Morphology of the obturator nerve, an anatomical study with emphasis on its clinical implications [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Vandana Blossom, Latha V. Prabhu, Rajanigandha Vadgaonkar, Ashwin R. Rai, Mangala M. Pai, B.V. Murlimanju

“…Conclusions We believe that morphometric data of the obturator nerve will be enlightening to the operating surgeon during its procedures like nerve block, transplantation, and repairs as few of them are conducted laparoscopically, the prior knowledge of morphological dimensions and branching pattern will assist the surgeons in easy access of the obturator nerve. …”
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Assessment of Treatment in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Using Steroid Assessment Tool (SAT) in a Tertiary Center from Romania by Loredana GORAN, Lucian NEGREANU

“…Background and aims: The evolution of inflammatory bowel diseases was significantly improved during the last decade by the new therapeutic options. …”
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Haloturbation in the northern Atacama Desert revealed by a hidden subsurface network of calcium sulfate wedges by A. Zinelabedin, A. Zinelabedin, J. Mohren, J. Mohren, M. Wierzbicka-Wieczorek, T. J. Dunai, S. Heinze, B. Ritter

“…<p>While the formation of periglacial wedges and polygonal patterned grounds has been extensively studied and many of the processes involved have been understood, knowledge on the formation of similar features found in arid to hyperarid environments remains largely rudimentary. …”
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Warrick score in rheumatoid-arthritis interstitial lung disease: a promising tool for assessing the extent and progression of lung involvement by Duygu Temiz Karadag, Sevtap Dogan, Neslihan Gokcen, Oznur Sadioglu Cagdas, Ayten Yazici, Ayse Cefle

“…Warrick severity, extent, and total scores increased significantly during follow-up. Age > 50 years (OR 7.7; p = 0.028) and baseline usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern (OR 3.1, p = 0.041) were identified as risk factors for progression. …”
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Spatio-temporal distribution characteristics and driving factors of forest land in the Da-Xiao Liangshan mountains based on topographic gradient by Jianwei Zhou, Bin Feng, Hua Wu, Zelin Zhang, Linna Chen, Jihang Li, Xingwang Chen, Yuzhong Kong, Ze Meng, Xiangyun Kong

“…The forest land area initially decreased and then increased, with a net gain of 120.41 km2 over the 40-year period. (2) The spatial distribution of forest land exhibited a pattern of sparse forest cover in the central and eastern regions and dense cover in the southeastern, northeastern, and western regions. …”
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The outward growth of the arcuate tectonic belt in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Insights from three-dimensional finite element numerical simulations by ZHAO Yilin, SUN Yujun, HOU Guiting, SHI Wei

“…It also proposes a new structural pattern and deformation mechanism for the outward growth of the arcuate tectonic belt.  …”
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Molecular evolution of TRPC4 regulatory sequences supports a role in mammalian thermoregulatory adaptation by Robert S. Cornman

“…Collectively, the data indicate that the C-terminal region of TRPC4 has responded to selection on NST thermoregulation during the diversification of eutherian mammals. The drivers of increased diversification of Trpc4 and interacting genes in bats remain to be determined.…”
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From hypertension to heart failure: The missed clues of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis by Ambreen Gul, Kamran Dawood

“…NT-proBNP increased to 1204 ng/L, and cardiac troponin was mildly elevated at 28 ng/L.Electrocardiography (ECG) demonstrated a pseudo-infarct pattern (Fig 1). Repeat echocardiography revealed severe LVH with a restrictive filling pattern, raising suspicion of an infiltrative cardiomyopathy, such as cardiac amyloidosis. …”
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The Voltage-Ear &#x2013; An Anomaly in Photovoltaic Systems With Undersized Inverters by Ernst Wittmann, Claudia Buerhop-Lutz, Vincent Christlein, Jens Hauch, Christoph J. Brabec, Ian Marius Peters

“…This kind of voltage rise leads to a specific pattern in the monitoring data &#x2013; the voltage ear. …”
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The burden and outcome of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Sweden by Evelina Gille, Anders Näsman, Madeleine Helmersson, Elin Marsk, Antti Mäkitie, Lalle Hammarstedt-Nordenvall

“…The subcohort from the Stockholm-Gotland region was included to investigate the prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in NPC and to describe pattern of relapse. Methods: This population-based nationwide study included patients diagnosed with NPC in Sweden during 2008–2021. …”
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An increase in reactive oxygen species underlies neonatal cerebellum repair by Anna Pakula, Salsabiel El Nagar, N Sumru Bayin, Jens Bager Christensen, Daniel Stephen, Adam James Reid, Richard P Koche, Alexandra L Joyner

“…Collectively, our results highlight that changes in the tissue microenvironment regulate multiple steps in adaptive reprogramming of NEPs upon death of cerebellar granule cell progenitors at birth, highlighting the instructive roles of microenvironmental signals during regeneration of the neonatal brain.…”
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Alternative healthy eating index may predict a reduced odd of endometriosis: results from a case-control study by Seyed Mojtaba Ghoreishy, Fatemeh Sadat Hashemi Javaheri, Sakine Ghasemisedaghat, Morvarid Noormohammadi, Ghazaleh Eslamian, Seyyedeh Neda Kazemi, Bahram Rashidkhani, Robabeh Taheripanah

“…Abstract Background Endometriosis, characterized as an inflammatory ailment, affects females during their reproductive years, leading to decreased quality of life. …”
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Kevlar/Basalt and Kevlar/Glass Intra‐Ply Reinforced Hybrid Composites: Influence of Basket Weave Fabric Structure on Thermal Properties, Flammability, and Impact Performance by Mahdi Hosseini, Milan Gaff, Petr Konvalinka, Haitao Li, Hynek Maňák, Jensin Joshua, Ahmad Hosseini, Krishna Teja, S. Yogeswari, Pritam Ghosh, M. Chandrasekar

“…The objective is to evaluate the effect of varying the number of threads in the basket weave pattern (ten threads 5 × 5, six threads 3 × 3, and two threads 1 × 1) and different fibre combinations (Kevlar‐Glass (KG) and Kevlar‐Basalt (KB)) on composite performance. …”
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Exploratory investigation of virtual lesions in gastrointestinal endoscopy using a novel phase‐shift method for three‐dimensional shape measurement by Taku Sakamoto, Ichiro Oda, Takuma Okamura, Hourin Cho, Naoya Toyoshima, Satoru Nonaka, Haruhisa Suzuki, Tatsuya Nakamura, Daichi Watanabe, Keigo Matsuo, Kazunari Hanano, Tetsuhide Takeyama, Shigetaka Yoshinaga, Yutaka Saito

“…Abstract Accurate measurement of the size of lesions or distances between any two points during endoscopic examination of the gastrointestinal tract is difficult owing to the fisheye lens used in endoscopy. …”
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Saddle curvature association of nsP1 facilitates the replication complex assembly of Chikungunya virus in cells by Xinwen Miao, Michelle Cheok Yien Law, Jatin Kumar, Choon-Peng Chng, Yongpeng Zeng, Yaw Bia Tan, Jiawei Wu, Xiangfu Guo, Lizhen Huang, Yinyin Zhuang, Weibo Gao, Changjin Huang, Dahai Luo, Wenting Zhao

“…Together, nsP1 supports a strong saddle curvature association, with flexible MA loops sensing a range of positive curvatures in the x-z plane while the rigid dodecamer stabilizing fixed negative curvature in the x-y plane - crucial for constraining the membrane spherule neck during replication progression. Moreover, CHIKV replication enriches on patterned nanoring structures, underscoring the curvature-guided assembly of the viral replication complex. …”
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Biodiversity of Reef Fishes in Three Small Outer Islands of West Papua, Indonesia by Risandi Dwirama Putra, Petrus Christianus Makatipu, I Wayan Eka Dharmawan, Frensly Damianus Hukom, Muhammad Abrar, Rikoh Manogar Siringoringo, Ni Wayan Purnamsari, Aditya Hikmat Nugraha, Pradipta Agustina, Khairunnisa Khairunnisa, Asep Mulyono, MD Jayedul Islam

“…Four hundred and thirty-two species of fifty families of reef fishes found during the 2nd session the Nusa Manggala expedition in Liki, Bepondi, and Miossu islands, northern Papua. …”
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Effects of Carnosine Addition in Low-Fishmeal Feed on the Growth Performance, Muscle Antioxidant Capacity and Flesh Quality of Orange-Spotted Grouper (<i>Epinephelus coioides</i>) by Dong Li, Weijun Chen, Yanxia Yin, Lulu Yang, Mingfan Chen, Yunzhang Sun, Jidan Ye

“…Seven groups with three tanks of fish (11.4 ± 0.1 g/fish) were allotted one of the diets during the 8-week feeding trial. The growth rate, body protein content, muscle activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase, and muscle adhesiveness showed positive linear response and/or an open upward parabola with increasing carnosine concentrations, with a peak at 160 mg/kg of carnosine. …”
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Vegetation Dynamics and Sensitivity Responds to Climate Change in the Upstream of the Yellow River, China by XiangYu Lan, RuoWei Li, Xin Wang, TianCai Zhou, YunHui Li, JieJi Duo, Jian Sun

“…We took advantage of the vegetation sensitivity index (VSI), trend analysis, and moving window to evaluate the spatiotemporal pattern of vegetation sensitivity in the URYR. Our results indicated that the higher and lower NDVI were observed in the western and eastern URYR, respectively, and that the NDVI in more than 89% area of the URYR experienced a positive change during the past 30 years. …”
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Axillary cutaneous metastasis of colon cancer with microsatellite instability-high and BRAF V600E mutation treated with curative-intent surgery: a case report by Daisuke Yamai, Yoshifumi Shimada, Hikaru Ozeki, Akio Matsumoto, Kaoru Abe, Yosuke Tajima, Mae Nakano, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Jun Sakata, Toshifumi Wakai

“…Histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the axillary cutaneous tumor showed adenocarcinoma and the same expression pattern for cytokeratin 7, cytokeratin 20, and CDX2 as the ascending colon cancer, and that proved to be KRAS–NRAS wild type, MSI-H, and with a BRAF V600E mutation. …”
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Impact of acoustic waves on rainfall distribution in acoustics-induced artificial rainfall technology by Mengyao WANG, Jiaye LI, Ji CHEN, Jinzhao WANG, Songdong SHAO

“…Compared with the natural rainfall process, the long-duration rainfall process under acoustic fields has an apparent two-stage pattern. The rainfall intensity is significantly higher in the central region (near the acoustic operation point) than on either side during the first stage. …”
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