Feasibility study of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) in people with an at-risk mental state (ARMS) for psychosis: study protocol by Katrina M Turner, Stan Zammit, Daniela Strelchuk, Catherine Derrick

“…The primary outcome measure is transition to psychosis, and secondary outcome measures include severity of psychotic symptoms, PTSD, depression, anxiety, impaired functioning, health status and resource use. The analysis will aim to establish the rates of recruitment and retention for a large-scale RCT. …”
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The effect of positive and negative mood induction on working, autobiographical, and semantic memory in people with maladaptive perfectionism by Fatemeh Ghaedi, Azam Davoodi, Ghasem Naziri, Siamak Samani

“…Background: One of the important cognitive functions is memory. Memory is the process by which information is encoded, stored, and recalled later. …”
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RUSSIAN-BELARUSIAN BORDER REGION AS AN INTERCAPITAL REGION by A. P. Katrovskiy, A. K. Nizhnikova

“…Territorial inequalities have been revealed by applying statistical and spatial analysis to the statistical data. In addition to spatial analysis, the study uses comparative geographical and cartographic methods. …”
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A Qualitative Study Examining the Unintended Consequences from Implementing a Case Management Team to Reduce Avoidable Hospital Readmission in Singapore by Shilpa Surendran, Stephen So, Toon Wei Lim, David Bruce Matchar

“…Results: Data analysis generated seven subthemes: ineffective targeting of patient population, fund constraints, lack of patient ownership, limited post discharge follow up, comprehensive care approaches, role overlap and patient confusion. …”
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Green synthesized ZnO nanoparticles using Jatropha curcas latex for antibacterial applications by Yojana Sharma, Vikas Anand, Rajesh Kumar, Anup Kumar, Pawan Heera

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The effect of animal movement exercises on improving upper and lower body muscles in children with down syndrome by Muhammad Asrul Sidik, Adi Pranoto, Fransisca Januarumi Marhaendra Wijaya, I Made Sri Undy Mahardika, Andri Suyoko, Bayu Agung Pramono, Achmad Rizanul Wahyudi, Mohammad Faruk, Nuril Sri Wulandari, Bekir Erhan Orhan

“…Leg muscle strength, grip strength, coordination, and balance were assessed at baseline (pre) and after six weeks (post). Statistical analysis was conducted using the paired sample t-test with a 5% significance level. …”
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The Effects of Hot Spring Aquatic Exercise for 4 Weeks on Lower Extremity Strength and Balance Ability in Individuals With Nonspecific Knee Pain by Ki-Song Kim, Tae-Hyeong Kim, Jong-Min Woo, Sunhee Lee, Hana Yu, In-Cheol Jeon

“…This study utilized the paired t-test for statistical analysis, with a significance level set at 0.05. Results: The muscle strength of bilateral knee flexion showed a significant increase in the pre- and post-comparison (p < 0.05), and the muscle strength of bilateral knee extension also improved significantly (p < 0.05). …”

Smartphone intervention for pregnancy smoking cessation with peer support: the study protocol of the SmokeFree Together 2.0 (SFT 2.0) randomised controlled trial by Ken Resnicow, Kristie Foley, Daniel Muresan, Oana M Blaga, Marina D Dascal, Alexandra Onișor, Teodora Frățilă, Andreea Morar, Dan Mihu, Cristian I Iuhas, Gabriela Caracostea, Cristian I Meghea

“…The intervention will be administered throughout pregnancy up to 1 month after giving birth, with a 5-month follow-up period and outcome assessments at 3-month and 6-month post partum. Cessation (primary outcome) is defined as 7-day point biochemically verified prevalence of tobacco use and abstinence since birth, assessed at 6 months post partum. …”
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Freeze-Drying for the Reduction of Fruit and Vegetable Chain Losses: A Sustainable Solution to Produce Potential Health-Promoting Food Applications by Dario Donno, Giovanna Neirotti, Annachiara Fioccardi, Zoarilala Rinah Razafindrakoto, Nantenaina Tombozara, Maria Gabriella Mellano, Gabriele Loris Beccaro, Giovanni Gamba

“…Freeze-drying fresh vegetables and fruits may not only prevent post-harvest losses but also provide a concentrated source of nutrients and phytochemicals. …”
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Establishing boundaries of safe shutdown process for supercritical CO2 pipeline of Xinjiang Oilfield Branch by Xinze LI, Chen SUN, Xueqin ZHANG, Weijie ZOU, Liang YUAN, Xiaoqin XIONG, Xiaokai XING, Ning XU

“…Objective Unlike crude oil and natural gas pipelines, supercritical CO2 pipelines encounter phase characteristic changes during the transient shutdown process. To ensure post-shutdown safety of a supercritical CO2 pipeline, it is crucial to establish the safe operational process (transport pressure and temperature) boundaries prior to shutdown. …”
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Chicken meat hydrolysate improves acetaminophen-induced liver injury by alleviating oxidative stress via modulation in Keap1/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling in BALB/c mice by Vipul Wayal, Zhuo-En Tsai, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Yi-Hsuan Lai, Shulhn-Der Wang, Chang-Chi Hsieh

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Integrating Interpretability in Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks: A Novel Approach to Feature Importance and Outlier Detection in COVID-19 Symptomatology and Vaccine Effic... by Shadi Jacob Khoury, Yazeed Zoabi, Mickey Scheinowitz, Noam Shomron

“…Our analysis also revealed a concerning trend of diminished immune response post-COVID infection, increasing the likelihood of severe cases requiring hospitalization. …”
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C→U transition biases in SARS-CoV-2: still rampant 4 years from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic by Peter Simmonds

“…There was a similarly weak preference for unpaired bases suggesting much less stringent targeting of RNA than mediated by A3 deaminases in DNA editing. Future functional studies are required to determine editing preferences, impacts on replication fitness in vivo of SARS-CoV-2 and other RNA viruses, and impact on host tropism.IMPORTANCESevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the pandemic and post-pandemic periods has shown a remarkable capacity to adapt and evade human immune responses and increase its human-to-human transmissibility. …”
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CD38 contributes to tumor progression and tumor microenvironment reshaping in epithelial ovarian cancer by Wei Wang, Xiangnan Liu, Shengjie Xu, Enci Dai, Yingying Li, Yinping Liu, Liyun Shan, Yanli Li

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Myocarditis and neutrophil-mediated vascular leakage but not cytokine storm associated with fatal murine leptospirosisResearch in context by Stylianos Papadopoulos, David Hardy, Frédérique Vernel-Pauillac, Magali Tichit, Ivo G. Boneca, Catherine Werts

“…The funders had no implication in the design, analysis and reporting of the study.…”
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Differentially expressed microRNAs in pre-transplant lung biopsies target immune checkpoint proteins and can predict primary graft dysfunction in lung transplantation by Vitale Miceli, Pia Ferrigno, Claudio Centi, Claudia Carcione, Gioacchin Iannolo, Valentina Agnese, Giovanna Lo Iacono, Rosa Liotta, Pier Giulio Conaldi, Massimo Pinzani, Lavinia De Monte, Alessandro Bertani

“…Additionally, the use of compounds that can modulate the function of these molecules could be evaluated for the management of LTx patients.…”
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METTL14-mediated m6A modification enhances USP22-ERα axis to drive breast cancer malignancy by Xuefen Zhuang, Shusha Yin, Ji Cheng, Wenshuang Sun, Zesen Fang, Yujie Xiang, E.-ying Peng, Yu Yao, Yuting Li, Xiaoyue He, Li Lu, Yuanfei Deng, Hongbiao Huang, Gengxi Cai, Yuning Liao

“…The abundance and activity of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) are tightly regulated by ubiquitin-specific peptidase 22 (USP22) during the progression of breast cancer (BCa). However, the post-transcriptional modifications on the USP22-ERα axis remain elusive. …”
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BRAF inhibitor resistance of melanoma cells triggers increased susceptibility to natural killer cell-mediated lysis by Antoine Toubert, Eric Pasmant, Alexandra Frazao, Louise Rethacker, Géraldine Jeudy, Marina Colombo, Marie-Françoise Avril, Helene Moins-Teisserenc, Marie Roelens, Sophie Dalac, Eve Maubec, Anne Caignard

“…Soluble NKG2D ligands known to regulate the receptor function have been associated to cancer progression. …”
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Systematic Sex-Based Inequity in the MELD Score-Based Allocation System for Liver Transplantation in Germany by Leke Wiering, Leke Wiering, Annette Aigner, Marieke van Rosmalen, Brigitta Globke, Brigitta Globke, Tomasz Dziodzio, Nathanael Raschzok, Nathanael Raschzok, Münevver Demir, Wenzel Schöning, Frank Tacke, Petra Reinke, Johann Pratschke, Robert Öllinger, Paul V. Ritschl, Paul V. Ritschl

“…We assessed the impact of sex on transplantation rates, waiting list mortality and post-transplant survival in 25,943 patients waitlisted for liver transplantation in Germany between 2003 and 2017 using competing risk analysis. …”
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Regreening Practices and Effectiveness Evaluation for Rocky Slope Drawdown Zones in Pumped Storage Power Station Reservoirs by YANG Zhi-chao, MA Xiao-xiao, CHANG Shi-ju, TANG Yu-shuang, ZHAO Rui-yi, WAN Dan, ZHANG Qian-zhu

“…[Methods] To address the severely impaired ecological function of the drawdown zone, this study conducted systematic analysis of habitat characteristics, including hydrological patterns, bank characteristics, non-point source pollution, and plant communities. …”
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