Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin: A New Marker of Renal Function in C-Related End Stage Liver Disease by Omkolsoum Mohamed Alhaddad, Ayman Alsebaey, Mohamed Omar Amer, Hala Hany El-Said, Tary Abdel Hamid Salman

“…With a cutoff ≥4 ng/mL, pNGAL had 94.3% sensitivity and 1.5% specificity and PPV = 34, NPV = 33.3, LR+ = −175.1, and LR− = −60.6. …”
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Smartphone image dataset for radish plant leaf disease classification from BangladeshMendeley Data by Mahamudul Hasan, Raiyan Gani, Mohammad Rifat Ahmmad Rashid, Maherun Nessa Isty, Raka Kamara, Taslima Khan Tarin

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The Effect of the Concurrent Use of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Receptor Blockers on Toxicity and Outcomes in Patients Treated with Radiotherapy: A Systematic Revie... by Wan-Chuen Liao, Hala Shokr, Corinne Faivre-Finn, Clare Dempsey, Kaye Janine Williams, Li-Chia Chen

“…ARB users had inconsistent survival rates for lung cancer. …”
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Lactobacillus acidophilus Endocarditis Complicated by Pauci-Immune Necrotizing Glomerulonephritis by Vivian O. Chukwurah, Comfort Takang, Chinelo Uche, David B. Thomas, Waguih El Masry, Hakan R. Toka

“…Infective endocarditis (IE) is more common in patients with predisposing cardiac lesions and has many potential complications, including stroke and arterial thromboembolisms. …”
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IMAGING ANALYSIS OF PERIODONTAL STATUS IN A GROUP OF PATIENTS WITH OSTEOPOROSIS by Stoica George, Roxana Popescu, Andreea Diana Ilinca, Daniela Pomohaci, Balcos Carina, Alexandru Nemtoi, Sirghe Ana, Haba Danisia

“…Radiographic evaluation demonstrated that 58.7% of patients with osteoporosis had a slightly eroded mandibular cortex (C2), while 34.9% showed severe erosion (C3). …”
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RECQ4-MUS81 interaction contributes to telomere maintenance with implications to Rothmund-Thomson syndrome by Raghib Ashraf, Hana Polasek-Sedlackova, Victoria Marini, Jana Prochazkova, Zdenka Hasanova, Magdalena Zacpalova, Michala Boudova, Lumir Krejci

“…Abstract Replication stress, particularly in hard-to-replicate regions such as telomeres and centromeres, leads to the accumulation of replication intermediates that must be processed to ensure proper chromosome segregation. …”
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Consequences of COVID-19 for geriatric patients during a pandemic by Ludwig Wemhöner, Charlotte Brandts, Hannah Dinse, Eva-Maria Skoda, Sarah Jansen, Martin Teufel, Hana Rohn, Richard Dodel

“…Demographic and clinical data were also analyzed. Results showed that the mortality in this vulnerable group was 52% (n = 209). …”
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Antimicrobial resistance: Past, present, and way forward by Ramashankar Rath, Pradip Kharya, Aroop Mohanty, Anil R. Koparkar, Anand M. Dixit, Hari Shanker Joshi, Vivek Hada

“…To tackle the issue of the AMR in the country, the Government of India has launched the national program for containment of AMR in 2013 with six identified domains. …”
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Good-Quality mHealth Apps for Endometriosis Care: Systematic Search by Diksha Sirohi, Cecilia HM Ng, Niranjan Bidargaddi, Helen Slater, Melissa Parker, M Louise Hull, Rebecca O'Hara

“…In addition, clinicians use mHealth apps for continued medical education and clinical decision-making and recommend good-quality apps to patients. …”
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Clinical Outcomes after Binocular Implantation of a New Trifocal Diffractive Intraocular Lens by Florian T. A. Kretz, Detlev Breyer, Vasilios F. Diakonis, Karsten Klabe, Franziska Henke, Gerd U. Auffarth, Hakan Kaymak

“…All patients had a binocular uncorrected distance visual acuity of 0.00 LogMAR or better and a binocular uncorrected intermediate visual acuity of 0.10 LogMAR or better, 3 months after surgery. …”
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Mechanisms of KRAS inhibitor resistance in KRAS-mutant colorectal cancer harboring Her2 amplification and aberrant KRAS localization by Kohei Maruyama, Yuki Shimizu, Yumi Nomura, Tomoko Oh-hara, Yuki Takahashi, Satoshi Nagayama, Naoya Fujita, Ryohei Katayama

“…Recent studies have shown that EGFR-mediated adaptive feedback mediates primary resistance to KRAS inhibitors, but the other resistance mechanisms have not been identified. …”
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Assessing Familiarity, Usage Patterns, and Attitudes of Medical Students Toward ChatGPT and Other Chat-Based AI Apps in Medical Education: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study by Safia Elwaleed Elhassan, Muhammad Raihan Sajid, Amina Mariam Syed, Sidrah Afreen Fathima, Bushra Shehroz Khan, Hala Tamim

“… Abstract BackgroundThere has been a rise in the popularity of ChatGPT and other chat-based artificial intelligence (AI) apps in medical education. …”
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Toward enhanced quality assurance guidelines for deep hyperthermia devices: a multi-institution study by Mattia De Lazzari, Carolina Carrapiço-Seabra, Dietmar Marder, Gerard C. van Rhoon, Sergio Curto, Hana Dobšíček Trefná

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Investigation of dairy farms using different milking systems in balıkesir province in terms of bulk tank milk quality, somatic cell count and total bacteria count by Busra Yaranoglu, Sabiha Sena Ozdemir, Hakan Tavsanli, Ozlem Varol Avcilar, Tevhide Elif Guner, Bilge Camliyurt, Mustafa Sihlaroglu

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Integrity of RNA in long-term-stored cervical liquid-based cytology samples: implications for biomarker research by Madeleine P J White, Andrew Stevenson, Hana Elasifer, Chris Davis, Kyriaki Nomikou, Kate Cuschieri, Sheila V Graham

“…These data suggest that biobanked LBC samples are suitable for RNA-based assessment even if stored for up to 14 years.…”
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Correlation of serum tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-4 and soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels with radiologic and clinical manifestations in active pulmonary tuberculosis by Levent Kart, Hakan Buyukoglan, Ishak O. Tekin, Remzi Altin, Zuhal Senturk, Inci Gulmez, Ramazan Demir, Mustafa Ozesmi

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Socket Preservation Using Platelet-Rich Fibrin and Free Gingival Grafts by Haya Hesham Abdel-Latif Afifi, Shaimaa Saieed Nasr, Munerah Saleh BinShabaib, Shatha Subhi Alharthi, Mona Shoeib

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Leukopenia and thrombocytopenia in dengue patients presenting in the emergency department of a tertiary center in Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Bibechan Thapa, Prakriti Lamichhane, Trishna Shrestha, Saral Lamichhane, Shreyasi Karki, Sneha Pradhananga, Kabita Hada Batajoo, Prajwal Pudasaini

“…Abstract Introduction Dengue viruses cause either symptomatic infections or asymptomatic seroconversion. Symptomatic dengue has a wide clinical spectrum ranging from self-limiting infection to severe manifestations, mostly characterized by plasma leakage with or without hemorrhage. …”
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The Effect of Various Combinations of Peripheral Nerve Blocks on Postoperative Pain in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Comparative Prospective Study by Zoya Haitov Ben Zikri, Maryna Volis, Andrei Mazur, Tatjana Orlova, Hana Alon, Sara Bar Yehuda, Vladislav Gofman

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Pretreatment of Small-for-Size Grafts In Vivo by γ-Aminobutyric Acid Receptor Regulation against Oxidative Stress-Induced Injury in Rat Split Orthotopic Liver Transplantation by Tomohide Hori, Shinji Uemoto, Lindsay B. Walden, Feng Chen, Ann-Marie T. Baine, Toshiyuki Hata, Justin H. Nguyen

“…Graft pretreatment to limit postoperative damage has the advantage of overcoming a current issue in liver transplantation (LT). …”
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