DEPEND study protocol: early detection of patients with pancreatic cancer – a pilot study to evaluate the utility of faecal elastase-1 and 13C-mixed triglyceride breath test as screening tools in high-risk individuals by Christopher D Byrne, Sam Wilding, Paul Remi Afolabi, Declan McDonnell, Victoria Goss, Jocelyn Walters, Zaed Z Hamady

“…In this study, we propose the use of a diagnostic algorithm that combines tests of pancreatic exocrine function (faecal elastase-1 (FE-1) test and the 13C-mixed triglyceride (13C-MTG) breath test) to identify patients with PC that urgently needs imaging studies.Methods and analysis This prospective pilot (proof of concept) study will be carried out on 25 patients with resectable PC, 10 patients with chronic pancreatitis and 25 healthy volunteers. …”
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Ensuring Africa’s Food Security by 2050: The Role of Population Growth, Climate-Resilient Strategies, and Putative Pathways to Resilience by Belay Simane, Thandi Kapwata, Natasha Naidoo, Guéladio Cissé, Caradee Y. Wright, Kiros Berhane

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How do red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) explore their environment? Characteristics of movement patterns in time and space by Felicitas Oehler, Robert Hagen, Klaus Hackländer, Zea Walton, Kumar Ashish, Janosch Arnold

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Fluorescence properties of long-range-transported smoke: insights from five-channel lidar observations over Moscow during the 2023 wildfire season by I. Veselovskii, M. Korenskiy, N. Kasianik, B. Barchunov, Q. Hu, P. Goloub, T. Podvin

“…<p>The fluorescence lidar at the Prokhorov General Physics Institute (Moscow) was utilized to study smoke transported over the Atlantic during the wildfire season from May to September 2023. …”
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Dual-phase ceramics based on multi-cation boride and carbide: Investigations at the nanoscale by Steven M. Smith, II, Nicola Gilli, William G. Fahrenholtz, Gregory E. Hilmas, Sandra García-González, Emilio Jiménez-Piqué, Stefano Curtarolo, Laura Silvestroni

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The relationship between anxiety and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents with obesity: propensity scores by Miguel Angel Villasis-Keever, Jessie Nallely Zurita-Cruz, Areli Zulema Pichardo-Estrada, Wendy Alejandra Mazón-Aguirre

“…After matching using their zBMI, we found that the adolescents with anxiety had higher serum uric acid levels (5.9 mg/dl vs. 5.4 mg/dl, p = 0.041), an increased incidence of metabolic syndrome (39.1% vs. 15.9%, p = 0.002), hyperglycemia (21.7% vs. 8.6%, p = 0.020), and lower HDLc (67.3% vs. 34.7%, p &lt; 0.001), than those without anxiety. …”
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Identifying research priorities in cardiac surgery: a report from the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership in adult heart surgery by Tracy Kumar, Florence Y Lai, Riccardo G Abbasciano, Bethany Tabberer, Gavin J Murphy

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Validation of the Model of End-Stage Liver Disease for Liver Transplant Allocation in Alberta: Implications for Future Directions in Canada by Kelly W. Burak, Glenda A. Meeberg, Robert P. Myers, Gordon H. Fick, Mark G. Swain, Vincent G. Bain, Norman M. Kneteman, Robert J. Hilsden

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Different Current Intensities of Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Do Not Differentially Modulate Motor Cortex Plasticity by Dawson J. Kidgell, Robin M. Daly, Kayleigh Young, Jarrod Lum, Gregory Tooley, Shapour Jaberzadeh, Maryam Zoghi, Alan J. Pearce

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Volumetric and Linear Adaptation of an Indirect Adhesive Restoration: Comparison of Chairside 3D Printing and Milling Techniques by Andrea Baldi, Tommaso Rossi, Ilaria Stura, Allegra Comba, Mauro Fazioni, Chiara Rolando, Giorgio Ferrero, Paola Ceruti, Nicola Scotti

“…CAM technique significantly affected volumetric adaptation (<i>p</i> < 0.001), with the chairside 3D printer performing the best and chairside milling unit the worst. Concerning internal adaptation, the chairside milling unit performed significantly worse than the other groups (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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DNA Ploidy and Chromosome (FISH) Pattern Analysis of Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors by Anett Hruska, Reinhard Bollmann, Rita Beáta Kovács, Magdolna Bollmann, Miklós Bodó, Zoltán Sápi

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The Influence of Differences in Solvents and Concentration on the Efficacy of Propofol at Induction of Anesthesia by Yukako Obata, Yushi U. Adachi, Katsumi Suzuki, Taiga Itagaki, Hiromi Kato, Maiko Satomoto, Yoshiki Nakajima

“…This trial is registered with UMIN Clinical Trial Registry: UMIN000019925.…”
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Sociodemographic disparities in awareness of chronic conditions: an observational study among older persons in rural north-east of South Africa by Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Carlos Riumallo-Herl, Daniel Ohene-Kwofie

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Perceived racial discrimination, resilience, and oral health behaviours of adolescents with immigrant backgrounds. by Priyanka Saluja, Babak Bohlouli, Wendy Hoglund, Maryam Amin

“…The odds of brushing teeth more than twice a day, as opposed to once a day, decreased by 58% with one unit increase in the total discrimination distress score (OR = 0.42, 95% CI: 0.25-0.71). …”
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A survey study of physical activity participation in different organisational forms among groups of immigrants and descendants in Denmark by Eva Berthelsen Schmidt, Karsten Elmose-Østerlund, Bjarne Ibsen

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Relatedness of White-Tailed Deer from Culling Efforts Within Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zones in Minnesota by Alberto Fameli, Christopher Jennelle, Jessie Edson, Erik Hildebrand, Michelle Carstensen, W. David Walter

“…We did not find evidence of genetic structure, suggesting that an outbreak in any of the management zones could naturally spread to the others. …”
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Evaluation of the Inhibitory Effect of Moringa oleifera Leaves Methanolic Extract against In Vitro Growth of Several Babesia Species and Theileria equi and the In Vivo Growth of Ba... by Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Mohamed Z. Sayed-Ahmed, Yosif Almoshari, Saad S. Alqahtani, Sarfaraz Ahmad, Nawazish Alam, Basma H. Marghani, Abdelbaset E. Abdelbaset, Ikuo Igarashi

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Spectral induced polarization survey for the estimation of hydrogeological parameters in an active rock glacier by C. Moser, U. Morra di Cella, C. Hauck, A. Flores Orozco

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Comparing the effect of bananas and dates on the reactivity of the non-reactive fetus non-stress test: A randomized clinical trial by Sheida Shabanian, Shirin Moazen Dehkordi, Mahboubeh Taghipour, Afsaneh Malekpour

“…Background and aims: The non-stress test (NST) is one of the pregnancy screening tests used to measure fetal well-being. Any factors that can increase the reactivity or reduce the time to reach reactivity in the NST test are beneficial. …”
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