Is physical therapy recommended for people with parkinson’s disease treated with subthalamic deep brain stimulation? a delphi consensus study by Matteo Guidetti, Sara Marceglia, Tommaso Bocci, Ryan Duncan, Alfonso Fasano, Kelly D. Foote, Clement Hamani, Joachim K. Krauss, Andrea A. Kühn, Francesco Lena, Patricia Limousin, Andres M. Lozano, Natale V. Maiorana, Nicola Modugno, Elena Moro, Michael S. Okun, Serena Oliveri, Marco Santilli, Alfons Schnitzler, Yasin Temel, Lars Timmermann, Veerle Visser-Vandewalle, Jens Volkmann, Alberto Priori

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Using a Smartphone Application to Strengthen Pelvic Floor and Manage Symptomatology of Female Track and Field Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Study by Natalia Romero-Franco, Elisa Bosch-Donate, Elena Vico-Moreno, Ángel Oliva-Pascual Vaca, Pau Martínez-Bueso, Jesús Molina-Mula, Juan Carlos Fernández-Domínguez

“…This study evaluated the effects of a 6-week exercise program guided by a specific app, with and without intravaginal biofeedback on the PF symptoms, strength, and sonographic measures of female athletes. …”
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AttentionEP: Predicting essential proteins via fusion of multiscale features by attention mechanisms by Chuanyan Wu, Bentao Lin, Jialin Zhang, Rui Gao, Rui Song, Zhi-Ping Liu

“…Identifying essential proteins is of utmost importance in the field of biomedical research due to their essential functions in cellular activities and their involvement in mechanisms related to diseases. …”
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Whole-Genome Profiling of Endophytic Strain B.L.Ns.14 from <i>Nigella sativa</i> Reveals Potential for Agricultural Bioenhancement by Dimitra Douka, Tasos-Nektarios Spantidos, Polina C. Tsalgatidou, Panagiotis Katinakis, Anastasia Venieraki

“…Genome mining revealed 128 active carbohydrate enzymes (Cazymes) related to endophytism and biocontrol functions, along with genes involved in phosphate solubilization, siderophore and IAA production, biofilm formation, and motility. …”
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AiWatch: A Distributed Video Surveillance System Using Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twins Technologies by Alessio Ferone, Antonio Maratea, Francesco Camastra, Angelo Ciaramella, Antonino Staiano, Marco Lettiero, Angelo Polizio, Francesco Lombardi, Antonio Junior Spoleto

“…Recent advancements in this technology have led to enhanced functionality, remarkable accuracy, and reduced costs for consumers. …”
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How do physicians estimate cardiovascular risk in the el-derly using E-health - a pilot study by Sorina Maria Aurelian, Justin Aurelian, Simona Isabelle Stoica, Andreea Iulia Vlădulescu-Trandafir, Andreea Zamfirescu, Gelu Onose

“…These conditions can be effectively mitigated through the adoption of a healthy lifestyle. …”
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Repurposing of CNS accumulating drugs Gemfibrozil and Doxylamine for enhanced sensitization of glioblastoma cells through modulation of autophagy by Smita Dey, Prerika Mathur, Sudeshna Mukherjee, Rajdeep Chowdhury, Syamantak Majumder, Aniruddha Roy, Shibasish Chowdhury

“…Here, we, therefore, investigated the differential expression signatures of genes of patients suffering from GBM from publicly available GEO datasets and constructed a connectivity map. Functional annotation and KEGG pathway analysis showed dysregulated molecular activities and pathways. …”
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Surface Integrity of Austenitic Manganese Alloys Hard Layers after Cavitation Erosion by Ion Mitelea, Ilare Bordeașu, Daniel Mutașcu, Corneliu Marius Crăciunescu, Ion Dragoș Uțu

“…Cavitation erosion, as a mechanical effect of destruction, constitutes a complex and critical problem that affects the safety and efficiency of the functioning of engineering components specific to many fields of work, the most well-known being propellers of ships and maritime and river vessels, seawater desalination systems, offshore oil and gas drilling platforms (including drilling and processing equipment), and the rotors and blades of hydraulic machines. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine Interleukin-4 Inhibits Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Expression in the Mouse Macrophage Cell Line RAW264.7 through the Repression of Octamer-Depen... by Miki Hiroi, Yoshiichi Sakaeda, Hana Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Ohmori

“…These results suggest that a coactivator/cofactor that functionally interacts with Oct-1 is a molecular target for the IL-4-mediated inhibition of Nos2 and that IL-4-activated Stat6 represses Oct-1-dependent transcription by competing with this coactivator/cofactor.…”
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Variable Dose-Constraints Method Based on Multiplicative Dynamical Systems for High-Precision Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Planning by Omar M. Abou Al-Ola, Takeshi Kojima, Ryosei Nakada, Norihisa Obata, Kohei Hayashi, Tetsuya Yoshinaga

“…An optimization framework that effectively balances dose–volume constraints and treatment objectives is required in intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning. …”
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Dual-Mode Integration of a Composite Nanoparticle in PES Membranes: Enhanced Performance and Photocatalytic Potential by Rund Abu-Zurayk, Nour Alnairat, Haneen Waleed, Aya Khalaf, Duaa Abu-Dalo, Ayat Bozeya, Razan Afaneh

“…Exploring hybrid strategies that combine both embedding and coating approaches may yield even greater synergies in membrane functionality.…”
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A Review on Biomedical Applications of Plant Extract-Mediated Metallic Ag, Au, and ZnO Nanoparticles and Future Prospects for Their Combination with Graphitic Carbon Nitride by Priyanka Panchal, Protima Rauwel, Satya Pal Nehra, Priyanka Singh, Mamta Karla, Glemarie Hermosa, Erwan Rauwel

“…Ag nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) exhibit strong antibacterial activity; Au nanoparticles (Au-NPs) are seen as a promising carrier for drug delivery and diagnostics because of their easy functionalization and biocompatibility; and ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs), on the other hand, produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) that kill microorganisms effectively. …”
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Hydrological modeling of reclaimed catchment area and pit lake for the management of degraded post-mining land by Didik Triwibowo, Muthia Elma, Eko Suhartono, Rony Riduan, Ihsan Noor

“…This study evaluates the hydrological capacity of a reclaimed area functioning as the catchment for the Paringin pit lake by applying two hydrological models: the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and the F.J. …”
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Comparison of stromal vascular fraction cell composition between Coleman fat and extracellular matrix/stromal vascular fraction gel by Xiaoyun Li, Guohong Zhang, Mengmeng Wang, Changhao Lu, Guangping Zhang, Zhehui Chen, Yingchang Ji

“…Matched Coleman fat and ECM/SVF-gel of 28 healthy women were subjected to RNA-seq, followed by functional enrichment and cell-type-specific enrichment analyses, and deconvolution of SVF cell subsets, reconstructing SVF cell composition in the transcriptome level. …”
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EXO1's pan-cancer roles: diagnostic, prognostic, and immunological analyses through bioinformatics by Zheng Liu, Shu Huang, Rui Luo, Xiaomin Shi, Mingzhu Xiu, Yizhou Wang, Ruiyu Wang, Wei Zhang, Muhan Lv, Xiaowei Tang

“…Leveraging public databases including TCGA, GTEx, HPA, cBioPortal, UALCAN, STRING, CancerSEA and TISIDB database, we examined EXO1's expression, diagnostic potential, prognostic significance, mutational characteristics, functional roles, and immunological effects across different cancer types. …”
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RETRACTED: LncRNA CCAT2 promotes the proliferation and metastasis of colorectal cancer through activation of the ERK and Wnt signaling pathways by regulating GNB2 expression by Jinhai Tian, Xu Cao, Zongying Jiang, Jia Wang, Wan Fan, Shaoting Zhang, Sien Zhao, Jianmin Sun

“…Methods High‐throughput sequencing and RT‐qPCR were used to detect CCAT2 expression in CRC. Functional analyses including CCK8, colony formation, wound healing migration, transwell chamber, and Muse® Cell Analyzer assays were performed to study the effects of CCAT2 gene deletion on CRC cells. …”
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Molecular Characterization of the Follistatin (FST) Gene in Quail and its Modulation through Natural Agonists by UlF Hassan, S Aftab, MS Rehman, S Arif, M Safdar, S Ahmed, K Ahmad, AD Cerbo, MM Azzam, M Alagawany

“…Mutation analysis showed that 15 mutations had an overall deleterious effect on the structure and functions of the proteins in quail. …”
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Cobalt-based catalyst for ammonia synthesis under ambient conditions via transient confinement by Keran Lv, Mengqian Xu, Li Yang, Chenghu Wei, Jikai Sun, Xu Fang, Tie Yu, Zhenyu Li, Weiqiao Deng

“…To describe mechanochemistry of ammonia synthesis, density functional theory (DFT) calculation was carried out and a transient confinement was discovered. 5 dual side models with Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ag have been set up and the Co dual side model exhibits the highest transient confinement effect with the maximum energy barrier reducing from 1.3 eV to 0.62 eV. …”
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The miR-146a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism rs2910164 Promotes Proliferation, Chemoresistance, Migration, Invasion, and Apoptosis Suppression in Breast Cancer Cells by Sarai Morales-González, Gloria M. Calaf, Mónica Acuña, Julio C. Tapia, Lilian Jara

“…There are no studies in the literature that evaluate the functional consequences of the rs2910164 polymorphism in the BC process. …”
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A systematic review of sample representativeness and homogeneity in exercise trials using group designs for people with cerebral palsyKey points by S.M. Tweedy, I.M. Dutia, L. Caughey, B. Demetriou, E.M. Beckman, J. Cairney

“…The number of studies that accounted for key prognostic variables was: age - 26 studies (51 ​%); sex - 0 studies (0 ​%); neurological subtype - 21 studies (41 ​%); functional effects - 14 studies (27 ​%) and comorbidities - 1 study (2 ​%). …”
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