Kurnitski, Alex Mikszewski, Lidia Morawska, Lucie C. Vermeulen, Pawel Wargocki

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Investigation of structural features of asphaltenes used for carbon materials synthesis by arc plasma treatment by Andrey Grinko, Evgenia Leushina, Yuliya Petrova, Pavel Povalyaev, Alexander Pak, Arina Goncharova, Vasily Kaichev, Valentina Egorova, Kirill Cherednichenko, Dmitry Zelentsov, Tatiana Cheshkova

“…This study presents analysis of asphaltenes isolated from two crude oils: naphthenic-aromatic biodegraded oil and paraffin-naphthenic oil, which have been used as precursors for carbon materials synthesis. …”
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Informed consent in cervical cancer screening research in Butajira district, Ethiopia by Lidya Genene Abebe, Abigiya Wondimagegnehu, Laith A. Labban, Brhanu Teka, Andreas M. Kaufmann, Tamrat Abebe, Eva J. Kantelhardt, Adamu Addissie, Muluken Gizaw

“…Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis via QCAmap software. Participants generally understood the concept of voluntary participation but emphasized the need for clear communication about benefits. …”
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Transformers for Vision: A Survey on Innovative Methods for Computer Vision by Balamurugan Palanisamy, Vikas Hassija, Arpita Chatterjee, Arpita Mandal, Debanshi Chakraborty, Amit Pandey, G. S. S. Chalapathi, Dhruv Kumar

“…Originally developed for natural language processing, transformers have now been successfully adapted for a wide range of vision tasks, leading to significant improvements in performance and generalization. …”
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LncRNA C7orf13 facilitates cell proliferation and metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma via targeting miR‐449c/miR‐28‐5p‐FMNL2 axis by Peng Xie, Yujie Zhang, Jin Shang, Hanxu Yu, Mingyu Du, Jian Shu, Qiang Wei, Zeyu Zhu, Xia He

“…Finally, functional experiments revealed that the positive effect of C7orf13 on cell migration and invasion was mediated by the miR‐449c/miR‐28‐5p‐FMNL2 axis. Generally, our study identifies the biological role of long non‐coding RNA C7orf13 in the malignant process of NPC, which may pave a new way for the diagnosis and treatment of NPC.…”
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State-of-Health Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries Based on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Features and Fusion Interpretable Deep Learning Framework by Bohan Shao, Jun Zhong, Jie Tian, Yan Li, Xiyu Chen, Weilin Dou, Qiangqiang Liao, Chunyan Lai, Taolin Lu, Jingying Xie

“…The multi-head attention mechanism is the core of this framework, enabling the model to perform weighted analysis of input features. This enables the model to provide a more transparent decision-making process, assisting in the discovery and interpretation of key features within battery SOH estimation. …”
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Assessment of groundwater quality and potential health risks related to heavy metals in a peri-urban area of a developing country by Fariha Farzana, Tusar Kanti Roy, Sk Arafat Hossain, Mahjabin Mazrin, Md. Saiful Islam, Nor Aida Mahiddin, Jayosri Roy Jayoti, Rituparna Ghosh, Abdullah Al Bakky, Zulhilmi Ismail, Khalid A. Ibrahim, Abubakr M. Idris

“…Multivariate statistical analyses such as cluster and principal component analysis indicated that inappropriate waste disposal, industrial discharges from the Ishwardi export processing zone (EPZ), and agricultural runoff were potential sources of contaminants in groundwater. …”
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Research Progress on the Tolerance Mechanism and Technology of Bast Fiber Crops in Saline Soil by Qingqing Ji, Guanghui Du, Changli Chen, Shaocui Li, Xiahong Luo, Tingting Liu, Lina Zou, Jikang Chen, Xia An

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An Evaluation of Future Climate Change Impacts on Key Elements of the Water–Carbon Cycle Using a Physics-Based Ecohydrological Model in Sanchuan River Basin, Loess Plateau by Yujie Yuan, Xueping Zhu, Xuerui Gao, Xuehua Zhao

“…General circulation model-projected climate scenarios (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP5-8.5) and an ecohydrological model were integrated to predict (2021–2100) changes in actual evapotranspiration (ET), surface runoff (Rs), net primary productivity (NPP), and soil organic carbon (SOC). …”
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Organization of rehabilitation programs for cancer patients based on an interdisciplinary approach by M. F. Ballyuzek, A. K. Ionova, M. V. Mashkova, B. P. Stepanov, O. L. Chagunava

“…A low commitment of oncologists to refer patients to multidisciplinary hospitals for supporting general medical treatment programs, which involve the work of multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams, especially at the initial stages of cancer, was revealed. …”
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Influenza vaccination and cytokine profile dynamics in young men in Primorsky krai by Yu. A. Li, M. N. Dmitrachenko, M. P. Kostinov, E. V. Markelova, I. V. Korolev, S. L. Saprykin

“…The results were recorded using an automatic enzyme immunoassay analyzer. Statistical processing of the obtained results was carried out using the STATISTICA 10 software package.Results: In the analysis of cytokines before vaccination, an increase in IL8, IL17 and IL6 levels was detected in 100% of cases – in 76% of cases. …”
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Compensation of Speckle Noise in 2D Images from Triangulation Laser Profile Sensors Using Local Column Median Vectors with an Application in a Quality Control System by Paweł Rotter, Dawid Knapik, Maciej Klemiato, Maciej Rosół, Grzegorz Putynkowski

“…Nonetheless, we successfully implemented it in an optical inspection system for the furniture industry, where the post-processed image quality was sufficient to detect surface defects as small as 0.1 mm.…”
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Optimizing Outdoor Micro-Space Design for Prolonged Activity Duration: A Study Integrating Rough Set Theory and the PSO-SVR Algorithm by Jingwen Tian, Zimo Chen, Lingling Yuan, Hongtao Zhou

“…Additionally, comparative analysis shows that the PSO-SVR model outperforms traditional methods (e.g., BPNN, RF, and SVR) in terms of accuracy and generalization for predictions. …”
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Effects of Driving Current Ripple Fluctuations on the Liquefied Layer of the Armature–Rail Interface in Railguns by Wen Tian, Gongwei Wang, Ying Zhao, Weikang Zhao, Weiqun Yuan, Ping Yan

“…During the electromagnetic launching process, the actual current input into the launcher is obtained by controlling the discharge of the pulsed power supply. …”
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Parkinson’s Disease Management via Wearable Sensors: A Systematic Review by Huma Mughal, Abdul Rehman Javed, Muhammad Rizwan, Ahmad S. Almadhor, Natalia Kryvinska

“…It is categorized by motor symptoms that affect a patient’s motor skills and non-motor symptoms that affect the general health of a PD patient. The quality of life of a patient with PD is highly compromised. …”
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Describing team development within a novel GP-led urgent care centre model: a qualitative study by Azeem Majeed, Geva Greenfield, Sarah Morton, Shamini Gnani, Agnieszka Igantowicz

“…Our aim was therefore to describe staff members' perspectives of team development within the GP-led UCC model.Design Open-ended semistructured interviews, analysed using thematic content analysis.Setting GP-led urgent care centres in two academic teaching hospitals in London.Participants 15 UCC staff members including six GPs, four ENPs, two receptionists and three managers.Results Overall participants were positive about the interprofessional team that had developed and recognised that this process had taken time. …”
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Multi-Task Faces (MTF) Data Set: A Legally and Ethically Compliant Collection of Face Images for Various Classification Tasks by Rami Haffar, David Sanchez, Josep Domingo-Ferrer

“…Human facial data offers valuable potential for tackling classification problems, including face recognition, age estimation, gender identification, emotion analysis, and race classification. However, recent privacy regulations, particularly the EU General Data Protection Regulation, have restricted the collection and usage of human images in research. …”
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Scaling up Business Plans in Tajikistan: a qualitative study of the history, barriers, facilitators and lessons learnt by Sarah S Werner, Gulara Afandiyeva, Gulzira Karimova, Sabine Kiefer, Nasrullo Abdujabborov, Muazamma Dzhamalova, Ilhom Bandaev, Helen Prytherch

“…Objective To describe the history and process of implementation of Business Plans and to identify barriers, facilitators and lessons learnt from scaling up Business Plans. …”
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