Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Mobile App for Breast Cancer Self-Management on Self-Efficacy: Nonrandomized Intervention Trial by Sun Mi Kim, Da Seul Kim, Yoonsung Jang, Min Kyoon Kim, Eun-Seung Yu, Doug Hyun Han, Hee Jun Kim

“…MethodsThe Cancer Manager (CAMA) app was developed to assist in the self-management of patients with breast cancer and survivors of cancer according to cancer trajectory. Its functionalities include providing evidence-based digitalized information created by experts, managing patients’ medication and medical appointment schedules, and providing a delayed question and answer system for patients to query health care professionals. …”
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Regarder au-delà des élections : l’historicité complexe de la participation politique dans la Libye contemporaine by Chiara Loschi, Chiara Pagano

“…To shed light on the current political scenario, we propose here to reconsider the political from below, and namely by looking where only disruptions to the neo-liberal model of functioning democracies have been detected so far - and thus in most manifestations referred to as 'chaos', 'statelessness' or absence of 'political culture'. …”
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Exploring Salvia miltiorrhiza’s Therapeutic Effects on Adenomyosis by Inhibiting TNF-α/HIF-1α/IL-17-Driven Inflammatory Cascade: Mechanistic Insights... by Yang Q, Hong J, Zheng X, Liu X, Lin H, Chen L, Zhong F, Zhang Q, Jiang J, Sun P

“…Network pharmacology predicted that DS might exert therapeutic effects on adenomyosis by modulating the TNF-α/IL-17/HIF-1α signaling pathways through key targets, including TNF, IL1β, MMP2, ESR1, PTGS2, STAT3, BCL2, AKT1, MMP9, and EGFR. …”
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Language and ethnicity in Central and Eastern Europe: Some theoretical aspects by George Schopflin

“…The author concludes that language has played both a symbolic and a functional role in the centralisation of Central and Eastern Europe. …”
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Evaluation of Upper Airway Width and Facial Height Cephalometric Parameters in Adult Caucasians with Skeletal Class I and Class III Malocclusion by George Popa, Dana-Cristina Bratu, Sorin Gheorghe Mihali, Silvia Izabella Pop, Bianca Dragoș, Remus-Christian Bratu, Anca Tudor, Anca Jivănescu

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Quercetin modulates transcription of the apoptotic and CatSper genes and optimises post thaw viability and kinematics of buck spermatozoa by Alok Kumar, J. K. Prasad, Nishant Kumar, Sonika Verma, Mukul Anand, Amrita Behera, Ajeet Kumar, Jitendra Tiwari, Rahul Dhariya, Sumit Singhal, Vishal Yadav

“…Abstract Oxidative stress during semen processing affects sperm membrane integrity, leading to compromised sperm membrane functions and kinematics, often resulting in reproductive losses. …”
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The Influence of Zero‐Profile Implant Selection on the Outcomes of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion by Xing‐Jin Wang, Jun‐Bo He, Ting‐Kui Wu, Bei‐Yu Wang, Xin Rong, Quan Gong, Hao Liu

“…Therefore, a larger height might be a better choice for achieving a satisfactory long‐term prognosis if Zero‐profile implants of adjacent size both fit the disc space properly.…”
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CO13 | Genetic background in hypercholesterolemic patients framing cardiovascular risk

“…Many FH subjects (about 60%) did not demonstrate functional mutations in major candidate genes (LDLR, APOB, PCSK9, LDLRAP1). …”
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Identification of early Alzheimer’s disease subclass and signature genes based on PANoptosis genes by Wenxu Wang, Wenxu Wang, Jincheng Lu, Jincheng Lu, Ningyun Pan, Ningyun Pan, Huiying Zhang, Jingcen Dai, Jie Li, Cheng Chi, Liumei Zhang, Liang Wang, Mengying Zhang, Mengying Zhang

“…Therefore, targeting PANoptosis genes might lead to novel therapeutic targets and clinically relevant therapeutic approaches. …”
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Multiple Hub Genes as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets Inducing Inflammation and Angiogenesis in Retinopathy of Prematurity by Du C, Tian Y, Liu Y, Shi Y, Chen X, Chai H, Zhang Y, Shen H, Zhang L

“…WGCNA was utilized to obtain oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR)-related modules, and then key genes were obtained in the intersection of DEGs and the above modules. Biological functions and pathways of key genes were enriched through DAVID, Metascape and Gene set enrichment analysis. …”
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CCN2 mediates fibroblast-macrophage interaction in knee arthrofibrosis based on single-cell RNA-seq analysis by Ziyun Li, Jia Jiang, Kangwen Cai, Yi Qiao, Xuancheng Zhang, Liren Wang, Yuhao Kang, Xiulin Wu, Benpeng Zhao, Xiuli Wang, Tianyi Zhang, Zhiqi Lin, Jinlong Wu, Simin Lu, Haihan Gao, Haocheng Jin, Caiqi Xu, Xiaoqiao Huangfu, Zhengzhi James, Qiuhua Chen, Xiaoqi Zheng, Ning-Ning Liu, Jinzhong Zhao

“…Abstract Knee arthrofibrosis, characterized by excessive matrix protein production and deposition, substantially impairs basic daily functions, causing considerable distress and financial burden. …”
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Disturbed hierarchy and mediation in reward-related circuits in depression by Ruikun Yang, Junxia Chen, Suping Yue, Yue Yu, Jiamin Fan, Yuling Luo, Hui He, Mingjun Duan, Sisi Jiang, Dezhong Yao, Cheng Luo

“…Utilizing existing DBS targets as seeds, we conducted step-wise functional connectivity (sFC) analyses to delineate hierarchical pathways linking to cerebral cortices. …”
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Ambiguous results of balloon angioplasty for central vein stenosis in hemodialysis patients with native arteriovenous fistula by Z. B. Kardanakhishvili, A. B. Zulkarnaev, B. V. Baykov, V. A. Stepanov

“…In the experimental group, strong negative correlation between primary patency and functional primary patency was detected: r = –0.627 [95% CI –0.787; –0.388], p < 0.0001. …”
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Causal relationships between four types of lipids and breast cancer risk with potential mediators: evidence from Mendelian randomization study and bioinformatics analysis by Xu-Chu Li, Bangqi Wang, Yu Tang

“…The expression of ZC3HC1 showed no significant expression difference between normal and BC tissues (P > 0.05), which might indicate a carcinogenic effect independent of expression levels but driven by functional alterations induced by variants (C > T). …”
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Genome-Wide Identification of <i>G3BP</i> Family in U’s Triangle <i>Brassica</i> Species and Analysis of Its Expression in <i>B. napus</i> by Alain Tseke Inkabanga, Qiheng Zhang, Shanshan Wang, Yanni Li, Jingyi Chen, Li Huang, Xiang Li, Zihan Deng, Xiao Yang, Mengxin Luo, Lingxia Peng, Keran Ren, Yourong Chai, Yufei Xue

“…The RasGAP SH3 domain binding protein (G3BP) is a highly conserved family of proteins in eukaryotic organisms that coordinates signal transduction and post-transcriptional gene regulation and functions in the formation of stress granules. G3BPs have important roles in abiotic/biotic stresses in mammals, and recent research suggests that they have similar functions in higher plants. …”
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Patient-reported Outcome Measures and Decision Regret After Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen–targeted Radioguided Surgery for Oligorecurrent Prostate Cancer by Fabian Falkenbach, Giovanni Mazzucato, Zhe Tian, Pierre I. Karakiewicz, Markus Graefen, Thomas Steuber, Derya Tilki, Daniel Koehler, Burkhard Beyer, Pierre Tennstedt, Sophie Knipper, Lars Budäus, Tobias Maurer

“…Conclusions and clinical Implications: We recorded no significant decrease in quality of life or any functional status domain, except sexual. While decision regret was low, sexual functioning might deteriorate further. …”
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Abundance of a metabolically active subpopulation in dedifferentiated adipocytes inversely correlates with body mass index by Jonathan Trujillo-Viera, Mona C. Wittmann, Daniel Lam, Yang Shen, Adhideb Ghosh, Falko Noé, Anne Hoffmann, Coralie Viollet, Alec Dick, Matthias Blüher, Jiawei Zhong, Lucas Massier, Christian Wolfrum, Holger Klein, Heike Neubauer, Bradford Hamilton

“…Objective: The cellular composition and functionality of adipose tissue are key determinants of metabolic diseases associated with adipose tissue dysregulation, such as obesity. …”
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Effect of communicating genetic risk of type 2 diabetes and wearable technologies on wearable device-measured behavioural outcomes in East Asians: protocol of a randomised controll... by Youngwon Kim, Shan Lou, Brian Chung, Simon Griffin, Ziyuan Chen, Job G Godino, Flora Lai Tung Cheung, Michael Multhaup, Derwin King Chung K C Chan, Harrison Hin Sheung Ho, Tsz Him Timothy Tse, Shiu Lun Ryan Au Yeung, Joni H Zhang, Mengyao Wang

“…It is uncertain whether risk communication might enhance the effects of wearable devices. We aim to assess the effects of communicating genetic risk for T2D alone or in combination with wearable device functions on wearable device-measured PA among overweight or obese East Asians.Methods and analysis In a parallel group, randomised controlled trial, 355 overweight or obese East Asian individuals aged 40–60 years are allocated into one of three groups: one control and two intervention groups. …”
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Combined Effects of Humic Acid-Modified Magnetic Biochar and AMF on the Properties of Saline-Alkali Soil and Photosynthetic Parameters of Muskmelon by ZHANG Yating, LOU Xueyi, WU Jiarui, LIU Hongyuan, YE Binyu, XIAO Jiamin, LI Jiameng, MIAO Yining, CHEN Xinyan, LIU Yilin, TAN Yuyu, WANG Zhichao, LIU Peng

“…Under 150 mmol/L saline-alkali stress, applying a low dose of HA-MBC still played a role in ameliorating soil and mitigating stress, while applying high doses of biochar inhibited the improvement of indicators. This might be due to excessive application of HA-MBC causing surface functional groups to aggregate toxic substances and salt ions excessively and compete for nutrients, subsequently reducing AMF colonization rates, weakening the mycorrhizal symbiosis, and hence diminishing the photosynthetic parameters of muskmelon. …”
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Pain After Lower Extremity Fracture Surgery: What Is Normal and How Is It Impacted by Individual-specific and Caregiver-specific Psychosocial Factors? by Alex L. Gornitzky, MD, Zoe E. Belardo, Bridget K. Ellsworth, MD, Sulagna Sarkar, Joseph L. Yellin, MD, Arianna Trionfo, MD, Apurva S. Shah, MD, MBA

“…HRQOL was assessed via PROMIS Global Health, and functional recovery was assessed via PROMIS Mobility. …”
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