Upregulation of PGC-1α Attenuates Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation-Induced Hippocampal Neuronal Injury by Bin Han, Hui Zhao, Xingji Gong, Jinping Sun, Song Chi, Tao Liu, Anmu Xie

“…The further bioinformatics analysis from ChIP-Seq data indicated that PGC-1α may participate in the regulation of apoptosis, autophagy, and mitophagy pathways in HT-22 cells. …”
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Immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced diabetes mellitus: clinical characteristics and risk factors by Mei Zhan, Mei Zhan, Qinran Long, Qinran Long, Jinhan He, Jinhan He, Jinhan He, Litao Huang, Bin Wu, Bin Wu, Haixia Xu, Li Mo, Ting Xu

“…We applied logistic regression to study the associations between clinical characteristics and ICI-DM.ResultsOur study included 8,199 participants who received ICI between October 2014 and June 2023. …”
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Numerical Study on Combustion Behavior of Tuyere and Raceway in Blast Furnace with Oxygen-Rich Blast and Hydrogen Injection by Ruimeng Shi, Yue Pei, Mengmeng Ren, Zheng Xue, Xinqi Li, Heping Liu

“…Because more carbon participates in the raceway reaction with an increase in oxygen enrichment rate from 0% to 10%, the final carbon monoxide fraction in the coke bed increases from 0.29 to 0.40, and the final hydrogen fraction decreases from 0.15 to 0.13. …”
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Additive Manufacturing and Augmented Reality as New Production Technologies in the Aviation Industry by M. G. Yevtodyeva

“….), as well as beginning of serial production of many AM-components and AR-platforms for the aviation industry. The participation of major aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus in AM and AR R&D projects, the formation of "new" supply chains, the development of public-private partnerships (e.g. …”
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Perceptual responses of (sports-)clothing-body interaction simulating pre- and post-purchase experience by Julia Wilfling, George Havenith, Margherita Raccuglia, Simon Hodder

“…Sports T-shirts made from three different fiber types (CO, PES I, PES II) were studied in a pre- and post-purchase scenario by exposing 20 female participants to a hand, a donning (pre-purchase) and running evaluation (post-purchase) in 22 °C and 50% relative humidity (RH). …”
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The Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Kinesin-4A Protein, β-Tubulin Protein, and Exosomes as Non-Invasive Biomarkers in Iraqi Women with Breast Cancer by Samar Hasan Shammar, Hiba Resheed Behayaa, Ahmed F. F. Al-Baaj, Mohammed M. Ewadh, Sura Abd Zaid, Muna M. Ewadh, Mufeed Jalil Ewadh

“…The study also included a control group (CG) of 70 participants. The period the study extended from February 2021 to October 2022. …”
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Plasma Inflammatory Biomarkers Indicative of Aging and Overweight in Brazilian Women by Débora Nonato Miranda de Toledo, Priscilla Vilela dos Santos, Nathalia Sernizon Guimarães, Alessandra de Paula Carli, Patrícia Regina Soares de Souza, Luiza Oliveira Perucci, Caio César de Souza Alves, André Talvani

“…Out of the total study participants, 54 women (mean age 44.9 years) were overweight and presented high plasma levels of CK, CXCL16, IL-33, and leptin. …”
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Detection of Lactoferrin and Iron in Seminal Plasma and Their Possible Relation to Semen Parameters and Infertility in Varicocele: A Cross-sectional Study by Ali Mohamed Mahran, Marilyn Sameh Abd-Almalak, Fatma Mohammed Helbawi, Marwa Mohammad Mekkawy

“…Materials and Methods: Seventy-five individuals were included in 3 groups (33 infertile men with varicocele, 25 infertile men without varicocele and 17 fertile participants without varicocele). Conventional semen analysis was conducted, and seminal plasma was obtained in all groups to detect lactoferrin and iron levels. …”
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Lower trapezius tendon transfer for massive irreparable rotator cuff tears improves outcomes in patients with high grade fatty infiltration of teres minor by Eva Gusnowski, MD, FRCSC, Eric Wagner, MD, Sheila McRae, PhD, Hayden Cooke, MD, Anthony Karzon, MD, Michael Gottschalk, MD, Peter MacDonald, MD, FRCSC, Jarret Woodmass, MD, FRCSC

“…Two groups were created as follows: group A included grades 0 and 1 (no or little fatty infiltration), and group B included grades 2 to 4 (moderate-to-severe fatty infiltration). Participants completed the Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE) score preoperatively, and 12- and/or 24 months postoperatively along with a clinical assessment. …”
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How to Reduce Delayed Gastric Emptying After Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis by Artur Rebelo, MD, Randi Kresse, Yoshiaki Sunami, PhD, Ulrich Ronellenfitsch, MD, Jörg Kleeff, MD, Johannes Klose, MD

“…Although these results are partially based on observational studies, they contribute valuable insights to the current understanding of interventions impacting DGE in these complex procedures.…”
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The effect of stroboscopic vision training on the performance of elite curling athletes by Tianhe Li, Xiaoyao Wang, Zhiqiang Wu, Yapu Liang

“…Thirty national-level curling athletes were selected as participants and randomly assigned to either the SVT group (wearing stroboscopic glasses: the strobe frequencies increased weekly from Level 1 to Level 4.), the TFT group (using a timing system to provide feedback on stone delivery time), or a control group. …”
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Mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between family functioning and self-management behaviors in patients with coronary heart disease: A cross-sectional study in Jia... by Yang Wang, Khemaradee Masingboon, Chintana Wacharasin

“…Moreover, self-efficacy had a partially intermediary function in the relationship between family functioning and self-management behaviors (indirect effect = 0.14, 95% CI [0.04, 0.27]; direct effect = 0.39, p <0.001). …”
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Occupational burn-out, fatigue and stress in professional rescuers: a cross-sectional study in Kazakhstan by Denis Vinnikov, Zhangir Tulekov, Gulnara Kapanova, Zhanna Romanova, Ilya Krugovykh, Sundetgali Kalmakhanov, Aliya Ualiyeva, Kaini Baigonova, Damet Ongarbaeva

“…Objectives To find predictors of burn-out in a cohort of rescuers.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Republican Rescue Squad (N=105) and Republican Mudslide Rescue Service under the Ministry of Emergency Situations (N=480) in Almaty, Kazakhstan.Participants In total, we included 268 (80% men, median age 38 (IQR 22) years) rescuers from both organisations.Primary and secondary outcome measures We offered a questionnaire to rescuers, which included Maslach Burnout Inventory, quantifying emotional exhaustion (EX), cynicism (CY) and professional efficacy (PE) along with fatigue, stress and health-related quality of life (HRQL) tools.Results Lower scores of HRQL (Physical Component Score (PCS) beta −0.04 (95% CI −0.06 to −0.02); Mental Component Score beta −0.03 (95% CI −0.05 to −0.01)), higher fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) score beta 0.03 (95% CI 0.03 to 0.04)) and stress (Perceived Stress Score-10 beta 0.04 (95% CI 0.02 to 0.06)) independently predicted greater EX. …”
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The Bacterial Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Urinary Tract Infection Patients at Pawe General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Abayeneh Girma, Aleka Aemiro

“…Among the 141 study participants, twenty-nine (20.6%) showed significant bacteriuria. …”
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Facilitation of students’ disembedding in an online visual arts and mathematics education program by Mehtap Kus, Nora S. Newcombe

“…Seven sixth-grade students participated remotely in this program, utilizing GeoGebra Classroom. …”
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Characteristics of management subjects of personalized development of management personnel of educational organization by V. V. Tarasenko

“…In conclusion, a meaningful characteristic of the functions of the subjects of management personalized development of management personnel of the educational organization has been provided.In the process of solving the problems of the study, the following methods were used: structural and functional analysis of the domestic education system; analysis of the legal and organizational and methodological support of the activities of the subjects of development of administrative personnel of educational organizations; monitoring of participants in educational relations.…”
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Geospatial clustering and correlates of deaths during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia: a Bayesian geoadditive semiparametric analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional sur... by Fiifi Amoako Johnson, Barbara Sakyi

“…Objective To investigate the extent of geospatial clustering of reported deaths during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia and the covariates associated with the observed clustering.Design Cross-sectional study.Participants Male and female respondents from the 2019–2020 Liberia Demographic and Health Survey. …”
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A liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry method for separation and identification of hemoglobin variant subunits with mass shifts less than 1 Da by Ainslie Chen, Ryan M. Aquino, Hector A. Vidal, Carolyn V. Wong, Ruben Y. Luo

“…With further evaluation to prove the clinical utility, the HR-MS methods including CE-HR-MS have the potential to complement or partially replace conventional methods of Hb variant identification in clinical laboratories.…”
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Separation of iron-nickel alloy nugget from limonitic laterite ore using self-reduction by Ju P., Ryom K., Hong K.

“…Nickel was preferentially reduced in the reduction process, while iron was partially reduced due to the lack of reductant. After reduction, a certain amount of FeO existed in the reduced product. …”
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Escuelas de las zonas libertadas en la Guiné-Bissau: resistir, (re)existir e (re)africanizar by Marcelo da silva, francini Scheid Martins, João Paulo Pinto Có

“…Analizando el proyecto educativo del PAIGC, se presenta la EZL y la continuidad de sus perspectivas en la educación poscolonial guineana. A partir de Paulo Freire (1978) y Amílcar Cabral (1977), se discute la posibilidad de una pedagogía decolonial en Guinea-Bissau. …”
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