Ethanol Extract of Ampelopsis brevipedunculata Rhizomes Suppresses IgE-Mediated Mast Cell Activation and Anaphylaxis by Ji-Yeong Park, Min-Jong Kim, Young-Ae Choi, Seung Woong Lee, Soyoung Lee, Yong Hyun Jang, Sang-Hyun Kim

“…In PCA model, ABE also suppressed the plasma extravasation and swelling. The underlying mechanisms of action were identified in various mast cell types. …”
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Evaluation of antibiofilm activity of Thymus syriacus essential oil against clinically isolated MDR bacteria by Basem Battah, Anas Rajab, Lama Shbibe, Jagjit Singh Dhaliwal, Khang Wen Goh, Long Chiau Ming, Yaman Kassab, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Mahibub Mahahamadsa Kanakal, Chadi Soukkarieh

“…Bacteria can use biofilm as a mechanism of resistance against antibacterial drugs and avoid the immune system. …”
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Inertial Flywheel Resistance Training in Tendinopathy Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review by Ian Burton, Aisling McCormack

“…A variety of outcomes were assessed, including pain, function, strength, power, and tendon morphological and mechanical properties, particularly changes in tendon thickness. …”
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Hall and Thermo‐Diffusion Effects on Chemically Reactive MHD Unsteady Brinkman‐Type Dissipative Flow of EO‐Based MoS2 Nanofluid From a Rotating Plate in Porous Medium by B. Prabhakar Reddy, Jumanne Mng'ang'a, M. Paul Matao

“…ABSTRACT In many mechanical systems, the friction is a major aspect in the energy loss. …”
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Complement activation by in vivo neonatal and in vitro extracorporeal membrane oxygenation by Johannes Graulich, Joseph Sonntag, Monika Marcinkowski, Karl Bauer, Hans Kössel, Christoph Bührer, Michael Obladen, Hans T. Versmold

“…We investigated the relative importance of these mechanisms by measuring C3a, C5a and sC5b-9 before, during and after neonatal ECMO in six consecutive newborn patients using enzyme-linked immunoassay. …”
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Identification of Pseudoperonospora cubensis RxLR Effector Genes via Genome Sequencing by Rahel Dinsa Guta, Marc Semunyana, Saima Arif, Inyong Jeong, Sun Ha Kim, Jiyoung Min, Sang-Keun Oh

“…Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the interaction between P. cubensis and its host is essential for developing effective disease management strategies. …”
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Key drivers of medical crowdfunding success: a comprehensive analysis of 84,712 projects by Siyuan Zhang, Qing Zhang, Mengning Wang, Xin Tang, Xin Lu, Wei Huang

“…Consequently, there arises a need for medical crowdfunding as a supplementary mechanism to the healthcare insurance system. The performance of existing medical crowdfunding projects, as well as the factors affecting the success rate, however, have been largely been overlooked. …”
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Identification of the Bovine <i>CSN3</i> Core Promoter Region and the Relationships Between <i>CSN3</i> Promoter Polymorphisms and the <i>CSN3</i> A and B Alleles by Wenqing Li, Xiaoyang Wang, Xiuyang Xu, Pinhui Wu, Tong Fu, Liyang Zhang, Tengyun Gao

“…These findings provide a reference for the regulatory mechanism of bovine milk proteins and offer guidance for the genetic selection and breeding of cows.…”
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Genetic and pharmacological targeting of HINT2 promotes OXPHOS to alleviate inflammatory responses and cell necrosis in acute pancreatitis by Jiaqi Yao, Yuhong Jiang, Pengcheng Zhang, Yifan Miao, Xiajia Wu, Hang Lei, Zhijun Xie, Yong Tian, Xianlin Zhao, Juan Li, Lv Zhu, Meihua Wan, Wenfu Tang

“…Overall, these results uncover a previously unexplored role for HINT2 in maintaining mitochondrial energy metabolism in pancreatic acinar cells and reveals novel mechanism and target for Emo-mediated AP remission.…”
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Voxel-Wise Brain-Wide Functional Connectivity Abnormalities in Patients with Primary Blepharospasm at Rest by Pan Pan, Shubao Wei, Huabing Li, Yangpan Ou, Feng Liu, Wenyan Jiang, Wenmei Li, Yiwu Lei, Yanqing Tang, Wenbin Guo, Shuguang Luo

“…Primary blepharospasm (BSP) is one of the most common focal dystonia and its pathophysiological mechanism remains unclear. An unbiased method was used in patients with BSP at rest to observe voxel-wise brain-wide functional connectivity (FC) changes. …”
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Gaze Assistance for Efficient Segmentation Correction of Medical Images by Leila Khaertdinova, Tatyana Shmykova, Ilya Pershin, Andrey Laryukov, Albert Khanov, Damir Zidikhanov, Bulat Ibragimov

“…The main findings of our proposed work include: 1) the substantial improvement in segmentation quality through gaze interaction, 2) the development of an efficient correction mechanism leveraging eye movements, and 3) the demonstration of gaze-assisted segmentation&#x2019;s superior performance in abdominal imaging tasks. …”
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Deep Q-Networks for Minimizing Total Tardiness on a Single Machine by Kuan Wei Huang, Bertrand M. T. Lin

“…This study introduces a novel approach utilizing DQNs to model the complexities of job scheduling for minimizing tardiness through an informed selection utilizing look-ahead mechanisms of actions within a defined state space. …”
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Changes in tear cytokine and lactoferrin levels in postmenopausal women with primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction complicated with obstructed meibomian gland dysfunction by Haili Jin, Xianjie Chen, Feng Ji, Yin Liu, Yonghong Sheng, Guoping Wang, Linfeng Han, Xiaohu Wang, He Ding, Jing Liu, Qingqing Fu

“…We aimed to investigate the changes in tear cytokine and lactoferrin levels in postmenopausal women with primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction (PANDO) complicated with obstructed meibomian gland dysfunction (OMGD) and preliminary explore the pathological mechanisms of OMGD in patients with PANDO. Methods The prospective study involved 43 and 41 postmenopausal women with and without PANDO, respectively. …”
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Effect of invasive tests during pregnancy on perinatal transmission of hepatitis B infection: a scoping review by Ka Wang Cheung, Tiffany Sin-Tung Au, Ying Rong Li, Zhenyan Han, Zhu Zhang, Mimi Tin Yan Seto

“…Summary: Prenatal and intrapartum invasive tests are possible mechanisms of mother to child transmission (MTCT) of hepatitis B virus (HBV). …”
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Construction and application of a physically-based constitutive model for superplastic deformation of near-α TNW700 titanium alloy by Lixia Ma, Dingyong He, Bangjian Yang, Xiuquan Han, Jichun Zhang, Weidong Li

“…Firstly, damage characterization tests deepened the understanding of flow softening behavior and superplastic mechanism. The results indicate that voids primarily nucleate at α/β phase interfaces and triple junctions, gradually growing, elongating and coalescing into microcracks with increasing true strain. …”
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The Transcription Factor SOX18 Inhibitor Small Molecule 4 Is a Potential Treatment of Cancer‐Induced Lymphatic Metastasis and Lymphangiosarcoma by Katja K. Koll, Martin M. Zimmermann, Patrick A. Will, Ulrich Kneser, Christoph Hirche

“…Further in vitro studies are warranted to investigate the mechanisms and conduct dose–response analyses to evaluate Sm4's potential as a targeted therapy for lymphangiosarcoma and cancer‐induced lymphangiogenesis in the future.…”
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Large-Area Saline-Alkali-Tolerant Rice Growth Environment Monitoring System Based on LoRa+UAV by Chunmei Mo, Zaimi Xie, Ji Wang

“…Data transmission is carried out through LoRa technology, routing planning is carried out for UAV mobile receiving nodes at different flight altitudes, and an early warning mechanism for UAV energy is added. It effectively prevents the UAV from destroying the communication capability of the external network due to energy exhaustion during operation. …”
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Oil and Gas in the Arctic: Legal Status and Reserves by N. N. Shvets, P. V. Beresneva

“…The borders of Russian outer continental shelf are shaped by international law and bilateral agreements and undergoing final review within UN processes and mechanisms. Arctic reserves'estimates do vary significantly as the region is barely explored. …”
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FPR1 affects acute rejection in kidney transplantation by regulating iron metabolism in neutrophils by Peiyuan Li, Wenbin Ji, Baotong Zhang, Haowen Jia, Jinmiao Wang, Zhaonan Sun, Yifan Wang, Weiwei Wang, Feng Qi

“…This paper intends to investigate the possible mechanisms of neutrophil involvement in acute rejection in renal transplantation. …”
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A multi-modal multi-branch framework for retinal vessel segmentation using ultra-widefield fundus photographs by Qihang Xie, Qihang Xie, Xuefei Li, Yuanyuan Li, Yuanyuan Li, Jiayi Lu, Jiayi Lu, Shaodong Ma, Yitian Zhao, Yitian Zhao, Jiong Zhang, Jiong Zhang

“…Complementing this, the Attention-Guided Upsampling Module (AUM) enhances segmentation performance through convolution operations guided by attention mechanisms.ResultsExtensive experimental evaluations demonstrate that our approach significantly outperforms existing state-of-the-art methods for UWF fundus image segmentation.…”
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