First Measurements of Ambient PM2.5 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazzaville, Republic of Congo Using Field-calibrated Low-cost Sensors by Celeste McFarlane, Paulson Kasereka Isevulambire, Raymond Sinsi Lumbuenamo, Arnold Murphy Elouma Ndinga, Ranil Dhammapala, Xiaomeng Jin, V. Faye McNeill, Carl Malings, R. Subramanian, Daniel M. Westervelt

“…Finally, the surface PM2.5 level and the aerosol optical depth were about 40% lower during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 than the corresponding period in 2019, which cannot be attributed solely to changes in meteorology or wildfire emission. …”
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Feasibility analysis of non-electrocardiogram-triggered chest low-dose computed tomography using a kV-independent reconstruction algorithm for predicting cardiovascular disease ris... by Xiangming Wang, Ao Liu, Yan Zhao, Xianbo Yu, Yushuo Cao, Min Li, Jing Liu, Yu Du, Li Yang

“…Although the ASs of non-ECG-triggered LDCT were lower than those of the standard CACS, the agreement and correlation of ASs of the two scans were excellent, and both intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and Pearson’s correlation coefficients were > 0.96. …”
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Effects of chronic exposure of specific water quality parameters in poultry drinking water on dietary amino acid digestibility and early broiler performance by Rabin Raut, Biswajit Kumar Biswas, Thyneice Taylor-Bowden, Agnes Kilonzo-Nthenge, Bharat Pokharel, Tom Tabler, Samuel N. Nahashon, Pramir Maharjan

“…The overall feed intake and BWG were lower for HTDS birds compared to other treatment groups (P < 0.05), however, there was no difference in FCR (P > 0.05). …”
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Lengths of Stay and Stopover Strategies of Western Sandpipers During Migration at Two Sites in British Columbia, Canada by Anne L. Blondin, Mark C. Drever, Scott A. Flemming, Wendy E. Easton, Mark Maftei, Yuri Zharikov, Nils Warnock, Erica Nol

“…At both sites, adult birds had shorter stopovers during southward migration, juvenile birds had longer stopovers compared to adults, and birds with lower mass at capture had longer stopovers. Morphology of adults and juveniles varied between the two sites. …”
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Рerioperative period of high-risk patients with coronary artery disease by O.K. Gogayeva

“…Careful preoperative diagnosis, preparation, risk stratification, determination of the term of surgery, choice of CABG method taking into account the anthropometric data, the state of the lower extremities veins, anatomical location of coronary arteries, their diameter and degree of damage, personalized drug therapy, allows to achieve good results with minimal complications.…”
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Effects of adding a kind of compound bio-enzyme to the diet on the production performance, serum immunity, and intestinal health of Pekin ducks by Yuxiao Li, Jie Zhou, Tong Guo, Huiya Zhang, Chang Cao, Yingjie Cai, Jiqiao Zhang, Tao Li, Jianqin Zhang

“…The Shannon index (P = 0.042) and Pielou index (P = 0.038) of cecal microbiota were markedly lower in HG. Notable changes in the relative abundance of Firmicutes and Bacteroidota were observed in LG and HG. …”
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Potential Modulatory Role of Phoenixin-14 in Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition of Endometriotic 12Z Cells by Karolina Iwona Kulinska, Magdalena Wierzbicka, Anna Dera-Szymanowska, Krzysztof Szymanowski, Mirosław Andrusiewicz, Maria Wołuń-Cholewa

“…PNX-14 treatment also exhibited a biphasic effect on cell viability. Lower concentration initially decreased viability at 48 h but then significantly increased it at 72 h. …”
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The Association Between Neutrophil‐Percentage‐to‐Albumin Ratio (NPAR) and Mortality Among Individuals With Cancer: Insights From National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey... by Xinyang Li, Meng Wu, Minxin Chen, Rufei Liu, Qingxu Tao, Yun Hu, Jinming Yu, Dawei Chen

“…Kaplan–Meier analysis indicated superior survival rates in patients with lower NPAR values compared to those with higher NPAR values (p < 0.05). …”
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Dyslipidaemia in patients with chronic kidney disease – a neglected cardiovascular risk factor by M R Essop, F Seedat, F J Raal

“…Furthermore, there is a scarcity of data on the use and efficacy of lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) in those with CKD in South Africa (SA). …”
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Imbalance of the Gut Microbiota May Be Associated with Missed Abortions: A Perspective Study from a General Hospital of Hunan Province by Bingsi Gao, Xingping Zhao, Xinyi Liu, Xuan Yang, Aiqian Zhang, Huan Huang, Yu-ligh Liou, Dabao Xu

“…Results. (1) The α-diversity and β-diversity of the gut microbiota in patients with MAs were significantly lower than that those in normal pregnant women (P<0.05). …”
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Extracorporeal Hemadsorption versus Glucocorticoids during Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial by Gordana Taleska Stupica, Maja Sostaric, Marija Bozhinovska, Lea Rupert, Zoran Bosnic, Ales Jerin, Alojz Ihan, Tomislav Klokocovnik, Matej Podbregar

“…Methylprednisolone group, compared to Cytosorb and Control had significantly lower levels of TNF-α (until the end of surgery, p<0.001), IL-6 (until 48 h after surgery, p<0.001), and IL-8 (until 24 h after surgery, p<0.016). …”
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Associations between the Global Diet Quality Score and risk of type 2 diabetes: Tehran lipid and glucose study. by Shahrzad Daei, Firoozeh Hosseini-Esfahani, Azam Ildarabadi, Parvin Mirmiran, Fereidoun Azizi

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>The results of this study suggested that higher adherence to the healthy component of GDQS and lower intake of the unhealthy component decreased the risk of T2D incidence.…”
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Recent trends in research on the role of cholesterol in leukemia: a bibliometric and visualization study by Huijuan Lv, Ke Lu, Ximing Wang, Yanfang Zhang, Mengqi Zhuang, Jing Li, Keli Su, Wen Gao

“…Notably, U.S. publications had lower average citations than those from Germany and Brazil. …”
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Non-HDL-c/TC: A Novel Lipid-Related Marker in the Assessment of Severity of Coronary Artery Lesions and Cardiovascular Outcomes by Anan Huang, Xin Qi, Liping Wei, Mingyin Zhang, Shiqi Zhou

“…The association between non-HDL-c and severity of coronary artery lesions in patients treated with lipid-lowering therapy has been unknown. Hypothesis. We hypothesize a novel marker of non-HDL-c/TC predicts the severity of coronary artery lesions and clinical outcomes in 12 months in the patients treated with statin. …”
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Partially Isolated Dual Work Function Gate IGZO TFT With Obviously Reduced Leakage Current for 3D DRAMs by Yunjiao Bao, Gangping Yan, Lei Cao, Chuqiao Niu, Qingkun Li, Guanqiao Sang, Lianlian Li, Yanzhao Wei, Xuexiang Zhang, Jie Luo, Yanyu Yang, Gaobo Xu, Huaxiang Yin

“…The results show that the off-state leakage is further reduced by increasing the difference of the work function levels between in dual gates, the dielectric length (LD) and using the isolation layer with a lower dielectric constant. The PIDWF gate IGZO TFT exhibits scalability and is capable of achieving an 84.6% reduction in leakage current even with ultra-short channel lengths, which offers a promising application for future 3D DRAM applications with little extra cost.…”
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Measurement and Analysis of Gait Pattern during Stair Walk for Improvement of Robotic Locomotion Rehabilitation System by Sang-Eun Park, Ye-Ji Ho, Min Ho Chun, Jaesoon Choi, Youngjin Moon

“…Based on the results, standard patterns of stair ascent and stair descent were derived and applied to a lower-limb rehabilitation robot with vertically movable footplates. …”
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Taurine Alleviated the Negative Effects of an Oxidized Lipid Diet on Growth Performance, Antioxidant Properties, and Muscle Quality of the Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) by Dan Liu, Jiali Mi, Xiao Yan, Chaobin Qin, Junli Wang, Guoxing Nie

“…Compared to the FO group, the feed conversion ratio, weight gain rate, muscle crude lipid, and n-3/n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) ratio were significantly lower in the group OFO (P<0.05). In addition, compared to the FO group, OFO fish showed an increased content of malondialdehyde and protein carbonylation and decreased hardness, brightness, pH, superoxide dismutase, and catalase levels in the muscle (P<0.05). …”
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Associations between left atrial indices and cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness among physically active military personnel by Yen-Chen Lin, Yen-Chen Lin, Pang-Yen Liu, Kun-Zhe Tsai, Kun-Zhe Tsai, Kun-Zhe Tsai, Wei-Chun Huang, Wei-Chun Huang, Wen-Chung Yu, Wen-Chung Yu, Xuemei Sui, Carl J. Lavie, Gen-Min Lin, Gen-Min Lin

“…Generalized linear regressions were used to identify LA predictors of exercise performance with adjustments for potential covariates.ResultsThe top 16% of runners vs. controls had a lower LASI based on LA volume changes (LASI_v, 0.196 vs. 0.245, p = 0.013) and higher LAVI-to-LASI_v (12.30 vs. 8.08, p = 0.001) and LAVI-to-(mitral E/e′) (4.37 vs. 3.76, p = 0.038) ratios. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of Bone Metabolism in Patients on Waiting List for Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation by Simona Kratochvílová, Jana Brunová, Petr Wohl, Věra Lánská, František Saudek

“…Men surprisingly displayed lower Z-scores and higher percentages of pathological BMD values in LS than women did. …”
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WED-YOLO: A Detection Model for Safflower Under Complex Unstructured Environment by Zhenguo Zhang, Yunze Wang, Peng Xu, Ruimeng Shi, Zhenyu Xing, Junye Li

“…The enhanced model exhibits superior precision and lower miss detection rates in safflower recognition tasks, providing a robust algorithmic foundation for the intelligent harvesting of safflowers.…”
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