Autoimmune Hepatitis in Brazilian Children: IgE and Genetic Polymorphisms in Associated Genes by Léa Campos de Oliveira, Anna Carla Goldberg, Maria Lucia Carnevale Marin, Karina Rosa Schneidwind, Amanda Farage Frade, Jorge Kalil, Irene Kasue Miura, Renata Pereira Sustovich Pugliese, Vera Lucia Baggio Danesi, Gilda Porta

“…Autoantibody profile defines AIH types 1 and 2 in addition to strong association with HLA-DRB1. We previously detected increased IgE serum levels and sought to compare clinical and histological features according to IgE levels in AIH (n=74, ages 1–14 years) patients. …”
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KEY MACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF GOVERNMENT DEBT – THE CASE OF NORTH MACEDONIA by Filip Taskovski

“…Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that the world crisis has a strong impact on the public finances of North Macedonia, and the growth of the budget deficit largely causes the growth of the country's debt by the government. …”
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Roof-Breaking Characteristics and Ground Pressure Behavior in Deep Jurassic Coal Seams: A Thick-Plate Model and Field Measurements by Wei Zhang, Yandong Zhang, Weisheng Zhang, Liang Chen, Fanjia Li, Kaidi Xie

“…Thus, roof management enhancement during the mining process was strongly recommended. These research findings could offer theoretical guidance for safe and high-efficiency production in the coal mines under similar geological conditions.…”
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Intraoperative Imaging of Positron Emission Tomographic Radiotracers Using Cerenkov Luminescence Emissions by Jason P. Holland, Guillaume Normand, Alessandro Ruggiero, Jason S. Lewis, Jan Grimm

“…Overall, these results strongly support the continued development of CLI as a preclinical and possible clinical tool for use in molecular imaging and surgical procedures for accurately defining tumor margins.…”
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Tacrolimus Concentration Is Effectively Predicted Using Combined Clinical and Genetic Factors in the Perioperative Period of Kidney Transplantation and Associated with Acute Reject... by Fang Cheng, Qiang Li, Zheng Cui, Zhendi Wang, Fang Zeng, Yu Zhang

“…The CYP3A5 genotype were strongly associated with tacrolimus concentration/dose ratio (C0/D). …”
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An Overview on the Role of Relative Humidity in Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Indoor Environments by Ajit Ahlawat, Alfred Wiedensohler, Sumit Kumar Mishra

“…The transmission routes of SARS-CoV-2 are still debated, but recent evidence strongly suggests that COVID-19 could be transmitted via air in poorly ventilated places. …”
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ADAM19: A Novel Target for Metabolic Syndrome in Humans and Mice by Lakshini Weerasekera, Caroline Rudnicka, Qing-Xiang Sang, Joanne E. Curran, Matthew P. Johnson, Eric K. Moses, Harald H. H. Göring, John Blangero, Jana Hricova, Markus Schlaich, Vance B. Matthews

“…Significantly, we show that, in humans, ADAM19 strongly correlates with parameters of the metabolic syndrome, particularly BMI, relative fat, HOMA-IR, and triglycerides. …”
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“Cualquier movimiento revolucionario podrá contar con Cuba”: la construcción del nacionalismo internacionalista cubano durante el Año de la Solidaridad (1966) by Alberto García Molinero

“…This internationalist nationalism had a strong imprint on the configuration of the revolutionary identity from its origins to our times, as revealed by the accounts of personalities imbued within this reality. …”
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Unveiling the Genetic Diversity and Demographic History of <i>Coffea stenophylla</i> in Sierra Leone Using Genotyping-By-Sequencing by Paul M. Lahai, Peter O. Aikpokpodion, Alieu Mohamed Bah, Mohamed T. Lahai, Lyndel W. Meinhardt, Seunghyun Lim, Ezekiel Ahn, Dapeng Zhang, Sunchung Park

“…Using a model-flexible inference approach, we unveiled a strong ancient bottleneck approximately 23,000 years ago, coinciding with the last glacial maximum (LGM), followed by post-glacial expansion and divergence into distinct genetic clusters. …”
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User avoidance behavior in pharmaceutical e-commerce intelligent customer service: a stressor-strain-outcome perspective by Jing Jia, Lu Chen, Chengzhen Wu, Manling Xiao

“…The analysis revealed strong explanatory power (R2 values ranging from 0.450 to 0.586) and confirmed the mediating role of emotional stress in the relationship between overload factors and user avoidance.DiscussionThis research highlights the critical role of emotional stress in user interactions with ICS, suggesting that pharmaceutical e-commerce companies must refine their ICS design to meet diverse user needs and reduce cognitive burdens. …”
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Effects of low plastic burnishing combined with self-oxygen diffusion on the hot corrosion behavior of the TA29 titanium alloy by Congjie Kang, Hongyun Luo, Jianming Cai, Duoqi Shi

“…The LPB-OD specimen undergoes self-oxygen diffusion processing to obtain an O rich surface layer and promote the enrichment of Al element with strong affinity for oxygen towards the surface of the specimen, resulting in the formation of a special double-layer Al rich oxide layer during the hot corrosion. …”
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Ensemble automated approaches for producing high‐quality herbarium digital records by Robert P. Guralnick, Raphael LaFrance, Julie M. Allen, Michael W. Denslow

“…We therefore developed an ensemble approach that leverages the strengths of each individual method and documented that ensembling strongly reduced overall information extraction errors. …”
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Assessment of Spoilage Microbiota of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) during Storage by 16S rDNA Sequencing by Guangqing Du, Yuanming Gai, Hui Zhou, Shaoping Fu, Dawei Zhang

“…S5-52 showed the highest level of TVB-N content (100.6 mg/100 g) in sterile fish juice, indicating that it had a strong spoilage ability. This study confirmed the dominant spoilage bacterial genera and evaluated the spoilage abilities of isolated strains during the storage of rainbow trout, which laid the foundation for further investigation of the spoilage mechanism of rainbow trout and other aquatic products.…”
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Nitrate Relationships between Stream Baseflow, Well Water, and Land Use in the Tomorrow-Waupaca Watershed by Henry Lin, Rebecca Cook, Byron Shaw

“…Nitrate concentrations in stream baseflow and well waters were found to have strong positive correlation in the sub-basins of second order or higher. …”
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Comparison of antioxidant activity of fresh rose flowers (Rosa damascena Mill) and rose tea with different drying methods by Pratiwi Ambar, Nuraini Rizkya

“…Fresh rose flowers exhibited the highest antioxidant activity with an IC50 value of 39.48 ± 2.9 ppm, indicating a very strong antioxidant category. The highest total phenol content was in oven-dried rose tea at 278 ± 22 mg GAE/g extract, while the highest total flavonoid content was in sun-dried rose tea at 419 ± 4 mg QE/g extract.…”
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Estimation of relative humidity in Hormozgan province using MODIS products by Masihollah Mohammadi, behrooz sobhani

“…Further analysis revealed a strong correlation between sea-level pressure and total perceptible water (TPW) with the region's topography. …”
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Discovery of Quinazolone Pyridiniums as Potential Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Agents by Jie Dai, Qianyue Li, Ziyi Li, Zhonglin Zang, Yan Luo, Chenghe Zhou

“…Bioactive assays manifested that the highly active compound <b>19a</b> exhibited strong inhibition against MRSA and <i>Escherichia coli</i> with extremely low MICs of 0.5 μg/mL, being eightfold more active than that of norfloxacin (MICs = 4 μg/mL). …”
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Marital adjustment and quality of life among HIV discordant couples by Subhasis Bhadra, Nupur Tayal

“…It was found that couples faced number of discriminations, stigma, and always had apprehension about disclosure of the HIV positive status to the neighbors, employers, extended family members that impacted quality of life. Conclusions With strong marital bond and adjustment, the couples supported each other to deal with the situation. …”
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Improving the thermal performance of PVC windows with pultruded thermoplastic reinforcement by Kirill Minchenkov, Sergey Gusev, Ivan Sergeichev, Alexander Safonov

“…The mechanical tests results of the welded angle joint show that the window structure with composite reinforcement can be twice as strong as the steel reinforced one. This was achieved by welding the composite reinforcement simultaneously with welding of the PVC frame on a butt welding machine. …”
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Five-year Record of Black Carbon Concentrations in Urban Wanzhou, Sichuan Basin, China by Yimin Huang, Liuyi Zhang, Yang Qiu, Yang Chen, Guangming Shi, Tingzhen Li, Lei Zhang, Fumo Yang

“…Furthermore, the concentration was negatively correlated with the planetary boundary layer (PBL) height and influenced by the strong scavenging effect of precipitation. An inverse relationship between the concentration and the wind speed was observed when the latter was below 2.0 m s−1. …”
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