A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Prevalence of Variants in the Pancreaticobiliary Duct Junction and Its Association with Cancer by Juan José Valenzuela-Fuenzalida, Antonia Beas-Gambi, Josefa Matta-Leiva, Daniela Martínez-Hernández, Daniel Milos, Mathias Orellana-Donoso, Alejandra Suazo Santibáñez, Alejandro Bruna-Mejias, Andres Sebastian Riveros, Alvaro Becerra-Farfan, Juan Sanchis-Gimeno, Héctor Gutierrez-Espinoza, Carlos Bastidas-Caldes

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> The objective of this study was to describe the anatomical variants of the pancreaticobiliary junction and how its position or structural change could be associated with hepatic, duodenal, and pancreatic clinical complications. …”
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A Metabolomic Strategy to Screen the Prototype Components and Metabolites of Shuang-Huang-Lian Injection in Human Serum by Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Quad... by Mingxing Guo, Baosheng Zhao, Haiyu Liu, Li Zhang, Long Peng, Lingling Qin, Zhixin Zhang, Jian Li, Chengke Cai, Xiaoyan Gao

“…This identification and structural elucidation of the chemical compounds provided essential data for further pharmacological and pharmacokinetics study of SHLI.…”
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Echocardiographic Assessment of Embryonic and Fetal Mouse Heart Development: A Focus on Haemodynamics and Morphology by Nathan D. Hahurij, Emmeline E. Calkoen, Monique R. M. Jongbloed, Arno A. W. Roest, Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot, Robert E. Poelmann, Marco C. De Ruiter, Conny J. van Munsteren, Paul Steendijk, Nico A. Blom

“…Currently, studies on animal models mainly focus on cardiac morphology and the availability of hemodynamic data, especially of the right heart half, is limited. …”
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Health of Black and LGBTQIA+ Populations in Health EDUCATION: A Scoping Review Protocol by Bruno Pereira da Silva, Patrícia de Carvalho Nagliate, Gabriel da Silva Brito, Danilo Bonfim de Queiroz, Ana Paula de Morais e Oliveira, Célia Alves Rozendo, Danielly Santos dos Anjos Cardoso, Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga, Paula Cristina Pereira da Costa, Maria Giovana Borges Saidel, Eduardo Sodre de Souza, Débora de Souza Santos

“…Two independent reviewers will screen the studies and extract data using a form specifically developed for this purpose. …”
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Evaluation and implementation of multidisciplinary, standardized, guideline-based long-term follow-up care for adult survivors of childhood cancer in Germany: protocol of a prospec... by C. Cytera, K. Baust, A. Borgmann-Staudt, G. Calaminus, K. Egger-Heidrich, J. Faber, D. Grabow, T. Halbsguth, A. Kock-Schopenhauer, I. R. König, S. Michaelis, A. Neumann, A. Puzik, S. Schuster, F. Wolters, C. Arendt, M. Sleimann, T. Langer, J. Gebauer

“…The LE-Na study aims to: 1. implement and/or improve LTFU care structures for adult CCS in Germany, 2. inform former patients about late effects and LTFU care centers, 3. create a basis for future research by building up a central database, consent management and infrastructure, 4. establish a clinical LTFU cohort of adult CCS in Germany, 5. evaluate the implementation of the LFTU care, 6. enable the expansion of LTFU care structures nationwide, 7. integrate the developed LTFU care structures into the standard health care system. …”
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Bridging the gap: cancer scientific equity, global child health, and distribution of CAR T-cell therapy clinical trials in childhood cancer by Kevin Fernando Montoya-Quintero, Johana Galván-Barrios, Darly Martinez-Guevara, Diana Dueñas, John Montenegro, Yamil Liscano

“…A mixed-method analysis was conducted using global health metrics, child cancer indicators, and data from the Global Observatory on Health Research and Development. …”
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L-Malic Acid Descaler for Drinking Water—Physicochemical Analysis and Biological Activity by Teodora Todorova, Krassimir Boydzhiev, Ignat Ignatov, Teodora Petrova Popova, Zhechko Dimitrov, Irina Gotova, Fabio Huether, Alexander Ignat Ignatov, Yordan Georgiev Marinov

“…The L-malic acid descaler contains L-malic acid as the active component, while polyethylene and activated charcoal function as structural and absorbent materials, respectively. The composition was analyzed in a licensed laboratory using Chemical Abstracts Service Number (CAS) and European List of Notified Chemical Substances (EINECS) standards. …”
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Systematic review and network meta-analysis of retinal imaging biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases: Correlation with brain changes by Farzaneh Nikparast, Zohreh Ganji, Hoda Zare, Nooshin Akbari-Sharak

“…Introduction: The retina and brain share a common embryonic origin and neural composition. Both undergo structural, vascular, and physiological changes in neurodegenerative diseases (NDs). …”
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Mapping hypertension control at the intersection of rurality and race and ethnicity, A study of US veterans by Michelle S. Wong, Kimberly E. Lind, Stephen Frochen, Anita H Yuan, Donna L. Washington

“…We described geographic variation in hypertension control by race, ethnicity, and rurality, using national Veterans Health Administration (VA) data. Our geographic unit of analysis was VA sectors, which are clusters of geographically adjacent counties within VA hospital catchment areas. …”
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Construction and validation of a cell-in-cell related prognostic signature for hepatocellular carcinoma by Hao Zhong, Dong Wang, Yisheng Chen, Danhong Zhan, Chenxi Wang, Rongqi Lin, Wen Li, Qiang Sun, Ruizhi Wang, Meifang He

“…Abstract Cell-in-cell structures (CICs) and their biological roles contribute to disease development, particularly in cancer. …”
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Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Scheduling of Energy Storage System in Microgrids by Sang-Woo Jung, Yoon-Young An, BeomKyu Suh, YongBeom Park, Jian Kim, Ki-Il Kim

“…The simulation experiments were conducted using real industrial building load and photovoltaic (PV) generation data under realistic South Korean electricity tariff structures. …”
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Towards a ‘theory of change’ for ocean plastics: a socio-oceanography approach to the global challenge of plastic pollution by Alice A. Horton, Lesley Henderson, Cressida Bowyer, Winnie Courtene-Jones, Samantha L. Garrard, Nieke Monika Kulsum, Deirdre McKay, Imali Manikarachchige, Sreejith Sreekumar, Thomas Stanton

“…Accessibility, openness, ethics and fairness in data are also essential in ensuring that research outcomes can be applied widely outside the academic community. …”
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Propagation of optical spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals with quadruple power law of nonlinearity appears in fluid mechanics by Yousaf Muhammad Zain, Abbas Muhammad, Lupas Alina Alb, Abdullah Farah Aini, Iqbal Muhammad Kashif, Alharthi Muteb R., Hamed Yasser S.

“…The imposed approach is ultimately thought to be more potent and effective than alternative approaches, and the solutions found in this work could be beneficial in our understanding of soliton structures in LCs.…”
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Multiple analytical perspectives of mitochondrial genes in the context of preeclampsia: potential diagnostic markers by Can Li, Can Li, Fang Liu, Chao Li, Xiangzhong Zhao, Qiulan Lv, Aiping Jiang, Shuping Zhao

“…AlphaFold analyzed protein structures of OCRL, TPI1, GAPDH, and LDHA. A total of 1073 DEGs and 24 MMRDEGs were identified. …”
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Biofuel Production in Oleic Acid Hydrodeoxygenation Utilizing a Ni/Tire Rubber Carbon Catalyst and Predicting of n-Alkanes with Box–Behnken and Artificial Neural Networks by Luis A. Sánchez-Olmos, Manuel Sánchez-Cárdenas, Fernando Trejo, Martín Montes Rivera, Ernesto Olvera-Gonzalez, Benito Alexis Hernández Guerrero

“…These alkanes are free of oxygenated compounds and have molecular structures similar to petrodiesel. Our research introduces a novel approach incorporating oleic acid into the hydrodeoxygenation process of Ni/Tire Rubber Carbon (Ni/C_TR) catalysts. …”
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Resilience and traumatic stress among Latinx english language learners: a cross-sectional study of students from an urban school district by Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, Sara Rahmanian Koushkaki, Alexandra Klomhaus, Hilary Aralis, Angela Venegas-Murillo, Lauren Marlotte, Sameera Siddiqi, Kungeun Lee, Shirley A. De La Cruz, Sheryl Kataoka

“…Abstract Background Latinx students in the United States can face stressors and structural inequities that can lead to poor academic and mental health outcomes. …”
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Risk Identification Method and Application of Roof Water Inrush Under Multi-Working Face Mining by Zhendi Huang, Kun Wang, Xuesheng Liu, Yongqiang Zhao, Xuebin Li, Biao Fu, Yu Zhou

“…Firstly, the key strata of the overburden are determined based on lithological and structural data from exploration boreholes. A formula is then derived to calculate the critical dimension (L) of the working face that could induce a fracture in the key stratum. …”
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Estimation of Rice Leaf Nitrogen Content Using UAV-Based Spectral–Texture Fusion Indices (STFIs) and Two-Stage Feature Selection by Xiaopeng Zhang, Yating Hu, Xiaofeng Li, Ping Wang, Sike Guo, Lu Wang, Cuiyu Zhang, Xue Ge

“…However, challenges such as spectral saturation and canopy structural variations across different growth stages complicate this task. …”
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Macrostructural and microstructural alterations of hippocampal subregions in T2DM: NODDI provides added value to DTI and volumetric analyses by Xuan Huang, Ziyu Diao, Die Shen, Jianyu Li, Jiahe Wang, Kun Wang, Shijun Qiu

“…Neuropsychological and clinical data were further analyzed to explore correlations with cognitive function. …”
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The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the hiring process: Job applicants’ perceptions of procedural justice by Md Sajjad Hosain, Mohammad Bin Amin, Gouranga Chandra Debnath, Md Atikur Rahaman

“…We used SPSS 26 for descriptive statistics and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) through SmartPLS 4.0. …”
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