Stryphnodendron adstringens have a modulatory effect on inflammatory cytokines markers of in vitro activated macrophages by Ivana Beatrice Mânica da Cruz, Cibele Ferreira Teixeira, Neida Luiza Pellenz, Moisés Henrique Mastella, Verônica Farina Azzolin, Euler Esteves Ribeiro, Fernanda Barbisan

“…Extracts at concentrations of 0.49 mg/mL and 0.99 mg/mL decreased the protein and gene expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, exhibiting the opposite effect concerning IL-10. …”
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Acute effect of technique modification training on 180° change of direction performance and kinematics in adolescent male soccer players by Hayato Nakamura, Daichi Yamashita, Daichi Nishiumi, Naoto Nakaichi, Norikazu Hirose

“…The participants performed Pro-Agility and 20-m sprint tests before and after the intervention, and the total times were measured. …”
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Assessment of Blood Pressure Control Status Among Hypertensive Patients Attending Rwandan District Hospital NCD Clinics: A Retrospective Follow-Up Study by Evariste Ntaganda, Ziad El-Khatib, Regine Mugeni, Boniface Nsengiyumva, Clarisse Musanabaganwa, James Gafirita, Francois Uwinkindi, Richard Kalisa

“…The majority were aged > 60 years (mean age 62; n = 663/1,055; 62.8%), and women, with approximately three-quarters of patients (n = 796/1,055; 75.5%) had a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 Kg/m2 and the majority (n = 843/1,055; 79.9%) resided in rural districts. …”
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Transformer-Based Person Detection in Paired RGB-T Aerial Images With VTSaR Dataset by Xiangqing Zhang, Yan Feng, Nan Wang, Guohua Lu, Shaohui Mei

“…Extensive experiments conducted on the Heridal and VTSaR datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of light-weighted VTSaRNet in achieving impressive metrics precision of 98.3%, recall of 96.78%, m[email protected] of 98.73%, and m[email protected]:0.95 of 73.98% under self-built VTSaR dataset, respectively). …”
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Atmospheric PM2.5 during Winter Haze in Huang-gang, Central China: Characteristics, Sources and Health Risk Assessment by Mingming Shi, Tianpeng Hu, Yao Mao, Cheng Cheng, Weijie Liu, Qian Tian, Zhanle Chen, Xinli Xing, Shihua Qi

“…The average concentrations of PM2.5 and PAHs were 110.4 ± 48.3 µg m−3 and 25.6 ± 12.0 ng m−3, respectively. The concentration of PM2.5 was in the order of evening > morning > afternoon > LN, while PAHs concentration was in the order of evening > LN > morning > afternoon. …”
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Hepatic and renal functions of paediatric patients with thalassaemia: a cross-sectional study from two large thalassaemia centres in Sri Lanka by Meranthi Fernando, Anuja Premawardhena, Sachith Mettananda, Hashan Pathiraja, Wasana Wijenayake, Raveen Thennakoon, Dayananda Bandara, Roshitha De Silva

“…Haemoglobin E β-thalassaemia type (OR 13.6, 95% CI 2.0 to 92, p=0.008) and high ferritin above 1000 ng/mL (OR 6.2, 95% CI 1.0 to 38, p=0.047) were independent factors associated with high transaminases. 11 (15.5%) patients had an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) below 90 mL/min. …”
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CCR2 signaling regulates anti-chlamydia T cell immune responses in the airway. by Shuaini Yang, Jinxi Yu, Xue Dong, Jiajia Zeng, Lu Tan, Hong Zhang, Ruoyuan Sun, Yuqing Tuo, Jing Yang, Chunxiao Wan, Hong Bai

“…As a result, there is a significant decrease in CD3+CD4+IFN-γ+ T cells in the lung and spleen, accompanied by reduced levels of IFN-γ protein and mRNA, as well as downregulated mRNA expression of Th1-promoting cytokines (il-12p35, il-12p40) and transcription factors (stat4, T-bet), which play crucial roles in Th1 differentiation. …”
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Book spreaders in the towns of Samogitian principality in the XVIII century by Elmantas Meilus

“…Besides M. Maulevičius and J. Stripeika, books in Kražiai were also sold by the husband and wife Daubarai (1751-1769) and Juozapas and Grigas Dziedzickiai (1774-1784). …”
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Nanozyme based ultra-stretchable, low-hysteresis, and dual-mode antibacterial composite hydrogels for wound healing by Yanyan Li, Weiqi Kang, Jian Zhang, Ping Shi, Jianshu Li, Yongping Lu

“…Using dynamic micelles as the energy dissipation mechanism, double bonds and intermolecular interactions as two crosslinking methods in HMAux make it possess good stretchability (3244 %–4524 %), toughness (593.8 kJ/m3 to 421.5 kJ/m3), and low hysteresis (0.13–0.15). …”
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The concentration of selected organophosphorus pesticides associated with PM10 in agricultural ambient air in Iran: Health risk assessment using Monte Carlo simulation by Asma Tabanasl, Amin Mohammadpour, Aboozar Soltani, Mohammad Hoseini, Mohammadali Baghapour

“…The results indicated that Diazinon exhibited the highest average concentration among PM10-bound organophosphate pesticides, measuring 4.23 ng/m³ in suburban areas and 2.51 ng/m³ in urban environments. …”
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Immune system effectors as biomarkers of prognosis after acute burns in a case-control study by Alejandro Ferrari, Lorena Di Croce, Sabrina Saavedra, Marisel Hartwig, Omar Perrone, María Alejandra Guzmán

“…Laboratory determinations were immunoglobulin G (IgG), immunoglobulin M (IgM), C-reactive protein (CRP), complement C4 protein (C4), total serum protein (TP), albumin, prealbumin, cholesterol (CHOL), pseudocholinesterase activity (CHE), and transferrin. …”
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The status of serum 25(OH)D levels is related to breast cancer by Mohammad Momivand, Mahta Razaghi, Farshid Mohammadi, Edris Hoseinzadeh, Roya Najafi-Vosough

“…D levels in women with and without breast cancer were 31.9 ± 28.27 ng/mL and 37.98 ± 15.89 ng/mL, respectively (P = 0.024). …”
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Enucleated bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells regulate immune microenvironment and promote testosterone production through efferocytosis by Lu Sun, Jiayu Huang, Xuezi Wang, Peng Huang, Baolin Dong, Zehang Liang, Jiahong Wu, Jiancheng Wang

“…Efferocytosis promoted macrophage polarization from the M1 to the M2 phenotype, reduced the expression of proinflammatory cytokines, and decreased the levels of inflammation and oxidative stress. …”
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Serum calprotectin and renal function decline in ANCA-associated vasculitides: a post hoc analysis of MAINRITSAN trial by Xavier Romand, Benjamin Terrier, Athan Baillet, Philippe Gaudin, Loic Guillevin, Christian Pagnoux, Minh Vu Chuong, Marie Hélène Paclet

“…Renal function decline was defined as a 25% decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and a change in the eGFR category, or a decrease of 15 mL/min/1.73 m2. Relapse was defined as a Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score >0 attributable to active vasculitis.Results Seventy-six AAV were included. …”
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Peningkatan Akurasi Mesin Penerjemah Bahasa Inggris - Indonesia dengan Memaksimalkan Kualitas dan Kuantitas Korpus Paralel by Herry Sujaini

“…Metode ini diterapkan ke korpus paralel yang berisi 1,5 M pasangan kalimat Inggris-Indonesia paralel dan memperoleh 900K pasangan kalimat paralel berkualitas tinggi. …”
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Is There a Role of 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D in the Pathogenesis of Mild and Moderate-to-Severe Endometriosis? by Nevin Tuten, Serdar Acikgoz, Zahid Mammadov, Eduard Malik, Abdullah Tuten, Onur Guralp

“…The women who had bilateral endometrioma had significantly lower levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D compared to the women with unilateral endometrioma (8.4±2.7 ng/mL vs 11.1±5.6 ng/mL, p=0.047). Mean serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels in women with and without dysmenorrhea were not significantly different from each other in the endometriosis and non-endometriosis subgroups. …”
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Sub-seasonal Patterns of PM10 and Black Carbon in a Coastal City: A Case Study of Salé, Morocco by Anas Otmani, Abdeslam Lachhab, Abdelfettah Benchrif, Mounia Tahri, Mohamed Azougagh, Mohammed El Bouch, El Mahjoub Chakir

“…Seasonal reliance was noted in both BC10 and PM10, with yearly BC10 averages fluctuating between 5.2 ± 3.2 μg m-3. Particularly, BC10 constituted roughly 16 ± 6% of PM10 mass. …”
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EEG alpha/beta features as a biomarker for quantifying pain in patients with lumbar disk herniation by Rumei Li, Wanqi Shao, Shumei Zhao, Lingli Wang, Chao Yu, Lanying Liu, Kuiying Yin

“…The constructed alpha/beta features demonstrated a significant negative correlation with VAS in the frontal (R = −0.361, P = 0.022) and parietal (R = −0.341, P = 0.031), as well as with mJOA in the frontal (R = −0.416, P = 0.007), central (R = −0.438, P = 0.004), and parietal (R = −0.390, P = 0.013) regions.ConclusionEEG power ratios showed significantly different results in LDH groups, and between patients and HC. …”
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Progress and insights from worldwide deep coalbed methane exploration and development by Jiaqi ZHANG, Zengqin LIU, Baojian SHEN, Shihu ZHAO, Xinjun CHEN, Jincheng YE

“…Multiple horizontal wells in the Daning-Jixian and Daniudi gas fields produce more than 100 000 m3 of gas per day. Deep CBM exploration in the Sichuan Basin has made positive progress, and the Junggar Basin shows potential for deep CBM exploration. …”
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Validação transcultural da versão moçambicana da escala de autoeficácia em Educação Física inclusiva by Leonor Picardo, Maria João Campos, José Pedro Ferreira

“…Participaram 149 estudantes estagiários de EF, sendo 109 de género masculino (M=24,46 ± DP=3,16) e 40 do género feminino (M=21,38±DP=5,18) recrutados em cursos de EF nas universidades das zonas Sul, Centro e Norte de Moçambique. …”
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