Prevalence and associated factors of metabolic syndrome among people living with HIV in a medical center of Northern Taiwan by Chien-An Tu, Chien-Feng Kuo, Chun-Ming Lee, Chang-Pan Liu, Hsiang-Kuang Tseng, Tseng-Yu Huang, Chih-Chen Lin, Hsun Chang, Winter Yu-Ning Lee, Fang-Ju Sun, Zu-Yi Sun, Pei-Ching Lian, Ming-Wei Cheng, Alice Ying-Jung Wu

“…A cross-sectional study involving all people living with HIV (PLWH) aged ≥ 18 years who visited MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan between September 7, 2022 to January 31, 2023 was performed. …”
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Subsurface investigation for pre-foundation study utilizing integrated geophysical and geotechnical methods, UNILORIN campus by Gabriel Efomeh Omolaiye, Abdulhameed Kayode Oniyangi, Taofeeq Ayinde ISSA, Sodiq Bamidele Adam

“…However, the geotechnical analysis conducted on undisturbed samples picked at different depths from eight pits dug to a depth of 2.3 m revealed the following: bulk density (1.80 g/cm3-1.99 g/cm3), dry density (1.67 g/cm3-1.86 g/cm3) liquid limits (22.3%-34.1%), plastic limits (12.6%-19.8%), plasticity index (9.7%-14.3%) and cone penetration test (89.8 kN/m2-2110.3 kN/m2 at a depth of 0.1 m to 0.3 m), in which all these geotechnical analysis results classified the soil to be competent in variations and assess soil mechanical behaviour to support structural loads within study area. …”
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Efficacy of Shenqi Pollen Capsules for High-Altitude Deacclimatization Syndrome via Suppression of the Reoxygenation Injury and Inflammatory Response by Binfeng He, Mingdong Hu, Zhihui Liang, Qianli Ma, Yunhai Zi, Zhiwei Dong, Qi Li, Yongjun Luo, Guisheng Qian, Liang Guo, Kexiong Lin, Zhenyu Liu, Guansong Wang

“…Here, we investigated the mechanism as well as potential means to prevent HADAS using Shenqi pollen capsules (SPCs) in subjects with HADAS in a multicenter, double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled study. All subjects were at the same high altitude (3650 m) for 4-8 months before returning to lower altitudes. …”
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Structural Alteration of Medial Temporal Lobe Subfield in the Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Stage of Alzheimer’s Disease by Pan He, Hang Qu, Ming Cai, Weijie Liu, Xinyi Gu, Qiang Ma

“…AD had lower GM densities than MCI, and MCI had lower GM densities than NC, but not all of the differences were statistically significant. …”
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The Metaverse for Industry 5.0 in NextG Communications: Potential Applications and Future Challenges by Prabadevi Boopathy, Natarajan Deepa, Praveen Kumar Reddy Maddikunta, Nancy Victor, Thippa Reddy Gadekallu, Gokul Yenduri, Wei Wang, Quoc-Viet Pham, Thien Huynh-The, Madhusanka Liyanage

“…With the advent of new technologies and endeavours for automation in almost all day-to-day activities, the recent discussions on the metaverse life have a greater expectation. …”
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Totally endoscopic mitral valve repair with novel technique of left atrial exposure: five years experience from a single center by Thanh Dat Pham, Thanh Huyen Tran, Ngoc Thanh Le, Cong Huu Nguyen

“…Mitral valve exposure was successfully achieved in all cases. The mean age of the patients was 54.5 ± 14.2 years, and their mean log EuroSCORE II was 1.53 ± 1.30. …”
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Urinary concentrations of arsenic species in older Dutch adults and risk of chronic kidney disease by Hannah P. McKeon, Weiluan Chen, Jan Dirk te Biesebeek, Nanette G. Vrijenhoek, Jacqueline J.M. Castenmiller, Marcel J.B. Mengelers

“…Human biomonitoring (HBM) is used to measure internal (all-route) exposure to different As species. To assess the risk of internal As exposure, toxic relevant arsenic (TRA) (sum of arsenite (As(III)), arsenate (As(V)), and their methylation metabolites, monomethylarsonate (MMA) and dimethylarsinate (DMA)) in urine should be used.Morning urine samples of 288 Dutch adults (aged 52–91 years) were analysed for As(III), As(V), MMA, DMA, arsenobetaine (AsB) and total As using ICP-MS. …”
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Elevation of ganglioside degradation pathway drives GM2 and GM3 within amyloid plaques in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease by Wenxuan Wang, Sarah J. Myers, Nikita Ollen-Bittle, Shawn N. Whitehead

“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that accounts for two-thirds of all dementia cases, and age is the strongest risk factor. …”
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Molecular Docking Appraisal of Phytochemicals as Potential Inhibitors of PI3K/Akt Pathway for Breast Cancer Treatment by Magdalene Eno Effiong, Mercy Bella-Omunagbe, Israel Sunmola Afolabi, Shalom Nwodo Chinedu

“…The drug likeness, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic features of prospective docking leads were all anticipated. Result: Several potent inhibitors of the selected key driver proteins in PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway were identified from P ostreatus . …”
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Exploring the role of different coping styles in mediating the relationship between dyadic adjustment status and postpartum depression among postnatal women: a single-centre, cross... by Jing Chen, Jing Deng, Fan Liu, Xiujing Guo, Yifei Tan

“…Data analysis encompassed correlation and mediation analyses based on structural equation modelling.Results EPDS scores were significantly correlated with all four dimensions of dyadic adjustments status as well as with both positive and negative coping styles. …”
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Purification, Preliminary Structural Characterization, and In Vitro Inhibitory Effect on Digestive Enzymes by β-Glucan from Qingke (Tibetan Hulless Barley) by Jialiang Hu, Yue Wu, Huifang Xie, Wanyin Shi, Zhiyuan Chen, Dan Jiang, Hui Hu, Xiangwei Zheng, Jian Xu, Yuejun Yang, Yuancai Liu

“…Qingke (Tibetan hulless barley, Hordeum vulgare L.) contains a high content of β-glucan among all the cereal varieties. Although β-glucan has multiple physiological functions, the physiological function of qingke β-glucan was few studied. …”
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Structured reporting of neuroendocrine tumors in PET/CT using [18F]SiTATE - impact on interdisciplinary communication by Anna Hinterberger, Lukas Trupka, Sophia Kortbein, Ricarda Ebner, Nicola Fink, Matthias F. Froelich, Dominik Nörenberg, Carmen Wängler, Björn Wängler, Ralf Schirrmacher, Adrien Holzgreve, Matthias Brendel, Stefanie Corradini, Christoph Auernhammer, Johannes Rübenthaler, Freba Grawe

“…FTRs and SRs were generated post-examination. All reports were evaluated by a radiologist and a surgeon through a questionnaire to determine their contribution to facilitating clinical decision-making and to assess their completeness, linguistic quality, and overall quality. …”
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Pathogenic and Genetic Characteristics of Helicobacter Pylori, and its Relationship with Drug-Resistance by Nilgün Uyduran Ünal, Adnan Barutçu, Toğrul Nagiyev, Mehmet Ağın, Tülay Kandemir, Oğuz Üsküdar, Figen Doran, Fatih Köksal, Gökhan Tümgör

“…Eight patients had clarithromycin resistance (34.7%). All patients with a positive A2142G mutation and 55% of patients with a positive A2143G mutation were found to have clarithromycin resistance. …”
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Prediction of pulmonary function decline in fibrous interstitial lung abnormalities based on quantitative chest CT parameters by Dechun Li, Yingli Sun, Zongjing Ma, Bin Chen, Liang Jin, Ming Li

“…Methods Ninety-five cases of fibrous ILA including CT images and 64 normal control cases were collected. All patients completed pulmonary function tests within one week. …”
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The Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns: A Nine-Year Retrospective Study at St. Dominic Hospital, Akwatia, Ghana by John Gameli Deku, Mavis Puopelle Dakorah, Sylvester Yao Lokpo, Verner N. Orish, Francis Abeku Ussher, Godsway Edem Kpene, Vida Angmorkie Eshun, Eunice Agyei, Waldermer Attivor, James Osei-Yeboah

“…Bloodstream infections are among the top causes of morbidity and mortality in people of all ages, especially in immunocompromised patients in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Identifying malignant pleural effusion from tubercular pleural effusion by study of cancer ratio and cancer ratio plus by Subhankar Saren, Animesh Mandal, Amit Kumar Das, Ranjit Kumar Haldar, Sudipta Pandit

“…CR with levels above 20 showed very strong statistical association with MPE diagnosis in patients of pleural effusion (P<0.001). The mean CR plus in all patients was found to be 54.58±28.14. According to diagnosis, the means were 65.5645±22.576, 27.3255±24.356, and 43.1169±25.622 in MPE, TPE, and “Others,” respectively. …”
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Integrated analysis of cell cycle and p53 signaling pathways related genes in breast, colorectal, lung, and pancreatic cancers: implications for prognosis and drug sensitivity for... by Jiyauddin Khan, Priyanjana Ghosh, Urmi Bajpai, Kountay Dwivedi, Daman Saluja

“…The top 10 hub genes were validated both for mRNA and protein expression, revealing they are significantly overexpressed in all studied cancers. Prognostic relevance showed that MCM4, MCM6, CCNA2, CDC20, and CHEK1 are associated with survival. …”
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Evaluation of Phytochemical, Antioxidant, and Memory-Enhancing Activity of Garuga pinnata Roxb. Bark and Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam) Oken. Leaves by Ravin Bhandari, Sabina Gyawali, Nisha Aryal, Devika Gaire, Kalpana Paudyal, Abaru Panta, Pooja Panth, Dirgha Raj Joshi, Rabindra Kumar Rokaya, Pramod Aryal, Jitendra Pandey

“…(Burseraceae) is a medium-sized tree widely available all over the tropical regions of Asia. Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam) Oken. …”
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Comparison of the efficacy of the modified S-P approach and the Ganz method for surgical hip dislocation in Pipkin I fractures: an early follow-up study by Hanwen Zhang, Wei Deng, Shengtao Wang, Yong Yin

“…Of these, 11 cases were treated with the mS-P approach and 12 cases were treated with the GSD approach. All patients were followed for 12–55 months, with a mean duration of 37.7 months. …”
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Scoring System for Lesions Induced by Different Strains of Newcastle Disease Virus in Chicken by Elawad A. Hussein, M. Hair-Bejo, Lawan Adamu, A. R. Omar, Siti S. Arshad, Elmutaz A. Awad, I. Aini

“…Chickens were euthanised on day 5 pi. In all previous experiments, tissues of brain, trachea, lung, caecal tonsil, liver, kidney, spleen, heart, proventriculus, intestine, and thymus were collected, fixed in 10% buffered formalin, embedded in paraffin, and sectioned. …”
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