Evaluation of ABO/Rh Blood Group Distributions and Clinical Characteristics in Patients with Adrenal Incidentaloma: A Case-Control Study by Ozlem Dogan

“…After further investigations, it was found that three (0.8%) patients had adrenal carcinoma and three (0.8%) patients had cancer metastases. …”
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Primary and postoperative radiotherapy in acute neurological symptoms due to malignant spinal compression: retrospective analysis from a German university hospital by Manuel Guhlich, Teresa Esther Maag, Markus Anton Schirmer, Tatiana Andrea Chacón Quesada, Dorothee Mielke, Stefan Rieken, Martin Leu, Leif Hendrik Dröge

“…In order to preserve and, optimally, restore neurological functions, urgent treatment (usually, within 24 h) is necessary. …”
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Absolute Neutropenia and Infection Development in Premature Infants in Early Neonatal Period: Cross-Sectional Study by Vladimir E. Mukhin, Lyudmila L. Pankratyeva, Olga I. Mileva, Mikhael N. Yartsev, Nikolay N. Volodin

“…However, cord blood neutrophils in premature infants had lower functional activity.…”
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Comparative analysis of acids and temperatures in gelatin extraction from the skin of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) by Vicky Prajaputra, Sri Agustina, Nadia Isnaini, Agillia Nabila, Hikma Kasih Margolang, Sahra Apriani, Siti Maqfirah

“…FTIR analysis confirmed the presence of characteristic gelatin functional groups, including Amide I, II, and III. SEM images showed a denser and more uniform structure in acetic acid-extracted gelatin, while gelatin extracted with citric acid had a more porous and irregular surface. …”
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Investigation of the Size Control of Copper Ferrite Nanoparticles on their Electrical Properties in a Ferrofluid System using Oleic Acid Surfactant as an Energy Harvester by Prasetio Ardan Rezon, Lie Kimi Alexander, Liwanto Lie Samuel Jason, Saputro Rosy Eko, Anggono Willyanto

“…The results showed that all precursors in the ferrofluid system had successfully emerged and formed. Analysis of electrical characteristics was carried out through I-V testing, and it was obtained that the CF3 sample with a volume of 3.6 mL of oleic acid had the highest current values of 13.1 μA, however, the three samples showed a good response and were representative for use as an energy harvester, which is promising.…”
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ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR INTRA-JOINT DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH ARTICULATION-OCCLUSIVE DISORDERS AND TMJ DYSFUNCTION BASED ON CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA by A.M. Proschenko

“…The study involved individuals with functional disorders of the masticatory apparatus and occlusal disorders (experimental group n=150) and practically healthy individuals (control group, n=30). …”
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Ethnic and social identity of adolescents in the context of migration by V.I. Ekimova, E.P. Zimina, E.A. Orlova

“…</strong> The study involved 74 adolescents: 36 girls and 38 boys, aged 12 to 17 years (average age &ndash; 15,13). 39 Russian-speaking teenagers were from migrant families from the CIS countries who had been living abroad for more than a year (an average of 3,7 years), they studied in Istanbul in Russian schools in multinational classes. 35 teenagers were permanently residing in Russia, where they had been born, and studied in Moscow in classes with a predominance of the ethnic majority. …”
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Genome-wide association studies and genetic architecture of carcass traits in Angus beef cattle using imputed whole-genome sequences data by Hasan Baneh, Nikolay Elatkin, Laurent Gentzbittel

“…The allele substitution effects and additive genetic variances of the imputed variants followed a bell-shaped and a scaled inverse chi-squared distribution, respectively. Among functional categories, missense variants had the highest allele substitution effects for CW, MS and BFT, while 3′ UTR variants had higher effects for REA, compared to other functional classes. …”
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A new paradigm in facial reanimation for long-standing palsies? by Rajeev B. Ahuja, Pallab Chatterjee, Rajat Gupta, Prabhat Shrivastava, Gaurav K. Gupta

“…Results: Successive patients had excellent to good return of facial expression with two fair results. …”
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Bilingualism, Polylingualism in Central Asia and Their Interaction in a Multicultural Turkic-Speaking Environment: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan by Mahanbet Dzhusupov

“…Bilingualism and transcultural practices had three sides until the beginning of the 20th century: 1. …”
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Galacto-oligosaccharide production by Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus whole cells and lysates by Giselle K.P. Guron, Arland T. Hotchkiss, Jr., John A. Renye, Jr., Adam M. Oest, Michael J. McAnulty

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L’Enfant bleu et Déluge d’Henry Bauchau, « sur le terrain miné de l’art et de la psychanalyse » by Margherita Amatulli

“…In particular, in L'Enfant Bleu and Déluge, the author isolates the artistic motif which had been scattered in previous works, in order to make it the main theme around which the text develops and the subject is constructed. …”
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Design of Traction Control Unit Based on CPCI Bus by YIN Zhenhuan

“…Based on the analysis of TCU system functions of CEMU and top-level design, the hardware and software platform of TCU based on CPCI high-speed data bus was designed and realized. …”
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Clinical course, causes of worsening, and outcomes of severe ischemic stroke: A prospective multicenter cohort study by Simiao Wu, Yanan Wang, Ruozhen Yuan, Meng Liu, Xing Hua, Linrui Huang, Fuqiang Guo, Dongdong Yang, Zuoxiao Li, Bihua Wu, Chun Wang, Jingfeng Duan, Tianjin Ling, Hao Zhang, Shihong Zhang, Bo Wu, Cairong Zhu, Craig S. Anderson, Ming Liu, Ting Gao

“…We performed Logistic regression to explore baseline features and reperfusion therapies associated with clinical worsening and functional outcomes. Results:. Among 4201 patients enrolled, 854 patients (20.33%) had severe stroke on admission. …”
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Protective effects and mechanisms of quercetin in animal models of hyperuricemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Xueren Bian, Zhihao Ge, Xuannan Chen, Shutian Zhong, Lu Li, Wanfeng Xu, Bo Li, Suhong Chen, Guiyuan Lv

“…The results of the Dose-efficacy analysis suggested that quercetin had a more substantial protective effect against hyperuricemia at a gavage dose of 100–200 mg/kg. …”
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A Delphi Consensus Project to Capture Greek Experts&rsquo; Opinion on the Position of Triple Therapies in COPD: Why, When and to Whom by Papaioannou AI, Loukides S, Vassilakopoulos T, Tzanakis N, Kostikas K, Hillas G

“…The questionnaire was developed by a 6-member steering committee, included 54 statements, and divided into 3 domains: (A) triple therapy as initial treatment (divided into subdomains examining the impact of exacerbations based on lung function, bronchodilation reversibility and/or blood eosinophil count, smoking, symptoms, and comorbidities), (B) escalation to triple therapy from dual bronchodilation and (C) de-escalation from triple therapy to dual bronchodilation. …”
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Macrophage-derived IL-15 imprints peritoneal TRM-like CD8 T cells in cirrhosis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis by Oluwatomi Ibidapo-Obe, Sven Stengel, Mick Frissen, Johanna Reißing, Karsten Große, Michael Rooney, Stefanie Quickert, Trong-Hieu Nguyen, Sabine Baumgart, Hector Leal-Lassalle, Raquel Benedé-Ubieto, Yulia A. Nevzorova, Tony Bruns

“…Peritoneal macrophages emerged as IL-15 sources during SBP (ascitic fluid concentration 18.6 pg/ml vs. 8.9 pg/ml; p <0.05), altering TRM-like cell phenotype even after inflammation had subsided. Despite the expression of co-inhibitory receptors, TRM-like cells maintained cytotoxic effector functions in a soluble checkpoint-rich environment, with PD-1/PDL-1 axis blockade not affecting their cytotoxic capacity. …”
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Establishment of critical nitrogen-concentration dilution curves based on leaf area index and aboveground biomass for drip-irrigated spring maize in Northeast China by Linli Zhou, Bo Ming, Keru Wang, Dongping Shen, Liang Fang, Hongye Yang, Jun Xue, Ruizhi Xie, Peng Hou, Jianquan Ye, Jinghui Yu, Ting Zhang, Guoqiang Zhang, Shaokun Li

“…The results revealed that the critical nitrogen concentration exhibited a power function relationship with both DM and LAI, while planting density had no significant impact on the CNDC parameters. …”
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The effect of bioimpedance analysis on residual renal functionsin patients receiving α-ketoacid-supplementedlow-protein diet by guiding hemodialysis combined with ultrafiltration by CHAI Lu, HU Hong, ZHANG Ying-zi, DING Yue-mei

“…Objective To observe the effect of bioimpedance analysis on residual renal function（RRF）in new hemodialysis patients with α-ketoacid supplemented low-protein diet by guiding hemodialysis combined with ultrafiltration. …”
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The impact of estimated cardiorespiratory fitness on Alzheimer's disease biomarkers and their relationships with cognitive decline by Adam J Paulsen, Ira Driscoll, Brianne M. Breidenbach, Matthew Glittenberg, Sarah R. Lose, Yue Ma, Mark A. Sager, Cynthia M. Carlsson, Catherine L. Gallagher, Bruce P. Hermann, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Sanjay Asthana, Sterling C. Johnson, Tobey J. Betthauser, Bradley T. Christian, Dane B. Cook, Ozioma C. Okonkwo

“…However, those in high eCRF group who were Aβ− at baseline had a significantly lower risk of becoming biomarker‐positive (Aβ‐PET: HR, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.42, 0.20–0.88; p‐tau‐217: 0.45, 0.21–0.97) compared to the low eCRF group. …”
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