Standard Correction of Vision Worsens EMG Activity of Pericranial Muscles in Chronic TMD Subjects by Annalisa Monaco, Eleonora Ortu, Mario Giannoni, Pierdomenico D’Andrea, Ruggero Cattaneo, Alessandra Mummolo, Davide Pietropaoli

“…The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of standard vision correction on EMG in subjects suffering from TMD compared with application of the same vision treatments to non-TMD subjects. 40 subjects were enrolled in this study. …”
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Calciphylaxis: Successful Management of a Rare Complication of Chronic Kidney Disease in Two Patients by Ibtissam Fares, Tarik Bouattar, Hadja Moussokoro Kone, Hajar Benzouina, Meryem Benbella, Naima Ouzeddoun, Rabia Bayahia, Loubna Benamar

“…Thus, Cinacalcet and sodium thiosulfate appear to be promising treatments.…”
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The Renaissance of Polyamines: New Roles in Crop Yield and Quality Properties in Freshly Fruit by Jenifer Puente-Moreno, Fernando Garrido-Auñón, María E. García-Pastor, Daniel Valero, María Serrano

“…Thus, the main objective of this review was to examine the recent literature regarding the mentioned effects of PAs apart from the impact of preharvest PAs treatments, applied at different stages of fruit development, on fresh fruit crop yield and fruit quality properties at harvest, and in their maintenance during storage, with a special emphasis on the fruit content in bioactive compounds with antioxidant activity. …”
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Brainstem BDNF neurons are downstream of GFRAL/GLP1R signalling by Claire H. Feetham, Valeria Collabolletta, Amy A. Worth, Rosemary Shoop, Sam Groom, Court Harding, Mehdi Boutagouga Boudjadja, Tamer Coskun, Paul J. Emmerson, Giuseppe D’Agostino, Simon M. Luckman

“…However, their use as clinical treatments is partially hampered since both can also induce sickness-like behaviours, including aversion, that are mediated through a well-characterised pathway via the exterolateral parabrachial nucleus. …”
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Dihydroartemisinin inhibits EphA2/PI3K/Akt pathway-mediated malignant behaviors and vasculogenic mimicry in glioma stem cells by Huangde Fu, Shengtian Wu, Hechun Shen, Kai Luo, Zhongxiang Huang, Nankun Lu, Yaolin Li, Qian Lan, Yishun Xian

“…Gliomas, the most prevalent primary brain tumors, exhibit a poor five-year survival rate despite advances in various treatments, necessitating further studies to understand tumor progression and develop new therapies, particularly targeting EphA2, which is implicated in vasculogenic mimicry and glioma progression. …”
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Do domestic budgerigars perceive predation risk? by Chang Wang, Xueqi Zhao, Baodan Tao, Jiaqi Peng, Haitao Wang, Jiangping Yu, Longru Jin

“…When exposed to visual or acoustic stimuli, budgerigars showed significantly longer latency to feed under sparrowhawk, domestic cat, and human treatments than with controls. Budgerigars responded more strongly to acoustic stimuli than visual stimuli, and they showed the longest latency to feed and the least number of feeding times in response to sparrowhawk calls. …”
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Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis complicated by glutaric acidemia type II: a case report by Yuli Zhang, Yuli Zhang, Longfei Chen, Miao Duan

“…A differential diagnosis of GAII should be considered when active anti-infective treatments fail.…”
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Natural compounds may contribute in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection: a narrative review by Maria Eleonora Bizzoca, Stefania Leuci, Michele Davide Mignogna, Eleonora Lo Muzio, Vito Carlo Alberto Caponio, Lorenzo Lo Muzio

“…To date, excluding the possibility of vaccination, against SARS-CoV-2 infection it is possible to act only with supportive care and non-virus-specific treatments in order to improve the patient's symptoms. …”
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Anticancer Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-Translationally Modified Peptides from Plants: Structures, Therapeutic Potential, and Future Directions by Hyeon-Jeong Hwang, Youngsang Nam, Chanhee Jang, Eun La Kim, Eun Seo Jang, Yeo Jin Lee, Seoung Rak Lee

“…By integrating traditional ethnobotanical knowledge with modern genomic and bioinformatic approaches, this study underscores the importance of plant RiPPs as a resource for developing innovative cancer treatments. These findings pave the way for further exploration of plant RiPPs, emphasizing their role in addressing the ongoing challenges in oncology and enhancing the repertoire of effective anticancer therapies.…”
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The effects of image resolution and exposure duration on facial beauty and ugliness evaluationsOSF by Takanori Sano, Mika Gondo, Yuna Osaka, Hideaki Kawabata

“…We prepared two types of face images with these blur processing treatments and conducted two experiments to evaluate beauty and ugliness perceptions at various exposure durations. …”
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Short- and long-term complications of bariatric surgery by Miguel Licea Videaux, Roberto Santana Caballero, Jesús Javier Sánchez Mata, Isabel García Morales, Dania Piñeiro Pérez, Daryl Rodríguez Denis

“…<p>Obesity affects mostly young men and women, both in developed and developing countries. Pharmacological treatments have proven to be ineffective, leaving surgery as the only therapeutic option. …”
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Enraizamiento in vitro y la influencia de cuatro tipos de sustrato en la aclimatación de Queñoa Polylepis rugulosa Bitter by Carmen Rosa Mollohuanca Ccuno, Edwin Bustamante Salas, Luis Fernando Mayta Anco, ROXANA MARGARITA BARDALES ALVAREZ

“…Queñoais a forest species of great importance and its propagation in a conventional way is a limitation when it is desired to produce it on a large scale, for which the micropropagation technique was used, with the objective of evaluating the effect of the combination of auxin and cytokinin in the rooting of Polylepis rugulosaBitter buds, establishing 12 treatments with different concentrations of IBA and BAP, likewise during acclimatization, the influence of four types of substrates based on ground, peat and cow manure in different proportions was tested, where seedlings weretransplanted rooted, which were subjected to greenhouse conditions. …”
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Aplastic anemia in a patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma complicated with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: a case report by Fei Wu, Yiwei Xiao, Rui Hai, Xiaodong Chen, Shanshan Liu, Xiangyu Zhou

“…Even after implementing various treatments hematopoietic function could not be restored. …”
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Optimal Control Strategies for Dengue and Malaria Co-Infection Disease Model by Muhammad Imran, Brett Allen McKinney, Azhar Iqbal Kashif Butt, Pasquale Palumbo, Saira Batool, Hassan Aftab

“…While pharmaceutical treatments alone do not fully eradicate the disease, they do contribute to its containment. …”
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Ultra-Wideband Antennas for Wireless Capsule Endoscope System: A Review by Ben Li, Yifan Wang, Junchi Zhao, Jingjing Shi

“…Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) systems are used to capture images of the human digestive tract for medical applications, especially the noninvasive diagnostics and treatments of small intestinal diseases. As an important part of the WCE system, the antenna plays a crucial role in transmitting and receiving data. …”
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Chlorotoxin-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles for pH-responsive paclitaxel delivery to Glioblastoma multiforme by Mirjana Mundžić, Amelia Ultimo, Minja Mladenović, Aleksandra Pavlović, Oliviero L. Gobbo, Eduardo Ruiz-Hernandez, Maria Jose Santos-Martinez, Nikola Ž. Knežević

“…The obtained results are promising toward development of advanced drug nanocarriers, which may target the overexpressed receptors in cancer tissues and utilize their weakly acidic environment for triggering the drug release, potentially leading to more efficient cancer treatments.…”
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Comparison of Rice Yield among Farmer's Fertilizer Practices by Uchechukwu Paschal Chukwudi, Chinenye Ruth Arazu, Chidera Precious Okafor, Emmanuel Ikechukwu Eze, Nwando Geraldine Chukwudi, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola

“…Additionally, a field experiment using a randomised complete block design tested four treatments: no fertilizer (control), NPK20:10:10 (farmer’s practice), NPK20:10:10 + Single Superphosphate (SSP), and Urea + SSP. …”
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Experimental Characterisation of the Interfacial Structure during Counter-Current Flow Limitation in a Model of the Hot Leg of a PWR by Christophe Vallée, Toshifumi Nariai, Takashi Futatsugi, Akio Tomiyama, Dirk Lucas, Michio Murase

“…This method allows extracting the water level at any position in the image as well as performing further statistical treatments. The evolution of the interfacial structure along the horizontal part of the hot leg is shown by the visualisation of the probability distribution of the water level and analysed in function of the liquid and gas flow rates. …”
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Effects of Deep Tillage and Straw Returning on Soil Microorganism and Enzyme Activities by Baoyi Ji, Hao Hu, Yali Zhao, Xinyuan Mu, Kui Liu, Chaohai Li

“…Two field experiments were conducted for two years with the aim of studying the effects of deep tillage and straw returning on soil microorganism and enzyme activity in clay and loam soil. Three treatments, (1) conventional tillage (CT), shallow tillage and straw returning; (2) deep tillage (DT), deep tillage and straw returning; and (3) deep tillage with no straw returning (DNT), were carried out in clay and loam soil. …”
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Micro-scale corrosion behaviours of the Fe-based amorphous alloy coating in alkaline solutions in three-dimensions by Yiliyaer Hairule, Dandan Liang, Tiantian Chen, Yongming Zhang, Xianshun Wei, Qing Chen, Wen Li, Bo Chen

“…Additionally, the corrosion rates of the AACs are calculated directly based on the (pore) volume changes before and after corrosion treatments through X-ray micro-computed tomography (X-ray micro-CT) measurements, which provides a new method for the corrosion rate calculation.…”
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