Comprehensive Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma by Georgios Koukourakis, Georgios Zacharias, Michael Koukourakis, Kiriaki Pistevou-Gobaki, Christos Papaloukas, Athanasios Kostakopoulos, Vassilios Kouloulias

“…The 5-year cancer-specific survival in the United States is roughly 75% with grade and stage being the most powerful predictors of survival. …”
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1,2,4-Triamino-5-nitrobenzene as air-stable aromatic polyamines for coordination chemistry by Pascal, Simon, Zaborova, Elena, Siri, Olivier

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Unlocking High-Throughput Plasma-Catalytic Low-Temperature Oxidation of n‑Hexane over Single-Atom Ag1/MnO2 Catalysts by Zhiping Ye, Chuang Han, Shulin Yang, Yaolin Wang, Ke Wang, Anton Nikiforov, Jiade Wang, Rino Morent, Nathalie De Geyter, Xuming Zhang, Jun Chen, Mi Yan, Junhua Li, Xin Tu, Pengfei Xie

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Urine Biochemistry in the Early Postoperative Period after Cardiac Surgery: Role in Acute Kidney Injury Monitoring by Alexandre Toledo Maciel, Daniel Vitório

“…Cardiac surgery is one of the leading causes of acute kidney injury (AKI) in the intensive care unit (ICU). In this paper, we describe the sequential behavior of urine electrolytes in three patients in the early (first 60 hours) postoperative period after cardiac surgery according to AKI status: no AKI, transient AKI, and persistent AKI. …”
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Effects of Recycled Expanded Polystyrene Beads on the Mechanical and Physical Properties of Cement-Stabilized Compressed Earth Bricks by Géraldine Gouafo Kougoum, Ulrich Giresse Defo Tatchum, Bernard Morino Ganou Koungang, Dieunedort Ndapeu, René Tchinda

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N-Acetylcysteine and Other Sulfur-Donors as a Preventative and Adjunct Therapy for COVID-19 by Heidi N du Preez, Colleen Aldous, Hendrik G Kruger, Lin Johnson

“…With ample evidence in the scientific literature that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is related to epithelial and endothelial dysfunction, preserving the glycocalyx should be the main focus of any COVID-19 treatment protocol. The most studied functional unit of the glycocalyx is the glycosaminoglycan heparan sulfate, where the degree and position of the sulfate groups determine the biological activity. …”
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The advantages of k-visibility: A comparative analysis of several time series clustering algorithms by Sergio Iglesias-Perez, Alberto Partida, Regino Criado

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Influence of Surface Energy Effects on Elastic Fields of a Layered Elastic Medium under Surface Loading by Supakorn Tirapat, Teerapong Senjuntichai, Jaroon Rungamornrat

“…It is also found that the layered half space becomes stiffer with the presence of surface stresses. In addition, unlike the classical elasticity solution, size-dependent behavior of elastic fields is noted. …”
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Alterations of the Erythrocyte Membrane during Sepsis by Yasmina Serroukh, Sarah Djebara, Christophe Lelubre, Karim Zouaoui Boudjeltia, Patrick Biston, Michael Piagnerelli

“…This membrane is a complex unit with multiple interactions between the extracellular and intracellular compartments: blood stream, endothelium, and other blood cells on the one hand, and the intracytoplasmic compartment with possible rapid adaptation of erythrocyte metabolism on the other. …”
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Is Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease a Result of Multiple Gait Impairments? Implications for Treatment by Meir Plotnik, Nir Giladi, Jeffrey M. Hausdorff

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Credit Card Fraud Detection through Parenclitic Network Analysis by Massimiliano Zanin, Miguel Romance, Santiago Moral, Regino Criado

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Characterizations of Stability of Error Bounds for Convex Inequality Constraint Systems by Wei, Zhou, Théra, Michel, Yao, Jen-Chih

“…For a single convex inequality, it is proved that the stability of local error bounds under small perturbations is essentially equivalent to the non-zero minimum of the directional derivative at a reference point over the unit sphere, and the stability of global error bounds is proved to be equivalent to the strictly positive infimum of the directional derivatives, at all points in the boundary of the solution set, over the unit sphere as well as some mild constraint qualification. …”
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Care Complexity Factors and Discharge Destination in an Emergency Department: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Andrea Urbina, Jordi Adamuz, Maria-Eulàlia Juvé-Udina, Judith Peñafiel-Muñoz, Virginia Munoa-Urruticoechea, Maribel González-Samartino, Pilar Delgado-Hito, Javier Jacob, Marta Romero-García

“…Of these, 60.8% were home discharged, 34.1% were hospitalized, 2.6% were transferred to the intensive care unit, 2.1% were left without being seen, and 0.4% died. …”
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Evaluation of Lyso-Gb1 as a biomarker for Gaucher disease treatment outcomes using data from the Gaucher Outcome Survey by Ari Zimran, Shoshana Revel-Vilk, Tama Dinur, Majdolen Istaiti, Jaco Botha, Elena Lukina, Pilar Giraldo, Patrick Deegan, Stephan vom Dahl

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A relay race of ESCRT-III paralogs drives cell division in a hyperthermophilic archaeon by Junfeng Liu, Mickaël Lelek, Yunfeng Yang, Audrey Salles, Christophe Zimmer, Yulong Shen, Mart Krupovic

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Myosin-based nucleation of actin filaments contributes to stereocilia development critical for hearing by Zane G. Moreland, Fangfang Jiang, Carlos Aguilar, Melanie Barzik, Rui Gong, Ghazaleh Behnammanesh, Jinho Park, Arik Shams, Christian Faaborg-Andersen, Jesse C. Werth, Randall Harley, Daniel C. Sutton, James B. Heidings, Stacey M. Cole, Andrew Parker, Susan Morse, Elizabeth Wilson, Yasuharu Takagi, James R. Sellers, Steve D. M. Brown, Thomas B. Friedman, Gregory M. Alushin, Michael R. Bowl, Jonathan E. Bird

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Electronic cigarette use in relation to changes in smoking status and respiratory symptoms by Linnéa Hedman<sup>+<sup>, Gustaf Lyytinen<sup>+<sup>, Helena Backman, Magnus Lundbäck, Caroline Stridsman, Anne Lindberg, Hannu Kankaanranta, Lina Rönnebjerg, Eva Rönmark, Linda Ekerljung

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Impact of the level of physical activities on emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, lack of personal accomplishment and burnout among students in the city province of Kinshasa by Liny Enyuka Kila, Constant Nkıama, Dalmond Kambale Mutsopi, Siloé Ntumba Tshiyamba, Carel Busano Nduakulu, Godefroid Kusuayi Mabele

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Genetic Predictors of Poor Prognosis in Portuguese Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Data from Reuma.pt by Ana Filipa Mourão, Maria José Santos, Sílvia Mendonça, Filipa Oliveira-Ramos, Manuel Salgado, Paula Estanqueiro, José Melo-Gomes, Fernando Martins, Ana Lopes, Bruno Filipe Bettencourt, Jácome Bruges-Armas, José Costa, Carolina Furtado, Ricardo Figueira, Iva Brito, Jaime Branco, João Eurico Fonseca, Helena Canhão

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Species-specific mercury speciation in billfishes and its implications for food safety monitoring and dietary advice by Anaïs Médieu, David Point, Valérie Allain, Nathalie Bodin, Mélanie Lemire, Pierre Ayotte, Zahirah Dhurmeea, Matthieu Waeles, Laure Laffont, Antoine Le Gohalen, François Roupsard, Anne Lorrain

“…This illustrates that billfishes exhibit species-specific methylmercury bioaccumulation patterns, likely related to unique selenium-dependent in vivo methylmercury demethylation capacities in muscle. …”
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