Analysis of Brain Activation and Effective Connectivity During Self-paced Unilateral and Bilateral Finger Tapping Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Tempo... by Bazli Md Yusoff, Mohd Ezane Aziz, Aini Ismafairus Abd Hamid, Husbani Mohd Amin Rebuan, Muhammad Riddha Abdul Rahman

“…Results: Comparing the two groups, using two samples t-test, familywise error rate p<0.05. Healthy subjects showed more areas of significant activation. …”
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Association of Demographic Variables with the Awareness of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients (T2DM) among the Northwest Population in Saudi Arabia by Wael Ahmed Al Arawi, Udai Salamh Al Shaman, Waleed Ahmad Mohsin Albalawi, Palanisamy Amirthalingam Siddhachettiar, Sherif M. H. El-kannishy, Alaa Bagalagel, Reem Diri, Ahmed Aljabri, Ahmed Mohsen Hamdan

“…Lack of patient education and knowledge about these complications can worsen the quality of a patient’s life. Hence, more efforts are needed to improve patient’s education especially in rural areas. …”
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COMPENSATORY OPPORTUNITIES OF THE SMALL INTESTINE AFTER EXTENSIVE DISTAL AND PROXIMAL RESECTION (EXPERIMENTAL STUDY) by P. A. Yartsev, G. P. Titova, A. V. Grishin, A. V. Vodyasov, T. G. Podlovchenko, M. N. Petukhova, A. S. Papaninov, O. S. Kislitsyna

“…Upon expiration of indicated dates, samples of the small intestine and liver were taken from rats for autopsy to be used for histological examination. …”
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Relationship Between the Use of Screens and the Motor Development of Children from 8 to 10 Years of Age by Jacqueline Páez-Herrera, Simón Álvarez-González, Sebastián López-Lara, Cristóbal Otero-Tricio, Waldo Rojas-Martínez, Sofía Salgado-Díaz, Rodrigo Yáñez-Sepúlveda, Juan Hurtado-Almonacid

“…Objectives: To know the relationship between the use of screens and motor development in children. Methods: The sample was composed of 206 boys and girls (girls = 126 and boys = 80). …”
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Laboratory Acoustic Emissions Reveal Stress Rotation From Preparation Processes Toward Fault Slip on Varying Surface Roughness in Granular Materials by Jiefang Song, Lei Wang, Georg Dresen, Patricia Martínez‐Garzón, Václav Vavryčuk, Marco Bohnhoff, Caiping Lu, Grzegorz Kwiatek

“…Compared to the smooth fault, the rough fault exhibits higher local stress heterogeneity and more erratic fluctuations in AE source‐related parameters as loading progresses.…”
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Developing and validating anti-ADA2 single-chain antibodies coupled to alkaline phosphatase for diagnosing pleural tuberculosis by Maksym Skaldin, Maksym Skaldin, Maksym Skaldin, José M. Porcel, Urpo Lamminmäki, Silvia Bielsa, Andrey V. Zavialov, Andrey V. Zavialov, Andrey V. Zavialov

“…It has been shown that ADA2 activity increases in the pleural fluid of patients with tuberculosis (TB).MethodsWe engineered recombinant scFv-AP antibodies using phage display technology to select high-affinity binders against ADA2. …”
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Characteristics of water absorption capacity of weathered sandstone based on nuclear magnetic resonance and wave velocity testing by Ran NIU, Xiaowei JIANG, Yongshuai YAN, Kaigao OUYANG, Xianchun SUN, Hongbin YAN, Li WAN

“…Water is a key factor in the weathering and erosion of rocks, and highly porous rocks are generally more susceptible to weathering. However, there has been a lack of in-situ methods for assessing the water absorption capacity of rocks. …”
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Impact of HbA1c control and type 2 diabetes mellitus exposure on the oral microbiome profile in the elderly population by Xin Zeng, Shuqi Huang, Xin Ye, Siping Song, Jing He, Liwei Hu, Sicheng Deng, Fan Liu

“…Network analysis suggested that the poor control group had a more complex microbial network than the control group, a pattern that was similar for diabetes duration. …”
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Comparative urine proteomic study involving papillary thyroid carcinoma and benign thyroid nodules by Lilong Wei, Rui Xiao, Zhengguang Guo, Pengpeng Wang, Kexin Zhao, Yun Zhou, Wei Sun, Yongtong Cao

“…Neck and thyroid tumors were enriched in the disease or function category. More than 100 proteins showed good performance in the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (&gt;0.8) upon MS validation. …”
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Neuroendocrine characterization into schizophrenia: norepinephrine and melatonin as promising biomarkers by Junwei Shen, Xin Li, Yinghua Zhong, Jiechun Zhang, Hongyun Qin, Fazhan Chen, Xudong Zhao

“…BackgroundAlthough brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)has garnered extensive attention as a neuroendocrine marker in schizophrenia (SZ), its clinical utility remains limite due to inconsistent findings.MethodsTo address this gap, serum samples were collected from 24 female patients with SZ and 25 healthy controls. …”
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Pemphigoid Gestationis - literature review by Krystian Wdowiak, Agnieszka Maciocha, Julia Wąż, Aleksandra Witas, Justyna Drogoń, Weronika Chachaj, Paulina Słomka, Edyta Gwóźdź, Natalia Szymkowiak, Ewa Gardocka

“…The aim of this article is to gather the latest information on pemphigoid gestationis. Review Methods: A review of studies available in the PubMed database was conducted using the keywords "pemphigoid gestationis" and "dermatoses of pregnancy" in order to find publications from the last 8 years. …”
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Alterations in ocular fungal microbiota in patients with fungal keratitis: a comparative study from coastal regions of Eastern China by Xudong Zhao, Zhichao Ren, Wenfeng Li, Qing Liu, Yanling Dong, Yusen Huang

“…Traditional culture-based methods may not fully capture the microbial diversity present in keratitis, highlighting the need for more comprehensive approaches to explore microbial dysbiosis in corneal infections. …”
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Isolation and comprehensive identification of Clostridium sp. in commercially available infant formula milk powder and infant formula rice flour by LU Zheng, LIU Yuzhu, ZHANG Penghang, ZHANG Yi, CHEN Qian, ZHANG Xiaoyuan

“…More than two types of isolates were detected in 9 samples. …”
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Potential applications of gene expression profiles obtained from circulating extracellular vesicles in breast cancer by Aritra Gupta, Siddharth Bhardwaj, Sayan Ghorai, Rosina Ahmed, Sanjit Agarwal, Geetashree Mukherjee, Kartiki V. Desai

“…A total of 84 samples were studied. Results: RNA-seq data from 500 μl serum samples yielded more than 17000 genes, of which 320 were DEGs (adjusted p value ≤ 0.05) between EV-C and EV-H samples. …”
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SDDT-SR: A Scale-Decoupling Super-Resolution Network With Domain Transfer for Heterogeneous Images by Simin Lin, Jiangdi Ru, Jiaqi Li, Keyao Wen, Mengxi Liu, Qian Shi

“…Recently deep learning based methods achieved great success in RSI-SRR, making RSI-SRR more efficient and accurate. …”
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The Development of a Brief but Comprehensive Therapeutic Assessment Protocol for the Screening and Support of Youth in the Community to Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis by Margaret Danielle Weiss, Eleanor Castine Richards, Danta Bien-Aime, Taylor Witkowski, Peyton Williams, Katie E. Holmes, Dharma E. Cortes, Miriam C. Tepper, Philip S. Wang, Rajendra Aldis, Nicholas Carson, Benjamin Le Cook

“…The final sample included disproportionately more Black or African American and Hispanic youth as compared to school and community statistics, suggesting that optimization of online and offline methods in research may facilitate the recruitment of diverse populations. …”
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Application of mechanical quantitative techniques in postoperative rehabilitation assessment of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A study protocol. by Zhichun Zhu, Jianyun Zhang, Wenxiang Ouyang, Tiantian Li, Jinsong Xiong, Mi Fan, Jing Guo, Peng Wang, Yongqing Tong, Yulu Yao

“…Traditional assessment methods are limited by subjectivity and the absence of quantitative data. …”
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A scoping review of emotional contagion research with human subjects: identifying common trends of previous research and potential areas for future research by Barret Michalec, Chad E. Forbes, Kevin Pardon, Bella Ayala, Diego Guevara Beltran, Clarice Douille, Kaitlyn Felix, Samantha Gnall, Michael Hoenack, Brooke McKeever, Daniel Nguyen, Nicole Piemonte, Sarah Portle

“…Moreover, the EC research reviewed heavily relies on college-aged, predominantly white participants, indicating a need for more diverse samples.DiscussionFuture EC research should explore processes and nuances associated with EC among older adults, minoritized groups, and diverse contexts (e.g., healthcare, schools), using novel triggers and multiple measurement methods.…”
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The Eczema Bathing Study: Weekly versus daily bathing for people with eczema? Protocol of an online, randomised controlled trial [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved wit... by Paul Leighton, Wei Chern Gavin Fong, Ingrid Muller, Laura Howells, Arabella Baker, Eleanor J Mitchell, Eleanor Harrison, Leila Thuma, Yimin Jiang, Lucy Bradshaw, Alan Montgomery, Fiona Cowdel, Matthew J Ridd, Jane Ravenscroft, Reiko J Tanaka, Miriam Santer, Richard Swinden, Nicholas Hilken, Carron Layfield, Richard Dooley, Sophia Collins, Clare Upton, Tracy Owen, Firoza Davies, Devin Patel, Mars Eddis-Finbow, Hywel C Williams, Goldie Putrym, Kim S Thomas, Amanda Roberts

“…The first trial to be conducted through this project is assessing the impact of bathing frequency on eczema. Methods This is an online, two-arm, parallel-group superiority RCT with internal pilot phase. …”
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Testing the effectiveness of a new type of spacers for local antibiotic therapy by Ildar F. Akhtyamov, Oskar A. Sachenkov, Rashid A. Shafigulin, Alina E. Galyautdinova, Nikita V. Kharin, Igor A. Bespalov, Sergey V. Boychuk

“…The findings showed that the antibiotic release is more intense even with a smaller volume of material in the lattice structures compared to the control samples, which emphasizes the importance of optimizing the geometry and structure of the material to achieve maximum efficiency of the release of active substances. …”