Study Protocol of Expanded Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study of Active Surveillance on Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma (MAeSTro-EXP) by Jae Hoon Moon, Eun Kyung Lee, Wonjae Cha, Young Jun Chai, Sun Wook Cho, June Young Choi, Sung Yong Choi, A Jung Chu, Eun-Jae Chung, Yul Hwangbo, Woo-Jin Jeong, Yuh-Seog Jung, Kyungsik Kim, Min Joo Kim, Su-jin Kim, Woochul Kim, Yoo Hyung Kim, Chang Yoon Lee, Ji Ye Lee, Kyu Eun Lee, Young Ki Lee, Hunjong Lim, Do Joon Park, Sue K. Park, Chang Hwan Ryu, Junsun Ryu, Jungirl Seok, Young Shin Song, Ka Hee Yi, Hyeong Won Yu, Eleanor White, Katerina Mastrocostas, Roderick J. Clifton-Bligh, Anthony Glover, Matti L. Gild, Ji-hoon Kim, Young Joo Park

“…From 2016 to 2020, the Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study of Active Surveillance on Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma (MAeSTro) enrolled 1,177 patients, providing comprehensive data on PTMC progression, sonographic predictors of progression, quality of life, surgical outcomes, and cost-effectiveness when comparing AS to immediate surgery. …”
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Invasive pneumococcal disease in Argentina: a snapshot from a retrospective observational study on serotypes, antimicrobial resistance, and the potential impact of the COVID-19 pan... by Jonathan Zintgraff, Paula Gagetti, Nahuel Sánchez Eluchans, Paulina Marchetti, María Alicia Moscoloni, Lucia Irazu, Claudia S. Lara, Alejandra Corso, Claudia Hernández, Alejandra Blanco, Vanessa Reitjman, Carlos Vay, Claudia Alfonso, Claudia Garbaz, Claudia Etcheves, Flavia Amalfa, Debora Stepanik, Liliana Fernandez Caniggia, Marisa Turco, Adriana Procopio, Miryam Vazquez, Mariela Soledad Zarate, Marta Giovanakis, Marta Flaibani, Nora Gómez, Rosana Pereda, Liliana Guelfand, Silvana Manganello, Iliana Martinez, Ana Togneri, Andrea Pacha, Maria L. Benvenutti, Mabel Rizzo, Silvia Beatriz Fernandez, Maria Cervelli, Mónica Machain, Andrea Fascente, Laura Paniccia, María Adelaida Rosetti, Hebe Gullo, Maria Susana Commisso, Nory Cerda, Carolina Vaccino, Victoria Monzani, Laura Morvay, Micaela Sogga, Viviana Vilches, Ana Laura Mariñazky, Appendino Andrea, Laura Biglieri, Sandra Bognanni, Cecilia Vescina, Johanna Pérez, Liliana Meccia, Marisa Almuzara, Alejandra Sale, Mónica Sparo, Sofía Murzicato, Gabriela Galán, Roxana Depardo, Maricel Garrone, Adriana Fernández Laussi, Graciela Priore, Mónica Vallejo, Cecilia Barrachia, Adriana Melo, Victoria Ascua, Patricia Lopez, Daniela Carrizo, Patricia Valdez, Mariela Silvia Farfan, Viviana David, Leyla Guadalupe Gómez Capara, Mónica Graciela Sucin, Viviana Isabel Saito, Laura Pícoli, Mariana Carol Rey, Isabel Ana Marques, Norma Ester Cech, Susana Ortiz, Mario FloresTeresa M Strella, Omar Daher, Ana Littvik, Claudia Amareto De Costabella, Lidia Wolff De Jakob, Lilia Norma Camisassa, Liliana González, Patricia Montanaro, Marina Botiglieri, Paulo Cortéz, Ana María Pato, Juan Pellegrini, Lorena del Barco, María Eugenia de Torres, María Silvia Díaz, María Ofelia Moulins, Luis Otaegui, Norma Yoya, Nancy Comello, Silvana Vivaldo, Nancy Noemí Pereyra, Marcelo Tóffoli, Gabriela Granados, Beatriz Resina, Adriana Pereyra, Gladys Almada, Sonia Flores, Mónica Romanazi, Ada Zanusso, Adriana Edith Acosta, Alfredo Matile, Beatriz Garcia, Lorena Leguizamón, Viviana Villalba, Cristina Pérez, Fernanda Bulgueroni, Néstor Blazquez, María Laura Álvarez, Cristina Carranza, Mariela Roncallo, Gonzalo Crombas, Daniela Durani, Graciela Stafforini, Maria Gabriela Rivolier, Cristina Bono, Eloisa Aguirre, Ana Berejnoi, Silvia Amador, Norma Sponton, Hugo Castro, Marisa López, Ema María Fernández, Hugo Rigo, Josefina Villegas, Vilma Krause, Alejandra Vargas, Mariel Borda, Andrea Badano, Adriana Ernst, Andrea Nepote, Maria Gilli, Emilce Mendez, Alicia Nagel, Maria Inés Zamboni, Noemi Borda, Stella Virgolini, Maria Rosa Baroni, Marciana Cragnolino, Maria Elisa Pavón, Manuel Boutureira, Marcela Vargas, Alejandra Guerra, Ana Maria Villagra De Trejo, José Assa, Fernández de Gandur, Norma Cudmani

“…Although it remains uncertain if these changes are directly linked to the pandemic or reflect broader trends, the data highlight an urgent need for continued surveillance and potential adaptations in vaccination strategies. …”
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El desplazamiento activo al centro educativo e indicadores de salud asociados: protocolo de evaluación del estudio PACO “Pedalea y Anda al Colegio” y su aplicación en educación sec... by Patricia Gálvez-Fernández, Romina Gisele Saucedo-Araujo, Pablo Campos-Garzón, María Jesús Aranda-Balboa, Daniel Molina-Soberanes, José Manuel Segura-Díaz, Manuel Herrador-Colmenero, Francisco Javier Huertas-Delgado, Emilio Villa-González, Yaira Barranco-Ruiz, Palma Chillón

“…Finally, the obtained data will be reliable and relevant to implement educational strategies in order to promote an integral health of the adolescents. …”
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Addressing Shortcomings in Contingency Standards of Care by Alexander Quan

“…This would protect against the inappropriate application of contingency measures to crisis-level scarcity and prolonged shortages that they could not sustainably ameliorate. …”
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Unveiling biomarkers via plasma metabolome profiling for diabetic macrovascular and microvascular complications by Zhixi Li, Yuhan Ren, Feng Jiang, Kai Zhang, Xuan Meng, Yingfeng Zheng, Mingguang He

“…Trial registration Not applicable.…”
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DETERMINAÇÃO DAS ISOTERMAS DE ADSORÇÃO E DO CALOR DE SORÇÃO DE FARINHA DE BABAÇU COMERCIAL by Elys Nayanne Vieira Matos, Romildo Martins Sampaio, Maria do Livramento de Paula

“…The objectives of this work were to study the behavior of the adsorption isotherms of commercial babassu flour at temperatures of 25 and 40 ° C, select the model that best fits the experimental data and estimate the isosteric heat of sorption. …”
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Minimizing competition by removing elephants from a degraded Ngulia rhino sanctuary, Kenya by Benson Okita-Ouma, Dominic Mijele, Rajan Amin, Francis Gakuya, David Ndeereh, Isaac Lekolool, Patrick Omondi, Daniel Woodley, Moses Litoroh, Juma Bakari, Richard Kock

“…Following concerns about the deteriorating vegetation condition in the sanctuary (fig. 1), detailed analysis of population data and assessment of habitat showed a 59% decline in the available rhino browse between 1991 and 2005 (rhino food plants i.e. below 2 m high) and 100% decline of browse material above 2 m height (fig. 2). …”
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Symptoms and pathophysiology of post-acute sequelae following COVID-19 (PASC): a cohort studyResearch in context by Olivier Robineau, Sophie Hüe, Mathieu Surenaud, Cédric Lemogne, Céline Dorival, Emmanuel Wiernik, Sebastien Brami, Jerome Nicol, Xavier de Lamballerie, Hélène Blanché, Jean-François Deleuze, Céline Ribet, Marcel Goldberg, Gianluca Severi, Mathilde Touvier, Marie Zins, Yves Levy, Jean-Daniel Lelievre, Fabrice Carrat

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Cation disordering in ankerite as a function of Fe content by A. Zucchini, M. Masotta, M. Nazzari, M. Fastelli, P. Comodi

“…<p>Order–disorder transitions in minerals are of significance for technological applications and for the development of models that aid the understanding of the dynamics and composition of the Earth's interior. …”
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Numerical Simulation Study on the Dynamic Processes and Evolution Laws of Multiple Granular Flows in a Gully by LEI Ming, ZHANG Liang, YE Chen, WANG Xiekang

“…Comparison between numerical results and experimental data from the literature validates the effectiveness and accuracy of the Discrete Element Method in simulating granular flow. …”
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Benefits of aldosterone receptor antagonism in chronic kidney disease: the BARACK-D RCT by F D Richard Hobbs, Richard McManus, Clare Taylor, Nicholas Jones, Joy Rahman, Jane Wolstenholme, Louise Jones, Jennifer Hirst, Sam Mort, Ly-Mee Yu

“…Future work These findings might not be applicable to different mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists. …”
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The efficacy, safety and clinical feasibility of a percutaneous atrial septal shunt device for pulmonary arterial hypertension: a single-center cohort study by Mingfei Li, Dandan Chen, Jianing Fan, Dan Tian, Lei Zhang, Xiaochun Zhang, Shasha Chen, Yuan Zhang, Wenzhi Pan, Lihua Guan, Daxin Zhou, Junbo Ge

“…Clinical trial number Not applicable.…”
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Response‐adapted zanubrutinib and tislelizumab as a potential strategy to enhance CD19 CAR T‐cell therapy in relapsed/refractory large B‐cell lymphoma: A retrospective observationa... by Rong Shen, Wei‐Guo Cao, Li Wang, Ling‐Shuang Sheng, Yi‐Lun Zhang, Wen Wu, Peng‐Peng Xu, Shu Cheng, Meng‐Ke Liu, Yan Dong, Yue Wang, Xiang‐Qin Weng, Xu‐Feng Jiang, Qi Song, Hong‐Mei Yi, Lei Li, Sheng Chen, Zi‐Xun Yan, Wei‐Li Zhao

“…Genomic and transcriptomic data indicated that this regimen was effective across genetic subtypes and abrogated T‐cell exhaustion within the TME. …”
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A group psychological intervention for postnatal depression in British mothers of South Asian origin – the ROSHNI-2 RCT by Nusrat Husain, Karina Lovell, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Farah Lunat, Penny Bee, Matthias Pierce, Najia Atif, Saadia Aseem, Kamaldeep Bhui, Peter Bower, Traolach Brugha, Nasim Chaudhry, Akbar Ullah, Linda Davies, Nadeem Gire, Deepali Sharma, Jahanara Miah, Waqas Ahmed, Joe Kai, Ilyas Mirza, Jillian Morrison, Naeem Mohmed, Atif Rahman, Shanaya Rathod, Najma Siddiqi, Waquas Waheed, Christopher Williams, Nosheen Zaidi, Richard Emsley, Richard Morriss

“…Analysis of the primary outcome and the long-term follow-up (at 12 months) used a logistic random-effects model to estimate the odds ratio of caseness between treatments, adjusting for centre, severity of depression and education at baseline. Cost data were collected using an Economic Patient Questionnaire. …”
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Dicoumarol sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma cells to ferroptosis induced by imidazole ketone erastin by Ziwei Yang, Ziwei Yang, Tixin Han, Ruibin Yang, Ruibin Yang, Yinuo Zhang, Yinuo Zhang, Yifei Qin, Yifei Qin, Yifei Qin, Jialu Hou, Jialu Hou, Fei Huo, Fei Huo, Zhuan Feng, Zhuan Feng, Yaxin Ding, Yaxin Ding, Jiali Yang, Jiali Yang, Gang Zhou, Gang Zhou, Shijie Wang, Shijie Wang, Xiaohang Xie, Xiaohang Xie, Peng Lin, Peng Lin, Zhi-Nan Chen, Zhi-Nan Chen, Jiao Wu, Jiao Wu

“…The intrinsic factors determining sensitivity to IKE-induced ferroptosis remain to be explored to improve its efficacy.MethodsBulk RNA-sequencing data from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and normal liver tissues were collected from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) databases. …”
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The age-adjusted international prognostic index 2 (A-FLIPI2) for elderly patients with follicular lymphoma by Jiesong Wang, Junlei Jia, Jingwei Yu, Jing Liu, Meng Gao, Hengqi Liu, Lanfang Li, Lihua Qiu, Shiyong Zhou, Bin Meng, Wenchen Gong, Zhengzi Qian, Xianhuo Wang, Huilai Zhang

“…Therefore, we retrospectively analysed clinical data of 128 elderly patients (aged 60 years or older) with FL treated at Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute &amp; Hospital from 2002 to 2020. …”
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Analyzing the Influence of Company's Business Strategy and Its Components as a Factor of Information Risk on Excess Stock Returns by Alireza Rahrovi Dastjerdi, Daryoosh Forooghi, Zahra Moradi

“…The study employed the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression technique to analyze the data and test the hypotheses. The business strategy was quantified using a comprehensive index that incorporated various strategic components, enabling a nuanced examination of its impact on stock returns. …”
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[Artículo traducido] Revisión sistemática sobre suplementos dietéticos en la prevención y/o tratamiento de la queratosis actínica y el campo de cancerización by A. Rodríguez-Luna, A. Zamarrón, C. Longo, G. Pellacani, K. Peris, P. Calzavara-Pinton, M.V. de Galvez, Y. Gilaberte, M. de Troya, Á. Juarranz, S. González

“…Vitamin supplementation studies revealed mixed results, with clear data showing benefits in reducing the risk of precancerous lesions and skin cancers after nicotinamide (NAM) treatment, while others did not demonstrate significant protective effects. …”
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Reduction of Ascites Susceptibility in Broiler Chickens under Cold Stress by Guanidinoacetic Acid Supplementation by Mousa Ezatikia, parviz Farhoomand, Sina Payvastegan, Bahram Pirooz, Negin Delfani

“…One of the most important applications of arginine in the body is its use in the production of guanidinoacetic acid, which is a precursor for creatine synthesis in the body (DeGroot et al., 2018). …”
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Systematic Review on Dietary Supplements in the Prevention and/or Treatment of Actinic Keratosis and Field Cancerization by A. Rodríguez-Luna, A. Zamarrón, C. Longo, G. Pellacani, K. Peris, P. Calzavara-Pinton, M.V. de Galvez, Y. Gilaberte, M. de Troya, Á. Juarranz, S. González

“…Vitamin supplementation studies revealed mixed results, with clear data showing benefits in reducing the risk of precancerous lesions and skin cancers after nicotinamide (NAM) treatment, while others did not demonstrate significant protective effects. …”
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