Applying Multi-Sensor Satellite Data to Identify Key Natural Factors in Annual Livestock Change and Winter Livestock Disaster (<i>Dzud</i>) in Mongolian Nomadic Pasturelands by Sinkyu Kang, Nanghyun Cho, Amartuvshin Narantsetseg, Bolor-Erdene Lkhamsuren, Otgon Khongorzul, Tumendemberel Tegshdelger, Bumsuk Seo, Keunchang Jang

“…A schematic model of nomadic landscapes was developed and used to select potential drivers retrievable from multi-sensor satellite data. Three alternative methods (principal component analysis, PCA; stepwise multiple regression, SMR; and random forest machine learning model, RF) were used to determine the key drivers for livestock changes and <i>Dzud</i> outbreaks. …”
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Effect of polarization potential on tribocorrosion behavior of duplex stainless steel UNS S32205 in NaCl solution by Jomar José Knaip Ribeiro, Oriana Palma Calabokis, Yamid Enrique Nuñez de la Rosa, Silvio Francisco Brunatto, Paulo César Borges

“…Finally, this study allowed the determination of the great effect of the potential applied on the tribocorrosion behaviour and the identification of differences between the cathodic protection and distilled water assays as methods to inhibit corrosion.…”
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Prenatal Rosiglitazone Administration to Neonatal Rat Pups Does Not Alter the Adult Metabolic Phenotype by Hernan Sierra, Reiko Sakurai, W. N. Paul Lee, Nghia C. Truong, John S. Torday, Virender K. Rehan

“…This study aimed to determine the effects of prenatally administered RGZ on the metabolic phenotype of adult rats. Methods. Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rat dams were administered either placebo or RGZ at embryonic days 18 and 19. …”
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Puerarin alleviates renal ischemia/reperfusion injury by inhibiting apoptosis and endoplasmic reticulum stress via Nrf2/HO-1 pathway by Jingsong Wang, Qingyuan Zheng, Jun Jian, Xiuheng Liu, Zhiyuan Chen, Shanshan Wan, Lei Wang

“…Objective(s): To explore the effects of puerarin on renal ischemia/reperfusion injury and the possible mechanism.Materials and Methods: The experimental mice were injected with puerarin (50 or 100 mg/kg) per day or equal sterile saline by intraperitoneal injection for one week, and a renal I/R injury model was constructed. …”
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Paradigm shifts in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy therapeutics: a four-decade bibliometric exploration of emerging therapeutic dimensions (1985–2024) by Juntao Shu, Ling Liu, Mei Yuan, Mingbiao Ma, Jingjing Yang

“…This study aimed to identify key research areas, collaboration networks, and emerging trends using bibliometric analysis tools.MethodsA comprehensive analysis was conducted on 1,165 records from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database. …”
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Impact of Peripartum Depression and Anxiety Symptoms on Unplanned Cesarean or Operative Vaginal Births: A Prospective Observational Study by María José Rol, Marcos Javier Cuerva, María de los Angeles Palomares, Carmen Vallecillo, Stella Franke, José Luis Bartha

“…The aim of this study was to examine the association between peripartum depression and anxiety symptoms with unplanned cesarean or operative vaginal births. Methods: This single-center observational study categorized women into two groups based on the presence (or absence) of depression symptoms in the last 7 days. …”
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THE ROLE OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE MAMMOGRAPHY AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST TUMORS by N. V. Meladze, M. A. Shariya, D. V. Ustyuzhanin, S. K. Ternovoy

“…Objective: to investigate the possibility of enhancing the efficiency of complex magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, including MR mammography with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and MR spectroscopy for the differential diagnosis of breast tumors.Material and methods. The investigation enrolled 87 patients with breast tumors and 15 healthy volunteers. …”
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Identifying novel therapeutic targets for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease using bioinformatics approaches: from drug repositioning to traditional Chinese medicine by Jingmin Zhang, Tianwei Meng, Weiqi Gao, Xinghua Li, Juan Xu

“…Bioinformatics offers a promising approach to identify new targets by analyzing gene expression and drug interactions.ObjectiveThis study aims to identify novel therapeutic targets for NAFLD through bioinformatics, focusing on drug repositioning and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) components.MethodsThree NAFLD-related gene expression datasets (GSE260666, GSE126848, GSE135251) were analyzed to identify differentially expressed genes. …”
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Combination Therapy with Continuous Three-in-One Femoral Nerve Block and Periarticular Multimodal Drug Infiltration after Total Hip Arthroplasty by Tomonori Tetsunaga, Tomoko Tetsunaga, Kazuo Fujiwara, Hirosuke Endo, Toshifumi Ozaki

“…The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of CFNB versus LIA after THA. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed the postoperative outcomes of 93 THA patients (20 men, 73 women; mean age 69.2 years). …”
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Predictive factors for the development of depression in children and adolescents: a clinical study by Hong Zhang, Peilin Yu, Xiaoming Liu, Xiaoming Liu, Ke Wang, Ke Wang, Ke Wang, Ke Wang

“…BackgroundThe prevalence of depression among adolescents has been gradually increasing with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the purpose of this study was to develop and validate logistic regression models to predict the likelihood of depression among 6-17 year olds.MethodsWe screened participants from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in 2022. …”
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Duodenal Derotation and Extent Tapering Jejunoplasty as Primary Repair for Neonates With High Jejunal Atresia by Chih-Cheng Luo, Yung-Ching Ming, Hsun-Chin Chao, Shih-Ming Chu

“…A novel technique using duodenal derotation and extent tapering jejunoplasty (DDETJ) is reported here. Methods: Infants with high jejunal atresia within 10 cm of the ligament of Treitz treated with DDETJ over a 3-year period were reviewed. …”
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WRRT-DETR: Weather-Robust RT-DETR for Drone-View Object Detection in Adverse Weather by Bei Liu, Jiangliang Jin, Yihong Zhang, Chen Sun

“…Experimental results demonstrate that WRRT-DETR outperforms SOTA methods on the AWOD dataset, exhibiting superior robustness and detection accuracy in complex weather conditions.…”
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Ophthalmologic Psychophysical Tests Support OCT Findings in Mild Alzheimer’s Disease by Elena Salobrar-Garcia, Rosa de Hoz, Blanca Rojas, Ana I. Ramirez, Juan J. Salazar, Raquel Yubero, Pedro Gil, Alberto Triviño, José M. Ramirez

“…To analyze in mild Alzheimer’s disease (MAD) patients, GDS-4 (Reisberg Scale), whether or not some psychophysical tests (PTs) support OCT macular findings in the same group of MAD patients reported previously. Methods. Twenty-three MAD patients and 28 age-matched control subjects with mean Mini Mental State Examination of 23.3 and 28.2, respectively, with no ocular disease or systemic disorders affecting vision were included. …”
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Ureteral Stricture Outcomes Using Small Ureteral Access Sheath During Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery by Özer Güzel, Melih Balcı, Altuğ Tuncel, Ahmet Asfuroğlu, İbrahim Can Aykanat, Yılmaz Aslan

“…Objective: This study evaluated ureteral injury and long-term stricture progression after the smallest ureteral access sheath (UAS) application during retrograde intrarenal surgery. Materials and Methods: A total of 154 patients who had undergone retrograde intrarenal surgery procedures and applied a 9.5/11.5-F UAS for kidney stones between September 2016 and March 2019 were prospectively included, and intraoperative, postoperative, and late complications were evaluated. …”
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Outcomes after reversed corneal graft rejection: a report from the European VISICORT project by W John Armitage, Uwe Pleyer, Conor C Murphy, Derek Tole, Matthew D Griffin, Jesper Hjortdal, Katja C Iselin, Bertrand Vabres

“…Objective This study aims to describe the outcome of corneal grafts, both low risk and high risk, after successfully reversed immunological rejection.Methods Datasets on reversed rejection episodes in penetrating and endothelial keratoplasties between 2014 and 2019 (n=876) were extracted from the Adverse Immune Signatures and their Prevention in Corneal Transplantation database, which contains the prospectively and consecutively collected corneal transplants from five European centres. …”
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Dual‐Modal Sensing Skin Adaptive to Daylight, Darkness, and Ultraviolet Light for Simultaneous Full‐Field Deformation Measurement and Mechanoluminescence Responses by Suman Timilsina, Cheol Woo Jo, Kwang Ho Lee, Kee‐Sun Sohn, Ji Sik Kim

“…Abstract Mechanoluminescence (ML) and digital image correlation (DIC) have emerged as promising optical methods to visualize and measure deformation fields. …”
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Is fixation beneficial in Kümmell's disease? A metaanalysis of clinical and radiological outcomes by Marven Aoun, Mohammad Daher, Gaby Kreichati, Khalil Kharrat, Amer Sebaaly

“…This meta-analysis was conducted to compare vertebral augmentation alone or vertebral augmentation in addition to instrumentation in terms of post-operative complications, improvement in radiographic parameters, and patient-reported outcomes in Kummell's disease. Methods: PubMed, Cochrane, and Google Scholar (page 1–20) were searched till August 2024. …”
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Clinical efficacy of peek patient-specific implants in orbital reconstruction by Yurii Chepurnyi, PhD, Denis Chernogorskyi, Andrey Kopchak, DDs, DM, Oksana Petrenko, MD, DMs

“…Purpose: To assess the clinical efficacy of custom made PEEK patient-specific implants in treatment of orbital wall defects. Methods: Forty-five patients with unilateral post-traumatic orbital wall defects were enrolled in the study. …”
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Environmental Dynamics and Risk: Bibliometric Insights into Soil Heavy Metal Accumulation Under Environmental Stressors by Jiaxiang Wang, Yueyao Li, Yimin Zhou, Jibai Long, Zhuoqing Li, Cheng Qiu, Qinghai Liu, Ming Lei

“…This study applied CiteSpace bibliometric methods to visually analyze 1,768 publications from 2000 to 2024, based on the Web of Science Core Collection. …”
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Assessment of the risk factors for the development and morphological types of posterior subcapsular cataract using optical coherence tomography by N. S. Lutsenko, O. A. Isakova, O. A. Rudycheva, T. S. Kyrylova

“…To analyze the risk factors for the development of posterior subcapsular cataract in patients with different morphological changes using anterior segment optical coherence tomography. Materials and methods. A prospective clinical study on the risk factors for posterior subcapsular cataract was conducted during 2020–2022. …”
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