Nesting population trend of the leatherback sea turtle in Bocas del Toro province and Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama for the period 2002–2022 by Sonia Gutiérrez Parejo, Susan E. Piacenza, Raúl García, Cristina Ordóñez, Roldán A. Valverde

“…For CPUE, the data yielded a stable population for all beaches combined (λ = 0.997; 0.995 – 0.999 95 % CI). …”
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Validation of a data-driven motion-compensated PET brain image reconstruction algorithm in clinical patients using four radiotracers by Ole L. Munk, Anders B. Rodell, Patricia B. Danielsen, Josefine R. Madsen, Mie T. Sørensen, Niels Okkels, Jacob Horsager, Katrine B. Andersen, Per Borghammer, Joel Aanerud, Judson Jones, Inki Hong, Sven Zuehlsdorff

“…Within the clinical cohort, where standard images were deemed suboptimal or non-diagnostic, all MoCo images were classified as having acceptable diagnostic quality. …”
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Performances of asphalt mastic incorporating with a home-made sustained-releasing salt storage additive by Wei Du, Qing-liang Wang, Yong-xu Li, Xiao-ning Wang, Xiao-cun Liu, Ya-fei Wang, Yan-min Wang, Jin Li

“…The DN-PF asphalt mastic was prepared by substituting all filler with equivalent-volume of DN-PF. A comprehensive assessment of the asphalt mastic properties were investigated via penetration, ductility, softening point, the dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) and Bending Beam Rheometer (BBR) tests. …”
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Safety and Effectiveness of BPaL-Based Regimens to Treat Multidrug-Resistant TB: First Experience of an Italian Tuberculosis Referral Hospital by Gina Gualano, Maria Musso, Paola Mencarini, Silvia Mosti, Carlotta Cerva, Pietro Vittozzi, Antonio Mazzarelli, Angela Cannas, Assunta Navarra, Stefania Ianniello, Paolo Faccendini, Fabrizio Palmieri

“…The management of MDR-TB has been revolutionized by all oral anti-TB drug regimens that are likely to improve adherence and treatment outcomes. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of handheld ultrasound in primary blast lung injury: a comprehensive study by Shifeng Shao, Zhengbin Wu, Jun Liu, Zhikang Liao, Yuan Yao, Liang Zhang, Yaoli Wang, Hui Zhao

“…There was good consistency between left and right lung ultrasound results at all times. Lung ultrasound scores were significantly correlated with PaO2 and AaDO2 but not with PaCO2. …”
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Seasonal fluctuation of total water intake and hydration status among young men and women: a prospective cohort study by Jianfen Zhang, Jianfen Zhang, Na Zhang, Na Zhang, Junbo Lu, Junbo Lu, Shufang Liu, Yongwei Lin, Guansheng Ma, Guansheng Ma

“…Total water intake (TWI) was 359 ~ 429 mL higher in spring and summer than in autumn and winter and was 116 mL higher in summer than in winter (all p < 0.05). Chinese recommendations for TWI were met by 13.9% to 22.8% of participants, and recommendations for total fluid intake were met by 10.1% to 16.5%, but these differences were not statistically significant (p > 0.05). …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of New Palladium(II) Thiosemicarbazone Complexes and Their Cytotoxic Activity against Various Human Tumor Cell Lines by Wilfredo Hernández, Juan Paz, Fernando Carrasco, Abraham Vaisberg, Evgenia Spodine, Jorge Manzur, Lothar Hennig, Joachim Sieler, Steffen Blaurock, Lothar Beyer

“…The in vitro cytotoxic activity measurements indicate that the palladium(II) complexes (IC50=0.01–9.87 μM) exhibited higher antiproliferative activity than their free ligands (IC50=23.48–70.86 and >250 μM) against different types of human tumor cell lines. Among all the studied palladium(II) complexes, the [Pd(TSC3)2] (8) complex exhibited high antitumor activity on the DU145 prostate carcinoma and K562 chronic myelogenous leukemia cells, with low values of the inhibitory concentration (0.01 and 0.02 μM, resp.).…”
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Auricular acupressure for minimizing adverse reactions to colonoscopic bowel preparation in hospitalized patients: A randomized controlled trial by Jiahui Zhang, Chang Liu, Guodong Ruan, Haiyan Zhang, Beiping Zhang, Xuejun Hu, Cailing Zhong

“…Regarding the comparison of the severity of the ADRs, the overall score of ADRs and the scores for nausea and abdominal distension in the intervention group were statistically lower than those in the control group (all P < 0.05). No auricular acupressure-related adverse effect was observed. …”
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Etiology of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in Tertiary-Care Hospitals in Thailand: A Multicenter, Retrospective Cohort Study by Rongrungruang Y, Plongla R, Pleumkanitkul S, Hantrakun V, Khawcharoenporn T

“…Medical records of patients with a documented diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia (NP) were systematically reviewed to collect data on demographic, clinical, microbiological, and 30-day readmission due to NP.Results: A total of 240 patients were included in the study, comprises patients with VAP (62.9%), HAP (36.7%), and ventilated HAP (vHAP) (0.4%). All of the patients had late-onset NP, occurring after five days of hospitalization with median time to NP of 13 days (interquartile range [IQR] 6– 25 days) from admission. …”
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Smartphone apps for tracking physical activity and sedentary behavior: A criterion validity review by Raul Cosme Ramos Prado, Margarethe Thaisi Garro Knebel, Evelyn Helena Corgosinho Ribeiro, Inaian Pignatti Teixeira, Jeffer Eidi Sasaki, Luciano Vieira de Araújo, Paulo Henrique Guerra, Alex Antonio Florindo

“…This review shows that it is not possible to generalize the valid scores for all apps. …”
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Temperature-Related Bioclimatic Variables Play a Greater Role in the Spatial Distribution of Bumblebee Species in Northern Pakistan by Muhammad Naeem, Arzoo Rani, Weiyao Lyu, Huaibo Zhao, Maryam Riasat, Saail Abbas, Sabir Hussain, Nawaz Haider Bashir, Qiang Li, Huanhuan Chen

“…The results indicated that nearly 96% of the area (43 out of 45 cities in northern Pakistan) showed habitat suitability for all three species in the current scenario. Among these 43 cities, five exhibited a 100% overlap in suitable areas for the three species. …”
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Associations between hypovitaminosis D, adiposity indices and insulin resistance in adolescents: mediation analyses from NHANES 2011–2018 by Yaping Deng, Yingting Luo, Yilei Shen, Yong Zhao, Wei Cao, Jie Cao, Lijuan Xu, Lin Kong

“…Abstract Background As all kown, both hypovitaminosis D and insulin resistance (IR) have been linked to adiposity. …”
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Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy versus Coblation Nucleoplasty Combined with Collagenase Chemonucleolysis for Lumbar Disc Herniation with Grade I Degenerative Spondyloli... by Yuyu Guo, Liuhu Han, Tingting Li, Bingbing Xu, Penghui Ke, Jun Hu, Rongyi Zhang, Yan Guo, Long Zhao, Likui Wang

“…Results VAS (back and leg), ODI, and QoR-15 were significantly decreased at each time point after operation in all groups. There were significant differences in VAS (back and leg), ODI, and QoR-15 between the two groups at 3 days post-operation (P < 0.05), VAS (leg), ODI, and QoR-15 at 3 months post-operative (P < 0.05), and QoR-15 at 6 months post-operative (P < 0.05). …”
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Echo- and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Follow-Up versus Symptom-Guided Follow-Up: Comparison of the Outcome in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients by Gani Bajraktari, Nicola Riccardo Pugliese, Andreina D’Agostino, Gian Marco Rosa, Pranvera Ibrahimi, Luan Perçuku, Mario Miccoli, Gian Giacomo Galeotti, Iacopo Fabiani, Roberto Pedrinelli, Michael Henein, Frank L. Dini

“…At multivariate Cox regression analyses, major predictors of all-cause mortality were follow-up E/e′ (HR: 1.05; p=0.0038) and BNP >125 pg/ml or decrease ≤30% (HR: 4.90; p=0.0054), while BNP > 125 pg/ml or decrease ≤30% and B-line numbers ≥15 were associated with the combined end point of death and HF hospitalization. …”
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Petrological controls on the engineering properties of carbonate aggregates through a machine learning approach by Javid Hussain, Tehseen Zafar, Xiaodong Fu, Nafees Ali, Jian Chen, Fabrizio Frontalini, Jabir Hussain, Xiao Lina, George Kontakiotis, Olga Koumoutsakou

“…Although multiple regression analyses produced R² values exceeding 0.84, the multiple regression equations did not provide substantial insights into the impact of all petrographic parameters on engineering properties. …”
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Comparison of clinical efficacy of different internal fixation methods in older adult patients with osteoporotic fractures of proximal humerus by Zongpu Wang, Tienan Wang, Song Qin, Jianchuan Wang, Jianchuan Wang

“…No significant differences were found in ASES, VAS, UCLA, and SST scores among the three groups at the last follow-up (P &gt; 0.05).Complications occurred in 1 patient (Group A), 3 patients (Group B), and 4 patients (Group C), showing a statistically significant difference among the groups (P &lt; 0.05).ConclusionAll three surgical methods are effective in treating older adult osteoporotic proximal humerus fractures, as they significantly alleviate pain and restore joint function. …”
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Characterization of flavor profile of beef jerky from different regions of China using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, electronic tongue, and electronic nose by Bayierta Bayinbate, Linwei Yang, Iftikhar Hussain Badar, Yue Liu, Lang Zhang, Yingying Hu, Baocai Xu

“…Seventy-two volatile compounds were identified and quantified among all samples, indicating significant regional variations in aldehydes, alcohols, and esters. …”
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Giant and irregular pituitary neuroendocrine tumors surgery: comparison of simultaneous combined endoscopic endonasal and transcranial and purely endoscopic endonasal surgery at a... by Jun Fu, Wenwei Luo, Chunlin Zhang, Zhicheng Wang, Wenjian Fan, Yuanxiang Lin, Dezhi Kang, Jianping Song, Changzhen Jiang, Xiaorong Yan

“…Methods The data of GIPitNETs patients who underwent surgery between March 2018 and May 2023 at a single center were retrospectively reviewed. All included cases were divided into CECS and EES groups according to the treatment modality received. …”
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Evaluating the quality of care for heart failure hospitalizations in inflammatory arthritis – A population-based cohort study by Bindee Kuriya, Lihi Eder, Sahil Koppikar, Jessica Widdifield, Anna Chu, Jiming Fang, Irene Jeong, Douglas Lee, Jacob Udell

“…Results: Among 101,645 eligible hospitalizations, 1987 had IA + DM, 3849 had IA alone, 33,553 had DM alone, and 62,256 were general comparators. While all groups showed high adherence to testing, IA patients (with or without DM) had significantly lower GDMT use compared to DM patients (p < 0.001). …”
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Florfenicol Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae and Whole-Genome Sequence Analysis of Florfenicol-Resistant Leclercia adecarboxylata Strain R25 by Yuanyuan Ying, Fei Wu, Chongyang Wu, Yi Jiang, Min Yin, Wangxiao Zhou, Xinyi Zhu, Cong Cheng, Licheng Zhu, Kewei Li, Junwan Lu, Teng Xu, Qiyu Bao

“…Seven other resistance genes are also encoded on pLA-64, all of which were found to be related to mobile genetic elements. …”
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