The significance of risk stratification through nomogram-based assessment in determining postmastectomy radiotherapy for patients diagnosed with pT1 − 2N1M0 breast cancer by Chao Wei, Jie Kong, Huina Han, Xue Wang, Zimeng Gao, Danyang Wang, Andu Zhang, Jun Zhang, Zhikun Liu

“…Group imbalances were mitigated using the propensity score matching (PSM) method, and the log-rank test was employed to compare overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) between the cohorts. …”
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Cardiovascular function shows early impairment in asymptomatic adolescents diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus: an ultrasound-derived myocardial work study by Martina Ghirardo, Martina Ghirardo, Irene Cattapan, Irene Cattapan, Jolanda Sabatino, Jolanda Sabatino, Alice Pozza, Alice Pozza, Jennifer Fumanelli, Jennifer Fumanelli, Martina Avesani, Joaquin Gutierrez De Rubalcava Doblas, Carlo Moretti, Biagio Castaldi, Giovanni Di Salvo

“…A comparison of MW parameters with the data from 31 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers from a previous study in our lab was carried out.ResultsIn our population, the glycemic control parameters showed suboptimal control. …”
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Transaxillary vs. Transsubclavian Gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy approaches for papillary thyroid cancer by Hongji Wu, Meiyu Zhu, Chi Ma, Rui Yang, Yanzhong Gu, Shujian Wei, Xincheng Liu, Haiqing Sun, Guibin Zheng, Xicheng Song, Haitao Zheng

“…Medical records of patients with PTC who underwent GETTA or GETTSA performed by the same surgical team between August 2022 and August 2023 were retrospectively reviewed. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to mitigate potential selection bias and adjust for baseline clinical characteristic differences. …”
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Altered lumbo-pelvic-hip complex muscle morphometry and contraction change in postpartum pelvic girdle pain and asymptomatic subjects: a cross-sectional study by Ziling Lin, Ziling Lin, Yanjun Hou, Xueling Chen, Yanping Liu, Yanping Liu, Xiangbin Wang, Xiangbin Wang

“…Therefore, this study aims to compare the differences in muscle thickness and contraction function of lumbo-pelvic-hip complex muscle between postpartum women with PGP and asymptomatic controls using ultrasound imaging.MethodsOne hundred and fifty postpartum women with PGP and fifty age-matched asymptomatic postpartum women were recruited in this study. …”
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Alterations in DNA Damage Repair Genes Before and After Neoadjuvant Cisplatin-based Chemotherapy in Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer by Ursula Lemberger, Büsra Ernhofer, Sigurd Krieger, Andreas Bruchbacher, André Oszwald, Ekaterina Laukhtina, Andrea Haitl, Melanie R. Hassler, Bernhard Englinger, Eva Compérat, Shahrokh F. Shariat

“…Moreover, responders exhibited significantly greater DNA damage after NAC. …”
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The Pathogenic Role of Expanded CD8⁺CD28^null Angiogenic T Cells in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis by Haomiao Shen, Jinlin Miao, Haoyang Sun, Kui Zhang, Renli Liu, Zichao Li, Leyang Zhang, Peiyan Zhang, Jiawei Wang, Bei Zhang, Longyu Chen, Zhaohui Zheng, Ping Zhu

“…<b>Methods:</b> A cohort of AAV patients and matched healthy controls (HCs) were analyzed. Flow cytometry was used to assess the profiles of circulating CD8⁺CD28^null Tang. …”
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Mitochondrial oxygen metabolism as a potential predictor of weight loss after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for class III obesity by Markus Engelmann, Markus Engelmann, Juliane Götze, Juliane Götze, Philipp Baumbach, Philipp Baumbach, Charles Neu, Charles Neu, Utz Settmacher, Michael Ardelt, Hermann Kissler, Sina M. Coldewey, Sina M. Coldewey

“…It is noteworthy that patients who exhibited higher mitoPO2, mitoVO2, and mitoDO2 values prior to surgery demonstrated superior weight loss outcomes one year after LSG. …”
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Immune infiltration landscape and potential drug-targeted implications for hepatocellular carcinoma with ‘progression/hyper-progression’ recurrence by Jing-Xuan Xu, Yue-Xiang Su, Yuan-Yuan Chen, Yi-Yue Huang, Zu-Shun Chen, Yu-Chong Peng, Lu-Nan Qi

“…Co-expression and protein interaction analyses were used to identify characteristic genes in ITM closely associated with type III–IV recurrence, which was matched with drug targets for Huaier granules (HG) and lenvatinib. …”
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Functional Connectivity Alterations Associated with COVID-19-Related Sleep Problems: A Longitudinal Resting-State fMRI Study by Chen HB, Li L, Sun YK, Liu Y, Chen W, Liu P, Liao YH, Xie A

“…Purpose: This study investigated SP-related brain functional connectivity (FC) alterations.Patients and methods: Fifty-five COVID-19 survivors with SP (COVID_SP) and 33 without SP (COVID_NSP), matched for demographics, completed PSQI and underwent rs-fMRI at baseline and 2-month follow-up. …”
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Exploring Medium- and Long-Term Respiratory and Functional Sequelae in Young Adults Post-COVID-19 by Büşra Ülker Ekşi, Eylül Pınar Kısa, Özge Ertan Harputlu, Begüm Kara Kaya, Zeynep Hoşbay, Buket Akıncı

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> Participants aged 18–25 who had COVID-19 within the last 3–6 months (Post-COVID Group 1, n = 25) and 6–12 months (Post-COVID Group 2, n = 25) and age–gender-matched healthy controls (n = 25) were included in this study. …”
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Corneal nerve abnormalities in early-stage diabetic retinopathy evaluated by corneal confocal microscopy by Yi Zhou, Xiangchen Li, Suhan Shi, Ziwei Guo, Beibei Shan, Linlin Xu, Yixiao Li, Jianxin Guo

“…Methods 58 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy participants underwent assessment of the corneal nerve. …”
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Comparative clinical impact of low-curvature and normal-curvature titanium mesh in cranioplasty: a retrospective analysis of patient outcomes by Shengkai Yang, Weihua Chen, Hongwei Teng, Lei Zhang, Kangkang Ji, Hai Zhou

“…Both before and after propensity score matching (PSM) analysis, the hospital stay for the low-curvature titanium mesh group was significantly shorter than that for the normal-curvature mesh group (Before: 9.14 ± 2.64 vs. 12.51 ± 4.15, P = 0.001; After: 9.44 ± 2.83 vs. 12.13 ± 4.40, P = 0.048). …”
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In vivo evidence for cell body loss in cortical lesions in people with multiple sclerosis by Eva A. Krijnen, Hansol Lee, Samantha Noteboom, Florence L. Chiang, Martijn D. Steenwijk, Menno M. Schoonheim, Eric C. Klawiter, Susie Y. Huang

“…Methods In this cross‐sectional study, 41 people with multiple sclerosis and 34 age‐ and sex‐matched healthy controls underwent 3 T high‐gradient diffusion MRI. …”
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Exploring the composition of placental microbiome and its potential origin in preterm birth by Marwa Saadaoui, Mohamed Nadhir Djekidel, Selvasankar Murugesan, Manoj Kumar, Duaa Elhag, Parul Singh, Basirudeen Syed Ahamed Kabeer, Basirudeen Syed Ahamed Kabeer, Alexandra Katharina Marr, Tomoshige Kino, Tobias Brummaier, Rose McGready, Rose McGready, François Nosten, François Nosten, Damien Chaussabel, Annalisa Terranegra, Souhaila Al Khodor

“…Specifically, our data revealed that in PTB cases, the placental microbiome exhibited a closer resemblance to the vaginal microbiome, whereas in term pregnancies, the placental microbiome was similar to the oral microbiome.…”
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Adenomas from individuals with pathogenic biallelic variants in the MUTYH and NTHL1 genes demonstrate base excision repair tumour mutational signature profiles similar to colorecta... by Romy Walker, Jihoon E. Joo, Khalid Mahmood, Mark Clendenning, Julia Como, Susan G. Preston, Sharelle Joseland, Bernard J. Pope, Ana B.D. Medeiros, Brenely V. Murillo, Nicholas Pachter, Kevin Sweet, Allan D. Spigelman, Alexandra Groves, Margaret Gleeson, Krzysztof Bernatowicz, Nicola Poplawski, Lesley Andrews, Emma Healey, Steven Gallinger, Robert C. Grant, Aung K. Win, John L. Hopper, Mark A. Jenkins, Giovana T. Torrezan, Christophe Rosty, Finlay A. Macrae, Ingrid M. Winship, Daniel D. Buchanan, Peter Georgeson

“…Background: Colorectal cancers (CRCs) from people with biallelic germline likely pathogenic/pathogenic variants in MUTYH or NTHL1 exhibit specific single base substitution (SBS) mutational signatures, namely combined SBS18 and SBS36 (SBS18+SBS36), and SBS30, respectively. …”
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Prognostic Implications of the Number of Lymph Node Metastases in Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Population Study of the SEER Database and an Institutional Registry by Wenjie Huang, Yu Zhang, Hao Li, Zhiying Liang, Shumin Zhou, Jie Pan, Hui Xie, Chao Luo, Shuqi Li, Guangying Ruan, Fei Ai, Yanfeng Chen

“…Multivariate Cox proportional hazards model was employed to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of pathological nodal features. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to assess effect of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (ACRT). …”
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Obstructive sleep apnea and structural and functional brain alterations: a brain-wide investigation from clinical association to genetic causality by Kang Wu, Qiming Gan, Yuhong Pi, Yanjuan Wu, Wenjin Zou, Xiaofen Su, Sun Zhang, Xinni Wang, Xinchun Li, Nuofu Zhang

“…Methods We studied 20 pairs of age-, sex-, BMI-, and education- matched OSA patients and healthy controls using multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from August 2019 to February 2020. …”
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Study on the correlation between microstructural evolution and hydrogen storage properties in hyper-eutectic Mg-xNi (x = 15, 20, 25) alloys by So Jin Jung, Seok Su Sohn, Da Hye Lee, Won-Seok Ko, Tae Jun Ha, Ryun-Ho Kwak, Byeong-Chan Suh, Young Min Kim, Hyung-Ki Park

“…These analyses confirmed that, despite variations in Ni content across the alloys, the chemical composition of the individual Mg and Mg2Ni phases remained unchanged. The Mg phase exhibited a 100% Mg composition, while the Mg2Ni phase showed an atomic ratio of Mg to Ni of 2:1, closely matching the theoretical stoichiometric ratio. …”
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Using the HBSC Symptom Checklist to measure junior secondary school students’ psychosomatic complaints in the Chinese Mainland: Rasch-based validation, population-based norm, and n... by Yuhang Zhu, Xianzhu Cong, Zhenliang Qiu, Ricky Jeffrey, Ranran Li, Li Jing, Gaopei Zhu, Xi Yang, Shuang Li, Jinling Wang, Xu Xu, Hongliu Zhu, Xinjian Wang, Ling Huang, Xueqin Sun, Di Wu, Kai Zhang, Xunhong Miao, Rui Wen, Qinglang Huang, Zhuang He, Juan Li, Alina Cosma, Fuyan Shi, Suzhen Wang, the PROSQoL-JSSS research group

“…The person-item map demonstrated acceptable person and item matches, and provided new perspectives for future improvements. …”
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Salivary testosterone and cortisol responses to seven weeks of practical blood flow restriction training in collegiate American football players by Paul E. Luebbers, Luke M. Kriley, Drake A. Eserhaut, Matthew J. Andre, Michael S. Butler, Andrew C. Fry

“…Saliva samples were taken pre- and post- the first lower-body training sessions in week 1 and week 7 (i.e., test 1 and test 2) of the program, yielding four total. sTes and sCort were analyzed using 4-way (4 × 2 × 2 × 2) mixed model ANOVA’s.ResultsHormonal variables all exhibited main effects for time-of-day (p &lt; 0.001). …”
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