Thyroid Dysfunction After Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy and PD⁃1 Inhibitor Treatment for Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Shang K, He Q, Xu X, Luo X, Zhao C, Liu L, Li Z, Li Y, Jin F

“…Kai Shang,1,2,* Qianyong He,1– 3,* Xinyu Xu,2 Xunyan Luo,2 Chaofen Zhao,1,3 Lina Liu,1– 3 Zhuoling Li,1– 3 Yuanyuan Li,1– 3 Feng Jin1,3 1Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Clinical Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Feng Jin, Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, 28 Guiyi Street, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550004, People’s Republic of China, Tel +851-86512802, Email tjzlk2023@163.comPurpose: Analyze the incidence and risk factors of thyroid dysfunction in patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (LA-NPC) after intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and PD⁃1 inhibitor treatment and their relationship with treatment efficacy and prognosis.Methods: Eighty-five LA-NPC patients treated with IMRT and PD-1 inhibitors were retrospectively collected from March 1, 2019, to May 30, 2022. …”
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The study of excipients’ influence on Clopidogrel releasing from the rectal suppositories by Ye. А. Redkina, V. V. Gladyshev, B. S. Burlaka, I. A. Pukhalskaya

“…Suppositories were made by the fusion method. Concentration of surfactants in all compositions was 2%, clopidogrel – 0,075 g in one suppository. …”
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Clinical Accuracy of the G.LAB MD41A0 Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor in Pregnancy and Pre-Eclampsia Using the AAMI/ESH/ISO as Reference Standard by Zhang Y, Shi Z, Liang H, Chen M, Sun Y, Shang F, Wan Y

“…Therefore the study aimed to evaluate the measurement accuracy of the G.LAB MD41A0 oscillometric automatic upper-arm blood pressure monitor in pregnancy and pre-eclampsia women according to the AAMI/ESH/ISO Universal Standard (ISO 81060– 2:2018).Methods: A total of 45 pregnant women were included in the cross-sectional validation study. …”
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Combination of DMDD with Nanoparticles Effective Against Diabetic Kidney Disease in vitro by Huang XM, Guo YX, Pang QL, Yan XY, Yan H, Li JY, Tang GL, Jiang HX, Zhang HL

“…This study aimed to formulate DMDD-loaded nanoparticles (DMDD-NPs) using chitosan crosslinked with sodium tripolyphosphate through the ionic crosslinking method and to investigate their effect on diabetic kidney disease (DKD) treatment by inhibiting the development of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).Methods: DMDD-NPs were prepared by ionic crosslinking with sodium tripolyphosphate, optimizing six factors that affect nanoparticle characteristics, including particle size and zeta potential. …”
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Human Intestinal Parasitic Infections: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors among Elementary School Children in Merawi Town, Northwest Ethiopia by Destaw Damtie, Baye Sitotaw, Sissay Menkir, Bizuayehu Kerisew, Kedir Hussien

“…This study is aimed at assessing the prevalence and determinant factors of HIPIs among elementary school-age children in Merawi town. Methods. A school-based cross-sectional study design was used among 403 children. …”
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Genetic Associations Between Specific Sleep-Related Phenotypes and Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis by Li M, He J, Liang Y, Zou F, Gou C, Lv J, Zhang X, Li D, Yu Z

“…The inverse variance weighted (IVW) method was utilized, followed by confirming the robustness and reliability using the MR Egger, weighted median, simple mode, and weighted mode. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Autologous Follicular Unit Excision in Pediatric Secondary Cicatricial Alopecia: A Retrospective Case Series by Niu Y, Zhu L, Feng Y, Li Z, Zhang J, Jin Z, Ren C

“…Yanchao Niu,1,* Ling Zhu,2,* Yanyan Feng,1 Zaibing Li,1 Jian Zhang,3 Zhoufeng Jin,4 Ci Ren3 1Department of Dermatovenereology, Chengdu Second People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 2Medical Technology Department, Sichuan Nursing Vocational College, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Dermatological Surgery, Shenyang Seventh People’s Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Plastic Surgery, Shenyang Seventh People’s Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ci Ren, Department of Dermatological Surgery, Shenyang Seventh People’s Hospital, No. 13 Dongwei Road, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110003, People’s Republic of China, Email renci7yuan@163.com Zhoufeng Jin, Plastic Surgery, Shenyang Seventh People’s Hospital, No. 13 Dongwei Road, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110003, People’s Republic of China, Email 1978960974@qq.comObjective: To explore the efficacy of Follicular Unit Excision (FUE) in treating pediatric secondary cicatricial alopecia.Methods: We selected 11 cases of patients under 18 years old who underwent treatment for secondary cicatricial alopecia at the Chengdu Hengmei Hair Medical Clinic from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2022. …”
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Association of atrial fibrillation with coronary bed lesions (according to the coronary angiography register) by E. I. Yaroslavskaya, V. A. Kuznetsov, I. S. Bessonov, E. A. Gorbatenko, L. V. Marinskikh

“…To create an age-matched comparison group, 810 patients without AF were selected from the remaining 6773 patients using a method based on equalizing the frequency distributions.Results. …”
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APPLICATION OF CLUSTER ANALYSIS TO STUDY THE SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION OF EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES by Sofiia R. Ladyk, Kseniia F. Bazilyuk

“…In order to classify the countries of Eastern Europe and identify among them the place of Ukraine in the context of selected characteristics of the socio-economic situation, cluster analysis was used, in particular the hierarchical method of Ward. As a result of using this method, a dendrogram was obtained, the visual analysis of which allows to form 4 clusters. …”
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The Next Frontier in Brain Monitoring: A Comprehensive Look at In-Ear EEG Electrodes and Their Applications by Alexandra Stefania Mihai (Ungureanu), Oana Geman, Roxana Toderean, Lucas Miron, Sara SharghiLavan

“…Electroencephalography (EEG) remains an essential method for monitoring brain activity, but the limitations of conventional systems due to the complexity of installation and lack of portability have led to the introduction and development of in-ear EEG technology. …”
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Application of Technological Solutions for Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals by Chernysh Y., Plyatsuk L., Roubik H., Yakhnenko O., Skvortsova P.

“…The soil restoration methods were analyzed, their advantages and disadvantages were identified, making it possible to establish that biological methods are the safest and most environmentally friendly. …”
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Construction and Preliminary Validation of the Children's Academic Readiness Test to Enter Primary School in Afghanistan Country by Mohammad Naeem Rasooli, Ahmad Abedi, Mohammad Ashori

“…Additionally, the reliability of this test, using the split-half method, for the overall score and dimensions of numerical reasoning, attention and memory, picture completion, quantitative reasoning, retrieval, associative recall, sentence repetition and counting, visual-spatial reasoning, problem-solving (connecting dots game), and visual-motor skills is also above 0.70. …”
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The hot spots and global trends of prevention and treatment in postoperative delirium (POD) from 2004 to 2023: A bibliometric analysis by Changshuo Jiang, Zijun Tian, Ming Jiang, Chenyang Xu, Mingjie Mao, Shanwu Feng, Hongmei Yuan

“…Current hot spots include early perioperative prevention strategies and integrated multi-method treatments. Effective drugs for it is one of the directions in the future. …”
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Level of acceptance of illness and its association with quality of life of patients with epilepsy by Michał Rychlicki, Magdalena Babuśka-Roczniak, Barbara Brodziak-Dopierała, Agnieszka Świcińska, Magdalena Wojtanowska-Kaczka, Paula Szumniak, Wojciech Roczniak

“…The aim of the study was to assess the level of acceptance of the illness and its relationship with the quality of life of patients with epilepsy. Material and methods: In this work, the diagnostic survey method was employed with the use of questionnaires: Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS) and 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). …”
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Ultrasound Features of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>-Related Gastritis by Fulvia Terracciano, Antonella Marra, Veronica Nassisi, Chiara Lillo, Fabrizio Bossa, Sonia Carparelli, Francesco Cocomazzi, Maria Rosa Valvano, Giuseppe Losurdo, Alfredo Di Leo, Francesco Perri

“…<b>Background</b> Abdominal ultrasound (US) is a reliable method for visualizing gastric wall layers and measuring their thickness. …”
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Research of Impact Test Waveform OptimizingCompensation for Locomotive Vehicle Devive by WANG Peng, XIA Shu-jie, CHEN Gao-hua, WANG Yi-min, GAO Zhi

“…The results showed that fore-after half sine wave compensation was thebest suitable method for locomotive vehicle devices impact test with equal fore-after compensation pulse periods and impact compensatingcoefficient k<0.2.…”
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Atomistic simulation of the uniaxial compression of black phosphorene nanotubes by Van-Trang Nguyen, Minh-Quy Le

“… We study through molecular dynamics finite element method with Stillinger-Weber potential the uniaxial compression of (0, 24) armchair and (31, 0) zigzag black phosphorene nanotubes with approximately equal diameters. …”
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Zero-Shot Remote Sensing Scene Classification Based on Automatic Knowledge Graph and Dual-Branch Semantic Correlation Supervision by Chao Wang, Jiajun Yang, Tanvir Ahmed, Yang Zhao, Tong Zhang, Bing Sun, Tao Xie, Jie Wang, Tianyu Chen

“…On this basis, the dual-branch semantic correlation supervised zero-shot remote sensing scene classification network (DBSS) supervises the mapping of semantic features to the visual space via both global and local branches, ensuring the visual space reflects the correlation structure of the semantic space. …”
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Pituitary apoplexy: surgical or conservative? A meta-analytical insight by Kailai Xia, Jihong Peng, Yunhao Zhou, Xiaoqing Liu, Hongyu Chen, Haiyang Xu, Shuangji Wang, Aini Deng, Hua Tang, Jinyang Hu

“…A fixed-effects model was employed to determine the merged odds ratio (OR) values, utilizing the Mantel-Haenszel estimation method. Publication bias was assessed using a funnel plot. …”
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Consumption-based GHG emissions of the food supply chain in Japan: a top–down approach integrating input–output and margin tables by Osamu Kimura, Shunichi Hienuki

“…Applying this method to the Japanese food system, we found that food-related GHG emissions amounted to 220 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (t-CO2eq). …”
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