The impact of long COVID on quality of life and work performance among healthcare workers in Portugal by Filipe Prazeres, Ana Paula Romualdo, Inês Campos Pinto, Joana Silva, Andreia M. Oliveira

“…In conclusion, long COVID was prevalent in the studied sample of HCWs and had a negative impact on their QoL. …”
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Total sputum nitrate/nitrite is associated with exacerbations and Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonisation in bronchiectasis by Yaya Zhou, Xinliang He, Jian Tang, Dongmei Zhang, Yao Liu, Yu'e Xue, Nanchuan Jiang, Jianchu Zhang, Xiaorong Wang

“…This study aimed to determine the association between nitrate/nitrite and exacerbations and airway microbiota in bronchiectasis. Methods We measured total nitrate/nitrite concentration in sputum samples collected from 85 patients with stable bronchiectasis, performed 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing of sputum samples and predicted the denitrification ability of airway microbiota using Phylogenetic Investigation of Communities by Reconstruction of Unobserved States (PICRUSt). …”
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Do coping strategies mediate the effects of childhood adversities and traumata on clinical high-risk of psychosis, depression, and social phobia? A cross-sectional study on patient... by Zhixiong Chang, Naweed Osman, Carolin Martha Doll, Theresa Katharina Lichtenstein, Marlene Rosen, Eva Meisenzahl, Hanna Kadel, Joseph Kambeitz, Kai Vogeley, Frauke Schultze-Lutter

“…Results All path models (total sample, males and females) showed good to excellent fit to the data. …”
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Volunteering of students: Social meaning and basis of motivated refusal by M. V. Pevnaya, A. N. Tarasova, D. F. Telepaeva, M. Cernicova-Bucă

“…A representative sample consisted of 1105 people, the error is no more than 3,5%. …”
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Evidence of slow millennial cliff retreat rates using cosmogenic nuclides in coastal colluvium by R. Bossis, R. Bossis, V. Regard, S. Carretier, S. Choy

“…The coastal retreat rate of the Peruvian site currently subject to wave action is similar to the Mediterranean coast (0.5 mm yr<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span>), despite Peru's more arid climate. The other two Peruvian sites, which have not been subjected to wave action for tens of thousands of years, are eroding 20 times more slowly. …”
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Brain and brain blood vessels histological description in autopsies of fetuses/neonates born to mothers with hypertension during pregnancy. A case–control studyResearch in context... by Johana González, Jorge Anxdrés Franco, Carlos Escudero, Mercedes Olaya

“…We aim to compare the brain histological findings from autopsies of neonates and fetuses born to women with and without hypertension during pregnancy. Methods: This retrospective case–control study includes brain histological samples from autopsies of neonates and fetuses born to women with (n = 22) and without (n = 15) hypertension during pregnancy, obtained from biobanks associated with the University Hospital San Ignacio (HUSI), Bogotá, Colombia, between 2007 and 2022. …”
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Analysis of rectal carbapenem-resistant Enterobactericeae colonization results first report in Istanbul/Turkiye: Klebsiella pneumoniae co-producing bla KPC + bla NDM + bla OXA-48 i... by Kamuran Şanlı, Beyza Öncel

“…Results In all 3953 patients included in the study, CRE colonization was screened by CHROMAgar culture method on rectal swab samples and by real-time PCR method in 500 patients. …”
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A Non-destructive Evaluation of Microstructural Analysis in Sn-Ag-Cu Solder Joint by Synchrotron X-Ray Radiation Tomography by C.Y. Tan, M.A.A. Mohd Salleh, N. Saud, M. Nabialek, A. Rylski

“…A 3D model is reconstructed from a set of 2D projection images taken from different angles and angular position during the sample rotation, thus it could provide a more comprehensive description of the microstructure of an alloy compared to 2D images. …”
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Developing a generalized nonlinear mixed-effects biomass model at stand-level under different age conditions for Chinese fir based on LiDAR and ground survey data in southern China by Xinsheng Zhu, Tianbao Huang, Ziyang Liu, Lang Bai, Yongfeng Yang, Jinsheng Ye, Qiulai Wang, Ram P. Sharma, Liyong Fu

“…However, traditional biomass prediction methods often face limitations in terms of accuracy and efficiency, highlighting the need for more robust modeling approaches.MethodsThis study utilized data from 154 forest stands in Guangdong Province to develop biomass regression models that incorporate random effects and dummy variables. …”
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Bacteriological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of urinary tract infection in pregnant women during routine antenatal visit in a tribal district of West Bengal, In... by Sayantani Endow, Rahul Sikdar, Amiya Kumar Pandit, Hiranmoyee Mahata

“…Midstream clean catch urine samples from these women were processed in the laboratory by routine culture methods to know about the etiology and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of the isolated pathogens. …”
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PPAR-γ Ligand Inhibits Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cell Proliferation and Metastasis by Regulating E2F2 by Ping-Li Yang, Jia-Shun Wang, Xiao-Mei Cheng, Jing-Cai Chen, Hui Zhu, Xiao-Lan Li, Li Cao, Wei Tang

“…Notably, E2F2 has also been reported to correlate with a poor prognosis in patients with various malignancies. Methods. We used immunohistochemical (IHC) and western blot methods to evaluate PPAR-γ and E2F2 expression and function in nonkeratinizing NPC and nasopharyngitis (NPG) tissue samples, as well as western blotting and CCK8 analyses in the NPC cell lines, CNE1 and CNE2. …”
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Comparison of Media for the Detection of <i>Campylobacter jejuni</i> Using a Commercial RT-PCR System by Elena G. Olson, Aaron R. Bodie, Haley A. Tarcin, Peter M. Rubinelli, Savannah F. Applegate, Tyler P. Stephens, Michael J. Rothrock, Steven C. Ricke

“…The findings underscore MHB’s robustness as an enrichment medium, offering consistent performance across both molecular and culture-based methods. The current study supports MHB as the more effective medium for the reliable and precise quantification of <i>C. jejuni</i> in poultry-associated matrices, highlighting its utility in minimizing contamination risks and enhancing food safety. …”
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Enhancing Tip Detection by Pre-Training with Synthetic Data for Ultrasound-Guided Intervention by Ruixin Wang, Jinghang Wang, Wei Zhao, Xiaohui Liu, Guoping Tan, Jun Liu, Zhiyuan Wang

“…<b>Results</b>: Our method outperforms MSCOCO pre-training on a clinical puncture dataset, achieving a 1.27–7.19% improvement in AP_0.1:0.5 with varying numbers of real samples. …”
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Bacteria isolated from blood cultures in a neonatal and pediatric intensive care unit and their antibiotic resistance: 5-year results by Zerife Orhan, Arzu Kayış, Özlem Kirişci, Burak Küçük, Mehzat Altun, Murat Aral

“…The aim of this study was to determine the bacterial profile and antibiotic resistance status of pathogens isolated from blood cultures taken from children in the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units of a university hospital in Türkiye. Methods: Isolation, species identification, and antibiotic susceptibility testing of 1,197 blood culture samples from the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units of a university hospital were conducted using classical methods and automated Bact Alert and BD Phoenix systems between January 2018 and December 2022. …”
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Cross-Cultural Gender-Based Investigation of Filipino and Chinese Facebook Users’ Disagreement Strategies by Joan C. Ravago, John Arvin V. De Roxas, Joel M. Torres, Daisy O. Casipit, Mercedita M. Reyes

“…The study offers research gaps on disagreement strategies across gender and for future research to cover larger samples and methods to warrant the generalizability of the key findings. …”
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The clinical and morphological aspects of aetiology and pathogenesis of sacrococcygeal pilonidal cysts by Ye. V. Tsema, Yu. V. Dibrova

“…The application of special methods of immunohistochemistry and morphology is necessary for more comprehensive evaluation of histogenetic mechanisms of sacrococcygeal pilonidal cyst formation.…”
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Enhancing Hierarchical Classification in Tree-Based Models Using Level-Wise Entropy Adjustment by Olga Narushynska, Anastasiya Doroshenko, Vasyl Teslyuk, Volodymyr Antoniv, Maksym Arzubov

“…This approach aligns statistical optimization with class semantic relationships, enabling more accurate and coherent predictions. Experiments conducted on real-world datasets structured according to the GS1 Global Product Classification (GPC) system demonstrate the effectiveness of our method. …”
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Microbial profiling of community-acquired pneumonia in patients with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a comprehensive molecular diagnostics study by Dagfinn Lunde Markussen, Christoffer Lindemann, Sondre Serigstad, Synne Jenum, Christian Ritz, Harleen M. S. Grewal

“…This study compares the microbial detections in CAP patients with and without COPD using culture based and molecular diagnostic methods. Methods This prospective study included 412 hospitalized pneumonia patients (136 with COPD). …”
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The effectiveness of dry needling for plantar fasciitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Aiguo Yang, Rong Lin, Mingwei Xia, Hao Su, Ying He

“…Furthermore, dry needling may take at least 1 month to take effects in patients with plantar fasciitis. More multi-center RCTs with high-quality, large sample size are needed to further conform our conclusion.…”
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FVPNet: A Fuzzy Visual Positioning Perception Network for Small Object Segmentation in Remote Sensing Images by Yu Yan, Jindong Xu, Qianpeng Chong, Guangyi Wei, Zhixiang Wang

“…The FID module integrates diverse feature map extraction techniques to construct a more robust feature map through various subsampling methods, mitigating feature loss in foreground targets. …”
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