Dysmorphic Facial Features and Other Clinical Characteristics in Two Patients with PEX1 Gene Mutations by Mehmet Gunduz, Ozlem Unal

“…Case II was 2.5-year-old girl referred for investigation of global developmental delay and elevated liver enzymes. Ophthalmologic examination findings were consistent with bilateral nystagmus and retinitis pigmentosa. …”
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Risk factors associated with mortality among vaccinated COVID-19 patients: A retrospective study by Hossein Lajmiri, Nioosha Ahmadi, Saeedeh Ebrahimi, Hadi Razavi Nikoo, Mehrdad Farrokhnia, Elham Heidari, Elham Mousavi

“…Dementia and genitourinary system-related diseases was associated with an increased risk of death [6.00 (95% CI: 1.14-31.66) and 4.93 (95% CI: 1.80-13.52)]. Furthermore, the elevated levels of white blood cells, neutrophils, lactate dehydrogenase, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine were associated with an increased risk of death by 4.93 (95% CI: 1.82-13.36), 16.57 (95% CI: 2.10-131.31), 3.23 (95% CI: 1.15-9.03), 4.48 (95% CI: 1.78-11.31), and 4.27 (95% CI: 1.49-12.22), respectively. …”
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Overexpression of SFPQ Improves Cognition and Memory in AD Mice by Jinshan Tie, Hongxiang Wu, Wei Liu, Yuying Li, Lu Li, Suju Zhao, Zhijiao Yuan, Khan Mahmood, Shaochun Chen, Huidong Wu

“…Furthermore, phosphorylated phosphoinositide 3-kinase (p-PI3K)/PI3K and phosphorylated protein kinase B (p-AKT)/AKT ratios were elevated, indicating activation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. …”
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Impact of laparoscopic surgeries on optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) in children by Mohsina Yasmeen, Sumaiya Sabreen, Akshay Bettanayaka, Saraswathi Nagappa

“…Background: The pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic surgeries elevates intracranial ICP because of the increased abdominal pressure, and ICP increases even further in the Trendelenburg position. …”
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Companies adjust tax payments to offset changes in publicly perceived impact on environment, social, and governance factors by Akihiro Okuyama, Shuichi Tsugawa, Chiaki Matsunaga, Shunsuke Managi

“…Specifically, firms with high ESG risk pay more taxes when their ESG risk is elevated, whereas firms with low ESG risk do not alter their tax payments based on ESG risk. …”
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Differences in gene expression between high and low tolerance rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to acute thermal stress. by Leah A Turner, Anne A Easton, Moira M Ferguson, Roy G Danzmann

“…In contrast, low tolerance fish had higher transcript diversity and demonstrated elevated developmental, cytoskeletal, and morphogenic, as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolic processes, relative to high tolerance fish. …”
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Calcium levels modulate embryo yield in Brassica napus microspore embryogenesis by Antonio Calabuig-Serna, Ricardo Mir, Daniel Sancho-Oviedo, Paloma Arjona-Mudarra, Jose M. Seguí-Simarro

“…Increase of either extracellular or intracellular Ca2+ levels improves embryo yield without altering the proportion of highly embryogenic structures formed, which suggests that elevated Ca2+ levels increase the amount of microspores reaching the minimum Ca2+ threshold required for embryogenesis induction. …”
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Real-Time Vehicle Detection and Air Pollution Estimation Using YOLOv9 by Hari Suparwito, Bernardus Galih Hersa Prakoso, Rosalia Arum Kumalasanti, Agnes Maria Polina

“…The objective of the study is to identify and classify vehicles such as motorbikes, cars, buses, trucks in order to monitor live traffic and potentially determine the extent to which the pollution level elevates, utilizing the YOLOv9 model. Traffic CCTV camera footage was gathered under a wide range of circumstances including different lighting and varying traffic intensity. …”
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Herpes Simplex Virus Hepatitis in an Immunocompetent Adult: A Fatal Outcome due to Liver Failure by Rachel A. Poley, Jaime F. Snowdon, Daniel W. Howes

“…On the second day of admission, she was found to have elevated transaminases, and, over 48 hours, she progressed to fulminant liver failure with disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, refractory lactic acidosis, and shock. …”
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Modulatory Impacts of Probiotic on the Synthesis of Claudins and Mucins in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Broiler Chicks by ESI Mohammed, M Al-Rasheed, MS Ahmed

“…MUC5AC expression was elevated at D7 in the proventriculus and D14 in the ileum with probiotic feeding, whereas MUC2 was significantly downregulated at D14 in the ileum. …”
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A 5-Fluorouracil-Induced Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Challenged with Capecitabine by Michael Chahin, Nithya Krishnan, Hardik Chhatrala, Marwan Shaikh

“…Suspected etiologies include either elevated levels of the drug due to slower metabolism or accumulation of certain metabolites. …”
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A Case of Histoplasma capsulatum Causing Granulomatous Liver Disease and Addisonian Crisis by P Wong, S Houston, B Power, E Lalor, VG Bain

“…A 56-year-old man with persistently elevated liver enzyme levels, fatigue, lethargy and a 9.0 kg weight loss over six months underwent a percutaneous liver biopsy that demonstrated multiple granulomas. …”
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Association between the healthy eating index 2020 and heart failure among the U.S. middle-aged and older adults from NHANES 2005–2020: a cross-sectional study by Fangfang Gu, Weiwei Yu, Tian Shu, Yingwei Zhu

“…Finally, WQS regression and Qgcomp models revealed a beneficial combined influence of 13 dietary components on HF risk, with dairy and whole fruits emerging as the most influential.ConclusionElevated HEI-2020 scores are linked to decreased HF risks among Americans aged 50 or above, suggesting that adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans can mitigate HF risk.…”
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Vitamin D and HbA1c levels in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus by Baligumba Ramu Kiran, Venoor Shreyas Kumar, Giri Premkumar Preeti, Venoor Ajith Kumar, Bheemappa Raja Vikas

“…Conclusion: The study confirmed an association between vitamin D deficiency and elevated HbA1c levels in T2DM patients, with variations observed between male and female subjects.…”
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Investigating the diagnostic accuracy of vertebral heart score, vertebral left atrium score and thoracic width measurement in cats with suspected cardiac problems by B. Ozdil, T. M. Parlak, M. Arican

“…However, in cases with high VHS, VLAS, TWM, and Nt-proBNP values, elevated levels were observed in 50% of the cases compared to the reference values. …”

Functional divergence caused by ancient positive selection of a Drosophila hybrid incompatibility locus. by Daniel A Barbash, Philip Awadalla, Aaron M Tarone

“…The exceptional level of divergence at Hmr cannot be explained by neutral processes because we use phylogenetic methods and population genetic analyses to show that the elevated amino-acid divergence in both lineages is due to positive selection in the distant past-at least one million generations ago. …”
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Protective Effects of Gemigliptin, a Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor, against Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Mice by Seung Hee Choi, Jaechan Leem, In-Kyu Lee

“…We showed that pretreatment with gemigliptin attenuated cisplatin-induced renal dysfunction, as shown by analysis of plasma creatinine levels and blood urea nitrogen and histological damage. Elevated plasma levels of active glucagon-like peptide-1 were observed in gemigliptin-pretreated mice after cisplatin treatment, compared to that in cisplatin alone-treated mice. …”
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Alleviating the public health burden of hypertension: debating precision prevention as a possible solution by Madeleine J. Samakosky, Shane A. Norris

“…Systemic barriers, such as fragmented health services and socioeconomic inequalities, coupled with shifts in greater salt-intake, ultra-processed foods, more sedentary lifestyles, and overburdened healthcare services, have exacerbated elevated blood pressure and poorer management of people living with hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Welcome Note by Faisal Masud Faisal Masud

“…With contributions from local, national, and international researchers, doctors, and scientists, whether local projects or international this journal hopes to elevate the scholarly activity of learners in Pakistan.…”
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The Association between Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index and All-Cause Mortality in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients: Analysis from the MIMIC-IV Database by Shaosheng Wu, Xiaoting Shi, Quan Zhou, Xiangjie Duan, Xiongfei Zhang, Huajing Guo

“…Furthermore, we found that there is a nearly linear relationship (P=0.265) between logarithmic transformed SII with all-cause mortality. Conclusion. Elevated SII of patients with acute ischemic stroke increased the risk of 30-day all-cause mortality. …”
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