Association between the neutrophil-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio with kidney stone risk: a cross-sectional study by Yuan-Zhuo Du, Jia-Qing Yang, Ji-Ming Yao, Chi-Teng Zhang, Yi-Fu Liu

“…Discovering potential clues in identifying at-risk individuals is essential for early detection and timely treatment. This study explores the relationship of the neutrophil-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHR) with the risk of kidney stones in U.S. adults.MethodsThe analysis involved 24,532 participants with available NHR and kidney stone data from the 2007–2018 NHANES period. …”
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Intensity of Oestrus Signalling Is the Most Relevant Indicator for Animal Well-Being in High-Producing Dairy Cows by Emanuel Garcia, Jan Hultgren, Pontus Fällman, Johanna Geust, Bo Algers, George Stilwell, Stefan Gunnarsson, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez

“…Full signalling of oestrous behaviour is vital for proper timing of AI and good reproductive performance, currently jeopardized by shorter observations of oestrus behaviour. …”
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Access to evidence-based care: a systematic review of trauma and surgical literature costs across resource settings by Eduardo Huaman, Lacey LaGrone, Megan Wojick, Hannah Conner, Ashley Farley, Marianne Luyo, Sam Thomas-Pate

“…When considering purchasing power parity, APCs and subscription costs ranged from 2 to 15 times more expensive in LMICs when compared with those in the USA.Limitations Primary search term was in English only, and only peer-reviewed journal articles were reviewed.Conclusions or implications of key findings Although initiatives exist to support peer-reviewed journals in LMICs, there is an exorbitant cost for authors in these countries, as well as those in high-income countries that are not affiliated with a large institution, to either publish in, or access, a majority of surgical journals. …”
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2D physically unclonable functions of the arbiter type by V. N. Yarmolik, A. A. Ivaniuk

“…The problem of constructing a new class of physically unclonable functions of the arbiter type (APUF) is being solved, based on the difference in delay times for the inputs of numerous modifications of the base element, due to both an increase in the number of inputs and the topology of their connection. …”
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Identification of Plasma Proteins Associated with Alzheimer's Disease Using Feature Selection Techniques and Machine Learning Algorithms by Zakaria Mokadem, Mohamed Djerioui, Bilal Attallah, Youcef Brik

“…These results demonstrate that plasma protein biomarkers can facilitate timely interventions, potentially slowing disease progression and improving patient outcomes. …”
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What are the lived healthcare experiences of patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis? A community-based qualitative interview study by Sheila Greenfield, Gideon Hirschfield, Jayne Parry, Katherine Arndtz, Madeline Cameron

“…These included difficulties in obtaining a diagnosis and accessing timely and knowledgeable medical care. Overcoming the unusual combination of uncertainties that PSC presents was of particular concern to participants; these differ from those observed in more common chronic diseases with established treatment pathways. …”
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Mechanical Stress-Induced IGF-1 Facilitates col-I and col-III Synthesis via the IGF-1R/AKT/mTORC1 Signaling Pathway by Bin Yan, Canjun Zeng, Yuhui Chen, Minjun Huang, Na Yao, Jie Zhang, Bo Yan, Jiajun Tang, Liang Wang, Zhongmin Zhang

“…First, LFCs were isolated from 9 patients and cultured with or without mechanical stress exposure for different times. IGF-1, collagen I (col-I), and collagen III (col-III) protein and mRNA levels were then detected via ELISA and qPCR, respectively. …”
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Brucine Entrapped Titanium Oxide Nanoparticle for Anticancer Treatment: An In Vitro Study by Rashed M. Almuqbil

“…The public’s health has been seriously threatened by cervical cancer during recent times. In terms of newly diagnosed cases worldwide, it ranks as the ninth most prevalent malignancy. …”
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The effect of blood flow restriction training on core muscle strength and pain in male collegiate athletes with chronic non-specific low back pain by Yixuan Liu, Jiahuan Liu, Min Liu, Minzhuo Wang

“…All participants supervised exercises (deep-squat, lateral pull-down, bench-press and machine seated crunch) cycled 4 times per week for 4 weeks (16 sessions). LL-BFRT was done at 30% 1-repetition maximum (1RM) with 70% arterial occlusion pressure (AOP). …”
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Dietary Phosphorus Requirement of Giant Gouramy (Osphronemus gouramy Lac.) by M. Agus Suprayudi, Mia Setiawati

“…Fish was fed at a satiation level three times daily. Fish were reared for 40 days and sampling was done in every 10 day. …”
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Smoking prevalence, exposure to secondhand smoke, and factors associated with smoking among medical, dental, and pharmacy students in a public university in Malaysia by Rashidi Mohamed, Isa Naina-Mohamed, Jaya Kumar, Nadzmi Teh

“…In addition, home exposure to secondhand smoke was four times more common for current smokers (OR=4.11; 95% CI: 1.43–11.79, p=0.009). …”
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Immunizing adult female mice with a TcpA-A2-CTB chimera provides a high level of protection for their pups in the infant mouse model of cholera. by Gregory A Price, Randall K Holmes

“…Adult female CD-1 mice were immunized intraperitoneally three times with the TcpA-A2-CTB chimera and compared with similar groups immunized with a TcpA+CTB mixture, TcpA alone, TcpA with Salmonella typhimurium flagellin subunit FliC as adjuvant, or CTB alone. …”
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Generalized linear modeling of HCV infection among medical waste handlers in Sidama region, Ethiopia by Birhanu Betela Warssamo

“…More married waste handlers, 12 (75%), were HCV positive than unmarried, 4 (25%) and married waste handlers were 2.051 times (OR = 2.051, 95% CI = 0.644–6.527, P = 0.295) more prone to HCV infection, compared to unmarried, which was statistically insignificant. …”
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Plantar Temperature Response to Walking in Diabetes with and without Acute Charcot: The Charcot Activity Response Test by Bijan Najafi, James S. Wrobel, Gurtej Grewal, Robert A. Menzies, Talal K. Talal, Mahmoud Zirie, David G. Armstrong

“…During initial activity, the PT was reduced in all participants, but the temperature drop for the nonaffected foot was 1.9 times greater than the affected side in CN group (P=0.04). …”
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Ascaris lumbricoides a rare cause gastric perforation: a case report and brief literature review by Tian-Hao Xie, Tian-Hao Xie, Yan Fu, Xiang-Xiang Ren, Xin-Li Sun, Qiang Wang, Qian Sun

“…This case highlights the crucial importance of recognizing ascariasis-associated complications and underscores the paramount role of timely surgical intervention in such cases. Meanwhile, this article combines cases of gastrointestinal perforation caused by AL documented in the literature since 1903, elaborates on the epidemiological characteristics, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of ascariasis, and analyzes the reasons for the occurrence of such complications.…”
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Partial Attention in Global Context and Local Interaction for Addressing Noisy Labels and Weighted Redundancies on Medical Images by Minh Tai Pham Nguyen, Minh Khue Phan Tran, Tadashi Nakano, Thi Hong Tran, Quoc Duy Nam Nguyen

“…In terms of model complexity, our proposed GCLI module can consume fewer extra parameters up to 225 times and has inference speed faster than 30% compared to the other attention modules.…”
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Sources of agronomically important traits for breeding of soft spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the forest steppe of Novosibirsk region by V. V. Piskarev, N. I. Boyko, I. V. Kondratieva

“…The research is aimed to assess quantitative agronomic traits (1000-grain weight, grain weight, grain number per spike and spikelet number per spike) in soft spring wheat varieties with different maturation timing in order to identify genotypes that show the best adaptation to the regional environment, high yield and resistance to stress. …”
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Soil Characteristics, Growth, Yield, Mineral Composition and Proximate Content of Soybeans Under Various Tillage Techniques by Aruna Olasekan Adekiya, Olajire Damilola Adedokun, Ojo Timothy Adebiyi

“…The treatments were four tillage methods: manual clearing (MC), ploughing (P), ploughing plus harrowing (P + H) and manual ridging (MR), replicated three times in a randomized complete block design. Data on the initial soil properties (bulk density, particle size, pH, organic matter, N, P, K, Ca and Mg), along with the chemical properties of the soil on a per-plot basis at the end of the experiment, were collected. …”
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Geodetic data inversion to estimate a strain-rate field by introducing sparse modeling by Yohei Nozue, Yukitoshi Fukahata

“…As a result, the proposed method estimates about $$1.0\times {10}^{-8}$$ 1.0 × 10 - 8 /yr faster strain rates near the fault zone than the L2 regularization method, which corresponds to a 20–30% greater strain-rate concentration. …”
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Real-World Treatment Patterns in Men with Castration- Resistant Prostate Cancer Receiving Docetaxel by Keith L. Davis, Benjamin Gutierrez, Teresa Zyczynski, James A. Kaye

“…Future studies are needed to describe specific reasons explaining timing of docetaxel initiation and duration of exposure in some CRPC patients.…”
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