qBiCo: a method to assess global DNA conversion performance in epigenetics via single-copy genes and repetitive elements by Faidra Karkala, Roy B. Simons, Floor Claessens, Vivian Kalamara, Manfred Kayser, Athina Vidaki

“…Depending on the starting DNA quantity, bisulfite-converted DNA recoveries ranged from 8.5 to 100%, conversion efficiencies from 78 to 99.9%, while certain kits highly fragment DNA, demonstrating large variability in their performance. …”
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Deep-learning based electromagnetic navigation system for transthoracic percutaneous puncture of small pulmonary nodules by Muyun Peng, Xinyi Fan, Qikang Hu, Xilong Mei, Bin Wang, Zeyu Wu, Huali Hu, Lei Tang, Xinhang Hu, Yanyi Yang, Chunxia Qin, Huajie Zhang, Qun Liu, Xiaofeng Chen, Fenglei Yu

“…In the animal study, DL-EMNS significantly improved technical success rate (100% vs. 84.0%, p = 0.015), reduced operation time (121.36 ± 38.87 s vs. 321.60 ± 129.12 s, p < 0.001), number of CT acquisitions (1.09 ± 0.29 vs. 2.96 ± 0.73, p < 0.001) and complication rate (0% vs. 20%, p = 0.002). …”
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Evaluation of 902 Total Abdominal Hysterectomies Performed for Benign Reasons by Fazilet Kübra Boynukalın, Ömer Tolga Güler, Mehmet Coşkun, Özgür Özyüncü, Nasuh Utku Doğan

“…Statistical evaluations were performed using SPSS 10.0 for Windows program and p<0.05 values were considered as statistically significant. …”
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Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in a paediatric cohort in Kuwait by Mohammad Alghounaim, Saadoun Bin-Hasan, Fatemah Alhaddad, Ali Abdulkareem, Danah Alsharrah, Abdullah Alkandari, Mona Al-Ahmad, Hashem Al Hashemi

“…Also, incidence-sensitivity analysis was performed to evaluate 60-day and 90-day PCR repositivity intervals.Results Thirty paediatric patients with COVID-19 had SARS-CoV-2 reinfection at an incidence of 1.02 (95% CI 0.71 to 1.45) infection per 100 000 person-days and a median time to reinfection of 83 (IQR 62–128.75) days. …”
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Life in green: Associations between greenspace availability and mental health over the lifecourse – A 40-year prospective birth cohort study by B. Deng, J. Boden, N. Ye, J. Morgenroth, M. Campbell, P. Eggleton, G. McLeod, M. Hobbs

“…Greenspace availability from birth to age 40 years was measured as the proportion of vegetated areas within circular buffers (radius from 100m to 3000m) around members’ geocoded residential addresses using a time-series impervious surfaces data from 1985 to 2015. …”
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Enhancing laboratory education through collaborative online international learning: A case study between USA and UK students by Matthew Allan Jones, Pika Miklavc, MaryAnne Stewart

“…It also produced highly positive benefits to student confidence (97.1 %), teamworking (100 %), and communication (97.1 %). Pre (n = 46) and Post-analysis (n = 35) revealed significant enhancement of students international education knowledge, international medical practice knowledge, cultural intelligence, social initiative, emotional stability, and work-based flexibility (P < 0.05). …”
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Association between leukocyte telomere length and specific antibody levels after vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis by N. S. Yudin, V. A. Belyavskaya, V. N. Maksimov, D. E. Ivanoshchuk, P. S. Orlov, M. I. Voevoda

“…One month after vaccination, the level of specific IgG antibodies against tick-borne encephalitis virus was analyzed using the VektoVKE-IgG-strip test system and leukocyte telomere length was measured using real-time quantitative PCR. According to the intensity of vaccine-elicited immune responses, patients were divided into three groups: unresponsive (IgG level 0–100 IU/ml), slightly responsive (IgG level 101–200 IU/ml) and highly responsive (IgG level above 200 IU/ml). …”
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TransRAUNet: A Deep Neural Network with Reverse Attention Module Using HU Windowing Augmentation for Robust Liver Vessel Segmentation in Full Resolution of CT Images by Kyoung Yoon Lim, Jae Eun Ko, Yoo Na Hwang, Sang Goo Lee, Sung Min Kim

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Analysis of the dynamics of occupational morbidity and its consequences in Ukraine in comparison with other countries of the world by M.H. Prodanchuk, A.V. Basanets, O.P. Kravchuk, K.Y. Hashynova, V.A. Hvozdetskyy

“…The global indicator of Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALYs) from the occupational exposure factors in the world (5.1%) is 3 times higher than the similar one in Ukraine (1.53%). …”
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Sonochemically Modified Lapindo Mud Using Sulfuric Acid for Efficient Adsorption of Phenol in Aqueous Media and Real Wastewater Samples by Karna Wijaya, Adyatma Bhagaskara, Maria Francia Mirabella Sani, Marini Fairuz Vebryana, Fernando Alvaro Pratama, Widuri Anggraeni, Amalia Kurnia Amin, Faturrahman Al Ramadhani, Aldino Javier Saviola

“…The SLM adsorbent demonstrated sufficient adsorption performance of 49.8% with an optimal initial phenol concentration of 120 mg/L with a contact time of 100 min at pH of 10. The maximum adsorption capacity (qmax) obtained by the Langmuir isotherm model was 27.2 mg/g. …”
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Development and validation of a LAMP-based method for rapid and reliable detection of Xanthomonas albilineans, the causal agent of sugarcane leaf scald by Moutoshi Chakraborty, Moutoshi Chakraborty, Shamsul Arafin Bhuiyan, Shamsul Arafin Bhuiyan, Simon Strachan, Simon Strachan, Muhammad J. A. Shiddiky, Nam-Trung Nguyen, Rebecca Ford, Rebecca Ford

“…This assay also effectively determined optimal sampling times and plant parts by monitoring the progression of the disease over time.DiscussionThis diagnostic assay holds significant potential as a commercial opportunity for a kit-based DNA extraction/purification-free molecular detection alternative. …”
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Assessment of Scleral and Conjunctival Thickness of the Eye after Ultrasound Ciliary Plasty by Bartłomiej Bolek, Adam Wylęgała, Edward Wylęgała

“…The sclera thickness increases after UCP. However, with time the thickness reduces to its initial value with no significant difference. …”
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Factors that influence the adoption of a school-based eHealth alcohol prevention program among Spanish personnel: a mixed methods study by Ester Alejandra Rosado-Pulido, Pablo Fernández-León, Marta Lima-Serrano, Hein de Vries

“…Third, the new questionnaire was administered to Spanish school personnel (N = 100), including the school management team, school counselors, and teachers. …”
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HEDDI-Net: heterogeneous network embedding for drug-disease association prediction and drug repurposing, with application to Alzheimer’s disease by Yin-Yuan Su, Hsuan-Cheng Huang, Yu-Ting Lin, Yi-Fang Chuang, Sheh-Yi Sheu, Chen-Ching Lin

“…Abstract Background The traditional process of developing new drugs is time-consuming and often unsuccessful, making drug repurposing an appealing alternative due to its speed and safety. …”
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Inhibition of inflammatory cell infiltration by antagonistic peptides that specifically bind to CCR5 via regulation of the NF-kB signaling pathway in rats with colitis by Yang-Da Song, Yi-Hang Song, Si-Xue Liu, Hua-Rong Huang, Ying-Qiang Zhong

“…Histological evaluation, real-time PCR, western blotting and correlation analysis were performed to examine the effects of the CCR5 binding peptides on the infiltration of inflammatory cells and the NF-kB signaling pathway. …”
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Prevalence and investigation of Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in blood donors from the main blood establishment in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil by Agildo da Silva Oliveira, Jéssica Gonçalves Pereira, Gabrielle Tantos Nunes, Ivanildo Pedro de Sousa Junior, Dmitry José de Santana Sarmento, Josiane Iole França Lopes, Luiz Amorim Filho, Vanessa Salete de Paula

“…Discussion: Given that there are approximately 100,000 blood donations per year, this prevalence rate is considerably high compared to that in developed countries. …”
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Adherence to prehospital thoracostomy practice guidelines for traumatic cardiac arrest: A retrospective study by Nicolas Beysard, Tara Agudo, Peter Serfozo, Tobias Zingg, Perrine Truong, Roland Albrecht, Vincent Darioli, Mathieu Pasquier

“…The mean annual proportion of patients in whom a thoracostomy was performed was 68% (range 0–100%) and increased significantly over the years (p < 0.001). …”
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Angiotensin IV Receptors in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex: Neuronal Expression and NMDA Inhibition by Zsolt Tamás Papp, Polett Ribiczey, Erzsébet Kató, Zsuzsanna E. Tóth, Zoltán V. Varga, Zoltán Giricz, Adrienn Hanuska, Mahmoud Al-Khrasani, Ákos Zsembery, Tibor Zelles, Laszlo G. Harsing, László Köles

“…This inhibition was reproduced by the IRAP inhibitor LVVYP-H7 (10–100 nM). Synaptic isolation of pyramidal neurons did not affect the Ang IV-mediated inhibition of NMDA currents. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of research in ethical concerns and dilemmas of digital mental health care in the last two decades by Poonam Sharma, Rekha Wagani, Mahima Anna Varghese

“…With its core advantage of reaching the unreached, wider coverage, cost and time effectivity, all eyes are on the digital mental health care system. …”
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New onset of isolated adrenocorticotropin deficiency associated with encephalopathy following coronavirus disease 2019 in a healthy elderly man by Yusuke Yamasaki, Ichiro Horie, Riyoko Shigeno, Shinpei Nishikido, Toshiyuki Ikeoka, Takuro Hirayama, Yohei Tateishi, Akira Tsujino, Atsushi Kawakami

“…His consciousness level worsened despite the amelioration of hyponatremia by intravenous hydrocortisone (100 mg/day), but his neurological presentations completely resolved after three consecutive days of high-dose (400 mg/day) hydrocortisone. …”
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