Congenital Heart Diseases: Risk Factors and Ultrasound Diagnostic Potential at the First Screening by A. V. Pomortsev, M. N. Karakhalis, S. A. Matulevich, G. A. Daschyan, A. A. Khalafyan, A.  N. Sencha

“…NT thickness and DVPI were 3.37 ± 0.92 mm and 1.098 ± 0.158, respectively. …”
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Clinical efficacy and safety analysis of multimodal image-guided hybrid operation for symptomatic chronic internal carotid artery occlusion by ZHANG Hai-hong, BAI Xue-liang, GAO Kai-ming, LIU Wei, WANG Hong-guang

“…The mean National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores at discharge, 6 months and one year after surgery were 3.36, 2.72 and 2.72; the mean modified Rankin Scale (mRS) scores were 0.76, 0.60 and 0.60. …”
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Cardiac complications associated with COVID-19: a single-center study from Southern Iran by Marjan Tariverdi, Mohammadbagher Rahmati, Maryam Mohammadian, Shahrokh Rajaei, Mohammadreza Kargarfard Jahromy, Niloufar Rahimi, Saeed Hosseini Teshnizi, Mohammad Tamaddondar, Shiva Badri, Hossein Abdollahi

“…The odds of cardiac abnormalities were 3.3 times higher in children with unilateral lung involvement and 5.9 times higher in those with bilateral lung involvement compared to those without lung involvement. …”
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Extract of Scytonema bilaspurense NK13 strongly exhibits anticancer activities on cervical cancer HeLa cells by Ngo Thi Trang, Nguyen Thi Bich-Loan, Kieu Trung Kien, Nguyen Lai Thanh, Pham Thi Luong Hang, Nguyen Dinh Thang

“…Particularly, percentages of NK13E-treated cells in sub-G1, S, G2/M were 22.2%, 24.6% and 13.8%, while percentages of DMSO-treated-control cells in sub-G1, S, G2/M were 3.3%, 15.3% and 19.7%, respectively. Consistent with cell cycle arrest results, the expression levels of CDKN1A and CDNK2A in NK13E-treated cells were promoted to 26.6-folds and 5.6-folds higher than those of negative control cells, respectively. …”
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Emotional Reactivity and Regulation Relate to Surgical Treatment Decision Making Among Newly Diagnosed Women With Breast Cancer by Catherine Benedict, Bita Nouriani, Eric Neri, Kate Miller, Allison W. Kurian, James J. Gross, David Spiegel

“…Women with high levels of BC‐specific worry were 3.6 times more likely to choose BLM compared to women with low levels of worry (OR = 3.09, 95% CI: 1.07–0.8.93). …”
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Improving the confidence level and surgical skills of undergraduate medical students by using pig-perineum simulation-based learning by Sasivimol Srisukho, Chailert Phongnarisorn, Opas Sreshthaputra, Wirawit Piyamongkol, Theera Tongsong

“…The mean self-efficacy scores before and after the simulation were 3.63 and 4.16 respectively (paired t-test, p-value < 0.001). …”
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Treatment of Hallux Rigidus: Comparison of Hemiarthroplasty with Cartiva Implant, Allograft Interpositional Arthroplasty, and Arthrodesis by Ryan Sanii MD, MPH, Kevin Phan MD, Drew Krumm MD, Daniel J. Patton MD, Tyler Madden MD, John G. Anderson MD, John D. Maskill MD, Donald R. Bohay MD, FACS, Michelle A. Padley PhD, Cameron G. Patthanacharoenphon MD

“…Mean AOFAS scores improved by 14.90 (SD ± 17.31) points in the HI group, 27.80 (SD ± 15.22) points in the IA group, and 27.88 (SD ± 25.34) points in the A group ( P  = .005). There were 3 (6.1%) revision surgeries in the HI group, 2 (8.0%) revision surgeries in the A group, and no revision surgeries in the IA group ( P  = .59). …”
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Burden of screening and treatment of bone health markers amongst elderly patients with proximal femur fractures by Alexander Yunke, Antonio Farinhas, Zachary Tamweber, Alexandra Wadhwani, Ellen Lutnick

“…The percent risk of a first-time diagnosis of osteoporosis at 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year in the overall cohort were 3.7%, 8.6%, and 10.3%, respectively. The percent risk of a first-time diagnosis of VDD at 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year in the overall cohort were 2.1%, 4.4%, and 5.6%, respectively. …”
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The efficacy of regorafenib monotherapy as the third-and later-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer: a retrospective study by An Tianqi, Song Lijie, Zong Hong, Zhao Ruihua

“…DCR was 65.6%. Median PFS and OS were 3.7 months (95% confidence interval: 2.4~8.1) and 17.4 months (95% CI: 8.9~infinite), respectively. …”
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Cardiovascular risk and the possibility of its correction in women with premature ovarian insufficiency by A. A. Pozdnyakova, L. A. Marchenko, N. K. Runikhina

“…In the POI group, there were 3.8 times more women with a moderate CV risk (per the SCORE scale), whereas in the POI-free group, women with a low CV risk dominated. …”
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Blood L‐cystine levels positively related to increased risk of hypertension by Haijun Chen, Yalan Deng, Hailing Zhou, Wenzhong Wu, Jinhua Bao, Deyou Cao, Yuze Li, Yingmei Feng

“…Multivariate‐adjusted logistic regression analysis demonstrated that per one‐fold increase of L‐glutmatic acid, L‐cystine, (9S,10E,12Z,15Z)‐9‐Hydroxy‐10,12,15‐octadecatrienoic acid, deoxyribose 5‐phosphate, and falcarinolone, the odds ratios were 3.64, 4.61, 0.26, 0.26, and 0.37 for having the risk of hypertension, respectively. …”
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Concentration and reserves of nitrogen in soils and plant matter in blocks of grass ecosystems of the North‐Western Precaspian region, Russia by G. N. Gasanov, T. A. Asvarova, K. M. Gadzhiev, R. Z. Usmanov, M. A. Arslanov, M. R. Musaev, R. R. Bashirov, K. B. Gimbatova, A. S. Abdulaeva

“…In the root mass of plant associations, its indicators were 3.2 times less than in the above ground mass. …”
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Structural and optical characterization of TiO2 nanoparticles synthesized using Globularia alypum leaf extract and the antibacterial properties by Hanen Sellami, Muiz O. Akinyemi, Maroua Gdoura-Ben Amor, Damian C. Onwudiwe, Doctor M. N. Mthiyane

“…The calculated direct band gap energies were 3.40, 3.65, and 3.80 eV for TiO₂(3), TiO₂(2), and TiO₂(1), respectively. …”
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Spicy food intake and overweight/obesity in rural Southwest China: findings from a cross-sectional study by Huali Xiong, Huali Xiong, Peng Zhao, Fengxun Ma, Dayi Tang, Daiqiang Liu

“…Compared with the participants who never consumed spicy food, after adjusting for confounding factors, the adjusted ORs (95% CIs) in frequency of spicy food intake in 1–2 days/week, 3–5 days/week, 6–7 days/week subgroups were 3.985 (1.855–8.560), 4.381 (2.011–9.543), 6.515 (3.101–13.686), respectively. …”
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Beehive Fireworks Festival Effect on the Nearby Atmospheric PM2.5 Level by Chih-Chung Lin, Jen-Hsiung Tsai, Yi-Chin Hsieh, Shui-Jen Chen

“…Additionally, the T/B and D/B ratios were 3.01 and 7.19, respectively, around the major activity area. …”
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Pristine Ni-Sn layered-double-hydroxide and NiO/SnO₂ hierarchical nanocomposites as high-performance electrode materials for supercapacitor applications by M. Mohanasundari, M. Elango, Linto Sibi S P, Munirah D․ Albaqami, Saikh Mohammad, Vijayakumar Elayappan, Sambasivam Sangaraju, D. Prabha

“…Allowed direct band gap nature was revealed from the optical absorption study and the calculated bandgap values were 3.29, 3.39, 3.09 and 3.20 eV for NiO. SnO2, NiO/SnO2, and Ni-Sn-LDH respectively. …”
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Epidemiology and outcomes of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infection in high-risk patients in Saudi Arabia by Basem M. Alraddadi, Basem M. Alraddadi, Emily L. G. Heaphy, Reem Almaghrabi, Sahar Althawadi, Ahmad M. Alshahrani, Salma Almosallam, Abdullah Alraddadi, Lama Hefni, Mooza S. Almannaei, Ibrahim Bahabri, Rabab Taha, Ebtihal Alamoudi, Mohammed Bosaeed

“…Compared to the patients with CRE infections carrying the blaNDM gene, after controlling for other predictors, patients with infections harboring the blaOXA-48 gene were 3.97 times more likely to die within 90 days of the first culture (AOR = 3.97, 95%CI = 1.04–15.15, p = 0.044).ConclusionThe BMT recipients and patients with CRE infections harboring the blaOXA-48 gene were at greater risk for 90-day all-cause mortality in Saudi Arabia, confirming previous findings of high mortality rates associated with CRE infections in immunocompromised populations.…”
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Genotypic and functional impact of HIV-1 adaptation to its host population during the North American epidemic. by Laura A Cotton, Xiaomei T Kuang, Anh Q Le, Jonathan M Carlson, Benjamin Chan, Denis R Chopera, Chanson J Brumme, Tristan J Markle, Eric Martin, Aniqa Shahid, Gursev Anmole, Philip Mwimanzi, Pauline Nassab, Kali A Penney, Manal A Rahman, M-J Milloy, Martin T Schechter, Martin Markowitz, Mary Carrington, Bruce D Walker, Theresa Wagner, Susan Buchbinder, Jonathan Fuchs, Beryl Koblin, Kenneth H Mayer, P Richard Harrigan, Mark A Brockman, Art F Y Poon, Zabrina L Brumme

“…Consistent with gradual diversification of a "consensus-like" founder virus, the median "background" frequencies of individual HLA-associated polymorphisms in HIV (in individuals lacking the restricting HLA[s]) were ∼ 2-fold higher in modern versus historic HIV sequences, though these remained notably low overall (e.g. in Gag, medians were 3.7% in the 2000s versus 2.0% in the 1980s). …”
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Primary lymphomas of the genitourinary tract: A population-based study by Carlotta Palumbo, Elio Mazzone, Francesco A. Mistretta, Sophie Knipper, Zhe Tian, Paul Perrotte, Francesco Montorsi, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Fred Saad, Claudio Simeone, Alberto Briganti, Alessandro Antonelli, Pierre I. Karakiewicz

“…Results: The rates of testis-PL, renal-PL, bladder-PL and prostate-PL were 3.04%, 0.22%, 0.18% and 0.01%, respectively. …”
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Comparative analysis of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants born in Japan and born to mothers of Japanese ethnicity in California by Satoshi Kusuda, Mihoko V. Bennett, Jeffrey B. Gould, Neonatal Research Network of Japan

“…JP-J, JP-CA, and NHW-CA were 3.04 (1.18–7.80), 2.89 (1.45–5.75), and 1.96 (1.56–2.47), respectively. …”
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