Necrotizing Periodontal Diseases in a Semirural District of South Africa by Neil Hamilton Wood, Elaine Blignaut, Johan Lemmer, Robin Meyerov, Liviu Feller

“…Eighty-four consecutive patients, 39 black females and 45 black males aged 20–46 years, diagnosed with NG/NP were recruited to the study over a period of two years. …”
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Carbon Monoxide Inhibits Tenascin-C Mediated Inflammation via IL-10 Expression in a Septic Mouse Model by Md. Jamal Uddin, Chun-shi Li, Yeonsoo Joe, Yingqing Chen, Qinggao Zhang, Stefan W. Ryter, Hun Taeg Chung

“…In cells transfected with IL-10 siRNA, CORM-2 had no effect on the LPS-induced expression of TN-C and its downstream cytokines. …”
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Modulation of Stat-1 in Human Macrophages Infected with Different Species of Intracellular Pathogenic Bacteria by Giuditta Fiorella Schiavano, Sabrina Dominici, Laura Rinaldi, Alfonsina Mariarosaria Cangiano, Giorgio Brandi, Mauro Magnani

“…It was reported that Stat proteins play an important role in this process. In the present study, we investigate the changes in Stat-1 activation (phosphorylation in p-tyr701) after uptake of two Gram-positive (Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus) and two Gram-negative bacteria (Salmonella typhimurium and Legionella pneumophila) characterized by their varying abilities to enter, survive, and replicate in human macrophages. …”
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Multilayer Films Electrodes Consisted of Cashew Gum and Polyaniline Assembled by the Layer-by-Layer Technique: Electrochemical Characterization and Its Use for Dopamine Determination by Sergio Bitencourt Araújo Barros, Cleide Maria da Silva Leite, Ana Cristina Facundo de Brito, José Ribeiro Dos Santos Júnior, Valtencir Zucolotto, Carla Eiras

“…The tests showed great sensitivity of the film for this analyte that was detected at 10−5 mol L−1.…”
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Modulation of Human Colostrum Phagocyte Activity by the Glycine-Adsorbed Polyethylene Glycol Microspheres by Paulo Celso Leventi Guimarães, Adenilda Cristina Honorio-França, Cristiane de Castro Pernet Hara, Danny Laura Gomes Fagundes, Silvia Hanna Bilotti Ratto, Eduardo Luzía França

“…Colostrum is a secretion that contains immunologically active components, including immunocompetent cells and glycine, which has anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, and cytoprotective effects. …”
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Intrusion detection in metaverse environment internet of things systems by metaheuristics tuned two level framework by Milos Antonijevic, Miodrag Zivkovic, Milica Djuric Jovicic, Bosko Nikolic, Jasmina Perisic, Marina Milovanovic, Luka Jovanovic, Mahmoud Abdel-Salam, Nebojsa Bacanin

“…A two-leveled architecture was designed to manage intricate data, enabling the detection and classification of attacks within IoT networks. …”
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Optimization Design for Support Points of the Body-Mounted Solar Panel by Qingwu Liu, Jisong Yu, Zhenjia Wang, Hao Cheng, Shanbo Chen, Lei Zhang

“…Ultimately, the proposed two-step procedure is implemented in the design of the solar panel of the Jilin-1XXX satellite. …”
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Changes in Renal Function Following Administration of Oral Sodium Phosphate or Polyethylene Glycol for Colon Cleansing before Colonoscopy by Ramy Abaskharoun, William Depew, Stephen Vanner

“…Of these, 55 (7%) developed CRF. Forty-two (6.8%) patients receiving oral NaP developed renal failure compared with 13 patients (8.7%) receiving PEG (Fisher’s exact test; P=0.382), but the magnitude of CRF was small in each group (Cr level lower than 160 μmol/L). …”
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Carbon dioxide emissions, forest area, and economic growth of SAARC countries: Evidence from FMOLS approach by Yadav Mani Upadhyaya, Khom Raj Kharel, Omkar Poudel, Pramshu Nepal

“…The study once again revealed a relationship between a 1% increase in GDP and a 0.68% rise in CO2 emissions, whereas a 1% increase in forest area led to a slightly higher 0.79% rise in CO2 over the period. …”
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Malignant Course of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Causing Sudden Cardiac Arrest: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mahesh Anantha Narayanan, Christopher DeZorzi, Abhilash Akinapelli, Toufik Mahfood Haddad, Aiman Smer, Janani Baskaran, William P. Biddle

“…We present a case of sudden cardiac arrest caused by anomalous left anterior descending artery. 61-year-old African American female was brought to the emergency department after sudden cardiac arrest. …”
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Candidate Genes Associated with Delayed Neuropsychomotor Development and Seizures in a Patient with Ring Chromosome 20 by Thiago Corrêa, Amanda Cristina Venâncio, Marcial Francis Galera, Mariluce Riegel

“…In our analysis, we observed five hubs (ARFGAP1, HELZ2, COL9A3, PTK6, and EEF1A2), seven bottlenecks (CHRNA4, ARFRP1, GID8, COL9A3, PTK6, ZBTB46, and SRMS), and two H-B nodes (PTK6 and COL9A3). …”
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A Laboratory Study of Plasma Charging Inside Lava Tubes on the Lunar Surface by S. Gopalakrishnan, X. Wang, M. Horányi

“…We show that ion-generated secondary electrons from the sidewall of the tube partially neutralize the buildup of positive charges at the bottom of the tube. …”
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Obesity-Linked Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis Associated with Derangements in Gut Permeability and Intestinal Cellular Homeostasis Independent of Diet by Ravinder Nagpal, Tiffany M. Newman, Shaohua Wang, Shalini Jain, James F. Lovato, Hariom Yadav

“…We used leptin-deficient (Lepob/ob) mice in comparison to C57BL/6J control mice, which are fed on identical diets, and performed comparative and correlative analyses of gut microbiome composition, gut permeability, intestinal structural changes, tight junction-mucin formation, cellular turnover, and stemness genes. …”
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The future of plant lectinology: Advanced technologies and computational tools by Vinicius J.S. Osterne, Kyria S. Nascimento, Benildo S. Cavada, Els J.M. Van Damme

“…Techniques such as glycan microarrays allow rapid assessment of lectin specificity across a diverse range of glycans by evaluating interactions with immobilized glycans on solid surfaces. …”
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Evaluation of the effect of SmearOFF on Smear Layer Removal and Erosion of Root Canal Dentin by Sohela Fakher Mahdi, Diyar Khalid Bakr

“…The teeth were randomly divided into 4 groups of 10 teeth each according to the type of final irrigants used during and after instrumentation: G1 6% NaOCl/ distilled water (control), G2 6% NaOCl/Qmix, G3 6% NaOCL/SmearOFF, G4 6% NaOCL/ 17% EDTA. …”
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Betaine Treatment Attenuates Chronic Ethanol-Induced Hepatic Steatosis and Alterations to the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Proteome by Kusum K. Kharbanda, Sandra L. Todero, Adrienne L. King, Natalia A. Osna, Benita L. McVicker, Dean J. Tuma, James L. Wisecarver, Shannon M. Bailey

“…Male Wister rats were pair-fed control or ethanol-containing liquid diets supplemented with or without betaine (10 mg/mL) for 4-5 wks. Liver was examined for triglyceride accumulation, levels of methionine cycle metabolites, and alterations in mitochondrial proteins. …”
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EMS3D-KITTI: Synthetic 3D dataset in KITTI format with a fair distribution of Emergency Medical Services vehicles for autodrive AI model trainingZenodo by Chandra Jaiswal, Sally Acquaah, Christopher Nenebi, Issa AlHmoud, AKM Kamrul Islam, Balakrishna Gokaraju

“…However, the need for large, precisely labelled datasets limits the detection of specialized and less common objects, such as Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and law enforcement vehicles. To address this, we leveraged the Car Learning to Act (CARLA) simulator to generate and fairly distribute rare EMS vehicles, automatically labelling these objects in 3D point cloud data. …”
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A The Impact of Oral Creatine Supplementation on Cognitive Functions and Mental Health in Healthy Individuals by Kinga Furtak, Kuba Borys Romańczuk, Olga Krupa, Daria Rybak, Katarzyna Kamińska-Omasta, Bartosz Omasta, Magdalena Agata Czerska, Paulina Pietrukaniec, Szymon Przemysław Stolarczyk, Zofia Martyna Wójcik

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Comparing High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and Continuous Training on Apelin, APJ, NO, and Cardiotrophin-1 in Cardiac Tissue of Diabetic Rats by Mostafa Sabouri, Javad Norouzi, Yashar Zarei, Mojtaba Hassani Sangani, Babak Hooshmand Moghadam

“…Rats underwent the treadmill exercise program either HIIT (12 bouts at 90–95% of VO2 max with 60 s rest at 50% of VO2 max) or CO (60–65% VO2 max for 40 min). …”
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Acro-osteolysis and its relationship with bone mineral density and peripheral vascularity in premenopausal females with systemic sclerosis by Rabab S Zaghlol, Sahar S Khalil, Rania M Almolla, Ahmed Mohamed El-Maghraby, Wafaa K Makarm

“…Additionally, they had significantly lower distal radius BMD and higher macrovascular abnormalities at both radial and ulnar arteries ( P < 0.05). On regression analysis, the most important factors associated with AO were calcinosis (OR= 1.7; 95% CI: 1.01- 3.02; P = 0.02), Raynaud's phenomenon (OR= 3.5; 95% CI: 0.6-19.4; P = 0.003), digital pits (OR= 2.8; 95% CI: 0.9-8.8; P = 0.001), low BMD at the distal radius (OR= 1.9; 95% CI: 1.1-3.0; P = 0.002), and macrovascular changes at radial and ulnar arteries (OR = 2.2; 95% CI: 0.7-6.5; P = 0.04 and OR =1.6; 95% CI: 0.9-3.0; P = 0.05) respectively. …”
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