Physiological and intestinal microbiota responses of sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus to various stress and signatures of intestinal microbiota dysbiosis by Liang Cui, Yumeng Xie, Kai Luo, Mingyang Wang, Longzhen Liu, Longzhen Liu, Changlin Li, Xiangli Tian

“…Identifying the signatures of intestinal dysbiosis caused by common stresses is fundamental to establishing efficient health monitoring strategies for sea cucumber. …”
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Experience of piloting BPaLM/BPaL for DR-TB care at selected sites in Pakistan by M.A. Khan, A. Ismail, A. Ghafoor, N. Khan, N. Muzaffar, F. Zafar, A. Gupta, S. Foraida, S. Juneja, R. Fatima, A.W. Khan, S. Shahid, M.A. Khan

“…No serious adverse events were observed. The most common side effects included QTcF prolongation (BPaLM: 55%, BPaL: 84%), haematological events (BPaLM: 32%, BPaL: 34%), and gastrointestinal problems (BPaLM: 36%, BPaL: 25%). …”
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Evaluation of Secondary Disaster Criteria after Disaster: An Application for Ordu Province by İrem Gaferoğlu, Sude Kaya, Y. Baran Kalemler, Emel Güven, Tamer Eren

“…In this context, secondary disasters were discussed in the studies. One of the most common types of disasters in secondary disasters is landslide disaster. …”
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Improving drug repositioning with negative data labeling using large language models by Milan Picard, Mickael Leclercq, Antoine Bodein, Marie Pier Scott-Boyer, Olivier Perin, Arnaud Droit

“…Supervised machine learning is commonly used to score drug candidates but is hindered by the lack of reliable negative data—drugs that fail due to inefficacy or toxicity— which is difficult to access, lowering their prediction accuracy and generalization. …”
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Patient-reported outcomes for diabetes and hypertension care in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. by Sarah Masyuko, Carrie J Ngongo, Carole Smith, Rachel Nugent

“…Outcomes of interest varied; most common were glycemic or blood pressure control (38), health literacy and treatment adherence (27), and acute complications (22). …”
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EU-TIRADS-Based Omission of Fine-Needle Aspiration and Cytology from Thyroid Nodules Overlooks a Substantial Number of Follicular Thyroid Cancers by Tamas Solymosi, Laszlo Hegedüs, Miklos Bodor, Endre V. Nagy

“…EU-TIRADS-defined suspicious US features are less common in FTC than in PTC and MTC. Therefore, a substantial number of FTCs in the 10–20 mm range escape surgery.…”
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COVID-19 encephalopathy with severe neurological symptoms: a clinical case presentation with literature review by G. Baranauskienė, N. Tutlienė, G. Kaubrys

“…Although SARS-CoV-2 virus is commonly associated with damage to the respiratory system, it has been observed that about half of patients with COVID-19 infection may also develop various neurological symptoms such as anosmia, dysgeusia, headache, myalgia, or dizziness. …”
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The place of the National Police of Ukraine in the system of subjects for prevention and counteraction to bullying by O. V. Dzhafarova, О. А. Morhunov, D. A. Sorochan

“…Bullying has become a common way of self-affirmation in schools. Sometimes participants in the educational process violate not only the norms of morality, but also the legal norms, for the violation of which there is legal liability. …”
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Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Varicella Vaccine Immunization in Zhejiang Province, China, from 2020 to 2022 by Hui Liang, Xiaohua Qi, Yaping Chen, Xuejiao Pan

“…The three most frequently reported clinical symptoms of common adverse reactions were fever, redness, and induration at the vaccination site. …”
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Characteristics of Nonunion Fractures in Patients with Antebrachial Fractures at dr. Mohamad Soewandhie General Hospital Surabaya 2021-2022: A Retrospective Study by Tasya Monica, Bimo Sasono, Cempaka Harsa Sekarputri

“…Notably, infections (22.2%), smoking (7.4%), and hypertension history (7.4%) are common contributors. Despite ideal BMI in many cases (44.4%), nonunion still occurred. …”
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A comparative study to estimate three commercial products of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) on blood biochemistry, sexual hormones concentrations, reproductive indices, and lar... by El-Sayed I. Attia, Mohamed F. A. Abdel-Aziz, Habib Ul Hassan, Mohammad Z. Ahmed, Takaomi Arai, Hamed H. E. Saleh

“…The present study compared three common products of hCG on blood sexual hormone, reproductive performance, and fry production per kg female. …”
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Association of Axial Length and Refraction with Near Horizontal Heterophoria in Chinese Children: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study by Xiaoqin Chen, Yanglin Jiang, Qian Fan, Lihua Li, Wenli Lu, Yan Wang

“…Overall, data were analyzed for 11,013 students ranging in age from 6 to 13 years. The most common type of near heterophoria was exophoria (64.96%), the proportion and value of which increased according to grade. …”
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Suitability of Sand as Improvement to Mechanical Properties of Laterite Soil for Road Subbase. by Tumusiime, Darious

“…Sand is a fine-grained, granular material composed of silica and other minerals. It is commonly used in various industries and applications, including construction, manufacturing, and agriculture. …”
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Identifying Drug Prescription in Newly Diagnosed Hypertension Patients in India by Thomas Alexander, Jagdish S. Hiremath, Jitendra P. S. Swahney, Subhash Chandra, Peeyush Jain, Praveen Chandra, Nakul Sinha, T. Sashikanth, Yugandhar Bachhu, Anil Balachandran, Pathiyil Balagopalan Jayagopal, T. Govindan Unni, Tiny Nair, Kumaresan Kannan, Dorairaj Prabhakar, M. Chenniappan, Ajay U. Mahajan, Rajiv D. Karnik, Chandrashekhar K. Ponde, Prashant Advani, Idris Ahmed Khan, Brij Mohan Goyal, P. R. Vaidyanathan, Hiren Prajapati, Willem J. Verberk

“…Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) were the most commonly prescribed drugs, given to 79% of patients, followed by calcium channel blockers (CCBs) at 55%. …”
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Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α in Macrophages, but Not in Neutrophils, Is Important for Host Defense during Klebsiella pneumoniae-Induced Pneumosepsis by Natasja A. Otto, Liza Pereverzeva, Valentine Leopold, Ivan Ramirez-Moral, Joris J. T. H. Roelofs, Jeroen W. J. van Heijst, Alex F. de Vos, Tom van der Poll

“…These data suggest a role for HIF1α expressed in lung macrophages in protective innate immunity during pneumonia caused by a common bacterial pathogen.…”
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Self-Monitoring Home Blood Pressure in Community-Dwelling Older People: Age Differences in White-Coat and Masked Phenomena and Related Factors—The SONIC Study by Jinmei Tuo, Kayo Godai, Mai Kabayama, Yuya Akagi, Hiroshi Akasaka, Yoichi Takami, Yasushi Takeya, Koichi Yamamoto, Ken Sugimoto, Saori Yasumoto, Yukie Masui, Yasumichi Arai, Kazunori Ikebe, Yasuyuki Gondo, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Hiromi Rakugi, Kei Kamide

“…On comparison of age groups, there was a tendency for the white-coat phenomenon to be common in young-old people in their 70s and the masked phenomenon to be common in very old people in their 90s. …”
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Systematic literature review on Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition (CPPD) nomenclature: condition elements and clinical states— A Gout, Hyperuricaemia and Crystal-Associated Disease... by Georgios Filippou, Antonella Adinolfi, Emilio Filippucci, Nicola Dalbeth, Robert Terkeltaub, Tristan Pascart, Edoardo Cipolletta, Silvia Sirotti, Charlotte Jauffret, Sara Tedeschi, Daniele Cirillo, Luca Ingrao, Alessandro Lucia

“…The most common abbreviation was ‘CPPD’ in 312/390 (80.0%), but with different meanings. …”
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Managing cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Saudi Arabia: what are the current practices? by Rayan A. Siraj, Ahmed M. Alrajeh, Mushabbab A. Alahmari, Fahad H. Alahmadi, Abdulelah M. Aldhahir, Abdullah A. Alqarni, Jaber S. Alqahtani, Saeed M. Alghamdi, Turki M. Alanazi, Abdullah Alruwaili, Saleh S. Algarni, Abdulrhman S. Alghamdi, Tawah H. Alsindi, Mohammed M. Alyami, Faisal A. Alshehri, Talal Alshammari, Rehab Alhasani, Khalid Alrashed, Nawaf E. Sabir, Ataa F. Mesbah

“…Objective Cognitive impairment is a common comorbidity, yet overlooked, in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). …”
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Canadian Thoracic Society Recommendations for Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – 2007 Update by Denis E O’Donnell, Shawn Aaron, Jean Bourbeau, Paul Hernandez, Darcy D Marciniuk, Meyer Balter, Gordon Ford, Andre Gervais, Roger Goldstein, Rick Hodder, Alan Kaplan, Sean Keenan, Yves Lacasse, Francois Maltais, Jeremy Road, Graeme Rocker, Don Sin, Tasmin Sinuff, Nha Voduc

“…The Panel hopes that these new practice guidelines, which reflect a rigorous analysis of the recent literature, will assist caregivers in the diagnosis and management of this common condition.…”
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Pan-Canadian assessment of image guided adaptive radiation therapy and the role of the radiation therapist by Amanda Moreira, Tara Rosewall, Yat Tsang, Patricia Lindsay, Peter Chung, Winnie Li

“…Conclusions: The status of ART varies across Canada. Offline ART is commonly practiced, but online ART remains an infrequent process due to technical limitations and lack of resources. …”
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