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 (>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

“…Summary: The authors highlight the need for further research due to the limited sample sizes in existing studies, as well as the potential complications during pregnancy and long-term health effects. …”
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Vertical interlock and corporate tax avoidance by Wen Wen, Fei Qiao, Jingli Feng

“…Our result is robust to alternative measures, difference-in-differences analysis, the Heckman two-stage sample selection method, an instrumental variable approach, change analysis and controlling for potential omitted variables. …”
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Shape memory recovery in polylactic acid and thermoplastic polyurethane bi-material metamaterials fabricated by additive manufacturing under fatigue testing by Farzad Fereydoonpour, Shokouh Dezianian, Mohammad Azadi

“…In this way, by applying a type of stimulus to the part fabricated by the 3D printing method and deformed, the sample returns to its original shape over time. …”
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Genetic diversity and allelic frequency of antigenic markers in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Nnewi district in Nigeria by Moses N Ikegbunam, Linda O Anagu, Carrisa Duru, Chukwuemeka S Nworu, Charles O Esimone, Olusola Ojurongbe

“…The samples with the 3D7 allele (53.40/100) of msp-2 occurred more frequently than the FC27 type (45.63/100). …”
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Low-Grade Endometrial Cancer with Abnormal p53 Expression as a Separate Clinical Entity: Insights from RNA Sequencing and Immunohistochemistry by Kazuhisa Hachisuga, Minoru Kawakami, Hiroshi Tomonobe, Shoji Maenohara, Keisuke Kodama, Hiroshi Yagi, Masafumi Yasunaga, Ichiro Onoyama, Kazuo Asanoma, Hideaki Yahata, Yoshinao Oda, Kiyoko Kato

“…In this study, we investigated the clinical significance of abnormal p53 immunohistochemical expression in low-grade endometrial cancer. <b>Methods:</b> We obtained nine frozen samples of endometrial cancer [low-grade endometrial cancer with wild-type p53 expression (EC^lop53^wt group): n = 3, low-grade endometrial cancer with abnormal p53 expression (EC^lop53^ab group): n = 3, and high-grade endometrial cancer (EC^hi group): n = 3]. …”
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Chronic disease concordance within Indian households: A cross-sectional study. by Shivani A Patel, Preet K Dhillon, Dimple Kondal, Panniyammakal Jeemon, Kashvi Kahol, Sathya Prakash Manimunda, Anil J Purty, Ajit Deshpande, P C Negi, Sulaiman Ladhani, Gurudayal Singh Toteja, Vikram Patel, Dorairaj Prabhakaran

“…We found that 44% of adults had 1 or more of the chronic conditions examined. Irrespective of familial relationship, adults who resided with another adult with any chronic condition had 29% higher adjusted relative odds of having 1 or more chronic conditions themselves (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.29; 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.10-1.50). …”
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Development and validation of a novel combinational index of liquid biopsy biomarker for longitudinal lung cancer patient management by Min-Yi Liao, Yun-Jie Hao, Ching-Shan Luo, Ching-Mei Chen, Po-Hao Feng, Hsin-Yu Yang, Da-Jeng Yao, Kang-Yun Lee, Fan-Gang Tseng

“…In this paper, a novel combinational index, P-score, was developed for monitoring and predicting the disease condition of lung cancer patients during follow-up visits. Materials and methods: There were totally 13 return patients with 54 blood samples involved in this study to examine the number of CTC and CTM. …”
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The Combined Effect of Garlic (Allium sativum) and Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Extracts to Reduce the Adverse Effects of Aflatoxin B1 in Rats by Hadi Sarir, Saeedeh Zakerian, masood didarkhah

“…The removal of aflatoxins from contaminated food is a major problem in livestock and poultry nutrition and the pollution removal methods are based on the decomposition, destruction, inactivation, or removal of aflatoxins through biological, chemical, or physical methods. …”
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Ambient temperature and wet bulb globe temperature outperform heat index in predicting hydration status and heat perception in a semi-arid environment by Lilian Baker, Hannah Jacobson, Amanda McGrosky, Elena Hinz, Faith Wambua, Alison Sherwood, Tiffany-Chrissy Mbeng, Rosemary Nzunza, David R. Braun, Emmanuel Ndiema, Herman Pontzer, Asher Y. Rosinger

“…Therefore, it is important to understand how environmental heat stress measures are tied to human water needs and thermoregulation under increasingly hot conditions.Aim To test how ambient temperature, heat index, and wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) relate to hydration status and thermal heat perception in a hot, semi-arid environment.Subjects and methods Urine samples, perceived heat stress, and anthropometrics were collected among Daasanach semi-nomadic pastoralists (n = 187 children, n = 231 adults) in northern Kenya. …”
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Expression analysis of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) in oral squamous cell carcinoma by Arun Ganesh, P.P. Ashikha Shirin Usman, Ameya K.P., Priya Thomas, Dhanraj M. Ganapathy, Durairaj Sekar

“…The collected samples were subjected to staining studies. The RNA was isolated, and expression studies were done using the qRT-PCR method. …”
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Investigating Environmental Impacts of Talesh Industrial Estates in Peripheral Settlements (The Case: Kashli village, Gilan, Iran) by Habibollah Fasihi, Mohammah Soleimani Mehrenjani, Samira Ahmadnia Koohestani

“…The variables are set in 29 items and were evaluated in 11 ranges by 270 sample people on the basis of a model adopted from Pastakia method. …”
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A Gaussian Process Latent Variable Model for Subspace Clustering by Shangfang Li

“…Specifically, by combining GPLVM with the subspace clustering method, our C-GPLVM can obtain more representative latent variable for clustering. …”
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Social Development, the promotion of Well-Being, and the Perceived Role of Social Work in Peru by Miriam Gerlach

“…Social development can benefit from a more realistic assessment of what has, what can and what should be accomplished. …”
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THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON THE COMMUNITY. CASE STUDY. by Daniela CREŢU, Andrei Radu IOVA

“…As a research method, the quantitative study was used by means of the questionnaire, applied face to face by the interviewers, on a sample of 301 persons, in the period October - December 2015, in the South Muntenia Development Region, from Romania. …”
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Strategie di semplificazione testuale e di scrittura cooperativa tra studenti con retroterra migratorio e nativi by Gianluca Baldo

“…In recent years, the simplification and adaptation of texts have become more common strategies used to promote the inclusion and social participation of speakers with a migrant background. …”
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ENHANCING ENGLISH VOCABULARY ACQUISITION AMONG YOUNG LEARNERS THROUGH VISUAL AIDS by Risa Umami

“…A qualitative descriptive method was employed, with a sample of 30 students from a local elementary school. …”
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Laplace Graph Embedding Class Specific Dictionary Learning for Face Recognition by Li Wang, Yan-Jiang Wang, Bao-Di Liu

“…The sparse representation based classification (SRC) method and collaborative representation based classification (CRC) method have attracted more and more attention in recent years due to their promising results and robustness. …”
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Somatic comorbidities and health related uncertainty among Swedish adolescents with ADHD by Sara Lundqvist, Sara Lundqvist, Sara Röjås, Kourosh Bador, Maria Råstam, Nóra Kerekes, Nóra Kerekes

“…These adolescents reported more somatic comorbidities than those without any psychiatric diagnosis (comparison group). …”
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