Contemporary Management of Patients With Chagas Cardiomyopathy in Bolivia by Evan Czulada, BS, Sascha Bercovitch, BA, Yazan Alshawkani, MD, Natalia Noya Weise, MD, Adriana E. Hernani Rodrigo, BS, Ronald Gustavo Durán Saucedo, MD, Marcelo Buhezo Chamón, MD, Robert H. Gilman, MD, David T. Martin, MD

“…Survey questions were developed by Bolivian and U.S. researchers with extensive Chagas disease experience. …”
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Associations between neutrophil percentage to albumin ratio and rheumatoid arthritis versus osteoarthritis: a comprehensive analysis utilizing the NHANES database by Wenquan Ding, Rui La, Shenghao Wang, Zhiyuan He, Dinghua Jiang, Zhigang Zhang, Hao Ni, Wu Xu, Lixin Huang, Qian Wu, Qian Wu

“…Further analyses using curve fitting and threshold effect models revealed a nonlinear association between NPAR and RA, with an inflection point identified at 15.56.ConclusionHigh levels of NPAR is positively associated with the prevalence of RA. This provides us with new insights for the management and treatment of RA patients.…”
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Single-Cell RNA-Seq Uncovers Cellular Heterogeneity from Deep Fascia in Necrotizing Fasciitis Patients by Wang T, Zhang L, Chen W, Long Y, Zhang Y, Wang L, Hou Z

“…These proteins may act as a biomarker or even as a candidate therapy for NF.Conclusion: Our findings revealed the potential anti-infection role of deep fascia during the procession of NF, helping us understand the immunologic function of fascia and provide novel insights for its therapeutic strategies for NF.Keywords: necrotizing fasciitis, deep fascia, single-cell RNA-seq, M1/M2 polarization, fibroblast…”
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Effects of biochar on the chemical properties of soils and the volume of wood in a plantation of Acacia mangium Willd in the Colombian Orinoquía (highlands) by Giovanni Reyes-Moreno, Aquiles Enrique Darghan, Carlos Rivera-Moreno

“…The application of Bayesian principal components not only allowed us to reduce dimensionality but also to generate a visual way of classifying the treatments.…”
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Instructional design of smart technology use in teacher digital educational environment by G. B. Sarzhanova, R. S. Bobesh, G. Zh. Smagulova, A. Turkel, N. B. Serikbayeva

“…The modern teacher is supposed both to adapt to and perform the professional activity within the digital setting of the educational institution and be able to design his/her own digital educational environment to transfer the educational content and organise effective “educator-learner” educational interaction. This situation brings us to the issue of the necessity for the teacher to be aware and master the potential possibilities provided by the smart technologies in realisation of the educational activity in terms of online and mixed learning; this, in its turn, conditions the search for the solutions for the effective instructional design of smart technology application in a teacher digital educational environment.Aim. …”
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A scoping review examining the relationship between green tea and skin cancers by Ram Lakhan, Louisa Summers, Olugbemiga Ekundayo, Jedidiah Radosevich, Sierra Turner, Sangyal Dorjee, Vinayak K. Nahar, Manoj Sharma

“…Introduction: Skin cancers are among the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the US and are becoming a major public health problem. …”

Potential and costs required for methane removal to compete with BECCS as a mitigation option by Yann Gaucher, Katsumasa Tanaka, Daniel J A Johansson, Olivier Boucher, Philippe Ciais

“…To address this question, we use an intertemporal optimization climate-GHG-energy model to evaluate the MR cost and removal potential thresholds that would allow us to meet a given climate target with the same or a lower abatement cost and allowing for equal or higher gross CO _2 emissions than if CDR through bioenergy with carbon capture and storage were an option. …”
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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 research was partly supported by the 2024 BridgeUSA Ukrainian Academic Fellows Program, funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), with additional funding provided by Harvard University and administered by the American Councils for International Education. …”
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Calibration of double electroinduction spherical electric field strength sensor in a homogeneous field by S. V. Biryukov, L. V. Tyukina, A. V. Tyukin

“…The obtained results of the research allow us to confirm the adequacy of the theory underlying the calculations of dual electric induction sensors of the electric field strength.…”
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Association between life's essential 8 and Parkinson's disease: a case–control study by Jiaxin Fan, Yanfeng Wang, Xingzhi Guo, Shuai Cao, Shuqin Zhan, Rui Li

“…This study aimed to elucidate the association between LE8 metrics and PD in the US adults. Methods Data of 26,975 participants were extracted from the last 7 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cycles (2005–2018). …”
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Evaluating the impact of roof rainwater harvesting on hydrological connectivity and urban flood mitigation by Quang-Oai Lu, Reza Bahramloo, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Jun Wang, Ali Talebi, Quynh Thi Phuong Tran, Afshin Ghahramani, Mehdi Sepehri

“…However, few scientific studies have attempted to model this dynamic, allowing us to increase water collection and reduce the risk of floods, especially in arid and semiarid areas. …”
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“It's hard to talk to a computer, I get it”: An exploratory analysis of clinician connection-building communication practices in rural telepalliative care encounters by Elise C. Tarbi, Natalie Ambrose, Eric C. Anderson, Rebecca N. Hutchinson, Paul K.J. Han, Maija Reblin, Robert Gramling

“…Methods: We analyzed data from the Northern New England Palliative Care TeleConsult Research Study – a formative mixed-methods pilot study at two academic medical centers in rural US states with patients with serious illness (2019–2020). …”
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Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance in Adult Hospitalized Patients With Cancer: A Multicenter Analysis by Vikas Gupta, Michael J. Satlin, Kalvin Yu, Yehoda M. Martei, Lillian Sung, Lars F. Westblade, Scott C. Howard, ChinEn Ai, Diane C. Flayhart

“…Methods This retrospective, cross‐sectional evaluation of AMR assessed hospitalized adult patients in 168 United States (US) healthcare facilities between April 2018 and December 2022. …”
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A simple and efficient method to extract polar metabolites from guar leaves (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.) for GC-MS metabolome analysis by S. B. Teplyakova, A. L. Shavarda, T. V. Shelenga, E. A. Dzyubenko, E. K. Potokina

“…The advantages and disadvantages of these two methods revealed in the course of our work have prompted us to develop a new approach that avoids some difficulties in analyzing the metabolic profiles of leaves of various guar varieties. …”
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The choice of the content of training process for mass-category athletes in view of the subjectivity of competitive activity by Orlov, Andrey I., Talantseva, Valentina K., Shilenko, Olga V., Petrova, Tatyana N., Kudratova, Lola A.

“…The solution to the identified problem is proposed to be carried out in accordance with the principle of primacy of competitive activity in relation to training, which will allow us to identify specific features of the implementation of a concrete competitive exercise. …”
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Digging for Literature on Tailoring Cultural Offers With and for Older People From Ethnic Minority Groups: A Scoping Review by Stephanie Tierney, Jordan Gorenberg, Marta Santillo, Debra Westlake, Geoffrey Wong, Kerryn Husk, Sofia Vougioukalou, Ruthanne Baxter, Shoba Dawson, Nia Roberts, Caroline Potter, Harriet Warburton, Beth McDougall, Johannah Latchem, Kamal R Mahtani

“…Methods A scoping review was conducted to identify what existing literature, conducted in the United Kingdom, tells us about tailoring cultural offers for older people (aged 60+ years) from ethnic minority groups. …”
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Synthesis and Advanced NMR Characterization of Ordered 3D Reticular Materials with PolySilicate Nodes and Hydrophobic OrganoSilicone Linkers by Jelle Jamoul, Sambhu Radhakrishnan, Maarten Houlleberghs, C. Vinod Chandran, Aline Vits, Pasquinel Weckx, Sam Smet, Daniel Arenas Esteban, Sara Bals, Johan A. Martens, Eric Breynaert

“…Advanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy allowed us to unravel the molecular order of the nodes and their interconnection by the silicone linkers. …”
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The Origin of the Matter Matters: The Influence of Terrestrial Inputs on Coastal Benthic Microeukaryote Communities Revealed by eDNA by Mathisse Meyneng, Raffaele Siano, Naïna Mouras, Dominique Ansquer, Christine Laporte‐Magoni, Florence Antypas, Thomas Haize, Hugues Lemonnier

“…The selection of ASVs based on their contribution to beta diversity and their correlation with metallic concentrations enabled us to identify spatial patterns. This information could lead to identifying microeukaryote bioindicators of terrestrial influences, particularly of ultramafic origin. …”
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Determinants of Indonesian Government Bond Yield by Hestiani Wulandari, Noer Azam Achsani, Moch. Hadi Santoso

“…These factors included the short-term interest rate, consumer price index, industrial production index, exchange rate, BI rate, stock price index, foreign exchange reserves, the Fed rate, the world oil price and US bond yields. Findings/Result: The industrial production index was found to have a significant negative effect on yields, while the stock price index was found to have a significant positive effect. …”
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Wild relatives and interspecific hybrids of potato as source materials in breeding for resistance to golden nematode by N. V. Mironenko, E. V. Rogozina, A. A. Gurina, A. V. Khiutti, N. A. Chalaya, O. S. Afanasenko

“…Molecular screening for the presence of H1 and Gro1-4 gene markers allowed us to identify Gro1-4 in 13 South American genotypes of S. alandiae Cárd., S. × doddsii Corr., S. kurtzianum, S. leptophyes Bitt., and S. yungasense Hawkes. …”
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