Hepatitis B e Antigen Seroconversion Is Related with the Function of Dendritic Cells in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection by Chunjing Lin, Hai Zou, Shumin Wang

“…DC from patients in inactive HBsAg carrier state shows stronger function in comparison with patients in immune tolerance, the expressions of dendritic cells correlate with HBV DNA level, and the function stage of DC may play an important role in HBeAg seroconversion.…”
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Prevalence of occult endometrial carcinoma in patients with endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia who underwent hysterectomy by Waraphon Thongsang, Sompop Kuljarusnont, Suchanan Hanamornroongruang, Irene Ruengkhachorn

“…Post-hysterectomy, 36 patients (31.8%) were diagnosed with endometrial carcinoma, all endometrioid type. Of these, 88.9% were stage I per the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics classification system, and 11.1% were at high risk for nodal metastasis. …”
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Management Criteria Evaluation of Lithuanian Football Academies’ Certification System by Kristijonas Vegys, Rita Bagdonienė, Diana Jonaitienė, Irena Valantinė

“…Considering the practices of Georgia and Latvia, Lithuania has started testing the certification of football academies since 2021. During the testing stage, it was observed that the certification project helped youth football organisations to improve the quality of their activities and competencies – after a year, the certification system was started to be applied to all Lithuanian football academies. …”
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Combination Treatments of Plasma Exchange and Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients with Hepatitis B Virus-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failur... by Wen-xiong Xu, Hong-liang He, Shun-wen Pan, Yuan-li Chen, Mei-ling Zhang, Shu Zhu, Zhi-liang Gao, Liang Peng, Jian-guo Li

“…The multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that hemoglobin, prothrombin activity, and MELD (model for end-stage liver disease) score were the independent factors associated with the unfavorable outcome (all P<0.05). …”
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Gut Microbiome Profiles in Colorectal Cancer Patients in Iraq by Fatima J. Kadhim, Zahid S. Aziz, Khalid S. Ibrahim

“…A total of 21 stool samples were analyzed: 12 from early-stage CRC patients and nine from healthy controls. …”
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Machine learning insights into early mortality risks for small cell lung cancer patients post-chemotherapy by Min Liang, Min Liang, Fuyuan Luo

“…Additionally, traditional models, such as logistic regression and AJCC staging, were employed for comparison. Model performance was evaluated using key metrics, including the Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (AUC), calibration plots, the Kolmogorov–Smirnov (KS) statistic, and Decision Curve Analysis (DCA).ResultsAnalysis of 12,500 eligible patients revealed 10 clinical features significantly impacting outcomes. …”
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Retinal Levels of Amyloid Beta Correlate with Cerebral Levels of Amyloid Beta in Young APPswe/PS1dE9 Transgenic Mice before Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease by Xi Mei, Mengxiang Yang, Lina Zhu, Qi Zhou, Xingxing Li, Zhongming Chen, Chenjun Zou

“…The inhibitory effect of curcumin on the Aβ level was significant in the cerebrum (P<0.001) and retina (P<0.01) of older APP mice in the early stage of life. Conclusion. We observed a significant correlation between the Aβ content in the retina and Aβ content in the cerebrum of APP mice. …”
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CRISPR/Cas9-editing of PRNP in Alpine goats by Aurélie Allais-Bonnet, Christophe Richard, Marjolaine André, Valérie Gelin, Marie-Christine Deloche, Aurore Lamadon, Gwendoline Morin, Béatrice Mandon-Pépin, Eugénie Canon, Dominique Thépot, Johann Laubier, Katayoun Moazami-Goudarzi, Ludivine Laffont, Olivier Dubois, Thierry Fassier, Patrice Congar, Olivier Lasserre, Tiphaine Aguirre-Lavin, Jean-Luc Vilotte, Eric Pailhoux

“…A total of 122 two-cell-stage embryos were transferred to 46 hormonally synchronized recipient goats. …”
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The Threat from European Missile Defence System to Russian National Security by A. I. Podberezkin, J. Y. Parshkova

“…Washington has enormous technological, financial, economic, military and institutional capabilities in the field of a missile defense, exceeding by far other NATO member-states. In February 2010, the President of the United States B. …”
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High-intensity focused ultrasonic ablation of breast cancer by L. I. Moskvicheva

“…In recent decades, researchers from diff erent countries demonstrate the feasibility and technical safety of various mini-invasive methods of thermal abla on of early stages of breast cancer, characterized by rela ve simplicity of implementa on, excellent cosme c results, short-term rehabilita on of pa ents. …”
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Process model of development of adolescents’ social initiative in educational organization environment by Svyatoslav V. Beloklokov

“…Its block structure (target, methodological, content, productive blocks), optimally implemented in the sequence of stages (orienting, activating, reflexive) is described. …”
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S100A8/A9 Molecular Complexes Promote Cancer Migration and Invasion via the p38 MAPK Pathway in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Ning Xu, Bei-Bei Zhang, Xia-Ning Huang, Xiang Yi, Xue-Min Yan, Yan Cai, Qin He, Zi-Jian Han, Yuan-Jiao Huang, Wei Liu, Ai-Jun Jiao

“…Our results showed that S100A8/A9 in NPC tissues were significantly higher than those in CP tissues, closely associated with NPC clinical stages. Intriguingly, exogenous S100A8/A9 protein stimulation could dramatically enhance NPC migration and invasion abilities. …”
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Poplar transformation with variable explant sources to maximize transformation efficiency by Haiwei Lu, Sara Jawdy, Jin-Gui Chen, Xiaohan Yang, Udaya C. Kalluri

“…Transcriptome analyses mapped to regeneration stages and transformation efficiencies further revealed the expression of the auxin and cytokinin signaling and various developmental pathway genes in leaf and root explants undergoing early organogenesis. …”
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EEC and Yugoslav cooperation in the frames of modern international relations in Europe by E. G. Entina

“…In addition, at a later and structurally much more complicated stage of relations between the countries of the former Yugoslavia and the European Union the specificity and main components of relations of the Cold War period did not fundamentally change. …”
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Advanced technique for flexible cable analysis by A. V. Chesnokov, V. V. Mikhailov

“…It allows facilitating the preliminary design stage, thus providing optimal parameters determination and in-depth design study implementation. …”
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Annual versus biannual azithromycin mass drug administration for the elimination of infectious trachoma in Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis using data fro... by Jeremy David Keenan, Solomon Aragie, Taye Zeru, Getu Degu

“…The analysis will follow principles of a one-stage individual participant data meta-analysis using complete case mixed-effects regression models with a random effect for study to model community-level prevalence data. …”
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Modeling the Saddle-like GeV–TeV Spectrum of HESS J1809–193: Gamma Rays Arising from Reverse-shocked Pulsar Wind Nebula? by Jiaxu Sun, Yang Chen, Yiwei Bao, Xiao Zhang, Xin Zhou

“…The VHE part of the remaining electrons was depleted by the strong magnetic field that was enhanced by the reverse shock compression in the reverberation stage, leaving the other part of them generating GeV emission. …”
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TBF-YOLOv8n: A Lightweight Tea Bud Detection Model Based on YOLOv8n Improvements by Wenhui Fang, Weizhen Chen

“…Improvement of the Cross Stage Partial Bottleneck Module with Two Convolutions(C2f) module via efficient Distributed Shift Convolution (DSConv) yields the C2f module with DSConv(DSCf)module, which reduces the model’s size. …”
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<i>Myrica rubra</i> Preharvest Treatment with Melatonin Improves Antioxidant and Phenylpropanoid Pathways During Postharvest Storage by Jun-Quan Chen, Yun-Shuang Ma, Hejiang Zhou, Rui-Xue Yu, Miao Xiong, Na Yang, Ji-Qiu Wang, Yang Tian, Ling-Yan Su

“…The results indicated that in the final stage of storage, compared with the control group, different concentrations of melatonin reduced the decay index by 13.0–47.1% and also decreased the weight loss, the content of O₂^−•, and the content of malondialdehyde (MDA), respectively. …”
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Ewa vs. Agnieszka. Reprezentacje reżyserek w wybranych filmach Andrzeja Wajdy i Barbary Sass by Monika Talarczyk-Gubała

“…Rozpiętość czasowa dobranych przykładów pozwala na ukazanie pokoleniowych zmian w wizerunku reżyserki w polskiej kulturze filmowej oraz jej statusu w przestrzeni symbolicznej. Szczególnie widoczne staje się to w wyniku zestawienia dwóch wersji postaci Agnieszki, pierwszej wzorowanej na Agnieszce Osieckiej, drugiej na Agnieszce Holland. …”
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