Type 2 diabetes mellitus’ impact on heart failure patients’ exercise tolerance: a focus on maximal fat oxidation during exercise by Huiying Zhu, Huiying Zhu, Jianchao Pan, Jianxuan Wen, Jianxuan Wen, Xiaojing Dang, Xiaojing Dang, Xiankun Chen, Xiankun Chen, Yunxiang Fan, Yunxiang Fan, Weihui Lu, Weihui Lu, Wei Jiang, Wei Jiang

“…After adjusting for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), log N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (log NT-proBNP), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), hemoglobin, renal function, coronary heart disease and hypertension, the peak VO2 was lower in the T2DM group compared to the non-T2DM group with a mean difference (MD) of −2.0 ml/kg/min [95% confidence interval (CI), −3.18 to −0.82, P < 0.01]. …”
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Evaluation of the Residues of Rice (Oryza sativa L.), Black-Eyed Pea (Vigna unguiculata L.), Dill (Anethum graveolens L.), and Aubergine (Solanum melongena L.) on Characteristics o... by Einollah Hesami, Mohsen Jahan

“…The results of this research showed that the positive effect of plant residues in improving the organic matter of the soil after corn cultivation in wet Planting was much higher than that of dry Planting. The rice residues increased the soil organic matter by 51 and 47% in wet Planting and dry Planting. …”
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<i>Bridelia ferruginea</i> Tea Consumption Improves Antioxidant Status in Individuals Living with Type 2 Diabetes by Collins Afriyie Appiah, Jennifer Ngounda, Mavis Boakye-Yiadom, Felix Charles Mills-Robertson, Mariette Nel, Rabia Johnson, Corinna Walsh

“…Participants in the comparator group, who did not drink Bridelia tea, had been on longer metformin treatment with better glycaemic control. …”
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Hepatitis B Virus in Polish Blood Donors in the Period 2005–2019—Significant Changes in Epidemiology and Demographic Characteristics of Infected Donors by Aneta Kopacz, Dorota Kubicka-Russel, Grzegorz Liszewski, Ewa Sulkowska, Anna Chrzanowska, Paulina Zwolińska, Ewa Noceń, Anna Potępa, Magdalena Łętowska, Piotr Grabarczyk, the Group of Polish Blood Transfusion Centers for Blood Borne Pathogens

“…To prevent transfusion-transmitted HBV infection (TT-HBV), since the 1970s, each donation has been tested for HBsAg and, since 2005, additionally for the presence of HBV DNA. Based on the data from the Blood Transfusion Centers, changes in HBV detection in Polish blood donors were analyzed, starting from the introduction of mandatory NAT screening until 2019. …”
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Artemisinin supplementation in concentrated cottonseed protein basal diets enhances growth, antioxidant capacity, intestinal immunity and microbiota in hybrid grouper (Epinephelus... by Ling Pan, Qi Wang, Weikang Li, Xiaohui Dong, Shiwei Xie, Beiping Tan, Hongyu Liu, Yan Wang

“…The results showed that hybrid grouper fed 0.40 % artemisinin exhibited a significant improvement in growth rate (P < 0.05). Additionally, the artemisinin-treated groups exhibited improved intestinal digestibility and mucosa health, as evidenced by increased α-amylase, lipase and trypsin activities, along with enhancements in villus height, villus width, and muscle thickness (P < 0.05). …”
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ULACNet-301, OPTIMO protocol: optimizing HPV vaccination regimen for cancer prevention in children and adolescents living with HIV by Delia Pinto-Santini, Emilia M. Jalil, Giovana Teixeira Fernandes, Genevieve Hilaire, Lenka Kolevic, Robinson Cabello, Beatriz Grinsztejn, William Pape, Marie Marcelle Deschamps, Margaret G. House, Emma Brofsky, Vikrant V. Sahasrabuddhe, Sayan Dasgupta, Siavash Pasalar, Margaret M. Madeleine, Joseph Carter, Priya R. Prabhu, Denise Galloway, Ann Duerr

“…These questions have operational consequences in LMICs given the barriers to delivering multiple doses, uneven availability, and intermittent shortages of HPV vaccines. In addition, information on HIV status for children and adolescents is rarely available during vaccination campaigns based in schools or public health clinics, so CLWH may receive a single dose despite policy recommendations that they receive two or three. …”
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DETERMINATION OF TECHNOPARK ACTIVITY BY REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE ACTS by Nikolay S. Novikov, Irina V. Karpova

“…If, during the preliminary examination, such moments are discovered, the implementation of which requires further expansion of the legislative framework, the partnership acts as a customer applying to the state body with an initiative to expand the legislative framework. …”
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Validation Indicator Identification and Customer Ranking in Microloans: A Study at Middle East Bank in Iran by Azadeh Ahmadi Kousha, Faegh Ahmadi, Mohammad Hossein Ranjbar, Hamidreza Kordlouie

“…This system should be able to place customers in different categories by considering credit and behavioral criteria and assigning them appropriate points based on their performance. In addition, there is a need to develop methods for evaluating and monitoring customers over time. …”
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High-risk habitat radiomics model based on ultrasound images for predicting lateral neck lymph node metastasis in differentiated thyroid cancer by Han Liu, Chun‑Jie Hou, Min Wei, Ke‑Feng Lu, Ying Liu, Pei Du, Li‑Tao Sun, Jing‑Lan Tang

“…Methods A group of 214 patients diagnosed with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) between August 2021 and August 2023 were included, consisting of 107 patients with confirmed postoperative lateral lymph node metastasis (LLNM) and 107 patients without metastasis or lateral cervical lymph node involvement. An additional cohort of 43 patients was recruited to serve as an independent external testing group for this study. …”
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A Navier–Stokes-Informed Neural Network for Simulating the Flow Behavior of Flowable Cement Paste in 3D Concrete Printing by Tianjie Zhang, Donglei Wang, Yang Lu

“…In this work, we propose a Navier–Stokes-Informed Neural Network (NSINN) as a surrogate approach to predict the localized flow behavior of cementitious materials for advancing 3D additive construction technology to gain fundamental insights into multiscale mechanisms of cement paste rheology. …”
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Tangeretin alleviates sepsis-induced acute lung injury by inhibiting ferroptosis of macrophage via Nrf2 signaling pathway by Hui Zhang, Yan Wang, Shenghua Wang, Xiaomei Xue, Kai Huang, Dunfeng Xu, Lai Jiang, Siyuan Li, Yunqian Zhang

“…The silence of Nrf2 abolished the inhibitory effect of tangeretin on oxidative stress, inflammatory response and ferroptosis in RAW264.7 cells. Additionally, all the protective effects of tangeretin on ALI were abolished in Nrf2 inhibitor-treated mice. …”
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Proficiency, Clarity, and Objectivity of Large Language Models Versus Specialists’ Knowledge on COVID-19's Impacts in Pregnancy: Cross-Sectional Pilot Study by Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Michèle Buchinger, Hisham Atwan, Ruba Tuma, Francesco Chirico, Lukasz Szarpak, Raymond Farah, Rola Khamisy-Farah

“…The pandemic heightened risks for pregnant women from COVID-19, necessitating balanced advice from specialists on vaccine safety versus known risks. In addition, the advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as large language models (LLMs), offers promising support in health care. …”
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Left atrial strain predicts paroxysmal atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation: a 1-year study using three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography by Rui Zhang, He Li, Yan Wang, Tianle Yu, Jiacheng Li, Yumeng Wu, Zhiwen Yu, Cuixing Liang, Dan Yu, Li Xue

“…Our multivariate regression analysis revealed that left atrial reservoir strain (LASr) independently predicted the recurrence of AF [odds ratio (OR), 1.19, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.05–1.35, p = 0.005]. …”
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Comparative Genomics Reveals Evidence of the Genome Reduction and Metabolic Potentials of <i>Aliineobacillus hadale</i> Isolated from Challenger Deep Sediment of the Mariana Trench by Shaofeng Yang, Jie Liu, Yang Liu, Weichao Wu, Jiahua Wang, Yuli Wei

“…The highest average nucleotide identity (ANI), the highest digital DNA-DNA hybridization (DDH) values, and the average amino acid identity (AAI) with <i>Neobacillus</i> sp. …”
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An Easy and Quick Risk-Stratified Early Forewarning Model for Septic Shock in the Intensive Care Unit: Development, Validation, and Interpretation Study by Guanghao Liu, Shixiang Zheng, Jun He, Zi-Mei Zhang, Ruoqiong Wu, Yingying Yu, Hao Fu, Li Han, Haibo Zhu, Yichang Xu, Huaguo Shao, Haidan Yan, Ting Chen, Xiaopei Shen

“…MethodsA total of 5125 patients with sepsis from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV (MIMIC-IV) database were divided into training, validation, and test sets. In addition, 2180 patients with sepsis from the eICU Collaborative Research Database (eICU) were used as an external validation set. …”
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Clinical benefits and risks of remote patient monitoring: an overview and assessment of methodological rigour of systematic reviews for selected patient groups by Constanze Wartenberg, Helen Elden, Malte Frerichs, Lennart L Jivegård, Kajsa Magnusson, Georgios Mourtzinis, Ola Nyström, Kajsa Quitz, Helen Sjöland, Therese Svanberg, Helena Vallo Hult

“…Conclusion Clinical benefits and risks of remote patient monitoring as a replacement for, or in addition to, standard of care compared to standard of care (face-to-face visits) are poorly studied for most of the selected patient groups based on systematic reviews of acceptable quality. …”
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Completely conserved VP2 residue K140 of KREMEN1-dependent enteroviruses is critical for virus-receptor interactions and viral infection by Zeyu Liu, Xue Li, Xiaohong Li, Xingyu Yan, Yuan Tian, Yue Zhao, Kexin Liu, Pei Hao, Shuye Zhang, Chao Zhang

“…We experimentally demonstrate that CVA8 utilizes KRM1 as its receptor, with K2140 being essential for viral infection. Additionally, residue D90 of KRM1 engages with residue K2140 and plays a crucial role in KRM1-mediated enterovirus infections. …”
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Covid-19 pandemic-related changes in teleworking, emotional exhaustion, and occupational burnout: a cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study by Anshu Uppal, Nick Pullen, Hélène Baysson, Stephanie Schrempft, Aminata Rosalie Bouhet, María-Eugenia Zaballa, Julien Lamour, Mayssam Nehme, Idris Guessous, Silvia Stringhini, Elsa Lorthe, Specchio-COVID19 study group

“…These trends were mirrored in the “mobilized-workers” sample, with the exception that those reporting that teleworking was not possible did not report significantly higher odds of diagnosed burnout compared to those reporting no change in telework frequency. …”
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Hemodiafiltration with endogenous reinfusion for uremic toxin removal in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: a pilot study by Renhua Lu, Yan Fang, Wangshu Wu, Xiaojun Zeng, Tingting Liu, Yue Qian, Yuanyuan Xie, Yijun Zhou, Leyi Gu

“…Compared with pre-HFR and post-HFR treatment, levels of serum albumin, valine, and isoleucine showed no significant difference (p > 0.05), while post-HDF, levels of serum albumin significantly decreased (p = 0.000).Conclusion HFR treatment effectively eliminates uremic toxins from the bloodstream of patients undergoing MHD, especially protein-bound toxins and large middle-molecule toxins. Additionally, it retains essential physiological compounds like albumin and branched-chain amino acids, underscoring its commendable safety profile.…”
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Effect of Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) as a dietary supplement during transition period in dairy buffaloes by Giuseppe De Rosa, Vittoria L. Barile, Carmela M.A. Barone, Claudia Lambiase, Francesco Serrapica, Giovanna De Matteis, Emanuela Rossi, Corrado Pacelli

“…In top dressing mode, the S group additionally received 50 g/head/d of freeze-dried Spirulina for one month before calving and 100 g/head/d for 90 d after calving. …”
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