Long-term brain fog and cognitive impairment in previously hospitalized COVID-19 patients. by Barbara Junco, Daniel Samano Martin Del Campo, Vela Karakeshishyan, Danielle Bass, Evie Sobczak, Emily Swafford, Ana Bolanos, Joshua Rooks, Bernard S Baumel, Alberto R Ramos, Tatjana Rundek, Ayham Alkhachroum

“…<h4>Results</h4>In 41 adult patients (19 female, 30 Hispanic, 13 Black, mean age of 65 (SD = 15), COVID-19 level of severity was associated with greater number of endorsed brain fog symptoms (Pearson's r = .34, 95% CI [.04, .59]), worse overall cognitive functioning (global cognition: r = -.36, 95% CI [-.61, -.05]) and reduced performance on an attention and working memory task (digit span backwards: r = -.41, 95% CI [-.66, -.09]) at 2-year follow-up. …”
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Manganese‐enhanced MRI during remotely induced myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury in male mice by Matic Pusovnik, Michiel Algoet, Willy Gsell, Stefan Janssens, Wouter Oosterlinck, Uwe Himmelreich

“…MEMRI‐derived perfusion deficits correlated with functional decline and histology‐confirmed infarcts. …”
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The Diagnostic Value of bpMRI in Prostate Cancer: Benefits and Limitations Compared to mpMRI by Roxana Iacob, Diana Manolescu, Emil Robert Stoicescu, Simona Cerbu, Răzvan Bardan, Laura Andreea Ghenciu, Alin Cumpănaș

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The efficacy of ferroptosis-inducing compounds IKE and RSL3 correlates with the expression of ferroptotic pathway regulators CD71 and SLC7A11 in biliary tract cancer cells. by Dino Bekric, Tobias Kiesslich, Matthias Ocker, Martina Winklmayr, Markus Ritter, Heidemarie Dobias, Marlena Beyreis, Daniel Neureiter, Christian Mayr

“…Potential biomarkers of ferroptosis sensitivity were then assessed via western blot analysis, a rtPCR panel and functional assay kits.<h4>Results</h4>The study found that different FINs reduced cell viability in a cell line-dependent manner. …”
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Novelty and Novel Objects Increase c-Fos Immunoreactivity in Mossy Cells in the Mouse Dentate Gyrus by Hannah L. Bernstein, Yi-Ling Lu, Justin J. Botterill, Helen E. Scharfman

“…The dentate gyrus (DG) and its primary cell type, the granule cell (GC), are thought to be critical to many cognitive functions. A major neuronal subtype of the DG is the hilar mossy cell (MC). …”
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Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on School Dropout in Selected Primry Schools in Nyarusiza Sub-County Kisoro District. by Sibo, Dusabe Chris Jackson

“…The findings of the study revealed that male respondents were highly represented in the study by 56.7%; married respondents were also highly represented by 64%; and 33.3% showed that Reduced pupil ration in Countries which forced to adopt quarantine measures was the major effect of Covid-19 on school enrollment., The recommendations of the study included the following: The government should increase spending for immediate health-related expenditures such as supplies including masks, gloves, and other personally productive equipment, in addition to ICU beds (as Uganda currently has only 55 functional ICU beds, resulting in approximately 1.3 ICU beds per million Ugandans) and ventilators. …”
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Birch pollen allergen-induced dsDNA release activates cGAS-STING signaling and type 2 immune response in mice by Pauline Chenuet, Manon Mellier, Yasmine Messaoud-Nacer, Elodie Culerier, Quentin Marquant, Louis Fauconnier, Nathalie Rouxel, Aurélie Ledru, Stéphanie Rose, Bernhard Ryffel, Lionel Apetoh, Valérie F.J. Quesniaux, Dieudonnée Togbe

“…Allergen-induced type-2 immune responses were reduced in cGAS- or STING-deficient mice. Further, blocking cGAS function with the specific inhibitor RU.521 protected mice from birch pollen allergen-induced airway inflammation and type-2 immune responses. …”
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ERK2-mediated phosphorylation of ZEB1 at S322 enhances PD-L1 expression and EMT, leading to pancreatic cancer progression by Mi Kyung Park, Hye Ja Lee, Jee Young Sung, Hyun Jung Byun, Hyun Ji Kim, Eun Ji Kim, Tuan Minh Nguyen, Gyeoung Jin Kang, Seung Hyun Oh, Jae Gal Shim, Ho Lee, Ki Taek Nam, Yong Yun Kim, Seung Bae Rho, Sang Gun Kim, Chang Hoon Lee

“…We developed a phosphoS322 detection antibody, which validated ZEB1 phosphorylation in pancreatic cancer cells and tissue samples from patients with pancreatic cancer. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Operation Safety of Earth-rock Dams Based on Weight Optimization-cloud Model by ZHANG Jianwei, WU Weitao, HOU Ge, HUANG Jinlin, WANG Bingpeng, LIU Hongze, HU Zixu

“…The expected value of the membership degree was derived based on the normal distribution probability density function and was taken as the theoretical solution. …”
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Different concentrations of 2-Undecanone triggers repellent and nematicidal responses in Caenorhabditis elegans by Wei Dai, Yile Zhai, Fan Yang, Wen Chen, Chen Liu, Yaru Tian, Feng Huang, Minmin Cai, Longyu Zheng, Wanli Cheng, Weidong Chen, Jibin Zhang

“…However, research on the dual-function mechanism of 2-undecanone remains relatively limited. …”
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Design of the Field Protection and Signal Priority at Intersection System for Autonomous-rail Rapid Transit by SHI Yangyang, LIU Guangyong, WU Jinyong

“…It provides auxiliary driving information for the driver through automation equipment, realizes the functions of route protection, virtual section occupied/unoccupied detection, signal control, entering/leaving station detection, platform door linkage control, berth status detection and management in deport and so on, which improves system security and reduces driver working intensity. …”
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Index microvascular resistance (IMR) in heart transplant patients (IMR-HT study): Study protocol. by Ainhoa Pérez-Guerrero, Jean Paul Vilchez-Tschischke, Luis Almenar Bonet, Jose Luis Diez Gil, Teresa Blasco Peiró, Salvatore Brugaletta, Josep Gomez-Lara, José González Costello, Paula Antuña, Vanesa Alonso Fernández, Fernando Sarnago Cebada, María Dolores García-Cosio, Francisco Hidalgo Lesmes, Amador López Granados, Ramón López-Palop, Iris Paula Garrido, Rosa María Cardenal Piris, Diego Rangel Sousa, Georgina Fuertes Ferre

“…Detection of coronary microvascular dysfunction (MCD) by IMR may help to identify high risk HT patients. …”
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Time frequency analysis of elastic wave PSO OMP for defects in flat steel of down conductors by Jing Zhang, Wei Liu, Minghui Bao, Peng Yang, Xuhua Liu, Zhihong Fu

“…Then calculate the correlation function of the reconstructed signal echo and apply a smooth pseudo Wigner Ville distribution for time-frequency analysis. …”
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Monitoring of clinical signs of intravenous infusion patients with ZigBee wireless technology by Xiaobo Zhu, Yunlong Ye

“…The monitoring system of infusion patient’s physical signs is integrated with sensor technology, bio-electronic technology, and computer network technology. By means of sensor detection, program control and data processing, the automatic detection and control of intravenous infusion process and real-time monitoring of the pulse information are realized. …”
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Urobiome of patients with diabetic kidney disease in different stages is revealed by 2bRAD-M by Nan Li, Ying Wang, Haojun Zhang, Liang Ma, Xinhui Huang, Yuhang Qiao, Han Li, Hailing Zhao, Ping Li

“…Results Urobiome diversity was significantly reduced in the DKD groups. In the DKD1 group, was the dominant genus, followed by Pseudomonas_E, whereas in the DKD2 group, Pseudomonas_E became the dominant genus and Escherichia was notably reduced. …”
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The interventional role and mechanism of total flavonoids in lychee seeds on rats with liver fibrosis by Xie Jiacheng, Huang Guochu, Li Minhang, Cui Yinhang, Zhang Yu, Zhang Xia, Yang Jingyun, Tang Meiwen, Luo Weisheng, Ma Xiaocong

“…Its anti-fibrotic effect may be associated with restoring intestinal mucosal barrier function and inhibiting the LPS/TLR2/4 signaling pathway.…”
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Associations between helminth infection status and the composition and concentration of fecal bile acids in school-age children in Uganda by Natasha J. Norton, Chloe M. M. Hand, Candia Rowel, Moses Adriko, Pengfei Cai, Donald P. McManus, Thomas G. Egwang, Lisa A. Reynolds

“…In males, no significant associations were detected between helminth infection status and levels of unconjugated secondary bile acids, however, there were reduced levels of some species of conjugated primary bile acids in schistosome-infected individuals compared to helminth-negative individuals. …”
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A co-feeding strategy of formate and H2 for methanogens – Enhancing growth parameters and methane production by Björn Sabel-Becker, Nicolas Patrick Jost, Anne-Kristin Kaster, Dirk Holtmann

“…Carbon dioxide emissions could be reduced by developing alternative production processes based on a renewable C1 building block. …”
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MiR-638 suppresses the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma through wnt/β-catenin pathway by targeting phospholipase D1 by Kai-Liang Tang, Han-Ying Tang, Yi- Du, Tian Tian, Shi-Jiang Xiong

“…Objective The current study aimed to explore the function of miR-638 on the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and relevant molecular mechanisms.Methods Expression profile of miR-638 in OSCC tissues and cells was detected using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) method. …”
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The role of the STING inflammatory pathway in hepatic damage in psoriasis with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Shulin Huang, Kun Xie, Xiaohong Li, Xiangjin Xu, Pin Chen

“…Results Based on our findings, patients with both psoriasis and T2DM exhibit abnormal liver function and increased STING expression in the skin (p < 0.05). …”
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