Unraveling the association and regulatory role of miR-146b-5p in coronary artery disease by Xiaozhu Ma, Shuai Mei, Yi He, Qidamugai Wuyun, Li Zhou, Ziyang Cai, Qiushi Luo, Yi Wen, Jiangtao Yan

“…It has been reported that miR-146b-5p exhibited a strong correlation with inflammatory responses and atherosclerosis. …”
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Comparison of Survival Outcomes of Lymphovascular Space Invasion-Negative and Lymphovascular Space Invasion - Positive Women with Stage IIIC Endometrioid Endometrial Cancer: A Case... by Zeliha Firat Cuylan, Mehmet Mutlu Meydanli, Murat Öz, Ahmet Taner Turan, Ozgur Akbayir, Murat Dede, Ali Ayhan

“…Conclusion: Lymphovascular space invasion status seems to be of borderline significance for OS in stage IIIC endometrioid endometrial cancer and impacts recurrence patterns as retroperitoneal recurrences are strongly related to positive lymphovascular space invasion status. …”
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Identification of Cytosolic DNA Sensor cGAS-STING as Immune-Related Risk Factor in Renal Carcinoma following Pan-Cancer Analysis by Zheng Wu, Ying Lin, Li-Min Liu, Yan-Li Hou, Wei-Ting Qin, Lei Zhang, Shu-Heng Jiang, Qin Yang, Yong-Rui Bai

“…Finally, the cGAS-STING score was revealed to be an independent prognostic factor for KIRC patients and possessed a strong predictive power for the prognostic evaluation of KIRC and KIRP patients. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Boer Goat x Indigenous Goat Crossbreeding on Reproductive Performance and Farmer Perceptions in Southern Ethiopia by Kebede Habtegiorgis, Debir Legesse, Mohamed Bikamo

“…All visited farmers expressed a strong interest in crossbreeding. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that Boer crossbred goats perform well in southern Ethiopia. …”
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Investigation of Shock Initiation in Covered Charges under Shock Wave and Fragment Impacts by Xingwang Chen, Jinxiang Wang, Kui Tang, Hongfei Wang, Yuanbo Li

“…In the current work, a series of step-by-step research methods have been applied to address the damaging effects of near-field strong shock waves and high-speed fragments on covered charge. …”
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Relationships between diabetes distress and biomarkers in people with type 1 diabetes mellitus by V.I. Pankiv, T.Yu. Yuzvenko, G.P. Mykhalchyshyn

“…Reports of diabetes distress were strongly associated with reports of perceived stress and demonstrated a large and potentially clinically meaningful relationship (r = 0.78, p < 0.001). …”
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Candida albicans mannans mediate Streptococcus mutans exoenzyme GtfB binding to modulate cross-kingdom biofilm development in vivo. by Geelsu Hwang, Yuan Liu, Dongyeop Kim, Yong Li, Damian J Krysan, Hyun Koo

“…Using single-molecule atomic force microscopy, we determined that GtfB binds with remarkable affinity to mannans and to the C. albicans surface, forming a highly stable and strong bond (1-2 nN). However, GtfB binding properties to C. albicans was compromised in strains defective in O-mannan (pmt4ΔΔ) or N-mannan outer chain (och1ΔΔ). …”
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Cross-code comparison of the edge codes SOLPS-ITER, SOLEDGE2D and UEDGE in modelling a high-power neon-seeded scenario in the DTT by M. Moscheni, M. Wigram, H. Wu, C. Meineri, C. Carati, E. De Marchi, M. Greenwald, P. Innocente, B. LaBombard, F. Subba, R. Zanino

“…The particular set of EIRENE atomic-molecular reactions adopted is found to stiffly restrict the achievable code solutions, which results in the predicted effective charge Z _eff changing from ${\sim}5$ to ${\sim}8$ at the outer mid-plane separatrix. The strong link between Z _eff , main ion density and unified ion temperature emphasises the need of proper assessments of impurity cross-field transport, with its implications on core contamination and wall erosion. …”
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Contribution of individual phospholipase A2 enzymes to the cleavage of oxidized phospholipids in human blood plasma by Philipp Jokesch, Olga Oskolkova, Maria Fedorova, Bernd Gesslbauer, Valery Bochkov

“…Oxidatively truncated species were most rapidly metabolized in the presence of plasma; this process was strongly inhibited by darapladib. The rate of degradation of full-length OxPLs depended on the degree of oxygenation. …”
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Differential Chaos Shift Keying for FSO Systems: A Novel Approach Under Turbulence and Boresight Pointing Errors by Gyan Deep Verma, Aashish Mathur, Manav R. Bhatnagar

“…We employ the generalized Malaga distribution for modeling the channel gain under all turbulence regimes from weak to strong. Moreover, we utilize the modified Rayleigh distribution to incorporate the effect of jitter and boresight PEs. …”
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Sulfone-modified chitosan as selective adsorbent for the extraction of toxic Hg(II) metal ions by Youssef O Al-Ghamdi, Khalid A Alamry, Mahmoud A Hussein, Hadi M Marwani, Abdullah M Asiri

“…Sulfone-modified chitosan/5–20 derivatives were identified and characterized using common characterization techniques, including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscope, powder X-ray diffraction, and thermal behaviour. A strong interaction was displayed between chitosan and its corresponding β-ketosulfones in powder X-ray diffraction, which was confirmed by significant 2θ shifts. …”
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Injectable Self-Assembling Procyanidin Nanospheres for Effective Osteoarthritis Treatment by Li G, He F, Feng J, Xu G, Wu C, Qiao Y, Liu Y, Chen H, Du P, Wang J

“…Current treatment methods primarily rely on analgesics or anti-inflammatory drugs to alleviate symptoms but fail to achieve the desired therapeutic outcome.Methods: To better realize therapeutic effects of OA, procyanidins (PAs), as a type of plant flavonoids with strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, were designed to self-assembly with well-dispersible Pluronic F127 (PF127) through the hydrogen-bond interaction to present an injectable, biocompatibility PA nanospheres.Results: These nanospheres significantly increased the cell viability in mouse L929 fibroblasts and ADTC5 chondrocytes compared with unassembled PAs. …”
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Fatigue in living kidney donors compared to a German general population sample: an exploratory study by Dilek Akkus, Adrian Westenberger, Gunilla Einecke, Gunilla Einecke, Wilfried Gwinner, Uwe Tegtbur, Mariel Nöhre, Martina de Zwaan

“…Also, years since donation, partnership, and recipient group were not strongly related to fatigue. However, higher fatigue in donors was associated with more donation regret, a more negative relationship with the recipient, a more negatively perceived recipient health, less perceived family support, and more financial burden.ConclusionFatigue is less prevalent particularly in older donors and predictors of fatigue presented in the general population sample seem to have little importance in the donors. …”
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The Role of Leaders in Formulation of the Foreign Policy Identity in Egypt by I. E. Ibragimov

“…This factor is standard for Middle Eastern states, especially for Egypt, where there are traditions of strong centralized powers. Egyptian leaders have supreme power in foreign policy decisions within the framework of the political system. …”
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Humpty Dumpty and High-Risk AI Systems: The Ratione Materiae Dimension of the Proposal for an EU Artificial Intelligence Act by Jérôme De Cooman

“…Rather than a fullextent analysis of the Proposal’s requirements, the article focuses on the definition of what is an unacceptable, high, specific and non-high-risk AI system. With a strong emphasis on high-risk AI systems, the Commission comes dangerously close to the pitfall this article humorously labels as the Humpty Dumpty fallacy, to pay tribute to the nineteenth century English author Lewis Carroll. …”
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Efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for acute and chronic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 381 studies (the meta-TENS... by Gareth Jones, Mark I. Johnson, Carole A. Paley, Matthew R. Mulvey, Priscilla G. Wittkopf

“…Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for relief of pain in adults.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources Medline, Cochrane Central, Embase (and others) from inception to July 2019 and updated on 17 May 2020.Eligibility criteria for study selection Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing strong non-painful TENS at or close to the site of pain versus placebo or other treatments in adults with pain, irrespective of diagnosis.Data extraction and synthesis Reviewers independently screened, extracted data and assessed risk of bias (RoB, Cochrane tool) and certainty of evidence (Grading and Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation). …”
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Menstrual disorders and associated factors among rural and tribal adolescent girls in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Rashni Chatterjee, Suman Chakrabarty

“…Lack of physical activities, dietary habits, BMI, socioeconomic factors, and socio-cultural taboos were found to have a strong association with menstrual irregularities. …”
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Engineering Soil Quality and Water Productivity Through Optimal Phosphogypsum Application Rates by Anrong Luo, Jun Li, Yanan Xiao, Zijian He, Jiaping Liang

“…These enhancements provided a strong foundation for improved crop performance. Specifically, phosphogypsum enhanced yield through three pathways: (1) improving soil physical properties, which influenced soil nutrients and then improved enzyme activities; (2) directly affecting soil nutrients, which impacted enzyme activities and increased yield; and (3) directly boosting enzyme activities, leading to increased yield. …”
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The Role of P‐Wave Variables in Enhancing Prediction of New‐Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction by Na Yang, Xiaoyan Li, Bo Wu, Longhao Dai, Shaobin Yang, Qinning Zhang, Shaobin Jia

“…P‐wave variables were strongly associated with NOAF after AMI. Adding these variables enhanced the predictive performance for post‐AMI NOAF.…”
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Drivers of success in global health outcomes: A content analysis of Exemplar studies. by Nadia Akseer, David E Phillips, Exemplars in Global Health Partner Network

“…Eight key drivers were identified: (1) efficient data collection and use for decision-making, (2) strong political commitment and health leadership, (3) effective stakeholder coordination, (4) a local, connected, and capacitated workforce, (5) intentional women's empowerment and engagement, (6) effective adoption and implementation of national policies, (7) effective and sustainable financing, and (8) equitable, efficient outreach and targeting. …”
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