Effect of potato glycoside alkaloids on mitochondria energy metabolism of Fusarium solani, the root rot pathogen of Lycium barbarum by Ruiyun Li, Bin Wang, Wei Chen, Chongqing Zhang, Nan Li, Yupeng Wang, Yuke Yan, Yuyan Sun, Jing He, Jing He

“…A total of 2,412 DEPs were identified, among which 1,083 were significantly up-regulated and 1,329 significantly down-regulated. …”
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Association between weight-adjusted-waist index and serum anti-aging protein α-Klotho in U.S. adults: Evidence from NHANES 2007–2016 by Zujun Wen, Xiang Liu, Tingting Zhang, Junhai Zhang, Zhicong Zou, Shuncheng Jiang, Shusi Li

“…Results: With an average age of 57.57 ± 10.81 years, 13,172 participants were enrolled in this study, of whom 51.45 % were female. …”
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The prognostic value of ferritinemia level in patients with chronic hepatitis C by N. C. Sargsyants, E. H. Grigoryan

“…Elevated ferritin level was revealed in 34,3% of patients, and it was significantly higher in men, than in women (326,0±38,4 vs 108,2±44,7 ng/dl, p <0,05). The average level of ferritin in the patients included in PEGIFN α-2a and RBV group, prior to onset of treatment was normal (241,4±33,1), on the 12th week of treatment it turn to be elevated in 90% of patients with average level of 703,5±133,4 ng/dl (p=0,009 at comparison to initial level), and after the end of treatment course elevation was observed in 66,6% of patients at average value of 473,6±96,3 ng/dl (p=0,044 at to starting point, p=0,07 at comparison to the 12-th week data). …”
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Spatial analysis and associated risk factors of HIV prevalence in Botswana: insights from the 2021 Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS V) by Sethunya R. Simela, Matlhogonolo Kelepile, Thabo I. Sebobi

“…HIV prevalence estimates were visualized through choropleth maps, and spatial autocorrelation was analyzed using Anselin Local Moran’s I in ArcGIS 10.8.2 software. Results Findings revealed that 18% (ARR 95% CI: 0.15–0.23) of the surveyed population were people living with HIV (PLWH), with females disproportionately affected (66.8%). …”
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Spacetime modeling of mortality by infectious and parasitic diseases in Brazil: a 20-year ecological and population-based study by Lucas Almeida Andrade, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Wandklebson Silva da Paz, Danilo de Gois Souza, José Augusto Passos Góes, Emerson Lucas Silva Camargo, Álvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa, Liliane Moretti Carneiro, Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes, Karina Machado Araújo, Allan Dantas dos Santos, Márcio Bezerra-Santos

“…The leading causes of death included acute respiratory infections ( n  = 1,130,069; 52.49%), septicemia ( n  = 289,817; 13.46%), human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( n  = 232,892; 10.82%), tuberculosis ( n  = 104,121; 4.84%), and neglected tropical diseases such as Chagas disease ( n  = 94,788; 4.40%) and schistosomiasis ( n  = 10,272; 0.48%). …”
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Phenotypic diversity of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) landraces accumulated in the Vavilov collection from the centers of the crop origin by M. A. Vishnyаkova, M. O. Burlyaeva, C. B. Bulyntsev, E. V. Seferova, E. S. Plekhanova, S. V. Nuzhdin

“…Here, the results of analysis of variability of 11 biological, morphological and economic-valuable traits in 1082 chickpea landraces descended from 60 countries are briefly driven. …”
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A comparative study to determine the sport branches that the classroom pre-service teachers want to be engaged in the most in their leisure time by Osman Dalaman

“…The sampling of the study consists of 1082 pre-service classroom teachers from the education faculties of Necmettin Erbakan University, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, and Muğla University in 2011-2012 academic year. …”
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Magnetic nanoparticles of Nd2Fe14B prepared by ethanol-assisted wet ball milling technique by Younes Mehrifar, Hamed Moqtaderi, Seyedeh Mehri Hamidi, Farideh Golbabaei, Mahdi Hasanzadeh, Somayeh Farhang Dehghan

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Evaluation of Neutralizing Capacity of Tixagevimab plus Cilgavimab (AZD7442) against Different SARS-CoV-2 Variants: A Case Report Study with Comparison to a Vaccinated Population by Constant Gillot, Jean-Louis Bayart, Vincent Maloteau, Jean-Michel Dogné, Jonathan Douxfils, Julien Favresse

“…The time to reach neutralization negativity was 108.3 days (95% CI: 66.9–130.7) for AZD7442 compared to 95.4 days (95% CI: 31.0–119.7 days) for the primo-vaccination cohort. …”
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Explaining the Unexplained: Examining the Predictive Value of Semen Parameters, Sperm DNA Fragmentation and Metal Levels in Unexplained Infertility by Navdeep Kaur Ghuman, Kamla Kant Shukla, Srividhya Nandagopal, Sunil Raikar, Shailendra Kumar, Priyanka Kathuria, Dinesh Choudhary, Poonam Elhence, Pratibha Singh

“…The sensitivity specificity and overall accuracy were 43%, 84% and 56.67%, respectively when the DFI cut-off was set at 18%. …”
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Wood Ash Liquid Fertilizer as Sustainable Soil Nutritional Supplement Modulates Changes on Growth and Fruits Nutritional Compositions of Capsicum frutescens L. by Racheal Tope-akinyetun, Zainab Mustapha, Musa Hussaini, Temitayo Kelani, Anthony Ojewumi

“…Furthermore, sodium (11.17mg/100g), potassium (363.92 mg/100g), calcium (108.14 mg/100g), and magnesium (58.11 mg/100g) as well as moisture (68.32 %), fat (2.77 %), ash (3.55 %), crude fiber (2.49 %), crude protein (4.43%) and carbohydrate (9.20%) higher in the fruits of C. frutescens treated with 50% WALF. …”
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Effectiveness of Systematic Health Education Model for Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Yongwen Zhang, Lanfang Chu

“…After adjusted analysis, the HbA1c decreased by 0.67% (P<0.01) in the systematic health education model, SBP decreased by 10.83 mmHg (P<0.01), and the level of diastolic blood pressure (DBP), HDL cholesterol, and total cholesterol decreased slightly and was not significant. …”
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Mechanical properties and microstructure of pre-treated luffa fiber reinforced cement mortar. by Renqiang Yang, Zhengjun Guan, Lihua Zhang, Yong Shu

“…When the fiber content was 1% and the length was 1 cm, the 28-day compressive and flexural strengths of the cement mortar reached 57.63 MPa and 9.68 MPa, respectively, representing an increase of 10.81% and 9.47% compared to ordinary cement mortar. …”
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Salivary Biomarkers (Opiorphin, Cortisol, Amylase, and IgA) Related to Age, Sex, and Stress Perception in a Prospective Cohort of Healthy Schoolchildren by Anna Krahel, Elzbieta Paszynska, Justyna Otulakowska-Skrzynska, Szymon Rzatowski, Amadeusz Hernik, Agnieszka Slopien, Tomasz Hanć, Paula Szczesniewska, Ewa Bryl, Yves Boucher, Marta Tyszkiewicz-Nwafor, Maria Gawriolek, Monika Dmitrzak-Weglarz

“…Results. sIgA and sAA exhibited significant differences depending on age and sex: IgA (ng/mL): 86±68.6 vs. 104.9±72.1 for (6-7 y.o.) and (8-11 y.o.), respectively, and 108.1±80.1 vs. 94.6±62.2 for male and females, respectively; sAA (U/mL): 78.9±54.4 vs. 100.5±81.2 for (6-7 y.o.) and (8-11 y.o.). …”
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The influence of HIV infection on myocardial fibrosis diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observation studies by Katongo Hope Mutengo, Katongo Hope Mutengo, Bruno Bezerra Lima, Wilbroad Mutale, Aggrey Mweemba, Lorrita Kabwe, Clive Banda, Callistus Kaayunga, Mutale Mulenga, Douglas Heimburger, Sepiso K. Masenga, John Jeffrey Carr, Annet Kirabo

“…Meta-analysis included seven studies on late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) (1,081 participants: 669 PWH), eight on native T1 mapping (840 participants: 467 PWH), and ten on ECVF (1,603 participants: 992 PWH). …”
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Epidemiology of Soft Tissue Sarcoma in Iran: Four‐Year National Cancer Registry Data Report (2014–2017) by Mohammad Sajed Dehghan Banadaki, Vahid Rahmanian, Saeed Hosseini, Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Hosseini, Narjes Hazar

“…Results The ASRs for STS in Iran from 2014 to 2017 were recorded as 1.25 (ASR in male: 1.47, ASR in female: 1.06), 1.36 (ASR in male: 1.46, ASR in female: 1.29), 1.37 (ASR in male: 1.52, ASR in female: 1.21), and 1.78 (ASR in male: 1.58, ASR in female: 1.98), respectively. …”
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The U-Shaped Association between Bilirubin and Diabetic Retinopathy Risk: A Five-Year Cohort Based on 5323 Male Diabetic Patients by Miao Liu, Jianhua Wang, Yao He

“…For follow-up TBiL changes, after being adjusted for related covariables and baseline TBiL levels (as continuous variable) in the model, the RRs for DR were 1.411 (95% CI: 1.081–1.842) for those who had decreased TBiL level and 0.858 (95% CI: 0.770–0.947) for those who had increased TBiL level during follow-up. …”
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Genes of Inflammation and Placental Function GWAS Associated with Idiopathic Recurrent Miscarriage in the Kazakh Population by Alexandra Murtazaliyeva, Gulnara Svyatova, Galina Berezina, Gulfairuz Urazbayeva, Aigerim Sadyrbekova

“…Aims: The aim of the study is to study the relationship between gene polymorphisms of anti- and pro-inflammatory cytokines – interferon-gamma (T874A), interleukin (IL1B) (C3954T), IL6 (G572C) and IL10 (G1082A); placental function, apoptosis and angiogenesis – apolipoprotein C-III (APOC3) (G5163C), kinase insert domain receptor (A1719T, G1192A), P53 (Arg72Pro) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) (C1697G) with the development of idiopathic RM (iRM) in the Kazakh population. …”
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The clinical role of blood coagulation and platelet receptors gene allelic variants in development of Wilson’s disease by T. P. Rozina, S. V. Fastovets, E. E. Starostina, L. M. Samokhodskaya, T. N. Krasnova

“…Frequency of 5G allele of plasminogen activator inhibitor gene PAI-675 5G/4G in the group with neurologic symptoms was lower (41.17%), than in the group without symptoms of central nervous system (CNS) involvement (49.02%) (odds ratio - OR: 1.374; 95% confidence interval - CI: 0.739-2.553). …”
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Fattening performance, slaughter and carcass characteristics of akkaraman lambs at different slaughter weights by Emine Hesna Şahin, Ali Akmaz

“…The period acquired lor reaching live weights, average daily gains at the fattening period and feed/gain ratios were found as 70.31 day. 199.74 g and 6,17 kg for 35 kg; 87.36 day, 224.30 g and 5.77 kg (or 40 kg; 108.14 day, 225.34 g and 6.12 kg for 45 kg; 134.07 day, 216.37 g and 6.62 kg tor 50 kg, respectively. …”
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