Relationship between PLR and Clinicopathological Characteristics of Patients with Advanced NSCLC and Its Predictive Value for the Efficacy of Chemotherapy and Prognosis by Jianming Zhao, Yiping Pan, Yu Sheng, Jun Sun

“…The median overall survival (OS) of patients with the low PLR group was 20.8 months, higher than the 12.0 months of patients with the high PLR group (P<0.05). …”
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Observations of the common wall lizard Podarcis muralis maculiventris (Werner, 1891) outside its natural range in Slovenia by Tomaž Jagar, Erika Ostanek

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Association of oxidative balance score with metabolic syndrome and its components in middle-aged and older individuals in the United States by Qu Zhang, Yemei Wu, Bo Luo

“…Increased OBS was linked to decreases in waist circumference (WC) (OR 0.41; 95% CI: 0.30–0.51; p &lt; 0.0001), triglycerides (TG) (OR 0.71; 95% CI: 0.53–0.92; p = 0.0139), blood pressure (BP) (OR 0.53; 95% CI: 0.40–0.69; p &lt; 0.0001), and fasting glucose (FG) (OR 0.61; 95% CI: 0.45–0.81; p &lt; 0.0001), while HDL-C increased (OR 0.68; 95% CI: 0.51–0.90; p = 0.0065). …”
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Are doctors feeling burnout? – Multicenter cross-sectional study on burnout syndrome and its determinants during the ongoing pandemic by Ashutosh Kumar, Kavita Chawla, Arun Mishra, Geetu Singh, Achyut K. Pandey, Praveen Rikhari

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“It’s Traumatic for All of Us”: A Qualitative Analysis of Providers Caring for Seriously Ill Veterans With Surgical Conditions by Adela Wu, MD, Sarah E. Bradley, PhD, MPH, CPH, C. Ann Vitous, MA, MPH, M. Andrew Millis, MD, MPH, Pasithorn A. Suwanabol, MD, MS

“…Using convenience sampling, we conducted 48 semistructured interviews with providers who provide high-intensity care (eg, surgeons, anesthesiologists, intensivists, and midlevel providers) for seriously ill patients with surgical conditions across 14 Veterans Affairs hospitals. …”
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Bacteriological Profile of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media and its Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern at a Tertiary Care Hospital by Geeta Geeta, Naveen G, Apoorva P, Harish MO, Arathi Nair, Harshitha MC, Kiran Revankar, Girish PB

“…Results Mean age of participants was 33.5 years. 94.1% had the unilateral infection. 94.4% had a tubo-tymphanic type while 5.6% had attico-antral type. 70 (77.8%) samples showed mono-microbial growth, 13 (14.4%) showed poly-microbial growth and 7 (7.8%) samples showed no growth in aerobic culture. …”
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Application of the Whole Optimization of Emergency Nursing Model United and Its Influence on Patients’ Stress Response and Nursing Satisfaction by Dannan Ai, Sumin Xu

“…Group A had a considerably superior treatment effect than group B (P<0.05). …”
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The Influence of Moisture Content on the Time-Dependent Characteristics of Rock Material and Its Application to the Construction of a Tunnel Portal by Xiaojun Liu, Chao Yang, Jing Yu

“…The Kelvin creep model considering the moisture degradation effect was established and a three-dimensional finite difference model was developed with the software FLAC3D to validate the creep model. …”
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Foaming properties and olfactory profile of fermented chickpea aquafaba and its application in vegan chocolate mousseMendeley Data by Lea Mehren, Lena Elliger, Hanna May, Andreas Schieber, Nadine Schulze-Kaysers

“…Aquafaba, the cooking water of chickpeas and other pulses, is used as a vegan egg white substitute because of its favorable technofunctional properties. …”
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Early therapeutic drug monitoring of methotrexate and its association with acute kidney injury: A retrospective cohort study by Nicolás Tentoni, Miriam Hwang, Gabriela Villanueva, Ryan Combs, Jennifer Lowe, Laura B. Ramsey, Zachary L. Taylor, Thais Murciano Carrillo, María Dolores Aumente, Teresa López‐Viñau López, Carmelo Rizzari, Scott C. Howard

“…ROC analysis revealed MTX elimination t½ calculated from the second and third time periods had the highest AUC for AKI at 0.62 (interquartile range [IQR] 0.56–0.69) and DME at 0.86 (IQR 0.73–1.00). …”
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THE INTEGRAL RURAL TOURISM EXPERIENCE FROM THE TOURIST’S POINT OF VIEW – A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ITS NATURE AND MEANING by ELISABETH KASTENHOLZ, JOANA LIMA

“…Concretely, in-depth interviews were conducted with 44 individuals who had visited rural areas, aiming at a deeper understanding of the three phases of the tourist experience: (i) pre (planning, expectations and motivations); (ii) during (events occurred during the visit); and (iii) after the experience (satisfaction, memories and evaluation of the visit). …”
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<i>In-vitro</i> Characterization of Optimized Multi-Unit Dosage Forms of Theophylline and its Solid State Characterisation by MU Uhumwangho, KV Murthy Ramana

“…The following were the dissolution parameters of the optimized MU formulation: the maximum release (m∞) = 91%, prompt release dose (mp) = 24%, time to attain maximum release (t∞) = 12h and first order release rate constant (k) = 0.20 h-1 which is comparable with the release data for the model. …”
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An Efficient Collocation Method for the Numerical Solutions of the Pantograph-Type Volterra Hammerstein Integral Equations and its Convergence Analysis by Hashem Saberi Najafi, Sayed Arsalan Sajjadi, Hossein Aminikhah

“…In this work, we consider a collocation method for solving the pantograph-type Volterra Hammerstein integral equations based on the first kind Chebyshev polynomials. …”
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A Generalized Bridge Regression in Fuzzy Environment and Its Numerical Solution by a Capable Recurrent Neural Network by Delara Karbasi, Mohammad Reza Rabiei, Alireza Nazemi

“…Bridge regression is a special family of penalized regressions using a penalty function ∑Ajγ with γ≥1 that for γ=1 and γ=2, it concludes lasso and ridge regression, respectively. …”
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Spatio-temporal behavior of atmospheriC concentration of NO2 using OMI sensor and its effect on precipitation in Iran by abolhassan gheibi, ali soleymani, hossein malakooti

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The MAPK MEK1/2-ERK1/2 Pathway and Its Implication in Hepatocyte Cell Cycle Control by Jean-Philippe Guégan, Christophe Frémin, Georges Baffet

“…In this paper, we will focus on MEK1/2-ERK1/2 activations and roles in normal rodent hepatocytes in vitro and in vivo after partial hepatectomy and in human hepatocarcinoma cells. …”
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Phenolic Compounds in Agro-Industrial Waste of Mango Fruit: Impact on Health and Its Prebiotic Effect – a Review by Mayra Nicolás García, Anahí Jobeth Borrás Enríquez, Jorge Luis González Escobar, Oscar de Jesús Calva Cruz, Viridiana Pérez Pérez, Mayra Sánchez Becerril

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The key role of the NUDT3 gene in lung adenocarcinoma progression and its association with the manganese ion metabolism family by Deyong Ge, Xinyu Xu, Liyi Fang, Huihui Tao

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Handgrip strength as a potential indicator of aging: insights from its association with aging-related laboratory parameters by Nina Kemala Sari, Stepvia Stepvia, Muhana Fawwazy Ilyas, Siti Setiati, Siti Setiati, Kuntjoro Harimurti, Ika Fitriana

“…Examining aging-related biomarkers often requires significant time and financial resources, underscoring the need for a straightforward and practical indicator. This study aims to investigate the association between handgrip strength and aging-related laboratory parameters in the elderly population of Indonesia.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted involving 109 participants aged 60–82 years. …”
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Investigation of the Optimization of Unloading Mining Scheme in Large Deep Deposit Based on Vague Set Theory and Its Application by Jia Sheng, Wen Wan, Dongrui Liu, Feifei Jiang, Xiangdong Li, Haiyun Zhang

“…According to the current mining depth and the average annual depth, during the period of “14th Five-Year Plan,” one-third of the underground metal mines will reach or exceed the mining depth of 1,000 m, with the deepest being 2,000 m. …”
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