Comprehensive Overview - Outcomes and Challenges of Bariatric Surgery - Physical, Psychological and Nutritional Considerations by Katarzyna Doman, Dawid Komada, Kamil Hermanowicz, Daria Oleksy, Agnieszka Najdek, Urszula Kaczmarska, Aleksandra Woźniak, Marcin Mycyk, Julia Nowak, Michał Jakub Cioch

“…This overview does not cover all possible postoperative complications in bariatric surgery, but focuses on selected issues important for a comprehensive strategy for managing obesity. …”
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A model based cost-utility analysis of Embedding referral to structured self-management education into standard practice (Embedding) compared to usual care for people with type 2 d... by Melanie J Davies, Alan Brennan, Danielle H Bodicoat, Daniel John Pollard, Anju Keetharuth, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Agnieszka Glab, Joesph P Mensa, Alison Northern

“…Secondary outcome measures included the probability of Embedding implementation package being cost-effective and value of information.Results The estimated cost of the intervention was £40 316 across the study sites, which equates to £0.521 per patient across all practices. For the base case, the estimated mean discounted incremental lifetime cost of the intervention per patient is £48.19. …”
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Revealing novel protein interaction partners of glyphosate in Escherichia coli by Alix Sarah Aldehoff, Dominique Türkowsky, Patrick Lohmann, Masun Nabhan Homsi, Ulrike Rolle–Kampczyk, Elke Ueberham, Jörg Lehmann, Martin von Bergen, Nico Jehmlich, Sven–Bastiaan Haange

“…Despite all debates about its safe use, glyphosate remains the most widely applied active ingredient in herbicide products, with renewed approval in the European Union until 2033. …”
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Discovery of a novel highly specific, fully human PSCA antibody and its application as an antibody-drug conjugate in prostate cancer by Xiaojie Chu, Seungmin Shin, Du-San Baek, Liyong Zhang, Alex Conard, Megan Shi, Ye-Jin Kim, Cynthia Adams, Maggie Hines, Xianglei Liu, Chuan Chen, Zehua Sun, Dontcho V. Jelev, John W. Mellors, Dimiter S. Dimitrov, Wei Li

“…Prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) is expressed in all stages of prostate cancer, including in advanced androgen-independent tumors and bone metastasis. …”
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Construire des ressources relationnelles pour franchir des frontières multiples : Trajectoires de jeunes Tunisiens by Hasnia-Sonia Missaoui

“…These trajectories show us first of all the disenchantment of an age group with blurred contours that is linked to the situations of socio-economic injustice that they experience on a daily basis. …”
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Spectrum and Clinical Characteristics of Renal Diseases in Ghanaian Adults: A 13-Year Retrospective Study by Perditer Okyere, Isaac Okyere, Richard Kobina Dadzie Ephraim, Joseph Attakorah, Charlotte Osafo, Bernard Arhin, Sarah Bachelle, Albert Abaka-Yawson

“…A non-randomized sampling approach was used to include 1426 participants who were diagnosed with AKI, CKD, ESRD, and nephrotic syndrome at the nephrology unit of KATH during the years under review. All the 1426 patients were eligible for the study. …”
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Center-Related Variation in Hospitalization Cost for Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion by Shivaraj Patil, MD, Chaitanya Rojulpote, MD, Abhijit Bhattaru, BS, Avica Atri, MD, Krishna Vamsi Rojulpote, BS, Ola Khraisha, MD, Viha Atri, MD, William Frick, MD, Tarek Nafee, MD, Kishore Harjai, MD, Sumeet Mainigi, MD, Chien-Jung Lin, PhD, MD

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate center-related variation in total hospital costs for Watchman device implantation and identify factors associated with high hospital costs at a national level. Methods: All adults undergoing elective left atrial appendage occlusion with Watchman were identified in the 2016-2018 National Inpatient Database. …”
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The clinical value of short-term insemination: a retrospective analysis of 3496 patients by Xinyue Zhang, Yufeng Wang, Jihong Yang, Yangbai Li, Yao Chen, Yingying Yang, Ting Feng, Suying Li, Li Chen, Yun Qian

“…This study aims to investigate the impact of short-term insemination on both embryo quality and pregnancy outcomes and whether it is necessary to apply short-term insemination to all patients underwent in vitro fertilization (IVF). …”
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MAGICS. II. Seed Black Holes Stripped of Their Surrounding Stars Do Not Sink by Yihao Zhou, Diptajyoti Mukherjee, Nianyi Chen, Tiziana Di Matteo, Peter H. Johansson, Antti Rantala, Christian Partmann, Ugo Niccolò Di Carlo, Simeon Bird, Yueying Ni

“…With the enhanced resolution (mass resolution: 500 M _⊙ ; softening length: 5 pc), improved subgrid models for the MBH dynamics and accretion, and the accurate regularized gravity integrator included in KETJU, we trace MBH seed dynamics down to 0.1 pc. After evolving all the systems for  ≈1.2 Gyr in three stages (MAGICS-2000, MAGICS-500, and MAGICS-K), we find in four of the six systems that the MBHs stall at separations Δ r  ≳ 200 pc. …”
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The Effect of St. John’s Wort Oil on Urethral Stricture: An Experimental Study in Rat Model by Kazım Yelsel, Ergün Alma, Ömer Yüceer, Zeynel Abidin Taş, Berna Totan Ateş, Murat Kobaner, Halil Esimek, Adem Altunkol, Umut Ünal, Ali Ayyıldız

“…No urethral damage was induced in the sham group. The urethras of all rats in the other groups was traumatized at 6 o’clock with a specially designed urethrotome blade. …”
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The prognostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in nasopharyngeal cancer by Mustafa Kandaz, Atalay Balsak, Hatice Bengü Çobanoğlu

“…The follow-up period was 79.4±72.1 (2-279) months. In all patients, mean overall survival (OS) was 159.37±13.66 (132.97-185.76) months, median 205±31.11 (144-265.99) months, The 1-, 2- , 3- and 5-year survival rates were 87.3%, 81.5%, 74.3%, and 65.3%, respectively. …”
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Uji Daya Hambat Sabun Cair Cuci Tangan pada Restoran Waralaba di Kota Padang Terhadap Pertumbuhan Bakteri Escherichia coli dan Staphylococcus aureus Secara In Vitro by Anisha Fazlisia, Elizabeth Bahar, Yulistini .

“…The samples were taken from four restaurants and examined by using diffusion method. The results showed all of them could inhibit S. aureus but only a half inhibited Escherichia coli bacterial growth. …”
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Case report: PD-L1-targeted high-affinity natural killer cells and IL-15 superagonist N-803-based therapy extend overall survival of advanced metastatic pancreatic cancer patients by Tara Seery, Lennie Sender, Omid Jafari, Frank Jones, Patricia Spilman, Sandeep B. Reddy, Patrick Soon-Shiong

“…OS from the commencement of spIND therapy was 13, 4.8, 26.9, 9, and 23.2 months, and OS from diagnosis was 22, 21, 42, 13, and 33 months for patients 1 through 5, respectively.ConclusionsThe OS from the initiation of spIND for all patients exceeded the reported OS for the greater-than-second-line mPC patients and, for four of five patients, second-line therapy. …”
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The assessment of marrow adiposity in type 1 diabetic rabbits through magnetic resonance spectroscopy is linked to bone resorption by Wei Li, Wei Wang, Minlan Zhang, Qi Chen, Fengyi Li, Shaojun Li

“…Moreover, MFF at 3 months showed a strong positive correlation with serum TRACP5b levels (r = 0.763), as well as with the mRNA expression of osteoclast markers, including TRACP (r = 0.784) and cathepsin K (r = 0.659), all with p <0.001.ConclusionsRabbits with type 1 diabetes experience an expansion of marrow adiposity, and this enhanced marrow adiposity is associated with increased osteoclast activity.…”
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FTO rs9939609 Does Not Interact with Physical Exercise but Influences Basal Insulin Metabolism in Brazilian Overweight and Obese Adolescents by Gabrielle Araujo do Nascimento, Neiva Leite, Lupe Furtado-Alle, Mayza Dalcin Teixeira, Ricardo Lehtonen Rodrigues de Souza, Gerusa Eisfeld Milano, Larissa Rosa da Silva, Juliana Pizzi, Wendell Arthur Lopes, Maria de Fátima Aguiar Lopes, Ana Cláudia Kapp Titski, Luciane Viater Tureck

“…The sample was composed by 432 children and adolescents grouped in three ways (obese, overweight, and normal weight); of these, 135 children and adoloescents who are obese and overweight were submitted to a physical exercise program for 12 weeks. All were genotyped by TaqMan SNP genotyping assay. …”
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Jack Surgery: Reconstructing Collapsed Femoral Head in Association Research Circulation Osseous Stage III Osteonecrosis: A Series of 13 Cases by Ying Zhong, Yichen Gong, Shuaijie Lv, Wenxi Du, Xun Liu, Jianhua Zhang, Peijian Tong

“…An Independent sample t‐test was used to compare the data, and the chi‐square test was used for categorical data. Results All the 13 patients successfully completed the surgery and were followed up. …”
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Anogenital distance in water buffalo females and relationship with reproductive performance. Preliminary results by Héctor Nava-Trujillo, Simón Zambrano-Salas, Justin Dijak, Adriana Morgado-Osorio, Quintino D’Andrea

“…The calving-to- conception interval was modeled against the AGD category using a variance analysis adjusted by parity and season of calving. All analyses were carried out with R studio version R4.2.2. …”
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Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding screening and managing diabetic microvascular complications among general practitioners of community health centres: a cross-sectional st... by Hua Yang, Jian Gao, Ying Yu, Cuiling Huang, Chengdian Lan, Zhangyan Chen

“…Objective To evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding screening and managing diabetic microvascular complications, encompassing diabetic retinopathy (DR), diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and diabetic neuropathy (DN), among general practitioners (GPs).Design Cross-sectional study.Setting The online questionnaire survey was conducted between April and July 2023.Participants GPs from community health centres (CHCs) in all 16 districts of Shanghai were recruited.Primary and secondary outcome measures The data of sociodemographic characteristics, KAP scales, training experience and screening instruments for community screening and managing diabetic microvascular complications were collected. …”
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Molecular Characterization and Evolution Analysis of Two Forms of TLR5 and TLR13 Genes Base on Larimichthys crocea Genome Data by Lihua Jiang, Liyi Pei, Ping Wang, Liqin Liu, Gong Li, Binjian Liu, Zhenming Lǚ, Tabata Hiromasa, Hao Pan, Atsushi Ogura

“…These TLRs share high sequence homology with other ichthyic TLRs, while also having their own characters; qtPCR was determined and the results found that the three genes were constitutively expressed in all examined tissues: TLR5M was highly expressed in the spleen and liver; TLR13 expression was high in the kidney, liver, and spleen. …”
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Modeling dose uncertainty in cone-beam computed tomography: Predictive approach for deep learning-based synthetic computed tomography generation by Cédric Hémon, Lucía Cubero, Valentin Boussot, Romane-Alize Martin, Blanche Texier, Joël Castelli, Renaud de Crevoisier, Anaïs Barateau, Caroline Lafond, Jean-Claude Nunes

“…Dose uncertainty was determined on the dose-volume histogram (DVH). For all patients except one, the reference CT DVH was included in the uncertainty interval defined by the sCT-derived DVH. …”
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