The TLR-M-CSF axis is implicated in increased bone turnover and curve progression in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis by Kai Sheng, Daniel G. Bisson, Neil Saran, Jake Bourdages, Christopher Coluni, Kirby Upshaw, Kerstin Tiedemann, Svetlana V. Komarova, Jean A. Ouellet, Lisbet Haglund

“…Functional studies were conducted by treating chondrocytes with TLR2 and TLR4 agonists, collecting conditioned media, and administering it to an in vitro osteoclastogenesis model. …”
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Lipid vesicle shape analysis from populations using light video microscopy and computer vision. by Jernej Zupanc, Barbara Drašler, Sabina Boljte, Veronika Kralj-Iglič, Aleš Iglič, Deniz Erdogmus, Damjana Drobne

“…This process enables a comparison of samples from the same population over time, or the comparison of a treated population to a control. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF EFFICIENCY OF COMPOST PREPARED FROM ANIMAL WASTE IN THE REDUCTION OF TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON IN CRUDE OIL IMPACTED SOIL by ADEBOLA ADEKUNLE, IHEOMA ADEKUNLE, SUHAIB AROGUNDADE

“…The result depicted that the contaminated soil experienced an enhanced natural bioremediation due to the applied bioremediation agents and the contaminated soil treated with SPW-SD gave best results. Samples remediated with SPW-SD and GTW-SD showed a Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) removal efficiency of 55.4% and 7.9% respectively. …”
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AGED PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION ABOUT THE TRANSITIONAL CARE PROVIDED BY A MULTIPROFESSIONAL HOME-BASED ASSISTANCE TEAM by Jeane Roza Quintans, Marta Maria Melleiro

“…The study reinforced the need to include the finitude process in the planning of care actions in health services. …”
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The influence of informal caregivers on the place of death: A study within a home palliative care team by Cristina Pereira, Hugo Ribeiro, Júlia Magalhães, João Rocha-Neves, Marília Dourado, José Paulo Andrade

“…From a medical point of view, these patients are so well or better treated in the community than in the hospital wards.…”
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A novel 2.1 GPa martensitic stainless steel manufactured by laser powder bed fusion and post treatment by Qipeng Wang, Yuzheng Liang, Xinsheng Chen, Ziwei Yang, Kewei Dong, Yong Peng, Qi Zhou, Kehong Wang, Jian Kong

“…Due to cryogenic + heat treatment converts a large amount of austenite to martensite, and the high density dislocation generated by the rapid heating and cooling process of LPBF is retained, the sample has a dislocation density of 1.85 × 1016 m−2, which is comparable to forging and rolling. …”
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Experiences of digital physiotherapy during pregnancy and after childbirth: A qualitative study by Frida Johnson, Sara Frygner Holm, Andrea Hess Engström

“…Digital interventions for treating perinatal depression and lifestyle changes have been studied. …”
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USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR UAV FLIGHT OPTIMIZATION by O. Dutsiak, V. Yuzevych

“…The algorithm is used to determine the optimal policy by treating each raster as a state, the 26 possible directions as action sets, and the action value function as the objective function. …”
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Estimation of Gallic Acid in Triphala Using Enzymatic Hydrolysis by Runjhun ​ Pallavi, Shivesh Jha

“…The extracted gallic acid is estimated in the biocatalyzed sample at optimal process parameters by high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) method. …”
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Residual Soil Improvement Using Microbially Induced Cementation of Ureolytic Bacteria by Murtala Umar, Khairul Anuar Kasim, Gambo Haruna Yunusa, Muttaqa Uba Zango

“…The process of improving the strength of granular soil by utilising microorganisms is known as the biocementation process. …”
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Improved Performance of AlGaInP Red Micro Light-Emitting Diodes by Sidewall Treatments of Citric Acid by Zhen-Jin Wang, Xin-Liang Ye, Chih-Chiang Yang, Wei-Chen Tu, Yan-Kuin Su

“…Among all citric acid-treated micro-LEDs, the sample with a 60 s wet etching process showed the best improvement, with the light output power and external quantum efficiency (EQE) increased by 31.08% and 5.4%, respectively. …”
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Secondary HLH Case Report Highlighting Clinical Challenges by Riad El Fakih, Said Y. Mohamed, Randa Alnounou, Ghada Elgohary

“…Unexpectedly, after his death, the microbiology laboratory reported positive mycobacterial growth from a bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) sample taken during the workup of his fever. This case illustrates the difficulties in the diagnostic workup of HLH to identify triggers in a timely manner so that a targeted and specific therapy can be administered quickly, given the rapid and deadly evolution of the HLH process.…”
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Morphometric analysis of the fifth lumbar vertebra (L5): Anatomical dimensions and clinical implications in South Indian population by Nandini Bhat, Lakshmisha Rao, Ashwija Shetty, Souhardya Das, Nom Bhukya Kumar Naik, Vanishri Nayak, Sushma Prabhath, Kurian Alapatt, Suhani Sumalatha

“…Transverse Processes: The mean distance between the tips of the right and left transverse processes was 7.92 ± 0.92 cm. …”
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The Factors Influencing the Money laundering by Saeedeh Peyvandi, Gholamhossein Golarzi

“…Money laundering is a system, treated to legitimate illegally earned wealth in a way aiming to conceal the source of the wealth and after the process. …”
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Modelling of Rehydration Kinetics of Desert Truffles (Terfezia spp.) Dried by Microwave Oven by Mohamed Ghellam, Ilkay Koca

“…Among the six used empirical models, Weibull model has been the most fitted model to all the treated samples. Microwave power output and sample weight were found to have an effect on truffles during drying, and consequently on their rehydration capacity. …”
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Methodologic and Policy Efforts to Improve a National Long COVID Study by Leonard A. Jason

“…This commentary outlines the process of working with this Long COVID task force, including steps such as questionnaire development, protocol design, reviews, and policy initiatives. …”
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The effective usage of corpora in legalese studies (on the example of the fiducie) by Irina Gvelesiani

“…Nowadays, corpus-based contrastive studies can be treated as a growing research area that focuses on two or more languages. …”
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Accessibility and quality of care for adults with hypertension in rural Burkina Faso: results from a cross-sectional household survey. by Stephanie Lacey, Maria Lisa Odland, Ali Sié, Guy Harling, Till Bärnighausen, Pascal Geldsetzer, Lisa R Hirschhorn, Justine I Davies

“…We performed an analysis of cross-sectional household survey data collected from a population-representative sample of 4000 adults ≥40 years in Nouna, Burkina Faso in 2018. …”
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Early Diagnosis of Bloodstream Infections Using Serum Metabolomic Analysis by Shuang Han, Ruihua Li, Hao Wang, Lin Wang, Yiming Gao, Yaolin Wen, Tianyang Gong, Shiyu Ruan, Hui Li, Peng Gao

“…Background: Bloodstream infections (BSIs) pose a great challenge to treating patients, especially those with underlying diseases, such as immunodeficiency diseases. …”
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Looming public health catastrophe? Carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteraemia in ICU patients at a resource limited tertiary care hospital in the Caribbean - A cause for concer... by Dr Niel Mcknight, Dr Jenene Cameron, Dr Karen Roye-Green, Dr Camille-Ann Thoms Rodriguez

“…The study aim was to investigate carbapenemase presence in specific blood-culture pathogens, screen for the blaNDM and blaKPC genes, and to evaluate the ability to treat appropriately from local formularies. Methods: All blood culture samples submitted to the University of the West Indies (UWI) Microbiology Laboratory (accredited by Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation - JANAAC) between September 1, 2021, and March 4, 2022, were evaluated. …”
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