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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Colossal permittivity with ultra-wide temperature stability in Bi + Ca co-doped BaTiO3 by Tingting Fan, Qi Shi, Wenrong Xiao, Guangzu Zhang, Feng Huang, Wenlin Wang, Wen Dong, Shenglin Jiang, Jing Wang

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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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Physician’s perception and practices on antimicrobial resistance in a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study by Md Fuad Al Fidah, Md Abdullah Saeed Khan, Mohibbul Haque, Mohammad Rezaul Karim, Sabrin Shohid, Pilot Hossain, Rotna Rani Sen, Chaity Dey, Sumaiya Khan, Meherun Nahar Munni, Sonia Afroze Shopna, Razia Shultana, Nasreen Farhana, Shadman Sakib Choudhury

“…Physicians with private practice had 1.71 times higher odds of having a good perception of AMR (95% CI 2.07 to 2.75, p=0.026) and 2.44 times higher odds of having good practice (95% CI 1.51 to 3.94, p&lt;0.001). …”
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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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治疗性角膜接触镜对Ｔｏｎｏ－ｐｅｎ眼压计测量角膜病变 患者眼压的影响

“…配戴治疗性角膜接触镜后Ｔｏｎｏ－ｐｅｎ眼压测量值平均减小（０．６８ ± ３．３９）ｍｍＨｇ，差异无统计学意义（Ｐ ＝ ０．２５７），两种测量结果的一致性系数ＩＣＣ为０．９５９，差值的９５％可信限为－７．３２～５．９６ ｍｍＨｇ，其中７０％测量的差值≤３ ｍｍＨｇ；在平均眼压＜２１ ｍｍＨｇ的患者中，８２．４％的测量差值≤３ ｍｍＨｇ，在平均眼压≥２１ ｍｍＨｇ的患者中，５６．３％的测量差值≤３ ｍｍＨｇ。…”
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Association between resolution of MRI-detected inflammation and improved clinical outcomes in axial spondyloarthritis under long-term anti-TNF therapy by Joachim Sieper, Denis Poddubnyy, Fabian Proft, Mikhail Protopopov, Valeria Rios Rodriguez, Murat Torgutalp, Judith Rademacher, H Haibel, Kay-Geert Hermann, Christian Althoff

“…MRIs of the spine and sacroiliac (SI) joints were performed at baseline, week 24, week 48 and yearly thereafter and were evaluated for active inflammatory lesions according to the Berlin MRI score.Results Longitudinal analysis showed that higher SI joint osteitis score was associated with higher Axial Spondyloarthritis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) at the same time point (β=0.08, 95% CI (0.05; 0.11)) and at the next time point 6 months later (β=0.05, 95% CI (0.02; 0.07)). …”
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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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PRA Melting-ICE Project: Svalbard 2022 Expeditions Report [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Enrico Maiero, Elisa Baldrighi, Riccardo Cerrato, Delia Segato, Massimiliano Vardè, Mauro Mazzola, Iain Rudnik, James Bradley, Margaret Cramm, Angelina Cordone, Stefano Caliro, Donato Giovannelli, Francesco Montemagno, Carlo Cardellini, Martina Cascone, Elena Manini, Jacopo Pasotti

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Ceftazidime-Avibactam Versus Colistin for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Infections: A Multicenter Cohort Study by Thamer A. Almangour, Zakiyah Alkherb, Leen Ghonem, Mohammed Al Musawa, Abdullah Almohaizeie, Sara Almuhisen, Aminah Alharbi, Nader Damfu, Doaa Aljefri, Jeelan Alghaith, Awaly Alfozan, Ahlam Alghamdi, Ahmad Aljabri, Abdullah A. Alhifany, Mohammed Alessa, Yazed Saleh Alsowaida

“…The rate of clinical cure was significantly higher among patients who received CAZ-AVI (67% vs. 50%; OR, 2.07; 95% CI, 1.16–3.68). …”
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Efficacy and safety of surufatinib plus toripalimab in treatment-naive, PD-L1-positive, advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer and previously treated small-cell lung can... by Ying Cheng, Panpan Zhang, Ming Lu, Zhendong Chen, Lijie Song, Si Shi, Feng Ye, Xing Zhang, Baorui Liu, Dongmei Ji, Yanqiao Zhang, Weiguo Su, Michael Shi, Songhua Fan, Panfeng Tan, Chen Zhong

“…Results Forty-three patients were treated (NSCLC cohort, n = 23; SCLC cohort, n = 20). ORRs (95% CIs) were 57.1% (34.0–78.2) in the NSCLC cohort and 15.8% (3.4–39.6) in the SCLC cohort. …”
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TILTomorrow today: dynamic factors predicting changes in intracranial pressure treatment intensity after traumatic brain injury by Shubhayu Bhattacharyay, Florian D. van Leeuwen, Erta Beqiri, Cecilia A. I. Åkerlund, Lindsay Wilson, Ewout W. Steyerberg, David W. Nelson, Andrew I. R. Maas, David K. Menon, Ari Ercole, the CENTER-TBI investigators and participants

“…Whilst there was no significant difference in the predictive discriminability (i.e., area under receiver operating characteristic curve) between next-day escalations (0.80 [95% CI 0.77–0.84]) and de-escalations (0.79 [95% CI 0.76–0.82]) in TIL(Basic) after day two, we found specific predictor effects to be more robust with de-escalations. …”
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Differentiating Pulmonary Nodule Malignancy Using Exhaled Volatile Organic Compounds: A Prospective Observational Study by Guangyu Lu, Zhixia Su, Xiaoping Yu, Yuhang He, Taining Sha, Kai Yan, Hong Guo, Yujian Tao, Liting Liao, Yanyan Zhang, Guotao Lu, Weijuan Gong

“…Trial Registration: Number ChiCTR2400081283…”
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