Rethinking the residual approach: leveraging statistical learning to operationalize cognitive resilience in Alzheimer’s disease by Colin Birkenbihl, Madison Cuppels, Rory T. Boyle, Hannah M. Klinger, Oliver Langford, Gillian T. Coughlan, Michael J. Properzi, Jasmeer Chhatwal, Julie C. Price, Aaron P. Schultz, Dorene M. Rentz, Rebecca E. Amariglio, Keith A. Johnson, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Shubhabrata Mukherjee, Paul Maruff, Yen Ying Lim, Colin L. Masters, Alexa Beiser, Susan M. Resnick, Timothy M. Hughes, Samantha Burnham, Ilke Tunali, Susan Landau, Ann D. Cohen, Sterling C. Johnson, Tobey J. Betthauser, Sudha Seshadri, Samuel N. Lockhart, Sid E. O’Bryant, Prashanthi Vemuri, Reisa A. Sperling, Timothy J. Hohman, Michael C. Donohue, Rachel F. Buckley

“…The residual approach has been widely applied to estimate CR, where the degree of resilience is estimated through a linear model’s residuals. …”
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Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasia Characterization in Portugal: Results from the NETs Study Group of the Portuguese Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism by A. P. Santos, J. Vinagre, P. Soares, I. Claro, A. C. Sanches, L. Gomes, I. Fernandes, A. L. Catarino, J. Preto, B. D. Pereira, A. P. Marques, F. Rodrigues, C. Amaral, G. Rocha, J. C. Mellidez, H. Simões, J. M. Lopes, M. J. Bugalho, On behalf of the NETs Study Group of the Portuguese Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

“…The incidence of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NENs) has been increasing in the last five decades, but there is no large-scale data regarding these tumours in Portugal. …”
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Increased plasma DOPA decarboxylase levels in Lewy body disorders are driven by dopaminergic treatment by Katharina Bolsewig, Eline A. J. Willemse, Pascual Sánchez-Juan, Alberto Rábano, Minerva Martínez, James D. Doecke, Giovanni Bellomo, Lisa Vermunt, Daniel Alcolea, Steffen Halbgebauer, Sjors in ‘t Veld, Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren, Katerina Veverova, Christopher J. Fowler, Lynn Boonkamp, Marleen Koel-Simmelink, Zulaiga Hussainali, Daimy N. Ruiters, Lorenzo Gaetani, Andrea Toja, Juan Fortea, Yolande Pijnenburg, Afina W. Lemstra, Wiesje M. van der Flier, Jakub Hort, Markus Otto, Oskar Hansson, Lucilla Parnetti, Colin L. Masters, Alberto Lleó, Charlotte E. Teunissen, Marta Del Campo Milán

“…Abstract DOPA Decarboxylase (DDC) has been proposed as a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker with increased concentrations in Lewy body disorders (LBDs) and highest levels in patients receiving dopaminergic treatment. …”
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Efficacy of Early Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Transluminal Drainage for Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula by Nao Fujimori, Takashi Osoegawa, Akira Aso, Soichi Itaba, Yosuke Minoda, Masatoshi Murakami, Kazuhide Matsumoto, Katsuhito Teramatsu, Yu Takamatsu, Takehiro Takaoka, Takamasa Oono, Eikichi Ihara, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Takao Ohtsuka, Masafumi Nakamura, Yoshihiro Ogawa

“…Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transluminal drainage (EUS-TD) is generally performed 4 weeks after disease onset for evacuating pancreatic fluid collections. …”
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Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Pediatric Emergency Department: An Observational Pre-Post Study by Erika Silvestro, Ilaria Mussinatto, Antonia Versace, Marco Denina, Giulia Pruccoli, Raffaella Marino, Giulia Mazzetti, Lorenzo Scaglione, Federico Vigna, Alessandra Macciotta, Silvia Garazzino, Claudia Bondone

“…From April to June 2020, we held weekly meetings focusing on different pediatric infectious diseases, with interaction between one to three ED physicians and the infectious disease (ID) specialist of the study’s team. …”
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Baicalin: a potential therapeutic agent for acute kidney injury and renal fibrosis by Xiaoming Li, Xiaoming Li, Rui Xu, Rui Xu, Dan Zhang, Ji Cai, Ji Cai, He Zhou, He Zhou, Tao Song, Tao Song, Xianyao Wang, Xianyao Wang, Qinghong Kong, Liujin Li, Zhaohui Liu, Zhixu He, Zhengzhen Tang, Jun Tan, Jidong Zhang, Jidong Zhang, Jidong Zhang

“…Until now, while continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) has been utilized in the management of severe AKI, there remains a dearth of effective targeted therapies for AKI stemming from diverse etiologies. …”
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Testicular cell transplantation of neon tetra Paracheirodon innesi into common carp fry by , Alimuddin, Odang Carman, Sri Setyo Wulandari

“…It can be concluded that transplantation of neon tetra testicular cells to common carp fry have been successfully carried out, and the optimum age of common carp fry to transplantation was 14 days after hatching.   …”
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mHealth-Based Diabetes Prevention Program for Chinese Mothers With Abdominal Obesity: Randomized Controlled Trial by Qinyuan Huang, Qinyi Zhong, Yanjing Zeng, Yimeng Li, James Wiley, Man Ping Wang, Jyu-Lin Chen, Jia Guo

“…The control group (n=40) received 12 weekly web-based general health education modules, 6 biweekly general health education messages, and a Fitbit tracker. …”
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Comparing Campylobacter jejuni to three other enteric pathogens in OligoMM12 mice reveals pathogen-specific host and microbiota responses by Mathias K.-M. Herzog, Audrey Peters, Nizar Shayya, Monica Cazzaniga, Kardokh Kaka Bra, Trisha Arora, Manja Barthel, Ersin Gül, Luca Maurer, Patrick Kiefer, Philipp Christen, Katharina Endhardt, Julia A. Vorholt, Gad Frankel, Markus M. Heimesaat, Stefan Bereswill, Cormac G. M. Gahan, Marcus J. Claesson, Xavier Domingo-Almenara, Wolf-Dietrich Hardt

“…Citrobacter rodentium has been used to model EPEC and EHEC infection in mice. …”
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Bilateral synchronous UBE for unilateral laminotomy and bilateral decompression as a potentially effective minimally Invasive approach for two-level lumbar spinal stenosis by Yulin Zhao, Yingjun Guo, Xin Pan, Hao Li, Xianlei Gao, Haipeng Si, Wanlong Xu

“…Furthermore, as the posterior bone and soft tissue structures need to be extensively resected during the surgery, epidural scar and nerve compression are highly likely after the surgery. …”
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Survival feature and trend of female breast cancer: A comprehensive review of survival analysis from cancer registration data by Dan-Dan Tang, Zhuo-Jun Ye, Wan-Wan Liu, Jing Wu, Jing-Yu Tan, Yan Zhang, Qun Xu, Yong-Bing Xiang

“…Using PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, SEER, and SinoMed, a comprehensive literature search was conducted for female breast cancer survival from the population-based cancer registries through 31 December 2023. …”
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Factors Affecting Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in Hemodialysis Patients: A Multicenter Study by Selen T, Merhametsiz Ö, Öneç K, Ercan Z, İslam M, Altun G, Pınar M, Demir ME

“…While 183 (33.4%) patients had not received the influenza vaccine, only 140 (25.5%) had been vaccinated regularly every year. The reasons for not receiving the influenza and pneumococcal vaccines were stated as “I do not feel the need because I do not get the flu“ (25%) and ”I do not know about the pneumonia vaccine” (36.7%), respectively. …”
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Incidence of unintended pregnancies and pregnancy experience among adolescents living with perinatally-acquired HIV in West Africa: a mixed-method study by Désiré Lucien Dahourou, Clément Tisseron, Caroline Yonaba, Joël Djaha, Marie-Sylvie N’Gbeche, Corinne Moh, Kouakou Kouadio, Patricia Nindjin, François Eboua, Belinda Bouah, Karen Malateste, Jean-Claude Azani, Eulalie Kangah, Elisabeth Thio, Philippe Msellati, Julie Jesson, Valériane Leroy, for the IeDEA West-African Collaboration

“…HIV care programs should include interventions that improve awareness and access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, including contraception, to meet the needs of ALHIV in West Africa. Trial registration Registered with the Pan African Clinical Trials Registry on 13 February 2024 (reference no. …”
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O debate entre cosmopolitismo, patriotismo e nacionalismo: uma introdução geral ao tema by Mariane Gehlen Perin

“…ABSTRACT The debate about cosmopolitans, patriots and nationalists needs to be revisited also in its historical aspects in order to reach a broader and more conscious perspective of these ideas. …”
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Social learning activities to improve community engagement in waste management program by S. Sunarti, R.S.Y. Zebua, J.H. Tjakraatmadja, A. Ghazali, B. Rahardyan, K. Koeswinarno, S. Suradi, N. Nurhayu, R.H.A. Ansyah

“…Several education-based initiatives have been employed to improve community engagement in waste management programs, but the effects were not satisfied in changing resident behavior for sustainable engagement. …”
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What are the barriers to the diagnosis and management of chronic respiratory disease in sub-Saharan Africa? A qualitative study with healthcare workers, national and regional polic... by Angela Obasi, Rachel Tolhurst, Kingsley Rex Chikaphupha, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Kevin Mortimer, Louis Niessen, Maia Lesosky, Jahangir Khan, William Worodria, Jamie Rylance, Lindsay Zurba, Imelda Bates, Stellah G Mpagama, Elizabeth Henry Shayo, Rose Oronje, Emmanuel Addo-Yobo, Brian Allwood, Hastings Banda, Amsalu Binegdie, Adegoke Falade, Bertrand Mbatchou, Beatrice Mutayoba, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Heather Zar, Eliya Zulu, Helen Meme, Uzochukwu Egere, Asma Elsony, Martha Chinouya, S Bertel Squire, Stephen Mulupi, Irene Ayakaka, Nicole Kozak, Elhafiz Abdalla, Rashid Osman

“…At the healthcare facility level, inadequate budgetary allocations constrained diagnostic capacity, quality of service delivery and collection of appropriate data, compounding the lack of routine data on burden of disease.Conclusion Health systems in the five countries are ill-equipped to respond to CRD, an issue that has been brought into sharp focus as countries plan for post-COVID-19 lung diseases. …”
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CpG-ODN Induces a Dose-Dependent Enrichment of Immunological Niches in the Spleen and Lungs of Neonatal Chicks That Correlates with the Protective Immunity against Escherichia coli by Thushari Gunawardana, Khawaja Ashfaque Ahmed, Kalhari Goonewardene, Shelly Popowich, Shanika Kurukulasuriya, Ruwani Karunarathana, Lisanework E. Ayalew, Ashish Gupta, Betty Lockerbie, Marianna Foldvari, Suresh K. Tikoo, Philip Willson, Susantha Gomis

“…Immunoprotective function of oligodeoxynucleotides containing CpG motifs (CpG-ODN) has been demonstrated in neonatal chickens against common bacterial pathogens such as E.coli and Salmonella sp. …”
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Phenome-wide association studies between SERINC2 and neuropsychiatric disorders by Ping Liu, Xinqun Luo, Liping Cao, Yong Zhang, Jiawu Ji, Xiaoping Wang, Kesheng Wang, Xinghua Pan, Ruilan Yang, Zewen Tan, Yunlong Tan, Chiang-shan Li, Xiaoyun Guo, Zhiren Wang, Xingguang Luo, Xingguang Luo

“…ObjectivesSERINC2 has been associated with alcoholism, bipolar disorder and autism, but the comparability and specificity issues of the findings remain unaddressed. …”
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One-Pot Synthesis and Enhanced Vis-NIR Photocatalytic Activity of NiTiO₃/TiO₂ Templated by Waste Tobacco Stem-Silks by Weidong Yuan, Xiaohong Chen, Yi Zhao, Ying Fang, Han Zhang, Daomei Chen, Jiaqiang Wang

“…The boosting photocatalytic activity has been shown to be attributed to efficient charge separation and transfer across a direct Z-scheme heterojunction between NiTiO₃ and TiO₂ and enhanced light-harvesting ability of special flaky structure reduplicated from tobacco stem-silks. …”
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Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii group in Taiwan by Tran Lam Tu Quyen, Yu-Chia Hsieh, Shiao-Wen Li, Lii-Tzu Wu, Ya-Zhu Liu, Yi-Jiun Pan

“…Whole-genome sequencing of a blaNDM-1-carrying A. seifertii strain revealed a plasmid transferable via in vitro conjugation, suggesting A. seifertii may be a reservoir for NDM-1 plasmids.IMPORTANCECarbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. have been identified by the World Health Organization as a top priority for new antibiotic development. …”
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