Production, Passaging Stability, and Histological Analysis of Madin–Darby Canine Kidney Cells Cultured in a Low-Serum Medium by Ming Cai, Yang Le, Zheng Gong, Tianbao Dong, Bo Liu, Minne Su, Xuedan Li, Feixia Peng, Qingda Li, Xuanxuan Nian, Hao Yu, Zheng Wu, Zhegang Zhang, Jiayou Zhang

“…In the present study, we used 5 of 15 culture methods with different concentrations of a mixed medium and neonatal bovine serum (NBS) to determine the best culture medium. …”
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Preoperative Inflammatory Status and Postoperative Morbidity in Patients With Primary Retroperitoneal Sarcoma by Pia van derLaan, Fabio Tirotta, Stijn van derBurg, Stefanie Hakkesteegt, Max L. Almond, Yvonne Schrage, Anant Desai, Winette T. A. van derGraaf, Dirk J. Grunhagen, Samuel J. Ford, Cornelis Verhoef, Winan J. vanHoudt

“…This study aimed to evaluate the association between preoperative inflammatory status and major postoperative morbidity in patients undergoing RPS surgery. Methods Data on patients undergoing surgery for primary RPS between 2008 and 2022 at three specialist sarcoma centers were analyzed. …”
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Robotic repair of atrial septal defect: Pre-groove vertical right atriotomy approachCentral MessagePerspective by Kitae Kim, MD, Yun Seok Kim, MD, Hong Rae Kim, MD, PhD, Ho Jin Kim, MD, PhD, Jae Suk Yoo, MD, PhD, Joon Bum Kim, MD, PhD, Sung-Ho Jung, MD, PhD, Jae Won Lee, MD, PhD

“…Here, we describe an approach using vertical right atriotomy along the interatrial groove that may enhance the exposure of the ASD. Methods: Patients who underwent ASD closure using the da Vinci Si surgical ystem (Intuitive Surgical) from 2007 to 2021 were included. …”
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Single-point multicenter survey of using antimicrobial drugs in the ICUs of Russian multidisciplinary hospitals: results of the Global-PPS 2022 project by Yu. A. Belkova, A. A. Kurkova, S. A. Rachina, R. S. Kozlov, E. N. Bochanova, E. V. Elokhina, S. K. Zyryanov, O. V. Ignatenko, E. S. Larin, G. G. Melkonyan, V. M. Mishchenko, A. V. Ovsyankin, Sh. K. Palyutin, O. G. Poplavskaya, D. A. Popov, U. S. Portnyagina, O. V. Reshetko, Yu. A. Strezh, I. N. Sychev

“…The objective was to evaluate the practice of AMDs using in the ICUs of Russian multidisciplinary hospitals based on its compliance with quality indicators.Materials and Methods. Single-point survey of AMDs using was conducted in 37 ICUs of various types in 12 multidisciplinary hospitals in different cities of the Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk, Moscow (4 centres), Omsk, Saratov, Smolensk (2 centres), Tomsk, Yakutsk and Yaroslavl). …”
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Extraarticular distal humeral nonunion: systematic review of literature by Giovanni Vicenti, Enrico Guerra, Elisa Pesare, Giulia Colasuonno, Marco Minerba, Michele Loiodice, Francesco Conte, Paolo Sergi, Giuseppe Solarino

“…This article provides a comprehensive assessment of these surgical procedures and shared clinical experiences related to these challenging cases. Methods A systematic review of literature was conducted using the PubMed database up to October 2024, with a focus on cases involving extraarticular distal humeral nonunions that were treated with ORIF, TEA, or Ilizarov techniques. …”
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Ocular biological characteristics of children with myopia and rapid axial length changes treated with spectacles with highly aspherical lenslets by Jing Zhai, Hao Chen, Xin-Jie Ye, Wei-Jun Cai, Li-Jie Hou, Mei-Xiao Shen, Fan Lyu

“…AIM: To investigate the ocular biological characteristics of children with myopia and rapid axial length (AL) changes prescribed spectacles with highly aspherical lenslets (HAL). METHODS: Data were collected from 156 children (252 eyes) with myopia and HAL treatment who were aged 7-13 and had rapid AL changes. …”
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CRISPR/Cas13a-assisted rapid and portable HBV DNA detection for low-level viremia patients by Yuan Tian, Zihao Fan, Ling Xu, Yaling Cao, Sisi Chen, Zhenzhen Pan, Yao Gao, Hao Li, Sujun Zheng, Yingmin Ma, Zhongping Duan, Xiangying Zhang, Feng Ren

“…Hence, this study intended to drive the HBV infection detection to effectively adaptable for any small to medium-sized laboratory or field survey.Methods We established, optimized, and evaluated a colloidal gold test strip for detection of HBV DNA based on CRISPR/Cas13a combined with recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) technology. …”
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Nano-coolants for thermal enhancement in heat exchangers: A review of prospects, challenges and applications by E.T. Bello, A. Nasir, A.S. Abdulkareem, M.M. Muhammadu, N.A. Musa, J.O. Tijani, Samson Oluwaseyi Bada

“…Nanoparticles such as Al2O3, ZnO, Fe3O4, SiO2 and CNTs are evaluated for their ability to enhance thermal conductivity, stability and heat transfer performance, with key factors influencing thermal enhancement, including size, shape, concentration and preparation methods, being critically examined. The study highlights applications across different heat exchanger configurations, including shell and tube, plate, double pipe, microchannel and spiral heat exchangers, which are evaluated through experimental and numerical results. …”
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Renewable Energy Sources and the New Paradigm in Energy Engineering by Eden Mamut

“…With interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches, reliable tools and methods may be developed to strengthen the methodologies as <em>“ecosystem services”</em> and this movement has to be further multiplied in order to become a norm. …”
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Association of matrix metalloproteinase 7 and the alpha-chain of fibrinogen at baseline with response to methotrexate at 3 months in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis by Karen Hambardzumyan, Carl Hamsten, Lucía Lourido, Saedis Saevarsdottir, Peter Nilsson, Ronald F. van Vollenhoven, Per-Johan Jakobsson, Helena Idborg

“…Our aim was to identify protein biomarkers for the prediction of the response to MTX. Methods We analysed patients with eRA (N = 135) from the Swedish Pharmacotherapy (SWEFOT) trial population (Trial registration number: NCT00764725). …”
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Influence of hormonal treatments on progesterone levels to enhance embryo survival and kidding rates in goats by Manita Wittayarat, Navapol Kupthammasan, Hakim Jehdo, Ratree Jintana, Sopita Suttikrai, Niraporn Tongkumtae, Nantarat Chutijiratthitkan, Pokchon Khirilak, Sirirat Norsoongnern, Supitcha Kaewma, Chaiyawan Wattanachant, Saritvich Panyaboriban

“…Objective This study investigated the efficiency of different estrous synchronization programs and hormonal treatments in improving reproductive outcomes in goats. …”
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Flow and heat transfer characteristics of 3D printed sheet and solid triply periodic minimal surfaces porous structures by Jiajie Hu, Wei Xu, Huixin Liang, Jianping Shi, Wenlai Tang, Baocheng Guo, Jiquan Yang, Liya Zhu

“…The heat transfer performance of different TPMS structures and the fin structure was researched by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations and experimental methods. …”
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Impact of Plant-Based Diets on Hepatosomatic Index, Circulating Globulins and Growth in Rainbow Trout (<i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i>) by Alejandro Villasante, Elías Figueroa, Karina Godoy, Patricio Dantagnan, Johana López-Polo, Rafael Opazo, Jaime Romero

“…Conclusions: Replacing fishmeal with plant-based proteins in rainbow trout diets reduces total globulin and protein concentrations but leaves albumin unaffected, alongside reductions in fasting and postprandial glucose levels. The low growth and different HSI in fish fed plant-based diets highlights potential liver stress, emphasizing the need for further research to optimize sustainable aquaculture feeds while maintaining fish health and performance.…”
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In Vitro Shoot Regeneration of Oil Seed Crop Sesamum indicum L. from Seedling Cotyledon Explant to Lay Ground for Genetic Transformation in Ethiopia by Micheale Yifter Weldemichael, Yemane Tsehaye Bayratsion, Desta Berhe Sbhatu, Girmay Gebresamuel Abraha, Hagos Mohammedseid Juhar, Abraha Birhan Kassa, Fiseha Baraki Sibhatu, Birhanu Debesay Berhe, Tagel Elias Sahle, Mohammed Mebrahtu Mossa, Haftay Abadi Gebru

“…Cotyledon explants of 14 Ethiopian genotypes collected from Humera Agricultural Research Center (HuARC) were used. Optimized culture conditions were used to investigate the regeneration response of different genotypes. …”
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Dynamic control of upper limit for rainfall storing and effective use in rice paddies based on improved AquaCrop model by En Lin, Rangjian Qiu, Xinxin Li, Mengting Chen, Shizong Zheng, Fei Ren, Xiaoming Xiang, Chenglong Ji, Yuanlai Cui, Yufeng Luo

“…However, traditional static water level control methods, which apply fixed storage limits at different growth stages, often fail to align with the dynamic nature of rainfall and crop water demand, leading to inefficiencies and increased waterlogging risk. …”
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فاعلیة الألعاب الصغیرة المائیة واثرھا على تعلم السباحة الحرة على عینة من طالبات المرحلة الرابعة by مواهب حميد نعمان

“…Thus, helps to speed up the learning.process in the free style swimming and come to learn optimally through playing technigue. Research has demonstrated the problem :- Most of the teachers and trainers traditional instruction methods These methods have adopted lacked of an excitement and thrill of the economy of time and effort, Thus leads to weakness evident in the performance of basic skills for swimming in general and free style swimming is particularly The current researchhas used learning situations similar to the basic skills of swimming free to shape attitudes kinetics similar sequential and scalable difficulty to reach a better learning using educational Aquatics. …”
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The role of immunochemotherapy maintenance in metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: insights from a cohort study in an endemic region by Zhuoying Luo, Yue Xia, Yuping Zhao, Haoyang Huang, Ying Deng, Zejiang Zhan, Yingying Huang, Xun Cao, Xi Chen, Jiayu Zhou, Chixiong Liang, Weixiong Xia, Liangru Ke, Xuehua Wei, Jinling Duan, Xing Lv, Hu Liang

“…Methods This cohort study evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of combined maintenance therapy with capecitabine and anti‐PD‐1 antibodies in mNPC patients, using a prospectively maintained database. …”
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Concurrent Panniculectomy With Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: A Propensity-scored Matched Study of Quality Improvement Outcomes by Alexis M. Holland, MD, William R. Lorenz, MD, Matthew N. Marturano, MD, Rose K. Hollingsworth, BA, Gregory T. Scarola, MS, Brittany S. Mead, MD, B. Todd Heniford, MD, Vedra A. Augenstein, MD

“…This study describes outcomes for 21 years, impacted by evidence-based-practice changes. Methods:. Prospectively maintained database was reviewed for CP-AWR and separated by surgery date: “early” (2002–2016) and “recent” (2017–2023). …”
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Human saliva exerts strong type-dependent effects on adenovirus infectivity by Erwan Sallard, Wenli Zhang, Nikita Chilakamarri, Setareh Farzanehkari, Setareh Farzanehkari, Inga Marte Charlott Seuthe, Anja Ehrhardt, Malik Aydin, Malik Aydin

“…Therefore, we investigated the influence of saliva on Ad infectivity, emphasizing its intrinsic antiviral role against particular Ad types in various epithelial cell cultures.MethodsA saliva pool was created from healthy donors (n=16) and incubated with ChAdOx1 or human Ads from 20 different types prior to infection of human immortalized epithelial cells. …”
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Leveraging ultrasonic-derived phenotypes and estimated breeding value to improve abdominal fat weight prediction in chickens throughout the egg laying period by Penghao Li, Zhengda Li, Fan Ying, Dan Zhu, Dawei Liu, Xianyi Song, Jie Wen, Guiping Zhao, Bingxing An

“…When incorporating EBVs of AFW as extra independent variables, all methods’ predictive ability had increased by an average of 15.71 %, especially KNN (27.2 %). …”
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