Vulvodynia and Chronic Vulvar Pain: Influencing Factors and Long-Term Success After Therapeutic Local Anesthesia (TLA) by Axel Gerhardt, Manuel Feisst, Thomas Strowitzki, Oliver Zivanovic, Stefan Weinschenk

“…The long-term results emphasize the necessity of a holistic approach integrating the view of vulvodynia as a peripheral neuro-functional disorder.…”
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Feature selection and aggregation for antibiotic resistance GWAS in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a comparative study by Kirill Reshetnikov, Daria Bykova, Daria Bykova, Konstantin Kuleshov, Konstantin Kuleshov, Konstantin Chukreev, Egor Guguchkin, Alexey Neverov, Gennady Fedonin

“…In this study, we evaluated several such methods, namely, logistic regression with different regularization penalty functions, a recently introduced algorithm for solving the best-subset selection problem (ABESS) and “Hungry, Hungry SNPos” (HHS) a heuristic algorithm specifically developed to identify resistance-associated genetic variants in the presence of resistance co-occurrence. …”
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Reduced microRNA-503 expression augments lung fibroblast VEGF production in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. by Jun Ikari, Amy J Nelson, Jannah Obaid, Alvaro Giron-Martinez, Kumiko Ikari, Fumihiko Makino, Shunichiro Iwasawa, Yoko Gunji, Maha Farid, Xingqi Wang, Hesham Basma, Dawn Demeo, Carol Feghali-Bostwick, Olaf Holz, Klaus Rabe, Xiangde Liu, Stephen I Rennard

“…In COPD, lung fibroblast repair functions are altered in multiple ways, including extracellular mediator release. …”
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Emulsifying Properties of Oat Protein/Casein Complex Prepared Using Atmospheric Cold Plasma with pH Shifting by Yang Teng, Mingjuan Ou, Jihuan Wu, Ting Jiang, Kaige Zheng, Yuxing Guo, Daodong Pan, Tao Zhang, Zhen Wu

“…However, oat protein exhibits weak functional properties, particularly in emulsification. …”
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High expression of SOX9 is a diagnostic and prognostic indicator of glioma by Libo Xu, Zhenhao Wang, Mao Li, Qingsong Li

“…Additionally, the clinical significance of SOX9 in GBM was assessed by Kaplan-Meier Cox regression and prognostic model. What’s more, we analyzed SOX9-related immune cell infiltration and expression of immune checkpoints in GBM. …”
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Pyramidal attention-based T network for brain tumor classification: a comprehensive analysis of transfer learning approaches for clinically reliable and reliable AI hybrid approach... by Tathagat Banerjee, Prachi Chhabra, Manoj Kumar, Abhay Kumar, Kumar Abhishek, Mohd. Asif Shah

“…Abstract Brain tumors are a significant challenge to human health as they impair the proper functioning of the brain and the general quality of life, thus requiring clinical intervention through early and accurate diagnosis. …”
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Identifying confounders and estimating the causal effect of antenatal care on age-specific childhood vaccination by Ashagrie Sharew Iyassu, Ashagrie Sharew Iyassu, Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Zelalem G. Dessie, Zelalem G. Dessie, Temesgen T. Zewotir

“…A change in the estimate method is more conservative at a 10% cut point, which selects a smaller number of confounders. …”
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Enhanced Control of Single Crystalline Ag Dendritic Growth on Al Foil via Galvanic Displacement and Simultaneous Oxidation of D‐Glucose by Lidija D. Rafailović, Stefan M. Noisternig, Jana Bischoff, Christian Rentenberger, Daniel Bautista – Anguis, Huaping Sheng, Christoph Gammer, Jia Min Chin, Adam Elbataioui, Huanqing Zhang, Jürgen Eckert, Tomislav Lj. Trišović

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Corneal morphometric and biomechanical properties in patients with pathological and uncomplicated high myopia by L.V. Bushnina, O.V. Kolenko, N.V. Pomytkina, E.L. Sorokin, Ya.E. Pashentsev

“…Pathological myopia leads to development of myopic maculopathy, which results in impaired visual functions. Formation of retinal pathological changes in the posterior pole of the eye in myopia is based on axial elongation of the eye and the formation of myopic staphyloma. …”
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Testing source elevation versus genotype as predictors of sugar pine performance in a post‐fire restoration planting by Emily V. Moran, Rainbow DeSilva, Courtney Canning, Jessica W. Wright

“…Of these, 323 either had annotations that suggested potential functional importance or were identified by two different methods. …”
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Sensitivity to Instruction Strategies in Motor Learning Is Predicted by Anterior–Posterior TMS Motor Thresholds by Michael L. Perrier, Kylee R. Graham, Jessica E. Vander Vaart, W. Richard Staines, Sean K. Meehan

“…Recent transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies suggest that variability in interneuron recruitment by anterior–posterior (AP) currents is linked to differences in functional connectivity between premotor and motor regions. …”
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Evaluation of university sports culture in the new era, based on philosophical context by Ming Lei, Hong Ma

“…In university education, more attention is often paid to academic and intellectual development, while sports and physical exercise are lightly regarded. …”
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Persuasive chatbot-based interventions for depression: a list of recommendations for improving reporting standards by Kerstin Denecke, Octavio Rivera Romero, Octavio Rivera Romero, Rolf Wynn, Rolf Wynn, Elia Gabarron, Elia Gabarron

“…Additionally, technical evaluation details were often unreported in many papers.ConclusionStudies on chatbots for depression can improve reporting by specifically adding more technical details and chatbot evaluation. Such reporting of technical details is important even in papers on clinical trials that utilize chatbots in order to allow reproducibility and advance this field. …”
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Cutaneous lupus concerns from the patient perspective: a qualitative study by Victoria P Werth, Rui Feng, Daisy Yan, Sarah Ahmed, Srita Chakka, Danielle Zamalin, Rebecca Krain, Josef Concha, Joyce Okawa

“…Patients less than 60 years old were more likely to report emotional symptoms than older patients (p<0.05), but there was no significant variation in frequency of reported themes between race, sex or subtype of CLE.Conclusions These patient experiences and resultant themes elucidated by this study are worth noting in future standardised estimations of the quality of life of patients with CLE. …”
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Efficient Gamma-Based Zero-Reference Deep Curve Estimation for Low-Light Image Enhancement by Huitao Zhao, Shaoping Xu, Liang Peng, Hanyang Hu, Shunliang Jiang

“…Finally, our method is trained using a set of zero-reference loss functions, akin to the Zero-DCE approach, without relying on paired or unpaired data. …”
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Livestock Production Challenges and Improved Forage Production Efforts in the Damot Gale District of Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia by Shimelis Mengistu, Ajebu Nurfeta, Adugna Tolera, Melkamu Bezabih, Abera Adie, Endalkachew Wolde-meskel, Mesfin Zenebe

“…These forages are produced for the purpose of two or more functions (feed, cash, and preventing erosion) that vary (p ≤ 0.01) among intervention status. …”
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Thermal Lamination of Electrospun Nanofiber Membrane with Woven Fabric and Yarn Embedding Effect by Ziyuan Gao, Le Xu, Hongxia Wang, Xin Wei, Kaikai Chen, Wenyu Wang, Suzhen Zhang, Tong Lin

“…It can be used to develop nanofiber-functionalized textiles for a wide range of applications, including fire protection, electrical insulation, sound absorption, filtration, marine applications, and more.…”
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Low LDL particle levels associate with coronary arteries free from atherosclerosis in long-term type 1 diabetes: the Dialong study by Marte Narum, Jacob Juel Christensen, Kirsten B. Holven, Tore Julsrud Berg, Kari Anne Sveen

“…The molecular mechanisms are yet to be unraveled, but potential functional and quantitative abnormalities in lipoproteins are suggested to be involved. …”
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Non-symbiotic N2 fixation is less sensitive to changes in temperature than carbon mineralization in Northern forest soils by Eduardo Vázquez, Marie Spohn

“…Northern forests are characterized by low temperatures that play a key role in the whole ecosystem functioning. However, Northern forests are expected to experience the largest temperature increase of all forest biomes in the next decades, which could affect central ecosystem processes, such as carbon (C) mineralization and N2 fixation. …”
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Extracorporeal life support for severe cardiogenic shock induced by diltiazem intoxication by Srdanović Ilija, Kovačević Mila, Stefanović Maja, Petrović Milovan, Čanković Milenko, Velicki Lazar

“…After the successful restoration of all major organ functions, the patient was successfully decannulated and discharged from the hospital after 10 days in a good condition. …”
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