Joint association of the inflammatory marker and cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome stages with all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality: a national prospective study by Yifei Cao, Wenfeng Wang, Shidong Xie, Yanfang Xu, Zishan Lin

“…This study aimed to evaluate the independent and joint associations of CKM stages and systemic inflammation with all-cause and CVD mortality in a representative cohort of United States adults. Methods We analyzed data from 29,459 adults aged ≥ 20 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999–2018). …”
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Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in China, 2014–2021 by Hanli Wang, Shirong Li, Haoyu Ji, Yixin Hu, Susheng Zhou, Xingwu Chen, Zhiwei Lu, Qinghai You, Yusheng Cheng, Lei Zha

“…The overall prevalence of S. maltophilia among all clinical bacterial isolates remained stable at approximately 2.1%, with higher rates observed in intensive care units and elderly patients. Resistance rates to sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim decreased from 9.8% in 2014 to 7.5% in 2021. …”
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Receipt of long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy among people with HIV in Southern US states: an assessment using electronic health records and claims data by Yiyang Liu, Rebecca J. Fisk-Hoffman, Maitri Patel, Robert L. Cook, Mattia Prosperi

“…Abstract Background In January 2021, the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy (LAI ART) regimen for the treatment of HIV providing an alternative to daily oral regimens. …”
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Burden of Comorbidities and Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Medicaid-Enrolled Extremely Premature Infants by Meredith E. Mowitz, Wei Gao, Heather Sipsma, Pete Zuckerman, Hallee Wong, Rajeev Ayyagari, Sujata P. Sarda

“…**Background:** The effect of gestational age (GA) on comorbidity prevalence, healthcare resource utilization (HCRU), and all-cause costs is significant for extremely premature (EP) infants in the United States. **Objectives:** To characterize real-world patient characteristics, prevalence of comorbidities, rates of HCRU, and direct healthcare charges and societal costs among premature infants in US Medicaid programs, with respect to GA and the presence of respiratory comorbidities. …”
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Research trends in glioma chemoradiotherapy resistance: a bibliometric analysis (2003–2023) by Shishi Yu, Jinya Wu, Yuan Jing, Ping Lin, Lang Lang, Yifan Xiong, Wangzhong Chen, Wenhua Liu, Changpeng Sun, Yuntao Lu

“…Over 1,000 institutions from 88 countries contributed to this research. The United States, Switzerland, and Germany showed the highest citation impact, while China led in publication volume but demonstrated relatively lower citation influence. …”
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Interaction of production areas of settlements with regional settlement systems at the municipal level of territorial planning by N. G. Yushkova

“…The system of assessment of settlement territories based on the principles of structuring and allocation of planning units of municipal settlement systems, i.e. settlements, has been developed and applied. …”
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Association between adult body shape index and serum levels of the anti-aging protein Klotho in adults: a population-based cross-sectional study of the NHANES from 2007 to 2016 by Li Gong, Jinghan Xu, Yiyang Zhuang, Liwei Zeng, Zhenfei Peng, Yuzhou Liu, Yinluan Huang, Yutian Chen, Fengyi Huang, Chunli Piao

“…Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the correlation between ABSI and serum Klotho levels in adults residing in the United States.MethodsA cross-sectional study of participants was conducted based on the 2007–2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. …”
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Creativity research in medicine and nursing: A scoping review. by Alex Thabane, Sarah Saleh, Sushmitha Pallapothu, Tyler McKechnie, Phillip Staibano, Jason W Busse, Goran Calic, Ranil Sonnadara, Sameer Parpia, Mohit Bhandari

“…Researchers from Taiwan (22%) and the United States (21%) produced the most eligible publications, and the majority research was cross-sectional in nature (54%). …”
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Rehabilitation Guidelines for Use Following a Periacetabular Osteotomy (PAO): A North American Based Delphi Consensus by Ashley E. Disantis, Ethan Ruh, RobRoy Martin, Keelan Enseki, Michael McClincy

“… # Methods A panel of 16 physiotherapists from across the United States and Canada who were identified as experts in PAO rehabilitation by high-volume hip preservation surgeons participated in this Delphi study. …”
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Variation in Assessing Renal Allograft Rejection: A National Assessment of Nephrology Practice by John Peabody, Paul Billings, Czarlota Valdenor, Zach Demko, Solomon Moshkevich, David Paculdo, Mary Tran

“…Herein, we report on posttransplant care provided to kidney allograft recipients by board-certified nephrologists in the United States. Methods. We measured clinical practice in a representative sample of 175 practicing nephrologists. …”
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Structure of basic emotions as a factor of emotional intelligence of high school students by Yulia A. Mochalova

“…Emotions and intellect are able to unite in their practical orientation. This combination is required for the coordinated development of the personality. …”
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GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE MINING ENGINEERS by Vladimir S. Morkun, Serhiy O. Semerikov, Svitlana M. Hryshchenko

“…In the professional activities of mining engineers, information technologies make it possible not only to consider the location of production units of a mining company, mineral warehouses and rock dumps of a mining company at any required level of detail, but also to help meet the basic environmental requirements in the field of mining.  …”
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Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Evaluation of <i>Lespedeza cuneata</i> Extract Against Periodontal Pathogens and Human Gingival Cells: A Novel Option for Periodontal Therapy by Hyo-Ju Yoon, Gyoo-Cheon Kim, Seoul-Hee Nam

“…After 24 h of anaerobic incubation, colony-forming units per milliliter (CFU/mL) were measured. Cytotoxicity on HGF cells was evaluated after treatment with WST-1 solution followed by incubation at 37 °C, 5% CO₂ for 2 h. …”
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Technology transfer, intellectual property, and the fight for the soul of WHO. by Melissa Barber

“…Also at stake are questions of institutional mandate: the United States has amplified calls by industry that pandemic technology transfer policy should be the domain of the World Trade Organization (WTO) instead of the World Health Organization (WHO). …”
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Polymorphism of RAPD and ISSR markers in grain amaranth species by S. V. Lymanska, L. A. Miroshnichenko, T. I. Goptsiy, O. S. Korneeva

“…A high level of alterability and the formation of a huge number of spontaneous hybrids in natural populations of amaranth significantly complicate the identification of individual genotypes and entire taxonomic units of Amaranthus L. Due to the lack of research and depending on the environmental conditions, the morphological markers of amaranth are not able to provide sufficient genomic information to the breeder; thus it is necessary to search for reliable genetic markers that allow the genetic diversity of the Amaranthus L. species to be studied and effectively maintained. …”
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Strategies for enhancing deep video encoding efficiency using the Convolutional Neural Network in a hyperautomation mechanism by Xiaolan Wang

“…This method utilizes a multi-level feature fusion network to reconstruct coding units. The effectiveness of the proposed variable-resolution coding technique is then evaluated by comparing its performance against the original method on the high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) test platform. …”
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A Rare Case of Neurosyphilis with Calvaria Osteitis Presenting in Pregnancy by Gisella M. Newbery, Christine E. Henricks, Julie A. Vircks, Andreina Colina, David C. Mundy

“…She completed 14 days of intravenous aqueous crystalline penicillin G with additional benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units intramuscular weekly for two weeks. There was no evidence of congenital syphilis on neonatal examination. …”
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USING MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS TO DERIVE CROPLAND AND PASTURE PROPORTION MAPS IN ROMANIA by DIANA DOGARU, GHEORGHE KUCSICSA

“…In this way, the statistical proportion of croplands and pastures of each Local Administrative Units (LAU2) is explained by all significant CORINE Land Use / Land Cover classes. …”
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Landscape of Global Pediatric Oncology Publications: A Cross-Sectional Analysis by María Fernanda García Garza, Oscar Gutiérrez Treviño, Saman K. Hashmi, Carlos Rodríguez-Galindo, Daniel C. Moreira

“…Furthermore, 121 (41.4%) first authors, 163 (55.1%) last authors, and 142 (48.0%) senior authors were from high-income countries (HICs). The United States (n = 81) and India (n = 40) had the most corresponding authors. …”
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Fine Particle pH and its Impact on PM2.5 Control in a Megacity of Central China by Mingming Zheng, Ke Xu, Lianxin Yuan, Nan Chen, Menghua Cao

“…By sensitivity simulations, PM2.5 remained acidic with pH changes less than 0.5 units in spring, summer and fall in foreseeable future even when the concentration varied by two orders of magnitude. …”
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