Re-challenge of Platinum-based Chemotherapy for Platinum-refractory Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer: Claims Data Analysis in Japan by Makoto Tahara, Issei Doi, Tatsunori Murata, Sari Mishina, Shinji Takai, Hirokazu Kaneko

“…Patients diagnosed with other malignancies on or before the initial diagnosis of HNC and those without cancer stage information in the database were excluded from the study. …”
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Protective Effect of Thyme Extract on Albino Rats Exposed to Paraquat by Nazar M. Shareef Mahmood

“…Therefore, the current results indicate that, the herbicide PQ showed adverse effects through initiation of lipid peroxidation, while T.vulgaris extract produced a significant recovery in ameliorating some aspects of PQ toxicity. …”
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The Psychological Impact of Amblyopia Treatment: A Systematic Literature Review by Louisa Haine, Isaac Taylor, Megan Vaughan

“…Evidence quality was assessed using an adapted Newcastle-Ottawa Score (NOS) and evaluation of the literature was used to form a narrative synthesis of the findings. Results: Initial searches yielded 7,838 titles in total, with 25 peer reviewed papers published between 1999 and 2021 meeting the study inclusion criteria. …”
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Chaotic dynamics of string around charged black brane with hyperscaling violation by Da-Zhu Ma, Dan Zhang, Guoyang Fu, Jian-Pin Wu

“…However, when z > 2, the string escapes to infinity if it is placed near the black brane at the beginning, but if the initial position of string is far away from the black brane, it oscillates around the black brane till eternity, which is a quasi-periodic motion. …”
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Rimegepant for the treatment of migraine by Amnon A. Berger, Ariel Winnick, Austin H. Carroll, Alexandra Welschmeyer, Nathan Li, Marc Colon, Antonella Paladini, Giovanni F. Ramírez, Jamal Hasoon, Elyse M. Cornett, Jaehong Song, Giustino Varrassi, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye, Latha Ganti

“…The trigeminovascular system is now known to have a significant role in the initiation of migraines, including the release of pain mediators such as CGRP and substance P. …”
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Anatomical Changes Related to Age in Maxillary Sinus by Noor Ghazi Saab

“…In females, the maxillary sinus length and height were variable across Groups A and B, with an increase in Group C followed by a decrease in Group D, while width showed an initial fill in Group A and then a gradual decline through Groups B, C, and D. …”
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Specialized contact sites regulate the fusion of chlamydial inclusion membranes by Christine Linton, Jordan Wesolowski, Anna Lobley, Toshiyuki Yamaji, Kentaro Hanada, Fabienne Paumet

“…This regulatory mechanism contrasts with eukaryotic or viral fusion systems that are either composed of multiple proteins or use a change in pH to initiate membrane fusion. Thus, our study demonstrates that Chlamydia-mediated membrane fusion is primarily regulated by specific structural domains in IncA and its local organization on the inclusion membrane, which is affected by the host cell lipid composition.…”
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA by Aminat Arike ARIYO-EDU

“…Notwithstanding several initiatives to enhance governance in public institutions, challenges such as insufficient accountability, inadequate transparency, and suboptimal service delivery remain prevalent. …”
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Monkeypox: Origin, Transmission, Clinical Manifestations, Prevention, and Therapeutic Options by Sajal Kumar Halder, Arafin Sultana, Mahbubul Kabir Himel, Aparna Shil

“…Antiviral drugs such as tecovirimat, cidofovir, and brincidofovir, which were initially developed to treat smallpox, were found to have been effective in treating MPXV cases. …”
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O rozumiejąco-przeżyciowym podejściu do nauki czytania i pisania (na przykładzie strategii „Skuteczne zdziwienie. Wyzwalamy myślenie”) by Monika Wiśniewska-Kin

“…I focused my observation around the intervention activities designed in the innovative model of initial literacy instruction. I observed both the students’ activities and the effects of those activities. …”
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Anaerobic Co-digestion of Fresh Maize Leaves with Elephant Grass by AD Olugbemide, AO Imasuen, PO Oleghe, JO Efosa

“…The compositions of other digesters were as follows: Digester B contained 90% ML and 10% EG, C 80% ML, 20% EG, D 70% ML, 30% EG, and E 60% ML, 40% EG. The initial pH of the digesters varied from 3.94-4.12 while the final pH ranged from 3.01-10.49. 100% ML produced 520ml of biogas at the end of 20 days of the experiment. …”
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Acute Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Rhizopus Infection in a Patient with Diabetes and Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Case Report by Huang X, Qiu J, Pan L, Wang C, Tang C

“…Xiaoqing Huang,1 Junke Qiu,1 Lei Pan,1 Caihong Wang,1 Chuanfeng Tang2 1Tuberculosis Intensive Care Unit, Zhejiang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 2Emergency Department, Zhejiang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Chuanfeng Tang, Emergency Department, Zhejiang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, No. 208 East Huancheng Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, People’s Republic of China, Tel +8615155110013, Email [email protected]: Zygomycosis, also termed mucormycosis, is a rare yet highly fatal fungal infection caused by Mucorales species, notably Rhizopus spp.Case Presentation: This case study details a 72-year-old man with diabetes, pulmonary tuberculosis, and nephrotic syndrome who developed acute necrotizing fasciitis attributable to R. oryzae. Despite initial empirical antibiotic therapy, the infection progressed rapidly. …”
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Contemporary Approaches to the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by Boris D. Starostin

“…Rabeprazole is characterized by a predominantly non-enzymatic pathway, providing a more stable pharmacokinetics profile, which is less dependent on the CYP2C19 polymorphism. The duration of the initial and maintenance PPI course is determined by the GERD form. …”
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Predator–prey interaction in insects and arachnids: a chemical ecology perspective by Vivek Kempraj, Soo Jean Park

“…Predator–prey interaction has sequential stages starting with initial detection, attack by the predator or either evasion or counterattack by the prey, capture by the predator or escape by the prey, and ingestion by the predator or alarm by the prey. …”
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Elevated high-precision mapping and localization technology for periodic inspections by Xianghua Fan, Wenbo Pan

“…Additionally, we introduce hundred-meter marker detection and recognition methods to enhance loop closure detection, effectively eliminating accumulated errors and achieving precise initialization of train positioning even in the absence of GNSS signals. …”
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Experimental Investigations of the Resistance Performance of Commercial Cylinder Filters and Effect Factors under Humid Airflows by Shuang Zhang, Wanyi Zhang, Tailong He, Huan Zhao, Zhongping Lin

“…By contrast, the resistance trends of nanofiber media increased significantly from the initial resistance when singly subjected to airflows with water mist at 5.96 g m−3 and 90% relative humidity, differing from the nanofiber filter whose resistance tends to stabilize. …”
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Density of states, black holes and the Emergent String Conjecture by Alek Bedroya, Rashmish K. Mishra, Max Wiesner

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Beef handling practices at Abattoirs and Butcher shops in Uganda: implications for meat safety and health of consumers by Juliet Kyayesimira, Florence Muheirwe

“…The study recommends that responsible authorities should ensure compliance mechanisms and sensitization initiatives are prioritized. …”
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Development of animal models to study aggressive thyroid cancers by Shovan Dutta, Jeffrey A Knauf

“…While driver mutations can initiate tumorigenesis, they are often insufficient to sustain cancer progression and invasion, which significantly limits their usefulness in studying advanced thyroid cancers. …”
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The Effect of Various Parameters on Measuring Alpha and Beta Particles from Soil Sample; An Environmental Dosimetry by Ahmad Esmaili Torshabi, Sepideh Mohammadzadeh

“…Proportional counters in the form of large-area planar detectors are widely used for the initial screening of  radioactivity in environmental samples. …”
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