Association between the Plasma-Glycosylated Hemoglobin A1c/High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio and Carotid Atherosclerosis: A Retrospective Study by Xiangming Hu, Wei Li, Chenyang Wang, Haotian Zhang, Haoyu Lu, Guang Li, Yingling Zhou, Haojian Dong

“…Diabetes mellitus (DM) and dyslipidemia are the main risk factors for atherosclerosis. Elevated glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are associated with the progression of atherosclerosis. …”
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Biocementation Influence on Flexural Strength and Chloride Ingress by Lysinibacillus sphaericus and Bacillus megaterium in Mortar Structures by Daniel Karanja Mutitu, Jackson Muthengia Wachira, Romano Mwirichia, Joseph Karanja Thiong’o, Onesmus Mulwa Munyao, Muriithi Genson

“…The concrete/mortar durability performance depends mainly on the environmental conditions, the microstructures, and its chemistry. …”
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The comprehensive assessment of epigenetics changes during skin development by Li Lei, Ling Jiang, Yibo Hu, Menglu Chen, Jinhua Huang, Jing Chen, Qinghai Zeng

“…The epigenetic landscape of the skin, including histone modifications, genetic imprinting and m6A modification, which are mainly involved in collagen formation, extracellular matrix organization, immune function and keratinization, underwent significant changes during neonatal to adult development. …”
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer patients with autoimmune disease: Safety and efficacy by Jiayuan Le, Yuming Sun, Guangtong Deng, Yating Dian, Yanli Xie, Furong Zeng

“…PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library were systematically searched until December 20, 2024. The main summary measures used were pooled rate and risk ratio (RR) with 95% confidential interval (CI), which were analyzed using R statistic software. …”
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How it started, how it evolved: Ukrainian entrepreneurship in Poland by Konrad Pędziwiatr, Hanna Smaliichuk, Inna Voznyuk, Jan Brzozowski

“…Businesses established by refugees after 2022 now mainly cater to ethnic customers, marking the rise of an ethnic enclave economy. …”
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Intranasal Insulin Diminishes Postoperative Delirium and Elevated Osteocalcin and Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Older Patients Undergoing Joint Replacement: A Randomized, Do... by Yang M, Zhou L, Long G, Liu X, Ouyang W, Xie C, He X

“…The secondary objective was insulin sensitivity, which was assessed using the homeostasis model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) and biomarkers, including total osteocalcin (tOC), uncarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC), and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).Main Results: Compared to placebo, intranasal insulin significantly reduced the incidence of delirium within 5 days after surgery (8 [8.33%] vs 23 [23.23%], P = 0.004, odds ratio [OR] = 3.33 [95% CI 1.41– 7.88]) and the severity of delirium (P< 0.001). …”
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Safety during surgical resection of the sclera in patients with primary and secondary glaucoma by A.Yu. Kazantzeva, E.A. Korchuganova

“…After performing TDLC in the postoperative period, complications were observed in 11 (14%) of 80 patients. Complications were mainly recorded in patients with stage IV glaucoma (60%) and concomitant diseases of the endocrine and cardiovascular systems. …”
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Risk of pneumonia in patients with isolated minor rib fractures: a nationwide cohort study by Yu-Hsun Wang, Ming-Chih Chou, Sai-Wai Ho, Ying-Hock Teng, Shun-Fa Yang, Han-Wei Yeh, Chao-Bin Yeh

“…A total of 709 patients with IMRFs and 5672 non-traumatic patients were included.Main outcome measure The primary end point was the occurrence of pneumonia within 30 days.Results The incidence of pneumonia following IMRFs was 1.6% (11/709). …”
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Comparison of the Clinical Performance of Refractive Rotationally Asymmetric Multifocal IOLs with Other Types of IOLs: A Meta-Analysis by Zequan Xu, Wenzhe Li, Lianqun Wu, Shuang Xue, Xu Chen, Qiang Wu

“…A comprehensive literature search of PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and Web of Science up to February 2017 was performed to identify randomized controlled trials (RCT) and comparative cohort studies. Main outcomes were uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), uncorrected intermediate visual acuity (UIVA), uncorrected near visual acuity (UNVA), higher-order aberrations (HOAs), MTF, Strehl ratio, and residual sphere and cylinder. …”
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Socioeconomic environment and survival in patients after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI): a longitudinal study for the City of Vienna by Christian Roth, Michael Kühn, Rudolf Berger, Sonja Spitzer, Vanessa di Lego

“…Objectives This study investigates the relationship between socioeconomic environment (SEE) and survival after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) separately for women and men in the City of Vienna, Austria.Design Hospital-based observational data of STEMI patients are linked with district-level information on SEE and the mortality register, enabling survival analyses with a 19-year follow-up (2000–2018).Setting The analysis is set at the main tertiary care hospital of the City of Vienna. …”
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Screening and Characteristics of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Cheese in Yili Area by Kai TANG, Yun WU, Xue WANG, Wenrui MA, Weilin CHEN, Zhenzhen ZHANG, Wenshu HUANG, Muying DU

“…These findings provide three promising potential lactic acid bacteria strains (Lactobacillus paracasei KT-2, Pediococcus acidilactici KT-7, and Pediococcus pentosaceus KT-8) in functional fermented foods, mainly screened from Yili cheese with satisfied probiotic and functional characteristics.…”
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Exploring the shared mechanism of fatigue between systemic lupus erythematosus and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: monocytic dysregulation and drug repurposing by Daisi Zheng, Xiaolong Li, Peicheng Wang, Qingmiao Zhu, Zhiyan Huang, Ting Zhao

“…A TF-mRNA-miRNA co-regulatory network was constructed, followed by drug prediction and molecular docking.ResultsFifty-eight overlapping genes were identified, mainly involved in innate immunity and inflammation. …”
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Nutrient Profiling Models in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Considering Local Nutritional Challenges: A Systematic Review by Marie Tassy, Ries van Dijk, Alison L Eldridge, Tsz Ning Mak, Adam Drewnowski, Edith JM Feskens

“…Additionally, NPMs promote category-specific micronutrients in countries where undernutrition remains prevalent or food components associated with a reduced risk of diet-related chronic diseases, including whole grains and fibers, in countries where overnutrition is the main nutrition-related public health issue.This study was registered at PROSPERO as CRD42023468807.…”
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Multidimensional Plasma Lipids Affect Preeclampsia/Eclampsia: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Shaole Shi, Fangyuan Wu, Shanshan Zhao, Zilian Wang, Yongqiang Fan

“…The inverse variance weighted (IVW) method was utilized as the main analysis. Summary statistics from plasma lipidomics of 7174 Finnish individuals and summary data on preeclampsia/eclampsia from the FinnGen consortium involving 219 817 European participants were employed. …”
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Retrospective evaluation of acid–base imbalances, clinicopathologic alterations, and prognostic factors in hospitalized calves with Eimeria-associated diarrhea by Andrea Urgibl-Bauer, Annette Lorch, Dana Badura, Yury Zablotski, Peter D. Constable, Florian M. Trefz

“…In contrast to neonatal calves with diarrhea, there are very few reports about the clinicopathological alterations in affected animals, which are mainly based on experimental data. The aim of the present study was therefore to characterize acid–base and related clinicopathologic alterations in calves with Eimeria-associated diarrhea and to identify variables associated with in-hospital mortality.MethodsRetrospective analysis of clinical and clinicopathologic findings extracted from medical records of 118 calves aged 1 to 5 months admitted to a veterinary teaching hospital.ResultsSeverely affected calves were profoundly hyponatremic and hypochloremic, with a strong correlation between plasma sodium and chloride concentrations (Spearman’s rs = 0.90). …”
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Шкала ценностного отношения к детям: разработка, валидизация, стандартизация by Константин Викторович Карпинский

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Organic-Inorganic Geochemical Characteristics of the Upper Permian Pusige Formation in a High-Saline Lake Basin, Tarim Basin: Implications for Provenance, Paleoenvironments, and Or... by Jingbin Wang, Zhiliang He, Dongya Zhu, Zhiqian Gao, Xiaowei Huang, Quanyou Liu

“…The negative relationship between P/Ti and total organic carbon (TOC) indicates that paleoproductivity was not the main controlling factor. The correlations among TOC and P/Ti and other multiple proxies suggest that the OM enrichment can be interpreted as both the “preservation model” and “dilution model.” …”
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Influence of Coal Caving Time and Tail Beam Swing Angle on the Evolution of the Coal Gangue Boundary Line during Top Coal Caving by Qingliang Zeng, Yanpeng Zhu, Yang Yang, Zhe Li, Lirong Wan

“…The limit position and shape of the coal gangue boundary are mainly affected by the density difference of coal gangue particles but not by the coal caving time and the tail beam swing angle. …”
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A Collision-Free Path-Planning Method for an Articulated Mobile Robot by P. Quintero-Alvarez, G. Ramirez, S. Zeghloul

“…The proposed approach, compared to other methods, has the main advantage of integrating anti-collision constraints between the articulated robot itself and the environment, in order to avoid and resolve dead-lock situations. …”
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Characterization of diabetic kidney disease in 235 patients: clinical and pathological insights with or without concurrent non-diabetic kidney disease by Mengjie Jiang, Hongyu Chen, Jing Luo, Jinhan Chen, Li Gao, Qin Zhu

“…Results In the DKD alone group, gender distribution was even, with ages mainly between 50 and 59 years, and a disease duration of less than 5 years, primarily presenting nodular diabetic glomerulosclerosis. …”
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