Hemodynamic and Lesion Characteristics Associated with Discordance between the Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio and Fractional Flow Reserve by Hiroyuki Arashi, Natsuko Satomi, Issei Ishida, Kanintorn Soontorndhada, Suguru Ebihara, Kazuki Tanaka, Hisao Otsuki, Masashi Nakao, Kentaro Jujo, Junichi Yamaguchi, Nobuhisa Hagiwara

“…Even if iFR is functionally significant in intermediate stenosis, additional FFR evaluations should be considered for women, especially those with a high rate-pressure product, to avoid unnecessary percutaneous coronary intervention. …”
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Does engaging in ESG practices improve banks’ performance in Jordan? by Marwan Mansour, Mo’taz Al Zobi, Ibrahim Alnohoud, Almothanna Abu Allan, Abedulwale Khassawneh, Mohamed Saad

“…Similarly, as the bank ages by one year, its performance improves, with the ROA and Tobin’s Q models showing increases of 0.216 and 0.116 units, respectively. Additionally, the financial development showed correlation coefficients of 0.108 and 0.045 for the ROA and Tobin’s Q models, respectively. …”
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Long-term outcomes of radiofrequency ablation for intrathoracic goiter up to 5 years: evaluated by computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound by Yu-Hsin Wang, Pi-Ling Chiang, An-Ni Lin, Cheng-Kang Wang, Chih-Ying Lee, Chen-Kai Chou, Yen-Hsiang Chang, Shun-Yu Chi, Sheng-Dean Luo, Wei-Che Lin

“…The primary outcomes measured were the degree of extension, goiter volume, volume reduction rate (VRR), tracheal deviation, and tracheal lumen. Additionally, we assessed the outcomes of single-session RFA (n = 16) vs. multiple sessions (n = 8) on goiters and explored the correlation between ITG volume measurements obtained using ultrasonography and CT/MRI.Results The median follow-up period was 12 months (interquartile range: 6–36.8 months). …”
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Trends in incidence, mortality, and DALYs of cystic echinococcosis in Central Asia from 1992 to 2021: an age-period-cohort analysis by Wulan Talafuhan, Kaibinuer Tuoheti, Ye Lixia, Qi Shuang, Mieyier Yeerjiang, Guzalinuer Aizezi, Wei Jingjing, Peierdun Mijiti, Peierdun Mijiti

“…The joinpoint regression model was employed to calculate the annual percentage change (APC) and average APC (AAPC) to identify shifts in disease trends. Additionally, an age-period-cohort model was used to assess the impact of various age groups, periods, and birth cohorts on the disease burden.ResultsThe number of CE cases increased by 52.13% in Central Asia, while deaths decreased by 57.35%; DALYs decreased only slightly by 10.75%. …”
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Transcription Factor E2F-1 Is Upregulated in Human Gastric Cancer Tissues and Its Overexpression Suppresses Gastric Tumor Cell Proliferation by Qiang Xiao, Lei Li, Yubo Xie, Ning Tan, Changqing Wang, Junyi Xu, Keyi Xia, Kevin Gardner, Qingdi Q. Li

“…PCR-SSCP analysis demonstrated that mutations were not detected in any of the gastric cancer and normal tissue specimens. In addition, the results of an immunohistochemistry assay revealed higher expression rates of E2F-1 (P < 0.01) in gastric cancer tissues (72.5%) than in paratumor tissues (30.0%) of the same individuals and stomach mucosa from healthy individuals (22.5%). …”
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Control of peritectic phase content and its effect on properties of CuSn20P1 alloy by semi-solid rheological forming by Hao Zhang, Yongkun Li, Rongfeng Zhou, Dingdong Huo, Yao Li, Lei Wang

“…Interestingly, the δ-phase content decreased significantly with the increase in mold temperature. In addition, the β are tightly bound to the α-Cu and exist semi-coherent interface matching in (101) β//(-1-10) α-Cu. …”
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Prognostic models for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following traumatic brain injury: a CENTER-TBI study by Kelly Jones, Antonio Belli, Suzanne Polinder, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Hester F Lingsma, Dick Tibboel, Ronny Beer, Raimund Helbok, Horia Ples, Ari Ercole, Peter Cameron, Marek Czosnyka, Catherine McMahon, Peter Vajkoczy, Paul Dark, Alexandra Brazinova, Marek Majdan, Rahul Raj, William Stewart, Ewout W Steyerberg, Giuseppe Citerio, Nino Stocchetti, Alessia Vargiolu, Hester Lingsma, Helen Dawes, Benoit Misset, Faye Johnson, David van Klaveren, Simon Stanworth, Fiona Lecky, Peter Smielewski, Alice Theadom, Peter Bragge, David Nelson, János Sándor, Paul M Vespa, Olli Tenovuo, Olav Røise, Wim Van Hecke, Vincent Degos, David Menon, Bart Depreitere, Audny Anke, Rolf Rossaint, Mark Coburn, Victor Volovici, Daan Nieboer, Jonathan Rosand, Nada Andelic, Hans Clusmann, Emma Donoghue, Jonathan Coles, stefan jankowski, Jonathan Rhodes, Guy Williams, Rolf Lefering, Mathieu van der Jagt, Daniel Kondziella, Noah D Silverberg, Arturo Chieregato, Sophie Richter, Endre Czeiter, Stefan Winzeck, Jan Verheyden, András Büki, Benjamin Gravesteijn, Evgenios Kornaropoulos, Virginia Newcombe, Lindsay Wilson, Lindsay Horton, Amra Covic, Dominique Van Praag, Cecilia Åkerlund, Krisztina Amrein, Lasse Andreassen, Anna Antoni, Gérard Audibert, Philippe Azouvi, Ronald Bartels, Pál Barzó, Romuald Beauvais, Bo-Michael Bellander, Habib Benali, Maurizio Berardino, Luigi Beretta, Morten Blaabjerg, Vibeke Brinck, Joanne Brooker, Camilla Brorsson, Monika Bullinger, Manuel Cabeleira, Alessio Caccioppola, Emiliana Calappi, Guillermo Carbayo Lozano, Marco Carbonara, Simona Cavallo, Giorgio Chevallard, Marta Correia, Nicola Curry, Véronique De Keyser, Hugo den Boogert, Đula Đilvesi, Abhishek Dixit, Jens Dreier, Patrick Esser, Erzsébet Ezer, Martin Fabricius, Kelly Foks, Shirin Frisvold, Alex Furmanov, Pablo Gagliardo, Damien Galanaud, Dashiell Gantner, Guoyi Gao, Pradeep George, Alexandre Ghuysen, Lelde Giga, Jagoš Golubovic Ben Glocker, Johannes Gratz, Francesca Grossi, Deepak Gupta, Iain Haitsma, Eirik Helseth, Jilske Huijben, Bram Jacobs, Mike Jarrett, Mladen Karan, Erwin Kompanje, Noémi Kovács, Ana Kowark, Alfonso Lagares, Linda Lanyon, Steven Laureys, Didier Ledoux, Valerie Legrand, Aurelie Lejeune, Leon Levi, Roger Lightfoot, Marc Maegele, Alex Manara, Geoffrey Manley, Costanza Martino, Hugues Maréchal, Julia Mattern, Béla Melegh, Tomas Menovsky, Ana Mikolic, Visakh Muraleedharan, Lynnette Murray, Ancuta Negru, József Nyirádi, Otesile Olubukola, Matej Oresic, Fabrizio Ortolano, Aarno Palotie, Paul M Parizel, Natascha Perera, Vincent Perlbarg, Paolo Persona, Wilco Peul, Matti Pirinen, Inigo Pomposo, Louis Puybasset, Andreea Radoi, Arminas Ragauskas, Malinka Rambadagalla, Sylvia Richardson, Samuli Ripatti, Saulius Rocka, Cecilie Roe, Christina Rosenlund, Guy Rosenthal, Sandra Rossi, Juan Sahuquillo, Oliver Sakowitz, Nadine Schäfer, Silke Schmidt, Herbert Schoechl, Guus Schoonman, Elisabeth Schwendenwein, Charlie Sewalt, Toril Skandsen, Abayomi Sorinola, Robert Stevens, Nina Sundström, Riikka Takala, Viktória Tamás, Tomas Tamosuitis, Mark Steven Taylor, Matt Thomas, Marjolein Timmers, Christos Tolias, Tony Trapani, Shirley Vallance, Egils Valeinis, Zoltán Vámos, Emmanuel Vega, Kimberley Velt, Anne Vik, Rimantas Vilcinis, Daphne Voormolen, Petar Vulekovic, Kevin K W Wang, Eveline Wiegers, Stefan Wolf, Zhihui Yang, Peter Ylén, Alexander Younsi, Frederick A Zeiler, Veronika Zelinkova, Agate Ziverte, Tommaso Zoerle, Joukje van der Naalt, Braden Te Ao, Caroline van Heugten, Francesco Della Corte, Ernest Van Veen, Andrew IR Maas, Andreas Unterberg, Thomas A van Essen, Mathilde Jost, Shuyuan Shi, Maria Luisa Azzolini, Maria Rosa Calvi, Jamie D Cooper, Claire Dahyot Fizelier, Guy Loup Dulière, Valery L Feigin, Pedro A Gomez, Russell L Gruen, Juanita A Haagsma, Peter J Hutchinson, Ji yao Jiang, Angelos G Kolias, Lars Owe Koskinen, Andrew I Z Maas, Ana M Castaño León, Jean François Payen, Anna Piippo Karjalainen, Dana Pisica, Jussi PPosti, Isabel Retel Helmrich, Jeffrey VRosenfeld, Daniel Rueckert Martin Rusnák, Renan SanchezPorras, Rico Frederik Schou, Cristina Maria Tudora, Gregory Van der Steen, Jeroen T J M van Dijck, Thijs Vande Vyvere, Roel P J van Wijk, Nicole von Steinbüchel

“…Predictors were selected based on Akaike’s Information Criterion. Additionally, we fitted logistic models for the endpoints ‘probable MDD’ and ‘probable PTSD’. …”
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Executive function, limbic circuit dynamics and repetitive and restricted behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder by Xiangyu Zheng, Xinyue Wang, Ruochen Song, Junbin Tian, Li Yang

“…By employing linear regression, the study assessed how atypical connectivity dynamics and EF influence RRBs. Additionally, mediation analysis with bootstrapping was used to determine how EF mediates the relationship between atypical connectivity and RRBs.ResultsWe found significant differences in the variance of FC between ASD and TD groups, specifically in the OFC subregion in L-prefrontal and the left amygdala (t = 5.00, FDR q &lt; 0.01). …”
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Perioperative SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery in Gynecology Clinic: Tertiary Center Experience by Gulnihal Reyhan Toptas, Eylem Unlubilgin, Tugba Kinay, Ali Riza Dogan, Mehmet Akif Akgul, Sitare Aslanova, Emel Ebru Ercan, Vakkas Korkmaz, Sezin Erturk Aksakal, Yaprak Ustun

“…Postoperative respiratory and other system complications did not occur in nine patients, previously diagnosed with COVID-19. …”
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Hydrogen-rich syngas production through partial oxidation of methane over Ni-promoted molecular sieves: Impact of reducibility and surface area by Salma A. Al-Zahrani, Rawesh Kumar, Mohammed F. Alotibi, Sahar Y. Rajeh, Najat Masood, Hessah Difallah A Al-Enazy, Ahmed S. Al-Fatesh

“…The co-presence of hydrogen (from hydrogen rich syngas) must stabilize the metallic state of Ni during POM. 1 wt.% Ga promotional addition over 5Ni-MOR13 brings the least crystallinity, highest surface area, and adequate population of active sites derived from NiO which is interacted with support with moderate to strong interaction. 5Ni+1Ga-MOR13 becomes coke resistance and outperforms than others. …”
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Compost quality optimization through Plackett-Burman’s design by Luis Felipe Ortiz-Dongo, Yerly Mendez-Revollar, Richard Solórzano-Acosta, Sphyros Lastra, Gladys Carrión-Carrera

“…Leachate recirculation showed significant effect on compost humidity increase, which decreased its physical quality to not permitted values by Peruvian technical standards. In addition, leachate uses a reduced number of corn leaves, as well as its fresh and dry weight. …”
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Single-cell microbiota phenotyping reveals distinct disease and therapy-associated signatures in Crohn’s disease by Lisa Budzinski, Gi-Ung Kang, René Riedel, Toni Sempert, Leonie Lietz, René Maier, Janine Büttner, Bettina Bochow, Marcell T. Tordai, Aayushi Shah, Amro Abbas, Tanisha Momtaz, Jannike L. Krause, Robin Kempkens, Katrin Lehman, Gitta A. Heinz, Anne E. Benken, Stefanie Bartsch, Kathleen Necke, Ute Hoffmann, Mir-Farzin Mashreghi, Robert Biesen, Tilmann Kallinich, Tobias Alexander, Bosse Jessen, Carl Weidinger, Britta Siegmund, Andreas Radbruch, Anja Schirbel, Benjamin Moser, Hyun-Dong Chang

“…The data were analyzed by machine-learning to assess disease-specific marker patterns in the microbiota phenotype. mMFC captured detailed characteristics of CD microbiota and identified patterns to classify CD patients. In addition, we identified phenotypic signatures in the CD microbiota which not only reflected remission after 6 weeks of anti-TNF treatment, but were also able to predict remission before the start of an adalimumab treatment course in a pilot study. …”
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Novel N-quaternary coumarin-3-yl-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines as fluorescent hybrids: Their synthesis and biological evaluation in cancer cells by Karla Armendariz-Barrientos, Luis A. Pérez, Selene Lagunas-Rivera, Yolanda Alcaraz-Contreras, Marco A. García-Revilla, Heriberto Prado-Garcia, Rocío García-Becerra, Miguel A. Vazquez

“…Furthermore, these same structures demonstrated substantial fluorescence emissions localized within the cytoplasm. Additionally, compounds decreased the G2/M phase of the cell cycle and increased the SubG1 phase. …”
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A nonactivating ITGB3 mutation in the β3 cytoplasmic region causes macrothrombocytopenia with an impaired αIIbβ3/RhoA pathway by Keiichi Nakata, Keigo Akuta, Takaya Endo, Midori Koike, Daisuke Motooka, Daisuke Okuzaki, Hisashi Kato, Yoshiaki Tomiyama, Naoki Hosen, Hirokazu Kashiwagi

“…Platelet αIIbβ3 and GPVI expression were decreased in KI mice, and αIIbβ3 activation was not detected in nonstimulated KI platelets. …”
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Cervical cancer screening: Impact of collection technique on human papillomavirus detection and genotyping by Alisa P. Young, Mutiya Olorunfemi, Leigh Morrison, Scott A. Kelley, Anna Laurie, Anna McEvoy, Jill Schneiderhan, Julie Prussack, Marie Claire O'Dwyer, Pamela Rockwell, Philip Zazove, Jonathan Gabison, Jane Chargot, Kristina Gallagher, Ananda Sen, Dongru Chen, Elizabeth A. Haro, Emma A. Butcher, Martha L. Alves, Christelle El Khoury, Melinda L. Dendrinos, Nicole Brashear, Roger Smith, Richard W. Lieberman, Natalie Saunders, Elizabeth Campbell, Heather M. Walline, Diane M. Harper

“…Our study defines the kappa agreement between self- and speculum-based collection techniques for 15 types of high-risk HPV. Additionally, we describe the sensitivity and specificity ratios for HPV testing using both collection methods. …”
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Low Thermal Resistance of Diamond‐AlGaN Interfaces Achieved Using Carbide Interlayers by Henry T. Aller, Thomas W. Pfeifer, Abdullah Mamun, Kenny Huynh, Marko Tadjer, Tatyana Feygelson, Karl Hobart, Travis Anderson, Bradford Pate, Alan Jacobs, James Spencer Lundh, Mark Goorsky, Asif Khan, Patrick Hopkins, Samuel Graham

“…STEM imaging of the interface reveals interlayer thicknesses between 1.7 and 2.5 nm, with an amorphous structure. Additionally, Fast‐Fourier Transform (FFT) characterization of sections of the STEM images displayed sharp crystalline fringes in the AlGaN layer, confirming it is properly protected from damage from hydrogen plasma during the diamond growth. …”
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Identification of key chromium resistance genes in Cellulomonas using transcriptomics by Hongmei Sun, Yongdong Li, Shengchao Gao, Guangchuan Shi, Lianbin Cao, Xinya Li, Tong Li, Tongbiao Li, Mingcheng Wang, Enzhong Li, Junhe Liu, Hongxia Ni, Yi Chen, Ying Liu

“…Cytochrome c subunits encoding genes qcrA and qcrC were involved in the intracellular reduction of Cr(VI), and cytochrome c oxidase subunits encoding genes coxB and coxC were involved in extracellular electron secretion. Additionally, several unreported genes were found to be upregulated in C. fimi Clb-11 under Cr(VI) stress. …”
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Mechanism of Threshold Voltage Instability in Double Gate &#x03B1;-IGZO Nanosheet TFT Under Bias and Temperature Stress by Muhammad Aslam, Shu-Wei Chang, Yi-Ho Chen, Yao-Jen Lee, Yiming Li, Wen-Hsi Lee

“…The reported DG-IGZO-NSTFTs exhibit a negative side threshold voltage shift (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\Delta$ </tex-math></inline-formula>Vth) accompanied by an increase in Ion/Ion(0) under negative bias temperature stress (NBTS) at elevated temperatures, which indicates the presence of additional charges. An anomalous negative side shifting of the Vth is observed under positive bias temperature stress (PBTS), where diffused hydrogen atoms are identified as introducing excess n-type carriers into the channel and causing the observed <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\Delta$ </tex-math></inline-formula>Vth. …”
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Clinical Significance of Perioperative Minimal Residual Disease Detected by Circulating Tumor DNA in Patients With Lung Cancer With a Long Follow-up Data: An Exploratory Study by Shuta Ohara, MD, PhD, Kenichi Suda, MD, PhD, Sumedha Sudhaman, PhD, Akira Hamada, MD, PhD, Masato Chiba, MD, PhD, Masaki Shimoji, MD, PhD, Toshiki Takemoto, MD, PhD, Ekaterina Kalashnikova, PhD, Samantha K. Cheung, PhD, Michael Krainock, MD, PhD, Jordan Feeney, BS, Himanshu Sethi, MPH, Minetta C. Liu, MD, Junichi Soh, MD, PhD, Yasuhiro Tsutani, MD, PhD, Tetsuya Mitsudomi, MD, PhD

“…Introduction: Molecular residual disease detected by circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has been reported to be predictive of patients’ outcomes in various types of cancers after curative intent treatment. Nevertheless, additional detailed information regarding the association of longitudinal ctDNA detection with long-term follow-up in lung cancer is needed. …”
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Economic feasibility assessment and parameter sensitivity analysis of rainwater harvesting systems in different climatic zones of China by Chonghua Xue, Feng Xiong, Junqi Li, Xiaojing Li, Jing Li, Yu Wang, Xiangyu Li, Ziyu Cui

“…The Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) was employed to optimize the cistern volume by integrating Net Present Value (NPV) and Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR). Additionally, multiple nonlinear regression analyses were employed to quantify the relationship between various catchment subsurfaces and the optimal reservoir volume. …”
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