Role of the microbiota in oncogenesis by Z. V. Grigorievskaya, I. N. Petukhova, N. S. Bagirova, V. V. Aginova, P. V. Kononets

“…The articles were searched using the Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Medline, and eLIBRARY databases. More than 150 sources dedicated to the study of the carcinogenic function of the microbiota and the possible influence of its species and quantitative composition on the efficacy and toxicity of antitumor therapy were found. …”
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Different Visual Weighting due to Fast or Slow Vestibular Deafferentation: Before and after Schwannoma Surgery by Fredrik Tjernström, Per-Anders Fransson, Babar Kahlon, Mikael Karlberg, Sven Lindberg, Peter Siesjö, Måns Magnusson

“…Patients scheduled for schwannoma surgery: group 1 (n=27) with no vestibular function prior to surgery (lost through years), group 2 (n=12) with remaining vestibular function at the time of surgery (fast deafferentation), and group 3 (n=18) with remaining function that was lost through gentamicin installations in the middle ear (slow deafferentation). …”
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Volunteer Motivation in Firefighting Organisations: A Case of the Slovenian Firefighters Association by Tatjana Kozjek, Uroška Zorec Klemenčič, Lan Umek

“…Volunteers who feel included in decision-making processes and experience cooperative, participative leadership are more likely to remain engaged. Those who are motivated by physical activity are more likely to stay, while those who are primarily motivated by social recognition or status are more likely to leave. …”
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Abundance and co-occurrence of extracellular capsules increase environmental breadth: Implications for the emergence of pathogens. by Olaya Rendueles, Marc Garcia-Garcerà, Bertrand Néron, Marie Touchon, Eduardo P C Rocha

“…Accordingly, capsules were more frequent in environmental bacteria than in pathogens and, within the latter, they were more frequent among facultative pathogens. …”
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Recognition of emotional expressions of a face depending on the professional activity of an observer: an experimental study by T. Todić Jakšić, M. Pavićević

“…</strong> In addition to the biological adaptive function, emotions have a significant socio-psychological and communicative role. …”
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Changes in attitudes of mental health care staff surrounding the implementation of peer support work: A qualitative study. by Guillermo Ruiz-Pérez, Madeleine Küsel, Sebastian von Peter

“…These changes are reported to be mediated by the simple presence of PSWs, their "role model" function for other staff, or more direct forms of feedback and critique.…”
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Role of mucinohistochemical analysis in verification of malignant potential of colorectal adenoma by Radovanović-Dinić Biljana, Katić Vuka, Nagorni Aleksandar, Stamenković Ivanka

“…Malignant potential of adenoma is in the function of its size, histological structure and the grade of dysplasia. …”
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Contrasting Roles of the Multiple Seas in East Asia on Population Divergence of Smilax sieboldii (Smilacaceae) by Ya‐Lu Ru, Shan‐Shan Zhu, Xin‐Yi Fan, Wen‐Hao Li, Cheng‐Xin Fu, Yun‐Peng Zhao

“…During population differentiation, the East China Sea and the Korea‐Tsushima Strait acted as effective geographic barriers, whereas the Taiwan Strait and the Yellow‐Bohai Sea functioned more as dispersal corridors and facilitated greater gene flow. …”
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Storage damage of cold-stored whole blood in CPDA maintenance fluid during the whole effective storage period by Yingyu He, Yiquan Zhang, Wanbing Liu, Lidong Zhang, Yingkai Xu, Zihan Yuan, Junying Li, Lei Liu, Fangxiong Cheng

“…On the 21st day of CS-WB storage, the oxygen carrying capacity and ATP content of RBCs showed a more significant decrease. Platelets showed characteristic ultrastructural damage and progressive decline in hemostatic function. …”
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Impact assessment of Chinese mitten crab polyculture on saline-alkali rice fields based on food web models by Liang Yue, Shipeng Dong, Feng Liu, Dapeng Liu, Hongwei Shan, Fang Wang

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Chronic pancreatitis: indications to surgery and remote results assessment criteria by A. V. Klimenko, V. N. Klimenko, A. A. Steshenko

“…Wirsung’s duct diameter of 4 – 8 mm – was in 65 (53,3%) patients, 8 – 12 and more – in 57 (46,7%). By Shalimov classification there were “pseudotumorous” – in 39 (31,9%), “calculouse” – in 40 (32,8%), fibrose-cystic – in 17 (13,9%), fibrose-degenerative with adjacent organs involvement and hampering of their function – in 26 (21,4%) patients. …”
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Correlations of oral behaviors, pain, and psychological distress among patients with temporomandibular disorders: clinical investigation of axial II evaluation by Yan Yu, Yan Yu, Lili Wang, Lili Wang, Chunxia Chen, Chunxia Chen, Mengmeng Wang, Mengmeng Wang, Shuai Nie, Shuai Nie, Lin Fu, Lin Fu

“…Within the TMD group, participants diagnosed with MPDS were found to have more psychological symptoms than those diagnosed with internal derangement and osteoarthritis. …”
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Research on cardiac image segmentation algorithm based on improved level set modeling by Shuaishuai ZHANG, Ruixia LIU, Ke SHAN, Zhenhua GUO

“…The introduction of the edge detection function smooths homogeneous regions and enhances edge information. …”
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Phthalates in face masks and their effects on cellular energetics in human bronchial epithelial cells by Lyse Szymanski, Margueritta Al Zallouha, Clémence Bouzar, Edwige Votier, Christelle Monteil, Tiphaine Rogez-Florent

“…The objective of this study was to identify phthalates in disposable face masks and to evaluate their effect on mitochondrial function in human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B). …”
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Early initiation of renal replacement therapy improves survival in patients with acute kidney injury by Knežević Violeta, Azaševac Tijana, Šibalić-Simin Marija, Sladojević Vesna, Urošević Ivana, Ćelić Dejan

“…The “early” RRT group had more patients with renal function recovery (56.8%), but without statistical significance (p = 0.514). …”
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Progress of personalized medicine of cystic fibrosis in the times of efficient CFTR modulators by Burkhard Tümmler, Sophia Theres Pallenberg, Anna-Maria Dittrich, Simon Y. Graeber, Lutz Naehrlich, Olaf Sommerburg, Marcus A. Mall

“…CFTR modulators are a novel class of drugs that improve defective posttranslational processing, trafficking and function of mutant CFTR. By April 2025, triple combination therapy with the CFTR potentiator ivacaftor (IVA) and the CFTR correctors elexacaftor (ELX) and tezacaftor (TEZ) has been approved in Europe for the treatment of all pwCF who do not carry two minimal function CFTR mutations. …”
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Late liver allograft dysfunction: definition, risk factors and outcomes by Yu. O. Malinovskaya, K. Yu. Kokina, O. V. Sumtsova, A. O. Grigorevskaya, Ya. G. Moysyuk

“…The cases where the graft loss occurred earlier than 3 months were excluded.The late liver allograft dysfunction was defined as a dysfunction of the transplanted liver, which was manifested by at least one of three following signs and occurred at more than 3 months after transplantation: 1) increased aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and/or gamma glutamyl transferase, alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin; 2) impaired synthetic function (increased international normalized ratio, decreased antithrombin III, cholinesterase); 3) liver cirrhosis complications (signs of portal hypertension, ascites, encephalopathy). …”
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Comparative efficacy, toxicity, and insulin-suppressive effects of simvastatin and pravastatin in fatty acid-challenged mouse insulinoma MIN6 β-cell model by Hossein Arefanian, Sardar Sindhu, Sardar Sindhu, Fatema Al-Rashed, Fawaz Alzaid, Fawaz Alzaid, Ashraf Al Madhoun, Ashraf Al Madhoun, Mohammed Qaddoumi, Mohammed Qaddoumi, Fatemah Bahman, Michayla R. Williams, Shaima Albeloushi, Nourah Almansour, Rasheed Ahmad, Fahd Al-Mulla

“…In conclusion, our study identified that simvastatin was more effective in lowering intracellular cholesterol, albeit it was more toxic and suppressive of β-cells function. …”
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British Imperialism, National Identity, and Scotland’s Built Environment by Kirsten Carter McKee

“…Over the last decade, analyses of Scotland’s historic global diasporas have incorporated more pronounced conversations on how Scotland’s current political, social, and economic contexts are rooted in the legacies of the British Empire. …”
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SLEEP DISTURBANCE AMONG CHILDREN by E.A. Abashidze, L.S. Namazova, E.V. Kozhevnikova, S.K. Arshba

“…Children who get enough sleep are more likely to function better and they are less prone to behavioral problems and moodiness. …”
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