Evidence for Activation of Toll-Like Receptor and Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Preterm Birth by Taketoshi Noguchi, Toshiyuki Sado, Katsuhiko Naruse, Hiroshi Shigetomi, Akira Onogi, Shoji Haruta, Ryuji Kawaguchi, Akira Nagai, Yasuhito Tanase, Shozo Yoshida, Takashi Kitanaka, Hidekazu Oi, Hiroshi Kobayashi

“…This paper provides data on TLR and RAGE levels and critical downstream signaling events including NF-kappaB-dependent proinflammatory cytokine expression in preterm birth. …”
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Instruments for assessing patient-reported experience measures among patients with diabetes mellitus: a scoping review by Soe Sandi Tint, Myo Zin Oo, Nida Buawangpong, Wichuda Jiraporncharoen, Nutchar Wiwatkunupakarn, Kittipan Rerkasem, Kanokwan Kulprachakarn, Hataichanok Chuljerm, Timothy E. O’Brien, Rohini Mathur, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon

“…Content analysis revealed five commonly measured domains: (1) care planning, (2) patient education, (3) professionalism, (4) quality of care, and (5) hospital care and transition, reflecting diverse patient experiences across healthcare services. …”
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Curcumin Alters Neural Plasticity and Viability of Intact Hippocampal Circuits and Attenuates Behavioral Despair and COX-2 Expression in Chronically Stressed Rats by Ga-Young Choi, Hyun-Bum Kim, Eun-Sang Hwang, Seok Lee, Min-Ji Kim, Ji-Young Choi, Sung-Ok Lee, Sang-Seong Kim, Ji-Ho Park

“…It has been known for the anti-inflammatory, antistress, and neurotropic effects. Here we examined curcumin effect in neural plasticity and cell viability. 60-channel multielectrode array was applied on organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHSCs) to monitor the effect of 10 μM curcumin in long-term depression (LTD) through low-frequency stimulation (LFS) to the Schaffer collaterals and commissural pathways. …”
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The Stress and Adversity Inventory for Adults (Adult STRAIN) in Korean: Initial Validation and Associations with Psychiatric Disorders by Eun Soo Kim, Yun Tae Kim, Kang-Seob Oh, Young Chul Shin, Sang-Won Jeon, Dong-Won Shin, Sung Joon Cho, George M. Slavich, Junhyung Kim

“…Results: The Korean STRAIN exhibited sufficient usability and acceptability; good concurrent validity with other measures of early adversity, life events, and perceived stress (<i>r</i>s = 0.48–0.61); and strong predictive validity in relation to anxiety and depressive symptoms (β = 0.08–0.47; ΔR2 = 0.11–0.21). …”
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Efficacy and safety of first-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab treatment in elderly patients (aged ≥ 75 years) with non-small cell lung cancer by Satoshi Endo, Hisao Imai, Atsuto Mouri, Kasumi Tsukamoto, Kenji Masaki, Kosuke Hashimoto, Yu Miura, Ayako Shiono, Ou Yamaguchi, Junichi Nakagawa, Kyoichi Kaira, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kagamu

Subjects: “…Advanced non-small cell lung cancer…”
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Probe – Integrated electrochemical sensing platform for detection of trace levels of Dapoxetine hydrochloride drug residue in water and drug formulations by H. Alwael, N.A. Asiri, B.G. Alhogbi, A.S. Alharthi, E.A. Bahaidarah, T.N. Abduljabbar, D.F. Baamer, M. Madkour, F.A. Zainy, M.S. El-Shahawi

“…The proposed probe displayed limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) of 5.0 × 10−7 and 1.56 × 10−6 M, respectively, with a wide linear dynamic range (LDR) of 1.0 × 10−6–1.0 × 10−4 M of DPH. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Study of Mechanical Properties of Concrete Containing Biochar by S.O Odeyemi, M.O Adisa, M.A Olawale, A.O Abdulsalam, J.A Oloba, H.A Ibrahim, B.O Sanusi, J.O Eda, F.O Obisiji

“…The experiment aimed to determine the mechanical characteristics of biochar-containing concrete using a concrete grade M20, cube moulds of dimension 100mm x 100mm x 100mm; cylinder moulds of 100mm x 200mm and beam formwork of dimension 150mm x 150mm x 1000mm were used to cast the control concrete sample and concrete containing varying percentages of biochar. …”
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Distributions, Sources, and Backward Trajectories of Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons at Lake Small Baiyangdian, Northern China by Ning Qin, Xiang-Zhen Kong, Ying Zhu, Wei He, Qi-Shuang He, Bin Yang, Hui-Ling Ou-Yang, Wen-Xiu Liu, Qing-Mei Wang, Fu-Liu Xu

“…The following results were obtained: (1) The total concentration of 16 priority controlled PAHs (PAH16) in the gas phase was 417.2±299.8 ng·m−3, in the particulate phase was 150.9±99.2 ng·m−3, and in dust fall was 6930.2±3206.5 ng·g−1. (2) Vehicle emission, coal combustion, and biomass combustion were the major sources in the Small Baiyangdian atmosphere and accounted for 28.9%, 45.1% and 26.0% of the total PAHs, respectively. (3) Winter was dominated by relatively greater PAHs polluted northwesterly air mass pathways. …”
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A Bayesian phase 2 model based adaptive design to optimise antivenom dosing: Application to a dose-finding trial for a novel Russell's viper antivenom in Myanmar. by James A Watson, Thomas Lamb, Jane Holmes, David A Warrell, Khin Thida Thwin, Zaw Lynn Aung, Min Zaw Oo, Myat Thet Nwe, Frank Smithuis, Elizabeth A Ashley

“…Antivenom dose-finding studies usually recruit too few patients (e.g. fewer than 20) relative to clinically significant event rates (e.g. 5%). …”
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Revealing the limitations of 10-year MACE observations: 20-year observed total cardiovascular burden in the EPIC-Norfolk study by Frank LJ Visseren, Harald T Jorstad, Marjolein Snaterse, S Matthijs Boekholdt, Tinka J van Trier, Jannick AN Dorresteijn, Manon van den Bogaart, Wilma JM Scholte op Reimer, Ron JG Peters

“…However, communicating longer-term total CVD risk may better facilitate informed preventive decisions. Therefore, we aimed to quantify how well 10-year observed incidence reflects 20-year observed incidence and how MACE reflects total CVD events across demographic groups, using observations in long-term prospective data.Methods In individuals aged 40–79 without CVD or diabetes from the population-based EPIC-Norfolk cohort, we compared the first occurrence of 10 and 20 years (1) 3-point MACE events (non-fatal myocardial infarction+non-fatal stroke+fatal CVD) and (2) total CVD events (all non-fatal and fatal CVD events leading to hospitalisation), stratified by sex and age.Results Among 22 569 participants (57% women), incident 10-year and 20-year 3-point MACE was 5.3% and 15.5%, respectively, yielding 20/10 year ratios from 2.2 (in older men) to 4.5 (in younger women). …”
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Intermediate results of ultrasonic aortic valve decalcification by B.M. Todurov, А.V. Markovets, V.O. Shevchenko, V.V. Pogrebnyak, V.G. Kolesnikov, O.M. Fursa, D.V. Seara, M.V. Khartanovich, V.B. Demyanchuk

“…Кардіохірургія та інтервенційна кардіологія…”
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Assessing swidden land use in Myanmar by decision tree-based detection method using landsat imagery by Nyein Chan, Khin Nilar Swe, Khin Thu Wint Kyaw, La Minn Ko Ko, Kyaw Win, Nway Nway Aung, Thet Oo, Zwe Maung Maung, Zar Zar Win Thein

“…The results showed that dNBR together with RdNBR, slope and elevation demonstrated higher accuracy (84.25%) compared to an all-index combination (dNBR, RdNBR, dNDVI, slope, and elevation). …”
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Electrically tunable THz graphene metasurface wave retarders by Park Hyunwoo, Jeong Sodam, Seo Changwon, Park Hyeongi, Oh Donghak, Shim Jae-Eon, Lee Jaeyeong, Ha Taewoo, Kim Hyeon-Don, Baek Soojeong, Min Bumki, Kim Teun-Teun

“…Maximum phase retardation of 90° through a metasurface with bilayer graphene suggests its use as a tunable quarter-wave plate. …”
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Application of indigenous zinc-solubilizing bacteria in biofertilizers to enhance zinc nutrition of rice grains in inceptisols paddy fields by E. Pratiwi, P. Lestari, Y. Nugraha, W. Hartatik, Z. Susanti, I.G.M. Subiksa, A. Kasno, T.A. Adriany, Y.S. Fatma, A.F. Nababan, A.A. Rivaie

“…The seedlings were prepared individually for each rice variety, with a comparison made between those treated with the biofertilizer and those that were not.FINDINGS: The study found that the consortium of indigenous non-pathogenic zinc-solubilizing bacteria significantly increased the yield of rice varieties by about 5.6 percent and zinc content in grains by 16.3 percent. …”
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Utilizing kombucha culture for coffee fermentation and biochemical characteristic analysis by Hayeong Kim, Jihyeon Jeon, Jiyeon Lee, Chaeri Song, Boncheol Gu, Nahyun Mariah Kim, Tae-hui Yang, Sejin Oh, Soochul Park, Kunal Pal, Ghahyun Jeffrey Kim, Doman Kim

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Serum-Free Culture System for Spontaneous Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Spheroid Formation by Guoyi Dong, Shengpeng Wang, Yuping Ge, Qiuting Deng, Qi Cao, Quanlei Wang, Zhouchun Shang, Wenjie OuYang, Jing Li, Chao Liu, Jie Tang, Weihua Zhao, Ying Gu

“…Interestingly, genes related to inflammatory response, immune response, and angiogenesis were upregulated in spheroids at day 6 and qPCR results further validated the increased expression level of related genes, including STC1, CCL7, HGF, IL24, and TGFB3. …”
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A Performance Evaluation and Inter-laboratory Comparison of Community Face Coverings Media in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic by Soleiman Bourrous, Mathieu Barrault, Victor Mocho, Stéphane Poirier, Nathalie Bardin-Monnier, Augustin Charvet, Dominique Thomas, Alexandre Bescond, Axel Fouqueau, Tatiana Mace, François Gaie-Levrel, François-Xavier Ouf

“…This specification imposes a minimal air permeability of 96 L m−2 s−1 for a 100 Pa pressure drop and a minimal filtration efficiency of 70% for 3 µm diameter particles. …”
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Fingolimod and risk of skin cancer among individuals with multiple sclerosis: a population-based cohort study protocol by Lisa Kuramoto, Larry D Lynd, Amir Khakban, Jacquelyn J Cragg, Anthony Traboulsee, Jiwon Oh, Analisa Jia, Weng Sut Sio, M A De Vera, Jonathan Loree, Roger Tam

“…The outcome of interest will be skin cancer (melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers). Survival analysis will be used to estimate HRs and corresponding 95% CIs, adjusted for potential confounders.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval for this study was obtained from the University of British Columbia Clinical Research Ethics Board (H24-03199). …”
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Similar Survival Between Non-Western Immigrant Patients and Danish-Born Patients with Lymphoma: A Danish Population-Based Study by Simonsen MR, Maksten EF, Jakobsen LH, Severinsen MT, Dann EJ, Frederiksen H, Niemann CU, Jørgensen JM, Clausen MR, Starklint J, Johnsen SP, El-Galaly TC, Baech J

“…Mikkel Runason Simonsen,1,2 Eva Futtrup Maksten,1,3 Lasse Hjort Jakobsen,1 Marianne Tang Severinsen,1,3 Eldad J Dann,4 Henrik Frederiksen,5,6 Carsten Utoft Niemann,7 Judit Mészáros Jørgensen,8 Michael Roost Clausen,9 Jørn Starklint,10 Søren Paaske Johnsen,11 Tarec Christoffer El-Galaly,1,3,5,12 Joachim Baech1,13 1Department of Hematology, Clinical Cancer Research Center, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark; 2Department of Mathematical Sciences, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; 3Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; 4Department of Haematology, Rambam Medical Center, and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion -Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; 5Department of Hematology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; 6Academy of Geriatric Cancer Research (Agecare), Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; 7Department of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; 8Department of Hematology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; 9Department of Hematology, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark; 10Department of Medicine: Hematology, Goedstrup Hospital, Goedstrup, Denmark; 11Danish Center for Health Services Research, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University and Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark; 12Department of Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 13Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, DenmarkCorrespondence: Mikkel Runason Simonsen, Email Mikkel.simonsen@rn.dkPurpose: This nationwide Danish cohort study compared overall survival (OS) between non-Western immigrant patients and Danish-born patients with lymphoma in Denmark. …”
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Is glucose‐induced hypersecretion of glicentin after the revision surgery using Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass related to improved glycemic control due to insulin hypersecretion in a type 2 diabetes patient without diabetes remission after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy? by Yukako Yamamoto, Osamu Sekine, Jun Ito‐Kobayashi, Ayane Nishida, Takeshi Togawa, Yuki Ozamoto, Yasumitsu Oe, Akeo Hagiwara, Masaki Kobayashi, Tadahiro Kitamura, Masanori Iwanishi, Akira Shimatsu, Atsunori Kashiwagi

“…ABSTRACT We report case details of a morbidly obese patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who became a failure of diabetes remission after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). …”
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