ACUTE LEUKEMIA AND LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION IN ITALY: QUANTIFERON-TB TEST SCREENING IN A LOW TUBERCULOSIS INCIDENCE COUNTRY by Andrea Nunzi, Luigi Della Valle, Elisa Linnea Lindfors Rossi, Giorgia Ranucci, Flavia Mallegni, Federico Moretti, Elisa Meddi, Luca Guarnera, Ilaria Tiravanti, Kristian Taka, Elisa Buzzatti, Fabiana Esposito, Roberto Secchi, Francesca Di Giuliano, Flavia Chirico, Raffaele Palmieri, Luca Maurillo, Francesco Buccisano, Carmelo Gurnari, Giovangiacinto Paterno, Adriano Venditti, Maria Ilaria Del Principe

“…Despite the low sample size, 1 out of 10 of our patients had prior TB exposure. …”
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Genetic environmental interaction to achieve optimum physiological states of crossbred cattle in tropical climate by A. Aryogi, L. Affandhy, D. Pamungkas, S. Setiasih, Y.N. Anggraeny, P.W. Prihandini, P.R. Matitaputty, I.N. Suyasa, S. Rusdiana, D.T. Ramsiati, W.I Wulansari, M. Chanafi, D.K. Robba, M. Luthfi

“…It is recommended that the development of crossbred cattle be carried out in the highlands.…”
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Julius Kruopis – the pioneer of applied statistics in Lithuania by Vilijandas Bagdonavičius, Vydas Čekanavičius, Rūta Levulienė, Pranas Vaitkus

“…A detailed analysis of the obtained results was carried out using real data. In addition, the thesis presents the assessment of the transition probabilities of Markov processes with migration. …”
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A prospective observational cohort study of HIV infection in Indonesia: baseline characteristics and one-year mortality by Tuti P. Merati, Evy Yunihastuti, Rudi Wisaksana, Nia Kurniati, Dona Arlinda, Muhammad Karyana, Nugroho H. Susanto, Dewi Lokida, Herman Kosasih, Aly Diana, Lois E. Bang, Melinda Setiyaningrum, Desrinawati M. Amin, Eppy Eppy, Wiwit A. S. N. Cahyawati, Emon W. Danudirgo, I Made Gede Darmaja, Nur Farhanah, Carta A. Gunawan, Usman Hadi, Kurnia F. Jamil, Sudirman Katu, Tambar Kembaren, I Gede Rai Kosa, Danang L. Norosingomurti, Asep Purnama, Ida S. Laksanawati, Adria Rusli, I Ketut Agus Somia, Yanri W. Subronto, Ivan L. Toruan, Renee Ridzon, C. Jason Liang, Aaron T. Neal, Ray Y. Chen, INA-PROACTIVE Study Group

“…Methods A multicenter, prospective, observational cohort study of HIV infection, coinfections, and comorbidities (INA-PROACTIVE) was carried out at 19 hospitals across major islands in Indonesia. …”
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Effect of modified Traditional Chinese Medicine external application in the treatment of pruritus in patients with chronic cholestatic liver disease (细化中药涂药技术干预慢性胆汁淤积性肝病患者皮肤瘙痒的护理效果... by LI Xue (李雪), ZHAO Haiqin (赵海芹), BAI Lirong (白丽荣), LIU Xiaojing (刘晓静)

“…Modified Traditional Chinese Medicine external application with calamine lotion and Qingre-Lishi-Zhiyang recipe was carried out in the control group and TCM group, respectively. …”
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Investigating and Completing Khanlari’s Theory on Metrical Units by Abbas Jahed Jah

“…Critiques emphasizing its positive aspects and aiming for improvement are largely absent. Two critiques stand out in the analysis of Khanlari’s segmentation and naming method: those by Najafi (2015) and Ghahramani Moghbel (2010). …”
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Experiencia en DAC cardiaca en la Comunidad Valenciana: programa de extracción cardiaca extrahospitalaria by Audelio Guevara-Bonilla, Eduardo Tébar-Botí, Claudia Aguirre-Ramón, Alexandra Merino-Orozco, Carlos Domínguez-Massa, Manuel Pérez-Guillén, Ana Bel-Mínguez, Salvador Torregrosa-Puerta, Tomás Heredia-Cambra, Alejandro Rincón-Almanza, María J. Dalmau-Sorli, Iván Martín González, Francisco J. Valera Martínez, Ana Tur-Alonso, Juan B. Martínez León

“…We show our experience from the beginning of the heart DCDs program. An out-of-hospital cardiac extraction protocol has been implemented within the Valencian Community. …”
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Outcomes and risk factors of transported patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: An ECMO center experience by Lingjuan Liu, Dingji Hu, Tong Hao, Shanshan Chen, Lei Chen, Yike Zhu, Chenhui Jin, Jing Wu, Haoya Fu, Haibo Qiu, Yi Yang, Songqiao Liu

“…The 28-day survival rate for ECMO patients was determined using Kaplan–Meier analysis, while logistic regression identified prognostic factors. Result: Out of 303 patients supported with ECMO, 111 (36.6%) were transported. 69.4% of the transport group were male, mean age was (42.0±17.0) years, mean body mass index was (24.4±4.6) kg/m2, and veno-arterial-ECMO accounted for 52.5%. …”
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Topographie et restitution du chantier de l’aqueduc d’Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône) by Robert Fabre, Philippe Leveau, Vincent Dumas

“…Differential GPS was used in order carry out georeferencing and hence to achieve accurate levelling. …”
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Comparative analysis of C-Reactive protein levels among Non-comorbid, Comorbid, and Multimorbid Hospitalized COVID-19 patients by Maria Shoukat, Haseeb Khan, Moona Nazish, Abdur Rehman, Sheharyar Raashid, Saad Ahmed, Wajid Munir, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, Massab Umair, Muhammad Osama Bin Abid, Nasim Akhtar, Wajid Zaman, Malik Badshah

“…Results In this study 618 out of 750 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, of which 62.6% were male and 37.4% were female, the levels of serum CRP were significantly influenced by age and comorbidities. …”
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A practical distribution pattern of α-SMA-positive carcinoma associated fibroblasts indicates poor prognosis of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Bo Li, Meilong Shi, Yang Wang, Penghao Li, Xiaoyi Yin, Guoxiao Zhang, Xiaochao Kang, Huan Wang, Suizhi Gao, Kailian Zheng, Xiaohan Shi, Xiongfei Xu, Yukun Zhou, Hui Jiang, Wei Jing, Shiwei Guo, Gang Jin

“…We used tumor specimens to screen out the most suitable markers for the spatial distribution analysis for CAFs subpopulations. …”
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Promise and Peril: Stellar Contamination and Strict Limits on the Atmosphere Composition of TRAPPIST-1 c from JWST NIRISS Transmission Spectra by Michael Radica, Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb, Jake Taylor, Louis-Philippe Coulombe, Björn Benneke, Loic Albert, Étienne Artigau, Nicolas B. Cowan, René Doyon, David Lafrenière, Alexandrine L’Heureux, Olivia Lim

“…Jointly retrieving for stellar contamination and a planetary atmosphere reveals that our spectrum can rule out hydrogen-dominated,  ≲300×  solar metallicity atmospheres with effective surface pressures down to 10 mbar at the 3 σ level. …”
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Fasting for male fertility—a mixed methods study by Katharina T. May, Jocelyn Behling, Katharina Sochiera-Plegniere, Katharina Batschari, Christian S. Kessler, Christian S. Kessler, Christian S. Kessler, Andreas Michalsen, Andreas Michalsen, Farid I. Kandil, Sarah B. Blakeslee, Michael Jeitler, Michael Jeitler, Michael Jeitler, Wiebke Stritter, Daniela A. Koppold, Daniela A. Koppold, Daniela A. Koppold

“…Semi-structured interviews were conducted in a subgroup and evaluated by structured content analysis.ResultsRecruitment proved difficult, with 18 out of only 22 recruited participants completing all visits. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of nasal carriage of penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae: a cross-sectional household survey in northern VietnamResearch in context by Costanza Tacoli, Hien Anh Thi Nguyen, Tu Cam Thi Nguyen, Bich Ngoc Thi Vu, Max van Wijk, Quynh Dieu Pham, Huong Kieu Thi Tran, Thuong Hong Thi Nguyen, Trang Thu Nguyen, Tung Son Trinh, Dung Tien Viet Vu, Hoang Huy Tran, Thai Duy Pham, Duc Anh Dang, Tien Dac Tran, Duong Thanh Nguyen, H. Rogier van Doorn, Thomas Kesteman, Sonia Lewycka

“…Findings: We recovered 132 S. pneumoniae isolates out of 1148 swabs. Antibiotic susceptibility results were obtained for 97% (128/132). …”
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品种和产地对核桃油脂肪酸组成及含量的影响 "Effects of varieties and producing areas on fatty acid composition and content of walnut oil" by 时杨妮1，李鑫鑫1，马兆成1,2 SHI Yangni1, LI Xinxin1, MA Zhaocheng1,2

“…A total of 51 varieties of walnuts, Xiangling walnuts from 7 producing areas and Qingxiang walnuts from 5 producing areas were used as research objects，the composition and content of fatty acid in walnut oil were determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and correlation analysis, principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis were carried out.The results showed that 51 varieties of walnut oils contained 13 kinds of fatty acids, and the total contents of linoleic acid, oleic acid, α-linolenic acid, palmitic acid and stearic acid were higher, and they accounted for about 99% of the total fatty acid content, the content of unsaturated fatty acid in walnut oil was as high as about 90%. …”
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Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network of Growth Differentiation-Related lncRNAs and mRNAs in Plectropomus leopardus by Jin GAO, Jinye LIU, Fuxiao CHEN, Yongbo WANG, Shuyuan FU

“…Zebrafish with knocked out Ada12 genes exhibited reduced body size in infancy without significant morphological defects. …”
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Genetic evidence for the causal effects of air pollution on the risk of respiratory diseases by Yanjuan Wu, Yuting Zhang, Jingcun Wang, Qiming Gan, Xiaofen Su, Sun Zhang, Yutong Ding, Xinyan Yang, Nuofu Zhang, Kang Wu

“…Sensitivity analyses, including MR-Egger regression and leave-one-out analyses, were employed to ensure result consistency. …”
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Les caves de Reims/Durocortorum à travers les exemples de la fouille du tramway by Magalie Cavé

“…The rue Saint-Symphorien site highlights the need to search for potential links between the cellars and the above ground rooms, all the more so in burnt-out contexts favorable to the conservation of organic materials remains. …”
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Contribution à l’histoire de la boulangerie romaine : étude de « pains/galettes » découverts en Gaule by Andreas G. Heiss, Véronique Matterne, Nicolas Monteix, Margaux Tillier, Camille Noûs

“…Examination of the doughs reveals signifcant differences in texture and structure: presence or absence of a crust, pores of varying sizes and frequency, doughs whose air has been kneaded out, etc. The first observations also highlight the high quality of the flour used for making (flat) breads from the Roman period, which appear to have been very fine and rather free of impurities (such as husk fragments). …”
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Impact of antiparasitic therapy on cardiovascular outcomes in chronic Chagas disease. A systematic review and meta-analysisResearch in context by Anis Rassi, Jr, Alyssa Grimshaw, Ashwin Sarwal, Ranjit Sah, Sangam Shah, Nelson I. Agudelo Higuita, Fabio Mahamed Rassi, Michaele Francesco Corbisiero, Hannah M. Kyllo, Jordan Stellern, Samantha Kaplan, Luis A. Marcos, Edgar A. Ramírez-García, Martin Casapia, Peter Hotez, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Shital Patel, Carlos Franco-Paredes, José Antonio Marin-Neto, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez

“…This investigation was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42023495755). Findings: Out of 4666 reports screened, 23 met the pre-specified inclusion criteria (8972 participants). …”
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