Annual Decline in Pentraxin 3 Is a Risk of Vascular Access Troubles in Hemodialysis Patients by Kei Nagai, Atsushi Ueda, Chie Saito, Asako Zempo-Miyaki, Kunihiro Yamagata

“…The annual decline in PTX3, but not hsCRP, is a significant risk of the incidence of vascular access trouble that is a critical and specific complication for hemodialysis patients (hazard ratio; 0.732 per +1 ng/mL/year in PTX3, *P=0.039). This study is the first to focus on the annual change of pentraxins in a hemodialysis cohort.…”
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Consistent Trends in Dry Spell Length in Recent Observations and Future Projections by Caroline M. Wainwright, Richard P. Allan, Emily Black

“…Lengthening dry season dry spells of up to ∼2 days per decade over South America and southern Africa and shortening of similar magnitude over West Africa display a qualitatively consistent pattern to future projected changes under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 2‐4.5 intermediate greenhouse gas emissions scenario. …”
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Identification and Characterization of Sulfur Cake from Stepnogorsk Sulfuric Acid Plant by Ye. Tileuberdi, Ye. Imanbayev, Ye. Kanzharkan, A. Kidyrali, S. Frolov, N. Bektenov

“…During the production of sulfuric acid, 130–200 tons of sulfur-containing residues are accumulated per year, the storage of which negatively affects the environment. …”
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The role of polymorphism (rs1800566) of NAD(F)H quinone oxidoreductase-1 in development of acute pancreatitis by T. A. Samgina, Y. V. Kanishchev, S. N. Grigor’Yev, P. M. Nazarenko, A. V. Polonikov

“…The risk of disease was elevated in patients with TT genotype irrespective of intensity and duration of alcohol intake, as well as in smoking patients with ST genotype at alcohol consumption exceeding 10 years, even in those receiving less than 199 g of ethanol per week.…”
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Thermally Stable Ag2Se Nanowire Network as an Effective In‐Materio Physical Reservoir Computing Device by Takumi Kotooka, Sam Lilak, Adam Z. Stieg, James K. Gimzewski, Naoyuki Sugiyama, Yuichiro Tanaka, Takuya Kawabata, Ahmet Karacali, Hakaru Tamukoh, Yuki Usami, Hirofumi Tanaka

“…The power consumption of the in‐materio physical reservoir is 0.07 nW per nanojunctions, confirming its highly efficient information processing system. …”
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TiO2 thin film synthesis from complex precursors by CVD, its physical and photocatalytic properties by V. G. Besserguenev, R. J.F. Pereira, M. C. Mateus, I. V. Khmelinskii, R. C. Nicula, E. Burkel

“…The growth rate varied from several nanometres to several dozen of nanometres per minute. Structural information on TiO2 thin films was obtained from synchrotron radiation experiments. …”
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Early and Midterm Outcomes of Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistula Creation by Ahmed Kamel Abdel Aal, Juri Bassuner, Husameddin El Khudari, Reema F. Alrasheed, Shahroz Aziz, Mohamed Shahin, Ammar Almehmi, Bridget Kowalczyk

“…Reported re-intervention rates have varied across studies, device used, and patient populations, ranging from 0.46 to 2.7 per patient-year. While percutaneous arteriovenous fistula creation shows promise in terms of technical success rates, patency, and patient satisfaction, the rate of re-interventions adds to the overall procedural burden and may impact cost-effectiveness.…”
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Block Least Mean Squares Algorithm over Distributed Wireless Sensor Network by T. Panigrahi, P. M. Pradhan, G. Panda, B. Mulgrew

“…The remarkable and interesting aspect of the proposed block-based algorithms is that their communication overheads per node and latencies are less than those of the conventional algorithms by a factor as high as the block size used in the algorithms.…”
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Thermophysical analisis of modification of the surface of the workpiece by laser radiation by M. N. Vereschagin, S. N. Tselueva, M. Yu. Tseluev

“…Under the action of a heat source of constant power, moving in a straight line at a constant speed, the process of heat propagation tends to the limiting quasistationary state, when the temperature field does not change with time and moves along with the source.The dependences obtained allow us to estimate the effect of the laser treatment mode on the distribution of temperature fields, establish the patterns of heat propagation and relate them to phase transformations in the metal.It has been established that the technological modes of exposure to laser radiation are limited by the value of the energy per pulse from 4 to 12 J. The choice of technological modes of exposure is determined by the combination of the scanning speed of the laser beam and the radiation power.…”
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Identification and comparison of N-glycome profiles from common dietary protein sources by Matthew Bolino, İzzet Avcı, Hacı Mehmet Kayili, Hatice Duman, Bekir Salih, Sercan Karav, Steven A. Frese

“…In total, 33 N-glycans from bovine whey and egg white and 10 N-glycans from soy and pea glycoproteins were identified. The type of N-glycans per glycoprotein source were attributable to differences in biosynthetic glycosylation pathways. …”
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Characteristics of Intrapreneurs in Scale-Intensive Service Firms by Katja Maria Hydle, Tor Helge Aas, Karl Joachim Breunig

“…This paper integrates understanding from the innovation management literature with knowledge of professionals from extant literature on professional service firms since we find that professionals in scale-intensive firms act as intrapreneurs. Thus, this pa- per extends the theory on determinants of innovation in scale-intensive service firms, blending insights from both findings and theory.…”
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Switch to Aflibercept in the Treatment of Neovascular AMD: Long-Term Results by Pedro Neves Cardoso, Ana Fernanda Pinheiro, Jorge Meira, Ana Catarina Pedrosa, Manuel S. Falcão, João Pinheiro-Costa, Fernando Falcão-Reis, Ângela M. Carneiro

“…There was a significant decrease in the mean number of injections per year (7.8 to 6.5, p<0.005) between the first and third year. …”
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Morphological and Molecular Descriptions of Macracanthorhynchus ingens (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae) Collected from Hedgehogs in Iran by Mohsen Najjari, Amir Tavakoli Kareshk, Mohammad Darvishi, Gholamreza Barzegar, Majid Dusti, Mohammad Hasan Namaei, Ebrahim Shafaie, Rahmat Solgi

“…The prevalence of M. ingens in our sample was 13.3% with 1–10 worms per infected host. Conclusion. In this study, we identify M. ingens as zoonotic species in hedgehog carcasses for the first time that passed eggs and adult worms, indicating parasite maturation and reproduction. …”
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A Neonatal Resuscitation Curriculum in Malawi, Africa: Did It Change In-Hospital Mortality? by Michael K. Hole, Keely Olmsted, Athanase Kiromera, Lisa Chamberlain

“…Neonatal mortality was 20.9 deaths per 1000 live births preintervention and 21.9/1000 postintervention, (P=0.86). …”
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Pellet Production from Green Pistachio Shell Waste with Varying Levels in Livestock Feed by kazem laei, Mohammad Hossein Kianmehr, Ghanbar laei

“…To enhance their nutritional value, additives like barley, corn, and beet pulp were mixed in ratios of 0, 20, 50, and 80 kg per 100 kg of pistachio shell. Using a pelletizing machine, the effects of temperature (50, 70, and 80°C), additive levels (0, 20, 50, and 80%), and particle size (0.5 and 1 mm) on anti-nutritional compounds and mechanical properties of pellets were studied. …”
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Effect of sacubitril/valsartan on inflammation and oxidative stress in doxorubicin-induced heart failure model in rabbits by Yu Chun, Li Donghao, Li Zhongyan, Yu Donghui, Zhai Guijuan

“…Our study evaluates the effects of sacubitril/valsartan (SAC/VAL) in the rabbit model of doxorubicin-induced heart failure. Twenty rabbits (5 per group) were administered with doxorubicin (DOX, 1.5 mg kg−1, i.v.) to induce heart failure. …”
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Two Patients with Therapy-Resistant Pemphigus Vulgaris and Severe Underlying Disease Showing Good Response to a New IVIg Preparation by Katharina Hogrefe, Julia K. Winkler, Alexander H. Enk

“…Here, we report on two patients with a complex disease history suffering from severe pemphigus vulgaris who received treatment with a new IVIg preparation (Yimmugo®, 2 g per kg body weight every 4 weeks). IVIg preparations differ regarding manufacturing process and show a varying side effect profile. …”
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Associations of diet and lifestyle with new-onset diabetes and major cardiovascular events: The cardiometabolic disease and cancer cohort (4C) study and mendelian randomization by Yue-Yang Zhang, Pei-Dong Li, Bing-Xue Chen, Qin Wan

“…Cox regression analysis indicated that participants consuming 0–2 servings of milk per week had a reduced risk of diabetes, with a hazard ratio of 0.72 (0.56–0.92). …”
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Helicobacter  pylori Eradication Therapies in the Era of Increasing Antibiotic Resistance: A Paradigm Shift to Improved Efficacy by Sotirios D. Georgopoulos, Vasilios Papastergiou, Stylianos Karatapanis

“…This implicates that clinicians should prescribe empirical treatments yielding a per protocol eradication of at least 90%. In recent years several treatments producing ≥90% cure rates have been proposed including sequential therapy, concomitant quadruple therapy, hybrid (dual-concomitant) therapy, and bismuth-containing quadruple therapy. …”
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INFLUENCE OF THE CONSUMPTION OF CARBONATED BEVERAGES IN THE PREVALENCE OF DENTAL EROSION IN YOUNG BASKETBALL PLAYERS by Vladimir Lara A, Maria José Jarrin, Olivia Toalombo, Alex Carrera, Dourado Logersio Alessandro, Ana del Carmen Armas

“…Results: a high prevalence of dental erosion was observed (56.6%) in the evaluated population; 41.67% of participants preferred to consume hydrating drinks after the training day, with a high percen tage of carbonated beverages per day; where 71.67% know the negative effects of the consumption of these drinks. …”
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