Plasma IL-6/IL-10 Ratio and IL-8, LDH, and HBDH Level Predict the Severity and the Risk of Death in AIDS Patients with Pneumocystis Pneumonia by Jia Sun, Junwei Su, Yirui Xie, Michael T. Yin, Ying Huang, Lijun Xu, Qihui Zhou, Biao Zhu

“…Severe and nonsurvival groups showed higher ratio of mean IL-6/IL-10 level (1.78 ± 1.56, P<0.001; 1.11 ± 0.72, P=0.043), larger AUC (95% CI 0.781–1.000, P<0.001; 95% CI 0.592–0.917, P=0.043), and more significantly inverse correlation with the oxygenation index. …”
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Enantioselective construction of silicon-stereogenic vinylsilanes from simple alkenes by Kailin Yin, Jinyu Zhang, Deng Pan, Shu-Han Chen, Song Chen, Yufeng Shi, Genping Huang, Dongbing Zhao

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Estrés durante el embarazo como factor de riesgo para el bajo peso del recién nacido by Shirley Aguilar-Aguilar, John Barja-Ore, Mayra Cerda-Sanchez

“…En el grupo caso se incluyeron a 37 recién nacidos con peso menor de 2500 g, y en el grupo control, a 74 recién nacidos con peso entre 2500 y 3999 g. …”
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Prediction of Sentinel Node Status and Clinical Outcome in a Melanoma Centre by Vera Teixeira, Ricardo Vieira, Inês Coutinho, Rita Cabral, David Serra, Maria José Julião, Maria Manuel Brites, Anabela Albuquerque, João Pedroso de Lima, Américo Figueiredo

“…The SLNB was positive in 48 patients (21.7%). Univariate analysis showed that male gender, increasing Breslow thickness, tumor type, and absence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes were significantly associated with a positive SLNB. …”
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Posterior-Chamber Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation in Patients over 40 Years of Age by Pedro Tañá-Rivero, Francisco Pastor-Pascual, Marceliano Crespo, José L. Rodríguez-Prats, José J. Muñoz-Tomás, Robert Montés-Micó

“…Mean postoperative spherical equivalent (SE) was −0.09 ± 0.47 D. A total of 29 eyes (87.8%) were within ±0.50 D and 31 eyes (93.9%) were within ±1.00 D of the desired SE. …”
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Disparities in time to treatment initiation of invasive lung cancer among Black and White patients in Tennessee. by Lohuwa Mamudu, Saanie Sulley, Paul H Atandoh, Joanne L Reyes, Raquibul A K M Bashar, Martin Whiteside, Archana J McEligot, Hadii M Mamudu, Faustine Williams

“…In the general sample, patients with private health insurance had (aHR = 1.08; 95% CI = 1.01-1.16) higher risk of late treatment beyond 2.7 weeks compared to self-pay/uninsured patients. …”
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Magnetoelectric Extracellular Vesicle Latency-Targeting (MELT) Nanotherapeutic for the Block-Lock-and-Kill HIV Eradication Strategy by Mickensone Andre, Nagesh Kolishetti, Adriana Yndart, Arti Vashist, Madhavan Nair, Andrea D. Raymond

“…Conclusions: Overall, this study demonstrated that MELT can potentially be utilized as a nanotherapeutic to target HIV latency in microglia.…”
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Evaluation of Hydatid Cyst Cases: A Single-center Retrospective Study by Suzan Şahin, Bülent Kaya

“…Results: A total of 30 patients, with a mean age of 42.8 years (range: 19-68), were included in the study; 13 (43.3%) were male and 17 (56.7%) were female. The most common presenting complaint was abdominal pain (n=14, 46.7%), and 6 patients (20.0%) were asymptomatic. …”
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Development of a respiratory virus risk model with environmental data based on interpretable machine learning methods by Shuting Shi, Haowen Lin, Leiming Jiang, Zhiqi Zeng, ChuiXu Lin, Pei Li, Yinghua Li, Zifeng Yang

“…Our model demonstrated robust performance across various metrics, with an average overall accuracy of 0.76, macro sensitivity of 0.75, macro precision of 0.77, and an average AUC score of 0.9. The SHAP framework was employed to interpret the model’s predictions, revealing significant contributions from parameters such as age, NO2 levels, and meteorological conditions. …”
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Factors Associated with the Prevalence of Thyroid Nodules and Goiter in Middle-Aged Euthyroid Subjects by Dalia Dauksiene, Janina Petkeviciene, Jurate Klumbiene, Rasa Verkauskiene, Jelena Vainikonyte-Kristapone, Audrone Seibokaite, Jonas Ceponis, Vygantas Sidlauskas, Laura Daugintyte-Petrusiene, Antanas Norkus, Birute Zilaitiene

“…The study consisted of 317 euthyroid subjects aged 48-49 from the Kaunas Cardiovascular Risk Cohort study. …”
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Population dynamics of the mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) in South-West Poland in 1981–2020 by Grzegorz Kopij

“…The crude population density ranged from 0.01 to 7.02 individuals per 1000 ha, whereas the ecological density ranged from 0.01 to 17.72 individuals per 1000 ha of forests in particular ecoregion in south-west Poland (based on the average from 2001–2020). …”
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Phenotypic and Genotypic Identification of Antimicrobial Resistance amongst the Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Strains Isolated from Raw Milk of Animal Species by Gholamreza Banisharif Dehkordi, Mohammad Hossein Marhamatizadeh, Hassan Momtaz

“…The most routinely identified antimicrobial resistance genes amongst the C. jejuni isolates were tetA (66%), blaOXA−61 (54%), tetO (46%), and tetB (40%), while those of C. coli isolates were blaOXA−61 (52.77%), tetA (41.66%), cmeA (27.77%), and tetO (27.77%). …”
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Association of predicted fat mass, predicted lean mass and predicted percent fat with diabetes mellitus in Chinese population: a 15-year prospective cohort by Lu Liu, Xiaoping Chen, Chao Ban, Shanshan Jia, Sen He

“…For men, the adjusted HRs were 1, 5.19 (p=0.003) and 7.67 (p&lt;0.001) across predicted PF tertiles; 1, 2.86 (p=0.029) and 5.60 (p&lt;0.001) across predicted FM tertiles; 1, 1.21 (p=0.646) and 2.27 (p=0.025) across predicted LM tertiles. …”
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Microbial and Sensory Characteristics of Traditional Watery Kimchi (Dongchimi) Fortified with Probiotics by Ji Young Lee, Yeong Hyeon Jo, Tae Hee Kim, Su Eun Lee, Eun Seo Hong, Tae Sun Kang

“…The LAB-enriched dongchimi demonstrated improved sensory preference (63%) and significantly higher LAB counts (average 5.2 × 107 CFU/ml) compared to traditional dongchimi. Furthermore, microbial diversity between the LAB-enriched and traditional dongchimi was analyzed during the fermentation process using both culture-dependent Sanger sequencing and culture-independent metabarcoding techniques, employing 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. …”
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Study of Association of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms with Diabetic Nephropathy by Bhuiya Esha, Saravanan Yogaprabhu, Janaki Sneha, Karthick Vijayalakshmi, Viswanathan Mohan, Venkatesan Radha, Dhanasekaran Bodhini

“…Vitamin D levels were measured in a subset of 47 T2DM and 74 T2DN individuals. Statistical analysis was performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 21.0 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY). …”
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Quantitative Analysis of the Multicomponent and Spectrum–Effect Correlation of the Antispasmodic Activity of Shaoyao-Gancao Decoction by Yanli Xu, Chenxi Li, Ting Chen, Xiaochun Li, Xiaoyu Wu, Qili Zhang, Lei Zhao

“…Verification tests showed that paeoniflorin (11.7–29.25 μg/mL) and liquirtigenin (17.19–28.65 μg/mL) could significantly reduce the maximum contractile (P<0.01). …”
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Optimisation of trimethylolpropane ester synthesis from waste cooking oil methyl ester by response surface methodology, and its physicochemical properties and tribological characte... by Teuku Meurah Indra Riayatsyah, Arridina Susan Silitonga, Md Abul Kalam, Islam Md Rizwanul Fattah

“…The TWCOE biolubricant had a kinematic viscosity of 41.55 mm2/s at 40 °C and 6.93 mm2/s at 100 °C. The TWCOE biolubricant had an acid value of 0.4 mg KOH/g, flash point of 222.2 °C, and viscosity index of 125.30. …”
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Three Inferior Oblique Weakening Procedures for Management of Mild Hypertropia in Unilateral Superior Oblique Muscle Palsy by Hajar Farvardin, Fatemeh Ebrahimi, Mohammadreza Talebnejad, Hadi Farvardin, Alireza Attar, Majid Farvardin

“…The reoperation rate was 1.7% in the IOM group and 7.6% in the IOR group. …”
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Assessment of Health Risks in Wheat Crop Irrigated by Manka Canal, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan by Muhammad Anwar ul Hassan, Sabiha Javied, Umair Riaz, Muneera A. Saleh, Khalid H. Alamer, Naila Siddique, Ambreen Aslam, Nabeela Noor, Qamar uz Zaman

“…The mean concentrations of Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn were at relatively higher concentrations, i.e., 4.88, 22.03, 38.2, 89.2, 19.62, and 67.9 mg/kg, respectively, in collected wheat samples. …”
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Ultrasonographic evaluation of joint involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: Comparison with conventional radiography and correlation with disease activity parameters by Renu Saigal, Laxmikant Goyal, Hariram Maharia, Meenakshi Sharma, Abhishek Agrawal

“…On US evaluation, radiocarpal joint was involved most frequently. The mean CFS was 1.17 ± 1.64 in patients who were in remission (DAS28 <2.6), 3.00 ± 3.46 in patients having low disease activity (DAS28 2.6–3.2), 5.25 ± 4.22 in patients with moderate disease activity (DAS28 3.2–5.1), and 6.95 ± 3.84 in patients with high disease activity (DAS28 > 5.1). …”
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