Plasma Iron Levels at Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis Are Associated With Development of Secondary Metastases: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study by Jasmine De Troy, Sarah-Maria Fendt, Sigrid Hatse, Patrick Neven, Ann Smeets, Annouschka Laenen, Hans Wildiers

“…Results: In total, 1113 patients were included, 10% of them developed distant metastasis over a median follow-up period of 7 years. In multivariable analysis adjusting for age, stage, and subtype, transferrin saturation and serum iron were significantly associated with an increased risk of breast cancer metastasis. …”
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Intravitreal Injections for Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion: Long-Term Functional and Anatomic Outcomes by Emilia Maggio, Maurizio Mete, Giorgia Maraone, Marcella Attanasio, Massimo Guerriero, Grazia Pertile

“…The mean BCVA and CMT at baseline were 0.79 logMar (SD 0.71) and 615.7 μm (SD 257.5), respectively. The mean follow-up (FU) period was 47.8 months (min 12–max 120). …”
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Sistem Object Tracking pada Quadcopter Menggunakan Segmentasi Citra dengan Deteksi Warna HSV dan Metode Regresi Linier Berbasis Raspberry Pi by Fahmi Erza, Hurriyatul Fitriyah, Eko Setiawan

“…So this research was planned to create a system on a drone so it can detect objects and follow them. In its implementation, people with special needs and need supervision will wear an attribute in the form of a hat with a solid color. …”
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Unveiling new therapeutic horizons in rheumatoid arthritis: an In-depth exploration of circular RNAs derived from plasma exosomes by Guoqing Li, Hongyi Chen, Jiacheng Shen, Yimin Ding, Jingqiong Chen, Yongbin Zhang, Mingrui Tang, Nan Xu, Yuxuan Fang

“…In this study, samples of RA patients with insufficient response to methotrexate (MTX-IR), combined use of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) were followed up for half a year, and 56 circRNA samples of self-test data were stratified into training, testing, and external validation cohorts according to whether American College of Rheumatology 20% improvement criteria (ACR20) was achieved. …”
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Evaluating the overall renal outcomes of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) by Min-Jia Cao, Ting-Ting Liang, Li Xu, Fang-Hong Shi

“…Abstract Background Our meta-analysis fills gaps by assessing sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors’ renal outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients including long-term effects and the subgroup analyses of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) values and follow-up times. Methods The literature search of relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted in Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Central from the inception to 8 June 2023 on patients with CKD treated with SGLT2 inhibitors. …”
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Ultrasound-guided ablation for T1N0M0 papillary thyroid carcinoma adjacent and non-adjacent danger triangle area: a retrospective comparative study by Jianchuan Yang, Lingpeng Tang, Yuhan Qiu, Yucheng Lin, Ting Hu, Xiaoying Lin, Songsong Wu

“…Comparisons were made between the two groups patients regarding tumor volume changes, technical success rates, tumor disappearance, disease progression, complications.Results In both groups, the technical success rate was 100%, with a median follow-up period of 30 months. The rates of complete tumor disappearance were 78% (71/91) and 74.2% (89/120) for the adjacent and non-adjacent DTA(p = .517). …”
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Selective and persistent toxicity of seven insecticides to five egg parasitoids of Spodoptera frugiperda by Hao-Ran Li, Cheng-Yang Li, Peng Dai, Lian-Sheng Zang, Nicolas Desneux, Wei Xu

“…A risk analysis indicated that chlorantraniliprole, MabrNPV, Bt, and the 3:1 mixture had the least toxicity to the five tested parasitoid adults, followed by lufenuron. Conversely, spinetoram and emamectin benzoate displayed moderate toxicity to adults of all tested parasitoid species. …”
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Analysis of the dynamics of transition from non-colonization to colonization and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in hemodialysis patients using Markov models. [version 3; peer rev... by Difariney González-Gómez, J Natalia Jiménez, Johanna M Vanegas, Daniela Montoya-Urrego

“…An initial measurement was taken to evaluate S. aureus colonization, and follow-up measurements were performed 2 and 6 months later. …”
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Faktor-faktor yang Memengaruhi Kesuksesan E-Learning dengan Model UTAUT di Kementerian Keuangan by Bambang Sancoko, Hasan Ashari

“…The purpose of this study is to identify important factors that influence the success of e-learning implementation with the UTAUT Model at the Ministry of Finance. This research is a follow-up to the evaluation related to the implementation of e-learning that has not been optimal. …”
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Twelve-Month Retention in and Impact of Enhance®Fitness on Older Adults in Hawai‘i by Michiyo Tomioka, Kathryn L. Braun, Yan Yan Wu, Kay Holt, Paula Keele, Lori Tsuhako, Johnny Yago

“…Of 1,202 older adults with baseline data, 427 (35.5%) were continuously enrolled in Enhance®Fitness for 12 months and participated in follow-up data collection. On average, participants attended 63.7% of thrice-weekly classes each month. …”
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DDO-adjuvanted influenza A virus nucleoprotein mRNA vaccine induces robust humoral and cellular type 1 immune responses and protects mice from challenge by Victoria Gnazzo, Hanaa Saleh, Ítalo A. Castro, Adrianus C. M. Boon, Amelia K. Pinto, James D. Brien, Carolina B. López

“…DDO268 when co-packaged with mRNA in lipid nanoparticles is sensed by RIG I-like receptors and safely induces local type I interferon (IFN) production followed by dendritic cells type 1 activation and migration to the draining lymph nodes. …”
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Crisis response strategies of universities during the ongoing war: Beyond experience and responsibilities by Oleksandr Spivakovsky, Serhii Omelchuk, Daria Malchykova

“…The paper concludes that successful crisis management follows the key principles: flexibility, value orientation, and scaling up. …”
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Correlation between the Serum Platelet-Derived Growth Factor, Angiopoietin-1, and Severity of Coronary Heart Disease by Sisi Pang, Zhengxian Tao, Xiaoyan Min, Chuanwei Zhou, Dijia Pan, Zhen Cao, Xiangming Wang

“…Patients with ACS were followed up, and the major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular adverse events were recorded. …”
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Association of female genital schistosomiasis and human papillomavirus and cervical pre-cancer: a systematic review by Amy Sturt, Tanvier Omar, Isaiah Hansingo, Paul Kamfwa, Amaya Bustinduy, Helen Kelly

“…One study from Zimbabwe reported an increased risk of HR-HPV prevalence at baseline in women with composite-FGS compared to women without FGS (aOR 1.9, 95% CI 1.1 – 3.6, p = 0.03), however no association was seen after 5 years of follow-up. Another study from KwaZulu-Natal reported an increased odds of any HPV prevalence among women with visual-FGS compared to women without FGS (aOR 1.71 [1.14 – 2.56], p = 0.01). …”
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Epidemiological Analysis of Fungal Infection Disease in Pediatric Population: Focus on Hospitalization from 2007 to 2022 in Veneto Region in Italy by Lorenzo Chiusaroli, Claudia Cozzolino, Silvia Cocchio, Mario Saia, Carlo Giaquinto, Daniele Donà, Vincenzo Baldo

“…The more frequent infection was <i>Candida</i> spp. (62.8%), followed by <i>Aspergillus</i> spp. (14.6%) and skin mycosis (9.5%). …”
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Immunometabolic alterations in type 2 diabetes mellitus revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing: insights into subtypes and therapeutic targets by Huahua Li, Lingling Zou, Zhaowei Long, Junkun Zhan, Junkun Zhan

“…Immune cell types were identified through clustering analysis, followed by differential expression and pathway analysis. …”
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Preparation of an Intelligent pH Film Based on Biodegradable Polymers for Monitoring the Food Quality and Reducing the Microbial Contaminants by Kumaran Subramanian, Deivasigamani Balaraman, Kumaravel Kaliyaperumal, V. Devi Rajeswari, K. Balakrishnan, P. Ronald Ross, Elumalai Perumal, Pugazhvendan Sampath Renuga, Mani Panangal, Y. Swarnalatha, S. Velmurugan

“…The pigment color changes were observed from colorless to pale pink followed by dark reddish-pink. Anthocyanin was produced in large quantities and tested using a UV-visible spectrophotometer. …”
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Tuberculosis and Sudden Death in Lithuania by Gintarė Zarembaitė, Gabrielė Žiūkaitė, Sigitas Chmieliauskas, Diana Vasiljevaitė, Sigitas Laima, Jurgita Stasiūnienė

“…In the case of sudden death where tuberculosis was found, a significant portion of the sample (91%) was not followed up at any medical institution. Regarding socioeconomic factors, a moderate negative correlation between Lithuania’s gross domestic product and tuberculosis distribution was observed, as well as a weak negative correlation between alcohol consumption (l per capita) in the general population and tuberculosis distribution. …”
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Sparse Convolution FPGA Accelerator Based on Multi-Bank Hash Selection by Jia Xu, Han Pu, Dong Wang

“…The main contributions are as follows: (1) Most neural network inference tasks are typically executed on general-purpose computing devices, which often fail to deliver high energy efficiency and are not well-suited for accelerating sparse convolutional models. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting cough variant asthma diagnosis by Jiao Min, Xiaomiao Tang, Di Zhang, Jin Yang, Fei Li, Wei Lei

“…Univariate analysis (chi-square and t-tests) was performed, followed by multivariate logistic regression to identify independent predictors. …”
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