Comparative efficacy of precut over a pancreatic duct stent and transpancreatic precut sphincterotomy for difficult biliary cannulation in ERCP by YAO Wenfei, QI Yang, LI Qianyi, WU Yuquan, XU Ruiyun, YAO Wei, KONG Lei, LI Nengping

“…According to the selected method during difficult biliary cannulation when guidewire entered pancreatic duct unintendedly, the patients were divided into two groups,1) PPDS group: placing a pancreatic duct stent first, then using a needle knife to cut bile duct sphincter on the surface of the pancreatic duct stent, preserving pancreatic duct sphincter, and then selectively cannulate bile duct; 2) TPS group: precut through pancreatic duct sphincter first, then a pancreatic duct stent was placed, and bile duct was selectively cannulated. …”
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Prevalence, Infectivity, and Associated Risk Factors of Hepatitis B Virus among Pregnant Women in Yirgalem Hospital, Ethiopia: Implication of Screening to Control Mother-to-Child T... by Anteneh Amsalu, Getachew Ferede, Setegn Eshetie, Agete Tadewos, Demissie Assegu

“…Background. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) positive mother has up to 90% likelihood of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) to newborns in the absence of any prophylaxis or antiviral therapy utilization. …”
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Impact of Land use on soil quality: Insights from the forest-savannah transition zone of Ghana by Johnny Kofi Awoonor, Emmanuel Amoakwah, Mohammed Moro Buri, Bright Fafali Dogbey, Jackson Kwame Gyamfi

“…Results indicated that subsoil had a higher Soil Quality Index (SQI) (0.60) than topsoil (0.57), reflecting surface soil degradation. Forests recorded the highest SQI (0.67), while Croplands had the lowest (0.54). …”
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Machine learning-driven solar irradiance prediction: advancing renewable energy in Rajasthan by Aayushi Tandon, Amit Awasthi, Kanhu Charan Pattnayak, Aditya Tandon, Tanupriya Choudhury, Ketan Kotecha

“…The temperature variable shows the highest correlation coefficient at 0.63, followed by wind with a correlation coefficient of 0.37, while surface pressure has a negative correlation coefficient of − 0.37. …”
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Survey algorithm for cold and hot water supply systems of residential buildings by N. A. Makisha, V. A. Chukhin

“…The essence of the proposed method is that a preliminary prepared steel indicator sample cut from an uncoated pipe was placed in a container under a stream of cold or hot water in the investigated water supply system made of galvanized steel pipes (including copper-containing fittings and heat exchangers), the sample was kept under the stream for 3–4 hours until the formation of surfaces of firmly attached corrosion products (sediment).Results. …”
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Euphorbia serpens extracts mediated synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles and their biological applications by Sana Idrees, Banzeer Ahsan Abbasi, Javed Iqbal, Mohsin Kazi

“…Also, the formulations of multi-organic functional groups and biometallic NPs with regulated/balanced surface chemistry is worthy for the consideration.…”
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Machine learning-based identification and validation of amino acid metabolism related genes as novel biomarkers in chronic kidney disease by Guoqing Zhang, Hongyan Luo, Xiaohua Lu, Yonghua Liu, Mei Wang, Bo Li, Haixia Lu, Yali Zheng

“…The expression of ALDH18A1, CENPF were increased while CSAD, CTH and CYP27B1 were decreased in HK-2 cells cultured with indole sulfate. Conclusions: Our study identified key genes involved in amino acid metabolism associated with immune cells infiltration and renal function in CKD, which may be potential biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of CKD.…”
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Neuroendocrine Neoplasms of the Gallbladder: A Clinicopathological Analysis of 13 Patients and a Review of the Literature by Pengyan Wang, Jingci Chen, Ying Jiang, Congwei Jia, Junyi Pang, Shan Wang, Xiaoyan Chang

“…Microscopically, the adenocarcinoma component was located in the surface mucosa, and the neuroendocrine component was in the area of deep invasion, liver infiltration, and lymph node metastasis. …”
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Measured Analysis of Noise Reduction Effect for Urban Rapid Rail Transit Viaducts by LU Sheng’an, LIN Haifeng

“…At the position 7.5 meters away from the track center line and 7.5 meters above the rail surface, the A-weighted level in the 500 Hz and 800-1 000 Hz frequency bands are respectively reduced by 6 to 11 dB(A) and 17 to 21 dB(A). …”
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High-Resolution Geochemical Data Mapping With Swin Transformer-Convolution-Based Multisource Geoscience Data Fusion by Ye Yuan, Shuguang Zhou, Jianhua Bian, Jinlin Wang, Wei Han, Jining Yan

“…Although remote sensing data provides rich surface spectral information and shows a strong correlation with geological features, its accuracy in large-scale geochemical data inversion is insufficient. …”
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Valorization of Food Waste to Produce Eco-Friendly Means of Corrosion Protection and “Green” Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Georgii Vasyliev, Victoria Vorobyova

“…Inhibition of scaling and corrosion was investigated in thermal scaling conditions on the surface of the electrode manufactured from mild steel. …”
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Bacterial contamination in public transport during COVID-19 pandemic: Characterization of an unusual Staphylococcus aureus isolate tolerant to vancomycin by Eva Smelikova, Marcela Krutova, Vaclav Capek, Marie Brajerova, Pavel Drevinek, Jan Tkadlec

“…This study aimed to investigate the bacterial contamination of frequently touched surfaces in the public transport system operating in the proximity of the biggest Czech hospital during the coronavirus pandemic despite extensive cleaning and disinfection efforts. …”
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Effects of Renal Denervation via Renal Artery Adventitial Cryoablation on Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiac Neural Remodeling by Wei Wang, Zhaolei Jiang, Rongxin Lu, Hao Liu, Nan Ma, Jie Cai, Min Tang, Ju Mei

“…However, the reliability is uncertain, because the renal sympathetic nerves are mainly distributed in the adventitial surface of the renal artery. Objective. The aims of this study were to test the hypothesis that renal artery adventitial ablation (RAAA) definitely had the effects of RDN and to study the effects of RDN via renal artery adventitial cryoablation (RAAC) on AF and cardiac neural remodeling. …”
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In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of Three Ga- and In-Labeled Peptides for Cholecystokinin Receptor Imaging by Susan Roosenburg, Peter Laverman, Lieke Joosten, Annemarie Eek, Floris P.J.T. Rutjes, Floris L. van Delft, Otto C. Boerman

“…Whereas radiolabeled DOTA-MG0 showed high kidney uptake (70% ID/g), the sCCK8 peptides showed low uptake in the kidneys. Sulfated CCK8 analogues combined high tumor uptake with low retention in the kidney and are therefore promising tracers for imaging of CCK2R-positive tumors.…”
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Molecular investigation reveals three hemotropic mycoplasmas in cats and three tick species in China by Hongfei Shi, Guoguang Li, Dandan Li, Hongyue Zhai, Shidong Ji, Yun Hu, Long Wang, Lunguang Yao

“…A total of 78 blood samples were collected from both anemic and healthy cats, along with 284 ticks from the cats’ body surfaces and 356 ticks found in the surrounding environment. …”
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Relationship between gender and perioperative clinical features in lung cancer patients who underwent VATS lobectomy by Wei Chen, Qiangqiang Zheng, Yi Shen, Min Liang, Yang Yuan, Yusong Lu, Yunfeng Zhou

“…Results There were statistically significant differences between male and female patients in age of onset, body surface area (BSA), smoking rate, alcohol consumption rate, hypertension incidence, pulmonary function and clinical stage. …”
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Climate change causes reductions in fish habitat suitability in Loktak Lake, India by Vicky Anand, Bakimchandra Oinam, Sebastian Schwindt, Stefan Haun, Silke Wieprecht

“…The model results show current habitat suitability with 9.0 km2 of the lake surface with very high suitability, 51.2 km2 with high suitability, 80.7 km2 with medium suitability, and 14.9 km2 with low suitability. …”
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Long-term exposure to PM2.5 and its constituents and visual impairment in schoolchildren: A population-based survey in Guangdong province, China by Jia-Hui Li, Hui-Xian Zeng, Jing Wei, Qi-Zhen Wu, Shuang-Jian Qin, Qing-Guo Zeng, Bin Zhao, Guang-Hui Dong, Ji-Chuan Shen, Xiao-Wen Zeng

“…Methods: We conducted a large cross-sectional population-based study to recruit 59,054 schoolchildren from four cities in Guangdong province, China, and used the ChinaHighAirPollutants (CHAP) dataset to estimate 3-year average concentrations of PM2.5 and its constituents (black carbon (BC), organic matter (OM), nitrate (NO3–), sulfate (SO42−) and ammonium (NH4+)) based on individuals’ home addresses. …”
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Post-coronavirus disease 2019 frequent use of disinfectants and sanitizers affect lung tissue: experimental study by Amr Khattab, Shaimaa ElShebiney

“…Results Serum liver enzymes, antioxidants in serum or liver tissues and the inflammatory biomarkers in liver tissue were insignificantly changed, while lung tissue was inflamed and proceeded to fibrotic changes and the inflammatory biomarkers of IL-1β and NF-kβ, and VEGF of lung tissue were significantly elevated (P < 0.05) after surface disinfectant exposure to alcohol followed by 0.1% hypochlorite solution for two months. …”
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Exploring the potential impacts of anthropogenic heating on urban climate during heatwaves by Ansar Khan, Konstantina Vasilakopoulou, Mattheos Santamouris

“…This increase corresponded to a notable rise in ambient temperatures by 2.1 °C, with surface temperatures surging by 8.1 °C. Wind speeds notably increased by 4.6 m s−1 during higher AH release periods, affecting city airflow patterns. …”
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