Efficacy of Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate in Patients With Detrusor Underactivity or Acontractile Bladder by Seongik Choi, Jong Hoon Lee, Jiwoong Yu, Jin Seok Kang, Kwang Jin Ko

“…Additionally, other voiding functions showed statistically significant improvements in maximum urine flow (0 mL/sec vs. 14.4 mL/sec, P=0.0) and postvoid residual (325 mL vs. 45 mL, P=0.0). …”
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The Influence of Interval Training Combined With Occlusion and Cooling on Selected Hemorheological Blood Parameters in Young Healthy People by Bartłomiej Ptaszek, Szymon Podsiadło, Krzysztof Klimala, Bartosz Zając, Rafał Niżankowski, Piotr Mika, Aneta Teległów

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Investigation of the relationship between cognitive flexibility, theory of mind and creative thinking in patients with bipolar disorder by Sefanur Köse, Çiçek Hocaoğlu

“…Our study contributes to the limited literature by investigating the effects of CF and ToM on creative thinking dispositions in BD patients.…”
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Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Polysaccharides from Mulberry Leaves Using Response Surface Methodology: Purification and Component Identification of Extract by Teng Wang, Xiaolin Zou, Hong Zhang, Jiwen Li, Xiaoming Peng, Ruijun Ju, Zhaojun Jia, Zhenguo Wen, Cuiqing Li

“…The separation and purification effects of macroporous resin and activated carbon on MLPs were investigated, with the D152 resin being considered the most suitable choice. …”
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Disrupting MLV integrase:BET protein interaction biases integration into quiescent chromatin and delays but does not eliminate tumor activation in a MYC/Runx2 mouse model. by Lorenz Loyola, Vasudevan Achuthan, Kathryn Gilroy, Gillian Borland, Anna Kilbey, Nancy Mackay, Margaret Bell, Jodie Hay, Sriram Aiyer, Dylan Fingerman, Rodrigo A Villanueva, Ewan Cameron, Christine A Kozak, Alan N Engelman, James Neil, Monica J Roth

“…MLV lacking the IN TP via an altered open reading frame was used to infect tumorigenesis mouse model (MYC/Runx2) animals to observe integration patterns and phenotypic effects, but viral passage resulted in the restoration of the IN TP through small deletions. …”
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Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in a Gut Microbiota as a Reservoir—A Review by Bismark Dabuo, Abudu Abubakari, Frances Ellen Sankah, Hannah Aryeley Aryee

“…This emphasizes how important it is that we understand how the human body functions on the inside as well as the outside sources of infections. …”
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Senior Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Individualised Care and Nursing Diagnoses by Gülsün Özdemir Aydın, Şebnem Bilgiç

“…It can be recommended that more studies be carried out to increase the functionality and effectiveness of the nursing process in solving patients’ problems so that the process can positively affect the perception of individualised care and nursing diagnosis.…”
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Urinary P75: a promising biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Martin R Turner, Andrea Malaspina, Pamela J Shaw, Stephanie Shepheard, Nick Verber, Mary-Louise Rogers, Laura R Chapman

“…There was a significant negative correlation between absolute change in the Revised ALS Functional Rating Scale score and p75ECD levels (Spearman’s rho=−0.371, p≤0.0004, 95% CI (−0.543 to –0.169)), indicating that an increase in the severity of motor neuron injury correlated with an increase in p75ECD levels. …”
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A bioinformatics analysis and experimental validation of PDGFD as a promising diagnostic biomarker for acute myeloid leukemia by Lulu Yang, Shuangshuang Ren, Lijiang Lou, Jiasu He, Qianlei Huang, Xiaojin Wu, Ranran Zhao

“…ROC curve analysis indicated that PDGFD holds substantial diagnostic potential for AML patients. Functional enrichment analysis revealed the role of PDGFD in calcium and Rap1 signaling pathways. …”
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Periods of development and dynamic parameters of white lupin, Lupinus albus L. yield formation by Galina G. Gataulina, Aleksandra V. Shitikova, Natalya V. Medvedeva

“…Agrocenosis is a photosynthetic system functions from emergence to beginning of maturity including four biologically distinct periods of crop formation: I- emergence - the beginning of flowering; II-  flowering and pod formation; III-  pod growth; and IV- seed filling.  …”
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Unveiling gastric precancerous stages: metabolomic insights for early detection and intervention by Xiaoyue Zhang, Ziming Lin, Boyan Xu, Chenyu Ma, Bowen Jiang, Yan Geng, Yingyue Sheng, Yuanyuan Dai, Yuzheng Xue, Yilin Ren

“…Conclusion We used ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry to effectively characterize metabolomic profiles in clinical gastric tissue samples. …”
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Up-regulation of microRNA-190b plays a role for decreased IGF-1 that induces insulin resistance in human hepatocellular carcinoma. by Tzu-Min Hung, Cheng-Maw Ho, Yen-Chun Liu, Jia-Ling Lee, Yow-Rong Liao, Yao-Ming Wu, Ming-Chih Ho, Chien-Hung Chen, Hong-Shiee Lai, Po-Huang Lee

“…In order to explore the regulatory effects of miR-190b on IGF-1 expression, luciferase reporter assay, quantitative real-time PCR, western blotting and immunofluorecence analysis were performed in HCC cells.…”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community-dwelling older adults: A longitudinal qualitative study of participants from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. by Ilse Bloom, Jean Zhang, Julia Hammond, Gregorio Bevilacqua, Wendy Lawrence, Kate A Ward, Cyrus Cooper, Elaine M Dennison

“…<h4>Background</h4>Older adults have been especially vulnerable to adverse effects from the COVID-19 pandemic including higher mortality and more severe disease complications. …”
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Efficiency of different treatment modalities on radiation induced trismus for maxillofacial cases: a parallel randomized clinical trial by Marwa Ahmed Aboelez, Abdallah Mohammed Ibrahim, Mohammed A ElSawy, Nermeen El sayed El-Khamisy

“…Abstract Background For more than 80% of patients with head and neck cancer, radiation therapy (RT) is a crucial component of their treatment plane which causes impairment for the masticatory apparatus functions leading to trismus. The study objective was to compare the efficacy of different treatment modalities for patients with RT-induced trismus on maximum mouth opening (MMO), visual analogue scale (VAS) (primary outcomes) patient satisfaction (secondary outcome). …”
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Structural stability of Calmodulin-target peptide complex at different temperatures based on molecular dynamics simulation by Jiayi Ding, Zhaoyang Ju, Tengfei Fu, Liyong Ding, Xinyi Yan, Bing Zhou, Mengting Yu, Chengsheng Ge

“…Abstract Calmodulin (CaM) is a multifunctional protein commonly found in various eukaryotic cells that can bind Ca2+, making it highly valuable for research in agriculture, medicine, the environment, and other fields. Protein functionality is intricately linked to its structure. …”
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IMITATION OF STANDARD VOLUMETRIC ACTIVITY METAL SAMPLES by A. I. Zhukouski, A. O. Nichyparchuk, A. A. Khrutchinsky, S. A. Kutsen

“…Theoretical and experimental studies performed have shown the possibility to use imitators as a set of alternating point sources of gamma radiation and metal plates and their use along with standard volumetric activity metal samples for calibration of scintillation-based detectors used in radiation control in metallurgy. Response functions or instrumental spectra of such spectrometer to radionuclides like 137Cs, 134Cs, 152Eu, 154Eu, 60Co, 54Mn, 232Th, 226Ra, 65Zn, 125Sb+125mTe, 106Ru+106Rh, 94Nb, 110mAg, 233U, 234U, 235U and 238U are required for calibration in a given measurement geometry. …”
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Microwave-assisted Deep Eutectic Solvent Extraction of Xinjiang Wild Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. Polysaccharides and Analysis of Its Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities by Linghe ZHANG, Hao XIE, Maimaiti NUER

“…These findings indicate the promising in vitro antioxidant and antibacterial properties of cherry plum polysaccharides and provide a theoretical foundation for their development and utilization as functional products.…”
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Life Cycle Assessment of Key Mediterranean Agricultural Products at the Farm Level Using GHG Measurements by Georgios Bartzas, Maria Doula, Konstantinos Komnitsas

“…In this context, the present study evaluates three life cycle inventory (LCI)-based scenarios: Baseline (BS), which represents a 3-year crop production period; Field-based (FS), which includes on-site CO₂ and CH₄ measurements to assess the effects of mitigation practices; and Inventoried (IS), which relies on comprehensive datasets. …”
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Identification of two independent risk factors for lupus within the MHC in United Kingdom families. by Michelle M A Fernando, Christine R Stevens, Pardis C Sabeti, Emily C Walsh, Alasdair J M McWhinnie, Anila Shah, Todd Green, John D Rioux, Timothy J Vyse

“…However, the relative effects of these class II and class III variants have not been determined. …”
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Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant (Ozurdex) for Long-Term Macular Edema after Epiretinal Membrane Peeling Surgery by Yo-Chen Chang, Pei-Kang Liu, Tzu-En Kao, Horng-Jiun Wu, Kai-Chun Cheng, Kuo-Jen Chen, Kwou-Yeung Wu, Wen-Chuan Wu

“…To investigate the functional and anatomical outcome of the 0.7 mg dexamethasone (Ozurdex) intravitreal implant (IVD) in eyes with long-term macular edema after macular epiretinal membrane removal. …”
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