Letter to the Editor regarding ‘triglyceride glucose index: a significant prognostic marker of heart failure in patients with chronic kidney disease’ by Yao Yin, Si Jin

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In situ polymerized polyetherimide/Al2O3 nanocomposites with significantly improved capacitive energy storage performance at high temperatures by Li Tan, Jiufeng Dong, Li Li, Chengyuan Wang, Yuqi Liu, Yujuan Niu, Zizhao Pan, Liang Sun, Hong Wang

“…However, filler agglomeration and interface defects at high filler loadings significantly limit the enhancement of Ue and hamper the large-scale production of the nanocomposites. …”
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Normalization of Cystic Fibrosis Immune System Reverses Intestinal Neutrophilic Inflammation and Significantly Improves the Survival of Cystic Fibrosis MiceSummary by Callie E. Scull, Yawen Hu, Scott Jennings, Guoshun Wang

“…CF neutrophils expressed significantly more iNOS and produced significantly more NO. …”
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Prognostic Significance of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for First Acute Myocardial Infarction with Heart Failure: Five-Year Follow-Up Results by Zichao Cheng, Yuchen Shi, Hongyu Peng, Donghui Zhao, Qian Fan, Jinghua Liu

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Coexisting patterns and significance of serum HBV RNA and HBV DNA in patients with treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B virus infection by Kun-yan Hao, Kun-yan Hao, Ye Fan, Yi-qing Zhang, Yue-cheng Yu

“…However, there was no significant difference in the HBeAg-positive (HBeAg [+]) patients (p > 0.05). …”
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Significance of α-Al cellular matrix in tensile behavior and work-hardening of additive manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy by Shuoqing Shi, Yufan Zhao, Xin Lin, Haoyuan Deng, Lv Zhao, Guangyao He, Weidong Huang

“…The back stress and effective stress generated by the cellular matrix contribute to the flow stress, significantly enhancing the work-hardening capability, thereby achieving greater strength and elongation. …”
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Interpretable machine learning model for predicting clinically significant prostate cancer: integrating intratumoral and peritumoral radiomics with clinical and metabolic features by Wenjun Zhao, Mengyan Hou, Juan Wang, Dan Song, Yongchao Niu

“…Abstract Background To develop and validate an interpretable machine learning model based on intratumoral and peritumoral radiomics combined with clinicoradiological features and metabolic information from magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), to predict clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa, Gleason score ≥ 3 + 4) and avoid unnecessary biopsies. …”
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Prognostic Significance of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD-EPI Equation) and Anemia in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure Secondary to Chagas Cardiomyopathy by Marcelo Arruda Nakazone, Maurício Nassau Machado, Ana Paula Otaviano, Ana Maria Silveira Rodrigues, Augusto Cardinalli-Neto, Reinaldo Bulgarelli Bestetti

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Development of Renal Failure without Proteinuria in a Patient with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance: An Unusual Presentation of AL Kappa Amyloidosis by Yijuan Sun, Amarpreet Sandhu, Darlene Gabaldon, Jonathan Danaraj, Karen S. Servilla, Antonios H. Tzamaloukas

“…AL amyloidosis complicating monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) has usually a predominant glomerular deposition of lambda light chain. …”
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Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance with Deposits of Peculiar Morphology and Injuries of Secondary Thrombotic Microangiopathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by José C. De La Flor, Marina Alonso, Edna Sandoval, Alexander Marschall, Miguel Rodeles

“…We present the case of an 82-year-old woman diagnosed with monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) with the presence of different and peculiar kidney lesions, who began treatment with bortezomib and dexamethasone, presenting during her evolution a relapse. …”
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Female Gender Remains a Significant Barrier to Access Cataract Surgery in South Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Qunru Ye, Yanxian Chen, William Yan, Wei Wang, Jingxian Zhong, Cong Tang, Andreas Müller, Bo Qiu

“…The female gender remains a significant barrier for the access to cataract surgery in South Asia. …”
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Tin prefiltration in computed tomography does not significantly alter radiation-induced gene expression and DNA double-strand break formation. by Simone Schüle, Carsten Hackenbroch, Meinrad Beer, Patrick Ostheim, Cornelius Hermann, Razan Muhtadi, Samantha Stewart, Matthias Port, Harry Scherthan, Michael Abend

“…FDXR upregulation (2.2-fold) was significant for FD protocols (p = 0.01-0.02) relative to unexposed samples. miRNA GE changes were not significant (p = 0.15-1.00) and DGE were similar for the examined protocols (p = 0.10-1.00). …”
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Lack of Significant Association between Plasma/Serum miR-221 Expression and Poor Survival of Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis by Min-hua Rong, Yi-wu Dang, Gang Chen

“…The results of meta-analysis suggested that no significant difference in poor overall survival between miR-221 high and low groups (OR = 0.94, 95%, CI = 0.47–1.87, Z=0.17, and P=0.863). …”
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S6P mutation in Delta and Omicron variant spike protein significantly enhances the efficacy of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines by Yong-Sik Bong, David Brown, Ezra Chung, Neeti Ananthaswamy, Renxiang Chen, Renxiang Chen, Evan Lewoczko, William Sabbers, Athéna C. Patterson-Orazem, Zachary Dorsey, Yiqing Zou, Xue Yu, Jiening Liang, Jiaxi He, Steven Long, Dong Shen

“…Importantly, RV-1730, when used as a heterologous booster following initial immunization with BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273, significantly enhanced neutralizing antibody titers against multiple variants, including Delta and Omicron. …”
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Significance of Semiquantitative Assessment of Preformed Donor-Specific Antibody Using Luminex Single Bead Assay in Living Related Liver Transplantation by Atsushi Yoshizawa, Hiroto Egawa, Kimiko Yurugi, Rie Hishida, Hiroaki Tsuji, Eiji Ashihara, Aya Miyagawa-Hayashino, Satoshi Teramukai, Taira Maekawa, Hironori Haga, Sinji Uemoto

“…Hospital death occurred in 7 patients of the high MFI group. High MFI was a significant risk factor for mortality (). Univariate analysis showed a significant correlation between MFI strength and C4d deposition (). …”
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The Bony Density of the Pedicle Plays a More Significant Role in the Screw Anchorage Ability Than Other Regions of the Screw Trajectory by Zan Chen, Yue Chen, Jiajun Zhou, Yanwei He, Jingchi Li

“…Research has shown that anchorage on the screw tip is the most significant factor for screw anchorage ability, while others argue that decreased bony quality in the pedicle poses a significant risk for screw loosening. …”
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HIV-1 Replication in HIV-Infected Individuals Is Significantly Reduced When Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Are Superinfected with HSV-1 by Taneth Yamsuwan, Chintana Chirathaworn, Pokrath Hansasuta, Parvapan Bhattarakosol

“…Our results confirmed that the number of activated (CD3+ and CD38+) T lymphocytes in HIV-infected individuals (46.51±17.54%) was significantly higher than in healthy donors (27.54±14.12%, P value = 0.001) without any significant differences in HVEM expression. …”
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Equilibrium and kinetic study on chromium (VI) removal from simulated waste water using gooseberry seeds as a novel biosorbent by J. Aravind, G. Sudha;, P. Kanmani, A.J. Devisri, S. Dhivyalakshmi, M. Raghavprasad

“…Various parameters such as pH, temperature, contact time, initial metal concentration and adsorbent dosage were investigated to determine the biosorption performance. …”
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Kinetic and Isothermal Investigations of Cost-Effective Sorptive Elimination of Gentian Violet Dye from Water Using Haplophragma adenophyllum Biowaste by Momal Akram, Muhammad Salman, Rabia Rehman, Umar Farooq, Samra Tahir, Huma Nazir

“…The effect of different optimizing factors like HAB dosage, GV initial concentration, contact time between sorbent and sorbate, pH of a solution, and the temperature was studied. …”
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Mixing Rules Formulation for a Kinetic Model of the Langmuir-Hinshelwood Semipredictive Type Applied to the Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Degradation of Multicomponent Mixtures by John Wilman Rodriguez-Acosta, Miguel Ángel Mueses, Fiderman Machuca-Martínez

“…The kinetic model was validated with experimental data obtained from the degradation of binary mixtures of chlorinated compounds (DCA: dichloroacetic acid and 4-CP: 4-chlorophenol) at different initial global concentration, using a CPC reactor at pilot scale. …”
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