Population-based systematic enrolment of individuals ensures high lung cancer screening uptake by Tanel Laisaar, Kadi Kallavus, Anneli Poola, Mari Räppo, Merily Taur, Vahur Makke, Marianna Frik, Pilvi Ilves, Kaja-Triin Laisaar

“…Two LCS inclusion criteria were used in parallel – individuals with elevated lung cancer (LC) risk, according to either smoking status (≥20 pack-years; quit <15 years ago) and/or a PLCOm2012noRace risk score (>1.5 %/6 years), underwent low-dose computed tomography (LDCT). …”
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Recrystallization induced by heat treatment regulates the anisotropic behavior of CoCrMo alloys fabricated by laser powder bed fusion by Lijin Dai, Changhui Song, Houxiong Fu, Hongyi Chen, Zhongwei Yan, Zibin Liu, Renyao Li, Anming Wang, Yongqiang Yang, Jia-Kuo Yu

“…The results demonstrated that the elongation was 19.1% in the tensile direction parallel to the building direction, compared to only 9.3% in the perpendicular direction, showing a difference of over 100%. …”
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A semi-automated algorithm for designing stellarator divertor and limiter plates and application to HSX by Robert Davies, Yuhe Feng, Dieter Boeyaert, John C. Schmitt, Michael J. Gerard, Kelly A. Garcia, Oliver Schmitz, Benedikt Geiger, Sophia A. Henneberg

“…We present a semi-automated algorithm for designing three-dimensional divertor or limiter plates targeting low heat loads. The algorithm designs the plates in two stages: firstly, the parallel heat flux distribution is caught on vertically-inclined plates at one or several toroidal locations. …”
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Evaluating the Use of Drones Equipped with Thermal Sensors as an Effective Method for Estimating Wildlife by Jared T. Beaver, Robert W. Baldwin, Max Messinger, Chad H. Newbolt, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Miles R. Silman

“…ABSTRACT Drones equipped with thermal sensors have shown ability to overcome some of the limitations often associated with traditional human‐occupied aerial surveys (e.g., low detection, high operational cost, human safety risk). …”
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A case report of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, with particular reference to preoperative diagnosis, value of molecular genetic diagnosis, and cell origin by Atsushi Takahashi, Hiroshi Imamura, Ryota Ito, Fumihiro Kawano, Yu Gyoda, Hirofumi Ichida, Ryuji Yoshioka, Yoshihiro Mise, Yuki Fukumura, Katsuhiro Sano, Akio Saiura

“…Collagen fibers arranged in a parallel lamellar pattern were seen in the tumor stroma. …”
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320 GHz photonic-electronic analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) exploiting Kerr soliton microcombs by Dengyang Fang, Daniel Drayss, Huanfa Peng, Grigory Lihachev, Christoph Füllner, Artem Kuzmin, Pablo Marin-Palomo, Patrick Matalla, Prashanta Kharel, Rui Ning Wang, Johann Riemensberger, Mian Zhang, Jeremy Witzens, J. Christoph Scheytt, Wolfgang Freude, Sebastian Randel, Tobias J. Kippenberg, Christian Koos

“…Abstract Kerr soliton microcombs have the potential to disrupt a variety of applications such as ultra-high-speed optical communications, ultra-fast distance measurements, massively parallel light detection and ranging (LiDAR) or high-resolution optical spectroscopy. …”
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Effects of Spirulina platensis supplementation on quality of life, severity of disease and serum total antioxidant capacity, malondialdehyde and zonulin in constipation-predominant... by Awat Feizi, Hamidreza Roohafza, Peyman Adibi, Alireza Ani, Mohammad Bagherniya, Saeede Jafari Nasab, Parisa Hajihashemi, Hassan Shahoon, Mohammdanhasan Entezari

“…Nevertheless, there is currently no treatment for IBS. Low-grade inflammation and oxidative stress are contributing factors to the increased perception of abdominal pain and heightened sensitivity of the nervous system in these patients. …”
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Daytime eating during simulated night work mitigates changes in cardiovascular risk factors: secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial by Sarah L. Chellappa, Lei Gao, Jingyi Qian, Nina Vujovic, Peng Li, Kun Hu, Frank A.J.L. Scheer

“…The primary outcomes were pNN50 (percentage consecutive heartbeat intervals >50 ms), RMSSD (root mean square of successive heartbeat differences), and LF/HF (low/high cardiac frequency). The secondary outcome was blood concentrations of prothrombotic factor plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1). …”
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Randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial of fecal microbiota transplantation in severe obesity: a study protocol by Rasmus Goll, Per-Christian Valle, Hege Marie Hanssen, Maria Serafia Fjellstad, Linn Skjevling, Peter Holger Johnsen, Kristin Helen Almå

“…Conservative treatment has a low success rate, and bariatric surgery is typically not reversible, with the risk of complications and recurrences. …”
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5′-UTR allelic variants and expression of the lycopene-ɛ-cyclase <i>LCYE</i> gene in maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) inbred lines of Russian selection by D. Kh. Arkhestova, B. R. Shomakhov, A. V. Shchennikova, E. Z. Kochieva

“…The maize (Zea mays L.) is an important cereal and silage crop, as well as a source of the main precursor of vitamin A – β-carotene, a derivative of the β,β-branch of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway. The parallel β,ε-branch is triggered by lycopene-ε-cyclase LCYE, a low expression of which leads to an increase in provitamin A content and is associated with the variability    of the 5’-UTR gene regulatory sequence. …”
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Financing drug development via adaptive platform trials. by Joonhyuk Cho, Eugene Sorets, Shomesh Chaudhuri, Annette De Mattos, Kristin Drake, Merit E Cudkowicz, Ricardo Ortiz, Meredith Hasenoehrl, Marianne Chase, Brittney Harkey, Sabrina Paganoni, John Frishkopf, Andrew W Lo

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Effects of Temperature on Reproductive Performance and Embryo Quality of Female Eriocheir sinensis by Chaoyue CUI, Zhi GENG, Guangpeng FENG, Tao ZHANG, Feng ZHAO, Gang YANG, Ping ZHUANG, Xiaorong HUANG

“…Water temperatures that are too low or high have direct or indirect effects on the breeding of E. sinensis. …”
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Free-Electron Screening Mechanism of the Shallow Impurity Breakdown in n-GaAs: Evidences from the Photoelectric Zeeman and Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscopies by O. Z. Alekperov, E. P. Nakhmedov

“…A novel breakdown (BD) mechanism of shallow impurity (SI) under the electric field at low temperatures is suggested for n‐GaAs samples with the donor concentrations 1014 cm−3≤ND≤1016 cm−3 and the compensation degree 0.3≤K=NA/ND≤0.8 with acceptors of concentration NA in the external magnetic fields up to H=6.5T, oriented parallel or perpendicular to the external electric field. …”
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Dynamics of G6PD activity in patients receiving weekly primaquine for therapy of Plasmodium vivax malaria. by Walter R J Taylor, Saorin Kim, Sim Kheng, Sinoun Muth, Pety Tor, Eva Christophel, Mavuto Mukaka, Alexandra Kerleguer, Lucio Luzzatto, J Kevin Baird, Didier Menard

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>In Cambodia, acute P. vivax malaria did not elevate G6PD activities in our small sample of G6PDd patients to levels that would result in a false normal qualitative test. Low G6PDd enzyme activity at disease presentation increases upon parasite clearance, parallel to reticulocytosis. …”
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CUN-BAE adiposity index prediction of incident type 2 diabetes: the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra prospective cohort by Ligia J. Dominguez, Carmen Sayón-Orea, Alfredo Gea, Estefania Toledo-Atucha, Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Mario Barbagallo, Miguel A. Martínez-González

“…Background: Obesity is currently a pandemic and a cardinal risk factor for incident diabetes, a parallel growing pandemic. Measures commonly used to define obesity, i.e., BMI and waist circumference, do not accurately reflect body fatness. …”
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based empowerment intervention for asthma management in parent-child dyads: A pilot randomised controlled trial by Xu Wang, Wai Tong Chien, Yuen Yu Chong

“…Results: We achieved 61.5 % recruitment, 71.4 % intervention completion rates, and low attrition (children 3.5 %, parents 10.7 %). …”
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Recent Developments to the ANSWERS® Monte Carlo Codes MONK® and MCBEND® by Fildes Jessica, Richards Simon, Bird Adam, Cox Andrew, Fry Timothy, Hanlon David, Jones Brian, Long David, Tantillo Francesco, Wright George, Hiles Richard

“…Improvements to the physics include stochastic mixing of bound thermal scattering data, Doppler broadening rejection correction, improved support for low temperature analyses in MONK, and modelling of photonuclear reactions in MCBEND. …”
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Ventriculomegaly without elevated intracranial pressure? Normal pressure hydrocephalus as a disorder of the cerebral windkessel by Racheed Mani, Racheed Mani, Jade Basem, Liu Yang, Liu Yang, Nahid Shirdel Abdolmaleki, Anand Ravishankar, Susan Fiore, Petar Djuric, Michael Egnor

“…Ventriculomegaly may represent an active adaptation to improve windkessel effectiveness by decreasing CSF path resistance to mitigate decreased CSF path inertance and parenchymal elastance. Shunting provides a low resistance, accessory windkessel to obviate adaptive ventriculomegaly. …”
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The effect of a structured non-pharmacological treatment of type 2 diabetes on glycated hemoglobin and body weight: a randomized controlled trial by V. V. Li, Ye. D. Dalenov, L. K. Dzeranova, S. V. Kim, A. V. Bazarova, S. K. Tarjibayeva, N. V. Slivkina, I. S. Kim

“…Secondary outcomes: blood pressure, waist circumference, insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR), lipid profile: total cholesterol, high and low density lipoproteins, triglycerides. The outcomes of the participants in both groups were assessed at baseline, 12 and 24 weeks after randomization. …”
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NON-INVASIVE METHOD OF MONITORING INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE FOR THE EVALUATION OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY by Lucas Kleebank FERNANDES, Ricardo Cesar BARBOSA, Moacir Fernandes de GODOY

“…The ICP pulse morphology is parallel to the arterial one, where there are three frequent peaks: percussion peak (P1), due to plasma extravasated by the choroid plexus; tidal wave (P2), due to the degree of intracranial compliance to the reflection of P1, and dicrotic notch (P3), due to the closure of the aortic valve. …”
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