Relating Sensory, Cognitive, and Neural Factors to Older Persons’ Perceptions about Happiness: An Exploratory Study by Alexandra J. Horne, Kimberly S. Chiew, Jie Zhuang, Linda K. George, R. Alison Adcock, Guy G. Potter, Eleonora M. Lad, Scott W. Cousins, Frank R. Lin, Sara K. Mamo, Nan-Kuei Chen, Abigail J. Maciejewski, Xuan Duong Fernandez, Heather E. Whitson

“…A subset of eligible participants (n = 57) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to assess resting state functional connectivity (FC) within a previously described dopaminergic network associated with reward processing. …”
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Lumbar Erector Spinae Plane Block for Total Hip Arthroplasty Comparing 24-Hour Opioid Requirements: A Randomized Controlled Study by Dahlia Townsend, Nasir Siddique, Atsumi Kimura, Yaacov Chein, Eli Kamara, John Pope, Mitchell Weiser, Singh Nair, Iyabo Muse

“…Study Objective. Neuraxial and regional anesthesia have become commonly utilized for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty to aid in postoperative analgesia, facilitating early ambulation and better functional recovery. …”
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Influence of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation on atrial and ventricular functional mitral regurgitation by Masaharu Masuda, Kimiko Sekiya, Mitsutoshi Asai, Osamu Iida, Shin Okamoto, Takayuki Ishihara, Kiyonori Nanto, Takashi Kanda, Takuya Tsujimura, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Yosuke Hata, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Taku Toyoshima, Naoko Higashino, Toshiaki Mano

“…Methods and results The retrospective study included persistent AF patients who had AFMR (n = 136, left atrial (LA) volume index >30 mL/m2 and left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction ≥40%) or VFMR (n = 31, LV ejection fraction <40% or LV regional asynergy) and had undergone the initial AF ablation from April 2015 to December 2019. …”
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Deep learning–assisted diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia based on CT angiography images by Lei Song, Xuesong Zhang, Jian Zhang, Jie Wu, Jinkai Wang, Feng Wang

“…DCA indicated that the Fusion Model provided a greater net benefit than those of models based solely on imaging and clinical information across the majority of the reasonable threshold probabilities.ConclusionThe incorporation of CTA images and clinical information into the model markedly enhances the diagnostic accuracy and efficiency of AMI. …”
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Thermal performance of Falkner Skan model (FSM) for (GOMoS2)/(C2H6O2-H2O) 50:50% nanofluid under radiation heating source by Mutasem Z. Bani-Fwaz, Adnan, Sami Ullah Khan, B. Shankar Goud, Tadesse Walelign, Kanayo Kenneth Asogwa, Iskander Tlili

“…Moreover, the boundary layer region becomes thin for heating source and it increased for stronger solar radiation effects. …”
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Urea enhances the yield and quality of bio-oil produced from corncob through pyrolysis by Sakina Ibrahim Bello, Taofik Olatunde Uthman, Serdar Surgun, Abdullahi Muhammad Sokoto

“…FT-IR analysis revealed enhanced absorption in key functional group regions, including O–H, N–H, C–H, C=O, and C–O, for bio-oil treated with 10% urea compared to untreated bio-oil. …”
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Comparative cytogenetics of anembryonic pregnancies and missed abortions in human by T. V. Nikitina, E. A. Sazhenova, E. N. Tolmacheva, N. N. Sukhanova, S. A. Vasilyev, I. N. Lebedev

“…Miscarriage is an important problem in human reproduction, affecting 10–15 % of clinically recognized pregnancies. The cases of embryonic death can be divided into missed abortion (MA), for which the ultrasound sign of the embryo death is the absence of cardiac activity, and anembryonic pregnancy (AP) without an embryo in the gestational sac. …”
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Perfil de las personas graduadas de posgrado que realizan investigación en las universidades estatales costarricenses by Cinthia Azofeifa Ureña, Karen Corrales Bolívar, Katherine Sandí Araya

“…El enfoque de la investigación es cuantitativo, la base de datos se obtuvo del “Estudio de las personas graduadas de posgrado 2017-2019 de las universidades estatales”, los datos fueron recolectados en el año 2021 por el Consejo Nacional de Rectores. Para el análisis se seleccionaron las personas graduadas de posgrado que participaron en procesos de investigación posteriores a la graduación, en total 1 240 personas. …”
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Complete mitogenome characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of traditional Chinese medicinal plant Tinospora sagittata (Oliv.) Gagnep. from the Menispermaceae family by Jing Zhao, Zi-Han Chen, Peng-Cheng Huang, Liu-Wei Chen, Ming-Xian Zhang, Li-Hua Wang, You-Yong Zhu, Jia-Guan Wang, Yu Zhao

“…Interesting, both organelle genomes had shown that inter-gene spacer regions could be used as effective molecular markers for further phylogenetic analyses and species identification. …”
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Comparative study for assessment of two different minimally invasive caries removal techniques by Ahmed M. Elmarakby, Shaimaa F K Habib, Ibrahim M. Alkhaldy, Rahaf M. AlJasser, Labib Mohamed Labib Elsebaey

“…Teeth were extracted for orthodontic reasons. Caries should be deep but without pulp involvement and all teeth have only one surface caries (mesial or distal class II carious lesions). …”
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Bone cell differentiation and mineralization in wild-type and osteogenesis imperfecta zebrafish are compromised by per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by Francesca Tonelli, Cecilia Masiero, Carla Aresi, Camilla Torriani, Simona Villani, Guido Premoli, Antonio Rossi, Antonella Forlino

“…Abstract Perfluorinated compounds (PFAS) are well recognized toxic pollutants for humans, but if their effect is equally harmful for healthy and fragile people is unknown. …”
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Parques científicos-tecnológicos y modelo triple-hélice. Situación del Caribe colombiano by John Jairo Herrera-Márquez, Leidy Carolin Salas-Navarro, Gina Paola Domínguez-Moré, Katherine María Torres-Saumeth

“…Dada la necesaria interacción entre la universidad, la industria y el gobierno, los Parques de Ciencia y Tecnología son un escenario óptimo para la aplicación del modelo Triple Hélice. En la Región Caribe colombiana se dan condiciones propicias para poner en marcha proyectos de parques porque existen necesidades en la empresa, capacidades en las universidades y políticas de ciencia, tecnología e innovación apropiadas; sin embargo, se requieren grandes esfuerzos por parte de todos los actores para lograr implementar modelos de operación sustentables.…”
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Perception of phage therapy and research across selected professional and social groups in Poland by Maciej Żaczek, Marcin W. Zieliński, Andrzej Górski, Andrzej Górski, Andrzej Górski, Beata Weber-Dąbrowska, Ryszard Międzybrodzki, Ryszard Międzybrodzki, Ryszard Międzybrodzki

“…To the best of our knowledge, with 1,098 collected questionnaires, this article constitutes the first large-scale analysis on phage therapy perceptions, interest and knowledge among ordinary people in a country with a long, internationally recognized, tradition of treating patients with phages. …”
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A novel bladder cancer surveillance schedule using bladder Cx for patients on annual surveillance by Arjun Guduguntla, Thomas Whish‐Wilson, Lauren Chandler, Dennis Gyomber

“…Of the remaining 20 negative CxM patients, 11 were found to have a recurrence at subsequent cystoscopy/imaging and 9 did not proceed with further surveillance for various reasons. All of the tumour recurrences diagnosed after a negative CxM were non‐invasive, thus there was no progression to muscle‐invasive disease. …”
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Experimental Study on the Characteristics of Adsorbed Gas and Gas Production in Shale Formations by Zhiming Hu, Xianggang Duan, Nan Shao, Yingying Xu, Jin Chang, Rui Shen, Xueke Chen

“…Due to the slow propagation of shale matrix pressure, desorption of adsorbed gas occurs mainly in the low-pressure region close to the fracture surface. (3) The material balance theory of closed gas reservoirs and the one-dimensional flow model of shale gas have subsequently validated the production performance law of adsorbed gas and free gas by the physical simulation. …”
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Multispectral Inversion of Starch Content in Rice Grains from Yingjiang County Based on Feature Band Selection Algorithms by Xiaotong Su, Zhifang Zhao, Min Zeng, Fei Zhao, Ziyang Li, Yu Zheng

“…To address this limitation, this study focuses on mature rice grains in the Yingjiang region, leveraging multispectral data from the Sentinel-2 satellite. …”
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Anatomical and physiological contributions of nasal turbinate vessels and lymphatics to the pathogenesis of nasal congestion in recurrent headaches: a pilot study by Jacob M. Chmielecki, Aishwarya Vemula, Joyce G. Schwartz, Jonathan A. Gelfond, William T. Phillips

“…The scans were evaluated by region of interest (ROI) analysis of nasal and heart max pixel count ratios (NHMRs) to determine an association between nasal blood pooling activity and recurrent headaches at the time of the initial scan and in follow-up evaluations over a period of 3–6 years.ResultsSignificantly greater NHMRs were observed in 122 patients with chronic headaches at the time of referral for their initial whole-body blood pool scan when compared with those patients without recurrent headaches (p = 0.004; OR 10.5; 95% CI 2.22–56.7). …”
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Investigating the correlation of hip circumference to cardiovascular disease and type‐2 diabetes using Mendelian randomization by Hongtao Liu, Zhaoyu Li, Su Yan, Shaopeng Ming

“…Conclusions After adjusting for BMI, adipose tissue concentrated in the hip region showed a protective effect against type 2 diabetes mellitus but not against CVD. …”
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Hard rock aquifer architecture and water circulation levels in the Strengbach critical zone observatory (France) by Chabaux, François, Négrel, Philippe, Gal, Frederick, Viville, Daniel, Ranchoux, Coralie, Van der Woerd, Jérome, Delay, Frederick, Ackerer, Julien, Aquilina, Luc, Diraison, Marc, Masson, Frédéric, Mériaux, Anne-Sophie, Labasque, Thierry, Lucas, Yann, Pezard, Philippe Adrien, Reuschlé, Thierry, Schmitt, Anne-Désirée, Stille, Peter, Wyns, Robert, Lerouge, Catherine, Dezayes, Chrystel

“…The water circulation in the fractured bedrock is controlled by fractures of regional orientations, linked to the Vosges massif and the Rhine Graben Tertiary tectonics, and partly to reactivated Hercynian fracture zones. …”
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Ambient PM2.5 Temporal Variation and Source Apportionment in Mbarara, Uganda by Silver Onyango, Crystal M. North, Hatem A. Ellaithy, Paul Tumwesigye, Choong-Min Kang, Vasileios Matthaios, Martin Mukama, Nuriat Nambogo, J. Mikhail Wolfson, Stephen Ferguson, Stephen Asiimwe, Lynn Atuyambe, Data Santorino, David C. Christiani, Petros Koutrakis

“…Ongoing work focused on improving air quality in the region may have the greatest impact if focused on traffic and biomass-related sources.…”
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