Postoperative blood glucose increase can predict all-cause mortality within 3 months after successful interventional recanalization in patients with acute large vessel occlusion ce... by Wensheng Zhang, Yajie Liu, Hongxing Zhou, Jie Li, Weifang Xing, Kaifeng Li, Yudi Li, Xiongjun He, Li Ling, Jinzhao He

“…A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of patients with acute cerebral infarction due to anterior circulation large vessel occlusion in two centers from January 2019 to November 2023, who successfully underwent interventional recanalization. …”
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Insights Into Antimicrobial Resistance From Dental Students in the Asia–Pacific Region by Saba Ghafoor, Gabriela Salvadori, Shiho Kino, Vy Thi Nhat Nguyen, Tam Thi-Thanh Nguyen, Miho Ishimaru, Antônio Pedro Ricomini-Filho, Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rösing, Dileep De Silva, Jun Aida, Belinda Farias Nicolau, Ratilal Lalloo, Roger Junges

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A comprehensive synthesis of differentiated instruction approaches in mathematics by Mohd afifi Bahurudin Setambah, Muhammad Ikhwan Mat Saad, Nor Hasnida binti Che Md Ghazali, Mazlini Adnan

“…The search for relevant articles over the past ten years was conducted across prominent databases, including ERIC, Scopus, and Google Scholar. …”
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Simultaneous cardiocerebral infarctions: a five-year retrospective case series reviewing natural history by Cheryl Zhiya Chong, Benjamin Yong-Qiang Tan, Ching-Hui Sia, Thet Khaing, Leonard Leong Litt Yeo

“…Results: Median National Institute of Health Stroke Scale score was 15 (range 4–27). Mean patient age was 59 years and 90% were men. Two patients were treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV tPA) only and three underwent endovascular treatment in both the cerebral and coronary vessels sequentially. …”
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miR-1458 is inhibited by low concentrations of Vitamin B6 and targets TBX6 to promote the formation of spermatogonial stem cells in Rugao Yellow Chicken by Qingqing Geng, Cai Hu, Ziduo Zhao, Zhe Wang, Fufu Cheng, Jing Chen, Qisheng Zuo, Yani Zhang

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Development of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Method for the Detection of Rhein in Rheum officinale by Min Chen, Tie-Gui Nan, Jie Xin, Li Cui, Bo Zhang, Xiao Wang, Bao-Min Wang

“…Finally, icELISA was used to detect rhein contents of Rheum officinale collected from different regions, and the results corresponded well with those of HPLC. …”
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Estimating Mortality Related to O3 and PM25 under Changing Climate and Emission in Continental Southeast Asia by Giang Tran Huong Nguyen, Thuan Thi Thanh Nguyen, Hikari Shimadera, Katsushige Uranishi, Tomohito Matsuo, Akira Kondo

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Heavier loads in flywheel exercise induce greater post-activation performance enhancement in countermovement jumps compared to heavy Smith machine squats in males by Jianhua Shi, Bing Yan, Mengjie Yu, Zhe Wang, Yang Wang, Haoyang Liu, Wei Zhang, Olivier Girard

“…In a randomized crossover design, 13 trained men completed four main experimental trials after three familiarization sessions. These conditions included a traditional trial consisting of 5 sets of 1 repetition using the Smith machine (SM) squat at 90% 1RM, and three flywheel ergometer trials. …”
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Modified Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy Technique for Type II Achalasia: A Multicenter Retrospective Study by Huahui Zhang, Kuangjing Wang, Ying Fang, Zhe Xiong, Min Lin, Lifeng Jiang, Qiuya Niu, Jin Huang

“…This retrospective study is aimed at evaluating the outcomes of a modified peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) technique in patients with type II achalasia. Methods. We performed a modified POEM procedure, which involved a shorter (total myotomy length=4 cm), full-thickness myotomy, on 31 patients with type II achalasia. …”
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Assembly mechanisms, not species pool, shape β-diversity of soil methanotrophic communities in steppes of China by Yongping Kou, Zhe Feng, Huan Li, Yanjiao Liu, Yanjiao Liu, Lin Xu, Lin Xu, Xiangzhen Li

“…Each of these plateaus includes three distinct steppe habitats: desert, meadow, and typical steppe.ResultsOur findings reveal that pmoA beta (β)-diversity followed a distance-decay pattern, which declined with geographical distance at different rates depending on the steppe type and area, potentially due to diverse mechanisms of community assembly. …”
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Novel antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus without detectable resistance by targeting proton motive force and FtsH by She Pengfei, Yang Yifan, Li Linhui, Li Yimin, Xiao Dan, Guo Shaowei, Huang Guanqing, Wu Yong

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A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Son La Province, northwestern Vietnam by Anh Van Pham, Thomas Ziegler, Cuong The Pham, Thao Ngoc Hoang, Hanh Thi Ngo, Minh Duc Le

“…Scincella truongi sp. nov. is characterized by a combination of the following characters: size medium (SVL up to 59.4 mm); primary temporals 2; external ear opening without lobules; loreals two; supralabials seven or eight; infralabials six or seven; nuchals in three pairs; midbody scales in 28 rows; dorsal scales smooth, in six rows across the back; paravertebral scales 60–67, not widened; ventral scales in 60–70 rows; ten smooth lamellae beneath finger IV and 13–15 beneath toe IV; toes not reaching to fingers when limbs adpressed along body; dorsal surface of body and tail bronze brown with few black spots, a dark stripe running from nostril to eye and extending from posterior corner of eye along upper part of flank to the middle of the tail. …”
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Computer-Aided Construction and Evaluation of Poly-L-Lysine/Hyodeoxycholic Acid Nanoparticles for Hemorrhage and Infection Therapy by Qin Qin, Wenxing Wu, Ling Che, Xing Zhou, Diedie Wu, Xiaohui Li, Yumin Yang, Jie Lou

“…This study aimed to design and evaluate a nanoparticle-based solution to address these challenges effectively. <b>Methods:</b> Using a one-pot assembly approach, we prepared a series of nanoparticles composed of poly-L-lysine and hyodeoxycholic acid (PLL-HDCA NPs). …”
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Longitudinal association between hemoglobin and lung function with insights into the incidence of airflow obstruction: an observational study by Jihoon Kim, Yun Tae Kim, Ah Young Leem, Ji Ye Jung, Young Sam Kim, Youngmok Park

“…Additionally, we used a generalized estimating equation to calculate the odds ratio (OR) of airflow obstruction (AO) according to the Hb level. …”
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Biomarkers for Predicting Left Atrial or Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus in Anticoagulated Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation by Xue Zhou, Zuolan Wang, Shuang Dou, Kangyin Chen, Enzhao Liu, Tong Liu, Guangping Li, Jingjin Che

“…Methods. NVAF patients who underwent transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to evaluate LA/LAA thrombus and spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) before AF ablation were included. …”
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Effects of Different Ratios of Fly Ash and River Sand on Mechanical Properties of Cemented Paste Backfill Materials by Jiang Li, Shenggen Cao, Yang Liu, Chiyuan Che, Changzheng Zhao, Shuyu Du, Kaifei Wang, Ruiting Ma

“…The elastic modulus decreased as FA content increased and reached its maximum value of 1.54 GPa when FA content was 40%. FA optimized particle composition, promoted hydration reaction, and improved CPB strength; however, when FA content was more than 40%, it hindered cement hydration, thus deteriorating UCS. …”
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Toxicity of insecticide quinalphos-based Kinalux 25EC on fingerling climbing perch (Anabas testudineus): Brain cholinesterase and growth inhibitions by Nguyen Van Cong, Tran Hoang Kha, Bui Thi Bich Hang, Duong Tri Dung, Tran Sy Nam

“…Results showed that LC50-96 h was 1.88 mg L−1. Brain ChE activity was significantly inhibited at concentration of 10 % LC50-96h or higher up to the end 96 h of exposure. …”
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Comparative Sensitivity of MRI Indices for Myelin Assessment in Spinal Cord Regions by Philip Kyeremeh Jnr Oppong, Hiroyuki Hamaguchi, Maho Kitagawa, Nina Patzke, Kevin C. Wakeman, Khin Khin Tha

“…<b>Results:</b> All indices except σ differed significantly between GM and all WM columns. Two of the three WM columns had significantly different MWF, FA, MD, and T2, whereas one WM column had significantly different MTR, σ, T1, and T1ρ from the others. …”
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Factors, characteristics and influences of the changes of muscle activation patterns for patients with knee osteoarthritis: a review by Shizhong Liu, Zuyu Du, Le Song, Haoyue Liu, Clarence Augustine T. H. Tee, Huanyu Liu, Yuan Liu

“…“Knee, Osteoarthritis, Electromyography(EMG), Muscle Activity patterns, activation amplitudes, activation time, Muscle Synergy, Co-contraction/activation” were used to search the databases of Science Direct, PubMed, Scopus, and Wiley. …”
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Magnifying Chromoendoscopy with Flexible Spectral Imaging Color Enhancement, Indigo Carmine, and Crystal Violet in Predicting the Histopathology of Colorectal Polyps: Diagnostic Va... by Nguyen Binh Pham, Khanh Truong Vu, Nam Hoai Nguyen, Ha Thi-Ngoc Doan, Thanh Trung Tran

“…Magnifying chromoendoscopy has high sensitivity and accuracy when compared with the histopathological results of colorectal polyps. …”
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