Plasma lipidomic analysis reveals disruption of ether phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and facilitates early detection of hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma by Yuyao Yuan, Donghao Yin, Xuemeng Yang, Di Liu, Hui Shan, Juan Luo, Xiuhui Li, Yuxin Yin

“…Abstract Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third deadliest malignant tumor worldwide. Most patients are initially diagnosed as HCC at advanced stages and are too late for radical treatment by surgery, resulting in poor prognosis. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram to predict the risk of post-stroke complex regional pain syndrome by Qian Xie, Qing Song, Jianling Deng, Xuanling Cheng, Aiguo Xue, Shuxiong Luo

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to assess risk factors and build a nomogram model to facilitate the early recognition of post-stroke complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).MethodsA total of 587 stroke patients admitted to Dongguan Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from September 2021 to October 2024 were initially included in this study. After exclusions, 376 patients were selected. …”
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Quality of reporting in abstracts of clinical trials using physical activity interventions: a cross-sectional analysis using the CONSORT for Abstracts by Angélica Trevisan De Nardi, Leony Morgana Galliano, Nórton Luís Oliveira, Daniel Umpierre

“…Two researchers conducted study selection and, thereafter, assessment of the abstracts using a form comprising 16 items based on CONSORT for Abstracts. …”
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LSD1 is required for euchromatic origin firing and replication timing by Yue Wang, Yunchao Huang, Edith Cheng, Xinhua Liu, Yu Zhang, Jianguo Yang, Jordan T. F. Young, Grant W. Brown, Xiaohan Yang, Yongfeng Shang

“…Abstract The chromatin-based rule governing the selection and activation of replication origins remains to be elucidated. …”
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Chemical Composition and Toxicity of <i>Achillea millefolium</i> L. Essential Oil Against <i>Acrobasis advenella</i> (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) Under Laboratory Conditions by Edyta Górska-Drabik, Katarzyna Golan, Cezary Sempruch, Grzegorz Chrzanowski, Michał P. Dybowski, Monika Poniewozik

“…Selection tests showed that larvae avoided inflorescences treated with 0.8% and 1.0% EOAM concentrations. …”
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Malicious Attack Correlation Analysis Method of Source-Grid-Load System under Specific Attack Scenarios by Rui ZHANG, Jiaxuan FEI, Congcong SHI, Xiaojian ZHANG, Xiuli HUANG, Qi WANG

“…Thirdly, combined with electrical abnormal events, the genetic algorithm's initialization scheme, the selection operator and cross genetic probability are improved. …”
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Integrated neural network and evolutionary algorithm approach for liver fibrosis staging: Can artificial intelligence reduce patient costs? by Ali Nazarizadeh, Touraj Banirostam, Taraneh Biglari, Mohammadreza Kalantarhormozi, Fatemeh Chichagi, Amir H Behnoush, Mohammad A Habibi, Ramin Shahidi

“…Initially, the synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE) is performed to address the imbalance in the dataset. …”
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An Investigation of factors Influencing electric vehicles charging Needs: Machine learning approach by Cuthbert Ruseruka, Judith Mwakalonge, Gurcan Comert, Saidi Siuhi, Debbie Indah, Sarah Kasomi, Tumlumbe Juliana Chengula

“…To accelerate EV development and deployment, governments worldwide invest in EV development through various initiatives to make them more affordable. This research aims to investigate the changing needs of EV users to establish factors to be considered in the selection of charging demands using machine learning, using an extreme gradient boosting model. …”
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Incidence of Total Knee Arthroplasty in Older Females with Knee Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis Treated with Denosumab Compared with Those Treated Using Bisphosphonates: A Populati... by Tzai-Chiu Yu, Wen-Tien Wu, Ru-Ping Lee, Ing-Ho Chen, Jen-Hung Wang, Shu-Hui Wen, Kuang-Ting Yeh

“…We used data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database, including data from females aged ≥ 50 years diagnosed with knee OA and OP who initiated treatment between 2012 and 2019. Propensity score matching (1:1) resulted in the selection of 13,774 patients (6897 per group). …”
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Esophageal Cicatricial Pemphigoid as an Isolated Involvement Treated with Mycophenolate Mofetil by Sandra Sánchez Prudencio, Daniel Domingo Senra, Daniel Martín Rodríguez, Belén Botella Mateu, Carlos Esteban Jiménez-Zarza, Felipe de la Morena López, José Jiménez Reyes, Manuel Nevado Santos, Beatriz de Cuenca Morón

“…We established the diagnosis performing a direct immunofluorescence (DIF), demonstrating IgG3 and complement deposition along the basement membrane. As initial treatment the patient received prednisone 60 mg and 1 gr twice daily of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) as a steroid-sparing agent due to its lower toxicity and its selective mechanism of action. …”
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Digital twin system framework and application outlook of grid-forming static var generator by Yufei Teng, Peng Shi, Jiayu Bai, Xi Wang, Tian Cao, Zongsheng Zheng, Shilin Gao, Xianglian Guan, Tong Dai

“…The engineering application of grid-type SVG is still in the initial stage worldwide, and there is a lack of effective technical methods to guide its application in multi-field under the new power system. …”
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Valorization of a Residue of the Kombucha Beverage Industry Through the Production of Dehydrated Water Dispersible Cellulose Nanocrystals by Laura Giselle Alonso, Luciana Di Giorgio, María Laura Foresti, Adriana Noemi Mauri

“…Furthermore, the drying method applied to the BNC and its initial concentration in the hydrolysis medium were found to significantly impact the properties of the resulting CNCs, which exhibited diverse size distributions and Z-potential values. …”
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Generation of the MCF-7 cell sublines with CRISPR/Cas9 mediated disruption of estrogen receptor alfa (ESR1) expression by L. O. Savinska, S. A. Kvitchenko, S. S. Palchevskyi, I. V. Kroupskaya, A. V. Mazov, O. M. Garifulin, V. V. Filonenko

“…Supported by the literature, our initial hypothesis was that Estrogen Receptor alfa (ESR1) may function as a master regulator by influencing the expression of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related genes in cancer cells. …”
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A Method for Prediction and Analysis of Student Performance That Combines Multi-Dimensional Features of Time and Space by Zheng Luo, Jiahao Mai, Caihong Feng, Deyao Kong, Jingyu Liu, Yunhong Ding, Bo Qi, Zhanbo Zhu

“…Subsequently, this study conducted data ablation experiments, the results of which proved the rationality of the feature selection in this study. Finally, this study proposed a feasible solution for guiding teaching strategies by integrating spatiotemporal multi-dimensional features in the analysis of student performance prediction in actual teaching processes.…”
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Knowledge and usage of the Reporting Guidelines: a survey among Brazilian Health Research Group Leaders by Laylla Galdino-Santos, Charles Phillipe de Lucena Alves, João de Deus Barreto Segundo, Maximilliano Sérgio Cenci, Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam da Silva, David Moher, Tatiana Pereira-Cenci

“…Conclusions: Although respondents reported adherence to scientific integrity practices, potential selection and cognitive biases must be acknowledged. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Fractional-Order Models for Lithium-Ion Batteries Response to Novel Drive Cycle Dataset by Xinyuan Wei, Longxing Wu, Chunhui Liu, Zhiyuan Si, Xing Shu, Heng Li

“…First, three typical FOMs were initially established and the particle swarm optimization algorithm was then employed to identify model parameters. …”
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Reconceptualizing Patient-reported Outcomes Measures in the Australian Breast Device Registry by Dilinie Herbert, PhD, MBioMedSc, BSc, Susannah Ahern, MBBS (Hons), FRACMA, PhD, Melanie Walker, MBBS (Hons), FRACS, Gillian Farrell, MBBS, FRACS (Plast), Ingrid Hopper, MBBS, PhD, Rasa Ruseckaite, PhD (Neuro), MCompSc, BCompSc

“…A qualitative acceptability study was undertaken to seek the views of women and surgeons regarding appropriate scales from a selection of BREAST-Q instruments for a new PROM program that focused on reconstructive procedures. …”
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Enhanced multi-objective Evolutionary Mating Algorithm with improved crowding distance and Levy flight for optimizing comfort index and energy consumption in smart buildings by Muhammad Naim Bin Nordin, Mohd Herwan Sulaiman, Nor Farizan Zakaria, Zuriani Mustaffa

“…It contributing to the broader fields of building automation and sustainable development while aligning with Industry 4.0 initiatives.…”
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STING is significantly increased in high-grade glioma with high risk of recurrence by Meishi Zhong, Manmei Long, Chenjie Han, Saiyan Ji, Qingyuan Yang

“…A total of 126 surgical tissues from patients initially diagnosed with glioma were included. The genetic alterations were tested using the targeted next-generation sequencing technique. …”
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A culturally grounded framework for co-designing policy with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by Margaret Apolima Fono, Felicity Chapman, Carmen Parter, Jodi Knight, Simone Sherriff, Vita Christie, Kylie Gwynne

“…Our research question informs our purposive selection and appraisal of culturally relevant studies, data extraction, synthesis and interpretation to produce our framework. …”
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