Clinical practice of one-lung ventilation in mainland China: a nationwide questionnaire survey by Hong-jin Liu, Yong Lin, Wang Li, Hai Yang, Wen-yue Kang, Pei-lei Guo, Xiao-hui Guo, Ning-ning Cheng, Jie-chao Tan, Yi-na He, Si-si Chen, Yan Mu, Xian-wen Liu, Hui Zhang, Mei-fang Chen

“…Volume control ventilation mode, 4 to 6 mL per kilogram of predictive body weight, pure oxygen inspiration, and a low-level positive end-expiratory pressure ≤ 5 cm H2O were the most popular ventilation parameters. The most common thresholds of intraoperative respiration monitoring were peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) of 90–94%, end-tidal CO2 of 45 to 55 mm Hg, and an airway pressure of 30 to 34 cm H2O. …”
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Shedding light on the existence of Furan fatty acids in latex lipids across a wide diversity of Hevea brasiliensis genotypes by Chaisiri Kitpaosong, Siriluck Liengprayoon, Erwann Durand, Tucksin Lerksamran, Aurélie Daval, Eric Gohet, Lim Khan Tiva, Phean Chetha, Kong Mengchheang, Phen Phearun, Ung Rattana, Kim Chandy, Pol Sokea, Un Kim Eng, Kittipong Rattanaporn, Bruno Barea, Laurent Vaysse

“…They include 10,13-epoxy-11-methyl-octadecan-10,12-dienoic acid, which has been identified in the lipid fraction of latex from two Hevea brasiliensis genotypes commonly known as the source of natural rubber. Those two genotypes, namely RRIM501 and PB235, are from Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia (RRIM) and Prang Besar, Malaysia (PB), respectively. …”
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Compaction of Hyaloclastite from the Active Geothermal System at Krafla Volcano, Iceland by Guðjón H. Eggertsson, Jackie E. Kendrick, Joshua Weaver, Paul A. Wallace, James E. P. Utley, John D. Bedford, Michael J. Allen, Sigurður H. Markússon, Richard H. Worden, Daniel R. Faulkner, Yan Lavallée

“…Hyaloclastites commonly form high-quality reservoir rocks in volcanic geothermal provinces. …”
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Comparative Effectiveness of Rosuvastatin Versus Atorvastatin in Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment by Joon‐Tae Kim, Ji Sung Lee, Hyunsoo Kim, Beom Joon Kim, Jihoon Kang, Keon‐Joo Lee, Jong‐Moo Park, Kyusik Kang, Soo Joo Lee, Jae Guk Kim, Jae‐Kwan Cha, Dae‐Hyun Kim, Tai Hwan Park, Kyungbok Lee, Jun Lee, Keun‐Sik Hong, Yong‐Jin Cho, Hong‐Kyun Park, Byung‐Chul Lee, Kyung‐Ho Yu, Mi Sun Oh, Dong‐Eog Kim, Jay Chol Choi, Jee‐Hyun Kwon, Wook‐Joo Kim, Dong‐Ick Shin, Kyu Sun Yum, Sung Il Sohn, Jeong‐Ho Hong, Sang‐Hwa Lee, Man‐Seok Park, Wi‐Sun Ryu, Kwang‐Yeol Park, Juneyoung Lee, Jeffrey L. Saver, Hee‐Joon Bae

“…Using a large stroke registry, we investigated whether 2 commonly used statins, rosuvastatin and atorvastatin, differ in their effectiveness in reducing the risk of vascular events in patients with acute ischemic stroke. …”
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Demographic variation and socioeconomic inequalities in all forms of malnutrition among children aged 6 months to 9 years: findings from the Vietnamese General Nutrition Survey 202... by J Bernadette Moore, Xiaodong Lin, Louise Dye, Van Khanh Tran, Yun Yun Gong, Xiaomian Tan, Pui Yee Tan, Somphos Vicheth Som, Son Duy Nguyen, Do Tranh Tran, Nga Thuy Tran, Samantha Caton, Hannah Ensaff, Geoffry Smith

“…Low serum zinc, anaemia and iron deficiency were the common MNDs observed, affecting 53.1%, 15.2% and 13.9% of the study participants. …”
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Health checks for autistic adults: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial by Jeremy R. Parr, Helen Taylor, Colin Wilson, Clare Scarlett, Sarah Al-Asmori, Carole Buckley, Sally-Ann Cooper, Cristina Fernandez-Garcia, Tracy Finch, Rhianna Lees, Nicholas Lennox, Hannah Merrick, Sebastian Moss, Christina Nicolaidis, Malcolm Osbourne, Dora M. Raymaker, Tomos Robinson, Anna Urbanowicz, James M. S. Wason, Barry Ingham

“…Abstract Background Autistic people commonly have physical and mental health conditions. …”
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hAMSCs regulate EMT in the progression of experimental pulmonary fibrosis through delivering miR-181a-5p targeting TGFBR1 by Yanyang Wang, Chan Liu, Nuoxin Wang, Dong Weng, Yan Zhao, Hongyu Yang, Haoyuan Wang, Shangfu Xu, Jianmei Gao, Changhui Lang, Zhenhai Fan, Limei Yu, Zhixu He

“…Abstract Background Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a common and multidimensional devastating interstitial lung disease. …”
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Evaluation of the Therapeutic Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lin Wang, Xiao-Fei Zhang, Xue Zhang, Dong-Yan Guo, Yu-Wei Duan, Zhi-Chao Wang, Li-Shan Pei, Han Ru, Jiang-Xue Cheng, Ya-Jun Shi, Jun-Bo Zou

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative disease of bone and joint characterized by the damage of articular cartilage and hypertonia, which often occurs in the middle-aged and elderly. …”
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Cognitive impairment at older ages among 8000 men and women living in Mexico City: a cross-sectional analyses of a prospective study by Carlos González-Carballo, Pablo Kuri-Morales, Erwin Chiquete, Mario Rojas-Russell, Rogelio Santacruz-Benitez, Raúl Ramirez-Reyes, Adrián Garcilazo-Ávila, Jaime Berumen, Eirini Trichia, Louisa Gnatiuc Friedrichs, Paulina Orellana, Carolina Ochoa-Rosales, Gary O’Donovan, Jonathan R Emberson, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Diego Aguilar-Ramirez, Jesus Alegre-Díaz

“…Abstract Background There is limited population-based evidence on the prevalence of cognitive impairment in Mexico, a country with a rapidly aging population and where key risk factors, such as diabetes and obesity, are common. This study describes the distribution of cognitive impairment in adults from Mexico City. …”
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Can system dynamics explain long-term hydrological behaviors? The role of endogenous linking structure by X. Zhou, Z. Sheng, K. Manevski, K. Manevski, K. Manevski, R. Zhao, R. Zhao, Q. Zhang, Y. Yang, S. Han, J. Liu, J. Liu, Y. Yang, Y. Yang, Y. Yang

“…<p>Hydrological models with conceptual tipping bucket and process-based evapotranspiration formulations are the most common tools in hydrology. However, these models consistently fail to replicate long-term and slow dynamics of a hydrological system, indicating the need for model augmentation and a shift in formulation approach. …”
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Characterizing executive functioning and associated behaviors in individuals with dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase 1A (DYRK1A) syndrome by Hannah M. Rea, Sara Jane Webb, Sara Jane Webb, Evangeline C. Kurtz-Nelson, Caitlin M. Hudac, Caitlin M. Hudac, Raphael A. Bernier, Conor Miles, Rachel Earl, Alana Whiting, Curtis Eayrs, Margaret Johansson, Tianyun Wang, Tianyun Wang, Tianyun Wang, Evan E. Eichler, Evan E. Eichler, Emily Neuhaus, Emily Neuhaus

“…Diagnostic overshadowing, or the tendency to attribute all problems to intellectual disability and to leave other co-existing conditions, such as executive functioning challenges or ADHD, undiagnosed, is common. Phenotypic characterization of executive functioning is therefore important for our understanding of DYRK1A syndrome and for ensuring that caregivers’ concerns are addressed, and individuals receive the clinical services that best meet their needs.…”
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The use of antimicrobials in Italian buffalo farms by Gabriele Di Vuolo, Federico Scali, Claudia Romeo, Valentina Lorenzi, Chiara D. Ambra, Maria Serrapica, Giovanna Cappelli, Francesca Fusi, Esterina De Carlo, Giovanni Loris Alborali, Luigi Bertocchi, Domenico Vecchio

“…Antimicrobials were used almost exclusively on adults, where overall AMU was relatively low, averaging 1.72 DDDAit/head. The three most common causes of AMU in adult buffaloes were: urogenital (39.2%), dry cow therapy (26.2%), and mastitis (22.8%). …”
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Effectiveness of using implementation frameworks to facilitate the implementation of a stroke management guideline in the traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in China: protocol... by Zhuo Chen, Yefeng Cai, Wenjun He, Yiyuan Cai, Lingrui Liu, Qing Zhao, Sensen lv, Dong (Roman) Xu, Chun Hao, Lanping Zhang, Pengfei Guo, Yuning Shi

“…Introduction Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is commonly used alongside Western medicine for stroke management in China. …”
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Investigating the neuroprotective effects of Dracocephalum moldavica extract and its effect on metabolomic profile of rat model of sporadic Alzheimer's disease by Marjan Talebi, Seyed Abdulmajid Ayatollahi, Mohammad Ali As’Habi, Farzad Kobarfard, Mona Khoramjouy, Farzaneh Niki Boroujeni, Mehrdad Faizi, Alireza Ghassempour

“…After treatment with DM extract, 10 metabolites from the 32 identified ones were altered in the brain tissue of a rat model of sAD, most commonly at doses of 200 and 400 mg/kg. In conclusion, this study demonstrates the neuroprotective potential of DM by upregulation/downregulation of various pathophysiological biomarkers such as adenine, glycerophosphoglycerol, inosine, prostaglandins, and sphingomyelin induced by ICV-STZ in sAD. …”
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Bacteria-specific modified nucleoside is released and elevated in urine of patients with bacterial infections by Ryosuke Yamamura, Yu Nagayoshi, Kayo Nishiguchi, Hitomi Kaneko, Keiichi Yamamoto, Koki Matsushita, Miho Shimamura, Akihiro Kunisawa, Korin Sakakida, Takeshi Chujo, Masataka Adachi, Yutaka Kakizoe, Yuichiro Izumi, Takashige Kuwabara, Masashi Mukoyama, Kazuhito Tomizawa

“…In this study, we performed liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy (LC-MS) analysis of modified nucleosides from the RNA of 23 pathogenic bacteria, revealing 2-methyladenosine (m2A) as a common bacteria-specific modified nucleoside detected in all bacterial RNAs. …”
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Hospital attendance, malaria prevalence and self-medication with an antimalarial drug before and after the start of COVID-19 pandemic in a sentinel site for malaria surveillance in... by Denise Patricia Mawili-Mboumba, Fanny Bertrande Batchy Ognagosso, Noé Patrick M’Bondoukwé, Jacques Mari Ndong Ngomo, Bridy Chesly Moutombi Ditombi, Ahmed Adissa Agbanrin, Tatiana Nymane, Bedrich Pongui Ngondza, Reinne Moutongo Mouandza, Coella Joyce Mihindou, Dimitri Ardin Mabika Moussavou, Ornella Anaïse Mbang Nguema, Marielle Karine Bouyou-Akotet

“…Previous self-medication was more common during the COVID-19 period compared to the COVID-19 one (aOR = 2.15 [1.91–2.42]) (p < 0.01). …”
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Social determinants of mental health in asthma: an exploratory study by Sarah A. Hiles, Sarah A. Hiles, Hayley Lewthwaite, Hayley Lewthwaite, Vanessa L. Clark, Vanessa L. Clark, Anne E. Vertigan, Anne E. Vertigan, Anne E. Vertigan, Amber Smith, Amber Smith, Vanessa M. McDonald, Vanessa M. McDonald, Vanessa M. McDonald

“…Anxiety and depression were relatively common (35% anxiety; 16% depression using HADS threshold of scores ≥8). …”
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PET/CT-derived coronary calcium score may predict cardiac complications in anthracycline-treated patients with lymphoma by Genevieve Douglas, Zoe Loh, Evonne S.Y. Shum, Sze-Ting Lee, Niamh Waters, Garry Hamilton, Geoffrey Chong, Alexandra C. Murphy, Eliza A. Hawkes

“…Abstract: Anthracycline-mediated cardiotoxicity is a common concern after lymphoma therapy, particularly in patients with high cardiovascular risk (CVR). …”
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Clinical implication of NT-proBNP to predict mortality in patients with acute type A aortic dissection: a retrospective cohort study by Rui Zhang, Hao Wang, Chenxi Song, Rui Fu, Kefei Dou, Shuai Liu, Qianqian Liu, Xiaohui Bian, Weida Liu, Chengang Zhu, Jingjing Gao, Sheng Yuan, Xinming Cui, Sijia Qin, Yumeng Li

“…Objectives Acute type A aortic dissection is a life-threatening cardiovascular disease commonly seen in emergency department, resulting in substantial mortality and morbidity. …”
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Catabolic pathway acquisition by rhizosphere bacteria readily enables growth with a root exudate component but does not affect root colonization by Stephan Christel, Alyssa A. Carrell, Leah H. Hochanadel, Manuel I. Villalobos Solis, Paul E. Abraham, Sara S. Jawdy, Julie E. Chaves, Nancy L. Engle, Timkhite-Kulu Berhane, Tao Yao, Jin-Gui Chen, Wellington Muchero, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Melissa A. Cregger, Joshua K. Michener

“…We propose that this condition is common and that HGT of many pathways will be self-limiting because the selective benefits are small.IMPORTANCEHorizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a key process in microbial evolution, but the factors limiting HGT are poorly understood. …”
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