Roxadustat improves diabetic myocardial injury by upregulating HIF-1α/UCP2 against oxidative stress by Tingting Fang, Congcong Ma, Bingyun Yang, Meiyu Zhao, Luning Sun, Ningning Zheng

“…Methods We established diabetic myocardial injury mice and high glucose-induced rat cardiomyocyte models, administered FG-4592 pretreatment to clarify the protective effects and related mechanisms of FG-4592 on diabetic myocardial injury by detecting changes in oxidative stress, mitochondrial function, and related pathways. …”
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Peptic ulcer: does it changed identity? by Ye. A. Pyatenko, A. A. Sheptulin

“…Idiopathic H. pylori-negative ulcers were detected only in 5.1% of patients. Conclusions. The modern trend in the PU clinical course is characterized by shift of typical male to female ratio, as well as PUD to PUS ratio, the high frequency of PU to GERD combination. …”
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A Study of Hypothyroidism in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients by Sudharsanan V, Prabhu Shankar S, Viknesh V

“…Findings suggest a need for routine thyroid evaluation in CKD patients to facilitate early detection and management of thyroid related complications, improving patient outcomes.…”
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Incidence rate and associated patient characteristics of liver disease in Wales 2004–2022: a retrospective population-scale observational study by Ashley Akbari, Andrew Yeoman, Haroon Ahmed, Jingwei Gao, Aled Davies, Thomas Peter Ignatius Pembroke

“…A better understanding of the incidence of liver disease is the first step towards effective prevention, early detection and targeted intervention to improve patient outcomes.…”
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Low-density SNP marker sets for genetic variation analysis and variety identification in cultivated citrus by Phuong Linh Nguyen, Jin-Kee Jung, Jee-Soo Park, Sung-Chur Sim

“…Results A total of 26,903 high-quality SNPs were detected across nine chromosomes in the 144 citrus varieties, consisting of 70 C. unshiu, 40 C. sinensis, 22 interspecific hybrids, and 12 others. …”
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Climate emergency and vocational education and training. Topic of scientific interest: A systematic review of the literature by M.ª de Fátima Poza Vilches, Susana Ripoll Martín, Mª Teresa Pozo Llorente

“…It has also become evident there is a greater concern for detecting problems rather than for clarifying key concepts, which are essential for effective implementation of sustainability. …”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility, biofilm formation, and virulence genes among atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli stool isolates in Tehran, Iran by Shahnaz Halimi, Akram Rezaei, Shirin Mohebi, Farhad Bonakdar Hashemi

“…Virulence-associated genes, ehac, espA, fimA, flu, and sslE were detected. Results: E. coli comprised 14% of all isolates were EPEC isolates that showed the highest sensitivity to imipenem (IPM) (100%) and gentamicin (GEN) (89%). …”
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Sarcopenia and fat tissue distribution in patients with colorectal cancer by V. K. Lyadov, V. N. Yegiyev, A. P. Seryakov, O. V. Kucheruk, Ye. S. Darda, A. Z. Negardinov

“…Body composition data, including amount of skeletal musculature, subcutaneous fat tissue and visceral fat, estimated at single axial native CT-image at the level of 3rd lumbar vertebra (L3) by specialized software. Sarcopenia was detected as a state at which the volume of sceletal musculature is at the range below 2 standard deviations from the mean level for healthy adults. …”
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The Bronze Age Site of Tarangul (Aktobe Cis-Urals): Examining One Casting Mo by Darkhan A. Baitileu, Albina Ye. Yerzhanova, Ilaria Calgaro

“…The spectral analysis shows the castings were basically made from copper, and detects some traces of alloying. Another finding is that the three mold negatives were used not simultaneously but rather when and as it was necessary. …”
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Associations between Personal Exposure to Metals in Fine Particulate Matter and Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction among Healthy Adults by Yi-Hsueh Liao, Wei-Liang Chen, Chung-Ching Wang, Ching-Huang Lai

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Genomic Introgression Between Critically Endangered and Stable Species of Darwin's Tree Finches on the Galapagos Islands by Rachael Y. Dudaniec, Sonu Yadav, Julian Catchen, Sonia Kleindorfer

“…For private alleles detected in both years (N = 536) between 11%–76% of alleles underwent a frequency increase and 13%–61% a frequency decrease between 2005 and 2013, which was sensitive to sampling effort. …”
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The type of infections and the use of antibiotics among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A review by Asma D. Alshammari, Mona Matar Aldhafeeri, Amal M. Aldhafeeri, Maram Asaad Alanzi, Maha Bandar Almutairi, Jawaher Abdullah Alrasheedi, Thikra Adel Alsurur, Aeshah Dhahawi Alshammri

“…The heightened susceptibility may arise from the illness itself, which causes changes in the body’s innate cellular defense mechanisms, or from the medications used to manage the condition. …”
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The negative off-response driven by M-cone and depolarizing bipolar cell in the rat electroretinogram by Tao Chen, Yuting Su, Weiming Yan, Junhui Xue, Zuoming Zhang

“…At light offset, the OFF response showed a rapid negative deflection, then the retinal potential slowly returned to baseline from the trough of the negative off-response. …”
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The Role of PM2.5 Chemical Composition and Meteorology during High Pollution Periods at a Suburban Background Station in Southern Poland by Barbara Błaszczak, Natalia Zioła, Barbara Mathews, Krzysztof Klejnowski, Krzysztof Słaby

“…During the measurement period, PM2.5 concentrations exceeding 50 µg m–3 were recorded on 38 days, and 7 pollution episodes were detected. Such events, however, were observed only in the heating season, when stable meteorological conditions (low air temperatures, weak winds, high relative humidity and lack of precipitation) and increased emissions of PM and its precursors from anthropogenic sources favored the accumulation of pollutants. …”
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Empirical prediction intervals applied to short term mortality forecasts and excess deaths by Ricarda Duerst, Jonas Schöley

“…Further, we use the empirical prediction intervals to quantify the probability of detecting 10% excess deaths in a given week, given pre-pandemic mortality trends. …”
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Longitudinal observational (single cohort) study on the causes of trypanocide failure in cases of African animal trypanosomosis in cattle near wildlife protected areas of Northern... by Shauna Richards, Davide Pagnossin, Paul Samson Buyugu, Oliver Manangwa, Furaha Mramba, Emmanuel Sindoya, Edith Paxton, Steve J Torr, Ryan Ritchie, Giovanni E Rossi, Lawrence Nnadozie Anyanwu, Michael P Barrett, Liam J Morrison, Harriet Auty

“…On quality analysis, two ISM samples had no detectable ISM isomers, but the remainder of ISM and DA samples (n = 46) fell within the range of acceptable levels. …”
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Screen exposure, sleep quality, and language development in 6-month-old infants by Dayanara Sanchez-Bravo, Aislinn Sandre, Melina Amarante, Cynthia A. Wiltshire, Kimberly G. Noble

“…Maternally-reported screen exposure showed a small but significant positive correlation with LENA-derived screen exposure.DiscussionWe find no detectable association between screen exposure and differences in maternally reported language development or sleep quality in the first 6 months of life. …”
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Psychological Reactions in Women with Pregnancy Termination Due to Fetal Anomaly by Gurcan Turkyilmaz, Yavuz Selim Atan, Emircan Erturk, Sebnem Turkyilmaz

“…Impact of Event Scale-Revised scores of the first trimester and second-trimester groups were 22.5±8.6 and 35.3±17.1, respectively (p=0.022). Depression was detected in 29.1% of women in the first-trimester group and 57.8% in the second-trimester group (p=0.023). …”
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Evaluation and Management of Women who Have Experienced Stillbirth in Their Previous Pregnancies by Erdem Fadiloglu, Atakan Tanacan, Canan Unal, Mehmet Sinan Beksac

“…At least one of the risk factors, such as methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphisms, hereditary thrombophilias and autoimmune problems, were defined in this study population. After detection of pregnancy, the patients were administered low-dose low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) (enoxaparin, 1×2000 Anti-XA IU/0.2 mL/day), low-dose salicylic acid (100 mg/day) and low-dose corticosteroid (methylprednisolone, 1×4 mg/day orally) in necessary cases. …”
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A Mineral Oil Plant Protection Product Improves Turfgrass Quality of Deficit Irrigated Bermudagrass by Mingying Xiang, Marco Schiavon, Pawel Orlinski, James H. Baird

“…Turfgrass managers have been seeking products that control pests while promoting drought resistance. CivitasTM Turf Defense is a new petroleum-derived spray oil (PDSO) mixed with green pigment. …”
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