Polystyrene Nanoplastics Elicit Multiple Responses in Immune Cells of the <i>Eisenia fetida</i> (<i>Savigny</i>, 1826) by Huijian Shi, Yaoyue Wang, Xiangxiang Li, Xiaoyang Wang, Yuntao Qi, Shaoyang Hu, Rutao Liu

“…The difficulty of the NP in causing cell death by disrupting the plasma membrane was demonstrated by the results of the lactate dehydrogenase release assays in relation to cell necrosis. …”
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Pattern of Blood Pressure Indices among the Residents of a Rural Community in South East Nigeria by B. J. C. Onwubere, E. C. Ejim, C. I. Okafor, A. Emehel, A. U. Mbah, U. Onyia, S. Mendis

“…Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the main causes of death in industrialized countries, and are significant causes of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Study of the flood in Golestan province from a statistical and synoptics point of view (Case study: March 2019) by Akram Hedayati Dezfuli, Zahra Ghassabi

“…The Gorgan and Atrak catchments have also become more important, as several floods have occurred in Golestan province in recent years, causing many deaths and economic losses. The purpose of this study was to investigate the synoptic and thermodynamic conditions of the March 2019 flood event in Golestan province in order to atmospheric system that lead to such floods. …”
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Advancing Insights into Large-Artery Stiffening in Humans Through the Application of Multi-omics by Marie-Joe Dib

“…With the advent of novel highly effective therapies for atherosclerosis, and the likely decline of other causes of death in the next few decades, prevention and treatment of increased LAS may be one of the most relevant strategies for preventing multimorbidity in aging populations in upcoming decades. …”
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Impact of severe dysphagia on overall survival after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy by Kazumi Shimamoto, Ryota Matsui, Yorihiro Nishiyama, Kyohei Nishino, Hiromitsu Ban

“…Aspiration-related pneumonia was most common causes of death after PEG. Severe dysphagia was identified as an independent poor prognostic factor for survival in patients who underwent PEG.…”
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Emerging Nanoparticle-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Cancer: Innovations and Challenges by Rachitha Puttasiddaiah, Nagaraj Basavegowda, Nityashree Kyathegowdanadoddi Lakshmanagowda, Vinay Basavegowda Raghavendra, Niju Sagar, Kandi Sridhar, Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Maharshi Bhaswant, Kwang-Hyun Baek, Minaxi Sharma

“…Malignant growth is expected to surpass other significant causes of death as one of the top reasons for dismalness and mortality worldwide. …”
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The Symptom and Genetic Diversity of Cassava Brown Streak Viruses Infecting Cassava in East Africa by I. U. Mohammed, M. M. Abarshi, B. Muli, R. J. Hillocks, M. N. Maruthi

“…These results were further confirmed by the mechanical inoculation of 13 herbaceous hosts in which the virulent isolates caused plant death in Nicotiana clevelandii and N. benthamiana whereas the milder isolates did not. …”
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Educational intervention on COVID-19 in older adults of the Family Doctor´s Office No. 4. Cumanayagua, 2020 by Dayamí Guerra Villarpanda, Vivian González Suárez, Eneida Bravo Polanco, Rosario Cavada Fernández, Carmen Benítez Cabrera, Raquel Rubio Roque

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> the COVID 19 pandemic causes the death of many people, mainly older adults. Knowing about it is one way to prevent it.…”
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The Global Burden of Road Injury: Its Relevance to the Emergency Physician by Sharon Chekijian, Melinda Paul, Vanessa P. Kohl, David M. Walker, Anthony J. Tomassoni, David C. Cone, Federico E. Vaca

“…By 2030, estimates show that road traffic injuries will be the fifth leading causes of death in the world. Historically, emergency medicine has played a pivotal role in contributing to the success of the local, regional, and national traffic safety activities focused on crash and injury prevention. …”
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LASSO-mCGA: Machine Learning and Modified Compact Genetic Algorithm-Based Biomarker Selection for Breast Cancer Subtype Classification by Nimisha Ghosh, Sankar Kumar Mridha, Rourab Paul

“…Breast cancer is the most common cancer type among females and is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Being a heterogeneous disease, subtyping breast cancer plays a vital role in its treatment. …”
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Antimicrobial Peptides: A Promising Alternative to Conventional Antimicrobials for Combating Polymicrobial Biofilms by Cesar Augusto Roque‐Borda, Laura Maria Duran Gleriani Primo, Kaila Petronila Medina‐Alarcón, Isabella C. Campos, Camila de Fátima Nascimento, Mauro M. S. Saraiva, Angelo Berchieri Junior, Ana Marisa Fusco‐Almeida, Maria José Soares Mendes‐Giannini, João Perdigão, Fernando Rogério Pavan, Fernando Albericio

“…AMPs, which can be produced as part of the innate immune response or synthesized therapeutically, have broad‐spectrum antimicrobial activity, often disrupting microbial cell membranes and causing cell death. Many specifically target negatively charged bacterial membranes, unlike host cell membranes. …”
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Identifying Key Biomarkers and Immune Infiltration in Female Patients with Ischemic Stroke Based on Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis by Haipeng Xu, Kelin He, Rong Hu, YanZhi Ge, Xinyun Li, Fengjia Ni, Bei Que, Yi Chen, Ruijie Ma

“…Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Evidence shows that ischemic stroke (IS) accounts for nearly 80 percent of all strokes and that the etiology, risk factors, and prognosis of this disease differ by gender. …”
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Exploring therapeutic strategies for androgen-independent prostate cancer using a magnetic coculture platform by Anjani Chavali, Giles Fitzwilliams, Adam Germain, Sandra Khuon, Young-tae Kim

“…Prostate cancer stands as the most diagnosed cancer in males and remains one of the leading causes of death among men in the United States. The progression of prostate cancer to a life-threatening state occurs upon metastasis, typically spreading to vital organs such as the liver, lungs, bones, and lymph nodes, where it sustains growth even in the absence of androgens. …”
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Hyperthyroidism with Biventricular Heart Failure and Cirrhotic Transformation of the Liver by Rashmi Dhital, Shivani Vyas, Priyadarshani Sharma, Theresa Lynn, Oreoluwa Oladiran, Sijan Basnet

“…Cardiovascular symptoms remain the most common presenting features and leading causes of death in hyperthyroidism. We report a young female with reported thyroid disease and medication noncompliance presenting with atrial fibrillation, severe atrioventricular regurgitation, severely dilated right heart with reduced function, and moderate pulmonary hypertension (PH), which was further complicated by congestive liver injury with ascites and pancytopenia. …”
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Nursing of a patient with septic shock (1例脓毒症休克患者的护理体会) by DONG Chao (董超), LI Jing (李静), LI Ning (李宁)

“…Sepsis shock is a life-threatening disease to ICU patients, which is one of the important factors causing the death of ICU patients. This paper summarized the nursing measures for a patient with septic shock, including nursing personnel arrangement, illness condition observation, medication care, skin care, mechanical ventilation nursing, and nutrition support. …”
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Abdominopelvic Tuberculosis Secondary to a Nontuberculous Mycobacterium in an Immunocompetent Patient by Beng Kwang Ng, Kembang Aziah Yakob, Wendy Yin Ling Ng, Pei Shan Lim, Rahana Abd Rahman, Abdul Kadir Abdul Karim, Ani Amelia Zainuddin, Zaleha Abdullah Mahdy

“…Tuberculosis (TB) remained as one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide despite an overall decline in its incidence rate globally. …”
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Molecular dynamics simulation based prediction of T-cell epitopes for the production of effector molecules for liver cancer immunotherapy. by Sidra Zafar, Yuhe Bai, Syed Aun Muhammad, Jinlei Guo, Haris Khurram, Saba Zafar, Iraj Muqaddas, Rehan Sadiq Shaikh, Baogang Bai

“…Liver cancer is the sixth most frequent malignancy and the fourth major cause of deaths worldwide. The current treatments are only effective in early stages of cancer. …”
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Chaotic and Quasi-periodic Regimes in the Covid-19 Mortality Data by Ekrem Aydıner, Erkan Yılmaz

“…It has been reported by World Health Organization (WHO) that the Covid-19 epidemic due to the Sar Cov-2 virus, which started in China and affected the whole world, caused the death of approximately six million people over three years. …”
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Integrating acute care surgery in South Korea: enhancing trauma and non-trauma emergency care by Jin Young Lee, Seheon Kim, Jin Bong Ye, Jin Suk Lee, Younghoon Sul

“…According to the 2023 mortality report from Statistics Korea, external factors such as intentional self-harm and transportation incidents are leading causes of death among individuals aged 10 to 30, accounting for 7.9% of overall mortality. …”
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Up-Regulation of Endothelin Receptors Induced by Cigarette Smoke — Involvement of MAPK in Vascular and Airway Hyper-Reactivity by Yaping Zhang, Lars Edvinsson, Cang-Bao Xu

“…Cigarette smoke exposure is well known to cause cardiovascular and airway diseases, both of which are leading causes of death and disability in the world. However, the molecular mechanisms that link cigarette smoke to cardiovascular and airway diseases are not fully understood. …”
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