Hydroperiod Influences Tadpole Growth and Development in the Endangered Littlejohn's Tree Frog (Litoria littlejohni) by Nadine Nolan, Matt Hayward, Alex Callen, Kaya Klop‐Toker

“…Understanding developmental plasticity in threatened amphibians, especially in response to hydroperiod variations, is crucial for conservation programs, particularly under future climate change scenarios predicting increased drought and reduced hydroperiods in aquatic environments.…”
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Optimizing Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Carbohydrate from Scenedesmus sp. Cultivated in Domestic Wastewater by Yeong Hwang Tan, Mee Kin Chai, Ling Shing Wong, Mei Yin Ong, Ranjithkumar Rajamani

“…The results of different statistical metrics showed that the developed quadratic model was sufficient to predict carbohydrate yield. The sensitivity analysis showed that solid-to-liquid ratio had the most significant impact (55.98%) on carbohydrate yield, followed by microwave irradiation time (24.88%), and agitation time (18.16%). …”
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Prognostic and diagnostic accuracy of intracoronary electrocardiogram recorded during percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis by Jun Fan, Weijie Li, Yizhi Pan, Jialin He, Jiankai Huang, Pingan Chen

“…The pooled sensitivity and specificity of ST-segment elevation were 0.78 (95% credibility intervals 0.64 to 0.89) and 0.87 (95% credibility intervals 0.75 to 0.94), respectively.Conclusions These findings provide quantitative data supporting that IC-ECG had promising diagnostic ability for local myocardial injury, and could predict clinical outcomes.…”
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Fructosamine measurement for diabetes mellitus diagnosis and monitoring: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Andre Pascal Kengne, Eugene Sobngwi, Jean Jacques N Noubiap, Jobert Richie N Nansseu, Joël Fokom-Domgue, Eric V Balti

“…Negative and positive predictive values will be computed for fructosamine, compared with another measure of glycaemia from the pooled estimates of sensitivity and specificity, using Bayes’ theorem.Ethics and dissemination This systematic review will use data from published studies and does not require ethics approval. …”
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The MicroRNA-106a/20b Strongly Enhances the Antitumour Immune Responses of Dendritic Cells Pulsed with Glioma Stem Cells by Targeting STAT3 by Hui Zhou, Chengmei Sun, Cong Li, Shiting Hua, Feng Li, Ruichun Li, Dongpeng Cai, Yuxi Zou, Yingqian Cai, Xiaodan Jiang

“…Furthermore, the interactional binding sites between the 3′-untranslated region (3′-UTR) of STAT3 mRNA and miR-106a/20b were predicted by bioinformatics and verified by a dual-luciferase assay. …”
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Assessment of the Clinical Usefulness of Preoperative Computed Tomography in Colorectal Cancer Patients Who Received Unplanned Reoperation by Rui Wang, Yi Gao, Jia-Yi Li, Zhong-Hui Wang, Qin-qing Li, Jun Feng, Chengde Liao

“…All data were statistically analysed for predicting postoperative complications by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. …”
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Intentional saccadic eye movements in patients with vestibular migraine by Pan Gu, Jing Feng, Lipeng Cai, Huimin Fan, Hailing Wang, Xiaokun Geng, Yuchuan Ding

“…Objectives: Patients with vestibular migraine (VM) show a significant decrease in gray matter cortical regions associated with pain and vestibular processing, as revealed by head functional magnetic resonance imaging. We predict that these changes can be reflected in intentional saccadic eye movements. …”
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Protective effects of Notoginsenoside R2 on reducing lipid accumulation and mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetic nephropathy through regulation of c-Src by Xieyi Guo, Liu Yang, Xiaoning An, Maofang Hu, Yilan Shen, Niansong Wang, Youhua Xu, Dingkun Gui

“…Online databases and Cytoscape software were employed to predict the potential targets of NR2. The expression of associated proteins was measured using immunohistochemistry and western blot. …”
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Historical dynamics of marginal populations at the leading edge of a temperate species in the boreal‐temperate ecotone by Pierre‐Yves Mondou Laperrière, Todor S. Minchev, Pierre Grondin, Martin Lavoie, Guillaume de Lafontaine

“…The present‐day increase of anthropogenic disturbances within the BTE could mirror the Neoglacial increase in fire activity that fostered red maple during the Holocene. We thus predict that red maple is poised to increase in abundance within the BTE, which should facilitate the northward establishment of other temperate deciduous species into the boreal forest prompted by the new conditions brought about by anthropogenic or climate change‐induced disturbances.…”
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Chronic pain is a risk factor for all-cause and cancer-specific mortality in cancer survivors: a population-based cohort study by Yeying Zhang, Yuna Guo

“…We used time-dependent ROC curve assessment to evaluate the predictive value of chronic pain for death in cancer patients. …”
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Blocking the CD39/CD73 pathway synergizes with anti-CD20 bispecific antibody in nodal B-cell lymphoma by Carsten Müller-Tidow, Peter Dreger, Joseph Kauer, Wolfgang Huber, Clara Kolbe, Berit Brinkmann, Sascha Dietrich, Tobias Roider

“…Existing single-cell data of patient samples examined in this study were used to detect potential biomarkers predicting combination benefits. Combining anti-CD20 BsAb with anti-CD39 or anti-CD73 blocking antibodies induced synergistic effects on tumor cell killing, T-cell expansion and secretion of cytokines, including granzyme B, perforin, interleukin-10, interferon-γ, and tumor necrosis factor-α. …”
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Causal Model of Aggression based on Personality Traits, Early Maladaptive Schema and Aggression: Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Strategies by Shila Mohseni, Majid Barzegar, Azarmidokht Rezaei, Hossein Baghooli

“…Finally, among the dimensions of personality traits—responsibility, agreeableness, extraversion, and flexibility—and the dimensions of early dysfunctional schemas—emotional deprivation, abandonment, distrust, shame and inferiority, emotional inhibition, and entitlement—these factors can indirectly influence aggression through cognitive emotion regulation strategies.Discussion and conclusion: In summary, it can be concluded that the interplay of personality trait variables, early dysfunctional schemas, and cognitive emotion regulation strategies significantly contributes to predicting adolescent aggression. The findings of this study can be valuable for school counselors and psychologists in addressing issues related to aggression and emotional dysregulation.…”
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Progressive Self-Prompting Segment Anything Model for Salient Object Detection in Optical Remote Sensing Images by Xiaoning Zhang, Yi Yu, Daqun Li, Yuqing Wang

“…Furthermore, we introduce a progressive self-prompting decoder module that performs prompt-guided multi-level feature integration and generates stage-wise mask prompts progressively, enabling the prompt-based mask decoders outside the backbone to predict saliency maps in a coarse-to-fine manner. …”
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Association between terminal pleural elastance and radiographic lung re-expansion after therapeutic thoracentesis in patients with symptomatic pleural effusion: a post-hoc analysis... by Fabien Maldonado, Michael Lester, Otis B Rickman, Lance J Roller, Sameer K Avasarala, James M Katsis, Robert J Lentz

“…The sensitivity and positive predictive value of radiographic lung re-expansion for normal visceral pleural recoil were 44% and 24%, respectively.Conclusion Radiographic lung re-expansion by post-thoracentesis chest radiograph or thoracic ultrasound is a poor surrogate for normal terminal pleural elastance. …”
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Association between the triglyceride–glucose index and the risk of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study by Zheng Wang, Haoyu Zhang, Xiaozhou Xie, Jie Li, Yuchen Jia, Jiongdi Lu, Chongchong Gao, Feng Cao, Fei Li

“…Abstract Background The triglyceride–glucose (TyG) index is increasingly recognized for its ability to predict cardiovascular and metabolic risks. This study investigated the correlation between the TyG index and the risk of acute kidney injury(AKI) in critical ill patients with acute pancreatitis(AP). …”
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Serum CD4 Is Associated with the Infiltration of CD4+T Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment of Gastric Cancer by Qi You, Tianyi Fang, Xin Yin, Yimin Wang, Yongheng Yang, Lei Zhang, Yingwei Xue

“…Serum CD4 and CD19 and the infiltration of CD4+T cells, CD8+T cells, and CD19+B cells were significant in predicting the prognosis of GC. Low CD4 level, infiltration of CD8+T cells, and high infiltration of CD4+T cells and CD19+B cells were correlated with worse overall survival in multivariate analysis. …”
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Disease-associated genetic variants in the regulatory regions of human genes: mechanisms of action on transcription and genomic resources for dissecting these mechanisms by E. V. Ignatieva, E. A. Matrosova

“…The review provides a brief description of a number of the most well-known public genomic information resources containing data obtained using omics technologies, including (1) resources that accumulate data on the chromatin states and the regions of transcription factor binding derived from ChIP-seq experiments; (2) resources containing data on genomic loci, for which allele-specific transcription factor binding was revealed based on ChIP-seq technology; (3) resources containing in silico predicted data on the potential impact of genetic variants on the transcription factor binding sites.…”
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Geographic Socioeconomic Influences on Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis in an Academic and Safety Net Hospital System by Joseph Kim, Song Zhang, Ang Gao, Donglu Xie, Salahuddin Kazi, David R. Karp, Christie M. Bartels, E. Blair Solow

“…Conclusion The absence of differences in RA disease activity and functional impairment in patients suggests that the ADI may not be as effective at predicting RA disease activity specifically in a safety net health care context. …”
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Exclusive Breastfeeding Knowledge, Intention to Practice and Predictors among Primiparous Women in Enugu South-East, Nigeria by Chikaodili N. Ihudiebube-Splendor, Chinyelu B. Okafor, Agnes N. Anarado, Nonyelum N. Jisieike-Onuigbo, Anthonia U. Chinweuba, Ada C. Nwaneri, Joyce C. Arinze, Paulina C. Chikeme

“…Descriptive statistics of frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were used to summarize categorical and continuous variables while Chi-square and Wald statistic tests predicted demographic data associated with knowledge status and intention to practice EBF of the participants. …”
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Recurrence of atrial fibrillation and late cardiovascular events in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation after restoration of sinus rhythm by U.P. Chernyaha-Royko, N.S. Pavlyk, M.S. Sorokivskyy, A.V. Aker, O.J. Zharinov

“…The aim – to study the role of late recurrences of AF in predicting adverse course of the disease in patients with persistent AF after cardioversion at 9-month follow-up. …”
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