Potential impact and mechanism of aged polyethylene microplastics on nitrogen assimilation of Lactuca sativa L. by Xiaoli Mou, Hedong Zhu, Renrui Dai, Li Lu, Shengqi Qi, Min Zhu, Yuyang Long, Nan Ma, Chao Chen, Jiali Shentu

“…N assimilation in lettuce was significantly inhibited by aged MNPs, which manifested as the soluble protein content in lettuce under AP20 and AP0.1 treatments being significantly reduced by 30.59 and 42.11 %, respectively (P < 0.01). …”
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Severe subcutaneous infection with Clostridium septicum in a herd of native Icelandic horses by Charlotta Oddsdóttir, Ólöf G. Sigurðardóttir, Vala Friðriksdóttir, Vilhjálmur Svansson, Birkir Þór Bragason, Sigríður Björnsdóttir

“…In the absence of other obvious sources, the outbreak suggests that C. septicum spores on the skin of these horses were introduced under the skin when they were injected. Such infections have not been reported in Iceland, although ivermectin products formulated for subcutaneous injection have been widely used for more than 30 years. …”
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MSCs with upregulated lipid metabolism block hematopoietic stem cell differentiation via exosomal CTP-1A in MDS by Chunlai Yin, Xue Yan, Jinyi Ren, Cheng Zhang, Jiaqing Liu, Zilong Wang, Jing Liu, Weiping Li, Xia Li

“…Elucidating the mechanism underlying the dysfunction of MDS-HSCs is crucial for exploring the pathogenesis of the syndrome. …”
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Assessment of sleep problems in patients with Kawasaki disease: a survey-based study by Samar Tharwat, Mohammed Kamal Nassar

“…Abstract Introduction Kawasaki disease (KD) is a rare systemic inflammatory disease that primarily affects children under the age of five. It is now recognized as the most prevalent cause of acquired heart diseases in children in developed countries. …”
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The Effect of Gender Inequality in Education on Rural Poverty in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale District. by Niwamanya, Obed

“…The researcher used the descriptive research design as appropriate for the study because the study was concerned with finding answers to a key question about the topic under study, Both quantitative and qualitative data· were collected and this enabled the researcher to draw valid and dependable conclusions and recommendations of the study. …”
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Electronic Commerce and the Success of Projects. A case study of the Entrepreneurship promotion project of the University of Rwanda. by Principe, Camake

“…Specifically, the research investigated the level and potential of applicability of E-Commerce in PECBC business processes and towards realization of expected business outcomes, the level of embezzlement in the PECBC project and showed how this embezzlement can be impacted by e-commerce tools, assessed the challenges being faced by the entrepreneurs under PECBC sponsorship and gave recommendations on how they can be addressed in the context of available electronic commerce applications. …”
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Community Participation and Performance of Uganda Revenue Authority in Kabale District, Uganda. by Moses Owino, Wanjala

“…Though URA is mainly comprised of departments, namely, the Customs department, Domestic taxes Department, Cooperate services department, Legal and Board Affair Department and Tax investigation, the study focused on Customs operations in Katuna and Kamwezi customs posts in Kabale district which is a gazetted URA operational zone. Community under this study were individuals, private enterprises and institutions that are living along the border of Rwanda and Uganda and also those at the border posts of Katuna and Kamwezi, all in Kabale District; they contribute in one way or another in tax administration, and tax payments. …”
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Cerebral Cortical Activity During Academic Stress Amongst Undergraduate Medical Students at Kampala International University (Uganda) by Mujinya, Regan, Kalange, Muhamudu, Ochieng, Juma John, Ninsiima, Herbert Izo, Eze, Ejike Daniel, Afodun, Adam Moyosore, Nabirumbi, Ritah, Sulaiman, Sheu Oluwadare, Kairania, Emmanuel, Echoru, Isaac, Okpanachi, Alfred Omachonu, Matama, Kevin, Asiimwe, Oscar Hilary, Nambuya, Grace, Usman, Ibe Michael, Obado, Osuwat Lawrence, Zirintunda, Gerald, Ssempijja, Fred, Nansunga, Miriam, Matovu, Henry, Ayikobua, Emmanuel Tiyo, Nganda, Ponsiano Ernest, Onanyang, David, Ekou, Justine, Musinguzi, Simon Peter, Ssimbwa, Godfrey, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…Data on reaction time were acquired through VRT, ART, and TRT using the catch-a-ruler experiment, and this was analyzed using SPSS version 20. …”
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A Nomogram for Predicting Overall Survival in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Retrospective Study by Ling Y, Miao X, Zhou X, Ma J, Lin Z, Li Q, Zhang M, Ma Y, Chen B

“…In terms of the time dependent area under the curve (AUC) values for OS, the development cohort exhibited values of 0.765, 0.762, and 0.812 for 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year OS, respectively. …”
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Development of a nomogram for predicting pancreatic portal hypertension in patients with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study by Yong Lv, Hui Luo, Yingjie Zhang, Xiangping Wang, Yanglin Pan, Yunling Li, Qiaoyu Su, Xianchen Zhan, Linhui Zhang, Xiaoyu Kang, Shuhui Liang, Gui Ren

“…The accuracy and discriminative power of the predictive model were assessed using the area under the curve (AUC) from the receiver operating characteristic curve and the calibration curve.Results Of the 1473 patients with AP, 107 (7.3%) developed PPH within 6 months (range: 2–22 months) during follow-up. …”
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CARBON STOCKS IN PHYTOMASS OF WOODY PLANTS AND COARSE WOODY DEBRIS IN OLD-GROWTH BLUEBERRY PINE FORESTS IN THE NATURAL RESERVE “KIVACH” by A. N. Pekkoev, S. A. Moshnikov, I. V. Romashkin, D. V. Teslya

“…The obtained results are by 7–10% lower than those obtained using other methods, which indicates the need for an additional research. Under the forest canopy, the undergrowth is represented mainly by pine and spruce and only sometimes with a minor participation of birch. …”
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Ginseng-derived Nanoparticles Inhibit Lung Cancer Cell Growth by Promoting Macrophage M1 Polarization by Liangliang FAN, Limei REN, Song YANG, Wenjing LI, Yueming ZHAO, Ronghua ZHAO, Daqing ZHAO, Jiawen WANG

“…GDNPs enhanced the the expression of M1 macrophages molecular markers CD80 (P<0.01). Under the influence of GDNPs-CM, the cell viability of A549 cells was inhibited, and the cells exhibited G1 phase arrest with an increased apoptosis rate (P<0.05, P<0.01). …”
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Application of deep learning models on single-cell RNA sequencing analysis uncovers novel markers of double negative T cells by Tian Xu, Qin Xu, Ran Lu, David N. Oakland, Song Li, Liwu Li, Christopher M. Reilly, Xin M. Luo

“…They have increasingly gained recognition for their novel roles in the immune system, especially under autoimmune conditions. Conventional machine learning approaches such as principal component analysis have been employed in single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis to characterize DNT cells. …”
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Options of improvement of efficacy of gastroesophageal reflux disease treatment by dioctaedric smectite by O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov, N. Yu. Ivashkina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…To analyze efficacy of heartburn relief and pathological gastroesophageal reflux (GER) elimination as well as dynamics of endoscopic changes at gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) under dioctaedric smectite (Smecta) treatment in standard doze as monotherapy and within complex mode of treatment.Material and methods. …”
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Free fatty acids may regulate the expression of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in the liver of high-fat diet golden hamsters through the ERS-CHOP-C/EBPα signaling pathway... by Dandan Liu, Peipei Tian, Yilin Hou, Tingxue Zhang, Xiaoyu Hou, Lifang Liu, Xiaolong Li, Kunjie Zheng, Chao Wang, Guangyao Song

“…However, the mechanism underlying the effect of FFA on 11β-HSD1 expression remains unclear. …”
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Characterization of microbiota signatures in Iberian pig strains using machine learning algorithms by Lamiae Azouggagh, Noelia Ibáñez-Escriche, Marina Martínez-Álvaro, Luis Varona, Joaquim Casellas, Sara Negro, Cristina Casto-Rebollo

“…ML models exploring maternal, paternal and heterosis effects showed varying levels of classification performance, with the paternal effect scenario being the best, achieving a mean Area Under the ROC curve (AUROC) of 0.74 using the Catboost (CB) algorithm. …”
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The mediating role of social support in self-management and quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis by Ying Zhang, LeYao Xiao, Qian Liu, XinYi Zhang, MingDan Li, YaLi Xu, Mei Dai, Fei Zhao, YouShu Shen, Jordan Tovera Salvador, Ping Yang

“…Social support had a mediating effect between self-management and quality of life, with an indirect effect of 0.489 (95% CI: 0.362, 0.629), accounting for 40.58% of the total effect. (4) Exercise frequency and malnutrition risk assessment were independent influencing factors for social support, self-management, and quality of life. (5) In the regression model, after excluding confounding factors, Model I explained 14% of the variance in quality of life due to control variables, Model II explained 49.5%, and when social support was added, Model III explained 56.9% of the variance in quality of life. Under the mediating role of social support, self-management can improve quality of life. …”
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RCE-IFE: recursive cluster elimination with intra-cluster feature elimination by Cihan Kuzudisli, Burcu Bakir-Gungor, Bahjat Qaqish, Malik Yousef

“…On average, RCE-IFE attains an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.85 among tested expression datasets with the fewest features and the shortest running time, while RCE-IFE-SVM (the SVM-adapted version of RCE-IFE) and SVM-RCE achieve similar AUCs of 0.84 and 0.83, respectively. …”
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Left atrial strain predicts paroxysmal atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation: a 1-year study using three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography by Rui Zhang, He Li, Yan Wang, Tianle Yu, Jiacheng Li, Yumeng Wu, Zhiwen Yu, Cuixing Liang, Dan Yu, Li Xue

“…Receiver operating characteristic(ROC) curve showed that the area under the curve(AUC) for LASr in assessing the risk of recurrence after RFCA in patients with PAF was 0.70 ( 95% CI, 0.60–0.81, P = 0.001). …”
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Progress in the Management of Retinal Detachment Associated With Morning Glory Syndrome by Wu S, Wang W, Liu L, Wang W, Jiang K, Peng C, Sun H, Zhang J

“…Long-term outcomes for patients with MGS largely depend on the severity of associated complications and the timing of interventions; while some individuals may attain reasonable visual function post-treatment, others may continue to experience challenges due to the underlying malformation and its consequences. Thus, MGS remains a complex condition requiring a multidisciplinary approach for effective management and enhanced patient outcomes, emphasizing the need for continued research into its genetic underpinnings and optimal treatment strategies to improve understanding and care for those affected.Keywords: morning glory syndrome, retinal detachment, vitrectomy, paraoptic disc laser photocoagulation…”
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