Trimethylamine N-oxide Supplementation Enhances the Quality of Oocytes in Mice of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Jiayu Huang, Yin Tian, Xuemei Liu, Zixin Xu, Chong Li, Ling Zhu, Xiru Liu, Jiying Hou, Jingyu Li

“…Method: All procedures were approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of Chongqing Medical University. …”
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Co-RESPOND: a federated network of cohorts on mental health and adversity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Challenges, solutions and recommendations for retrospective data harmonizati... by Papoula Petri-Romão, Jutta Stoffers-Winterling, Charlotte Doerschner, Jocelyne Jurgeit, Philipp Gödde, Irwin Hecker, Maria Melchior, Diana Czepiel, Anke Witteveen, Els van der Ven, Marit Sijbrandij, Roberto Mediavilla, José Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Pierre Smith, Vincent Lorant, Anna Monistrol Mula, Josep Maria Haro Abad, Katalin Gémes, Ellenor Mittendorder-Rutz, Matteo Monzio Compagnoni, Antonio Lora, Giulia Caggiu, Claudia Conflitti, Raffael Kalisch, Klaus Lieb

“…The Co-RESPOND consortium (part of the EU horizon 2020-funded RESPOND project) has been initiated to study the impact on mental health, using longitudinal data of separate international cohorts.Aims: The Co-RESPOND initiative aims to retrospectively harmonize mental health and resilience data of ongoing longitudinal cohort studies at the individual participant level; to create an interoperable network of cohorts within a secure environment; to manage these data along with harmonization products (e.g. transformation procedures and variable dictionaries) according to the FAIR principles; and to keep this network live in order to add new data waves or to be joined by new cohorts.Methods: Data were harmonized retrospectively according to the Maelstrom guidance. …”
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A Porcine Model of Laparoscopic Intersphincteric Resection for Ultra-Low Rectal Cancer by Min-Wei Zhou, Ji-Xin Ma, Zheng-Qing Yan, Zheng-Dong Qiao, Zhen-Yang Li, Xiao-Dong Gu, Sen Yan, Yi-Wen Zang, Zong-You Chen, Yi-Ming Zhou, Jian-Hua Ding, Jian-Bin Xiang

“…Objective To develop a porcine model for laparoscopic intersphincteric resection (ISR) targeting ultra-low rectal cancer.Methods Six Bama mini-pigs underwent a standard laparoscopic ISR procedure: (1) Ligation and transection of the inferior mesenteric vessels; (2) Exposure and sparing of the pelvic autonomic nerves; (3) Dissection of the rectum; (4) Dissection and transection of hiatal ligament and rectourethralis muscle; (5) Transanal dissection of the anal canal; (6) Dissection of the intersphincteric space (ISS); (7) End-to-end handsewn coloanal anastomosis (CAA). …”
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Coexistence of bla NDM-1, mcr-1 and bla CTX-M-199 in an ST499 multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolate by Xinjun Hu, Bingyou Yin, Ruishan Liu, Lu Gong, Xiaolu Yang, Zhenghao Lou, Haowei Ye, Bingyang Shang, Yibing Shang, Yingjian Zhang

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) was conducted via agar dilution and the broth microdilution procedure. The AST results revealed that L5151 is resistant to a variety of antibiotics. …”
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Citizen Science from the Perspective of Higher Education Professors by Helton Luis Nina Lameira, Mayerly Alexandra Guerrero-Moreno, Everton Cruz Silva, Paulo Roberto Brasil Santos, Maria Alexandra Teodósio, José Max Barbosa Oliveira-Junior

“…Future efforts should focus on fostering faculty engagement, implementing robust training and validation procedures, and developing inclusive, community-based research models.…”
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Screen-based sedentary behavior and BMI among Chinese adolescents: weight concern as a mediator moderated by body image perception by Shuoyuan Tan, Libo Zhou, Gulqihra Abdukerima, Wei Yin, Ning Chen, Ling Yuan, Ya Gao, Pauline Sung-Chan Po Lin, Zhaoxin Wang, Jianwei Shi

“…Path analysis and bootstrap procedures with bias-corrected 95% confidence intervals were used for data analysis. …”
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Characteristics and prognosis of skip lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer: a retrospective study by Kuang-Hua Lo, Kuo-Hung Huang, Wen-Liang Fang, Shih-Chieh Lin, Yi-Ping Hung, Ming-Huang Chen, Chew-Wen Wu, Ching-Yun Kung

“…Abstract Background Lymph node dissection is a standardized procedure in gastric cancer surgery. Typically, lymph node metastasis begins in the perigastric (PG) region and then extends to the extraperigastric (EP) region. …”
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A Sparse Bayesian Technique to Learn the Frequency-Domain Active Regressors in OFDM Wireless Systems by Carlos Crespo-Cadenas, María José Madero-Ayora, Juan A. Becerra, Elías Marqués-Valderrama, Sergio Cruces

“…However, the adoption of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) as a prevalent modulation scheme in current wireless communication standards provides a promising avenue for employing an FD approach. In this work, a procedure to model nonlinear distortion in wireless OFDM systems in the frequency domain is demonstrated for general model structures based on a sparse Bayesian learning (SBL) algorithm to identify a reduced set of regressors capable of an efficient and accurate prediction. …”
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Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Desmopressin for Post–Kidney Biopsy Bleeding by Narayan Prasad, Jeyakumar Meyyappan, Deependra Kumar Yadav, Brijesh Yadav, Ravi Kushwaha, Manas Patel, Vamsidhar Veeranki, Dharmendra Bhadauria, Manas Behera, Monika Yachha, Anupama Kaul, Jai Kishun, Dheeraj Khetan, Anupam Verma, Heera Lal

“…Methods: In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial conducted from February 2019 to January 2023 at a teaching institute in Lucknow, India, 203 patients aged 18 to 65 years undergoing indication kidney biopsy were randomized to receive desmopressin (300 μg) or placebo intranasally an hour before the procedure. Outcomes included postbiopsy bleeding (primary) and hemoglobin drop, hypotension, hematuria, hematoma, transfusion need, and radiological or surgical interventions (secondary). …”
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A focal extramedullary hematopoiesis of the spleen in a patient with essential thrombocythemia presenting with a complicated postoperative course: a case report by Kiyotaka Hosoda, Akira Shimizu, Koji Kubota, Tsuyoshi Notake, Shinsuke Sugenoya, Koya Yasukawa, Hikaru Hayashi, Ryoichiro Kobayashi, Yuji Soejima

“…Therefore, strict management of platelet count using medication is crucial in patients with ET who require invasive procedures, especially splenectomy. Case presentation A 68-year-old man with ET was found to have an enlargement of a focal splenic tumor. …”
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Recent advances in machine learning for defects detection and prediction in laser cladding process by X.C. Ji, R.S. Chen, C.X. Lu, J. Zhou, M.Q. Zhang, T. Zhang, H.L. Yu, Y.L. Yin, P.J. Shi, W. Zhang

“…The emergence of defects during the cladding procedure poses substantial challenges for the quality and performance of the cladding layers. …”
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Diagnosis, treatment and clinical outcomes of extrauterine sites of leiomyomatosis: a systematic review by Jacopo Di Giuseppe, Leonardo Natalini, Mila Bordini, Daniele Crescenzi, Linda Grementieri, Jessica Petrucci, Arianna Asaro, Luca Giannella, Giovanni Delli Carpini, Camilla Grelloni, Andrea Ciavattini

“…Greater awareness among clinicians is needed regarding surgical procedures involving ligation and/or cutting of major uterine vessels, which appear to contribute to the development of EAELs, and morcellation, which tends to promote intraperitoneal metastatic spread.…”
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The Effects of Suburethral Tension Adjustable Sling (Remeex system) for Female Urinary Incontinence between Pure Intrinsic Sphincter Deficiency and Intrinsic Sphincter Deficiency w... by Sang Wook Lee, Woong Bin Kim, Kwang Woo Lee, Jun Mo Kim, Jae Heon Kim, Ji Eun Moon, Si Hyun Kim, Jae Joon Park, Young Ho Kim

“…Use of 1 hr pad weight test showed that incontinence decreased after the procedures in both groups, and that of group I patients was significantly lower than that of group II patients. …”
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Infective Larvae of <i>Haemonchus contortus</i> (Nematoda: Trichostrongylidae) Are Captured and Destroyed by Nematode-Trapping Fungi <i>Dactylellina</i> spp. (Fungi: Orbiliales) by Manuel Salvador Balanzar-Aguilera, Enrique Gutiérrez-Medina, Gustavo Pérez-Anzúrez, Edgar Jesús Delgado-Núñez, María Eugenia López-Arellano, Ana Yuridia Ocampo-Gutiérrez, Pedro Mendoza-de Gives

“…The identification of NF was achieved using morphological identification keys, which was corroborated by molecular procedures using the PCR technique in the ITS4 and ITS5 regions. …”
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Frozen elephant trunk repair of aortic aneurysms: How to reduce the incidence of endoleak and reinterventionCentral MessagePerspective by Sandhir Kandola, FRCS (Vasc), PhD, Ahmed Abdulsalam, FRCS (C-Th), MSc, Mark Field, FRCS, DPhil, Robert K. Fisher, FRCS, MD

“…Methods: In this retrospective analysis of 63 cases in which FET was used to repair aneurysms between 2008 and 2019, 36 were intended as single-stage procedures. Effective sizing and sealing of distal stents were analyzed by preoperative and postoperative computed tomography angiography (CTA). …”
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Grid Forming Inverters for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations to Enhance Distribution Grid Resilience by Stefano Barsali, Radu Bojoi, Massimo Ceraolo, Vincenzo Mallemaci, Fabio Mandrile, Susanna Mocci, Gianluca Pasini

“…Through detailed simulation of five representative case studies, our results show that GFM converters can sustain isolated grids, support black-start procedures, and provide voltage/frequency regulation. …”
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Optimization of Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Immature Embryo Transformation System and Transformation of Glyphosate-Resistant Gene 2mG2-EPSPS in Maize (Zea mays L.) by Gui-rong YU, Yan LIU, Wen-ping DU, Jun SONG, Min LIN, Li-yuan XU, Fang-ming XIAO, Yong-sheng LIU

“…Using the optimized transformation procedure, more than 800 transgenic plants were obtained from 78599, Zong 31 and BA. …”
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An in vivo comparative evaluation of antimicrobial efficacy of chitosan, chlorhexidine gluconate gel and their combination as an intracanal medicament against Enterococcus faecalis... by A. Savitha, A. SriRekha, R. Vijay, Ashwija, C. Champa, T. Jaykumar

“…Aim: To evaluate the in vivo antibacterial efficacy of 2% chlorhexidine gel (CHX), 2% chitosan (CS) gel and their combination as an intracanal medicament against Enterococcus faecalis during endodontic retreatment procedure, with the use of qPCR. Method: A total of 45 single rooted permanent teeth were selected from 28 systemically healthy patients (mean age of 43 years). …”
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Coinfection of COVID-19 and malaria: clinical profiles, interactions, and strategies for effective control by Mu-Zi He, Hai-Ting Zhang, Yi Yang, Yi Fang, Mao Zhang, Sheng-Qun Deng, Xun Sun

“…The overlap in epidemiology, infection incubation, and clinical symptoms between COVID-19 and malaria coinfections has been thoroughly discussed to provide a detailed diagnostic procedure for coinfections, thereby guiding appropriate clinical interventions. …”
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A Rare Case of Monogenic Obesity Due to a Novel Variant in the ADCY3 Gene: Challenges in Follow-up and Treatment by Bahar Özcabı, Asude Durmaz, Ayça Aykut, Hasan Önal, Samim Özen

“…However, few patients with homozygous mutations have been described to date and the follow-up procedure and treatment options are unclear. A 10-month-old female presented with increased appetite and weight gain. …”
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