Anti-ALK autoantibodies in patients with ALK-positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): A monocentric experience by Claudia Parisi, José Carlos Benitez, Hélène Lecourt, Filippo Gustavo dall’Olio, Mihaela Aldea, Felix Blanc-Durand, Véronique Vergé, Cyril Quivoron, Charles Naltet, Pamela Abdayem, Pernelle Lavaud, Maria Rosa Ghigna, Luc Friboulet, Yohann Loriot, Stéphane De Botton, Vincent Ribrag, Andrea Ardizzoni, David Planchard, Jean-Charles Soria, Fabrice Barlesi, Benjamin Besse

“…ALK-rearrangement was identified by FISH, IHC or NGS. Pts were aged more than 18-year-old and had previously signed informed consent for one of the studies. …”
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Clinical characteristics of AATD-related COPD patients vary with age at diagnosis: data from the EARCO international registry by Dilek Karadoğan, María Torres-Duran, Hanan Tanash, Carlota Rodríguez-García, Jens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen, Angelo Guido Corsico, José Luis López-Campos, Kenneth Chapman, Christian Clarenbach, Catarina Guimaraes, Eva Bartošovská, Maria Sucena, Juan Luis Rodríguez-Hermosa, José María Hernández-Pérez, Tahsin Gökhan Telatar, Yelda Varol, İpek Özmen, Seda Tural, Alice M Turner, Paul Ellis, for the EARCO study group

“…Multivariate analysis showed that; compared to never-smokers, former smoking (OR: 0.08; 95% CI: 0.03–0.23) and current smoking (OR: 0.43; 95% CI: 0.27–0.70) were negatively associated with a diagnosis at age ≥ 65 in all sample. Compared to the Pi*ZZ genotype, among all sample, Pi*SS was associated with more than a 3-fold increased likelihood of diagnosis at age ≥ 65 and when considering only index cases Pi*SZ was associated with diagnosis age of ≥ 65 (OR: 2.01, 95%CI: 1.01–4.04). …”
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The CatSouth Quasar Candidate Catalog for the Southern Sky and a Unified All-sky Catalog Based on Gaia DR3 by Yuming Fu, Xue-Bing Wu, R. J. Bouwens, Karina I. Caputi, Yuxuan Pang, Rui Zhu, Da-Ming Yang, Jin Qin, Huimei Wang, Christian Wolf, Yifan Li, Ravi Joshi, Yanxia Zhang, Zhi-Ying Huo, Y. L. Ai

“…The Gaia DR3 has provided a large sample of more than 6.6 million quasar candidates with high completeness but low purity. …”
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Using Nebular Near-infrared Spectroscopy to Measure Asymmetric Chemical Distributions in 2003fg-like Thermonuclear Supernovae by J. O’Hora, C. Ashall, M. Shahbandeh, E. Hsiao, P. Hoeflich, M. D. Stritzinger, L. Galbany, E. Baron, J. DerKacy, S. Kumar, J. Lu, K. Medler, B. Shappee

“…We find that all objects in our sample have asymmetric, or “tilted,” [Fe ii ] 1.257 and 1.644 μ m profiles. …”
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One-step diagnosis of infection and lung cancer using metagenomic sequencing by Shaoqiang Li, Yangqing Zhan, Yan Wang, Weilong Li, Xidong Wang, Haoru Wang, Wenjun Sun, Xuefang Cao, Zhengtu Li, Feng Ye

“…Abstract Background Traditional detection methods face challenges in meeting the diverse clinical needs for diagnosing both lung cancer and infections within a single test. …”
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Epidemiological and clinical impact of hepatitis E virus coinfection in chronic hepatitis B infected patients in Hebei, China by Yuzhu Shi, Yuzhu Shi, Yuchen Xie, Yuchen Xie, Ying Chen, Li Yang, Huixia Gao, Yun Guo, Fumin Feng, Jianhua Lu, Erhei Dai

“…Serum samples were screened for anti-HEV IgM and IgG antibodies by using an automated chemiluminescent immunoassay. …”
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Prognostic value of tertiary lymphoid structures in triple-negative breast cancer: integrated analysis with the tumor microenvironment and clinicopathological features by Florence Boissière-Michot, Marie-Christine Chateau, Simon Thézenas, Virginie Lafont, Evelyne Crapez, Evelyne Crapez, Priyanka Sharma, Angélique Bobrie, Angélique Bobrie, Pascal Roger, Séverine Guiu, Séverine Guiu, William Jacot, William Jacot, William Jacot, William Jacot

“…Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) are an important TILs source, but they are not integrated in the current prognostic criteria.MethodsIn this retrospective study, TLS were assessed in hematein-eosin-saffron-stained (HES) histological sections from 397 early, chemotherapy-naive TNBC samples after primary surgical resection. …”
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Longitudinal transcriptome analysis reveals distinct gene expression patterns in traditional Chinese medicine syndromes of upper respiratory tract infections by Hao Zou, Hao Zou, Changrui Huang, Changrui Huang, Qinqi Feng, Qinqi Feng, Bang Yu, Bang Yu, Jian Liu, Xinyang Shu, Xiaolu Nie, Hongchun Zhang, Xiaohui Zou

“…Peripheral blood samples were obtained on day 1 and day 6, with healthy volunteers as controls. …”
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An outbreak investigation of a highly fatal Lassa Fever in Bo District, Sierra Leone, 2023 by Ibrahim Conteh, Hassan Swarray, Gbessay Saffa, Amara Alhaji Sheriff, Solomon Aiah Sogbeh, Umaru Sesay, Kassim Kamara, Anna Jammeh, Adel Hussein Elduma, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru

“…Trainees of the Sierra Leone Field Epidemiology Training Program were deployed to confirm the diagnosis, assess the magnitude, and identify possible sources of infection and routes of transmission. Methods: We adapted the Lassa fever surveillance case definition, and a suspected case of Lassa Fever was any person who presented with gradual onset of one or more of the following: malaise, fever, headache, cough, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, chest pain, hearing loss and either history of contact with excreta or urine of rodents or history of contact with confirmed Lassa fever case from January 1 to March 14, 2023. …”
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Myocardial infarction in the population of some Russian regions and its prognostic value by S. A. Shalnova, O. M. Drapkina, V. A. Kutsenko, A. V. Kapustina, G. A. Muromtseva, E. B. Yarovaya, Yu. A. Balanova, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. E. Imaeva, E. V. Shlyakhto, S. A. Boytsov, Z. T. Astakhova, O. L. Barbarash, O. A. Belova, Yu. I. Grinshtein, A. Yu. Efanov, O. N. Kalachikova, N. V. Kulakova, S. V. Nedogoda, O. P. Rotar, I. A. Trubacheva, T. M. Chernykh on behalf of the ESSE-RF study participants.

“…To study the prevalence of myocardial infarction (MI) in the population of Russian regions and its contribution to cardiovascular events.Material and methods. The analysis material was representative samples of the population aged 35-64 years from 11 Russian regions,  examined within the multicenter study “Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases and their Risk Factors in Regions  of Russian Federation”. …”
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Risk Factors of Portal Vein Thrombosis in Patients with Different Child-Pugh Classes Liver Cirrhosis by M. Yu. Nadinskaia, Kh. B. Kodzoeva, K. A. Gulyaeva, M.-D. E. Khen, D. I. Koroleva, M. A. Privalov, A. Kh. Tekaeva, V. R. Fedorov, S. G. Prokofev

“…Logistic regression models are constructed with the separation of the sample into training and test (0.7; 0.3). The operational characteristics of the models were calculated on the test sample; ROC analysis was carried out, the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was calculated.Results. …”
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ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD GENE EXPRESSIONS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS WITH CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PARAMETERS BEFORE AND AFTER METHOTREXATE THERAPY by E. V. Chetina, N. V. Demidova, D. E. Karateev, G. A. Markova, M. A. Makarov, V. V. Kolomatsky, A. L. Logunov, E. A. Naryshkin, M. M. Lipina, S. A. Makarov, A. N. Kuzin

“…Furthermore, blood and knee articular cartilage samples from 21 patients (mean age, 50.4 years) with late-stage RA and cartilage samples from 25 healthy individuals were investigated. …”
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Role of hormonal factor in development of primary and secondary tumorous process in the brain by O. I. Kit, V. A. Bandovkina, E. M. Frantsiyants, E. E. Rostorguev, I. V. Balyazin-Parfenov, N. D. Cheryarina

“…In various periods of life the influence effect exerted by steroids on nervous cells can change the morphofunctional state of the brain and manifests as altering myelinization, neuronal growth, and differentiation of nerve cells.The present study was aimed at comparing the level of certain some hormones in tissue of glioblastomes, metastases of breast cancer into the brain and meningiomas, as well as the respective peritumoral zones.Materials and methods. Examined were samples of tissue obtained from a total of 56 patients admitted for operative treatment to our Department. …”
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PTSD Coach as an early mobile intervention to improve cancer-related anxiety and psychosocial oncology uptake in patients newly diagnosed with head and neck cancer: pilot randomize... by Laurence Ducharme, Chris Lo, Michael Hier, Anthony Zeitouni, Karen Kost, Alex Mlynarek, Michael Antoni, Eric Kuhn, Jason E. Owen, Daren Heyland, Robert Platt, Fabienne Fuehrmann, Nader Sadeghi, Zeev Rosberger, Saul Frenkiel, Khalil Sultanem, George Shenouda, Fabio Cury, Melissa Henry

“…Enrolment was lower than expected, with strategies implemented to increase the study’s participation rate (i.e., shortening the questionnaire, more relevant AC games, pacing study components, and enlarging eligibility to 4 weeks post-diagnosis instead of 2). …”
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Evaluation of the Prebiotic Effect of Spirulina platensis Algal Extract on Lactobacillus acidophilus Survival and Physicochemical Properties of Feta Cheese by Ahmad Yazdani, Hamidreza Kazemeini, Ahmad Nazaktabar

“…After that, the starter and then calcium chloride were added to the milk samples after 1.5 h. Finally, rennet was added to the milk and stirred slowly for 3-5 min. …”
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Support on four paws—does the integration of a therapy dog reduce anxiety and increase positive affect in spider phobics during in vivo exposure therapy?: study protocol for a para... by Tanja Michael, Moritz Nicolai Braun, Monika Equit, Johanna Lass-Hennemann

“…(H5) The treatment in the dog group is not inferior to the treatment in the control group.Methods and analysis In this parallel randomised controlled trial of two groups, n=88 participants (spider phobics without: a current diagnosis of a mental disorder other than a specific phobia, insect bite allergy, dog hair allergy, fear of dogs, current psychopharmacological treatment, and current psychotherapeutic treatment; the sample size calculation is based on the results from our previous study) are randomly allocated (with a 1:1 allocation as per a computer-generated randomisation schedule) to either an ambulant one-session in vivo exposure treatment of spider phobia with a therapy dog (dog group) or without a dog (control group). …”
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Violence prevention accelerators for children and adolescents in South Africa: A path analysis using two pooled cohorts. by Lucie D Cluver, William E Rudgard, Elona Toska, Siyanai Zhou, Laurence Campeau, Yulia Shenderovich, Mark Orkin, Chris Desmond, Alexander Butchart, Howard Taylor, Franziska Meinck, Lorraine Sherr

“…Adjusted risk differences (ARDs) and adjusted risk ratios (ARRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were also calculated. The sample mean age was 13.54 years, and 56.62% were female. …”
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Perirenal fat differs in patients with chronic kidney disease receiving different vitamin D-based treatments: a preliminary study by Ana Checa-Ros, Antonella Locascio, Owahabanun-Joshua Okojie, Pablo Abellán-Galiana, Luis D’Marco

“…However, CKD patients have other predisposing CVD factors more associated with bone and mineral metabolism disorders (BMD). …”
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Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the relationship between root respiration and ultraweak luminescence under salt stress in strawberry by LI Jiafeng, WANG Zhenfan, YANG Bo, FAN Li

“…Without salt stress, AMF-inoculated plants showed higher and more stable respiration rates, enzyme activities, and UWL intensities compared with those of the control. …”
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Effect of Zinc Nano Oxide on the Quality of Turkey Sperm in Liquid State by Vahid Lotfi vafa, Khalil Mirzadeh, Saleh Tabatabaei Vakili, Amin Kazemizadeh

“…Zinc oxide nanoparticles improve acrosomal membrane integrity, preserve membrane health, enhance acrosomal function, and positively affect mitochondrial performance and its functional integrity  Methods: Semen samples were collected twice weekly for five weeks from 18 Bronze turkeys. …”
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