Calf immunization protocols with low-virulence isolates of Anaplasma marginale: Analysis of post-inoculation effects and protection against natural challenge by Filipe Lucas de Melo Mendonça, Matheus Figueiredo Coelho, Camila Valgas Bastos, Júlia Angélica Gonçalves da Silveira, Rafael Romero Nicolino, Jose Azael Zambrano Uribe, Múcio Flávio Barbosa Ribeiro, Bruna Torres Silvestre, Rodrigo Melo Meneses, Antônio Último de Carvalho, Tiago Facury Moreira, Elias Jorge Facury-Filho

“…Sixty-eight Holstein calves with an average age of 17 days were randomly divided into four groups. …”
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Can nebulised heparin reduce acute lung injury in patients with SARS‑CoV‑2 requiring advanced respiratory support in Ireland: the CHARTER‑Ireland phase Ib/IIa, randomised, parallel... by David Cosgrave, Bairbre McNicholas, Ciara Hanley, John Robert Sheehan, Padraig Calpin, Maeve Kernan, Darragh Murphy, Alberto Alvarez‑Iglesias, John Ferguson, Camilla Giacomini, Christine Greene, Catriona Cody, Shane McGeary, Marion Murphy, Marianne Fitzgerald, Gerard Curley, Barry Dixon, Roger J. Smith, Claire Masterson, Daniel O’Toole, Frank van Haren, John G. Laffey

“…Results Forty patients were recruited, with 20 patients into each group. Mean age was 56.6 (SD 11.5) in the heparin group and 51.3 (SD 14.7) in the standard care group, while 60% of participants were male. …”
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Maternal Macronutrient Intake and Associated Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Results from the BORN2020 Study by Antigoni Tranidou, Ioannis Tsakiridis, Emmanuela Magriplis, Aikaterini Apostolopoulou, Violeta Chroni, Eirini Tsekitsidi, Ioustini Kalaitzopoulou, Nikolaos Pazaras, Michail Chourdakis, Themistoklis Dagklis

“…<b>Results:</b> Women with GDM had higher maternal age (34.15 ± 4.48 vs. 32.1 ± 4.89 years), higher pre-pregnancy BMI (median 23.7 vs. 22.7 kg/m²), and were more likely to smoke during mid-gestation (17.95% vs. 8.82%). …”
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Protocol of the Nutritional, Psychosocial, and Environmental Determinants of Neurodevelopment and Child Mental Health (COINCIDE) study [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Eunice Lobo, Jyothi S. Menon, Deepa R., Supriya Bhavnani, Onno CP van Schayck, Shweta Dixit, Prashanth Nuggehalli Srinivas, Aditi Roy, Sumathi Swaminathan, Ruby Gupta, Poornima Prabhakaran, Prashanth Thankachan, Giridhara Rathnaiah Babu, Debarati Mukherjee, Siddhartha Mandal, Gauri Divan

“…Methods A mixed-methods prospective cohort study will be conducted on 1600 caregiver-child dyads (child age 3–10 years) in urban and rural India. Nutritional status, psychosocial adversities, environmental pollutants, and child mental health outcomes will be assessed using parent-report questionnaires. …”
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Anlotinib in combination with metronomic chemotherapy in HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: an observational and retrospective study by Jiaxuan Liu, Jiayang Zhang, Huiping Li, Guohong Song, Lijun Di, Hanfang Jiang, Ying Yan, Huan Wang, Jing Wang, Xiaoran Liu, Bin Shao, Qiao Li

“…The median PFS was 5.6 months (95% CI 4.3-7.0 months), and the median OS was 25.2 months (95% CI 20.2-30.1 months). The patients with age ≥ 50 (5.3 vs. 7.7 months, P = 0.014, HR = 0.407) and pathologic grade 1 or 2 (6.2 vs. 3.2 months, P = 0.023, HR = 2.471) had significantly longer PFS. …”
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Artificial intelligence-based prediction of second stage duration in labor: a multicenter retrospective cohort analysisResearch in context by Xiaoqing Huang, Xiaodan Di, Suiwen Lin, Minrong Yao, Suijin Zheng, Shuyi Liu, Wayan Lau, Zhixin Ye, Zilian Wang, Bin Liu

“…Factors such as first-stage duration and maternal age are potential predictors for the second stage. …”
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Caloric labels do not influence taste pleasantness and neural responses to erythritol and sucrose by Aleksandra Budzinska, Laura Byl, Fabienne Teysseire, Emilie Flad, Patrick Dupont, Bettina Wölnerhanssen, Anne Christin Meyer-Gerspach, Lukas Van Oudenhove, Nathalie Weltens

“…Methods: We performed a within-subject, single-blind, counterbalanced fMRI study in 30 healthy males (mean ± SD: age 23 ± 0.6 years, BMI 22.5 ± 0.3 kg/m²). Concentrations of erythritol were individually titrated to match the perceived sweetness intensity of a 16 % sucrose solution. …”
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Physical Activity Behavior in Swiss Secondary School Students: A Segmented Analysis by Marion Gasser, Andrea-Maria Nadenbousch, Fabienne Egger, Mario Kamer, Stefan Valkanover, Mirko Schmidt

“…A total of 637 students (mean age: 13.26 ± 0.55 years, 52.3% girls) from 12 secondary schools in the canton of Bern participated in the baseline assessment of the project. …”
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Early Palliative Care Following Aborted Cancer Surgery: Results of a Prospective Feasibility Trial by Jordan M. Cloyd, MD, Rakhsha Khatri, BA, Angela Sarna, BS, Lena Stevens, PhD, Victor Heh, PhD, Mary Dillhoff, MD, Alex Kim, MD, Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, PhD, MPH, Aslam Ejaz, MD, Sharla Wells-Di Gregorio, PhD, Erin Scott, MD, Sachin S. Kale, MD

“…Among 25 enrolled participants, the mean age was 65.3 ± 9.9 years, 68% were male, and 88% were White. …”
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Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study by Yanqi Kou, Shicai Ye, Yuan Tian, Ke Yang, Ling Qin, Zhe Huang, Botao Luo, Yanping Ha, Liping Zhan, Ruyin Ye, Yujie Huang, Qing Zhang, Kun He, Mouji Liang, Jieming Zheng, Haoyuan Huang, Chunyi Wu, Lei Ge, Yuping Yang

“…Stratified analyses by sex, age, occupation, marital status, and other subgroups consistently showed that the association between CHD and GIB remained robust across all subgroups. …”
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Factors associated with uptake and acceptability of cervical cancer screening among female sex workers in Northeastern Uganda: A cross-sectional study. by Ronald Opito, Emmanuel Tiyo Ayikobua, Hellen Akurut, Susan Alwedo, Saadick Mugerwa Ssentongo, Walter Drake Erabu, Lazarus Oucul, Musa Kirya, Lameck Lumu Bukenya, Elly Ekwamu, Abraham Ignatius Oluka, Samuel Kabwigu, Emmanuel Othieno, Amos Deogratius Mwaka

“…<h4>Background</h4>Cervical cancer screening program in Uganda is opportunistic and focuses mainly on women aged 25-49 years. Female sex workers (FSWs) are at increased risk of developing invasive cervical cancer. …”
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Atrial fibrillation outcomes in patients from Asia and non-Asia countries: insights from GARFIELD-AF by Karen Pieper, Xian-hong Fang, Kai Sun, Ajay K Kakkar, Saverio Virdone, Shinya Goto, Gloria Kayani, Zhi-Cheng Jing, John Camm, Chun-Yan Cheng, Tian-Yu Lian, Xi-Jie Zhu, Xian-Mei Li

“…The association of geographical region with clinical outcomes (event rates per 100 person-years) were estimated using multivariable Cox models.Results 13 841/52 057 (26.6%) GARFIELD-AF participants were enrolled in Asia. Average age and prevalence of cardiovascular comorbidities were lower than in non-Asian countries and patients at high risk of stroke (ie, CHA2DS2-VASc≥2 excl. sex) were less frequently anticoagulated (60.1% vs 73.2%). …”
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Role of C5aR2 in prognosis of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome through negative modulation of C5a: A prospective observational study by Muhammed Rashid, Sreedharan Nair, Pooja Gopal Poojari, Vijetha Shenoy Belle, Vijayanarayana Kunhikatta, Daniel A. Vaz, Vishal Shanbhag, Viji Pulikkel Chandran, Shravya Chitrapady, Girish Thunga

“…The relationship of these biomarkers with the parameters of poor prognosis (non-recovery, hospitalization, ventilation and ICU admission) was analysed through regression using SPSSv20. Results: The mean age of the included participants was 49.17 (SD:14.81) years. …”
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Subjective cognitive decline predicts longitudinal neuropsychological test performance in an unsupervised online setting in the Brain Health Registry by Jae Myeong Kang, Manchumad Manjavong, Chengshi Jin, Adam Diaz, Miriam T. Ashford, Joseph Eichenbaum, Emily Thorp, Elizabeth Wragg, Kenton H. Zavitz, Francesca Cormack, Anna Aaronson, R. Scott Mackin, Rachana Tank, Bernard Landavazo, Erika Cavallone, Diana Truran, Sarah Tomaszewski Farias, Michael W. Weiner, Rachel L. Nosheny

“…Results Participants (n = 16,683) had an average age of 69.07 ± 7.34, 72.04% were female, and had an average of 16.66 ± 2.26 years of education. …”
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Ozu, le siècle et le geste by Román Domínguez Jiménez

“…Pour des raisons qui nous semblent évidentes, l’histoire comprendra sans aucun doute le xxe siècle comme l’âge de la grande catastrophe de l’humanité. Catastrophe qui porte non pas seulement sur la déchéance des grands récits politiques, mais aussi sur l’émergence de la technique comme agent du pouvoir. …”
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Prevalence of common diarrheagenic enterobacteriaceae in Iran (2000–2023): a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mozhgan Derakhshan-Sefidi, Fereshteh Eidy, Somayyeh Nadi-Ravandi, Sareh Bagheri-Josheghani, Maryam Mirfakhraei

“…The criteria did not restrict patient demographics such as age, gender, health conditions, or occupation. This meta-analysis employed a 95% confidence interval (CI) for analysis. …”
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A sex-disaggregated analysis of the prognostic value of lean type 2 diabetes mellitus in the adult population with acute myocardial infarction by Gwyneth Kong, Jaycie Koh, Jobelle Chia, Bryan Neo, Yiming Chen, Grace Cao, Bryan Chong, Mark Muthiah, Hui Wen Sim, Gavin Ng, Chieh Yang Koo, Chin Meng Khoo, Mark Yan-Yee Chan, Poay-Huan Loh, Nicholas W. S. Chew

“…Cox regression model was constructed to investigate the associations of lean and non-lean T2DM phenotypes with mortality, adjusted for age, ethnicity, previous AMI, AMI type, chronic kidney disease, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blockers, beta-blockers, and smoking status. …”
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Epidemiology of hereditary eye disease in the populations of Russian Federation by V.V. Kadyshev, E.K. Ginter, S.I. Kutsev, Zh.G. Oganezova, R.A. Zinchenko

“…The entire population irrespective of gender or age was examined. To confirm a certain type of inheritance of diseases from heterogeneous groups, the material was subjected to the multicomponent analysis used in multiple family registration. …”
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Early Postoperative Safety of Total Hip Arthroplasty in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients by YANG Xingdong, YU Muyang, XU Yiming, ZHU Wei, HU Mingwei, WENG Xisheng, FENG Bin

“…Using propensity score matching, we matched patients in the two groups at a 1∶1 ratio according to gender, age, and surgical side. Subsequently, we compared the clinical characteristics, incidence of major complications within 30 days postoperatively, and allogeneic blood transfusion rates between the two groups.ResultsA total of 270 patients in the SLE group who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected. …”
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Association between Atopic Dermatitis and Dementia: Evidence from Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Mendelian Randomization by Yeon-Su Gwak, Seo-Yeon Kim, Chae-Eon Woo, Kihyuk Shin, Eunjeong Son, Jin-Woo Kim, Sung-Jin Kim, Tae-Jin Song, Hae Ryoun Park, Kihun Kim, Dai Sik Ko, Yun Hak Kim

“…The adjustment accounted for various factors, including sex, age, smoking status, and other medical comorbidities, along with several additional variables. …”
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