The Relationship between Visual-Evoked Potential and Optic Coherence Tomography and Clinical Findings in Parkinson Patients by Zeynep Tuncer, Gamze Dereli Can, Hava Dönmez Keklikoğlu, Fatma Ayşen Eren, Fatma Yülek, Orhan Deniz

“…The relationships between UPDRS and modified Hoehn Yahr staging and OCT and VEP measurements in the patient revealed no correlation. …”
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Studies on development of early immunity against type O FMD in naturally susceptible animals by D. V. Mikhalishin, D. A. Lozovoy, V. A. Starikov, Yu. S. El’kina, M. I. Doronin, A. V. Borisov

“…Vaccines based on О/Saudi Arabia/08 and О/Primorsky/2012 FMDV strains can protect animals from infection with heterologous О/Mongolia/2017 strain at early stages if a double dose is administered. Vaccines based on the above-mentioned strains induce early immunity formation (seven days after vaccination) against type O FMD. …”
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The correlation between coagulation biomarkers, bone turnover markers, and bone mineral density in Chinese adults aged ≥ 50 years by Zhengming Wang, Rui Wang, Haiya Ge, Yong Gu, Sicheng Xian, Laijun Yan, Guoqing Du, Zhibi Shen, Shuaijie Lv, Hongsheng Zhan, Zhengyan Li

“…Consequently, age, bone mass stage, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-(OH)D), and BMD were included as independent variables in the logistic regression model. …”
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A descriptive study of smoking, socioeconomic position, and health-related behaviors in urban Colombia by Valentina Guatibonza-García, Sofía Gnecco-González, Agustín Pérez-Londoño, Carolina Betancourt-Villamizar, Carlos O. Mendivil

“…Methods We collected a population-based, multi-stage, stratified probabilistic sample of individuals aged 14–80 years, between November and December 2022. …”
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An Approach for Detecting Parkinson’s Disease by Integrating Optimal Feature Selection Strategies with Dense Multiscale Sample Entropy by Minh Tai Pham Nguyen, Minh Khue Phan Tran, Tadashi Nakano, Thi Hong Tran, Quoc Duy Nam Nguyen

“…To validate the feature extraction and selection stage, three classifiers—Adaptive Weighted K-Nearest Neighbors (AW-KNN), Radial Basis Function Support Vector Machine (RBF-SVM), and Multilayer Perceptron (MLP)—were employed to evaluate classification efficacy and ascertain optimal performance across selection strategies, including CFS, SBS, and the hybrid SBS-CFS approach. …”
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Insulin Knowledge, Handling, and Storage among Diabetic Pilgrims during the Hajj Mass Gathering by Saber Yezli, Yara Yassin, Abdulaziz Mushi, Bander Balkhi, Anas Khan

“…Pilgrims’ storage and handling of their insulin during Hajj also varied depending on the stages of their pilgrimage journey. Conclusion. Inadequate knowledge and inappropriate practices regarding insulin handling and storage were identified among diabetic Hajj pilgrims, which could compromise the quality of insulin and lead to health hazards. …”
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Primary multiple synchronous tumors: soft tissue sarcoma of the retroperitoneal space and metastatic prostate cancer by O. A. Mailyan, K. Yu. Kanukoev, P. G. Berezin, K. M. Nyushko, V. A. Gorbach

“…In the past three decades, the development of screening tests that prevent and detect some cancers at an early, more treatable stage, and treatment advances have increased the 5‑year relative survival rate for all cancers to 66%. …”
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OPTIMIZATION OF INVARIANT TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION ON THE BASIS OF SYNERGETIC EFFECT HOLISTICHNY INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT by Alla L. Busygina, Vladimir N. Aniskin

“…Feature of a present noosphere stage of development of system of higher education, the events in the conditions of new information space and the competence-based focused education paradigm is detailed. …”
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Neu5Ac Induces Human Dental Pulp Stem Cell Osteo-/Odontoblastic Differentiation by Enhancing MAPK/ERK Pathway Activation by Changzhou Li, Xinghuan Xie, Zhongjun Liu, Jianhua Yang, Daming Zuo, Shuaimei Xu

“…In addition, the expression of genes related to osteo-/odontoblastic differentiation and MAPK signaling at different stages of this differentiation process was analyzed in the presence or absence of Neu5Ac. …”
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Research on a traditional Chinese medicine case-based question-answering system integrating large language models and knowledge graphs by Yuchen Duan, Qingqing Zhou, Yu Li, Chi Qin, Ziyang Wang, Hongxing Kan, Hongxing Kan, Jili Hu, Jili Hu

“…The study involved four stages: pattern layer construction, knowledge extraction, integration, and data storage and visualization. …”
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Elritercept, a modified activin receptor IIA ligand trap, increased erythropoiesis and thrombopoiesis in a phase 1 trial by Jennifer Lachey, Christopher Rovaldi, Suresh Bobba, Jared Tur, Harveen Natarajan, Ben Snyder, Jasbir Seehra

“…The time course and duration of changes in these cell populations supported a differentiated pharmacologic profile that is consistent with the stimulation of both early- and late-stage hematologic pathways. The trial was registered at www.anzctr.org.au/ as #ACTRN12619000318189.…”
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Monitoring studies of the ecological and hydrogeochemical situation in the zone of influence of technogenic objects of the mining and industrial complex of the Kalush-Holyn Potash... by E. Kuzmenko, S. Bagriy, I. Chepurnyi, T. Chepurna

“…The aim of the study was to establish, based on real experimental data from hydrogeochemical analyses of long-term groundwater monitoring via a network of hydrogeological observation wells, the areas of groundwater salinisation in the Kalush mining and industrial region, to assess the dynamics of chemical and physico-chemical indicators, and to identify threats to the region’s ecological situation. The research stages included the systematisation of monitoring data for 2021-2023, the creation of digital cartographic layers and attribute databases with quantitative data on groundwater chemical composition, geoinformation modelling, and the development of salinisation maps of the Kalush mining and industrial region and the dynamics of the aquifer salinisation. …”
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The relationship between insulin resistance and fibroblast growth factor 23 in patients with non-diabetic pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study by Beyza Algul Durak, Melahat Coban

“…RESULTS: Creatinine, urine protein/creatinine ratio (UPCR), log10 FGF-23, log 10 s-KL, and HOMA-IR were notably higher, while glomerular filtration rate was notably lower, in patients than in healthy individuals. Stage 5 CKD, log10 FGF-23, creatinine, and UPCR were significantly higher in patients with HOMA-IR > 3.06 compared to those with HOMA-IR ≤ 3.06. …”
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A New Prognostic Risk Model Based on PPAR Pathway-Related Genes in Kidney Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma by Yingkun Xu, Xiunan Li, Yuqing Han, Zilong Wang, Chenglin Han, Ningke Ruan, Jianyi Li, Xiao Yu, Qinghua Xia, Guangzhen Wu

“…There is a clear correlation between this model and metastasis, tumor, stage, grade, and fustat. Conclusions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to analyze the entire PPAR pathway in KIRC in detail and successfully establish a risk model for patient prognosis. …”
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Diagnostic performance of artificial intelligence in detection of renal cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mahdi Gouravani, Mohammad Shahrabi Farahani, Mohammad Amin Salehi, Shayan Shojaei, Sina Mirakhori, Hamid Harandi, Soheil Mohammadi, Ramy R. Saleh

“…Abstract Objectives The detection of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) tumors in the earlier stages is of great importance for more effective treatment. …”
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Researchers and practitioners talk about users and each other: making user and audience studies matter by Brenda Dervin, CarrieLynn Reinhard

“…</b> We report here on the research phase of a multi-stage dialogue examining convergences and divergences in how three fields (library and information science, human computer interaction and communication and media studies) looked at users and each other. …”
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The main types and mineral composition of bauxites of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly by A.D. Savko, M.Yu. Ovchinnikova

“…They formed in several stages. In the pre-Devonian (pre-Eifel) time, an illite weathering crust formed along the inter-ore schists. …”
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Mast Cells Exert Anti-Inflammatory Effects in an IL10−/− Model of Spontaneous Colitis by E. M. Lennon, L. B. Borst, L. L. Edwards, A. J. Moeser

“…Given the previously established proinflammatory role of mast cells in acute chemical colitis models, the present findings provide new insight into the divergent roles of mast cells in modulating inflammation during different stages of colitis. Further investigation of the mechanism of the anti-inflammatory role of the mast cells may elucidate novel therapies.…”
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An Early Experience of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) in the Republic of Korea: A Retrospective Multicenter Study by Joonhyeon Park, Sung Woo Jang, Byungchul Yu, Gil Jae Lee, Sung Wook Chang, Dong Hun Kim, Ye Rim Chang, Pil Young Jung

“…Conclusions This study was conducted in the early stages of REBOA implementation in the Republic of Korea and showed conflicting results from studies conducted by multiple institutions. …”
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Estimation of the Oil-in-Place Resources in the Liquid-Rich Shale Formations Exploiting Geochemical and Petrophysical Data in a 3D High-Resolution Geological Model Domain: Baltic B... by Krzysztof Sowiżdżał, Tomasz Słoczyński, Weronika Kaczmarczyk

“…The study revealed that the geochemical method of oil-in-place estimation in liquid-rich shales after appropriate adjustment, considering shale formation and reservoir fluid dependent conditions, could provide reliable results and be implemented on the early stage of shale exploration process in a condition of production data inaccessibility.…”
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