Oral dydrogesterone versus oral micronized progesterone in threatened miscarriage: protocol paper for a randomized controlled trial by Alka Kriplani, Gouri Shankar Kamilya, T Ramani Devi, Ashima Taneja, Amol Pawar, Gayathri Karthik Nagesh, Tapan Pattanaik, Tanusree Gupta, Mahima Jain, Monjori Mitra

“…Threatened miscarriage is a common complication of early pregnancy characterized by symptoms of vaginal bleeding with/without abdominal cramps/pain in the first trimester. …”
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FastContext: A tool for identification of adapters and other sequence patterns in next generation sequencing (NGS) data by E. Viesná, V. Fishman

“…The project is open-source software, distributed under GNU GPL v3, entirely written in the programming language Python, and based on well-maintained packages and commonly used data formats. Thus, it is cross-platform, may be patched or upgraded by the user if necessary. …”
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RELIGION AND STATE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION by Joanna Kulska

“…Though the nature and the weight of the problems referring to the relations between the state and religion is different in different countries everywhere, it poses the question whether the common, all-European consensus in this area will ever be reached and what the final placement of religion in such a broadly accepted formula would be. …”
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Defining polypharmacy in the elderly: a systematic review protocol by Seyede Salehe Mortazavi, Mohsen Shati, Seyed Kazem Malakouti, Abasali Keshtkar, Mohsen Bazargan, Shervin Assari

“…Today, polypharmacy, a common and important problem related to drug use, occurs subsequent to this multimorbidity in the elderly in all populations. …”
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Transcriptional Regulation of Δ6-Desaturase by Peroxisome Proliferative-Activated Receptor δ Agonist in Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells: Role of MEK/ERK1/2 Pathway by Maryam Darabi, Shima Byagowi, Shabnam Fayezi, Masoud Darabi, Shahab Mirshahvaladi, Mehdi Sahmani

“…PANC-1 cells cultured in RPMI-1640 were exposed to the commonly used ERK1/2 pathway inhibitor PD98059 and PPARδ agonist GW0742. …”
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Evaluation of C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) and Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) expression in colorectal carcinoma: Relation to the available cl... by Asmaa E. Bedeer, Nehal Abd El-Ghaffar Heabah

“…Background: Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is the most common malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract, representing an incredible health problem. …”
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Diagnosis and management of septal deviation and nasal valve collapse - a survey of Canadian otolaryngologists by Yiqiao Wang, James P. Bonaparte

“…Results The response rate to our survey was 18%. The most commonly identified cause of a failed septoplasty was incomplete septoplasty (41.9%), followed by nasal valve collapse (25.6%). …”
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Predicting Neoplastic Gallbladder Polyps: The Role of Current Surgical Indications and Preoperative Images by Ik Hyun Jo, Chang Nyol Paik, Hong Geun Ahn, Dong Do You, Jae Hyun Han, Hyun A Kim

“…This study examined the accuracy of surgical indications commonly used in clinical practice for detecting neoplastic polyps and investigated further clues for predicting neoplastic polyps. …”
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EFFORTS IN CONTROLLING COAL DUST HAZARDS IN THE STOCKPILE AREA OF A STEAM POWER PLANT (PLTU) by Alifiah Rizky Rosydah, Y. Denny Ardyanto Wahyudiono, Ahmad Imaduddin, Dani Nasirul Haqi, Meirina Ernawati

“…Background: The movement of coal or other activities in the stockpile area of a steam power plant can create a coal dust hazard or commonly referred to as respirable dust. The smaller the particle size, the more harmful effects it can have on human health, such as bronchitis, decreased lung function, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis (CWP), and other respiratory diseases. …”
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Deciphering the Transcriptional Metabolic Profile of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells During Osteogenic Differentiation and Epigenetic Drug Treatment by Giulia Gerini, Alice Traversa, Fabrizio Cece, Matteo Cassandri, Paola Pontecorvi, Simona Camero, Giulia Nannini, Enrico Romano, Francesco Marampon, Mary Anna Venneri, Simona Ceccarelli, Antonio Angeloni, Amedeo Amedei, Cinzia Marchese, Francesca Megiorni

“…Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs) are commonly employed in clinical treatment for various diseases due to their ability to differentiate into multi-lineage and anti-inflammatory/immunomodulatory properties. …”
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Ekstraksi Benda Asing Lampu Led di Bronkus dengan Bronkoskop Kaku by Fachzi Fitri, Tuti Nelvia

“…<br />Kata kunci: aspirasi benda asing, lampu LED, bronkoskop kaku</p><p>Abstract<br />Foreign body aspiration is a relative commonly problem in children and still a serious and sometimes fatal condition. …”
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Pharyngeal Electrical Stimulation for Treatment of Poststroke Dysphagia: Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials by Polly Scutt, Han S. Lee, Shaheen Hamdy, Philip M. Bath

“…Dysphagia after stroke is common, associated independently with poor outcome, and has limited treatment options. …”
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Integration of corporate technological foresight into the technological development management system in companies of oil and gas sector by A. O. Alekseev, V. Ya. Afanasev

“…The relationship between foresight and the most common organizational management structures, currently used in Russian oil and gas companies, has been shown.…”
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Riverine microplastic discharge along the southern Black Sea coast of Türkiye by Yahya Terzi, Rafet Çağrı Öztürk, Ahmet Raif Eryaşar, İlhan Yandi, Ahmet Şahin, Fatih Yılmaz, Kenan Gedik, Sedat Gündoğdu

“…Polyethylene terephthalate (PET, 59.3% ± 2.66%), polyethylene (PE, 20.8% ± 2.04%), and polypropylene (PP, 14.1% ± 2.36%) were the most common polymers, with PET and PE being significantly dominant. …”
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Impact of Gastrointestinal Symptoms on Health-Related Quality of Life in an Australian Parkinson’s Disease Cohort by Jade E. Kenna, Megan C. Bakeberg, Maddison Y. Abonnel, Frank L. Mastaglia, Ryan S. Anderton

“…Gastrointestinal symptoms (GIS) in people with Parkinson’s disease (PwP) are often underreported and may remain untreated. Constipation is a common nonmotor symptom that can adversely affect health-related quality of life (QoL); however, the impact of other GIS has not been adequately investigated. …”
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Research on a Novel Unsupervised-Learning-Based Pipeline Leak Detection Method Based on Temporal Kolmogorov–Arnold Network with Autoencoder Integration by Hengyu Wu, Zhu Jiang, Xiang Zhang, Jian Cheng

“…Field experiments were conducted on real urban water supply pipelines, and a benchmark dataset was established to evaluate the proposed model and method against commonly used models and methods. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed model and method achieved a high segment-wise precision of 93.1%. …”
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The enigma of cancer polyploidy as deciphered by evolutionary cancer cell biology (ECCB) by Vladimir F. Niculescu, Eugenia R. Niculescu

“…These cancer stem cell hallmarks share deep homology with the oxygen-sensitive non-gametogenic (NG) Urgermline, which evolved from the common ancestor of amoebozoan, metazoan, and fungi (AMF). …”
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Social Workers in Hospice and Palliative Care in Indian Contect: Voices from the field by Pallavi Mech, Dr Vasundharaa S Nair, Dr Priya Treesa Thomas

“…Data were collected through scheduled interviews via online platform and an online form that contained open-ended questions for the participants to fill in. …”
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Corneal Biomechanical Properties in Myopic Eyes Measured by a Dynamic Scheimpflug Analyzer by Jingyi Wang, Ying Li, Yumei Jin, Xue Yang, Chan Zhao, Qin Long

“…Four of ten corneal biomechanical parameters, namely, deformation amplitude (DA), first- and second-applanation time (A1-time, A2-time), and radius at highest concavity (HC radius), were significantly different within the four groups (P<0.05). …”
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Smart phone-based transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation as adjunctive therapy for hypertension (STAT-H trial): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial by Yu Wang, Xiao Wang, Ying Lin, Chao-Qun Yan, Guang-Xia Shi, Cun-Zhi Liu, Jing-Wen Yang, Jian-Feng Tu, Shi-Yan Yan, Xin-Tong Su, Li-Qiong Wang, Si-Bo Kang, Bao-Hong Mi, He-Wen Li, Xue-Zhou Wang

“…Introduction Hypertension is a common risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) may be effective for hypertension, but the evidence remains limited. …”
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