SALIVARY FUNCTION AND BIOMARKER PROFILES IN RELATION TO ORAL HEALTH IN PATIENTS WITH PRE-DIALYSIS CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE by Georgiana Florentina Gheorghe, Laura Iosif, Oana Elena Amza, Bogdan Dimitriu, Liliana Gârneaţâ, Alexandra Ripszky Totan, Ana Maria Cristina Ţâncu

“…Significant associations included filled teeth and stimulated saliva (p<0.01), missing teeth and salivary calcium (p<0.05), filled teeth and IL-6 (p<0.05), and lower creatinine levels correlating with higher DMFT (p<0.01). …”
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Sorafenib as Adjuvant Therapy Post–Liver Transplant: A Single-center Experience by Hala Hassanain, MD, Ashton A. Connor, MD, PhD, Elizabeth W. Brombosz, PhD, Khush Patel, MD, MS, Ahmed Elaileh, MD, Tamneet Basra, MD, Sudha Kodali, MD, MSPH, David W. Victor, III, MD, Caroline J. Simon, MD, Yee Lee Cheah, MD, Mark J. Hobeika, MD, Constance M. Mobley, MD, PhD, Ashish Saharia, MD, Sadhna Dhingra, MD, Mary Schwartz, MD, Anaum Maqsood, MD, Kirk Heyne, MD, Ahmed O. Kaseb, MD, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD, A. Osama Gaber, MD, Maen Abdelrahim, MD, PhD, R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD

“…RFS was significantly lower in sorafenib patients (hazard ratio, 6.99; 95% confidence interval, 2.12-23.05; P = 0.001). …”
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Spatiotemporal optimization of irrigation practices for winter wheat in China: Rationale, implications, and solutions by Luchen Zhang, Yuan Cao, Weihao Qian, Junning Tian, Shengshi Huang, Xiaolei Qiu, Bing Liu, Liang Tang, Liujun Xiao, Weixing Cao, Yan Zhu, Leilei Liu

“…The results showed a continuous increase in drought stress over the past four decades, with the North Subregion (NS) and Huang-Huai Subregion (HHS) experienced more severe drought stress, while drought stress in the Middle-Lower Reaches of Yangzi River Subregion (MYS) increased the most. …”
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Implementing injury prevention training in youth handball (I-PROTECT) in Sweden: study protocol for a cluster randomised trial by Per Nilsen, Alex Donaldson, Eva Ageberg, Sofia Bunke, Jennie Linnéll, Karin Moesch, Karolina Lucander, Axel Ström, Robert Wedberg, Per Ekberg

“…Introduction Efficacy trials show that evidence-based injury prevention training reduces injuries in youth athletes but effectiveness, that is, outside the controlled setting, is lower and, consequently this training has had limited public health impact. …”
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Trends in the levels, causes, and risk factors of maternal mortality in Pakistan: A comparative analysis of national surveys of 2007 and 2019. by Farid Midhet, Samina Naeem Khalid, Shehla Baqai, Shahzad Ali Khan

“…Women > 35 years and those expecting their first child were more likely to die from childbirth, while those who had ever used family planning had a lower risk according to the data for both years. …”
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Parodontgel® on Wound Healing and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) after Tunneled Coronally Advanced Flap (TCAF) by Leonardo Mancini, Vincenzo Mancini

“…A 33-year-old male patient with a central lower incisor class RT1 recession sought treatment due to sensitivity and dissatisfaction with the appearance of his smile. …”
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Knowledge of prevention and treatment of infectious diarrhea among parents of children under five with diarrhea in Anhui province: an outpatient-clinic-based questionnaire survey by Yuanfang SUN, Yongkang XIAO, Lei GONG, Hongyuan WEI, Wanwan MA, Shuo FENG, Qiang ZHANG, Linlin LI, Qile WU, Jiabing WU

“…ConclusionAmong parents of children aged ≤5 years with diarrhea in Anhui province, general awareness of infectious diarrhea prevention is relatively low, especially among those with lower education levels and household income, suggesting that targeted health education on infectious diarrhea needs to be implemented in different populations.…”
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Polyethylene Glycol versus Oral Sodium Phosphate for Bowel Preparation in Unsedated Colonoscopy by Dong Yang, Ke Tao, Geng Chen, Luping Zhang, Qingying He, Hong Xu

“…The VAS score of the PEG group patients was significantly lower than that of OSP group patients (4.0±1.3 vs. 5.2±1.7, P≤0.001). …”
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Comparative analysis of clinical characteristics and outcomes between carbapenem-resistant and carbapenem-sensitive Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: insights from a tertiary hospi... by Bu Wang, Bu Wang, Wei Zhang, Hongxia Zhang, Maochen Li, Zhihua Zhang, Xiaocui Peng, Na Wang, Ning Song

“…CRKP patients had significantly higher body temperature, white blood cell counts, and inflammatory markers, while showing lower diastolic blood pressure and oxygen saturation (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Hemophagocytic syndrome: Laboratory and molecular characterization by Nooran Salem Yaseen, Sadiq Khalaf Ali, Hussam Saadi Aziz

“…RESULTS: The mean hemoglobin level and platelets count were significantly lower in HLH patients compared to the control group (P < 0.001), while there was no significant statistical difference regarding neutrophils count (P > 0.05). …”
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Enhancing broiler growth and carcass quality: impact of diets enriched with Moringa oleifera leaf powder conjugated with zinc nanoparticles by Mohammed M. El-Abbasy, Ahmed K. Aldhalmi, Elwy A. Ashour, Samar S. Bassiony, Mahmoud Kamal, Abdulmohsen H. Alqhtani, Diaa E. Abou-Kassem, Ahmed A. Elolimy, Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack, Ayman A. Swelum

“…Blood analysis revealed that the ZnNPs-MLPE groups had significantly lower levels of ''total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), and alanine transaminase (ALT) compared to the control group. …”
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Associations between oxidation balance score and abdominal aortic calcification, and the mediating role of glycohemoglobin: a nationally representative cross-sectional study from N... by Heqian Liu, Yifei Wu, Zhenyu Liu, Hongzhi Ren, Ya Wu, Ya Wu, Yong Liu, Yong Liu, Yong Liu

“…According to weighted linear regressions not adjusted for covariates, the AAC scores were lower in the third and fourth quartile groups of OBS than in the first quartile group of OBS (Q3: coefficients [coef], −0.92 [95% CI, −1.64 to-0.20], p = 0.017; Q4: coefficients [coef], −0.97 [95% CI, −1.86 ~ −0.08; p &lt; 0.035]). …”
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Tensor-based approach to the co-prime planar array signal processing by Wei RAO, Yufeng GUI, Dan LI

“…For the co-prime planar array (CPPA) consisting of two sparse uniform rectangular array (URA),a new processing method based on tensor algebra was proposed to enhance the degrees of freedom (DoF).By dividing each URA into some overlapping subarrays,the received signals of two URAs were expressed as two tensors.And then the cross-correlation between such two tensors was processed into a received signal tensor of the virtual array.Analysis show that by the new method,the CPPA with 2 ²L -1 physical elements can be transformed into a virtual sparse non-uniform planar array with<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mfrac> <mrow> <msup> <mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>L</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow> <mrow> <mtext> </mtext><mn>4</mn></mrow> </msup> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>16</mn></mrow> </mfrac> </math></inline-formula>elements.For the virtual array,the tensor decomposition-based approach for estimating the two-dimensional (2-D) direction of arrival (DoA) of the incident signal is also proposed,which means 2-D spectral peak searching is avoided.Compared with the co-prime planar signal processing methods reported in the literature,the proposed method can increase the DoF from L ²to<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mfrac> <mrow> <msup> <mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>L</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow> <mrow> <mtext> </mtext><mn>4</mn></mrow> </msup> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>16</mn></mrow> </mfrac> <mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn> </math></inline-formula>,and has the better performance of the 2-D DoA estimation and lower computational complexity.Simulation results demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method.…”
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Compression Performance of Newly Designed Replaceable Tubular Steel Piers by Haifeng Li, Xuehang Zhao, Wei Sun, Zhe Xiong

“…The results indicate that local buckling of steel tubular plates is likely to occur at the upper or lower end of those specimens, which belong to type II-A specimens with stiffened LYP steel tubular plates or type III-A specimens with T-shaped LYP steel plates, respectively. …”
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Could serum Raftlin and GPER-1levels be new biomarkers for early detection of non-small cell lung cancer? by Aykut Eliçora, Berrak Güven, Hüseyin Engin, Gokcen Tugba Çevik, Hüseyin Fatih Sezer

“…GPER-1 was found to be lower in the lung cancer group than in healthy individuals. …”
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Contemporary comprehensive approaches to assessing the effectiveness of experimental model of neurodegenerative disorders with cognitive status changes by M. V. Danukalo, Yu. M. Kolesnyk, O. V. Hancheva

“…At the same time, the animals in the second group showed significant cognitive impairments compared to the first group, as indicated by significantly lower memory index values, the number of correct entries into the maze arms, and a significantly longer time to make the first correct entry into the maze arm. …”
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Cluster randomised controlled trial to examine medical mask use as source control for people with respiratory illness by Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Chandini Raina MacIntyre, Yi Zhang, Quanyi Wang, Bayzidur Rahman, Haiyan Zhang, Holly Seale, Daitao Zhang, Yanhui Chu

“…Since 43 index cases in the control arm also used a mask during the study period, an as-treated post hoc analysis was performed by comparing outcomes among household members of index cases who used a mask (mask group) with household members of index cases who did not use a mask (no-mask group).Main outcome measure Primary outcomes measured in household members were clinical respiratory illness, ILI and laboratory-confirmed viral respiratory infection.Results In an intention-to-treat analysis, rates of clinical respiratory illness (relative risk (RR) 0.61, 95% CI 0.18 to 2.13), ILI (RR 0.32, 95% CI 0.03 to 3.13) and laboratory-confirmed viral infections (RR 0.97, 95% CI 0.06 to 15.54) were consistently lower in the mask arm compared with control, although not statistically significant. …”
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Relevance of anxiety in clinical practice of Guillain-Barré syndrome: a cohort study by Raphaël Porcher, Djillali Annane, Andrea Polito, Tarek Sharshar, Takoua Merhbene, Morgane Blanc, Marion Antona, Marie-Christine Durand, Diane Friedman, David Orlikowski, Marie-Hélène Marcadet

“…STAI-Y1 was higher and uncertainty more frequent in subsequently ventilated patients, who had shorter onset-admission delay and greater weakness but not a lower VC. Uncertainty was independently associated with subsequent MV.Conclusions Early management of patients with GBS should evaluate anxiety and assess its causes both to adjust psychological support and to anticipate subsequent deterioration.…”
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Correlation Between Spinopelvic Parameters, Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, and Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain by Daphne Butzen, Yannick Smolders, Tom Stroobants, Gino Verleye, Dieter Thijs, Erik Van de Kelft

“…We hypothesized that people with a low PI (non-pronounced lumbar lordosis) have significantly lower WC values than those with a high PI (pronounced lumbar lordosis). …”
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Reliability and validity of the hand-held dynamometer “NOD”: a new instrument for assessment of isometric grip strength by Francesco Sartorio, Lorenzo Lippi, Stefano Vercelli, Federica Gallo, Davide Zanin, Sara Bergesio, Alessandro de Sire, Marco Invernizzi

“…However, the LoA and the plots of Bland–Altman demonstrated that there is no agreement between NOD and JD and between NOD and JD-adapted-grip, with NOD showing lower mean scores than JD. Conclusions NOD is a reliable and valid instrument for HGS. …”
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