EZH2 Might Affect Macrophage Chemotaxis and Anti-Inflammatory Factors by Regulating CCL2 in Dental Pulp Inflammation by Ziqi Hu, Yingyi Chen, Jie He, He Liu, Tianqian Hui

“…And the chemotactic activity of macrophages exposed to supernatants of EZH2-treated HDPCs could be inhibited by CCL2 inhibition. In addition, EZH2 suppressed the expression of anti-inflammatory genes, but CCL2 inhibition reversed the downregulation of anti-inflammatory factors, including IL-4 and TGF-β in HDPCs. …”
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Effect of the Interaction between Depression and Sleep Disorders on the Stroke Occurrence: An Analysis Based on National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey by Jia Li, Leijun Li, Yan Lv, Yanhai Kang, Mingjin Zhu, Wenfeng Wang

“…The logistic regression analysis showed that there was a synergic, additive interaction between depression and sleep disorders on the stroke occurrence, and the proportion of stroke patients caused by this interaction accounted for 27.1% of all the stroke patients. …”
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Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on the Barriers to Providing HIV Services to Children in Sub-Saharan Africa by Chipo Mutambo, Khumbulani Hlongwana

“…There are various barriers to provider-initiated counselling and testing (PICT) of children and disclosure of HIV status to children, including the following: lack of child-friendly infrastructure at clinics; lack of consensus on legal age of consent for both HIV testing and disclosure; healthcare worker unfamiliarity with HIV testing and disclosure guidelines; lack of training in child psychology; and confusion around the healthcare worker’s role, which most believed was only to provide health education and clinical services and to correct false information, but not to participate in disclosure. Additionally, primary caregivers were reported to be a barrier to care and treatment of children as they continue to refuse HIV testing for their children and delay disclosure. …”
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Solar Cycle Variability in Coronal Holes and Their Effects on Solar Wind Sources by J. G. Luhmann, Yan Li, C. O. Lee, L. K. Jian, C. N. Arge, P. Riley

“…For example, recurring features are affected by differential rotation of the Sun's surface field, which through its effects on the corona, can produce solar wind streams reappearing at ∼25–30 days intervals instead of at the canonical 27.3 days Carrington rotation rate. In addition, the conditions that lead to the corotating stream structure that can dominate periods of low solar activity are seen to be more complicated than suggested by the simple concepts of early studies. …”
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Examining the Validity and Reliability of Iranian Women's Sexual Self-Efficacy Questionnaire by Fatemeh Shabani, Rasol Roshan Chesli, Soheila Ghomian

“…Convergent validity, variance analysis, and factor analysis methods were employed to assess the validity of the questionnaire. Additionally, traditional methods of internal consistency, including Cronbach's alpha and dichotomization, were utilized to evaluate its reliability.Results: Data analysis indicated that premarital education, which focused on risk factors using a cognitive-behavioral approach, positively influenced the resilience and quality of life of the engaged couples. …”
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Antioxidant and anti-diabetic potential of the green synthesized silver nanoparticles using Martynia annua L. root extract by Megha B. Abbigeri, Bothe Thokchom, Sapam Riches Singh, Santosh Mallikarjun Bhavi, B.P. Harini, Ramesh Babu Yarajarla

“…Characterization through UV-Visible spectroscopy, FTIR, DLS, and SEM/EDX confirmed the formation of AgNPs with polygonal morphology and an average size of 64 nm, with the PDI of 0.385. Additionally, the AgNPs demonstrated moderate stability, evidenced by a zeta potential of −21.6 mV. …”
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Long Short‐Term Memory Neural Network for Ionospheric Total Electron Content Forecasting Over China by Pan Xiong, Dulin Zhai, Cheng Long, Huiyu Zhou, Xuemin Zhang, Xuhui Shen

“…The results indicated that the ED‐LSTME model is superior to the other statistical models, with R2 and root mean square error values of 0.89 and 12.09 TECU, respectively. In addition, TEC was adequately predicted under different ionospheric conditions, and satisfactory results were obtained even under geomagnetically disturbed conditions. …”
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Repetitive Control of Robotic Joint With Variable Impedance Utilizing Agonist-Antagonist Muscle Pair Structure Based on Virtual Trajectories by Kaho Umeda, Yinlai Jiang, Hiroshi Yokoi, Shunta Togo

“…We developed a robotic joint with an agonist-antagonist muscle pair structure that can easily change its mechanical impedance using a position-controlled motor combined with a grommet, which changes its stiffness nonlinearly with respect to elongation, in addition to a wire traction mechanism as the control target. …”
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Application of Gastric Tube Decompression for Rapid Tip Positioning in Bedside Blind Insertion of Nasoenteric Tubes by Yang LL, Li DN, Gao P, Zhang H, Wang J

“…Li-Li Yang,1 Di-Na Li,1 Peng Gao,2 Hua Zhang,1 Juan Wang3 1Department of Emergency, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Medical Affairs, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Di-Na Li, Department of Emergency, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 18236933790, Email lidnina_lii@126.comObjective: This study aims to examine the efficacy of gastric tube decompression in rapid tip positioning during bedside blind insertion of nasoenteric tubes.Methods: Between August 2023 and July 2024, patients who were critically ill in the emergency intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Beijing who required nasoenteric tube placement were enrolled in this study. …”
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Realization by the Children's Parents of Their Right to Freedom of Movement by V. Yu. Yevko

“…Besides, certain requirements of the Family Code of Ukraine create additional bureaucratic obstacles and restrict the child’s right to freedom of movement. …”
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Changes of Air Pollutants in Urban Cities during the COVID-19 Lockdown-Sri Lanka by Buddhi Pushpawela, Sherly Shelton, Gayathri Liyanage, Sanduni Jayasekara, Dimuthu Rajapaksha, Akila Jayasundara, Lesty Das Jayasuriya

“…In addition, daytime SO2 concentration in Colombo has increased by 22.9%, while daytime SO2 concentration in Kandy has decreased by −40%. …”
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Coronary health index based on immunoglobulin light chains to assess coronary heart disease risk with machine learning: a diagnostic trial by Wenbo Ren, Zichen Zhang, Yifei Wang, Jiangyuan Wang, Li Li, Lin Shi, Taiyu Zhai, Jing Huang

“…We aim to develop and validate a Coronary Health Index (CHI) incorporating total IgLCs levels and their distribution. Additionally, we aim to evaluate its effectiveness by integrating patient data and using machine learning models through diagnostic trial. …”
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Microencapsulation of β-Carotene by Spray Drying: Effect of Wall Material Concentration and Drying Inlet Temperature by Luiz C. Corrêa-Filho, Maria M. Lourenço, Margarida Moldão-Martins, Vítor D. Alves

“…In addition, morphology and particles size distribution were evaluated. …”
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The impacts of reduced ice sheets, vegetation, and elevated CO2 on future Arctic climates by Katherine Power, Qiong Zhang

“…At 400 ppm CO2, the expansion of needleleaf evergreen trees decreases surface albedo, adding an additional 0.5°C of warming. However, at 560 ppm CO2, the warming effect of vegetation growth was muted (0.3°C) due to the development of a more diverse canopy with brighter deciduous species, which mitigates the albedo-driven warming. …”
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Liberties of the genome: insertions of mitochondrial DNA fragments into nuclear genome by M. V. Golubenko, V. P. Puzyrev

“…The role of NUMTS as a cause of hereditary diseases is negligible, since only a few cases of diseases caused by NUMTS have been described so far. In addition, NUMTS can serve as markers for evolutionary genetic studies. …”
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A Dynamic Discretization Algorithm for Learning BN Model: Predicting Causation Probability of Ship Collision in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia by Iis Dewi Ratih, Ketut Buda Artana, Heri Kuswanto, Dhimas Widhi Handani, Renata Zahabiya

“…This poses a threat to the marine environment, leading to potential oil spills and the triggering of additional maritime accidents. Therefore, predicting the frequency of ship collisions by identifying the contributing factors is crucial as an initial step in preventing and mitigating their occurrence. …”
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Examining the Economic Costs of the 2003 Halloween Storm Effects on the North Hemisphere Aviation Using Flight Data in 2019 by Dabin Xue, Jian Yang, Zhizhao Liu, Shiwei Yu

“…We find that (a) as the high‐frequency communication blackouts may lead to polar flight rerouting and cancellations, possible daily economic costs could range from €0.21 million to €2.20 million per day; (b) during the satellite navigation failure period in the continental United States, as aircraft utilizes ground navigation aids as a backup, the increased flying time and disrupted descent approach operations may lead to additional cost of €2.43 million; (c) a surveillance failure can reduce airspace capacity and increase the workload of air traffic controllers, resulting in fatigue and perhaps risking flight safety; (d) to prevent massive cosmic radiation exposure, the economic costs of flight cancellations can be from €2.77 million to €48.97 million, depending on the cosmic radiation dose limits for a given plan. …”
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Potential value of novel multiparametric MRI radiomics for preoperative prediction of microsatellite instability and Ki-67 expression in endometrial cancer by Zhichao Wang, Yan Hu, Jun Cai, Jinyuan Xie, Chao Li, Xiandong Wu, Jingjing Li, Haifeng Luo, Chuchu He

“…Abstract Exploring the potential of advanced artificial intelligence technology in predicting microsatellite instability (MSI) and Ki-67 expression of endometrial cancer (EC) is highly significant. …”
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Phylogeny and taxonomy of the shore-fly tribe Ephydrini with comments on related tribes in Ephydrinae (Diptera: Ephydridae) by Wayne N. Mathis, Luciane Marinoni, Tatiana A. Sepúlveda

“…In the taxonomic section, the tribe Ephydrini is characterized, as are all included genera within the tribe. In addition, keys to all genera, subgenera, and species groups are provided to facilitate their identification.…”
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Short distances dominate connectivity patterns of coral communities in the North-West Arabian Sea by Michel R. Claereboudt, Gerd Bruss

“…The model used surface currents from two independent global circulation models, and we simulated 120 scenarios, covering four years and three larval competency models. Additionally we determine mean flow fields and LCS structures based on 20 years of reanalysis data from a third model. …”
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