Effects of Seasonal Variations in Physical Parameters on Quality of Gravity Flow Water in Kyanamira Sub-County, Kabale District, Uganda by Hannington, Ngabirano, Denis, Byamugisha, Emmanuel, Ntambi

“…The mean values of physical parameters for the wet season were: temperature (21.12˚C), colour (12.5 PtCoU), turbidity (3.4 NTU), TDS (76.76 mg∙L−1), TSS (2.13 mg∙L−1), pH (4.19) and EC (152.7 μS∙cm−1) were different from those of the dry season (temperature (20.99˚C), colour (0.93 PtCoU), turbidity (0.53 NTU), TDS (77.33 mg∙L−1), TSS (0.67 mg∙L−1), pH (4.86) and EC (158.65 μS∙cm−1). …”
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Human African Trypanocide Resistance by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Ewan Thomas, MacLeod, Susan Christina, Welburn

“…In clinical studies, the TbAT1 proportion of total random effects was 68% (95% CI: 38.0–91.6); I2 = 96.99% (95% CI: 94.6–98.3). Treatment failure rates were highest with melarsoprol followed by eflornithine at 41.49% (95% CI: 24.94–59.09) and 6.56% (3.06–11.25) respectively. …”
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Safety and effects of anti-obesity medications on weight loss, cardiometabolic, and psychological outcomes in people living with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta... by Leiling Liu, Zhiqi Li, Wenrui Ye, Pu Peng, Yurong Wang, Luqing Wan, Jiangnan Li, Mei Zhang, Yihua Wang, Runqi Liu, Danyan Xu, Jingjing Zhang

“…Tirzepatide had the strongest antihypertensive effect on both systolic (WMD −5.74, −9.00 to −2.48; P = 0.0006; I2 = 99.8%; moderate certainty) and diastolic blood pressure (WMD −2.91, −4.97 to −0.85; P = 0.0056; I2 = 99.8%; moderate certainty) and best reduced triglycerides (WMD −0.77, −0.85 to −0.69; P < 0.0001; I2 = 3.2%; high certainty), fasting glucose (WMD −3.06, −5.53 to −0.59; P = 0.015; I2 = 100.0%; moderate certainty), insulin (WMD −4.91, −8.15 to −1.68; P = 0.0029; I2 = 97.0%; moderate certainty), and glycated haemoglobin levels (WMD −1.27, −1.82 to −0.73; P < 0.0001; I2 = 100.0%; moderate certainty). …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of influencing factors of postoperative wound healing in patients with anal fistula (肛瘘患者术后伤口愈合影响因素系统评价与Meta分析)... by CHEN Qi (陈祺), LIU Zhiping (刘志平), BAI Jianying (白建英), LIU Bo (刘博), FENG Jiangxu (冯江雪)

“…Meta分析结果显示: 年龄≥60岁［OR=4. 87, 95%CI(2. 41, 9. 82), P＜0. 001］、饮酒［OR=0. 19, 95%CI(0. 11, 0. 28), P＜0. 001］、BMI＜18. 5 kg/m2［OR=4. 99, 95%CI(3. 49, 7. 15), P＜0. 05］、糖尿病［OR=4. 32, 95%CI(2. 26, 8. 25), P＜0. 001］、肛瘘病程＞6个月［OR=3. 23, 95%CI(1. 94, 5. 37), P＜0. 05］、复杂肛瘘［OR=5. 38, 95%CI(2. 18, 13. 29), P＜0. 001］、便秘［OR=3. 50, 95%CI(2. 46, 4. 98), P＜0. 001］、大便性状欠佳［OR=2. 88, 95%CI(1. 80, 4. 33), P＜0. 001］、创面术后感染［OR=3. 60, 95%CI(2. 45, 5. 30), P＜0. 001］、创面引流不畅［OR=5. 69, 95%CI(2. 50, 12. 97), P＜0. 05］为肛瘘患者术后患者伤口愈合的的独立影响因素。…”
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Advances in CAR T cell therapy: antigen selection, modifications, and current trials for solid tumors by Safwaan H. Khan, Safwaan H. Khan, Yeonjoo Choi, Mysore Veena, Mysore Veena, John K. Lee, John K. Lee, Daniel Sanghoon Shin, Daniel Sanghoon Shin

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Comprehensive analysis of vaginal microbiota in Chinese women with genital tuberculosis: implications for diagnosis and treatment by Zhan Zhang, Xiaonan Zong, Zhaohui Liu, Xiaoyu Dong, Huihui Bai, Linyuan Fan, Ting Li

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Inhibition of RAC1 activator DOCK2 ameliorates cholestatic liver injury via regulating macrophage polarisation and hepatic stellate cell activation by Jianli Qiu, Yitong Qu, Yinli Li, Cancan Li, Junling Wang, Lu Meng, Xiaojin Jing, Jiangping Fu, Yan Xu, Yuna Chai

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Evaluation of the rainfed and irrigated conditions on biomass and essential oil yield of German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) in response to melatonin foliar application by Hossein Gorgini Shabankareh, Mohammad Reza Asgharipour, Ali Salehi Sardoei, Ahmad Reza Kamaliun, Hamid Mohammadi, Mansour Ghorbanpour

“…Plants receiving irrigation with 200 mM melatonin demonstrated the highest values for relative water content (83.2 mg/g fresh weight), total chlorophyll (3.99 mg/g fresh weight), and dry matter (16.61 g). …”
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Escasez de agua en Tegucigalpa, Honduras: ¿Está siendo afectada la subcuenca Guacerique por la variabilidad climática y el arrastre de sedimentos? by German Onil Rodríguez Cruz

“…[Resultados]: Se obtuvo una producción histórica de agua de 99.4 MMC de la subcuenca Guacerique. En presencia del fenómeno ENOS la producción fue de 73.4 MMC, en año mezcla Niño/neutral fue 103.8 MMC, en años neutrales fue de 84.3 MMC, en año mezcla Niña/neutral fue de 112.5 MMC y en año mezcla Niño/Niña fue de 216.5 MMC. …”
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Pentraxin 3 Levels in Young Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in relation to the Nutritional Status and Systemic Inflammation by Katarzyna Wyskida, Grzegorz Franik, Piotr Choręza, Natalia Pohl, Leszek Markuszewski, Aleksander Owczarek, Paweł Madej, Jerzy Chudek, Magdalena Olszanecka-Glinianowicz

“…Methods. The study enrolled 99 stable body mass PCOS women (17 normal weight, 21 overweight, and 61 obese) and 61 non-PCOS women (24 normal weight, 19 overweight, and 18 obese). …”
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IL-17 Genetic and Immunophenotypic Evaluation in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease by Renata Gonçalves Resende, Jeane de Fátima Correia-Silva, Tarcília Aparecida Silva, Ulisses Eliezer Salomão, Luciano Marques-Silva, Érica Leandro Marciano Vieira, Walderez Ornelas Dutra, Ricardo Santiago Gomez

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The effect of sunflower seed shell extract (Helianthus annus) as an organic inhibitor on carbon steel in 1 M HCl by Pramudya Imawan Santosa, W.B. Wan Nik, Atria Pradityana, Farah Khosfirah, Muhammad Saiful Rizal, Eddy Widiyono, Hari Subiyanto, Nur Husodo, Ahmat Safa'at, Rizaldy Hakim Ash Shidieqqy, Muhammad Lukman Hakim

“…With these two approaches, SSSE showed a high inhibition efficiency of 99.56 % at a concentration of 400 ppm, effectively reducing both anodic and cathodic corrosion reactions. …”
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The development and study of common wheat introgression lines derived from the synthetic form RS7 by R. O. Davoyan, I. V. Bebyakina, E. R. Davoyan, D. S. Mikov, Yu. S. Zubanova, D. M. Boldakov, E. D. Badaeva, I. G. Adonina, E. A. Salina, A. N. Zinchenko

“…Resistant to leaf rust, yellow rust and powdery mildew, introgression lines have been obtained from backcrosses with the susceptible varieties of common wheat Krasnodarskaya 99, Fisht and Rostislav. PCR analysis showed the presence of amplification fragments with marker SCS421 specific for the Lr28 gene in the line 4991n17. …”
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Foreign experience in the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems and the possibility of its application in Russia by T. G. Antropova, M. V. Shatokhin, N. M. Suray

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Estimation of cause-specific mortality in Rakai, Uganda, using verbal autopsy 1999-2019 by Dorean Nabukalu, Júlia Almeida Calazans, Milly Marston, Clara Calvert, Hadijja Nakawooya, Brendah Nansereko, Robert Sekubugu, Gertrude Nakigozi, David Serwadda, Nelson Sewankambo, Godfrey Kigozi, Ronald H Gray, Fred Nalugoda, Fredrick Makumbi, Tom Lutalo, Jim Todd

“…Results Between 1999 and 2019, 63082 adults (15–60 years) were censused, with 1670 deaths registered. Of these, 1656 (99.2%) had completed cause of death data from verbal autopsy. …”
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Transition of clinical biomarker status from childhood into adolescence-A prospective study in children from eight European countries. by Anna Floegel, Paola Russo, Toomas Veidebaum, Michael Tornaritis, Dénes Molnár, Lauren Lissner, Stefaan De Henauw, Luis A Moreno, Wolfgang Ahrens, Manuela Marron, Claudia Börnhorst

“…Compared to "normal" children, children classified as "low leptin/IGF-1/HbA1c" were less likely to have a family history of diabetes (0.26 [0.08;0.86]; odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval) or hypertension (0.53 [0.29;0.99]) and the children (0.32 [0.27;0.38]) as well as their mothers (0.93 [0.88;0.98]) had a lower BMI. …”
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Método modificado para la síntesis de hidrocloruro de amantadina by Binh Duong Vu, Binh Huy Le, Thi Hong Bui, Duc Anh Do, Dinh Chau Phan, Quyet Do

“…Finalmente, se estableció un procedimiento de dos pasos para la síntesis de (I) a partir de (II), a través de N- (1-adamantil) formamida (III), con un rendimiento global mejorado del 78 % y una pureza del 99,2 %. Se confirmó la estructura del producto por 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, IR y MS. …”
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Characterization of pre-alloyed NiTi powders produced by electrode induction-melting inert gas atomization for additive manufacturing by Wang J.-W., He D.-Y., Wu X., Guo X.-Y., Tan Z., Zhou Z., Shao W.

“…Comparing the powders P1, P2, and P3, the transformation temperature reduces with the decrease of particle size. A high density (99.55%) pre-alloyed NiTi specimen is successfully produced by selective laser melting (SLM) technology using P1 powders. …”
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The relationship between serum vitamin C levels and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in children by Ci Li, Zhiwei Zhu, Shicai Jiang, Xiang Feng, Liu Yang, Kaijie Gao, Jiajia Ni, Tiewei Li, Junmei Yang

“…The hs-CRP levels in the vitamin C saturating group were 3.04 mg/L lower than those in the deficiency group (β = -3.04, 95% CI: -4.99, -1.08). This correlation was more significant in males, individuals with a family income to poverty ratio of ≤ 1.3, and those with a body mass index of ≥ 30 kg/m2. …”
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Performance of emergency triage prediction of an open access natural language processing based chatbot application (ChatGPT): A preliminary, scenario-based cross-sectional study by İbrahim Sarbay, Göksu Bozdereli Berikol, İbrahim Ulaş Özturan

“…In high acuity cases (ESI-1 and ESI-2), ChatGPT showed a sensitivity of 76.2% (95% CI: 52.8–91.8), specificity of 93.1% (95% CI: 77.2–99.2), PPV of 88.9% (95% CI: 65.3–98.6), NPV of 84.4 (95% CI: 67.2–94.7), and an F1 score of 0.821. …”
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