Long-term Double-J stenting is superior to short-term Single-J stenting in kidney transplantation. by Christiaan A J Oudmaijer, Kelly Muller, Erika van Straalen, Robert C Minnee, Diederik J A N Kimenai, Marlies E J Reinders, Jacqueline van de Wetering, Jan N M IJzermans, Turkan Terkivatan

“…To prevent PCN in one recipient, 10 would have to receive the Double-J. All secondary outcomes were comparable, whereas hospital admission time and cost-effectiveness analysis heavily favoured Double-J stenting. …”
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Salmonella, Shigella, and Intestinal Parasites and Associated Factor among Food Handlers in Dilla University Student Cafeteria, D... by Kuma Diriba, Ephrem Awulachew, Zemach Ashuro

“…MDR was recorded in 71.4% of all bacterial isolates. Conclusion. The presence of a high prevalence of intestinal parasites, Salmonella, and Shigella species that were resistant to the commonly prescribed drugs is a treat to the children and the community at large. …”
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The Quality of Functional Movements and the Back Squat in Amateur and Professional Bodybuilders by VERONIKA ILJINAITĖ, LAIMONAS ŠIUPŠINSKAS, KRISTINA BERŠKIENĖ

“…Greater experience in bodybuilding is associated with the compliance with several BSA criteria: trunk position, frontal knee alignment, tibial translation angle, foot position in all three back squat variations with different external loads, and descent with the training weight…”
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Anthocyanin profiles and color properties of red wines made from Vitis davidii and Vitis vinifera grapes by Yanlun Ju, La Yang, Xiaofeng Yue, Yunkui Li, Rui He, Shenglin Deng, Xin Yang, Yulin Fang

“…The anthocyanin compositions of all of the spine wines were dominated by Mv-3,5-diglucoside. …”
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Malignant Lymphoma in the Parasellar Region by Takao Koiso, Hiroyoshi Akutsu, Shingo Takano, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Eiichi Ishikawa, Yasushi Okoshi, Akira Matsumura

“…Therefore, biopsy was necessary in all of the cases. T2 hypointensity of a lesion in MR imaging in addition to an elevated serum level of soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) in a patient with a sellar lesion can be useful clues for the differential diagnosis of this rare disease.…”
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Understanding the limitations of substrate degradation in bioelectrochemical systems by Hannah Bird, Sharon Velasquez-Orta, Elizabeth Heidrich

“…Starch-fed MFCs exhibited consistently low CE (19%) across all tested conditions due to electron diversion into volatile fatty acids (VFA). …”
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Uptake, safety and effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine in inflammatory bowel disease: a UK-wide study by Abhishek Abhishek, Christian D Mallen, Georgina Nakafero, Matthew J Grainge, Tim Card, Jonathan S Nguyen Van-Tam

“…IIV was associated with reduced all-cause mortality (aHR (95% CI): 0.73 (0.55,0.97) but not hospitalisation for pneumonia (aHR (95% CI) 0.52 (0.20–1.37), including in the influenza active period (aHR (95% CI) 0.48 (0.18–1.27)). …”
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Captive breeding, developmental biology and commercial production of<i> Dravidia fasciata</i>- An indigenous ornamental fish of the Western Ghats of India by T.V. Anna Mercy, Eapen Jacob, K. Raju Thomas

“…A sexually mature male developed beautiful pinkish red tinge all over the body. The black bands over the body also became deeper in colour during this time. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Association between cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) gene polymorphisms and the risk of renal cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis by Fan-dong Meng, Ping Ma, Cheng-guang Sui, Xin Tian, You-hong Jiang

“…No significant associations were found for the Ile462Val polymorphism for all genetic models. When stratified by smoking status, smokers carrying the variant Vt and Val allele were more susceptible to RCC (Vt allele: OR = 3.37, 95%CI = 2.24–5.06; Val allele: OR = 2.07, 95%CI = 1.34–3.19). …”
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Diffusion Maps Clustering for Magnetic Resonance Q-Ball Imaging Segmentation by Demian Wassermann, Maxime Descoteaux, Rachid Deriche

“…White matter fiber clustering aims to get insight about anatomical structures in order to generate atlases, perform clear visualizations, and compute statistics across subjects, all important and current neuroimaging problems. …”
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From humanism to neohumanism, posthumanism and transhumanism: pedagogical reading by Ольга Сухомлинська

“…It has been found that the classical interpretation of humanism during the last decades has been subject to revision by various researchers due to the growing contradictions between the social, economic, and spiritual needs of society and the consideration of humanism with its anthropocentric attitude towards man as the measure of all things. It was found that they led to an expanded and modified understanding of it, which was called neohumanism (new humanism). …”
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The Golden Horde through the eyes of Contemporaries and Eyewitnesses by Ivanov V.A.

“…Research results and scientific novelty: Almost all the narratives known to us related to the Golden Horde were created for political purposes. …”
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Acetylation and Evaluation of Taro Boloso-I Starch as Directly Compressible Excipient in Tablet Formulation by Afewerk Getachew, Zewdu Yilma, Solomon Abrha

“…The paracetamol tablets comprising SAs also complied with the United States Pharmacopeia specifications for disintegration and dissolution studies. Therefore, taking all the facts into consideration, the SAs could be potential DC excipients in tablet formulations.…”
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Optical, X-Ray Diffraction, and Magnetic Properties of the Cobalt-Substituted Nickel Chromium Ferrites (CrCo𝑥Ni1−𝑥FeO4, 𝑥=0,0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8,1.0) Synthesized Using Sol-Gel... by Sonal Singhal, Santosh Bhukal, Jagdish Singh, Kailash Chandra, S. Bansal

“…Cobalt-substituted nickel chromium ferrites (CrCo𝑥Ni1−𝑥FeO4, 𝑥=0,0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8,1.0) have been synthesized using sol-gel autocombustion method and annealed at 400 °C, 600 °C, 800 °C, and 1000 °C. All the ferrite samples have been characterized using UV-VIS spectrophotometery, FT-IR spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, powder X-Ray Diffraction, and magnetic measurements. …”
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A Comparative Spatiotemporal Analysis for Long-Term Trends of Hydrometeorological Variables in Maritsa River Basin by Mehmet Seren Korkmaz, Kevser Merkür Başkesen, Ertuğrul Sunan

“…According to the test results, there is a statistically significant increase in annual total precipitation values within the 95% confidence interval and in annual total evapotranspiration values within the 99% confidence interval. Specifically with all three methods positive and statistically significant trends are observed in precipitation in October, January, May and June. …”
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Pseudocitrobacter cyperus, a novel bacterial species recovered from Cyperus alternifolius in Egypt by Samira M. Hamed, Mai A. Amer

“…While the 16S rRNA gene showed more than 99.0% similarity to other Pseudocitrobacter species, the calculated OGRIs were lower than the thresholds recommended for species assignment to all currently known Pseudocitrobacter species. Furthermore, the phylogenomic analysis revealed that Cyp38ST forms a distinct species cluster within the genus Pseudocitrobacter. …”
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Volleyball as a means to develop speed endurance in girls aged 16-18 by Iryna Kryventsova, Yevheniia Strelnykova, Roman Boichuk, Krzysztof Wnorowski

“…A significant improvement was observed in almost all test exercises: the running time in the "Fir-tree" test decreased by 2.16 seconds (t=3.01, p < 0.05); the running time for 6x6 m decreased by 0.92 seconds (t=3.77, p < 0.05); the number of squats in 20 seconds increased by 4.31 times (t=4.46, p < 0.05); the number of leg raises to a 90° angle in a hanging position increased by 1.13 times (t=3.02, p < 0.05), and the number of torso raises from a lying on the back position increased by 1.81 times (t=4.49, p < 0.05). …”
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Changes in muscle quality and biomarkers of neuromuscular junctions and muscle protein turnover following 12 weeks of resistance training in older men by Andrzej Mastalerz, Bizhan Hooshmand-Moghadam, Shadi Moazamigoudarzi, Fateme Golestani, Babak Hooshmand-Moghadam, Monika Johne, Krzysztof Maćkała, Katarzyna Lorenz, Ewelina Maculewicz

“…The time effect was found for all variables besides P3NP in RT, but no time effect was revealed in CON. …”
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The Labial Adhesion in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review by Nastaran Mahmoudnejad, Mohammad Hamidi Madani, Roozbeh Roohinezhad

“…The included studies were in English and published from 1985 until December 2023 with the keywords including vulvar diseases, agglutination, menopause, postmenopause, and recurrence. All studies that evaluated the clinical course and recurrence of LAs following surgical treatment in postmenopausal women were included. …”
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Rare presentation of drug-induced oral erythema multiforme and its management: a case report by Sulaiman S Alqahtani, Faris M Alabeedi, Meshari M Alwadai, Mohammed H Althaiban

“…Following the exclusion of all other conditions with a similar presentation, a diagnosis of drug-induced erythema multiforme (DI-EM) was established. …”
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