Potentials of Presepsin as a Novel Sepsis Biomarker in Critically Ill Adults: Correlation Analysis with the Current Diagnostic Markers by Mai S. Sater, Nourah Almansour, Zainab Hasan Abdulla Malalla, Salim Fredericks, Muhalab E. Ali, Hayder A. Giha

“…Plasma bilirubin and creatinine served as indicators of liver and kidney dysfunction, respectively. <b>Results:</b> Promising roles for these biomarkers were found. …”
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The causal relationship of cigarette smoking to metabolic disease risk and the possible mediating role of gut microbiota by Jingda Zhang, Lin Hou, Shanxiang Lei, Yan Li, Guogang Xu

“…Background: Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of preventable death worldwide, with its associated diseases and conditions. …”
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Malignant Paraganglioma With Calvarial Metastases Presenting With Recurrent Catecholamine-Induced Cardiomyopathy by Beatrice A. Brumley, MD, Run Yu, MD, PhD, Shadfar Bahri, MD, Jane Rhyu, MD

“…Background/Objective: Cranial metastases rarely occur in malignant paragangliomas (PGLs) or pheochromocytomas, which usually metastasize to the liver, bone, lungs, and lymph nodes. Early detection and intervention with a multidisciplinary approach are crucial given the critical location. …”
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INNOVACIÓN EN LA PROMOCIÓN DE LA ACTIVIDAD FÍSICA POR MEDIO DE LOS EXERGAMES: UNA REVISIÓN SISTEMÁTICA by Danny Daniel Carrillo Benítez, Diana Carolina Vivas Ropero

“…En el caso de los docentes de educación física que fueron usuarios de videojuegos indicaron que dicha experiencia permitía aplicarlos en el aula, en esta misma línea han sido considerado por diferentes autores como una potente herramienta de cara a su inclusión en el ámbito educativo, especialmente en el área de educación física. …”
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Caracterización del consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en población universitaria by Sandra Yaneth Quiroz Coral

“…Se consideró el cuestionario del Sistema Interamericano de Datos Uniformes sobre consumo de drogas, al cual se accedió de forma remota a través de un servidor de la Organización de Estados Americanos, con el objetivo de que los estudiantes pudieran responder en línea mediante una página web. Para el análisis estadístico de los datos, se utilizó el programa estadístico SAS versión 9.3. …”
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Nanocrystal Agglomerates of Curcumin Prepared by Electrospray Drying as an Excipient-Free Dry Powder for Inhalation by Shahram Emami, Zahra Hemmati, Shadi Yaqoubi, Hamed Hamishehkar, Amin Alvani

“…Clinical applications of curcumin are limited due to its chemical instability in solution, low water solubility, poor oral bioavailability, and intestinal and liver first-pass metabolism. Pulmonary delivery of curcumin can address these challenges and provide a high concentration in lung tissues. …”
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Butyrylcholinesterase Levels on Admission Predict Severity and 12-Month Mortality in Hospitalized AIDS Patients by Lijun Xu, Biao Zhu, Ying Huang, Zongxing Yang, Jia Sun, Yan Xu, Jinlei Zheng, Sabine Kinloch, Michael T. Yin, Honglei Weng, Nanping Wu

“…Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) is synthesized mainly in the liver and an important marker in many infectious/inflammatory diseases, but its role in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients is not clear. …”
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Development of prognostic models for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer in females: a retrospective population-based study by Yan Chen, Yu Qiu, Haoyang Shen, Shuixin Yan, Jiadi Li, Weizhu Wu

“…Independent prognostic factors of BCSS and OS included: age; marital status; race; oestrogen receptor status; surgery; chemotherapy; and bone, brain, liver, and lung metastases. The C-indices for the BCSS and OS training groups were 0.707 and 0.702, respectively. …”
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Las «otras mujeres» y la Pedagogía de la Autonomía de Freire by Mireia Arrufat Gallardo

“…Si las personas educadoras defendemos una educación democrática, en la línea de la pedagogía de la autonomía de Paulo Freire, tenemos el papel de ofrecer el máximo número de oportunidades a todas las mujeres, sobre todo a las que se encuentran en más desigualdad por no tener una titulación académica y no haber podido participar de su derecho a la educación con anterioridad. …”
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Additive Effects of Glutathione in Improving Antibiotic Efficacy in HIV–<i>M.tb</i> Co-Infection in the Central Nervous System: A Systematic Review by Leena Nabipur, Michael Mouawad, Vishwanath Venketaraman

“…Animal models demonstrated reduced bacterial burden in the lungs, liver, and spleen with GSH supplementation, along with enhanced granuloma stability. …”
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Sleep quality in children with hepatic glycogen storage diseases, a prospective observational pilot study by Lucas Agnoletto, Moya Vandeleur, Mary White, Anne‐Marie Adams, Rebecca Halligan, Heidi Peters

“…Abstract Background Hepatic glycogen storage diseases (GSDs) are characterised by enzyme defects affecting liver glycogen metabolism, where carbohydrate supplementation to prevent overnight hypoglycaemia is common. …”
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Feasibility and Safety of Perilla Seed Oil as an Additional Antioxidative Therapy in Patients with Mild to Moderate Dementia by Chuntida Kamalashiran, Junya Pattaraarchachai, Sombat Muengtaweepongsa

“…Dementia is a broad-spectrum terminology for a degenerate in cognitive function severe enough to intervene in activities of daily living. Oxidative stress plays a major role in the neurodegenerative cascade, leading to the irreversible mechanism in dementia. …”
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¿Instituciones o máquinas ideológicas? Origen, programa y organización de los partidos latinoamericanos de Manuel Alcántara by Flavia Freidenberg

“…Los primeros trabajos datan de 1990 cuando diferentes politólogos comenzaron a abordar a los partidos como organizaciones, siguiendo las premisas de autores clásicos respecto a los partidos europeos y norteamericanos. En esa línea es que, a partir de 1997, Manuel Alcántara inició una investigación de carácter comparado que tenía como objetivo explorar cómo funcionaban las organizaciones partidistas de 17 países de la región. …”
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Evaluación ex ante de la renta básica en Ecuador: efectos en pobreza y desigualdad by Wilson Santiago Albuja Echeverría

“…Los resultados señalan que, mediante la asignación de una renta mensual igual al valor de la línea de pobreza por ingresos para adultos y de 30% para menores de edad, la pobreza monetaria pasaría de 25 a 6%; el estrato medio ascendería a la mitad de la población, y el coeficiente de Gini se reduciría de 0.473 a 0.391. …”
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Real world study on combining local interventions with systemic therapy in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma by Zhaosong Xue, Ming Yao, Kang Chen, Taiyun Huang, Jianjun Li, Jian Chen, Fei Huang, Yubin Huang, Xiaoyong Cai, Yihe Yan

“…Specifically, patients who exhibited a positive response to triple therapy and fulfilled the criteria for hepatectomy were selected for liver resection. Additionally, investigation assessed association between clinical factors and successful achievement of conversion resection, as well as postoperative recurrence. …”
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Radical Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Benign Disease by D. O. Kavanagh, C. O'Riain, P. F. Ridgway, P. Neary, T. C. Crotty, J. G. Geoghegan, O. Traynor

“…Morbidity included intra-abdominal collection (one), anastomotic leak (one), liver abscess (one), and myocardial infarction (one). …”
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Fabrication and characterization of rGO-SnO2 nanocomposite for electrochemical sensor of ciprofloxacin by Prastika Krisma Jiwanti, Dewi Kartika Azizah Sukardi, Anis Puspita Sari, Mai Tomisaki, Siti Wafiroh, Sri Hartati, Arramel, Yew Hoong Wong, Pei Meng Woi, Joon Ching Juan

“…The uncontrolled use of ciprofloxacin (CIP) has led to increased resistance in patients and potential health issues such as kidney disorders, digestive disorder, and liver complications. This study addresses these concerns by introducing an innovative electrochemical sensor utilizing a screen-printed electrode (SPE) enhanced with a novel rGO-SnO2 nanocomposite for the precise monitoring of CIP concentration. …”
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Consideraciones actuales de la inyección percutánea de etanol en el bocio nodular benigno by Lazaro Lorda Galiano, Jacinto Oscar Navas Igarza, Belkis Ortega de la Campa

“…Desarrollo: La evidencia actual respalda el uso de la inyección percutánea de etanol como tratamiento de primera línea para quistes puros y nódulos tiroideos predominantemente quísticos. …”
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Genetic Determinants of Immune Cells and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk: A Bioinformatics and Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by Tong WU, Fei GAO, Fei TENG, Qiaoli ZHANG

“…ConclusionThe occurrence and development of liver cancer may be related to CDK1, CCNB1, and CDC20, showing a high degree of correlation with Th2 cells, T helper cells, Th17 cells, and DCs. …”
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Real-world clinical outcome of unresectable locally advanced & de-novo metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a multicentre retrospective study by Mohamed Aseafan, Ali H. Alfakeeh, Emad Tashkandi, Mervat Mahrous, Mohammed Alghamdi, Bader Alshamsan, Marwan Al-Hajeili, Safwan Bakhsh, Kanan Alshammari, Fahad A. Almugbel, Abdulhameed H. Alfagih, Ahmed Allehebi, Mohamed Montaser, Mohamed Hamdy Elsafty, Khaled Abd Elaziz Elnaghi, Ibrahim Issa, Eesa Bakshi, Sadeem AlSubaie, Bandar AlMutairi, Hoda Mokhtar, Mohamed Aboelatta, Nedal Bukhari, Ali M. Alzahrani, Tusneem Elhassan, Ali Alqahtani, Shouki Bazarbashi

“…Results The median age at diagnosis was 60 years, with 63% of patients presenting with multiple metastatic sites, primarily in the liver (66.3%). FOLFIRINOX was the most common first-line treatment (55.1%), followed by gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel (15.1%). …”
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