Cystatin C as a Predictor of Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in a Population with Chronic Kidney Disease by Ana Vigil, Emilia Condés, Luis Vigil, Paloma Gallar, Aniana Oliet, Olimpia Ortega, Isabel Rodriguez, Milagros Ortiz, Juan Carlos Herrero, Carmen Mon, Gabriela Cobo, Juana Jimenez

“…Overall mortality was lower on the first and on the second tertiles of cystatin C than on the third one (HR = 0.060; 95% CI: 0.008–0.447 and HR = 0.094; 95% CI: 0.022–0.406, resp.). …”
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From global recommendations to (in)action: A scoping review of the coverage of companion of choice for women during labour and birth. by Meghan A Bohren, Alya Hazfiarini, Martha Vazquez Corona, Mercedes Colomar, Bremen De Mucio, Özge Tunçalp, Anayda Portela

“…Husbands or partners were the most frequent companion (37.7%, 29/77), followed by family member or friend (gender not specified) (32.5%, 25/77), family member or friend (female-only) (13.0%, 10/77). …”
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Unravelling the transcriptomic symphony of muscle ageing: key pathways and hub genes altered by ageing and caloric restriction in rat muscle revealed by RNA sequencing by Gulam Altab, Brian J. Merry, Charles W. Beckett, Priyanka Raina, Inês Lopes, Katarzyna Goljanek-Whysall, João Pedro de Magalhães

“…Upregulated genes were commonly involved in protein folding and immune responses; meanwhile, downregulated genes were often related to developmental biology. CR was found to suppress 69.7% and rescue 57.8% of the genes found to be upregulated and downregulated in aged muscle, respectively. …”
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Comparative Efficacy of Antihypertensive Agents in Flow-Mediated Vasodilation of Patients with Hypertension: Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial by Hong Ding, Shu Liu, Ke-Xin Zhao, Jie Pu, Ya-Fei Xie, Xiao-Wei Zhang

“…As compared to the placebo group, patients receiving the antihypertensive drugs exhibited significantly enhanced FMD (ARB + CCB: 4.01%, 95% CI, 0.92–7.11%, p<0.001; ACEI + ARB: 2.81%, 95% CI, 1.19–4.43%, p<0.001; ACEI: 2.55%, 95% CI, 1.34–3.77%, p<0.001; ARB: 2.22%, 95% CI, 1.05–3.38%, p<0.001; β-blocker: 2.23%, 95% CI, 0.93–3.52%, p<0.001). …”
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Assessment Of Awareness Level and Perception In Usage Of Plastic Bags And Its Hazards Among Secondary School Students by Mohi Ud Din, Zain Arif, Hafiz Usama Naveed, Maryam Tauseef, Nouman Yaseen, Talha Mahboob

“…A p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: About 97.6 % of the participants considered plastic as a contributory factor to environmental pollution and 67.6% used plastic bags as carrying materials. …”
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Investigating Oral Cancer Awareness Among Medical and Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in the South Canara Region of India by Shubham Agarwal, Nidhi Manaktala, Srikant Natarajan, Karen Boaz

“…Dental students were more likely to examine oral mucosa routinely (χ2 = 9.585, p=0.002) and observe oral lesions like proliferative growth (χ2 = 71.763, p<0.001), while medical students reported higher incidences of poor oral hygiene (χ2 = 7.667, p=0.006) and tobacco usage (χ2 = 6.337, p=0.012). …”
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Conocimiento sobre inmunizaciones y cumplimiento del calendario de vacunación en madres con niños menores de 2 años by Angélica Pricila De La Cruz Ccaico, Susan Haydee Gonzales Saldaña.

“…Las madres con niños menores de 2 años que tienen conocimiento medio sobre inmunizaciones cumplen con el calendario de vacunación 36.7%. …”
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Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use among Hospitalized Patients in a Referral Hospital in Northwest Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Mengistie Yirsaw Gobezie, Minimize Hassen, Nuhamin Alemayehu Tesfaye, Mulat Belete Demessie, Tewodros Solomon, Ermiyas Alemayehu

“…The top three wards with a large number of antimicrobial prescriptions were the surgical (158, 42.5%), medical (144, 38.7%), and gynecology (55, 14.8%) wards. Ceftriaxone was the most frequently used antibiotic (35%) in all the wards. …”
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Development of a Novel Prognostic Model for Lung Adenocarcinoma Utilizing Pyroptosis-Associated LncRNAs by Hong-Yan Bai, Tian-Tian Li, Li-Na Sun, Jing-Hong Zhang, Xiu-He Kang, Yi-Qing Qu

“…This study used genotype-tissue expression (GTEx) and the cancer genome atlas (TCGA) databases to obtain 477 lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and 347 healthy individuals’ samples as research subjects and divided LUAD patients into low-risk and high-risk groups based on prognostic risk scores. …”
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Production and Biochemical, Phytochemical, Sensory, and Microbiological Characterization of “Bili-Bili” and “Cochette,” Two Traditional Beers Produced from Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor... by James Ronald Bayoï, Benedicte Musette Danla

“…“Bili-bili” and “cochette” exhibited free radical scavenging activity of 42.4 and 36.7% and reducing power of 87.3 and 119.5 mgTE/100 mL, respectively. …”
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Sensitivity Analysis with the Monte Carlo Method and Prediction of Atenolol Removal Using Modified Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Based on the Response Surface Method: Isotherm and K... by Mohammad Mehdi Amin, Nasrin Bagheri, Farzaneh Mohammadi, Bahare Dehdashti

“…Pseudo-first-order (R2 value of 0.99) was the best kinetic model for the adsorption of ATN, and for isotherm, BET (AICC value of 3.27) was the best model that fit the experimental data. …”
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HCFC-141b (CH3CCl2F) Emission Estimates for 2000–2050 in Eastern China by Dayu Zhang, Jing Wu, Zehua Liu, Tong Wang, Yueling Zhang, Dongmei Hu, Lin Peng

“…Compared with the MP scenario, under the AP scenario, eastern China will get an additional emission reduction potential of 32.7 Gg (equivalent to 3.6 Gg CFC-11-eq and 25.5 Tg CO2-eq) during 2020–2050, which will make greater contributions to protecting the ozone layer and mitigating climate change.…”
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Determination of Epiphyseal Union Age in the Knee and Hand Joints Bones among the Saudi Population in Taif City by Majed O. Aljuaid, Osama R. El-Ghamry

“…Approximately three-quarters of the knee and hand images were males’ images (77.25% and 75.41%, resp.). The means of age of stage 3 (age of recent union) in the knee joint were 23.63 ± 3.12 and 21.19 ± 3.41 in males and females, respectively, and 19.84 ± 3.47 and 17.19 ± 1.61 in hand joints for males and females, respectively. …”
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Prevalence of High Fat Sugar Salt Products, Labeling Characteristics, and Categories of Foods Sold within In-Store Restricted Areas: A Survey in 3 UK Supermarkets after the 2022 Im... by Ella Hurst, Sally G Moore, Lewis W Wallis

“…For products within in-scope categories, 17% were HFSS (42 of 245). Half of all included products (53%, n = 357) displayed FOPNL, and 16% possessed 1–3 iRTLs, including both HFSS and non-HFSS items. …”
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Hartmann’s Procedure Versus Intersphincteric Abdominoperineal Excision in Patients with Rectal Cancer: Report from the Swedish Colorectal Cancer Registry (SCRCR) by Viktor Åkerlund, MD, Maziar Nikberg, MD, PhD, Philippe Wagner, PhD, Abbas Chabok, MD, PhD

“…Major surgical complications were 7.5% after HP and 5.7% and after iAPE (P = 0.351). …”
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Impact of loneliness on suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a cross-sectional online survey in Japan by Takahiro Tabuchi, Ryo Okubo, Hirokazu Tachikawa, Midori Matsushima, Haruhiko Midorikawa, Miyuki Aiba

“…The results of the Poisson regression suggested that those who were feeling lonely had higher PRs for suicidal ideation (4.83 for men (95% CI, 3.87 to 6.16) and 6.19 for women (95% CI, 4.77 to 8.45)). …”
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Designing a broad-spectrum multi-epitope subunit vaccine against leptospirosis using immunoinformatics and structural approaches by Guneswar Sethi, Guneswar Sethi, Young Kyu Kim, Su-Cheol Han, Jeong Ho Hwang, Jeong Ho Hwang

“…Population coverage analysis revealed that T-cell epitopes significantly interacted with HLA molecules, covering 95.7% of the global population. Molecular docking showed strong and stable binding with TLR2 and TLR4, with binding energies of -1,357.1 kJ/mol and -1,163.7 kJ/mol, respectively. …”
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A positive relationship between weight-adjusted waist index and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a study on US adolescents by Xiaoling Cui, Xiaoling Cui, Yize Huang, Luyang Kang, Lianxiu Han, Weijie Sun, Kexing Han, Yufeng Gao

“…Adjusting for all covariates revealed a significant association between increased WWI and the presence of NAFLD, with an odds ratio of 3.37 (95% CI: 2.74, 4.15). This association proved stronger than those observed with waist circumference, body mass index, and NAFLD. …”
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右美托咪啶与舒泰对圈养虎麻醉效果的观察 by 彭仕明 单 芬 陈 武 黄 勉 蔡勤辉 花福有

“…右美托咪啶和舒泰联合用药对虎的诱导期为(12.24±4.56)min,侧卧姿势进入麻醉期,平均诱导效果判定为1(极好),麻醉期间体温为(39.4±0.95)℃,较正常体温高; 呼吸频率为(7.50±2.56)次/min,下降极显著,血氧饱和度为(87.32±8.43)%,与麻醉前相差不大。…”
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Maternal HIV retesting during antenatal care in selected health facilities in Mayuge district, Uganda: A cross-sectional study. by Farouq Kayiwa, Elizabeth Nabiwemba, Nelson Bunani, Rawlance Ndejjo

“…The factors associated with HIV retesting included attending ANC in the second trimester (APR = 0.62; 95%CI:0.40-0.98), attending at least four ANC visits (APR = 2.24; 95% CI:1.22-4.09), having a planned pregnancy (APR = 1.96; 95%CI: 1.14-3.37), being satisfied with the quality of health services provided (APR = 1.79; 95%CI: 1.05-3.04), and having easily accessible HIV testing resources at the ANC clinic (APR = 2.04; 95%CI: 1.08-3.85). …”
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