Statewide Variation in Practices and Charges for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Maryland, United States: A Retrospective Study by Grace Lassiter, Eric Etchill, Tamir Sholklapper, Charbel Chidiac, Joseph Canner, Daniel Sangkyu Rhee

“…Applying early VATS to all patients appeared more cost-efficient than delayed VATS (per-patient costs: $18,568 vs. $30,832, p<0.001), although the former had slightly higher recurrence (7.9% vs. 1.5%, p=0.08). …”

Systematic assessment of COVID-19 host genetics using whole genome sequencing data. by Axel Schmidt, Nicolas Casadei, Fabian Brand, German Demidov, Elaheh Vojgani, Ayda Abolhassani, Rana Aldisi, Guillaume Butler-Laporte, DeCOI host genetics group, T Madhusankha Alawathurage, Max Augustin, Robert Bals, Carla Bellinghausen, Marc Moritz Berger, Michael Bitzer, Christian Bode, Jannik Boos, Thorsten Brenner, Oliver A Cornely, Thomas Eggermann, Johanna Erber, Torsten Feldt, Christian Fuchsberger, Julien Gagneur, Siri Göpel, Tobias Haack, Helene Häberle, Frank Hanses, Julia Heggemann, Ute Hehr, Johannes C Hellmuth, Christian Herr, Anke Hinney, Per Hoffmann, Thomas Illig, Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, Verena Keitel, Sarah Kim-Hellmuth, Philipp Koehler, Ingo Kurth, Anna-Lisa Lanz, Eicke Latz, Clara Lehmann, Tom Luedde, Carlo Maj, Michael Mian, Abigail Miller, Maximilian Muenchhoff, Isabell Pink, Ulrike Protzer, Hana Rohn, Jan Rybniker, Federica Scaggiante, Anna Schaffeldt, Clemens Scherer, Maximilian Schieck, Susanne V Schmidt, Philipp Schommers, Christoph D Spinner, Maria J G T Vehreschild, Thirumalaisamy P Velavan, Sonja Volland, Sibylle Wilfling, Christof Winter, J Brent Richards, DeCOI, André Heimbach, Kerstin Becker, Stephan Ossowski, Joachim L Schultze, Peter Nürnberg, Markus M Nöthen, Susanne Motameny, Michael Nothnagel, Olaf Riess, Eva C Schulte, Kerstin U Ludwig

“…We observed the presence of autosomal-recessive or likely compound heterozygous monogenic disorders in six individuals, all of which were hospitalized and significantly younger than the rest of the cohort. …”
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Lidocaine Shows Significant Antimicrobial Effects Against <i>Staphylococcus</i> Species: An In-Vitro Study Comparing Different Combinations of Lidocaine and Clinically Used Injecta... by Stephan Heller, Ricarda Johanna Seemann, Rainer Burgkart, Andreas Obermeier, Hermann Locher

“…Results: Lidocaine showed a concentration-dependent antimicrobial effect, with greater inhibition at higher concentrations and lower bacterial densities. All lidocaine-containing combinations significantly reduced the bacterial levels of <i>S. aureus</i> in TSB. …”
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Integrating Sports Massage into Pre-training Routines Can Enhance Athletic Preparedness and Performance Capacity in Kabaddi Players by Muhammad Isnandar, Farid M. Alhumary, Krzykarist Krzykarist, Restin Zega, Reymond Benedith Hutajulu, Rachel Junika Abelia Putri, Martin Hofmeister

“…Reaction time was reduced by 0.3 seconds, and participants indicated a decrease in perceived exertion alongside an enhancement in psychological readiness. All observed improvements were statistically significant (p < 0.001) and characterized by large effect sizes. …”
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Fluid Origin and Evolution of the Roc Blanc Silver Deposit (Jebilet Massif, Variscan Belt, Morocco): Constraints from Geology and Fluid Inclusions by Amal El Arbaoui, Ismaïla N’Diaye, Zaineb Hajjar, Amina Wafik, Abdelhak Boutaleb, Said Ilmen, Abderrahim Essaifi, Mohammed Bouabdellah

“…., while the deposition of the argentiferous stage, which consists of the main economic mineralisation of the Roc Blanc deposit, occurs during decreasing temperature at 150°C with a salinity of 12.1 wt% NaCl equiv. The all-mineralised ore was deposited at relatively low pressure, below ~1-1.1 kbar. …”
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The impact of common success factors on overfunding in reward-based crowdfunding: An explorative study and avenues for future research by Felix Pinkow

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Functionalized Nanomaterials In Pancreatic Cancer Theranostics And Molecular Imaging by Yoghalakshmi Nagarajan, Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Venkatachalam Deepa Parvathi

“…As of 2022, pancreatic cancer contributes to about 3 % of all cancers globally. Over the years, research has characterised germline predisposition, the origin cell, precursor lesions, genetic alterations, structural alterations, transcriptional changes, tumour heterogeneity, metastatic progression, and the tumour microenvironment, which has improved the understanding of PDAC carcinogenesis. …”
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Stability of orthodontic anchoring devices: a narrative review by Magdalena Enache, Dana Festila, Cristina Ciubotariu, Samer Ghazawi, Olimpia Bunta, Mihaela Pastrav, Cristian Olteanu, Mircea Ghergie

“…Notably, the quality and amount of bone, the length and diameter of the implant, and the surgical method all played a significant role in achieving primary stability. …”
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Efficient and Effective Diabetes Care in the Era of Digitalization and Hypercompetitive Research Culture: A Focused Review in the Western Pacific Region with Malaysia as a Case Stu... by Boon-How Chew, Pauline Siew Mei Lai, Dhashani A/P Sivaratnam, Nurul Iftida Basri, Geeta Appannah, Barakatun Nisak Mohd Yusof, Subashini C. Thambiah, Zubaidah Nor Hanipah, Ping-Foo Wong, Li-Cheng Chang

“…This urgently calls for nothing less than concerted and preventive efforts from all stakeholders to invest in transforming healthcare professionals and reforming the healthcare system that prioritizes primary medical care setting, empowering allied health professionals, improvising health organization for the healthcare providers, improving health facilities and non-medical support for the people with DM. …”
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Nurse management of minor problems in primary care emergencies: a non-randomized controlled trial by Jordi Estarlich-Corominas, Neus Soler-Abril, Anna Casanellas-Chuecos, Sara Becerra-Corzo, Andrea Sofia Bianco, Pere Torán-Monserrat, Rosa García-Sierra

“…Results A total of 312 patients were included in the study, all of whom came to the emergency centre with five types of minor problems. …”
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Hypertensive load predicts recovery of renal function for patients undergoing revascularisation for renal artery stenosis by Ben Edgar, Rob Pearson, Andrew Jackson, Callum Stove, Ram Kasthuri, Keith Hussey, Christian Delles, Colin Geddes, Patrick Mark, Giles Roditi, Linsay McCallum, David B. Kingsmore

“…A retrospective analysis was performed of all patients who had renal revascularisation for renal impairment in a defined geographical area (West of Scotland, population 2.4 million) between 2008 and 2024. …”
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Black Hole Accretion and Spin-up through Stellar Collisions in Dense Star Clusters by Fulya Kıroğlu, Kyle Kremer, Sylvia Biscoveanu, Elena González Prieto, Frederic A. Rasio

“…Within our explored cluster models, the proportion of binary black hole mergers affected by stellar collisions ranges from 10%–60%. If all stellar-mass black holes are initially nonspinning, we find that up to 40% of merging binary black holes may have components with dimensionless spin parameter χ  ≳ 0.2 because of prior stellar collisions, while typically about 10% have spins near χ  = 0.7 from prior black hole mergers. …”
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Potential Impacts of Future Climate Changes on Crop Productivity of Cereals and Legumes in Tamil Nadu, India: A Mid-Century Time Slice Approach by Vellingiri Geethalakshmi, Ramasamy Gowtham, Radhakrishnan Gopinath, Shanmugavel Priyanka, Marimuthu Rajavel, Kandasamy Senthilraja, Manickam Dhasarathan, Raj Rengalakshmi, Kulanthaivel Bhuvaneswari

“…The magnitude of the decline in yield of all four crops would be more with RCP 8.5 over RCP 4.5 scenario in Tamil Nadu. …”
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Effects of Apolipoprotein E Isoforms in Diabetic Nephropathy of Chinese Type 2 Diabetic Patients by YongWei Jiang, Liang Ma, ChengWu Han, Qian Liu, Xiao Cong, YaPing Xu, TingTing Zhao, Ping Li, YongTong Cao

“…ApoE genotype was determined by ApoE genotyping chip and the plasmatic biochemical characterization was performed on all subjects. There were differences (P<0.001) in HbA1c, creatinine, and urinary albumin between the two groups. …”
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Sequence Variation in Toxoplasma gondii rop17 Gene among Strains from Different Hosts and Geographical Locations by Nian-Zhang Zhang, Ying Xu, Si-Yang Huang, Dong-Hui Zhou, Rui-Ai Wang, Xing-Quan Zhu

“…The partial rop17 gene sequences were 1375 bp in length and A+T contents varied from 49.45% to 50.11% among all examined T. gondii strains. Sequence analysis identified 33 variable nucleotide positions (2.1%), 16 of which were identified as transitions. …”
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Emission Characteristics of Volatile Organic Compounds from Typical Coal Utilization Sources: A Case Study in Shanxi of Northern China by Yang Xu, Hualong Yu, Yulong Yan, Lin Peng, Rumei Li, Cheng Wang, Zhiyong Li

“…Finally, alkenes were primarily responsible for the ozone formation (73.1%, 59.0%, and 87.6% for the power plants, steel plants, and residential stoves, respectively), whereas aromatics were primarily responsible for the SOA formation (more than 94.0% for all four coal-utilizing sources).…”
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Trends in vegetation cover changes in Bonny area of the Niger Delta by A Adoki

“…The area covered by mangrove forest consistently declined over all the epochs while the reverse was the case with respect to the area covered by sparse vegetation. …”
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Status of fish health management and biosecurity measures in fish farms, cages and hatcheries in Western Kenya by Domitila Kyule-Muendo, Elick Otachi, Fonda Awour, Erick Ogello, Kevin Obiero, Jacob Abwao, Cecilia Muthoni, Jonathan Munguti

“…The homogeneity of frequency data of all the parameters between the three counties was tested using a non-parametric Pearson Chi-Square test at α = 0.05. …”
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Maternal Infections, Antibiotics, Steroid Use, and Diabetes Mellitus Increase Risk of Early-Onset Sepsis in Preterm Neonates: A Nationwide Population-Based Study by Hao-Yuan Lee, Yu-Lung Hsu, Wen-Yuan Lee, Kuang-Hua Huang, Ming-Luen Tsai, Chyi-Liang Chen, Yu-Chia Chang, Hung-Chih Lin

“…Adjusted logistic regression identified significant EOS risk factors in preterm infants, including maternal fever, chorioamnionitis, maternal diabetes mellitus, maternal antibiotic usage, very preterm birth, birth weight (all with <i>p</i> < 0.001), maternal pneumonia (<i>p</i> = 0.002), and maternal CS (<i>p</i> = 0.004). …”
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Exploring the drivers of adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare-seeking behavior in northwestern Botswana: a cross-sectional analysis by Mackenzie Lawson, Helen Apps, Peggie Ramaphane, Francis Barchi

“…Descriptive statistics were run for all variables; bivariate analyses examined their association with skipped visits. …”
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