Biochemical Characterization of Early Osteoarthritis in the Ankle by Hagen Schmal, Gian M. Salzmann, Elia R. Langenmair, Ralf Henkelmann, Norbert P. Südkamp, Philipp Niemeyer

“…Biochemically, aggrecan and BMP-7 positively indicated OA with statistically significant associations with duration of symptoms, FFI, AOFAS, and KLS (P<0.04). In contrast, BMP-2 levels showed statistically significant negative correlations to aggrecan or BMP-7 concentrations, which is in line with the negative association with ICRS score and KLS and the positive correlation with FFI (P<0.03). …”
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Responsabilidad social en la producción de tabaco de Nayarit. ¿Un lavado de cara y de manos en la acumulación por despojo? by Dagoberto De Dios Hernández, Jesús Antonio Madera Pacheco

“…En Nayarit, México, se configura un Sistema Integrado de Producción de Tabaco (SIPT) que opera principalmente con participación de familias campesinas aunque para algunas labores preparatorias y garantizar la cosecha de la hoja, se contrata temporalmente a jornaleros locales y familias indígenas migrantes originarias de las zonas serranas de Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango y Zacatecas, principalmente, quienes durante la zafra de cosecha viven por algunos meses en condiciones precarias en casas y patios de las viviendas de los productores y en las parcelas agrícolas. …”
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Empirical prediction intervals applied to short term mortality forecasts and excess deaths by Ricarda Duerst, Jonas Schöley

“…Across the 23 countries studied, finding at least 10% weekly excess deaths in a single week during summer or winter is not very unusual under non-pandemic conditions. These results contrast sharply with those derived using a standard negative-binomial GAM. …”
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Vitamin C, Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Capacity of Broccoli Florets Grown under Different Nitrogen Treatments Combined with Selenium by Peñas Elena, Zielińska Danuta, Gulewicz Piotr, Zieliński Henryk, Frias Juana

“…There were no evidences of the influence of N treatment on vitamin C content whilst Se (IV or VI) uptake led to a significant reduction of this vitamin in broccoli florets, irrespective of the N source. In contrast, total phenolics content and antioxidant capacity underwent a significant increment under N application. …”
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Prevalence, Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern and Associated Factors of Streptococcus pyogenes among Pediatric Patients with Acute Pharyngitis in Sidama, Southern Ethiopia by Alemitu Beyene Gebre, Demissie Assegu Fenta, Abel Abera Negash, Betelihem Jima Hayile

“…All isolates of S. pyogenes were sensitive to penicillin and amoxicillin. In contrast, 8 (36.4%) isolates exhibited resistance to tetracycline, 7 (31.8%) to ceftriaxone, 6 (27.3%) to erythromycin, and 5 (22.7%) isolates showed multidrug resistance. …”
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Analysis of Arc Re-Ignition in Vacuum Interrupter-Based HVdc Circuit Breakers by Tamer Eliyan, Ali Saeed Almuflih, Z. M. S. Elbarbary, Fady Wadie

“…The results show that increasing L reduces arc reignitions but increases arcing time, with 0.5 mH identified as the optimal value for L. In contrast, increasing C significantly reduces both TRV and arcing time, with <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$200~\mu $ </tex-math></inline-formula>F selected as the optimal capacitance. …”
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Fluconazole-Pyridoxine Bis-Triazolium Compounds with Potent Activity against Pathogenic Bacteria and Fungi Including Their Biofilm-Embedded Forms by Marsel R. Garipov, Roman S. Pavelyev, Svetlana A. Lisovskaya, Elena V. Nikitina, Airat R. Kayumov, Alina E. Sabirova, Oksana V. Bondar, Albina G. Malanyeva, Alexander M. Aimaletdinov, Alfia G. Iksanova, Konstantin V. Balakin, Yurii G. Shtyrlin

“…The leading compound demonstrated pronounced antimycotic and antibacterial in vitro activity, comparable to or exceeding that of the reference antifungal (fluconazole, terbinafine) and antibacterial/antiseptic (miramistin, benzalkonium chloride) agents. In contrast to many antimicrobials, the leading compound was also active against biofilm-embedded staphylococci and Escherichia coli. …”
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Introducing the non-invasive prenatal test for trisomy 21 in Belgium: a cost-consequences analysis by Mattias Neyt, Frank Hulstaert, Wilfried Gyselaers

“…This model was used to construct the second and first line NIPT screening scenarios applying information from the literature on NIPT's test accuracy.Results Introducing NIPT in the first or second line reduces harm by decreasing the number of procedure-related miscarriages after invasive testing. In contrast with NIPT in the second line, offering NIPT in the first line additionally will miss fewer cases of T21 due to less false-negative test results. …”
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Wide FOV metalens for near-infrared capsule endoscopy: advancing compact medical imaging by Moghaddasi Mojtaba, Perez Coca Erik Edilson, Ye Danni, Flores Diego Alejandro, Wu Xudong, Jalal Abdul, Ren Ziming, Abrinaei Fahimeh, Hu Bin

“…Compared to a traditional 108° FOV endoscope, the nano-optic capsule endoscope demonstrated superior performance in terms of FOV, contrast, and resolution. This advancement represents a significant step toward enhancing diagnostic capabilities in medical imaging, offering improved performance in a more compact package compared to conventional optics.…”
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Caracterización morfológica del grano de triticale (x Triticosecale Wittmack) mediante procesamiento y análisis de imágenes digitales by E. Ferrari, A. Quiriban, A. Gili, A. Picca, R. Repollo

“…El conteo obtenido con PAID fue en promedio una de 0.3 granos inferior al conteo manual, cuando la imagen digitalizada no presentaba contacto entre los granos. Las dimensiones del grano logradas con PAID posibilitaron caracterizar genotipos muy similares y mostraron alta correlación con las mediciones realizadas con micrómetro (longitud: r = 0.79, p<0.01; anchura: r = 0.91, p<0.01). …”
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Simulated deep space exposure on seeds utilizing the MISSE flight facility by Jeffrey T. Richards, Todd E. Mortenson, Cory J. Spern, Timothy A. Mousseau, Jennifer L. Gooden, Lashelle E. Spencer, Christina L. Khodadad, Jason A. Fischer, Alexander D. Meyers, Chad K. Papenfuhs, Jeffrey G. Buell, Howard G. Levine, Dinah I. Dimapilis, Ye Zhang

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Uncovering Diversity within the Glomeromycota: Novel Clades, Family Distributions, and Land Use Sensitivity by Camille S. Delavaux, Alexis Aellen, Sidney L. Stürmer, Silmar Primieri, Ursel M. E. Schütte, Devin M. Drown, Robert J. Ramos, Thomas W. Crowther, James D. Bever

“…We further find that taxa in the Diversisporaceae, Glomeraceae, and Entrophosporaceae relatively high families are overrepresented and more diverse in temperate samples. By contrast, the diversity of taxa that cannot be placed into a family is higher in tropical samples, suggesting that tropical sites harbor relatively high undescribed AMF diversity. …”
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Changes of Air Pollutants in Urban Cities during the COVID-19 Lockdown-Sri Lanka by Buddhi Pushpawela, Sherly Shelton, Gayathri Liyanage, Sanduni Jayasekara, Dimuthu Rajapaksha, Akila Jayasundara, Lesty Das Jayasuriya

“…In both cities, the response of NO2 to the lockdown was the most sensitive. In contrast, daytime O3 concentration in Colombo (Kandy) has increased by 6.7% (27.2%), suggesting that the increase in O3 concentration was mainly due to a reduction in NOx emissions leading to lower O3 titration by NO. …”
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Observation of Body‐Centered‐Cubic Cu Nanocluster with Partial Cu(0) Character by Pu Gao, Jing Du, Weijie Hong, Mingzai Wu, Yan Feng, Yanjun Ding, Manzhou Zhu

“…The observed structure stands in stark contrast to the FCC and other structures reported for Cu NCs. …”
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Towards AI-Assisted Mapmaking: Assessing the Capabilities of GPT-4o in Cartographic Design by Abdulkadir Memduhoğlu

“…In the image-to-text assessment, GPT-4o effectively identified critical design flaws such as inappropriate color schemes, poor contrast and misuse of shape and size variables, offering actionable suggestions for improvement. …”
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Successful Use of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Treat a Perforated Duodenal Malignant Lymphoma in an Elderly Patient by Tomoko Takagishi, Yuta Niimi, Goshi Matsuki, Shinta Nagano, Junsuke Hinami, Masaaki Kajiwara, Kiyoshi Kaneko, Yoshihiro Kubota, Osamu Nakai

“…Thus, multidisciplinary procedures are required alongside surgical intervention. Contrast abdominal CT images of a 75-year-old female suffering from vomiting revealed thickening of the duodenal wall (from the second to third segment). …”
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Optimization of Well Patterns in Offshore Low-Permeability Thin Interbedded Reservoirs: A Numerical Simulation Study in the Bozhong Oilfield, China by Guangai Wu, Yingwen Ma, Yanfeng Cao, Anshun Zhang, Wei Liu, Jinghe Wang, Xinyi Yang

“…Furthermore, offshore low-permeability reservoirs often have sparse well placement and wide well spacing, in contrast to onshore low-permeability fields, which leads to low recovery. …”
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Salivary Fractalkine Differentiating Periodontitis from Periodontally Healthy Subjects by Omer Mohammed Harbood, Raghad Fadhil Abbas

“…The AUC for salivary CX3L1 and its receptors, CX3R, was 0.93 and 0.8, respectively, to distinguish Stage I from patients with good periodontal health. In contrast, the biomarkers’ AUC for separating individuals with Stage III periodontitis from those in healthy periodontal conditions was 1. …”
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Comparison of Symmetric and Asymmetric Copper Tubing Designs for Improved Cooling in PV/T Systems by Riad Ayoub, Amiry Houssam, Touhtouh Samira, Belhora Fouad, Hajjaji Abdelowahed

“…The numerical results show that the symmetric design reduced the PV module temperature from 50°C to 39.8°C, resulting in an electrical efficiency of 16.80% and a thermal efficiency of 20.3%. In contrast, the asymmetric design lowered the temperature to 42.7°C, achieving an electrical efficiency of 16.57% and a thermal efficiency of 30.40%. …”
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Evaluation of conditioning temperature and retention time on Enterococcus faecium inactivation, vitamin stability, metabolizable energy, and amino acid digestibility by J.I. Vargas, W.J. Pacheco, L.M. Almeida, C.W. Starkey, E. Monu

“…The stability of fat-soluble vitamins decreased as retention time increased. In contrast, water-soluble vitamins were stable under varying conditioning temperatures and retention times. …”
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