After Treatment Decrease of Bone Marrow Tregs and Outcome in Younger Patients with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Mario Delia, Paola Carluccio, Anna Mestice, Roberta Frappampina, Francesco Albano, Giorgina Specchia, Pellegrino Musto

“…We studied 39 AML younger patients (<65 years), all treated with standard induction chemotherapy. …”
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Enhancing epigenetic aging clocks in cetaceans: accurate age estimations in small endangered delphinids, killer whales, pilot whales, belugas, humpbacks, and bowhead whales by Joseph A. Zoller, Ake T. Lu, Amin Haghani, Steve Horvath, Todd Robeck

“…In addition, we developed species-specific clocks for enhanced precision, resulting in four blood-specific clocks and eight skin-specific clocks for individual species; all improving upon existing accuracy estimates for previously published species-specific clocks. …”
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The Relationship between the Activity Balance Confidence and Mobility Tests among Older Adults in Indonesia by Indri Hapsari Susilowati, Sabarinah Sabarinah, Susiana Nugraha, Sudibyo Alimoeso, Bonardo Prayogo Hasiholan, Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer

“…The bivariate analysis significantly correlated the ABC scale test and all mobility tests. The older adult participants who are not confident will have 12.03 times higher the unstable result of the gait test, 8.4 times higher the unstable result of the balance test, and 7.47 times higher the less strength result of the strength test who are confident. …”
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Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Patients with Solid Tumours by Diamantis P. Kofteridis, Antonios Valachis, Eirini Koutsounaki, Sofia Maraki, Eleni Mavrogeni, Foteini N. Economidou, Dimitra Dimopoulou, Kostas Kalbakis, Vassilis Georgoulias, George Samonis

“…Bacterial cultures were possible in 29 (36%) patients. All patients received antimicrobial therapy, while in 17 episodes (21%) an incision and drainage was required. …”
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Cost minimization analysis of nasopharyngoscope reprocessing in community practice by Ameen Biadsee, Lauren Crosby, Winsion Chow, Leigh J Sowerby

“…., Cambridgeshire, UK), (4) UV-C light system (UV Smart, Delft, The Netherlands). All costs are reported in CAD, and consumable and capital costs for reprocessing methods were obtained from reported vendor prices. …”
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Delphi consensus survey: the opinions of patients living with refractory ulcerative proctitis and the health care professionals who care for them by Philip Smith, Stuart Bloom, Christian Selinger, Ailsa Hart, Christopher Lamb, Anjan Dhar, Helen Steed, Matthew Brookes, Jonathan Macdonald, Ian Arnott, Shellie Radford, Gordon W Moran, Susan Ritchie, Victoria Fletcher, Jonathan Segal, N Sharma, Shahida Din, Daniel Gaya, J Butterworth, S Andrews, P Adams, Deborah Morris, Pearl Avery, Philip Oppong, Mario Guslandi, Maro Kyriacou, Rachel Linger, Madhoor Ramdeen, John Appleton, John Anneh, B Kussel

“…Following completion of three Delphi survey rounds, all 14 statements reached consensus following appropriate revision.Conclusions We established consensus on the thoughts and opinions related to refractory proctitis from both the experts who manage this disease and the patients living with it. …”
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Geomatics and metaverse for lost heritage sites documentation and dissemination: the case study of Palmyra Roman Theatre (Syria) by Anna Forte, Yara Jamil Alkhatib, Gabriele Bitelli, Eva Savina Malinverni, Roberto Pierdicca

“…Monuments and architecture have frequently been intentionally destroyed in conflict zones all over the world. Three-dimensional (3D) and virtual technologies can serve as tools to digitally preserve these sites and raise awareness about the importance of historical properties to the general public, particularly when physical sites are at risk or no longer exist. …”
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Extracellular electron transfer genes expressed by candidate flocking bacteria in cable bacteria sediment by Jamie J. M. Lustermans, Mantas Sereika, Laurine D. W. Burdorf, Mads Albertsen, Andreas Schramm, Ian P. G. Marshall

“…Based on these criteria, 22 MAGs were from candidate flockers, which constituted 21.4% of all 103 MAGs. Of the candidate flocking bacteria, 42.1% expressed extracellular electron transfer genes. …”
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Production technology of poultry sausage-1: the studies on the quality of chemical, microbiological and organoleptic by Nazif Anıl, Yusuf Doğruer, Ümit Gürbüz, Semra Kayaardı, Abdullah Keleş

“…The poultry sausage samples developped by mixing chicken meat, beef and soybean flour in certain percentages (designed in groups) were examined from the chemical, microbiological and organoleptic point of view. All the samples were analysed at various stages of aging (1^st, 3^rd and 7^th) and storage (14^th, 21^st and 30^th) days significant differences were determined in chemical composition of poultry sausage according to the stages of aging and storage. …”
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Sex differences of molecular mechanisms of insulin sensitivity in young and adult C57BL/6J mice by T. V. Yakovleva, A. Yu. Kazantseva, E. N.  Makarova, N. M. Bazhan

“…In young animals, the expression of the genes was higher in females than in males in all tissues. In adult animals, the expression of the genes in the liver was higher in females than in males, the expression of the genes in muscle and adipose tissues were lower in females than in males. …”
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Development and Application of <i>Lactobacillus plantarum</i> PSCPL13 Probiotics in Olive Flounder (<i>Paralichthys olivaceus</i>) Farming by Muhammad Aleem Abbas, Hae-Jung Kim, Ga-Yeong Lee, Hae-Yeon Cho, Syed Al Jawad Sayem, Eon-Bee Lee, Seung-Jin Lee, Seung-Chun Park

“…Molecular characterisation confirmed PSCPL13 to be <i>L. plantarum</i>. It was resistant to all tested antibiotics and exhibited significant enzyme activity. …”
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Impact of Oseltamivir and Diabetes Development by Bor-Show Tzang, Chih-Chen Tzang, Pei-Hua Chuang, I-Ying Kuo, Yu-Chun Pan, Pei-Hsun Wu, Tsai-Ching Hsu

“…<b>Methods</b>: This retrospective cohort study utilized data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD), including 1,631,968 patients (815,984 oseltamivir users) between 1 January 2009 and 28 December 2018. All statistical analyses were performed using SAS 9.4M8 software (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA). …”
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An in vitro study on comparative evaluation of shear bond strength of bioactive composite to tooth structure with various dentin conditioning agents by Priyanka Pokkula, Shaik Mohammed Asif, Abdullah Alqarni, Shahabe Saquib Abullais, Shaik Mohamed Shamsudeen, Syed M Yassin, Abosofyan S. Atta, Wahaj Ahmad Khan

“…The Statistical Package for Social Science software version 23 by IBM was used for data processing and analysis. All p-values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. …”
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Relationship between triglyceride levels and different snoring states: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Fei-Fei Hou, Bei-Bei Wang, Ye Chen, Qiong Wang, Qiong Wu, Li-Na Yan

“…Moreover, we performed subgroup analysis according to snoring status and body mass index (BMI). All the data were pooled and analysed with Review Manager 5.3. …”
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Mechanical properties of Portland cement concrete mixed with different doses of recycled brick powder and steel fiber by Mohammad Mohtasham Moein, Ali Mohtasham Moein, Ashkan Saradar, Sam E. Rigby, Hassan Tazari, Moses Karakouzian

“…The impact test data for all mixtures were effectively characterized by the two-parameter Weibull distribution, with R2 values consistently exceeding 0.88, providing a reliable statistical framework for assessing concrete performance. …”
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Clinical application of 3D slicer reconstruction and 3D printing localization combined with neuroendoscopy technology in VPS surgery by Long Zhou, Pan Lei, Ping Song, Zhiyang Li, Huikai Zhang, Hangyu Wei, Lun Gao, Qiuwei Hua, Hui Ye, Qianxue Chen, Silei Zhang, Qiang Cai

“…The drainage tube position was confirmed by brain CT and 3D Slicer reconstruction after operation, of which 30 cases were located in the frontal horn or center of the ipsilateral lateral ventricle, and 3 cases were located in the frontal horn or center of the contralateral lateral ventricle. All patients were successfully catheterized and well positioned. …”
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Liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry based analysis of persistent mobile organic compounds in aqueous samples: Method development and optimization by Kyriaki Anagnostopoulou, Vasileios Alampanos, Eleni Evgenidou, Dimitra A. Lambropoulou

“…The method achieved recoveries within 70–120 % and excellent linearity (r² > 0.997) for all analytes. Validated under European directives (2002/657/EC and SANTE 11,813/2017), the study offers a sensitive, reliable, and regulatory-compliant framework for PMOC monitoring in water systems. …”
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Identification and Quality Evaluation of Raw and Processed Asarum Species Using Microscopy, DNA Barcoding, and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Guangzhe Yao, Wenjuan Ma, Xuhua Huang, Qi Jia, Jiayuan Shen, Yanxu Chang, Huizi Ouyang, Jun He

“…The results demonstrated that most of the samples were clearly clustered into distinct groups that corresponded to species types. All raw and processed samples were classified by partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) based on the 10 analyzed compounds. …”
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Burden assessment of podoconiosis in Wayu Tuka woreda, east Wollega zone, western Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Kebede Deribe, Gail Davey, Kenate Bekele, Tsige Amberbir, Geleta Tadele, Abdi Samuel

“…This study was conducted in Wayu Tuka ‘woreda’ (district), western Ethiopia to determine the prevalence of podoconiosis and assess factors associated with acute adenolymphangitis (ALA) episodes.Methods and analysis A two phase, community-based cross-sectional study was conducted between January and March 2015. First, all households in the district were surveyed to determine the prevalence of podoconiosis. …”
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Psychosocial distress, perceived need and utilization of psycho- social support services in patients in the early phase after the first cancer diagnosis by Hannah Zingler, Diana Steinmann, Jochen Ernst, Ute Goerling, Myriel Hermann, Beate Hornemann, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Tanja Zimmermann

“…Results Of 1,003 eligible patients who completed the questionnaire (53.0% men, mean age 60.3 years) 39.7% (n = 390) showed above-threshold psychosocial stress (DT: scores ≥ 5) and 21% (n = 207) indicated a perceived need for psycho- social support. 13.5% (n = 136) showed both, psychosocial distress and perceived need for psycho- social support. 15.2% (n = 150) out of all participating patients used psycho-oncology service, 60.7% (n = 597) were willing to accept such an offer. …”
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