Molecular characterization of ST15 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in a single patient by Yongjin Hu, Rong Tang, Shanshan Jin, Jiahao Guan, Xiaoxiao Meng, Zengpeijie Dan, Ruilan Wang, Hong-Yu Ou, Jian Lu

“…The differences in DNA fingerprint bands among the nine KP isolates were ≤3, which can be classified as the same PFGE type. …”
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Impact of cariprazine on body weight and blood pressure among adults with bipolar I disorder, schizophrenia, or major depressive disorder in a real-world setting by Christoph U. Correll, Andrew J. Cutler, François Laliberté, Guillaume Germain, Sean D. MacKnight, Julien Boudreau, Sally W. Wade, Nadia Nabulsi, Huy-Binh Nguyen, Mousam Parikh

“…Among patients with measurements before and during cariprazine treatment, estimated annual weight trajectories were + 3.55 (95% CI 2.38, 4.59) kg/year before cariprazine initiation and + 0.91 (− 1.17, 2.82) kg/year during cariprazine treatment. …”
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Positive effects of optimal dietary protein content on the growth, reproductive performance and health of Procambarus clarkii broodstock farming in rice field by Hui Luo, Feng Qin, Yu Li, Chuanbo Xiao, Wenbo Sun, Fan Liu, Guangjun Lv, Hua Ye, Yuanfa He, Wenping He, Feng Xu, Yong Lin, Dapeng Wang, Honghao Jin

“…This study was conducted to evaluate the optimal protein requirement of Procambarus clarkii cultured in paddy field, six isoenergetic and isolipid diets were formulated to contain graded levels of 28 %, 31 %, 34 %, 37 %, 40 % and 43 % crude protein (called P28–43 group). There were 3 replicates in each treatment and 20 crayfish in each replicate with an initial average body weight of (20.30 ± 0.24) g were fed for 56 days. …”
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Reservoir water level decline accelerates ground subsidence: InSAR monitoring and machine learning prediction of surface deformation in the Three Gorges Reservoir area by Jiaer Yang, Jiaer Yang, Pinglang Kou, Pinglang Kou, Xu Dong, Xu Dong, Ying Xia, Qinchuan Gu, Yuxiang Tao, Jiangfan Feng, Qin Ji, Weizao Wang, Ram Avtar

“…Machine learning models—Random Forest (RF), Extremely Randomized Trees (ERT), Gradient Boosting Decision Tree (GBDT), Support Vector Regression (SVR), and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM)—were evaluated using six metrics, including RMSE, R2, and SMAPE, to assess their predictive performance across diverse geological settings.ResultsDeformation rates for riverside urban ground, road slopes, and ancient landslides were −3.48 ± 2.91 mm/yr, −5.19 ± 3.62 mm/yr, and −6.02 ± 4.55 mm/yr, respectively, with ancient landslides exhibiting the most pronounced deformation. …”
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Neoadjuvant immunotherapy for DNA mismatch repair proficient/microsatellite stable non-metastatic rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Huan Zhang, Jing Huang, Huanji Xu, Nanhao Yin, Nanhao Yin, Liyan Zhou, Liyan Zhou, Jianxin Xue, Jianxin Xue, Jianxin Xue, Min Ren

“…The pooled pCR, MPR, cCR and anus preservation rate were 37%, 57%, 26% and 77% separately and the incidence of irAEs≥3 grades and TRAEs≥3 grades were 3% and 29%, respectively. Non-metastatic pMMR/MSS RC receiving the short-course radiotherapy (SCRT) in neoadjuvant setting exhibited superior pooled pCR and MPR than long-course radiotherapy (LCRT) without upregulating the incidence of adverse effects. …”
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Efficacy analysis of pancreatic duct stenting in treating severe acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study by Liangping Chen, Ning Wang, Weijie Yao, Chengsi Zhao, Jiahang Tao, Gubai Ma, Chengwang Ma, Zuozheng Wang

“…Notably, two patients in the control group required additional procedures due to inadequate drainage, with one undergoing endoscopic debridement and the other, laparotomy. Mortality rates were 3 (10.7%) in the control group and 4 (17.4%) in the stent group, with no statistically significant difference (P > 0.05). …”
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The relationships between some biochemical parameters and sperm quality in rams by Nuri Başpınar, Abdullah Kaya, Vahdettin Altunok, Bülent Güven, Firuze Kurtoğlu, Mehmet Bozkurt Ataman

“…Mean sperm concentration (x10⁶/mm³) of the breeds were 3.16±0.26, 2.70±0.25, 2.93±0.30, 2.42±0.33 and 1.66±0.23 respectively. …”
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Spatial Analysis of Factors Affecting the Formation of Smart Rural Tourism (Case Study: Tourism-Oriented Villages in Eastern Kermanshah Province) by Aliakbar Anabestani, Sajjad Barani Aliakbari

“…Specifically, the mean scores for smart governance and smart people were 3.95, while the mean scores for smart economy and smart education were 3.90, suggesting these were the most influential components of smart rural tourism in the research context. …”
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Radiological safety assessment of sugar consumption in South Africa—a study of 226Ra, 228Ra, and 40K levels by Samuel Odumu Ogana John, Stephen Friday Olukotun, Stephen Friday Olukotun, Moses Mpofana Radebe, Manny Mathuthu

“…The respective mean values were 3.83 ± 0.21, 2.90 ± 0.21, and 320.26 ± 7.41 Bq/kg, with brown sugar having lower values than with white sugar. …”
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The Financial Implications of Pancreatic Surgery: The Hospital Is the Big Winner, Not the Surgeon! by Nitzan Zohar, MD, Avinoam Nevler, MD, Sean P. Maher, Matthew C. Rosenthal, Florence Williams, Wilbur B. Bowne, MD, FACS, Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS, Harish Lavu, MD, FACS

“…The surgeon professional fees were only 6% of the total charges, while the professional fees for anesthesiology and pathology were 4% and 2% of the total charges, respectively. Supply charges were 3% of the total charges. Longer operative time was correlated with increased hospital and anesthesia charges, without a significant increase in surgeon charges (P < 0.001, P < 0.001, and P = 0.2, respectively). …”
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Construction of a diagnostic model for chronic mountain sickness among young male migrants to high-altitude areas by ZHANG Quan, CHEN Jian, LIU Bao

“…Further analysis revealed that creatine kinase-MB/creatine kinase （CK-MB/CK， OR=2.17， 95%CI： 1.43~3.28）， high-altitude residence time （OR=2.44， 95%CI： 1.08~5.54）， and body mass index （BMI， OR=1.62， 95%CI： 1.05~2.50） were 3 major independent risk factors for CMS. The area under the curve （AUC） value of the CMS diagnostic model in the training set and test set was 0.821 （95%CI： 0.756~0.886） and 0.821 （95%CI： 0.700~0.944）， the specificity was 66.30% and 73.90%， the sensitivity was 89.50% and 81.20%， respectively， indicating good discrimination ability. …”
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Role of Cylindrospermopsis sp. in vertical nitrogen changes observed in tropical oxidation wastewater treatment ponds by M. Srichomphu, O. Phewnil, T. Pattamapitoon, Ratcha Chaichana, K. Chunkao, W. Wararam, N. Dampin, P. Maskulrath

“…The number of populations at the depths of 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 centimeters were 3.2 × 107, 1.6 × 107, 1.1 × 107, 5.5 × 107, and 1.1 × 108 cells per cubic meter, respectively.CONCLUSION: The different densities of Cylindrospermopsis sp. found at different depths throughout the treatment pond are related to the nitrogen dynamics of the water body. …”
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Platelet-rich plasma combined with gypenosides for the treatment of psoriasis-like inflammation in mice by LI Dandan, WANG Bing, GE Yu, CHENG Hong, LI Mengxue, WANG Zhicheng, XIA Rong

“…[Results] At the end of the experiment (on day 6), scale scores of model, PRP, GPs and PRP+GPs group were 3.6±0.49, 1.8±0.75, 1.8±0.75, 1.2±0.40, respectively; the ratios of skin thickness (μm) were 0.86±0.18, 0.59±0.10, 0.56±0.07 and 0.42±0.09; PASI scores were 10.6±1.02, 4.0±0.63, 4.0±1.10 and 3.2±0.75. …”
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Quality of Life and Related Factors in Discharged Patients with COVID-19 by Jinzhuo HU, Wenhuan WU, Jinwen SUN, Wei ZHANG, Shu CHENG, Zicheng GAO, Jinghua QIAN

“…The correlation between the quality of life of patients and anxiety, depression and dyspnea and the related factors were analyzed.Results:A total of 57 questionnaires were distributed, and three duplicate and invalid questionnaires were eliminated, 54 valid questionnaires were obtained, with an effective questionnaire of 94.74%.①Quality of life of discharged patients with COVID-19: the physical component summary (PCS) scores and mental component summary (MCS) scores were (37.02±12.32) and (38.46±14.42) respectively; there were 3 cases (5.56%), 45 cases (83.33%), 5 cases (9.26%), and 1 case (1.85%) with dyspnea grade 0 to 3 respectively; 19 cases (35.19%) had an anxiety state (SAS≥50), and 19 cases (35.19%) had an anxiety state (SDS≥53). ②Comparison of quality of life of COVID-19 patients with different characteristics: patients with different disease types showed statistically significant differences in the SF-12V2 PCS(<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05). ③Correlation analysis between quality of life, anxiety, depression and dyspnea: Pearson's correlation indicated that, anxiety (<italic>r</italic>=-0.34, <italic>P</italic>=0.011) and dyspnea (<italic>r</italic>=-0.39, <italic>P</italic>=0.003) were negatively correlated with the PCS scores, anxiety (<italic>r</italic>=-0.46, <italic>P</italic>=0.001) and depression (<italic>r</italic>=-0.40, <italic>P</italic>=0.002) were negatively correlated with the MCS scores.④Analysis of influencing factors on the quality of life of COVID-19 patients: multiple linear regression indicated that, sex (β=8.27), depression (β=-0.34) and severity of illness (β=-11.68) were significant predictors of the SF-12V2 PCS scores (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05). …”
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Contamination of Legionella pneumophila in metro cooling tower water and its influencing factors in a city by Rong PENG, Bin SHI, Huaiji WANG, Junling LIU, Fang WANG

“…For each unit increase in ln-transformed total dissolved solids and conductivity, their ORs (95%CIs) were 3.73 (1.19, 11.69) and 3.62 (1.07, 12.25), respectively. …”
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Jumlah Telur Aedes Spp yang Terperangkap di Kelurahan Jati Kota Padang by Gusti Rati, Hasmiwati ., Erlina Rustam

“…The result of Kolmogorov Smirnov test were normally distributed (p &gt;0.05) , a variant of the test data is not homogeneous (p&lt; 0.05), so analyzed using the Mann Whitney and Kruskal Walls.The  Aedes spp mosquitoes that trapped during the study were 3,090 eggs. The distribution of 1,563 eggs outside the home and 1,527 eggs in the house. …”
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Application of pediatric massage combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine application in antipyretic treatment of children with exogenous fever (小儿推拿联合中药敷贴在外感发热患儿退热中的应用)... by TANG Xianlan (汤先兰), GAN Na (甘娜), HUANG Biqiu (黄碧秋)

“…No adverse reaction was reported in the treatment group; There were 3 cased of headache and 7 cases of nausea/vomiting reported in the control group. …”
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Long-term effectiveness of radiofrequency renal denervation in patients with resistant arterial hypertension (10-year follow-up results) by O.L. Rekovets, Yu.M. Sirenko, O.O. Torbas, S.M. Kushnir, G.F. Prymak

“…The office heart rate at the stages of 1 month, 6, 12 months, 2 years, 5 and 10 years decreased, its dynamics were –3.74 bpm, –4.68 bpm, –1.45 bpm, –2.13 bpm, –4.21 bpm, –3.88 bpm, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of oral health status in patients with type 2 diabetes by Tahmineh Khoshbakhti, Vajehallah Raeesi, Gholamreza Sharifzadeh, Leili Alizadeh

“…The mean score of dry mouth and DMFT indexes were 3.38±2.64, 2.17±1.09 and 19.33±9.54, 15.48±6.93 in the case and control groups respectively. …”
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Perbedaan Rerata Kadar Profil Lipid pada Preeklampsia dengan Kehamilan Normal pada Etnik Minangkabau by Helen Evelina Siringoringo, Yusrawati ., Eva Chundrayetti Chundrayetti

“…The mean level of LDL in two groups were 159±52.038 mg/dL and 129.67±38.692 mg/dL with p-value 0.023 and the mean levels of LDL/HDL ratio were 3.86±3,09 mg/dLin  preeclampsia and 2,08±0,64 in normal pregnancy. …”
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