MR T2* Map to Predict Worsening Hypertension Control: A Preliminary Study by Chun-Hung Liu, Jeon-Hor Chen, Antonio Carlos Westphalen, Chun-Ming Chen, Chih-Ping Chang, Wei-Ching Lin

“…The unstable subgroup had higher medullary R2* values than the stable subgroup in all followed patients (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Additionally, the unstable merged non-med with ARB subgroup had higher medullary R2* values overall (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and within the good control subgroup (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Palovarotene Can Attenuate Heterotopic Ossification Induced by Tendon Stem Cells by Downregulating the Synergistic Effects of Smad and NF-κB Signaling Pathway following Stimulation... by Junchao Huang, Jialiang Lin, Congbin Li, Bo Tang, Haijun Xiao

“…We constructed a coculture model of TCSs and polarized macrophages, as well as overexpression and knockdown models of the Smad signaling pathway of TCSs. In addition, a rat model of HO, which was constructed by Achilles tendon resection, was also established. …”
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Evaluating factors that impact scoring an open response situational judgment test: a mixed methods approach by Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Rodica Ivan, Colleen Robb, Jillian Derby

“…Although open-response SJTs have shown strong psychometric properties, assessors’ personal beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds may influence how they perceive, organize and evaluate information within test takers’ diverse responses. Additionally, SJT research typically focuses on reliability and predictive validity, whereas the construct validity of open response SJTs remains underexplored. …”
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PROTOTYPING A WEB-PUBLISHED ACADEMIC ENGLISH COURSEBOOK FOR INDONESIAN PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS by Muhaimin Abdullah, Syarifuddin Dollah, Haryanto Atmowardoyo

“…Besides, this publication discusses ideas of web design and development that work for academic English learning purposes. In addition, this publication also deals with the effectiveness issue of the web-published academic English coursebook in assisting non-English major students in learning academic English through online distance learning delivery mode. …”
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Assessment of Mineral Contents and Technological Properties of Dry Bean Genotypes Grown Under Organic Farming Conditions With Multivariate Analysis by Oğuz Erol, Oğuzhan Uzun, Satı Uzun, Hamdi Özaktan

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«Management of a pharmaceutical organization» – practical communicative lectures in English by Alexandra A. Efimova, Anastasia I. Liashko, Evgenia A. Tsitlionok

“…The conditions of the modern pharmaceutical market determine a number of additional requirements to the list of professional competencies of pharmaceutical employees who must be fluent in key aspects of management, search for new active substances, pharmaceutical development, preclinical and clinical studies, registration, as well as marketing and post-marketing research. …”
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Sarcopenia, myosteatosis and inflammation are independent prognostic factors of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia patients admitted to the ICU by Romain Chauvot de Beauchene, Bertrand Souweine, Benjamin Bonnet, Bertrand Evrard, Yves Boirie, Lucie Cassagnes, Claire Dupuis

“…CSA at T4 level was an independent risk factor for D90-death (1.66[1.03; 2.66]; p = 0.04), as were procalcitonin (2.03[1.2; 3.43]; p = 0.01) and IL-6 levels (1.56[0.96; 2.54]; p = 0.07). In addition, we found correlation factors of 0.79 (p < 0.01) between SMD at T4 and L3 levels, and a correlation factor of 0.64 (p < 0.01) between CSA at T4 and L3 levels.These results indicate a poorer prognosis following a decrease in muscle surface area, a decrease in density, and an increase in inflammatory biomarkers such as Il6. …”
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Identification And Classification of Tattoos In Autopsies; A Retrospective Study by Hatice Kübra Ata Öztürk, Kemalettin Acar, Ayse Kurtuluş Dereli

“…Our study aims to analyze the profile of tattoos, define and classify tattoos, and emphasize their importance in forensic medicine. Additionally, we aimed to reveal whether there was a difference between the origins of death in our cases. …”
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Interim Results of Rigicon Penile Prosthesis Implantation in a Single Center: The Largest Series in Türkiye by Muhammet İhsan Karaman, Rasim Güzel, Duygu Kirkik, Orhan Koca

“…Initial durability from reoperation was demonstrated to be superior compared to other contemporary devices. Additionally, high satisfaction with treatment outcomes was reported by 92.4% of patients.…”
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The impact of using divergent thinking strategies on reading comprehension by A. Al Masri, T. Krishan, F. Al Talahin, S. Almassarweh

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The expression of lumican, tight junction protein 1, connective tissue growth factor, superoxide dismutase 1 in corneal tissues in graft disease by G.R. Semak, T.A. Letkovskaya, V.A. Zakharava, I.Yu. Zherko

“…One group (6 patients) period underwent a course of injections of 1% low molecular weight sodium hyaluronate in the preoperative, and the second (5 patients) did not receive additional treatment. The control group consisted of explants of 3 normal donor corneas. …”
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Organizational Agility within the Context of Environmental Challenges: Assessing the Mediating Effect of Sustainable Prices Procurement by Nitasha Aaman, Jamshid Ali, Bahaudin G. Mujtaba, Navidreza Ahadi

“…We know that customer and operational agility do have a significant direct impact on green project performance. Additionally, partnering agility did not show any direct relation with green project performance. …”
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PPIH is a novel diagnostic biomarker associated with immune infiltration in cholangiocarcinoma by Jun Ye, Zhitao Chen, Chuan Zhang, Rui Xie, Haini Chen, Peng Ren

“…The CIBERSORT database was employed to assess the correlation between PPIH expression and immune cell infiltration in CHOL. Additionally, immunohistochemical experiments were conducted to validate PPIH expression levels in CHOL tissues and to explore its correlation with TP53 gene mutations. …”
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Block-Constraint Laplacian-Regularized Low-Rank Representation and Its Application for Cancer Sample Clustering Based on Integrated TCGA Data by Juan Wang, Jin-Xing Liu, Chun-Hou Zheng, Cong-Hai Lu, Ling-Yun Dai, Xiang-Zhen Kong

“…In BLLRR decomposition, we treat each genome data as a data block and impose different constraints on different data blocks. In addition, graph Laplacian is also introduced into our method to better learn the topological structure of data by preserving the local geometric information. …”
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Evaluation of Network Security Service Provider Using 2-Tuple Linguistic Complex q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy COPRAS Method by Sumera Naz, Muhammad Akram, Mohammed M. Ali Al-Shamiri, Muhammad Ramzan Saeed

“…These operators include the 2TLCq-ROFH weighted average (2TLCq-ROFHWA), 2TLCq-ROFH ordered weighted average (2TLCq-ROFHOWA), 2TLCq-ROFH hybrid average (2TLCq-ROFHHA), 2TLCq-ROFH weighted geometric (2TLCq-ROFHWG), 2TLCq-ROFH ordered weighted geometric (2TLCq-ROFHOWG), and 2TLCq-ROFH hybrid geometric (2TLCq-ROFHHG) operators. In addition, we talk about the properties of 2TLCq-ROFH operators such as idempotency, commutativity, monotonicity, and boundedness and also examine their spatial cases. …”
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Isosteviol Sodium Promotes Neurological Function Recovery in a Model of Spinal Cord Injury in Rats by Tongxia Zhang, Tao Zhang, Han Yu, Lingyi Chi

“…Results We found that STVNa improved spinal cord functional recovery in rats, as evidenced by enhanced BBB locomotor rating scale, angle of inclination, decreased cavity of spinal cord damage, and neuron death in vivo. In addition, STVNa reduced inflammation in rats following SCI, as demonstrated by a reduction in proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)‐α, interleukin (IL)‐6, and interleukin (IL)‐1β. …”
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Crossing Borders, Opening Minds? VET Tandem Partnerships in a Dutch- German Cross-Border Region by Stephanie Wilde, Hugo Kremer, Jana Stelzer

“…Conclusion: The paper concludes that tandem partnerships in the Dutch-German border region offer a sustainable and accessible addition to the palette of mobilities available to learners and, significantly, also to teachers, in VET. …”
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Interpretable Machine Learning Model for Predicting Postpartum Depression: Retrospective Study by Ren Zhang, Yi Liu, Zhiwei Zhang, Rui Luo, Bin Lv

“…The extreme gradient boosting model was the optimal predictive model with the area under the receiver operating curve of 0.849. Shapley Additive Explanation indicated that the most influential predictors of PPD were antepartum depression, lower fetal weight, elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone, declined thyroid peroxidase antibodies, elevated serum ferritin, and older age. …”
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Effects of ibuprofen and microplastics on movement, growth and reproduction in the freshwater snail Physella acuta by Daniel Elías, Jazmin Ramirez Vieytez, Morena Funoy Sayar, Jorge Loaisiga, Ayden Harper, Jason Doll

“…While no significant effects were observed on movement or number of egg clusters, there was a significant decrease in growth when snails were exposed to microplastics or the combination of microplastics and ibuprofen (p = 0.021). Additionally, snail egg production decreased when exposed to ibuprofen (p = 0.001) but increased when exposed to microplastics (p = 0.002). …”
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Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Overexpressing Heme Oxygenase-1 Promotes Symptoms Recovery in Cystitis Rats by Alleviating Neuroinflammation by Qiongqiong Gao, Zhentao Gao, Minzhi Su, Yong Huang, Chi Zhang, Cuiping Li, Hailun Zhan, Bolong Liu, Xiangfu Zhou

“…A series of behavioral measurements would be trial including suprapubic mechanical allodynia, depressive-like behaviors, micturition frequency, and short-term memory function. Additionally, western blot, immunofluorescence staining, and ELISA kit test for anti-inflammation effect. …”
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