Clinical-cognitive Characterization of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 by Alberto Caballero Laguna, Luis Velázquez Pérez, Alián Pérez Marrero

“…<strong>Background:</strong> spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 is a genetic disease with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. It constitutes a health problem for Cuba, especially for the Holguín province, which concentrates the largest sick and at-risk population that has been reported worldwide so far. …”
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New Approach Methodologies: Physiological Responses of Daphnids to Pharmaceutical Mixtures by Emma Rowan, Anne Leung, Katie O‘Rourke, Konstantinos Grintzalis

“…Results showed differences in mortality, a decrease in feeding, and changes in enzyme activities, thus supporting a distinct pattern in the physiological responses of daphnids…”
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Transfer learning and multi-phase training for accurate diacritization of Arabic poetry by Gheith A. Abandah, Ashraf E. Suyyagh, Mohammad R. Abdel-Majeed

“…Compared with best known previous results, the proposed solutions improve the diacritization error rate from 6.08% to 3.54% (42% improvement).…”
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Daily activities and self-esteem among university students with and without ADHD by Eryn H. Turner, Seth C. Harty

“…Differences between students with and without ADHD were observed both in momentary self-esteem ratings and the frequencies of endorsed activities. …”
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The subordinate role of pseudogenization to recombinative deletion following polyploidization in angiosperms by Ewout Crombez, Yves Van de Peer, Zhen Li

“…Analyses of three neo-autopolyploid genomes confirm this pattern: among substantial gene loss, DNA deletions occur on average 1.5 times more frequently than pseudogenization. …”
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Reducing the air temperature inside the simple structure greenhouse using roof angle variation by Krit Tashoo, Pichai Namprakai, Ratanachai Pairintra, Sirichai Thepa

“…The investigation results of the ventilation rate and the wind pressure coefficient, at a reference roof angle of 30°, is adequate for greenhouse construction. …”
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Cognitive and emotional disturbances in adult patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 by E. K. Erokhina, K. V. Shamtieva, E. A. Melnik, D. O. Kazakov, S. A. Kurbatov, E. P. Pavlikova, O. A. Tikhonova, E. A. Mershina, V. E. Sinitsyn, D. V. Vlodavets

“…In patients with DM1, a typical pattern of cognitive impairment has not been identified; different domains of cognitive functions are affected. …”
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Acute health effects of ambient air pollution including ultrafine particles in a semi-experimental setting in young, healthy individuals by Elisabeth Folwarczny, Felix Forster, Rudolf A. Jörres, Stefan Rakete, Sheng Ye, Mark Wenig, Nadine Gawlitta, Jürgen Schnelle-Kreis, Richard Winterhalter, Alexander Müller, Dennis Nowak, Stefan Karrasch

“…Results The sites showed the planned pattern of exposure levels but with large overlap. …”
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Identification of age-specific risk factors for hyperuricemia: a machine learning-driven stratified analysis in health examination cohorts by ChuXia Tan, Yuan Liu, Lijun Li, Ying Li, Pingting Yang, Yinglong Duan, Xingxing Wang, Huiyi Zhang, Jingying Wang, Honglian Zhang

“…Results The overall detection rate of HUA was 22.8%, and the level of serum uric acid increased significantly with age. …”
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The Role of Intestinal Translocation in the Pathogenesis of Pneumonia in Acute Poisoning and the Contribution of Intestinal Lavage to Its Prevention and Resolution by V. A. Matkevich, T. T. Tkeshelashvili, A. G. Vorobyova, N. E. Stolbova, M. M. Potskhveriya, Yu. S. Goldfarb

“…Mortality among the patients with PPD poisoning decreased by 7 times, and with M and CS poisoning, as well as with AlD, there were no deaths, while in the respective comparison groups, the mortality rate for pneumonia was 5.1, 7.4, and 17.4 %, respectively. …”
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Hymecromone Administration in Real Clinical Practice: Results of the Prospective Multicentre Observational Study in the Republic of Kazakhstan by A. V. Nersesov, D. A. Kaybullaeva, V. S. Rakhmetova, I. A. Lozinskaya, A. K. Kurmangalieva, V. S. Ayupova, A. B. Orazbaeva, A. K. Kanabaeva, Yu. O. Shulpekova

“…A visual analogue scale and RAPID questionnaire were used to characterise biliary pain; severity of associated symptoms, bowel habit and a quality of life according the SF-12 were also assessed. A rate of a ≥50 % reduction in symptom severity was used as a primary efficacy criterion; a rate of a ≥10 improvement in the SF-12 quality of life score was used as a secondary efficacy criterion. …”
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The transcription factor PbeNAC83 positively regulates the Valsa canker resistance in apple and pear by DOU Zhiqi, CAI Minrui, DU Chenglong, HU Huanhuan, ZUO Cunwu

“…After inoculation with Vp, the spread rate of Valsa canker disease was significantly inhibited. …”
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Fungal Sepsis in a Tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Cross-sectional Study by Kheya Ghosh Uttam, Purbasha Gupta, Sumon Poddar

“…The general mortality rate was 32.9% (<italic>n</italic> = 26). The babies in group I had a higher mortality rate (37.7%) compared with the babies in group II (23%). …”
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Wernicke encephalopathy in combination with acute polyneuropathy under the guise of a demyelinating disease in a teenager with an eating disorder by E. O. Ovchinnikova, A. S. Kotov, M. V. Panteleeva, E. V. Mukhina

“…The condition is characterized by sensory-motor impairments in a symmetrical pattern, dysarthria, and paresis or even paralysis of the lower limbs. …”
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A multicellular self-organized probiotic platform for oral delivery enhances intestinal colonization by Hua Liu, Zhijie Chen, Qiaowen Lin, Yi Chen, Liwen Hong, Jie Zhong, Zhengwei Cai, Zhengting Wang, Wenguo Cui

“…In vivo, the EMS strategy exhibits 89- and 52-fold higher colonization rate in the cecum and colon of mice, compared to conventional oral probiotics. …”
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Genetic and clinical characteristics of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a Taiwanese nationwide cohort by Grace Chia-Yen Hsu, Mei-Hwan Wu, Jing-Yuan Chuang, Shuenn-Nan Chiu, Ming-Tai Lin, Ling-Ping Lai, Shih-Fan Sherri Yeh, Sheng-Fu Liu, Ting-Tse Lin, Fu-Tien Chiang, Jyh-Ming Jimmy Juang

“…Among the 29 Taiwanese patients with CPVT-related gene mutations, 55% had RYR2 mutations, a rate similar to other ethnicities. Three out of 12 RYR2 variants were unreported. …”
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Numerical simulation of crack propagation and AE precursor characteristics in coal failure under confining pressures by Gang Jing, Shuai Wang, Leilei Zhao, Fa Dong, Yi Fan

“…The results demonstrate that peak strength increases with loading rate, particularly under low confining pressures, while higher pressures dampen this sensitivity. …”
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Performance Optimization and Field Validation of Post-Grouting Geopolymer Materials for Pile Foundations: Microstructural Insights and Environmental Durability by Chongchong He, Zhen Xu, Jing Wang, Pan Li, Yangyang Xia, Chao Zhang, Zhenpeng Chen, Wei He

“…The grout distribution pattern on the pile side exhibited a “compaction-splitting” mechanism. …”
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Heating Experiments on Benthic Foraminifera Ammonia sp. to Assess the Suitability of Amino Acid-Based Dating by Rahmadi Hidayat, Didit Hadi Barianto, Sugeng Sapto Surjono, Che Aziz Ali

“…The results exhibit a predictable pattern, demonstrating a consistently increasing extent of racemization after oven heating for up to 168 h without any indication of reversal pattern. …”
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Análisis técnico-económico para selección de aspersores Technical and economical analysis for sprinkler selection by Eduardo A. Holzapfel, Ximena M. Pardo, Vital P. da S. Paz, Antonieta Rodrigues, Ximena C. Orrego, Marco A. Lopez

“…To accomplish this an analysis was performed of different factors such as rate of water application, available time for irrigation, wind velocity, distribution pattern and pressure. …”
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