Molecular insights into Solanum sisymbriifolium’s resistance against Globodera pallida via RNA-seq by Raquel Varandas, Cristina Barroso, Isabel Luci Conceição, Conceição Egas

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Quantitative and qualitative item analysis of exams of basic medical sciences departments of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 2023 by Poorya Sadeghi, Ahmad Pourabbas, Gholamali Dehghani, Katayoun Katebi

“…The effectiveness of distractors was commendable, with only 1.8% being classified as non-functional. Of 810 questions, only 1.2% had a negative discrimination index, while 559(69%) showed a good discrimination index. …”
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Plastic Surgeons at the Forefront: Evaluating Plastic Surgery Interventions for Earthquake Victims by Galip Gencay Üstün, Nur Erek, Süleyman Yildizdal, Murat Kara, Gökhan Sert, Fatma Figen Özgür

“…Forty-two patients required skin grafting, and 12 patients had regional/free flap surgery. Flap loss occurred in two patients. …”
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Upcycling mango and pomegranate peel as pectin source: characterization, fat substitute and retarded lipid oxidation in caramel candy by Marwa Hanafy Mahmoud, Dina El-Sayed Helmy Azab

“…This work aimed to upcycle the mango and pomegranate peels dried with different methods (oven, solar, microwave) into a functional ingredient and as a fat substitute in caramel candy. …”
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A comparative study of EEG microstate dynamics during happy and sad music videos by Ashish Gupta, Chandan Kumar Srivastava, Braj Bhushan, Laxmidhar Behera, Laxmidhar Behera

“…Conversely, sad music video had the opposite effect. The eLoreta study revealed that during the happy state, there was enhanced CSD in the central parietal regions across both genders and diminished functional connectivity in the precuneus for female participants compared to the sad state. …”
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Long-term Outcomes of Femtosecond Laser-assisted Laser in situ Keratomileusis for Anisometropic Amblyopia in Children with Hyperopia by I. L. Kulikova, N. V. Chapurin

“…Objective: analysis of remote clinical functional results of femtolaser-assisted laser in situ keratomileusis (FS-LASIK) in children with hyperopia and anisometropic amblyopia.Patients and methods: 30 children aged 5–13 (7.9 ± 2.3) years were in the study. …”
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Comparative analysis and validation of posterior cruciate ligament management in mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasty: Meta-analysis and animal study by Yuan-Shi Zhang, Hao-Yu Li, Lei Zhai, Gui-Zhou Zheng, Hong-Bo Xing, Shi-Xin Du, Xue-Dong Li

“…However, CR MB showed slight superiority in NKJS, while PS MB had better outcomes in complication and revision rates. …”
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A Novel Method of Hybrid Ossiculoplasty: Ionomer Bone Cement Coated Mastoid Cortical Bone by Dastan Temirbekov, Cengiz Çelikyurt

“…Objective: The development of otologic surgical techniques has significantly improved the functional results of surgery. However, the issue of the most effective ossiculoplasty material is still controversial. …”
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Superantigenic activity of emm3 Streptococcus pyogenes is abrogated by a conserved, naturally occurring smeZ mutation. by Claire E Turner, Mary Sommerlad, Karen McGregor, Frances J Davies, Bruno Pichon, Deborah L W Chong, Leili Farzaneh, Matthew T G Holden, Brian G Spratt, Androulla Efstratiou, Shiranee Sriskandan

“…The deletion led to a premature stop codon in smeZ, and was not present in other major emm-types tested. Expression of a functional non-M3-smeZ gene successfully enhanced mitogenic activity in emm3 S. pyogenes and also restored mitogenic activity to emm1 and emm89 S. pyogenes strains where the smeZ gene had been disrupted. …”
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Method of obtaining of nonneuronal cultures of astrocytes, derivated from human mesenchymal stem cells by S. M. Gramatiuk, Yu. V. Іvanova, A. A. Hudyma

“…This makes background to consider, that expression of GFAP only is insufficient to identify the mature and functional astrocytes. Conclusion. Astrocytes from group PBMSC-1 have had answered very rarely on ATP-stimulation, while astrocytes from groups CBMSC and PBMSC-2 demonstrated characteristic answer. …”
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Risk Factors for Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunctions in Elderly Patients by N. Yu. Ibragimov, K. M. Lebedinsky, B. Ye. Mikirtumov, V. Ya. Gelman, S. V. Obolensky, V. S. Kazarin

“…The study covered 100 patients aged 65—90 years who had been electively operated on under general, regional, and combined anesthesia. …”
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Age differences in preference and memory for advertisements: the roles of advertisement type and product type by Wanying Chen, Lei Zhang, Siyu Yang, Zixu Shen, Fang Xie, Valerie Benson

“…This study aimed to fill those research gaps, and investigated preference and memory, in Chinese younger and older adults, for emotionally-meaning and knowledge-related advertisements, for functional and general food products. Young adults (115 aged 18–26) and older adults (113 aged 60–86) were asked to indicate their purchase intentions for products, their liking of advertisements, and their recall of the advertisements they had viewed. …”
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Prednisone for Acute Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Andrew Jamroz, Michael Berger, Paul Winston

“…However, 17 of these patients reported functional ROM recovery. Degree of ROM recovery and time-to-treatment had low positive correlation (r = 0.354, p<0.05). …”
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Surgical outcome of a transposed lateral pendular flap for the reconstruction of medial and central lower lid defects by Yomna Amr Alahmadawy, Radwa Taher Elzanaty, Shaimaa Abdelsalam Arfeen

“…Postoperative complications included one case of lateral graft ectropion, 2 cases of lid retraction and 3 cases of marginal graft necrosis. Most of the patients had an acceptable final cosmetic outcome. CONCLUSION: Reconstruction of moderate-sized defects in the medial/central lower lid via a sliding flap yielded acceptable cosmetic and functional outcomes with high patient satisfaction. …”
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Surgical Indications for Proximal Limb Amputations in a Resource-limited Setting: A Single Institution’s Experience by Ja’Neil Grace-Marie Humphrey, Joseph Nthumba, Puja Jagasia, Peter M. Nthumba

“…In particular, proximal limb amputations (PLAs) impose enormous functional and social challenges on patients and their families, as they leave minimal options for functional prostheses, especially in the low-resource settings. …”
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Quality attributes and antioxidant activity of stirred yoghurt fortified with some nano-fruit waste powders by Soad H. Taha, Fouad M. F. Elshaghabee, Mostafa A. Ameen

“…All the nano-powders of the studied fruit wastes constitute excellent raw materials for the development of novel functional stirred yoghurt.…”
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Novel cyclic di-GMP effectors of the YajQ protein family control bacterial virulence. by Shi-qi An, Delphine L Caly, Yvonne McCarthy, Sarah L Murdoch, Joseph Ward, Melanie Febrer, J Maxwell Dow, Robert P Ryan

“…Cyclic di-GMP influences diverse functions through interaction with a range of effectors. …”
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A Prospective, Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing the use of the Proximal Femoral Nail – Antirotation and Dynamic Hip Screw for Stable Intertrochanteric Femur Fractures-Stable T... by Yeo QY, Pillay KRP, Tan M, Chua THI, Kwek BKE

“…Surgical time, blood loss, post-op radiological parameters and functional outcomes including time to ambulation were similar in both groups. …”
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Outcomes of an oral motor and swallowing rehabilitation program in patients with congenital myopathies by Ana Luísa Capitelli Dornellas, Fernanda Chiarion Sassi, Ana Paula Ritto, Gisele Chagas de Medeiros, Claudia Regina Furquim de Andrade

“…Results The study found that patients with congenital myopathies had significant impairments in posture, mobility, oral functions, and feeding, especially in mastication and swallowing of solid foods. …”
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Depletion reveals role of bicarbonate in the photosynthetic electron transport chain of Limnospira maxima by Leslie Castillo, Stavroula Nicolaou, Colin Gates, Colin Gates

“…The hypercarbonate-requiring filamentous cyanobacterium Limnospira maxima has had multiple bicarbonate functions on both acceptor and donor side of PSII determined by depletion. 77K spectrofluorometric investigation of phycobilin and chlorophyll excitation suggests the mild in vivo depletion method for bicarbonate results in loss of chlorophyll connectivity to the reaction center in PSII and dissociation of the phycobilisome due to proportional increase of fluorescence emission from allophycocyanin. …”
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