Serological and Molecular Diagnosis of Human Cytomegalovirus among Hemodialysis Patients in Kirkuk/Iraq by Eman Ammar Ihsan, Lezan Medhat Mohammed, Waleed Mohammed Ali

“…As a result, PCR can detect extremely small amounts of DNA, it has a high detection rate in the early stages of CMV infection.…”
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Reperfusion injury or cytokine storm? Utilizing plasmapheresis in severe trauma-induced multiorgan failure: a case report by Gun Woo Kim, Suyeong Hwang, Kyoung Hoon Lim, Sung Hoon Cho

“…Reperfusion injury can arise when a target blood vessel is revascularized, particularly during severe stages of ischemia. Cytokine storm represents a life-threatening systemic inflammatory state characterized by high levels of circulating cytokines and overactive immune cells. …”
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Exploring the relationship between proactive inhibition and restrictive eating behaviours in severe and enduring anorexia nervosa (SE-AN) by Savani Bartholdy, Bethan Dalton, Samantha J. Rennalls, Maria Kekic, Jessica McClelland, Iain C. Campbell, Owen G. O’Daly, Ulrike Schmidt

“…Longitudinal studies and between-group comparisons of individuals across different stages of illness will be required to elucidate the way in which proactive inhibition is specifically implicated in SE-AN, rather than in AN more generally.…”
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Mini-cutting technique for the propagation of a Eucalyptus camaldulensis clone selected in a semiarid region by Francisco Emerson F. de Felice, Poliana C. Dias-Araujo, Ewerton S. Pinheiro, Carlos Vergara

“…A temporal analysis of rooting was carried out with evaluations performed every 7 days from the day of staking until day 28 and samples were collected to peform the anatomic analysis. …”
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Beyond the Hype: Ten Lessons from Co-Creating and Implementing Digital Innovation in a Rwandan Smallholder Banana Farming System by Julius Adewopo, Mariette McCampbell, Charles Mwizerwa, Marc Schut

“…We present ten (10) salient, but non-exhaustive, lessons to showcase the realities of developing and delivering digital tools to farmers over an extended period, spanning from ideation, development, and testing to scaling stages. The lessons are relevant for a broad audience, including stakeholders across the digital innovation space who can utilize our experiential notes to guide the development and deployment of similar digital innovations for improved outcomes in smallholder farming systems.…”
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Machine learning based sucker rod pump fault diagnosis using motor power curve by Othman H. Ahmed, Samuel I. Tecle, Anatoliy A. Zyuzev, Vladimir P. Metelkov

“…To train the machine learning classifiers and evaluate their performance accuracy, a number of characteristics were used, obtained from motor power curves for six different pump operating states. Namely, operating coefficients were calculated, representing the ratio of the power integral at each of the four stages of the installation operating cycle to the power integral for the entire cycle. …”
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Organizational and legal measures to prevent psychosocial risks caused by the war in Ukraine by V. I. Teremetskyi, R. V. Kolodchyna

“…An integrated approach is emphasized, which would include the use of social, psychological, and medical measures at different levels (state, regional, and local) for the most effective intervention, providing the necessary support and accompaniment at various stages. …”
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Mesenchymal stem cell and exosome-based therapy for liver diseases: can it overcome conventional therapeutic inconsistencies? by Zahid Hussain

“…Due to the multifactorial nature of this disease, conventional therapies increasingly attempted combinatorial therapy or polytherapy to target multiple mechanistic sites in order to prevent entry into further complicated irreversible stages. Despite advancements in conventional therapy, several cases aggravate fibrosis (grade 3 to 4) and cirrhosis. …”
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Comparative embryological study of some Jerusalem artichoke (<i>Helianthus tuberosus</i> L.) accessions with different seed-setting ability from the VIR collection by O. N. Voronova, A. A. Babro, A. V. Lyubchenko

“…The material for embryological analysis was fixed at the stage of anthesis, processed, and analyzed at the Embryology and Reproductive Biology Lab of the Komarov Botanical Institute.   …”
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The genesis of forensic research of documents as the branch of forensic technology by V. S. Sezonov

“…The examination of documents similarly has a long history and is directly related to the emergence and spread of writing. At the present stage of development of forensic document research, the achievements of various sciences are actively used to reveal the patterns in the field of forensic technology and its improvement. …”
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Characterization of Site-Specific Phosphorylation of NF-κB p65 in Retinal Cells in Response to High Glucose and Cytokine Polarization by Haoshen Shi, Elizabeth A. Berger

“…By understanding NF-κB phosphorylation and cytokine influence during hyperglycemic conditions, intervention points can be identified for early-stage treatment of DR.…”
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Quality of Life in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Dementia Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Review by Joanna Campbell, Louis Lavoie, Mariana Farraia, Rachel Huelin, Quanwu Zhang, Amir Abbas Tahami Monfared

“…These findings can contribute to a more informed approach in clinical practice and support decision-making in the management of early-stage AD.…”
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Methodological aspects of forensic commodity examination of live animals by N. V. Krivoruchko, T. M. Menshykh

“…This article analyses the state of information support on the basis of which such an assessment was made.…”
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Clinical treatment score Post-5 Years (CTS5) predicts the benefit of postmastectomy radiotherapy in patients with T1-2N1 luminal breast cancer by Ke Liu, Guan-Qiao Li, Si-Qi Li, Xue-Qin Chen, San-Gang Wu

“…Patients with younger age, T2 stage, higher tumor grade, a higher number of positive lymph nodes, infiltrating lobular carcinoma subtype, and receipt of chemotherapy were associated with the receipt of PMRT (all P < 0.05). …”
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European and Integration Studies by N. Yu. Kaveshnikov

“…In his works, he analyses the development of integration processes in Western Europe from their inception to the present day, showing the gradual maturation of the necessary spiritual and material prerequisites for the start of integration and traces the various stages of the "integration". In the late 1990s, the growing demand from the domestic business and government for professionals who are capable of interacting with the European Union, has produced the necessary supply in the form of educational programs based on accumulated scientific knowledge. …”
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An Influence Study of Face Length Effect on Floor Stability under Water-Rock Coupling Action by Baojie Fu, Bo Wang

“…The Fish program was used to adjust rocks entering the plastic failure state into a strain softening model to investigate the influence of the face length effect, the damage degree of the water-resisting floor, and the morphology and deformation bearing capacity of the failure zone. …”
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Leaf reflectance and physiological attributes monitoring differentiate rice cultivars under drought-stress and non-stress conditions by Kossi Lorimpo Adjah, Maxwell Darko Asante, Michael Frei, Aboubacar Toure, Mawuli Aziadekey, Linbo Wu, Andriele Wairich, Daniel Dzorkpe Gamenyah, Shailesh Yadav

“…This study aimed to monitor the efficiency of physiological traits (stomatal conductance (gsw), transpiration rate (E)), and leaf-reflectance (NDVI and RDVI) at vegetative (VS) and reproductive (RS) stages for selection of drought-tolerant genotypes. …”
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Transcription Factor E2F-1 Is Upregulated in Human Gastric Cancer Tissues and Its Overexpression Suppresses Gastric Tumor Cell Proliferation by Qiang Xiao, Lei Li, Yubo Xie, Ning Tan, Changqing Wang, Junyi Xu, Keyi Xia, Kevin Gardner, Qingdi Q. Li

“…However, no correlation was observed between the E2F-1 levels and patients’ clinical features, such as sex, age, histological types, lymph node metastasis, and clinical stages (P >0.05). Finally, the influence of E2F-1 overexpression on the growth of human gastric carcinoma MKN-45 cells in vitro was assessed by measuring colony formation, cell survival, and cell cycle progression. …”
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Absence of Posterior Vitreous Detachment Is a Risk Factor of Severe Bleb-Related Endophthalmitis by Kazuhiko Umazume, Jun Suzuki, Yoshihiko Usui, Katsuhiko Maruyama, Yoshihiro Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Goto

“…Ten patients (10 eyes) with stage IIIb BRE after trabeculectomy diagnosed and treated at the Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Medical University, between April 2013 and May 2015, were studied. …”
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Clinical features, pathological characteristics, and prognosis of patients with IgA nephropathy complicated with nephrotic syndrome by Li Tan, Lu-Hua Jin, Yi-Qin Wang, Wei Chen, Qiong Wen

“…Renal endpoint was defined as a 50% decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate or progression to end-stage renal disease. A total of 207 patients with IgAN and NS were categorized into four pathological groups: IgAN with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (IgAN-MsPGN) (n = 150), IgAN with minimal change disease (IgAN-MCD) (n = 49), IgAN with membranous nephropathy (IgAN-MN) (n = 7), and IgAN with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (IgAN-MPGN) (n = 1). …”
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