Kidney failure-related excess mortality during the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: a nation-wide, population-based analysis by Zhenhu Chen, Pingping Jia, Di Xie, Jingyu Xie, Juan Liu, Wangnan Cao, Lefei Han, Jinjun Ran, Shengzhi Sun, Shi Zhao, Yang Ge, Leonardo Martinez, Xin Chen, Peihua Cao

“…Additionally, disparities in mortality were evident among various demographic groups, including age, sex, racial/ethnic subgroups, and geographic regions. Across all age subgroups, an increase in kidney failure-related mortalities was observed, with individuals aged 85 years and above experiencing the most substantial relative increase, reaching 9595.8 per million persons (95% CI: 9438.8, 9752.9). …”
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What is the optimal outcome after endoscopic sinus surgery in the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis? A consultation of Canadian experts by Nadim Saydy, Sami P. Moubayed, Marie Bussières, Arif Janjua, Shaun Kilty, François Lavigne, Eric Monteiro, Smriti Nayan, Marilou Piché, Kristine Smith, Doron Sommer, Leigh Sowerby, Marc A. Tewfik, Ian J. Witterick, Erin Wright, Martin Desrosiers

“…The most important aspects of endoscopy for defining a successful intervention were an adequate mucus circulation, a healthy mucosa, minimal edema, and patency of all explored cavities or ostia. In the assessment of surgical outcomes, it was determined that both objective and patient reported data must be carefully examined, with more attention given to subjective outcomes. …”
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Multiple imputation to deal with missing objectively-measured physical activity data: findings from two cohorts by Rafaela Costa Martins, Bruna Gonçalves C. da Silva, Cauane Blumenberg, Luiza Isnardi Ricardo, Shana Ginar da Silva, João Pedro Ribeiro, Alicia Matijasevich, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Helen Gonçalves, Fernando César Wehrmeister, Iná dos Santos, Inácio Crochemore-Silva, Aluísio JD Barros

“…Male individuals, participants with black skin color, and less schooled individuals presented higher averages of overall physical activity than their counterparts. Almost all imputed estimates were comparable to the complete cases, and the highest difference found was 0.7 mg for the first quintile of socioeconomic status of the 1993 birth cohort. …”
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Dietary supplementation of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides alleviates soybean meal-induced enteritis in spotted sea bass Lateolabrax maculatus by Longhui Liu, Yanbo Zhao, Zhangfan Huang, Zhongying Long, Huihui Qin, Hao Lin, Sishun Zhou, Lumin Kong, Jianrong Ma, Yi Lin, Zhongbao Li

“…The results showed that 0.15% LBP decreased serum D-lactic acid (D-LA) content and diamine oxidase (DAO) activity (P < 0.05). In addition, in all LBP supplementation groups, the intestinal tissue morphology was significantly improved (P < 0.05); the intestinal microbial structure gradually recovered to a level close to that without adding SM; and the microbial species richness and diversity were significantly increased (P < 0.05). …”
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Magnitude of female child sexual abuse in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Gemeda Wakgari Kitil, Dagne Deresa Dinagde, Fikadu Wake Butta, Melese Adugna Tola, Gizu Tola Feyisa, Shambel Negesse Marami, Wakuma Wakene Jifar, Geleta Nenko Dube, Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw, Chernet Desalegn Gebeyehu, Alex Ayenew Chereka

“…After screening, nine studies met the eligibility criteria, with a combined sample size of 3930 children across all studies. The pooled prevalence of child sexual abuse among female students was 36.83 % [95 % CI: 24.35–49.32]. …”
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A study of bacterial community structure of shrimp farms along the Ratnagiri coast, Maharashtra by Bhavesh Choudhary, Anil S. Pawase, Gajanan S. Ghode, Raju M. Tibile, Varsha R. Bhatkar, Divyashree Choudhary, Utkarsh Choudhary

“…The present study was conducted to identify the bacterial pathogens associated with the shrimp Penaeus vannamei farming systems along the Ratnagiri coast. In all, two farming units were selected: Varavade farm - a six-year-old farm, and Chinchkhari farm, a new virgin farm. …”
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Acute haemodynamic impact of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic stenosis by Francesca Graziani, Pio Cialdella, Rosa Lillo, Gabriella Locorotondo, Lorenzo Genuardi, Gessica Ingrasciotta, Stefano Cangemi, Marialisa Nesta, Piergiorgio Bruno, Cristina Aurigemma, Enrico Romagnoli, Michele Calabrese, Nicole Giambusso, Antonella Lombardo, Francesco Burzotta, Carlo Trani

“…We aimed to evaluate the acute haemodynamic impact of TAVI in patients with severe AS and to investigate invasive and non‐invasive parameters predicting all‐cause mortality. Methods and results A total of 245 consecutive AS patients (43% male, mean age 80.3 ± 7.3 years) undergoing TAVI were enrolled. …”
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Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Training in Improving Outcomes for Dialysis Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Xin Kang, Yiping Zhang, Chaonan Sun, Jiaxin Zhang, Zhe Che, Jinhui Zang, Rongzhi Zhang

“…Comprehensive searches were performed across major databases, including China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang database, China Science and Technology Journal Database, China Biomedical Literature database, Cochrane library, Web of Science, PubMed, and Embase, encompassing all studies up to December 2023. Inclusion criteria targeted studies assessing VR’s impact on motor performance, psychological well-being, social functioning, and self-efficacy in dialysis patients. …”
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THE EFFECT OF NUTRITIONAL THERAPY ON QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATORS FOR PATIENTS WITH GASTRIC CANCER AT THE STAGE OF SURGICAL TREATMENT by A. D. Sergienko, V. E. Khoronenko, E. V. Gameeva, A. B. Ryabov, V. M. Khomyakov

“…There was a general tendency toward an increase in the quality of life indicators at admission and before discharge on all scores of the questionnaire in groups. This is a positive assessment by patients of their condition after providing them with medical services. …”
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Volatile components, total phenolic compounds, and antioxidant capacities of worm-infected Gomphidius rutilus by Libin Sun, Wei He, Guang Xin, Pengju Cai, Yin Zhang, Zhiyong Zhang, Yunyun Wei, Bingxin Sun, Xiaowen Wen

“…The relative content of 1-octen-3-ol was the highest in all mushrooms. The concentration of eight-carbon (C8) compounds relative to the total volatile compounds varied widely, ranging from 40% (GW) to 64.34% (GS) and 84.42% (GS) and to 91.59% (GL), respectively, among the three samples. …”
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Genomic characteristics of ST6115 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae coharboring blaNDM-1 and blaIMP-4 by Xiaofang Xie, Xiaofang Xie, Yaxuan Zhai, Zhichen Zhu, Feinan Qian, Feinan Qian, Jie Zhu, Qizhao Gao, Hong Du, Hong Du

“…The analysis of the antibiotic resistance genes carried by the 13 strains revealed that all strains carry extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) genes. …”
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B7-H3 CAR-T cell therapy combined with irradiation is effective in targeting bulk and radiation-resistant chordoma cancer cells by Kun Wang, Gianpietro Dotti, Soldano Ferrone, Yufeng Wang, Yin P Hung, Tao Ma, Giulia Cattaneo, Xinhui Wang, David O Osei-Hwedieh, Tara A Walhart, Joseph H Schwab

“…An irradiator was used for all irradiation (IR) experiments.Results The combination of B7-H3 CAR-T cell therapy and IR has a greater killing effect on killing radiation-resistant CCSCs and bulk chordoma cells compared with CAR-T cell or IR monotherapy. …”
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Аssessment of the prospects for growing forest crops of European larch in the Eastern Forest-Steppe of Ukraine by Svitlana Raspopina, Maksim Didenko

“…It was found that the composition of all studied plantations begins to change four to five years after their establishment. …”
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MRI delta radiomics during chemoradiotherapy for prognostication in locally advanced cervical cancer by Kari S. Wagner-Larsen, Njål Lura, Ankush Gulati, Stian Ryste, Erlend Hodneland, Kristine E. Fasmer, Kathrine Woie, Bjørn I. Bertelsen, Øyvind Salvesen, Mari K. Halle, Noeska Smit, Camilla Krakstad, Ingfrid S. Haldorsen

“…In total, four features within Deltarad and Pre-CCRTrad significantly differed in delta feature values between progressors and non-progressors, being consistently lower in progressors (p ≤ 0.03 for all). High Deltarad and Pre-CCRTrad radiomic scores were associated with poor PFS (p ≤ 0.04 for Deltarad in cohortT/Pre-CCRTrad in both cohorts; p = 0.11 for Deltarad in cohortV). …”
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Cardioprotective effects of the electrolyte solution sterofundin and the possible underlying mechanisms by Min Chen, Min Chen, Yingying Xiao, Jijian Zheng, Peibin Zhao, Lin Cheng, Chuan Jiang, Sixie Zheng, Zheng Wang, Sijuan Sun, Lincai Ye, Lincai Ye, Guozhen Chen, Hao Zhang, Yanhui Huang

“…BackgroundSterofundin (SF) is one of the most widely used electrolyte solutions in almost all areas of medicine, with particular importance in intensive care. …”
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Efficacy of Fetal Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles in Metabolic Syndrome by Illayaraja Krishnan, Magdalene Tan Mei Ling, Min Hwei Ng, Jia Xian Law, Mohd Rafizul Mohd Yusof, Thavachelvi Thangarajah, Zalina Mahmood, Nurul Izzati Uda Zahli, Shathiya Rajamanickam, Baskar Subramani, Yogeswaran Lokanathan

“…Conclusions: Human fetal WJMSCs-derived sEVs preparations improve all the clusters of MetS in rats except AC and could be further explored as a treatment for MetS.…”
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Les aqueducs de Lyon dans la Carte archéologique nationale : une démarche au service de la recherche by Delphine Bellanca-Penel

“…The Patriarche database is enriched mainly through the analysis of all the available archaeological reports (filed subsequent to completion of their related excavations), diagnostic operations and surveys prescribed by the SRA. …”
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Toward accurate prediction of carbon dioxide (CO2) compressibility factor using tree-based intelligent schemes (XGBoost and LightGBM) and equations of state by Behnam Amiri-Ramsheh, Aydin Larestani, Saeid Atashrouz, Elnaz Nasirzadeh, Meriem Essakhraoui, Ali Abedi, Mehdi Ostadhassan, Ahmad Mohaddespour, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh

“…Lately, outlier detection utilizing the Leverage approach illustrated that nearly all data points, except only 39 points, were statistically reliable and located in the valid zone. …”
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Microbiome Understanding in Maternity Study (MUMS), an Australian prospective longitudinal cohort study of maternal and infant microbiota: study protocol by Amanda Henry, Emad M El-Omar, Lynne M Roberts, Georgina L Hold, Maria E Craig, Katie Harris, Daniella Susic, Gregory Davis, Anthony J O' Sullivan, Emily McGovern, George Mangos

“…Increasing rates of prepregnancy obesity, metabolic abnormalities and reduced physical activity, all impact negatively on the microbiota causing an imbalance between the commensal microorganisms (termed dysbiosis), which may drive complications, such as gestational diabetes or hypertensive disorders. …”
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Application of Bacillus probiotic to prevent Aeromonas hydrophilla infection in Clarias sp. by Mohammad Faizal Ulkhaq, , Widanarni, Angela Mariana Kusumastuti

“…Application of probiotic P4I1 RifR showed the highest survival (92.23%) of all treatments.   Keywords: Bacillus, Clarias gariepinus, motile aeromonad septicemia, probiotic     ABSTRAK   Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji efektivitas probiotik Bacillus dalam pencegahan penyakit motile aeromonad septicaemia (MAS) yang disebabkan oleh Aeromonas hydrophila pada ikan lele dumbo (Clarias gariepinus). …”
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