Advancing dental biofilm models: the integral role of pH in predicting S. mutans colonization by Jay S. Sangha, Valentina Gogulancea, Thomas P. Curtis, Nicholas S. Jakubovics, Paul Barrett, Aline Metris, Irina D. Ofiţeru

“…The IbM assumes that the maximum theoretical growth yield for biomass is dependent on the local concentration of reactants and products, while the growth rates were described using traditional Monod equations. We have simulated all the conditions studied experimentally, considering different initial relative abundance of the five species, and also different initial clustering in the biofilm. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of young COPD, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021 by Yi Zhu, Tao Shen, Ruixin Guo, Ke Liu, Xiyu Cao, Xiuli Yang, Chuantao Zhang

“…From 1990 to 2021, both the prevalence and death rates showed a consistent downward trend across all age groups. Joinpoint regression analysis indicated a slight increase in both the ASPR (APC: 0.13; 95% CI: 0.06 to 0.19) and the ASIR (APC: 0.17; 95% CI: 0.10 to 0.24) during the period from 1990 to 1994. …”
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Antagonistic Effects of Sublethal Concentrations of Certain Mixtures of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles and the Bulk (Al2O3, CuO, and SiO2) on Gill Histology in Clarias gariepinus by Amaeze Henry Nnamdi, Tam-Miette Dawarri Briggs, Oluwaseun Olusola Togunde, Henry Ebele Obanya

“…Less damage was observed at the combination of the metal oxide nanoparticles of SiO + Al2O3, SiO + CuO and SiO + Al2O3 + CuO in equal (1 : 1—HAI, 2 and 6; 1 : 1 : 1—HAI, 6) and unequal ratios (1 : 2—HAI, 16 and 6; 2 : 1—HAI, 8 and 6). Similarly, all bulk combinations were also antagonistic except for the equal ratio of bulk CuO (HAI, 20) and bulk Al2O3 (HAI, 10) that gave additive effect with HAI of 32. …”
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Regular Antenatal Attendance and Education Influence the Uptake of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study at the University Hospital, Ku... by Otchere Addai-Mensah, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Linda Ahenkorah Fondjo, Kwadwo Sarbeng, Enoch Odame Anto, Eddie-Williams Owiredu, Shanice Nglokie Arthur

“…However, increasing evidence shows a gap in coverage where not all pregnant women receive the recommended SP dose. …”
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Leadership in Organizations and the PR Department Work Quality by Edit Terek Stojanović, Mila Kavalić, Sanja Kovačić, Milan Nikolić, Marko Vlahović, Srđana Taboroši

“…Tools: The descriptive statistics for all of the observed dimensions. The correlation coefficients between the leadership dimensions and the PR department work quality dimensions. …”
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Relation Between Humor Styles and Psychopathological Symptoms in Healthcare Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study by Miriam Leñero-Cirujano, Héctor González-Ordi, Juan Ignacio Torres-González, Jacinto Gómez-Higuera, Sergi Piñar-Rodríguez, Elena López-Bermejo Minaya, Gregorio Jesús Alcalá-Albert, Álvaro Carmona-Pestaña, María Nieves Moro-Tejedor

“…Regression analysis revealed that positive humor styles negatively predicted all severity indices of the LSB-50. In contrast, negative humor styles, particularly self-defeating humor, positively predicted the severity indices. …”
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Profile of Egyptian pediatrics with COVID-19: insights from healthcare providers in Egypt by Salma ZEl Houchi, Hanaa I. Rady, Iman Iskander, Tamer Abdel Hamid, Salma Abdelrehim Seddik, Amira Aly Hegazy, Ahmed Taha Aboushady, Mohamed Eissa, Sherine Khamis Hussein, Dina Hanoura, Miriam Magdy Aziz, Remon Magdy, Heba Ahmed ElAwady, Esraa A. Elmazzahy

“…Abstract Background The COVID-19 global pandemic significantly impacted populations of all ages. While initially thought to affect adults predominantly, it became clear that children and adolescents were also susceptible to the virus's effects. …”
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Use of standardized nasal and skin decolonization to reduce rates of bacteremia in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation by Madyson Taylor, Russell L Griffin, Jeremey Walker, Catina James, Angela Akinsanya, Mary Duncan, Rachael A Lee

“…Intervention: Daily bathing with 4% chlorhexidine soap and universal mupirocin nasal decolonization were initiated for all ECMO patients May 2021. The primary outcome was rate of ECMO-attributable positive blood cultures. …”
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Malnutrition among the Elderly in Malaysia and Its Associated Factors: Findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2018 by Mohamad Hasnan Ahmad, Ruhaya Salleh, Cheong Siew Man, Munawara Pardi, Norsyamlina Che Abdul Rahim, Norhafizah Shahril, Mohd Hatta Abdul Mutalib, Suzana Shahar, Noor Ani Ahmad

“…The multiagency approach is needed to tackle the issue of malnutrition among the elderly by considering all predictors identified from this study.…”
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Evaluasi penggunaan tepung cangkang rajungan sebagai bahan baku pakan juwana udang windu Penaeus monodon by Agus Kurnia, Wellem H Muskita, Oce Astuti, , Asnani, Wulandari Harahap

“…Results from the feeding trial indicates that the shrimp fed with all treatment diet were not significantly different in weight gain and FCR. …”
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The Efficacy of Conversational AI in Rectifying the Theory-of-Mind and Autonomy Biases: Comparative Analysis by Marcin Rządeczka, Anna Sterna, Julia Stolińska, Paulina Kaczyńska, Marcin Moskalewicz

“…GPT-4 achieved the highest scores across all biases, whereas the therapeutic bot Wysa scored the lowest. …”
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Causal machine learning models for predicting low birth weight in midwife-led continuity care intervention in North Shoa Zone, Ethiopia by Wudneh Ketema Moges, Awoke Seyoum Tegegne, Aweke A. Mitku, Esubalew Tesfahun, Solomon Hailemeskel

“…The first group, the MLCC group, received all their antenatal, labor, birth, and immediate post-natal care from a single midwife. …”
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The Small Mobile Ozone Lidar (SMOL): instrument description and first results by F. Chouza, T. Leblanc, P. Wang, S. S. Brown, K. Zuraski, K. Zuraski, W. Chace, W. Chace, W. Chace, C. C. Womack, C. C. Womack, J. Peischl, J. Peischl, J. Hair, T. Shingler, J. Sullivan

“…As part of the Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network (TOLNet) efforts allocated to provide such measurements and leveraging on the experience of more than 20 years of ozone lidar measurements at Table Mountain Facility, the JPL lidar group developed the SMOL (Small Mobile Ozone Lidar), an affordable differential absorption lidar (DIAL) system covering all altitudes from 200 to 10 km above ground level (a.g.l.). …”
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Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases: A Systematic Review of Current and Emerging Trends in Clinical and Translational Research by Foteini Stefania Koumpa, Diamantis Xylas, Maciej Konopka, Dieter Galea, Kirill Veselkov, Anthony Antoniou, Akash Mehta, Reza Mirnezami

“…A systematic review in accordance with PRISMA guidelines was undertaken on all English language studies published between 2007 and 2017. …”
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MammaPrint Feasibility in a Large Tertiary Urban Medical Center: An Initial Experience by C. Francisco Espinel, Shaughn Keating, Hanina Hibshoosh, Bret Taback, Kathie-Ann Joseph, Mahmoud El-Tamer, Sheldon Feldman

“…Of the 54 patients receiving MP, 4 were found ineligible for MP risk assessment because >3 lymph nodes were found to be malignant. Out of all eligible patients, 14/50 (28%) had samples whose quantity of tumor was not sufficient for analysis (QNS). …”
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Predicting the risk of cardiovascular disease in adults exposed to heavy metals: Interpretable machine learning by Meiyue Shen, Yine Zhang, Runqing Zhan, Tingwei Du, Peixuan Shen, Xiaochuan Lu, Shengnan Liu, Rongrong Guo, Xiaoli Shen

“…Feature importance analysis, partial dependence plot, and shapley additive explanations were integrated to enhance the interpretability of the CVD prediction model. Among all models, the random forest exhibited the best performance, with an accuracy of 90 %, an area under the curve of 0.85, and an F1 score of 0.86. …”
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Correlation between ellipsoid zone thickness and the presence of subretinal drusenoid deposits in age-related macular degeneration by Richard B Rosen, Roland Theodore Smith, Gerardo Ledesma-Gil, Oscar Otero-Marquez, Yuehong Tong, Katy Tai, Gareth M C Lema, Raymond Matthew Bellis, Yang Fei, Brandon Le

“…Differences in EZ thicknesses across all subjects and between groups were not significantly different based on gender, race or age.Conclusion Subjects with SDDs (±drusen) had thinner EZs than those with drusen only, and the inferior EZ was least affected. …”
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Clinical Efficacy of Curcumin and Vitamin E on Inflammatory-Oxidative Stress Biomarkers and Primary Symptoms of Menopause in Healthy Postmenopausal Women: A Triple-Blind Randomized... by Azizeh Farshbaf-Khalili, Alireza Ostadrahimi, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Khatereh Ataei-Almanghadim, Sara Dousti, Amir Mehdi Iranshahi

“…The mean ± standard deviation (SD) score of total menopause symptoms, depression, anxiety, psychological, vasomotor, and physical domains significantly decreased within all groups (P<0.05). Between-group analyses indicated that decreasing the mean score of anxiety in the vitamin E group was significantly more than in the placebo group (P=0.026). …”
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Impact of Different Serum Potassium Levels on Postresuscitation Heart Function and Hemodynamics in Patients with Nontraumatic Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest by Yan-Ren Lin, Yuan-Jhen Syue, Tsung-Han Lee, Chu-Chung Chou, Chin-Fu Chang, Chao-Jui Li

“…Bradycardia, nonsinus rhythm, urine output <1 ml/kg/hr, and acidosis (pH < 7.35) were more common in patients with high levels of potassium (all p<0.05). Compared with hyperkalemia, a normal potassium level was more likely to be associated with a normal heart rate (OR: 2.97, 95% CI: 1.74–5.08) and sinus rhythm (OR: 2.28, 95% CI: 1.45–3.58). …”
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STING agonist-based treatment promotes vascular normalization and tertiary lymphoid structure formation in the therapeutic melanoma microenvironment by Walter J Storkus, Ronald J Fecek, Manoj Chelvanambi, Jennifer L Taylor

“…Therapeutic responses resulting from intratumoral STING activation were characterized by improved VN, enhanced tumor infiltration by CD8+ T cells and CD11c+ DCs and local TLS neogenesis, all of which were dependent on host expression of STING. …”
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