Brazilian Red Propolis Attenuates Inflammatory Signaling Cascade in LPS-Activated Macrophages. by Bruno Bueno-Silva, Dione Kawamoto, Ellen S Ando-Suguimoto, Severino M Alencar, Pedro L Rosalen, Marcia P A Mayer

“…Given that BRP inhibited multiple signaling pathways in macrophages involved in the inflammatory process activated by LPS, our data indicated that BRP is a noteworthy food-source for the discovery of new bioactive compounds and a potential candidate to attenuate exhacerbated inflammatory diseases.…”
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Parenting, identity development, internalizing symptoms, and alcohol use: a cross-sectional study in a group of Italian adolescents by Pellerone M, Tolini G, Polopoli C

“…The general group consisted of 225 students with a mortality rate of 12%. They completed an anamnestic questionnaire to provide 1) basic information, 2) alcohol consumption attitude in the past 30 days, and 3) their beliefs about alcohol; the “Ego Identity Process Questionnaire” to investigate identity development; the “Parental Bonding Instrument” to measure the perception of parenting during childhood; and the “Constraints of Mind” to value the presence of internalizing symptoms.Results: Data show that identity status influences alcohol consumption. …”
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Cauda Equina Syndrome Core Outcome Set (CESCOS): An international patient and healthcare professional consensus for research studies. by Nisaharan Srikandarajah, Adam Noble, Simon Clark, Martin Wilby, Martin Wilby, Brian J C Freeman, Michael G Fehlings, Paula R Williamson, Tony Marson

“…The outcomes were grouped into a list of 37, for rating through two rounds of an international Delphi survey according to pre-set criteria. …”
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Study on risk factors and associated drug related problems in patients with stroke by Tulsi Bhusal, Durga Bista, Rojeena Koju Shrestha

“…Drug-related problems (DRPs) can arise during any step of the medication process, whether it involves prescribing, transcribing, dispensing, or administering drugs. …”
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Inhibiting cathepsin B alleviates acute lung injury caused by sepsis through suppression of pyroptosis in lung epithelial cells by Xiaobo Zhang, Zhuojun Deng, Xinyu Zhang, Qian Xu, Li Liu, Dong Yang, Zimeng Guo

“…Abstract Sepsis-induced lung injury is a serious complication that contributes to the high morbidity and mortality rates in septic patients. This study aims to identify genes associated with sepsis-induced lung injury and evaluate the role of cathepsin B (CTSB) in this process. …”
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Research productivity and gender of research award recipients in international ophthalmology societies by Albert Y Wu, Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen, Dipti Satvi Venkatesh, Ankita Biyani, Sanyam Ratan, Gun Min Youn

“…Our study found that women are under-represented in research awards, and further investigation into award selection processes and gender membership data is recommended.…”
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Cities as innovation poles in the digital transition. The Italian case by Giuseppe Borruso, Ginevra Balletto

“…In general, medium-sized cities present more interesting dynamics, showing either population stability or a slower rate of decline.…”
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Formation of the Pre-Pensioner Segment in the Labor Market: Financial and Management Aspects by L. A. Zhigun, E. V. Kamneva, M. V. Polevaya, S. Zappala

“…The selection of relevant demographic data and a sample labor force survey by age group has been carried out. …”
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Analysis on the potential of Pennisetum hydridum for phytoremediation of Cd-polluted soil fertilized by worm castings. by Xiafang Hong, Zhi Zhang, Zhiwei Wan

“…Moreover, the positive correlation between the biomass allocation rate and Cd in the soil reflects that the biomass allocation of the plant behaved in different ways with the increase of Cd oil. …”
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Exon level machine learning analyses elucidate novel candidate miRNA targets in an avian model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. by Abrar E Al-Shaer, George R Flentke, Mark E Berres, Ana Garic, Susan M Smith

“…Moreover, traditional analytical approaches that use multiple hypothesis testing with a false discovery rate adjustment prioritize genes based on an adjusted p-value, which is not always biologically relevant. …”
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Disclosing disabilities: Barriers for medical school applicants. by Sarah Leah Solomon, Aitan E Magence, Harry Haran, Fern R Juster, Kristina H Petersen

“…Utilizing a cross-sectional study methodology, surveys were distributed to Deans of Admissions and Disabilities Resource Professionals (DRP) at all LCME-accredited US and Canadian MD programs. Surveys gathered data about interview formats, interview accommodation procedures, and TS accessibility during the 2018-2019 academic year. …”
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Evaluation of pulmonary embolism patients in a tertiary hospital with clinical, radiological and laboratory features by Emre Bacaksız, Emine Özsari, Suat Konuk

“…Conclusion: In light of the data we obtained from our study, we believe that a detailed cardiovascular system evaluation, including Troponin I and systolic pulmonary artery pressure measurements, is very important in the diagnosis process and in predicting the prognosis after diagnosis in patients presenting with suspected pulmonary thromboembolism. …”
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SCH-Hunter: A Taint-Based Hybrid Fuzzing Framework for Smart Contract Honeypots by Haoyu Zhang, Baotong Wang, Wenhao Fu, Leyi Shi

“…SCH-Hunter conducts source-code-level feature analysis of smart contracts and extracts data dependency relationships between variables from the generated Control Flow Graph to construct specific transaction sequences for fuzzing. …”
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Two-stage re-estimation adaptive design: a simulation study by Francesca Galli, Luigi Mariani

“…</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> under the null hypothesis, any type of adaptive design considered maintained the prefixed type I error rate, but futility stopping was required to avoid the unwanted increase in sample size. …”
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An Ensemble Fuzzy-Based Deep Learning Framework for Automatic Detection of Children with ADHD From EEG Signal by Jalil Manafian, Mehdi Fazli, Onur Ilhan, Subhiya Zeynalli, Sukaina Tuama Ghafel

“…Through 10-fold cross-validation method, average values of accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, F1, and false discovery rate indices achieved by suggested technique were 99.41%, 99.33%, 99.51%, 99.42%, and 0.68%, respectively, for ADHD diagnosis. …”
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Global approaches to older abuse research in institutional care settings: A systematic review. by Maria Agaliotis, Tracey Morris, Ilan Katz, David Greenfield

“…Staff witnessing abuse ranged from 44% over four weeks to as low as 1.4% over 12 months, posing challenges for data interpretation.<h4>Conclusion</h4>These variations in study methodologies impacted the ability to synthesise the findings making it difficult to estimate a global prevalence rate of aged care abuse. …”
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Thermal Decomposition of Pellets from a Mixture of Peat and Bark Waste by Aleksey P. Terekhin, Pavel A. Maryandyshev, Irina I. Golovanova, Anton A. Gromov

“…The thermal analysis of pellets has been carried out on a synchronous thermal analyzer in an argon and air medium with a flow rate of 20 cm3/min. To observe the drying and thermal transformations of pellets, the curves of the decrease in mass and speed of this process in the studied samples of fuel pellets have been used. …”
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Investigating the influence of urban green spaces on urban heat island mitigation – taking four districts in Shijiazhuang as an example by Nan Zhang, Qiuning Ding, Haitao Wang

“…The data were collected using the equal-scale city blocks performed by the OpenStreetMap urban network and ECOSTRESS remote sensing images at different times (morning, noon and evening). …”
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Aerobic bacteria study, clinical spectrum, and outcome of patients with community-acquired multidrug-resistant pathogens by Chandra Sekhar Talari Sree, Ravi Shankar Calerappa, Geethanjali Anke

“…Hence, even small relative increases in the mortality rate for infections due to multidrug-resistant pathogens would lead to substantial increases in the number of deaths as a result of infections worldwide. …”
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An integrated 3D model of water shutoff considering the gelation kinetics of nanosilica gel by Mohammed Alabdrabalnabi, Hamzah Aboluhom, Murtada Saleh Aljawad, Mustafa Al-Ramadan, Ayman Almohsin

“…By integrating experimental data, mathematical formulations, and computational simulations, the model reveals the intricate relationships between key factors such as injection rate, fluid temperature, treatment volume, activator concentration, and formation properties. …”
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