Novel Polymorphism in a Promoter of MBL2 Gene Result in Lower MBL Expression in Chronic Infection Caused by HCV by Paywast Jamal Jalal

“…The level of these proteins was measured by ELISA method and compared with each other based on the detected SNPs by PCR and sequencing methods in the responsible genes. …”
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Therapeutic potential of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) on new models of asthma immune pathobiology: A review by VR Bataduwaarachchi, DCJ Liyanage, SMN Hansanie, HDSM Perera, LG D'Cruz

“…A combined search was performed for each keyword, with “garlic” included as the primary keyword or search term. …”
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Lessons learned in migrating from one commercial genetics clinical decision-making tool to another: Assessment of data integrity and utilization by Calvin Le, Kevin Tatunay, Wayne Liu, Haibo Lu, Nicole-Ann Rodis, Thomas Nam, Mercy Y. Laurino, Marianne E. Dubard-Gault

“…However, these variables exist in multiple forms and disparate locations in each commercial electronic health record solution resulting in significant variations in how family history or genetic data is codified. …”
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Association of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Type 2 Diabetic Individuals by Noor ul ain, Sheikh Abdul Saeed, Muhammad sajid Abbas jaffri, Shazia Shakoor, Shah jabeen, Sana Kashif

“…Methodology: After taking an informed consent from each study subject a total of 72 type 2 diabetic patients were enrolled in this study and all of them underwent thyroid tests, including TSH, free T3 and free T4. …”
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Estimating Potential for Drug Budget Reallocation Following Expiration of Exclusivity of Pharmaceutical Products by Samira Toghanian, John Moshtaghi-Svensson, Maria Papageorgiou, Kristin Kittelsen, Christiaan Dolk, Markus Hultstrand, Stina Salomonsson

“…The estimated average budget released per year during 2020-2024 was 1.8% (GR), 4.6% (NL), 3.4% (NO) and 3.9% (SW) of each country’s total annual drug budget. **Discussion:** These analyses showed that LOE for pharmaceutical products between 2020 and 2022 can result in significant increase in budget availability. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of publications concerning combinations of immunotherapy and targeted therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma: a bibliometric study by Biling Gan, Lei Wu, Shunan Zhou, Zhihong Chen, Fan Wu, Lianqun Xu, Zhenrong Chen, Honghui Ma, Peijia He, Dan Fang, Ning Shi

“…The authors Kudo Masatoshi and Hatanaka Takeshi were the most prolific, each with nine publications. The journal Cancers emerged as the top publisher, with 48 relevant articles and an Impact Factor of 5.2 in 2022. …”
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National Unity Based on the Malay-Islamic State of Malaysia: Highlights of the Study by Muhamad Zuhaili Saiman

“…This disparity arises due to the unique circumstances prevailing in each country. Malaysia exhibits a rich tapestry of racial diversity. …”
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Stepwise Improvement of Cerebral Hemodynamics in Staged Angioplasty for Carotid Artery Stenosis by Fumiaki OKA, Takayuki OKU, Akiko KAWANO, Koki OKAZAKI, Takuma NISHIMOTO, Mototsugu SHIMOKAWA, Hideyuki ISHIHARA

“…In an analysis limited to the patients who underwent successful SAP, the resting CBF was unchanged except for immediately after the first stage, on the other hand, the CVR increased at each stage. After the first stage, 14 (74%) patients recovered from the steal phenomenon. …”
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Structures and strategies for retaining an international pediatric cohort from birth: Lessons from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study by Patricia Gesualdo, Jessica Melin, Rachel Karban, Claire Crouch, Michael Killian, Diane Hopkins, Annika Adamsson, Joanna Stock, Suzanne Bennett Johnson, Judith Baxter

“…TEDDY retention strategies were categorized into each of these domains. A fifth category presented strategies unique to TEDDY. …”
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Genome-wide association study reveals major loci for resistance to septoria tritici blotch in a Tunisian durum wheat collection. by Maroua Ouaja, Bikash Ghimire, Bochra Amina Bahri, Medini Maher, Sahbi Ferjaoui, Sripada Udupa, Sonia Hamza

“…A major QTL was identified on each of chromosomes 1B, 4B, 5A, and 7B, respectively. …”
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Family Characteristics, Food Security, Expenditure, and Dietary Diversity among Families with and without Concurrently Wasted and Stunted Children in Semarang by Rachma Purwanti, Ignasia Agatha Br Ginting, Nurhanna Putri Aulia, Nuryanto Nuryanto, Fillah Fithra Dieny

“…Subject selection using a consecutive sampling method obtained 72 subjects consisting of 18 subjects in each group of normal, stunted, wasted, and concurrently wasted and stunted (WaSt). …”
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Water Model Study on Alloy Melting and Mixing in RH Refining Process by XU Zhibo, CHEN Chao, WANG Jia, LI Yihong, CAO Ruiyun, ZHAO Yansong, XUE Liqiang, FAN Jinping

“…[Findings] The results show that the dimensionless concentration-time curves of the schemes of particles and solution are consistent at each monitor point. The response time and the first peak time of the particle scheme are slightly later than those of the solution scheme, and the first peak concentration of the partide scheme is also lower. …”
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Patient and parent satisfaction after surgical repair of concealed penis in children by Amr Mehrez, Osama El Gamal, Mohamed Adel Omar, Mohamed Elmaadawy, Salah Nagla

“…It represents a unique challenge due to the multifactorial nature of its etiology that requires different surgical approaches tailored to each case. The aim of this study was to evaluate parents’ satisfaction after surgical repair of concealed penis in children. …”
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The Impact of Surgical Trauma, BMI and Analgesics Intake on Postoperative Pain after Periapical Surgery in the Anterior Maxillary Region by Jure Martinić, Lidija Gavić, Antonija Tadin, Ante Mihovilović, Petra Stazić, Daniel Jerković

“…In the first postoperative week, each patient received the same postoperative instructions and a pain questionnaire to record pain intensity and analgesic consumption. …”
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Compressive strength of different tricalcium silicate–based materials used for primary teeth: in vitro study by Avin Nanakali, Sazan Sh. Salem

“…Materials and methods: Ninety samples from studied materials (4mm diameter and 6mm height) were selected and divided into three equal groups according to the materials used then after each group was divided into three equal sub-groups according to the time (1 day, 1 week and 3 weeks). …”
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Uninvestigated Dyspepsia and Heartburn Overlap Syndrome at Industrial Hub of Eastern Siberia by V. V. Tsukanov, A. V. Vasiutin, J. L. Tonkikh, E. V. Kasparov, O. V. Smirnova

“…The study conduction complied with ethical standards. Each participant signed an informed examination consent, in accordance to the regulations by the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki. …”
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Fecal bacteria transplantation replicates aerobic exercise to reshape the gut microbiota in mice to inhibit high-fat diet-induced atherosclerosis. by Jie Men, Hao Li, Chenglong Cui, Xuedi Ma, Penghong Liu, Zhengyang Yu, Xueyan Gong, Youhao Yao, Jieying Ren, Chengrui Zhao, Binyu Song, Kaijiang Yin, Jianting Wu, Wei Liu

“…Additionally, we assessed plasma lipid levels, inflammatory factors, and gut microbiota composition in each group of mice. high-fat diet -induced atherosclerosis mice displayed dyslipidemia along with inflammatory responses and reduced gut microbiota diversity as well as abundance of beneficial bacteria. …”
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Effect of 940 nm Diode Laser Irradiation and Dentin Bonding Agent on Permeability of Furcation Area in Primary Molars by Mohammad Atif, Nitesh Tewari, Vijay P. Mathur, Kalpana Bansal, Morankar Rahul

“…The samples were prepared and seven from each group were tested by dye penetration and three were sent for scanning electron microscopy. …”
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Headline-Guided Extractive Summarization for Thai News Articles by Pimpitchaya Kositcharoensuk, Nakarin Sritrakool, Ploy N. Pratanwanich

“…Our model utilizes a pre-trained language model to capture complex language semantics and assigns a probability to each sentence to be included in the summary. By leveraging the headline to guide sentence selection, CHIMA enhances the model’s ability to recover important sentences and discount irrelevant ones. …”
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Comparison evaluation of bacterial DNA extraction methods for improved molecular diagnostic accuracy of sepsis-causing pathogens in clinical whole blood samples by Byungjoon Na, Junghun Park, Sojin Park, Eunseon Park, Jimin Jang, Yu-Hee Kim, Jinyeop Lee, Hae-Sun Chung

“…Real-time PCR was performed using specific primers to assess the efficiency of each method. The K-SL DNA Extraction Kit and GraBon™ system exhibited higher accuracy rates of 77.5% (22/40) and 76.5% (21/40), respectively, compared to the QIAamp DNA Blood Mini Kit, which had an accuracy rate 65.0% (12/40) for Escherichia coli detection, whereas the GraBon™ system demonstrated higher accuracy rate of 77.5% (22/40) than the other two methods, which had an accuracy rates of 67.5% (14/40) for Staphylococcus aureus detection. …”
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