Long-term lived experiences of patients with chronic pain or angina pectoris treated with spinal cord stimulation: a qualitative study by Tanisha Jowsey, Matthew Moore, Alan Forbes Merry, Elaine Davies, Shashikala Ramakrishna, Jamie Sleigh

“…Objective To explore the short-term and long-term lived experiences of patients with chronic pain and angina pectoris with spinal cord stimulation.Design An interpretive qualitative study with thematic analysis of one-off, semistructured interviews, following Braun and Clarke (2006).Setting A multidisciplinary, publicly funded pain service in Auckland, New Zealand. …”
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The Interplay Between Social Factors and Metabolic Bariatric Surgery Outcomes—A 5‐Year Prospective Study by Uta Sailer, Fatemeh Asgari, Jon A. Kristinsson, Ingela Lundin Kvalem

“…Methods Patients reported about structural and functional aspects of their social relations before surgery and at 1‐, 3‐ and 5‐year post‐surgery. …”
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Numerical case study on thermal efficiency and predictive thermal management in Type-4 wind turbines by Wajid Khan, Feng Renhai, Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Zain Yousaf, Baseem Khan, Josep M. Guerrero

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Up-regulation of microRNA-190b plays a role for decreased IGF-1 that induces insulin resistance in human hepatocellular carcinoma. by Tzu-Min Hung, Cheng-Maw Ho, Yen-Chun Liu, Jia-Ling Lee, Yow-Rong Liao, Yao-Ming Wu, Ming-Chih Ho, Chien-Hung Chen, Hong-Shiee Lai, Po-Huang Lee

“…Previous study reported that development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was accompanied by a significant reduction in serum IGF-1 levels. Here, we hypothesized that dysregulation of microRNAs (miRNA) in HCC can modulate IGF-1 expression post-transcriptionally.…”
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Comparing the Effects of a Series of Ischaemic Compression Therapy and Muscle Energy Techniques on Pain Threshold and Muscle Tension in People with Upper Crossed Syndrome by Dawid Janczarzyk, Krzysztof Jamka, Edyta Mikołajczyk, Bartosz Zając

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KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS AND METABOLIC SYNDROME: NEW APPROACHES TO THERAPY by L. I. Alekseeva, E. A. Taskina, N. G. Kashevarova, E. P. Sharapova, S. G. Anikin, E. A. Strebkova, T. А. Korotkova, T. A. Raskina, E. V. Zonova, E. N. Otteva

“…During therapy, there is a rapid and considerable reduction in pain and stiffness and an improvement in the functional state. …”
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Genome-wide DNA methylation patterns in Daphnia magna are not significantly associated with age by Ruoshui Liu, Marco Morselli, Lev Y. Yampolsky, Leonid Peshkin, Matteo Pellegrini

“…Results In this study, we characterized DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) and mapped DNA methylation across the D. magna genome using whole-genome bisulfite sequencing. Our analysis identified three DNMTs: a highly expressed but nonfunctional de novo methyltransferase (DNMT3.1), alongside lowly expressed yet functional de novo methyltransferase (DNMT3.2) and maintenance methyltransferase (DNMT1). …”
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Rhodium complex [RhLI2]I: a novel anticancer agent inducing tumor inhibition and apoptosis by M. Matakabbir Hossain, Kazi Soha, Arifur Rahman, Abdul Auwal, Tasfik Ul Haque Pronoy, K. M. Rashel, M. Nurujjaman, Habibur Rahman, Tapashi G. Roy, Jahan Ara Khanam, Farhadul Islam

“…The anticancer activity of the Rhodium (III) complex cis-[RhLI2]I was evaluated through both in vivo and in vitro functional assays. Apoptosis in cancer cells post-treatment was assessed using microscopy and gene expression analysis. …”
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Outcomes of cemented and uncemented stem fixation in Vancouver B1 periprosthetic femur fractures treated with locking plates by Sezer Astan, Orhan Balta

“…Materials and methods This retrospective analysis included 41 (28 females and 13 males) patients who were treated between 2008 and 2020. …”
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PROGRAM GOALS MANAGEMENT OF THE ENTITIES: OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS OF ADAPTATION TO CONDITIONS OF THE TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY by Vitalii A. Vernikov

“…Methodological basis of this article are the comparative and economic-statistical methods of analysis.The Results. As part of the presentation of the article the author has been found that in the current climate of uncertainty and risk for Russian business to the fore issues that previously were not so relevant: how to be built business processes; which represent the optimal organizational structure; how to create a functioning system of quality management; what must be done to reduce the unit costs of production without compromising the quality of the products; how to motivate employees to achieve their goals. …”
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Multimodal prehabilitation combined with perioperative enhanced recovery after surgery care for older patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery in China: protocol for a multicentre... by Wei Wang, Peng Wang, Shibao Lu, Shuai-Kang Wang

“…Theoretically, combining the presurgery optimisation provided by a multimodal prehabilitation programme with the reduction of surgical stress provided by an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programme could improve postoperative recovery of older patients.Methods and analysis This is a prospective, multicentre, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled study. …”
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Viral inactivation in von Willebrand factor preparations via UVC irradiation: an experimental approach by ZHANG Yalu, MA Jie, ZHANG Rong, YANG Chunhui

“…Virucidal efficacy against various pathogenic strains was evaluated via cytopathic effect (CPE) observation methodology, while simultaneously quantifying von Willebrand factor antigen levels (vWF∶Ag) and collagen-binding activity (vWF∶CBA) using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and automated coagulation analysis systems before and after UVC treatment. [Results] The results showed that > 100 J/m2 UVC irradiation achieved a≥4.0 log reduction factor in vWF. …”
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Roles of ACSL4/GPX4 and FSP1 in oxalate-induced acute kidney injury by Keng Ye, Ruilong Lan, Zhimin Chen, Kunmei Lai, Yankun Song, Guoping Li, Huabin Ma, Hong Chen, Yanfang Xu

“…Furthermore, renal tubule-specific deficiency of Acsl4 conferred significant protection against oxalate-induced AKI, as evidenced by alleviated structural and functional renal damage, reduced oxidative stress and decreased inflammatory cell infiltration, all of which collectively contribute to a reduction in ferroptosis. …”
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Green synthesis of iron nanoparticles to promote seed germination of Zea mays under salinity condition by Hiba Fouad Abdulfatah, May Fahmi Abdulrahman, Enas Fahd Naji

“…FTIR showed O–H and C=C stretching due to phenol and alkene functional groups. X-ray diffraction showed that Fe NPs are mostly amorphous. …”
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RETRACTED: How Does Energy Efficiency Mitigate Carbon Emissions Without Reducing Economic Growth in Post COVID-19 Era by Min Li, Michael Yao-Ping Peng, Raima Nazar, Bosede Ngozi Adeleye, Meng Shang, Muhammad Waqas

“…A comprehensive analytical study to assess the performance level of industrial functions in the environment has become necessary at the present time. …”
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Silencing of bach1 gene by small interfering RNA–mediation regulates invasive and expression level of miR-203, miR-145, matrix metalloproteinase-9, and CXCR4 receptor in MDA-MB-468... by Reza Mohammadzadeh, Mojgan Saeid Harouyan, Seyed Mansour Ale Taha

“…Background: Recently experimental validation of the networks revealed bach1, a basic leucine zipper transcription factor, as the common regulator of several functional invasive genes. The expression of bach1 and its target genes was linked to the higher risk of breast cancer recurrence in patients. …”
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Efficient Explainable Models for Alzheimer’s Disease Classification with Feature Selection and Data Balancing Approach Using Ensemble Learning by Yogita Dubey, Aditya Bhongade, Prachi Palsodkar, Punit Fulzele

“…To mitigate data imbalance, a random sampling technique is applied, ensuring a balanced representation of Alzheimer’s and healthy cases. Extensive feature analysis was conducted to identify the most impactful clinical features followed by feature reduction techniques to focus on the most informative clinical features, reducing model complexity and overfitting risks. …”
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Transcriptional regulation of GmNAC3-mediated drought stress tolerance in soybean by Nooral Amin, Liu Lu, Faizur Rehman, Muhammad Imran, Gai Yuhong, Piwu Wang, Wei Jian

“…Among the 179 NAC TFs encoded in the soybean genome, several are differentially expressed under stress conditions; however, the functional role of GmNAC3 in drought tolerance remains largely unknown. …”
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Effects of Various Decellularization Methods for the Development of Decellularized Extracellular Matrix from Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Viscera by Jemwel Aron, Ronald Bual, Johnel Alimasag, Fernan Arellano, Lean Baclayon, Zesreal Cain Bantilan, Gladine Lumancas, Michael John Nisperos, Marionilo Labares, Kit Dominick Don Valle, Hernando Bacosa

“…The results of H&E staining showed a significant reduction in cellular components in all samples, which was confirmed through DNA quantification. …”
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Two-Stage Optimal Dispatching Method for Highway Service-Area Microgrid Considering Emergency Power-Supply Vehicles by HU Junjie, QU Jiatong, LIU Xuetao, GUI Jiangyi

“…The simulation results indicate that the proposed method significantly reduces the curtailment of electrical， thermal， and cooling loads while concurrently achieving a reduction in system operational costs. [Conclusions] Case analysis verifies the effectiveness of the proposed two-stage optimization scheduling method for the service-area microgrid in extreme scenarios. …”
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