Prevalence, incidence and determinants of QuantiFERONTM positivity in South African schoolchildren by J. Stewart, N. Walker, K. Jennings, C. Delport, J Nuttall, A.K. Coussens, R Dyers, D.A. Jolliffe, J.C.Y. Tang, W.D. Fraser, R.J. Wilkinson, L.-G. Bekker, A.R. Martineau, K. Middelkoop

“…QFT-Plus conversion at year 3 (12.2%, 95% CI 10.5–14.0; annual infection rate: 3.95%) was associated with household exposure to an index TB case (aOR 2.74, 95% CI 1.05–7.18). CONCLUSION: Rates of QFT-diagnosed TB infection remain high in this population. …”
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Pharmacogenetics of Risperidone and Cardiovascular Risk in Children and Adolescents by Amilton Dos Santos-Júnior, Taciane Barbosa Henriques, Maricilda Palandi de Mello, Osmar Henrique Della Torre, Lúcia Arisaka Paes, Adriana Perez Ferreira-Neto, Letícia Esposito Sewaybricker, Thiago Salum Fontana, Eloisa Helena Rubello Valler Celeri, Gil Guerra-Júnior, Paulo Dalgalarrondo

“…Samples from 120 risperidone users (8–20 years old) were collected and SNPs were analyzed, alongside assessment of chronological and bone ages, prescribed and weight-adjusted doses, use of other psychotropic drugs, waist circumference, BMI z-scores, blood pressure, HOMA-IR index, fasting levels of serum glucose, insulin, cholesterol, triglycerides, transaminases, and leptin. …”
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Lean body mass and stroke volume, a sex issue by Bertil Delsaut, Anissa Abderrakib, Noémie Ligot, Gilles Naeije

“…This study aimed to investigate whether body composition influences LVO stroke perfusion volumes and whether this effect is sex-specific.MethodsData were retrospectively collected from all patients admitted between January 2017 and January 2022 with LVO ischemic stroke at the Erasmus Hospital (Brussels), for whom anthropometric and perfusion data were available. Body mass index (BMI) and LBM were calculated using, respectively, the Quetelet’s and the James’ formula. …”
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Memory B cells and their transcriptomic profiles associated with belimumab resistance in systemic lupus erythematosus in the maintenance phase by Takeshi Iwasaki, Takeshi Iwasaki, Hajime Yoshifuji, Koji Kitagori, Shuji Sumitomo, Shuji Akizuki, Ran Nakashima, Hideaki Tsuji, Ryosuke Hiwa, Mirei Shirakashi, Kosaku Murakami, Akira Onishi, Hideo Onizawa, Masao Tanaka, Fumihiko Matsuda, Akio Morinobu, Koichiro Ohmura, Koichiro Ohmura

“…The Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index 2000 (SLEDAI-2K) < 4 at six months was set as the primary efficacy criterion. …”
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Three local plants adapt to ecological restoration of abandoned lead-zinc mines through assembly of rhizosphere bacterial communities by Wei Gao, Shuyi Chen, Xin Yu, Sumin Chen, Caijing Wan, Ying Wang, Peng Wu, Qiang Li

“…IntroductionThe plant restoration and ecological restoration of lead-zinc mines are very important.MethodsIn this study, we used three local plants to carry out ecological restoration of abandoned lead–zinc mining areas and detected the adaptive mechanisms of soil bacterial diversity and function during the ecological restoration of lead–zinc mines through 16S rRNA sequencing.ResultsThe results revealed that lead-zinc mining significantly reduced the soil bacterial diversity, including the Shannon, Simpson, and observed species indices, whereas the planting of the three ecological restoration plants restored the soil microbial diversity to a certain extent, leading to increases in the Shannon index and Observed species indices. Mining activities significantly reduced the abundances of RB41 and Bryobacter in the bulk soil compared with those in the nonmining areas, whereas the three ecological restoration plants increased the abundances of RB41 and Bryobacter in the rhizosphere soil compared with those in the bulk soil in the mining areas. …”
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Establishment of probabilistic model for Salmonella Enteritidis growth and inactivation under acid and osmotic pressure by Yujiao Shi, Hong Liu, Baozhang Luo, Yangtai Liu, Siyuan Yue, Qing Liu, Qingli Dong

“…And the established primary and secondary models could describe the growth of S. enteritis well by estimating four mathematics evaluation indexes, including determination coefficient (R2), root mean square error (RMSE), accuracy factor (Af) and bias factor (Bf). …”
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Integrated Management of Spot Blotch Disease of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoem by Deepak Kumar, Ramji Singh, Durga Prasad, Ajay Tomar

“…During two consecutive crop seasons, the study found that fungitoxicants (propiconazole and tebuconazole), botanicals (garlic clove extract), micronutrients (zinc sulphate and boron), and bioagents (Trichoderma harzianum-IRRI-1) were effective in decreasing the disease index and increasing grain yield. …”
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Clinical Comparison between HD-tDCS and tDCS for Improving Upper Limb Motor Function: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Sham-Controlled Trial by Yaqin Zeng, Ruidong Cheng, Li Zhang, Shan Fang, Shaomin Zhang, Minmin Wang, Qian Lv, Yunlan Dai, Xinyi Gong, Feng Liang

“…The patients were assessed using the Action Research Arm Test, Fugl–Meyer score for upper extremities, Motor Function Assessment Scale, and modified Barthel index (MBI) pretreatment and posttreatment. Results. …”
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Spatial Downscaling of GPM Annual and Monthly Precipitation Using Regression-Based Algorithms in a Mountainous Area by Chesheng Zhan, Jian Han, Shi Hu, Liangmeizi Liu, Yuxuan Dong

“…The results showed that (1) GWR performed much better than MLR to regress precipitation on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Digital Elevation Model (DEM); (2) coefficients of GWR models showed strong spatial nonstationarity, but the spatial mean standardized coefficients were very similar to standardized coefficients of MLR in terms of intra-annual patterns: generally NDVI was positively related to precipitation when monthly precipitation was under 166 mm; DEM was negatively related to precipitation, especially in wet months like July and August; contribution of DEM to precipitation was greater than that of NDVI; (3) residuals’ correction was indispensable for the MLR-based algorithm but should be removed from the GWR-based algorithm; (4) the GWR-based algorithm rather than the MLR-based algorithm produced more accurate precipitation than original GPM precipitation. …”
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Impact of Financial Market uncertainty and Financial Crises on Dynamic Stock—Foreign Exchange Market Correlations: A New Perspective by Farid Irani, Abobaker Al.Al. Hadood, Korhan K. Gökmenoğlu, Seyed Alireza Athari

“…This study explores how uncertainties in domestic financial markets, including stocks, bonds, and exchange rates, as well as global crises like the subprime mortgage and European sovereign debt crises, affect the dynamic correlation between the Australian stock market index (ASX 300) and foreign exchange rates. Using quantile regression estimation and analyzing high-frequency data from 1999 to 2021, we uncover distinct relationships influenced by currency-specific uncertainties. …”
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Seasonal and Geographical Variation of Dengue Vectors in Narathiwat, South Thailand by Ornanong Boonklong, Adisak Bhumiratana

“…Moreover, the distributions of percentages of container index for Aedes-infested households in dry season were significantly lower than that in other wet seasons, P=0.034 for urban setting and P=0.001 for rural setting. …”
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Bexarotene-induced hypothyroidism and dyslipidemia; a nation-wide study by Katsunori Manaka, Junichiro Sato, Yusuke Hikima, Hirofumi Horikoshi, Maho Taguchi, Akimichi Morita, Hiraku Suga, Hikari Boki, Taku Fujimura, Yoji Hirai, Takatoshi Shimauchi, Chiharu Tateishi, Eiji Kiyohara, Ikko Muto, Hideki Nakajima, Riichiro Abe, Kazuyasu Fujii, Chikako Nishigori, Eiji Nakano, Kentaro Yonekura, Takeru Funakoshi, Masahiro Amano, Tomomitsu Miyagaki, Reiko Yamashita, Makoto Sugaya, Toshihisa Hamada, Masaomi Nangaku, Taroh Iiri, Noriko Makita

“…Jonckheere-Terpstra (one sided) test was performed to evaluate the effect of the bexarotene dose on lipid metabolisms, and regression analyses were performed to evaluate associations of bexarotene dose, free thyroxine (FT4), body mass index (BMI), and lipid metabolisms. Most patients developed hypothyroidism. …”
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Topology Unveiled: A New Horizon for Economic and Financial Modeling by Yicheng Wei, Junzo Watada, Zijin Wang

“…By collecting abundant literature indexed in SCOPUS/WoS and other famous databases, with a qualitative analysis to classify and summarize it, we found that topological methods were introduced to modern economics when dealing with dynamic optimization, functional analysis, and convex programming problems, including famous applications such as uncovering equilibrium with fixed-point theorems in Walrasian economics. …”
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Optimization of Saffron Essential Oil Nanoparticles Using Chitosan-Arabic Gum Complex Nanocarrier with Ionic Gelation Method by Fitri Astutiningsih, Sri Anggrahini, Aprilia Fitriani, Supriyadi Supriyadi

“…Response surface methodology (RSM) with Box-Behnken design (BBD) was applied to investigate the optimum conditions and the effects of three independent variables: LWCS concentration (0.1-0.3%), Arabic gum concentration (9.6-9.8%), and ratio (core: wall material) (1 : 5, 1 : 7.5, 1 : 10) on the responses of z-average, polydispersity index (PDI), and zeta potential. The results showed that the quadratic model developed from the RSM was statistically significant (p value < 0.05). …”
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Early versus late surgical stabilisation of unstable thoracolumbar spine fractures in adult polytrauma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Sebastian Ndlovu, Stanley Masunda, Emmanuel Oladeji, Ahmed Lashin, Ahmed Kaddah, Khalid A. Shah

“…Statistical analysis of primary outcome data was performed with Comprehensive Meta-analysis software using the standardised difference in means as the effect size index.2082 articles were retrieved, eighty screened by full text and a final eleven studies comprising 3874 patients deemed eligible for inclusion in this review. …”
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Gender-Inclusive Language in Public-Facing Labor and Delivery Web Pages in the New York Tristate Area: Cross-Sectional Study by Sarah Mohsen Isaac, Mark Dawes, Emily Ruth Howell, Antonia Francis Oladipo

“…The hospitals’ web pages were further stratified by Healthcare Equality Index scores and population classifications defined by the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics Urban-Rural classification given to the county that each hospital was located in. …”
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The Influence of Resin Infiltration on the Shear Bond Strength of Orthodontic Brackets: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Sylwia Kiryk, Jan Kiryk, Jacek Matys, Maciej Dobrzyński

“…Metal brackets were predominantly examined (<i>n</i> = 17). The Adhesive Remnant Index (ARI) was assessed in 13 studies. Importantly, 11 studies concluded that resin infiltration significantly enhances SBS, 8 of which were conducted on human teeth. …”
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Awake thoracic surgery for lung cancer treatment: where we are and future perspectives—our experience and review of literature by Giovanni Mugnaini, Simone Tombelli, Antonio Burlone, Stefano Bongiolatti, Domenico Viggiano, Rossella Indino, Ottavia Salimbene, Lavinia Gatteschi, Luca Voltolini, Alessandro Gonfiotti

“…The median Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) was 3 and we had 5 patients (41.67%) with a CCI ≥ 4 and a median FEV1 of 56%. …”
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Effects of Skipping Rope Training and Running on Cardiovascular Risk Indicators in Overweight and Obese Girls by Roya Gharaeinejad, Amir Hossein Haghighi, Roya Askari, Hadi Shahrabadi

“…Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups of SRT and RT in the indices (P>0.05); however, body weight (-5.13%), body mass index (BMI) (-8.16%), maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max; 18.18%), triglyceride (-27.45%) and apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1; 2.53%) had a significant improvement in the SRT group compared to the control group (P<0.05). …”
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Exploring the bidirectional causality between neuroticism and frailty: a Mendelian randomization analysis by Yuhang Xing, Rui Pu, Mengdie Fu, Zhikang Wang, Zhen Wang, Xiaopeng Shang, Guoli Yang, Zhiwei Jiang

“…Methods The neuroticism genome-wide association study (GWAS) data from the UK Biobank contained twelve neuroticism-related traits with 489,212 participants. The genetic frailty index data were extracted from the UK Biobank and Swedish TwinGene, involving 175,226 individuals. …”
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