Inhibition of Androgen Receptor Expression with Small Interfering RNA Enhances Cancer Cell Apoptosis by Suppressing Survival Factors in Androgen Insensitive, Late Stage LNCaP Cells by Sang Soo Kim, Hee Joo Cho, Jung Yoon Kang, Hee Kyu Kang, Tag Keun Yoo

“…We compared expressions of AR, heat shock protein 27 (HSP27), clusterin (CLU), glucose-related protein 78 (GRP78), and cellular FLICE-like inhibitory protein (c-FLIP) and their genes between es-LNCaP (less than 33 times subcultured, L-33), ls-LNCaP (over 81 times subcultured, H-81), and si-LNCaP (AR siRNA transfected ls-LNCaP) by Western blotting and RT-PCR. …”
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Goal-Oriented Respiratory Management for Critically Ill Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Carmen Sílvia Valente Barbas, Gustavo Faissol Janot Matos, Marcelo Britto Passos Amato, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho

“…Rapid administration of antibiotics and resuscitative measures in case of sepsis and septic shock associated with protective ventilatory strategies and early short-term paralysis associated with differential ventilatory techniques (recruitment maneuvers with adequate positive end-expiratory pressure titration, prone position, and new extracorporeal membrane oxygenation techniques) in severe ARDS can help improve its prognosis. …”
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Urban Economic Structures as Multidimensional Networks: A Complex Systems Framework for Analyzing Economic Development Trajectories by Shade T. Shutters

“…This framework offers potential applications including the ability to quantify structural change over time in response to a shock or to assess the relative difficulty of future desirable trajectories. …”
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Analisis Hubungan Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (Sofa) Score Dengan Mortalitas Pasien Sepsis by Agustin Iskandar, Fran Siska

“…Kriteria diagnosis sepsis ditegakkan berdasarkan The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3). Perhitungan SOFA score dilakukan dalam 2 hari pertama perawatan pasien sepsis di rumah sakit. …”
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Contributions of Limb Joints to Energy Absorption during Landing in Cats by Xueqing Wu, Baoqing Pei, Yuyang Pei, Nan Wu, Kaiyuan Zhou, Yan Hao, Wei Wang

“…The bionic study of the falling cat landing may therefore contribute to improve the landing-shock absorbing ability of lower limbs in humans. …”
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Case Report: Severe acute pancreatitis accompanied by gastric mucosal exfoliation hemorrhage: clinical alerts and novel insights by Yanquan Liu, Hehui Zhang, Minjuan Zeng, Jian Luo, Yun Lai, He Huang, Qinglin Xu, Yuan Liu

“…Within its severe form, known as severe acute pancreatitis (SAP), the disease assumes an even more prevalent status, often entwined with dire complications such as pancreatic abscess, circulatory shock, and the direst of all, multiple organ failure. …”
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Evaluation of the Transition-to-Practice Arrangements for Novice Perioperative Nurses: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study by Nick Nijkamp, Pauline Calleja, Ashlyn Sahay, Leanne Jack

“… BackgroundTransitioning into the first year of clinical practice as a nurse or changing specialties in the nursing career presents a critical phase for novice nurses characterized by excitement, apprehension, and the phenomenon of “transition shock.” Within perioperative nursing, this transition phase takes on distinctive challenges. …”
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The Impact of Root Temperature on Photosynthesis and Isoprene Emission in Three Different Plant Species by Mauro Medori, Lucia Michelini, Isabel Nogues, Francesco Loreto, Carlo Calfapietra

“…Most of the perennial plant species, particularly trees, emit volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) such as isoprene and monoterpenes, which in several cases have been demonstrated to protect against thermal shock and more generally against oxidative stress. …”
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Intramyocardial Dissection following Postinfarction Ventricular Wall Rupture Contained by Surrounding Postoperative Adhesions by Abdulkadir Ercan, Orcun Gurbuz, Gencehan Kumtepe, Hakan Ozkan, Ilker Hasan Karal, Yusuf Velioglu, Serdar Ener

“…During the follow-up, she developed cardiogenic shock and a new occurring systolic ejection murmur. …”
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Clinical Factors of Blood Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury and Changes in Levels of Treg-Related Cytokines by Lifang Sun, Yu Liu

“…The differences in smoking history, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibody II, pretransfusion shock, and CD4 + CD25 + Treg between the TRALI group and non-TRALI group were statistically significant (P<0.05). …”
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Hyperlactatemia and the Outcome of Type 2 Diabetic Patients Suffering Acute Myocardial Infarction by Jovanovic Aleksandar, Peric Vladan, Snezana Markovic-Jovanovic, Radojica Stolic, Jadranka Mitic, Tanja Smilic

“…The rise in blood lactate concentration in diabetics with AMI was associated with increased incidence of heart failure, severe arrhythmias, cardiogenic shock, and high mortality rate.…”
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Impact of trypanosomiasis on male camel infertility by Sara Salah Abdel-Hakeem, Gaber Megahed, Ahmed M. Al-Hakami, Mohammed E. M. Tolba, Yasser F. M. Karar

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence of Trypanosoma evansi in Arabian camels (Camelus dromedarius) and its impact on infertility by examining serum protein fractions, lipids, reproductive indices, and the expression of heat shock protein (HSP70) during breeding season.MethodsA total of 107 male post-pubertal camels, aged between 5 and 10 years, were collected randomly from slaughtering house in Assiut Governorate, Egypt.ResultsMicroscopic and serological examinations revealed that 23.4% (25/107) of the camels were infected with T. evansi. …”
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A CASE REPORT: RISK OF ELECTRIC INJURY ON DELAYED INITIAL TREATMENT by Ulfa Elfiah, Dissa Yulianita Suryani

“…The patient had a history of having an electric shock in his right hand when turning on the fan a week prior of admission. …”
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Acute Mesenteric Ischemia after Cardiac Surgery: An Analysis of 52 Patients by Cuneyt Eris, Senol Yavuz, Serhat Yalcinkaya, Arif Gucu, Faruk Toktas, Gunduz Yumun, Burak Erdolu, Ahmet Ozyazıcıoglu

“…Preoperative parameters including age (), renal insufficiency (), peripheral vascular disease (), preoperative inotropic support (), poor left ventricular ejection fraction (), cardiogenic shock (), and preoperative intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) support () revealed significantly higher levels in the AMI group. …”
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Systemic and Lung Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Associated With Behavioral Changes Induced by Inhaled Paraquat Are Ameliorated by Carvacrol by Arghavan Memarzia, Fatemeh Amin, Amin Mokhtari-Zaer, Zohre Arab, Saeideh Saadat, Mahrokh Heydari, Zahra Ghasemi, Farzaneh Naghdi, Mahmoud Hosseini, Mohammad Hossein Boskabady

“…However, the time spent in the target quadrant in the Morris water maze (MWM) test and the duration of time latency in the dark room in the shuttle box test were reduced after receiving an electrical shock (p<0.05–p<0.001). Inhaled PQ-induced changes were significantly improved in carvacrol, Pio, Dexa, and especially in the combination of the Pio+C-L treated groups (p<0.05–p<0.001). …”
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Vascular Injuries Due to Penetrating Missile Trauma in Anti-Terrorism Ops by Rishi Dhillan, Alok Bhalla, Sushil Kumar Jha, Hakam Singh, Aman Arora

“…Poor prognosticators for limb salvage were increasing time to present to the trauma centre, hypovolemic shock, multi-organ trauma and associated venous injuries. …”
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ABA enhances the apoptotic effect of docetaxel in the multidrug-resistant DU145 prostate cancer cell line by Şumnulu Deniz, Doğanlar Zeynep Banu

“…RT-PCR analysis showed that treatment of resistant cells with 50.07 nM docetaxel and 500 μM ABA (ABA) resulted in the following changes in gene expression: heat shock protein (HSP) 70 (0.63-fold), glucose-regulated protein 94 (GRP94) 0.33-fold, inositol-requiring transmembrane kinase endoribonuclease-1α (IRE1α) 1.62-fold, ER degradation- enhancing alpha-mannosidase-like 1 (EDEM1) 1.77-fold, X-box binding protein 1 (XBP1) 1.53-fold, p21 (2.53-fold), cellular tumor antigen p53 (p53) 2.49-fold, bcl-2-like protein 4 (Bax) 2.7-fold, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) 6.35-fold. …”
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Structure, Immune and Anti-aging Activities of Capsular Polysaccharide Produced by Lactobacillus plantarum W1 by Yongjiao GAO, Kun WANG, Jing ZHAO, Feng ZUO

“…The average lifespan of nematodes under normal, oxidative stress and heat shock conditions reached its maximum at 125 μg/mL, with lifespan extension rates of 21.05%±0.21%, 42.86%±0.27% and 50.00%±0.27%, respectively. …”
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When a sore throat turns into deadly multiple serous cavity effusions: the role of Prevotella oris in rapidly progressing infection—a case report by Fangqi Zhang, Juan-Li Wang, Jian Zhu, Shaokui Si, Hao Guo, Xiang Yue, Wei Wen

“…This case study describes a 19-year-old male individual who initially presented with a sore throat and subsequently developed multiple serous cavity effusions that lead to septic pulmonary embolism and septic shock. After multiple cultures of the patient’s sputum yielded no identifiable pathogenic bacteria, the metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) revealed Prevotella oris as the predominant pathogen present in both the patient’s peripheral blood and the pericardial drainage fluid. …”
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Meso-Complexity Computer Simulation Investigation on Antiexplosion Performance of Double-Layer Foam Aluminum under Pore Grading by Zhen Wang, Wen Bin Gu, Xing Bo Xie, Yu Tian Chen, Lei Fu

“…The explosion process was simulated, and the flow field movement of explosion shock wave of aluminum foam under different porosity rankings was analyzed. …”
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