Magnetic resonance imaging for noninvasive assessment of renal fat deposition and hypoxia in diabetic kidney disease by Jian Liu, Daoyu Yang, Chong Tian, Rui Lv, Rongpin Wang, Xianchun Zeng

“…Renal medulla PDFF value demonstrated the best diagnostic performance in distinguishing: (1) T2DM patients without DKD from healthy controls (2), T2DM without DKD from those with DKD stage I-II, and (3) DKD stage I-II from DKD stage III-IV. Conclusions Generally, the renal medulla is more vulnerable to hypoxic injury, and disruptions in renal oxygen metabolism closely linked ectopic fat deposition. …”
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Inflammatory bowel disease and risk of ophthalmic inflammation-related diseases: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Shao-Jie Ren, Ting Liu, Man-Hong Xu, Wei Shi, Xiao-Rong Li

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Study of Patients with Polycythemia Vera in JAK2V617F and Mutated and Unmutated Status along with their Anxiety and Worried Thoughts: A Single-center Experience from Eastern India by Rishu Vidhatri, Sandeep Saha, Abhishek Sharma, Shuvra Neel Baul, Tuphan Kanti Dolai

“…Background: Polycythemia vera (PV) is associated with the gain of a function point mutation in Janus 2 tyrosine kinase (JAK-2), leading to an increase in the activity of JAK2V617F. …”
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Enhanced deep learning model for apple detection, localization, and counting in complex orchards for robotic arm-based harvesting by Tantan Jin, Xiongzhe Han, Pingan Wang, Zhao Zhang, Jie Guo, Fan Ding

“…Specifically, an optimized You Only Look Once (YOLO) v8n model was developed by integrating a dilation-wise residual–dilated re-parameterization block module, a generalized feature pyramid network, and the Scylla Intersection-over-Union loss function. …”
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Studies on the Electrochemical Behavior of Sulfite on Incoloy 800 in a Neutral Environment by Mihaela-Alexandra Lăboșel, Andrea Kellenberger, Mircea Laurențiu Dan, Nataliia Rudenko, George-Daniel Dima, Nicolae Vaszilcsin

“…Avoiding atmospheric pollution with sulfur dioxide is generally achieved by its absorption from combustion gases in alkaline solutions and conversion to sulfites. …”
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Role of the amygdala opioid system in the effects of stress on the post-learning sleep patterns of male Wistar rats by Mehdi Graily-Afra, Farideh Bahrami, Zahra Bahari, Hedayat Sahraei, Zeinab Shankayi, Ali Gharib

“…On the other hand, putting the learning technique into practice results in more REM and NREM sleep, and stress situations do not stop this rise after learning. …”
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Benefits of Water Aerobic Exercise on Mental Health Outcomes in Severe Mental Illness: The Effects of Sex by Marina Verdaguer-Rodríguez, Josep Oriol Comas, Francesc Garreta, Berta Garcia, Josep Maria Haro, Belen Ribas, Rosana Romero, Laura Nicolau, Bienvenido Mateo, Sandra Marcos, Laura Bassolas, Sonia Vilamala, Thalassa Research Group, Susana Ochoa

“…Men showed significant improvements in self-stigma, functioning, and general quality of life. In contrast, women demonstrated significant improvements in self-esteem. …”
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Root exudates: The rhizospheric frontier for advancing sustainable plant protection by Muhammad Rahil Afzal, Misbah Naz, Youbo Yu, Lisha Yan, Peiyi Wang, Janaki Mohotti, GeFei Hao, Jing-Jiang Zhou, Zhuo Chen, Libo Zhang, Qian Wang

“…This review provides a synthesis of the latest literature on the biochemical diversity and functions of REs, their environmentally-driven exudation dynamics, and their roles in induced systemic resistance (ISR) in plants and disrupting pest communication and development. …”
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A three-dimensional reconstruction method of coal mine tunnel fused with LiDAR and IMU by Qinghua MAO, Jianquan CHAI, Yanzhang CHEN, Xusheng XUE, Chuanwei WANG

“…In this method, the residual function of the lidar observation model and the prior state deviation of the IMU prediction model are tightly coupled through iterative kalman filter, and a more accurate posteriori state is obtained through state update, which provides reliable pose estimation for the degraded environment. …”
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Predictive Value of Inflammation Markers for Frailty in Older Patients with CVD by Hu S, Lai X, Shi Y, Chai H, Guo Z, Liu D, Cui C

“…Patients in the non-frailty group were generally younger, more likely to have normal kidney function, and better blood pressure control. …”
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Correlation between dialysis solution type and cardiovascular morbidity rate in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis by Stanković-Popović Verica, Maksić Đoko, Vučinić Žarko, Lepić Toplica, Popović Dragan, Miličić Biljana

“…Calcified plaques of CCA were detected in PDP-1 group in 61.9% of the patients, in PDP-2 group in 85.7%, of the patients and in the control group in 81% of the patients (χ2 test; p = 0.159). Conclusion. Generally, PD had a significant influence on cardiovascular morbidity in the treated patients, especially on the left ventricular function and peripherial atherosclerosis. …”
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Women-specific reference ranges for serum TSH in Liguria: the impact of age and year of collection in a single-center cross-sectional study by Massimo Giusti, Marilena Sidoti

“…Abstract Background TSH is the first-line test of thyroid function, and the normal TSH references provided by manufacturers are generally used in diagnoses. …”
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Interplay of education and community norms in justifying intimate partner violence among ever-married women aged 15–49 years in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study by Mohammad Hridoy Patwary, Sumaiya Nusrat Esha

“…Statistical analyses, including chi-square tests, rank-biserial correlation test, and generalized linear models with binomial link function, were utilized to evaluate associations between IPV justification and sociodemographic factors. …”
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De novo assembly of plasmodium interspersed repeat (pir) genes from Plasmodium vivax RNAseq data suggests geographic conservation of sub-family transcription by Timothy S. Little, Deirdre A. Cunningham, George K. Christophides, Adam James Reid, Jean Langhorne

“…Abstract Background The plasmodium interspersed repeats (pir) multigene family is found across malaria parasite genomes, first discovered in the human-infecting species Plasmodium vivax, where they were initially named the virs. Their function remains unknown, although studies have suggested a role in virulence of the asexual blood stages. …”
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Features of estimation of left ventricular geometry in patients with arterial hypertension by V. V. Syvolap, Ye. V. Novikov, V. A. Lysenko, A. O. Bogun

“…Echocardiography was performed on Esaote My Lab Seven (Italy) according to generally accepted rules. The distribution according to the types of left ventricular geometry was carried out in accordance with the recommendations for quantifying the structure and function of the left ventricle. …”
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Study on the Optical Properties and Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Ti₂AlB₂ by Shengzhao Wang, Jinfan Song, Bin Liu

“…Although the phonon group velocity is generally low, several factors influence thermal conductivity, including phonon relaxation time and Grüneisen parameters. …”
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Non-stereotypy (to species) in mysticete downsweeps by Paul Nguyen Hong Duc, Christine Erbe, Shyam Madhusudhana, Daniel Wilkes, Lachlan Gill, Cristina Tollefsen, Narissa de Bruin, Aiyana Erbeking, Curt Jenner, Micheline Jenner, Angela Recalde-Salas, Chandra P. Salgado Kent, Chandra P. Salgado Kent, Kautilya Srivastava, Kautilya Srivastava, Chong Wei, Robert McCauley

“…The Australian EEZ provides habitat for ten species of mysticete whales seasonally supporting critical life functions ranging from feeding to breeding. All of these species produce downsweeping calls, which may confound passive acoustic monitoring efforts. …”
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Real-world experience with the diagnosis of bile acid malabsorption (BAM) using serum 7-alpha-C4 and 48-hour stool bile acids by G. Mendoza-Domínguez, Z.M. Garrido-Santos, C. Lau, R. Balbuena, A.D. Santana-Vargas, M. Schmulson-Wasserman

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Lazarettos , Tebhırhane and Tahaffuzhane Buıldıngs by Fatma Sedes

“…Religious hospitals, which were opened in Istanbul and functioned as shelters, have become modern hospitals in historical development. …”
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Beyond encryption: Exploring the potential of physical layer security in UAV networks by Fang Xu, Sajed Ahmad, Muhammad Naveed khan, Manzoor Ahmed, Salman Raza, Feroz Khan, Yi Ma, Wali Ullah Khan

“…This article provides a comprehensive overview of PLS in the context of UAV systems, examining various communication channels, including ground-to-air (G2A), ground-to-ground (G2G), air-to-ground (A2G), and air-to-air (A2A). First, we give a general review of UAV communications, emphasizing its functions as user equipment, base station (BS), and mobile relay. …”
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