Breast cancer patterns by age groups in Brazil: insights from population-based registries data by Jessé Lopes da Silva, Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler, Andréia Cristina de Melo

“…The < 40 years group exhibited a significant increase in incidence rate (AAPC + 1.6; 95% CI: 1.0 to 2.2; p < 0.001). This age group also showed a higher proportion of black patients (53%, p < 0.001), alcohol consumption (20.5%, p < 0.001), proportion of patients treated at stages ≥ IIB (64.0%, p < 0.001), and a higher likelihood of receiving multiple treatment modalities (60.7%, p < 0.001). …”
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Trauma as a Public Health Moment: Addressing Vaccine Uptake in Trauma Patients by Grace E. Keegan, BS, Rachel Alexander, BS, Simi Ogunnowo, BS, Isaiah Brown, BS, Tanya L. Zakrison, MD, MPH, Lea E. Hoefer, MD

“…Previous vaccination (at least 1 dose) was associated with greater concern for COVID-19 (OR 3.47, 95% CI 1.987–6.964, P < 0.001) and higher income (OR 1.21, 95% CI 1.02–1.44, P = 0.03). …”
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Land Cover and Forest Type Classification by Values of Vegetation Indices and Forest Structure of Tropical Lowland Forests in Central Vietnam by Hung Nguyen Trong, The Dung Nguyen, Martin Kappas

“…The performance of Landsat-8 showed out-of-bag error of 31.6%, overall accuracy of 68%, kappa of 67.5%, while Sentinel-2 showed out-of-bag error of 14.3% and overall accuracy of 85.7% and kappa of 83%. …”
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Comparing structural and vascular parameters between advanced pseudoexfoliation glaucoma and primary open angle glaucoma using optical coherence tomography angiography by Yadollah Eslami, Hamed Hosseinikhah-Manshadi, Samaneh Gholamhoseinpour-Omran, Sepideh Ghods, Samin Ghasemi, Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei

“…The PXG eyes showed lower VD in the average peripapillary area (32.67 ± 7.78 vs. 37.75 ± 8.87, p = 0.027) and nasal (37.45 ± 9.74 vs. 42.15 ± 7.36, p = 0.026) and inferior (38.09 ± 8.27 vs. 42.71 ± 9.13, p = 0.041) quadrants of parafovea. …”
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Comparison between point‐of‐care testing from capillary samples and conventional laboratory testing from venous samples for white blood cells and C‐reactive protein in a pediatric outpatient setting by Yasutaka Kuniyoshi, Takeru Kimoto, Haruka Tokutake, Natsuki Takahashi, Azusa Kamura, Makoto Tashiro

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JAK2, STAT3 Gene Polymorphisms in Turkish Patients with Behçet’s Disease by Darya Farhoomand Aksoy, Rahime Aksoy, Sevim Gönen, Ümit Ölmez

“…By modifying Th1 and Th17 responses, the JAK2 and STAT3 signaling pathways are believed to be effective in BD. …”
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Exploring Optimisation Pathways for Underground Space Quality Under the Synergy of Multidimensional Perception and Environmental Parameters by Tianning Yao, Liang Sun, Lin Geng, Yao Xu, Ziqi Xu, Kuntao Hu, Xing Chen, Pan Liao, Jin Wang

“…Using Shanghai Wujiaochang as a case study, field data collection and questionnaire surveys were conducted to evaluate key factors such as temperature (22.63 °C–26.39 °C), wind speed (0.26 m/s–0.67 m/s), and sound levels (59.68 dB–61.21 dB) for commercial-oriented spaces, and 63.15 dB–75.45 dB for transport-oriented spaces) to users’ perceived experiences. …”
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The Arabidopsis RING‐Type E3 Ligase TEAR4 Controls Seed Germination by Targeting RGA for Degradation by Hao Yu, Yutao Wang, Yi Wang, Xing Wang Deng, Genji Qin

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Association of Serum Melatonin Level with Mild Cognitive Impairment in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Jichen Zhang, Jiancan Lu, Hongling Zhu, Xinglu Zhou, Xijuan Wei, Mingjun Gu

“…Melatonin level was negatively correlated with age (r = −0.202; P = 0.001), diabetes duration (r = −0.282; P < 0.001), serum HbA1c (r = −0.195; P = 0.002), hs-CRP (r = −0.324; P < 0.001), and TSH (r = −0.184; P = 0.004) levels and positively correlated with MoCA score, serum HDL-C (r = 0.145; P < 0.001), FT3 (r = 0.241; P < 0.001), and FT4 (r = 0.169; P = 0.008) levels. …”
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Effect of Tilted Nanostructures on Anisotropic Wetting Behavior on PET Surfaces by Oxygen Plasma Modification by WANG Yitian, LI Yupeng, HUO Lei, LEI Mingkai

“…In order to improve the wettability of polymer surfaces， oxygen plasma modification technology was used to treat the surface of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) under the condition of 200 W for 90 min using sample holders with inclination angles of 30&#x00B0;， 45&#x00B0; and 60&#x00B0;.The nanostructures with tilt angles and lengths of 32.5&#x00B0; and 2.36 μm，45.2&#x00B0; and 2.15 μm，59.5&#x00B0; and 2.00 μm were prepared， respectively.Anisotropic wetting of liquid droplets and directional flow behavior of liquid were studied on the PET surfaces after modified by plasma.Additionally，the direction opposite to the tilted nanostructure was referred to as the Y＋direction， the direction along the tilted nanostructure was referred to as the Y－ direction， and the direction perpendicular to Y&#x00B1; was referred to as the X&#x00B1; direction.Results showed that the contact angle of the droplet on the PET surfaces modified by plasma decreased， and the wetting length increased with the increase of inclination angle of the sample holders.Meanwhile， the static contact angle of the droplet in the X&#x00B1; direction was greater than that in the Y&#x00B1; direction，and the wetting length in the X&#x00B1; direction was smaller than that in the Y&#x00B1; direction.Continuous water injection was carried out on the PET surfaces modified by plasma.The droplets were pinned in the Y－ direction and flowed in the Y＋direction.Furthermore， the average flow velocities of droplets on the plasmamodified surface at 30&#x00B0;，45&#x00B0; and 60&#x00B0; inclination angles were 0.017 0，0.021 0 and 0.022 7 mm/s，respectively.Among them，the droplets on the PET surfaces after modified by plasma at 60&#x00B0; inclination angle had a flow velocity of 2.39 times that of the original surfaces in the Y＋direction.…”
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miR-146a expression and the miR-146a gene variant rs2910164 as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of oral cancer by Vuković Miodrag, Stojković Goran, Zeljić Katarina

“…The rs2910164 variant was associated with tumor histological grade (P=0.037), stage (P=0.036), and lymph node status (P=0.025). …”
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Impact of dental treatments under general anesthesia on oral health-related quality of life in children: a comprehensive meta-analysis by Nasibe Aycan Yilmaz, Mehmet Emin Arayici, Candan Efeoglu

“…In the pooled analysis, treatments under general anesthesia in children improved OHRQoL (ECOHIS) in the short term with a significantly large effect size (SMD = 1.66, 95% CI: 1.07–2.24, p < 0.001; τ2 = 2.18, I2 = 98.9, p < 0.001). …”
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Retrospective review of dosing trends in botulinum toxin injections for the treatment of adductor spasmodic dysphonia in a long-term cohort by Gabrielle French, J. Douglas Bosch, Derrick R. Randall

“…Comparing treatment dosages between unilateral and bilateral injection groups, injection dosage per vocal fold was 1.65 ± 0.62 with time between injections was significantly shorter for the unilateral injection group (mean = 105 days, SD ± 19.8 days, p = 0.005) compared to the bilateral injection subgroup (137 ± 35.7 days, p < 0.005). The mean age of the unilateral injection population as younger at 42.4 ± 11.8 years (p = 0.004). …”
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Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) on mechanisms of non science students' attitudes toward statistics courses by Erni Septianawati, Ervin Abdillah

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European Union legislation regarding waste processing technology by Rymarchuk R., Mykhaniv V.

“…The results of the research can be used in the implementation of the European Union legislation into national legislation in waste management.…”
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Exogenous plasmid capture to characterize tetracycline-resistance plasmids in sprouts obtained from retail in Germany by Maria Stein, Erik Brinks, Diana Habermann, Gyu-Sung Cho, Charles M. A. P. Franz

“…Nanopore MinION based 16S metagenomics showed the presence of Enterobacter (En.) cloacae, En. ludwigii, En. kobei, Citrobacter (C.) werkmanii, C. freundii, Klebsiella (K.) oxytoca and K. pneumonia, which have previously been isolated from fresh produce in Germany. …”
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Effectiveness of a Mixed Martial Arts-Based Training Program in Reducing Obesity and Improving Cardiovascular Health Among Women in Indonesia by Surya Adi Saputra, Septiani Dewi Hamni, Exie Shirley, Helen Knowles

“…The study aims to create an effective mixed martial arts-based exercise intervention that can simultaneously improve body composition and cardiovascular health. …”
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Assessment of Nutritional Status, Digestion and Absorption, and Quality of Life in Patients with Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer by J. E. Witvliet-van Nierop, C. M. Lochtenberg-Potjes, N. J. Wierdsma, H. J. Scheffer, G. Kazemier, K. Ottens-Oussoren, M. R. Meijerink, M. A. E. de van der Schueren

“…TEE was significantly higher than daily energy intake (P=0.047). Malabsorption (<85%) of energy, fat, protein, and carbohydrates was observed in, respectively, 9, 8, 12, and 10 patients. …”
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Usefulness of the Brief Scale for Psychiatric Problems in Orthopaedic Patients (BS-POP) for Predicting Poor Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Decompression Surgery by Kazuyuki Watanabe, Koji Otani, Takuya Nikaido, Kinshi Kato, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Junichi Handa, Shoji Yabuki, Shin-Ichi Kikuchi, Shin-Ichi Konno

“…From our database, a total of 157 patients with LSS who had undergone decompression surgery and completed a 1-year follow-up were retrospectively observed. …”
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Real-world cost-effectiveness analysis of thymoglobulin versus no induction therapy in kidney transplant recipients at low risk of graft loss by Adrieli Barros Bessa, Marina Pontello Cristelli, Claudia Rosso Felipe, Renato Demarchi Foresto, Marcelo Cunio Machado Fonseca, Jose Medina Pestana, Helio Tedesco-Silva

“…Results: The cost-effectiveness analysis in the first year revealed that the r-ATG group was more cost-effective, with an ICER of US$ 399.96 per avoided AR episode, an effectiveness gain of 0.01 year in graft survival and a total incremental cost of US$ 147.50. The 4- and 10-year analyses revealed an effectiveness gain of 0.06 and 0.16 years in graft survival in the r-ATG induction group, and a total incremental cost of US$ −321.68 and US$ −2,440.62, respectively. …”
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