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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Aravind Puthirath Balan, Aditya Kumar, Tanja Scholz, Zhongchong Lin, Aga Shahee, Shuai Fu, Thibaud Denneulin, Joseph Vas, András Kovács, Rafal E Dunin-Borkowski, Hai I Wang, Jinbo Yang, Bettina Lotsch, Ulrich Nowak, Mathias Kläui
Two-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures are an attractive platform for studying exchange bias due to their defect-free and atomically flat interfaces. Chromium thiophosphate (CrPS4 ), an antiferromagnetic material, possesses uncompensated magnetic spins in a single layer, rendering it a promising candidate for exploring exchange bias phenomena. Recent findings have highlighted that naturally oxidized vdW ferromagnetic Fe3 GeTe2 exhibits exchange bias, attributed to the antiferromagnetic coupling of its ultrathin surface oxide layer (O-FGT) with the underlying unoxidized Fe3 GeTe2 ...
March 4, 2024: ACS Nano
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Brian Morris, Beth E Rivin, Mark Sheldon, John N Krieger
Contrasting ethical and legal arguments have been made concerning neonatal male circumcision (NMC) that merit the first systematic review on this topic. We performed PRISMA-compliant keyword searches of PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS, LexisNexis, and other databases and identified 61 articles that met the inclusion criteria. In the bibliographies of these articles, we identified 58 more relevant articles and 28 internet items. We found high-quality evidence that NMC is a low-risk procedure that provides immediate and lifetime medical and health benefits and only rarely leads to later adverse effects on sexual function or pleasure...
February 2024: Curēus
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Alexander B Stilgoe, Anatolii V Kashchuk, Marie-Anne Balanant, Deborah Santangelo, Timo A Nieminen, Emilie Sauret, Robert Flower, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
Red blood cells (RBCs) undergo a progressive morphological transformation from smooth biconcave discocytes into rounder echinocytes with spicules on their surface during cold storage. The echinocytic morphology impacts RBCs' ability to flow through narrow sections of the circulation and therefore transfusion of RBC units with a high echinocytic content are thought to have a reduced efficiency. We use an optical tweezers-based technique where we directly trap and measure linear stiffness of RBCs under stress without the use of attached spherical probe particles or microfluidic flow to induce shear...
February 1, 2024: Biomedical Optics Express
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Carmen-Teodora Dobrican-Băruța, Diana Mihaela Deleanu, Ioana Adriana Muntean, Irena Nedelea, Radu-Gheorghe Bălan, Gabriela Adriana Filip, Lucia Maria Procopciuc
This study delves into the critical role of alarmins in chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), focusing on their impact on disease severity and the quality of life (QoL) of patients. We investigated the alterations in alarmin levels in CSU patients and their correlations with the Urticaria Activity Score (UAS7) and the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). We analyzed serum levels of interleukin-25 (IL-25), interleukin-33 (IL-33), and thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) in 50 CSU patients, comparing these to 38 healthy controls...
February 7, 2024: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jorge Adolfo Poot-Franco, Anuar Mena-Balan, Adrian Perez-Navarrete, Osvaldo Huchim, Hugo Azcorra-Perez, Nina Mendez-Dominguez
We aimed to analyze the association between the average lumbar subcutaneous fat tissue thickness (LSFTT) at each intervertebral level and the presence of hernias in patients with low back pain from an insurance network hospital in Mexico. This observational prospective study included 174 patients with non-traumatic lumbago who underwent magnetic resonance imaging with a 1.5T resonator. Two independent radiologists made the diagnosis, and a third specialist provided a quality vote when needed. The sample size was calculated with a 95% confidence interval using random order selection...
February 13, 2024: Tomography: a Journal for Imaging Research
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Manickam Ponnaiah, Tarun Bhatnagar, Rizwan Suliankachi Abdulkader, Rajalakshmi Elumalai, Janani Surya, Kathiresan Jeyashree, Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar, Ranjithkumar Govindaraju, Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, Hari Krishan Aggarwal, Suresh Balan, Tridip Dutta Baruah, Ayan Basu, Yogita Bavaskar, Ajeet Singh Bhadoria, Ashish Bhalla, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Rachana Bhat, Jaya Chakravarty, Gina Maryann Chandy, Bal Kishan Gupta, Rakesh Kakkar, Ali Hasan Faiz Karnam, Sushila Kataria, Janakkumar Khambholja, Dewesh Kumar, Nithin Kumar, Monaliza Lyngdoh, M Selva Meena, Kedar Mehta, M P Sheethal, Subhasis Mukherjee, Anuj Mundra, Arun Murugan, Seetharaman Narayanan, Balamurugan Nathan, Jutika Ojah, Pushpa Patil, Sunita Pawar, A Charles Pon Ruban, R Vadivelu, Rishabh Kumar Rana, S Nagendra Boopathy, S Priya, Saroj Kumar Sahoo, Arti Shah, Mohammad Shameem, Karthikeyan Shanmugam, Sachin K Shivnitwar, Abhishek Singhai, Saurabh Srivastava, Sudheera Sulgante, Arunansu Talukdar, Alka Verma, Rajaat Vohra, Rabbanie Tariq Wani, Bhargavi Bathula, Gayathri Kumari, Divya Saravana Kumar, Aishwariya Narasimhan, N C Krupa, Thirumaran Senguttuvan, Parvathi Surendran, Dharsikaa Tamilmani, Alka Turuk, Gunjan Kumar, Aparna Murkherjee, Rakesh Aggarwal, Manoj Vasant Murhekar
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
February 15, 2024: Indian Journal of Medical Research
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jesse R Walsh, Guangchao Sun, Jagadheshwar Balan, Jayson Hardcastle, Jason Vollenweider, Calvin Jerde, Kandelaria Rumilla, Christy Koellner, Alaa Koleilat, Linda Hasadsri, Benjamin Kipp, Garrett Jenkinson, Eric Klee
BACKGROUND: DNA methylation is one of the most stable and well-characterized epigenetic alterations in humans. Accordingly, it has already found clinical utility as a molecular biomarker in a variety of disease contexts. Existing methods for clinical diagnosis of methylation-related disorders focus on outlier detection in a small number of CpG sites using standardized cutoffs which differentiate healthy from abnormal methylation levels. The standardized cutoff values used in these methods do not take into account methylation patterns which are known to differ between the sexes and with age...
February 12, 2024: BMC Bioinformatics
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Diana-Theodora Morgos, Constantin Stefani, Daniela Miricescu, Maria Greabu, Silviu Stanciu, Silvia Nica, Iulia-Ioana Stanescu-Spinu, Daniela Gabriela Balan, Andra-Elena Balcangiu-Stroescu, Elena-Claudia Coculescu, Dragos-Eugen Georgescu, Remus Iulian Nica
Gastric cancer (GC) is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide, with more than 1 million cases diagnosed every year. Helicobacter pylori represents the main risk factor, being responsible for 78% of the cases. Increased amounts of salt, pickled food, red meat, alcohol, smoked food, and refined sugars negatively affect the stomach wall, contributing to GC development. Several gene mutations, including PIK3CA , TP53 , ARID1A , CDH1 , Ras , Raf , and ERBB3 are encountered in GC pathogenesis, leading to phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) protein kinase B (AKT)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-PI3K/AKT/mTOR-and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway activation and promoting tumoral activity...
February 3, 2024: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Murdoch Leeies, Cameron Landry, Marcus Blouw, Joshua Butcher, Carmen S Hrymak, Gloria Vazquez-Grande, Sabira Valiani, Varuna Prakash, Wael M R Haddara, Ravi Taneja, Kathryn G Whittemore, Ruth E MacRedmond, Bojan N Paunovic, James Downar, Catherine A Farrell, Srinivas Murthy, Babar A Haroon, Claudia DosSantos, Marko Balan, Bram Rochwerg, Frédérick D'Aragon, Mandy Buss, Karen E A Burns
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
February 8, 2024: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Aravinda Kumar Balan, Ramesh Kannan, Vanitha Muralikumar, Vamseedhar Annam, Sakthi Balan Murugesan, M M Sekhar, Renu Medasani
BACKGROUND: While several drugs are in the pipeline for treatment of various grades of COVID-19 disease, none of them have shown promise until now. Medicinal plants are crucial in developing and developed countries for their primary and basic health needs owing to better tolerability, superior compatibility with human body and having lesser side effects. OBJECTIVE: To test adjuvant effect of AEV01, a patented herbal extract of kutki (Picrorhiza kurroa), in mild COVID19 in elderly patients at risk of complications and aging immunity...
February 5, 2024: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shuai Wang, Qin-Yi Ma, Juan Du, Ting-Ting Wei, Wan-Xue Zhang, Peng Wang, Yiguo Zhou, Ming Wei, Li Gu, Fuqiang Cui, Qing-Bin Lu
Few researches focused on human papillomavirus (HPV) in male patients. This study aimed to explore the detection rate and genotyping of HPV among male patients in Beijing to provide a reference for formulating prevention strategies for HPV infection. The cross-sectional study was conducted in Beijing Chaoyang Hospital from November 2015 to March 2023. It covered male patients from urology and dermatology departments. Fifteen high-risk HPV genotypes were detected by the multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction method...
February 6, 2024: Emerging Microbes & Infections
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ahmad Al Aiyan, Rinsha Balan, Senit Gebreigziabiher, Simona Zerom, Yotam Mihreteab, Even Ghebrehiwot, Adnan AlDarwich, Arve Lee Willingham, Uday Kishore
The morphological perspective of the camel brain remains largely unexplored. Therefore, studying the topography of the camel brain is of crucial importance. This study aimed to provide a detailed color-coded topographic representation of the camel brain's gross anatomy and nomenclature, showing its various gyri and sulci and their borders. We compared them to previously known information to develop a detailed description of camel brain exterior architecture. Our research identified distinctive gyri and sulci with discrete positions and surrounding structures, allowing us to define sulci boundaries and establish logical gyri nomenclature...
February 5, 2024: Scientific Reports
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Swaminathan Subramanian, Rajendran Uma Maheswari, Gopalakrishnan Prabavathy, Mashroor Ahmad Khan, Balan Brindha, Adinarayanan Srividya, Ashwani Kumar, Manju Rahi, Emily S Nightingale, Graham F Medley, Mary M Cameron, Nupur Roy, Purushothaman Jambulingam
BACKGROUND: As of 2021, the National Kala-azar Elimination Programme (NKAEP) in India has achieved visceral leishmaniasis (VL) elimination (<1 case / 10,000 population/year per block) in 625 of the 633 endemic blocks (subdistricts) in four states. The programme needs to sustain this achievement and target interventions in the remaining blocks to achieve the WHO 2030 target of VL elimination as a public health problem. An effective tool to analyse programme data and predict/ forecast the spatial and temporal trends of VL incidence, elimination threshold, and risk of resurgence will be of use to the programme management at this juncture...
February 5, 2024: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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K I Egbuchulem, H D Ogundipe, D I Olulana, T O Ojediran
INTRODUCTION: Myiasis is the infestation of tissues of humans and other living vertebrates with the larva of flies, and it can affect any part of the body. Cutaneous myiasis is the commonest form of presentation. Furuncular myiasis which is a sub-type of cutaneous myiasis typifies the presentation in this index patient. It is commonly caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga in Sub-Saharan African countries including Nigeria. It commonly occurs among rural dwellers, as well as people of low socio-economic and poor educational status...
December 2023: Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Carmen Bobeica, Elena Niculet, Carmina Liana Musat, Lina Iancu, Mihaela Craescu, Andreea Mioara Luca, Bogdan Ioan Stefanescu, Emma Gheorghe, Mihaela Debita, Claudiu-Ionut Vasile, Gabriela Balan, Camelia Busila, Alin Laurentiu Tatu
PURPOSE: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a relatively rare collagenosis manifested as microvasculopathy, excessive cutaneous and visceral fibrosis in a background of autoimmune alteration. Autoimmune vasculopathy in SSc occurs early and begins with endothelial cell activation followed by blood vessel intimal proliferation in a context of defective angiogenesis. The alteration of peripheral micro and macrocirculation in SSc is evident through vascular lesions, such as Raynaud's phenomenon, telangiectasias, acrocyanosis, digital ulcers, gangrene, peripheral pulse deficiency...
2024: Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology
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Anca Sandu-Bălan Tăbăcariu, Irina-Loredana Ifrim, Oana-Irina Patriciu, Ioana-Adriana Ștefănescu, Adriana-Luminița Fînaru
A current alternative for sustainable development through green chemistry is the replacement of synthetic compounds with natural ones through the superior capitalization of natural resources, with numerous applications in different fields. The benefits of walnuts ( Juglans regia L.) and elderberries ( Sambucus nigra L.) have been known since ancient times, due to the presence of phytochemicals such as flavonoids, polyphenols, carotenoids, alkaloids, nitrogen-containing compounds, tannins, steroids, anthocyanins, etc...
January 19, 2024: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gabriela Luta, Daniela Balan, Maria Stanca, Ovidiu Jerca, Stefana Jurcoane, Mihaela Niculescu, Carmen Gaidau, Ioana Rodica Stanculescu
This study aims to establish the effect of biostimulatory protein gels on the quality of tomato. One of the most consumed vegetables, tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) is a rich source of healthy constituents. Two variants of protein gels based on bovine gelatin and keratin hydrolysates obtained from leather industry byproducts were used for periodical application on the tomato plant roots in the early stage of vegetation. The gels were characterized by classical physicochemical methods and protein secondary structure was obtained by FTIR band deconvolution...
December 21, 2023: Gels
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anjana Das C, Elizabeth Prabha James, Jayasree S, Parvathy V, Vidya K G, Anju Varughese, Varna Rajesh, Prasanth Balan
Background and objectives Dentin hypersensitivity (DH) treatment is one of the main challenges dentists face in their daily clinical practice. Current therapies provide only temporary relief and require multiple applications to exhibit results, and there is a lack of evidence related to the long-term effects of these agents. Nano-hydroxyapatite (n-HA) and pro-argin (8.0% arginine-calcium carbonate) have recently been used for dentin desensitization with a one-time in-office application, but the effects are interim...
December 2023: Curēus
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Thu Tran, Dong Ma, Rajesh Balan
Heart rate is a key vital sign that can be used to understand an individual's health condition. Recently, remote sensing techniques, especially acoustic-based sensing, have received increasing attention for their ability to non-invasively detect heart rate via commercial mobile devices such as smartphones and smart speakers. However, due to signal interference, existing methods have primarily focused on monitoring a single user and required a large separation between them when monitoring multiple people. These limitations hinder many common use cases such as couples sharing the same bed or two or more people located in close proximity...
January 8, 2024: Sensors
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Houston J Saxe, Sriema L Walawage, Bipin Balan, Charles A Leslie, Patrick J Brown, Gregory T Browne, Daniel A Kluepfel, Andreas Westphal, Abhaya M Dandekar
Crown gall disease ( Agrobacterium tumefaciens ), crown/root rot disease ( Phytophthora spp.), root lesion disease ( Pratylenchus vulnus ) and tree vigor are key traits affecting the productivity and quality of walnuts in California. Unchallenged hybrid rootstocks were analyzed by RNA-seq to examine pre-formed factors affecting these traits. Enrichment analysis of the differentially expressed genes revealed that the increased expression of cell wall biogenesis-related genes plays a key role in susceptibility to A...
January 11, 2024: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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