Electrocardiographic signs of cardiac ischemia at rest and during exercise in patients with COPD traveling to 3,100 m: data from a randomized trial of acetazolamide by Marla Christen, Marla Christen, Aline Buergin, Aline Buergin, Maamed Mademilov, Maamed Mademilov, Laura Mayer, Laura Mayer, Simon R. Schneider, Simon R. Schneider, Mona Lichtblau, Mona Lichtblau, Talant M. Sooronbaev, Talant M. Sooronbaev, Silvia Ulrich, Silvia Ulrich, Konrad E. Bloch, Konrad E. Bloch, Michael Furian, Michael Furian

“…Acetazolamide (375 mg/day) or placebo was administered 24 h before the ascent and during the stay at 3,100 m. …”
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Early Diagnosis of Abnormal Left Ventricular Systolic Functions of Rare Pathogenic Titin Mutation Gene Carriers in FHCM by Three-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Combi... by Xiang-hong Luo, Rui Zhu, Qian Chen, Pei-hong Shi, Li-sha Na

“…There were 4 subjects diagnosed as asymptomatic TTN gene carriers with the mutation locus of Val135643Ile, and their GLS and partial RLS were significantly reduced; GLS had the better sensitivity and specificity than LVPWD, IVSD, and LVMI.…”
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Preaugmentation Soft Tissue Expansion: A Report of Four Pilot Cases by Farah Asa’ad, Gionata Bellucci, Luca Ferrantino, Davide Trisciuoglio, Silvio Taschieri, Massimo Del Fabbro

“…This pilot study aimed at investigating the safety and feasibility of pre-augmentation soft tissue expansion (STE). Tissue expanders of different sizes (from 240 to 1300 mm3) were implanted subperiosteally in four patients requiring vertical and/or horizontal bone augmentation, and left in situ for 20–60 days, according to the expander size. …”
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Why Does Pnemococcus Kill? by Yves Bergeron, Michel G Bergeron

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Breeding Partners Have Dissimilar Foraging Strategies in a Long‐Lived Arctic Seabird by Marianne Gousy‐Leblanc, Allison Patterson, H. Grant Gilchrist, Vicki L. Friesen, Kyle H. Elliott

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Microenvironment Influence of a Novel Bioengineered Wound Product, APIS®: A Preliminary In Vitro Analysis of Inflammatory Marker and Growth Factor Secretion by Isaac Rodriguez, Tricia Conti, Nina Bionda

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Transposons and Integrons: Natural Genetic Engineering of Bacterial Resistance by Paul H Roy

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Re-connecting ecosystems: Integrating coral reefs into monitoring of island restoration by Cassandra E. Benkwitt, Kalia S.I. Bistolas, Jayna L. DeVore, Simon Ducatez, Jazmín Prado Gómez, Rosalie Wright, Mayalen Zubia, Pierrick Harnay, Teva Beguet, Lisa M. Wedding, Deron E. Burkepile, Frank Murphy, Nicholas A.J. Graham, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Hannah E. Epstein

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Evaluating the toxicity of sea-dumped conventional and chemical munition degradation products to fish and human cells using a combination of cell viability assays by João Barbosa, Colin R. Janssen, Marijke Neyts, Koen Parmentier, Frédéric Laduron, Kris Geukens, Philippe François, Jana Asselman

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Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in the Setting of Mycoplasma Infection by Sandal Saleem, Brian Berman

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Liquid-infused nanostructured composite as a high-performance thermal interface material for effective cooling by Rui Cheng, Qixian Wang, Zexiao Wang, Lin Jing, Ana V. Garcia-Caraveo, Zhuo Li, Yibai Zhong, Xiu Liu, Xiao Luo, Tianyi Huang, Hyeong Seok Yun, Hakan Salihoglu, Loren Russell, Navid Kazem, Tianyi Chen, Sheng Shen

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Endoscopic Repair of the Distal Biceps Tendon by Steven Bokshan, M.D.

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Transradial-based thoracic branch endograft repair for thoracic aortic aneurysms experience at a suburban community hospital by Michelle Mendiola Pla, MD, MHSc, Bryan Bennett, DO, Yonjae Kim, MD, Jack R. Chamberlin, MD, Atif Baqai, MD

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Characteristics of Water Vapor in the UTLS over the Tibetan Plateau Based on AURA/MLS Observations by Yi Sun, Quanliang Chen, Ke Gui, Fangyou Dong, Xiao Feng, Qichao Long

“…At the latter two heights, the WV content in summer has been much higher than in other seasons. Furthermore, WV variation showed a rough wave structure in spring and autumn at 215 hPa. …”
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MRI findings one year post-radio frequency ablation for chronic Achilles tendonosis: A case report by Claudia Radek-Ziffra, DPM, Howard A. Stone, DPM, FACFAS

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Neratinib as a Potential Therapeutic for Mutant RAS and Osimertinib-Resistant Tumours by Paul Dent, Laurence Booth, Andrew Poklepovic, John F. Hancock

“…Neratinib disrupted the nanoclustering of RAC1, which was associated with dephosphorylation of PAK1 and Merlin, and with increased phosphorylation of the Merlin binding partners large tumour suppressor kinase 1/2, YAP, and TAZ. …”
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A Risk Explicit Interval Linear Programming Model for Uncertainty-Based Environmental Economic Optimization in the Lake Fuxian Watershed, China by Xiaoling Zhang, Kai Huang, Rui Zou, Yong Liu, Yajuan Yu

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A Scoping Review of Obesity among Indigenous Peoples in Canada by Malek Batal, Stéphane Decelles

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Macrophage MST1 protects against schistosomiasis-induced liver fibrosis by promoting the PPARγ-CD36 pathway and suppressing NF-κB signaling. by Jianyang Li, Xinyuan Cai, Yan Yang, Yulin Mao, Lin Ding, Qian Xue, Xunhao Hu, Yan Huang, Cong Sui, Yuxia Zhang

“…Mammalian STE20-like protein kinase 1 (MST1), a serine/threonine kinase, has been established to act as a negative regulator of macrophage-associated inflammation. …”
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Microbial bioindicators associated with cadmium uptake in sixteen genotypes of Theobroma cacao by Jennifer E. Schmidt, Caleb A. Lewis, Alana J. Firl, Pathmanathan Umaharan

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