Acute Renal Replacement Therapy in Children with Diarrhea-Associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Single Center 16 Years of Experience by Silviu Grisaru, Melissa A. Morgunov, Susan M. Samuel, Julian P. Midgley, Andrew W. Wade, James B. Tee, Lorraine A. Hamiwka

“…In our cohort, all but one patient were started on peritoneal dialysis (PD). …”
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Mid- to long-term clinical outcomes of modified technique skip-level titanium plate fixation in cervical laminoplasty compared to continuous fixation by Shuo Feng, QiRui Zhu, Yang Sun, ZiYao Ding, Zhe Zhuang, Heng-Heng Yu, Ma-Ji Sun, Feng Yuan

“…The sagittal diameter of the spinal canal from C3 to C7 significantly increased (P < 0.05), but there were no significant differences in the improvement of C3, C5, and C7 between the two groups (P > 0.05). At 3 months postoperatively, the opening angles of the C4 and C6 laminae in Group A were smaller than those in Group B (P < 0.05), but there were no significant differences at the last follow-up (P > 0.05). …”
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Simultaneous Recognition of Species, Quality Grades, and Multivariate Calibration of Antioxidant Activities for 12 Famous Green Teas Using Mid- and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Coupled with Chemometrics by Haiyan Fu, Ou Hu, Lu Xu, Yao Fan, Qiong Shi, Xiaoming Guo, Wei Lan, Tianming Yang, Shunping Xie, Yuanbin She

“…In this paper, mid- and near-infrared spectroscopy fingerprints were combined to simultaneously discriminate 12 famous green teas and quantitatively characterize their antioxidant activities using chemometrics. …”
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Membrane Bound CRT Fragment Accelerates Tumor Growth of Melanoma B16 Cell In Vivo through Promoting M2 Polarization via TLR4 by Hong-Min Wang, Zhe Zhou, Jie Miao, Bo Zhu, Xiao-Qiu Dai, Qiao Zhong, Fang-Yuan Gong, Xiao-Ming Gao

“…We found that B16-tmCRT/39-272 cells subcutaneously inoculated into C57BL/6 mice exhibited stronger tumorigenicity than the B16-EGFP control cells. …”
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Thulium laser enucleation of the prostate plus thulium fiber laser therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia combined with bladder stones by Chen Wang, Yuanwei Li, Yongjun Yang, Junjie Chen, Zhuo Li, Guangqing Song, Jia Chen, Liu Zhe, Yili Teng, Qiang Lu

“…Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques…”
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Comparison of Risks Factors for Unplanned ICU Transfer after ED Admission in Patients with Infections and Those without Infections by Jeffrey Che-Hung Tsai, Ching-Wan Cheng, Shao-Jen Weng, Chin-Yin Huang, David Hung-Tsang Yen, Hsiu-Ling Chen

“…The objectives of this study were to compare the risk factors for unplanned intensive care unit (ICU) transfer after emergency department (ED) admission in patients with infections and those without infections and to explore the feasibility of using risk stratification tools for sepsis to derive a prediction system for such unplanned transfer. …”
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Machine learning-assisted quantitative prediction of thermal decomposition temperatures of energetic materials and their thermal stability analysis by Zhi-xiang Zhang, Yi-lin Cao, Chao Chen, Lin-yuan Wen, Yi-ding Ma, Bo-zhou Wang, Ying-zhe Liu

“…The modeling was performed based on a dataset consisting of 885 various compounds using linear and nonlinear algorithms. The tree-based models established demonstrated acceptable predictive abilities, yielding a low mean absolute error (MAE) of 31°C. …”
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Evaluation of Telenomus remus (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) as a biocontrol agent of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) based on two-sex life table and functional response analyses by Zhen Shen, Li-Hui Liu, Lian-Sheng Zang, Tie-Jun Deng, Zhen-Bao Luo, Jun-Yi Gao, Liang-De Tang

“…In addition, most females emerged from 24 h-old eggs, whereas most males emerged from 48 h-old eggs. …”
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Clinical Efficacy of Probiotic Therapy on Bowel-Related Symptoms in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis during Endoscopic Remission: An Observational Study by Jin Lee, Su Bum Park, Hyung Wook Kim, Hong Sub Lee, Sam Ryong Jee, Jong Hun Lee, Tae Oh Kim

“…Endoscopic remission was defined as a Mayo endoscopic score≤1, and IBS-like symptoms were defined as those meeting the ROME-IV diagnostic criteria. A Biotop capsule® (Lactobacillus acidophilus, 75 mg; Clostridium butyricum TO-A, 25 mg; Bacillus mesentericus TO-A, 25 mg; and Streptococcus faecalis T-110, 5 mg) was administered three times daily for one month. …”
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Association between rs20456 and rs6930913 of Kinesin-Like Family 6 and Hypertension in a Chinese Cohort by Yan-li Chen, Li-Qiang Zheng, Tie-Jun Li, Zhao-Qing Sun, Ying Hao, Bao-Gang Wu, Ying-Xian Sun

“…After adjusting for confounding factors, significantly lower risk of hypertension was observed in participants with genotype TC (0.416 (CI 0.299–0.578), p<0.001) and CC (0.577 (0.389–0.857), p=0.007) of rs20456 compared with TT. …”
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SDF-1α Facilitates Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Induce Regulatory B Cell Differentiation from Patients with Immune Thrombocytopenia by Zhe Chen, Shufen Zhou, Jianyun Li, Hui Li, Can Huang, Qin Guo, Tiantian Zhang, Bingya Yang, Chuanqing Tu, Chengshan Guo

“…To investigate the mechanism of SDF-1α in controlling umbilical cord-derived MSCs (UC-MSCs) in inducing regulatory B cell differentiation of patients with ITP, we reconfirmed that SDF-1α promotes the proliferation of MSCs at the low doses of 0.05 μg/mL and 0.1 μg/mL but inhibits the proliferation and promotes the apoptosis of UC-MSCs at the high doses 0.5 μg/mL and 1 μg/mL; when UC-MSCs are cocultured with SDF-1α at 0.1 μg/mL, the decreased proportion of CD19+/CD24hi/CD38hi cells and IL-10-producing B cells (B 10 cell), considered as the Breg subset from ITP significantly enhanced, and the content of IL-10 in the supernatant is also obviously increased. …”
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IGF-1R Inhibition Suppresses Cell Proliferation and Increases Radiosensitivity in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells by Zhe Wang, Guangyan Liu, Jiwei Mao, Min Xie, Ming Zhao, Xuefen Guo, Shanshan Liang, Heming Li, Xuefeng Li, Ruoyu Wang

“…Here, we evaluated the proliferation and radiosensitivity of NPC cell lines (CNE-2 and SUNE-1) after linsitinib treatment. …”
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UAV Collision Avoidance in Unknown Scenarios with Causal Representation Disentanglement by Zhun Fan, Zihao Xia, Che Lin, Gaofei Han, Wenji Li, Dongliang Wang, Yindong Chen, Zhifeng Hao, Ruichu Cai, Jiafan Zhuang

“…Nonetheless, DRL-based methods often encounter reduced performance when dealing with unfamiliar scenarios. This decline is mainly caused by the presence of non-causal and domain-specific elements within visual representations, which negatively impact the learning of policies. …”
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Selective mPGES-1 Inhibitor Ameliorated Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis in the Rat Model by Min Ji Kim, Hwi-Ho Lee, Choi Kim, Ja Yeon Lee, Kyung-Sook Chung, Kyung-Tae Lee, Jae Yeol Lee

“…Endogenous prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) plays an important role in maintaining the homeostasis conditions. …”
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The First Report of Ruminant Fascioliasis in Sabah, East Malaysia by Naim Che Kamaruddin, Muhammad Ali Imran Razali, Ibitoye Emmanuel Busayo, Noor Hazfalinda Hamzah, Lokman Hakim Idris, Nur Mahiza Md Isa

“…The disease has a worldwide distribution, and Malaysia is one of the countries that face problems related to this parasite. …”
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Consensus guidelines for the management of treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in Singapore (2024) by Yeow Tee Goh, Yvonne Loh, Esther Chan, Yuh Shan Lee, Venkata Sreekanth Sampath, Daryl Tan, Shin Yeu Ong, Chandramouli Nagarajan

“…Due to the superior efficacy of targeted agents (Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors [BTKis] and B-cell lymphoma 2 inhibitors [BCL2is]), sthese are favoured over standard chemotherapy or chemotherapy-immunotherapy, especially for patients with del(17p) or TP53 mutation, and less fit patients. …”
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Exploring the impact of robot interaction on learning engagement: a comparative study of two multi-modal robots by Ka Yan Fung, Kwong Chiu Fung, Tze Leung Rick Lui, Kuen Fung Sin, Lik Hang Lee, Huamin Qu, Shenghui Song

“…However, current research has not adequately addressed the effectiveness of these robots in facilitating inclusive learning for diverse student populations, particularly those with dyslexia. This study proposes an inclusive learning system developed on two multi-modal robots, Kebbi and Minibo, with interactive (i.e., movable hands) and straightforward features. …”
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Discoloration Effects of High-Dose γ-Irradiation and Long-Term Thermal Aging of (U)HMW-PE by Anja Kömmling, Emmanouil Chatzigiannakis, Jörg Beckmann, Volker Wachtendorf, Kerstin von der Ehe, Ulrike Braun, Matthias Jaunich, Ulrich Schade, Dietmar Wolff

“…Two polyethylene types with ultra-high (UHMW-PE) and high molecular weight (HMW-PE) used as neutron radiation shielding materials in casks for radioactive waste were irradiated with doses up to 600 kGy using a 60Co gamma source. …”
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Alleviating effects and mechanisms of action of large-leaf yellow tea drinking on diabetes and diabetic nephropathy in mice by Guangshan Zhao, Jianyuan Teng, Ruixia Dong, Qiuyan Ban, Lian Yang, Kang Du, Yifei Wang, Hanlin Pu, Chung S. Yang, Zhe Ren

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Age Cutoff and Yield of Prompt Esophagogastroduodenoscopy to Detect Malignancy in Vietnamese with Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms: An Endoscopic Database Review of 472,744 Patients from 2014 to 2019 by Duc Trong Quach, Lan Thi-Ngoc Tran, Truc Le-Thanh Tran, Vy Ly-Thao Tran, Nhan Quang Le, Toru Hiyama

“…The yield of endoscopy to detect one malignancy (YoE) was also calculated. Results. …”
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