Inhibition of JAK-STAT ERK/MAPK and Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Induces a Change in Gene Expression Profile of Bovine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Luis F. Malaver-Ortega, Huseyin Sumer, Jun Liu, Paul J. Verma

“…Furthermore, LIF increased the levels of expression of OCT4 and REX1, compared with those cultured with LIF + bFGF. By contrast, bFGF decreased the levels of expression for both REX1 and OCT4. …”
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An Efficient Retinal Fluid Segmentation Network Based on Large Receptive Field Context Capture for Optical Coherence Tomography Images by Hang Qi, Weijiang Wang, Hua Dang, Yueyang Chen, Minli Jia, Xiaohua Wang

“…However, the accurate segmentation of fluid regions and lesions remains challenging due to noise, low contrast, and blurred edges in OCT images. Although feature modeling with wide or global receptive fields offers a feasible solution, it typically leads to significant computational overhead. …”
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The Story of a Thing: A Frame-Analytic Perspective on a Biographical Approach to Materiality by U. S. Semovskikh, D. R. Davletov

“…In addition, in the presented approaches, exchange appears to be the primary means of endowing an object with meaning, although it is not the only possible way. In contrast, we highlight the concept of ‘itineraries of an object’ as a preferable alternative. …”
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Isolated Superior Mesenteric Vein Tumor Thrombus in a Patient with Gastric Cancer by Barış Özcan, Metin Çevener, Ayşegül Kargı, Mustafa Özdoğan, Alihan Gürkan

“…A suspected tumor thrombus with contrast enhancement that completely obstructed the SMV was detected on triphasic abdominal computed tomography. …”
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Digital Mini-LED Lighting Using Organic Thin-Film Transistors Reaching over 100,000 Nits of Luminance by Chia-Hung Tsai, Yang-En Wu, Chien-Chi Huang, Li-Yin Chen, Fang-Chung Chen, Hao-Chung Kuo

“…The integration of mini-LED technology with OTFTs produces displays with superior contrast ratios, enhanced color brightness, and lower power consumption. …”
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Critical Analysis on the Structural and Magnetic Properties of Bulk and Nanocrystalline Cu-Fe-O by D. Paul Joseph, C. Venkateswaran, R. Selva Vennila

“…Cu2O, which is diamagnetic by nature, was also doped with 1% of “Fe” and was found to show paramagnetic behavior in contrast to the “Fe” doped CuO. Hence the possibility of intrinsic magnetization of “Fe”-doped CuO apart from the secondary phases is discussed based on the magnetization and charge state of “Fe” and the host into which it is substituted.…”
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Communication channels with variable parameters by V. L. Khazan, M. N. Kovaleva

“…Nevertheless, given the task of demonstrating a universal mathematical apparatus known as the theory of paired echoes for analyzing linear and nonlinear phenomena in radio engineering circuits and communication channels, it is advisable to consider the effect of time variations in the amplitude and phase of the signal that occurs in channels of communication with variable parameters, on the structure of the spectrum of this signal. In contrast to conventional amplitude and angle modulation changes the amplitude and the phase of signal in channels of communication can take place simultaneously and under the influence of random factors. …”
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Double Bolus Application in TWIST-MR-Angiography of the Cervical Arteries by Andreas Korn, Michael Fenchel, Till-Karsten Hauser, Sotirios Bisdas, Thomas Nägele, Ulrike Ernemann, Uwe Klose, Benjamin Bender

“…A biphasic bolus injection protocol was used with the second injection being started 21 seconds after the first contrast dye bolus. Diagnostic image quality was rated according to a 4-point scale. …”
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Evaluation of the Effects of Different Bacteroides vulgatus Strains against DSS-Induced Colitis by Sijia Li, Chen Wang, Chengcheng Zhang, Yanhong Luo, Qianqian Cheng, Leilei Yu, Zhen Sun

“…Compared to the other three tested strains, B. vulgatus 7K1 more strongly ameliorated the DSS-induced weight loss, shortening of the colon length, increased disease activity index scores, colonic tissue injury, and immunomodulatory disorder. In contrast, B. vulgatus 51K1 significantly worsened the DSS-induced alterations in the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) concentration and colonic histopathology. …”
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Three-Dimensional Physical Similarity Simulation of the Deformation and Failure of a Gas Extraction Surface Well in a Mining Area by Junhui Fu, Haitao Sun, Guangcai Wen, Rifu Li

“…The surface well above the key strata was prone to tensile strain-compressive strain transition. In contrast, an abrupt change in the compressive strain occurred in the surface well below the key strata where tensile failure may occur. …”
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Effect of Processing Methods on Antinutritional Factors (Oxalate, Phytate, and Tannin) and Their Interaction with Minerals (Calcium, Iron, and Zinc) in Red, White, and Black Kidney... by Serkalem Abera, Weldegebriel Yohannes, Bhagwan Singh Chandravanshi

“…Phytate : Ca and oxalate : Ca molar ratios in soaked and cooked samples were within the critical values in the raw samples. In contrast, phytate : Zn and Ca × phytate : Zn in all treatments were found to be within the critical value, confirming the good bioavailability of zinc in all the samples, while phytate : Fe was found over the critical value, showing its poor availability.…”
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A European Approach to Irritable Bowel Syndrome Management by Michel Delvaux, Jacques Frexinos

“…In European countries, maintenance therapy is frequently prescribed for several weeks to attempt to decrease the number of acute episodes. In contrast, psychotropic drugs are less popular among European gastroenterologists than among American gastroenterologists. …”
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Study on the role of activation of TGF-β pathway by ASPN in the occurrence and development of keloid and the underlying mechanisms by XU Xueyan, CHEN Junyi, YAO Liuyi, DENG Chengcheng

“…The expression levels of α-SMA、Collagen Ⅰ/Ⅲ、COMP and POSTN were significantly increased, and the TGF-β signaling pathway was activated in fibroblasts after either overexpression of or stimulation with ASPN (P<0.05). In contrast, knockdown of ASPN significantly decreased the expression levels of α-SMA、Collagen Ⅰ/Ⅲ, COMP and POSTN and inhibited TGF-β pathway in fibroblasts from keloids (P<0.05). …”
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Abernethy Malformation in Combination with Gilbert’s Syndrome by N. B. Gubergrits, E. L. Bondar, E. A. Dyadyk, E. V. Berezhnaya, Yu. E. Chirkov, N. V. Byelyayeva, G. M. Lukashevich, T. L. Mozhyna

“…The conducted instrumental observation revealed echo-signs of malformation (agenesia) of the portal vein, which was further confirmed by both X-ray-contrast computed tomography and the pathohistological analysis of liver biopsy slides. …”
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Development and In Vitro Characterization of Hyaluronic Acid-Based Coatings for Implant-Associated Local Drug Delivery Systems by Svea Petersen, Sebastian Kaule, Michael Teske, Ingo Minrath, Klaus-Peter Schmitz, Katrin Sternberg

“…In this context, we investigated several plasma- and wet-chemical methods for the deposition of HA-based coatings with LDD function on polyamide 12 as a model implant surface, conventionally used for DCB. In contrast to aminosilane, epoxy silane surface layers allowed the covalent attachment of a smooth and uniform HA base layer, which provided good adherence of further HA layers deposited by manual dip coating at a subsequent processing stage. …”
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AN EXAMINATION OF RAWLS’ SOCIAL JUSTICE MODEL: AN ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA by MORRIS K.O. EDOGIAWERIE, INNOCENT O. EKUASE

“…This was one of the reasons why men decided to abandon the state of nature, which many scholars have christened “the Primitive society”, and create the social society via the apparatus of the “social contract". The experiences of the two societies have helped analysts reach the conclusion that the civil society (state) is far more preferable than the state-of-nature. …”
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Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis Treated Successfully with Rituximab in a Renal Transplant Patient by Cindy Castrale, Wael El Haggan, Françoise Chapon, Oumedaly Reman, Thierry Lobbedez, Jean Philippe Ryckelynck, Bruno Hurault de Ligny

“…The MRI of the brain revealed diffuse periventricular cerebral and cerebellar contrast-enhanced lesions. The CT scan of the thorax showed multiple pulmonary nodular opacities in both lung fields. …”
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Enhancing Idiomatic Competence through WhatsApp: A Comparative Study of Mobile and Traditional Teaching Methods by Riska Widiyanita Batubara, Amrin Batubara, Tri Yuli Ardiyansah

“…They practiced 60 idioms outside the classroom, interacted with the researcher, and could make WhatsApp video calls for additional clarification. In contrast, the control group received the same lessons through traditional face-to-face instruction. …”
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The histone methyltransferase DOT1B is dispensable for stage differentiation and macrophage infection of Leishmania mexicana by Nicole Eisenhuth, Elisa Theres Rauh, Melina Mitnacht, Andrea Debus, Ulrike Schleicher, Falk Butter, Katerina Pruzinova, Petr Volf, Christian J. Janzen

“…In this study, we investigated the role of DOT1B in Leishmania mexicana, focusing on life cycle progression and infectivity. In contrast to Trypanosoma brucei, in which DOT1B is essential for the differentiation of mammal-infective bloodstream forms to insect procyclic forms, L. mexicana DOT1B (LmxDOT1B) is not critical for the differentiation of promastigotes to amastigotes in vitro. …”
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Decoding the physics of observed actions in the human brain by Moritz F Wurm, Doruk Yiğit Erigüç

“…Cross-decoding between actions and animations revealed that aIPL encodes abstract representations of action effect structures independent of motion and object identity. By contrast, cross-decoding between actions and PLDs revealed that SPL is disproportionally tuned to body movements independent of visible interactions with objects. …”
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