Synchronized Progression of Prestin Expression and Auditory Brainstem Response during Postnatal Development in Rats by Jianfeng Hang, Wenlu Pan, Aoshuang Chang, Shun Li, Cuixian Li, Mingyu Fu, Jie Tang

“…In the present study, we examined the expression and function of prestin from the OHCs in apical, middle, and basal turns of the cochleae of postnatal rats. …”
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Minimum proportion of future liver remnant in safe major hepatopancreatoduodenectomy by Kentaro Umemura, Akira Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Notake, Koji Kubota, Kiyotaka Hosoda, Koya Yasukawa, Atsushi Kamachi, Takamune Goto, Hidenori Tomida, Yuji Soejima

“…Nevertheless, major HPD may be considered in patients with good remnant liver function.…”
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Mental health care cascade performance and associated factors: longitudinal analyses of routine Ministry of Health services in Mozambique by Kenneth Sherr, Bradley H Wagenaar, Monisha Sharma, Bryan J Weiner, Morgan Turner, Alberto Muanido, Vasco Cumbe, João Nhalimue Jala, Ernesto Eusébio Armando, Eduarte Mambuque, Flávia Faduque, Ernesto Rodrigo Xerinda, Brian P Flaherty

“…For patients new to treatment, each additional visit was associated with a mean reduction in functional impairment of 0.62 points (95% CI: −0.76, –0.47).Conclusions This analysis revealed gaps in patients reaching functional improvement or low functional impairment in outpatient MNS care in Mozambique. …”
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Talectomy for the Treatment of Rigid Nonidiopathic Clubfoot Deformity: Long-term Follow-up by Pedro Poggiali, MD, Jared M. May, BS, Jill E. Larson, MD, Luciano S. Dias, MD

“…Primary talectomies were associated with more subsequent surgeries per foot when compared with salvage talectomies (P ​= ​.03). A Functional Mobility Scale (FMS) of 3-1-1 or higher was associated with a good outcome (P ​= ​.022) and all “poor results” (7 feet, 22.6%) were found in patients with FMS lower than 3-1-1. …”
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Optimization by Hydrogen Plasma Treatment of a-CH and Hydrogen/Nitrogen-Assisted a-CH Layers for SAW Sensors by Veronica Satulu, Mihai Paunica, Simona Brajnicov, Sorin Vizireanu, Gheorghe Dinescu, Bogdana Mitu, Cristian Viespe

“…XPS detected varying degrees of oxidation, indicating that the assisting gases played a crucial role in introducing oxygen-containing functional groups, thus influencing the material’s surface chemistry and sensitivity response. …”
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Impacts of different types of straw returning on soil physicochemical properties, microbial community structure, and pepper quality by Xiapu Gai, Biao Chen, Shijuan Xiong, Qingqing Zhou, Yuan Yuan, Yumei Mou

“…Correlation analysis revealed that the functions of bacteria and fungi were positively correlated with SOC, NO3–N, AP, TK, MBN, and EC, reaching a significant level with MBN (P<0.05). …”
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In vitro characterization of amino acid digestibility and fermentative properties of a specific hydrolyzed yeast, and its in vivo effects on growth performance and fecal microbiota... by Fernando Bravo de Laguna, Caroline S. Achard, Lysiane Dunière, Lysiane Dunière, Elsa Parmentier, Katia Helmja, Bruno Bertaud, Pierre Lebreton, David Saornil, Eric Chevaux, Mathieu Castex, Emmanuelle Apper

“…Weaning is a stressful event that is often accompanied by anorexia, risk of diarrhea, and development of intestinal disorders, making it crucial to provide highly digestible and palatable diets. Novel functional protein sources are being developed to be included in diets fed to weanling pigs. …”
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FN3K expression in COPD: a potential comorbidity factor for cardiovascular disease by Irfan Rahman, Emma H Baker, Gaetano Caramori, Alberto Papi, Amr Alderawi, Andrew William Hitchings, Christos Rossios, Ian Adcock, Victor E Ortega, Jeffrey L Curtis, Simon Dunmore, Paul Kirkham, Paolo Casolari

“…The top five nominal FN3K polymorphisms with possible association to decreased cardiorespiratory function (p<0.008–0.02), all failed to reach the threshold (p<0.0028) to be considered highly significant following multi-comparison analysis. …”
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The Frailty, Fitness, and Psychophysical/Social Condition of Community-Dwelling Older Adults—Analysis of 5-Year Longitudinal Data by Emi Yamagata, Yuya Watanabe, Miwa Mitsuhashi, Hidemi Hashimoto, Yuriko Sugihara, Naoko Murata, Mitsuyo Komatsu, Naoyuki Ebine, Misaka Kimura

“…However, physical fitness significantly declined in several measures, including grip strength, vertical jump height, knee extension strength, functional reach, and FAS. A significant interaction for the timed up and go test showed that the robust group maintained function, while the frailty-risk group declined. …”
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The potential of melatonin in sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: Mitochondrial protection and cGAS-STING signaling pathway by Yuchun Cao, Xiaofang He, Zeyuan Liu, Liying Miao, Bin Zhu

“…However, there is a multitude of theories regarding how Mel exerts its immune-modulating functions, with no consensus reached as of yet. We propose the protective effects of Mel on mitochondria are closely related to the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferon genes (STING) signaling pathway in the immune-inflammatory response. …”
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Factors affecting the design of the management dashboard framework with an emphasis on the components of human resources productivity by Hassan Barmaki, Farshad Faezy Razi, Ehtesham Rashidi

“…It collects information gathered from all departments of the organization, which contains various sources related to various business functions. This information is combined and replicated by providing a user interface in the form of graphs, reports, visual indicators and alerting mechanisms. …”
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Achieving Multi‐Color Emissive Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes With Single‐Component Molecule Through Conformational Regulation by Xiang Long, Zhiwei Ma, Hui Dai, Yuyuan Wang, Haozhi Xie, Xiangyu Ge, Zhan Yang, Juan Zhao, Wei Hong, Zhenguo Chi

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Optimal charging station placement of electric vehicles in the smart distribution network based on the mixed integer linear programming by Mehdi Veisi, Hossein Naderian, Mazaher Karimi

“…The proposed approach is an optimization problem with the objective function equal to minimizing the cost of building charging stations and energy costs. …”
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An Improved LEACH Protocol for Optimizing Cluster Head Selection and In-cluster Selection by SHIBing, GAOZelin, SUNYueping, HUANJuan, SUNTao

“…A cost function is subsequently established, allowing for the assignment of nodes to the appropriate cluster based on the calculated optimal value. …”
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TRENDS OF TOURIST ARRIVALS AND OVERNIGHT STAYS IN THE MARAMURES COUNTY, ROMANIA, 2007-2016 AND FORECAST FOR 2017-2021 by Agatha POPESCU, Daniela PLESOIANU

“…The main statistical indicators used in this study were: number of units with reception function for tourists' accommodation, number of places, tourist arrivals, overnight stays and length of stay. …”
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Characterization of a member of the CEACAM protein family as a novel marker of proton pump-rich ionocytes on the zebrafish epidermis. by Julien Kowalewski, Théo Paris, Catherine Gonzalez, Etienne Lelièvre, Lina Castaño Valencia, Morgan Boutrois, Camille Augier, Georges Lutfalla, Laure Yatime

“…To gain insight into the function of CEACAM proteins in fish, we undertook the study of a putative member of the family, CEACAMz1, identified in Danio rerio. …”
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Perspective: Minimal clinically important difference (MCID) and Alzheimer's disease clinical trials by Jeffrey Cummings

“…Highlights MCID is a key measure of within‐person change in cognition, function, or behavior when it is applied to metrics of Alzheimer's disease progression. …”
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Study on Permeability of Deep-Buried Sandstone under Triaxial Cyclic Loads by Mingqiang Sheng, Awei Mabi, Xigen Lu

“…Before the fissures propagated, the permeability increased slowly and it was in accordance with a linear function. After the fissures propagated, the degree of rock damage increased, and the permeability increased in the form of an exponential function. …”
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A DIRIGENT Gene GmDIR26 Regulates Pod Dehiscence in Soybean by Zheng Wang, Xiaofang Zhang, Rui Hou, Huiying Zhang, Xu Guo, Xiaofei Ma, Aiqin Xu, Hong Zhu, Shuai Li

“…Synteny analysis of soybean and chickpea genomes shows that the genomic region surrounding GmDIR26 and CaPdh1 might be evolved from the same ancestor, and these two genes might have similar function. GmDIR26 shows an increased expression pattern during pod development and reaches a peak at beginning seed stage. …”
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Heterogeneous model for superdiffusive movement of dense core vesicles in C. elegans by Anna Gavrilova, Nickolay Korabel, Victoria J. Allan, Sergei Fedotov

“…We analysed the DCV movement in three strains of C. elegans: (1) with normal kinesin-1 function, (2) with reduced function in kinesin light chain 2 (KLC-2), and (3) a null mutation in kinesin light chain 1 (KLC-1). …”
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