Health-Related Quality of Life and Gender Differences in Elderly People: a Cross-Sectional Study by Pegah Bahrami Taghanaki, Ehsan Mosa Farkhani, Sima Nourbakhsh, Maryam Srakhosh

“…Therefore, this study aims to investigate the state of health-related quality of life and its gender-related discrepancies in the elderly population in Mashhad, Iran. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of Public Health Strategies on COVID-19 Control: A Systematic Review by Ajaree Rayanakorn, Siew Lian Leong, Pattaranai Chaiprom, Shaun Wen Huey Lee

“…Tight and timely adoption of effective intervention at the early stage of pandemic is key in shrinking the number of cases. …”
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HIV/AIDS and HBV co-infection with optimal control strategies and cost-effectiveness analyses using integer order model by Shewafera Wondimagegnhu Teklu, Abushet Hayalu Workie

“…From the findings of the numerical simulations we observed that implementing all the proposed controlling strategies simultaneously has fundamental impact to minimize and control the HBV and HIV/AIDS co-infection spreading in the community but cost-effectiveness analysis proved that implemented strategy 4 (implemented the HIV protection and HBV treatment controls simultaneously) is the most cost-effective strategy as compared with all other implemented strategies and we recommend for the health stake holders and policy makers to implement this strategy to tackle the HBV and HIV/AIDS co-infection spreading problem in the community.…”
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Emerging Nutritional Problem of Adult Population: Overweight/Obesity and Associated Factors in Addis Ababa City Communities, Ethiopia—A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Tsedeke Wolde Hailemariam, Samrawit Solomon Ethiopia, Andamlak Gizaw Alamdo, Haimanot Ewnetu Hailu

“…A total of 512 adults were recruited. A two-stage cluster followed by a systematic random sampling technique was used for sample selection. …”
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Current surgical treatment options for ocular complications of Stevens-Johnson and Lyell's syndromes by V.F. Chernysh, N.N. Haritonova, A.N. Kulikov, P.A. Kacherovich, A.A. Kol'bin

“…Timely treatment of Stevens-Johnson and Lyell's syndromes comprising systemic and topical conservative therapy in combination with surgical procedures during the acute stage plays an important role for the prediction of severe long-term ocular complications. …”
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Determination of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Craft Villages and Industrial Environments of Vietnam by Thi Vi Phung, Thuy Ngoc Nguyen, Lan-Anh Phan Thi, Hung Viet Pham, Hong Anh Duong

“…Concentrations of PFOS in wastewater samples obtained from metal-plating factories with decorative plating stage were found at a range of 0.73–18.91 ng/L. For textile-dyeing factories, PFOA and/or PFHxA, which were present in all effluent wastewater samples, varied from 0.37 to 15.96 ng/L and 1.07 to 43.58 ng/L, respectively. …”
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UKRAINIAN ELITES DISCOURSE IN RESPECT OF THE DONBASS TERRITORY AND POPULATION OF 2009-2018: ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL FACEBOOK SEGMENT by A. A. Tokarev

“…This work proceeded in several stages: from November 2016, when my colleagues and I began brainstorming, until May 2018, when the final schedules were obtained: the allocation of opinion leaders in the social network, downloading their posts from January 1, 2009 to February 15, 2018, the isolation from the discourse of posts devoted to the Donbas, the creation of a vocabulary that allows differentiating discourses according to the degree of their emotionality, an assessment of their frequency degree, an explanation of the discourses dynamics through event analysis. …”
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FGF21 ameliorates diabetic nephropathy through CDK1-dependently regulating the cell cycle by Yudie Zhang, Yudie Zhang, Yudie Zhang, Yudie Zhang, Yudie Zhang, Fan Wang, Fan Wang, Fan Wang, Fan Wang, Chongyang Zhang, Chongyang Zhang, Chongyang Zhang, Chongyang Zhang, Fan Yao, Fan Yao, Fan Yao, Fan Yao, Bin Zhang, Bin Zhang, Bin Zhang, Bin Zhang, Yongping Zhang, Xiaobo Sun, Xiaobo Sun, Xiaobo Sun, Xiaobo Sun

“…BackgroundDiabetic nephropathy (DN) is a prevalent global renal illness and one of the main causes of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). FGF21 has been shown to ameliorate diabetic nephropathy, and in addition FGF-21-treated mice impeded mitogenicity, whereas it is unclear whether FGF21 can influence DN progression by regulating the cell cycle in diabetic nephropathy.MethodsIn order to create a diabetic model, STZ injections were given to C57BL/6J mice for this investigation. …”
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Intermediate risk prostate tumors contain lethal subtypes by William L. Harryman, James P. Hinton, Rafael Sainz, Jaime M. C. Gard, John M. Ryniawec, John M. Ryniawec, Gregory C. Rogers, Gregory C. Rogers, Noel A. Warfel, Noel A. Warfel, Beatrice S. Knudsen, Raymond B. Nagle, Juan J. Chipollini, Benjamin R. Lee, Belinda L. Sun, Anne E. Cress, Anne E. Cress

“…In 2024, prostate cancer (PCa) remains the most common non-skin cancer in males within the United States, with an estimated 299,010 new cases, the highest increase incident trend rate (3.8%) of all cancers, and one of the eight deadliest. …”
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IoT-based prediction model for aquaponic fish pond water quality using multiscale feature fusion with convolutional autoencoder and GRU networks by Suma Christal Mary Sundararajan, Yamini Bhavani Shankar, Sinthia Panneer Selvam, Nalini Manogaran, Koteeswaran Seerangan, Deepa Natesan, Shitharth Selvarajan

“…The weighted features, DBN (Deep Belief Network) features, and the original features are achieved in the feature extraction stage. The weighted features are obtained using the Revamped Fitness-based Mother Optimization Algorithm (RF-MOA). …”
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Revealing the impact of tadalafil-loaded proniosomal gel against dexamethasone-delayed wound healing via modulating oxido-inflammatory response and TGF-β/Macrophage activation path... by Nermin A Helmy, Elsayed A Abdel Aziz, Mustafa Abd El Raouf, Reda M S Korany, Doaa A Mansour, Sara M Baraka, Arwa A Hassan, Eman Gomaa, Mennatullah M Faisal, Walaa A A Basha, Esraa M Fahmy, Rashed A Alhotan, Anam Ayyoub, Shaimaa Selim

“…The TAD-loaded proniosomal gel successfully antagonized the impacts of DEX by dampening MDA production, and enhancing total antioxidant capacity, coupled with modulation of inflammatory-related genes, inducible nitric oxide synthase, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1β, and matrix metalloproteinase 9, during all healing stages (p < 0.05). This was in combination with significant amplification of immune response-related genes, CD68 and CD163 (p < 0.05). …”
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Bruch´s membrane thickness in relationship to axial length. by Hai Xia Bai, Ying Mao, Ling Shen, Xiao Lin Xu, Fei Gao, Zhi Bao Zhang, Bin Li, Jost B Jonas

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Human globes, enucleated because of an ocular tumor or end-stage glaucoma were prepared for histological examination. …”
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Rola Ducha Świętego w kaznodziejstwie protestanckim by Adam Kalbarczyk

“…To w Duchu Świętym, który chce działać w nas i poprzez nas (zasada teonomicznej obopólności), kaznodziejstwo, widziane jako leżące całkowicie w możliwościach Boga, staje się całkowicie rzeczą kaznodziei i rzeczą słuchacza, leży całkowicie w możliwościach człowiekazarówno w sztuce, jak i technice – pod warunkiem, że zarówno kaznodzieja, jak i słuchacz będą otwarci na Jego działanie. …”
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Pore Structure, Fractal Features, and Oil Content Evaluation of Lacustrine Shale: A Case Study of First Member of Paleogene Shahejie Formation, NE China by Enze Wang, Gang Chen, Hanqi Li, Yanchen Song, Jianwei Wang, Zhuoya Wu, Yue Feng

“…Our results reveal the geochemical features of the Es3 shale are excellent, and thus, they can be classified as a set of high-quality source rocks (average TOC of 4.2%, mainly type II kerogen, and in the mature stage). Based on the SEM and NA analyses, the intercrystalline pores dominate the pore system. …”
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The staffing problem in the police during 1943–1944 and ways to resolve it by V. A. Grechenko

“…The state of police staffing during 1943-1944 is revealed, its peculiarities related to the course of the German-Soviet war are identified. …”
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Validation of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation in the Colombian Population by C. Larrarte, J. Vesga, F. Ardila, A. Aldana, D. Perea, M. Sanabria

“…External validation study of a kidney failure risk equation using a historical cohort of patients with CKD stages 3, 4, and 5, adults without a history of dialysis or kidney transplantation with a two-year follow-up, belonging to the Baxter Renal Care Services Colombia network. …”
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Global Practice Patterns and Variations in the Medical and Surgical Management of Non- Obstructive Azoospermia: Results of a World-Wide Survey, Guidelines and Expert Recommendation... by Amarnath Rambhatla, Rupin Shah, Imad Ziouziou, Priyank Kothari, Gianmaria Salvio, Murat Gul, Taha Hamoda, Parviz Kavoussi, Widi Atmoko, Tuncay Toprak, Ponco Birowo, Edmund Ko, Mohamed Arafa, Ramy Abou Ghayda, Vilvapathy Senguttuvan Karthikeyan, Giorgio Ivan Russo, Germar-Michael Pinggera, Eric Chung, Ahmed M. Harraz, Marlon Martinez, Nguyen Ho Vinh Phuoc, Nicholas Tadros, Ramadan Saleh, Missy Savira, Giovanni M. Colpi, Wael Zohdy, Edoardo Pescatori, Hyun Jun Park, Shinichiro Fukuhara, Akira Tsujimura, Cesar Rojas-Cruz, Angelo Marino, Siu King Mak, Edouard Amar, Wael Ibrahim, Puneet Sindhwani, Naif Alhathal, Gian Maria Busetto, Manaf Al Hashimi, Ahmed El-Sakka, Asci Ramazan, Fotios Dimitriadis, Massimiliano Timpano, Davor Jezek, Baris Altay, Daniel Suslik Zylbersztejn, Michael YC Wong, Du Geon Moon, Christine Wyns, Safar Gamidov, Hamed Akhavizadegan, Alessandro Franceschelli, Kaan Aydos, Nguyen Quang, Shedeed Ashour, Adel Al Dayel, Mohammed S. Al-Marhoon, Sava Micic, Saleh Binsaleh, Alayman Hussein, Haitham Elbardisi, Taymour Mostafa, Jonathan Ramsay, Athanasios Zachariou, Islam Fathy Soliman Abdelrahman, Osvaldo Rajmil, Arif Kalkanli, Juan Manuel Corral Molina, Kadir Bocu, Gede Wirya Kusuma Duarsa, Gökhan Çeker, Ege Can Serefoglu, Fahmi Bahar, Nazim Gherabi, Shinnosuke Kuroda, Abderrazak Bouzouita, Ahmet Gudeloglu, Erman Ceyhan, Mohamed Saeed Mohamed Hasan, Muhammad Ujudud Musa, Ahmad Motawi, Chak-Lam Cho, Hisanori Taniguchi, Christopher Chee Kong Ho, Jesus Fernando Solorzano Vazquez, Shingai Mutambirwa, Nur Dokuzeylul Gungor, Marion Bendayan, Carlo Giulioni, Aykut Baser, Marco Falcone, Luca Boeri, Gideon Blecher, Alireza Kheradmand, Tamilselvi Sethupathy, Ricky Adriansjah, Nima Narimani, Charalampos Konstantinidis, Tuan Thanh Nguyen, Andrian Japari, Parisa Dolati, Keerti Singh, Cevahir Ozer, Selcuk Sarikaya, Nadia Sheibak, Ndagijimana Jean Bosco, Mehmet Serkan Özkent, Sang Thanh Le, Ioannis Sokolakis, Darren Katz, Ryan Smith, Manh Nguyen Truong, Tan V. Le, Zhongwei Huang, Muslim Dogan Deger, Umut Arslan, Gokhan Calik, Giorgio Franco, Ayman Rashed, Oguzhan Kahraman, Sotiris Andreadakis, Rosadi Putra, Giancarlo Balercia, Kareim Khalafalla, Rossella Cannarella, Anh Đặng Tuấn, Amr El Meliegy, Birute Zilaitiene, Marlene Lizbeth Zamora Ramirez, Filippo Giacone, Aldo E. Calogero, Konstantinos Makarounis, Sunil Jindal, Bac Nguyen Hoai, Ravi Banthia, Marcelo Rodriguez Peña, Dharani Moorthy, Aram Adamyan, Deniz Kulaksiz, Hussein Kandil, Nikolaos Sofikitis, Ciro Salzano, Andreas Jungwirth, Surendra Reddy Banka, Tiago Cesar Mierzwa, Tahsin Turunç, Divyanu Jain, Armen Avoyan, Pietro Salacone, Ateş Kadıoğlu, Chirag Gupta, Haocheng Lin, Iman Shamohammadi, Nasser Mogharabian, Trenton Barrett, Yavuz Onur Danacıoğlu, Andrea Crafa, Salima Daoud, Vineet Malhotra, Abdulmalik Almardawi, Osama Mohamed Selim, Mohamad Moussa, Saeid Haghdani, Mesut Berkan Duran, Yannic Kunz, Mirko Preto, Elena Eugeni, Thang Nguyen, Ahmed Rashad Elshahid, Seso Sulijaya Suyono, Dyandra Parikesit, Essam Nada, Eduardo Gutiérrez Orozco, Florence Boitrelle, Nguyen Thi Minh Trang, Mounir Jamali, Raju Nair, Mikhail Ruzaev, Franco Gadda, Charalampos Thomas, Raphael Henrique Ferreira, Umit Gul, Serena Maruccia, Ajay Kanbur, Ella Kinzikeeva, Saad Mohammed Abumelha, Raghavender Kosgi, Fatih Gokalp, Mohammad Ayodhia Soebadi, Gustavo Marquesine Paul, Hesamoddin Sajadi, Deepak Gupte, Rafael F. Ambar, Emrullah Sogutdelen, Karun Singla, Ari Basukarno, Shannon Hee Kyung Kim, Mohammad Ali Sadighi Gilani, Koichi Nagao, Sakti Ronggowardhana Brodjonegoro, Andri Rezano, Mohamed Elkhouly, Rossella Mazzilli, Hasan M. A. Farsi, Hung Nguyen Ba, Hamed Alali, Dimitrios Kafetzis, Tran Quang Tien Long, Sami Alsaid, Hoang Bao Ngoc Cuong, Knigavko Oleksandr, Akhmad Mustafa, Herik Acosta, Hrishikesh Pai, Bahadır Şahin, Eko Arianto, Colin Teo, Sanjay Prakash Jayaprakash, Rinaldo Indra Rachman, Mustafa Gurkan Yenice, Omar Sefrioui, Shivam Priyadarshi, Marko Tanic, Noor Kareem Alfatlaw, Fikri Rizaldi, Ranjit B. Vishwakarma, George Kanakis, Dinesh Thomas Cherian, Joe Lee, Raisa Galstyan, Hakan Keskin, Janan Wurzacher, Doddy Hami Seno, Bambang S Noegroho, Ria Margiana, Qaisar Javed, Fabrizio Castiglioni, Raman Tanwar, Ana Puigvert, Coşkun Kaya, Medianto Purnomo, Chadi Yazbeck, Azwar Amir, Edson Borges, Marina Bellavia, Isaac Ardianson Deswanto, Vinod KV, Giovanni Liguori, Dang Hoang Minh, Kashif Siddiqi, Fulvio Colombo, Armand Zini, Niket Patel, Selahittin Çayan, Ula Al-kawaz, Maged Ragab, Guadalupe Hernández Hebrard, Jean de la Rosette, Ozan Efesoy, Ivan Hoffmann, Thiago Afonso Teixeira, Barış Saylam, Daniela Delgadillo, Ashok Agarwal

“…One-third proceed directly to microdissection testicular sperm extraction (mTESE) in every case of NOA while others use a staged approach. After a failed conventional TESE, 23.8% wait for 3 months, while 33.1% wait for 6 months before proceeding to mTESE. …”

Multi-scale feature fusion of deep convolutional neural networks on cancerous tumor detection and classification using biomedical images by U. M. Prakash, S. Iniyan, Ashit Kumar Dutta, Shtwai Alsubai, Janjhyam Venkata Naga Ramesh, Sachi Nandan Mohanty, Khasim Vali Dudekula

“…To eliminate unwanted noise, the MFFDCNN-CTDC method initially utilizes a sobel filter (SF) for the image preprocessing stage. For the segmentation process, Unet3+ is employed, providing precise localization of tumour regions. …”
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From Heritage Building Information Modelling Towards an ‘Echo-Based’ Heritage Digital Twin by Hord Arsalan, David Heesom, Nigel Moore

“…The aim of this study is to develop a novel approach to complement the existing tangible-based HBIM methods, towards an ‘Echo-based’ Heritage Digital Twin (EH-DT) an early-stage digital representation that leverages intangible, memory-based oral descriptions (or echoes) and AI text-to-image generation techniques. …”
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Inhibition of platelet activation alleviates diabetes-associated cognitive dysfunction via attenuating blood-brain barrier injury by Fuxing Xu, Juan Hu, Xuying Li, Lan Yang, Shiqiu Jiang, Tao Jiang, Bo Cheng, Hailiang Du, Ruiduo Wang, Yingying Deng, Wei Gao, Yansong Li, Yaomin Zhu

“…Cognitive dysfunction has become the second leading cause of death among the diabetic patients. In pre-diabetic stage, blood-brain barrier (BBB) injury occurs and induced the microvascular complications of diabetes, especially, diabetes-associated cognitive dysfunction (DACD). …”
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