Decidual natural killer cells in recurrent spontaneous abortions by Radović-Janošević Dragana, Lilić Vekoslav, Bašić Hakija, Tubić-Pavlović Aleksandra, Stefanović Milan, Milošević Jelena

“…A repeated or habitual miscarriage (PSP) is defined as three or more consecutive losses of pregnancy. In the first three months of pregnancy, habitual miscarriages occur in about 1% of pregnant women, out of which 50% are of an unknown etiology. …”
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Prognostic Impact of Tricuspid Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Surgery for Aortic Stenosis. by Julia Mascherbauer, Andreas A Kammerlander, Beatrice A Marzluf, Alexandra Graf, Alfred Kocher, Diana Bonderman

“…<h4>Background</h4>The prognostic significance of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and right ventricular (RV) function in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) for severe aortic stenosis (AS) is unknown. …”
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Asymptomatic Preclinical Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease by Juan Chen, YongHong Shi, XiaoPing Wang, Heqing Huang, Dana Ascherman

“…The objective of this study was to define high-resolution chest CT (HRCT) and pulmonary function test (PFT) abnormalities capable of identifying asymptomatic, preclinical forms of RA-ILD that may represent precursors to more severe fibrotic lung disease. …”
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Energy management strategy for hybrid electric vehicle based on improved PPO algorithm by Chao MA, Tong SUN, Lei CAO, Kun YANG, Wenjing HU

“…In order to effectively explore the environment and learn more efficient strategies,the strategy entropy was added to the loss function to promote the intelligence to strike a balance between exploration and utilization and to avoid premature convergence of strategies to local optimal solutions. …”
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Improved estimates for extinction probabilities and times to extinction for populations of tsetse (Glossina spp) by Damian, Kajunguri, Elisha B., Are, John W., Hargrove

“…We provide these proofs, together with a more compact way of reaching the same results. We also show that, while the published equations hold good for the case where tsetse produce male and female offspring in equal proportion, a different solution is required for the more general case where the probability (β) that an offspring is female lies anywhere in the interval (0, 1). …”
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Microplastics in Organs of Commercial Marine Fishes from Five Fishing Ports in Java Island, Indonesia by Defri Yona, Mangesti Reza Evitantri, Danu Setia Wardana, Dyah Ajeng Pitaloka, Diana Ningrum, Mochamad Arif Zainul Fuas, Yuniar Ponco Prananto, Ledhyane Ika Harlyan, Atsuhiko Isobe

“…In most species, the gills accumulated more microplastics compared to the gastrointestinal tracts and muscles. …”
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Tailwater fish of a Brazilian dam: abundance estimation and protection from turbine-induced mortality by Ana Carolina Lacerda Rêgo, Kátia Gomes Facure, Alexandre Lima Godinho

“…Between the two best fishing gear types for sampling P. maculatus, gillnet caught more individuals but caused more bycatch and fish death than hook-and-line. …”
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Differences in Salmonella Serotypes in Broiler Chickens Within and Between Slaughter Establishments in the United States by Michael S. Williams, Eric D. Ebel, Kis Robertson-Hale, Sheryl L. Shaw, Bonnie W. Kissler

“…There are more than 2500 serotypes of Salmonella enterica. …”
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Experience of using composite Z-score to assess delayed cognitive recovery in elderly patients who underwent surgery for colorectal cancer under intravenous or inhalation anesthesi... by I. N. Dushin, A. A. Tetenich, M. O. Kazantceva, A. A. Kotov, A. V. Emelkina, R. I. Haustov, E. N. Savina, V. V. Subbotin

“…When using propofol, the delta of the composite Z-score was statistically significantly better – 0.306 [0.078; 0.484] than when using sevoflurane – –0.121 [-0.556; 0.022] (p = 0.001), which indicated a faster recovery of cognitive functions in the postoperative period.Conclusion. The results of neuropsychological tests on patients who underwent surgical interventions with propofol as the main component were more similar to the results of preoperative assessments. …”
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Comparison of clinical characteristics of Zika and dengue symptomatic infections and other acute illnesses of unidentified origin in Mexico. by Pablo F Belaunzarán-Zamudio, Allyson Mateja, Paola Del Carmen Guerra-de-Blas, Héctor A Rincón-León, Karla Navarro-Fuentes, Emilia Ruiz-Hernández, Sandra Caballero-Sosa, Francisco Camas-Durán, Zoila Priego-Smith, José G Nájera-Cancino, Alexander López-Roblero, Karina Del Carmen Trujillo-Murillo, John H Powers, Sally Hunsberger, Sophia Siddiqui, John H Beigel, Raydel Valdés-Salgado, Guillermo Ruiz-Palacios, Mexican Emerging Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network (LaRed)

“…Dengue patients presented with more laboratory abnormalities (lower neutrophils, lymphocytosis, thrombocytopenia and abnormal liver function tests), with thrombocytopenia lasting for 28 days. …”
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Presence of Cryptosporidium spp and other enteroparasites with pathogenic potential in hemodialysis patients: an open controlled study by Yara Leite Adami, Nycole Abreu Gama, Flavia de Souza Cunha, Regina Helena Saramago Peralta, Jocemir Ronaldo Lugon

“…Hemodialysis (HD) patients may be more susceptible to infections by opportunistic pathogens due to impaired immune function. …”
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Young Hip: an exploration into young patients’ (aged > 50 years) expectations following primary total hip arthroplasty: a qualitative study by Louise E Mew, Vanessa Heaslip, Tikki Immins, Thomas W Wainwright

“…Further development of a personalized THA pathway, allowing for more focus on person-centred care, could address issues raised by this study, more effectively supporting younger patients. …”
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Effects of Budesonide and Fluticasone Propionate in Pediatric Asthma Patients by Lin-Yu Kuo, Chih-Hsing Hung, Hsing-I Tseng, Jiunn-Ren Wu, Yuh-Jyh Jong, Yu-Te Chu

“…Conclusion: Improvements in lung function were more rapid in the budesonide group than the fluticasone group. …”
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Numerical Evaluation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Utilizing Finite Element Method by Konstantinos Kyparissis, Nikolaos Kladovasilakis, Maria-Styliani Daraki, Anastasios Raptis, Polyzois Tsantrizos, Konstantinos Moulakakis, John Kakisis, Christos Manopoulos, Georgios E. Stavroulakis

“…<b>Background:</b> In recent years, more and more numerical tools have been utilized in medicine in or-der to assist the evaluation and decision-making processes for complex clinical cases. …”
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Repeatome diversity in sea anemone genomics (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) based on the Actiniaria-REPlib library by Jeferson A. Durán-Fuentes, Maximiliano M. Maronna, Octavio M. Palacios-Gimenez, Elio R. Castillo, Joseph F. Ryan, Marymegan Daly, Sérgio N. Stampar

“…Actiniaria-REPlib recovered 9.4x more REP sequences from actiniarian genomes than Dfam and 10.4x more than Repbase. …”
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Fat-Soluble Vitamin Deficiency in Pediatric Patients with Biliary Atresia by Rui Dong, Song Sun, Xiao-Zhou Liu, Zhen Shen, Gong Chen, Shan Zheng

“…The FSV levels and liver function before, 2 weeks after, and 1, 3, and 6 months after the Kasai procedure were measured. …”
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Why Do Migrant Children Have Poorer Mental Health Compared to Urban Children? A Network Analysis Approach by Sun J, Yao K, Zhang J, Li Y

“…Importantly, paternal influences played a more significant role within migrant families, while maternal influences were more salient in urban families. …”
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Co-benefits of resilience planning: a review of analysis tools and methods by Jennifer F. Helgeson, Azin Al Kajbaf, Juan F. Fung

“…Decisions are often based on direct benefits of a proposed project or intervention, which are the more salient to decision makers and may be the function of available financing and experience with event types. …”
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Comparative analysis of consistency of adaptations to interval interventions individualized using sport-specific techniques in well-trained soccer players by Hongjun Zhang, Sheng Li, Bingyuan Yang

“…Overall, by facilitating more homogenous stress, HIITvIFT results in more identical physiological demands and more uniform adaptations in ventilatory threshold and anaerobic power than SSG.…”
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Machine learning−derived multivariable predictors of postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock in high-risk cardiac surgery patientsCentral MessagePerspective by Edward G. Soltesz, MD, MPH, Randi J. Parks, PhD, Elise M. Jortberg, MS, Eugene H. Blackstone, MD

“…Reliable preoperative PCCS predictors were more advanced cardiac, liver, and renal failure; frailty; and greater white cell count. …”
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