Exploring Glypican-3 targeted CAR-NK treatment and potential therapy resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma. by Lei Yang, Kien Pham, Yibo Xi, Qunfeng Wu, Dongfang Liu, Keith D Robertson, Chen Liu

“…We found that NK92MI/HN3 cells, rather than NK92MI/HS20 cells, exhibited a significant cytotoxicity effect against GPC3+ HepG2 cells in vitro and efficiently suppressed tumor growth in a xenograft model using NSG mice. …”
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Pulsed Field Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation: Initial Experience of the Efficacy and Safety in Pulmonary Vein Isolation and Beyond by Julian Cheong Kiat Tay, Jannah Lee Tarranza, Shaw Yang Chia, Xuan Ming Pung, Germaine Jie Min Loo, Hooi Khee Teo, Colin Yeo, Vern Hsen Tan, Eric Tien Siang Lim, Daniel Thuan Tee Chong, Kah Leng Ho, Chi Keong Ching

“…There were no complications related to PFA use. PFA can be safely, effectively, and efficiently adopted for AF ablation. …”
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Characterization of Elovl2/5 in abalone Haliotis discus hannai Ino by Mingli Shao, Wei Chen, Lina Zhu, Shikai Liu, Óscar Monroig, Juan Carlos Navarro, Chunnuan Zhao, Junsong YangLi, Mingzhu Li, Xiaotong Wang

“…Heterologous expression in yeast showed that abalone Elovl could efficiently catalyze the extension of C18:3n-3, C18:3n-6 and C18:4n-3, moderately elongate C18:2n-6, C20:4n-6 and C20:5n-3 to corresponding products. …”
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High performance of a novel point-of-care blood test for Toxoplasma infection in women from diverse regions of Morocco by Bouchra El Mansouri, Fatima Amarir, François Peyron, El Bachir Adlaoui, Raphaël Piarroux, Joseph Lykins, Majda El Abbassi, Nesma Nekkal, Nadia Bouhlal, Kamar Makkaoui, Amina Barkat, Aziza Lyaghfouri, Ying Zhou, Samira Rais, Mounia Oudghiri, Ismail Elkoraichi, Mustapha Zekri, Nezha Belkadi, Hajar Mellouk, Mohamed Rhajaoui, Allal Boutajangout, Abderrahim Sadak, Denis Limonne, Rima McLeod, Kamal El Bissati

“…Toxoplasmosis is a significant public health challenge in Morocco, with a relatively heavy burden of infection and, to this point, minimal investment nationally to address this infection. …”
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Exploring decision-makers’ challenges and strategies when selecting multiple systematic reviews: insights for AI decision support tools in healthcare by Beverley Shea, Andrea C Tricco, Clare Ardern, Dawid Pieper, Ba Pham, Salmaan Kanji, Yuan Chi, Sera Whitelaw, Carole Lunny, Areti-Angeliki Veroniki, Nicola Ferri, Jia He (Janet) Zhang, Jasmeen Dourka, Emma K Reid, Ebrahim Bagheri

“…Just over half (50.8%) struggled to choose the most trustworthy SR among multiple. These difficulties related to lack of time (55.2%), or difficulties comparing due to varying methodological quality of SRs (54.2%), differences in results and conclusions (49.7%) or variation in the included studies (44.6%). …”
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Pesticide effects of highly stable green synthesized silver nanocomposites to be used in organic tomato crops by Luis E. Trujillo, Pablo Landázuri, Carlos Noceda, José Velasco, Luz Toapanta, Giulliana Criollo, Andrea Poaquiza, Fulton Barros, Vladimir Aguirre, Andrés Izquierdo, Julio Chacón, Zailmar Morales, Alexis Debut

“…With this scalable one step synthesis, the obtained PVP-AgNPs nanocomposite showed particle sizes of 10.8 nm being highly stable during 326 days. At different assayed doses, this highly stable PVP-AgNPs nanocomposite, was able to control whitefly specimens efficiently with an average mortality rate of 98% after 10 days of the nanocomposite application to naturally infested tomato leaves grown under greenhouse conditions. …”
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Managing Social Condominiums by Luz María Vergara d´Alençon

“…This situation is the result of a multi-causal problem involving the construction and architectural deficiencies of the dwellings provided, the financial and social constraints of the owners, problems of coexistence and cultural differences between residents of different backgrounds, and deteriorated internal organisations. …”
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The predicted secreted proteome of activated sludge microorganisms indicates distinct nutrient niches by Kenneth Wasmund, Caitlin Singleton, Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm, Michael Wagner, Per Halkjær Nielsen

“…This knowledge will contribute to a better understanding of how to efficiently manage and exploit WWTP microbiomes.…”
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A few-shot diabetes foot ulcer image classification method based on deep ResNet and transfer learning by Cheng Wang, Zhen Yu, Zhou Long, Hui Zhao, Zhenwei Wang

“…The experimental results indicated that the proposed few-shot DFU image classification method based on deep ResNet and transfer learning got very high accuracy, and it is expected to be suitable for low-cost and low-computational terminal equipment, aiming at helping clinical DFU classification efficiently and auxiliary diagnosis.…”
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The Importance of Physiochemical Processes in Decarbonisation Technology Applications Utilizing the Subsurface: A Review by Ieva Kaminskaite, Sandra Piazolo, Andy R. Emery, Nicholas Shaw, Quentin J. Fisher

“…Dynamic links between the geomechanical, geochemical and hydrological processes differ between technologies and the geology of the locations in which such technologies are deployed. …”
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Unstructured Electronic Health Records of Dysphagic Patients Analyzed by Large Language Models by Luisa Neubig, Deirdre Larsen, Melda Kunduk, Andreas M. Kist

“…In contrast, LLMs help to bridge the gap in understanding the nuanced medical information about dysphagia and related conditions. Although applying these advanced LLM models is not straightforward, our results demonstrate that leveraging closed-source models can effectively cluster different categories of dysphagia.Conclusion: Our study provides therefore evidence that LLMs are highly promising in future dysphagia research.Clinical impact: Dysphagia is a symptom associated with various diseases, though its underlying relationships remain unclear. …”
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Importance of ice algae versus phytoplankton in the diet of megabenthic organisms under contrasting sea ice conditions (Canadian Arctic): a dual biochemical approach (SIA and HBIs) by Thibaud Combaz, Thibaud Combaz, Ursula Witte, Thomas A. Brown, Philippe Archambault

“…Overall, organisms responded rapidly and efficiently to this pulse of fresh organic matter but trends in resource utilisation (quality and quantity) were observed based on feeding strategy. …”
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Identification and validation of reference genes for qPCR of Pseudomonas aeruginosa L10 under varying n-hexadecane concentrations by Huan Wang, Xiaobing Wang, Juntao Chen, Yumiao Zhang, Junhua Liu, Fangliang Xia, Jian Li, Tao Wu, Longxiang Liu

“…Abstract Pseudomonas aeruginosa can efficiently degrades petroleum hydrocarbons, but its degradation rate is affected by hydrocarbon pollutant concentrations, which must be neither too high nor too low. …”
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Using Natural Language Processing to Explore Patient Perspectives on AI Avatars in Support Materials for Patients With Breast Cancer: Survey Study by Eleanor Cheese, Raouef Ahmed Bichoo, Kartikae Grover, Dorin Dumitru, Alexandros Zenonos, Joanne Groark, Douglas Gibson, Rebecca Pope

“…ConclusionsThis study demonstrates the success of NLP techniques in efficiently generating insights into patient feedback related to generative AI educational content. …”
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Quantification of Total and Unbound Selinexor Concentrations in Human Plasma by a Fully Validated Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method by Suhyun Lee, Seungwon Yang, Hyeonji Kim, Wang-Seob Shim, Eunseo Song, Seunghoon Han, Sung-Soo Park, Suein Choi, Sungpil Han, Sung Hwan Joo, Seok Jun Park, Beomjin Shin, Donghyun Kim, Hyeon Su Kim, Kyung-Tae Lee, Eun Kyoung Chung

“…Unbound selinexor was separated using ultrafiltration, and selinexor was efficiently extracted from 50 μL of plasma by liquid–liquid extraction. …”
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Analytical comparisons of SARS-COV-2 detection by qRT-PCR and ddPCR with multiple primer/probe sets by Xinjin Liu, Jiangpeng Feng, Qiuhan Zhang, Dong Guo, Lu Zhang, Tao Suo, Wenjia Hu, Ming Guo, Xin Wang, Zhixiang Huang, Yong Xiong, Guozhong Chen, Yu Chen, Ke Lan

“…Remarkably, the background readouts of ddPCR are relatively lower, which could efficiently reduce the production of false positive reports.…”
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Addressing Shortcomings in Contingency Standards of Care by Alexander Quan

“…Trends of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Care Outcomes Among Adults in the United States From 2005 to 2016. …”
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Exploring potential of tobramycin complexes for combating biofilms: In silico and In vitro studies by Vividha Dhapte-Pawar, Bhumika Kothe, Rama Bhadekar

“…The viscosity of the F2 batch remained within acceptable limits and was stable at 40 ± 0.5 °C and 75.0 ± 5 % RH. The gel efficiently delivered antimicrobial drugs to bacteria within biofilms. …”
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Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles attenuate periductal fibrosis by inhibiting Th17 differentiation in human liver multilineage organoids and Mdr2−/− mice by Wenyi Chen, Xinyi Chen, Feiqiong Gao, Qigu Yao, Sheng Cheng, Qiaoling Pan, Jiong Yu, Jinfeng Yang, Guanghua Ma, Jintao Gong, Qian Li, Yunhua Chen, Lee Wei Lim, Ilia Stambler, Georgina M. Ellison-Hughes, Brun Ulfhake, Robert Chunhua Zhao, Hongcui Cao

“…Moreover, miR-7977-enriched EVMSC efficiently reduces IL-17A+ cell percentages in fibrotic areas and improves periductal fibrosis in Mdr2−/− mice. …”
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COOLFACADE by Alejandro Prieto Hoces

“…Most research efforts on solar cooling currently deal with the optimisation of the systems in terms of their performance, testing new materials and simplifying their operation to increase reported efficiencies. However, there is a lack of knowledge on the requirements and current limits for widespread façade application. …”
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