Determinants of mortality and prolonged hospital stay among dengue patients attending tertiary care hospital: a cross-sectional retrospective analysis by Yusra Habib Khan, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Amer Hayat Khan, Azmi Sarriff, Azreen Syazril Adnan

“…Early identification of dengue cases with high propensity of increased hospital stay and death could be of value in isolating patients in need of early interventions. The current study was aimed to determine the significant factors associated with dengue-related prolonged hospitalisation and death.Design Cross-sectional retrospective study.Setting Tertiary care teaching hospital.Participants Patients with confirmed dengue diagnosis were stratified into two categories on the basis of prolonged hospitalisation (≤3 days and >3 days) and mortality (fatal cases and non-fatal cases). …”
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حاجة سوق العمل فى فلسطین (الضفة الغربیة ) لاخصائى علم المکتبات و المعلومات : دراسة مسحیة تحلیلیة مقارنة مع التخصصات الأخرى فى اعلانات وظائف صحیفة القدس... by د. ابراهیم خلیل یوسف خضر

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The status of serum 25(OH)D levels is related to breast cancer by Mohammad Momivand, Mahta Razaghi, Farshid Mohammadi, Edris Hoseinzadeh, Roya Najafi-Vosough

“…D levels were significantly associated with lower educational (P < 0.001), economic (P < 0.001), and social status (P < 0.001). …”
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Impact of Herpesvirus Detection via Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infections by Zhang H, Zhang X, Zheng Y, Gu X, Fu Z, Gai W, Wang H

“…., Ltd, No. 156 Jinghai 4th Road, Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone, Beijing, 101103, People’s Republic of China, Email weigai@willingmed.com Huaying Wang, The Affiliated People’s Hospital of Ningbo University, Yinzhou People’s Hospital, No. 251, Baizhang East Road, Ningbo, 315040, People’s Republic of China, Email yingmeire@163.comPurpose: This study aimed to investigate the impact of herpesvirus detection by metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) on lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) patients’ lung microbiome composition and prognosis.Patients and methods: We initially enrolled 234 hospitalized patients with LRTIs who underwent BALF mNGS between February 2022 and May 2023. …”
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Should Endovascular Repair Be Reimbursed for Low Risk Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients? Evidence from Ontario, Canada by Jean-Eric Tarride, Gord Blackhouse, Guy De Rose, James M. Bowen, Hamid Reza Nakhai-Pour, Daria O'Reilly, Feng Xie, Teresa Novick, Robert Hopkins, Ron Goeree

“…This paper presents unpublished clinical and economic data associated with open surgical repair (OSR) in low risk (LR) patients and how it compares with EVAR and OSR in high risk (HR) patients with an AAA > 5.5 cm. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis for implementation of smoking cessation strategies at primary health care settings in Tamil Nadu. by Vasantha Mahalingam, Ramesh Kumar Santhanakrishnan, Muniyandi Malaisamy, Karthick Chelvanayagam, Kavi Mathiyazhagan, Adhin Bhaskar, Karikalan Nagarajan, Jerard Maria Selvam, Surendran Veeraiah, Kavitha Rajsekar, Kirti Tyagi, Ponnuraja Chinnaiyan

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Our study findings indicate that the need for healthcare providers and policymakers to implement PS3 with EC, NRT, Bupropion SR, as which was found to be cost-saving compared to current practices.…”
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Characterization of Kenyan Honeys Based on Their Physicochemical Properties, Botanical and Geographical Origin by Mary Wanjiru Warui, Lise Hansted, Mary Gikungu, John Mburu, Geoffrey Kironchi, Aske Skovmand Bosselmann

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Decomposing social groups differential in stunting among children under five in India using nationally representative sample data by Mriganka Dolui, Sanjit Sarkar

“…The study used 1,93,886 children’s data aged 0–59 months from the recent round of the National Family Health Survey. …”
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Prevalence of nasopharyngeal bacteria during naturally occurring bovine respiratory disease in commercial stocker cattle by Afroza Akter, Hannah Teddleton, Marc Caldwell, Gina Pighetti, Phillip R. Myer, Madison T. Henniger, Liesel Schneider, Elizabeth Shepherd

“…Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is one of the most common economic and health challenges to the beef cattle industry. …”
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Choosing the most suitable NGS technology to combine with a standardized viral enrichment protocol for obtaining complete avian orthoreovirus genomes from metagenomic samples by Sonsiray Álvarez-Narváez, Sonsiray Álvarez-Narváez, Telvin L. Harrell, Islam Nour, Sujit K. Mohanty, Steven J. Conrad

“…Avian orthoreoviruses (ARVs) pose a significant and growing threat to the poultry industry and frequently cause economic losses associated with disease in production birds. …”
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Krüppel-like factor 4 modulates the miR-101/COL10A1 axis to inhibit renal fibrosis after AKI by regulating epithelial–mesenchymal transition by Jingying Zhao, Xiuli Wang, Yubin Wu, Chengguang Zhao

“…Compared with the Sham group, I/R induced renal tubular and glomerular injury and fibrosis, and increased the levels of BUN, serum Scr and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), Col10a1 and Vimentin expression, but decreased E-cadherin expression in the kidney tissues of mice at 42 days post-I/R. …”
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Transcriptome and chromatin accessibility landscape of ovarian development at different egg-laying stages in taihe black-bone silky fowls by Jingyi Zhang, Yong Cui, Jiming Ruan, Haiyan Zhu, Haiping Liang, Ji Cao, Qing Wei, Jianzhen Huang

“…However, its low egg-laying rate significantly limits its economic benefits. This study aims to explore the ovarian development status, as well as the changes in the transcriptome and chromatin accessibility landscape at different egg-laying stages of SF, in order to reveal the epigenetic regulatory mechanisms underlying ovarian development in laying hens. …”
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Examining university students’ preferences toward MaaS aspects by Willy Kriswardhana, Domokos Esztergár-Kiss

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Native Italian poultry products: the factors influencing consumer perceptions by Eleonora Erika Cappone, Valeria Zambotto, Jatziri Mota-Gutierrez, Dominga Soglia, Giulia Maria Daniele, Marta Cianciabella, Andrea Pieroni, Renata Soukand, Mauro Penasa, Arianna Buccioni, Margherita Marzoni, Nicolaia Iaffaldano, Cesare Castellini, Silvia Cerolini, Claudio Forte, Achille Schiavone

“…Price-sensitive consumers also associated chicken meat from local breeds with a higher cholesterol content. …”
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Public acceptance of microbiome management strategy in dairy calves: a European survey on colostrum, probiotic provision and prolonged cow-calf contact by A. Ait Sidhoum, A. Stygar, F. Bedoin, J.K. Niemi

“…Attitudinal and socio-economic variables were found to have a differential effect across the studied management strategies. …”
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Enhanced Immunogenicity of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus-like Particles Using a Water-in-Oil-in-Water Adjuvant by Yujie Zhou, Wenzhu Yin, Zhidong Teng, Yanyan Zhao, Yu Lu, Yingjuan Qian, Bihua Deng

“…Background: Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) causes significant economic losses, prompting vaccination as a primary control strategy. …”
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Timing, risk factors, and causes of foetal and preweaning lamb mortality in lowland production systems involving a range of ewe genotypes by D. Shiels, J.F. Mee, J.P. Hanrahan, C.M. Dwyer, S. Fagan, T.W.J. Keady

“…Reducing lamb mortality has production, economic and animal welfare benefits. The timing and causes of death and associated risk factors were investigated in a study conducted over 2 consecutive years (involving 1 103 and 1 038 ewes in 2017 and 2018, respectively) in three prolific (average litter size 1.91) indoor-lambing, lowland flocks (in Ireland) that consisted of a range of genotypes, managed in grass-based systems of production. …”
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Dynamic guardianship of potato landraces by Andean communities and the genebank of the International Potato Center by Sophia Lüttringhaus, Willy Pradel, Víctor Suarez, Norma C. Manrique-Carpintero, Noelle L. Anglin, David Ellis, Guy Hareau, Nelissa Jamora, Melinda Smale, Rene Gómez

“…While male plot management decreased survival times compared to female plot management, higher levels of education, labor force, wealth, food insecurity, and geographic location in the southern part of Peru were associated with greater survival times. …”
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Cognitive Reflection and Religious Belief: A Test of Two Models by Fırat Şeker, Ensar Acem, Fatih Bayrak, Burak Dogruyol, Ozan Isler, Hasan G. Bahçekapili, Onurcan Yilmaz

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Effects of ambient air pollutants on cardiovascular disease hospitalization admission by L. Salvaraji, R. Avoi, M.S. Jeffree, S. Saupin, H.R. Toha, S.B. Shamsudin

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Air pollution is associated with population growth and economic advancement. …”
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