Atypical conjunctival sporotrichosis secondary to Mooren’s ulcer: a case report by Qing Su, He Dong, Lin Cui, Lijun Zhang

“…Slit-lamp examination showed conjunctival congestion and edema with a salmon-pink appearance, accompanied by nodules looking like “bread crumbs” scattered under the conjunctiva. …”
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From Bitter to Sweet: a preliminary study towards a patient-friendly Praziquantel dosage form by Zanolla, Debora, Bertoni, Serena, Passerini, Nadia, Albertini, Beatrice, Zingone, Guglielmo, Perissutti, Beatrice

“…Peculiar behavior was found in the case of xylitol:PZQ ground mixtures where the appearance of traces of PZQ anhydrous Form B was noticed. …”
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Value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in diagnosis of thrombus in inferior vena cava filter by ZHANG Jian, QIAN Weiqing, YI Xiaolei

“…There were no major bleeding events or symptomatic pulmonary embolism happened. Conclusions CEUS is valuable for evaluating filter thrombus prior to removal, providing a basis for preoperative assessment of surgical risks, selection of treatment plans, and prevention of complications.…”
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Multiepoch Observations of the Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 3938 with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory by Siddhi Raut, Eric M. Schlegel, Thomas G. Pannuti, Brannon W. Jones, Jacobo Matallana

“…Star formation rate and metallicity values are also computed; the star formation rate is highly dependent on the adopted distance. The metallicity appears to lie in the range of 8.2–9.2, consistent with values from other work. …”
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Mixed Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma with Spindle Cell and Clear Cell Features in the Extrahepatic Bile Duct by John Wysocki, Rishi Agarwal, Laura Bratton, Jeremy Nguyen, Mandy Crause Weidenhaft, Nathan Shores, Hillary Z. Kimbrell

“…Microscopically, the tumor had foci of conventional adenocarcinoma (CK7-positive and CA19-9-postive) surrounded by malignant-appearing spindle cells that were positive for cytokeratins and vimentin. …”
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RTEL1 is upregulated in gastric cancer and promotes tumor growth by Chunyu Yang, Suzeng Wang, Ge Gao, Peiwen Xu, Mengyuan Qian, Yuan Yin, Surui Yao, Zhaohui Huang, Zehua Bian

“…Functionally, RTEL1 promotes GC cell proliferation both in vitro and in vivo. Additionally, RTEL1 appears to regulate multiple signaling pathways, with a particular promoting effect on the cell cycle progression. …”
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High tolerance of the superconducting current to large grain boundary angles in potassium-doped BaFe2As2 by Takafumi Hatano, Dongyi Qin, Kazumasa Iida, Hongye Gao, Zimeng Guo, Hikaru Saito, Satoshi Hata, Yusuke Shimada, Michio Naito, Akiyasu Yamamoto

“…However, the decreases in both θ c and intergrain J c under magnetic fields for IBSs are still substantial, hampering their applications in polycrystalline forms. …”
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The association between the dietary index for gut microbiota and metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: a cross-sectional study by Yangyang Zheng, Jinhui Hou, Shiqi Guo, Jinghai Song

“…Conclusions DI-GM is inversely associated with MAFLD prevalence, and race appears to be a significant modifier of this relationship.…”
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Water for whom? Community mobilization and negotiation during socio- environmental conflict in Parque Los Chorros, Costa Rica by María Stephanie Valenciano-Hernández

“…In its shortsighted search for easy profits, this sector of the economy is accused of developing new housing projects without previous adequate planning of basic service provision. This has been happening in Atenas County in Alajuela province. Here the growing population has been denied an adequate access to water. …”
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Optimizing Cutting Conditions for Minimum Surface Roughness in Face Milling of High Strength Steel Using Carbide Inserts by Adel Taha Abbas, Adham Ezzat Ragab, Essam Ali Al Bahkali, Ehab Adel El Danaf

“…There is also an interaction between depth of cut and feed rate. It also appears that feed rate has the greatest effect on the data variation followed by depth of cut. …”
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PTEN Sequence Analysis in Endometrial Hyperplasia and Endometrial Carcinoma in Slovak Women by H. Gbelcová, P. Bakeš, P. Priščáková, V. Šišovský, I. Hojsíková, Ľ. Straka, M. Konečný, J. Markus, C. W. D’Acunto, T. Ruml, D. Böhmer, Ľ. Danihel, V. Repiská

“…Our study evaluates an association between the morphological appearance of endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial carcinoma and the degree of PTEN alterations. …”
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Experimental and numerical simulation study on microstructure, residual stress and mechanical properties of Fe–Mn–C–Cr cryogenic high-manganese steel arc-welded joint by Jiang Yang, Honggang Dong, Guangfeng Wu, Feng Xiong

“…In addition, a high tensile residual stress is about 520 MPa appeared in HAZ, which gradually decreased with increasing distance from the fusion line. …”
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Peroxidase-like activity of citrate-functionalized magnetite nanoparticles augmented its antibacterial potency by Haitham Al-Madhagi, Abd Alraouf Tarabishi, Fatima Al-Zahra Hamsho, Zaher Tahan, Lama Alchab, Wassim Abdelwahed

“…DLS analysis demonstrated a diameter of 93 nm of the synthesized nanoparticles and the structure revealed by AFM proved the nanooval appearance. The prepared nanozymes exhibited a zeta potential of −27.8 mV, strong magnetic behavior, and prominent peroxidase-like activity. …”
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Unhealthy Phenotype as Indicated by Salivary Biomarkers: Glucose, Insulin, VEGF-A, and IL-12p70 in Obese Kuwaiti Adolescents by Mor-Li Hartman, J. Max Goodson, Ping Shi, Jorel Vargas, Tina Yaskell, Danielle Stephens, Maryann Cugini, Hatice Hasturk, Roula Barake, Osama Alsmadi, Sabiha Al-Mutawa, Jitendra Ariga, Pramod Soparkar, Jawad Behbehani, Kazem Behbehani, Francine Welty

“…Considering the surrogate nature of salivary insulin and glucose, this study suggests that elevated insulin may be a dominant sign of metabolic disease in adolescent populations. It also appears that a proangiogenic environment may accompany elevated glucose in obese adolescents.…”
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IL-10 and ARG-1 Concentrations in Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood of Metastatic Neuroblastoma Patients Do Not Associate with Clinical Outcome by Fabio Morandi, Michela Croce, Giuliana Cangemi, Sebastiano Barco, Valentina Rigo, Barbara Carlini, Loredana Amoroso, Vito Pistoia, Silvano Ferrini, Maria Valeria Corrias

“…In conclusion, although IL-10 concentration and Treg percentage were increased, their contribution to the natural history of metastatic NB appears uncertain.…”
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Staging of Primary Abdominal Lymphomas: Comparison of Whole-Body MRI with Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and 18F-FDG-PET/CT by Alessandro Stecco, Francesco Buemi, Martina Quagliozzi, Mariangela Lombardi, Alberto Santagostino, Gian Mauro Sacchetti, Alessandro Carriero

“…Conclusions. WB-DW-MRI appears to have a comparable diagnostic value to 18F-FDG-PET/CT in staging patients with gastrointestinal lymphoma.…”
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Learning Evolutionary Stages with Hidden Semi-Markov Model for Predicting Social Unrest Events by Fengcai Qiao, Xin Zhang, Jinsheng Deng

“…Social unrest events are common happenings in modern society which need to be proactively handled. …”
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Stabilization by feedback control of a novel stochastic chaotic finance model with time-varying fractional derivatives by Seyfeddine Moualkia, Yang Liu, Jinde Cao

“…In this context, diverse strategies have been proposed to control the chaos that appears in various areas of applications. Most of them presented in the deterministic case without taking the environmental noises into account, although many systems in practice are often-times exposed to some external disturbances that affect the structure of the considered system. …”
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Mechanisms of change in an online acceptance and commitment therapy intervention for insomnia by Tetta Hämäläinen, Päivi Lappalainen, Sitwat Usman Langrial, Raimo Lappalainen, Noona Kiuru

“…However, our understanding is yet limited on what happens during an online ACT intervention or what underlying mechanisms are critical for outcomes. …”
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An assessment of collaborative research in corporate sustainability by Maitreyee Das, Abhishek Dutta, Gautam Dutta

“…As concerns about climate change, social equity, and ethical business practices have intensified, researchers across various disciplines have increasingly collaborated to explore and address these complex challenges. This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of scholarly publications on the topic of corporate sustainability to deliver a detailed analysis of the status of the topic starting from the year 1995 when the first climate conference happened in Berlin to this date. …”
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