Positive Antithyroid Antibodies and Nonsuppressed TSH Are Associated with Thyroid Cancer: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study by Jan Krátký, Jana Ježková, Mikuláš Kosák, Hana Vítková, Jana Bartáková, Miloš Mráz, Jindřich Lukáš, Zdenka Límanová, Jan Jiskra

“…The relationship between Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) and thyroid cancer (TC) is a controversial topic; it remains unclear if HT acts as a risk factor of TC. …”
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Augmenter of Liver Regeneration (ALR) Protects Kidney from Ischemia/Reperfusion (I/R) Injury via Regulation of TLR4/MAPK Signaling Pathway by Ying Li, Yanying Xiong, Huihui Li, Yan Luo, Ling Zhang, Qin Zhang, Weijian Xiong, Haitao Tu

“…Additionally, rhALR could downregulate mRNA expression of TLR4 endogenous ligands and restrain its activation in renal I/R injury rats. It has also been proved that anti-rhALR antibody blocked the inhibition of rhALR of the immune inflammatory response in hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) injury in vitro. …”
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL PROJECT AS A BASIS OF CARTESIAN ETH-ICS by A. M. Malivskyi

“…The author insists on taking into account the fact that Descartes was beyond epistemology due to the topical issue concerning a proper mode of life. …”
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The Timing of Infarction Pain in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction after Previous Revascularization by Predrag M. Mitrovic, Branislav Stefanovic, Zorana Vasiljevic, Mina Radovanovic, Nebojsa Radovanovic, Gordana Krljanac, Dubravka Rajic, Predrag Erceg, Vladan Vukcevic, Ivana Nedeljkovic, Miodrag Ostojic

“…Circadian variation of onset of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been noted in many studies, but there are no data about subgroups of patients with previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). …”
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Vaccine oil adjuvants for the development of aquaculture by J. B. Arous, L. . Dupuis

“…Montanide“ ISA 763 AVG is a non mineral oil based adjuvant which has been extensively used for vaccination of diverse fish species (salmon, trout, seabass, tilapia, ect.). …”
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Genotype-phenotype insights of pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy by Ying Dai, Yan Wang, Youfei Fan, Bo Han

“…With the development of gene sequencing technologies, considerable progress has been made in genetic research on DCM. Research has shown that DCM exhibits notable genetic heterogeneity, with over 100 DCM-related genes identified to date, primarily involving functions such as calcium handling, the cytoskeleton, and ion channels. …”
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Clinical and Aberrometric Evaluation of a New Monofocal IOL with Intermediate Vision Improvement by Alessandro Bova, Stefano Vita

“…The primary endpoint was the best distance correct/uncorrected visual acuity at intermediate and far distances. …”
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Duchowieństwo Kościoła katolickiego wobec polskich zrywów niepodległościowych w XIX wieku – przypadek Ludwika Łętowskiego (1786–1868) by Andrzej Synowiec

“…The attitude of the Polish clergy and its role in the 19th-century struggles for independence have not yet been exhaustively discussed in historiography, and the example of Łętowski does not allow to make simple generalizations. …”
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The Influence of Polymerization Type and Reinforcement Method on Flexural Strength of Acrylic Resin by Rodrigo Borges Fonseca, Amanda Vessoni Barbosa Kasuya, Isabella Negro Favarão, Lucas Zago Naves, Márcio Grama Hoeppner

“…Data (MPa) were submitted to factorial analysis, ANOVA, and Tukey and T-student tests (a=5%) showing significant interaction (P=0.008), for SC: Uni (241.71±67.77)a, Uni-Short (221.05±71.97)a, Ind (215.21±46.59)ab, SW (190.51±31.49)abc, Short (156.31±28.76)bcd, Tpl (132.51±20.21)cd, Control SC (101.47±19.79)d and for HC: Ind (268.93±105.65)a, Uni (215.14±67.60)ab, Short (198.44±95.27)abc, Uni-Short (189.56±92.27)abc, Tpl (161.32±62.51)cd, SW (106.69±28.70)cd, and Control HC (93.39±39.61)d. SEM analysis showed better fiber-resin interaction for HC. Nonimpregnated fibers, irrespective of their length, tend to improve fracture strength of acrylics.…”
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New data on the distribution of six morphologically cryptic species of Niphargus stygius species complex (Amphipoda: Niphargidae) by Janko Šet, Špela Borko

“…New data extend previously known distribution ranges of N. gottscheeanensis and fill the missing gap between the remote N. kenki occurrences. We report on new co-occurrence data for two species pairs, i) N. chagankae and N. likanus, and ii) N. gottscheeanensis and N. podpecanus. …”
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Simulation of the Effect of Artificial Water Transfer on Carbon Stock of Phragmites australis in the Baiyangdian Wetland, China by Xinyong Chen, Fengyi Wang, Jianjian Lu, Hongbo Li, Jing Zhu, Xiaotong Lv

“…The ecological model of the relationship between the carbon stocks and water depth fluctuation of the reed was established by using STELLA software. …”
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Sosialisasi kehadiran peran guru BK melalui bantuan layanan informasi di sekolah menengah atas by Mahvira Aulia Lubis, Nurussakinah Daulay

“…Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif merupakan suatu metode dalam penelitian yang berusaha memaparkan suatu keadaan dalam bentuk deskripsi yang sesuai kenyataan. …”
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Extensive Bone Marrow Necrosis: Initial Presentation in Sickle Cell Anemia—A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Sameera A. Alsafwani, Abdulwahed Al-Saeed, Rehab Bukhamsin

“…The pathophysiology of BMN is not well known; however, occlusion of the bone marrow microcirculation with subsequent hypoxia and cell injury has been thought to be common underlying features. Malignancy has been identified to be the primary cause in 90% of the cases whereas SCD was found in only 2%. …”
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Territorial development, tourism, and the protection of World Heritage Sites: issues of geopolitical conflict by Mark Bailoni

“…These development disputes are primarily conflicts of interest between various stakeholders, acting at different scales and defending their own concerns and perceptions, from local protesters to state representatives on the World Heritage Committee. …”
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PARE: Profile-Applied Reasoning Engine for Context-Aware System by M. Robiul Hoque, M. Humayun Kabir, Hyungyu Seo, Sung-Hyun Yang

“…By using profiles, PARE can become aware of the context that is preferred by a specific individual. …”
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Cancer stem cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and its associated markers: A review by Lavanya Mallika, Mani Rajarathinam, Sundararajan Thangavel

“…There is growing evidence that human papilloma virus may act as a co-carcinogen, along with tobacco, in the causation of cancers. The cells being triggered by the agents may be somatic (differentiated functional cell) or a normal stem cell with multipotency or even the transient proliferative cells derived from the stem cells. …”
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Adaptive to learner educational systems by Antanas Baskas

“…However, less attention has been paid to the fact that people have different approaches to learning, namely that the individuals perceive and process information in very different ways. …”
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American Masculinity under the Pressure of Changes by Ondřej Frunc

“…In their publication, Yasemin Besen-Cassino and Dan Cassino focus on capturing the basic strategies by which men in the US compensate for changes in the perception of their masculinity. …”
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USE OF NATURAL DOLOMITE AS A CHEAP FOAMING AGENT FOR PRODUCING GLASS FOAMS FROM GLASS WASTE IN THE MICROWAVE FIELD by LUCIAN PAUNESCU, MARIUS FLORIN DRAGOESCU, SORIN MIRCEA AXINTE

“…The foamed product has physical, mechanical and morphological characteristics (density between 0.30-0.32 g/cm3, thermal conductivity between 0.064-0.067 W/m·K, compressive strength in the range 2.2-2.6 MPa), which are similar to those of foams made by conventional methods and are suitable for its use as insulating material in construction. …”
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Design of an Integrated Model Combining CycleGAN, PPO, and Vision Transformer for Adaptive Scene Rendering in the Metaverse by Durga Prasad Kavadi, Kailash Chandra Mishra, Sai Babu Veesam, Mudimela Madhusudhan, Palacharla Ravi Kumar, Pannangi Naresh, Yuvaraju Chinnam

“…ViT uses attention-based rendering, providing better visualization to user-centric areas, and BYOL does self-supervised scene understanding and compression, maintaining important information though reducing the bandwidth usage. …”
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