Meta-Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Patients with Systolic Heart Failure by Mohammed Ruzieh, Andrew J. Foy, Nader M. Aboujamous, Morgan K. Moroi, Gerald V. Naccarelli, Mehrdad Ghahramani, Shaffi Kanjwal, Joseph E. Marine, Khalil Kanjwal

“…The risk of all-cause mortality was significantly lower in the AF ablation arm (OR 0.49; 95% CI: 0.31 – 0.77; P = 0.002). …”
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Evaluation of the performance of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) in detection of chlamydia and gonorrhoea infection in vaginal specimens relative to patient infection stat... by Minttu M Rönn, Louise Mc Grath-Lone, Bethan Davies, Janet D Wilson, Helen Ward

“…As vaginal samples have a higher acceptability and lower cost, the study can support clinical testing guidelines by providing evidence that vaginal samples are a suitable alternative to traditionally used specimens.…”
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Potential of Castor Seed (Ricinus communis) Powder-Formulated Feed in the Fertility Control of Wild-Caught Female African Giant Rats (Cricetomys gambianus) by Hafiz Ayinde Badmus, Adeola Adefoluke Ala

“…Progesterone and estrogen (IU/L) were significantly lower (1.2 ± 0.2; 18.8 ± 1.9) than the control (4.1 ± 0.1; 33.8 ± 1.4). …”
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Plasma amino acid profiles of dogs with the hepatocutaneous syndrome and dogs with other chronic liver diseases by Rommaneeya Leela‐arporn, Karah Burns DeMarle, Cailin R. Heinze, Cynthia R. L. Webster

“…Compared to non‐HCS CLD dogs, HCS dogs had significantly lower plasma concentrations of several amino acids. …”
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Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence Factors in Clinical Isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from Hospitalized Patients in Tehran, Iran by Mahrokh Bahrami, Narjess Bostanghadiri, Mehdi Goudarzi, Niloufar Khodaei, Ali Hashemi

“…Across the tested isolates, we observed notably high resistance rates for imipenem 80 (100%), meropenem 78(97.5%), and ceftazidime 72 (90%), while trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (SXT) showed a lower resistance rate of 2 (2.5%). Minocycline and levofloxacin demonstrated the highest susceptibility rates, with 70 (87.5%) and 80 (100%), respectively. …”
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Rational metabolic engineering of <i>Corynebacterium glutamicum</i> to create a producer of L-valine by M. E. Sheremetieva, K. E. Anufriev, T. M. Khlebodarova, N. A. Kolchanov, A. S. Yanenko

“…Adding L-valine to feed, alone or mixed with other essential amino acids, allows for feeds with lower crude protein content, increases the quality and quantity of pig meat and broiler chicken meat, as well as improves reproductive functions of farm animals. …”
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User-Centric Radio Access Technology Selection: A Survey of Game Theory Models and Multi-Agent Learning Algorithms by Giuseppe Caso, Ozgu Alay, Guido Carlo Ferrante, Luca De Nardis, Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto, Anna Brunstrom

“…When considered against traditional network-centric approaches, user-centric RAT selection results in reduced network-side management load, and leads to lower operational costs for RATs, as well as improved quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE) for users. …”
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Foreign Policy Orientation and Electoral Behavior: Analyzing Opinion Polls in Belarus, Georgia, and Kazakhstan by I. Yu. Okunev, M. N. Shestakova

“…The study captures a snapshot of public sentiment in these countries on the eve of this wave of transformation it is based on a series of largescale opinion polls in Belarus, Georgia and Kazakhstan, conducted immediately after the last elections to the lower houses of the parliaments of these countries in the pre-crisis era. …”
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Comparison of Non-Contrast CT vs. Contrast-Enhanced CT with Both Intravenous and Rectal Contrast Application for Diagnosis of Acute Colonic Diverticulitis: A Multireader, Retrospec... by Dorottya Móré, Stella Erdmann, Arved Bischoff, Verena Wagner, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Lukas F. Liesenfeld, Katharina Abbasi Dezfouli, Athanasios Giannakis, Miriam Klauß, Philipp Mayer

“…Sensitivities for perforation and abscess were slightly but significantly lower for the non-contrast CT than for the contrast-enhanced CT (differences: −0.15 [−0.20, −0.05], −0.17 [−0.27, −0.07]), while no differences in accuracies and specificities were observed. …”
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The impact of a water promotion and access intervention on elementary school students in the presence of food insecurity by Leslie Gerstenfeld, Lauren Blacker, Charles E McCulloch, Lorrene D Ritchie, Valeria M Ordonez, Laura Schmidt, Anisha I Patel

“…Among students with no CFI, the intervention group had a lower prevalence of obesity from baseline to 7 months (–0·04, CI –0·08, 0·01) compared with no CFI controls (0·01, CI –0·01, 0·04) (P = 0·04). …”
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Phosphate binder in dialysis: a cross-sectional study of patients' adherence and pill burden by Brunelle Bruna Scavello Coelho Ferezin, Luiza Karla Ramos Pereira de Araújo, Carolina Marquez Lima, Hugo Abensur, Benedito Jorge Pereira, Maria Aparecida Dalboni, Rosa Maria Affonso Moyses, Rosilene Motta Elias

“…Non-adherent patients were women, younger, with higher serum albumin and urea, and lower serum calcium. Logistic regression showed that female sex (HR 3.30, 95% CI: 1.39–7.84, p = 0.007) and hemodialysis vs. peritoneal dialysis (HR 4.55, 95%, CI: 1.26–16.39, p = 0.021) remained independently associated with a non-adherence behavior. …”
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Neuroimaging features for cognitive fatigue and its recovery with VR intervention: An EEG microstates analysis by Jia-Cheng Han, Chi Zhang, Yan-Dong Cai, Yu-Ting Li, Yu-Xuan Shang, Zhu-Hong Chen, Guan Yang, Jia-Jie Song, Dan Su, Ke Bai, Jing-Ting Sun, Yu Liu, Na Liu, Ya Duan, Wen Wang

“…Results: Post-task had a higher MAR and a lower MRT than pre-task. For pre-task, MAR was negatively correlated with trials, while MRT was positively correlated with trials. …”
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Vegetative status in patients with transient ischemic attack and stroke by N. V. Halinouskaya, S. V. Samsonau

“…The groups included in the study were composed as follows: TIA group contained 13 patients and Stroke group contained 84 patients, including 61 with size of stroke lower than 15 mm (lacunar stroke – LS) and 23 with size of stroke bigger than 15 mm (total stroke – TS). …”
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Economic evaluation of tranexamic acid for the treatment of acute gastrointestinal bleeding: a cost-effectiveness analysis using data from the HALT-IT randomised controlled trial by Ian Roberts, Vipul Jairath, Alec Miners, Jack Williams, Haleema Shakur-Still, Nuha Bazeer

“…Costs and effects are discounted at 3.5% per annum.Results TXA was associated with marginally fewer LYs and QALYs, and lower costs, than treatment without TXA. The ICER associated with no-TXA was £1576 per LY gained and £2209 per QALY gained. …”
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A novel CUL4B gene variant activating Wnt4/β-catenin signal pathway to karyotype 46, XY female with disorders of sex development by Chunlin Wang, Hong Chen, Qingqing Chen, Yangbin Qu, Ke Yuan, Li Liang, Qingfeng Yan

“…The mRNA and protein levels of WNT4 and FOXL2 genes were higher than those in the wild-type group; however, CTNNB1, SOX9, and DMRT1 were lower in the wild-type group in NT2/D1 cells. In KGN ovarian cells of the mutant group, the mRNA and protein levels for WNT4 and CTNNB1 were elevated. …”
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Measuring Activated Clotting Time during Cardiac Catheterization and PCI: The Effect of the Sampling Site by J. C Heemelaar, T. Berkhout, A. A. C. M. Heestermans, J. C. Zant, A. M. J. de Vos, N. J. W. Verouden, M. T. Dirksen, J. van Ramshorst

“…Contrarily, ACT values obtained from the intravenous line were significantly lower as compared to values obtained from the guiding catheter (MD 25.7 s; SD 75.5; P=0.003) and arterial sheath (MD 39 s; SD 102.8; P<0.001). …”
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The double-edged sword of statins in intracerebral hemorrhage patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zheng Li, Wen-qi Xu, Jiao-qi Wang, Jia-hui Yang, Xiao-hua Shi, Cheng-bing Wang, Zhong-xin Xu, Jin-lan Jiang

“…Subgroup analyses further demonstrated lower mortality in ICH patients treated with statins compared to those not treated, including in the propensity score matching (PSM) group (OR: 0.59; 95% CI: 0.48–0.74; I2 = 90%; p &lt; 0.01), the prospective cohort study (PCS) group (OR: 0.56; 95% CI: 0.40–0.77; I2 = 89%, p &lt; 0.01), and the retrospective cohort study (RCS) group (OR: 0.64; 95% CI: 0.51–0.81; I2 = 87%, p &lt; 0.01).ConclusionOur meta-analysis of 30 studies suggests that statin use may be associated with improved mortality and functional outcomes in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).Systematic Review Registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/, CRD42023493063.…”
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New insights into the N-glycomes of Dictyostelium species by Alba Hykollari, Daniel Malzl, Chunsheng Jin, Carina Eschenbach, Kristína Kianičková, Iain B.H. Wilson, Katharina Paschinger

“…Two features absent from the 'model' dictyostelid D. discoideum were found: especially in D. purpureum, a long linear galactose arm β1,4-linked to the β1,4-N-acetylglucosamine on the 'lower' A-branch of its oligo-mannosylated structures could be identified. …”
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Correlation between vitamin D levels, individual and socio-demographic characteristics and COVID-19 infection and death rates in 20 European countries: A modelling study by John C. DEARDEN, Philip H. ROWE

“…Introduction: Numerous potentially controlling demographic factors such as age, poverty, obesity, and car- diovascular and respiratory co-morbidities have been suggested, and high vitamin D levels have been found, to be associated with lower levels of COVID-19 infection. This study aimed to explore the correlation between vitamin D levels and socio-demographic characteristics with COVID-19 cases and deaths in 20 European countries. …”
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Optimization of Toxicity, Biodegradability, and Skin Irritation in Formulations Containing Mixtures of Anionic and Nonionic Surfactants Combined with Silica Nanoparticles by Manuela Lechuga, Mercedes Fernández-Serrano, Josefa Núñez-Olea, Juan Francisco Martínez-Gallegos, Francisco Ríos

“…Toxicity assessments were conducted using bacteria <i>Vibrio fischeri</i> for aquatic toxicity and <i>Lepidium sativum</i> seeds for terrestrial plant effects, revealing that individual surfactants like the anionic alkyl ether carboxylic acid EC-R_12–14E₃ exhibit high toxicity levels, while the nonionic fatty-alcohol ethoxylate FAE-R_12–14E₁₁ shows comparatively lower environmental impact. The toxicity of surfactant mixtures was analysed, revealing both antagonistic and synergistic effects depending on the surfactants used. …”
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