Traditional herbal medicine for Guillain-Barré syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Somin Jung, Han-Gyul Lee, Seungwon Kwon, Seung-Yeon Cho, Seong-Uk Park, Woo-Sang Jung, Sang-Kwan Moon, Jung-Mi Park, Chang-Nam Ko

“…Effectiveness was assessed by Total Effective Rate (TER), Modified Barthel Index (mBI) score and Manual Muscle Testing (MMT) score. …”
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Exacerbation of polyethylene microplastics in animal models of DSS-induced colitis through damage to intestinal epithelial cell conjunctions by Minkyoung Sung, Yeon-Ji Lee, Soo-Eun Sung, Kyung-Ku Kang, Jae Woo Park, Yujeong Lee, Dongmin Kim, Sunjong Lee, Joo-Hee Choi, Sijoon Lee

“…In addition, the tight junction proteins, ZO-1 and Occludin, were significantly decreased, whereas MPO was significantly increased. …”
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Impact of HVDC link and electric vehicle on multi-area power system using MOA optimized I-TD2N controller by Tirumalasetty Chiranjeevi, B.S.S. Ganesh Pardhu, Naladi Ram Babu, Sumana Das, Kareem M. AboRas, Wulfran Fendzi Mbasso, Pamarthi Sunitha, Adireddy Ramesh, Pradeep Jangir, Mohammad Khishe

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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Using Upper Gastrointestinal Tract for the Treatment of Refractory or Severe Complicated Clostridium difficile Infection in Elderly Patients in Poo... by Tae-Geun Gweon, Jinsu Kim, Chul-Hyun Lim, Jae Myung Park, Dong-Gun Lee, In Seok Lee, Young-Seok Cho, Sang Woo Kim, Myung-Gyu Choi

“…Of these seven patients who received FMT via the upper GI tract route, all patients were cured. …”
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Nanostructured, Self-Assembling Peptide K5 Blocks TNF-α and PGE2 Production by Suppression of the AP-1/p38 Pathway by Woo Seok Yang, Yung Chul Park, Ji Hye Kim, Hye Ri Kim, Tao Yu, Se Eun Byeon, Larry D. Unsworth, Jaehwi Lee, Jae Youl Cho

“…We found that peptide K5 significantly suppressed the release of tumor-necrosis-factor- (TNF-) α and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) from RAW264.7 cells and peritoneal macrophages stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). …”
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Blue photoluminescence from active carboxyl adatoms on nanoporous anodic alumina films by Sam Yeon Cho, Kangmo Yeo, Jin Woo Kim, Jin Ho Kwak, Deok-Yong Cho, Jae Hyuck Jang, Sukmin Jeong, Yong Chan Choi, Sang Don Bu

“…Therefore, it is suggested that controlling the adsorption of the carboxylate on the alumina membrane having large surface-to-volume ratio can be an efficient way to generate the blue light for the optoelectronic applications.…”
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Successful management of catheter injury or refractory infection by partial replantation of peritoneal dialysis catheters: a retrospective observational study by Seyoung Ryou, Eun Jeong Ko, Hoon Suk Park, Byung Ha Chung, Cheol Whee Park, Chul Woo Yang, Yong-Soo Kim, Hyung Duk Kim, Yaeni Kim

“…We investigated the effectiveness of the partial replantation technique. …”
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Anti-inflammatory Effects of Empagliflozin and Gemigliptin on LPS-Stimulated Macrophage via the IKK/NF-κB, MKK7/JNK, and JAK2/STAT1 Signalling Pathways by Nami Lee, Yu Jung Heo, Sung-E Choi, Ja Young Jeon, Seung Jin Han, Dae Jung Kim, Yup Kang, Kwan Woo Lee, Hae Jin Kim

“…All of them blocked NF-κB, JNK, and STAT1/3 phosphorylation through IKKα/β, MKK4/7, and JAK2 signalling. …”
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Oxygen‐Doped 2D In2Se3 Nanosheets with Extended In‐Plane Lattice Strain for Highly Efficient Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting by Ji Yeon Kim, Woohyun Hwang, Seo Yeon Han, Ye Seul Jung, Fengyi Pang, Wenhu Shen, Cheolmin Park, Sang‐Woo Kim, Aloysius Soon, Yong Soo Cho

“…Herein, an anion‐doping approach is proposed as an effective way to enhance the piezoelectricity of α‐In2Se3 nanosheets, which has a rare asymmetric structure in both the in‐plane and out‐of‐plane directions. …”
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Integration of ordered porous materials for targeted three-component gas separation by Xue Jiang, Yu Wang, Hui Wang, Lu Cheng, Jian-Wei Cao, Jin-Bo Wang, Rong Yang, Dong-Hui Zhang, Run-Ye Zhang, Xiu-Bo Yang, Su-Hang Wang, Qiu-Yu Zhang, Kai-Jie Chen

“…As a proof of concept, two ultramicroporous nanocrystals (one for C2H2-selective and the other for CO2-selective) as the shell pores were respectively grown on a C2H6-selective ordered porous material as the core pore. …”
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Validity and Reliability of the Spiritual Counselling Intervention Module (MIKS) by Nor Asliza Mohd Zin, Ku Suhaila Ku Johari, Abu Yazid Abu Bakar, Mohd Izwan Mahmud

“…This study can help develop a counselling module related to religion and spirituality to help counsellors in dealing with psychosocial issues and mental well-being, especially in dealing with the problem of depression among secondary school students, correct the spiritual element that is the cause of problems in everyday life.  …”
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Functional and aesthetic outcomes of alar base reduction by Abd ELAziz Ali Fahem Ali, Emad Mohammed Shehata, Hassan Mustafa Hegazy, Kamal Abd Elmonem Ebeid

“…This work was designed to assess the functional as well as aesthetic results among cases who undergo ABR which is so important to find out a better way to increase the functional, aesthetic consequences of patients. …”
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Social Connectedness Among University Students: An Investigation Using the Social Connectedness Scale (SCS) and Demographic Factors by Khairul Bariyyah, Arbin Janu Setiyowati, Otto Fajarianto, Arif Prastiawan, Nining Maizura, Abu Yazid Abu Bakar

“…These findings highlight the importance of involvement in campus organizations to enhance students' social connectedness and well-being. …”
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The Effects of LiO Doping on the Surface and Catalytic Properties of CuO/AlO Solids by Gamil A. El-Shobaky, Farouk M. Radwan, Abd. El-Mohsen Turky, Ayman Abd. El-Moemen

“…In contrast, such treatment of CuO/Al 2 O 3 solids with Li 2 O brought about a progressive increase in their catalytic activity towards H 2 O 2 decomposition, which reached a maximum limit in the presence of 1.90 wt% Li 2 O and then decreased when the amount of Li 2 O added was increased above this limit, falling to values which were smaller than those measured for the pure catalyst samples. …”
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Postural Stability Characteristics of Transtibial Amputees Wearing Different Prosthetic Foot Types When Standing on Various Support Surfaces by Nooranida Arifin, Noor Azuan Abu Osman, Sadeeq Ali, Hossein Gholizadeh, Wan Abu Bakar Wan Abas

“…Differences between prosthetic foot types and groups (amputees versus able-bodied) can only be distinguished when individuals were standing on a compliant surface. …”
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Evaluation of three-dose fosfomycin tromethamine in the treatment of patients with urinary tract infections: an uncontrolled, open-label, multicentre study by Shan Chen, Yong Yang, Bo Yang, Ming Chen, Kai Zhang, Yi Wang, Lu-Dong Qiao, Bo Zheng, Hong-Feng Guo, Yuan-Jie Niu, Ben-Kang Shi, Wei-Min Yang, Xiao-Kun Zhao, Xiao-Feng Gao

“…The overall efficacy rates (day 15) were 95.29% (81/85), 77.78% (28/36) and 64.52% (20/31), respectively. 20/356 (5.6%) patients reported drug-related AEs, the most common being diarrhoea. No serious drug-related AEs were reported.Conclusions This fosfomycin tromethamine dosing regimen showed clinical and microbiological efficacy with some AEs and good tolerability in patients with acute uncomplicated cystitis, recurrent lower urinary tract infection and complicated lower urinary tract infection.…”
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A Secure and Green Cognitive Routing Protocol for Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks by Muhammad Saqib Javed, Rana Abu Bakar

Subjects: “…wireless ad-hoc networks (WAN)…”
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Machine Learning ECG Classification Using Wavelet Scattering of Feature Extraction by Heyam A. Marzog, Haider. J. Abd

“…The suggested method is able to conduct high accuracy arrhythmia classification, with a 99.7% and 99.92% accuracy rate of the neural network (NN) and support vector machine (SVM), respectively, and will aid physicians in ECG explanation.…”
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From Bench to Bedside to Bug: An Update of Clinically Relevant Advances in the Care of Persons with Helicobacter pylori Associated Diseases by N Chiba, ABR Thomson, P Sinclair

“…The mode of transmission of H pylori remains unclear, and it remains unknown why only a small proportion of infected individuals develop duodenal or gastric ulcer disease and even fewer develop gastric cancer. …”
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Temporal Change in Atmospheric Radiocesium during the First Seven Years after the Fukushima Dai-ich Nuclear Power Plant Accident by Tomohisa Abe, Kazuya Yoshimura, Yukihisa Sanada

“…The concentration ranged from 10−1 to 100 Bq m−3 during the first two years but from 10−5 to 10−1 Bq m−3 approximately seven years following the accident. …”
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