Ovarian carcinoma and peritoneal tuberculosis: A rare coexistence with challenging diagnosis, a case report and literature review by Sabrine Boukhris, Eya Rahmouni, Racha Ben Romdhane, Houyem Mansouri, Samia Ben Hssine, Najet Mahjoub, Ines Zemni, Leila Achouri

“…A diagnostic laparoscopy was performed. Peritoneal biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of peritoneal tuberculosis without any histological evidence of malignancy. …”
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Delineating genotype × environment interaction for horticultural traits in tomato using GGE and AMMI biplot analysis by Jagesh Kumar Tiwari, Nagendra Rai, Manish Kumar Singh, Yerasu Suresh Reddy, Rajesh Kumar

“…Overall, this study highlights that tomato hybrids VRTH-16-4, VRTH-16-90, and VRTH-18-46 have potential for cultivation during heat and cool weather conditions.…”
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MMP-9 Concentration in Peritoneal Fluid Is a Valuable Biomarker Associated with Endotoxemia in Equine Colic by Ann Kristin Barton, Ina-Gabriele Richter, Tanja Ahrens, Roswitha Merle, Abdollah Alalwani, Svenja Lilge, Katrin Purschke, Dirk Barnewitz, Heidrun Gehlen

“…As abdominocentesis is commonly performed in the diagnostic work-up of equine colic, a pen-side assay would be useful and easy-to-perform diagnostic support in the decision for therapeutic intervention.…”
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СORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM IN EYES WITH PSEUDOEXFOLIATION SYNDROME (DATA OF ENDOTHELIAL MICROSCOPY) by A. S. Apostolova, K. M. Gurdzhijan, V. A. Shipilov

“…Endothelial microscopy was performed on a SP-3000P (Topcon). Statistical processing was made with "SPSS 16.0 for Windows"(methods of variation statistics, discriminant analysis).Results: There were significant difference in eyes with PEX and without PEX in CD in ages of 40–60 years (2309,57±87,77 cells/mm2 and 2642,39±64,81 cells/mm2, p=0.005) and 61–80 years (2247,02±59,5 (cells/mm2 and 2590,18±93,39 cells/mm2, p=0.004), as well as in the average surface area of endothelial cell (434,08±17,43 µm2 and 385,17±9,57 µm2, p=0,024; 461,14±15,23 µm2 and of 395.00±13,21 µm2, p=0.002, respectively).There was age difference of CD reduction: the highest CD was at 40–50 years (2722.75±63.05 cells/mm2), and at 81–90 years if fells to 1872.67±417.29 cells/mm2 (at a given age are found only patients with PEX). …”
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The construction and validation of the novel nomograms for the risk prediction of prenatal depression: a cross-sectional study by Lanting Huo, Xingfeng Yu, Anum Nisar, Lei Yang, Xiaomei Li

“…BackgroundNomograms are superior to traditional multivariate regression models in the competence of quantifying an individual’s personalized risk of having a given condition. To date, no literature has been found to report a quantified risk prediction model for prenatal depression. …”
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Acute Traumatic Intracranial Hematoma Index and its Significance for Objectifying Indications for Their Surgical Treatment by A. V. Semyonov, V. V. Krylov, V. A. Sorokovikov, E. V. Grigoryeva

“…After a preliminary assessment of the significance of differences between the studied characters of groups, a discriminant analysis was carried out with determination of the ATHI values in each group.RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS. …”
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Non-targeted metabolomic analysis of follicular fluid in infertile individuals with poor ovarian response by Liang Guo, Jiaming Song, Xiyang Xia, Jianya Jiang, Yingying Yang, Wei Chen, Li Chen, Pingping Xue, Pingping Xue

“…BackgroundPoor ovarian response (POR) is a pathological condition characterized by inadequate ovarian response to gonadotropin stimulation in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. …”
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Image segmentation method of plastic-film corn canopy by ZHANG Wanhong, LIU Wenzhao

“…Then the method combined the K-mean clustering analysis of hue (H) and saturation (S) color components with performing a corresponding mathematical operation was proposed to discriminate the maize and background. …”
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Atherogenic index of plasma identifies subjects with severe liver steatosis by Carlo De Matteis, Fabio Novielli, Ersilia Di Buduo, Maria Arconzo, Raffaella Maria Gadaleta, Marica Cariello, Antonio Moschetta, Lucilla Crudele

“…The risk for being diagnosed with such conditions was found to be even higher in the subpopulation of patients with severe liver steatosis. …”
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General psychopathology and impulsivity as the pre-treatment predictors of medical nutrition therapy outcome in the overweight and obese women by Tepšić-Ostojić Vesna, Ristić-Medić Danijela, Mraović Tatjana, Bukumirić Zoran, Vasiljević Nađa, Latas Milan

“…Obesity is the chronic disease and health threatening condition. The number of obese people in the world has taken epidemic conditions. …”
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Integrating an Extended-Gate Field-Effect Transistor in Microfluidic Chips for Potentiometric Detection of Creatinine in Urine by Dhaniella Cristhina De Brito Oliveira, Fernando Henrique Marques Costa, Renato Massaroto Beraldo, José Alberto Fracassi da Silva, José Alexandre Diniz

“…These data were obtained under flow conditions. The system performed very well during the measurements, with a hysteresis of about 1.1%. …”
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Age- and Sex-Specific Gut Microbiota Signatures Associated with Dementia-Related Brain Pathologies: An LEfSe-Based Metagenomic Study by Sun Hwa Hong, Hyun Woong Roh, You Jin Nam, Tae Wi Kim, Yong Hyuk Cho, Sang Joon Son, Chang Hyung Hong

“…However, comprehensive microbiome-based biomarker discovery stratified by these factors remains limited. Methods: We performed a metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiota of participants stratified by sex (female vs. male) and age (<75 vs. ≥75 years). …”
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Analysis of Bacterial Metabolites in Breath Gas of Critically Ill Patients for Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia—A Proof of Concept Study by Wojciech Filipiak, Robert Włodarski, Karolina Żuchowska, Alicja Tracewska, Magdalena Winiarek, Dawid Daszkiewicz, Marta Marszałek, Dagmara Depka, Tomasz Bogiel

“…Bacterial infection of the lower respiratory tract frequently occurs in mechanically ventilated patients and may develop into life-threatening conditions. Yet, existing diagnostic methods have moderate sensitivity and specificity, which results in the overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics administered prophylactically. …”
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Pooled analysis of oral microbiome profiles defines robust signatures associated with periodontitis by Assem Soueidan, Katia Idiri, Camille Becchina, Pauline Esparbès, Arnaud Legrand, Quentin Le Bastard, Emmanuel Montassier

“…Data were harmonized, and we performed a pooled analysis of individual patient data. …”
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The relationship between perceived stress and job burnout of police officers during the COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating role of social support, sleep quality and resilience by Xuyu Chen, Yi Xu, Qi Zhang, Hongwei Huang, Xiaodong Tan, Yang Yang

“…Spearman correlation analysis was utilized to explore the correlation between various psychological conditions and job burnout. Cronbach’s α coefficient methods and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were applied to check the scales’ reliability and discriminant validity. …”
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Serum proteomics of adults with acute liver failure provides mechanistic insights and attractive prognostic biomarkers by Katharina Remih, Franziska-Maria Hufnagel, Anna Sophie Karl, Valerie Durkalski-Mauldin, William Martens Lee, Constantine J. Karvellas, Zemin Su, Jody A. Rule, Petra Tomanová, Laura Krieg, Isabel Karkossa, Kristin Schubert, Martin von Bergen, Frank Tacke, Sonja Luckhardt, Nicole Ziegler, Aimo Kannt, Bastian Engel, Richard Taubert, Robert John Fontana, Pavel Strnad

“…SERPINA1 and LRG1 were the best individual discriminators of 21-day transplant-free survival in both cohorts. …”
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Metabolomics analysis of aqueous humor from patients with high-myopia complicated nuclear cataract by Qiuyi Huo, Qiuyi Huo, Yitong Xu, Yaqi Wang, Shenrong Zhang, Zhexuan Liu, Jin Li

“…Principal component analysis, sample correlation analysis, and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis modeling were conducted. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify differential metabolites with potential biological significance.ResultsFor HMnC patients, the level of glutathione was decreased, whereas arginine, tyrosine, and tryptophan were more abundant in AH. …”
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Reliability of Shear Wave Elastography for Measuring the Elastic Properties of the Quadratus Lumborum Muscle by Mónica López-Redondo, Juan Antonio Valera-Calero, Javier Álvarez-González, Alberto Roldán-Ruiz, Sandra Sánchez-Jorge, Jorge Buffet-García, Germán Monclús-Díez, Davinia Vicente-Campos

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: The quadratus lumborum (QL) muscle is a key structure involved in patients with low back pain (LBP). Since the discriminative capability of morphological descriptors is uncertain and considering the high prevalence of myofascial trigger points and the poor reliability of manual palpation in this condition, developing a reliable procedure for assessing the QL’s tenderness is needed for facilitating the diagnosis and monitoring changes over time. …”
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A quantitative LC-MS/MS method for residues analysis of 62 plant growth regulators and the investigation of their effects on the quality of traditional Chinese medicinal: Codonopsi... by Hongxu Zhou, Hongxu Zhou, Yue Ren, Yangli Wang, Jing Su, Xiangmin Zhou, Siyu Huang, Rui Yan, Jun Zeng, Min Chen, En Zhang, Xiaohu Chen

“…The extraction, chromatographic conditions, and spectrometric parameters were systematically optimized. …”
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Pathophysiological mechanisms in severe preeclampsia: role of upregulated proteins in blood pressure, extracellular matrix and immunity by Caroline Cristina Pinto-Souza, Julyane Natsumi Saito Kaihara, Bruno César Rossini, Ricardo de Carvalho Cavalli, Lucilene Delazari dos Santos, Valéria Cristina Sandrim

“…Protein identification and annotation were performed using UniProt and PatternLab for Proteomics. …”
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