Predictive Value of Initial 18F-FDG PET/CT for Identifying EGFR and KRAS Mutations in Patients with Non-small-cell Lung Cancer by Ozge Vural Topuz, Nur Buyukpinarbasili

“…Age, sex, smoking status, pathological data, EGFR and KRAS mutation status, and metabolic and volumetric PET parameters were recorded. …”
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Effects of socioeconomic and human-modified landscape variables on medicinal species richness at a macroscale: the case of the Caatinga, Brazil by Aníbal Silva Cantalice, Thiago Gonçalves-Souza, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

“…In contrast, the cultural traditions of Indigenous People and Local Communities, along with the implementation of regional public policies, may explain why socioeconomic status does not affect local knowledge. Moreover, our study highlights that the processes influencing knowledge of medicinal species at broader scales are not simply the aggregation of local-scale observations. …”
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Perceptions of aceh jaya fishermen regarding the conservation of Sphyrna lewini and Rhynchobatus australiae in marine protected areas, Aceh Jaya, Aceh Jaya by Mutia Aprilla Ratna, Fajri Ilham, Izmi Aulia Nst Aina

“…Conservation status is an indicator used to show the level of threat to a living creature. …”
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Sustainable healthy settlement on a small island as a cultural heritage area by I. Martias, R. Rifardi, A. Agrina, I. Suprayogi

“…The institutional, legal dimension ranges from 50.18 to 71.24, with a sufficiently continuous status in Rukun Warga 1 to 5. Lastly, the green infrastructure dimension ranges from -0.12 to 6.72,  a non-continuous status in Rukun Warga 1 to 5.CONCLUSION: The sustainability status of healthy settlement arrangements on Penyengat Island is relatively good. …”
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Nutritional state of scholars from 6 to 11 years old. Clinical-anthropometrical characterization. by Alexander Torres Molina

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> There is a tendency to overweight and obesity in schoolchildren of Moa, as well as a low percentage of malnourished patients. Correlation was observed between the current nutritional status and anthropometric rates that were evaluated. …”
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Fluorescein Leakage and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Features of Microaneurysms in Diabetic Retinopathy by Ruoyu Chen, Anyi Liang, Jie Yao, Zicheng Wang, Yesheng Chen, Xuenan Zhuang, Yunkao Zeng, Liang Zhang, Dan Cao

“…The location of MAs did not associate significantly with FA leakage status. The presence of nearby cystoid spaces and higher flow proportion by OCT B-scan with flow overlay correlated significantly with FA leakage status. …”
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Progressive Dyslexia: Evidence from Hungarian and English by Judit Druks, Jennifer Aydelott, Marios Genethliou, Helen Jacobs, Brendan Weekes

“…Of interest, we observed an effect of language status on task performance whereby repetition was better in L2 than L1 but oral reading was better in L1 than L2. …”
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Evaluating the effects of guide plans on the mental health of villagers (Case study: Central district of Darab County) by Hamid Heidary mokarrar, Hamid reza Nasimi, Zohreh Ramezanpour

“…Accordingly, the present research seeks to evaluate the effects of guide plans on the mental health status of villagers in the central part of Darab County. …”
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Zmiany kondycji fizycznej polskiej młodzieży w ciągu ostatnich dekad by Ryszard Przywęda

“…The results demonstrate the continuous positive secular trend showing more intensive physical growth and earlier maturation. These observations give the evidence of a rather good health status of the present young generation. …”
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Infant Vulnerability Detection At 0-1 Years Old Affected By Stunting Using The K-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm by Moh Abdul Kholik, Cucut Hariz Pratomo

“…This is observed at a k-value of 5, with an accuracy rate of 0.999.…”
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Deadaption and Readaptation with Lactose, But No Cross-Adaptation to Lactulose: A Case of Occult Colonic Bacterial Adaptation by Andrew Szilagyi, Albert Cohen, Christina Vinokuroff, Darakhshan Ahman, Usha Nathwani, Samara Yesovitch

“…When these factors are controlled, a negative BH2 test implies lactase persistent status or lactase nonpersistent status with colonic adaptation. …”
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Excessive Weight Gain During Pregnancy Increased Ponoxarase 1 Level in Neonatal Cord Blood by Serhat Ege, Hasan Akduman, Ayşegül Aşır, Tuğcan Korak

“…Significant associations were found between maternal BMI change and paraoxonase 1 (PON1) levels in umbilical cord blood, while no correlation was observed with other oxidative (total oxidant status) and antioxidant markers (total antioxidant status, aryl esterase, thiol, and catalase). …”
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Socioeconomic inequality in hypertension and its determinants in people over 60 years in Fasa, southern Iran: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition by Reza Tabrizi, Reza Pakzad, Maryam Akbari, Azizallah Dehghan, Mozhan Abdollahi, Sina Bazmi, Sina Kardeh, Yaser Sarikhani

“…Conclusions The decomposition model illustrated a significant disparity in HTN rates among various socioeconomic groups, with a higher rate observed in the lower-income demographic. The analysis revealed that a substantial part of the explained gap can be attributed to factors including education level, employment status, WHR, BMI, and level of physical activity. …”
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Similar Survival Between Non-Western Immigrant Patients and Danish-Born Patients with Lymphoma: A Danish Population-Based Study by Simonsen MR, Maksten EF, Jakobsen LH, Severinsen MT, Dann EJ, Frederiksen H, Niemann CU, Jørgensen JM, Clausen MR, Starklint J, Johnsen SP, El-Galaly TC, Baech J

“…However, no total causal effect of immigration status on OS was observed overall (HR: 0.94 [0.79– 1.12]) and within subtype-specific analyses, except for classical Hodgkin lymphoma.Conclusion: No significant differences in OS between non-Western immigrant patients and Danish-born patients were discovered.Plain Language Summary: Non-Western immigrant lymphoma patients in Western countries may face multiple challenges, including lower socioeconomic status and insufficient language proficiency, which can make navigating the complexity of modern lymphoma treatment difficult. …”
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Enhanced group communication in constrained application protocol–based Internet-of-things networks by Hyung-Woo Kang, Seok-Joo Koh

“…Each sensor will update its resource status to the broker using the constrained application protocol–observe option, and the broker sends the aggregate updated information to the constrained application protocol client, as done in the existing observe-based scheme. …”
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The use of ambon banana (Musa paradisiaca var. sapientum) stems flour in grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus ♂× Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀) floating net cage nursery by Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Diah Ayu Lestari, Aldy Mulyadin, Irzal Effendi

“… The study aimed to test the effectiveness of ambon banana stems flour through feeding on the health status and performance of the groupers reared in the sea floating net cages. …”
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Factors Influencing Background Parenchymal Enhancement in Breast Contrast-Enhanced Mammography: A Retrospective Study by Xue J, Qu T, Li Z, Shi B, Yang G, Rong X, Li Y, Lin G, Ping Y

“…No significant association was observed between BPE and breast density or menstrual cycle phase (P> 0.05). …”
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Association of Asthma Control and Metered-Dose Inhaler Use Technique among Adult Asthmatic Patients Attending Outpatient Clinic, in Resource-Limited Country: A Prospective Study by Bezie Kebede, Girma Mamo, Abebaw Molla

“…Patient baseline assessment was conducted (patient demography, inhalation technique, adherence, and asthma control status). Inhalation technique was obtained using a standard checklist of steps recommended in National Institute of Health (NIH) guidelines. …”
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Exploring Quality of Life in Adults Living With Late-onset Pompe Disease: A Combined Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perceptions from Australia, France, Italy, and... by Holly Lumgair, Lisa Bashorum, Alasdair MacCulloch, Elizabeth Minas, George Timmins, Drago Bratkovic, Richard Perry, Medi Stone, Vasileios Blazos, Elisabetta Conti, Raymond Saich

“…**Objectives:** This study investigated how individuals’ self-reported LOPD status (improving, stable, declining) relates to their QoL. …”
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Hétérogénéité des niveaux et rythmes des élèves : dilemmes d’enseignants du primaire en formation et titulaires dans deux contextes by Philippe Wanlin, Pascale Dessart, Marcel Crahay

“…The results show some stability in the dilemmas with different psychometric power depending on the status or country of the respondents. Recommendations for future research and observations for teacher training are discussed.…”
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