Estrogen receptor-alpha gene XbaI A > G polymorphism influences short-term cognitive decline in healthy oldest-old individuals by Amanda Caroline Silva Chaves, Vanessa Gomes Fraga, Henrique Cerqueira Guimarães, Antonio Lucio Teixeira, Maira Tonidandel Barbosa, Maria das Graças Carvalho, Ana Paula Lucas Mota, Ieda de Fátima Oliveira Silva, Paulo Caramelli, Karina Braga Gomes, Patrícia Nessralla Alpoim

“…Methods The individuals were categorized in two groups according to the presence or absence of cognitive decline. …”
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Sleep disturbance in patients with chronic concussive effects by Andrea Hinds, Carla R Jungquist, John J Leddy, Fnu Seemant, John G Baker, Barry Willer

“…We looked at the incidence of both sleep disturbance and postconcussion symptoms in a sample of recently concussed individuals. Methods & results: We evaluated scores on the insomnia severity index (ISI) and postconcussion symptom scale (PCSS) in 96 participants with persistent symptoms. …”
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SPOTting Model Parameters Using a Ready-Made Python Package. by Tobias Houska, Philipp Kraft, Alejandro Chamorro-Chavez, Lutz Breuer

“…The choice for specific parameter estimation methods is often more dependent on its availability than its performance. …”
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Protein dysregulation during Leishmania infantum infection in anti-TNF immunosuppressed mice revealed through quantitative proteomics analysis of extracellular vesicles by Lorena Bernardo, Lorena Bernardo, Ana Montero-Calle, Jose Carlos Solana, Jose Carlos Solana, Marina Lozano-Rendal, Ana Torres, Ana Torres, Carmen Sánchez, Rodrigo Barderas, Rodrigo Barderas, Javier Moreno, Javier Moreno, Eugenia Carrillo, Eugenia Carrillo

“…In this model, we compared anti-TNF immunosuppression with no immunosuppression before and after VL treatment with Sb.MethodsSerum-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) were analyzed through label-free quantitative proteomics to identify proteins involved in both VL severity and the impact of anti-TNF immunosuppression on treatment outcome.ResultsIn total, 223 dysregulated proteins were found in the pre-treatment groups, the majority of which, such as vitronectin, haemopexin or caveolin-1, were downregulated in the anti-TNF samples. …”
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HEMOSTIMULATING PROPERTIES OF THE CONJUGATES OF GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR WITH ALENDRONIC ACID by G. G. Shimina, A. V. Bateneva, E. S. Tsyplenkova, S. G. Gamaley, T. I. Esina, E. A. Volosnikova, E. D. Danilenko

“…The increase in the total number of bone marrow cells after the introduction of all three conjugates was more pronounced compared to the original protein (by 34%). …”
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Pancreaticoduodenectomy in trauma patients with grade IV–V duodenal or pancreatic injuries: a post hoc analysis of an EAST multicenter trial by Jeffry Nahmias, Daniel N Holena, Bellal Joseph, Martin Schreiber, Lisa M Kodadek, Mayur Narayan, Grace Chang, Joe Patton, Abid Khan, Mark Seamon, Jessica H Beard, Michelle T Bover Manderski, Michael A Vella, Ryan Peter Dumas, Haytham Kaafarani, Alison A Smith, Rachel Leah Choron, Christopher Bargoud, Amanda L Teichman, Francesk Mulita, Christine T Trankiem, Hashim Ahmed, Aaron Anderson, Odessa Pulido, Caleb Mentzer, Jane Keating, Mira Ghneim, Reynold Henry, Dane R Scantling, Andrew Benjamin, Christopher W Foote, Carlos H Palacio, Randi N Smith, Meghan Jonikas, Dias Argandykov, Jason D Sciarretta, Joshua P Hazelton, Pascal Udekwu, Jordan Michael Kirsch, Charoo Piplani, Julia Kuzinar, Dustin Hanos, Iman N Afif, Navpreet Kaur Dhillon, Ashling Zhang, Rebekah Devasahayam, Oliver Gunter, Brandi Sun, Chloe S Cao, Jessica K Reynolds, Lauren A Hilt, Karla Echeverria-Rosario, Nathaniel S Fung, Caitlin A Fitzgerald, Jeremy H Levin, JaeHee Yoon, Jacqueline Blank, Christopher J McLaughlin, Rami Al-Aref, Daniel S Howard, Kate Dellonte, Brent Hopkins, Chloe Shell, Evan G Wong, Howard Lieberman, Walter A Ramsey, Collin H Stewart, Claudia Alvarez, John D Berne, Ivan Puente, Ilya Rakitin, Lindsey Perea, Jason Wade, Laura K Mann, Vasileios Mousafeiris, Shari Reid-Gruner, Erica Sais, Lilamarie Moko

“…In a subanalysis of patients without ampullary injuries (n=60), PD patients had more anastomotic leaks compared with the non-PD group (3 (30%) vs 2 (4%), p=0.028).Conclusion While PD patients did not have worse hemodynamics or blood product requirements on admission, they sustained more complex anatomic injuries and had more GI complications and longer LOS than non-PD patients. …”
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What Rankings, Ratings, and Utilities Do Breast Cancer Patients Place on Tissue- and Implant-based Breast Reconstruction? by Haoqi Wang, MS, Nsikak M. Jackson, PhD, Danmeng Huang, PhD, Rachel E. Alexander, MS, Mary Catherine Bordes, BS, Jun Liu, PhD, Tzuan A. Chen, PhD, Fatima Merchant, PhD, Summer E. Hanson, MD, PhD, Mark Schaverien, MD, Mia K. Markey, PhD, Gregory P. Reece, MD, Scott B. Cantor, PhD, Aubri S. Hoffman, PhD

“…Psychosocial characteristics correlated with the scores; however, a more diverse sample is needed. Conclusions:. All assessments showed that women highly value breast reconstruction after mastectomy. …”
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Attention-driven UNet enhancement for accurate segmentation of bacterial spore outgrowth in microscopy images by Saqib Qamar, Dmitry Malyshev, Rasmus Öberg, Daniel P. G. Nilsson, Magnus Andersson

“…Abstract Analyzing microscopy images of large growing cell samples using traditional methods is a complex and time-consuming process. …”
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Diversity Operators-based Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm to Solve Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem by Alaa Wagih Abdulqader, Sura Mazin Ali

“…The diversity operators will be producing more diverse solutions for AFSA to obtain reasonable resolutions. …”
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MAC protocol with clock synchronization correction for a practical infrastructure monitoring system by Yasutaka Kawamoto, Toshihiko Matsunaga, Yuichi Kado

“…Receiver-initiated transmission and coordinated sampled listening are promising power-saving communication methods that can be used for infrastructure monitoring. …”
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Polymeric additions effect on mechanical properties of heat-polymerized denture base resin: an in vitro study by Ibrahim Hamad Alfahdawi

“…A control group with unmodified PMMA (30 samples) and an experimental group (90 samples) with 1%, 3%, and 5% polyurethane received 120 heat-polymerized acrylic resin samples (10 samples per test). …”
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Improving diabetic retinopathy screening using artificial intelligence: design, evaluation and before-and-after study of a custom development by Imanol Pinto, Álvaro Olazarán, David Jurío, Borja De la Osa, Miguel Sainz, Aritz Oscoz, Jerónimo Ballaz, Javier Gorricho, Javier Gorricho, Mikel Galar, Mikel Galar, José Andonegui, José Andonegui

“…An ophthalmologist discarded a NaIA-RD error in most of contradicted referral proposals by labeling the 93% of a sample of them as referable. In an autonomous setup, NaIA-RD would have reduced the study visualization workload by 4.27 times without missing a single case of sight-threatening DR referred by a GP.ConclusionDR screening was more effective when supported by NaIA-RD, which could be safely used to autonomously perform the first level of screening. …”
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Network attack detection and visual payload labeling technology based on Seq2Seq architecture with attention mechanism by Fan Shi, Pengcheng Zhu, Xiangyu Zhou, Bintao Yuan, Yong Fang

“…Conventional Web attack detection methods highly rely on samples, and artificial intelligence detection results are uninterpretable. …”
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Are there any abnormalities in lipid profile of post-COVID patients: A case–control study? by Sritama Paul, Pritama Paul, Mousumi Mukhopadhyay, Niladri Sarkar, Uttam Kumar Paul

“…Methods: We have taken blood samples from 108 post-COVID-19 patients (cases) and 108 nonsmokers who are age- and sex-matched as controls. …”
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Trimodal machine learning based biometrics system by Maciej Szymkowski, Khalid Saeed

“…There was also claim that more features than two can make the samples acquisition procedure too difficult to accomplish a high accuracy recognition level. …”
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Bayesian Disaggregate and Aggregate Calibration of Path Logit Choice Models by Giulio Erberto Cantarella, Antonino Vitetta

“…These methods are applied to calibrate Logit choice models for describing path choice behaviour at national scale on a small sample. …”
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Spring triticale yield and its stability depending on the genotype and environmental conditions by В. К. Рябчун, В. С. Мельник, Т. Б. Капустіна, О. Є. Щеченко

“…Adaptive capacity and breeding value of spring triticale varieties and lines was established. Methods of breeding and parentage of the best samples were analyzed. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with depressive symptoms among medical students in their first and final year of study by Čanković Sonja, Mijatović-Jovanović Vesna, Harhaji Sanja, Šušnjević Sonja, Ukropina Snežana, Kvrgić Svetlana, Čanković Dušan

“…Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Novi Sad. …”
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A Multicentric Study on Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women in Multidisciplinary Hospitals of Kazakhstan by Zhansaya Nurgaliyeva, Lyudmila Pivina, Sharapat Moiynbayeva, Galiya Alibayeva, Meruyert Suleimenova, Nailya Kozhekenova, Moldir Abdullina, Maulen Malgazhdarov, Mira Turbekova, Dejan Nikolic, Milan Lackovic, Antonio Sarria-Santamera, Milena Santric-Milicevic

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19 may exhibit more severe clinical symptoms and encounter more adverse outcomes compared to their nonpregnant counterparts. …”
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Cover crop impacts on soil organic matter dynamics and its quantification using UAV and proximal sensing by Nikolaos-Christos Vavlas, Rima Porre, Liang Meng, Ali Elhakeem, Fenny van Egmond, Lammert Kooistra, Gerlinde B. De Deyn

“…We tested whether cover crop mixtures promote SOM accumulation more than cover crop monocultures in a 6-year field experiment with arable crop rotation on sandy soil. …”
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