Effect of Different Anti-hypertensive Drugs on Circadian Blood Pressure Profile in Elderly Hypertensive Patients by Bingqing YU, Jinping ZHOU, Zhongxian FENG, Junxia XU

“…Joint anti-hypertension strategy is better than individual medication, including that diuretics is an effective treatment strategy to restore the abnormal circadian blood pressure rhythm to normal.…”
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HbA1c Cutoff Point of 5.9% Better Identifies High Risk of Progression to Diabetes among Chinese Adults: Results from a Retrospective Cohort Study by Kai Liang, Chuan Wang, Fei Yan, Lingshu Wang, Tianyi He, Xiuping Zhang, Chengqiao Li, Weifang Yang, Zeqiang Ma, Aixia Ma, Xinguo Hou, Li Chen

“…Additionally, 4.5% (100/2227) of the subjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and 19.6% (110/561) of the subjects with prediabetes progressed to diabetes, and the relative risk of progression to diabetes was 5.188 times higher in subjects with prediabetes than in subjects with NGT (p<0.001). …”
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Thyroid Dysfunction After Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy and PD&#x2043;1 Inhibitor Treatment for Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Shang K, He Q, Xu X, Luo X, Zhao C, Liu L, Li Z, Li Y, Jin F

“…Patients with thyroid dysfunction had longer overall survival, progression-free survival, and distant metastasis-free survival at both one and two years compared to patients with normal thyroid function, but the difference was not statistically significant (p > 0.05). …”
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Treatment Planning Strategies for Interstitial Ultrasound Ablation of Prostate Cancer by Pragya Gupta, Tamas Heffter, Muhammad Zubair, I-Chow Hsu, E. Clif Burdette, Chris J. Diederich

“…Anatomic 3D forward treatment planning in patient-specific models, along with optional temperature-based feedback control, demonstrated single and multi-applicator implant strategies to effectively ablate focal disease while affording protection of normal tissues.…”
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IOP-lowering effect and tolerability of prostaglandin analogues in primary open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension as risk factors for glaucoma progression by A.V. Belogurova, E.N. Eskina, Zh.G. Oganezova

“…Topical IOP-lowering agents are prescribed to control glaucoma and to normalize IOP. 60% to 80% of glaucoma patients receive exactly medical treatment, i.e., daily instillations of eye drops. …”
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Association of Depression with Age at Natural Menopause: A Cross-Sectional Analysis with NHANES Data by An S, Ren S, Ma J, Zhang Y

“…Of these, 1123 (23.7%) were classified as early menopause, 2971 (62.8%) as normal menopause, and 638 (13.5%) as late menopause. …”
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Development and validation of a prediction model for coronary heart disease risk in depressed patients aged 20 years and older using machine learning algorithms by Yicheng Wang, Yicheng Wang, Yicheng Wang, Chuan-Yang Wu, Hui-Xian Fu, Jian-Cheng Zhang, Jian-Cheng Zhang, Jian-Cheng Zhang

“…Eight machine learning algorithms were applied to the training set to construct the model, including logistic regression (LR), random forest (RF), gradient boosting machine (GBM), support vector machine (SVM), extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), classification and regression tree (CART), k-nearest neighbors (KNN), and neural network (NNET). The validation set are used to evaluate the various performances of eight machine learning models. …”
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Semen quality and fertility effectiveness of cloned buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) bulls by Manoj Kumar Singh, Smiriti Gupta, Kanika Gandhi, S.S. Lathwal, Naresh L. Selokar

“…These calves are physiologically normal, growing well and healthy. In conclusion, with this limited study, we can say that the semen produced by cloned bulls is similar to that of non-cloned bulls and parent bulls, which can be further used in various assisted reproductive technologies and sustainable milk production. …”
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Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) symptoms in selected government primary schools in Wakiso District, Uganda by Josephine Ssirimuzaawo, Miph Musoke, Pio Frank Kiyingi

“…The strengths and weaknesses of ADHD symptoms and normal behavior scale questionnaire was used for quantitative data collection, while qualitative data was gathered through interviews, observations and focus group discussion. …”
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Linearly Polarized <i>γ</i> Photon Generation from Unpolarized Electron Bunch Interacting with Laser by Yang He, Burabigul Yakup, Mamat Ali Bake

“…Results show that GeV-level linearly polarized <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>γ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> photons were generated from the interaction with a high polarization degree of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>63</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and brightness of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1.8</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mn>21</mn></msup><mspace width="3.33333pt"></mspace><mi>photons</mi><mo>/</mo><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">s</mi><mspace width="3.33333pt"></mspace><msup><mi>mm</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mspace width="3.33333pt"></mspace><msup><mi>mrad</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mspace width="3.33333pt"></mspace><mn>0.1</mn><mspace width="3.33333pt"></mspace><mo>%</mo><mspace width="3.33333pt"></mspace><mspace width="4pt"></mspace><mi>bandwidth</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>BW</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> at 1 GeV. …”
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Autonomous International Classification of Diseases Coding Using Pretrained Language Models and Advanced Prompt Learning Techniques: Evaluation of an Automated Analysis System Usin... by Yan Zhuang, Junyan Zhang, Xiuxing Li, Chao Liu, Yue Yu, Wei Dong, Kunlun He

“…Existing approaches, such as naive Bayes, Word2Vec, and convolutional neural networks, have limitations in handling missing values and understanding the context of medical texts, leading to a high error rate. …”
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Experimentación de un prototipo para siembra directa de grano fino de soja by M.A. Principi, R.R. Mattana, O.P. Cardinali, J.L Colodro

“…En los ciclos 2003-04 y 2004-05, con precipitaciones normales para la época de siembra, no existieron diferencias significativas entre tratamientos. …”
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Detección temprana del cáncer colorrectal, una necesidad impostergable by Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola

“…-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:ES; mso-fareast-language:ES;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <!…”
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Jiedu Xiaozheng Decoction Augments 5-fluorouracil Induced Anti-hepatic Carcinoma Effect <italic>in Vitro</italic> and <italic>in Vivo</italic> by Zhiyun CAO, Liangpu ZHENG, Wei LIN, Xuzheng CHEN, Xiaoqin ZHU, Jiumao LIN, Wei LIN, Jian DU

“…Then EE-JXD was diluted to 200 mg/mL with dimethyl sulfoxide for <italic>in vitro</italic> experiment and was dissolved in normal saline to a final concentration of 6 mg/mL <italic>in vivo</italic> study. …”
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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

“…To determine the organic carbon content in the soil before planting and during the mid-growth stage of the corn plant, organic carbon was oxidized using potassium dichromate in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid, followed by titration with semi-normal ammonium ferrous sulfate in the presence of the ortho phenanthroline reagent (Walkley, 1934). …”
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Overexpression of the <i>GmPM35</i> Gene Significantly Enhances Drought Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis and Soybean by Xinyu Wang, Yao Sun, Rui Wang, Xinyang Li, Yongyi Li, Tianyu Wang, Zhaohao Guo, Yan Li, Wenxi Qiu, Shuyan Guan, Qi Zhang, Piwu Wang, Mingze Li, Siyan Liu, Xuhong Fan

“…In summary, this experiment demonstrated that the <i>GmPM35</i> gene plays an important role in soybean tolerance to drought stress, and by overexpressing the <i>GmPM35</i> gene, soybean plants can better tolerate drought stress and maintain normal physiological functions.…”
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Innovación en sueño by Laura Vigil, Toni Zapata, Andrea Grau, Marta Bonet, Montserrat Montaña, María Piñar

“…However, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in sleep medicine has made it possible to automate the analysis of sleep phases and respiratory events with high accuracy.Machine learning algorithms and neural networks have proven to be effective in automatic sleep coding, with hit rates comparable to those of human experts. …”
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Secuencias de cultivos anuales para forraje y pastura perenne en suelo agrícola degradado by O.D. Bertin, J.N. Camarasa, P.F. Barletta, J. Mattera, E. Pacente, M.J. Beribe

“…El diseño experimental fue en subparcelas divididas con estructura en bloques completos al azar (n=3), donde la parcela principal fue el régimen hídrico (alto: lluvias más riego complementario; normal: lluvias), la subparcela el cultivo de verano y la sub-sub-parcela el verdeo de invierno. …”
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江西桃红岭保护区同域分布有蹄类动物活动节律差异 by 孔凡前, 沈博文, 李笑颖, 周鸭仙, 李言阔, 李佳琦, 万雅琼, 詹建文, 刘武华, 胡慧建, 刘丙万, 马钲焱

“…（2）梅花鹿日活动节律存在明显的季节性变化，春季与夏季的重叠系数最高（<inline-formula><alternatives><math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1"><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi></math><graphic specific-use="big" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="alternativeImage/CB096108-96A3-47a4-8008-F184D3853336-M001.jpg"><?…”
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Adults with Longstanding Strabismus: Psychosocial and Functional Impacts and Reasons behind Surgery Delay by Rami Al-Omari, Hisham M Jammal, Yousef Khader, Dema Atoum, Wedad Al-dolat, Moawiah Khatatbeh

“…A total of 79 adult patients with strabismus (cases) and 40 subjects with normal vision (control group) were included in this study. …”
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