Investigation of the structure of CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 melts as a basis for the development of new agglomerated welding fluxes and industrial refractories by Sokol’skii V.E., Pruttskov D.V., Busko V.M., Kazimirov V.P., Roik O.S., Chyrkin A.D., Galinich V.I., Goncharov I.A.

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Risk of All-Cause Mortality in Mild Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Evidence From the NHANES III and 2007–2012 by Zou W, Ou J, Wu F, Xiao S, Deng Z, Li H, Wang Z, Tang G, Liu S, Ye D, Zhu D, Hu J, Ran P

“…Weifeng Zou,1,2,* Jie Ou,1,2,* Fan Wu,3,4,* Shan Xiao,5 Zhishan Deng,3 Haiqing Li,3 Zihui Wang,3 Gaoying Tang,3 Shuling Liu,1 Dong Ye,6 Dongshuang Zhu,2 Jinxing Hu,1 Pixin Ran3,4 1State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shufu County People’s Hospital, Kashgar region, Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China; 3State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease & Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health & National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease & National Center for Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 4Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shenzhen Longgang District Central Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Internal Medicine, Guangdong Province Second People’s Hospital, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fan Wu; Pixin Ran, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease & Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health & National Center for Respiratory Medicine & National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease & The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, 195 Dongfeng Xi Road, Guangzhou, 510120, People’s Republic of China, Email wu.fan@vip.163.com; pxran@gzhmu.edu.cnBackground: It is unclear whether patients with Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stage 1 (mild) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a higher risk of all-cause mortality than participants with normal spirometry results.Methods: We used the data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III and 2007– 2012, which included participants aged 20– 79 years, to investigate whether patients with mild COPD (whole population and subgroups) have a higher risk of all-cause mortality than participants with normal spirometry. …”
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Real-Time Monitoring of Electrode Surface Changes in Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry Using Fourier Transform Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy by Cheonho Park, Youngjong Kwak, Jaehyun Jang, Sangmun Hwang, Hyun U Cho, Se Jin Jeon, Yoonbae Oh, Hojin Shin, Kendall H. Lee, Dong Pyo Jang

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Identification of a ubiquitin-protein ligase MaUPL6 modulating the response to Fusarium wilt in banana by Yaoyao Li, Jingfang Shi, Yile Huo, Xueyi Xie, Qiaosong Yang, Chunhua Hu, Ou Sheng, Fangcheng Bi, Chunyu Li, Ganjun Yi, Wei Wei, Tongxin Dou

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Clinical Specimens are the Pool of Multidrug- resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Harbouring oprL and toxA Virulence Genes: Findings from a Tertiary Hospital of Nepal by Yamuna Chand, Sujan Khadka, Sanjeep Sapkota, Suprina Sharma, Santosh Khanal, Alina Thapa, Binod Rayamajhee, Dhruba Kumar Khadka, Om Prakash Panta, Dipendra Shrestha, Pramod Poudel

“…A higher ratio of P. aeruginosa was detected from urine samples 40 (45.98%), outpatients’ specimens 63 (72.4%), and in patients of the age group of 60–79 years 36 (41.37%). …”
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Intravenous Oxycodone versus Intravenous Morphine in Cancer Pain: A Randomized, Open-Label, Parallel-Group, Active-Control Study by Kyung-Hee Lee, Jung-Hun Kang, Ho-Suk Oh, Moon-Ki Choi, Byoung-Yong Shim, Young-Jun Eum, Hye-Jeong Park, Jin-Hyong Kang

“…Results. Both groups achieved >50% reduction in average pain intensity: from “moderate” at baseline (oxycodone versus morphine: 6.0 ± 1.8 versus 5.9 ± 1.4) to “mild” at Day 5 (2.5 ± 1.8 versus 2.8 ± 1.6). …”
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Hong Kong Version of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HK-KOOS) for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis by Andy S. K. Cheng, Ka-chun Chan, Sum-yuet Chan, Miu-kwan Fan, Man-kwan Fung, Oi-yan Lee, Cindy T. T. Kwok, Jackson K. K. Wong

“…Medium to strong correlations were found between the HK-KOOS and the VAS-Pain, SF-12, and C-MBI. However, factor analysis indicated a seven-factor structure, rather than the original five-factor structure. …”
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Metaheuristic-based optimal energy assessment of hybrid multi-effect evaporator with synergy of solar and wind energy sources by Smitarani Pati, Nandan Kumar Navin, Om Prakash Verma, Dwesh Kumar Singh, Tarun Kumar Sharma, Saurabh Agarwal, Santos Gracia Villar, Luis Alonso Dzul Lopez, Imran Ashraf

“…Further, SE enhancement is achieved by integrating flash tanks that capture and reuse excess heat, which boosts SE by an additional 5.89%, leading to a total improvement of 73% without additional energy consumption. …”
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Study of Radioclinical and Risk Factors of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Retrospective Analysis of Patients Presenting to a Tertiary Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia by Adam BA, Osman AA, Sheikh Hassan M, Sidow NO, Osman Hidig MF, Mohamed AA, Ibrahim AA, Mohamed SA, Mohamed YG, Ahmed SA, Jeele MOO, Hassan MO

“…Descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were used for analysis.Results: The majority of patients were female (86.76%) and aged 20– 40 years (86.76%). Significant risk factors included the postpartum period (77.94%) and pregnancy, with statistical analysis showing strong associations between CVT and the postpartum period (χ² = 62.96, p < 0.0001) and pregnancy (χ² = 5.21, p = 0.022). …”
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Enhanced biocidal efficacy of alcohol based disinfectants with salt additives by Euna Oh, Hyerin Shin, Sumin Han, Soo Jee Do, Younseo Shin, Ji Hee Pi, Youngjin Kim, Dae-Hong Ko, Kyu Hyoung Lee, Hyo-Jick Choi

“…Specifically, the disinfection capability of the isopropanol (IPA) and ethanol (EtOH) solutions containing NaCl salts was evaluated by measuring (1) antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), Gram-negative bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli), and an alcohol-tolerant strain of E. coli; (2) sporicidal activity against Clostridioides difficile; (3) the antiviral activity against enveloped A/PR8/34 H1N1 influenza virus and non-enveloped adenovirus VR-5; and (4) the antifungal efficacy against Aspergillus niger and Cryptococcus neoformans from the time-dependent viability assays. …”
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A qualitative analysis of Arabic language websites about extraction of third molars by Muath Saad Alassaf, Mohannad Mohammed Abu Aof, Osama Ayidh Alharbi, Abdulrahman Turkustani, Moataz Ibrahim Karbouji, Nebras Althagafi, Ahmed Mohammed Almghamsi, Ghayda Yousof Zolaly, Shadia Elsayed

“…The median scores for reliability-related questions ranged from 1.5 to 4.5. The overall quality rating had a median score of 2.5 (IQR = 0.5). …”
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Early Kasai portoenterostomy in a 9-day-old newborn with extrahepatic biliary atresia: a case report highlighting improved prognosis with prompt intervention by Mortada H.F. El-Shabrawi, Gamal Eltagy, Mohamed Qinawy, Mohammed Am Oshi, Amjad Algethami, Nawaf A Alhujayri, Shaker S Alharthi, Abdullah M Alelyani, Naglaa M Kamal

“…This report highlights the importance of timely intervention, describing a 6-day-old male newborn diagnosed with EHBA who underwent successful Kasai portoenterostomy at 9 days of age. …”
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3′ Splice Site Sequences of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Related SMN2 Pre-mRNA Include Enhancers for Nearby Exons by Sunghee Cho, Heegyum Moon, Tiing Jen Loh, Hyun Kyung Oh, Hey-Ran Kim, Myung-Geun Shin, D. Joshua Liao, Jianhua Zhou, Xuexiu Zheng, Haihong Shen

“…In order to understand the functions of splice site sequences on exon 7 and 8, we analyzed the effects of conserved splice site sequences on exon 7 skipping of SMN2 and SMN1 pre-mRNA. …”
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Long-term trends and patterns in ultra-processed food consumption among Korean adults from 1998 to 2022 by Hyeseung Lee, Yesol Yim, Yerin Cho, Jiyeon Oh, Soeun Kim, Yejun Son, Hyesu Jo, Seohyun Hong, Masoud Rahmati, Hanseul Cho, Jiyoung Hwang, Dong Keon Yon

“…From 1998 to 2022, the fat content of both ultra-processed and non-ultra-processed foods significantly increased, rising from 26.24 to 28.15% for ultra-processed foods (mean difference: 1.91% [95% CI, 1.33–2.49%]) and from 16.81 to 22.26% for non-ultra-processed foods (mean difference: 5.45% [95% CI, 4.99–5.91%]). …”
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Potentiation of Calcium Influx and Insulin Secretion in Pancreatic Beta Cell by the Specific TREK-1 Blocker Spadin by Céline Hivelin, Sophie Béraud-Dufour, Christelle Devader, Amar Abderrahmani, Sébastien Moreno, Hamid Moha ou Maati, Alaeddine Djillani, Catherine Heurteaux, Marc Borsotto, Jean Mazella, Thierry Coppola

“…Inhibition of TREK-1 by SPA induced a decrease of the resting membrane potential (ΔVm~12 mV) and increased the cytosolic calcium concentration. …”
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Tramadol use and incident dementia in older adults with musculoskeletal pain: a population-based retrospective cohort study by Si Nae Oh, Hye Jun Kim, Jae Yong Shim, Kyuwoong Kim, Seogsong Jeong, Sun Jae Park, Sang Hyun Lee, Joong Won Ha, Sang Min Park

“…Longer cumulative duration of tramadol use was associated with an increased risk of all-cause dementia compared with nonuse (1 to 14 days: aHR 1.06, 95% CI 0.96–1.17; 15 to 90 days: aHR 1.14, 95% CI 1.10–1.35; and more than 90 days: aHR 1.18, 95% CI 1.00–1.39; test for trend: P < 0.001). …”
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Ratio of Skeletal Muscle Mass to Visceral Fat Area Is a Useful Marker for Assessing Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction among Koreans with Preserved Ejection Fraction: An Analysis of the Random Forest Model by Jin Kyung Oh, Yuri Seo, Wonmook Hwang, Sami Lee, Yong-Hoon Yoon, Kyupil Kim, Hyun Woong Park, Jae-Hyung Roh, Jae-Hwan Lee, Minsu Kim

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that older age (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 1.11; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.07 to 1.15) and lower SVR (adjusted OR, 0.08; 95% CI, 0.01 to 0.57) were independent risk factors for LVDD. …”
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Clinical implications of proximal tubular multicilia in glomerular diseases by Bohye Kim, Boram Weon, Evonne Kim, Sohee Park, Wencheng Jin, Nayeon Shin, Yun Kyu Oh, Chun Soo Lim, Jung Pyo Lee, Obin Kwon, Jeonghwan Lee

“…Results: MCCs were exclusively detected in patients with glomerular diseases (68.3 %), not those in the control group. Patients with diabetic kidney disease (88.9 %) or antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated glomerulonephritis (GN, 86.4 %) had higher MCC ratios. …”
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Telephone coaching supports exercise in people with prediabetes and diabetes: A mixed-methods study by Ana Paula Delgado Bomtempo, Gabriela Lima de Melo Ghisi, Mariana Balbi Seixas, Adriano Luiz Pereira, Paul Oh, Danielle Aparecida Gomes Pereira, Lilian Pinto da Silva

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Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Hospital-Wide Bacterial Species and Antibiograms to Inform Management at a Zonal Tertiary Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania by Justine BN, Mushi MF, Silago V, Igembe Z, Muyombe J, Kishengena PP, Michael Jnr NS, Maganga MG, Massenga A, Tegete F, Massaga FA, Seni J

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