Hypovitaminosis D in patients with oral leukoplakia: insights from a cross-sectional study by Andrea Maturana-Ramirez, Andrea Maturana-Ramirez, Juan Aitken-Saavedra, Dante Mora-Ferraro, Gabriel Rojas-Zúñiga, Iris Espinoza-Santander, Gonzalo Rojas-Alcayaga, Ana Ortega-Pinto, Montserrat Reyes, Diego Lazo, Egardo Caamanão

“…When subdividing each group by smoking habit, the smoking case group had a median of 19.4 ng/ml (IQR: 15.7-21.5 ng/ml), the non-smoking case group had 18.8 ng/ml (IQR: 13.6-29.2 ng/ml), the smoking control group had 21.8 ng/ml (IQR: 17.5-27.3 ng/ml), and the non-smoking control group had 25.4 ng/ml (IQR: 20.4-32.9 ng/ml) (p<0.05). …”
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Construction of a Vero cell line expression human KREMEN1 for the development of CVA6 vaccines by Dongqing Zhang, Yuxiang Zou, Jiaying Wu, Longfa Xu, Zhifeng Ke, Yuanyuan Wu, Zhenhong Zhou, Mujin Fang, Ling Chen, Henggang Xu, Jianping Chu, Ningshao Xia, Rui Zhu, Tong Cheng

“…After four passages, the virus batch was obtained with a titer of about 107 TCID50/mL. Moreover, the purified CVA6 particles produced from Vero-KRM1_#11 or RD cells both could induce high and comparable levels of IgG and neutralizing antibodies. …”
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Patients with MAC Lung Disease Have a Low Visceral Fat Area and Low Nutrient Intake by Kentaro Wakamatsu, Nobuhiko Nagata, Sanae Maki, Hisamitsu Omori, Hiroyuki Kumazoe, Kayoko Ueno, Yuko Matsunaga, Makiko Hara, Koji Takakura, Nagisa Fukumoto, Nobuhisa Ando, Mami Morishige, Takashi Akasaki, Ichiro Inoshima, Shinji Ise, Miiru Izumi, Masayuki Kawasaki

“…BMI (kg/m2) at the time of registration was 20.4±2.7 in men and 19.2±2.9 in women. Visceral fat area (cm2) was significantly lower in women (35.7±26.6) than in men (57.5±47.4) (p=0.0111). …”
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Panorama da Morbimortalidade por Diabetes Mellitus e Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica no estado da Bahia entre 2010-2022 by Tatiana Sampaio da Silva, Murilo Pedreira Neves Júnior

“…O coeficiente de mortalidade para DM variou de 28,8 por 100.000 habitantes em 2010 para 46,5 em 2022, e o para HAS variou de 24,8 em 2010 para 43 em 2022. Ademais, 97,7% dos atendimentos relacionados ao DM e 98,8% à HAS ocorreram em situações de urgência. …”
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Radiological safety assessment of sugar consumption in South Africa—a study of 226Ra, 228Ra, and 40K levels by Samuel Odumu Ogana John, Stephen Friday Olukotun, Stephen Friday Olukotun, Moses Mpofana Radebe, Manny Mathuthu

“…Annual effective ingestion dose from intake of 226Ra, 228Ra, and 40K, for infants (1–2 years), children (7–12 years), and adults (>17 years) ranged from 0.28 to 0.69, 0.32 to 0.82, and 0.12 to 0.30 mSv/year, respectively, and the respective mean values are 0.40 ± 0.11, 0.45 ± 0.14, and 0.17 ± 0.05 mSv/year. 228Ra contributed the largest proportion to ingestion dose (46–67%), indicating potential radiation risk to bones. …”
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Valutazione della fatica in pazienti affetti da Long Covid: valutazione delle qualità psicometriche della Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS). by Matteo Tamburlani, Tiziana Trequattrini, Simona Rossi, Maria Cristina Zappa, Rossana Cuscito, Leonardo Papi, Arianna Colelli, Giovanni Galeoto, Ilaria Ruotolo, Fabrizio Ciaralli, Annamaria Servadio

“… INTRODUZIONE La fatica viene vissuta come mancanza di energia, esaurimento, stanchezza fisica e mentale e l'apatia come espressione di uno stato depressivo. L’infezione da Sars-Cov-2 provoca un susseguirsi di sintomi a lungo termine che influiscono sulle attività della vita quotidiana (AVQ). …”
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Prior Anticoagulation and Risk of Hemorrhagic Transformation in Acute Stroke: A Post Hoc Analysis of the PRODAST Study by Gerrit M. Grosse, Anika Hüsing, Andreas Stang, Nils Kuklik, Marcus Brinkmann, Martin Grond, Jens D. Rollnik, Lars Marquardt, Andrea Kraft, Eckhard Schlemm, Carsten Eggers, Christoph C. Eschenfelder, Christian Weimar, Hans‐Christoph Diener

“…After adjustment for confounders (arterial hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, age, and sex), patients with prior anticoagulation had less severe strokes (−2.5 National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale points [95% CI, −2.8 to −2.2]), smaller infarct sizes (−23 mL [95% CI, −44 mL to −2 mL], n=4041), and reduced odds for hemorrhagic transformation (5% versus 10%; odds ratio, 0.48 [95% CI, 0.40–0.57]) compared with patients without antithrombotic treatment. …”
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Response to Infliximab in Crohn’s Disease: Genetic Analysis Supporting Expression Profile by Luz María Medrano, Carlos Taxonera, Cristina González-Artacho, Virginia Pascual, María Gómez-García, Manuel Barreiro-de Acosta, José L. Pérez-Calle, Fernando Bermejo, Antonio López-Sanromán, Dolores Martín Arranz, Javier P. Gisbert, Juan Luis Mendoza, Javier Martín, Concepción Núñez, Elena Urcelay

“…Following genotyping, differences between responders and nonresponders to IFX were observed in haplotypes of the studied regions: S100A8-S100A9 (rs11205276*G/rs3014866*C/rs724781*C/rs3006488*A; P=0.05); G0S2 (rs4844486*A/rs1473683*T; P=0.15); TNFAIP6 (rs11677200*C/rs2342910*A/rs3755480*G/rs10432475*A; P=0.10); and IL11 (rs1126760*C/rs1042506*G; P=0.07). …”
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Causally inferred evidence of the impact of green and blue spaces (GBS) on maternal and neonatal health: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Rukun K S Khalaf, Selin Akaraci, Faye D Baldwin, Rebecca S Geary, Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona, Ruth F Hunter, Sarah E Rodgers

“…Our meta-analyses results indicated that greater greenness is protective against LBW (OR = 0.95, 95% CI: 0.92–0.98, p = 0.002), SGA (OR = 0.95, 95% CI: 0.92–0.99, p = 0.01), PTB (OR = 0.92, 95% CI: 0.88–0.97, p = 0.001), and affects birthweight ( β = 13.02 g, 95% CI: 9.99–16.05, p < 0.0001).…”
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g-C₃N₄ Modified with Metal Sulfides for Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants by Shoaib Mukhtar, Erzsébet Szabó-Bárdos, Csilla Őze, Tatjána Juzsakova, Kornél Rácz, Miklós Németh, Ottó Horváth

Subjects: “…g-C₃N₄-Bi₂S₃ nanocomposite…”
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Changes in Cardiac Varices and Their Clinical Significance after Eradication of Esophageal Varices by Band Ligation by Seung Woon Park, Yeon Seok Seo, Han Ah Lee, Sang Jung Park, Tae Hyung Kim, Jae Min Lee, Sang Jun Suh, Hyuk Soon Choi, Eun Sun Kim, Bora Keum, Young Kul Jung, Ji Hoon Kim, Hyonggin An, Hyung Joon Yim, Yoon Tae Jeen, Jong Eun Yeon, Hong Sik Lee, Hoon Jai Chun, Kwan Soo Byun, Soon Ho Um, Chang Duck Kim

“…A total of 123 patients were enrolled. The age was 59.7 ± 11.7 years, and 96 patients (78.0%) were men. …”
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Robotic total knee arthroplasty safely reduces length of stay in an Asian public healthcare system by Kai C. A. Chan, Amy Cheung, Ping-Keung Chan, Michelle H. Luk, Kwong Y. Chiu, Henry Fu

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Changes in Microbial Safety and Quality of High-Pressure Processed Camel Milk by Tareq M. Osaili, Dinesh Kumar Dhanasekaran, Fayeza Hasan, Reyad S. Obaid, Anas A. Al-Nabulsi, Amin N. Olaimat, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Nadia Alkalbani, Mutamed Ayyash, Gafar Babatunde Bamigbade, Richard Holley, Adan Shahzadi Cheema, Wael Ahmad Bani Odeh, Khalid Abdulla Mohd, Ayesha Khalid Haji Kamal

“…The D-values for <i>L. monocytogenes</i>, <i>E. coli</i> O157:H7, and <i>Salmonella</i> spp. were 3.77 ± 0.36 min, 1.48 ± 0.08 min, and 2.10 ± 0.13 min, respectively. …”
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Automated Measurement of Coronary Artery Calcifications and Routine Perioperative Blood Tests Predict Survival in Resected Stage I Lung Cancer by Federica Sabia, MSc, Camilla Valsecchi, MSc, Roberta Eufrasia Ledda, MD, Giorgio Bogani, MD, Riccardo Orlandi, MD, Luigi Rolli, MD, Michele Ferrari, MD, Maurizio Balbi, MD, Alfonso Marchianò, MD, Ugo Pastorino, MD

“…Results: A total of 110 patients (20.5%) had a CAC score greater than or equal to 400, 149 (27.8%) between 100 and 399, and 277 (51.7%) had less than 100. …”
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Association of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors and neurofibromatosis type 1: assessing causation versus coincidence. Case report by Mercedes Aguilar-Soto, Julia M. Zuarth-Vázquez, Laura Leyva-Figueroa, Karla Zarco-Ávila, Armando Gamboa-Domínguez, Aldo Eguiluz-Melendez, Laura C. Hernández-Ramírez

“…He had a personal and family history of NF1 and carried the germline pathogenic variant NF1 (NM_001042492.3): c.147C&gt;A, p.Y49*. Via transsphenoidal surgery, a 16 mm lesion was resected, showing strong granular cytoplasmic immunoreactivity with patchy distribution for NF1 and preserved heterozygosity for the NF1 defect. …”
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Rhumatismes inflammatoires de l’enfant au Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire Hubert Koutoukou MAGA de Cotonou : pathologies rencontrées et caractéristiques thérapeutiques... by HJ Djossou, A Yakoubou Yobo, G Lenoumi, E Dansou, E Adogbo-Medagbe, H Dossou-Yovo, F Badirou, Z Zomalheto

“…Les différentes affections rhumatismales inflammatoires rencontrées étaient les arthrites juvéniles idiopathiques (AJI) (associées à une enthésite : 27,6%, oligoarticulaires : 23,8%, polyarticulaires : 23,8%, systémiques : 4,8%), les connectivites (lupus érythémateux systémique : 6,7%, sclérodermie : 1%, dermatomyosite juvénile : 1%) et les rhumatismes articulaires aigus (7,6%). …”
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Edible Alginate–Fungal Chitosan Coatings as Carriers for <i>Lacticaseibacillus casei</i> LC03 and Their Impact on Quality Parameters of Strawberries During Cold Storage by Camila Vilela da Silva Simões, Thayza Christina Montenegro Stamford, Lúcia Raquel Ramos Berger, Alessandra Silva Araújo, José Alberto da Costa Medeiros, Mariane Cajubá de Britto Lira Nogueira, Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado, Silvana Magalhães Salgado, Marcos Antonio Barbosa de Lima

“…The edible coating with <i>L. casei</i> microencapsulated in alginate and coated with fungal chitosan (CACLM) significantly improved strawberry preservation by maintaining pH (3.16 ± 0.41), titratable acidity (0.94 ± 0.20), moisture (90.74 ± 0.27), and microbial quality, and delayed the decrease in total phenolic compounds (below 40%) during the storage time of strawberries. …”
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Lipopolymers as the Basis of Non-Viral Delivery of Therapeutic siRNA Nanoparticles in a Leukemia (MOLM-13) Model by Panadda Yotsomnuk, Amarnath Praphakar Rajendran, Daniel Nisakar Meenakshi Sundaram, Luis Carlos Morales, Cezary Kucharski, Mohammad Nasrullah, Wanwisa Skolpap, Xiaoyan Jiang, Spencer B. Gibson, Joseph Brandwein, Hasan Uludağ

“…Small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapy in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a promising strategy as the siRNA molecule can specifically target proteins involved in abnormal cell proliferation. …”
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MnS/MnO heterostructures with dual ion defects for high-performance aqueous magnesium ion capacitors by Minghui Liu, Mudi Li, Siwen Zhang, Yaxi Ding, Ying Sun, Jiazhuo Li, Haixi Gu, Bosi Yin, Hui Li, Tianyi Ma

“…As anticipated, using a three-electrode system, the developed DID-MnS/MnO demonstrated a discharge specific capacity of 237.9 mAh/g at a current density of 0.1 A/g. Remarkably, the constructed AMIC maintained a capacity retention rate of 94.3% after 10000 cycles at a current density of 1.0 A/g, with a specific capacitance of 165.7 F/g. …”
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An Overview of the Environmental Applicability of Vermicompost: From Wastewater Treatment to the Development of Sensitive Analytical Methods by Madson de Godoi Pereira, Lourdes Cardoso de Souza Neta, Maurício Paulo Ferreira Fontes, Adriana Nascimento Souza, Thaionara Carvalho Matos, Raquel de Lima Sachdev, Arnaud Victor dos Santos, Marluce Oliveira da Guarda Souza, Marta Valéria Almeida Santana de Andrade, Gabriela Marinho Maciel Paulo, Joselito Nardy Ribeiro, Araceli Verónica Flores Nardy Ribeiro

“…The use of vermicompost (humified material) for treating wastewaters, remediating polluted soils, improving agricultural productivity, protecting crop production, and developing sensitive analytical methods is reviewed here, covering the past 17 years. The main advantages of vermicompost, considering all applications covered in this paper, comprise (i) easy acquisition, (ii) low costs, (iii) structural, chemical, and biological characteristics responsible for exceptional adsorptive capacities as well as pollutant degradation, and (iv) the promotion of biocontrol. …”
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