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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Jun Li, Jiongjiong Lu, Shaodong Lv, Shujun Sun, Caifeng Liu, Feng Xu, Haiying Sun, Jiamei Yang, Xinjun Wang, Xingyang Zhong, Junhua Lu
Summary: Studying the metabolic phenotypic differences between IBDS and ICC can provide potential mechanisms and therapeutic targets. Long-term monitoring of metabolites and liver function indicators in IBDS patients is important for monitoring IBDS carcinogenesis.
BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nagi Medai, Naoyuki Okamoto, Yu Ogasawara, Katsuya Hihara
Summary: Hot springs are a significant resource in nature-based tourism and play a major role in the wellness tourism market. This study investigates the factors contributing to tourism demand for major hot spring resorts in Japan through the use of regression models and compares the results. The findings highlight the importance of accommodation quality, dependence on inbound demand, and the number of non-Japanese languages supported on hot spring resort websites in influencing tourism demand.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Yuri Sakamoto, Yohei Takeda, Yuta Seki, Shiho Kawahara, Takuya Shimosaka, Wataru Hamamoto, Hiroki Koda, Taro Yamashita, Takumi Onoyama, Kazuya Matsumoto, Kazuo Yashima, Hajime Isomoto
Summary: Peroral Cholangioscopy (POCS) is effective in achieving complete stone removal for intrahepatic stones, but it is associated with a longer procedure time compared to fluoroscopic guidance. However, the incidence of cholangitis was not significantly different between patients with and without POCS. This study highlights the importance of specialized equipment and experienced staff for endoscopic treatment of intrahepatic stones.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Cell Biology
May G. Akl, Scott B. Widenmaier
Summary: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major public health concern promoted by obesity-related liver complications. The transition from steatosis to steatohepatitis and from steatohepatitis to HCC involves complex interactions between metabolic and immune pathways. Understanding these immunometabolic changes associated with HCC in obesity may contribute to the development of targeted therapies.
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
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Substance Abuse
Simone Pettigrew, Joseph Alvin Santos, Yuan Li, Min Jun, Craig Anderson, Alexandra Jones
Summary: This study examined the susceptibility to e-cigarette use among young people in four countries: Australia, China, India, and the United Kingdom. The results showed that 54% to 82% of respondents in these countries were likely to use e-cigarettes. Factors positively associated with susceptibility included tobacco use, exposure to advertising, higher income, and having friends and family members who vape.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
(2023)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mahdi Rezapour
Summary: Despite the importance of the topic of death, there is limited comprehensive statistical analysis on the complex association between fear of death and various variables. This study aims to address this complexity by removing multi-collinear variables and using recursive feature elimination to reduce dataset dimensionality. The results indicate that although being married, older, and female have an offsetting effect on fear of death, their impacts are multiplicative. Additionally, those who believe in cryonics are associated with higher levels of fear of death, with the association varying depending on individuals' worries about someday not being alive and their marital status.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Clinical Neurology
Cecile Rep, Hugo Peyre, Marina Sanchez-Rico, Carlos Blanco, Marie Dosquet, Jean-Pierre Schuster, Frederic Limosin, Nicolas Hoertel
Summary: This study found significant age differences in risk factors for the onset of major depression. Patients with first onset before 18 years were more strongly associated with childhood maltreatment and family history of psychiatric disorders, while those first onset at 60 years and older were more strongly associated with widowhood and a history of generalized anxiety disorder.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
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Energy & Fuels
Wusheng Zhao, Changkun Qin, Ziyi Xiao, Weizhong Chen
Summary: This study quantitatively analyzes the current situation and possible causes of coal bursts in longwall coal mines in China, summarizes relevant lessons and suggestions, and provides insights into the control of coal bursts, helping to identify controlling factors and high-risk areas.
ENERGY SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
(2022)
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Behavioral Sciences
Michael T. Bowen, Olivier George, Dawn E. Muskiewicz, F. Scott Hall
Summary: Understanding the factors that contribute to the escalation of alcohol consumption is crucial for understanding the transition from non/social drinking to AUD and improving treatment. This review discusses how the way ethanol is consumed, as well as individual and environmental factors, contribute to the escalation of ethanol consumption. Additionally, the review examines how these factors are modeled in animals.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2022)
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Education & Educational Research
Rong Yang, Guangwei Hu, Jun Lei
Summary: This study investigates Chinese English-major students' intertextual competence and factors influencing their paraphrasing ability in academic writing. The findings suggest that both personal and contextual variables, including knowledge and attitudinal factors as well as ability measures, play a significant role in their performance on paraphrasing tasks.
ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(2023)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Melitta Csepregi, Marta Gacsi
Summary: The study found that breed function, training experience, and owner-reported social motivation level are associated with successful dog-owner cooperation. Dogs with high training levels and high social motivation are more attentive and cooperative. Therefore, future research should consider the subjects' training background and social motivation.
Review
Food Science & Technology
Ronald Neil Kostoff, Michael Brandon Briggs, Darja Kanduc, Saikat Dewanjee, Ramesh Kandimalla, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Alan L. Porter, Aristidis Tsatsakis
Summary: The severe complications of COVID-19 are a result of the individual's dysfunctional immune response to the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection. Multiple toxic stressors and behaviors contribute to immune system dysfunction which the virus exploits to cause COVID-19. This study identifies eighty modifiable contributing factors that link directly to COVID-19, and shows how each factor contributes to immune system dysfunction, inflammation, coagulation, neural damage, and neurodegeneration. It emphasizes the importance of addressing and eliminating these factors in combatting COVID-19 and similar diseases caused by viral variants.
FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
(2023)
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Business
Femi Olan, Emmanuel Ogiemwonyi Arakpogun, Jana Suklan, Franklin Nakpodia, Nadja Damij, Uchitha Jayawickrama
Summary: Cutting-edge technologies have greatly improved organizational processes and performance, but the lack of integration of existing and new knowledge poses a challenge for optimizing AI's impact on organizational performance. This study suggests that a complementary system combining AI and knowledge sharing provides a more sustainable strategy for organizational performance in a fast-changing digitized society.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Steven Stack
Summary: Recent research suggests that increasing social welfare expenditures and policies assisting low-income individuals can lower suicide rates. Factors such as religiousness, marriage, and traditional male roles are associated with suicide rates, with social support and better mental health potentially influencing these relationships.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Immunology
Yuri Sykulev
Summary: CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play a crucial role in targeting virus infected and cancer cells. Molecular mechanisms such as the clustering of MHC-I molecules and T cell receptors (TCRs), as well as the contribution of the CD8 co-receptor, drive the exceptional potency of these cytolytic responses.
TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
