Characterization of ion track-etched conical nanopores in thermal and PECVD SiO2 using small angle X-ray scattering by Shankar Dutt, Rudradeep Chakraborty, Christian Notthoff, Pablo Mota-Santiago, Christina Trautmann, Patrick Kluth

“…The nanopores were fabricated by irradiating the samples with 89 MeV, 185 MeV, and 1.6 GeV Au ions, followed by hydrofluoric acid etching. We present a new approach for analyzing the complex highly anisotropic two-dimensional SAXS patterns of the pores by reducing the analysis to two orthogonal one-dimensional slices of the data. …”
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Reduced Central Memory CD4+ T Cells and Increased T-Cell Activation Characterise Treatment-Naive Patients Newly Diagnosed at Late Stage of HIV Infection by Francesca Bai, Camilla Tincati, Esther Merlini, Carlotta Pacioni, Elisabetta Sinigaglia, Giovanni Carpani, Antonella d'Arminio Monforte, Giulia Marchetti

“…Results. 275 patients were newly diagnosed with HIV between January/2007–March/2011. 130 (47%) were LPs, 79 (29%) showed AHD, and 49 (18%) were AIDS presenters. LP, AHD, and AIDS presenters were older and more frequently heterosexuals. …”
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Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis (PDKA) among newly diagnosed diabetic patients at Dilla University Hospital, Dilla, Ethiopia: Prevalence and predictors. by Dinberu Oyamo Oromo

“…The mean age at diagnosis was 8 (±3.85) years, with females being more affected. Clinical presentation revealed vomiting accompanied by signs of dehydration (32.4%), with polyuria, polydipsia and weight loss (26.2%) being the most common symptoms. …”
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Adolescents and young adults with TB in a low-incidence setting by A. Duret, A. Cardoso-Pinto, A. Bhattacharyya, Ivin Jose, A. Ahmadi, I. Patton, A. Ostrzewska, H. Durkan, O.M. Kon, J.A. Seddon, E. Whittaker

“…Social risk factors were present in 32.3% of patients. Median delay to presentation was 45 days (IQR 14–96), with 38.7% presenting after two months. …”
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The Memorisation of Verbal and Nonverbal Serial Information by Children 9–11 Years Old by Aleksei A. Korneev, Dmitry I. Lomakin, Andrei V. Kurgansky, Regina I. Machinskaya

“…Apparently, verbal stimuli are remembered as a sequence in any presentation mode, while numerical sequences can be stored as multidigit numbers, and nonverbal sequences as a single object when presented statically and as a sequence when presented dynamically. …”
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Malignant otitis externa: What is the role of surgery? by Lisa Zhang, Joseph Bonanno, Woo Yul Byun, Yin Ren

“…Patients with poor FN function at presentation were more likely to undergo surgical intervention. …”
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Clinical characteristics of children with septic arthritis caused by different pathogenic bacteria by Ziyu Li, Gefang Li, Jun Wu, Bo He, Qun Zhang

“…In this study, we retrospectively analyzed the relationship between demographics, laboratory values at presentation, reported symptoms at presentation, joint involvement, and distribution characteristics of pathogenic bacteria in 171 patients during the period of 2012–2022. …”
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The impact of large language models on computer science student writing by Katerina Zdravkova, Bojan Ilijoski

“…Abstract The new version of ACM and IEEE-CS Computer Science Curricula envisages the preparation of a dozen white papers within more than a third of the Body of Knowledge courses. …”
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Outcome characteristics of surgical management of single-level junctional thoracolumbar fractures by short segment posterior transpedicular fixation in selected patients by Sajad Hussain Arif, Khurram Khan, Mohsin Fayaz, Abrar Ahad Wani, Sarabjit Singh Chibber, Nayil Khursheed Malik, Zulfikar Ali

“…Thoracolumbar injury classification severity score 6 was the most common score at presentation. More than 80% patients had some degree of neurological deficit on American Spinal Injuries Association grading with Grade C being the most common pattern of presentation of spinal cord neurological deficit. …”
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Not Another PDF, please: Using ThingLink scenarios and Camtasia to build engaging virtual learning objects by Alice Stinetorf

“… In this resource showcase, I presented ‘Refine Your Writing: Better Proofreading,’ a multimedia digital learning sequence I created as a Writing Skills Officer in the Academic Skills Service of the University of Southampton. …”
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Metastatic choroidal pulmonary biphasic blastoma as a unique single initial metastasis to the eye: a case report by Heba Mahjoub, Eleni K. Konstantinou, Huan M. Mills, Nora M. V. Laver, Jeffrey Chang

“…Conclusion As the survival rates for cancer patients are increasing owing to better quality and more available treatments, choroidal metastasis may become more common. …”
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Manuscripts in V. A. Zhukovsky’s collection associated with the name of Cesarevich Alexander Nikolayevich by V. A. Esipova

“…One more manuscript was also intended for presenting to Cesarevich. …”
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Risk Factors for Readmission Following Elderly Low Energy Pelvis Fractures by Sean Thomas BS, Avinaash Korrapati MD, Brendan O’Leary MD, Cooper Haaland BS, Alexandra K. Schwartz MD, William T. Kent MD

“…Patients who were not admitted as an inpatient after their initial presentation, and patients who were discharged home instead of to a SNF, both had a higher risk of repeat presentation within 60 days of discharge. …”
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Urine pH Value and Bacteriology in Purple Urine Bag Syndrome by Yu-Jang Su, Hsiu-Wu Yang, Chen-Wang Chang

“…Proteus spp. correlates with more alkaline urine, whereas Pseudomonas spp. correlates significantly with less alkaline urine.…”
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Frequency of abnormal results in screening laboratory tests and associated interventions in emergency psychiatric services by Shotaro Fujiwara, Takuto Ishida, Masafumi Mizuno

“…Medical interventions other than additional tests were more likely to be prompted by the patient's medical history and presentation. …”
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TWOFOLD SUBAREA MODEL FOR ESTIMATING COMMUTER PROPORTION IN 10 METROPOLITAN AREAS by Yudi Fathul Amin, Indahwati Indahwati, Anang Kurnia

“…The results of this research can be used to present commuter data at the regencies/municipalities level and metropolitan area level where there is a lack of samples and become a new opportunity for Statistics Indonesia to increase statistical production in small areas, which is more effective compared to other SAE methods which have so far been used only to estimate one area level.…”
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HOPE and AMPK activation reduce reperfusion injury and metabolic dysfunction in primate steatotic liver grafts by Tao Li, Pengkang Chang, Yimeng Wang, Yihong Song, Pengxiang Qu, Bo Wang, Yi Lyu, Liangshuo Hu

“…The degree of reperfusion injury induced by the remaining two groups was reduced, with the HOPE + AICAR group showing the most significant reduction (P < 0.05). The adenosine triphosphate (ATP) level of the hepatic tissues in the HOPE + AICAR group was observed to improve at two hours of reperfusion, exhibiting a significantly higher level than that in the cold-preserved group (P < 0.05). …”
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Hearts from mice fed a non-obesogenic high-fat diet exhibit changes in their oxidative state, calcium and mitochondria in parallel with increased susceptibility to reperfusion inju... by Ben Littlejohns, Philippe Pasdois, Simon Duggan, Andrew R Bond, Kate Heesom, Christopher L Jackson, Gianni D Angelini, Andrew P Halestrap, M-Saadeh Suleiman

“…<h4>Rationale</h4>High-fat diet with obesity-associated co-morbidities triggers cardiac remodeling and renders the heart more vulnerable to ischemia/reperfusion injury. However, the effect of high-fat diet without obesity and associated co-morbidities is presently unknown.…”
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The Role of the Preparatory Hearing of the First Hungarian Code of Civil Procedure by Kristóf Szivós

“…The possibilities of the defendant are more emphasised since he had more possibilities in the preparatory hearing against the claim of the plaintiff. …”
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Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Academic Model: Disrupting the Status Quo by Barbara Gustafson

“…Through a highly collaborative process, the Academic Model was created with more than 100 commitments to changing the status quo. …”
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