Heart Rate in Hypertension: Review and Expert Opinion by Jamshed Dalal, Arup Dasbiswas, Immaneni Sathyamurthy, Srinivasa Rao Maddury, Prafulla Kerkar, Sandeep Bansal, Joy Thomas, Sankar Chandra Mandal, Soura Mookerjee, Sivakadaksham Natarajan, Viveka Kumar, Nishith Chandra, Aziz Khan, R. Vijayakumar, J. P. S. Sawhney

“…Heart rate (HR) is strongly associated with both peripheral and central blood pressures. …”
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Modifiable factors for irritable bowel syndrome: evidence from Mendelian randomisation approach by Jinling Tang, Zhirong Yang, Shanshan Wu, Feng Sha, Tengfei Lin, Di Liu, Meiling Cao, Yiwen Jiang, Weijie Cao, Fuxiao Li

“…MR analyses revealed strong causation between IBS and multisite chronic pain (OR=2.20, 95% CI 1.82 to 2.66), gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (OR=1.31, 95% CI 1.23 to 1.39), well-being spectrum (OR=0.17, 95% CI 0.13 to 0.21), life satisfaction (OR=0.31, 95% CI 0.25 to 0.38), positive affect (OR=0.30, 95% CI 0.24 to 0.37), neuroticism score (OR=1.20, 95% CI 1.16 to 1.25) and depression (OR=1.50, 95% CI 1.37 to 1.66). …”
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Trajectories of self-rated health in an older general population and their determinants: the Lifelines Cohort Study by Barbara C van Munster, Nynke Smidt, Sophia E de Rooij, Marlies Feenstra, Janet L MacNeil Vroomen

“…Objectives Poor self-rated health (SRH) is a strong predictor of premature mortality in older adults. …”
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An automated adaptive trading system for enhanced performance of emerging market portfolios by Cristiana Tudor, Robert Sova

“…Emerging market (EM) investors have seen two major downturn events in the 2020s, namely the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, both of which have strongly affected EM portfolios’ risk-return profiles and increased their correlations with their developed market counterparts, eliminating much or all of EMs’ diversification benefits. …”
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Effects of Sewage Sludge Compost on Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur Ratios and Soil Enzyme Activities in a Long-Term Experiment by Csilla Almási, Viktória Orosz, Timea Tóth, Mostafa M. Mansour, Ibolya Demeter, István Henzsel, Zsolt Bogdányi, Tamás András Szegi, Marianna Makádi

“…The canonical correspondent analyses revealed that phosphatase activities were affected by C:N, C:P, and N:P ratios and β-glucosidase was correlated with P forms and the E4/E6 ratio, while the soil pH strongly affected all soil enzymes. Based on the alkaline and acidic phosphatase activities, the role of microbes became more important with increasing compost doses in phosphorus mobilization. …”
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Clinical inertia and treatment intensification among patients with type ii diabetes mellitus at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized hospital, Ethiopia: an institutional-based cro... by Samuel Berihun Dagnew, Samuel Agegnew Wondm, Getachew Yitayew Tarekegn, Abebe Tarekegn Kassaw, Tilaye Arega Moges

“…Age, glycemic control, medication non-adherence, treatment fee, and number of medications were found to be strongly correlated with clinical inertia. More precise knowledge of the clinical inertia and the associated therapies is necessary to tackle this issue more effectively.…”
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Permafrost pore structure and its influence on microbial diversity: Insights from X-ray computed tomography by Nathan D. Blais, Joy M. O’Brien, Hannah Holland-Moritz, Lauren Farnsworth, Robyn A. Barbato, Thomas A. Douglas, Alexandra Contosta, Julie Bobyock, Erin C. Rooney, Taylor Sullivan, Jessica Gilman Ernakovich

“…Additionally, we identified pore connectivity as a potential driver of microbial diversity and provided evidence that conditions before the formation of permafrost exert a strong legacy effect on currently observed permafrost microbial diversity. …”
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Factors affecting decision making among nurse managers working in government hospitals by Wubete Abeje, Belachew Tegegne, Zenebe Tefera, Yosef Zenebe, Wondwossen Yimam, Birhanu Desu, Yismaw Andargie, Muluken Amare, Molla Kassa, Mulugeta W/Selassie

“…Being self-confident [AOR = 0.01, 95% CI: (00.002, 0.05)], receiving feedback [AOR = 0.24, 95% CI: 0.08, 0.76], and getting managerial support [AOR = 0.22, 95% CI: (0.06, 0.81)] were negatively associated with poor decision-making among nurse managers.ConclusionSelf-confidence, receiving feedback, and getting managerial support were variables significantly associated with poor decision-making. Authors strongly emphasize providing managerial support for nurse managers, increasing their habit of receiving feedback from colleagues, and encouraging them to build their self-confidence.…”
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Lipid Metabolism-Related Gene Signature Predicts Prognosis and Indicates Immune Microenvironment Infiltration in Advanced Gastric Cancer by Lijian He, Qiange Ye, Yanmei Zhu, Wenqi Zhong, Guifang Xu, Lei Wang, Zhangding Wang, Xiaoping Zou

“…Furthermore, our results indicated that most chemotherapeutic agents are more effective for AGC patients in the low-risk group than in the high-risk group, and risk scores for AGC are strongly correlated with drug sensitivity. Finally, we performed qRT-PCR experiments to verify the relevant results. …”
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Reconstructing prevalence dynamics of wildlife pathogens from pooled and individual samples by Borremans, Benny, Falvo, Caylee A, Crowley, Daniel E, Hoegh, Andrew, Lloyd-Smith, James O, Peel, Alison J, Restif, Olivier, Ruiz-Aravena, Manuel, Plowright, Raina K

“…Crucially, when individual samples can test false negative, a potentially strong bias is introduced that results in incorrect estimates of regression coefficients. …”
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The Positive Regulatory Effect of DBT on Lipid Metabolism in Postpartum Dairy Cows by Zheng Zhou, Kang Yong, Zhengzhong Luo, Zhenlong Du, Tao Zhou, Xiaoping Li, Xueping Yao, Liuhong Shen, Shumin Yu, Yixin Huang, Suizhong Cao

“…Correlation analyses showed that the relative abundances of <i>Bacillus</i>, <i>Solibacillus, Dorea</i>, and <i>Romboutsia</i> were strongly correlated with the differential metabolites, which is crucial for the beneficial effects of DBT. …”
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Decomposing the Tea Bag Index and finding slower organic matter loss rates at higher elevations and deeper soil horizons in a minerogenic salt marsh by S. G. Reddy, W. R. Farrell, F. Wu, S. C. Pennings, J. Sanderman, M. Eagle, C. Craft, A. C. Spivak

“…., porewater chemistry), indicating that local hydrology strongly affected organic matter loss rates. TBI rates were 32 %–118 % faster in the 10 cm horizon than at 50 cm. …”
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Theologen van de twintigste eeuw en de christologie by A. van de Beek

“…Jurgen Moltmann (§8) is in some ways close to Pannenberg, but he stresses strongly that Christ is an expression of God’s self-limitation, culminating in the crucified God. …”
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Associations of fasting plasma glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin levels at less than 24 weeks of gestation with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: the BOSHI study by Seiya Izumi, Noriyuki Iwama, Hirotaka Hamada, Taku Obara, Mami Ishikuro, Michihiro Satoh, Takahisa Murakami, Masatoshi Saito, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Takashi Sugiyama, Shinichi Kuriyama, Nobuo Yaegashi, Kazuhiko Hoshi, Yutaka Imai, Hirohito Metoki, the BOSHI Study Group

“…In addition, high HbA1c levels were more strongly associated with HDP than high FPG levels.…”
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Performance evaluation of nine reference centers and comparison of DNA extraction protocols for effective surveillance of Leishmania-infected Phlebotomine sand flies: Basis for tec... by Jorian Prudhomme, Aymeric Delabarre, Bulent Alten, Umut Berberoglu, Eduardo Berriatua, Gioia Bongiorno, José Manuel Cristovao, Maya Davidovich-Cohen, Trentina Di Muccio, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Eleonora Fiorentino, Oscar D Kirstein, Edwin Kniha, Carla Maia, Mesut Mungan, Clara Muñoz-Hernández, Muhammed Nalçaci, Gizem Oguz Kaskan, Yusuf Ozbel, Seray Ozensoy Toz, Ricardo Parreira, Katharina Platzgummer, Ceylan Polat, José Risueño, Liora Studentsky, Gamze Varol, Julia Walochnik, Kardelen Yetişmiş, Florence Robert-Gangneux

“…All but one center detected all concentrations, demonstrating strong diagnostic proficiency. The ability to detect low concentrations highlighted the robustness of the qPCR assay used, though variations in Cq values indicated differences in sensitivity related to technical capabilities or DNA extraction kit performance. …”
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Bioinformatics and System Biological Approaches for the Identification of Genetic Risk Factors in the Progression of Cardiovascular Disease by Joy Dip Barua, Shudeb Babu Sen Omit, Humayan Kabir Rana, Nitun Kumar Podder, Utpala Nanda Chowdhury, Md Habibur Rahman

“…Our experimental outcomes indicate a strong association of CVD with its risk factors of HTN, T2D, HCL, obesity, and aging. …”
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Association between biomass cooking fuels and prevalence of tuberculosis among households: a cross-sectional study from 2019 - 2021 in India by Baikunth Kumar Yadav, Pranveer Singh, Prakasini Satapathy, Ponnusamy Thillai Arasu

“…Conclusions The study reaffirms the polluted household environment owing to the usage of solid biomass-based cooking fuel in the household, in addition to the other multiple risk factors such as house type, rooms available in the house, use of tobacco, etc., which are strongly associated with TB. A combined effort of governmental and non-governmental organizations is required to spread awareness about the ill effects of using biomass-based cooking fuels.…”
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Metabolite profile and antioxidant activities of Trikatu, black pepper, Javanese long pepper, and red ginger essential oils by Dewa Ayu Ika Pramitha, Tati Herlina, Iman Permana Maksum, Ari Hardianto, Abd. Wahid Rizaldi Akili, Jalifah Latip

“…Background: Trikatu (TR) is an Ayurvedic formulation that consists of three pungent medicinal ingredients: long pepper fruit, black pepper, and ginger rhizome. However, the strong pungency of the TR constituents poses challenges for oral administration. …”
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The Human Milk-derived Peptide Drives Rapid Regulation of Macrophage Inflammation Responses in the Neonatal IntestineSummary by Fuqiang Yuan, Xu Han, Masha Huang, Yinglin Su, Yiting Zhang, Mengyuan Hu, Xiang Yu, Weilai Jin, Yun Li, Le Zhang

“…ScRNA-seq analyses indicated a strong association between FHL2 and NEC development, and co-IP confirmed the interaction between CASB135-150 and FHL2. …”
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Recombinant XBB.1.5 boosters induce robust neutralization against KP.2- and KP.3-included JN.1 sublineages by Jingyun Yang, Xuemei He, Huashan Shi, Cai He, Hong Lei, Heng He, Li Yang, Wei Wang, Guobo Shen, Jinliang Yang, Zhiwei Zhao, Xiangrong Song, Zhenling Wang, Guangwen Lu, Jiong Li, Yuquan Wei

“…Importantly, the GMTs of 50% neutralization in serum samples from individuals 4 months after a WSK-V102D booster against XBB.1.5, JN.1, JN.1.13, KP.2 and KP.3 pseudoviruses were 3479, 1684, 1397, 1247 and 1298, with 9.86-, 9.79-, 8.73-, 8.66- and 8.16-fold increase compared to those without booster, respectively, indicating that boosting with XBB.1.5 subunit vaccines still induced strong antibody responses against JN.1 sublineages. …”
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