Niacin and Stroke: The Role of Supplementation and Emerging Concepts in Clinical Practice, a Narrative Review by Alan D. Kaye, Grant D. Coffman, Sydney A. Mashaw, Austin S. Thomassen, Kalob M. Broocks, Ahmed I. Anwar, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi

“…This review further highlights the need for more population-level studies regarding the effects of supplemental niacin use to provide a scientific basis for its therapeutic role in cardiovascular disease, including improvement in lipid panel markers and stroke prevention.…”
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Simple model and integral method for simulating the growth of the borided layer FeB/Fe2B on the AISI H13 steel by Youcef Djafri, Bendaoud Mebarek, Guerri Yassine El, Mourad Keddam, Naima Hadjadj

“…Finally, the mass gain has been calculated for both phases, showing that of FeB increased more compared to that of Fe2B over time.…”
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A Waterborne, Flexible, and Highly Conductive Silver Ink for Ultra-Rapid Fabrication of Epidermal Electronics by Patrick Rwei, Jia-Wei Shiu, Mehmet Senel, Amirhossein Hajiaghajani, Chengyang Qian, Chin-Wen Chen, Peter Tseng, Michelle Khine

“…Substituting citric acid (CA) for GTA enhances the deformability by more than 100%. With exceptional conductivity (up to 1.17 × 10⁴ S/cm), we demonstrate the ink’s potential in applications such as an epidermal near-field communication (NFC) antenna patch and a wireless ECG system for motion monitoring.…”
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Strategic Combination of Isocratic and Gradient Elution for Simultaneous Separation of Polar Compounds in Traditional Chinese Medicines by HPLC by Mei-Tuo Zhang, Xiao-Xue Ye, Wei Lan, Yan-Ling Yang, Tsunghsueh Wu, Yu-Sang Li, He-Bin Tang

“…This method therefore provides a more efficient way to determine the polar components present in traditional Chinese medicines. …”
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Using a new selective antegrade cerebral perfusion technique for ascending aorta and aortic arch repair by D. M. Bondarenko, A. G. Sdvigova, G. A. Akopov, A. S. Ivanov, M. K. Lugovskii, А. F. Afanasiev, R. Yu. Bangarov

“…This technique allows for more adequate monitoring of perfusion during reconstructive interventions on the ascending aorta and aortic arch than the classical perfusion technique.…”
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ADATs: roles in tRNA editing and relevance to disease by Mao Xue-Ling, Eriani Gilbert, Zhou Xiao-Long

“…Proteins of the adenosine deaminase acting on tRNA (ADAT) family were discovered more than <sc>20 years</sc> ago. They catalyze the deamination of adenosine to inosine (A-to-I) or cytidine to uridine (C-to-U) during tRNA maturation. …”
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Towards a European key performance indicator for safe urban roads: lessons from the Trendline project by Wendy Weijermars, Elisabete Rodrigues, Johannes Mesimäki, Simon Sternlund, Maria Georgieva, Jan Hendrik van Petegem, Teun Uijtdewilligen, Augusto Torbay, Ana Amaro, Ana Vidigal, Fernando Rosa, Wouter Van den Berghe

“… Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are an important instrument for road safety policy making. This paper presents a KPI for safe urban roads that was developed and tested in the European Trendline project. …”
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The lichen biota of the Special Area of Conservation Rio Pentemina (Ligurian Apennines, N Italy) by Paolo Giordani, Giulia Canali, Luca Di Nuzzo, Gabriele Gheza, Elisabetta Bianchi, Stefano Di Natale, Helmut Mayrhofer, Renato Benesperi, Juri Nascimbene

“…Additionally, fourteen other species of conservation interest have been collected (e.g., Buellia hyperbolica), while many others have been recorded after a century or more since the first and, in some cases, only report (e.g., Ochrolechia szatalaensis or Verrucaria papillosa). …”
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Use of metatarsal hook plates in the treatment of multifragmentary patellar fractures - A case series by Edgar Alejandro Barros, Carlos Ballesteros, Carlos Eduardo Noboa, Gonzalo Arteaga, Carlos Peñaherrera, Francisco Endara, Andrés Bravo, Alejandro Xavier Barros Castro

“…This approach suggested the potential to forego early plate removal, thereby contributing to a more effective management of patellar fractures. …”
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FeatureForest: the power of foundation models, the usability of random forests by Mehdi Seifi, Damian Dalle Nogare, Juan Manuel Battagliotti, Vera Galinova, Ananya Kedige Rao, Pierre-Henri Jouneau, Anwai Archit, AI4Life Horizon Europe Programme Consortium, Constantin Pape, Johan Decelle, Florian Jug, Joran Deschamps

“…Deep learning (DL) is ubiquitous in such segmentation tasks, but can be cumbersome to apply, as it often requires a large amount of manual labeling to produce ground-truth data, and expert knowledge to train the models. More recently, large foundation models, such as SAM, have shown promising results on scientific images. …”
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HEPATITIS E: А NEW PROBLEM IN TRANSPANTOLOGY? by M. L. Zubkin, T. A. Semenenko, E. P. Selkova, F. K. Kokoeva, V. I. Chervinko, E. M. Balakirev, V. A. Aleshkin

“…The information on the first attempts of antiviral therapy in these patients is presented.…”
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Tranexamic acid versus hot saline irrigations in endoscopic sinus surgery: a review and meta-analysis by Francisco Alves de Sousa, Mariline Santos, Paula Branco, Joana Ida Dias, Sara Costa, Ana Nóbrega Pinto, Luís Meireles, Miguel Gonçalves Ferreira

“…Results: Twelve papers met the eligibility criteria for meta-analysis. HSI presented a more significant reduction in volumetric blood loss compared to TXA (p=0.01). …”
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Hierarchy between forelimb premotor and primary motor cortices and its manifestation in their firing patterns by Akiko Saiki-Ishikawa, Mark Agrios, Sajishnu Savya, Adam Forrest, Hannah Sroussi, Sarah Hsu, Diya Basrai, Feihong Xu, Andrew Miri

“…Our results indicate that motor cortical hierarchy, while present, may not be exposed when inferring interactions between populations from firing patterns alone.…”
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Estrogen Receptor Expression in Tumors Different from Breast Cancer by T. A. Bogush, E. A. Dudko, A. A. Beme, E. A. Bogush, B. E. Polotsky, S. A. Tjuljandin, M. I. Davydov

“…The results regarding the ERa and ERβ expression frequency in non-small cell and small cell lung cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal, ovarian, prostate and brain tumors are presented. High frequency of estrogen receptor expression (in up to 50 and more per cent of cases) in various types of tumors, differences between ERa and ERβ in expression frequency, prognostic significance and prediction of the neoplastic process aggressiveness as well as in biological implications of interaction with antiestrogens (antagonistic and/or agonistic effect) are shown. …”
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Economics of small-scale aquaculture farms in Brazilian Northeastern semi-arid region: Characteristics, feasibility, and profitability models by Vinícius Fellype Cavalcanti de França, Luis Otávio Brito da Silva, Emerson José da Silva Oliveira, Humber Agrelli de Andrade

“…The models demonstrated that economic and management variables were more closely associated with profitability indices than farm characteristics such as farm size. …”
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Evaluation of the condylar position in subjects with signs and symptoms of functional disorders of the temporomandibular joint through images made with cone beam computed tomograph... by Marcelo Oliveira Mazzetto, Giovana Cherubini Veneziam, Laís Valencise Magri, Mario Kaissar Nasr, Alexandra Faria Paiva, Guiovaldo Paiva

“…Conclusion: This study found that the subjects with intra-articular TMD when compared with the excellent condylar relationship established by Ikeda and Kawamura (2009) presented a more posterior and inferior condylar position. …”
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: from historical landmarks in Brazil to current care perspectives by Eduardo Boiteux Uchôa Cavalcanti, Rita de Cássia Carvalho Leal, Wilson Marques Junior, Osvaldo José Moreira do Nascimento

“…Since the identification of PMP22 gene duplication on chromosome 17 by Vance et al., in 1989, more than 100 genes have been related to this group of disorders, and we have seen advances in the care of patients, with identification of associated conditions and better supportive treatments, including clinical and surgical interventions. …”
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Vulnerability of mineral-organic associations in the rhizosphere by Tobias Bölscher, Zoe G. Cardon, Mariela Garcia Arredondo, Stéphanie Grand, Gabriella Griffen, Rachel Hestrin, Josephine Imboden, Floriane Jamoteau, Emily M. Lacroix, Sherlynette Pérez Castro, Per Persson, William J. Riley, Marco Keiluweit

“…Here we identify key drivers, mechanisms, and controls of MOA disruption in the rhizosphere and present a new conceptual framework for the vulnerability of soil C within MOAs. …”
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Expanding the spectrum of clinical and genetic characteristics of distal arthrogryposis type 5 caused by heterozygous variants in the PIEZO2 gene by E. L. Dadali, T. V. Markova, E. A. Melnik, S. S. Nikitin, I. V. Sharkova, O. V. Khalanskaya, L. A. Bessonov, E. A. Shestopalova, O. P. Ryzhkova, S. I. Trofimova, O. E. Agranovich, S. I. Kutsev

“…It was shown that the most severe clinical manifestations were found in patients with newly identified nucleotide variants c.8238G&gt;A (p.Trp274Ter) and c.7095G&gt;T (p.Trp2365Cys), while in patients with other previously described variants c.8181_8183delAGA (p.Glu2727del) and c.2134A&gt;G (p.Met712Val) the clinical phenotype is more moderately expressed. The dynamics of phenotype formation were also noted. …”
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A minimal mechanistic model of plant responses to oxygen deficit during waterlogging by Silou Chen, Hugo J. de Boer, Kirsten ten Tusscher

“…As the formation of shallow roots increases waterlogging survival time, the positive effect of aerenchyma becomes more apparent with increased rooting depth. While ROL barriers further increased survival in combination with aerenchyma in deep-rooted plants, ROL barriers had little positive effect in the absence of aerenchyma. …”
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