The Relationship Between the Modified Glasgow Prognostic and SYNTAX Scores in Patients with Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Ahmet KARADUMAN, Cemalettin YILMAZ, Mustafa Ferhat KETEN, Ismail BALABAN, Zeynep Esra GUNER, Mehmet CELIK

“…Those with a SYNTAX score >22 were observed to possess significantly higher levels of CRP, CRP/albumin ratio, and mean mGPS 1-2 ratios compared with those with a SYNTAX score ≤22 (all p<0.001). Smoking [odds ratio (OR): 3.341, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.531-7.294; p=0.002], CRP/albumin ratio (OR: 4.958, 95% CI: 1.335-18.418; p=0.017), and mGPS score of 1-2 (OR: 3.121, 95% CI: 1.430-6.814; p=0.004) were independent factors used to help predict a high SYNTAX score. …”
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Experimental paradigm to test the effects of providing social support: study protocol of the PROSPECT trial (Study 2) by Vivien Hajak, Simone Grimm, Ewa Gruszczyńska, Aleksandra Kroemeke, Natalia Józefacka, Lisa Marie Warner

“…Although initial evidence for affective, self-evaluative and physiological outcomes has been established, the beneficial effects of support provision do not occur consistently across all support interactions, and some interactions may even have detrimental effects on providers. …”
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Understanding the consumer purchase behaviour towards green electronic products: using insight from the theory of planned behaviour by Rukhsar, Mohd Yameen, Zeba Khanam

“…Thus, by enhancing the company’s green image, marketers of green products may potentially increase future purchases, all of which contribute to solving worldwide environmental problems. …”
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Digital libraries and World Wide Web sites and page persistence. by Wallace Koehler

“…Again based on the Web document samples, very nearly all Web pages and sites undergo some form of content within the period of a year. …”
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Determination of dry residue of drinking water by quartz crystal microbalance method by A. G. Zavodovsky

“…The dry residue of water characterizes its quality with great completeness, since it contains all impurities, including nonvolatile organic substances. …”
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Sequencing Analysis of Invasive Carbapenem-Resistant <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Isolates Secondary to Gastrointestinal Colonization by Gaetano Maugeri, Maddalena Calvo, Dafne Bongiorno, Dalida Bivona, Giuseppe Migliorisi, Grete Francesca Privitera, Guido Scalia, Stefania Stefani

“…We described a six-month routine screening protocol from the Policlinico of Catania (Italy), while blood samples were collected from the same patients only in cases of a systemic infection suspicion. All the patients who had dissemination episodes were furtherly investigated through next-generation sequencing, analyzing both colonizing and disseminating strains. …”
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New sources of higher green matter quality for perennial grasses in the southern forest-steppe environments of West Siberia by O. A. Yusova

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Effect of PCSK9 Inhibitor on Blood Lipid Levels in Patients with High and Very-High CVD Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yue Zhang, Yanrong Suo, Lin Yang, Xiaolu Zhang, Qun Yu, Miao Zeng, Wenlan Zhang, Xijuan Jiang, Yijing Wang

“…The data quality of included studies was assessed by two independent researchers using the Cochrane systematic review method. All-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and changes in serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), apolipoprotein B (ApoB), lipoprotein (a) (LP (a)), non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) from baseline were analyzed using Rev Man 5.1.0 software. …”
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Morphological analysis of sigmoid sinus anatomy: clinical applications to neurotological surgery by Kylen Van Osch, Daniel Allen, Bradley Gare, Thomas J. Hudson, Hanif Ladak, Sumit K. Agrawal

“…Right dominance was observed in 74% of the paired SSs. All distances were significantly shorter on the dominant side (p < 0.05), including: EAC – SS (dominant: 13.7 ± 3.4 mm; non-dominant: 15.3 ± 2.7 mm), FN – SS (dominant: 7.2 ± 1.8 mm; non-dominant: 8.1 ± 2.3 mm), 2nd genu FN – superior tip of JB (dominant: 8.7 ± 2.2 mm; non-dominant: 11.2 ± 2.6 mm), horizontal distance between the superior tip of JB – descending FN (dominant: 9.5 ± 2.3 mm; non-dominant: 13.2 ± 3.5 mm), and horizontal distance between the FN at the stylomastoid foramen – JB (dominant: 5.4 ± 2.2 mm; non-dominant: 7.7 ± 2.1). …”
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Co-Creating Snacks: A Cross-Cultural Study with Mediterranean Children Within the DELICIOUS Project by Elena Romeo-Arroyo, María Mora, Olatz Urkiaga, Nahuel Pazos, Noha El-Gyar, Raquel Gaspar, Sara Pistolese, Angelique Beaino, Giuseppe Grosso, Pablo Busó, Juancho Pons, Laura Vázquez-Araújo

“…Italian children exhibited higher levels of neophobia, resulting in lower acceptance of all proposed snacks. Some sensory and contextual insights were collected, such as Egyptian children favoring sweet and crunchy textures and “At school”, “With my friends”, and “As a morning/afternoon snack” being identified as linked to snack acceptance in some countries. …”
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Pour une théorie de la réception du discours grammatical by Jean-Rémi Lapaire

“…The aim was to assess their metalinguistic knowledge, shortly after graduating from the French secondary education system. All members of the group were tested on their definitions of tense, aspect and modality at the beginning of term. …”
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Estimation the pH of CO2-saturated NaCl solutions using gene expression programming: Implications for CO2 sequestration by Mohammad Rasool Dehghani, Parirokh Ebrahimi, Moein Kafi, Hamed Nikravesh, Yousef Kazemzadeh

“…A cumulative frequency plot of absolute relative error showed all data points had errors below 0.102, with over 90 % below 0.0615. …”
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Effects of Seed Processing with Cold Plasma on Growth and Biochemical Traits of <i>Stevia rebaudiana</i> Bertoni Under Different Cultivation Conditions: In Soil Versus Aeroponics by Augustė Judickaitė, Emilija Jankaitytė, Evaldas Ramanciuškas, Laima Degutytė-Fomins, Zita Naučienė, Gediminas Kudirka, Takamasa Okumura, Kazunori Koga, Masaharu Shiratani, Vida Mildažienė, Rasa Žūkienė

“…Seeds were treated for 2, 5, and 7 min with CP or DBD and 5 min with vacuum six days before sowing. All growth parameters in aeroponics exceeded the parameters of seedlings in the corresponding groups cultivated in soil. …”
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A large elevation in 15N/14N of collagenous amino acids: an insight from starvation experiments of marine organisms by Hyuntae Choi, Yuko Takizawa, Nayeon Park, Yoshito Chikaraishi

“…The effect of δ15N elevation in all amino acids of collagen is negligible for G. punctata and diluted for T. sazae to the elevation in whole muscle tissue (i.e., = muscle fibers + collagen) even under long-term starvation, because the collagen proportion in the whole muscle is relatively small and is considerably decreased under the nutritional stress. …”
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Clinicopathological Features, Treatment Strategy, and Prognosis of Primary Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the Duodenum: A SEER Database Analysis by Guoliang Zheng, Yue Wang, Yan Zhao, Zhichao Zheng

“…Age, gender, Ann Arbor staging, and histological type were regarded as independent prognostic factor for the DSS by multivariate analysis (all P<0.05). Patients with <65 years, female, stage I, and FL were found to be significantly associated with good DSS. …”
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Cervical cancer screening by cotesting method for Vietnamese women 25–55 years old: a cost-effectiveness analysis by Hien Thu Bui, Van Nu Hanh Pham, Thang Hong Vu

“…Sensitivity analyses (one-way deterministic and probabilistic) were conducted to account for uncertainties.Results The cotesting strategy was less effective and more costly than cytology-based screening across all age groups. Cotesting resulted in higher costs and fewer QALYs than the comparator. …”
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Prognostic factors for head and neck cancer of unknown primary including the impact of human papilloma virus infection by Lars Axelsson, Jan Nyman, Hedda Haugen-Cange, Mogens Bove, Leif Johansson, Shahin De Lara, Anikó Kovács, Eva Hammerlid

“…The overall and disease-free 5-year survival rates for all patients in the study were 82 and 74%. Conclusions Curatively treated HNCUP had good survival. …”
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Influences on safety of intrapartum electronic fetal heart rate monitoring practices: a scoping review by Cathy Winter, Mary Dixon-Woods, Isla Kuhn, Guillaume Lamé, Elisa Liberati, Jenni Burt, Sarah Kelly, Alice Egerton, Tim J Draycott, Harry Kyriacou, Kathryn Jones, Harry Dunn, Xueying Nancy Zheng, Zi Qi Kok

“…Our synthesis identified influences on EFM practice across all 19 domains of the contributory factors framework, including those relating to cognitive, social and organisational factors and interactions between professional work and tools used for fetal monitoring.Conclusion Reducing avoidable harm associated with electronic fetal monitoring requires a systems approach based on a sound understanding of the full range of influences on practice.…”
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Large Scale Experiments Representing a Containment Natural Circulation Loop during an Accident Scenario by R. Kapulla, G. Mignot, S. Paranjape, M. Andreani, D. Paladino

“…It is found that, with the mixing damper open, a global natural circulation loop develops over all four vessels, whereas with closed damper the natural circulation loop is established only between the three vessels representing the inner zone and the upper dome. …”
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Management considerations in grease versus non-grease scald burns in adults: A retrospective cohort study at a tertiary burn care facility by William Rice, Hemasree Yeluru, Miles Reese, Ricardo Rendel, Alexa Soult, Jessica Burgess

“…Materials and Methods: A retrospective chart review was done on all scald burn patients at a tertiary burn care center from January 2020 to December 2022. …”
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