Computed tomography-derived quantitative imaging biomarkers enable the prediction of disease manifestations and survival in patients with systemic sclerosis by Gabriela Riemekasten, Felix Nensa, Hanna Grasshoff, René Hosch, Malte Maria Sieren, Lennart Berkel, Jörg Barkhausen, Roman Kloeckner, Franz Wegner

“…Patients with altered BCA parameters had increased ORs for various complications, including interstitial lung disease (p<0.05). …”
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Available Nitrogen as the Determinant of Variability in Soil Microbial Communities Throughout <i>Lycium chinense</i> Growth Zones in the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai, China by Qianqian Su, Jie Li, Jingui Wang, Gang Li, Yang Sun, Xiaoqin Liu, Lan Luo, Xinrui Wang, Guilong Zhang

“…Understanding the compositional and functional dynamics of soil microbial communities is crucial for optimizing soil fertility and promoting agricultural sustainability. …”
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Genome-wide identification and stress-responsive expression profiling of the TCP gene family in Cenchrus fungigraminus under drought and cold stress by Shijie Ke, Xin He, Mengmeng Zhang, Lin Luo, Yuxin Chen, Yixue Cui, Yelin Huang

“…Twelve genes in the CIN subclade had potential miR319 target sites. Cis-acting element analysis showed that most CfuTCP genes contained many light-, phytohormone-, and developmental stress-responsive elements in their promoter regions. …”
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Risk Factors for Early Post-transplant Weight Changes Among Simultaneous Pancreas-kidney Recipients and Impact on Outcomes by Sandesh Parajuli, MD, Riccardo Tamburrini, MD, PhD, Fahad Aziz, MD, Ban Dodin, BS, MPhil, Brad C. Astor, PhD, Didier Mandelbrot, MD, Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD, Jon Odorico, MD

“…We included all SPK recipients with both allografts functioning for at least 6 mo post-transplant and categorized them based on the weight changes from baseline to 6 mo post-transplant. …”
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Effect of exercise intervention on quality of life and exercise capacity in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Yaya Xi, Yinxue Zhang, Leyao Han, Meishan Zhang, Yunyun Liu, Jingying Xiong, Yingqiao Wang, Weiping Li, Feng Bai, Minmin Cai, Xinman Dou, Xinman Dou, Xinglei Wang, Xinglei Wang

“…AE significantly improved vitality, social functioning, and mental health, with particular benefits in improving vitality.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero, identifier (CRD42024628296).…”
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Repeated intestinal perforations in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a case report of a novel mutation in the COL3A1 gene by Taichi Horino, Yuji Miyamoto, Mayuko Ohuchi, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Naoya Yoshida, Takatoshi Ishiko, Chieko Kukinaka, Rumi Sasaki, Takashi Ohba, Hideo Baba

“…Fifty-one days after this first operation, the patient had transverse colon perforation and thus underwent the Hartmann procedure as the second operation. …”
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Sex-specific asymmetry in lumbar paraspinal muscles among chronic low back pain patients: correlation with pain duration and intensity by Sihai Liu, Luis Becker, Bernhard Hoehl, Sandra Reitmaier, Lukas Mödl, Daishui Yang, Tianwei Zhang, Matthias Pumberger, Hendrik Schmidt

“…FIAI was significantly higher in cLBP for ES at L2/3 and PM, MF, and ES at L4/5 (p < 0.05). Men with cLBP had lower PM CAI and FCAI at L1/2 and L4/5 (p < 0.05), with varying FIAI levels. …”
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Environmental enrichment affects immunity and reduces disease severity in pigs after co-infection, with stronger effects when applied from birth than from weaning by Brigitte G. C. de Bruijn, Ingrid Danielle Ellen van Dixhoorn, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, Jan B. W. J. Cornelissen, Norbert Stockhofe-Zurwieden, Marion Kluivers, Johanna M. J. Rebel, Johanna M. J. Rebel

“…At six days after weaning EEH pigs had higher whole blood cell counts and higher concentrations of IL1ß and TNFα than CCH and CEH pigs. …”
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Vertical distribution patterns and potential activities of methanogenic and methanotrophic communities in permafrost peatlands of Greater Khingan Mountains by Anwen Liu, Weiping Yin, Dalong Ma, Xu Wang, Shuping Kan

“…Co-occurrence network analysis revealed that environmental filtering had a slight effect on methanogen communities, but the complexity and stability of methanotroph communities decreased from TP to FP. …”
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Bleomycin Electrosclerotherapy (BEST) for Slow-Flow Malformations of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract by Veronika Vielsmeier, Vanessa F. Schmidt, Florian Obereisenbuchner, Natascha Platz Batista da Silva, Walter A. Wohlgemuth, Daniel Puhr-Westerheide, Max Seidensticker, Jens Ricke, Thomas Kühnel, Christopher Bohr, Moritz Wildgruber, Caroline T. Seebauer

“…Postprocedural complications and functional outcomes were systematically recorded. <b>Results:</b> A total of 29 BEST sessions were performed. …”
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Invasive shrub (Lantana camara L.) alters the tree diversity and ecosystem-level carbon pools in tropical forests of Central India by Parvaiz Ahmad Lone, Subashree Kothandaraman, Subashree Kothandaraman, Javid Ahmad Dar, Javid Ahmad Dar, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Mohammed Latif Khan

“…Tropical forests, known for their biodiversity and carbon (C) richness, face significant threats from biological invasions that disrupt structural and functional processes. Lantana camara (Family: Verbenaceae) is an invasive shrub that has spread across several Indian landscapes. …”
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Elevated mir‐141 in obesity: Insights into the interplay with sirtuin 1 and non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease by Nikta Dadkhah Nikroo, Habib Jafarinejad, Zeynab Yousefi, Zohreh Abdolvahabi, Mojtaba Malek, Pejman Mortazavi, Abdolreza Pazouki, Somayeh Mokhber, Mitra Nourbakhsh

“…Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1), an enzyme that plays a crucial role in regulating various cellular functions and metabolism, is implicated in obesity and the ensuing non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). …”
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Maintaining operability at a high personal cost – a mixed method study on maternal healthcare workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic by Magnus Akerstrom, Anna Wessberg, Emina Hadžibajramović, Sofie Graner, Ylva Carlsson, Ola Andersson, Maria Jonsson, Elin Naurin, Malin Veje, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden

“…Conclusions The pandemic had a large effect on maternal healthcare employees. …”
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Sheep grazing in vineyards benefits wild bees in vineyard embankments and sheep dung attracts dung beetles to vineyards by Felix Fornoff, Johanna Mattenklodt, Frauke Thul, Jörn Buse, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Jakob Hörl, Nicolas Schoof

“…Five vineyards and their terrace risers (embankments) had been grazed by sheep for several years, typically in a rotational system, or were managed conventionally by mulching as control. …”
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Community structure and diversity of soil nematodes in different slope directions of wild cherry plum forests in Xinjiang, China by CAO Jing, CUI Dong, JIANG Zhicheng, YAN Jiangchao, WU Yunhao, LIU Junqi, GUO Jinfeng, HAN Yaxin, HAN Shutong

“…And as the depth of the soil layer increased, the density of soil nematodes gradually decreased. In terms of functional groups, the relative abundance of phytophagous nematodes and the relative abundance of c-p2, was the highest in the soils at the four slope orientations. …”
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High-intensity ethanol binge drinking accentuates bone damage in induced apical periodontitis in rats by José Mário Matos-Sousa, Deiweson Souza-Monteiro, Vinicius Ruan Neves dos Santos, Maria Karolina Martins Ferreira, Deborah Ribeiro Frazão, Victória Santos Chemelo, Leonardo de Oliveira Bittencourt, João Daniel Mendonça de Moura, Cristiane do Socorro Ferraz Maia, Fabrício Mezzomo Collares, Luanna de Melo Pereira Fernandes, Rafael Rodrigues Lima

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Normalization of tumor vasculature by imiquimod: proposal for a new anticancer therapeutic indication for a TLR7 agonist by Jarosz-Biej Magdalena, Czapla Justyna, Ciepła Joanna, Smolarczyk Ryszard, Drzyzga Alina, Sprus-Lipka Dorota, Pilny Ewelina, Matuszczak Sybilla, Cichoń Tomasz

“…A dose of 50 µg of IMQ had also the greatest impact on the changes in tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes levels. …”
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Exploring the association between childhood trauma and limbic system subregion volumes in healthy individuals: a neuroimaging study by Shaojia Lu, Yuwei Xu, Dong Cui, Shaohua Hu, Manli Huang, Lingjiang Li, Lei Zhang

“…Emotional and cognitive functions are often affected in many psychiatric conditions, and these functions are mediated by the limbic system. …”
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Association between malnutrition risk and the prognosis of geriatric heart failure patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation by Rui Shi, Zhenhan Li, Xinyue Duan, Jun Luo, Yuxiang Luo, Qingchen Wu, Dan Chen, Xin Tian, Hongtao Tie

“…Patients with malnutrition risk also had an increased risk of infection, poor quality of life (QoL), and reduced functional exercise capacity after the LVAD implantation. …”
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The burden and determinants of cognitive impairment among individuals with chronic diseases in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Addisu Getie, Melaku Bimerew, Mihretie Gedfew, Baye Tsegaye Amlak, Tegene Atamenta Kitaw, Adam Wondmieneh

“…Participants who are unable to read and write were 3.82 times more likely to experience cognitive impairment compared to those who had completed primary education (AOR = 3.82; 95 % CI: 2.97–4.91). …”
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