Design and assessment of lipase-CuO nanoparticle conjugates for enhanced antimicrobial efficacy against clinical pathogens by Eman M. Handak, Dina H. Amin, Mai M. Elhateir

“…The results demonstrated a significant increase in antimicrobial potency compared to both CuO nanoparticles and lipase alone particularly against E. coli strain NRC B-3703 with remarkable increase of 373.6% and 75% followed by S. aureus with increase of 50 and 42.8%compared to that of individual CuO nanoparticles and lipase enzyme, respectively. …”
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Metabolic consequences and nailfold capillary changes in children with familial Mediterranean fever by Ahmed S. Abo Hola, Rania S. El Zayat, Wafaa Ahmed Shehata, Mai I. Elashmawy, Noha E. Khalaf, Heba M. S. El Zefzaf

“…Methods Fifty-four children diagnosed with FMF were evaluated by measuring complete blood count, ESR, CRP, serum amyloid A (SAA), Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), lipid profile, and atherogenic indices, along with a nailfold capillaroscopic examination, both during acute attacks and attack-free periods. …”
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Armed violent conflict and healthcare-seeking behavior for maternal and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. by Gbadebo Collins Adeyanju, Pia Schrage, Rabiu Ibrahim Jalo, Liliana Abreu, Max Schaub

“…A data extraction instrument was modelled along the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews and the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination of Systematic Reviews.…”
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Endothermic and exothermic reactions and stagnation point nanofluid flow over a porous stretched surface with a revised Buongiorno model by R.P. Ashrith, K.V. Nagaraja, P. Nimmy, Pinank Patel, Ankur Kulshreshta, J.K. Madhukesh, Chander Prakash

“…Thus, the present work aims to assess exothermic or endothermic chemical processes with the activation energy on nanofluid flow along a stretched surface, accounting for Brownian motion and thermophoresis effects. …”
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Functional effects of operations for malignant gastric neoplasms: prevention, diagnosis and treatment of post-gastrectomy disorders by A. V. Chaika, V. M. Khomyakov, A. B. Ryabov

“…Postoperative functional disorders are prone to conservative treatment: lifestyle modification, change in diet composition along with pattern of food intake combined to antisecretory, spasmolytic and prokinetic drugs. …”
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Erratum to ‘Should post-operative stereotactic radiosurgery be the standard of care in Craniopharyngioma patients?’ [World Neurosurgery: X (22C) (2024) 100327] by Saurabh Gupta, Deepak Agrawal, Shweta Kedia, Shashank Sharad Kale

“…Conclusion: This study shows that GKRS offers improved clinical and radiological outcomes as compared to surgery alone, and should be considered in all patients with residual disease.…”
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A successful remote patient monitoring program for diabetes by Katlyn Sawyer, David Saxon, David Saxon, Richard Zane, Hemali Patel, Michael McDermott, Vatsala Singh, Helen M. Lawler

“…The prevalence of diabetes continues to rise in the United States along with a shortage of endocrinologists. One proposed solution to this challenge is to deliver more specialty health care services through remote patient monitoring (RPM). …”
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Non-Linear Control of Interleaved Boost Converter Using Disturbance Observer-Based Approach by Avinash Mishra, Sanjoy Mandal, Jean-Yves Dieulot, Mrinal R. Bachute, Mohd Faizan, Anna Pinnarelli, Mehrdad Heidari, Alireza Soleimani

“…An innovative Integral sliding-mode controller along with a disturbance observer for the two-phase IBC (2PIBC) is suggested to ensure such large-signal stability. …”
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Impact of BRACTS exercises on muscular strength in eumenorrheic women by Wajiha Shahid, Rabiya Noor

“…Group A was given an educational program related to menstrual hygiene and active lifestyle maintenance with 20 min walk 3 times a week for 16 weeks, while group B was given an educational program related to menstrual hygiene along with BRACTS exercises of 50 min for 3 times per week for 16 weeks. …”
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Decoding of periodontal screening and recording index by Dler Ali Kursheed, Faraedon Mohidden Zardawi, Hadi Mohammad Ismail, Aras Maruf Rauf, Sarhang Sarwat Gul

“…Conclusions: Decoding the PSR index by exposing the masked variables and adding few new variables will develop more informative and inclusive system of examination and diagnosis along with keeping the simplicity of the other indices of periodontal screening such as PSR index. …”
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LINC02282 promotes DNA methylation of TRIM6 by recruiting DNMTs to inhibit the progression of Parkinson's disease by Lu Han, Chuansheng Zhao, Feng Jin, Rongfeng Jiang, Hao Wu

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are closely linked to the occurrence and development of neurodegenerative diseases, while the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. …”
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Evaluating different drought products for assessing drought and implications on agriculture in Nepal by Shishir Chaulagain, Manoj Lamichhane, Urusha Chaulagain, Sushant Gyawali, Sadina Shrestha, Vishnu Prasad Pandey

“…Using satellite-based and model-based SM observations Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP), Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS), Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS-2.1), Famine Early Warning Systems Network Land Data Assimilation System (FLDAS)) along with climatology and discharge measurements, we examine the spatial and temporal drought patterns. …”
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Sporoderm-Removed Spore Powder May Suppress the Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells Through PI3K/AKT/mTOR and Erk Pathway by Jingyan Liu Master degree, Tao Zeng Doctor degree

“…The MTS assay was used to assess the esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells viability. The clone formation assay was used to evaluate to the proliferation ability of KYSE140 and KYSE510 cells. …”
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Reginaldo Voltou pra Casa: Colaborações da Psicanálise à Luta Antimanicomial by Irene Moura Beteille, Adriana Dias de Assumpção Bastos, Sonia Alberti

“…Abordaremos as tentativas de inserção do paciente nessa rede, mesmo com as incansáveis resistências oferecidas tanto por seu familiar mais próximo (mãe), como por profissionais do próprio hospital, que insistiam que interná-lo em uma instituição de longa permanência seria a única opção viável. A metodologia utilizada contará com estudos bibliográficos que possam contribuir com a elaboração das questões clínicas suscitadas pelo caso apresentado. …”
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Analysis of reservoir rock permeability changes due to solid precipitation during waterflooding using artificial neural network by Azizollah Khormali, Soroush Ahmadi, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Aleksandrov

“…Through the implementation of this algorithm in the network, it was determined that the optimal configuration consisted of three layers - comprising of two hidden layers with eight and four neurons in the first and second layer, respectively, along with one output layer. A comparison of the predicted values of rock permeability under scaling conditions with experimental data showed that the proposed ANN model makes it possible to predict formation damage due to scaling with high accuracy. …”
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The impact of the physicochemical properties of calcium phosphate ceramics on biocompatibility and osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells by Yuliia Skliarenko, Volodymyr V. Kolomiiets, Volodymyr V. Balatskyi, Yuliia Galuza, Oksana S. Koryak, Larysa L. Macewicz, Tetiana P. Ruban, Sergey A. Firstov, Nataliia. V. Ulianchych, Oksana O. Piven

“…This modification also resulted in an increase in micro- and macroporosity, along with a rise in the open porosity. Adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells demonstrated excellent cell adhesion and survival when cultured with these ceramics. …”
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Liver cirrhosis epidemiology in Chelyabinsk region in 2006-2015 by A. I. Dolgushina, Ye. R. Olevskaya, A. N. Tarasov, M. S. Kazakova, A. Yu. Markina

“…By 2015 the decline in mortality due to alcohol-induced LC down to 12.6 cases per 100,000 population alone with increase of female proportion up to 42.5% was noted. …”
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Design and modeling of a highly compact negative index floral shape metamaterial for flight navigation applications by M. Pallavi, Praveen Kumar, B. R. Shivakumar

“…Hence, the proposed design is tested at various incident angles spanning between to along the azimuth region, at a deviation. The results indicate that the proposed structure retains its DNG behavior in the desired frequency range, regardless of the incident angles. …”
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Effects of mixing of europium oxide in resin composites on the fluorescence characteristics and mechanical properties by Yuta Utsumi, Masatsugu Oishi, Kazuhide Yonekura, Masaomi Ikeda, Yusuke Matsuki, Kenichiro Ohge, Tomoki Iuchi, Keiichi Hosaka

“…Vickers microhardness measurements were performed, along with a three-point bending test. Statistical analyses were performed to assess the mechanical properties. …”
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Prevalence of Erosive-ulcerative Lesions of the Stomach and Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis by N. A. Ponkratova, P. V. Pavlov, O. S. Shifrin

“…The study included 70 patients with ulcerative colitis. All patients, along with the standard examination using esophagogastroduodenoscopy, were diagnosed with regard to H. pylori infection: all 70 patients received a rapid urease test (RUT), 24 patients (34.3 %) had H. pylori DNA analyzed in feces, and 46 patients (65.7 %) had 13C labeled urea breath test. …”
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