Clinical significance of peripheral blood DDR1 and CtBP gene methylation detection in patients with acute pancreatitis by Zeng-Hui Ma, Xue-Ni Ma, Hong-Wen Zhu, Long Cheng, Ling-Zhu Gou, De-Kui Zhang

“…To investigate the clinical value of methylation levels of peripheral blood DDR1 and CtBP genes in evaluating the severity of acute pancreatitis (AP). …”
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Characterization of Yeast Species Isolated from Grapefruit and their Potentials in Local Wine Production by Vandi Yonas, Difo Voukang Harouna, Djoulde Darman Roger, Foundikou Yaya Bruno, Bakari Daoudou

“…Three strains were chosen from among these isolates, purified, and evaluated for their ability to ferment grapefruit juice. …”
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Dynamics Learning With Object-Centric Interaction Networks for Robot Manipulation by Jiayu Wang, Chuxiong Hu, Yunan Wang, Yu Zhu

“…The proposed method is evaluated both in simulation and real-world experiments on multi-object pushing tasks. …”
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Preliminary Study on the Functions of Peptides Obtained from White Mullet (<i>Ophiocephalus argus</i> var. Kimnra) Meat by Yin Zhang, Pengcheng Zhang, Qiuyue Chen, Aodong Wang, Li Dong, Longyi Zhang

“…These results indicate that peptides obtained from white mullet meat exhibit milk secretion-promoting ability, antioxidant activity, ACE-inhibitory activity, and Fe²⁺ chelation, making this an effective approach for isolating specific functional peptides and identifying their sequences from the digested solution of white mullet meat.…”
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Influence of Citrobacter freundii on NINJ2 Expression and Oxaliplatin Resistance in Colorectal Cancer by Reio Ueta, Hiroo Imai, Ken Saijo, Yoshifumi Kawamura, Shuto Kodera, Chikashi Ishioka

“…The CRC cell line RKO, following exposure to this filtrate, was analyzed using high‐throughput RNA sequencing. Candidate genes were identified through MTT assays, siRNA knockdown, and overexpression experiments. …”
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Lightweight Pre-Trained Korean Language Model Based on Knowledge Distillation and Low-Rank Factorization by Jin-Hwan Kim, Young-Seok Choi

“…Language models (LMs) underpin this field, striving to capture the intricacies of linguistic structure and semantics by assigning probabilities to sequences of words. The trend towards large language models (LLMs) has shown significant performance improvements with increasing model size. …”
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Preliminary Study to Understand the Role of Gut Microbiota in Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon (CSFP) by Tayfun Gurol, Tayyip Karaman, Yesim Gurol, Osman Ugur Sezerman, Sinem Oktem Okullu

“…Microbiota profiling was performed using 16S rRNA sequencing. Taxonomic differences were evaluated to identify microbial markers potentially associated with CSFP. …”
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Deep analysis of CD4 T cells in the rhesus CNS during SIV infection. by Sonny R Elizaldi, Anil Verma, Zhong-Min Ma, Sean Ott, Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, Chase E Hawes, Yashavanth Shaan Lakshmanappa, Mackenzie L Cottrell, Angela D M Kashuba, Zandrea Ambrose, Jeffrey D Lifson, John H Morrison, Smita S Iyer

“…To address these gaps, we studied ten SIVmac251-infected rhesus macaques using an ART regimen simulating suboptimal adherence. We evaluated four macaques during the acute phase pre-ART and six during the chronic phase. …”
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Perception aspects of a rule system for converting melodies from musical notation into sound by L. FRYDEN, J. SUNDBERG, A. ASKENFELT

“…The effects of these rules are evaluated by means of listening tests with musically sophisticated judges. …”
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Oral microbiota and biliary tract cancers: unveiling hidden mechanistic links by Yuhan Zhang, Yuhan Zhang, Shu Zhang

“…Established BTC risk factors—including gallstones, primary sclerosing cholangitis, cirrhosis, and H. pylori infection—were evaluated for their associations with oral microbiota changes. …”
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Meta-Transcriptomic Response to Copper Corrosion in Drinking Water Biofilms by Jingrang Lu, Ian Struewing, Nicholas J. Ashbolt

“…Randomly transcribed cDNA was generated and sequenced from downstream biofilm samples of either unplasticized polyvinylchloride (PVC) or Cu coupons. …”
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Distinct patterns of innate immune activation by clinical isolates of respiratory syncytial virus. by Ruth Levitz, Yajing Gao, Igor Dozmorov, Ran Song, Edward K Wakeland, Jeffrey S Kahn

“…Host and viral transcriptome expression were assessed using RNA-SEQ technology and the genomic sequences of several clinical isolates were determined. …”
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Novel near-diploid ovarian cancer cell line derived from a highly aneuploid metastatic ovarian tumor. by Ester Rozenblum, Jose R Sotelo-Silveira, Gina Y Kim, Jack Y Zhu, Christopher C Lau, Nicole McNeil, Susana Korolevich, Hongling Liao, James M Cherry, David J Munroe, Thomas Ried, Paul S Meltzer, Walter M Kuehl, Anna V Roschke

“…Newly developed near-diploid OVDM1 cell line offers an opportunity to evaluate tumorigenesis pathways/events in a minor clone of metastatic ovarian adenocarcinoma as well as mechanisms of chromothripsis.…”
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Diversity and functional features of the root-associated bacteriome are dependent on grapevine susceptibility to Plasmopara viticola by Morgane Duret, Adrian Wallner, Ludovic Besaury, Aziz Aziz

“…The impact of conventional treatment on the rhizomicrobiome assembly of Chardonnay was also evaluated. Results Analyses revealed a core bacteriome shared between both susceptible and resistant cultivars. …”
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Germline copy number variations in BRCA1/2 negative families: Role in the molecular etiology of hereditary breast cancer in Tunisia. by Maroua Boujemaa, Yosr Hamdi, Nesrine Mejri, Lilia Romdhane, Kais Ghedira, Hanen Bouaziz, Houda El Benna, Soumaya Labidi, Hamza Dallali, Olfa Jaidane, Sonia Ben Nasr, Abderrazek Haddaoui, Khaled Rahal, Sonia Abdelhak, Hamouda Boussen, Mohamed Samir Boubaker

“…Whole exome sequencing was performed for 9 BRCA negative cases with a strong family history of breast cancer and 10 matched controls. …”
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Baseline gut microbiome composition predicts metformin therapy short-term efficacy in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients. by Ilze Elbere, Ivars Silamikelis, Ilze Izabella Dindune, Ineta Kalnina, Monta Briviba, Linda Zaharenko, Laila Silamikele, Vita Rovite, Dita Gudra, Ilze Konrade, Jelizaveta Sokolovska, Valdis Pirags, Janis Klovins

“…<h4>Methods</h4>In this longitudinal observational study, stool samples for shotgun metagenomic sequencing-based analysis were collected in two cohorts. …”
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Gut microbiota in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease varies by CT-verified emphysema status by Anders Ørskov Rotevatn, Tomas Mikal Eagan, Solveig Tangedal, Gunnar Reksten Husebø, Kristoffer Ostridge, Rune Nielsen

“…Differential abundance of taxa was evaluated using Analysis of Composition of Microbes with Bias Correction (ANCOM-BC). …”
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MRI for measuring therapy efficiency after revascularisation in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis by Peter Schlattmann, Marc Dewey, Benjamin Kendziora, Heli Stier

“…A mixed effects model was used to evaluate the relation between the time to reperfusion and the MSI. …”
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Association of Fusobacterium nucleatum in human saliva with periodontal status and composition of the salivary microbiome including periodontopathogens by Takanori Akase, Junya Inubushi, Yoshiko Hayashi-Okada, Yasumitsu Shimizu

“…Salivary DNA was extracted, and the oral microbiome was analyzed using next-generation sequencing of 16S rRNA. The relationship between F. nucleatum and the community periodontal index was evaluated to examine effects on periodontal status, and α- and β-diversity were analyzed in four groups based on quantiles of relative abundance of F. nucleatum. …”
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Investigation of hydrochemical characteristic of groundwater quality of Bogoberi in Calabar Municipality in Cross River State, Southeastern Nigeria by Uche O. Chukwura-Osoagba, Paul C. Igwilo, Clinton C. Opara, Allen Dibang Akam

“…The Benin Formation consists of alternating sequences of gravel and sand of various grain size, silt, clay and alluvium. …”
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