Tear Lipid Layer Thickness in Children after Short-Term Overnight Orthokeratology Contact Lens Wear by Li Zeng, Zhi Chen, Dan Fu, Jiaqi Zhou, Xingtao Zhou

“…LLT was significantly correlated with rate of partial blinks at every follow-up (all p<0.05). …”
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Study on Flow Model and Flow Equation of Shale Gas Based on Microflow Mechanism by Huaxun Liu, Shusheng Gao, Feifei Fang, Chunyan Jiao, Liyou Ye, Jie Zhang, Weiguo An

“…The result shows that the flow rate of shale gas is composed of seepage flow rate and diffusion flow rate. …”
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Acoustic and Natural Language Markers for Bipolar Disorder: A Pilot, mHealth Cross-Sectional Study by Cristina Crocamo, Riccardo Matteo Cioni, Aurelia Canestro, Christian Nasti, Dario Palpella, Susanna Piacenti, Alessandra Bartoccetti, Martina Re, Valentina Simonetti, Chiara Barattieri di San Pietro, Maria Bulgheroni, Francesco Bartoli, Giuseppe Carrà

“…Symptom severity assessment was based on clinician ratings, using the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) and Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) for manic and depressive symptoms, respectively. …”
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Differential Cortical Responses of Functional and Sensory Electrical Stimulation in Closed-Loop Tremor Suppression for Parkinson&#x2019;s Disease by Xiaoqi Zhao, Tinglan Huang, Mengyue Jin, Hongbo Zhao, Yu Shi, Yanlin Wang, Xiao Shen, Zhen Li, Qingqing Shi, Xiaodong Zhu, Lin Meng

“…Both FES and SES significantly reduced tremor amplitude, with FES showing overall greater suppression (hand suppression rate: 60.72% vs. 48.31%, p &#x003E;0.05; forearm suppression rate: 62.25% vs. 54.41%, p &#x003E;0.05) where substantial inter-individual variability was observed. …”
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Timing of Surgery and Preoperative Predictors of Surgical Site Infections for Patients with Depressed Skull Fractures in a Sub-Saharan Tertiary Hospital: A Prospective Cohort Study by Hervé Monka Lekuya, Jelle Vandersteene, Larrey Kasereka Kamabu, Rose Nantambi, Ronald Mbiine, Anthony Kirabira, Fredrick Makumbi, Stephen Cose, David Patrick Kateete, Mark Kaddumukasa, Edward Baert, Moses Galukande, Jean-Pierre Okito Kalala

“…The group of surgical intervention >48 h had an increased incidence of SSI (57.3% vs. 42.7%, p = 0.006), a longer median of postoperative hospital stay (8[IQR = 6–12] days versus 5 [IQR = 4–9], [p < 0.001]), and a higher rate of reoperation (71.4% vs. 28.6%, p = 0.05) in comparison with the group of ≤48 h. …”
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Annual dialysis data report 2022, Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (JSDT) Renal Data Registry by Norio Hanafusa, Masanori Abe, Nobuhiko Joki, Junichi Hoshino, Masatomo Taniguchi, Kan Kikuchi, Takeshi Hasegawa, Shunsuke Goto, Tetsuya Ogawa, Eiichiro Kanda, Shigeru Nakai, Toshihide Naganuma, Kenichiro Miura, Atsushi Wada, Yoshiaki Takemoto

“…The number of chronic dialysis patients was 347,474 at the end of 2022, marking the first decrease since the beginning of this survey. The prevalence rate of dialysis patients was 2781 per million population. …”
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The role of city parks in creating ‘wellbeing societies’: A case study of Piłsudski Park in Łódź, Poland by Melanie Kay Smith, Joanna Kowalczyk-Anioł, Jakub Janiszewski, Karolina Grabarczyk

“…Although social interactions are rated lower overall, they are particularly significant for younger and older users, as well as marginalized groups such as unemployed individuals. …”
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Clinicopathological characterization of Switch/Sucrose-non-fermentable (Swi/Snf) complex (ARID1A, SMARCA2, SMARCA4)-deficient endocervical adenocarcinoma by Chao Cao, Zi-Yun Wu, Wei Liao, Li-Jun Wei, Hao-Yu Liang, Xia Yang, Rong-Zhen Luo, Li-Li Liu

“…Defining Swi/Snf deficiency as loss of any subunit, the overall deficiency rate was 5.96% (36/604). Swi/Snf-deficient ECA tended to advanced FIGO stage (III-IV, P = 0.041), larger tumor size (P < 0.001), deeper stromal invasion (≥ 1/3, P = 0.046), and higher lymph node metastasis rate (P = 0.037). …”
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Repurposing of CNS accumulating drugs Gemfibrozil and Doxylamine for enhanced sensitization of glioblastoma cells through modulation of autophagy by Smita Dey, Prerika Mathur, Sudeshna Mukherjee, Rajdeep Chowdhury, Syamantak Majumder, Aniruddha Roy, Shibasish Chowdhury

“…Abstract GBM is one of the most aggressive malignancies, having the greatest fatality rate and average life years lost. The current standard medicine, temozolomide (TMZ), is ineffective, requiring the development of new treatments. …”
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Detection and genetic diversity of Neoehrlichia mikurensis in rodents from central and southern Shanxi, China by Hongbing Cheng, Jingrong Niu, Yiping Liu, Fei Ren, Chao Zhao, Jia Cui, Yuzan Bai, Yunxia Chen, Juan Yu, Huaxiang Rao

“…N. mikurensis was detected in Apodemus agrarius from Yangquan and Eothenomys inez from Yuncheng, with a positivity rate of 0.66% (2/301). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16 S rRNA and groEL genes revealed that the sequences in this study formed distinct branches separate from reported clusters (Clusters I-IV), clustered near Clusters III and IV, which the pathogenicity was unclear. …”
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Sex differences in DNA methylation variations according to ART conception-evidence from the Norwegian mother, father, and child cohort study by Dana Kristjansson, Yunsung Lee, Christian M. Page, Håkon Gjessing, Maria C. Magnus, Astanand Jugessur, Robert Lyle, Siri E. Håberg

“…We identified 37 differentially methylated CpGs according to ART-conception among girls, and 70 differentially methylated CpGs according to ART-conception among boys, when we used a 1% false discovery rate to account for multiple testing. Ten CpGs were differentially methylated according to conception by ART in both sexes. …”
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Defect Detection and Correction in OpenMP: A Static Analysis and Machine Learning-Based Solution by Norah A. Al-Johany, Fathy E. Eassa, Sanaa A. Sharaf, Eynas H. Balkhair, Sara M. Assiri

“…The tool was validated on a curated dataset of annotated OpenMP programs, achieving a 99.15% correction rate with minimal execution overhead. These results confirm the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed solution in improving the correctness and maintainability of OpenMP applications. …”
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Enrichment, domestication, degradation, adaptive mechanism, and nicosulfuron bioremediation of bacteria consortium YM2 by Yufeng Xiao, Meiqi Dong, Xian Wu, Shuang Liang, Ranhong Li, Hongyu Pan, Hao Zhang

“…During the degradation process, reactive oxygen species, oxidative stress, cell membrane permeability, cell surface hydrophobicity, and apoptosis rate exhibited initial increases followed by decreases. …”
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A systematic review of nuclear energy and public acceptance—A detailed analysis of evolution, emerging trends, and future research potentials by Ephraim Bonah Agyekum, Bashar Tarawneh, Farhan Lafta Rashid, Pankaj Kumar, Flavio Odoi-Yorke, Hussein Togun, Wulfran Fendzi Mbasso, Vladimir Ivanovich Velkin

“…In the period under review (2000–2023), 263 documents were published, and a total of 659 researchers produced the literature with an annual growth rate of 7.9%. The factorial analysis revealed key themes; grouped into three clusters: technical operational aspects of nuclear energy (Cluster 1), safety and risk management (Cluster 2), and public policy and social issues (Cluster 3). …”
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Images in Black and White: Disparities in Utilization of Computed Tomography and Ultrasound for Older Adults with Abdominal Pain by Ijeoma C. Unachukwu, Michael N. Adjei-Poku, Olivia C. Sailors, Rachel Gonzales, Eugenia South, Zach Meisel, Rachel R. Kelz, Anne R. Cappola, Ari B. Friedman

“…Methods: We performed a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis using data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) to assess differences in the rate of imaging between White and Black older adults presenting to the ED for abdominal pain. …”
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Monitoring neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio dynamics for personalized treatment in adolescent eating disorders: a retrospective cohort study by Yuta Inagawa, Kazumi Kurata, Seiji Obi, Yoshiyuki Onuki, Yukifumi Monden, Koyuru Kurane, Rieko Furukawa, Tadahiro Mitani, Hirotaka Nakamura, Shiro Suda, Tatsuhiko Yagihashi

“…Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics including sex, age, rate of weight gain, percentage of ideal body weight (%IBW), tube feeding treatment, and NLR were obtained. …”
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Altered brain dynamics in chronic neck and shoulder pain revealed by hidden Markov model by Zhiqiang Qiu, Tianci Liu, Chengxi Zeng, Maojiang Yang, Libing He, Hongjian Li, Jia Ming, Xiaoxue Xu

“…In this study, we applied HMM to rs-fMRI data from CNSP patients and healthy controls to explore brain activity dynamics and state transition patterns. We identified five distinct brain states, revealing significant differences in functional occupancy, lifetime, switching rate, and state transition probabilities between CNSP patients and controls. …”
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Psychological, social factors, and smoking behavior mediated the effects of cannabis use on personality disorders: A Mendelian randomization study by Yao Ni, Juanmei Li, Zitian Tang, Youqian Zhang, Yanyan Feng

“…BackgroundRapid changes in attitudes, legality, and patterns of cannabis use (CU) underscore the importance of understanding its impact on mental health. …”
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Cyclical short‐term fasting and refeeding effects on immunological alteration of the disk abalone, Haliotis discus discus by Dien Arista Anggorowati, Liqing Zang, Yutaka Tamaru, Takahiko Aoki, Fumiyoshi Okazaki

“…We measured survival and growth rate as well as analysed immunological parameters, such as total haemocyte count, phenoloxidase activity, respiratory burst activity, lysozyme activity and protein content across the groups. …”
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Different functions of PHF10 isoforms – subunits of the PBAF chromatin remodeling complex by A. A. Sheynov, V. V. Tatarskiy, A. M. Azieva, S. G. Georgieva, N. V. Soshnikova

“…Stability can alter the turnover rate of the subunits of the PBAF complex. All PHF10 isoforms are degraded by β-TrCP ubiquitin ligase but PHF10-S isoforms contain a cluster of serins (X-cluster) for multiple phosphorylation by casein kinase I. …”
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