New strategies in management of severe alcoholic hepatitis by P. Ye. Tkachenko, I. I. Komkova, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Groups were comparable by basic clinical and laboratory features. Patients of the first group received prednisolone 40 mg/day orally, patients of the second group received combination of prednisolone 40 mg/day orally and S-adenosyl-L-methionine (Adomet) 800 mg/day as intravenous infusions for 7 days, followed by 400 mg tid orally up to the 28 day of treatment. …”
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Long-acting family planning uptake and associated factors among women in the reproductive age group in East Africa: multilevel analysis by Ermias Bekele Enyew, Abiyu Abadi Tareke, Habtamu Setegn Ngusie, Mulugeta Desalegn Kasaye, Shimels Derso Kebede, Mahider Shimelis Feyisa

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Students Participating as Ambassadors for Research in Kentucky (SPARK): A health equity undergraduate research training program by Ariel A. Arthur, Rebecca L. deLacerda Allen, Fidelis Y. Sesenu, Maxwell A. Groznik, Carrie B. Oser, Justin X. Moore, Jessica R. Thompson, Alexis N. James, Madeline N. Dunfee, Philip A. Kern, Nancy E. Schoenberg

“…Unlike most existing research training programs that are brief, focus on laboratory research, or are limited to graduate students and junior faculty, SPARK delivers a 16-month intensive behavioral and population health science training, equipping students with needed tools to conceptualize, plan, execute, and analyze their own health equity research study. …”
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Muscular Performance and Blood Pressure After Different Pre-Strength Training Strategies in Recreationally Strength-Trained Women: Cross-Over Trial by Estêvão Rios Monteiro, Linda S. Pescatello, Luis Leitão, Marcelo José Colonna de Miranda, Paulo H. Marchetti, Michelle Ribeiro Novaes, Gleisson da Silva Araújo, Victor Gonçalves Corrêa Neto, Jefferson da Silva Novaes

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Unveiling Low-frequency Eclipses in Spider Millisecond Pulsars Using Wideband GMRT Observations by Sangita Kumari, Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Devojyoti Kansabanik, Rahul Sharan, Ankita Ghosh, Jayanta Roy

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Aspirin inhibits proteasomal degradation and promotes α-synuclein aggregate clearance through K63 ubiquitination by Jing Gao, Yang Liu, Chenfang Si, Rui Guo, Shouqiao Hou, Xiaosong Liu, Houfang Long, Di Liu, Daichao Xu, Zai-Rong Zhang, Cong Liu, Bing Shan, Christoph W. Turck, Kaiwen He, Yaoyang Zhang

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Preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen to lymphocyte ratio serves as a prognostic predictor in elderly patients with colorectal cancer: a multicentre retrospective study by Lei Jiang, Ning Tan, Xiaonan Zhang, Jiayi Jiang, Xinyi Li, Gang Deng, Tao Liang, Haohan Ma, Weiping Deng, Lichang Guan, Kaijun Zhang, Xujie Cai, Lishu Xu

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Risk factors and prediction model construction of urinary tract infection in elderly patients with diabetic nephropathy by Cong Feng, Bo Yang, Linlang Liang

“…[Methods] From June 2018 to June 2023, a total of 240 elderly patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy who visited General Hospital of Northern Theater Command of Chinese PLArmy Hospital were research object, of which 168 were included in disease group 1 and 72 were included in disease group 2.Disease group 1 included 52 cases of urinary tract infections (combined group) and 116 cases of non infection (non combined group); The disease group 2 included 26 cases of infection and 46 cases of non infection.Baseline and laboratory data were compared between disease group 1 and disease group 2, and between the combined group and non combined group; Multivariate logistic regression was applied to analyze the risk factors of urinary tract infections; The nomogram model was constructed based on the selected risk factors and validated, and consistency was checked by generating calibration curves. …”
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Clinical and imaging features of co-existent pulmonary tuberculosis and lung cancer: a population-based matching study in China by Fan Zhang, Fei Qi, Yi Han, Hongjie Yang, Yishuo Wang, Guirong Wang, Yujie Dong, Hongxia Li, Yuan Gao, Hongmei Zhang, Tongmei Zhang, Liang Li

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Working-memory load decoding model inspired by brain cognition based on cross-frequency coupling by Jing Zhang, Tingyi Tan, Yuhao Jiang, Congming Tan, Liangliang Hu, Daowen Xiong, Yikang Ding, Guowei Huang, Junjie Qin, Yin Tian

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Risk factor for intestinal carriage of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the impact on subsequent infection among patients in an intensive care unit: an observationa... by Li Wei, Lin Cai, Shan Gao, Fu Qiao, Wenzhi Huang, Shichao Zhu, Yan Kang, Chuanmin Tao, Zhiyong Zong

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Additively manufactured biodegradable Zn metamaterials with tunable Poisson’s ratio and enhanced mechanical properties by Yixuan Shi, Jiaqi Gao, Xuan Li, Zui Tao, Chengcong Huang, Shangyan Zhao, Yuzhi Wu, Youwen Yang, Yabin Yang, Yageng Li, Lu-Ning Wang

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The Association Between Psychological Capital and Self-Management Behaviors in Men with Gout: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southwest China by Wang Y, Chen Y, Qi Q, Song Y, Guo X, Ma L, Chen H

“…Ying Wang,1 Yanling Chen,1 Qi Qi,2 Yuqing Song,3 Xin Guo,1 Ling Ma,1 Hong Chen4 1Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Operating Room Nursing, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Nursing, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 4West China School of Nursing/ West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Hong Chen, West China School of Nursing/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 18980601733, Email chong@scu.edu.cnPurpose: Gout is a common, chronic inflammatory joint disease, and men are more likely to suffer from gout. …”
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A Hybrid Dynamic Principal Component Analysis Feature Extraction Method to Identify Piston Pin Wear for Binary Classifier Modeling by Hao Yang, Yubin Zhai, Mengkun Zheng, Tan Wang, Dongliang Guo, Jianhui Liang, Xincheng Li, Xianliang Liu, Mingtao Jia, Rui Zhang

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Effect of In Vitro Ruminal pH on Zearalenone Degradation and Interaction with Other Mycotoxins in a Static Gastrointestinal Model by Rimvydas Falkauskas, Jurgita Jovaišienė, Gintarė Vaičiulienė, Sigita Kerzienė, Ingrida Jacevičienė, Eugenijus Jacevičius, Inga Jarmalaitė, Marija Ivaškienė, Gintaras Daunoras, Rasa Želvytė, Violeta Baliukonienė

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Comparison of thromboelastographic profiles and clinical characteristics in children with severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia by Yong-tao Li, Yu-mei Ma, Fu-li Dai, Zhen Peng, Ya-ping Dai, Ke Zhi, Hai-hong Feng, Shu-jun Li

“…Demographic characteristics, clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, imaging features, bronchoscopy results, treatment, complications, and outcomes were compared between groups.ResultsThe abnormal TEG group (42.9%) had longer fever duration (median: 8.5 vs. 7.0 days, P < 0.001) and hospital stay (median: 11.5 vs. 10.0 days, P = 0.003). …”
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In silico identification of the anticataract target of βB2-crystallin from Phaseolus vulgaris: a new insight into cataract treatment by Sunday Amos Onikanni, Sunday Amos Onikanni, Adewale Oluwaseun Fadaka, Tran Nhat Phong Dao, Tran Nhat Phong Dao, Valens Munyembaraga, Valens Munyembaraga, Vincent Nyau, Nicole Remaliah Samantha Sibuyi, Morenike Grace Ajayi, Nguyen Thi Ai Nhung, Emmanuel Ejiofor, Basiru Olaitan Ajiboye, Basiru Olaitan Ajiboye, Minh Hoang Le, Hen-Hong Chang, Hen-Hong Chang, Hen-Hong Chang

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Discovery and in vitro characterization of a human anti-CD36 scFv by Cecilia Mata-Cruz, Cecilia Mata-Cruz, Sandra L. Guerrero-Rodríguez, Keyla Gómez-Castellano, Gregorio Carballo-Uicab, Juan Carlos Almagro, Juan Carlos Almagro, S. Mayra Pérez-Tapia, S. Mayra Pérez-Tapia, S. Mayra Pérez-Tapia, Marco A. Velasco-Velázquez

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Improving the integrity and reproducibility of research that uses antibodies: a technical, data sharing, behavioral and policy challenge by M. Biddle, P. Stylianou, M. Rekas, A. Wright, J. Sousa, D. Ruddy, M. I. Stefana, K. Kmiecik, A. Bandrowski, R.A. Kahn, C. Laflamme, E. M. Krockow, H.S. Virk

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Estimation of Apolipoprotein A1, Haptoglobin and Alpha 2macroglobulin with some Biochemical Metabolic Markers in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Iraqi Patients by hiba abid Al-hussein hassan, Dawood Salman Dawood, Raghad Jawad Hussein

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