Proinflammatory status of oral fluid in COVID-19 by I. A. Borodina, O. A. Gusyakova, I. A. Selezneva, F. N. Gilmiyarova, A. A. Ereshchenko, O. A. Baldina, N. A. Kolotyeva, O. V. Borisova

“…The saliva-based diagnostics of clinical course in COVID-19 patients includes determination of IL-6, IL-8, C-reactive protein in oral fluid, in order to assess severity of the inflammatory process. The present study was carried out at the Department of Fundamental and Clinical Biochemistry with Laboratory Diagnostics, and Department of Pediatric Infections at the Samara State Medical University. …”
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Leveraging explainable artificial intelligence with ensemble of deep learning model for dementia prediction to enhance clinical decision support systems by Mohamed Medani, Ghada Moh. Samir Elhessewi, Mohammed Alqahtani, Somia A. Asklany, Sulaiman Alamro, Da’ad Albalawneh, Menwa Alshammeri, Mohammed Assiri

“…Furthermore, the feature selection process is performed by implementing the naked mole‐rat algorithm (NMRA) model. …”
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ECG-LM: Understanding Electrocardiogram with a Large Language Model by Kai Yang, Massimo Hong, Jiahuan Zhang, Yizhen Luo, Suyuan Zhao, Ou Zhang, Xiaomao Yu, Jiawen Zhou, Liuqing Yang, Ping Zhang, Mu Qiao, Zaiqing Nie

“…Methods: Although recent advancements in multi-modal large language modeling have propelled their application scope beyond the natural language processing domain, their applicability to ECG processing remains largely unexplored, partly due to the lack of text–ECG data. …”
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Occupational exposure to flame retardants following production replacement and their effect on thyroid function indicators by Ling Meng, Tingting Guo, Yizhi Liu, Han Wu, Kang An, Xizhu Xu, Yuancheng Li

“…In this study, we recruited 165 employees with typical occupational exposure from a flame retardants (FRs) production plant in Laizhou Bay, which is the main FRs production area in China, to analyze the internal exposure characteristics of FRs and their potential impacts on thyroid function during the historical production and replacement process. The results showed that the detection frequencies of only triphenyl phosphate (TPHP), BDE-138 and BDE-197 (82.4 %, 61.2 % and 60.6 %, respectively) exceeded 60 % among the 34 compounds of interest, while the median concentrations of BDE-138 and BDE-197 were much higher than TPHP (medians of 103.6, 60.6 and 20.5 ng/g lw, respectively). …”
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Deciphering the complex molecular architecture of the genetically modified soybean FG72 through paired-end whole genome sequencing by Fan Wang, Shengtao Lu, Wenting Xu, Litao Yang

“…Importantly, no plasmid backbone sequences were detected in the host genome, indicating a clean T-DNA integration during the biolistic transformation process. …”
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Screening and validation of key genes involved in castration-resistant prostate cancer based on transcriptomics sequencing by Guangquan Tong, Xiaomeng Jing, Yuning Yang, Xiaowei Wang, Junlin Lu, Jingyi Hu, Yang Wang, Farra Aidah Jumuddin, Wenjing Zhang, Yuesheng Lv

“…GO enrichment analysis of these differentially expressed genes revealed significant enrichment in tumor-related signaling pathways such as regulation of cell cycle process, cell division, and regulation of cell projection organization. …”
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Effects of Mulberry Leaf Extract on the Liver Function of Juvenile Spotted Sea Bass (Lateolabrax maculatus) by Sishun Zhou, Hao Lin, Lumin Kong, Jianrong Ma, Zhongying Long, Huihui Qin, Zhangfan Huang, Yi Lin, Longhui Liu, Zhongbao Li

“…ELM significantly increased the activities of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) involved in the metabolic process in liver tissue, and GOT activity reached the highest when ELM was added at 9 g/kg, and LDH activity reached the highest when ELM was added at 15 g/kg P<0.05. …”
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Translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the HEAR-COMMAND Tool – Arabic: a self-rated ICF-based questionnaire for assessing hearing, communication, and conversation disa... by Razan Alfakir, Mahmoud Hammady, Tahereh Afghah, Mohamed Abd Al-Ghaffar, Mostafa Youssif

“…This process included forward translation, expert panel review, and back translation. …”
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Time is health: management of Parkinson’s disease in primary care: a retrospective quantitative study of diagnostic and therapeutic timelines by Sabine Bayen, Xavier Lagon, Charles Cauet, Marc Bayen, Teddy Richebe, Nassir Messaadi, Matthieu Calafiore

“…The objective of our study was to objectify and quantify the delay of the diagnostic process and to identify the factors that influence it. …”
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Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) as Alternative Sustainable Media for the Extraction and Characterization of Bioactive Compounds from Winemaking Industry Wastes by Vincenzo Roselli, Rosalba Leuci, Gianluca Pugliese, Alexia Barbarossa, Antonio Laghezza, Marco Paparella, Alessia Carocci, Vincenzo Tufarelli, Lucia Gambacorta, Luca Piemontese

“…The extraction procedure, as the first step of this process, was carried out with seven selected deep eutectic solvents (DESs). …”
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Introducing a Novel Paper Point Method for Isolated Apical Sampling—The Controlled Apical Sampling Device: A Methodological Study by Christoph Matthias Schoppmeier, Gustav Leo Classen, Silvia Contini, Paul Rebmann, David Brendlen, Michael Jochen Wicht, Anna Greta Barbe

“…Following sample collection, cultural detection of bacterial presence was performed by incubating the samples on agar plates to confirm the presence of <i>E. coli</i>. …”
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Comparing the photocatalytic activity of suspended and floating Ag-decorated TiO2 for dye removal by Nila Davari, Ermelinda Falletta, Claudia L. Bianchi, Viviane Yargeau, Cristina Rodriguez-Seco, Daria C. Boffito

“…We proposed a two-step synthesis process to fabricate floating TiO2 and Ag-decorated TiO2 (Ag/TiO2) photocatalysts. …”
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The impact of implementing patient‐reported measures in routine maternity care: a systematic review by An Chen, Kirsi Väyrynen, Alexandra Schmidt, Riikka‐Leena Leskelä, Paulus Torkki, Seppo Heinonen, Aydin Tekay, Ganesh Acharya

“…The emperical evidence, collected from 11 relevant studies, showed that the use of PRMs in routine maternity care could produce positive effects on clinical process (assessment and detection of health problems, clinical visit preparation, resource use, woman–professional communication, decision‐making, woman–professional relationship, and care quality), and health behavior and outcomes (women's health and wellbeing, quality of life, health behavior, experiences and satisfaction with healthcare services), awareness, engagement and self‐management of own health, and disclosure of health issues. …”
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Estimation of free-roaming dog populations using Google Street View: A methodological study. by Guillermo Porras, Elvis W Diaz, Micaela De la Puente-León, Cesar M Gavidia, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra

“…We detected a strong positive correlation between the number of dogs detected by the two methods in the urban communities (r = 0.85; p < 0.001) and a weak correlation in periurban areas (r = 0.36; p = 0.478). …”
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Proteomic Approaches in Biomarker Discovery: New Perspectives in Cancer Diagnostics by Petra Hudler, Nina Kocevar, Radovan Komel

“…Despite remarkable progress in proteomic methods, including improved detection limits and sensitivity, these methods have not yet been established in routine clinical practice. …”
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Genomic identification of recipient-derived hepatocytes in liver transplantation: a hypothesis linking graft repopulation to immune tolerance by Seoung Hoon Kim

“…Integrating these genetic approaches with hepatocyte-specific methylation or transcriptomic profiling may significantly improve the accuracy and clinical relevance of recipient-derived hepatocyte detection.ImplicationsThis hypothesis, if validated, could shift the conceptual model of transplant tolerance from solely immune regulation to a dynamic process of histological replacement. …”
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Minimization of Feedback Loop Distortions in Digital Predistortion of a Radio-Over-Fiber System With Optimization Algorithms by Carlos Mateo, Pedro L. Carro, Paloma Garcia-Ducar, Jesus de Mingo, Inigo Salinas

“…This article proposes the linearization of an intensity modulation/direct detection radio-over-fiber (RoF) link with feedback loop. …”
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Monitoring of polymer viscosity by simultaneous ultrasonic and rheological measurements at high and varying temperatures by Nesrine Houhat, Thibaut Devaux, Samuel Callé, Laksana Saengdee, Séverine Boucaud Gauchet, François Vander Meulen

“…A thorough comprehension of the rheological behavior of polymers during industrial processes is essential for optimizing manufacturing efficiency and product quality. …”
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Attention-enhanced corn disease diagnosis using few-shot learning and VGG16 by Ruchi Rani, Jayakrushna Sahoo, Sivaiah Bellamkonda, Sumit Kumar

“…Plant Disease Detection in the early stage is paramount. Traditionally, it was done manually by the farmers, which is a laborious and time-intensive task. …”
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MFAN: Multi-Feature Attention Network for Breast Cancer Classification by Inzamam Mashood Nasir, Masad A. Alrasheedi, Nasser Aedh Alreshidi

“…Yet, direct mammogram and ultrasound image diagnosis is a very intricate, time-consuming process, which can be best accomplished with the help of a professional. …”
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