Achieving prediabetes reversal in China: a nationwide longitudinal study on the role of blood glucose and lipid management in middle-aged and elderly adults by Hongguang Yang, Yao Liu, Zhenhe Huang, Guifang Deng

“…AF analysis showed that a lower initial HbA1c was the most influential factor for regression to NGR. Additionally, evaluated blood lipid profiles reduced the odds of regression to NGR.ConclusionThis study underscores the influence of age, gender, abdominal obesity, LDL-C levels, FPG, HbA1c, and blood lipid profiles on the likelihood of regressing from prediabetes to NGR. …”
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Swallowing-related muscle inflammation and fibrosis induced by a single dose of radiation exposure in mice by Shuntaro Soejima, Chia-Hsien Wu, Haruna Matsuse, Mariko Terakado, Shinji Okano, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Yoshihiko Kumai

“…Currently, the only effective treatment for RAD is rehabilitation. Additionally, there are few available animal models of RAD, necessitating the development of new models to establish and evaluate RAD treatments. …”
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Prenatal genetic detection in foetus with gallbladder size anomalies: cohort study and systematic review of the literature by Yimo Zeng, Rong Hu, Jian Lu, Yiming Qi, Dan Chen, Chaoxiang Yang, Jing Wu

“…Pathogenic/likely pathogenic copy number variations (CNVs) were found in nine foetuses, and α0-thalassemia in five foetuses. Additionally, three pathogenic single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) were detected through WES. …”
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Asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 infection in women prior to oocyte retrieval has no impact on embryo laboratory outcomes: a retrospective study by Yanhong Wu, Shenghao Wu, Weijue Su, Junzhao Zhao, Liangliang Ma

“…Conclusion Asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 infection prior to oocyte retrieval may not has a significant negative effect on ovulation induction outcomes or laboratory outcomes, although the number of Gn days and dose of Gn may increase. In addition, we should pay attention to infertile women recovering from COVID-19 infection and be aware of the significant reduction in the number of high-quality blastocysts in this population.…”
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Impact of Agroindustrial Waste Fermented with Bacteria and Yeasts and Their Effect on Productive, Hematological, and Microbiota Indicators in Guinea Pigs (<i>Cavia porcellus</i>) by José E. Miranda-Yuquilema, Juan Taboada-Pico, Daniel Luna-Velasco, Mercy Cuenca-Condoy, Wilfrido Briñez

“…Materials: A total of 300 guinea pigs, Kuri breed, aged 20 days and weighing 330 g, were distributed into 10 groups of 30 animals each. …”
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A review on techno-economic analysis of lignocellulosic biorefinery producing biofuels and high-value products by Ronak Patel, T.S. Rajaraman, Paresh H. Rana, Nikita J. Ambegaonkar, Sanjay Patel

“…Effects of different parameters on the performance of LCB-based biorefineries have also been reviewed, which highlights its effect on plant economic indicators such as minimum selling price (MSP), capital expenditure (CAPEX), operating expenditure (OPEX), payback period (PBP) etc. Additionally, manufacturing of the above-mentioned biofuels and high-value products are discussed in brief along with challenges and possible solutions. …”
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Lidocaine Shows Significant Antimicrobial Effects Against <i>Staphylococcus</i> Species: An In-Vitro Study Comparing Different Combinations of Lidocaine and Clinically Used Injecta... by Stephan Heller, Ricarda Johanna Seemann, Rainer Burgkart, Andreas Obermeier, Hermann Locher

“…A bacterial inoculum of 300 CFU/mL was used, and samples were incubated for 12 and 24 h. Additional tests were conducted on <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i> and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), as well as on <i>S. aureus</i> in human synovial fluid. …”
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Integrating Sports Massage into Pre-training Routines Can Enhance Athletic Preparedness and Performance Capacity in Kabaddi Players by Muhammad Isnandar, Farid M. Alhumary, Krzykarist Krzykarist, Restin Zega, Reymond Benedith Hutajulu, Rachel Junika Abelia Putri, Martin Hofmeister

“…Muscle temperature exhibited an average increase of 2.3°C, while range of motion demonstrated a 12.5% improvement in hip flexibility; additionally, performance metrics revealed a 22% augmentation in defensive maneuver efficiency. …”
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Fluid Origin and Evolution of the Roc Blanc Silver Deposit (Jebilet Massif, Variscan Belt, Morocco): Constraints from Geology and Fluid Inclusions by Amal El Arbaoui, Ismaïla N’Diaye, Zaineb Hajjar, Amina Wafik, Abdelhak Boutaleb, Said Ilmen, Abderrahim Essaifi, Mohammed Bouabdellah

“…So, fluid dilution and cooling are probably the main factor for silver deposition in the Roc Blanc polymetallic vein deposit. In addition, fluid inclusion studies reveal that the mineralising fluid corresponds to a mixture of metamorphic fluid (H2O-CH4-N2-CO2) with surface to subsurface aqueous gas-free fluids (H2O-salt, meteoric, or brine).…”
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Study on the Changes of Liver and Kidney Function-Related Indicators and Clinical Significance in Patients with OSAHS by Rongyue Liu, Xiangdong Kong

“…According to the apnea-hypopnea Index (AHI), they were divided into mild OSAHS group (5 ≤ AHI < 15 times/h, 35 people), moderate OSAHS group (15 ≤ AHI < 30 times/h, 35 people), and severe OSAHS group (AHI ≥ 30 times/h, 20 people). In addition, 50 healthy people who underwent physical examination in our hospital at the same time were selected as the control group, and the liver and kidney function and polysomnography (PSG)-related indexes of the above subjects were detected, and the comparison between the groups was carried out. …”
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Effects of Tannic Acid Supplementation of a High-Carbohydrate Diet on the Growth, Serum Biochemical Parameters, Antioxidant Capacity, Digestive Enzyme Activity, and Liver and Intes... by Yi Wang, Jianjun Wu, Luoxin Li, Yuanfeng Yao, Chiqing Chen, Yucong Hong, Yi Chai, Wei Liu

“…We investigated the effects of dietary tannic acid (TA) supplementation of a high-carbohydrate diet on growth, feed utilization, whole-body proximate composition, serum biochemical indicators, antioxidant capacity, digestive enzyme activity, and liver and intestinal health of juvenile largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides (initial mean weight: 8.08 ± 0.08 g). …”
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A self-configuration framework for balancing services in the fog of things by Edson Mota, Jurandir Barbosa, Gustavo B. Figueiredo, Maycon Peixoto, Cássio Prazeres

“…This service utilizes advanced load-balancing algorithms to ensure the workload is evenly distributed among the available gateways, preventing any single node from becoming a bottleneck for the service distributions. Additionally, we integrate Apache Karaf Cellar for real-time monitoring and adaptive reconfiguration. …”
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MMP9-Associated Tumor Stem Cells, CCL1-Silenced Dendritic Cells, and Cytokine-Induced Killer Cells Have a Remarkable Therapeutic Efficacy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Activating T... by Min Dong, Guozhen Zhang, Jie Meng, Biou Liu, Duanfeng Jiang, Feng Liu

“…DC-CIK cells with MMP9 and CCL1 knockout alone had little effect on leukemia cells, while knockdown of MMP9 and CCL1 in DC-CIK cells increased cytotoxicity, suppressed proliferation, and induced apoptosis of leukemia cells. In addition, we proved that MMP9- and CCL1-silenced DC-CIK cells significantly elevated the CD3+CD4+ and CD3+CD8+ cells and lowered the CD4+PD-1+ and CD8+PD-1+ T cells. …”
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Leveraging machine learning for enhanced reservoir permeability estimation in geothermal hotspots: a case study of the Williston Basin by Abdul-Muaizz Koray, Emmanuel Gyimah, Mohamed Metwally, Hamid Rahnema, Olusegun Tomomewo

“…Overall, the SVM and GPR regression methods were observed to show consistent results with the training and testing datasets, with the SVM regression technique yielding higher R-squared values through regression across the different clustering techniques. In addition, cross-plots were employed to successfully delineate the Red River formation into distinct regions, aiding in the definition of formation lithology and the estimation of field water saturation. …”
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The influence of farm connectedness on foot‐and‐mouth disease outbreaks in livestock by Jean B. Contina, Rachel L. Seibel, Bhim Chaulagain, Karasi B. Mills, Michael J. Tildesley, Christopher C. Mundt

“…In each simulated outbreak, one farm was seeded with infection. In addition to the culling of infected premises within 24 h of being reported, as implemented in the FMD model, control of epidemic spread was implemented by culling farms within 1 and 3 km radii around infected premises. …”
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ReliefF guided variable spiral tuna swarm optimization algorithm with somersault foraging for feature selection by Yu-Cai Wang, Jie-Sheng Wang, Min Zhang, Hao-Ming Song, Jia-Ning Hou, Yu-Liang Qi, Yu-Wei Song

“…Secondly, a ReliefF-guided strategy is incorporated to add and remove features so as to improve the classification accuracy. …”
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A novel approach for managing the incisions of tibial plateau fractures with soft tissue swelling by Yang Zhang, Yangyang Zhao, Shuanggong Liu, Zihan Yao, Zikang Jin, Wanli Ma

“…There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups for the modified Rasmussen functional or radiological score at any of the time points (P > 0.05). In addition, the two groups did not differ in quality of life (P > 0.05). …”
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Role of the very low frequencies of the renal oxygen saturation signal in acute kidney injury in newborns with perinatal asphyxia by Daniel Botero-Rosas, Sergio Agudelo-Pérez, Sergio Agudelo-Pérez, Gloria Troncoso, Maria C. Gómez, Eduardo Tuta-Quintero

“…The predictive ability of this component for AKI was evaluated using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Additionally, a generalized estimating equation (GEE) was developed to investigate whether changes in the power of the very-low-frequency component during treatment differed according to the presence of AKI.ResultsA total of 91 patients were included in the study, of whom 15 (16.5%) developed AKI. …”
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Risk Factors and Clinical Predictors of Suicidal Behaviors and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Among Pediatric Psychiatry Emergency Admissions Pre- and Post-Pandemic: A Retrospective Coho... by Roxana Șipoș, Tudor Văidean, Elena Predescu

“…The random forest model featured a slightly different order of the main predictors and highlighted the importance of additional predictors, such as prior suicide attempts, gender, and past non-suicidal self-injury. …”
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Dynamics of a predator-prey system with prey subject to Allee effects and disease by Yun Kang, Sourav Kumar Sasmal, Amiya Ranjan Bhowmick, Joydev Chattopadhyay

“…This is caused by the assumption (ii), whose biological implications are that I and P-class are at exploitative competition for S-class whereas I-class cannot be superior and P-class cannot gain significantly from its consumption of I-class. In addition, the comparison study between the dynamics of SIP-Allee Model and SIP-no-Allee Model lead to the following conclusions: 1) In the presence of Allee effects, species are prone to extinction and initial condition plays an important role on the surviving of prey as well as its corresponding predator; 2) In the presence of Allee effects, disease may be able to save prey from the predation-driven extinction and leads to the coexistence of S and I-class while predator can not save the disease-driven extinction. …”
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