An Age-Related Hearing Protection Locus on Chromosome 16 of BXD Strain Mice by Qing Yin Zheng, Lihong Kui, Fuyi Xu, Tihua Zheng, Bo Li, Melinda McCarty, Zehua Sun, Aizheng Zhang, Luying Liu, Athena Starlard-Davenport, Ruben Stepanyan, Bo Hua Hu, Lu Lu

“…A small number of BXD strains at 2 years with good hearing correspond roughly to the percentage of humans who have good hearing at 90 years old. …”
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Fatty Liver and Insulin Resistance in the Liver-Specific Knockout Mice of Mitogen Inducible Gene-6 by Byung Kil Park, Eun-Ah Lee, Hee-Youn Kim, Jun Choul Lee, Koon Soon Kim, Won Hoon Jeong, Ki Young Kim, Bon Jeong Ku, Sang Dal Rhee

“…The feeding of high-fat diet accelerated the plasma lipids profiles and HOMA-IR in the Mig-6d/d mice but had no differential effects in oral glucose tolerance test and insulin tolerance test in both genotypes. These results suggest that the activated EGFR signaling might increase the fasting plasma glucose concentration through inducing the hepatic steatosis and the improved whole-body insulin resistance in the KO mice be caused by decreased adipogenesis in fat tissues.…”
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Transformation of NO in Combustion Gases by DC Corona by Oleksandr Molchanov, Kamil Krpec, Jiří Horák, Lenka Kuboňová, František Hopan, Jiří Ryšavý, Marcelina Bury

“…Experiments were conducted using a 5 kW automatic wood pellet domestic heat source with combustion gas treated in a specially designed ESP operated in both positive and negative corona modes, resulting in a reduction in NO concentrations from 130 mg/m³ to 27/29 mg/m³ for positive/negative polarities (at 0 °C and 101.3 kPa). …”
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Cytotoxic Function and Cytokine Production of Natural Killer Cells and Natural Killer T-Like Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosis Regulation with Interleukin-15 by Syh-Jae Lin, Ming-Ling Kuo, Hsiu-Shan Hsiao, Pei-Tzu Lee, Wen-I Lee, Ji-Yih Chen, Jing-Long Huang

“…We established that (1) perforin expression on SLE NK cells was decreased but unrelated to disease activity; (2) the MFI of granzyme B was increased in NK cells from SLE patients with active disease, associated with increased percentages of granzyme B+ CD56bright NK cells; (3) NK cells from active SLE patients, both CD56dim and CD56bright NK subsets, produced higher IFN-γ compared to controls; (4) CD56dim, but not CD56bright NK cells from active SLE patients, produced lower TNF-α, compared to inactive SLE patients and controls; (5) CD107a degranulation of SLE NK cells was comparable to controls; (6) IL-15 enhanced perforin/granzyme B expression, IFN-γ/TNF-α production, and CD107a degranulation of NK cells from SLE patients; and (7) similar observations were found for CD56+CD3+ NKT-like cells. …”
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Association of sexual performance and intimacy with satisfaction in life in head and neck cancer patients: A review by Ananya Arora, Ravindra Singh, Khushi Malik, Unnati Kestwal

“…Introduction: Head and neck (H&N) neoplasms, both in advanced stages and during their oncologic therapy, cause interferences with wild psycho-physical implications and impact on family and partner life, social, relational, and working dimensions. …”
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Obesity in pregnancy: infant health service utilisation and costs on the NHS by Ronan A Lyons, Ashrafunnesa Khanom, Sinead T Brophy, Kelly L Morgan, Muhammad A Rahman, Rebecca A Hill

“…Total mean additional resource cost was estimated at £65.13 for infants born to overweight mothers and £1138.11 for infants born to obese mothers, when compared with infants of healthy weight mothers.Conclusions Increasingly infants born to mothers with high BMIs consume additional health service resources in the first year of life; this was apparent across inpatient and general practitioner services. Considering both maternal and infant health service use, interventions that cost less than £2310 per person in reducing obesity early pregnancy could be cost-effective.…”
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Exogenous Application of Thidiazuron, Carbaryl, Ethephon, and Lime Sulphur Promotes Flower Abscission and Suppresses Tea Pests in the Tea Plant <i>Camellia sinensis</i> (L.) O. Kun... by Meina Jin, Xiaoyue Lun, Ruirui Zhang, Yu Zhang, Xiangzhi Zhang, Feiyu Guan, Liping Wang, Yiheng Ying, Zhengqun Zhang, Xiuxiu Xu

“…Furthermore, thidiazuron enhanced both the length and weight of tea shoots the following early spring. …”
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The effect of L-carnitine supplementation on anthropometric and malnutrition status in acute ischemic stroke patients: a triple-blinded randomized clinical trial by Samaneh Hajjarzadeh, Mehdi Zarei, Shahram Rafie, Davood Shalilahmadi, Majid Karandish

“…Abstract Background Malnutrition is a significant challenge in stroke patients, affecting both rehabilitation and independence. This study aims to evaluate whether early L-carnitine supplementation can effectively improve anthropometric parameters and malnutrition status in acute-phase ischemic stroke patients to mitigate the catabolic state. …”
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Shorter versus longer durations of antibiotic treatment for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Gordon Guyatt, Arnav Agarwal, Mark Loeb, John Basmaji, Ya Gao, Maryam Ghadimi, Layla Bakaa, Luis Enrique Colunga Lozano, Saad Asif, Aninditee Das

“…Introduction Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), frequently encountered in both outpatient and inpatient settings, is the leading cause of infectious disease-related mortality. …”
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Preliminary study on the diagnostic value of urine cell glucose metabolism detection for male urothelial carcinoma by Yaoyao Wu, Angchao Ye, Zhenguo Bu, Shaoxing Zhu, He Wang, Yipeng Xu

“…Both urine cell glycometabolism detection and urine cytology examination were performed on the same samples, with clinical data including tumor classification and grading gathered for statistical analysis. …”
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Evaluation of the impact of the environment on the genetic improvement of the buffalo species by Rafael Emilio Rincón-Márquez, Néstor Simón Montiel-Urdaneta, José Raúl Pérez-González

“…The variable MP is influenced by the management system implemented in the herd in both production units. …”
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O2O-PLB: A One-to-One-Based Optimizer With Priority and Load Balancing Mechanism for Resource Allocation in Fog-Cloud Environments by V. C. Bharathi, S. Syed Abuthahir, Monelli Ayyavaraiah, G. Arunkumar, Usama Abdurrahman, Sardar Asad Ali Biabani

“…In the era of the Internet of Things (IoT), Fog and Cloud computing have become critical frameworks for managing large-scale, distributed systems. …”
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Prehabilitation during neoadjuvant therapy in patients with cancer of the upper gastrointestinal tract and rectum—the study protocol by Irina Chmelova, Irina Chmelova, Dalibor Pastucha, Dalibor Pastucha, Tomas Hudecek, Zdenek Guran, Zdenek Guran, Sona Ciecotkova, Lubomír Martínek, Jana Zubikova, Alena Matlova, Jakub Dolezel, Dana Salounova, Jakub Chmelo

“…The study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT05646043.ConclusionThe results of this study can serve as a foundation for larger, multicentre, controlled studies in the future.…”
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An Intelligent System for Classifying Patient Complaints Using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing: Development and Validation Study by Xiadong Li, Qiang Shu, Canhong Kong, Jinhu Wang, Gang Li, Xin Fang, Xiaomin Lou, Gang Yu

“…It showed superior performance in both internal and external test sets for communication and management problems. …”
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Synergistic enhancement of spinal fusion in preclinical models using low-dose rhBMP-2 and stromal vascular fraction in an injectable hydrogel composite by Hye Yeong Lee, Seong Bae An, Sae Yeon Hwang, Gwang Yong Hwang, Hye-Lan Lee, Hyun Jung Park, Joongkyum Shin, Keung Nyun Kim, Sung Won Wee, Sol Lip Yoon, Yoon Ha

“…The combination of rhBMP-2 and SVF in this injectable formulation yielded superior spinal fusion outcomes, with enhanced mechanical properties and increased bone mass in both small and large animal models. These findings suggest that this strategy offers a promising and safer alternative for spinal fusion, with strong potential for clinical application.…”
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Health effects of astaxanthin in the intestinal tract of yellow-feathered broilers by Yu-Yun Gao, Zhi-Xin Lin, Min Zhang, Rui Yang, Ping-Ting Guo, Jing Zhang, Chang-Kang Wang, Ling Jin

“…Besides, the α-diversity and β-diversity analyses showed that astaxanthin regulated both the diversity and the structure of the intestinal flora of broilers. …”
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Formation and fate of freshwater on an ice floe in the Central Arctic by M. M. Smith, N. Fuchs, E. Salganik, D. K. Perovich, I. Raphael, M. A. Granskog, K. Schulz, M. D. Shupe, M. D. Shupe, M. Webster

“…The magnitude and rate of local meltwater production are remarkably similar to those observed on the prior Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) campaign, where the cumulative summer freshwater production totaled around 1 m during both. A relatively small fraction (10 %) of freshwater from melt remains in ponds, which is higher on more deformed second-year ice (SYI) compared to first-year ice (FYI) later in the summer. …”
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Food nutrition and toxicology targeting on specific organs in the era of single-cell sequencing by Xiaofei Wang, Xiaowen Cheng, Huiling Liu, Xiaohuan Mu, Hao Zheng

“…This novel technique will be valuable to elucidate the underlying mechanism of both the health benefits of food nutrients and the detrimental consequences food toxicants at the cellular level.…”
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Strength training in pregnancy. Systematic review of benefits and risks by Karol Demel, Antoni Kantor, Jakub Król, Łukasz Bialic, Monika Dziedzic, Sebastian Polok, Adriana Potoczek, Justyna Talaska, Marta Godyń, Dorota Zatłoka-Mazur

“…This review examines its impact on maternal and fetal health, addressing both advantages and potential risks. Purpose of Research The study aims to evaluate the benefits and risks of strength training during pregnancy, focusing on maternal and fetal outcomes. …”
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Advancements in Regenerative Medicine for Articular Cartilage Repair in the Management of Osteoarthritis: A Review of Modern Treatment Methods by Jakub Dziewic, Maria Przygoda, Joanna Śnieżna, Gabriela Trestka, Kamila Stępień, Sabina Adamczyk, Urszula Zelik, Wojciech Florczak, Wiktoria Domino, Jagienka Włodyka, Karol Dzwonnik

“…In this review, modern regenerative methods used in the repair of articular cartilage, both traditional techniques and innovative cellular therapies, are described. …”
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