Historicizing Natural Hazards and Human-Induced Landscape Transformation in a Tropical Mountainous Environment in Africa: Narratives from Elderly Citizens by Violet Kanyiginya, Ronald Twongyirwe, David Mubiru, Caroline Michellier, Mercy Gloria Ashepet, Grace Kagoro-Rugunda, Matthieu Kervyn, Olivier Dewitte

“…Then, we notice a stabilization in the number of hazard events per decade, although the two most impacted decades (1980s and 2000s) stand out. …”
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Root Ethylene and Abscisic Acid Responses to Flooding Stress in <i>Styrax japonicus</i>: A Transcriptomic Perspective by Chao Han, Jinghan Dong, Gaoyuan Zhang, Qinglin Zhu, Fangyuan Yu

“…KEGG enrichment analysis revealed that the most prominently enriched pathway for DEGs was plant hormone signal transduction under both waterlogging and submergence stress, with 314 and 370 DEGs identified, respectively. …”
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The values of Hellenic culture as the foundation of Nietzsche's philosophy by Stanković-Pejnović Vesna, Veseli Damir

“…They knew, instinctually, why they existed, and in their various philosophies and tragic festivals, each of them affirmed to himself the meaning of his own particular existence, and by confirming the basic assumptions and worth of the culture's institutions, each of them affirmed the meaning of existence as such. The most significant problems and concepts arising in Nietzsche's philosophy developed through his engagement with Greek culture and thought and that for these reason studies of Nietzsche failing to take into account these problems and concepts from their origins run the risk of misconceiving Nietzsche's ideas by a considerable margin. …”
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Reducing routine group and save testing in emergency laparoscopic appendicectomy surgery: a quality improvement project assessing the triple bottom line by Dominic Furniss, Cyra Mackintosh, Emanuele Gammeri, Vrettos Ierodiakonou

“…Introduction There is compelling evidence supporting the omission of routine group and save (G&amp;S) testing pre-operatively in emergency laparoscopy where appendicitis is suspected. Most studies are retrospective; however, one study prospectively demonstrated safe application in laparoscopic cholecystectomies only. …”
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UKRAINIAN FOLK INFLUENCES IN CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL MUSIC: TRENDS AND PROSPECTS by Kateryna ONYSHCHENKO, Nassib RADWAN, Taras KMETIUK, Nataliia TOLOSHNIAK, Ihor DEMIANETS

“… The world’s folk art is one of the most significant topics in contemporary cultural practice, requiring careful analysis, as it is directly related to the processes of globalization, market transformations, and commerce. …”
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Efficacy of Trimetazidine and Sulodexide in Patients with Microvascular Angina by S. A. Boldueva, I. A. Leonova, O. V. Zakharova

“…After 3 months of treatment a significant improvement in symptoms, quality of life and results of stress-test were observed only among patients of treatment groups, most pronounced in the 3rd group. Patients of this group showed an increase in myocardial blood flow &gt;25% according to positron emission tomography (from 86.2±29.7 to 129.5±41.0 ml/100g/min, p&lt;0.05 for anterior interventricular artery; from 93.3±30.5 to 131.7±32.7 ml/100g/min, p&lt;0.05 for circumflex artery; from 91.3±30.4 to 135.9±41.1 ml/100g/min, p&lt;0.05 for right coronary artery) and a significant increase in coronary reserve, as well as an improvement in endothelial function: an increase in coronary reserve of endothelium-dependent vasodilation, an increase in the reactive hyperemia index according to peripheral arterial tonometry (from 1.44±0.14 to 1.73±0.18, p&lt;0.001).Conclusion. …”
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“A.B.C.” of Immunotherapy in Hematological Malignancies…Promise and Perils by Jyoti Bajpai, Deepa Susan Joy Philip

“…CAR T cells are one of the most exciting and promising forms of adoptive immunotherapy. …”
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The First Microsatellite-based Characterisation of Blastocystis sp. ST3 Isolates and Population Structure Analysis by Sema Ertuğ, Erdoğan Malatyalı, Hatice Ertabaklar, Bülent Bozdoğan, Mahmut Sinecen, Özgür Güçlü

“…The present study aimed to characterize microsatellite loci and population structure for Blastocystis sp. ST3, the most common ST in human faecal samples. Methods: The genome of Blastocystis sp. …”
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The cervicovaginal microbiota patterns in Moroccan women infected with Human Papillomavirus and/or Chlamydia trachomatis by Leila Ferrera, Hanane Rogua, Nezha El Mansouri, Farid Kassidi, Corinna Bang, Ahmed Belmouden, Said Chouham, Mohamed Nejmeddine

“…Lactobacillus iners was the most abundant species across all groups. Six CSTs were identified; CST1 and CST2 were found in healthy women, while CST4 and CST5 were associated with HPV presence. …”
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Comprehensive evaluation of phosphoproteomic-based kinase activity inference by Sophia Müller-Dott, Eric J. Jaehnig, Khoi Pham Munchic, Wen Jiang, Tomer M. Yaron-Barir, Sara R. Savage, Martin Garrido-Rodriguez, Jared L. Johnson, Alessandro Lussana, Evangelia Petsalaki, Jonathan T. Lei, Aurelien Dugourd, Karsten Krug, Lewis C. Cantley, D. R. Mani, Bing Zhang, Julio Saez-Rodriguez

“…We used benchmarKIN to evaluate kinase-substrate libraries, inference algorithms and the potential of adding predicted kinase-substrate interactions to overcome the coverage limitations. Our evaluation shows most computational methods perform similarly, but the choice of library impacts the inferred activities with a combination of manually curated libraries demonstrating superior performance in recapitulating kinase activities. …”
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Does digital soil mapping prediction performance of soil texture improve when adding uncertain field texture estimates? A study based on clay content by Anne C. Richer-de-Forges, Songchao Chen, Gerard B.M. Heuvelink, Stephan van der Westhuizen, Thomas G. Orton, Hocine Bourennane, Dominique Arrouays

“…We added HFSTs according to different strategies: either based on the most uncertain predicted areas from the LAST-only model, or those from the preceding LAST + nHFST model, or randomly. …”
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Avaliação plasmática de igf-1 no prolactinoma IGF-1 plasma levels evaluation in prolactinoma by Daniela Zylberberg, Erika C.O. Naliato, Alair Sarmet, Eduardo Sato, Fernando S.R. Costa, Alice H.D. Violante

“…<br>Prolactinomas are the most frequent pituitary tumors and may co-secrete GH (growth hormone). …”
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Prospect studies and geological CO2 storage potential in Nigeria by Victor Omefe, Mahlon Kida Marvin, Zakiyyu Muhammad Sarkinbaka, Victor Inumidun Fagorite, Aliyu Buba Ngulde

“…However, our review of basin-specific studies suggests that this estimate may be conservative while highlighting the Niger Delta as the most viable region for large-scale CO2 sequestration. …”
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Perinatal health inequalities between Canadian-born and foreign-born women in Canada: a decomposition analysis by Seungmi Yang, Jay S Kaufman, Gabriel D Shapiro, Tracey Bushnik, Melia Alcantara, Sam B Harper, Zoua Vang, Angela Mashford-Pringle

“…Non-White maternal race explained the largest proportion of the observed differences for non-fatal outcomes, while the highest income quartile explained the most for the differences in fatal outcomes.Conclusion Foreign-born women fared worse than Canadian-born women for all adverse perinatal outcomes examined apart from LGA births. …”
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The role of opsonophagocytosis in killing of Klebsiella pneumoniae in human blood by Charlotte Mejlstrup Hymøller, Trine S. Jensen, Pernille Vigsø Rasmussen, Ditte Bech, Gunna Christiansen, Svend Birkelund

“…In contrast, in healthy persons, K. pneumoniae rarely causes sepsis.To elucidate how K. pneumoniae is eliminated from normal human blood, eleven K. pneumoniae sepsis isolates were analysed. Most of the isolates were serum-resistant. They solely activated the alternative pathway (AP), and only iC3b was present on their surface due to a rapid cleavage of C3b. …”
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Downregulation of a novel long noncoding RNA TRPM2-AS promotes apoptosis in non–small cell lung cancer by Cheng Huang, Yingzhi Qin, Hongsheng Liu, Naixin Liang, Yeye Chen, Dongjie Ma, Zhijun Han, Xiaohui Xu, Xiaoyun Zhou, Jia He, Shanqing Li

“…Non–small cell lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, and the prognosis of non–small cell lung cancer is still poor. …”
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Astragaloside IV alleviated bone loss in mice with ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis via modulating gut microbiota and fecal metabolism by Huichao Wang, Huichao Wang, Zhongyue Huang, Guangnan Chen, Yang Li, Yang Li, Youwen Liu, Huijie Gu, Yujing Cao, Yujing Cao

“…BackgroundAstragaloside IV (AS-IV) is one of the most potent components of Astragalus. It has been reported to promote bone formation and inhibit osteoclastogenesis, suggesting its potential as a candidate for the prevention and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP). …”
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Value of Infrared Thermography Camera Attached to a Smartphone for Evaluation and Follow-up of Patients with Graves’ Ophthalmopathy by Cínthia Minatel Riguetto, Walter José Minicucci, Arnaldo Moura Neto, Marcos Antonio Tambascia, Denise Engelbrecht Zantut-Wittmann

“…Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO) is the most common extra-thyroid manifestation of Graves’ disease (GD). …”
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Profile of autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis by M. N. Starovoitova, O. V. Desinova, O. A. Koneva, O. B. Ovsyannikova, R. T. Alekperov, M. V. Cherkasova, E. N. Aleksandrova, L. P. Ananyeva

“…Among the SS-associated antibodies, anti-Scl-70 were most common and were revealed in approximately one-half of the patients. …”
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The Utilization of Specialist Palliative Care and Other Health Care Services at the End of Life Among Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Martti Merikari, Outi Akrén, Mikko Nuutinen, Antti Mäkitie, Tiina Saarto, Timo Carpén

“…Results Mean age at death was 72 years, and 66% were male. The hospital was the most common place of death (82%). Ninety-three (33%) patients had contact with an SPC unit, and the median time of the first SPC contact was 62 days before death. …”
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