Polish Historiography of Polish - Lithuanian Union of 20th Century by Mečislovas Jučas

“…There were no big debates on the reasons for the Lublin union: growing political activity of the Lithuanian nobility and its attempts to have equal rights with the Polish nobility, war between Lithuania and Moscow, and hope for the Polish nobility to realize old state rights, i.e., "executional attempt," and finally, the dominance and attractiveness of Polish culture. …”
Get full text

Long-Term Analysis of Recurrence Beyond Milan Criteria Following Ablation of Solitary Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma ≤3 cm in Potentially Transplantable Patients: A Over 1... by Chen S, Qi H, Tan H, Cao F, Xie L, Huang T, Wu Y, Wen C, Wang Y, Shen L, Fan W

“…Shuanggang Chen,1,2,* Han Qi,1,2,* Hongtong Tan,1,2,* Fei Cao,1,2 Lin Xie,1,2 Tao Huang,1,2 Ying Wu,3 Chunyong Wen,1,2 Yujia Wang,1,2 Lujun Shen,1,2 Weijun Fan1,2 1Department of Minimally Invasive Interventional Therapy, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, People’s Republic of China; 2State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for cancer, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Interventional Therapy, Shenzhen second People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518035, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Weijun Fan, Email fanwj@sysucc.org.cn; Lujun Shen, Email shenlj@sysucc.org.cnBackground: Salvage liver transplantation is promising for hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) recurrence post-ablation but is significantly affected by recurrence beyond Milan Criteria (RBM).Materials and Methods: A retrospective cohort study of potentially transplantable HCC patients undergoing ablation between 2007 and 2017 assessed median time to recurrence beyond Milan Criteria(TRBM) via Kaplan-Meier curves and predictive capacity of recurrence and RBM for overall survival(OS) via Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves, and identified independent risk factors for TRBM and RBM via Cox and binary logistic regression models.Results: We enrolled 191 potentially transplantable patients with early-stage HBV-related HCC ≤ 3 cm who underwent ablation. …”
Get full text

‘Queer Reverence’: Aubrey Beardsley’s Venus and Tannhäuser by Nicole Fluhr

“…It recasts the legendary Christian bard who tries and fails to renounce pagan pleasures as a sexually adventurous dandy; visiting the underground realm of the exiled goddess Venus, he finds it equal parts Alice in Wonderland and My Secret Life, peopled by decadent courtiers who feast, gamble, and gambol together. …”
Get full text

Assessment of Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women: A Cross-sectional Study by T Elamathi, K Ananthi, Rimi Singh

“…Patients with American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) I/II status were randomly allocated into two equal groups of 20 each. Group-R received 0.75% hyperbaric ropivacaine 3.5 mL+0.1 mL normal saline (total 3.6 mL) and Group-L received 0.5% hyperbaric levobupivacaine 3.5 mL+0.1 mL normal saline (total 3.6 mL). …”
Get full text

Ultra-low dose dual-layer detector spectral CT for pulmonary nodule screening: image quality and diagnostic performance by Li Ding, Mingwang Chen, Xiaomei Li, Yuting Wu, Jingxu Li, Shuting Deng, Yikai Xu, Zhao Chen, Chenggong Yan

“…Compared with RDCT, ULDCT EDM showed significantly higher signal-noise-ratio (44.0 ± 77.2 vs. 4.6 ± 6.6; p < 0.001) and contrast-noise-ratio (26.7 ± 17.7 vs. 5.0 ± 4.4; p < 0.001) with qualitative scores ranked higher or equal to the average. Using the regular-dose images as a reference, ULDCT EDM images had a satisfactory nodule detection rate (84.6%) and good inter-observer agreements compared with RDCT (κw > 0.60). …”
Get full text

Microfluidic Synthesis of miR-200c-3p Lipid Nanoparticles: Targeting ZEB2 to Alleviate Chondrocyte Damage in Osteoarthritis by Zheng D, Chen T, Yang K, Yin G, Chen Y, Gui J, Xu C, Lv S

“…Dong Zheng,1,&ast; Tong Chen,2,&ast; Kaiyuan Yang,1 Guangrong Yin,1 Yang Chen,3 Jianchao Gui,4 Chao Xu,1 Songwei Lv5 1Department of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People’s Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 3Changzhou Productivity Development Center, Changzhou, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Sports Medicine and Joint Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 5School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Chao Xu; Songwei Lv, Email xuchao_06@163.com; lvsw@cczu.edu.cnIntroduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease characterized by articular cartilage degeneration. …”
Get full text

Determinants of Dietary Diversity Practice among Pregnant Women in the Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2021: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Tolesa Gemeda Gudeta, Ayana Benti Terefe, Girma Teferi Mengistu, Seboka Abebe Sori

“…According to the Minimum Dietary Diversity Score for Women (MDD-W) tool, women who consumed more than or equal to 5 of 10 food groups in the previous 24 hours had a diverse diet. …”
Get full text

Unmet Supportive Care Needs of Lung Cancer Survival Patients at Different Cancer Stages and Treatment Phases by Lee PY, Chen YA, Tsai TH, Chen CY, Shieh SH

“…Pei-Yi Lee,1,2 Yu-An Chen,3 Tung-Han Tsai,4 Chih-Yi Chen,5,6,&ast; Shwn-Huey Shieh4,7,&ast; 1Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, 406040, Taiwan; 2Department of Gerontological Health Care, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology (CTUST), Taichung, 40601, Taiwan; 3Department of Education, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, 40705, Taiwan; 4Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, 406040, Taiwan; 5Institute of Medicine Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, 40201, Taiwan; 6Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, 40201, Taiwan; 7Department of Nursing, China Medical University, Taichung, 406040, Taiwan&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Shwn-Huey Shieh, Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, No. 100, Section 1, Jingmao Road, Beitun District, Taichung City, 406040, Taiwan, Email shshieh@mail.cmu.edu.tw Chih-Yi Chen, Institute of Medicine Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Section 1, Jianguo North Road, Taichung City, 40201, Taiwan, Email cshy1566@csh.org.twPurpose: This study examined the unmet supportive care needs of lung cancer patients across different cancer stages and treatment phases, as well as the factors associated with these unmet needs.Patients and methods: Data from 501 lung cancer patients at a cancer center in central Taiwan were analyzed to assess their unmet supportive care needs across dimensions such as health information, patient care, treatment, nutrition, psychosocial, and economic needs. …”
Get full text

Risk of All-Cause Mortality in US Adults With Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry: An Observational Study by Xiao S, Ou J, Qiu W, Ye C, Li N, Chen S, Lai Y, Deng Z, Wu F, Shen Y

“…Shan Xiao,1,&ast; Jie Ou,2,&ast; Wangli Qiu,3,&ast; Chunxin Ye,1 Na Li,1 Sida Chen,1 Yuting Lai,1 Zhishan Deng,4 Fan Wu,4 Yan Shen1 1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shenzhen Longgang District Central Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China; 2State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Dongguan Affiliated Hospital, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, People’s Republic of China; 4State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease & Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health & National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease & National Center for Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yan Shen, Email drshenyan2022@163.com Fan Wu, Email wu.fan@vip.163.comBackground: Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is defined as forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC)≥ 0.70 and FEV1< 80% predicted. …”
Get full text

The Diagnostic Value of Bile Acids and Amino Acids in Differentiating Acute Coronary Syndromes by Yu Q, Zhao F, Wang S, Jia X, Shen S, Zhao X, Li Y, Song J, Sun M, Liu X, Liu Z

“…., Ltd, Dalian, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Laboratory Medicine, General Hospital of Fushun Mining Bureau of Liaoning Health Industry Group, Fushun, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China; 6Ultrasound Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Zhining Liu, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning, 121001, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 15941695215, Email liuzhiningfuyi@163.com Xin Liu, Huludao Central Hospital Teaching Base of Jinzhou Medical University, Huludao, Liaoning, 125001, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 15941695215, Email lyy66112@163.comPurpose: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS), comprising unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction, is the most dangerous and fatal form of coronary heart disease. …”
Get full text

Establishing an Electrophysiological Recording Platform for Epidural Spinal Cord Stimulation in Neuropathic Pain Rats by Yang CT, Shyu BC, Lin WT, Lu KH, Lin CR, Wen YR, Chen CC

“…., New Taipei City, Taiwan; 5Department of Anesthesiology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; 6Pain Management and Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; 7Chun Chuan Orthopedic and Pain Specialty Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; 8Pain Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Jen-Ai General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; 9Neuroscience Program of Academia Sinica, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan; 10Taiwan Mouse Clinic, Biomedical Translational Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Chih-Cheng Chen; Yeong-Ray Wen, Email chih@ibms.sinica.edu.tw; yray.wen@gmail.comPurpose: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is pivotal in treating chronic intractable pain. …”
Get full text

A Hospital-Based, Single-Center, Cross-Sectional Study to Investigate the Status Quo of Hyperuricaemia in a Booming Seaside City with Young Population from 2020 to 2021 in China by Li C, Sun J, Wei Q, Yue J, Wang X, Zhang Q, Peng S, Liao X, Zeng H, Asakawa T

“…Chunyan Li,1,&ast; Jiajia Sun,1,2,&ast; Qifeng Wei,3,&ast; Jianrong Yue,1 Xuefei Wang,1 Qin Zhang,1 Shiping Peng,1 Xiujuan Liao,1 Hui Zeng,4 Tetsuya Asakawa5 1Department of Health Management, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Orthopedics, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Health Services Section, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; 5Institute of Neurology, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Tetsuya Asakawa, Institute of Neurology, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, 29 Bulan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, 518112, People’s Republic of China, Email asakawat1971@gmail.com Hui Zeng, Department of Health Services Section, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, 29 Bulan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, 518112, People’s Republic of China, Email 24178743@qq.comBackground: This is a hospital-based, single-center, cross-sectional study to investigate the status quo of hyperuricaemia (HUA) in general adults in Shenzhen, a booming seaside city in the South China.Methods: All health adults (≥ 18 years old) undergoing health examination from 2020 Oct 1 to 2021 September 30 in a general hospital were enrolled. …”
Get full text

Nutritional strategies for laying hens to address environmental challenges by reducing the nitrogen excretion by Vlaicu Petru Alexandru, Untea Arabela Elena, Panaite Tatiana Dumitra, Cornescu Gabriela Maria, Saracila Mihaela, Varzaru Iulia, Oancea Alexandra Gabriela

“…The limiting amino acids (lysine, methionine, and threonine) were supplemented to maintain constant equal amino acid concentrations in all experimental diets. …”
Get full text

Nationwide representative serosurvey of third-grade school children to evaluate the hepatitis B vaccination impact in Kyrgyzstan, 2022 by Michael Brandl, Gulnara Zhumagulova, Gulbara Ishenapysova, Zuridin Nurmatov, Tatiana Enverovna Kuchuk, Nurzhan Zamirbekova, Gulsunai Sattarova, Saikal Temirbekova, Zhanara Bekenova, Martyna Gassowski, Liudmila Mosina, Antons Mozalevskis, Sandra Dudareva, Siddhartha Sankar Datta

“…The majority of children were 9 or 10 years old (2,964; 93%) with almost equal numbers of girls and boys (1,606; 50% boys) and rural and urban participants (1,624; 51% urban). …”
Get full text

Factors Influencing the Development of Metachronous Fractures in Patients with Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures Treated with Conservative Management or Vertebroplasty by Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Lucía Bueno Caravaca, Francisco Garrido Sanz, Paula María Jiménez Gutiérrez, David Luengo Gómez, Mario Rivera Izquierdo, José Manuel Benítez, Antonio Jesús Láinez Ramos-Bossini

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> The presence of intravertebral cleft, a difference in posterior height loss between X-rays and CT equal to or lower than 2.4%, higher grades of Genant’s numerical classification, and application of CM instead of PV are predictors of MFs. …”
Get full text

Utilization and quality of primary and specialized palliative homecare in nursing home residents vs. community dwellers: a claims data analysis by Juliane Poeck, Franziska Meissner, Bianka Ditscheid, Markus Krause, Ulrich Wedding, Cordula Gebel, Ursula Marschall, Gabriele Meyer, Werner Schneider, Antje Freytag

“…For most outcomes, the associations with palliative homecare were equal or smaller in nursing home residents than in community dwellers. …”
Get full text

Differentiations in Illness Duration, Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone, Glucose and P300 Latency Between Drug-Na&iuml;ve Unipolar and Bipolar Depression: A Comparative Cross-Sectional S... by Li C, Yang L, Zhang Q, Zhang Y, Li R, Jia F, Wang L, Ma X, Yao K, Tian H, Liu Z, Zhuo C

“…Chao Li,1,2 Lei Yang,1,2 Qiuyu Zhang,1,2 Ying Zhang,1,2 Ranli Li,1,2 Feng Jia,1,2 Lina Wang,1,2 Xiaoyan Ma,1,2 Kaifang Yao,1,2 Hongjun Tian,3,&ast; Zengxun Liu,4,&ast; Chuanjun Zhuo1,2,&ast; 1Computational Biology and Animal Imaging Center (CBAC), Tianjin Anding Hospital, Nankai University Affiliated Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Affiliated Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Affiliated Tianjin Mental Health Center, Tianjin, 300222, People’s Republic of China; 2Laboratory of Psychiatric-Neuroimaging-Genetic and Co-morbidity (PNGC_Lab), Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Mental Health Center of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300222, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Psychiatry, Tianjin Fourth Center Hospital, Nankai University Affiliated Tianjin Fourth Center Hospital, Tianjin, 300140, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Psychiatry, Shandong Mental Health Center, Jinan, 250014, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Chuanjun Zhuo, Tianjin Anding Hospital, Nankai University Affiliated Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Affiliated Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Affiliated Tianjin Mental Health Center, Tianjin, 300222, People’s Republic of China, Tel/Fax +86-22-24394542, Email chuanjunzhuotjmh@163.comBackground: Distinguishing bipolar depression (BD) from unipolar depression (UD) remains a major clinical challenge, especially in drug-naïve patients. …”
Get full text

Impact of Self-Management Clustered Care on Psychological and Birth Outcomes in Gestational Diabetes by Tang S, Wang S, Wu J, Hu S, Lu T, Zhu M, Li J, Xue F

“…Shuting Tang,1,&ast; Song Wang,1,&ast; Jinyan Wu,1 Shoudi Hu,1 Tingting Lu,2 Minli Zhu,2 Jinzhi Li,1 Fang Xue1 1School of Nursing, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, Anhui, People’s Republic of China; 2Maternity Ward, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, Anhui, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fang Xue, School of Nursing, Bengbu Medical University, No. 2600 Donghai Avenue, Bengbu, Anhui, People’s Republic of China, Email 0700036@bbmu.edu.cnPurposes: To investigate the effects of a self-management-cluster-based pregnancy care model (SMB-CPCM) on the psychological status and delivery outcomes of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).Patients and Methods: A total of 120 pregnant women with GDM who had been filed and had regular obstetric examinations in a tertiary-level hospital in Bengbu City between 1 April 2023 and 1 April 2024 were included in the study using the convenience sampling method. …”
Get full text

Fabrication of Nano-Silver Composite Using Amomum longiligulare Fruit Polysaccharides and Their Biological Activities by Lian Y, Ma N, Cheng Q, Luo M, Xu Z, He F, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Jin D, Kong Y, Wang Y, Wei N

“…Yong Lian,1,&ast; Ning Ma,2,&ast; Qianying Cheng,1,&ast; Mingquan Luo,1 Zhen Xu,1 Fei He,1 Xiaomei Zhou,1 Ying Zhang,1 Dejun Jin,1 Yidan Kong,1 Yong Wang,1 Na Wei1 1Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R&D on Tropical Herbs, Engineering Research Center of Tropical Medicine Innovation and Transformation of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center of Human-Machine Intelligent Collaborative for Tumor Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Hainan Province, School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, People’s Republic of China; 2Reproductive Medical Center, Hainan Women and Children’s Medical Center, Haikou, Hainan Province, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Na Wei; Yong Wang, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R&D on Tropical Herbs, School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, People’s Republic of China, Email weina-0613@163.com; wangyong1982_2004@163.comPurpose: Study aims to optimize the synthesis conditions for silver nanoparticle composites [ALP(D)-AgNPs] using a rapid and environmentally friendly method and investigate the antioxidant, antibacterial, and anticancer activities of the fabricated composite.Methods: The polysaccharide component ALP-D was extracted and purified from the fruits of Amomum longiligulare and subsequently used for further experiments. …”
Get full text

Code-Switching in Algerian English as a Foreign Language Speakers’ Facebook Interactions: Exploring Functions and Motives by Saida Tobbi

“…The motivations driving code-switching were equally varied and nuanced. Limited proficiency in English, coupled with linguistic constraints, often prompted students to switch to Arabic or French to ensure effective communication. …”
Get full text