Does hospital strategic alliance affect the paediatric service capacity of local hospitals? A difference-in-differences econometric analysis by Zhanchun Feng, Qian Fu, Li Zhang, Xiaolu Yu, Cuiping Xiao, Cuili Yang

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Extracellular acyl-CoA-binding protein as an independent biomarker of COVID-19 disease severity by Stephane Isnard, Stephane Isnard, Tsoarello Mabanga, Tsoarello Mabanga, Léna Royston, Léna Royston, Léna Royston, Carolina A. Berini, Carolina A. Berini, Simeng Bu, Simeng Bu, Orthy Aiyana, Orthy Aiyana, Hansen Feng, Hansen Feng, Bertrand Lebouché, Bertrand Lebouché, Bertrand Lebouché, Bertrand Lebouché, Cecilia T. Costiniuk, Cecilia T. Costiniuk, Joseph Cox, Joseph Cox, Guido Kroemer, Guido Kroemer, Guido Kroemer, Madeleine Durand, Jean-Pierre Routy, Jean-Pierre Routy, Jean-Pierre Routy, the Biobanque Québécoise de la COVID-19 (BQC-19)

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Validation of the Transition Readiness and Appropriateness Measure (TRAM) for the Managing the Link and Strengthening Transition from Child to Adult Mental Healthcare in Europe (MI... by Fiona McNicholas, Dieter Wolke, Jason Madan, Jatinder Singh, Federico Fiori, Paramala Santosh, Jane Warwick, Helena Tuomainen, Swaran Singh, Laura Adams, Mathilde Mastroianni, Natalie Heaney, Kate Lievesley, Ilyas Sagar-Ouriaghli, Giovanni Allibrio, Rebecca Appleton, Nikolina Davidović, Giovanni de Girolamo, Gwen Dieleman, Katarina Dodig-Ćurković, Tomislav Franić, Charlotte Gatherer, Suzanne Gerritsen, Elisa Gheza, Lidia Manenti, Athanasios Maras, Francesco Margari, Adriana Pastore, Moli Paul, Diane Purper-Ouakil, Francesco Rinaldi, Vehbi Sakar, Ulrike Schulze, Giulia Signorini, Cathy Street, Priya Tah, Sabine Tremmery, Amanda Tuffrey, Frank Verhulst, Anna Wilson

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Insight into the current practice of ototoxicity monitoring during cisplatin therapy by N. M. Santucci, B. Garber, R. Ivory, M. A. Kuhn, M. Stephen, D. Aizenberg

“…Patients with Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) represented the largest subgroup that received cisplatin (n = 122, 32.2%) and demonstrated higher rates of ototoxicity counseling (n = 103, 84.4%) and pretreatment audiograms (n = 70, 57.4%) compared to the non HNC group (n = 36, 36.2%, P < 0.0001 and n = 22, 8.5%, P < 0.0001). …”
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Características sociodemográficas y condiciones de riesgo de la persona adulta mayor en situación de pobreza extrema frente a la pandemia por COVID-19 by Rosa María Pretell Aguilar, Rodolfo Amado Arevalo Marcos, Jeannette Giselle Avila Vargas-Machuca, Milagros Lizbeth Uturunco Vera

“…Respecto a las condiciones de riesgo vinculadas a enfermedades prevalentes, el 0,26 % de personas adultas mayores señalaron que presentan diabetes; el 0,26 %, hipertensión arterial; el 1,49 %, enfermedad cardiovascular; el 0,66 %, enfermedad pulmonar, y el 0,86 %, cáncer. Respecto a la sintomatología vinculada a la COVID-19, el 0,51 % de personas adultas mayores contactadas presentaron fiebre; el 0,18 %, tos; el 0,12 %, dificultad respiratoria; el 0,18 %, congestión nasal, y el 0,18 %, dolor de garganta. …”
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Artificial intelligence for the detection of acute myeloid leukemia from microscopic blood images; a systematic review and meta-analysis by Feras Al-Obeidat, Wael Hafez, Wael Hafez, Asrar Rashid, Mahir Khalil Jallo, Munier Gador, Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda, Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda, Daniel Simancas-Racines

“…BackgroundLeukemia is the 11th most prevalent type of cancer worldwide, with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) being the most frequent malignant blood malignancy in adults. …”
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Pharmacognostic Characterization of Panchatikta, an Ayurvedic Polyherbal Combination—Exploring the Role of Botanical and Phytochemical Techniques in the Standardization and Validat... by C. M. Harinarayanan, M. Deepak, S. P. Geetha, Arun Karnwal, Gaurav Kumar, Anupam Kumar, Tabarak Malik

“…As Panchatikta is prescribed for various life-threatening diseases including cancer, the standards developed here ensure the authenticity of the ingredients, which in turn ensures the quality of the prepared medicines.…”
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Efficacy and safety of currently approved and lower starting doses of inotuzumab ozogamicin in adult patients with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a phase IV s... by Muhit Özcan, Ryan D. Cassaday, Ewa Zarzycka, Erik Vandendries, Fan Zhang, Ying Chen, Alejandra Nieto, Fatih Demirkan, Pau Montesinos, Fevzi Altuntas

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Lactate Ameliorates Kainic Acid-Induced Neuroinflammation and Cognitive Impairment via the Chemokine Signaling Pathway in Mice by Chu X, Ge Y, Geng C, Cao P, Wei P, Fu B, Deng Z, Li Y, Zhao G

“…Xiaoqi Chu,1,2,&ast; Yusong Ge,3,&ast; Chao Geng,1,2 Peipei Cao,1,2 Penghu Wei,2 Bin Fu,2 Zihao Deng,4 Yuhao Li,5,6 Guoguang Zhao2,7 1Optometry Institute, School of Medicine Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing Municipal Geriatric Medical Research Center, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, People’s Republic of China; 4Cancer Center, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 5Central Laboratory, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing Municipal Geriatric Medical Research Center, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Pathology, School of Medicine Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China; 7National Medical Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Guoguang Zhao, Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing Municipal Geriatric Medical Research Center, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Email ggzhao@vip.sina.com Yuhao Li, Central Laboratory, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing Municipal Geriatric Medical Research Center, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Email liyuhao@xwhosp.orgPurpose: Lactate, previously considered a metabolic waste product, has been shown to have neuroprotective potential. …”
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Novel quinolines carrying pyridine, thienopyridine, isoquinoline, thiazolidine, thiazole and thiophene moieties as potential anticancer agents by Ghorab Mostafa M., Alsaid Mansour S., Al-Dosari Mohammed S., Ragab Fatma A., Al-Mishari Abdullah A., Almoqbil Abdulaziz N.

“…All the newly synthesized compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxic activity against the breast cancer cell line MCF7. 2,3-Dihydrothiazole-5-carboxamides 27, 25, 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[b]thiophene-3-carboxamide (34), 1,2-dihydroisoquinoline-7-carbonitrile (7), 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-cyclohepta[b]thiophene-3-carboxamide (35), 1,2-dihydroisoquinoline-7-carbonitrile (6), 2-cyano-3-(dimethylamino)-N-(quinolin-3-yl)acrylamide (21), 1,2-dihydroisoquinoline-7-carbonitriles (11) and (8) exhibited higher activity (IC50 values of 27–45 μmol L–1) compared to doxorubicin (IC50 47.9 μmol L–1). …”
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Detection of Masses in Mammogram Images Based on the Enhanced RetinaNet Network With INbreast Dataset by Wang M, Liu R, Luttrell IV J, Zhang C, Xie J

“…Until now, analyzing mammogram images is still the main method used by doctors to diagnose and detect breast cancers. However, this process usually depends on the experience of radiologists and is always very time consuming.Patients and Methods: We propose to introduce deep learning technology into the process for the facilitation of computer-aided diagnosis (CAD), and address the challenges of class imbalance, enhance the detection of small masses and multiple targets, and reduce false positives and negatives in mammogram analysis. …”
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A Metabolic Gene Signature to Predict Overall Survival in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Zeng-Hong Wu, Yun Tang, Yue Zhou

“…In this study, we used RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) data from the cancer genome atlas (TCGA), with validation in the GEO dataset to profile the metabolic microenvironment and define potential biomarkers for metabolic therapy. …”
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Pain Catastrophizing Is Related to Static Postural Control Impairment in Patients with Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study by Chanjuan Zhang, Zhou Zhang, Yuelong Li, Chenyang Feng, Haiqi Meng, Yang Gao, Wai Leung Ambrose Lo, Chuhuai Wang

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Structure-guided engineering of immunotherapies targeting TRBC1 and TRBC2 in T cell malignancies by Mathieu Ferrari, Matteo Righi, Vania Baldan, Patrycja Wawrzyniecka, Anna Bulek, Alexander Kinna, Biao Ma, Reyisa Bughda, Zulaikha Akbar, Saket Srivastava, Isaac Gannon, Mathew Robson, James Sillibourne, Ram Jha, Mohamed El-Kholy, Oliver Muhammad Amin, Evangelia Kokalaki, Mohammed Amin Banani, Rehan Hussain, William Day, Wen Chean Lim, Priyanka Ghongane, Jade R. Hopkins, Dennis Jungherz, Marco Herling, Martin Welin, Sachin Surade, Michael Dyson, John McCafferty, Derek Logan, Shaun Cordoba, Simon Thomas, Andrew Sewell, Paul Maciocia, Shimobi Onuoha, Martin Pule

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A rare case of adult-onset vanishing white matter leukoencephalopathy with movement disorder, expressing homozygous EIF2B3 and PRKN pathogenic variants by Bashar Kamal Ali Douden, Yazan Mohammad Abdullah Abufara, Mahmood Fayez Ali Aldrabeeh, Naela Ramadan Mohammad Tell, Ismail Abudaya

“…The patient’s sibling showed comparable symptoms but was never diagnosed, as he passed away because of colon cancer. Reduced cognitive function, spastic quadriparesis, hyperreflexia, bradykinesia, and shuffling gait were found during a neurological examination. …”
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Interleukin-1 signaling and CD4+ T cells control B cell recruitment to the lungs in chronic beryllium disease by Joseph M. Gaballa, Caley Valdez, Douglas G. Mack, Faiz Minhajuddin, Masoom Raza, Tabrez A. Mohammad, Allison K. Martin, Andrew Getahun, Charles A. Dinarello, Andrew P. Fontenot, Shaikh M. Atif

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A prospective study on association between comprehensive lifestyle scores and cognitive function changes in community-dwelling older adults in Tianjin city by Muya ZHANG, Xian CAI, Liping ZU, Huichao ZHAO, Tianyu WANG, Chenyu LI, Jing YUAN, Fei MA

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A mechanistic overview on green assisted formulation of nanocomposites and their multifunctional role in biomedical applications by Mahnoor, Khafsa Malik, Abeer Kazmi, Tahira Sultana, Naveed Iqbal Raja, Yamin Bibi, Mazhar Abbas, Irfan Anjum Badruddin, M. Mahmood Ali, Muhammad Nasir Bashir

“…This review highlights the phytosynthesis of nanocomposites and their various biomedical applications, including antibacterial, antidiabetic, antiviral, antioxidant, antifungal, anti-cancer, and other applications, as well as their toxicity. …”
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Ischemic colitis presenting as a colonic mass: a case report and diagnostic challenges by Lin Xu, Yuqi Wu, Yuqi Wu, Shangjin Li, Shangjin Li, Xinbo Chen, Dong Zhang, Boqian Chen, Shaoju Guo

“…IC can be differentiated from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), diverticulitis, and colorectal cancer based on symptom patterns and imaging findings. …”
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Vitamin D associates with improved quality of life in participants with irritable bowel syndrome: outcomes from a pilot trial by Sue F Plummer, Iveta Garaiova, Elizabeth A Williams, Bernard M Corfe, Simon Tazzyman, Nicholas Richards, Andrew R Trueman, Amy L Evans, Vicky A Grant

“…Background Vitamin D deficiency has been associated or implicated with the pathophysiology of the gastrointestinal conditions inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer, as well as with depression. No trials or epidemiology studies to date have investigated a link with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). …”
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