Six-year performance of risk-based selection for lung cancer screening in the Manchester Lung Health Check cohort by Matthew Sperrin, Haval Balata, Richard Booton, Hilary A Robbins, Philip A J Crosbie, Patrick Goodley

“…Risk was underestimated in both high-risk, screened (E/O 0.68 (0.57–0.82)) and low-risk, unscreened groups (E/O 0.61 (0.33–1.14)). …”
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Arabidopsis Calcium Dependent Protein Kinase 3, and Its Orthologues OsCPK1, OsCPK15, and AcCPK16, Are Involved in Biotic and Abiotic Stresses by Gardette R. Valmonte-Cortes, Colleen M. Higgins, Robin M. MacDiarmid

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A Nation-Wide Survey of High School Baseball Coaches’ Perceptions Indicates their Arm Care Programs Play a Role in Injury Prevention by K A Matsel, E E Weiss, R J Butler, M C Hoch, P M Westgate, T R Malone, T L Uhl

“…Data were collected for three months, and the response rate was 3.7%. # Results A total of 87.3% (n=571/654) of responding coaches use arm care programs with their players. …”
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海南五指山国家级自然保护区鸟兽多样性研究 by 李佳灵 1, 2 #周铜磊 3 #黄翔 3 黄良鸿 2 刘辉 3

“…2018年2月—2019年4月，按照公里网格法在五指山国家级自然保护区采用红外相机技术研究了鸟类和兽类的物种多样性。共布设相机50台，累计8 257个相机日，共拍摄野生动物1 434只次，获得独立有效照片1 024张，其中兽类独立有效照片590张，鸟类独立有效照片434张。…”
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HbA1c-Based Score Model for Predicting Death Risk in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Lingling He, Shuan Zhang, Xiaoli Liu, Yuyong Jiang, Xianbo Wang, Zhiyun Yang

“…A prediction score model composed of HbA1c, NLR, age, and CTP class was devised, which ranged from 0 to 7. …”
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Cardiac Migration of Endogenous Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Patients with Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy by Caroline Schmidt-Lucke, Felicitas Escher, Sophie Van Linthout, Uwe Kühl, Kapka Miteva, Jochen Ringe, Thomas Zobel, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Carsten Tschöpe

“…Results. MSC defined as CD45−CD34−CD11b−CD73+CD90+ cells accounted for 0.010 [0.0025–0.048]%/peripheral mononuclear cell (PMNC) and as CD45−CD34−CD11b−CD73+CD105+ cells for 0.019 [0.0026–0.067]%/PMNC, both with similar counts in patients with or without cardiac inflammation. …”
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Prophylactic antibiotics in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Reducing postoperative infection risk–A meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis by Shufeng Wang, Qing Gao, Xiaogang Qi, Lihua Hong, Hai Huang

“…The IC and SSI in prophylactic antibiotics group were significantly lower [pooled log risk-ratio (log RR): 0.37, 95 % confidence interval (CI):(−0.60, −0.14), p = 0.0017; pooled log RR: 0.30, 95 % CI (−0.51, −0.09), p = 0.01]. …”
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Delineating Structural Features Related to Hydrothermal Alterations for Possible Mineralization in Share Area, Kwara State Nigeria Using Aeromagnetic Data by Warith Adewale Adebisi, Ismail Oluwaseye Folorunso, Hussain Olanrewaju Abubakar, Saminu Olatunji, Michael Opeoluwa Olaojo

“…Depth estimates from the source parameter imaging map revealed hydrothermal and structural zones at depths ranging from 287.9 m to 1360.7 m, with deeper sources >1202.1 m indicating tectonic activity and mineralization potential. …”
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Factors associated with malnutrition in demented and non-demented elderly residing in the community of Korea: a cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study by Jinhee Kwon, Jung Hee Kim, Hyeonjin Jeong, Jung Suk Lee

“…In the dementia group, living with family rather than living alone (odds ratio [OR]: 3.81; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.50–9.66; P = 0.031), increase in Korean Activities of Daily Living (K-ADL) score (OR: 1.35; 95% CI: 1.17–1.55; P < 0.001), and increase in the Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire score (OR: 1.02; 95% CI: 1.01–1.03; P = 0.005) were associated with a higher risk of malnutrition. …”
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Modeling Geomagnetically Induced Currents in the Alberta Power Network: Comparison and Validation Using Hall Probe Measurements During a Magnetic Storm by Darcy Cordell, Ian R. Mann, Hannah Parry, Martyn J. Unsworth, Ryan Cui, Colin Clark, Eva Kelemen, Ryan MacMullin

“…GIC monitoring devices measured larger neutral‐to‐ground currents than expected up to 117 Amps during peak storm time, providing unequivocal evidence linking network GICs with GMDs. …”
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Species delimitation and microalgal cryptic diversity analysis of the genus Micractinium (Chlorophyta) by E. S. Krivina, A. D. Temraleeva, Yu. S. Bukin

“…The genetic distances analysis of 18S–ITS1–5.8S–ITS2 nucleotide sequences showed that intraspecific differences in the genus ranged from 0 to 0.5 % and interspecific differences, from 0.6 to 4.7 %. Due to the polyphasic approach, it was possible to characterize 29 clusters and phylogenetic lines at the species level within the genus Micractinium and to make assumptions about the species.…”
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Gut microbiota dysfunction in Crohn’s disease by Sylvie Buffet-Bataillon, Sylvie Buffet-Bataillon, Gabriela Durão, Isabelle Le Huërou-Luron, Olivier Rué, Olivier Rué, Yann Le Cunff, Vincent Cattoir, Guillaume Bouguen

“…However, the exact metabolic dysfunctions of the gut microbiota during CD are still unclear. Here, we investigated metagenomic functions using PICRUSt2 during the course of CD to better understand microbiota-related disease mechanisms and provide new insights for novel therapeutic strategies.MethodsWe performed 16S rRNA-based microbial profiling of 567 faecal samples collected from a cohort of 383 CD patients, including 291 remissions (CR), 177 mild-moderate (CM) and 99 severe (CS) disease states. …”
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Effect of <i>Cnidoscolus aconitifolius</i> (Family Euphorbiaceae) Aqueous Leaf Extract on Some Antioxidant Enzymes and Haematological Parameters of High Fat Diet and Streptozotocin... by EA Obichi, CC Monago, DC Belonwu

“…Preliminary phytochemical analysis of CA showed the content of tannins (5.72±0.00), saponins (12.49±0.021), alkaloids (17.45 ±0.65), flavonoids  (23.72 ±0.02), cyanogenic glycosides (0.75 ±0.10) and phytate (1.97 ±0.06). …”
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Fatigue Experiment and Failure Mechanism Analysis of Aircraft Titanium Alloy Wing–Body Connection Joint by Xianmin Chen, Shanshan Li, Yuanbo Liang, Shuo Wang, Liang Yan, Shichang Du

“…The fatigue crack growth behavior of the joint was quantitatively analyzed using Paris’ law, and the calculated crack growth period life was 207,374 loadings. This result proves that the crack initiation life accounts for 95.19% of the full life cycle, which is much higher than the design requirement of 400,000 landings and takeoffs, indicating that the structural design of this test piece is on the conservative side and meets the requirements of aircraft operational safety. …”
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Multi-dimensional evidence from the UK Biobank shows the impact of diet and macronutrient intake on aging by Chen Zhu, Youfa Wang, Xiaosong Yang, Qiran Zhao, Wenyan Xu, Xiaolu Wang, Yanjun Liang, Qihui Chen, Shenggen Fan

“…MVMR results confirm the causal benefits of carbohydrate intake, including reductions in phenotypic age (β = −0.0025; 95% CI = [−0.0047, −0.0003]; p = 0.0253) and increases in whole-brain grey matter volume (β = 0.0262; 95% CI = [0.007, 0.046]; p = 0.0087). …”
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Circulating Angiogenic Growth Factors in Diabetes Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease and Exertional Leg Pain in Ghana by Kwame Yeboah, Jennifer A. Agyekum, Eric Kyei Baafour, Daniel A. Antwi, Afua B. Adjei, Vincent Boima, Ben Gyan

“…Compared to non-PAD participants, PAD patients had higher VEGF levels [85.8 (37.5–154.5) versus 57.7 (16.6–161.1) p=0.032] and lower Ang-1 levels [31.3 (24.8–42.6) versus 40.9 (28.2–62.1), p=0.017]. …”
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Investigating the vascular structure of the conjunctiva in patients using spherical mini-scleral contact lenses utilizing OCT-A imaging by Fateme Alipour, Parisa Abdi, Hassan Asadigandomani, Mehdi Khodaparast, Zahra Montazeriani, Marzieh Sajedi

“…The vascular density ratios in the inferior quadrant were significantly reduced after the lens fitting: ROI (0.362 ± 0.074 post-lens vs. 0.452 ± 0.099 pre-lens, adjusted P-value = 0.027) and Band 1 (0.353 ± 0.075 post-lens vs. 0.462 ± 0.095 pre-lens, adjusted P-value = 0.008). …”
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Fracture properties of porcine versus human thoracic aortas from tricuspid/bicuspid aortic valve patients via symmetry-constraint Compact Tension testing by Marta Alloisio, Antti Siika, David Freiholtz, Anders Franco-Cereceda, Joy Roy, Hanna M. Björck, T. Christian Gasser

“…Fracture energy: axial loading 1.92 $$\pm$$ 0.60 kJ m-2 vs 0.74 $$\pm$$ 0.50 kJ m-2; circumferential loading 2.12 $$\pm$$ 2.39 kJ m-2 vs 1.47 $$\pm$$ 0.91 kJ m-2). …”
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The relationship of platelet distribution width with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients by Chunyu Lu, Shuiqin Cheng, Wenjing Fan, Zhihong Zhang, Jinquan Wang

“…After adjusting for confounders, Cox proportional hazards models showed that the PDW value was positively correlated with the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality (HR = 1.162, 95% CI 1.057–1.278, p = 0.002 and HR = 1.200, 95% CI 1.041–1.382, p = 0.012). …”
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Efficacy of probiotic Bacillus licheniformis DSM 28710 on performance and the mitigation of Clostridium perfringens-induced necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens by W. Van der Veken, V. Hautekiet, E.A. Kimminau, C. Hofacre, G.F. Mathis

“…A broiler trial was conducted, examining three treatments for 42 days under an induced NE challenge; a negative control (basal diet only); an antibiotic treated group (oxytetracycline hydrochloride (OXT), therapeutic dose of 105 mg OXT/litre in drinking water, for three days after C. perfringens challenge); and a B-Act group (500 g B-Act/tonne of feed, equalling 1.6×1012 colony forming units B. licheniformis DSM 28710/tonne of feed, supplemented from start until finish). …”
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