A Rare Presentation of Possible Disseminated Histoplasmosis with Adrenal Insufficiency Leading to Adrenal Crisis in an Immunocompetent Adult: A Case Report by Wanasinghe Arachchilage Praneeth Prabash Jayathilake, Kulatunga Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Pramitha Prabhashini Kumarihamy, Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Priyantha Udaya Kumara Ralapanawa, Widana Arachchilage Thilak Ananda Jayalath

“…A 42-year-old Sri Lankan male with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus presented with constitutional symptoms and feverishness for three weeks’ duration. …”
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Pancreatic Progenitors and Organoids as a Prerequisite to Model Pancreatic Diseases and Cancer by Meike Hohwieler, Martin Müller, Pierre-Olivier Frappart, Sandra Heller

“…Optimizing and understanding current in vitro protocols for pancreatic differentiation of ESCs and iPSCs constitutes a prerequisite to generate functional pancreatic cells for better disease modeling and drug discovery. …”
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Osteoporotic vertebral fractures: an update by Daskalakis Ioannis I., Bastian Johannes D., Mavrogenis Andreas F., Tosounidis Theodoros H.

“…They have a significant and usually detrimental impact on the patient’s functional status and mortality rate, constituting a substantial burden for the patients, their families, and the healthcare system. …”
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Abnormal beam steering with kirigami reconfigurable metasurfaces by Guobang Jiang, Yingying Wang, Ziyu Zhang, Weikang Pan, Yizhen Chen, Yang Wang, Xiangzhong Chen, Enming Song, Gaoshan Huang, Qiong He, Shulin Sun, Jizhai Cui, Lei Zhou, Yongfeng Mei

“…Using this concept, we design and fabricate two kirigami metasurfaces, working as a beam flipper and as a beam splitter for microwaves, respectively, and experimentally characterize their wave-manipulation functionalities. Experimental results are in good agreement with full-wave simulations. …”
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Prediction of Water Quality in Agricultural Watersheds Based on VMD-GA-LSTM Model by Yuxuan Luo, Xianglan Meng, Yutong Zhai, Dongqing Zhang, Kaiping Ma

“…As agricultural non-point source pollution becomes increasingly severe and constitutes the primary source of water quality degradation, accurately predicting water quality in agricultural watersheds has become critical for environmental protection. …”
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Wnt signaling inhibits casein kinase 1α activity by modulating its interaction with protein phosphatase 2A by Chen Shen, Wenhui Lu, Siva B. Merugu, Aradhana Bharti, Said M. Afify, Lauren Schnitkey, Daniel T. Wynn, Fan Yang, Thomas M. Rohwetter, Anmada Nayak, Nawat Bunnag, Carolina Cywiak, Hsin-Yao Tang, Brent T. Harris, Christopher Albanese, Chukwuemeka Ihemelandu, Melanie H. Cobb, Arminja Kettenbach, Ethan Lee, Yashi Ahmed, David J. Robbins

“…Casein kinase 1α (CK1α) functions as a pivotal negative regulator of this signaling pathway, initiating the events that destabilize β-catenin. …”
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Recent Advances in the Modeling of Transmission Lines Loaded with Split Ring Resonators by Jordi Naqui, Lijuan Su, Javier Mata, Ferran Martín

“…It is well known that these artificial lines can exhibit a negative effective permeability in a narrow band above the SRR fundamental resonance, providing stopband functionality. By introducing shunt inductive elements to the line, the stopband can be switched to a pass band with left-handed (LH) wave propagation. …”
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Multivariate spatial conditional U-quantiles: a Bahadur–Kiefer representation by Salim Bouzebda, Nourelhouda Taachouche

“…Quantiles constitute a core concept in probability theory and theoretical statistics, providing an indispensable instrument in a wide array of applications. …”
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Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis of Satellites and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Review by MohammadSaleh Hedayati, Ailin Barzegar, Afshin Rahimi

“…The critical engineering functions of fault diagnostics and prognosis, particularly the emerging field of fault prognosis, emphasize the necessity for further advancement. …”
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Construction of MXene-Based Heterostructured Hybrid Separators for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by Xiao Zhang, Guijie Jin, Min Mao, Zirui Wang, Tianyu Xu, Tongtao Wan, Jinsheng Zhao

“…The engineering of functional hybrid separators is a relatively simple and effective coping strategy. …”
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Significant N-containing brown carbon emission from heavy-duty diesel vehicles revealed by the molecular and chromophore analysis using ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry by Xiao He, Xuan Zheng, Bin Jiang, Xubing Cao, Ting Chen, Shuwen Guo, Zhiyuan Li, Yan Ding, Shaojun Zhang, Yuan Cheng, Jingkun Jiang, Shuxiao Wang, Ye Wu

“…Formula distribution analysis highlighted a substantial presence of nitrogen-containing species, constituting 53–65% of the identified peaks, with high O/N ratios ( $$\ge$$ ≥ 3), double bond equivalent values (DBE > 10), and aromaticity equivalent (Xc $$\ge$$ ≥ 2.5), which indicated the substantial contribution of aromatic structures, condensed aromatics, and nitrooxy functionalities to BrC chromophores.…”
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Unravelling the Mystery of Mesenteric Fibromatosis: A Rare Case Report by Misha Shettigar, Brahmjeet Singh, Yashraj Patil

“…Mesenteric Fibromatosis (MF) is a proliferative fibroblastic lesion of the small intestinal mesentery. It constitutes 8% of all desmoid tumours, which represent 0.03% of all neoplasms. …”
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DeepMethyGene: a deep-learning model to predict gene expression using DNA methylations by Yuyao Yan, Xinyi Chai, Jiajun Liu, Sijia Wang, Wenran Li, Tao Huang

“…Abstract Gene expression is the basis for cells to achieve various functions, while DNA methylation constitutes a critical epigenetic mechanism governing gene expression regulation. …”
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Double-blinded, randomized tolerance study of a biologically enhanced Nanogel with endothelin-1 and bradykinin receptor antagonist peptides via intra-articular injection for osteoa... by Antoinette Terlinden, Sandrine Jacquet, Seng Manivong, Aurélie Cullier, Frédéric Cassé, Florence Legendre, Araceli Ac Garcia, Gaëlle Roullin, Florina Moldovan, Pierre Sirois, Xavier Banquy, Philippe Galéra, Fabrice Audigié, Magali Demoor, Lélia Bertoni

“…Abstract Background Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of pain and retirement in athletic horses. Hydro-expansive functionalized nanogels, acting as Drug Delivery Systems, constitute one of the current therapeutic prospects. …”
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Ecosystem-based assessment of a widespread Mediterranean marine habitat: The Coastal Detrital Bottoms, with a special focus on epibenthic assemblages by Patrick Astruch, Ameline Orts, Thomas Schohn, Bruno Belloni, Enric Ballesteros, Daniela Bănaru, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Charles-François Boudouresque, Thomas Changeux, Pierre Chevaldonné, Jean-Georges Harmelin, Noëmie Michez, Noëmie Michez, Briac Monnier, Carla Morri, Carla Morri, Thierry Thibaut, Marc Verlaque, Boris Daniel

“…Hosting a diverse community structured by sediment grain size, trophic interactions and calcified organisms, CDB exhibit important ecological functions. In the Mediterranean Sea, CDB are constituted by recent elements partly provided by adjacent infralittoral and circalittoral ecosystems. …”
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Shifts in phytoplankton communities in response to water parameters and large branchiopod filter feeders in kettle hole ponds of farmland landscape by Sofia Celewicz, Bartłomiej Gołdyn

“…Such ponds play a crucial role in the functioning of farmland ecosystem, yet they remain largely understudied. …”
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ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN EXPERIENCE OF INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHOOL DRESS CODE by O, I, Denisova

“…These requirements affect many important aspects and the principles of functioning of an educational system and all society in general: the observance of the constitutional rights of a child, including freedom of expression on grounds of gender; tolerance policy of intra school and state policy in the light of migration processes; problems of leveling of social and economic stratification of children, etc. …”
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"You do need each member of the team to bring that next piece of the puzzle": Allied health professionals' experience of interprofessional complex care in hospital settings. by Felice Borghmans, Venesser Fernandes, Stella Laletas, Harvey Newnham

“…The study showed how the clinician experience provides a window to the functioning of a healthcare system and the bearing of experience on healthcare efficiency and sustainability. …”
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Reservation in Turkish Tax Law by Gamze Gümüşkaya, Ebru Aksu Selçok

“…The purpose of this study on reservation regarding tax declaration in Turkish Tax Law is to examine the reflections of the concept of reservation in both administrative and judicial procedures by considering the reasons for its emergence, functions, purposes and legal characteristics in tax law. …”
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L’élaboration et la mise en œuvre des référentiels en APC dans les Centres de formation professionnelle au Burkina Faso by Bassolo BASSONO

“…The APC benchmarks aim to identify skills based on the analysis of functions, tasks, professional situations, operations and skills. …”
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