Fecal microbiota transplantation modulates jejunal host-microbiota interface in weanling piglets by Shankumar Mooyottu, Muhammed Shafeekh Muyyarikkandy, Farnaz Yousefi, Ganwu Li, Orhan Sahin, Eric Burrough, Joy Scaria, Brett Sponseller, Alejandro Ramirez

“…Conclusions This study underscores the promise of FMT in enhancing jejunal health. In addition, the results suggest that FMT could be considered a potential strategy to address conditions associated with small intestinal dysbiosis in swine and other monogastric species with similar gut anatomy and physiology, such as humans. …”
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tPA‐GFP is a reliable probe for detecting compound exocytosis in human pancreatic β‐cells by Aishwarya A. Makam, Shruti Sharma, Prajwal Nagle, Nandhini M. Sundaram, Vidya Mangala Prasad, Nikhil R. Gandasi

“…These observations, with additional experiments, may open a whole new field to study the impact of compound exocytosis on biphasic secretion of insulin. …”
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Population- and Gender-Based Investigation for Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Dhamar, Yemen by Dhary A. Almashhadany, Sara M. Mayas, Hero I. Mohammed, Abdulwahed A. Hassan, Izhar U. H. Khan

“…Of the total 460, 215 rural (male: n = 120 and female: n = 95) and 245 urban (male: n = 130 and female: n = 115) specimens were investigated for identification of H. pylori by serological test using Helicobacter pylori stool antigen (HpSA) test. In addition, for comparing an improved recovery of H. pylori, conventional culture-based isolation was also carried out using three selective media. …”
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Advanced artificial intelligence with federated learning framework for privacy-preserving cyberthreat detection in IoT-assisted sustainable smart cities by Mahmoud Ragab, Ehab Bahaudien Ashary, Bandar M. Alghamdi, Rania Aboalela, Naif Alsaadi, Louai A. Maghrabi, Khalid H. Allehaibi

“…The IoT has enabled well-known connectivity by connecting many services and objects. However, it has additionally made cloud and IoT frameworks vulnerable to cyberattacks, production cybersecurity major concerns, mainly for the growth of trustworthy IoT networks, particularly those empowering smart city systems. …”
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Demographic and Clinical Determinants of Tuberculosis and TB Recurrence: A Double-Edged Retrospective Study from Pakistan by Mariam Ahmed Mujtaba, Matthew Richardson, Hira Shahzad, Muhammad Ishaq Javed, Ghazala Kaukab Raja, Pakeeza Arzoo Shaiq, Pranabashis Haldar, Sadia Saeed

“…TB recurrence is the second episode of TB after initial treatment bringing about an additional 7% load in TB burden intensified by 17.7% of multidrug-resistant recurrent cases. …”
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The embeddedness of responsible research innovation in Sabadell’s territorial policies: the case of smart specialization in industrial systems by Anastasios Andronikidis, Amalia Kouskoura, Eleni Kalliontzi, Ioannis Bakouros

“…This included assessing how each system element influences others, leading to the development of a system grid that highlights the most active and ambivalent elements crucial for advancing the city’s policy objectives. Additionally, stakeholder engagement was emphasized to ensure diverse perspectives were considered, promoting collaboration across sectors. …”
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Thermal properties and non-bonded interactions in human PMP2 variants: A molecular dynamics study by Prabin Aryal, Jhulan Powrel

“…The mutation was found to have a greater impact on salt bridge formation. In addition to this, the vdW and electrostatic interaction energies were found to be lower in the system with mutant variant, with both energies decreasing gradually as temperature increased, indicating a more robust interaction profile in the system with wild-type protein. …”
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Interleukin-10 Polymorphisms in Association with Prognosis in Patients with B-Cell Lymphoma Treated by R-CHOP by Min Kyeong Kim, Kyong-Ah Yoon, Eun Young Park, Jungnam Joo, Eun Young Lee, Hyeon-Seok Eom, Sun-Young Kong

“…Cell lineage, IPI, and extra-nodal involvement were predictors of prognosis. In the additive genetic model results for each IL10 polymorphism, the rs1800871 and rs1800872 polymorphisms represented a marginal association with OS (p = 0.09 and p = 0.06) and PFS (p = 0.05 and p = 0.08) in B-cell lymphoma patients treated with rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP). …”
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Neglected Forearm Fractures and Its Outcome Following Mediolateral Plate Osteosynthesis: A Retrospective Case Series by Sitsabesan Chokkalingam, Ashok T Ramanathan, Gopinath Menon

“…The masterly neglect by the patients and the lawful mismanagement by the bone setters cause additional stiffness of the adjacent joints and affect the forearm rotational functions even in the absence of neurovascular compromise. …”
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Pheochromocytoma in Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease by Carmen Aresta, Gianfranco Butera, Antonietta Tufano, Giorgia Grassi, Livio Luzi, Stefano Benedini

“….<85.5; urinary metanephrine 489 µg/24 h, n.v.<320). The patient did not report any additional symptom related to catecholamine excess. …”
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Investigating Brain Structure and Functional Alterations in the Transition from Acute to Chronic Neck Pain: A Resting-State fMRI Study by Gao Z, Cui MJ, Wang HJ, Zhang J, Xu C, Ji LX

“…Utilizing a 3.0T MR scanner, we obtained three-dimensional T1-weighted imaging (3D-T1WI) images and analyzed structural differences between the two groups with Freesurfer software to evaluate alterations in cortical thickness. Additionally, Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (BOLD-fMRI) images were acquired to assess intergroup differences in low-frequency amplitude using DPARSF software.Results: Chronic neck pain patients exhibited increased cortical thickness in the left rostral middle frontal, left isthmus cingulate, left superior frontal, and right precuneus regions compared to those with acute neck pain. …”
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Exploring diazotrophic diversity: unveiling Nif core distribution and evolutionary patterns in nitrogen-fixing organisms by Bruno Thiago de Lima Nichio, Roxana Beatriz Ribeiro Chaves, Fábio de Oliveira Pedrosa, Roberto Tadeu Raittz

“…Our analysis generated 10,076 Nif proteins from these species and revealed some Nif core duplications. Additionally, we determined the optimal cluster value (k = 10) for analyzing diazotrophic diversity. …”
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PortNet: Achieving lightweight architecture and high accuracy in lung cancer cell classification by Kaikai Zhao, Youjiao Si, Liangchao Sun, Xiangjiao Meng

“…We incorporated 1 × 1 convolutional blocks into the Depthwise Separable Convolution architecture to further decrease the model's parameter count. Additionally, the integration of the Squeeze-and-Excitation self-attention module enhances feature representation without substantially increasing the number of parameters, thereby maintaining high predictive performance. …”
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Determinants of Health Seeking Behavior among Caregivers of Infants Admitted with Acute Childhood Illnesses at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya by Winfred Muringi Wambui, Samuel Kimani, Eunice Odhiambo

“…Caregivers who resided in urban setting and/or near a health facility were linked to immediate health seeking. Additionally, satisfaction and perception of quality health care services were associated with immediate health seeking. …”
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Design and Performance Analysis of ISFET Using Various Oxide Materials for Biosensing Applications by Sankararao Majji, Asisa Kumar Panigrahy, Depuru Shobha Rani, Muralidhar Nayak Bhukya, Chandra Sekhar Dash

“…It is possible to evaluate how the modeled device can be utilized as a pH sensor or a biosensor in healthcare applications by looking at how the pH changes for different oxides. Additionally, several oxides were examined in the simulated ISFET devices' output characteristics. …”
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Petrophysical Regression regarding Porosity, Permeability, and Water Saturation Driven by Logging-Based Ensemble and Transfer Learnings: A Case Study of Sandy-Mud Reservoirs by Shenghan Zhang, Yufeng Gu, Yinshan Gao, Xinxing Wang, Daoyong Zhang, Liming Zhou

“…To validate the working performance of the proposed predictor, the basic data derived from the member of Chang 8, Jiyuan Oilfield, Ordos Basin, Northern China, is collected to launch the corresponding experiments. Additionally, to highlight the validating effect, three sophisticated predictors, including k-nearest neighbors (KNN), support vector regression (SVR), and random forest (RF), are introduced as competitors to implement a contrast. …”
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Heavy Metals in Water and Sediments and Their Impact on Water Quality in Andean Micro-watersheds: A Study of the Colorado and Alajua Rivers in the Ambato River Watershed, Tungurahu... by Rodny Peñafiel, Fabián Rodrigo Morales-Fiallos, Bolivar Paredes-Beltran, Dilon Moya, Adriana Jacqueline Frias Carrion and Belén Moreano

“…Water quality in the mentioned rivers was assessed using specific water quality indices, WQI, namely the NSF-WQI and Dinius WQI. Additionally, the impact of heavy metal presence in the water and sediments was evaluated using the Heavy Metal Evaluation Index (HEI). …”
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Thickness of Subcutaneous Fat Is a Predictive Factor of Incisional Surgical Site Infection in Crohn’s Disease Surgery: A Retrospective Study by Xingchen Cai, Weisong Shen, Zhen Guo, Yi Li, Lei Cao, Jianfeng Gong, Weiming Zhu

“…TSF was a significant predictor of iSSI (OR 1.079, 95% CIs (1.020, 1.142), P=0.008), being 13.7 mm in patients with iSSI and 9.9 mm in those without iSSI (P<0.001). Additionally, C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations (OR 1.059, P=0.003) were also possible predictors of iSSI, as indicated by both univariate and multivariate analysis. …”
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Mycotoxicological monitoring. Part 1. Complete mixed feed for pigs and poultry (2009–2018) by G. P. Kononenko, A. A. Burkin, Ye. V. Zotova

“…Original monitoring data systematized and summarized in the paper are given in electronic format in section Additional materials.…”
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Comparing acceptance of smoking cessation and smoke-free home intervention offers and associated factors among people with low income in the USA: baseline results of a randomised c... by Matthew W Kreuter, Michelle C Kegler, Jennifer Wolff, Amy McQueen, Lauren Grimes, Enguday Teshome, Rachel Garg, Tess Thompson, Kelly Carpenter

“…In arm 2, among those who declined the quitline offer, 53.1% accepted the SFH intervention offer. Thus, an additional 212 (21.4% of all arm 2 participants) people who smoke engaged in tobacco control programmes than would have with standard practice alone (quitline only). …”
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