Reduced Duration of Postchikungunya Musculoskeletal Pain in Rheumatological Patients Treated with Biologicals by Carlos A. A. de Brito, Claudia D. L. Marques, Rafael F. O. França, Janaína R. Monteiro, Marina C. M. de Brito, Fabiana Lopes, Anton Lima, Gabriel L. Marques, Maria Luisa Valadares, Angela L. B. P. Duarte

“…Persistence of musculoskeletal symptoms for more than three months occurred in 64% of the patients in the control group and only in 28% in the bDMARD group (p=0.021), maintaining a statistically significant difference only for users of anti-TNF. …”
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The Connection Between Lipid Metabolism in the Heart and Liver of Wuzhishan Pigs by Yuwei Ren, Feng Wang, Ruiping Sun, Xinli Zheng, Yanning Lin, Zhe Chao

“…The results showed that the fatty acid metabolic process was present in both the heart and liver, and was more dominant in the liver. …”
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Bactericidal and Cytotoxic Activities of Polyphenol Extracts from Solanum tuberosum spp. tuberosum and spp. andigena Cultivars on Escherichia coli and Human Neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y C... by María Ximena Silveyra, María Luciana Lanteri, Rocío Belén Damiano, Adriana Balbina Andreu

“…In addition, all potato extracts and commercial 5-CGA diminished dose-dependently human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell viability. Skin extracts were more potent than flesh extracts. Among flesh extracts, Moradita was the most potent. …”
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Identifying students of concern. Primary school teachers’ reflections on assessing students’ general school functioning based on the concept of typicality by Stine Ekornes, Solveig Holen, Jo Magne Ingul, Simon-Peter Neumer, Frode Adolfsen, Elisabeth Valmyr Bania

“…This is especially important for children experiencing sadness or anxiety.DiscussionBy understanding more of how teachers reason when assessing students’ general school functioning, we can aid their efforts to identify students of concern. …”
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Community Urinary Tract Infections: Guideline Adjustment by Carina Lopes Cunha, Andreia M. Costa, Maria João Brandão, Hugo Lopes, Isabel Neves, Valquíria Alves

“…Our objective was to identify the most frequent microorganisms present in urine cultures in Primary Health Care, at a Local Health Unit and their sensitivity profile to some antibiotics. …”
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Clinical Evaluation of a Novel Technology for Oral Patient-Controlled Analgesia, the PCoA® Acute Device, for Hospitalized Patients with Postoperative Pain, in Pilot Feasibility Stu... by Stefan Wirz, Stefan Conrad, Ronit Shtrichman, Kai Schimo, Eva Hoffmann

“…The test group took 67% more pills than the control group, indicating enhanced compliance. …”
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An Updated and Comprehensive Review Exploring the Gut–Brain Axis in Neurodegenerative Disorders and Neurotraumas: Implications for Therapeutic Strategies by Ahmed Hasan, Sarah Adriana Scuderi, Anna Paola Capra, Domenico Giosa, Andrea Bonomo, Alessio Ardizzone, Emanuela Esposito

“…Additionally, the GBA presents a promising therapeutic target for managing these diseases.…”
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Dynamics of the landscape of the city of Cubatão: growth among shores, industry facilities and the mountain range Serra do Mar by Kaline de Mello, Rogério Hartung Toppa, Denis Moledo Abessa

“…With more than 60% of its territory under environmental protection, the city of Cubatão shelters the Industrial Pole and is located midway of two great metropolitan regions of State of São Paulo: Grande São Paulo and Baixada Santista. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Fluconazole Mucoadhesive Patches in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Related Oral Candidiasis by Srikanth Deenadayalan MD, Ashok Shenoy MD, Ashwin Kamath MD, Mahalaxmi Rathnanand PhD, Sheetal Ullal MD, Nandita Shenoy MDS

“…The patients who received the mucoadhesive patches had a more tolerable safety profile as expected compared to the other groups. …”
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A GNSS–Cellular Network Hybridization Strategy for Robust Positioning by María Jesús Jiménez-Martínez, Mónica Zabala Haro, Ángel Martín Furonés, Ana Anquela Julián

“…This work presents a user-level hybridization method that enables UE to receive both GNSS and 4G/5G data and autonomously determine whether to apply hybrid positioning. …”
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Backdoor Attack to Giant Model in Fragment-Sharing Federated Learning by Senmao Qi, Hao Ma, Yifei Zou, Yuan Yuan, Zhenzhen Xie, Peng Li, Xiuzhen Cheng

“…Obviously, the later one is more stealthy and harder to be detected. Extensive experiments have been conducted on the datasets of CIFAR-10 and CIFAR-100 with the ResNet-34 as the testing model. …”
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A Comparative Study of Deep Audio Models for Spectrogram- and Waveform-Based SingFake Detection by Minh Nguyen-Duc, Luong Vuong Nguyen, Huy Nguyen-Ho-Nhat, Tri-Hai Nguyen, O-Joun Lee

“…Detecting these synthetic voices presents unique challenges due to the complex nature of singing, which involves pitch, timbre, and accompaniment variations. …”
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Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components in Young Adults Conceived by ICSI by F. Belva, M. Bonduelle, S. Provyn, R. C. Painter, H. Tournaye, M. Roelants, J. De Schepper

“…Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) conception presents the early embryo with a radically different environment, which may lead to permanent alterations to key cardiometabolic processes. …”
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Bacillus sp., fertilization forms, and salt stress on soybean production by Samuel de O. Santos, Geocleber G. de Sousa, Thales V. de A. Viana, Girna dos S. Oliveira, Geovana F. Goes, Alexsandro O. da Silva, Alexandre R. A. da Silva, Krishna R. Gomes, Jorão M. K. Muengo, Rafaella da S. Nogueira

“…In this context, the objective of the present study was to evaluate the production of soybean grown under different forms of fertilization and salt stress, inoculated with Bacillus sp. …”
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ADVANCEMENT IN THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, 2023 by Anum Safdar, Muhammad Usman Ghani, Muhammad Farooq Sabar, Muhammad Umer Khan, Mureed Hussain, Khuram aziz, Taha Hussain

“…This is likely due to the fact that these antibodies are designed to target specific proteins that are not always present in the human brain. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this review, it is suggested that medicines based on natural extracts and combination therapy would be least toxic and more effective than single therapy. …”
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Indications for pediatric lung transplantation in 2025: A new era by Nicholas Avdimiretz, MD FRCPC, Don Hayes, Jr., MD MS, Melinda Solomon, MD MSc FRCPC, Nicolaus Schwerk, MD, Christian Benden, MD MBA FCCP

“…This information will help guide future international pediatric thoracic transplant consensus guidelines around candidate selection and optimization, placing more emphasis on non-CF considerations.…”
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Advanced Self-Driving Vehicle Model for Complex Road Navigation Using Integrated Image Processing and Sensor Fusion by Kalapraveen Bagadi, Naveen Kumar Vaegae, Visalakshi Annepu, Khaled Rabie, Shafiq Ahmad, Thokozani Shongwe

“…This paper presents a sophisticated self-driving vehicle (SDV) model that addresses the challenges of navigating complex road networks characterized by high traffic and unpredictable environments. …”
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PADI4 expression in baseline circulating tumour cells acts as a prognostic biomarker in oral squamous cell carcinoma by Anshika Chauhan, Geeta S. Boora, Arindam Maitra, Rijuneeta Gupta, Jaimanti Bakshi, Sushmita Ghoshal, Arnab Pal

“…Interestingly in our data, PADI4 expression was more seen in CTCs with EMT (epithelial to mesenchymal transition)-phenotype than with CTCs only epithelial-phenotype. …”
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Cerebral White Matter and Retinal Arterial Health in Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by P. L. Yau, R. Hempel, A. Tirsi, A. Convit

“…Among participants with hypertension, those with co-morbid T2DM (n=22) had more widespread WM pathology than those without T2DM (n=11). …”
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An observational study on factors influencing antibiotic use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Universitas Academic Hospital, Bloemfontein by Y. Dreyer, A. Rossouw, H. Schoeman, A. van der Nest, C. van Zyl, M. Prins, S. D. Maasdorp, G. Joubert

“…Conclusions: Clinicians managing patients with AECOPD do not follow guidelines that suggest prescribing antibiotics to patients presenting with purulent sputum production. Further studies on whether biomarkers such as CRP may be more acceptable as a deciding factor on which to base antibiotic prescriptions are required.…”
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