Evaluating inhaled corticosteroids' impact on osteoporosis and fracture risk in COPD patients: a real-world evidence-based systematic review and meta-analysis by Hsiao-Feng Huang, Chin-Wei Hsu, Chin-Wei Hsu, Chin-Wei Hsu, Fei-Ting Hsieh, Kuang-Ming Liao, Kuang-Ming Liao

“…Subgroup analyses indicated a potential increased risk in Asian and European populations but not in North America. …”
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Plant Cell Culture-Derived Saponin Adjuvant Enhances Immune Response Against a Stabilized Human Metapneumovirus Pre-Fusion Vaccine Candidate by Maarten Swart, Jessica Allen, Brendan Reed, Ana Izquierdo Gil, Johan Verspuij, Sonja Schmit-Tillemans, Anish Chakkumkal, Mark Findeis, Angela V. Hafner, Chandresh Harjivan, Rebecca Kurnat, Harmjan Kuipers, Roland Zahn, Boerries Brandenburg

“…Results: In mice, TLR4 agonist containing adjuvant formulations with plant cell-produced QS-21 performed equally to licensed adjuvant AS01 containing tree-bark-extracted QS-21 and demonstrated a significant increase in immunogenicity against HMPV preF compared to the unadjuvanted control. …”
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Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy performed in a morbidly obese patient with gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report and literature review by Kenkichi Hashimoto, Yoshihisa Sakaguchi, Sho Nambara, Kensuke Kudou, Eiji Kusumoto, Keiji Yoshinaga, Tetsuya Kusumoto, Koji Ikejiri

“…Abstract Background Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most frequent submucosal tumor, and with advancements of diagnostic modalities, the incidence of GIST cases diagnosed have increased. Similarly, prevalence of morbid obesity has also rapidly increased over the past decade. …”
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Effects of long-term pioglitazone treatment on peripheral and central markers of aging. by Eric M Blalock, Jeremiah T Phelps, Tristano Pancani, James L Searcy, Katie L Anderson, John C Gant, Jelena Popovic, Margarita G Avdiushko, Don A Cohen, Kuey-Chu Chen, Nada M Porter, Olivier Thibault

“…Finally, a combination of microarray analyses on hippocampal tissue and serum-based multiplex cytokine assays revealed that age-dependent inflammatory increases were not reversed by PIO.<h4>Conclusions</h4>While current research efforts continue to identify the underlying processes responsible for the progressive decline in cognitive function seen during normal aging, available medical treatments are still very limited. …”
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Enhanced weathering of kimberlite residues in a field experiment: implications for carbon removal quantification and mine waste valorization by Zivi R. Schaffer, Kwon Rausis, Ian M. Power, Carlos Paulo

“…Coinciding with increases in Mg and Si, dissolved inorganic carbon increased in porewaters with kimberlite dosage (amended: 64–118 mg C/L, control: 56 ± 14 mg C/L), demonstrating CO2 solubility trapping. …”
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Drug-induced acute myocardial infarction: identifying 'prime suspects' from electronic healthcare records-based surveillance system. by Preciosa M Coloma, Martijn J Schuemie, Gianluca Trifirò, Laura Furlong, Erik van Mulligen, Anna Bauer-Mehren, Paul Avillach, Jan Kors, Ferran Sanz, Jordi Mestres, José Luis Oliveira, Scott Boyer, Ernst Ahlberg Helgee, Mariam Molokhia, Justin Matthews, David Prieto-Merino, Rosa Gini, Ron Herings, Giampiero Mazzaglia, Gino Picelli, Lorenza Scotti, Lars Pedersen, Johan van der Lei, Miriam Sturkenboom, EU-ADR consortium

“…Outcome of interest was statistically significant increased risk of AMI during drug exposure that has not been previously described in current literature and is biologically plausible.…”
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VigorBaby dietary supplement administration to mice during pregnancy and lactation alleviated ovarian disorders induced by Zearalenone in offsprings by Xuan Liu, Wen-Meng Bian, Yan-Qin Feng, Jia-Tian Tang, Ning Zuo, Jun-Jie Wang, Massimo De Felici, Xin Wang, Wei Shen

“…We exposed pregnant and lactating mice to 40 μg/kg body weight (bw) of ZEN to confirm and extend previous observational reports. The current study demonstrated that ZEN exposure increased reactive oxygen species (ROS), DNA damage, and mitochondrial dysfunction in the ovaries of neonatal offspring, leading to primordial follicle (PF) impairment. …”
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Cr doping modification for tribological behavior of Cr/a-C multilayer coatings against PEEK under diverse operational conditions by Xiaohui Zhou, Yingpeng Zhang, Hao Li, Li Cui, Wei Yang, Aiying Wang, Peng Guo, Peiling Ke

“…Considering the increasing demand for wear-resistant materials used for various frictions with dynamic sealing parts, we employed hybrid magnetron sputtering technology to fabricate Cr/amorphous carbon (a-C) multilayered coatings with and without Cr doping for comparison. …”
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Factor-H-related protein 1 (FHR1), a promotor of para-inflammation in age-related macular degeneration by Andjela Sekulic, Sarah M. Herr, Kelly Mulfaul, Inga-Marie Pompös, Silvia Winkler, Carola Dietrich, Benedikt Obermayer, Robert F. Mullins, Thomas Conrad, Peter F. Zipfel, Florian Sennlaub, Christine Skerka, Olaf Strauß

“…Polymorphisms in complement factor-H increase, while absence of factor-H-related protein-1 (FHR1) decreases the AMD risk, currently explained by their opposing relationship. …”
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Incorporation of amoxicillin-loaded microspheres in mineral trioxide aggregate cement: an in vitro study by Fábio Rocha Bohns, Vicente Castelo Branco Leitune, Isadora Martini Garcia, Bruna Genari, Nélio Bairros Dornelles, Silvia Stanisçuaski Guterres, Fabrício Aulo Ogliari, Mary Anne Sampaio de Melo, Fabrício Mezzomo Collares

“…When mixed with amoxicillin-loaded microspheres, the setting times of both test materials significantly increased. The diametral tensile strength of cement containing microspheres at 5% was similar to control. …”
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Study on the influence of load and sliding speed on the friction behavior of electrodeposited Ni–SiC composite coatings by Pao-Chang Huang, An-Yu Cheng, Chih-Cheng Chou, Jung-Sen Huang, Zi-An Wang, Kung-Hsu Hou

“…Increasing sliding speed significantly reduced wear and coefficient of friction (COF), attributed to the formation of a continuous tribo-oxidative layer. …”
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Norbornenic anhydride as versatile additive optimizing interphases to enable high-performance LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2/Li batteries by Fujie Yang, Zihao Yang, Qiujie Huang, Pipi Wang, Chong Mao, Zhanqiang Li, Huiyang Li, Xudong Chen

“…A LiǁLi symmetric cell with NA exhibits excellent cycling stability at a current density of 1.0 mA cm−2 for cycling 400 h. …”
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Artesunate-loaded Fe3O4 nanoparticles: A novel approach for combating 4T1 breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo by Amirreza Safdarian, Massoumeh Ebtekar, zouhair Mohammad Hassan, Hossein Naderi Manesh, Hashemi Seyed Ali, Saeed Samaeinasab, Danial Habibi, Hossein Khorramdelazad

“…Results: The nanoparticle made in this article had good anticancer effects and caused apoptosis in cancer cells in breast cancer, and also strengthened the cellular immune system and further increased interferon gamma and increased the half-life of mice with cancer, while this nanoparticle It did not have the side effects of chemotherapy drugs.Conclusion: Artesunate-containing nanoparticles decreased 4T1 cell viability and increased apoptosis to a greater extent than nanoparticles without the drug. …”
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SHAZAM: Self-Supervised Change Monitoring for Hazard Detection and Mapping by Samuel Garske, Konrad Heidler, Bradley Evans, Kee Choon Wong, Xiao Xiang Zhu

“…The increasing frequency of hazardous events due to climate change underscores an urgent need for effective hazard monitoring systems. …”
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Graduate Student Literature Review: The DRB3 gene of the bovine major histocompatibility complex—Discovery, diversity, and distribution of alleles in commercial breeds of cattle an... by Thales Eduardo Galdino Andrade, Maurício Scavassini Peña, Jéssica Fiorotti, Renan de Souza Bin, Alexandre Rodrigues Caetano, Timothy Connelley, Isabel Kinney Ferreira de Miranda Santos

“…To catalog these alleles, 2 nomenclature methods were proposed, and the current use of both systems makes it difficult to list, comprehend and apply these data effectively. …”
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Neutron Spectrum Unfolding Method Based on Compressed Sensing Theory by WU Guanghao1, SHAO Gang2, SHI Guang3, LIU Bin4, 5, PAN Liangming4, 5, WANG Feng4, 5, ZHOU Xiaowei4, 5

“…Accurate information of neutron spectrum is very important for design and operation of nuclear facilities. The current unfolding methods commonly use the prior information as the initial values of the iteration process, which limits implementation of multiple prior information during the unfolding process and accuracies of the unfolding results are difficult to be enhanced. …”

Conjugate vaccines for enteric fever: proceedings of a meeting organized in New Delhi, India in 2009 by Audino Podda, Allan James Saul, Rashmi Arora, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Anju Sinha, Rajni Gaind, Tanu Singhal, Samir Saha, Abdullah Brooks, Laura B. Martin, Yeshwant Amdekar, Amar Jeet Chitkara, Mae Shieh, Ambujam Nair Kapur, Tulsi Das Chugh

“…To ensure good immunization coverage, the conjugate vaccine could be administered either to young infants, concomitantly with infant EPI vaccines, or to older infants, concomitantly with measles vaccine, currently given at 9 to 12 months. The need for new combination vaccines, containing both EPI and typhoid antigens, was discussed as a tool to increase coverage and reduce the number of injections and priority conflicts in a crowded infant vaccination schedule. …”
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Investigation of biomolecular dynamics by sensitivity-enhanced 1H–2H CPMAS NMR using matrix-free dynamic nuclear polarization by Thomas Biedenbänder, Aryana Rodgers, Mirjam Schröder, Liliya Vugmeyster, Björn Corzilius

“…Molecular dynamics of functional groups contain valuable information about structural properties and functional activities in biomolecules. …”
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Optical Identification of Plasmodium falciparum Malarial Byproduct for Parasite Density Estimation by Jerry Opoku-Ansah, Moses Jojo Eghan, Benjamin Anderson, Johnson Nyarko Boampong, Raymond Edziah, Peter Osei-Wusu Adueming, Charles Lloyd Yeboah Amuah

“…Empirical computation of ratio of the ODs for the blood absorption bands revealed reduction in the ODs with increasing PD. Multispectral images containing uninfected red blood cells (u-RBCs) and P. falciparum‐infected red blood cells (i-RBCs) on unstained blood smear slides exhibited spectrally determined decrease in both reflected and scattered pixel intensities and increase in transmitted pixel intensities with increasing PD. …”
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Viroscope™: a universal solution for plant virus and viroid diagnostics using HTS and cloud-based analysis by Verónica Morgante, Juan Cristóbal Jiménez, Claudio Ponce, Cristóbal Urrutia, Fernanda Vera, Camila Farías, Rocío Camps de la Maza, Valentina Caro, Marco Muñoz, Bernardo Pollak

“…Border biosecurity and food supply face significant global challenges due to the increasing threat of plant viruses, exacerbated by international plant trade. …”
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