Imbalance of Microbacterial Diversity Is Associated with Functional Prognosis of Stroke by Xintong Zhang, Xiangyu Wang, Hong Zhao, Risheng Cao, Yini Dang, Binbin Yu

“…Treatment strategies aimed at modulating the gut microbiota and SCFAs may have the potential to enhance the clinical results of patients.…”
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Multimodal fusion model for diagnosing mild cognitive impairment in unilateral middle cerebral artery steno-occlusive disease by Ziyi Yuan, Zhaodi Huang, Chaojun Li, Shengrong Li, Qingguo Ren, Xiaona Xia, Qingjun Jiang, Daoqiang Zhang, Qi Zhu, Xiangshui Meng, Xiangshui Meng

“…The accuracy, recall, sensitivity, and F1-score were higher than those of the other methods, as was the diagnostic efficacy (AUC = 0.9149).ConclusionThe multimodal FBN and SBN topological feature fusion technique, which incorporates rs-fMRI, DTI, 3D-T1WI, and demographic characteristics, obtains the most discriminative features of MCI in patients with unilateral MCA steno-occlusive disease and can effectively identify disease-related brain areas and connections. …”
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Association between serum testosterone changes and parameters of the metabolic syndrome by Sohei Kuribayashi, Shinichiro Fukuhara, Hiroaki Kitakaze, Go Tsujimura, Takahiro Imanaka, Norichika Ueda, Kentaro Takezawa, Hiroshi Kiuchi, Ayaka Tachi, Jiro Sakamoto, Toyofumi Abe, Go Tanigawa, Yasushi Miyagawa, Takashi Fujimoto, Norio Nonomura

“…In the present study, we aimed to examine the effects of longitudinal changes in total testosterone levels in the same cohort. …”
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Analysis of Risk Factors for Postoperative Progressive Segment Degeneration at the Decompression and Non-decompression Segments after Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression Surger... by Hasibullah Habibi, Hiromitsu Toyoda, Hidetomi Terai, Kentaro Yamada, Minori Kato, Akinobu Suzuki, Shinji Takahashi, Koji Tamai, Masayoshi Iwamae, Yuta Sawada, Yuto Kobayashi, Yuki Okamura, Hiroaki Nakamura

“…A logistic regression model identified that Cobb angle 10° (OR 2.53, 95% CI 1.50-4.24), spondylolisthesis 3 mm (OR 4.447, 95% CI 2.06-9.58), and level of segments were more likely to have PSD at the non-decompression level; additionally, lateral listhesis 3 mm (OR 2.91, 95% CI 1.08-7.81) was more likely to have PSD in the decompression segments. …”
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Inequalities in ownership and availability of home-based vaccination records in 82 low- and middle-income countries by Aluísio J D Barros, Cesar G Victora, Daniel R Hogan, M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Bianca O Cata-Preta, Thiago M Santos, Andrea Wendt, Luisa Arroyave, Tewodaj Mengistu

“…We studied levels and inequalities in HBR ownership in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) using data from national surveys conducted since 2010.Methods We used data from national household surveys (Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)) from 82 LMICs. 465 060 children aged 6–35 months were classified into four categories: HBR seen by the interviewer; mother/caregiver never had an HBR; mother/caregiver had an HBR that was lost; and reportedly have an HBR that was not seen by the interviewer. …”
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Effectiveness of a comic book intervention on mental health literacy among adolescents and youth in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial protocol by Irene Brandt, Sylvain Some, Ourohiré Millogo, Oumar Sourabié, Jacob Burns, Sachin Shinde, Matthias Haucke, Nathan Sivewright, Christine Neumann, Shraddha Bajaria, Katian Napon, Clarisse Dah, Marina Taonda, Jason T. Siegel, Mary Mwanyika Sando, Till Bärnighausen, Ali Sié, Shuyan Liu

“…Discussion We hypothesize that the comic book intervention and flyer intervention will prove more effective in improving mental health literacy than the control group. We further hypothesize that for younger adolescents (10–14), the comic book will be more effective at increasing mental health literacy than the flyer. …”
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Phylogenetic analysis, metabolic profiling, and environmental adaptation of strain LCG007: a novel Rhodobacteraceae isolated from the East China Sea intertidal zone by Cuizhu Liang, Jiahua Wang, Jie Liu, Zekai Wang, Junwei Cao, Xi Yu, Li Zhang, Jiasong Fang, Jiasong Fang

“…Strain LCG007, isolated from Lu Chao Harbor's intertidal water, phylogenetically represents a novel genus within the family Rhodobacteraceae. …”
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Different lysine-to-methionine ratios in a low-protein diet affect the microbiome and metabolome, influencing the jejunal barrier function in Tibetan sheep by Fengshuo Zhang, Zhenling Wu, Yu Zhang, Quyangangmao Su, Kaina Zhu, Xuan Chen, Shengzhen Hou, Linsheng Gui

“…Bacterial sequencing showed that both Chao1 and ACE richness were significantly increased in the LP-L group (p < 0.05), suggesting that the species richness in the jejunum is connected to the ratio of dietary Lys/Met. …”
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Effect of Replacing Inorganic Copper, Zinc, and Selenium with Chelated Minerals on Productive Performance, Nutrient Utilization, Tibia Morphology, and Intestinal Histology of Growi... by Carlos A. Gaona rodríguez, Hugo Bernal Barragán, Nydia C. Vásquez aguilar, Adriana Morales Trejo, Miguel Cervantes Ramírez, Cecilia Ramírez Hernández, Humberto González Rodríguez, Emilio Olivares Sáenz, Jesús J. Hernández escareño

“…Quails fed the OM67 diet exhibited higher (P < 0.05) viability, daily weight gain, and live weight than the other groups, with no significant difference in feed intake or feed efficiency across treatments. …”
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The Impact of Hangeshashinto on Symptoms and Gut Microbiota in Diarrhea-type Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Retrospective Analysis by Naohisa Yoshida, Takeshi Yasuda, Yoshikazu Inagaki, Daisuke Hasegawa, Kohei Fukumoto, Takaaki Murakami, Ryohei Hirose, Osamu Dohi, Kazuhiko Uchiyama, Tomohisa Takagi, Yoshito Itoh

“…This study evaluated IBS-D symptom improvement and gut microbiota changes following HST administration. Methods: This was a multicenter retrospective study with a prospective analysis of microbiota conducted at five affiliated institutions. …”
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Efficacy and safety of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in the elderly versus non-elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: insights from a systematic review by Yao Wang, Jiangling Wang, Qian Gong, Haoming Wu, Shuhao Yang, Jufeng He, Xulin Hu, Tianfang Huang

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Plasma prolactin axis shift from placental to pituitary origin in late prepartum mice by Taku James Sairenji, Shinnosuke Masuda, Yuya Higuchi, Mitsue Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Yajima, Oh Kwan Ee, Yuki Fujiwara, Takuya Araki, Noriaki Shimokawa, Noriyuki Koibuchi

“…To investigate this hypothesis and to seek proteomic changes, we performed a shotgun proteome analysis of the placental tissue using data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry (DIA-MS). …”
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Monitoring of hepatitis E virus infection and replication by functional tagging of the ORF2 protein by Maliki Ankavay, Nathalie Da Silva, Angela Pollán, Noémie Oechslin, Katja Dinkelborg, Patrick Behrendt, Darius Moradpour, Jérôme Gouttenoire

Subjects: “…HEV…”
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Study of Thermal Decomposition of the Copolymer Based on Polyethylene Glycol Fumarate with Acrylic Acid by Meyram Burkeyev, Yerkeblan Tazhbayev, Abylaikhan Bolatbay, Yelena Minayeva, Santay Davrenbekov, Yermauyt Nassikhatuly, Anna Kovaleva, Kamshat Kutzhanova, Akerke Kazhmuratova

“…Then, using the compensation effect, the invariant kinetic parameters of the decomposition processes have been found. An experimental curve has been plotted to find the reaction model in comparison with theoretical ones.…”
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The Value of Voltage Histogram Analysis Derived Right Atrial Scar Burden in the Prediction of Left Atrial Scar Burden by Szilvia Herczeg, Joseph Galvin, John J. Keaney, Edward Keelan, Roger Byrne, Claire Howard, Laszlo Geller, Gabor Szeplaki

“…Growing evidence suggests that fibrotic changes can be observed in atrial fibrillation (AF) in both atria. …”
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双能CT用于房颤患者左心耳部血栓的诊断 by 赵君雅, 陈梦婷, 周旭辉, 余太慧

“…两组间性别、身体质量指数分布差异性无统计学意义（<italic>P</italic> &gt; 0.05）。LAAT/SEC 组CHA₂DS₂-VASC评分、左心房前后径大于非LAAT/SEC 组（<italic>P </italic>= 0.047；<italic>P </italic>&lt; 0.001）。…”
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Outcomes of Combined Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion and Transcatheter Mitral Edge-to-Edge Repair by Abdullah Al-Abcha, MD, Pietro Di Santo, MD, Charanjit S. Rihal, MD, MBA, Trevor Simard, MD, PhD, Benjamin Hibbert, MD, PhD, Mohamad Alkhouli, MD, MBA

“…The Society of Thoracic Surgeons operative risk score was 11.8% ± 5.3%, the CHA2DS2-VASc score was 4.5 ± 1.1, and the HAS-BLED score was 3.3 ± 1.5. …”
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Integration of a specialist pharmacist-led multidisciplinary team in primary care: preventing strokes in people with atrial fibrillation across North East London by Riyaz Patel, Sotiris Antoniou, Shabana Ali, Mital Patel, Matt Kearney, Jagjot Kaur Chahal, John Robson, Paul Wright, Afzal Sohaib, Richard Clements, Angela Theodoulou

“…Evidence shows that one stroke can be prevented for every 25 patients with AF treated with anticoagulation, reducing the burden of stroke and stroke-related disabilities.In 2020, hospital specialist cardiovascular pharmacists were commissioned to identify patients with AF at high ischaemic risk (CHA2DS2VASc≥2) in three boroughs by working with general practitioners (GPs) and practice-based pharmacists. …”
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