A cell wall-targeting urease-derived peptide as a potential antifungal agent against Candida species by Ana Paula A. Perin, Julia C.V. Reuwsaat, Heryk Motta, Fernanda Cortez Lopes, Matheus V.C. Grahl, Andrea G. Tavanti, Marilene H. Vainstein, Charley C. Staats, Célia R. Carlini, Rodrigo Ligabue-Braun, Lívia Kmetzsch

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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Adult Congenital Heart Disease by David J. Harrison, MD, Rania A. Mekary, PhD, MS, MSc, Shilpa Vijayakumar, MD, Erin Lake, ScD, MS, Joseph Kay, MD, Roni M. Jacobsen, MD, Camila Londono-Obregon, MD, Elizabeth Yeung, MD, Sarah Kelly, PsyD, Ann Poteet, NP, MS, Michael J. Landzberg, MD, Molly Wallrich, RN, Amber D. Khanna, MD

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Spinal cord demyelination predicts neurological deterioration in patients with mild degenerative cervical myelopathy by Jefferson R Wilson, David Anderson, Stephan Duplessis, Julien Cohen-Adad, David W Cadotte, Nathan Evaniew, Jacques Bouchard, Michael Craig, Abdul Al-Shawwa, Kalum Ost, Steve Casha, W Bradley Jacobs, Saswati Tripathy, Peter Lewkonia, Fred Nicholls, Alex Soroceanu, Ganesh Swamy, Kenneth C Thomas, Michael MH Yang, Nicholas Dea

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Chatbot for the Return of Positive Genetic Screening Results for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: Prompt Engineering Project by Emma Coen, Guilherme Del Fiol, Kimberly A Kaphingst, Emerson Borsato, Jackilen Shannon, Hadley Smith, Aaron Masino, Caitlin G Allen

“…The 2 scenarios were intended to represent common but distinct patient profiles in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, age, and background knowledge. …”
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mbctools: A User-Friendly Metabarcoding and Cross-Platform Pipeline for Analyzing Multiple Amplicon Sequencing Data across a Large Diversity of Organisms by Barnabé, Christian, Sempéré, Guilhem, Manzanilla, Vincent, Millan, Joel Moo, Amblard-Rambert, Antoine, Waleckx, Etienne

“…It can handle the most common tasks in metabarcoding pipelines such as paired-end merging, primer trimming, quality filtering, sequence denoising, zero-radius operational taxonomic unit (ZOTU) filtering, and has the capability to process multiple genetic markers simultaneously. mbctools is a menu-driven program that eliminates the need for expertise in command-line skills and ensures documentation of each analysis for reproducibility purposes. …”
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Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population. by Marta Relvas, Luciana Rocha, Paulo Rompante, Filomena Salazar, Luís Monteiro, Ana Sofia Vinhas, Maria Gonçalves

“…Results: The consumption of illicit drugs proved to be a common practice (86.8%), where cannabis, heroin and cocaine were the most prevalent (29.1%). …”
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Antimicrobial data set and occurrence of acute kidney injury in patients admitted to a hospital in Western Pará, BrazilMendeley Data by Hiago Sousa Pinheiro, Camila Castilho Moraes, Géssica Aleane Moraes Esquerdo, Elenn Suzany Pereira Aranha, Luige Pinho Moraes, Tânia Mara Pires Moraes, Waldiney Pires Moraes

“…In hospital units, the evaluation and pharmaceutical follow-up of medical prescriptions is an important source for pharmaceutical care and pharmaceutical clinical services. One common problem that has high hospital incidence rates is the occurrence of acute kidney injury (AKI). …”
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Novel Dural Opening Technique in Intradural Extramedullary Tumors at the Craniovertebral Junction: Three-Year Single-Center Experience by Giovanni Federico Nicoletti, Francesca Graziano, Federica Paolini, Roberta Costanzo, Manikon Poullay Silven, Massimo Furnari, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, Rosario Maugeri, Bipin Chaurasia, Gianluca Ferini, Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana, Gianluca Scalia

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Meaningfulness, feasibility, and usability of quality-of-care measures for maternal and infant health: A structured mixed-methods review by Ryan P. Theis, Rahma S. Mkuu, Hannah Marmol, Lauren Silva, Callie Reeder, Jessica Bahorski, Erica Smith, John C. Smulian, Tony S. Wen, Amanda Redinger, Tabresha Blake, Elizabeth A. Shenkman, Dominick J. Lemas

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Impaired creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate in Thai individuals switching to dolutegravir: illustrating the role of cystatin C testing to aid clinical decision m... by Carlo Sacdalan, Curtis Austin, Aswathy Varma, Suteeraporn Pinyakorn, Eugène Kroon, Donn J. Colby, Phillip Chan, Orlanda Goh, Krittaporn Pornpaisakul, Jintana Intasan, Tassanee Luekasemsuk, Merlin L. Robb, Nitiya Chomchey, Nittaya Phanuphak, Jintanat Ananworanich, Sandhya Vasan, Denise Hsu, the SEARCH 010/RV254 study group

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Pineal cyst in bipolar patient with normolithiaemia and positive fibromyalgic tender points by Salvatore Marrone, MD, Antonio Alessandro Biancardino, MD, Evier Andrea Giovannini, MD, Federica Paolini, MD, Benedetta Maria Campisi, MD, Jaime Mandelli, MD, Domenico Santangelo, MD, Salvatore Fanara, MD, Giuseppe Vaccaro, MD, Michele Vecchio, MD, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, MD, PhD, Luigi Basile, MD

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Antimicrobial susceptibilities of oral Neisseria from men on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Hanoi, Vietnam by Huan Vinh Dong, Paul Adamson, Dieu Hoa Pham, Quynh Hoa Pham, Hai Ha Long Le, Loc Quang Pham, Hao Thi Minh Bui, Giang Minh Le, Jeffrey D. Klausner

“…In total, 48 Neisseria isolates were recovered; N. sicca/subflava was the most common species (50%; n = 24), followed by N. mucosa (38%; n = 18). …”
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A Phase 1/1B Trial of Pembrolizumab and Trametinib in Advanced NSCLC Enriched for KRAS Mutations by Jonathan W. Riess, MD, MS, Matthew S. Lara, BS, Guillaume Luxardi, PhD, Miguel Lopez de Rodas, MD, Michiko Shimoda, PhD, Karen Kelly, MD, Primo N. Lara, MD, Laurel Beckett, PhD, Arta Monjazeb, MD, PhD, Kurt A. Schalper, MD, PhD, Emanual Maverakis, MD, David R. Gandara, MD

“…Introduction: MEK inhibition (MEKi) combined with programmed death ligand 1 inhibition (immune checkpoint inhibitor [ICI]) modulates the tumor immune microenvironment. …”
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A case of bone resorption in the mentum caused by hyaluronic acid filler in a patient with skeletal Class II jaw deformity by Takayuki Nakagawa, Shigehiro Ono, Miyuki Sakuma, Yoko Ishida, Kuniko Mizuta, Ryo Uetsuki, Keijyuro Odan, Yuko Shintaku, Masataka Higuchi, Yutaka Matsushita, Shunichi Kojima, Isao Hirata, Koichi Kato, Tomonao Aikawa

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Safety and Tolerability of Implanted Subcutaneous Cardioverter-Defibrillator Systems by A. V. Vereshchagina, T. M. Uskach, O. V. Sapelnikov, V. A. Amanatova, I. R. Grishin, A. A. Kulikov, V. S. Kostin, R. S. Akchurin

“…All patients underwent two-zone programming. The conditional shock zone was programmed at an average rate of 192 beats/min (range 180-210 beats/min) and the shock zone was programmed at an average rate of 222 beats/min (range 220-240 beats/min). …”
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Impact of thyroid immune-related adverse events on clinical outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with checkpoint inhibitor therapy: A single center study by Šejla Cerić, Timur Cerić, Emir Sokolović, Jasmina Dalač, Dragana Miletić, Inga Marijanović, Layan Mattar, Amina Aljić, Selma Agić-Bilalagić, Amera Šadija, Miran Hadžiahmetović, Semir Bešlija

“…These findings suggest that thyroid dysfunction is a common irAE in patients with metastatic NSCLC receiving ICIs, particularly atezolizumab, and its development may be associated with improved PFS. …”
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Assessment of Women's Discretionary Salt Intake and Household Salt Utilization in Preparation for a Salt Fortification Trial in Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Isaac Agbemafle, Meseret Woldeyohannes, Masresha Tessema, Mengistu Fereja, Charles D. Arnold, Biniyam T. Banjaw, Alemayhu Hussen, Tadesse Kebebe, Yvonne E. Goh, Mandana Arabi, Homero Martinez, Christine M. McDonald, Kenneth H. Brown

“…ABSTRACT There is a high incidence of neural tube defects (NTDs) in Ethiopia and folate insufficiency, a primary risk factor for NTDs, is common among Ethiopian women of reproductive age (WRA). …”
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Very first real-world data on zongertinib use in non-small cell lung cancer patients with HER2 mutations: A brief report by Oliver Illini, Anna Sophie Lang-Stöberl, Hannah Fabikan, Christoph Weinlinger, Arschang Valipour, Maximilian J. Hochmair

“…Methods: We report real-world data on six consecutive patients with HER2-mutant NSCLC who received zongertinib through a named patient use program between December 2023 and June 2024. Radiological response evaluation and blood testing were routinely performed every two to three months, and adverse events were graded according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5. …”
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Role of unsafe medical practices and sexual behaviours in the hepatitis B and C syndemic and HIV co-infection in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study by Neil Gupta, Jean Damascene Makuza, Sabine Umuraza, Janvier Serumondo, Sabin Nsanzimana, Marie Paul Nisingizwe, Jean Olivier Twahirwa Rwema, Donatha Dushimiyimana, Dominique Savio Habimana, Alida Ngwije, Muhamed Semakula

“…These findings highlight the magnitude of co-infections and differences in underlying risk factors that are important for designing prevention and care programmes.…”
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Psychometric properties of early childhood development assessment tools in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review by Aradhana Thapa, Xanthe Hunt, Joshua Jeong, Helen O Pitchik, Lilia Bliznashka, Nazia Binte Ali, Jonathan Seiden, Elizabeth Hentschel, Deanna Olney, Sarah Elizabeth Neville, Aditi Roy, Katherine Solís-Cordero

“…Bias due to missing data was most common.Conclusions Psychometric evidence is fragmented, limited and heterogeneous. …”
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