The direct method and multilingual turn in teaching Japanese as a foreign language by Olha Luchenko, Karina Kovinko

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In Vitro Investigation of 3D Printed Hydrogel Scaffolds with Electrospun Tidemark Component for Modeling Osteochondral Interface by Victoria Effiong Effanga, Dana Akilbekova, Fariza Mukasheva, Xiao Zhao, Dilhan M. Kalyon, Cevat Erisken

“…The distance of gradient of mineral concentration was found to be 151 µm for grafts and the native OC interface.…”
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Bilirubin Levels at 1st and 3rd Postoperative Months are Significant in Determining the Success of the Kasai Portoenterostomy by Ülgen Çeltik, Gözde Sakul, Miray Karakoyun, Mustafa Orkan Ergün

“…Twentythree of 38 patients with KPE survived with native liver, and 15/38 patients required LTx during follow-up. …”
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Partial quadrate lobectomy improves early outcomes of laparoscopic Kasai surgery in type III biliary atresia by Chunhui Gu, Chunhui Gu, Chunhui Gu, Jian Sun, Lihong Ding, Lihong Ding, Bing Li, Youcheng Zhang, Guoqing Jiang, Guoqing Jiang

“…ObjectiveTo evaluate the early efficacy and safety of partial quadrate lobectomy during laparoscopic Kasai surgery for type III biliary atresia.MethodsThis retrospective study included 25 children diagnosed with type III biliary atresia, who underwent laparoscopic Kasai surgery between February 2018 and July 2022. …”
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Optimizing design parameters of 3D‐printed poly‐4‐hydroxybutyrate nipple scaffolds for nipple reconstruction by Xue Dong, Sophia Salingaros, Timothy Butler, Skander Limem, Jason A. Spector

“…Herein, we further optimize the 3D printing parameters (filament diameter and infill density) of absorbable P4HB latticework scaffolds as well as scaffolds fabricated from rolled P4HB knitted mesh to facilitate tissue formation with similar biomechanical properties of the native nipple, while maintaining long‐term shape and projection. …”
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Influence of Intrinsic Trapping on The Performance Characteristics of ZnO-Bi2O3 Based Varistors by Mohammad A. Alim

“…This trapping is attributed to possible formation of ionized intrinsic or native defects, and believed to be predominant within the electric field falling regions across the microstructural grain-boundary electrical barriers. …”
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Skin irritation testing using human iPSCs derived 3D skin equivalent model. by Hyewon Shin, Se-Eun Kim, C-Yoon Kim, Suemin Lee, Ji-Heon Lee, Jieun Baek, Gujin Chung, Min Woo Kim, Jeong-Seop Oh, Shinhye Park, Yun Hyeong Lee, Youngin Jeong, Jeong Hwan Park, Yoonseo Kim, Myeonghee Lee, Seul-Gi Lee, Hyung Min Chung

“…Artificial skin models have emerged as valuable tools for evaluating cosmetic ingredients and developing treatments for skin regeneration. Among them, 3D skin equivalent models (SKEs) using human primary skin cells are widely utilized and supported by standardized testing guidelines. …”
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Efficacy and safety of modified dual knife fistulotomy in complex ERCP cases involving type 3 papilla by Qinkai Li, Mingjie Qian, Wei Cai, Zhenguo Qiao, Jianhong Zhu

“…The study assessed the rates of technical success and adverse events related to dual knife fistulotomy during ERCP.ResultsDuring the study period, a total of 380 patients with native type 3 papilla underwent ERCP. The initial success rate of biliary cannulation using the standard cannulation approach alone was 81.3% (309/380), which improved to 94.5% (359/380) by incorporating the double guidewire technique. …”
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The effects of 3-hydroxyflavone complexes with transition metal ions on the physicochemical and microbial properties of bacterial cell membranes by Barbara Dyba, Anna Miłoś, Elżbieta Woźnicka, Elżbieta Rudolphi-Szydło, Ewa Ciszkowicz

“…For S. aureus, only the zinc(II) complex showed effective microbiological action on the native cell and activity on the inner membrane (in the model studies), with efficacy ranked as follows: Mn(II)-3HF ≥ Co(II-3HF) > Zn(II)-3HF. …”
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Exploring bone-tumor interactions through 3D in vitro models: Implications for primary and metastatic cancers by Nicolas Cristini, Mohamadreza Tavakoli, Mehdi Sanati, Saber Amin Yavari

“…Bone tissue serves as a perfect hosting site where metastatic cancer cells of the most prevalent cancer types, such as prostate and breast cancers, as well as the native bone sarcomas, can further proliferate, advancing the disease stage with the consequential decline of the patient’s prognosis. …”
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‘Ship-in-a-Bottle’ Integration of pH-Sensitive 3D Proteinaceous Meshes into Microfluidic Channels by Daniela Serien, Koji Sugioka, Aiko Narazaki

“…Microfluidic sensors incorporated onto chips allow sensor miniaturization and high-throughput analyses for point-of-care or non-clinical analytical tools. Three-dimensional (3D) printing based on femtosecond laser direct writing (fs-LDW) is useful for creating 3D microstructures with high spatial resolution because the structures are printed in 3D space along a designated laser light path. …”
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Identification, Cloning, and Expression of L-Amino Acid Oxidase from Marine Pseudoalteromonas sp. B3 by Zhiliang Yu, Ning Zhou, Hua Qiao, Juanping Qiu

“…Recently, an LAAO-producing marine microorganism (strain B3) was isolated from the intertidal zone of Dinghai sea area, China. …”
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Advances in 3D-printed scaffold technologies for bone defect repair: materials, biomechanics, and clinical prospects by Jie Sun, Cao Chen, Bo Zhang, Chen Yao, Yafeng Zhang

“…This review comprehensively examines the latest developments in 3D-printed scaffolds for bone regeneration, focusing on three critical aspects: (1) material selection and composite design encompassing metallic; (2) structural optimization with hierarchical porosity (macro/micro/nano-scale) and biomechanical properties tailored; (3) biological functionalization through growth factor delivery, cell seeding strategies and surface modifications. …”
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An Approach to Enable Human–3D Object Interaction Through Voice Commands in an Immersive Virtual Environment by Alessio Catalfamo, Antonio Celesti, Maria Fazio, A. F. M. Saifuddin Saif, Yu-Sheng Lin, Edelberto Franco Silva, Massimo Villari

“…In this context, Virtual Reality (VR) applications allowing voice-based human–3D object interactions are limited due to the current hardware/software limitations. …”
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Bead arrays for antibody and complement profiling reveal joint contribution of antibody isotypes to C3 deposition. by Burcu Ayoglu, Eszter Szarka, Krisztina Huber, Anita Orosz, Fruzsina Babos, Anna Magyar, Ferenc Hudecz, Bernadette Rojkovich, Tamás Gáti, György Nagy, Jochen M Schwenk, Gabriella Sármay, József Prechl, Peter Nilsson, Krisztián Papp

“…We measured the deposition of C3 fragments from serum samples to reflect the degree of complement activation via all three complement activation pathways. …”
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Ferrofluid‐Based Bioink for 3D Printed Skeletal Muscle Tissues with Enhanced Force and Magnetic Response by Judith Fuentes, Maria Guix, Zoran M. Cenev, Anna C. Bakenecker, Noelia Ruiz‐González, Grégory Beaune, Jaakko V.I. Timonen, Samuel Sanchez, Veronika Magdanz

“…Abstract 3D printing has emerged as a transformative technology in several manufacturing processes, being of particular interest in biomedical research for allowing the creation of 3D structures that mimic native tissues. …”
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HRES-1/Rab4 promotes the formation of LC3(+) autophagosomes and the accumulation of mitochondria during autophagy. by Gergely Talaber, Gabriella Miklossy, Zachary Oaks, Yuxin Liu, Sharon A Tooze, Dmitriy M Chudakov, Katalin Banki, Andras Perl

“…Phosphorylation-resistant mutant HRES-1/Rab4(S204Q) showed diminished colocalization with LC3 but increased partitioning to mitochondria. A newly discovered C-terminally truncated native isoform, HRES-1/Rab4(1-121), showed enhanced localization to LC3 and mitochondria without starvation or rapamycin treatment. …”
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Metabolomics study of 3-O-p-(Z/E)-coumaroyltormentic acid-treated Trypanosoma brucei brucei by Lúcia Mamede, Fanta Fall, Madeline Vast, Kristelle Hughes, Giorgia Martelli, Francesco Caligiore, Bernadette Govaerts, Paul A.M. Michels, Michel Frédérich, Joëlle Quetin-Leclercq

“…Natural compounds found in traditionally used plants offer opportunities to discover innovative compounds that could prove pivotal to antitrypanosomal drug development. 3-O-p-(Z/E)-coumaroyltormentic acids (CTA) were isolated first from the West Africa-native tree Vitellaria paradoxa and have demonstrated quite selective in vitro and in vivo antitrypanosomal activity, despite the unknown mode of action. …”
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Ceramic-based piezoelectric material reinforced 3D printed polycaprolactone bone tissue engineering scaffolds by Duo Meng, Yanhao Hou, Hareem Zubairi, Mustafa Tugrul Ucan, David A Hall, Antonio Feteira, Paulo Bartolo, Ge Wang, Weiguang Wang

“…Although polymer-based piezoelectric materials offer high reproducibility for 3D scaffolds, their piezoelectric performance falls short of ceramic alternatives. …”
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Exploring Information Behaviour: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Educational Video Consumption among LIS Students in Three Countries by Juan-José Boté-Vericad, Julià Minguillón, Emina Adilović

“…This study investigates the perceptions of LIS students in three countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Spain, specifically focusing on their search for educational videos on YouTube. …”
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