Time-restricted feeding improves metabolic syndrome by activating thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue and reducing inflammatory markers by Yueling Gong, Yueling Gong, Honghui Zhang, Jiang Feng, Li Ying, Mengmeng Ji, Shiyin Wei, Shiyin Wei, Qiming Ma

“…This study aims to investigate the impact of TRF on weight management, glucose metabolism, insulin resistance, and lipid metabolism in male C57BL/6J mice, particularly in the context of metabolic disorders induced by a high-fat diet (HFD).MethodsC57BL/6J mice were divided into two groups: a normal diet (ND) group and a high-fat diet (HFD) group. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Some Plants of Genus Alpinia: Insights from In Vitro, In Vivo, and Human Studies by Yuliawati KM, Febriyanti RM, Sumiwi SA, Levita J

“…These plants did not show toxicity toward numerous normal cell lines (RAW 264.7, IEC-6, HepG2, MT-4, NIH-3T3, Vero cells, human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and HaCaT) but were toxic to cancer cell lines (HT29). …”
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Measuring Fear and Greed Index in Stock Market: Evidence from the Tehran Stock Exchange by Mojtaba Rostami Noroozabad, Ali Golbabaei Pasandi, Milad Shahrazi, Somayeh Esfandyari

“…It should be noted that due to the diverse characteristics of the significant variables used in calculating the Fear and Greed Index and the need to consolidate all six variables into a single index, each variable is normalized using a standard method. ResultsThis study classifies the overall behavior of investors in the Tehran Stock Exchange into five sentiment spectrums: excessive fear, fear, neutral, greed, and excessive greed. …”
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Implementation of Uterine Artery Doppler Scanning: Improving the Care of Women and Babies High Risk for Fetal Growth Restriction by Emmanuel Ekanem, Faris Karouni, Emmanuoil Katsanevakis, Habiba Kapaya

“…Of the 349 UtAD scans, 237 were normal (67.9%), 41 showed unilateral notching (11.7%), 43 bilateral notching (12.3%), and 28 raised PI (8%). …”
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WKB ameliorates DSS-induced colitis through inhibiting enteric glial cells activation and altering the intestinal microbiota by Qi Sun, Bai-Rong Li, Dong-Hao Li, Xiao-Ying Wang, Qian-Yi Wang, Zhi-Meng Jiang, Shou-Bin Ning, Tao Sun

“…Methods Male C57BL/6 mice were divided into four groups: normal diet (ND), ND with 2.5% dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) for colitis induction, ND with 20% WKB, and WKB with 2.5% DSS. …”
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Correlation between METTL3 overexpression and 18F-FDG uptake in patients with soft tissue sarcoma by Tong Wu, Jinghui Xie, Hongbo Feng, Hua Zhang, Juan Tao, Bo Chen

“…Results METTL3 expression was significantly higher in STS tumor tissues than normal tissues (all p values<0.01), and correlated with poor patient prognosis (p < 0.05). …”
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LightweightUNet: Multimodal Deep Learning with GAN-Augmented Imaging Data for Efficient Breast Cancer Detection by Hari Mohan Rai, Joon Yoo, Saurabh Agarwal, Neha Agarwal

“…Since the datasets are from various sources, we have resized them to the uniform size of 256 × 256 pixels and normalized them using the Box-Cox transformation technique. …”
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Your brain on art, nature, and meditation: a pilot neuroimaging study by Beatrix Krause-Sorio, Sergio Becerra, Prabha Siddarth, Stacey Simmons, Taylor Kuhn, Helen Lavretsky

“…Further studies are needed to delineate the distinct neural signature and therapeutic effects of inner contemplation using human connection to art, nature, or meditative transcendent practices, in the brain and its potential in clinical applications.…”
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The Modulation of Laser Refractive Surgery on Sensory Eye Dominance of Anisometropia by Hongting Liu, Qi Chen, Fangfang Lan, Yan Luo, Enwei Lin, Wuqiang Luo, Ming Kong, Jiangxia Wang, Fengju Zhang

“…The dichoptic motion coherence threshold technique was applied to collect the normal dataset and distribution of sensory eye dominance. …”
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Impact of Hyperglycemia on Tear Film and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: A Cross-Sectional Study by Meng F, Zhou Y, Bao T, Pang Y, Shao Q, Wang L, Zhao J, Li W, Xu H, Yang Y, Zhang B

“…Fasting blood glucose levels stratified patients into high (≥ 7 mmol/l) and normal (< 7 mmol/l) groups, and their association with DED parameters was analyzed.Results: Among 56 patients (mean age 52.5 ± 18.0 years), those with elevated glucose levels (n=28) had more severe DED symptoms (OSDI, p = 0.046), lower TMH, FNIBUT, ANIBUT, and higher bulbar redness scores (all p < 0.05). …”
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The Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) and Lower Limb Power Profiles in Elite Rugby Union Players by Stephen Rowell, Nicola Relph

“…Statistical analyses were used to confirm reliability, data normality, and between group differences (p<0.05). # Results The LESS test is a reliable testing tool in elite rugby union players (excellent intra- (ICC=0.96) and inter-rater (ICC=0.94) reliability). …”
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Aminoguanidine hemisulfate improves mitochondrial autophagy, oxidative stress, and muscle force in Duchenne muscular dystrophy via the AKT/FOXO1 pathway in mdx mice by Shiyue Sun, Tongtong Yu, Joo Young Huh, Yujie Cai, Somy Yoon, Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad Javaid

“…ROS levels were reduced, with higher Prdx3 and MnSOD expression, improving mitochondrial antioxidant defenses. AGH normalized the GSSG/GSH ratio and decreased glutathione reductase and peroxidase activities, further improving redox homeostasis. …”
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Analysis of the lncRNA-Associated Competing Endogenous RNA (ceRNA) Network for Tendinopathy by Bing-Zhe Huang, Yang Jing-Jing, Xiao-Ming Dong, null Zhuan Zhong, null Xiao-Ning Liu

“…We downloaded the gene profile of GSE26051 from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), including 23 normal samples and 23 diseased tendons. Differentially expressed mRNAs (DEmRNAs) and differentially expressed lncRNAs (DElncRNAs) were identified, and functional and pathway enrichment analyses were performed. …”
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Maternal Characteristics Are Associated with Child Dietary Diversity Score, in Golina District, Northeast Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Getahun Fentaw Mulaw, Fentaw Wassie Feleke, Seteamlak Adane Masresha

“…Children whose mothers had normal BMI were 51.2% (AOR = 0.488, 95% CI: (0.259–918)) and 68.1% (AOR = 0.319, 95% CI: (0.119–0.855)) more likely to meet the minimum dietary diversity score than children whose mothers’ BMI was underweight and overweight, respectively. …”
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Practical application of a nutraceutical in age-related macular degeneration by T.G. Kamenskikh, Kolbenev I.O, Veselova E.V, Batischeva Yu.S.

“…In group 2, the thickness of the retina in the foveal region was 245±46 μm before the study and 312±28 μm in 6 months. Normalization of the configuration of a three-dimensional image of MF-ERG was observed in 75% of patients in group 1, while in group 2, the electrophysiological parmeters worsened in 60% of patients. …”
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Estimating ocean heat content from the ocean thermal expansion parameters using satellite data by V. P. Kondeti, S. Palanisamy

“…To achieve this objective, artificial neural network (ANN) models were developed to derive thermosteric sea level (TSL) from a given dataset of sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity, geographical coordinates, and climatological TSL. …”
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Hp eradication decreased the expression level of PG II in patients of Hp negative with gastric intestinal metaplasia: a retrospective cross-sectional study by Yanhong Wang, Xixiang Cao, Baodong Shan, Song Chen, Shengnan Li, Sujuan Fei, Xunlei Pang

“…Methods A total of 247 normal controls (NC) and 240 patients diagnosed with GIM were enrolled in this study. …”
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Impact of Amarogentin on Gastric Carcinoma Cell Multiplication, Apoptosis and Migration via circKIF4A/miR-152-3p by Zhi Tan, Weining Wang, Jin Peng, Zhen Zhou, Jia Pan, Aiming Peng, Hui Cao, Wenling Fan

“…Methods. qRT-PCR quantification of circKIF4A and miR-152-3p in GC tissues and normal counterparts as well as HGC-27 (human GC cell strain) and GES-1 (human gastric mucosal epithelial cell strain) was performed. …”
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Sexual maturity staging and affecting immune-hormonal factors in children aged 6-18 years living with HIV: experience from tertiary care center in North India by Ashwini Shivannavar, Alok Hemal, Hema Gupta Mittal

“…Results Baseline data of 69 children showed male predominance (66.7%), vertical transmission (95.7%), normal body mass index (BMI) (71%), immunocompetency (3/4th), and low viral load (2/3rd). …”
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High-resolution mapping of evapotranspiration over heterogeneous cropland affected by soil salinity by Meihan Liu, Huimin Lei, Xingwang Wang, Paula Paredes

“…Extensive datasets, including meteorological parameters, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), land surface temperature (LST), reflectance and salinity measurements were extracted across the region in 2017. …”
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