The kinetics of maternal and self-developed Streptococcus suis-specific antibodies by Sandra Vreman, Rutger Jansen, Mikael Bastian, Patricia Beckers, Miriam van Riet, Helmi Fijten, Jan Fledderus, Astrid de Greeff, Hélène Winkelman, Norbert Stockhofe-Zurwieden, Lluís Fabà, Henk J. Wisselink, Manouk Vrieling

“…Colostrum intake, birth weight and 24-h weight gain after birth were important parameters that were positively associated with S. suis antibody levels in piglets after birth but also affected these antibody levels at a later age. All the piglet tonsils were colonized with S. suis serotype 9 before weaning, while the prevalence of serotype 2 increased after weaning. …”
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Prevalence of tooth decay in deciduous and permanent teeth in a schoolchildren population: an epidemiological investigation by Silvia Fanelli, Letizia Lugli, Francesca Chiara De Razza, Francesca Gazzani, Saveria Loberto, Elisabetta Cretella Lombardo, Francesco Fabi, Arianna Malara

“…Materials and Method: the study involved n.1033 subjects, between 6 and 14 years of age, attending public schools in Rome (Italy). All the subjects included in the study were divided into three different age groups: 6 to 8 years (Group A), 9 to 11 years (Group B) and 12 to 14 years (Group C), respectively. …”
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Uncovering molecular mechanisms of soybean response to 12C6+ heavy ion irradiation through integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling by Honglei Ren, Bixian Zhang, Chunlei Zhang, Xiulin Liu, Xueyang Wang, Fengyi Zhang, Kezhen Zhao, Rongqiang Yuan, Ahmed M. Abdelghany, Sobhi F. Lamlom

“…Specifically, we observed significant up-regulation of 24 DEGs, notable down-regulation of 8 DEMs, and significant activation of 15 metabolic pathways, all of which contributed to the observed phenotypic changes. …”
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European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II and Liver Dysfunction by Andreea Ludusanu, Adelina Tanevski, Bogdan Mihnea Ciuntu, Razvan Lucian Bobeica, Dragos Andrei Chiran, Cristinel Ionel Stan, Viorel Dragos Radu, Vasile Lucian Boiculese, Grigore Tinica

“…<b>Methods:</b> This was a retrospective study, and it included 185 patients, with 93 survivors being randomly chosen from a total of 589 surviving patients using age, emergency and the weight of cardiac procedures as criteria to match the 92 deceased patients during hospitalization in the postoperative period who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) alone or CABG and other concomitant cardiovascular interventions during a 10-year period of time. We calculated for all these patients, at the time of admission, the MELD Score and EUROSCORE II, and we analyzed the predictive performance of the two scores and their constituents. …”
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Application of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and multivariate statistical analysis in cancer diagnosis by Ao Song, Wanli Yang, Jun Wang, Yisa Cai, Lizheng Cai, Nan Pang, Ruihua Yu, Zhikun Liu, Chao Yang, Feng Jiang

“…The analysis of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve demonstrated that the area under the curve (AUC) exceeded 0.95 for all models, with the LDA model achieving an accuracy rate of 99.4% in identifying lung cancer patients compared to healthy individuals. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Variations in 94-GHz Radar Backscatter From a Springtime Snowpack by William D. Harcourt, Duncan A. Robertson, David G. Macfarlane, Brice R. Rea, Mike R. James, Mark Diggins, Blair Fyffe

“…We deployed both the second generation All-weather Volcano Topography Imaging Sensor (AVTIS2) 94 GHz radar and a Riegl LPM-321 Terrestrial Laser Scanner in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, in March 2021 over 3 days. …”
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Risk factors for low resilience among Grade 10 adolescents in the Gampaha district, Sri Lanka: a case-control study by Pavithra Godamunne, Shamila Manori, Pushpa Lalani Jayawardana

“…Interventions focusing on risk factors ascertained should be developed and conducted regularly by the schools, targeting all adolescents of Grade 10 to boost their status of resiliency.…”
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Post-burns persistent inflammation leads to kidney PANoptosis with Caspases pathway activation by Guang Yang, Minghui Wang, Mulan Qahar, Jinqing He, Zhiwei Lai, Sanmu Li, Dehua He, Xuefei Yan, Zuying Xiong, Zibo Xiong, Thu H. Le

“…Moreover, the expression of Caspase-1 and -3 signalings was significantly increased in all mice after burns. Electron microscopy revealed that burns exacerbated glomerular injury in the CKD group, including podocyte injury, cell membrane blebbing, and rupture. …”
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Three‐Dimensional Printed Prosthesis Reconstructs Bilateral Type III Pelvic Defect After Malignant Tumors Resection by Xuanhong He, Yi Luo, Chang Zou, Minxun Lu, Yuqi Zhang, Zhuangzhuang Li, Guy Romeo Kenmegne, Yong Zhou, Li Min, Chongqi Tu

“…Meanwhile, this reconstruction option provided a rigid bony‐soft support to prevent the development of hernia. In all, 3D‐printed bilateral pubis prosthesis is recommended to be a favorable selection for Type III pelvic defect reconstruction.…”
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Influence of High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Neurobehavioral and Electrophysiology in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness by Jian-Min Chen, Qing-Fa Chen, Zhi-Yong Wang, Yang-Jia Chen, Nan-Nan Zhang, Jian-Wen Xu, Jun Ni

“…Following six weeks of treatment, a significant increase was observed in the total CRS-R and GCS scores, and the N20-P25 amplitudes of patients in the two groups were compared with that obtained from preintervention (all p values < 0.05). The waves of BAEP in the two groups also showed a trend toward normalized activity compared with preintervention grades (p values < 0.05). …”
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La nueva dimensión de las empresas de movilidad. Capacidades dinámicas, sostenibilidad y digitalización - The new dimension of mobility companies: Dynamic capabilities, sustainabil... by Hugo Pérez-Moure

“…Conclusions: the study suggested that the three dimensions of the Triple Bottom Line were insufficient for analyzing sustainability in the business sector, proposing Technology as a fourth pillar. Additionally, all studied companies demonstrated varying levels of Sustainability-Oriented Innovation and collaborative innovation, highlighting the strategic importance of partnerships.…”
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Using Upper Gastrointestinal Tract for the Treatment of Refractory or Severe Complicated Clostridium difficile Infection in Elderly Patients in Poo... by Tae-Geun Gweon, Jinsu Kim, Chul-Hyun Lim, Jae Myung Park, Dong-Gun Lee, In Seok Lee, Young-Seok Cho, Sang Woo Kim, Myung-Gyu Choi

“…Of these seven patients who received FMT via the upper GI tract route, all patients were cured. During the 11-month follow-up period, CDI recurrence was observed in two patients; rescue FMT was performed in these patients, which led to a full cure. …”
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Search for and functional annotation of multi-domain PLA2 family proteins in flatworms by M. E. Bocharnikova, I. I. Turnaev, D. A. Afonnikov

“…It has been shown that phospholipases A2 of the calcium-independent type, platelet-activating phospho­lipases from group G8 and lysosomal phospholipases from group G15 are represented in all large taxa of flatworms and the vast majority of the species studied by us. …”
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Optimation of Production Input in White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) Culture: A Case Study in UD. Jasa Hasil Diri at Desa Lamaran Tarung, Kecamatan Cantigi, Kabupaten Indramayu by I. Diatin, S. Arifianty, N. Farmayanti

“…This production cost was allocated to get all variable input such as: seed, food, calcium, fertilizer, vitamin, probiotic, medicine, labor, diesel fuel, and gasoline. …”
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Usefulness of Acoustic Monitoring of Respiratory Rate in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection by Takayoshi Suzuki, Shingo Tsuda, Hirohiko Nakae, Jin Imai, Kana Sawamoto, Maiko Kijima, Yoko Tsukune, Tetsufumi Uchida, Muneki Igarashi, Jun Koike, Masashi Matsushima, Toshiyasu Suzuki, Tetsuya Mine

“…Continuous monitoring of RR led to detection of respiratory suppression in all these patients. RR alone was decreased in 24 patients, whereas both RR and blood oxygen saturation were decreased in 45 patients. …”
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Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes and myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: A systematic review and meta-ana... by Huzaifa Ul Haq Ansari, Muhammad Ammar Samad, Eman Mahboob, Eeshal Zulfiqar, Shurjeel Uddin Qazi, Areeba Ahsan, Mushood Ahmed, Faizan Ahmed, Raheel Ahmed, Shafaqat Ali, Mahboob Alam, Jamal S. Rana, Gregg C. Fonarow

“…The results indicated that SGLT2i with PCI was associated with a significantly reduced risk of all-cause death (RR=0.61; 95 % CI=0.54 to 0.68), CV death (RR=0.46; 95 % CI=0.22 to 0.94), major adverse cardiovascular events (RR=0.80;95 % CI: 0.66 to 0.96), HF-related hospitalizations (RR=0.63; 95 % CI=0.44 to 0.90), stroke (RR=0.77; 95 % CI: 0.62 to 0.96) and acute kidney injury (RR=0.46; 95 % CI: 0.25 to 0.84) compared to PCI without SGLT2i use. …”
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Intricate interplay of CRISPR-Cas systems, anti-CRISPR proteins, and antimicrobial resistance genes in a globally successful multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clone by Jianping Jiang, Astrid V. Cienfuegos-Galletd, Tengfei Long, Gisele Peirano, Tingyu Chu, Johann D. D. Pitout, Barry N. Kreiswirth, Liang Chen

“…Results We analyzed 1012 global CG147 genomes, with 80.4% encoding at least one carbapenemase (NDM [529/1012, 52.3%], OXA-48-like [182/1012, 17.7%], and KPC [105/1012, 10.4%]). Surprisingly, almost all CG147 strains (99.7%, 1009/1,012) harbor a chromosomal type I-E CRISPR-Cas system, with 41.8% (423/1012) containing an additional plasmid-borne type IV-A3 CRISPR-Cas system, and both target IncF plasmids, e.g., the most prevalent KPC-encoding pKpQIL-like plasmids. …”
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Infectious bursal disease virus affecting interferon regulatory factor 7 signaling through VP3 protein to facilitate viral replication by Zhiyuan Wang, Yang Chen, Yanyan Chen, Rui Chen, Weiwei Wang, Shichen Hu, Yihai Li, Hongjun Chen, Ping Wei, Xiumiao He

“…Consistent with IBDV infection results, IBDV VP3 protein was observed to inhibit the IRF7-IFN-β expression, affect the degradation of IRF7 protein via proteasome pathway. All these results suggest that the IBDV exploits IRF7 by affecting its expression and proteasome degradation via the viral VP3 protein to facilitate viral replication in the cells. …”
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Antibiotic knowledge and influencing factors among residents in China: a cross-sectional survey by Sixian DU, Yaqing LIU, Xiaoxu YIN, Haoran NIU, Feng JIANG, Liwen GONG

“…According to the multivariate logistic regression analysis, antibiotic knowledge scores were significantly influenced by the following factors (all P < 0.05): individuals with middle school education or below compared to those with a master′s degree or above (β = – 2.047, OR = 0.129), those with a medical education background compared to those without (β = – 1.430, OR = 0.239), full-time workers compared to other occupations (β = 0.387, OR = 1.472), healthcare workers compared to non-healthcare workers (β = – 0.674, OR = 0.510), individuals with chronic diseases compared to those without (β = 0.753, OR = 2.123), and those who self-rated their health as "very good" compared to "average" (β = 0.647, OR = 1.910). …”
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Factors associated with Physical Activity Counseling by Health Workers Questionnaire: construction, validation and reliability by João Miguel de Souza Neto, Sanderson Soares da Silva, José Cazuza de Farias Júnior, Filipe Ferreira da Costa

“…Eight out of ten modules showed all items with reliability greater than 0.60 (kappa). …”
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