Genetic and transcriptional insights into immune checkpoint blockade response and survival: lessons from melanoma and beyond by Jiaxin Wen, Yanfeng Wang, Song Wang, Yuxin Liang, Xiaozhen Hu, Qiuxiang Ou, Hua Bao, Kuo Zhao, Youyu Wang

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Lingering symptoms in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19 – a prospective survey study of symptom expression and effects on mental health in Germany by Jörn Rohde, René Bundschuh, Yvonne Kaußner, Anne Simmenroth

“…Symptoms persisting over a period of more than 12 weeks after infection are summarized as Post-COVID (PC) syndrome. …”
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A Parameter-tunable Triangular Norm with Monotonic Genes by WU Lunhua, ZHAO Hui, WANG Yue

“… In order to study the optimization of Zadeh operator, a definition of parameter-tunable triangular norm with monotonic genes is given.First, we defined a kind of triangular norm Fλin the general sense generated by monotone functions using elementary operations, and then a definition of triangular conorm Gλin the general sense is given by using duality.This type of definition unifies the optimal Zadeh operator proposed by some authors.Next, this definition is applied to generate a new pair of triangular norms. …”
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Role of Educational Level in Kidney Transplant Outcomes by Francesco Leonforte, Pierfrancesco Veroux, Antonio Mistretta, Alessia Giaquinta, Martina Maria Giambra, Domenico Zerbo, Giuseppe Roscitano, Concetta De Pasquale, Maria Luisa Pistorio, Antonio D’Anna, Carmelo Cusmano, Roberta Granata, Giordana Riccioli, Marianna Scribano, Massimiliano Veroux

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Safety and effectiveness analysis of proximal extended excision Bacon (PE-Bacon) in the treatment of late complications of radiation-induced rectal injury by Lin Zihong, Huang Binjie, Zhen Chaohui, Qin Qiyuan, Luo Jielong, Yang Zhiyong, Xiu Fengmin, Liang Rui, Ma Tenghui

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The Correlation of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with Visceral Fat Area and Thyroid Nodules in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by ZENG Jialing, MENG Yan, DENG Tingting, LI Jinhua, ZHAO Ping

“…They were divided into two groups based on abdominal ultrasound findings: NAFLD group and non-NAFLD group. General data, including VFA, subcutaneous fat area (SFA), insulin function, thyroid function, prevalence of thyroid nodules, blood glucose levels, lipid levels, and liver and kidney function were compared between the two groups. …”
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Evaluation for Sortie Generation Capacity of the Carrier Aircraft Based on the Variable Structure RBF Neural Network with the Fast Learning Rate by Tiantian Luan, Mingxiao Sun, Guoqing Xia, Daidai Chen

“…Compared with other self-organizing RBF neural networks (self-organizing RBF (SORBF) and rough RBF neural networks (RS-RBF)), VS-RBF has a more compact structure, faster dynamic response speed, and better generalization ability. …”
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Frequency of distress symptoms in the population of medical students and their relationship with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Joković Nikola, Kojović Natalija, Mandić-Maravić Vanja, Marić Nađa P.

“…Introduction: Studies have indicated that symptoms of distress are more prevalent in students than in the general population, and even more prevalent among students with pronounced symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). …”
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Predictive Value of Frailty, Comorbidity, and Patient-Reported Measures for Hospitalization or Death in Older Outpatients: Quality of Life and Depression as Prognostic Red Flags by Dimitrios Anagnostou, Nikolaos Theodorakis, Sofia Kalantzi, Aikaterini Spyridaki, Christos Chitas, Vassilis Milionis, Zoi Kollia, Michalitsa Christodoulou, Ioanna Nella, Aggeliki Spathara, Efi Gourzoulidou, Sofia Athinaiou, Gesthimani Triantafylli, Georgia Vamvakou, Maria Nikolaou

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Body mass index – from the position of assessment of the condition of patients with ischemic heart disease by G. A. Nagaeva, M. Zh. Zhuraliev, N. P. Yuldoshev, V. N. Li, K. A. Olimov

“…Purpose: comparative analysis of clinical, laboratory and angiographic parameters in patients with coronary artery disease, depending on the level of body mass index (BMI).Material and Methods: 71 patients with coronary artery disease were examined. All underwent general clinical laboratory functional studies and coronary angiography with stenting of the coronary arteries. …”
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Application of laser radiation in treatment of inflammatory diseases of the uterine appendages by I. A. Salov, I. A. Arzhaeva, D. A. Tyapkina

“…Conducting ILBI in patients with IDUA leads to normalized erythrocyte morphology, hemostasiogram parameters, serum cytokine levels, decreased inflammatory changes in the uterine appendages, emptying of hydrosalpinxes, pain relief assessed by VRS, normalized menstrual-ovarian function, and vaginal microbiocenosis. While applying standard drug therapy combined with ILBI, exacerbations and complications were less common, and pregnancy occurred more often 3–6 months after treatment.…”
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Interaction Order Estimation in Tensor Curie–Weiss Models by Somabha Mukherjee

“…These impossibility results are also extended to the more general <i>p</i>-spin Erdös–Rényi Ising model. …”
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Experience of using gene replacement therapy with Zolgensma® (onasemnogene abeparvovec) in real clinical practice in Russia by S. B. Artemyeva, Yu. O. Papina, O. A. Shidlovskaya, A. V. Monakhova, D. V. Vlodavets

“…The drug tolerance was assessed and the analysis of side effects after drug administration was based on the criteria for adverse events (General criteria Adverse Event Terminology (CTCAE) v. 5.0) Patient motor function was assessed prior to treatment initiation and every 3–6 months after therapy using the Philadelphia Pediatric Hospital’s CHOP INTEND scale, total motor development based on Hammersmith Hospital Neurological Assessment Scale in Young Children, Part 2 (HINE-2), and the acquisition of new motor skills.Results. 41 children aged 5 to 47 months (weighing no more than 21 kg) received therapy with onasemnogene abeparvovec in the period from April 2020 to December 2021. …”
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Bronchodilator reversibility test for broncho-obstructive syndrome detection and differential diagnosis of bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by V. P. Melnyk, O. V. Panasiuk, H. V. Sadomova-Andrianova, M. S. Molchanova, V. V. Scoryk

“…All patients underwent routine methods of investigation: general clinical, laboratory, pulmonary function test, radiography of the chest organs (if needed), and statistical methods were used. …”
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Developments in the study of the role of lactate metabolism in the genesis and progression of thyroid cancer by Lei Shi, Lei Shi, Lei Shi, Xuyang Zhong, Jiafeng Liu, Yong Ying, Zibing Liao, Jin Liu, Liwen Zhao, Jianing Zhong, Jianing Zhong, Xiangtai Zeng, Xiangtai Zeng

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Gaussian Versus Mean-Field Models: Contradictory Predictions for the Casimir Force Under Dirichlet–Neumann Boundary Conditions by Daniel Dantchev, Vassil Vassilev, Joseph Rudnick

“…The mean-field model (MFM) is the workhorse of statistical mechanics: one normally accepts that it yields results which, despite differing numerically from correct ones, are not “very wrong”, in that they resemble the actual behavior of the system as eventually obtained by more advanced treatments. This, for example, turns out to be the case for the Casimir force under, say, Dirichlet–Dirichlet, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>(</mo><mo>+</mo><mo>,</mo><mo>+</mo><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>(</mo><mo>+</mo><mo>,</mo><mo>−</mo><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> boundary conditions (BC) for which, according to the general expectations, the MFM is <i>attractive</i> for similar BC or <i>repulsive</i> for dissimilar BC force, with the principally correct position of the maximum strength of the force below or above the critical point <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>c</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Divergent effects of monomethyl branched-chain fatty acids on energy metabolism and insulin signaling in human myotubes by Parmeshwar Bajirao Katare, Ragna H. Tingstad, Sivar T. Beajani, Jørgen Pasjkurov Indseth, Vibeke H. Telle-Hansen, Mari C.W. Myhrstad, Arild C. Rustan, Lars Eide, Oliwia Witczak, Vigdis Aas

“…The results revealed distinct effects of BCFAs. 12-Methyltetradecanoic acid (12-MTD) increased glucose uptake and glycogen synthesis, while 13-methyltetradecanoic acid (13-MTD), 14-methylhexadecanoic acid (14-MHD), and 15-methylhexadecanoic acid (15-MHD) increased oleic acid uptake and 13-MTD and 15-MHD oleic acid oxidation, indicating a more general stimulatory effect on fatty acid than glucose metabolism. …”
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Lithuanian-Russian relations in 1990-1996: A study of Lithuanian foreign policy by Gediminas Vitkus

“…In 1990-1992, while the Sąjūdis government was in power and the formation of foreign policy was concentrated in the hands of the Chairman of the Supreme Council, Landsbergis, in Lithuania's policy towards the Soviet Union and later towards Russia dominated a strict and uncompromising position. In contrast, after general elections in October 1992, the Lithuanian Democratic Labor Party, which received an absolute majority in the parliament, and its leader Brazauskas, who won presidential elections in February 1993, started to pursue a more adaptive policy and was trying to avoid political statements and declarations that were of no concrete use and were merely offensive in respect to Russia. …”
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DSUP modified mesenchymal stem cells exert significant radiation protective effect by enhancing the hematopoietic niche by Fu-Dong Chen, Biao Zhang, Li-Li Wang, Ya-Li Jia, Quan Zeng, Tao Fan, Hai-Yang Wang, Ming-Fang Xiong, Ying-Xue Lin, Jun-Nian Zhou, Wen Yue, Li Chen, Jia-Fei Xi

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A text classification method by integrating mobile inverted residual bottleneck convolution networks and capsule networks with adaptive feature channels by Tao Jin, Jiaming Liu

“…The use of the sparsemax function instead of the softmax function for dynamic routing within the Capsule Network directs the network’s focus more on capsules contributing significantly to the final output, reducing the impact of noise and redundant information, and further improving the classification performance. …”
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