Global, regional and national burden of asthma attributable to NO2 from 1990 to 2021: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Chunyi Zhang, Jian Sun, Jingli Li, E Qin, Lingjing Liu, Guimei Pu

“…Objectives This study aims to systematically assess the global, regional, and national burden of asthma attributable to nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) pollution.Design and setting Analysis of population-level data from 1990 to 2021 obtained from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, covering 204 countries and territories.Participants Participants included patients with asthma attributable to NO₂ pollution.Main outcomes and measures Asthma-related disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) and age-standardised DALY rates (ASDR) attributable to NO₂ pollution across 204 countries and territories. The estimated annual percentage change (EAPC) was used to assess temporal trends to identify regions with increasing or decreasing asthma burdens.Results In 2021, NO₂ pollution contributed to approximately 176.73 thousand DALYs globally, with an ASDR of 2.48 per 100 000 population (95% uncertainty interval (UI) −2.26 to 10.30). …”
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Hepatic and renal functions of paediatric patients with thalassaemia: a cross-sectional study from two large thalassaemia centres in Sri Lanka by Meranthi Fernando, Anuja Premawardhena, Sachith Mettananda, Hashan Pathiraja, Wasana Wijenayake, Raveen Thennakoon, Dayananda Bandara, Roshitha De Silva

“…Haemoglobin E β-thalassaemia type (OR 13.6, 95% CI 2.0 to 92, p=0.008) and high ferritin above 1000 ng/mL (OR 6.2, 95% CI 1.0 to 38, p=0.047) were independent factors associated with high transaminases. 11 (15.5%) patients had an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) below 90 mL/min. …”
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Gastric cancer incidence, mortality and burden in adolescents and young adults: a time-trend analysis and comparison among China, South Korea, Japan and the USA by Jian Li, Yao Zhang, Si Lin Wu, Yi Fu, Ji Sheng Wang

“…The trend magnitude and directions over time for incidence and mortality of GCAYA were analysed and compared among four countries.Main outcomes and measures Outcomes included new cases, deaths, mortality-to-incidence ratios (MIRs), disability-adjusted life years, and their age-standardised rates and estimated annual percentage changes (AAPCs).Results There were 49 008 new cases and 27 895 deaths from GCAYA in 2019, nearly half of which occurred in China. …”
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Seasonal Changes in the Elemental Composition of Five Valuable Fish Species (<i>Sparidae</i>) from Bozcaada, North Aegean Sea: A Health Risk and Nutritional Benefit Assessment by İlknur Yuvka, Ali Rıza Kosker, Mustafa Durmus, Yılmaz Ucar, Yesim Ozogul

“…Health risk assessments, including Estimated Weekly Intake (EWI), Target Hazard Quotient (THQ), and Cancer Risk (CR), were calculated for both adult and child consumers. …”
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Stemness-related gene signatures as a predictive tool for breast cancer radiosensitivity by Jinzhi Lai, Rongfu Huang, Jingshan Huang

“…Immune cell infiltration and pathway enrichment analyses were conducted using ESTIMATE and GSVA methods. The TIDE algorithm and the pRRophetic platform were employed to predict responses to radiotherapy. …”
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Biomechanical analysis of a short femoral stem used in revision total hip replacement of a standard femoral stem by Shuang G. Yan, Zhi Wang, Yiliang Cui, Fanxiao Liu, Jingtao Lu, Hui Zhang, Di Li

“…Primary stability was estimated using three-dimensional (3D) micromotions at five points around the bone–implant interface. …”
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Muscle mechanics and energetics in chronic ankle instability and copers during landing: Strategies for adaptive adjustments in locomotion pattern by Tianle Jie, Datao Xu, Huiyu Zhou, Yongyan Zhang, Minjun Liang, Julien S. Baker, Yaodong Gu

“…A musculoskeletal model was applied to estimate muscle force and mechanical power. Compared to healthy groups, individuals with CAI showed increased peak muscle forces in the gluteus maximus (p < 0.001), gluteus medius (p < 0.001), vastus lateralis (p < 0.001), and peroneus longus (p < 0.001) during landing. …”
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Impact of Adjuvant Use of Midodrine to Intravenous Vasopressors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ahmad Al-Abdouh, Sadam Haddadin, Atul Matta, Ahmad Jabri, Mahmoud Barbarawi, Waiel Abusnina, Qais Radideh, Mohammed Mhanna, Dante A. Suffredini, Erin D. Michos

“…The outcomes of interest were ICU length of stay (LOS), hospital LOS, mortality, IVV reinstitution, ICU readmission, and bradycardia. Estimates were pooled using the random-effects model. …”
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Factors associated with in-hospital mortality in octogenarians managed by geriatric service in a referral hospital in Colombia by Carlos Mario Cortes Bahamon, Jenny Rodríguez Ángel, Jennifer Katherine Ballesteros Tapias, Diego Andrés Chavarro-Carvajal, Oscar Mauricio Muñoz

“…These findings facilitate the estimation of mortality risk and serve as a starting point to investigate the potential benefit of early interventions in this population.…”
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Prediction models of iron level in beef muscle tissue toward ecological well-being by K. Narozhnykh

“…Regression analysis was conducted to estimate the relationships between iron level in the muscle tissue of Hereford cattle and independent values (blood parameters). …”
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Primena daljinske detekcije u inventuri mešovitih šuma hrasta lužnjaka by Borota Dragan, Pantić Damjan, Ponjarac Radenko, Popović Aleksandar

“…In high, mixed, middle-aged and maturing Penduculate oak stands, the possibility of using aerial photogrammetry in the inventory was tested, both to obtain informa­tion related to site and stand information and to determine numerical elements (number of trees, basal area and volume per hectare) obtained on the basis of data read from the images (crown diameter, height and estimated breast height diameter of the tree based on the selected mathematical model). …”
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A tendency towards leaf rust resistance decrease in common wheat introgression lines with genetic material from Aegilops speltoides Tausch by L. Ya. Plotnikova, L. V. Meshkova, E. I. Gultyaeva, O. Р. Mitrofanova, I. F. Lapochkina

“…The objective of this study was the monitoring of resistance to leaf rust of Ae. speltoides ac­cessions and introgressive lines and cultivars with genetic material of this species to the Western Siberian popula­tion of fungus. The estimation of specimens in the field conditions on natural infectious background showed that the Ae. speltoides accessions were immune to leaf rust, however, а tendency towards increasing susceptibility of the introgressive lines and varieties was detected. …”
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Associations of Long-term PM10 Exposure with Mortality in Dialysis Patients: A Population Based Cohort Study by Shih-Feng Chen, Yu-Hui Chien, Yu-Chin Lai, Pau-Chung Chen

“…We used a multivariate Cox proportional hazards model to estimate mortality risk and observed that each interquartile range (IQR) increase in the mean PM10 concentration during follow-up period was associated with a 13.2% higher risk of mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] = 1.132, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.097–1.169). …”
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Development and biomechanical evaluation of a 3D printed analogue of the human lumbar spine by Siril Teja Dukkipati, Mark Driscoll

“…Model RMS error against ex vivo human response was estimated to be 1.57°, 1.64°, 0.82° in flexion-extension, lateral bending and axial rotation respectively. …”
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Circulating Inflammatory Markers Are Inversely Associated with Heart Rate Variability Measures in Type 1 Diabetes by Anne-Marie L. Wegeberg, Tina Okdahl, Tina Fløyel, Christina Brock, Niels Ejskjaer, Sam Riahi, Flemming Pociot, Joachim Størling, Birgitte Brock

“…Associations between concentrations of inflammatory biomarkers and continuous variables of heart rate variability and cardiac vagal tone were estimated using multivariable linear regression adjusting for age, sex, disease duration, and smoking. …”
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Partial weight bearing and long-term survival outcomes in extracapsular hip fractures treated with trochanteric Gamma3 nails by Carlos Hernández-Pascual, José Ángel Santos-Sánchez, Jorge Hernández-Rodríguez, Carlos Fernando Silva-Viamonte, Carmen Pablos-Hernández, Pablo Alonso-Rodríguez, José Antonio Mirón-Canelo

“…Age (per year of increment), moderate Charlson comorbidity index (not age-modified) and greater immediate post-operative estimated blood loss were independent factors for mortality, but we did not find radiological factors implied. …”
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The Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Glimepiride—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mubara Azhar, Mohammed S. Alasmari, Ammara Zamir, Hamid Saeed, Faleh Alqahtani, Tanveer Ahmad, Muhammad Fawad Rasool

“…Following the data extraction, a meta-analysis using a random effect (RE) model was performed, where feasible, to quantitatively assess the variability of key PK parameters across different studies to create a more robust PK parameter estimate. <b>Results:</b> The final screening has yielded 40 articles. …”
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The concentration of selected organophosphorus pesticides associated with PM10 in agricultural ambient air in Iran: Health risk assessment using Monte Carlo simulation by Asma Tabanasl, Amin Mohammadpour, Aboozar Soltani, Mohammad Hoseini, Mohammadali Baghapour

“…The median carcinogenic risk (CR) values were estimated at 1.40E-9 for children and 2.49E-9 for adults. …”
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The Carcinoma–Stromal Ratio of Colon Carcinoma Is an Independent Factor for Survival Compared to Lymph Node Status and Tumor Stage by Wilma E. Mesker, Jan M. C. Junggeburt, Karoly Szuhai, Pieter de Heer, Hans Morreau, Hans J. Tanke, Rob A. E. M. Tollenaar

“…Methods: In a retrospective study of 63 patients with colon cancer (stage I–III, 1990–2001) the carcinoma-percentage of the primary tumor was estimated on routine H&E stained histological sections. …”
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Sleep patterns and long-term mortality among older Israeli adults: a population-based study by Lital Keinan-Boker, Yariv Gerber, Saar Ashri, Gali Cohen, Tal Hasin

“…Cox models were constructed to estimate the HRs for mortality associated with sleep patterns, defined according to night sleep duration (&gt;8 vs ≤8 hours) and siesta (Y/N). …”
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