Exploring national and regional trends in smoking prevalence among women: A systemic review and meta-analysis by Ali Abkr Shok, Hassan Abdullah Najmi, Mohammed Ali Refaey, Fuad Ali Sahli, Attyah Ahmed Aahwas, Yahia Abdullah Maghlat, Abdullah Hassan Abu Ageel, Nawaf Omar Hamzi, Turky Mohammed Kulib Ali, Yahya Hassan Zarban, Abutalib Hassan Zarban

“…A systematic search was conducted across multiple electronic databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Ovid, focusing on studies published between January 2019 and March 2024. …”
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Therapeutic potential of adipose-derived stem cells for diabetic foot ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mohamed A. Abu Elainein, Mohamad Mahmoud Whdan, Mahmoud Samir, Nada G. Hamam, Mohamed Mansour, Mohamed Abdel Mohsen Mohamed, Mahmoud Mostafa Snosy, Mahmoud Ayman Othman, Ahmed Sayed Sobieh, Mahmoud Gamal Saad, Mohamed A. Labna, Salma Allam

“…The Cochrane risk of bias (RoB 2) assessment tool was used to identify the risk of bias in our included studies. …”
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QT-Interval Prolongation and 1-Year Cardiac Death Among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis by Sho Sasaki, MD, DrPH, Kiichiro Fujisaki, MD, PhD, Masato Nishimura, MD, PhD, Toshiaki Nakano, MD, PhD, Masanori Abe, MD, PhD, Norio Hanafusa, MD, PhD, Nobuhiko Joki, MD, PhD

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Genomic and Resistome Analyses of Elizabethkingia anophelis Strain B2D isolated from Dental Plaque of Patient by Share Yuan Goh, Kah-Ooi Chua, Saad Ahmed Khan, Noor Hayaty Abu Kasim, Yvonne Jing Mei Liew, Yin Yin Lau, Kar-Wai Hong, Wai-Fong Yin, Hoi-Sen Yong, Chien-Yi Chang, Kok-Gan Chan

“…The draft genome of strain B2D was approximately 3.9 Mbp with 50 contigs and 35.5% GC content. …”
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Prognostic Role of Monocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Relation to Different Hematologic Indices by Asmaa M. Zahran, Helal F. Hetta, Zeinab Albadry M. Zahran, Alaa Rashad, Amal Rayan, Dalia O. Mohamed, Zeinab Ahmed Abd Elhameed, Salah M. Khallaf, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Yasir Waheed, Khalid Muhammad, Hanaa Nafady-Hego

“…Methods. We recruited 40 cases of advanced NSCLC, stages III and IV, aged>18–<70 years old, and eligible to receive chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy, along with 20 healthy controls of comparable age and sex; after diagnosis and staging of patients, blood samples were collected for flow cytometric detection of Mo-MDSCs. …”
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Myeloma cell growth suppression by osteoblast-derived extracellular vesicles: the creation of a non-permissive niche for myeloma cells by bone-forming osteoblasts by SooHa Kim, Jumpei Teramachi, Masahiro Hiasa, Ryota Amachi, Ariunzaya Bat-Erdene, Asuka Oda, Hirofumi Tenshin, Mariko Tanaka, Motosumi Nakagawa, Aiko Seki, Yoshihiko Sawa, Ken-ichi Matsuoka, Eiji Tanaka, Takeshi Harada, Tatsuya Tominaga, Masahiro Abe

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Synthesis, crystal structure, hirshfeld study, DFT analysis, molecular docking study, antimicrobial activity of β-enaminonitrile bearing 1H-pyran by Al-Anood M. Al-Dies, Fawzia F. Alblewi, Rawda M. Okasha, Mosa H. Alsehli, Rita M. A. Borik, Saleh Ihmaid, Abd El-Galil E. Amr, Hazem A. Ghabbour, Ahmed A. Elhenawy, Ahmed M. El-Agrody

“…Abstract 3-Amino-1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-8-methoxy-1H-benzo[f]chromene-2-carbonitrile (3-ABC, 4) was prepared and affirmed through the spectral data and single crystal X-rays diffraction. …”
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Patient-centred care and quality of life and hope among Japanese patients receiving home medical care: a multicentre, cross-sectional study by Nobuhiro Ikeda, Michiko Hinata, Noriaki Kurita, Tomoka Nakamura, Takashi Fujii, Chihiro Tsuchiya, Yukio Tsugihashi, Hidekazu Iida, Shinu Hayashi, Masakazu Yasunaka, Misaki Hirose, Yutaka Shirahige, Shinsuke Muto, Tatsunobu Natsubori, Wataru Nakagawa, Akihiko Yonenaga, Lina Inagaki, Shioto Itakura, Naoya Miyashita, Takuya Furugen, Takafumi Abo, Sadayuki Okudaira, Kazuhiko Takuma, Masahiro Deguchi, Yoshitaka Harada, Seiji Matsuo, Motomichi Nakagawa, Ken Tanigawa, Yoshio Ochi, Sadanobu Ogasawara, Kazuhiko Hoshino, Momoko Aruga, Yoshinori Nakamura, Nobuhiro Sawa, Yosuke Akashi, Nobuyuki Miyagi, Toyohiro Terasaki, Kunihiro Kinoshita, Masaji Kikukawa, Hisakazu Kato, Masayuki Amano, Kentaro Asakura, Naoto Fukui

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Tumor Deposits as an Adverse Prognostic Indicator in Stage III Colon Cancer: A Multicenter Database Study by Jeeyou Kim, MD, Dong Woon Lee, MD, Ji Won Park, MD, PhD, Seung-Bum Ryoo, MD, PhD, Heung-Kwon Oh, MD, PhD, Rumi Shin, MD, PhD, Jin Sun Choi, MD, Min Jung Kim, MD, Sung-Chan Park, MD, Duck-Woo Kim, MD, PhD, Seung Chul Heo, MD, PhD, Sung-Bum Kang, MD, PhD, Seung-Yong Jeong, MD, PhD, Kyu Joo Park, MD, PhD, Jae Hwan Oh, MD, PhD, On Behalf of the Seoul Colorectal Research Group (SECOG)

“…When lymph node metastases (LNMs) are present, their number is considered to determine nodal stages, such as N1a/b or N2a/b, regardless of TDs. Methods:. 4212 patients with primary colon cancer who underwent surgical resection in the Seoul Colorectal Group (2010–2020) and 93,057 patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results*Stat database (2000–2017) were included in this study. …”
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Unconventional hexagonal open Prussian blue analog structures by Jinwen Yin, Jing Wang, Mingzi Sun, Yajie Yang, Jia Lyu, Lei Wang, Xinglong Dong, Chenliang Ye, Haibo Bao, Jun Guo, Bo Chen, Xichen Zhou, Li Zhai, Zijian Li, Zhen He, Qinxin Luo, Xiang Meng, Yangbo Ma, Jingwen Zhou, Pengyi Lu, Yunhao Wang, Wenxin Niu, Zijian Zheng, Yu Han, Daliang Zhang, Shibo Xi, Ye Yuan, Bolong Huang, Peng Guo, Zhanxi Fan

“…The obtained hexagonal copper hexacyanocobaltate PBA prisms (H-CuCo) demonstrate large pore size and specific surface area of 12.32 Å and 1273 m2 g− 1, respectively, well exceeding those (5.48 Å and 443 m2 g− 1) of traditional cubic CuCo PBA cubes (C-CuCo). …”
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Transcriptional landscape and predictive potential of long noncoding RNAs in peritoneal recurrence of gastric cancer by Xiao-Xia Cai, Guo-Ming Chen, Zi-Qi Zheng, Yi-Xin Yin, Shuang Wang, Li Qiao, Xiao-Jiang Chen, Bai-Wei Zhao, Jin-Ling Duan, Cheng-Cai Liang, Ruo-Peng Zhang, Cheng-Zhi Wei, Fei-Yang Zhang, Bo-Wen Huang, Ze-Xian Liu, Zhi-Wei Zhou, Dan Xie, Mu-Yan Cai, Shu-Qiang Yuan, Yuan-Fang Li, Run-Cong Nie

“…Subsequently, we demonstrated that one of these lncRNAs, CASC15, promoted the invasion and migration of GC cells in vitro and facilitated the PM of GC cells in vivo, initially verifying that lncRNAs contribute to the PM of GC. …”
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Clinical characteristics and predictive biomarkers of intensive care unit-acquired weakness in patients with cardiogenic shock requiring mechanical circulatory support by Tae Higuchi, Tomomi Ide, Takeo Fujino, Takeshi Tohyama, Yuta Nagatomi, Tomoyuki Nezu, Masataka Ikeda, Toru Hashimoto, Shouji Matsushima, Keisuke Shinohara, Masaaki Nishihara, Takeshi Iyonaga, Tomohiko Akahoshi, Tomoki Ushijima, Akira Shiose, Shintaro Kinugawa, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Kohtaro Abe

“…Patients aged 16 years and older who underwent MCS for CS were included. ICU-AW was diagnosed based on Medical Research Council (MRC) score after awakening. …”
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Admission outcomes and their associated factors among children admitted to the paediatric emergency unit within 24 hours of Dilla University Referral Hospital, Ethiopia, 2023: a cr... by Binyam Tariku Seboka, Tomas Yeheyis, Yihenew Ayehu Dessie, Samuel Jigso Dube, Abel Desalegn Demeke, Mekdes Mekonnen Feleke, Abdo Hajo Jarso, Asresu Feleke Bati, Etaferaw Udo, Selam Tadele Markos, Chalachew Kassaw, Amdehiwot Aynalem Debebe, Ephrem Geja Gechere

“…Background Children in paediatric emergency units are those who need special attention, and unless treated early, they are a vulnerable population to unwanted outcomes like death, discharge against medical advice or referral to other institutions within 24 hours.Objectives To assess admission outcomes and their associated factors among children admitted to the paediatric emergency unit of Dilla University Referral Hospital, Ethiopia, 2023.Methods An institution-based cross-sectional study design was employed among children admitted to the paediatric emergency unit at Dilla University Referral Hospital from 8 May 2023 to 8 June 2023. …”
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Integrated nitrogen nutrition with vermicompost and storage duration affect grain quality characters of aromatic rice under subtropical condition by Mohammad Rezaul Manir, Uttam Kumer Sarker, Sinthia Afsana Kheya, Md. Towkir Ahmed, Nilufa Ferdous, Md. Salahuddin Kaysar, Md. Abdus Salam, Md. Parvez Anwar, Uzzal Somaddar, Abeer Hashem, Alanoud Alfagham, Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah, Md. Romij Uddin

“…The highest grain length (6.31 mm) and grain breadth (1.98) was obtained from 70% of the RD of N from urea + 30% N from vermicompost at a 12-month storage time. The variety of BR5 and Kalijira showed strong aroma at 0 to 12-month storage. …”
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Correlation between aboveground vegetation composition and soil seed bank of Raudhat desert habitat: a case study of Raudhat Alkhafs, Saudi Arabia by Asma A. Al-Huqail, Hanan F. Al-Harbi, Abdullah M. Alowaifeer, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Abdulaziz M. Assaeed, Turki S. Alsaleem, Hazem S. Kassem, Omar M. Azab, Basharat A. Dar, Jahangir A. Malik, Ahmed M. Abd-ElGawad

“…These variations among the two seasons in the species composition can be ascribed to the climatic conditions. …”
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Evaluating the Diagnostic Value of Lymphocyte Subsets in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid and Peripheral Blood Across Various Diffuse Interstitial Lung Disease Subtypes by Sonoko Harada, Motoyasu Kato, Kazuyuki Nakagome, Hitoshi Sasano, Yuki Tanabe, Tomohito Takeshige, Yuuki Sandhu, Kei Matsuno, Shoko Ueda, Sumiko Abe, Takayasu Nishimaki, Shun Shinomiya, Jun Ito, Sachiko Miyake, Ko Okumura, Makoto Nagata, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Norihiro Harada

“…This study examines lymphocyte subsets in BAL fluid and peripheral blood of 56 patients with diffuse ILD, excluding idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), who underwent BAL for diagnostic purposes. Patients were classified into CEP, SAR, CHP, CTD, and IIP groups, and clinical data, BAL cell analysis, and peripheral blood mononuclear cell analysis were compared. …”
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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor 3 localized to primary endothelial cilia regulates blood pressure and cognition by Hannah C. Saternos, Kathleen V. Forero, Mahmood A. Meqdad, Raghad Buqaileh, Clare L. Sunderman, Gillian Gallagher, William S. Messer, Ashraf M. Mohieldin, Claudio A. Mucci, Sanjana Kumariya, Islam A. Osman, James P. Burkett, Wissam A. AbouAlaiwi

“…Moreover, CHRM3 activation enhanced cilia length and sensory function in terms of eNOS activation. To further examine the role of vascular CHRM3 in vivo, we showed that endothelial CHRM3 knockout was associated with increased BP and attenuated acetylcholine-mediated vascular relaxation. …”
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Aspergillus fumigatus extract modulates human eosinophils via NOD2 and oxidative stress by Hisashi Sasaki, Jun Miyata, Yusuke Kawashima, Ryo Konno, Masaki Ishikawa, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Ryuta Onozato, Yo Otsu, Emiko Matsuyama, Keeya Sunata, Katsunori Masaki, Hiroki Kabata, Yoshifumi Kimizuka, Tomoe Abe, Shigeharu Ueki, Koichiro Asano, Akihiko Kawana, Koichi Fukunaga

“…However, the precise mechanisms underlying airway inflammation remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the direct modulation of human eosinophils by A. fumigatus and identified the specific mechanism of airway inflammation. …”
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Cutting-edge Bioinformatics strategies for synthesizing Cyclotriazadisulfonamide (CADA) analogs in next-Generation HIV therapies by Jay Gabriel B. Larga, Wrynan T. Munabirul, Abu Tayab Moin, Md Maisum Sarwar Jyoti, Mst Sanjida Nasrin, Minhaz Abdullah Al Mueid, Abdul Ahad, Anwar Parvez, Mst Sabrina Yeasmin, Rupali M. Barhate, Rajesh B. Patil, Margel C. Bonifacio

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Impact of ultrasound-guided percutaneous flexor retinaculum fenestration on outcome of hydrostatic dissection of median nerve in patient with carpal tunnel syndrome by Ahmed M. Zidan, Hytham Mohamed Nafady, Mohamed Abdelrahman Alkenawy, Mohammad Abol Wafa Ahmad, Ahmed Mohamed Eldeeb, Mohamed Talaat Mohamed, Mahmoud Mohamed Aboumandour Fouda, Hasan A. Soltan, Nehal Elsayed Shabaan, Ahmed B. M. Mehany, Yasser Fouad Ghoraba

“…Methods This randomized clinical research included a total of 54 individuals with CTS separated into two groups; group (A) included patients with hydrostatic dissection with adjuvant fenestration of transverse carpal ligament (n = 27), while group (B) involved patients with hydrostatic dissection alone (n = 27). …”
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