Allergen sensitization patterns: Allergic rhinitis with multimorbidity versus alone—A real‐world study by Ya‐Ting Li, Qi‐Qing Ye, Ya‐Xin Lu, Ke‐Xin Yang, Ping‐Ping Zhang, Chang Chen, Min Zhou, Pei‐Ying Feng, Zhuang‐Gui Chen

“…An increased number of positive ingested allergens had a higher odds ratio (OR) for AR multimorbidity compared with inhaled allergens (1.46 vs. 1.96) across all phenotypes. Sensitization to allergens and their allergen‐specific IgE levels, including dust mites, cat dander, and milk (p < 0.05), were associated with AR multimorbidity. …”
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The Impact of Onchocerciasis Elimination Measures in Africa: A Systematic Review by Policarpo Ncogo, Christine Giesen, María Jesús Perteguer, Maria P. Rebollo, Rufino Nguema, Agustín Benito, Zaida Herrador

“…We selected studies on onchocerciasis control measures in Africa since the implementation of the first Onchocerciasis Control Programme (OCP) measures in 1974. All scientific articles indexed in the PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and CENTRAL databases written in Spanish, English, French, German, and Portuguese were considered. …”
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Videofluoroscopic swallowing study predicts clinical outcomes in critically Ill children with dysphagia: a retrospective observational study by Yoonju Na, Jaeyoung Choi, Jihong Choi, Su Mi Oh, Hyuna Jang, Suein Choi, Joongbum Cho, Jeong-Yi Kwon

“…Any occurrence of aspiration throughout the examination was deemed as aspiration. All individuals displaying aspiration were found to have silent aspiration. …”
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Genetic influences on non-syndromic cleft lip palate: The impact of BMP4, RUNX2, PAX7, and TGFB3 allelic variations by Praveen Kumar Neela, Rajeshwari B.V, Mahamad Irfanulla Khan, Shahistha Parveen Dasnadi, Gosla Srinivas Reddy, Akhter Husain, Vasavi Mohan

“…The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) was computed using a genotype distribution, the PLINK software was utilized to make statistical comparisons, and allelic associations were analyzed for the selected polymorphisms. All polymorphisms followed the HWE. None of the polymorphisms on these four genes showed a significant p-value in the allelic association. …”
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Asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia and seizure control in children with nodding syndrome; a cross-sectional study by Charles R J C Newton, Albert Ningwa, Kevin Marsh, Richard Idro, Rodney Ogwang, Ronald Anguzu, Pamela Akun, Edward Kayongo

“…We hypothesised that, in patients with epilepsy, infection by P. falciparum, including asymptomatic infections, increases the risk of seizures and impairs seizure control.Setting and participants Participants were Ugandan children with nodding syndrome, age ≥8 years, receiving sodium valproate. All had standardised testing including documentation of the number of seizures in the past month, a rapid malaria test and if positive, the peripheral blood parasite density.Outcomes The primary outcome was the number of seizures in the past month (30 days).Results A total of 164/240 (68%) had malaria. …”
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Predicting Outcomes for Interhospital Transferred Patients of Emergency General Surgery by Brandon Cave, Daniel Najafali, William Gilliam, Jackson F. Barr, Christian Cain, Chris Yum, Jamie Palmer, Safura Tanveer, Emily Esposito, Quincy K. Tran

“…We conducted a retrospective analysis of all adult patients transferred to our quaternary academic center’s EGS service from 01/2014 to 12/2016. …”
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Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with insulinoma–a single center's experience of 76 cases over a 10-year period by Wei Li, Yali Cheng, Qingyong Ma, Zheng Wu, Zheng Wang

“…Postoperative pancreatic hemorrhage occurred in 6 patients (7.89 %), all of whom were pancreatic head/neck surgery patients. …”
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Development trend of primary healthcare after health reform in China: a longitudinal observational study by Hui Li, Jie Feng, Zuxun Lu, Yanhong Gong, Xuan Zhou, Guopeng Zhang, Xiaoxv Yin, Jianxiong Wu

“…The government should be more aware of the importance of primary healthcare at all levels of local governments and ensure adequate financial input.…”
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Identifying Optimal Variables to Predict Soil Organic Carbon in Sandy, Saline, and Black Soil Regions: Remote Sensing, Terrain, or Climate Factors? by Liping Wang, Huanjun Liu, Xiang Wang, Xiaofeng Xu, Liyuan He, Chong Luo, Yong Li, Xinle Zhang, Deqiang Zang, Shufeng Zheng, Xiaodan Mei

“…Our results indicated that (1) climate factors, particularly mean annual precipitation and mean annual temperature, were the most effective predictors in SOC mapping across sandy, saline, and black soil regions, as indicated by their significant contribution to RF model performance (R² > 0.63); (2) followed by climate factors, the Transformed Vegetation Index (TVI) was consistently identified as the most influential variable for SOC prediction among spectral indexes in all three regions; (3) a local regression method based on RF models showed good performance compared to a global model; (4) desertification and salinization were the main reasons for the spatial differences in AH and DM&LD, respectively. …”
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Storage Insects on Yam Chips and Their Traditional Management in Northern Benin by Y. L. Loko, A. Dansi, M. Tamo, A. H. Bokonon-Ganta, P. Assogba, M. Dansi, R. Vodouhè, A. Akoegninou, A. Sanni

“…Three predators (Teretrius nigrescens Lewis, Xylocoris flavipes Reuter, and Alloeocranum biannulipes Montrouzier & Signoret) and one parasitoid (Dinarmus basalis Rondani) all Coleoptera, Bostrichidae were also identified. …”
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Strategies to Lower In-Hospital Mortality in STEMI Patients with Primary PCI: Analysing Two Years Data from a High-Volume Interventional Centre by Alexandru Burlacu, Grigore Tinica, Igor Nedelciuc, Paul Simion, Bogdan Artene, Adrian Covic

“…Uni- and multivariate analysis were performed to identify independent predictors for in-hospital mortality. Results. All variables correlated with mortality in univariate analysis were introduced in a stepwise multivariate linear regression model. …”
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Achieving Medication‐Free Remission in Patients With Juvenile Dermatomyositis by Ilaria Maccora, Hermine I. Brunner, Amy Cassedy, Mekibib Altaye, Megan Quinlan‐Waters, Daniel J. Lovell, Alexei Grom, Sheila T. Angeles‐Han

“…MFR was defined as inactive JDM after discontinuation of all systemic immunosuppressives for ≥6 months, in line with international consensus guidelines for trials of therapies in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. …”
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Exploring the feasibility of GF1-WFV data in estimating SPAD using spatiotemporal fusion algorithms by Annan Zeng, Jianli Ding, Jinjie Wang, Lijing Han, Haiyan Han, Shuang Zhao, Xiangyu Ge

“…The results indicate that (1) all four fusion algorithms can effectively address the issue of missing images; (2) the constructed random forest regression model accurately estimates SPAD values; and (3) among the three vegetation indices that exhibit a strong correlation with SPAD values, the fusion strategy “Index-then-Blend” outperforms “Blend-then-Index.” …”
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Continuously relapsing (for two years) course of diarrheal variant of IBS (<i>Clinical case</i>) by Ye. A. Poluektova, S. Yu. Kuchumova, A. A. Kurbatova, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Prescribed treatment included dioctaedric smectite, probiotic and antipsychotic drug, which had led to complete relief of all symptoms.Conclusion. Careful taking past history and carrying out detailed laboratory and instrumental tool investigation allowed to establish clinical diagnosis in the patient, and pathogenicly proven treatment promoted achievement of disease remission.…”
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Driving brain state transitions via Adaptive Local Energy Control Model by Rong Yao, Langhua Shi, Yan Niu, HaiFang Li, Xing Fan, Bin Wang

“…Existing studies have primarily focused on analyzing the energy required for brain state transitions, which are driven either by the single brain region or by all brain regions. However, they often neglect the critical question of how the whole brain responds to external control inputs that are driven by control energy from multiple brain regions, which limits their application value in guiding clinical neurostimulation. …”
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Evaluation of Changes in Macular Perfusion Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography following 3 Intravitreal Monthly Bevacizumab Injections for Diabetic Macular Edema i... by Ayman G. Elnahry, Ahmed A. Abdel-Kader, Karim A. Raafat, Khaled Elrakhawy

“…Following injections, there were an 8.1% increase in FAZ, 1.3% decrease in FD-Full and FD-SCP, 1.9% decrease in FD-DCP, 8% decrease in VD-Full, 9.1% decrease in VD-SCP, 10.6% decrease in VD-DCP, 13.3% decrease in skeleton VD-Full, 12.5% decrease in skeleton VD-SCP, and 16.3% decrease in skeleton VD-DCP in the 6 × 6 mm macular area and a 2.6% decrease in FD-Full, 3.4% decrease in FD-SCP, 11.5% decrease in VD-Full, 14.3% decrease in VD-SCP, and 25.1% decrease in skeleton VD-SCP in the 3 × 3 mm macular area which were all statistically significant p<0.05. Using univariate and multivariate analysis, the pretreatment FD, VD, and skeleton VD at each capillary layer significantly negatively correlated with the change in FD, VD, and skeleton VD at the corresponding capillary layer, respectively p<0.05. …”
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Comparative genomics of Botryosphaeria dothidea and B. kuwatsukai, causal agents of apple ring rot, reveals both species expansion of pathogenicity-related genes and variations in... by Bo Wang, Xiaofei Liang, Mark L. Gleason, Rong Zhang, Guangyu Sun

“…Both species encode a significant number of pathogenicity-related genes, e.g.carbohydrateactive enzymes (CAZYs), plant cell wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs), secondary metabolites (SMs) biosynthetic enzymes, cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYPs), and secreted peptidases, in comparison to all additional sequenced fungal species involved in various life-styles. …”
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The Importance of Platelet-Derived Growth Factors as Markers of Survival and Severity of COVID-19 in Patients Undergoing Monthly Follow-Up by Elżbieta Cecerska-Heryć, Dominika Nieszpór, Natalia Serwin, Ewa Pius Sadowska, Marta Gliźniewicz, Bartłomiej Grygorcewicz, Karol Serwin, Anna Michalczyk, Marta Budkowska, Małgorzata Goszka, Aleksandra Polikowska, Radosław Birger, Bogusław Machaliński, Barbara Dołęgowska

“…In later studies, the focus should be on finding the relationship of COVID-19 pathomechanism with all the parameters to understand the processes that occur in the body during SARS-CoV-2 virus infection.…”
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Predominant yeasts in Chinese Dong fermented pork (Nanx Wudl) and their aroma-producing properties in fermented sausage condition by Ruifang Mi, Xi Chen, Suyue Xiong, Biao Qi, Jiapeng Li, Xiaoling Qiao, Wenhua Chen, Chao Qu, Shouwei Wang

“…A total of 73 yeast isolates was investigated for their lipolytic and proteolytic activities. All yeast species showed lipolytic activity, while proteolytic activity against meat protein was only detected in S. cerevisiae. …”
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A Novel Mutation in the CYP11B1 Gene Causes Steroid 11β-Hydroxylase Deficient Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia with Reversible Cardiomyopathy by Mohammad A. Alqahtani, Ayed A. Shati, Minjing Zou, Ali M. Alsuheel, Abdullah A. Alhayani, Saleh M. Al-Qahtani, Hessa M. Gilban, Brain F. Meyer, Yufei Shi

“…The underlying molecular defect was investigated by PCR-sequencing analysis of all coding exons and intron-exon boundary of the CYP11B1 gene. …”
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