IL-19 as a promising theranostic target to reprogram the glioblastoma immunosuppressive microenvironment by Gilbert Aaron Lee, Justin Bo-Kai Hsu, Yu-Wei Chang, Li-Chun Hsieh, Yi-Tien Li, Ying Chieh Wu, Cheng-Ying Chu, Yung-Hsiao Chiang, Wan-Yuo Guo, Chih-Chun Wu, Liang-Wei Chen, Hung-Wen Kao, Wan-Li Lin, Li‑Wen Tseng, Ting-Wei Weng, Duen-Pang Kuo, Sho-Jen Cheng, Yung-Chieh Chen, Shiu-Wen Huang, Hsing-Jien Kung, Cheng-Yu Chen

“…Methods We utilized clinical and genomic data from the Taiwan GBM cohort and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) to analyze RNA sequencing data from patient tumor samples, determining the association of interleukin-19 (Il-19) expression with survival and immunosuppressive activity. …”
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Bile acids in follicular fluid: potential new therapeutic targets and predictive markers for women with diminished ovarian reserve by Shu Ding, Wenyan Li, Xianglei Xiong, Manfei Si, Chuyu Yun, Yuqian Wang, Lixuan Huang, Sen Yan, Xiumei Zhen, Jie Qiao, Xinyu Qi

“…Based on transcriptome sequencing data from two groups of GCs, a total of 482 up-regulated and 654 down-regulated DEGs were identified. …”
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Deciphering community-level knowledge of obstetric fistula and determinants: perspectives elucidated by ordinal logistic regression by Miteku Andualem Limenih, Alemakef Wagnew Melesse, Chernet Baye, Beletew Shewabere, Eskedar Getie Mekonnen, Hamid Yimam Hassen, Hamid Yimam Hassen, Aster Berhe, Destaye Shiferaw Alemu, Wagaye Fentahun Chanie

“…BackgroundObstetric fistula is a significant cause of maternal morbidity in resource-limited settings, where women often suffer due to a lack of prompt access to skilled obstetric services. …”
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Detour-Straddle 3D-like path planning of unmanned mining truck in open pit mines based on optimized ant colony algorithm by Mingyu GAO, Jiusheng BAO, Yan YIN, Deping HU, Kekun ZHANG, Chenzhong ZHU, Maosen WANG, Kai WANG

“…Firstly, a 3D map construction method based on laser point cloud is designed, and the valid point cloud data after filtering and registration are rasterized and the grid height is calculated, and the 3D map containing obstacle height information is obtained. …”
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Prevalence of sustained hypertension and obesity among urban and rural adolescents: a school-based, cross-sectional study in North India by Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Kavita Singh, Ambuj Roy, Bishav Mohan, Amit Verma, Kalpana Singh, Sarit Sharma, Raahat Bansal, Rohit Tandon, Abhishek Goyal, Bhupinder Singh, Shibba Takkar Chhabra, Naved Aslam, Gurpreet Singh Wander

“…Objective Recent data on sustained hypertension and obesity among school-going children and adolescents in India are limited. …”
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Diagnostic value of methane-hydrogen breath test combined with intestinal flora testing in screening for colorectal polyps by Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Hui Li, Hui Li, Zhihui Yan, Zhihui Yan, Rui Li, Rui Li, Yan Zheng, Yan Zheng, Xiaohui Wang, Xiaohui Wang, Lihong Cui

“…Future exploration of the mechanisms of flora-metabolic gas dynamic interactions and individualized threshold setting is warranted.…”
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An expedited cardiology investigation service helps to bridge the gap between emergency and outpatient care by Jun Yu Chen, Hibba Saeed, Jemimah Joseph, Mostafa Sallam, Joe Bradley, Vinay Reddy-Kolanu

“…It promotes safe discharge while facilitating early detection of pertinent cardiac pathology and prompt initiation of treatment. …”
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Study of NO₂ and HCHO vertical profile measurement based on fast synchronous multi-axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy (FS MAX-DOAS) by J. Xu, J. Xu, A. Li, Z. Hu, H. Zhang, H. Zhang, M. Qin

“…The selection of the number of binning rows in the acquisition settings considers the signal-to-noise ratio of the pixels in each row to enhance the quality of the spectral data. …”
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Whole-genome sequencing of extended spectrum beta lactamases (ESBLs)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (kp) isolates from selected hospitals in Malaysia by Salawudeen Adamu, Mika’ila Bawa Ali, Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa, Hui-min Neoh, Siti Norbaya Masri, Narcisse Joseph, Tengku Zetty Maztura Tengku Jamaluddin

“…The disc diffusion method was used to perform the antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), which was followed by the phenotypic detection of ESBLs. Six profiled representative ESBL positive strains were subjected to whole genome sequencing (WGS), multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and phylogenetic tree construction using the sequence data. …”
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Cross-sectional study of the association between diet and physical inactivity with obesity, diabetes and hypertension among older adults in Sierra Leone by Justine Davies, Oyinlola Oyebode, Haja Wurie, Maria Lisa Odland, Miles Witham, Rashid Ansumana, Tahir Bockarie, Joseph Lamin, Ankit Shanker, Mohamed B Jalloh, Alhaji M Kamara

“…Objective To examine the association between behavioural risk factors and their physiological sequelae among adults aged 40 and above in Bo District, Sierra Leone.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Household survey in Bo District, Sierra Leone.Participants The study included 1978 randomly sampled adults aged 40 and above (44.4% male and 55.6% female). …”
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An automated measurement of head circumference using CT scans: An application in children with head abnormalities by Priscila Satomi Acamine, Rafael Maffei Loureiro, Lucas dos Anjos Longas, Fabio Augusto Ribeiro Dalpra, Luigi Villanova Machado de Barros Lago, Larissa Vasconcellos de Moraes, Paulo Cesar Filho Estevam, Luiz Otávio Vittorelli, Lucas Silva Kallás, Ana Paula Antunes Pascalicchio Bertozzi, Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, Gilberto Szarf, Saulo Duarte Passos, Birajara Soares Machado, Joselisa Péres Queiroz De Paiva

“…Manual measurement of head circumference has been a widely adopted method of neurodevelopmental evaluation in both clinical and research settings. Here, we propose a method that uses axial slices of computerized tomography (CT) scans to detect the largest outer margin for measurement. …”
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Benford's law: Planning and analysis of the planned values in the defense budget by Đorić Igor, Ranisavljević Mihajlo, Kocka Đole

“…Benford's law is widely used to detect anomalies in sets of data, ranging from official population numbers, stock prices and information in scientific papers to financial reports in companies' financial statements taking the form of forensic accounting. …”
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Determination of Macro- and Microelements in the Inflorescences of Banana Tree Using ICP OES: Evaluation of the Daily Recommendations of Intake for Humans by Rafaela Henriques Rosa, Melina Ribeiro Fernandes, Elaine Silva de Pádua Melo, Daniela Granja Arakaki, Nayara Vieira de Lima, Luana Carolina Santos Leite, Paulo Renato Espindola, Igor Domingos de Souza, Valdir Aragão do Nascimento, Paula Fabiana Saldanha Tschinkel, Fabiane La Flor Ziegler Sanches, Valter Aragão do Nascimento

“…The aims of this study were (1) to determine the mineral components of Musa paradisiaca and (2) to compare the obtained results with previously reported data of Recommendation Dietary Allowances (RDAs) and edible plant permissible limits set by FAO/WHO. …”
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Identification of genetic regulatory loci for anthocyanins in wine grape skins by WANG Shanglin, ZHANG Huimin, SUN Qi, PAN Qiuhong, DONG Zhigang, DUAN Changqing, HE Fei

“…[Methods] The F1 progeny of the cross between Cabernet Sauvignon 685 (CS 685) and Syrah 100 (X 100) was used as the material, and the phenotypic concentration of each anthocyanin was detected by high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS), which provided phenotypic data for the subsequent genome-wide association analysis. …”
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Nanosecond pulsed electric field applications rejuvenate aging endothelial cells by rescuing mitochondrial-to-nuclear retrograde communication by Meifang Yin, Jie Xiao, Guangtao Huang, Huanyu Xie, Hongwei Liu, Jianqiang Yuan, Xiaofang Liu, Anna Chiarini, Ubaldo Armato, Ilaria Dal Prà, Shumaila Ijaz, Naziat Begum, Lingyun Wang, Jun Wu

“…Interestingly, nsPEF selectively targeted senescing cells at the tested dose, with no detectable effect on otherwise untreated (normal) HUVECs. …”
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Deep-amplicon sequencing of the complete beta-tubulin gene in Trichuris trichiura before and after albendazole treatment by Javier Gandasegui, Berta Grau-Pujol, Valdemiro Novela, Osvaldo Muchisse, Maria Cambra-Pellejà, Anélsio Cossa, José Carlos Jamine, Charfudin Sacoor, Eric A.T. Brienen, Francesc Catala-Moll, Lisette van Lieshout, María Martínez-Valladares, Roger Paredes, José Muñoz, Stephen R. Doyle

“…Using publicly available genome-wide data, we also analysed a second beta-tubulin isotype in the T. trichiura genome. …”
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Stopping anticoagulation for isolated or incidental pulmonary embolism: the STOPAPE RCT protocol by Daniel Lasserson, Pooja Gaddu, Samir Mehta, Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Sheila Greenfield, Clare Prince, Carole Cummins, Graham Robinson, Jonathan Rodrigues, Simon Noble, Sue Jowett, Mark Toshner, Michael Newnham, Alice Turner

“…Subsegmental pulmonary embolism is not often detectable with older nuclear medicine-based diagnostic imaging for ventilation/perfusion mismatch. …”
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Federated Learning of Jamming Classifiers: From Global to Personalized Models by Peng Wu, Helena Calatrava, Tales Imbiriba, Pau Closas

“…This approach ensures user privacy during model training by removing the need for centralized data storage or access to clients’ local data. The personalized federated learning strategies employed in this study are also tested on non-independent and identically distributed data sets composed of spectrogram images from interfered GNSS signals. …”
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Identification of osteoarthritis-associated chondrocyte subpopulations and key gene-regulating drugs based on multi-omics analysis by Ting Hao, Zhiwei Pei, Sile Hu, Zhenqun Zhao, Wanxiong He, Jing Wang, Liuchang Jiang, jirigala Ariben, Lina Wu, Xiaolong Yang, Leipeng Wang, Yonggang Wu, Xiaofeng Chen, Qiang Li, Haobo Yang, Siqin Li, Xing Wang, Mingqi Sun, Baoxin Zhang

“…Cell communication and pseudo-temporal analysis, as well as High-dimensional Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (hdWGCNA), were conducted on the single-cell data to identify key chondrocyte subtypes and module genes. …”
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Metal-strong Inflows at the Outer-galactic-scale of a Quasar by Qiguo Tian, Lei Hao, Yipeng Zhou, Xiheng Shi, Tuo Ji, Peng Jiang, Lin Lin, Zhenya Zheng, Hongyan Zhou

“…We present an analysis of the absorption-line system in the Very Large Telescope/Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph spectrum at a redshift of z _a = 3.1448 associated with the quasar SDSS J122040.23+092326.96, whose systematic redshift is z _e = 3.1380 ± 0.0007, measured from the H β +[O iii ] emission lines in our newly acquired NIR P200/TripleSpec data. This absorbing system, detected in numerous absorption lines, including the N v , N iii , C iv , C iii , Si iv , Si iii , and H i Lyman series, can be resolved into seven kinematic components with redshifted velocities ranging from 200 to 900 km s ^−1 . …”
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