The role of vascularity and the fibrovascular interface in interstitial lung diseases by Jana Dietrich, Alice Kang, Birger Tielemans, Stijn E. Verleden, Hassan Khalil, Florian Länger, Philipp Bruners, Steven J. Mentzer, Tobias Welte, Michael Dreher, Danny D. Jonigk, Maximilian Ackermann

“…Currently, therapeutic approaches based on specific structural targeting of pulmonary fibrosis are limited to nintedanib and pirfenidone, which can only slow down disease progression leading to a lower mortality rate. Lung transplantation is currently the only available curative treatment, but it is associated with high perioperative mortality. …”
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Identification and expression analysis of cinnamyl CoA reductase gene family and function of StCCR6 in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) by Chong Du, Yunzhu Che, Zengli Zhang, Fumeng He, Xinqi Zhang, Yujie Han, Zelin Yang, Jiaqi Wang, Tianshuai Qi, Ying Lan, Yingnan Wang, Fenglan Li

“…Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR), a key rate-limiting enzyme in plant lignin biosynthesis, critically regulates plant growth, development, and abiotic stress responses. …”
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A two-stage model for enhanced mango leaf disease detection using an innovative handcrafted spatial feature extraction method and knowledge distillation process by Mohammad Manzurul Islam, Mst. Nasrat Jahan Niva, Abdullahi Chowdhury, Saleh Masum, Rifat Ara Shams, Taskeed Jabid, Md. Sawkat Ali, Md. Mostofa Kamal Rasel, Muhammad Firoz Mridha

“…In the first stage, we implement an innovative, block-based feature extraction technique using Local Directional Patterns (LDP) and Local Directional Pattern variance (LDPv) on a comprehensive dataset, MangoLeafBD, consisting of 4000 images, achieving satisfactory results in terms of detection accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and false negative rate. …”
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Efficacy of switching from originator adalimumab to biosimilar adalimumab-AACF in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: a 12-month observational study by Fanny Alcira Reyes Neira, Barbara Bayeh, Karina Rossi Bonfiglioli, Nadia Emi Aikawa, Ana Paula Luppino Assad, Renata Miossi, Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza, Carlos Emilio Insfrán, Henrique Ayres Mayrink Giardini, Emily Figueiredo Vieira Neves Yuki, Eloisa Bonfa, Carla Gonçalves Schahin Saad, Ana Cristina de Medeiros-Ribeiro, Julio Cesar Bertacini de Moraes, Andrea Yukie Shimabuco

“…Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS)-CRP remained stable when comparing T0 to T6 [1.56 (± 0.88) vs. 1.50 (± 0.82), P = 0.73] and T12 [1.56 (± 0.88) vs. 1.26 (± 0.86), P = 0.13]. A similar pattern was observed for ASDAS-erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR; P > 0.05) and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI; P > 0.05). …”
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Fifty Years of Climate Change Studies: A Scientometric Assessment by Sulaimon Oyeniyi Adebayo, Hardeep Singh, Supreet Kaur, Himanshi Sharma, Jai Sharma, Karman Singh Sethi

“…The results highlight an average annual growth rate of 14.3%, with over 69% of the total publications produced in the last decade (2012-2021). …”
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Impact of PM2.5 Exposure on Reproductive Health and Sperm Functions in Mice from a High-Pollution Industrial Environment by Fu-Jen Cheng, Chung-Shin Yuan, Xin Chen, Yu-Sheng Lin, Ping-Hsun Wu, Ping-Chi Hsu

“…Results Exposure to WS-PM2.5 and WI-PM2.5 reduced rates of normal sperm morphology, with each also presenting unique toxic effects. …”
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Regional trends in perceptions of American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons towards barriers to access for patients with Medicaid: limited perioperative service access, low patient enga... by Patrick Saunders, MD, Abhay Mathur, MD, Jordan Frausto, BA, Carlos D. Ramirez, BS, Adam Z. Khan, MD, Brad Bushnell, MD, Hafiz F. Kassam, MD

“…Results: A total of 257 (18.5% response rate) ASES members completed the survey. The mean year in practice for respondents was 14. …”
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Predominance of gram-negative multidrug-resistant pathogens causing lower respiratory tract infections among gene X-pert negative presumptive tuberculosis patients in Dar Es Salaam... by Irene Rabiel, Mtebe Majigo, Loveness Urio, Lilian Nkinda, Peter Richard Torokaa, Elieshiupendo M. Niccodem, Mabula Kasubi, Doreen Kamori, Joel Manyahi, Agricola Joachim

“…MTB was detected only in high‑quality sputum samples. The high resistance rate to commonly prescribed antibiotics for LRTIs called for further large-scale studies to guide and/or refine treatment guidelines and optimize patient care.…”
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Recursive Class Connectivity Classification (R3C) Applied to Binary Image Segmentation for Improved Infant Fingerprint Enhancement by Joao Leonardo Harres Dall Agnol, Luiz Fernando Puttow Southier, Jefferson Tales Oliva, Marcelo Teixeira, Rodrigo Minetto, Marcelo Filipak, Dalcimar Casanova, Erick Oliveira Rodrigues

“…Consequently, identification rates for children remain significantly lower than those achieved with adult fingerprints. …”
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Chemoprevention of 4NQO-Induced Mouse Tongue Carcinogenesis by AKT Inhibitor through the MMP-9/RhoC Signaling Pathway and Autophagy by Panpan Yin, Jiahui Chen, Yanlin Wu, Feng Gao, Jinlin Wen, Wenbin Zhang, Ying Su, Xinyan Zhang

“…Oral cancer (OC), the most common cancer in the head and neck, which has a poor prognosis, histopathologically follows a stepwise pattern of hyperplasia, dysplasia, and cancer. Blocking the progression of OC in the precancer stage could greatly improve the survival and cure rates. …”
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Pod Production Dynamics and Pod Size Distribution of Theobroma cacao L. Clone CCN 51 in Full Sunlight by Ramón E. Jaimez, Luigy Barragan, Miguel Fernández-Niño, Oswaldo J. Larreal B, Byron Flores

“…During this period, 65% of the pods had lengths between 5 and 15 cm, which corresponds to the period of the highest pod growth rate. The average length values of the harvested pods were generally below 23 cm and rarely exceeded 7 pods/tree. …”
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A Novel Deployment Scheme Based on Three-Dimensional Coverage Model for Wireless Sensor Networks by Fu Xiao, Yang Yang, Ruchuan Wang, Lijuan Sun

“…Experimental results show that, compared with traditional random method, sensor nodes number is reduced effectively while coverage rate of monitor area is ensured using our coverage pattern and deterministic deployment scheme.…”
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Bifurcation analysis of multistability and hysteresis in a model of HIV infection by I. V. Mironov, M. Yu. Khristichenk, Yu. M. Nechepurenko, D. S. Grebennikov, G. A. Bocharov

“…The macrophage activation rate constant is considered as a bifurcation parameter. …”
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Increasing population growth by asymmetric segregation of a limiting resource during cell division by Nurit Avraham, Ilya Soifer, Miri Carmi, Naama Barkai

“…Abstract We report that when budding yeast are transferred to low‐metal environment, they adopt a proliferation pattern in which division is restricted to the subpopulation of mother cells which were born in rich conditions, before the shift. …”
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Demonstration of Scully–Drühl-type quantum erasers on quantum computers by Bo-Hung Chen, Dah-Wei Chiou, Hsiu-Chuan Hsu

“…On the IBM Quantum platform, delay gates can be employed to further defer the random choice, thereby amplifying the retrocausal effect. …”
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Nosological aspects of hepatomegaly and splenomegaly at pediatric age by M. M. Kotovich, F. K. Manerov, E. V. Luchsheva

“…Frequency of hepatomegaly and/or splenomegaly of unspecified etiology was analyzed with correlation to outpatient clinic admission rate and results of routine inspections. Results. …”
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TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AT THE PRESENT STAGE by A. V. Mordyk, E. A. Tsygankova, L. V. Puzyryova, A. A. Turitsa

“…The literature review presents data on peculiarities of tuberculosis epidemiology, incidence rate and clinical pattern in children in the Russian Federation. …”
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Alfvén Wave Propagation in the Io Plasma Torus by P. C. Hinton, F. Bagenal, B. Bonfond

“…Abstract Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system, fuels a plasma torus around Jupiter with dissociation products of SO2 at a rate of ~1,000 kg/s. We use a combination of in situ Voyager 1 data and Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph observations to constrain a diffusive equilibrium model of the Io plasma torus. …”
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Transient Analysis of a k-out-of-n:G System with N-Policy, Repairmen’s Multiple Vacations, and Redundant Dependency by Wenqing Wu, Yinghui Tang

“…Under such assumptions, the availability, the rate of occurrence of failures, and the reliability of the system are derived in transient regime by applying the quasi-birth-and-death process. …”
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Title not available by Paulo Breno Noronha Liberalesso, Eliana Garzon, Elza M.T. Yacubian, Américo C. Sakamoto

“…Conclusions Higher mortality rate was associated with advanced age and periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges. …”
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