Exploring the influence of pre-analytical variables on gene expression measurements and relative expression orderings in cancer research by Tian Tian, Guie Lai, Ming He, Xiaofang Liu, Yun Luo, You Guo, Guini Hong, Hongdong Li, Kai Song, Hao Cai

“…Our research demonstrates that REOs exhibit higher robustness under the influence of pre-analytical variables. …”
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Chronic glomerulonephritis of the mixed type in patient with HBV-infection (<i>Clinical case</i>) by V. S. Adonyeva, A. B. Botchkarev, O. S. Saurina

“…Treatment included entecavir 0,5 mg per day for 12 wks with normalization of transaminase levels, virologic response (DNA НВV under 50 МЕ/ML) at the 30th week, НВе seroconversion at the 42nd week of treatment.Conclusions. …”
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Assessing brain-muscle networks during motor imagery to detect covert command-following by Emilia Fló, Daniel Fraiman, Jacobo Diego Sitt

“…Abstract Background In this study, we evaluated the potential of a network approach to electromyography and electroencephalography recordings to detect covert command-following in healthy participants. The motivation underlying this study was the development of a diagnostic tool that can be applied in common clinical settings to detect awareness in patients that are unable to convey explicit motor or verbal responses, such as patients that suffer from disorders of consciousness (DoC). …”
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Enhancing wear resistance of inconel 601 through pack alumunizing coating and advanced lubrication environments by Mehmet Tayyip Özdemir, Recep Demirsöz, Refik Polat

“…The wear behavior of Inconel 601 was investigated under different loads (15 N, 25 N, 35 N) and using different lubricants (Dry, Nano-MQL-Mix, Cryo-MQL, Cryo-Nano-MQL) in a ball-on-flat wear device. …”
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Mathematical model for heat transfer in variable thickness fins for rocket engines by Volodymyr Sliusariev, Valerii Bucharskyi

“…The temperature distribution along the fin's height is derived by applying established heat transfer laws to the control volume under consideration. Findings. The study resulted in a mathematical model for a fin of variable thickness. …”
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Effect of Pollution Level on Size Distributions and Mixing State of Ambient Black Carbon Particles in an Urban Area during Wintertime by Kangning Li, XiaoFei Wang, Xiaohui Lu, Hong Chen, Xin Yang

“…The mixing state of the particles changed drastically under different meteorological conditions, and higher concentrations often occurred during haze episodes. …”
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THE COLLABORATIVE DESIGNING OF A PERSONALIZED HYBRID LMS USING A VIRTUAL MACHINE IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT by Lina Čeponienė, Péter Galambos, Tamás Haidegger, Dariusz Mikulowski, Branislav Mišota, Oliver Moravcik, Enikő Nagy, Mariya P. Shyshkina, Pavel Smolka, Stefan Svetsky

“…In the academic environment, so-called learning management systems (LMSs), especially Moodle in the European Union, have proven suitable for the processing of educational content under e-Learning. LMSs usually function as online platform, at the same time as a supplement to academic information systems (AIS) on the local servers of universities. …”
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Antioxidant activity of Micractinium sp. (Chlorophyta) extracts against H2O2 induced oxidative stress in human breast adenocarcinoma cells by Onur Bulut, Işkın Engin Köse, Çağla Sönmez, Hüseyin Avni Öktem

“…Notably, the acetone extracts of Micractinium sp. grown mixotrophically contained a high amount of gallic acid (469.21 ± 159.74 µg g−1 DW), while 4-hydroxy benzoic acid (403.93 ± 20.98 µg g−1 DW) was the main phenolic compound in the methanolic extracts under heterotrophic cultivation. Moreover, extracts from Micractinium sp. exhibited remarkable cytoprotective activity by effectively inhibiting hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress and cell death in human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7) cells. …”
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Deciphering the generation of heterogeneity in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma metastasis via single-cell multiomics analysis by Kaiwen Sheng, Jun Chen, Ruitang Xu, Haoqiang Sun, Ran Liu, Yongjie Wang, Wenwen Xu, Jiao Guo, Miao Zhang, Shuai Liu, Juan Lei, Yawen Sun, Yang Jia, Dianhao Guo

“…In conjunction, we integrated these data with 55 scRNA-seq datasets, ChIP-seq or CUT&Tag sequencing data, Hi-C sequencing data, bulk RNA-seq data, and bulk ATAC-seq data from ESCC cell lines to dissect the mechanisms underlying the heterogeneity of ESCC and tumor microenvironment (TME). …”
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Vertical and Horizontal Proportions of the Face and their Correlation to Phi in a South Indian Population by Crystal R. Soans, Karishma A. Mathew, M. Subramanya Ravi, K. Gauthami, Shalin Shersha

“…Photographs were taken under standardized condition and adjusted to a standardized image size (5″ × 4″). …”
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A diverse rotation of corn-soybean-winter wheat/double crop soybean with cereal rye after corn reduces tile nitrate loss by Lowell E. Gentry, Corey A. Mitchell, John M. Green, Carlos Guacho, Eric Miller, Dan Schaefer, Annette K. Vasquez, Zhongjie Yu

“…This 9-year study compares tile nitrate loss under a 3-year rotation of corn-soybean-winter wheat/double crop soybean plus cereal rye after corn versus a conventionally managed 2-year corn-soybean rotation. …”
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Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with chronic coronary artery disease (CAD) - current state of knowledge and perspective... by Hubert Bochenek, Anna Bielicka, Michał Bzoma, Julia Gugulska, Irmina Czerepak, Marcin Kapij, Karolina Niewczas, Adrianna Brzozowska

“…Despite its established role, the optimal duration and specific composition of DAPT still remain under investigation. This article aims to summarise current knowledge on DAPT and highlight gaps requiring further research. …”
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Effects of community family doctors-led intervention for self-management and medication adherence in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: study protocol of a cluster randomised contr... by Yue Chen, Biqi Ren, Ningsheng Wang, Shuang Lei, Shuzhi Lin, Lianye Liu, Yufang Xiang, Bianling Feng

“…The secondary outcome is the proportion of people whose blood sugar and glycosylated haemoglobin are under control in the 3rd and 6th months.Ethics and dissemination The study proposal was approved by the Biomedical Ethics Committee of the Medical Department of Xi’an Jiaotong University (no. 2021-1371). …”
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Risk factors analysis and prediction model establishment of acute kidney injury after heart valve replacement in patients with normal renal function by Xiaofan Huang, Xiaofan Huang, Xiangyu Sun, Jiangang Song, Yongqiang Wang, Jindong Liu, Jindong Liu, Yu Zhang, Yu Zhang

“…A risk prediction model, a traditional and a dynamic nomogram were developed based on the above factors. The area under the curve (AUC) of the ROC for predicting the risk of postoperative AKI was 0.803 (95% CI 0.769–0.836), with sensitivity and specificity of 84.9% and 63.4%, respectively. …”
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Dependence on Humidity and Aerosol Composition of the Gas-particle Partitioning of Weakly and Moderately Polar VOCs by Jeonghyeon Ahn, Guiying Rao, Eric P. Vejerano

“…Here, we report our measurement of the gas-particle partition coefficient (Kp) for weakly polar (trichloroethylene, TCE) and moderately polar (n-butanol, n-BuOH) VOCs under varying relative humidity (RH) levels onto organic and inorganic aerosols. …”
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Yiqi Fumai Lyophilized injection protects cardiac contractility in a rat model of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction by modulating SERCA2 by Yongwei Nie, Lu Chen, Yanxin Zhang, Yuqing Yao, Zizhuo Xue, Na Guo, Meixiu Wan, Zhi Li, Chunhua Liu, Dekun Li, Aichun Ju

“…Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) staining, Masson's trichrome staining, western blotting, and immunohistochemical analysis were performed to evaluate myocardial damage and investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms. In vitro, H9C2 cells were subjected to oxygen and glucose deprivation. …”
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The Effect of Whey Protein Consumption on Postprandial Glucose, Insulin and Incretin Responses in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Acute-Term... by Zahra Salimi, Maryam Asadi, Anahita Mansoori

“…Results: The pooled analysis of the included trials indicated a significant reduction in the mean of glucose in the area under the curve [standard mean difference (SMD)=-1.295, 95% CI: -1.878 to -0.712, P<0.001] and also an increase in the mean of insulin, gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon‐like peptide‐1 (SMD=0.562, 95% CI: 0.303 to 0.822, P<0.001, SMD=0.349, 95% CI: 0.074 to 0.624, P=0.013 and SMD=0.439, 95% CI: 0.154 to 0.724, P=0.003, respectively) in participants who consumed whey protein compared with the control group. …”
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Continuing exposure to disadvantageous material and perceived economic factors on self-rated health in different life stages: fixed effects analyses with data from the German Socio... by Tobias Rähse, Matthias Richter, Anja Knöchelmann

“…Future research should explore the mechanisms underlying these effects to develop well-timed measures that mitigate the negative health implications of continuing exposures to disadvantageous factors, emphasizing the importance of multiple exposures and later life health effects that may impede healthy ageing.…”
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Simultaneous determination of 11 kinds of siloxanes in drinking water and source water using solid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry by Sijie Liu, Jie Ma, Su Jiang

“…The results showed that divinylbenzene/polydimethyl-siloxane or divinylbenzene/Carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane was the best coating for the extraction of siloxane.ResultsThis method provided good linearity (r &gt; 0.9946) and precision (RSD% &lt;8.0%) with the minimum detection mass concentration ranging from 0.008 to 0.025 μg/L under the optimized extraction and GC-MS/MS analysis conditions. …”
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Regulation of ER stress-induced apoptotic and inflammatory responses via YAP/TAZ-mediated control of the TRAIL-R2/DR5 signaling pathway by Y. El Yousfi, F. J. Fernández-Farrán, F. J. Oliver, A. López-Rivas, R. Yerbes

“…However, the role of ECM rigidity and YAP/TAZ in tumor cell fate decisions under ER stress remains relatively unexplored. Our results suggest that the YAP/TAZ system plays an important role in the control of ER stress-induced cell death by mechanical signaling arising from ECM stiffness in tumor cells. …”
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