Epigallocatechin gallate, the primary bioactive component from Camellia sinensis: A review on immunomodulatory effects in autoimmune diseases by balancing the differentiation of Th... by Vigha Ilmanafi Arifka, Andayana Puspitasari Gani, Retno Murwanti

“…Therefore, EGCG can be considered a complementary and alternative medicine to address the limitations of current treatment. …”
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Women’s development organisations in rural areas of Tunisia: rethinking support to strengthen their autonomy by Hanafi Anissa, Mazhoud Houda, Chemak Fraj, Faysse Nicolas, Kharroubi Fatma

“…This complementary approach will help focus on how to strengthen their capacity to be in the driver’s seat in defining their goals and strategies and to become fully-fledged partners of support organisations.…”
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Comparative Analysis of RT-PCR and a Colloidal Gold Immunochromatographic Assay for SARS-CoV-2 Detection by Hui Li, Dakai Liu, Qiang Zhou, George D. Rodriguez, Harlan Pietz, Vishnu Singh, Eric Konadu, Keither K. James, Calvin Lui, Mingyu Shao, Junyu Chen, Andrew Schreiner, Carl Urban, James Truong, Nishant Prasad, William Harry Rodgers

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for rapid, accurate, and accessible diagnostic testing to effectively manage and contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Emerging Trends in Sustainable Biological Resources and Bioeconomy for Food Production by Luis A. Trujillo-Cayado, Rosa M. Sánchez-García, Irene García-Domínguez, Azahara Rodríguez-Luna, Elena Hurtado-Fernández, Jenifer Santos

“…The mounting global population and the challenges posed by climate change underline the need for sustainable food production systems. This review synthesizes evidence for a dual-track bioeconomy, green (terrestrial plants and insects) and blue (aquatic algae), as complementary pathways toward sustainable nutrition. …”
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Nanoscale Cross-Sectional Characterization of Thin Layers in Material Assemblies by Frédéric Addiego, Rutuja Bhusari, Julien Bardon, Sascha Scholzen, Zainhia Kaidi

“…Combining techniques that offer complementary structural information—such as morphological, chemical, and nanomechanical data—is recommended to gain a comprehensive understanding of the nano-layer’s structure and properties. …”
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Post-Bariatric surgery: six surgeries in two steps by José Carlos Daher, Amanda Costa Campos, Marcela Caetano Cammarota, Bruno Esteves Peixoto, Gabriel Campelo dos-Santos, Leonardo David Pires Barcelos, Ronan Caputi Silva Dias, Leonardo Martins Costa Daher

“…Introduction: Weight reduction achieved after bariatric surgery can result in deformities of various parts of the body. The need for reduction of leftover skin and body remodeling makes patients seek body contouring surgery to improve their quality of life. …”
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Vision Foundation Model Guided Multimodal Fusion Network for Remote Sensing Semantic Segmentation by Chen Pan, Xijian Fan, Tardi Tjahjadi, Haiyan Guan, Liyong Fu, Qiaolin Ye, Ruili Wang

“…The work aims to utilize vision structure guidance derived by vision foundation model for accurate segmentation without the need for auxiliary sensors. Specifically, the framework incorporates a cross-modal collaborative network for feature embedding that blends a convolutional neural network and vision transformer to simultaneously capture both local information and long-range dependencies from the input modalities. …”
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The burden of informal family caregiving in Europe, 2000–2050: a microsimulation modelling studyResearch in context by Andrea Cattaneo, Andrea Vitali, Daniele Regazzoni, Caterina Rizzi

“…Funding: Italian government and the European Union, National Plan for NRRP Complementary Investments (PNC).…”
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Comparative Assessment of Two Global Sensitivity Approaches Considering Model and Parameter Uncertainty by Heng Dai, Yujiao Liu, Alberto Guadagnini, Songhu Yuan, Jing Yang, Ming Ye

“…In this context, there is the need for detailed investigations aimed at a robust quantification of the importance of model and parameter uncertainties in a rigorous multi‐model context. …”
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Mitochondrial haplogroup M contributes to asthma risk in the Kuwaiti population by Mohammed Dashti, Hussain Bahbahani, Hussain Alsaleh, Thangavel Alphonse Thanaraj, Fahd Al-Mulla

“…Additionally, we identified fourteen mtDNA variants associated with asthma risk through complementary case-control and exclusivity analyses. …”
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Evaluation of Pathogenicity of Entomopathogenic Oomycetes Lagenidium giganteum and L. ajelloi against Anopheles Mosquito Larvae by Mathew Mumo Sila, Fredrick Mutie Musila, Vitalis Wafula Wekesa, Imbahale Susan Sangilu

“…There is, therefore, a need to develop complementary control strategies that are economical and environmentally friendly. …”
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Two case reports: clinical experience with fixed combinations of indapamide/perindopril and amlodipine/perindopril in patients with arterial hypertension during the COVID-19 pandem... by S. Ia. Tazina, I. A. Belyaev, T. A. Fedorova, N. A. Semenenko, S. A. Tazin

“…The experts of the European Society of Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology and the Russian Society of Cardiology confirm the importance of continuing therapy with this class of medicine in patients having already received RAAS blockers according to such indications as AH, CHD and CHF during COVID-19 and emphasize the danger of their cancellation in high-risk patients. Most patients need to take several groups of medicine which affect complementary pathogenetic mechanisms. …”
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USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN OBSTETRICS TO DIAGNOSE FETAL MALFORMATIONS AND PREVENT DISEASES by Елена Валерьевна Литвинова, Оксана Владимировна Носкова

“…Significant advances in the application of artificial intelligence in obstetrics and gynecology are shown, identifying the need for further research and improvements with respect to achieving universality and improving the effectiveness of many of the models developed. …”
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Structural and dynamic features of cagrilintide binding to calcitonin and amylin receptors by Jianjun Cao, Matthew J. Belousoff, Rachel M. Johnson, Peter Keov, Zamara Mariam, Giuseppe Deganutti, George Christopoulos, Caroline A. Hick, Steffen Reedtz-Runge, Tine Glendorf, Borja Ballarín-González, Kirsten Raun, Charles Bayly-Jones, Denise Wootten, Patrick M. Sexton

“…While recent incretin-based therapies have provided pharmaceutical inroads into treatment of obesity, there remains an ongoing need for additional medicines with distinct modes of action as independent or complementary therapeutics. …”
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Flow Matching Posterior Estimation for Simulation-Based Atmospheric Retrieval of Exoplanets by Massimiliano Giordano Orsini, Alessio Ferone, Laura Inno, Angelo Casolaro, Antonio Maratea

“…Additionally, the rise of modern density estimation techniques poses a fundamental need for comprehensive evaluation frameworks to objectively compare the posterior distributions of heterogeneous probabilistic estimators. …”
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EXPERIÊNCIA DE ADULTOS COM PRÁTICAS DE (AUTO)CUIDADOS (NÃO) CONVENCIONAIS DE SAÚDE EM PORTUGAL PANDÉMICO by Maria Cristina Miyazaki, Anna Rita Giovagnoli, Rute F. Meneses

“…Introduction: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, research had shown high (and variable) prevalences of the use of Complementary and/or Alternative Medicine (CAM; eg., 70%), in adults and children, dependent, neverthless, on the type of practice. …”
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The character of the alienated woman in Falah Shaker’s theatrical texts, "The Savage Wedding as a model" by Wasal Khalaf Kazim Al-Bakri

“…The researcher built the conclusions according to the results, then presented a set of recommendations accompanied by some suggestions that she found complementary to the research …”
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Reshaping the tumor microenvironment of cold soft-tissue sarcomas with anti-angiogenics: a phase 2 trial of regorafenib combined with avelumab by Maud Toulmonde, Jean-Philippe Guégan, Mariella Spalato-Ceruso, Thibaud Valentin, Rastilav Bahleda, Florent Peyraud, Christophe Rey, Michèle Kind, Coralie Cantarel, Carine Bellera, Lucile Vanhersecke, Alban Bessede, Antoine Italiano

“…Overall, these results indicate that anti-angiogenic therapy modulates the tumor microenvironment in patients with cold STS and highlight the need for complementary strategies to enhance the functional activity of immune cells in this particular setting. …”
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The Antidiabetic Activity of Wild-Growing and Cultivated Medicinal Plants Used in Romania for Diabetes Mellitus Management: A Phytochemical and Pharmacological Review by Diana Maria Trasca, Dalia Dop, George-Alin Stoica, Niculescu Stefan Adrian, Niculescu Elena Carmen, Renata Maria Văruț, Cristina Elena Singer

“…This review highlights the potential of Romanian medicinal flora as a source of adjunctive therapies in diabetes care and underscores the need for standardization and clinical validation.…”
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Enhancing student athlete performance through an innovative aerobic gymnastics choreography model: evidence from Central Java by Donny Anhar Fahmi, Tubagus Herlambang, Agus Wiyanto, Purwadi

“… Background: The decline in student participation in aerobic gymnastics at the Pekan Olahraga Pelajar Daerah (POPDA) or Regional Student Sports Week in Central Java highlights the need for more flexible and effective training methods. …”
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