Role of Interleukin-28B in clearance of HCV in acute and chronic hepatitis patients in Kirkuk city by Muhannad Abdullah Alazzawy

“…The control group who were matched to the patients studied, included 30 individuals who admitted to blood bank for blood donation, for molecular test of HCV Real-time quantitative test and serum IL-28B ELISA. …”
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The impact of social capital spatial structure and village collective action participation on farmland conservation behavior among farmers: evidence from three provinces of Northwe... by Xinjie Li, Qian Lu

“…This finding is consistent across various matching methods, underscoring the robustness of the results. …”
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Design of Approximate Adder With Reconfigurable Accuracy by Aalelai Vendhan, Syed Ershad Ahmed, S. Gurunarayanan

“…After a few reconfiguration stages, the proposed adder matched the accuracy of an exact 6-trit adder while achieving an improved power-delay product (PDP). …”
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Disrupted Dynamic Functional Connectivity of the Visual Network in Episodic Patients with Migraine without Aura by Heng-Le Wei, Tian Tian, Gang-Ping Zhou, Jin-Jin Wang, Xi Guo, Yu-Chen Chen, Yu-Sheng Yu, Xindao Yin, Junrong Li, Hong Zhang

“…We enrolled fifty-five MwoA patients as well as fifty gender- and age-matched healthy controls. Regional visual cortex alterations were investigated using regional homogeneity (ReHo) and amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF). …”
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Graphene-Metamaterial Based Tunable Broadband Polarization Insensitive Absorber for Terahertz Antenna Design by Rummanur Rahad, Abu S. M. Mohsin, Mohammed Belal Hossain Bhuian, Md. Mosaddequr Rahman

“…A comprehensive numerical analysis, using a transmission line equivalent circuit model, has been proposed to find out the impedance components of all the corresponding layers, which can be significant to determine the impedance matching. The absorber exhibits wideband tunability, polarization insensitivity, and robust tolerance to structural variations, making it a promising candidate for diverse applications in the terahertz (THz) band especially in the antenna regime. …”
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Tetrodotoxin, fungal pathogen infection, and bacterial microbiome associations are variable in the skin microecosystems of two Taricha newt species by Talon Jost, Talon Jost, Alysha Henderson, Brandon LaBumbard, Krisztian Magori, Amber Stokes, Danica Bergin, Autumn Holley, Autumn Holley, Molly Bletz, Molly Bletz, Obed Hernández-Gómez, Gary Bucciarelli, Douglas C. Woodhams, Jonah Piovia-Scott, Jenifer B. Walke

“…These taxa (ASVs matching Aeromonas, Pseudomonas, Shewanella, and Sphingopyxis) were associated with all body sites of previously sampled T. granulosa, but not found in soil samples. …”
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Waveguide-Based All-Metal Near-Field Metasurfaces for Linearly and Circularly Polarized Beam Steering Antennas by Maira I. Nabeel, Muhammad U. Afzal, Khushboo Singh, Dushmantha N. Thalakotuna, Karu P. Esselle

“…Regardless of the rotation of the metasurfaces, the antenna is matched from 11.3 to 12.8 GHz, whereas the 3 dB gain bandwidth is 700 MHz (11.9-12.6 GHz).…”
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Primary tumor resection might improve outcomes in metastatic thoracic esophageal cancer by Jiayan Wu, Haosheng Zheng, Gengfeng Wang, Fei Qin, Yuzhen Zheng, Junguo Chen, Zui Liu, Bozhu Jian, Xianyu Qin, Hongying Liao

“…A 1:1 propensity-score matching(PSM) analysis was employed to minimize heterogeneity between the groups. …”
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Daily Performance of Adolescents with Executive Function Deficits: An Empirical Study Using a Complex-Cooking Task by Yael Fogel, Sara Rosenblum, Renana Hirsh, Mathilde Chevignard, Naomi Josman

“…The poor performance of adolescents with executive function deficit profiles exhibited through the standardized complex task, as well as the relationships with their executive functions, supplies better insight about their daily confrontations. …”
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Measuring Hemoglobin Levels in the Optic Disc of Parkinson’s Disease Patients Using New Colorimetric Analysis Software by Maria Pilar Bambo, Elena Garcia-Martin, Maria Satue, Susana Perez-Olivan, Silvia Alayon, Marta Gonzalez-Hernandez, Vicente Polo, Jose Manuel Larrosa, Manuel Gonzalez-De la Rosa

“…One hundred and fifty-five PD patients and 91 sex- and age-matched healthy subjects were included in this cross-sectional study. …”
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Metagenomic insights into pathogenic bacteria and antimicrobial resistance in offshore coastal sediments – An example from Gulf waters by Nazima Habibi, Saif Uddin, Hanan Al Sarawi, Ahmad Aldhameer, Montaha Behbehani, Saja Fakhraldeen, Waleed Al-Zekri, Nasreem Abdulrazzack, Farhana Zakir, Anisha Shajan

“…The raw sequencing reads matched with 667 ARGs, 1606 plasmids, 167 integrons and 2143 insertion sequences. …”
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Driving-Related Neuropsychological Performance in Stable COPD Patients by Foteini Karakontaki, Sofia-Antiopi Gennimata, Anastasios F. Palamidas, Theocharis Anagnostakos, Epaminondas N. Kosmas, Anastasios Stalikas, Charalambos Papageorgiou, Nikolaos G. Koulouris

“…We recruited 35 stable COPD patients and 10 normal subjects matched for age, IQ, and level of education. All subjects underwent an attention/alertness battery of tests for assessing driving performance based on the Vienna Test System. …”
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Diversity and composition changes of intestinal fungi in patients with chronic kidney disease by XIE Huichao, XIAO Weidong, HAN Ben

“…Methods‍　‍A total of 8 CKD patients admitted in Department of Nephrology of our hospital， and another 5 age- and gender-matched healthy individuals were recruited in this study. …”
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Association of impaired levels with outcomes for cervical fracture dislocation using the Japanese diagnosis procedure combination database by Kazuma Doi, Naoki Otani, Norihiko Inoue, Junichi Mizuno, Kiyohide Fushimi, Atsuo Yoshino

“…This study determined 121 pairs of patients after one-to-one propensity score matching (PSM). The main outcomes included inhospital death, 30-day mortality, and major complications after admission. …”
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Isolation, Serotyping, and Molecular Detection of Bovine FMD Virus from Outbreak Cases in Abaʼala District of Afar Region, Ethiopia by Teshager Dubie, Tsedale Amare

“…Hence, region-wise FMD outbreak investigation, further phylogenetic analysis, and vaccine matching field isolates should be carried out for effective vaccine development to control the disease.…”
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Comprehensive Enteroviral Serology Links Infection and Anti‐Melanoma Differentiation‐Associated Protein 5 Dermatomyositis by Sahana Jayaraman, Eleni Tiniakou, William R. Morgenlander, Miso Na, Lisa Christopher‐Stine, H. Benjamin Larman

“…Here, we focus on anti‐melanoma differentiation‐associated protein 5 (MDA5)–positive myositis and anti‐signal recognition particle (SRP)‐positive myositis, both of which exhibit seasonality but lack known environmental triggers. …”
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Comparison of Long-Term Outcomes and Refractive Stability following SMILE versus SMILE Combined with Accelerated Cross-Linking (SMILE XTRA) by Sheetal Brar, Skanda Sriganesh, Smith Snehal Sute, Sri Ganesh

“…Both the SMILE and SMILE XTRA groups exhibited comparable visual outcomes, safety, and efficacy. …”
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A straightforward Py-GC/MS methodology for quantification of microplastics in tap water by Alexander Ccanccapa-Cartagena, Anandu Nair Gopakumar, Maryam Salehi

“…Unlike conventional approaches relying on expensive pyrolyzate libraries, this method identifies pyrolysis fragments by matching their m/z values with commercially available mass spectral libraries (Wiley Registry 12th Edition/NIST 2020) and confirms findings using pure polymer standards. …”
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Impact of Left Atrial Appendage Closure Combined with Catheter Ablation on Endocrine and Mechanical Cardiac Function in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation by Jing Yang, Ling You, Mingqing Liu, Guangming Zhang, Liang Feng, Yue Liu, Xue Geng, Jinglan Wu, Ruiqin Xie

“…No significant difference was observed between the two groups. (2) LA ejection fraction, LA Ƹ, and SR exhibited a continuous upward trend over a 3-month follow-up in both groups. …”
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Limb-Specific Comparison of Flow-Mediated Dilation in Abdominal Obese Pre-menopausal Women by Robert M. Restaino, Matthew A. Barlow

“…Methods Artery dilatory responses in the brachial and popliteal arteries were assessed using flow-mediated dilation (FMD) in age-matched sedentary controls and AO groups during menses. …”
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