The current and future cancer burden in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries by Saleh A. Alessy, Saleh A. Alqahtani, Jerome Vignat, Amid Abuhmaidan, Amani E. L. Basmi, Najla Al Lawati, Ameera Ali A‐Nooh, Wael Shelpai, Samar Alhomoud, Ali Al‐Zahrani, Freddie Bray, Ariana Znaor

“…Results An estimated 42,475 new cancer cases and 19,895 deaths occurred in the GCC countries in 2020, with corresponding age‐standardized incidence and mortality rates of 96.5 and 52.3 per 100,000, respectively. …”
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The Impact of Astaxanthin Supplementation on the Lipid Profile by Filip Arczewski, Michalina Wójcikiewicz, Witold Czyż, Julia Kacperczyk, Karol Dziedzic, Marta Chuncia, Maciej Wojszczyk, Damian Zys, Piotr Pasek, Julia Ryniecka, Wiktor Czaja, Michał Krzciuk

“…Future research should focus on robust methodological designs and standardized supplementation protocols to clarify AST’s role in managing dyslipidemia and enhancing cardiovascular health.  …”
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Core Outcome Set development for LEPtospirosis trials (COS-LEP): a study protocol to develop a core outcome set for the evaluation of clinical therapeutic interventions for human l... by Nathaniel Lee, Chris Smith, Robin Bailey, Koya Ariyoshi, Sarah Smith, Nick Black, Tansy Edwards

“…The method for the management of leptospirosis, particularly in severe disease, is clouded by methodological inconsistency and a lack of standardized outcome measures. The study this protocol details aims to develop a core outcome set (COS) for leptospirosis research. …”
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Modern modes of chronic hepatitis B treatment in daily clinical practice by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. A. Morozova, S. A. Ondos, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The aim of review and clinical case. To bring modern standards of antiviral therapy (AVT) of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and possible mistakes at assessment of medical tactics to focus of general practitioners.Summary. …”
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Development of an Efficient and Generalized MTSCAM Model to Predict Liquid Chromatography Retention Times of Organic Compounds by Mengdie Fan, Chenhui Sang, Hua Li, Yue Wei, Bin Zhang, Yang Xing, Jing Zhang, Jie Yin, Wei An, Bing Shao

“…Traditional retention time approaches heavily rely on the use of standard compounds, which is limited by the speed of synthesis and manufacture of standard products, and is time-consuming and labor-intensive. …”
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Nosemosis negatively affects honeybee survival: experimental and meta-analytic evidence by Monika Ostap-Chec, Jessica Cait, R. Wilder Scott, Aneta Arct, Dawid Moroń, Marcin Rapacz, Krzysztof Miler

“…Despite its acknowledged importance, the impact of this disease on honeybee survivorship remains unclear. Here, a standard laboratory cage trial was used to compare mortality rates between healthy and Nosema-infected honeybees. …”
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Water quality characteristics of municipal wastewater treatment plants and the prospect of reclaimed water utilization in lower-middle income and water-scarce areas: A case study o... by Yutong Duan, Hongbo Xi, Zhikai Qin, Ruili Guo, Fang Wang, Yue Yuan

“…Effluent water quality generally met the discharge standards, though TN removal efficiency was unsatisfactory in some cases. …”
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Prevalence of Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections and Associated Factors among Patients Attending Hospitals in Bushenyi District, Uganda by Martin Odoki, Adamu Almustapha Aliero, Julius Tibyangye, Josephat Nyabayo Maniga, Eddie Wampande, Charles Drago Kato, Ezera Agwu, Joel Bazira

“…In this cross-sectional study, a total of 267, clean catch midstream urine (MSU) samples were collected aseptically and analyzed using standard microbiology methods. Data for the factors associated with UTI were obtained by use of questionnaires and standard laboratory tests for selected underlying conditions. …”
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The James Webb Space Telescope Absolute Flux Calibration. III. Mid-infrared Instrument Medium Resolution Integral Field Unit Spectrometer by David R. Law, Ioannis Argyriou, Karl D. Gordon, G. C. Sloan, Danny Gasman, Alistair Glasse, Kirsten Larson, Leigh N. Fletcher, Alvaro Labiano, Alberto Noriega-Crespo

“…Pixel flat fields are constructed from observations of the infrared-bright planetary nebula NGC 7027, and photometric aperture corrections from a combination of theoretical models and observations of bright standard stars. We tie the 5–18 μ m flux calibration to high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N; ∼600–1000) observations of the O9 V star 10 Lacertae, scaled to the average calibration factor of nine other spectrophotometric standards. …”
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Investigating the Prevalence, Antibiotic Resistance Pattern, and Serotyping of Shigella Isolates from Traditional and Industrial Olivier Salads by Shiva Jahanbakhshi, Mohammad Mehdi Soltan Dallal, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Katayoun Samimi-Rad, Seyedeh Zohre Mirbagheri, Ahmad Nasser, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi

“…The antibiotic resistance pattern of isolates was evaluated according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI, 2021) instructions by the Kirby-Bauer method. …”
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Advanced Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches for Estimating the Remaining Life of EV Batteries—A Review by Daniel H. de la Iglesia, Carlos Chinchilla Corbacho, Jorge Zakour Dib, Vidal Alonso-Secades, Alfonso J. López Rivero

“…However, we also uncover critical challenges, including a lack of standardized evaluation metrics, prevalent overfitting problems, and limited dataset sizes, that hinder the field’s progress. …”
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Accuracy of the combined method (auscultation and pH measurement) and ultrasonography for confirmation of gastric tube placement: a study protocol for a prospective study by Fernanda Raphael Escobar Gimenes, Rosana Aparecida Pereira, Mayara Carvalho Godinho Rigobello, Jorge Elias Junior, Carlos Alberto Grespan Bonacim, Renata Cristina de Campos Pereira Silveira, Fernanda Caroline Bonardi, Roosevelt Santos Nunes

“…The combined method and the ultrasound will be the index tests and will be performed on all study participants for later comparison with an X-ray examination, considered the reference standard and the gold standard to distinguish between gastric and pulmonary placement. …”
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Regional hyperthermia for soft tissue sarcoma – a survey on current practice, controversies and consensus among 12 European centers by Siyer Roohani, Felix Ehret, Marcus Beck, Danai P. Veltsista, Jacek Nadobny, Sebastian Zschaeck, Sultan Abdel-Rahman, Franziska Eckert, Anne Flörcken, Rolf D. Issels, Stephan Klöck, Robert Krempien, Lars H. Lindner, Markus Notter, Oliver J. Ott, Daniel Pink, Vlatko Potkrajcic, Peter Reichardt, Oliver Riesterer, Mateusz Jacek Spałek, Emanuel Stutz, Rüdiger Wessalowski, Thomas Zilli, Daniel Zips, Pirus Ghadjar, David Kaul

“…Many clinical controversies exist that require a standardized consensus guideline and innovative study ideas. …”
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Comparing Campylobacter jejuni to three other enteric pathogens in OligoMM12 mice reveals pathogen-specific host and microbiota responses by Mathias K.-M. Herzog, Audrey Peters, Nizar Shayya, Monica Cazzaniga, Kardokh Kaka Bra, Trisha Arora, Manja Barthel, Ersin Gül, Luca Maurer, Patrick Kiefer, Philipp Christen, Katharina Endhardt, Julia A. Vorholt, Gad Frankel, Markus M. Heimesaat, Stefan Bereswill, Cormac G. M. Gahan, Marcus J. Claesson, Xavier Domingo-Almenara, Wolf-Dietrich Hardt

“…In this study, we applied the standardized gnotobiotic OligoMM12 microbiota mouse model and compared the infections in the same facility. …”
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Survival feature and trend of female breast cancer: A comprehensive review of survival analysis from cancer registration data by Dan-Dan Tang, Zhuo-Jun Ye, Wan-Wan Liu, Jing Wu, Jing-Yu Tan, Yan Zhang, Qun Xu, Yong-Bing Xiang

“…Observed, relative, and net survival rates and their corresponding age-standardized survival rates since the 1990s were collected and further stratified by prognostic factors. …”
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The Effectiveness of Add-on Treatment with Nutraceutical by V. T. Ivashkin, M. A. Morozova, E. A. Poluektova, O. S. Shifrin, A. G. Beniashvili, G. E. Rupchev, A. A. Alekseev, Yu. M. Poluektov, Z. A. Mamieva, A. L. Kovaleva, A. I. Ulyanin, E. A. Trush

“…The experimental group received as add-on the nutraceutical “SZ Gastro” (containing a standardized amount of menthol, gingerol and D-limonene); patients in the control group — placebo. …”
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Analysis of tracheal, bronchial, and lung cancer attributable to respiratory system-related risk factors in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019 by Shiwen Yu, Liangwei Yang, Weiwen Xu, Tian Zhao, Liyuan Han, Guofang Zhao, Ting Cai

“…Results From 1990 to 2019, the age-standardized DALY rate and death rate of TBL cancer only attributable to ambient particulate matter pollution increased globally, and in all Socio-Demographic Index (SDI) quintiles, except for high SDI quintiles. …”
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Inhibitory properties of a latent inhibitor after its compound preexposure with several novel stimuli: evidence from human conditioning by Unai Liberal, Gabriel Rodríguez, Paula Nogueiras, James Byron Nelson, Geoffrey Hall, Geoffrey Hall

“…The inhibitory properties of latent inhibitors have been the subject of controversy, as standard latent inhibition training—consisting of pre-exposure to the target stimulus alone—does not provide the latent inhibitor with the ability to pass a summation test, a key criterion for demonstrating genuine inhibition. …”
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Diagnosis, screening, and follow-up of patients with familial interstitial lung disease: Results from an international survey by Emil Vilstrup Moen, Thomas Skovhus Prior, Michael Kreuter, Wim A. Wuyts, Maria Molina-Molina, Marlies Wijsenbeek, Antonió Morais, Argyrios Tzouvelekis, Christopher J. Ryerson, Fabian Caro, Ivette Buendia-Roldan, Jesper M. Magnusson, Joyce S. Lee, Julie Morisett, Justin M. Oldham, Lauren K. Troy, Manuela Funke-Chambour, Maria Laura Alberti, Raphael Borie, Simon L. F. Walsh, Sujeet Rajan, Yasuhiro Kondoh, Yet H Khor, Elisabeth Bendstrup

“…Abstract Background Advances in the field of genetics of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) have led to the recent consensus statements made by expert groups. International standards for genetic testing in ILD have not yet been established. …”
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Performance augmentation of triangular solar still using sensible energy storage materials: thermo-exergo-economic and sustainability analyses by Sharma, Naveen, Patel, Ashutosh, Deep, Raman, Gautam, Shivam

“…Moreover, the TDS and pH values of the yield produced from TSS, with and without SHSMs, adhere to water quality standards.…”
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