Physical and Sensory Long-Term Disabilities from <i>Bothrops</i> Snakebite Envenomings in Manaus, Western Brazilian Amazon by Eduardo M. G. Fernández, Débora N. Oliveira, Alexandre V. Silva-Neto, Rafaela N. Dávila, Ligia Lengler, Marco A. Sartim, Altair S. Farias, Luiz C. L. Ferreira, Érica da Silva Carvalho, Fan H. Wen, Felipe Murta, Fernando Almeida-Val, Manuela B. Pucca, Jacqueline A. G. Sachett, Wuelton M. Monteiro

“…Fifty participants were enrolled. A frequency of 20% of the participants reported difficulty in moving the affected limb (20%), and 23.7% reported difficulty in walking. …”
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Modulation of myeloid and T cells in vivo by Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor ibrutinib in patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Li Zhang, Matthew Crocker, Lawrence Fong, Lisa M Coussens, Charles D Lopez, Shamilene Sivagnanam, Meenal Sinha, Brandon Chen, Jaqueline Marquez, Alexander Cheung, Whitney Tamaki, Jacob Stultz, Kendra Todd, Courtney Betts, Madeline J Griffith, Isabelle Solman, Eric Liu, Denise Pener, Anne Fahlman, Erin Taber, Kimberly Lerner, Brindha Rajagopalan, Clarisha Ware, Mark Bridge, Johnson Vo, Hannah Dragomanovich, Julie Sudduth-Klinger, Gina Vaccaro, Margaret Tempero

“…This led to a phase 1b clinical trial to determine the safety, tolerability, and immunologic effects of ibrutinib treatment in patients with advanced PDAC.Methods Previously untreated patients with PDAC were enrolled in a phase 1b clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov) to determine the safety, toxicity, and maximal tolerated dose of ibrutinib when administered with the standard regimen of gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel. …”
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Heatwave warnings mitigate long-term cardiovascular diseases risk from heat-related illness: a real-world prospective cohort studyResearch in context by Qi Huang, Limei Ke, Linfeng Liu, Yuyang Liu, Yanjun Li, Guoqing Feng, Bo Yin, Wenxin Xiang, Jiarun Li, Keyi Lyu, Miao Wang, Qiannan Tian, Liqun Wu, Xiaofeng He, Wannian Liang, Huatang Zeng, Jiming Zhu, Kuiying Gu, Qian Di

“…Methods: Our cohort study enrolled 9,658,745 participants free of cardiovascular disease (CVD) at baseline from 1332 hospitals and 922 primary care centres in Shenzhen, China. …”
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Hypothermia during Surgical Treatment of Type A Aortic Dissection: A 16 Years’ Experience by Francesco Macrina, Maria Cristina Acconcia, Luigi Tritapepe, Mizar D’abramo, Wael Saade, Alessandra Capelli, Fabio Miraldi

“…Data from 241 patients enrolled between August 2002 and March 2018 were analyzed. …”
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Clinical Significance of Negative Costimulatory Molecule PD-1/PD-L1 on Peripheral Blood Regulatory T Cell Levels among Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Chenchen Yang, Fanchao Dai, Rexiti Pulati, Yan Jiao, Qian Xu

“…A total of 30 patients with active pulmonary TB and 20 healthy controls were enrolled. The proportions of peripheral blood CD4+CD25+CD127low Tregs and the expression of PD-1 and PD-L1 on CD4+CD25+CD127low Tregs were detected among active pulmonary TB patients using flow cytometry. …”
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Changes in photoperiod during the dry period impact colostrum production in Holstein and Jersey cows by K.J. Alward, A.J. Duncan, A.D. Ealy, G.E. Dahl, C.S. Petersson-Wolfe, R.R. Cockrum

“…Cows were weighed at the time of enrollment (d 0) and were housed in an enclosed barn at 20°C and exposed to 250 to 450 lx during periods of light and <10 lx during periods of darkness. …”
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Human Leucocyte Antigen Class II Risk and Protective Alleles in Women with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia by Olga Plisko, Jana Žodžika, Irina Jermakova, Inta Liepniece-Karele, Jeļena Eglīte, Dace Rezeberga

“…The aim of the study was to assess an association between HLA-DQA1*; DQB1*; DRB1* allele’s genetic variants between women with cervical precancerous lesions and healthy controls in Latvia.Materials and methods: From January until April 2017 we enrolled 84 consecutive patients referred for colposcopy to Riga East University Hospital (Latvia) due to abnormal cervical cytology results. 57 women who came for a regular check-up and had normal cytology smears were included in the control group. …”
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Regulatory T Cell Phenotype Related to Cytokine Expression Patterns in Post‐COVID‐19 Pulmonary Fibrosis and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Sara Gangi, Laura Bergantini, Irene Paggi, Marco Spalletti, Paolo Cameli, Elena Bargagli, Miriana d'Alessandro

“…Methods One‐hundred patients followed at the Rare Lung Disease Center of Siena University Hospital were enrolled. Eight HCs were recruited. PB samples were collected, and CD4‐ and CD8‐T subsets were analyzed through flow cytometry. …”
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Association between the hemoglobin A1c/High-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and stroke incidence: a prospective nationwide cohort study in China by Chaojuan Huang, Hongtao You, Yuyang Zhang, Ligang Fan, Xingliang Feng, Naiyuan Shao

“…Results In the cross-sectional analysis, 8,502 participants were enrolled, of whom 189 had a history of stroke. Our findings revealed a significant positive linear relationship between HbA1c/HDL-C and stroke prevalence after adjusting for covariates (OR: 1.26, 95% CI: 1.09–1.45). …”
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Cardio-renal effect of dapagliflozin and dapagliflozin- saxagliptin combination on CD34 + ve hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and podocyte specific markers in type 2 diabetes (T2DM)... by Seshagiri Rao Nandula, Arad Jain, Sabyasachi Sen

“…Methods This is a pilot study evaluating low dose Dapagliflozin 10 mg or low dose Dapa + low dose Saxagliptin combination. 15 subjects were enrolled in 16 weeks, double-blind, three-arm, randomized placebo matched trial, with 10mg Dapa + Saxa placebo (n = 4), 10 mg Dapa + 5 mg Saxa (n = 5) Combo, And Dapa placebo + Saxa placebo (n = 6), Placebo groups. …”
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Dysgeusia in MASLD-related advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD): a silent driver towards the “Bermuda” triangle of malnutrition-sarcopenia-frailty severely affecting prognosis by Marcello Dallio, Mario Romeo, Fiammetta Di Nardo, Carmine Napolitano, Paolo Vaia, Giorgia Iadanza, Simone Olivieri, Annachiara Coppola, Marco Niosi, Alessandro Federico

“…Methods 200 MASLD patients [60 ≤ F3 fibrosis, 70 compensated ACLD (cACLD), and 70 decompensated (dACLD)] were enrolled. At baseline, the Child–Pugh (CP) score was determined. …”
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Long-Term Analysis of Recurrence Beyond Milan Criteria Following Ablation of Solitary Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma &le;3 cm in Potentially Transplantable Patients: A Over 1... by Chen S, Qi H, Tan H, Cao F, Xie L, Huang T, Wu Y, Wen C, Wang Y, Shen L, Fan W

“…Shuanggang Chen,1,2,&ast; Han Qi,1,2,&ast; Hongtong Tan,1,2,&ast; Fei Cao,1,2 Lin Xie,1,2 Tao Huang,1,2 Ying Wu,3 Chunyong Wen,1,2 Yujia Wang,1,2 Lujun Shen,1,2 Weijun Fan1,2 1Department of Minimally Invasive Interventional Therapy, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, People’s Republic of China; 2State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for cancer, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Interventional Therapy, Shenzhen second People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518035, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Weijun Fan, Email fanwj@sysucc.org.cn; Lujun Shen, Email shenlj@sysucc.org.cnBackground: Salvage liver transplantation is promising for hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) recurrence post-ablation but is significantly affected by recurrence beyond Milan Criteria (RBM).Materials and Methods: A retrospective cohort study of potentially transplantable HCC patients undergoing ablation between 2007 and 2017 assessed median time to recurrence beyond Milan Criteria(TRBM) via Kaplan-Meier curves and predictive capacity of recurrence and RBM for overall survival(OS) via Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves, and identified independent risk factors for TRBM and RBM via Cox and binary logistic regression models.Results: We enrolled 191 potentially transplantable patients with early-stage HBV-related HCC ≤ 3 cm who underwent ablation. …”
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Effect of Medication Management at Home via Pharmacist-Led Home Televisits: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial by Sheikh Rubana Hossain, Akanksha N Samant, Briana C Balsamo, Chelsea E Hawley, Michael C Zanchelli, Carolyn Zhu, Maria D Venegas, Marina Robertson, Megan B McCullough, Judith L Beizer, Kenneth S Boockvar, Albert L Siu, Lauren R Moo, William W Hung

“…The pilot phase of the study was completed December 2021 with 20 veterans and was primarily informed by the Steinman model of the prescribing process adapted to include system- and provider-level factors. The last date of enrollment was August 6, 2021. We anticipate the completion of the ongoing trial in spring 2025. …”
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Evaluation of Lyso-Gb1 as a biomarker for Gaucher disease treatment outcomes using data from the Gaucher Outcome Survey by Ari Zimran, Shoshana Revel-Vilk, Tama Dinur, Majdolen Istaiti, Jaco Botha, Elena Lukina, Pilar Giraldo, Patrick Deegan, Stephan vom Dahl

“…Results Of 2007 patients enrolled in the Gaucher Outcome Survey as of February 25, 2022, 435 met the inclusion criteria and were included in the study: 318 treated (‘all treated’; 277 receiving treatment at baseline, 41 treatment naive at baseline), 38 receiving treatment at baseline who stopped treatment before the last lyso-Gb1 assessment, and 79 untreated. …”
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Relationship Between Short‐Term Outcomes and PD‐L1 Expression Based on Combined Positive Score and Tumor Proportion Score in Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancers Treated W... by Akihiro Ohara, Taisuke Mori, Mai Itoyama, Kazuki Yokoyama, Shun Yamamoto, Ken Kato, Yoshitaka Honma

“…Methods R/M‐HNSCC patients receiving APA monotherapy from 2018 to 2021 with available samples were enrolled. An experienced pathologist evaluated CPS and TPS utilizing the PD‐L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx assay. …”
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Predictive value of the systemic immune–inflammation index for outcomes in large artery occlusion treated with mechanical thrombectomy—a single-center study by Ao Qian, Longyi Zheng, Hui He, Jia Duan, Shuang Tang, Wenli Xing

“…In addition, with the criterion of baseline ASPECTS ≤ 7, a total of 42 patients treated with MT + MH were enrolled to build up a new cohort combined with 72 patients treated with mere MT. …”
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Komparasi Data Mining Naive Bayes dan Neural Network memprediksi Masa Studi Mahasiswa S1 by Azahari Azahari, Yulindawati Yulindawati, Dewi Rosita, Syamsuddin Mallala

“…All data is taken from students enrolled in undergraduate program and does not include data on diploma students and transfer student. …”
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Cord Direct Antiglobulin Test for Predicting the Need for Phototherapy in Neonates with ABO Incompatibility: A Prospective Cohort Study by Ranjith Balan, Sakthipriya Balaji, Arun Kumar, Subash Sundar, Shrinidhi Krishnan, Ashok Chandrasekaran

“…Results: Out of 3,092 eligible deliveries, 523 babies with ABO incompatibility were enrolled. The baseline characteristics were comparable. …”
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Attributable risk factors for asymptomatic malaria and anaemia and their association with cognitive and psychomotor functions in schoolchildren of north-eastern Tanzania. by Geofrey Makenga, Vito Baraka, Filbert Francis, Daniel T R Minja, Samwel Gesase, Edna Kyaruzi, George Mtove, Swabra Nakato, Rashid Madebe, Sif R Søeborg, Kathrine H Langhoff, Helle S Hansson, Michael Alifrangis, John P A Lusingu, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden

“…This study was a comprehensive baseline survey, within the scope of a randomised, controlled trial on the effectiveness and safety of antimalarial drugs in preventing malaria and its related morbidity in schoolchildren. We enrolled 1,587 schoolchildren from 7 primary schools located in Muheza, north-eastern Tanzania. …”
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Characteristics and long-term health outcomes of the first domestic COVID-19 outbreak cases in Da Nang, Vietnam: a longitudinal cohort study by Miyuki Tsuruoka, Mai Kim Huynh, Michiko Toizumi, Thanh Tien Hoang, Trieu Bao Nguyen, Anh The Dao, Luong Dinh Nguyen, Huy Xuan Le, Chung Thanh Le, Anh Quang Dang, Hung Thai Do, Lay Myint Yoshida

“…Results A total of 362 cases including 20 fatal cases were enrolled into the study retrospectively. The median age of the participants included in the medical chart review was 46.5 years and 60.8% were female. …”
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