A biodegradable, microstructured, electroconductive and nano-integrated drug eluting patch (MENDEP) for myocardial tissue engineering by Caterina Cristallini, Daniela Rossin, Roberto Vanni, Niccoletta Barbani, Chiara Bulgheresi, Massimiliano Labardi, Sadia Perveen, Silvia Burchielli, Domiziana Terlizzi, Claudia Kusmic, Silvia Del Ry, Manuela Cabiati, Cheherazade Trouki, Dawid Rossino, Francesca Sergi, Anthea Villano, Giovanni D. Aquaro, Giorgia Scarpellino, Federico A. Ruffinatti, Sara Amorim, Ricardo A. Pires, Rui L. Reis, Raffaella Rastaldo, Claudia Giachino

“…Migration tests showed the chemoattractive capacity of the patches and conductivity assays showed unaltered cell-cell interactions and cell beating synchronicity. …”
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SCIENCE TEACHERS’ ICT USE FREQUENCY AND THE BARRIERS THEY WERE EXPOSED by Fatma TAŞKIN EKİCİ, Seçil DEMİRHAN, İzzet KARA, Erhan EKİCİ

“…As statistical analysis technic, t-Test, ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis H-Test and Scheffe was used for comparison of subgroups.…”
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Consistency of 3D reconstruction measurements of lower limb torsion at different segments with the CT gold standard by Shouliang Xiong, Yunpeng Luo, Shikuan Zhang, Zhongxuan Wu, Degang Huang, Hongzhou Sun

“…TTT, PTT, and DTT exhibited ICC values of 0.936 (95% CI 0.914–0.953), 0.965 (95% CI 0.953–0.974), and 0.986 (95% CI 0.981–0.990), respectively. Paired t-tests showed no statistically significant differences between 2D and 3D measurements for all major parameters (P > 0.05). …”
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Bronchoalveolar lavage cell percentages as diagnostic markers of immune checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis by Mahnoor Mir, Felipe Soto, Pedro Antonio Amezcua Gomez, Rodrigo Del Rio Arroyo, Adarsh Suresh, Amber Su, Qiong Gan, John Stewart, Roberto Adachi, Diwakar D. Balachandran, Lara Bashoura, Roberto F. Casal, Burton F. Dickey, George A. Eapen, Scott E. Evans, Horiana Grosu, Carlos A. Jimenez, Julie Lin, David E. Ost, Bruce F. Sabath, Vickie R. Shannon, Aung Naing, Jianjun Gao, Jia Wu, Karthik Suresh, Saadia A. Faiz, Mehmet Altan, Ajay Sheshadri

“…Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) lymphocytosis has been associated with ICIP, but studies have not evaluated BAL lymphocytosis as a diagnostic biomarker for ICIP.PurposeThis study aimed to measure the association of BAL immune cell percentage with ICIP and test its performance as a diagnostic biomarker.MethodsWe performed a retrospective chart review of 476 patients treated with ICIs for solid organ or hematologic malignancies who underwent BAL between 2016 and 2022. …”
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老年急性卒中患者医院感染预测模型的构建与验证(Construction and Validation of a Prediction Model for Nosocomial Infection in Elderly Patients with Acute Stroke) by 李静，程实，郭军平，胡爱香，于鑫玮，韩玮，张越巍，冀瑞俊(LI Jing, CHENG Shi, GUO Junping, HU Aixiang, YU Xinwei, HAN Wei, ZHANG Yuewei, JI Ruijun)

“…The AUC values of the training set and test set were 0.847 (95%CI 0.819-0.876) and 0.838 (95%CI 0.786-0.890), respectively, indicating that the model had good predictive ability and discrimination. …”
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Prediction of 90-day mortality among cancer patients with unplanned hospitalisation: a retrospective validation study of three prognostic scoresResearch in context by Galip Can Uyar, Oriol Mirallas, Kadriye Başkurt, Berta Martin-Cullell, Enes Yeşilbaş, Jordi Recuero-Borau, Seher Kaya, Victor Navarro Garcés, Sevgi Eryıldız Yücel, Kreina Sharela Vega Cano, Diego Gómez-Puerto, Anna Pedrola Gómez, Clara Salva de Torres, Ömür Berna Çakmak Öksüzoğlu, Sonia Serradell, Rodrigo Dienstmann, Osman Sütcüoğlu

“…Interpretation: The PROMISE score demonstrated strong discriminatory ability in predicting 90-day mortality among cancer patients admitted for unplanned hospitalisations. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of paramedics working in general practice: a mixed-methods realist evaluation by Matthew Booker, Sarah Voss, Nicky Harris, William Hollingworth, Nouf Jeynes, Hazel Taylor, Kirsty Garfield, Helen Baxter, Jonathan Benger, Andy Gibson, Trudy Goodenough, Justin Jagosh, Kim Kirby, Cathy Liddiard, Alyesha Proctor, Sarah Purdy, Behnaz Schofield, Hannah Stott, Grace Scrimgeour, Nicola Walsh

“…How does PGP care impact on patient clinical outcomes (e.g. unplanned hospital admissions, prescriptions, referrals, tests and investigations)? How does PGP care impact on patient-reported outcomes [e.g. concern, confidence in health plan, ability to manage symptoms, health-related quality of life (HRQoL)] compared to non-PGP care? …”
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The Ethical Significance of Brain-Computer Interfaces as Enablers of Communication by Toma Gruica

“…This patient gained the ability to produce verified short phrases and, among the first communications, corrected care team assumptions about personal preferences. …”
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Investigation and analysis of mental health status of the older adult in western rural areas by Shuai Zhao, Liangfu Han, Yi Liu, Xudong Rui

“…Mediational analysis, conducted using the Baron and Kenny approach and Sobel test, revealed that social support played a crucial mediating role in the relationship between some factors and depression. …”
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SURVIVAL OUTCOMES OF AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN LYMPHOMA PATIENTS by Elif Yıldız, Güven Çetin, Özge Pasin

“…However, the strength of our study is the ability to compare six lymphoma subtypes within the same study. …”
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YEATS2 promotes malignant phenotypes of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma via H3K27ac activated-IL6ST by Yuanfang Zhai, Yuanfang Zhai, Fanyu Zhang, Fanyu Zhang, Xiaoyu Shi, Xiaoyu Shi, Siwei Zou, Siwei Zou, Xiaoling Hu, Xiaoling Hu, Chengyuan Shan, Chengyuan Shan, Ling Zhang, Binbin Zou, Xin Yang, Pengzhou Kong, Xiaolong Cheng

“…The results of in vivo and in vitro experiments revealed that YEATS2 enhanced the abilities of ESCC cells to proliferate and migrate. …”
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Liver-specific expression of ANGPTL8 promotes Alzheimer’s disease progression through activating microglial pyroptosis by Jiarui Wei, Lin Hu, Shufan Xu, Fan Yang, Fusheng Liao, Ying Tang, Xin Shen, Xiaoqiao Zhang, Xinggang Fang, Yifan Li, Li Ding, Zhuo Chen, Shanchun Su, Junhua Cheng, Yong Huang, Qian Chen, Daqing Ma, Qiufang Zhang, Xingrong Guo

“…Methods The ANGPTL8−/− mice and 5 × FAD mice were crossed mutated and subjected to the Morris water maze test and novel object recognition test to assess cognitive ability in different cohorts. …”
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Cross-sectional evaluation of host biomarkers for guiding antibiotic use in bacterial and non-bacterial acute febrile illness in low- and middle-income tropical settings by Camille Escadafal, Patrícia Brasil, Louis Banda, Sabine Dittrich, Sunil Pokharel, B Leticia Fernandez-Carballo, Barbara Di Camillo, Martina Vettoretti, Steffen Geis, Victoria Harris, Aurélien Macé, Stefano Ongarello, Sue J Lee, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Braulia C Caetano, Marilda M Siqueira, Jose Moreira, Jullita Kenala Malava, Paulin N Essone, Ayodele Alabi, Meike Jakobi, Nicole Schneiderhan-Marra, Michele Atzeni, Andre M Siqueira, Anita L Kabwende, Juste Christin Bie Ondo, Marguerite Massinga-Loembe, Aline da Rocha Matos, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Érica Aparecida dos Santos Ribeiro da Silva, Maria Cristina S Lourenço, Julia Häring, Anna Günther, Christine Hoogland

“…Secondary outcomes included the performance of individual biomarkers across the different study sites and in a multivariable setting.Results A Kruskal-Wallis test, adjusted by Benjamini-Hochberg, was performed for each biomarker to identify covariates with a significant difference in the distribution of biomarker values. …”
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Effect of acupuncture on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A multicenter randomized controlled trial by Jiansheng Li, Yang Xie, Yanjun Wang, Lei Wu, Xuefeng Yu, Li Bai, Suju Shao, Miao Zhou, Mingli Zhang, Xueqing Yu, Weihong Han, Xuanlin Li, Tao Chen

“…Conclusions: Compared with the acupuncture group and the conventional drug group, the acupuncture plus conventional drug group was better at improving exercise ability, improving quality of life, and reducing dyspnea. …”
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Anti-adherent effects of Rhizophora apiculata bark and leaf extracts and computational prediction of the effects of its compound on β-tubulin interaction in Acanthamoeba triangular... by Siriphorn Chimplee, Imran Sama-ae, Suthinee Sangkanu, Watcharapong Mitsuwan, Julalak Chuprom, Rachasak Boonhok, Dhrubo Ahmed Khan, Partha Biswas, Md Nazmul Hasan, Hazel Anne Tabo, Cristina C. Salibay, Polrat Wilairatana, Maria L. Pereira, Muhammad Nawaz, Ragini Bodade, Shanmuga S. Sundar, Alok K. Paul, Veeranoot Nissapatorn

“…The inhibitory effect on adherence was determined by the ability of Acanthamoeba adherence on 96-well plates, and its adhesive acanthopodia structure was evaluated using scanning electron microscopy analysis. …”
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Machine-learning detection of stress severity expressed on a continuous scale using acoustic, verbal, visual, and physiological data: lessons learned by Marketa Ciharova, Khadicha Amarti, Ward van Breda, Ward van Breda, Martin J. Gevonden, Sina Ghassemi, Annet Kleiboer, Christiaan H. Vinkers, Christiaan H. Vinkers, Christiaan H. Vinkers, Christiaan H. Vinkers, Milou S. C. Sep, Milou S. C. Sep, Milou S. C. Sep, Milou S. C. Sep, Sophia Trofimova, Alexander C. Cooper, Xianhua Peng, Xianhua Peng, Mieke Schulte, Mieke Schulte, Eirini Karyotaki, Eirini Karyotaki, Eirini Karyotaki, Pim Cuijpers, Pim Cuijpers, Pim Cuijpers, Heleen Riper, Heleen Riper

“…We aimed to detect laboratory-induced stress using multimodal data and identify challenges researchers may encounter when conducting a similar study.MethodsWe conducted a preliminary exploration of performance of a machine-learning algorithm trained on multimodal data, namely visual, acoustic, verbal, and physiological features, in its ability to detect stress severity following a partially automated online version of the Trier Social Stress Test. …”
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Assessing disparities in access, use, and potential benefits of weather and climate information services among farmers in Guatemala’s Dry Corridor by Maya Moore, Geneva List, Max Mauerman, Dante Salazar Ballesteros, Walter Baethgen

“…Using a survey of 330 farming households in Guatemala’s Dry Corridor, this research examines farmers’ ability to access and utilize WCIS for agricultural decision-making, as well as the association between WCIS and food insecurity. …”
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Effects of UV-B radiation on the photosystem performance and fruit quality of strawberry in greenhouse by CHEN Yanrong, DING Shanming, LIU Zhen, SHI Huimei, XIAO Wei, CHEN Xiude, LI Ling, LI Dongmei

“…Low dose radiation increased Fv/Fm (maximum photochemical efficiency of PSⅡ) and Δ I/Io (PSI activity), indicating that low-dose UV-B radiation effectively improved the light harvesting ability, light energy conversion efficiency, and efficiency of PSⅡ reaction centers. …”
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Correlation Analysis of Bacterial Community Structure and Eco-Environmental Factors in Water and Algae Along Qingdao Coast Before and After the Outbreak of Ulva prolifera by Ni LIU, Yongxiang YU, Yingeng WANG, Zheng ZHANG, Chunyuan WANG, Meijie LIAO, Xiaojun RONG, Minghai PANG, Jingze LI

“…U. prolifera is an algal plant belonging to the family Ulvaceae, which has the characteristics of high nutrient absorption efficiency, fast growth rate and strong reproductive ability, and is more competitive than other species. …”
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Developing of the Pattern of Revising the Elementary School math Curriculum based on Fullan's Approach by Reza Jafariharandi

“…The teaching time should be adjusted according to the volume of the book and the ability of the students, and the teaching place should include a variety of teaching places and a quiet environment. …”
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