Outbreak of carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neurorehabilitation unit: Genomic epidemiology reveals complex transmission pattern in a tertiary care hospital by Maria Grazia Silvotti, Erika Scaltriti, Luca Bolzoni, Beatrice Zerbi, Gabriella Tocci, Andrea Zappavigna, Gianfranco Lamberti, Federico Donati, Franco Federici, Stefano Pongolini, Giuliana Lo Cascio

“…The most likely transmission networks of KPC-Kp were reconstructed with Bayesian discrete-time stochastic models. Results: Nineteen patients were colonized by KPC-Kp. …”
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Evolution paths of urban forms influenced by landforms: Asynchrony but convergence by Chao Yang, Qiyan Huang, Qiong Xian, Meng Yuan, Xiaoming Cong, Lisha Xun, Jianxiong Cheng, Hongyi Pan

“…The findings are as follows: (1) Urban forms in Sichuan are categorized into five types. Over time, nearly 81 % of clustered infill and compact adjoining cities are found in plains and hills, with the most compact forms in plains. …”
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Testing of Retail Cheese, Butter, Ice Cream, and Other Dairy Products for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the US by David L. Suarez, Iryna V. Goraichuk, Lindsay Killmaster, Erica Spackman, Nicole J. Clausen, Tristan J. Colonius, Cynthia L. Leonard, Monica L. Metz

“…Because of the variety of products and processing methods in which milk is used, additional product testing was conducted to determine if HPAI viral RNA could be detected in retail dairy samples, and for positive samples by quantitative real-time RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) further testing for the presence of live virus. …”
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Nobiletin Attenuates Pathological Cardiac Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction via Activating PPARγ and PGC1α by Yufei Zhou, Ting Yin, Mengsha Shi, Mengli Chen, Xiaodong Wu, Kai Wang, Iokfai Cheang, Yanxiu Li, Hongcai Shang, Haifeng Zhang, Xinli Li

“…Cardiac function (echocardiography, survival rate, Evans blue, and triphenyl tetrazolium chloride staining), fibrosis (Masson’s trichrome staining, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), and western blot (WB)), hypertrophy (haematoxylin-eosin staining, wheat germ agglutinin staining, and qRT-PCR), and apoptosis (WB and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labelling (TUNEL) staining) were evaluated. …”
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Over a decade of HIV infection prevalence and incidence among Mozambican pregnant women: a secondary analysis of prospectively collected data by Anete Mendes-Muxlhanga, Arsénio Nhacolo, Antia Figueroa-Romero, Maura Mazuze, Alfredo Mayor, Anifa Vala, Esperança Sevene, Aleny Couto, Namita Eliseu, Llorenç Quintó, Gloria Matabisso, Eusebio Macete, Paula Vaz, Pedro Alonso, Clara Menendez, Raquel González, Tacilta Nhampossa

“…HIV incidence trends over time were obtained by fitting splines regression model. …”
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Performance of antiretroviral drugs supply chain management and related challenges in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. In the case of public health facilities found in the... by Meseret Tilahun Zeleke, Berhanemeskel Weldegerima Atsbeha, Belachew Yebeyin Melaku, Yesuneh Tefera Mekasha, Abibo Wondie Mekonen, Shimelis Dagnachew Nigatu

“…About 42.8 % of hospitals and 26 % of health centers placed at least two emergency orders within the previous six months at the time of data collection. The storage condition of ARV drugs was not good (68.99 %) in health centers. …”
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Users’ Perspectives of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Services: Survey Study by Kate Churruca, Darran Foo, Andrew Turner, Emily Crameri, Maree Saba, Samantha Spanos, Matthew Vickers, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis

“…The most frequently cited reasons for using DTC telemedicine were related to convenience (97/121, 80.2%) and flexibility (71/121, 58.7%), while approximately a third of the sample selected that it was difficult to see traditional health care provider in their preferred time frame (44/121, 36.4%) and that the use of DTC telemedicine allowed them to gain access to services otherwise unavailable through traditional health care (39/121, 32.2%). …”
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Physics-driven Explosions of Stripped High-mass Stars: Synthetic Light Curves and Spectra of Stripped-envelope Supernovae with Broad Light Curves by Jing Lu, Brandon L. Barker, Jared Goldberg, Wolfgang E. Kerzendorf, Maryam Modjaz, Sean M. Couch, Joshua V. Shields, Andrew G. Fullard

“…., which relies on late-time decay tails, reduces uncertainties to an average of 20% within the calibrated ejecta mass range. …”
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Quantification of Forest Regeneration on Forest Inventory Sample Plots Using Point Clouds from Personal Laser Scanning by Sarah Witzmann, Christoph Gollob, Ralf Kraßnitzer, Tim Ritter, Andreas Tockner, Lukas Moik, Valentin Sarkleti, Tobias Ofner-Graff, Helmut Schume, Arne Nothdurft

“…Consequently, forest regeneration is typically quantified as part of forest inventories to monitor its occurrence and development over time. Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology, particularly ground-based LiDAR, has emerged as a powerful tool for assessing typical forest inventory parameters, providing high-resolution, three-dimensional data on the forest structure. …”
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Liver Transplantation in Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis. Benefits and Limitations of Psychosocial Selection and Support in Alcohol Relapse. The Experience of a Tertiary Center in Ita... by Luca S. Belli, Adelaide Panariello, Giovanni Perricone, Paola Prandoni, Raffaella Viganò, Chiara Mazzarelli, Chiara Becchetti, Sara Giacalone, Giovanna Donvito, Sara Conti, Paolo A. Cortesi, Elena Roselli, Gianpaola Monti, Marco Carbone, Luciano G. De Carlis, Luciano G. De Carlis, Mauro Percudani

“…Thirty (30%) were listed, of whom 25 underwent early liver transplantation (eLT) after a median time of 36 days from the index episode of SAH with a median model for end stage liver disease (MELD) score of 36, whereas 33 (33%) were excluded, with psycho-social issues being the main cause of exclusion in 18 patients (54.5%). …”
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Comparison of the STANDARD M10 C. difficile, Xpert C. difficile, and BD MAX Cdiff assays as confirmatory tests in a two-step algorithm for diagnosing Clostridioides difficile infec... by Hyunseul Choi, Minhee Kang, Sun Ae Yun, Hui-Jin Yu, Eunsang Suh, Tae Yeul Kim, Hee Jae Huh, Nam Yong Lee

“…Offering similar performance and turnaround time to these widely used assays at a slightly lower cost, the M10 assay serves as a practical alternative in this setting.…”
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Novel combination strategy of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and checkpoint blockade boosted by bioinspired and oxygen-supplied nanoprobe for multimodal imaging-guided ca... by Ying Zhou, Chen Cheng, Qi Wang, Min Zheng, Pan Li, Yang Zhou, Yuting Cao, Li Wan, Xun Guo, Xiaohong Lin, Rui Tang, Hongye He, Nianhong Wu, Qiaoqi Chen, Yaqin Hu, Xialin Xiong, Faqi Li

“…Flow cytometry and immunofluorescence were used to clarify the potential mechanism of HIFU+M@P-SOP and their role in anti-programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) therapy.Results Guided by photoacoustic/MR/ultrasound (US) multimodal imaging, M@P-SOP was abundantly enriched in tumor, which greatly enhanced HIFU’s killing of tumor tissue in situ, induced stronger tumor immunogenic cell death, stimulated dendritic cell maturation and activated CD8+ T cells. At the same time, M@P-SOP released oxygen to alleviate the tumor hypoxic environment, repolarizing the protumor M2-type macrophages into antitumor M1-type. …”
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Prospective Evaluation of Results of Surgical Treatment of Patients with Idiopathic Macular Hole by Phacovitrectomy and Combined Cataract and Vitrectomy Surgery by Kinga Tochman-Kanty, Monika Jasielska, Jerzy Mackiewicz

“…A 12-month observation period was established, measured from the date of vitrectomy performance, and in the case of a combined procedure, this period was extended by the time between each stage of treatment. At subsequent check-ups, the subjects underwent a complete ophthalmological examination, which included: best corrected distance visual acuity and best corrected near visual acuity, assessment of the anterior and posterior segments, in a slit lamp, measurement of retinal sensitivity in the macula using microperimetry, the Amsler test and optical coherence tomography examination of the macula. …”
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Coupled CRC 2D and ALI 3D Cultures Express Receptors of Emerging Viruses and Are More Suitable for the Study of Viral Infections Compared to Conventional Cell Lines by Siyu Xia, Jun Liu, Yan Yang, Ming Wu, Lina Ye, Si Chen, Tao Zhang, Zhihong Zeng, Kang Zhang, Kaihong Cai, Xiang Long, Wenbin Gao, Shisong Fang, Hui Li

“…A virus-induced cytopathic effect (CPE) on 2D CRC cultures developed in a time-dependent manner. The pathological effects were also readily observed spreading from the apical layer to the basal layer of the 3D ALI culture. …”
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Explore the evolution of winter wheat production and its response to climate change under varying precipitation years in the Loess Plateau of China by Donglin Wang, Yanbin Li, Binbin Zhang, Tengcong Jiang, Siyu Wu, Wenjie Wu, Yi Li, Jianqiang He, Deli Liu, Qinge Dong, Hao Feng

“…In this study, parameters of APSIM-Wheat model were refined based on experimental data. Time series analysis showed that the winter wheat yields in the Loess Plateau exhibit periodic fluctuation, with a shorter fluctuation period under the SSP245 scenario compared to the SSP585 scenario, indicating an overall upward trend. …”
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Ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation of primary hyperthyroidism: security and efficacy analysis by Jing-E Zhu, Chun-Jun Sheng, Hui-Li Zhang, Jia-Xin Li, Xiao-Wan Bo, Jia-Jing Yin, Peng Yang, Song-Yuan Yu, Li-Ping Sun

“…The main ultrasound follow-up times were 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after ablation. …”
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Improving serum redox balance, inflammatory status, physical function, and cognitive ability through dual-task resistance training and detraining in nursing home residents by Erivaldo Machado Araújo, Hélio José Coelho-Júnior, Caio Victor Sousa, Thiago dos Santos Rosa, Ivo Vieira Sousa Neto, Emanuele Marzetti, Octávio Luiz Franco, Samuel da Silva Aguiar

“…It also decreased the completion time for the sit-and-stand test both post-training (p = 0.008) and post-detraining (p = 0.015) relative to baseline. …”
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Target Detection Using Fused Unidentical Photonics-Based LFM Sub-Band Radar Signals With an Adaptive Feed Forward Network Equalizer by Bikash Nakarmi, S. M. Rezwanul Islam, Hum Nath Parajuli, Ikechi Augustine Ukaegbu, Aigerim Ashimbayeva, Carlo Molardi, T. D. Subash, Xiangchuan Wang, Shilong Pan

“…We demonstrate this using optical injection in a semiconductor laser to generate Ph-LFM signals at different IEEE X-KA radar sub-bands: 19.25–23.94 GHz and 24.06–28.31 GHz (bandgap 0.12 GHz), 19.69–23.06 GHz and 23.625–27 GHz (bandgap 0.56 GHz), and 8–11.5 GHz and 12.75–17 GHz (bandgap 1.25 GHz). Time-frequency analysis (TFA) was used to obtain sub-bandgap signals of 0.12 GHz, 0.56 GHz, and 1.25 GHz which are coherently fused using the FFNE with a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm to optimize complex-valued weights. …”
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Association Between Adolescent Violence Exposure and the Risk of Suicide: A 15-Year Study in Taiwan by Chieh Sung, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Chien-An Sun, Chang-Huei Tsao, Daphne Yih Ng, Tsu-Hsuan Weng, Li-Yun Fann, Fu-Huang Lin, Wu-Chien Chien

“…Controlled grouping was conducted by 1:10 matching based on gender, age, and the time of medical treatment, and a control group who had not experienced violence was selected for comparison. …”
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Assessing gut barrier integrity and reproductive performance following pre-mating oral administration of solid-lipid-nanoparticles designed for drug delivery by Valentina Lacconi, Valentina Lacconi, Micol Massimiani, Micol Massimiani, Giulia Antonello, Paolo Gasco, Roberta Bernardini, Cristiana Ferrari, Lorenzo Ippoliti, Gina La Sala, Antonio Pietroiusti, Ivana Fenoglio, Chiara Riganti, Luisa Campagnolo

“…All the assessed pregnancy parameters, including time to pregnancy, pregnancy duration, litter size, and the presence of any gross anomalies in the pups, and maternal key biochemical parameters were not significantly affected by SLN administration. …”
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