Análisis estructural, sísmico y geotécnico de la iglesia de Sant' Agostino en L'aquila (Italia) by Claudia Cennamo, Marco Di Fiore

“…El estudio de caso presentado en este trabajo se refiere al análisis sísmico de la iglesia de Sant' Agostino en L'Aquila (gravemente dañada por el sismo ocurrido en abril de 2009), y considera en profundidad los tres niveles de evaluación de la seguridad sísmica establecidos en el Código Italiano para la evaluación y reducción del riesgo sísmico del patrimonio cultural Eurocode 8: Design of structures for earthquake resistance, (2003), Decreto Legislativo (2004), Norme tecniche per le costruzioni, DM. (2005), Norme tecniche per le costruzioni, DM. (2008), Circolare n. (2010), Direttiva del Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri per la valutazione e la riduzione del rischio sismico del patrimonio culturale con riferimento alle Norme Tecniche per le Costruzioni. G.U. (2008). Así, para el LV1 (Nivel de evaluación 1) se realizaron todos los análisis exigidos en los anexos de la Directiva del 10 de diciembre de 2007, comenzando por el Módulo A que corresponde al "registro de identificación", continuando con el Módulo B que se refiere al estudio de los "factores de sensibilidad" y finalizando con el Módulo C que considera la "morfología de los elementos". …”
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CD94-driven in vitro expansion of highly functional adaptive NKG2C+ NKG2A- CD57+ NK cells from CMV+ healthy donors by Chiara Giordano, Simona Carlomagno, Simona Carlomagno, Michela Falco, Claudia Cantoni, Claudia Cantoni, Massimo Vitale, Ignazio Caruana, Johannes Dirks, Alberto Serio, Letizia Muccio, Giulia Bartalucci, Alessandra Bo, Franco Locatelli, Franco Locatelli, Cristina Bottino, Cristina Bottino, Simona Sivori, Simona Sivori, Mariella Della Chiesa, Mariella Della Chiesa

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A Long-Term Study of Aerobic Performance in Elite Cross-Country Skiers: How Age and Sex Influence Career Development by Elias Bucher, Jon P. Wehrlin, Grégoire P. Millet, Thomas Steiner

“…On the other hand, 24-min DP followed a non-linear progression in males, with a slowdown in performance improvement as they transitioned from the U23 to the senior age category. These results highlight the importance of high initial VO₂max at the junior level and the greater trainability of LT2 and aerobic time-trial performance with the accumulation of specific training as athletes progress in their careers. …”
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Process evaluation of Project Daire: a food environment intervention that impacted food knowledge, wellbeing and dietary habits of primary school children by Naomi Anderson, Sarah F. Brennan, Fiona Lavelle, Sarah E. Moore, Dilara Olgacher, Amy Junkin, Moira Dean, Michelle C. McKinley, Patrick McCole, Ruth F. Hunter, Laura Dunne, Niamh E. O’Connell, Chris T. Elliott, Danielle McCarthy, Jayne V. Woodside

“…Trial registrations The original trial referenced in this process evaluation is registered as follows: National Institute of Health (NIH) U.S. National Library of Medicine Clinical Trials.gov (ID: NCT04277312; retrospectively registered 11th February 2020).…”
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Preparation Methods and Perceived Risk of Foodborne Illness Among Consumers of Prepackaged Frozen Vegetables – United States, September 2022 by Michelle Canning, Michael Ablan, Tamara N. Crawford, Amanda Conrad, Alexandra Busbee, Misha Robyn, Katherine E. Marshall

“…Data were weighted to be representative of the U.S. population. Point estimates and 95% CIs were calculated, and differences between respondents were determined using Wald chi square tests. …”
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Pre-Hospital Point-of-Care Troponin: Is It Possible to Anticipate the Diagnosis? A Preliminary Report by Cristian Lazzari, Sara Montemerani, Cosimo Fabrizi, Cecilia Sacchi, Antoine Belperio, Marilena Fantacci, Giovanni Sbrana, Agostino Ognibene, Maurizio Zanobetti, Simone Nocentini

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Novel organophosphate esters and their transformation products in offshore sediment from Eastern China: Occurrence, temporal trend, and risk assessment by Meng Gao, Yu Wang, Liman Wei, Siyuan Li, Qiuyue Zhang, Zhongkang Yang, Mohan Bai, Yiming Yao, Lei Wang, Hongwen Sun

“…Notably, ΣRQ values for NOPEs were significantly higher than those of TOPEs (Mann-Whitney U test, p < 0.001), indicating their severe ecological risks in offshore sediment. …”
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Multi-metal mixture exposure and cognitive function in urban older adults: The mediation effects of thyroid hormones by Zhuoqi Zhu, Juanhua Li, Yang Peng, Ning Qin, Jiemei Li, Ying Wei, Biwen Wang, Yunfei Liao, Huaicai Zeng, Lu Cheng, Han Li

“…The General Linear Model (GLM) showed negative correlations between MMSE scores and titanium (Ti), copper (Cu), rubidium (Rb), and molybdenum (Mo), and positive correlations with selenium (Se) and barium (Ba). Nonlinear inverse U-shaped associations between Mo, Rb, and MMSE scores were identified using Restricted Cubic Splines (RCS) and Bayesian Kernel Machine Regression (BKMR). …”
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L-glutaminase synthesis by Klebsiella pneumoniae (AS KP 23) isolated from clinical strain, and its efficacy against human hepatocellular and breast cancer cell lines by Lina J. Abdel-Hafez, Eman Y. T. Elariny, Asmaa E. Ibrahim, Mahmoud E. F. Abdel-Haliem

“…L-glutaminase was purified 1.33-fold with a final specific activity of 799.9 U/mg protein using gel filtration chromatography. …”
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Cyanoacrylate glue in breast surgery: the GLUBREAST Trial by Emanuela Esposito, Claudio Siani, Ivana Donzelli, Anna Crispo, Sergio Coluccia, Piergiacomo Di Gennaro, Assunta Luongo, Franca Avino, Alfredo Fucito, Ugo Marone, Maria Teresa Melucci, Ruggero Saponara, Raimondo di Giacomo

“…Older age was associated with a higher volume of seroma drained per day (β 0.30; 95% CI: 0.00–0.60). A 5-U increase in body mass index was associated with higher daily drained seroma volume in patients who underwent breast-conserving surgery (β 5.0; 95% CI: 0.62–9.4), but not in patients who underwent mastectomy (β 2.5; 95% CI: −3.6–8.6). …”
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Incidence of unintended pregnancies and pregnancy experience among adolescents living with perinatally-acquired HIV in West Africa: a mixed-method study by Désiré Lucien Dahourou, Clément Tisseron, Caroline Yonaba, Joël Djaha, Marie-Sylvie N’Gbeche, Corinne Moh, Kouakou Kouadio, Patricia Nindjin, François Eboua, Belinda Bouah, Karen Malateste, Jean-Claude Azani, Eulalie Kangah, Elisabeth Thio, Philippe Msellati, Julie Jesson, Valériane Leroy, for the IeDEA West-African Collaboration

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Association of glucose to lymphocyte ratio with the risk of death in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease by Jinglin Lei, Wentao Duan, Xiaoxi Yao, Zheng Hu, Huihui Fan, Yifan Liu, Wenjian Zhong, Haipeng Li

“…This study aims to evaluate the association between GLR and all-cause as well as cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in patients with ASCVD within the U.S. population. This retrospective cohort study recruited 1,753 ASCVD patients from the 2003–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) with a median follow-up of 6.25 years. …”
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Early systemic insults following severe sepsis-associated encephalopathy of critically ill patients: association with mortality and awakening—an analysis of the OUTCOMEREA database... by Michael Thy, Romain Sonneville, Stéphane Ruckly, Bruno Mourvillier, Carole Schwebel, Yves Cohen, Maité Garrouste-Orgeas, Shidasp Siami, Cédric Bruel, Jean Reignier, Elie Azoulay, Laurent Argaud, Dany Goldgran-Toledano, Virginie Laurent, Claire Dupuis, Julien Poujade, Lila Bouadma, Etienne de Montmollin, Jean-François Timsit, on the behalf of the OUTCOME R. E. A. network

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Association between insulin resistance indices and outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by Weicheng Ni, Ruihao Jiang, Di Xu, Jianhan Zhu, Jing Chen, Yuanzhen Lin, Hao Zhou

“…Additionally, the TyG-BMI index revealed a U-shaped correlation with MACE, indicating that both an elevated and a lower TyG-BMI index were associated with an increased risk. …”
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Cardiomyopathy and kidney function in agalsidase beta‐treated female Fabry patients: a pre‐treatment vs. post‐treatment analysis by Christoph Wanner, Ulla Feldt‐Rasmussen, Ana Jovanovic, Aleš Linhart, Meng Yang, Elvira Ponce, Eva Brand, Dominique P. Germain, Derralynn A. Hughes, John L. Jefferies, Ana Maria Martins, Albina Nowak, Bojan Vujkovac, Frank Weidemann, Michael L. West, Alberto Ortiz

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Establishing a radiomics model using contrast-enhanced ultrasound for preoperative prediction of neoplastic gallbladder polyps exceeding 10 mm by Dong Jiang, Yi Qian, Yijun Gu, Ru Wang, Hua Yu, Zhenmeng Wang, Hui Dong, Dongyu Chen, Yan Chen, Haozheng Jiang, Yiran Li

“…Significant features were identified using the Mann–Whitney U test and further refined with a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression model to construct radiomic features. …”
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Joint effects of temperature and humidity with PM2.5 on COPD by Huan Minh Tran, Feng-Jen Tsai, Yuan-Hung Wang, Kang-Yun Lee, Jer-Hwa Chang, Chi-Li Chung, Chien-Hua Tseng, Chien-Ling Su, Yuan-Chien Lin, Tzu-Tao Chen, Kuan-Yuan Chen, Shu-Chuan Ho, Feng-Ming Yang, Sheng-Ming Wu, Kian Fan Chung, Kin-Fai Ho, Kai-Jen Chuang, Hsiao-Chi Chuang

“…For temperature and RH, we observed U-shaped effects on OR for COPD with optimal temperatures identified as 21.2 °C, 23.8 °C, and 23.8 °C for 1-day, 7-day, and 1-month mean temperature, respectively, and optimal RH levels identified as 73.8%, 76.7%, and 75.4% for 1-day, 7-day, and 1-month mean RH, respectively (p < 0.05). …”
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Organización territorial y actividad ganadera en el noreste del Departamento Aluminé by Marcos Damián Mare

“…La escasa infraestructura rural y la percepción del área como una zona de tránsito u obstáculo montañoso para alcanzar los destinos turísticos occidentales más promocionados, constituye un factor, hasta ahora, condicionante para una mayor diversificación socioeconómica. …”
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ELABELA promotes the migration and homing of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to myocardial injury sites through the ERK1/2/miR-299a-5p/Exo70 pathway by Jing-Yu Hou, Hao Wu, Shuang-Mei Li, Xiao-Jing Li, Shu-Jun Yang, Xu-Xiang Chen, Chang-Qing Zhou, Hui-Bao Long, Hai-Dong Wu, Jia-Ying Fu, Ya-Jie Guo, Tong Wang

“…ELA also activated ERK1/2 phosphorylation, while inhibition of ERK1/2·with U0126 abrogated F-actin polymerization and migration, increasing miR-299a-5p levels and reducing Exo70.ConclusionELA enhances BMSCs migration and homing to injured cardiomyocytes by activating the APJ receptor, promoting ERK1/2 phosphorylation, downregulating miR-299a-5p, and upregulating Exo70, providing a potential therapeutic strategy for improving stem cell-based cardiac repair.…”
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Studying a collection of common-wheat varieties for leaf rust resistance, crop yield and grain quality in the environmental conditions of Novosibirsk region by L. P. Sochalova, V. A. Aparina, N. I. Boyko, E. V. Zuev, E. V. Morozova, E. V. Musinov, N. A. Vinichenko, I. N. Leonova, V. V. Piskarev

“…The presence of Lr41 in a winter type line (KS 93 U 62) allowed it to maintain resistance against a leaf rust pathogen clone kLr24, despite the presence of Lr24 in the genotype. …”
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