Peripheral precocious puberty in girls with McCune-Albright syndrome: a case series by Aline Guimarães Faria, Luciana R. Montenegro, Alexander Augusto Lima Jorge, Regina Matsunaga Martin, Maria Candida Barisson Villares Fragoso, Flavia R. Tinano, Carlos E. Seraphim, Ana Pinheiro Machado Canton, Larissa G. Gomes, Gabriel A. Martos-Moreno, Irene Tarjuelo García, Atilano Carcavilla, Mireia Tirado-Capistros, Nadja Cristhina Souza-Pinto, Jesús Argente, Ana Claudia Latronico, Berenice Bilharinho Mendonca, Vinicius Nahime Brito

“…Conclusion: Medical treatment of PPP was effective in girls with MAS and led to preservation of adult height potential, and reproductive function was normal when patients reached adulthood…”
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Original surgical technique of unstable atlas fracture osteosynthesis: case series analysis by I.Yu. Lisitsky, V.N. Rashidov, A.V. Lychagin, A.Yu. Zarov, A.L. Korkunov, V.G. Cherepanov, I.A. Vyazankin, E.Yu. Tselishcheva

“…The described original surgical technique of reconstructing the transverse ligament function during osteosynthesis makes it possible to eliminate instability, while avoiding the rotation block in the atlantoaxial joint, which improves the functional outcomes of surgical treatment. …”
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Effects of modifying the pulse width on cognitive side effects with electroconvulsive therapy for schizophrenia by Qi Si, Yingbo Dong, Yuting Li, Guoxin Xu, Yilin Tang, Peiyu Cao, Congxin Chen, Fangfang Ren, Runda Li, Yuxiu Sui

“…No between-group differences reached statistical significance in other cognitive tests. …”
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Brain metabolic response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to lesion network in cervical dystonia by Aleksi Kokkonen, Daniel T. Corp, Juho Aaltonen, Jussi Hirvonen, Anna K. Kirjavainen, Johan Rajander, Juho Joutsa

“…Conclusions: Our results provide further evidence of abnormal sensory system function in CD and show that a single session of S1 cTBS is sufficient to induce measurable changes in brain glucose metabolism. …”
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Qualitative Proteomic Profiling of <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> E1 Strain During Alcoholic Fermentation of Yellow Passion Fruit: A First Approximation by Roger Consuegra-Rivera, Juan J. Román-Camacho, Inés M. Santos-Dueñas, Teresa García-Martínez, Juan Carlos Mauricio, Isidoro García-García

“…Of the latter, 243 proteins were present throughout the fermentation, with GO term analysis highlighting “binding” (78%) and “catalytic activity” (66%) in molecular function, as well as “cellular” (98%) and “metabolic (90%) processes” in biological process domains. …”
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BMI Modulates the Effect of Thyroid Hormone on Lipid Profile in Euthyroid Adults by Yanqiu Wang, Qinglei Yin, Min Xu, Qicheng Ni, Weiqing Wang, Qidi Wang

“…BMI mediates the effect of thyroid function on lipid profile in euthyroid adults.…”
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Tunnel rockburst with a single set of joints under true-triaxial stress condition by Mingliang Li, Kegang Li, Shunchuan Wu, Qingci Qin, Zhi Zheng

“…The rockburst incubation and evolution characteristics and acoustic emission evolution characteristics under different joint directions and joint dip angles were studied. The Weibull function was used to fit rockburst debris with different particle sizes and a single set of joints to obtain statistical results. …”
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High Incidence of Burst Suppression during Propofol Sedation for Outpatient Colonoscopy: Lessons Learned from Neuromonitoring by Jamie Bloom, David Wyler, Marc C. Torjman, Tuan Trinh, Lucy Li, Amy Mehta, Evan Fitchett, David Kastenberg, Michael Mahla, Victor Romo

“…The Patient State Index (PSi™) generated by the Masimo SedLine® Brain Root Function monitor (Masimo Corp., Irvine, CA) was used to assess the depth of sedation. …”
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Genome-Wide Characterization of Shi-Related Sequence Gene Family and Its Roles in Response to Zn²⁺ Stress in Cucumber by Xinhui Zhang, Bilal Ahmad, Shuang Zeng, Yuhan Lan, Xin Hu, Lingling Fu, Tian Hu, Jinhua Li, Xingguo Zhang, Yu Pan, Dan Du

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Ta-YOLO: overcoming target blocked challenges in greenhouse tomato detection and counting by Yun Zhao, Yijia Chen, Xing Xu, Yong He, Hao Gan, Na Wu, Zhechen Wang, Xi Sun, Yali Wang, Petr Skobelev, Yanan Mi

“…Finally, we proposed the EWDIoU bounding box loss function, which leveraged a 2D Gaussian distribution to enhance the model’s accuracy and robustness. …”
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Efficacy of the maxillary anterior segmental distraction osteogenesis in patients with cleft lip and palate by Panjun Pu, Shanying Bao, Jianbo Gao, Yuhua Jiao, Feiyu Wang, Huaxiang Zhao, Yuxia Hou, Yalin Zhan

“…It typically results in significant maxillary dysplasia, causing severe oral function problems and substantially affecting the patient’s facial aesthetics. …”
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Morphological responses of a temperate intertidal foraminifer, Haynesina sp., to coastal acidification by Christopher Powers, Christopher Powers, Alberto Paz, Amaelia Zyck, Kaylee Harri, Madison Geraci, Madison Geraci, Joan M. Bernhard, Ying Zhang

“…Therefore, with the acceleration of coastal acidification due to anthropogenic production of CO2, benthic foraminifera and other calcifying organisms among coastal ecosystems could reach a tipping point that leads to thinning and dissolution of their calcareous tests, which in turn, will impair their ecological function as a carbon sink.…”
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SKIL Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Metastasis by Inhibiting TSPYL2 to Activate the TGF‐β Pathway by Chenxi Wang, Weiwei Song, Yixuan Zhang, Hongming Deng, Zixiang Zhou, Jing Zhu, Xiaobing Wang

“…SKIL, known to promote cancer progression, is implicated in cell proliferation, epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), and metastasis, but its specific function in pancreatic cancer remains unclear. Methods We investigated the effects of SKIL on the proliferation, apoptosis, and metastasis of pancreatic cancer cells. …”
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Effect of pilates on the physical and mental health of drug-dependent individuals — a randomized controlled trial by Feng Ji, Ensong Zhou, Peng Zhao, Xinliang Chen, Hui Wang, Jiabin Zhong, Yi Zhang, Yunhang Lu, Qing Zhang

“…Conclusion The Pilates intervention significantly enhanced participants’ physical attributes—body composition, strength, endurance, flexibility, balance, lung function, and immune response—while alleviating anxiety and depression. …”
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How does internal fixation compared with arthroplasty affect quality of life for patients who have suffered femoral neck fractures? by Zafar Ahmad, MD, Daniel Axelrod, MD, MSc, Marianne Comeau-Gauthier, MD, MSc, Sofia Bzovsky, MSc, Rudolf W. Poolman, MD, PhD, Frede Frihagen, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Mohit Bhandari, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Marc Swiontkowski, MD, Sheila Sprague, PhD, Emil Schemitsch, MD, FRCSC

“…Objectives:. To evaluate functional outcomes amongst femoral neck fracture trial participants who did not undergo reoperation. …”
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Unveiling of bio-inspired synthesis, characterization, DFT calculations, molecular modeling of silver (Ag/Ag2O) nanocomposite: A promising sustainable material against human breast... by R. Kavitha, M. Srinivas, Prashantha Karunakar, G.R. Rekhashree, R. Priyanka, K.G. Shilpashree, M.S. Kavya, S.M. Basavarajaiah

“…Further, nanopharmaceutics take a significant role in designing smart drug-release and controlled drug delivery, where the drug is efficiently reached towards the target sites within a predictable and limited timescale. …”
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Lanthanum oxide nanoparticles induce AHR-mediated hepatotoxicity in zebrafish via oxidative stress and metabolic dysregulation by Jin-Xia Wang, Yiyun Liu, Yuan Ding, Bao-Fu Zhang, Yan-Ling Liao, Si-Jia Zuo, Qin-Hong Zhou, Yan Li, De-Sheng Pei

“…Following 90 days of chronic exposure, the La content in the liver of zebrafish exposed to 10 mg/L La2O3 NPs reached as high as 5.637 ± 0.188 μg/g, and histopathological evaluation confirmed that La2O3 NPs accumulation induces hepatic vacuolation and elevated ALT/AST levels, underscoring structural and functional hepatic impairments. …”
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Cationic Lipid Derived from a Basic Amino Acid: Design and Synthesis by Diana M. Bravo-Estupiñan, Mariela Montaño-Samaniego, Rodrigo A. Mora-Rodríguez, Miguel Ibáñez-Hernández

“…This process requires overcoming various biological barriers and navigating complex pathways to reach target cells and achieve their biological function. …”
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Ascorbic Acid Reduces the Blood Boss After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Insights From a Randomized Controlled Trial by Pooya Hosseini-Monfared, MD, Alireza Mirahmadi, MD, Mohammad Mehdi Sarzaeem, MD, Soheil Pourshahryari, MD, Parisa Aminnia, MD, Mohammad Poursalehian, MD, Seyed Morteza Kazemi, MD

“…The patients’ postoperative functional and pain scores were not different between the 2 groups. …”
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The association of plasma NT-proBNP level and progression of diabetic kidney disease by Yuancheng Zhao, Lijun Zhao, Yiting Wang, Junlin Zhang, Honghong Ren, Rui Zhang, Yucheng Wu, Yutong Zou, Nanwei Tong, Fang Liu

“…The baseline serum NT-proBNP level had a significant correlation with baseline proteinuria, kidney function, glomerular lesions, interstitial fibrosis tubular atrophy (IFTA), and arteriolar hyalinosis. …”
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