Microbial and Sensory Characteristics of Traditional Watery Kimchi (Dongchimi) Fortified with Probiotics by Ji Young Lee, Yeong Hyeon Jo, Tae Hee Kim, Su Eun Lee, Eun Seo Hong, Tae Sun Kang

“…The LAB-enriched dongchimi demonstrated improved sensory preference (63%) and significantly higher LAB counts (average 5.2 × 107 CFU/ml) compared to traditional dongchimi. …”
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ULSOSEAL Technique: A Unique Technique to Achieve Hemostasis Using ExoSeal in High-Risk Patients after Common Femoral Artery Puncture by Yohsuke Honda, Shinsuke Mori, Tomoya Fukagawa, Toshihiko Kishida, Takahide Nakano, Shigemitsu Shirai, Masafumi Mizusawa, Kenji Makino, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Norihiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Yamawaki, Yoshiaki Ito

“…ExoSeal is a novel, completely extravascular hemostatic device that can treat punctures of the common femoral artery; however, it is not preferable for use in cases that require hemostasis of complex puncture sites. …”
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Closed Reduction Percutaneous Pinning Compared with Open Reduction Internal Fixation in Treating Supracondylar Fractures: A Systematic Review by I Made Yedi Wisnawan, I Kadek Yoga Premana, Anak Agung Ngurah Krisna Dwipayana

“…The choice of which procedure to perform relies on the surgeon's preference and the situation of the fractures.…”
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Breeding Partners Have Dissimilar Foraging Strategies in a Long‐Lived Arctic Seabird by Marianne Gousy‐Leblanc, Allison Patterson, H. Grant Gilchrist, Vicki L. Friesen, Kyle H. Elliott

“…We conclude that foraging strategy diversity could be maintained in this population either because individuals prefer partners with foraging strategies complementary to their own, or because partners diverge in foraging strategies over multiple breeding season together.…”
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Impact of Vehicular Countdown Signals on Driving Psychologies and Behaviors: Taking China as an Example by Fuquan Pan, Lixia Zhang, Changxi Ma, Haiyuan Li, Jinshun Yang, Tao Liu, Fengyuan Wang, Shushan Chai

“…The survey data were analyzed, and the main results indicate that most of the surveyed drivers prefer countdown signal controls and think that such controls can improve not only traffic safety but also traffic operational efficiency. …”
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Squamous cell carcinoma in a kidney transplant recipient after 26 years by Carolina da Silva Nunes, Andreia Bufalino, Cláudia Maria Navarro, Jorge Esquiche León, Héric de Souza Camargo, Elaine Maria Sgavioli Massucato

“…Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease. …”
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Single-cell transcriptome atlas of peripheral immune features to Omicron breakthrough infection under booster vaccination strategies by Yuwei Zhang, Shanshan Han, Qingshuai Sun, Tao Liu, Zixuan Wen, Mingxiao Yao, Shu Zhang, Qing Duan, Xiaomei Zhang, Bo Pang, Zengqiang Kou, Xiaolin Jiang, Xiaolin Jiang, Xiaolin Jiang

“…IntroductionThe high percentage of Omicron breakthrough infection in vaccinees is an emerging problem, of which we have a limited understanding of the phenomenon.MethodsWe performed single-cell transcriptome coupled with T-cell/B-cell receptor (TCR/BCR) sequencing in 15 peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) samples from Omicron infection and naïve with booster vaccination.ResultsWe found that after breakthrough infection, multiple cell clusters showed activation of the type I IFN pathway and widespread expression of Interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs); T and B lymphocytes exhibited antiviral and proinflammatory-related differentiation features with pseudo-time trajectories; and large TCR clonal expansions were concentrated in effector CD8 T cells, and clonal expansions of BCRs showed a preference for IGHV3. In addition, myeloid cells in the BA.5.2 breakthrough infection with the fourth dose of aerosolized Ad5-nCoV were characterized by enhanced proliferation, chemotactic migration, and antigen presentation.DiscussionCollectively, our study informs the comprehensive understandings of immune characterization for Omicron breakthrough infection, revealing the positive antiviral potential induced by booster doses of vaccine and the possible "trained immunity" phenomenon in the fourth dose of aerosolized Ad5-nCoV, providing a basis for the selection of vaccination strategies.…”
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Measuring coordination between land ecological security and high-quality economic development: a case of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region by Xiaoyong Zhong, Xiaoyong Zhong, Dongyan Guo, Yandong Tang, Yafei Chuai

“…In this study, we employ the entropy-weighted technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (EW-TOPSIS), coupling coordination degree (CCD), deviation coordination degree, and relative development degree methodologies to assess the developmental status of LES and HED, as well as the coupling coordination between these two systems, and introduce a novel approach for delineating functional regions. …”
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Talent identification and development in judo: A systematic review by Aline Aparecida de Souza Ribeiro, Francisco Zacaron Werneck, João Guilherme Vieira, Leandro Sant’Ana, Kathryn Johnston, Joseph Baker, Jeferson Macedo Vianna

“… This review synthesizes the existing literature about talent identification and development in judo and provides evidence-based suggestions to help researchers and practitioners in this area. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were used to identify relevant studies (n = 45). …”
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Surgical Approaches for Aortic Root Aneurysm: A Comparative Analysis of the David and Yacoub Techniques by Ermal Likaj, Alessia Mehmeti, Selman Dumani, Fjorba Mana, Saimir Kuci, Ervin Bejko, Aferdita Veseli

“…It is especially beneficial for younger patients and those with connective tissue disorders, supporting its role as a preferred approach for long-term outcomes in this population. …”
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Machine learning for early detection and severity classification in people with Parkinson’s disease by Juseon Hwang, Changhong Youm, Hwayoung Park, Bohyun Kim, Hyejin Choi, Sang-Myung Cheon

“…Participants performed a walking test on a 24-m walkway at three speeds: preferred walking speed (PWS), 20% faster (HWS), and 20% slower (LWS). …”
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Cost-Sensitive Self-Paced Learning With Adaptive Regularization for Classification of Image Time Series by Hao Li, Jianzhao Li, Yue Zhao, Maoguo Gong, Yujing Zhang, Tongfei Liu

“…Considering that the costs of different samples cannot be completely equal to the classifier, different cost values are assigned to each type of error first, then we minimize the total cost to give the change detection classifier a preference on the unchanged class, aiming to reduce wrong label propagation from the source to the target image. …”
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Effect of Beam Power on Intermetallic Compound Formation of Electron Beam-Welded Cu and Al6082-T6 Dissimilar Joints by Darina Kaisheva, Georgi Kotlarski, Maria Ormanova, Borislav Stoyanov, Vladimir Dunchev, Angel Anchev, Stefan Valkov

“…This resulted in the formation of a mostly homogeneous structure comprising an αAl solid solution and dendritic eutectic CuAl₂ intermetallic compounds. A preferred crystallographic orientation of the aluminum phase was detected regarding the sample prepared using a power of 3000 W, forming a specific texture towards the {111} family of crystallographic planes, which is the closest-packed structure. …”
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Relationship between Ce3+ 5d1 level, conduction-band bottom, and shallow electron trap level in Gd3Ga5O12:Ce and Gd3Al1Ga4O12:Ce crystals studied via pump-probe absorption spectros... by Mamoru Kitaura, Heishun Zen, Shinta Watanabe, Hirokazu Masai, Kei Kamada, Kyoung-Jin Kim, Akira Yoshikawa, Jumpei Ueda

“…Ce3+-doped compounds are typically the preferred materials for the development of inorganic phosphors for white LEDs, displays, and scintillators. …”
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Palmitoylethanolamide supplementation for human health: A state-of-the-art systematic review of Randomized Controlled Trials in patient populations by R. Bortoletto, C. Comacchio, M. Garzitto, F. Piscitelli, M. Balestrieri, M. Colizzi

“…Interest in preventative dietary interventions for human health has increasingly focused on the endocannabinoid (eCB)-like compound palmitoylethanolamide (PEA), a bioactive lipid mediator with anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and neuroprotective properties. This Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020-compliant systematic review aimed at collecting and comprehensively discussing all available data from Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) evaluating the efficacy and tolerability of PEA supplementation across human illnesses in patient populations. …”
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Continuous cooling transformation diagrams of HSLA steel for seamless tubes production by Schindler I., Kawulok R., Seillier Y., Kawulok P., Opěla P., Rusz S., Vodárek V., Turoň R.

“…The Ferrite-start temperature was significantly reduced at high cooling rates and the preferred decomposition of coarse grained austenite to acicular ferrite suppressed the bainite transformation at medium cooling rates. …”
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Time to Exhale: Additional Value of Expiratory Chest CT in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Joshua Gawlitza, Frederik Trinkmann, Hans Scheffel, Andreas Fischer, John W. Nance, Claudia Henzler, Nils Vogler, Joachim Saur, Ibrahim Akin, Martin Borggrefe, Stefan O. Schoenberg, Thomas Henzler

“…Until now, inspiratory chest computed tomography (CT) has been considered as the preferred imaging method in these patients. We hypothesized that expiratory CT may be superior to demonstrate pathophysiological changes. …”
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Financial burden of complications following lung resection: a scoping review protocol by Laurence Weinberg, Stephen Barnett, Jordan Berman, Ariane Flinkier, Fabien Chu, Hugh Slifirski, Rebecca Caragata

“…To address this gap, this scoping review aims to map existing literature on lung resection complications and associated costs, providing insights for future research and healthcare policy.Methods and analysis This scoping review will be conducting according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Extension for Scoping Reviews standards. …”
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Optimising Health Literacy and Access of Service Provision to Community Dwelling Older People with Diabetes Receiving Home Nursing Support by Dianne Goeman, Sue Conway, Ralph Norman, Jo Morley, Rona Weerasuriya, Richard H. Osborne, Alison Beauchamp

“…The intervention included tailored diabetes self-management education according to preferred learning style, a standardised diabetes education tool, resources, and teach-back method. …”
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The Unusual Late-Onset Graves’ Disease following Hashimoto’s Related Hypothyroidism: A Case Report and Literature Review by Aseel Sukik, Sara Mohamed, Mhd-Baraa Habib, Sundus Sardar, Bashar Tanous, Raad Tahtouh, Mouhand F. H. Mohamed

“…While the management depends on the disease’s stage and the treating physician preference, antithyroid agents can be used initially. …”
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