Effect of galectin-3 and brain natriuretic peptide levels on echocardiographic parameters of left heart chamber following coronary artery bypass grafting by Yulia A. Styazhkina, Irina F. Grishina, Nina B. Poletaeva, Tatyana F. Peretolchina, Olga V. Nikolaenko

“…Group 2 included 42 patient with recovery period over 4 months. All patients had EchoCG, galectin-3 and NT-proBNP levels were determined 1 and 4 months after CABG. …”
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Real-World HbA1c Changes Among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Initiating Treatment With a 1.0 Mg Weekly Dose of Semaglutide for Diabetes by Noelle N. Gronroos, Caroline Swift, Monica S. Frazer, Andrew Sargent, Michael Leszko, Erin Buysman, Sara Alvarez, Tyler J. Dunn, Josh Noone

“…Change in HbA1c between the latest post-index and pre-index HbA1c measurement was calculated among all patients and among those with at least 90 days of continuous treatment (persistent patients). …”
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A Retrospective Analysis of Thromboembolic Phenomena in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 by Fahad Faqihi, Abdulrahman Alharthy, Abdullah Balhamar, Nasir Nasim, Khaled Alanezi, Feisal Alaklobi, Ziad A. Memish, Mike Blaivas, Saleh A. Alqahtani, Dimitrios Karakitsos

“…Cardiac arrhythmias, lymphocytopenia, and increased D-dimers were more frequently observed in the TEP group compared to the non-TEP group of patients (all p<0.05). The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of a cutoff D-dimer level of 3.0 μg/mL for predicting PE were 74.5%, 95.1%, 86.8%, and 91.9%, respectively. …”
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Overexpression of IL-6 and STAT3 may provide new insights into ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma development by Corina Toma, Roxana Popa, Lidia Ciobanu, Ioana Baldea, Irina Amorim, Diana Bochynska, Alan Wolfe, Andrada Negoescu, Claudiu Gal, Marian Taulescu

“…Immunohistochemically, IL‑6 was expressed in stromal, inflammatory, and epithelial cells in all cases of OPA, while STAT3 immunoexpression was restricted to epithelial cells. …”
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&lsquo;That&rsquo;s Enough&rsquo; - Workplace Violence Against Physicians, Pharmacists, and Nurses in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review of Prevalence, Causes, and Consequences by Alhomoud F

“…Despite the global attention to WPV, systematic reviews specifically addressing WPV across all three professions—physicians, pharmacists, and nurses—and in various healthcare settings in Saudi Arabia are lacking. …”
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Metagenomics: a new frontier for routine pathology testing of gastrointestinal pathogens by Nicola Z. Angel, Mitchell J. Sullivan, Areej Alsheikh-Hussain, Liang Fang, Samantha MacDonald, Alena Pribyl, Blake Wills, Gene W. Tyson, Philip Hugenholtz, Donovan H. Parks, Paul Griffin, David L. A. Wood

“…Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) allows the identification of all pathogens in a sample in a single test, without a reliance on culture or introduction of target selection bias. …”
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Retrospective trend analysis of biocides in suspended particulate matter of major German rivers by Georg Dierkes, Susanne Schmidt, Christiane Meier, Korinna Ziegler, Jan Koschorreck, Arne Wick

“…Results Overall 16 of 23 analyzed biocides were found, whereof 10 substances were detected in all samples. Highest concentrations were found for quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs, the sum of four analyzed QACs were up to 8.7 µg/g) and methyl-triclosan (up to 280 ng/g), a transformation product of the bactericide triclosan. …”
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Radiomics-based Machine Learning Approach to Predict Chemotherapy Responses in Colorectal Liver Metastases by Yuji Miyamoto, Takeshi Nakaura, Mayuko Ohuchi, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Rikako Kato, Yuto Maeda, Kojiro Eto, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Yoshifumi Baba, Toshinori Hirai, Hideo Baba

“…In the training cohort, individual CT texture parameter AUCs ranged from 0.4 to 0.65, while the machine learning analysis incorporating all valid parameters exhibited a significantly higher AUC of 0.94 (p<0.01). …”
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Distribution and Variation of Mining-Induced Stress in the Reverse Fault-Affected Coal Body by Rui Zhou, Yujin Qin, Zhizhen Zhang

“…Furthermore, the stress concentration coefficient of coal body is related to the distance from the reverse fault, and two changes occur: ① if the coal-bearing capacity does not exceed its strength, the coal stress in front of the working face increases gradually, and the stress concentration factor increases gradually; ② the stress concentration coefficient of mining coal body increases first, such that when the coal body bearing capacity exceeds its strength, the coal body fails and loses all its effective bearing capacity, followed by the decrease in coal body stress concentration coefficient.…”
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Estimating the impact of school closures on the COVID-19 dynamics in 74 countries: A modelling analysis. by Romain Ragonnet, Angus E Hughes, David S Shipman, Michael T Meehan, Alec S Henderson, Guillaume Briffoteaux, Nouredine Melab, Daniel Tuyttens, Emma S McBryde, James M Trauer

“…They reduced peak hospital occupancy pressure in nearly all countries, with 72 out of 74 countries (97%) showing a positive median estimated effect, and median estimated effect ranging from reducing peak hospital occupancy pressure by 89% in Brazil to increasing it by 19% in Indonesia. …”
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Modular-based psychotherapy (MoBa) versus cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) for patients with depression, comorbidities and a history of childhood maltreatment: study protocol fo... by Elisabeth Schramm, Martin Hautzinger, Carolin Jenkner, Moritz Elsaesser, Sabine Herpertz, Hannah Piosczyk

“…Crucial feasibility aspects include targeted psychopathological mechanisms, selection (treatment algorithm), sequence and application of modules, as well as training and supervision of the study therapists.Ethics and dissemination This study obtained approval from the independent Ethics Committees of the University of Freiburg and the University of Heidelberg. All findings will be disseminated broadly via peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals and contributions to national and international conferences.Trial registration number DRKS00022093.…”
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QTL Mapping of Traits Associated with Dual Resistance to the African Stem Borer (Busseola fusca) and Spotted Stem Borer (Chilo partellus) in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) by Phyllis W. Muturi, Mary Mgonja, Patrick Rubaihayo, James K. Mwololo

“…Data was collected on leaf feeding, deadheart, exit holes, stem tunnels, leaf toughness, seedling vigour, bloom waxiness, and leaf glossiness. ANOVA for all the traits was done using Genstat statistical software. …”
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A Calorimetric Characterization of Cr(VI)-Reducing Arthrobacter oxydans at Different Phases of the Cell Growth Cycle by Nugzar G. Bakradze, Marina K. Abuladze, Victor M. Sokhadze, Nina V. Asatiani, Nelly A. Sapojnikova, Tamara M. Kartvelishvili, Emma N. Namchevadze, Nelly Y. Tsibakhashvili, Leila V. Tabatadze, Lia V. Lejava, Hoi-Ying Holman

“…., proteins, nucleic acids, ribosomes, membrane structures) in intact cells. All thermal spectra measured are thermograms that describe the temperature dependence of heat capacity change of the complex systems of biologically active substances in bacterial cells. …”
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The triterpenoids-enriched extracts from Antrodia cinnamomea mycelia attenuate alcohol-induced chronic liver injury via suppression lipid accumulation in C57BL/6 mice by Yange Liu, Ronglong Chen, Lanzhou Li, Ruitao Dong, Hui Yin, Yawen Wang, Anhui Yang, Jianbin Wang, Changtian Li, Di Wang

“…In long-term alcohol consumption mice, the significantly lost body weight, increased organ indexes, hepatic alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels were all remissed after 6-week ACT orally administration, showing its hepatoprotective property. …”
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Intramuscular Injection of Adenoassociated Virus Encoding Human Neurotrophic Factor 3 and Exercise Intervention Contribute to Reduce Spasms after Spinal Cord Injury by Yu-Xin Chang, Yan Zhao, Su Pan, Zhi-Ping Qi, Wei-Jian Kong, Yi-Ran Pan, Hong-Ru Li, Xiao-Yu Yang

“…We found that AAV-NT3 gene therapy, exercise, and combination therapy all attenuated the frequency of spasms in the swimming test conducted at 6 weeks after spinal cord injury and increased rate-dependent depression of H-reflex. …”
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Assessment of Time to Hospital Encounter after an Initial Hospitalization for Heart Failure: Results from a Tertiary Medical Center by Nicolas W. Shammas, Ryan Kelly, Jon Lemke, Ram Niwas, Sarah Castro, Christine Beuthin, Jackie Carlson, Marti Cox, Gail A. Shammas, Terri DeClerck, Kathy Lenaghan, Sunny Arikat, Marcia Erickson

“…Demographics were recorded on all patients. Days until hospital inpatient readmissions or hospital encounters were displayed in Kaplan–Meier plots. …”
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Generalised anxiety disorder and its determinants amongst patients with diabetes in primary healthcare clinics: a cross-sectional study in Kuwait City, 2024 by Sana Mubarak Alali, Doaa Khalifa Hussein Abdalla, Aisha Alsaqabi, Hessa Al-Kandari, Ozayr Mahomed

“…Abstract Background Anxiety disorders are the second most common mental health disorders in terms of disability-adjusted life years and years of life lost across all age groups. A bidirectional relationship between anxiety disorders and diabetes mellitus has been documented. …”
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Bevezetés az analitikus feminizmushoz by Áron Dombrovszki

“…The article not only introduces Rae Langton’s theses and the debate surrounding it, but it also provides valuable contextual information to make the subject more accessible to all. In Dombrovszki’s view, Langton’s landmark article was the start of a new way of thinking in feminist philosophy; her methods were more important than the interpretation she presented. …”
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The Impact of Chronic Pelvic Pain and Bowel Morbidity on Quality of Life in Cervical Cancer Patients Treated With Radio (Chemo) Therapy. A Systematic Literature Review by Natuhwera G, Ellis P

“…Studies reported disruptions in nearly all domains of quality-of-life, including global, physical, emotional/psychological, financial, sexual, social, role functioning as a result of being treated with radiotherapy or radio-chemotherapy.Conclusion: Chronic pelvic pain and bowel morbidity are common adverse events experienced by cervical cancer patients receiving, or who have received, pelvic radiotherapy or radio-chemotherapy. …”
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Design a Robust DDoS Attack Detection and Mitigation Scheme in SDN-Edge-IoT by Leveraging Machine Learning by Habtamu Molla Belachew, Mulatu Yirga Beyene, Abinet Bizuayehu Desta, Behaylu Tadele Alemu, Salahadin Seid Musa, Alemu Jorgi Muhammed

“…Our implementation using the Mininet-WiFi emulation tool revealed that XGBoost outperformed others in binary DDoS detection, achieving accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score all above 99.997%, with a testing time of 3.559 seconds on the Edge-IIoTset dataset. …”
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