Increase of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Decrease of MCP-1 and Some Updated Epidemiology Aspects of Cystic Echinococcosis Human Cases in Calabria Region by Giovanni Matera, Maria Teresa Loria, Cinzia Peronace, Tatiana Catanzariti, Pio Settembre, Aida Giancotti, Angelo G. Lamberti, Giorgio S. Barreca, Luisa Galati, Gessica Dodaro, Maria Mazzitelli, Alessio Strazzulla, Carlo Torti, Angela Quirino, Maria Carla Liberto, Alfredo Focà

“…Nitric oxide levels exhibited a significant decrease one week after therapy versus basal level measured before surgery and/or chemotherapy. An increase of serum total IgE class and IgG4 subclass was found in Echinococcus-positive patients versus controls. …”
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The Temporal Pattern of a Lesion Modulates the Functional Network Topology of Remote Brain Regions by W. De Baene, G. J. M. Rutten, M. M. Sitskoorn

“…Additionally, LGG patients showed smaller contralesional intramodular connectivity, smaller contralesional ratio between intra- and intermodular connectivity, and larger contralesional intermodular connectivity than HGG patients. …”
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Rubi as a Text: A Note on the Ruby Gloss Encoding by Kazuhiro Okada, Satoru Nakamura, Kiyonori Nagasaki

“…Such a textual structure requires another layer of semantics besides the existing set of vocabulary, such as , (or ) and . …”
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Chemical Biology of G-quadruplex and i-motif DNA: use of topologically constrained DNA by Dejeu, Jérôme, Defrancq, Eric

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Advancing Shannon Entropy for Measuring Diversity in Systems by R. Rajaram, B. Castellani, A. N. Wilson

“…Shannon entropy H has been used to rethink diversity within probability distributions, based on the notion of information. …”
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Qalification assessment practices: new possibilities and constraints by M. N. Kicherova, M. Yu. Semenov, E. V. Zyuban

“…The article reveals the contradictions, which are manifested in the interaction between applicants/employees, employers and the state. …”
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Arbīṭ ou la purée d'herbes sauvages des Babors by Massinissa Garaoun

“…A survey looking at the different recipes of a mash made from wild grasses in the Babor Mountains in Algeria allowed us to study different linguistic phenomena related to the contact between Arabic and Berber in two of their varieties: the Jijelian Arabic (əž-Žīžlīya) and Berber Tasaḥlit (Ṯasaḥlit). …”
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Predicting Screening Efficiency of Probability Screens Using KPCA-GRNN with WP-EE Feature Reconstruction by Qingtang Chen, Yijian Huang

“…The screening system is a nonlinear and non-Gaussian complex system. To better characterize its attributes and improve the prediction accuracy of screening efficiency, this study involves the acquisition of the vibration signals and screening efficiency data under various operational conditions. …”
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Different influences of Mo and Mo2C additions on microstructure and properties of TiC-based cermets by Xiao-Dong Kang, Guo-Hua Zhang, Kuo-Chih Chou

“…As the proportion of Mo2C in composite powder increased, the rim of cermets became thinner, and the grain size was finer. The hardness of cermets increased with increasing Mo2C content in composite powders, and decreased with extended holding time. …”
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Effect and Safety of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Argyris Tzouvelekis, Evangelos Bouros, Anastasia Oikonomou, Paschalis Ntolios, George Zacharis, George Kolios, Demosthenes Bouros

“…MMF is a safe therapeutic modality which failed to show a beneficial effect both in functional and radiological parameters in a small cohort of IPF patients.…”
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Bayesian Estimation of Resistance Factor for Bored Piles Based on Load Test Database by Zhijun Xu, Ranran Zhang, Liang Fan, Xing Han, Fang Yuan, Mingfang Du

“…The “bad data” are discarded because of bad contribution to calculation, and Bayesian theory is incorporated into updating the model factor statistics. …”
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The Population Size and Distribution of Diurnal Large Wild Mammals in the Southern Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia by Yacob Kassa, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign

“…The total number of individuals belonging to the 15 species observed was 1681 and 1245 during the wet and dry seasons, respectively. …”
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An efficient way to represent the processors and their connections in omega networks by Savari Prabhu, T. Jenifer Janany, Paul Manuel

“…We also compare these parameters with those of other predominant interconnection networks, such as the butterfly, Beneš, and fractal cubic networks, and we observe that the omega network has significantly lower values for these parameters compared to the other networks.…”
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Measurement of SUVs-Maximum for Normal Region Using VOI in PET/MRI and PET/CT by Jeong Kyu Park, Sung Kyu Kim, Ihn Ho Cho, Eun Jung Kong

“…However, there appeared high correlation between them in view of statistics (R-square (R)>0.8). …”
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Development and evaluation of the organization`s logistics strategy based on the application of bifurcation theory by M. Yu. Uchirova, L. A. Ilin, S. V. Khudyakov

“…The authors reveal that the bifurcation theory allows you to determine the conditionality of a qualitative dynamic change in the behavior of a logistics system by an infinitesimal change in certain parameters of the system. …”
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Role of the Forkhead box family protein FOXF2 in the progression of solid tumor: systematic review by Yuzhen Zheng, Liusheng Wu, Zhenyu Hu, Hongying Liao, Xiaoqiang Li

“…Abstract Background FOXF2 was reported to involve in a variety of biological behaviors that include the development of the central nervous system, tissue homeostasis, epithelia-mesenchymal interactions, regulation of embryonic development, and organogenesis. …”
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The Burden of Asymptomatic Malaria Infection in Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Exploring Barriers to Elimination and Prevention by Daniel Asmelash, Wubetu Agegnehu, Wondaya Fenta, Yemane Asmelash, Shibihon Debebe, Abyot Asres

“…Methods Relevant studies were retrieved from Web of Science, Cochrane Library, PubMed, Google Scholar, Gray Literature, Embase, and African Online Journal databases published between 2014 and 2024. Data quality was assessed by a tool developed by Hoy and colleagues and classified as low, moderate, or high risk of bias. …”
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Audiogmenter: a MATLAB toolbox for audio data augmentation by Gianluca Maguolo, Michelangelo Paci, Loris Nanni, Ludovico Bonan

“…Originality/value – A MATLAB library specifically designed for data augmentation was not available before. The authors are the first to provide an efficient and parallel implementation of a large number of algorithms.…”
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Epithelioid Angiosarcoma Arising from a Huge Leiomyoma: A Case Report and a Literature Review by Takeya Hara, Ai Miyoshi, Yuji Kamei, Nao Wakui, Akiko Fujishiro, Serika Kanao, Hirokazu Naoi, Hirofumi Otsuka, Takeshi Yokoi

“…She received 6 courses of adjuvant chemotherapy with paclitaxel, epirubicin, and carboplatin, and there have been no signs of recurrence for 10 months.…”
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A Modern Approach to Analyzing the Flowing Pressures of a Two-Phase CBM and Water Column in Producing Wellbores by Xinfu Liu, Chunhua Liu, Jianjun Wu

“…The relationships developed match CBM reservoir behavior and wellbore conditions along the annulus with an overall accuracy of 1.13%. …”
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