The Clinical and Economic Impact of Employees Who Are Care Partners of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis by Disease Severity by Barry Hendin, Richard A. Brook, Ian A. Beren, Nathan Kleinman, Cindy Fink, Amy L. Phillips, Carroline Lobo

“…**Results:** Among 1041 employee care partners of patients with MS, 358 (34.4%) patients had mild MS, 491 (47.2%) moderate, and 192 (18.4%) severe. Mean (standard error [SE]) employee care partner age was 49.0 (0.5) for patients with mild disease, 50.5 (0.4) for moderate, 51.7 (0.6) for severe; percent female care partners was 24.6% [2.3%] mild, 19.8% [1.8%] moderate, 27.6% [3.2%] severe; and mean care partner Charlson Comorbidity Index scores 0.28 (0.05) mild, 0.30 (0.04) moderate, 0.27 (0.06) severe. …”
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Prognostic Factors for Clinical Response in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients Treated by Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Lihui Wen, Myriam Labopin, Manuela Badoglio, Dandan Wang, Lingyun Sun, Dominique Farge-Bancel

“…Among the 69 patients, 40 (58%) achieved LDA and 16 (23%) achieved CR with a SLEDAI of 9 (4–20), 8 (0-16), 6 (0-18), and 5 (0-18) after 1, 3, 6, and 12 months, respectively. …”
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Superplastic Forming/Diffusion Bonding of TA15 Titanium Alloy for Manufacturing Integrated Solid/Hollow Four-Layer Grid Lightweight Structure Components by Zheng Han, Yuhan Xing, Taiying Liu, Ning Zhang, Shaosong Jiang, Zhen Lu

“…The average thickness at key positions of the component is 1.84 mm, with the minimum thickness being 1.7 mm. …”
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The Long-Term Change of Arrhythmias after Transcatheter Closure of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects by Hongyan Zheng, Aiwen Lin, Li Wang, Yukai Xu, Zhiwei Zhang

“…They were classified into two categories: conduction abnormality (191/1039; 18.4%) and origin abnormality (94/1039; 9.0%), including 20 patients with both types of arrhythmias. …”
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Comparing survival outcomes of localized tumor destruction, sublobar resection, and pulmonary lobectomy in stage IA non-small cell lung cancer: a study from the SEER database by Lin Cheng, Sheng-Wei Li, Xiao-Guang Li

“…Results In the total cohort of 4437 LTD patients, 2425 SR patients, and 6386 PL patients, 84.18% of LTD-treated patients were older than 65 years, whereas 68.95% of SR-treated patients and 62.82% of PL-treated patients were older than 65 years. …”
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Growth kinetics of sintering neck and particle rotation mechanism of silver nanoparticles by molecular dynamics simulation and in-situ TEM observation by Peng Wu, Jiayun Feng, Yiping Wang, Geng Li, Zirui Tong, Shang Wang, Yongchun Zou, Yanhong Tian

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Multicenter Surveillance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates From Blood: Clinical Distribution Characteristics and Antibiotic Resistance Trends in Hebei Province, China (2016–... by Qiang C, Liu X, Qin P, Wen H, Li Z, Yang J, Niu Y, Wang W, Ouyang Z, Zhao M, Li J, Zhang Y, Zhao J

“…Predominantly, patients were in the hematology (20.7%) and critical care medicine (18.4%) departments. During the monitoring period, the resistance rate of P. aeruginosa to various antibacterial drugs, such as aminoglycosides, fluoroquinolones, and carbapenems, decreased to varying degrees, with an average resistance rate of less than 20.0% over six years. …”
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Hotspots in peril: Misalignment of conservation efforts and ecological values in a shallow coastal sea by Kasper J. Meijer, Oscar Franken, Sterre Witte, Sander J. Holthuijsen, Tjisse van der Heide, Laura L. Govers, Han Olff

“…We found that in 2024, 37% of the 134,466 ha subtidal Dutch Wadden Sea has some level of protection. …”
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Effects of Nutritional Strategies on Glucose Homeostasis in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Shixiao Jin, Liyan Sha, Jianli Dong, Jing Yi, Yang Liu, Zhongxian Guo, Bing Hu

“…Vitamin D was more effective than probiotics (-0.99, 95% CI: -1.84 to -0.14) and placebo (-1.80, 95% CI: -2.45 to -1.16) for improving HOMA-IR. …”
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Isolated FeN3 sites anchored hierarchical porous carbon nanoboxes for hydrazine‐assisted rechargeable Zn‐CO2 batteries with ultralow charge voltage by Sanshuang Gao, Hongyi Li, Zhansheng Lu, Songjie Meng, Xue Zhao, Xinzhong Wang, Xijun Liu, Guangzhi Hu

“…Benefitting from the bifunctional ECO2R and HzOR catalytic activities, the homemade hydrazine‐assisted rechargeable ZCBs assembled with the Fe‐HPCN air cathode exhibited an ultralow charge voltage (decreasing by ~1.84 V), excellent CO selectivity (FECO close to 100%), and high 89% energy efficiency. …”
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A nomogram for predicting mortality risk in geriatric patients with hip fractures complicated by pneumonia: A multicenter study by Kaiming Zhang, Xiangwei Li, Yujia Xiao, Cheng Zhou, Yu Liu, Fan Zhen, Hao Zhang, Mao Nie

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Magnesium extraction of ferronickel slag processed by alkali fusion and hydrochloric acid leaching by Prasetyo A.B., Khaerul A., Mayangsari W., Febriana E., Maksum A., Andinie J., Firdiyono F., Soedarsono J.W.

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Impact of Pre-existing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease on Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs in Patients With COVID-19 by Chi Nguyen, Christopher L. Crowe, Effie Kuti, Bonnie Donato, Rachel Djaraher, Leo Seman, Nancy Graeter, Thomas P. Power, Rinku Mehra, Vincent J. Willey

“…Before matching, 46.0% of patients in the T2DM + CVD cohort were hospitalized for any cause, compared with 18.0% in the T2DM-only cohort and 6.3% in the neither T2DM/CVD cohort; the corresponding values after matching were 34.2%, 26.0%, and 21.2%. …”
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Comparative survival outcomes of neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy in patients with T1c, node-negative, triple-negative breast cancer: A population-based analysis by Yi-Zi Zheng, Jia-Qi Ying, Ting-Ting Wu, Yong-Hui Su, Ou-Chen Wang

“…The multivariate Cox model showed that not achieving pathological complete response (non-pCR) following NAT, compared to AT, was associated with considerably worse OS (hazard ratio [HR], 2.207; 95 % confident intervaI [CI], 1.431–3.405; p < 0.001) and worse BCSS (HR, 2.184; 95 % CI, 1.348–3.537; p = 0.002). The logistic regression model revealed that being under 50 years old and having grade III or undifferentiated disease were independent predictors of pCR. …”
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Hubungan Status Gizi Bayi dengan Pemberian ASI Ekslusif, Tingkat Pendidikan Ibu dan Status Ekonomi Keluarga di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Padang Pasir by Aisyah Nilakesuma, Yusri Dianne Jurnalis, Selfi Renita Rusjdi

“…The result showed that 82,2% infant have normal status of nutrition and only 18,7% of infants who were given exclusive breastfeeding. …”
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Obesity in pregnancy: infant health service utilisation and costs on the NHS by Ronan A Lyons, Ashrafunnesa Khanom, Sinead T Brophy, Kelly L Morgan, Muhammad A Rahman, Rebecca A Hill

“…Higher costings were attributed to a significantly greater number (RR 1.39, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.84) and duration (RR 1.55, 95% CI 1.37 to 1.74) of inpatient visits and a higher number of general practitioner visits (RR 1.10, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.16). …”
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Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance in Adult Hospitalized Patients With Cancer: A Multicenter Analysis by Vikas Gupta, Michael J. Satlin, Kalvin Yu, Yehoda M. Martei, Lillian Sung, Lars F. Westblade, Scott C. Howard, ChinEn Ai, Diane C. Flayhart

“…AMR pathogen rates were higher in cancer patients than patients without cancer for most pathogen groups, including vancomycin‐resistant enterococci with incidence rate ratio (IRR), 1.95 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.84, 2.07), extended‐spectrum beta‐lactamase (ESBL) producers (IRR, 1.48 [95% CI, 1.43, 1.53]), carbapenem‐nonsusceptible Enterobacterales (IRR, 1.46 [95% CI, 1.32, 1.61]), and multidrug‐resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (IRR, 1.31 [95% CI, 1.18, 1.45]). …”
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Identification of Potential miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network Contributing to Parkinson’s Disease by Xi Yin, Miao Wang, Wei Wang, Tong Chen, Ge Song, Yixuan Niu, Ziying Jiang, Zhongbao Gao, Zhenfu Wang

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A Prospective Randomized Comparison of Postoperative Pain and Complications after Thyroidectomy under Different Anesthetic Techniques: Volatile Anesthesia versus Total Intravenous... by Jun-Young Jo, Yeon Ju Kim, Seong-Soo Choi, Jihoon Park, Han Park, Kyung-Don Hahm

“…Postoperative morphine equianalgesic doses in the PACU were higher in the TIVA group than in the VA group (16.7 ± 3.8 mg vs. 14.1 ± 5.9 mg, P = 0.027). The incidence of immediate postanesthetic complications did not differ significantly between groups. …”
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Factors influencing healthcare workers’ perceived compliance with infection prevention and control standards, North Bank East region, The Gambia, a cross-sectional study by Sheriffo M.K. Darboe, Sandra A. Darfour-Oduro, Godsway Edem Kpene, Abou Kebbeh, Nuha Fofana, Manjally Ndow, Kawsu Sanyang, Dwomoh Duah, Alfred Edwin Yawson, Ernest Kenu, Harriet Affran Bonful

“…Good attitude of HCWs [aOR = 3.13, 95%CI: 1.17–8.41, p-value = 0.023], accessibility of Personal Protective Equipment [aOR = 2.34, 95%CI: 1.01–5.38; p-value = 0.046], and monitoring of IPC practice [aOR = 3.95, 95%CI: 1.84–8.45; p-value = < 0.001] were independently associated with HCWs perceived compliance with IPC standards. …”
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