The Effects of COVID-19 on Financial Distress and Tax Avoidance by Farshad Sabz Alipour, Ali Naderi, Zahra Oryaie, Arash Kazemi

“…The research sample consisted of 162 firms listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) from 2017 to 2022. …”
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Stress in individuals with noncommunicable diseases: ESSE-RF and ESSE-RF2 data by L. I. Gomanova, Yu. A. Balanova, S. A. Shalnova, O. E. Ivlev, V. A. Kutsenko, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. E. Imaeva, A. V. Kapustina, N. S. Karamnova, M. B. Kotova, S. A. Maksimov, G. A. Muromtseva, O. B. Shvabskaya, E. B. Yarovaya, A. V. Kontsevaya, O. M. Drapkina

“…To determine the level and prevalence of stress in individuals with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).Material and methods. Representative samples of the population aged 25-64 years from 17 regions of the Russian Federation (n=27950) were included, examined within the ESSE-RF and ESSE-RF2 studies. …”
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INBRX-106: a hexavalent OX40 agonist that drives superior antitumor responses via optimized receptor clustering by William L Redmond, Yoshinobu Koguchi, Melissa J Kasiewicz, Annah S Rolig, Nisha Holay, Bryan Becklund, Anya Polovina, Sae Jeong Ahn, Brendan P Eckelman, Rashi Yadav, Thi Staebler, Noah D Simons, Yaiza Diaz de Durana

“…Clinical pharmacodynamic analysis in blood samples from patients treated with INBRX-106 showed heightened T-cell activation and proliferation, particularly in central and effector memory subsets, validating our preclinical findings.Conclusions Our data establish hexavalent INBRX-106 as a differentiated and more potent OX40 agonist, showcasing its ability to overcome the limitations of conventional bivalent therapies by inducing superior receptor clustering and multimeric engagement. …”
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Investigation of the Protective Effects of Dexmedetomidine, Midazolam, Propofol, and Intralipid on Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Rats with Lidocaine-Induced Toxicity by Kucun MK, Guler EM, Saracoglu A, Yildirim M, Demirtas C, Serdogan F, Beyaztas H, Aktas S, Kacan M, Gaszynski T, Ratajczyk P, Saracoglu KT

“…Despite an increase in oxidative stress in brain tissue samples across all groups, it was found that all groups exhibited antioxidant protective effects (p < 0.05). …”
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Identification of an elusive SERPING1 deletion in a family with hereditary angioedema type I utilizing soft clipping by Keith Wetherby, Joseph Chiao, Emily Faulkner, Yongjian Guo, Shaobin Hou, J. Joanna Yu, Jinguo Chen, Lili Wan, Lili Wan, H. Henry Li, H. Henry Li

“…We further investigated a family with laboratory-confirmed HAE type I despite previous negative genetic test results for SERPING1 mutations.MethodsWe consented and collected whole blood samples from three family members with clinical diagnoses of HAE. …”
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Relationship between personal anxiety and genes associated with eating disorders in women aged 45-64 by V. V. Gafarov, E. A. Gromova, I. V. Gagulin, V. N. Maksimov, A. V. Gafarova

“…To study the possible relationship between personal anxiety and polymorphic variants of genes associated with eating disorders (rs17782313 MC4R, rs1800497 DRD2, rs9939609 FTO) in women aged 45-64 in Novosibirsk.Material and methods. A random representative sample of women aged 45-64 years (n=1074, mean age, 54,27±0,2 years) was examined in 2003-2005 at the Research Institute of Internal and Preventive Medicine, a branch of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, within the Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial Factors In Eastern Europe (HAPIEE) project. …”
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High salt intake in the Russian population: prevalence, regional aspects, associations with socio-demographic characteristics, risk factors and diseases. Results of epidemiological... by N. S. Karamnova, S. A. Maksimov, A. V. Kapustina, S. A. Shalnova, O. B. Shvabskaya, А. N. Dotsenko, V. A. Kutsenko, Yu. A. Balanova, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. E. Imaeva, M. B. Kotova, G. A. Muromtseva, А. V. Kontsevaya, O. M. Drapkina

“…To study the characteristics of high salt intake in Russian and Moscow populations according to epidemiological studies.Material and methods. Data from representative samples of adult population aged 25-64 years (n=21922, 8372 men and 13550 women) from Russian 13 regions and persons aged &gt;18 years (n=4063, 1662 men and 2401 women) from Moscow were used. …”
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Comparative assessment of line probe assays and targeted next-generation sequencing in drug-resistant tuberculosis diagnosisResearch in context by Giovanna Carpi, Marva Seifert, Andres De la Rossa, Swapna Uplekar, Camilla Rodrigues, Nestani Tukvadze, Shaheed V. Omar, Anita Suresh, Timothy C. Rodwell, Rebecca E. Colman

“…Comparative evaluations of molecular diagnostic assays in high-burden settings are essential for informing clinical decision-making for DR-TB treatment. Methods: The Seq&Treat clinical study previously evaluated the performance of two targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) workflows, GenoScreen Deeplex Myc-TB and Oxford Nanopore Technologies Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Test, on direct sediment samples from persons at risk for DR-TB. …”
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PhyloFunc: phylogeny-informed functional distance as a new ecological metric for metaproteomic data analysis by Luman Wang, Caitlin M. A. Simopoulos, Joeselle M. Serrana, Zhibin Ning, Yutong Li, Boyan Sun, Jinhui Yuan, Daniel Figeys, Leyuan Li

“…We provide PhyloFunc as an open-source Python package (available at https://pypi.org/project/phylofunc/ ), enabling efficient calculation of functional beta-diversity distances between a pair of samples or the generation of a distance matrix for all samples within a dataset. …”
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The preventive effect of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors on atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in patients with chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis by Qian Yang, Chen Wang, Wenjing Wang, Yanhong Li, Yi Dang

“…Subgroup analysis based on sample size and follow-up duration showed that SGLT2i reduced the risk of AF in trials with sample size more than 1,000 and follow-up duration longer than 2 years (0.59% vs. 0.80%; RR 0.74, 95% CI 0.55–0.99, P = 0.04). …”
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The association between gut microbiota composition and cardiometabolic parameters in healthy adults by Seyda Silan Okalin, Nazli Arslan, Ebru Demiray Gürbüz, Mine Arayıcı, Nevin Deniz Kırca, Duygu Ozel Demiralp, Didem Dereli-Akdeniz, Pınar Akan, Ayse Aydan Ozkutuk

“…Fecal and blood samples were collected from all participants. Bacterial DNA from fecal samples was extracted, and the full-length 16 S rRNA was amplified. …”
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Immunological characterization of pleural effusions in pediatric patients by Luca Flögel, Elisabeth Kaiser, Muriel Charlotte Hans, Sybelle Goedicke-Fritz, Michelle Bous, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, Martin Poryo, Michael Zemlin, Regine Weber

“…This study provides the first comprehensive immunological characterization of paired blood and pleural effusion samples, utilizing combined cell and cytokine analyses in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery.MethodsIn 30 pediatric patients (median age: 22 months) with pleural effusion after cardiac surgery for congenital heart defects, corresponding peripheral blood and pleural effusion samples were analyzed for their immune response. …”
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Numerical and experimental evaluation of shear strength and consolidation properties of cohesive soils in high water table areas by Nauman Izhar, Muhammad Adeel Khan, Muhammad Salman Khan, Asad Khan, Mahmood Ahmad, Mahmood Ahmad, Mohanad Muayad Sabri Sabri, Muriuzs Necurzac, Abdullah Alzlfawi

“…The numerical results from PLAXIS offered a more accurate understanding of soil behavior compared to the traditional Meyerhof and Vesic methods, highlighting the necessity of integrating advanced numerical techniques with conventional approaches. …”
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The Field Assessment of Quiescent Egg Populations of <i>Aedes aegypti</i> and <i>Aedes albopictus</i> during the Dry Season in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, and Its Potential Impact... by José Ignacio Navarro-Kraul, Luis Alberto Cisneros Vázquez, Keila Elizabeth Paiz-Moscoso, Rogelio Danis-Lozano, Jesús A Dávila-Barboza, Beatriz Lopez-Monroy, Rosa María Sánchez-Casas, Marco Antonio Domínguez-Galera, Pedro Christian Mis-Avila, Ildefonso Fernandez-Salas

“…Evolutionary characteristics for the two species including partial egg hatching, ambient-regulated quiescence, the ability of the embryo to survive for a more extended period intra-seasonally, the egg sticking to inner container walls, demands urgent operational research to achieve successful egg-proof larval container methods.…”
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Colostrum-Derived Melatonin Plus PEG Microspheres Modulate the Oxidative Metabolism of Human Colostrum Phagocytes by Caroline G. Silva, Viviane F. Luz, Victor L. Nunes, Ana B. M. Verzoto, Aron C. de M. Cotrim, Wagner B. dos Santos, Eduardo L. França, Adenilda C. Honorio-França

“…Therefore, the objective of this study was to extract melatonin from human colostrum, develop and characterize PEG microspheres with the extracted melatonin adsorbed onto them, and evaluate the effects of this system on the oxidative metabolism of colostrum phagocytes. Methods: Thirty colostrum samples were collected; ten were used for melatonin extraction, while twenty were used to obtain phagocytes. …”
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Integrated bioinformatics analysis of the crucial candidate genes and pathways associated with glucocorticoid resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia by Yanxin Chen, Peifang Jiang, Jingjing Wen, Zhengjun Wu, Jiazheng Li, Yuwen Chen, Lingyan Wang, Donghui Gan, Yingyu Chen, Ting Yang, Minhui Lin, Jianda Hu

“…However, resistance to GC is observed more frequently than resistance to other chemotherapy agents in patients with ALL relapse. …”
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Atlantic mackerel population structure does not support genetically distinct spawning components [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Imanol Aguirre-Sarabia, Alice Manuzzi, Dorte Bekkevold, Natalia Díaz-Arce, Jessica Gomez-Garrido, Teunis Jansen, Marta Gut, Tyler S. Alioto, Sonia Sanchez-Maroño, Martin Castonguay, Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, Paula Álvarez

“…Such reference genome was used to map Restriction-site-associated sequencing (RAD-seq) reads for SNP discovery and genotyping in more than 500 samples distributed along the species range. …”
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Role of Iron in Children With Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy and Macrohematuria-Induced Acute Kidney Injury by Shingo Ishimori, Tomoko Horinouchi, Tomohiko Yamamura, Junya Fujimura, Naohiro Kamiyoshi, Hiroshi Kaito, Yuriko Tanaka, Hiroyoshi Matsukura, Wataru Shimabukuro, Yuko Shima, Azusa Kawaguchi, Yoshinori Araki, Koichi Nakanishi, Shigeo Hara, Kandai Nozu

“…Thirty percent of adults with MH-AKI, and especially those who are older, show progression to chronic kidney disease. Methods: We evaluated the immunohistopathologic characteristics of renal biopsy samples from pediatric patients with MH-AKI IgAN and controls, using Berlin Blue to identify iron, CD163 (a hemoglobin-scavenging receptor), and CD68 (a total macrophage marker), then compared the findings against the clinical characteristics of the patients. …”
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BRAF Mutations in an Italian Regional Population: Implications for the Therapy of Thyroid Cancer by Eleonora Monti, Michela Bovero, Lorenzo Mortara, Giorgia Pera, Simonetta Zupo, Elena Gugiatti, Mariella Dono, Barbara Massa, Gian Luca Ansaldo, Giusti Massimo

“…The presence of the BRAF V600E mutation may suggest a more aggressive surgical approach. BRAF K601E mutation did not correlate with malignancy indexes.…”
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Fast and Flexible Inference Framework for Continuum Reverberation Mapping Using Simulation-based Inference with Deep Learning by Jennifer I-Hsiu Li, Sean D. Johnson, Camille Avestruz, Sreevani Jarugula, Yue Shen, Elise Kesler, Zhuoqi (Will) Liu, Nishant Mishra

“…Using simulated light curves, we find SBI can produce more accurate SMBH parameter estimation with 10 ^3 –10 ^5 times speed up in inference efficiency compared to traditional methods. …”
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