Editorial by Michael Rose, Jonathan M. Hoffmann

“…Discussing different arguments and methods of causal inference, Thomas Bontly (Storrs, CT) employs a difference-making perspective and shows that there is indeed a highly significant non-identity effect of climate change policies. …”
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Serum NFL and neuropsychological performance over ∼8 years in women with and without HIV: a longitudinal repeated measures studyResearch in context by Deborah R. Gustafson, Xuantao Li, Alison E. Baird, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Jinbing Zhang, Amanda Blair Spence, Pauline Maki, Anjali Sharma, Kathleen Weber, Recai Yucel

“…Summary: Background: Blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and stroke, including serum neurofilament light chain (sNFL), are understudied in women living with and without HIV. Methods: We assessed cross-sectional and longitudinal change in sNFL between 2008 and 2019 associated with neuropsychological performance (NP) among women living with HIV (WLWH) and without HIV (WLWOH) age ≥40 years in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. …”
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Nécropoles multipolaires et élaboration d’un nouveau modèle socio-politique au premier âge du Fer : réflexions à partir des sites du Camp de l’Église Sud à Flaujac-Poujols (Lot) et... by Antoine Dumas

“…In order to confirm this spatial hypothesis, the typological and stylistic profiles of each group of graves were then compared, using specifically adapted typological tools and basic numerical methods. This led to the conclusion that each of the alleged groups indeed possessed its own morpho-stylistic profile. …”
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Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network of Growth Differentiation-Related lncRNAs and mRNAs in Plectropomus leopardus by Jin GAO, Jinye LIU, Fuxiao CHEN, Yongbo WANG, Shuyuan FU

“…The expression profiles of lncRNAs and mRNAs were acquired, and a Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) method was used to construct a co-expression network of growth differentiation related lncRNAs and mRNAs. …”
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Characteristics of cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in adults with different degrees of obesity by Shukun Deng, Shengrui Mei, Qunyan Zhou, Wenjun Zhi, Wenjun Wu, Junyan Cai, Peng Yuan

“…ObjectiveTo explore the characteristics of cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in adults with different degrees of obesity through cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET).MethodsFrom September 2019 to January 2024, the data of patients undergoing CPET in the Rehabilitation Department of the Affiliated Wuxi People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University were analyzed retrospectively. …”
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New Horizons In The Treatment Of Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer by Zein El Amir

“…In Utopia, medical schools would have a highly trained team of anatomists, proficient in the traditional and modern methods of teaching the subject. The reality, however, is bleak: anatomists have been rapidly dwindling in number with the passing years and the funds allocated to anatomists and their relevant research have been declining leading to lesser people choosing the subject as a profession. …”
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The study of interactome in Russian patients with Usher syndrome to select priority approaches in pathogenetically oriented treatment by M.E. Ivanova, D.S. Atarshchikov, A.M. Demchinsky, V.V. Strelnikov, D. Barh, G.V. Poryadin, L.M. Balashova, J.M. Salmasi

“…</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Patients and Methods: </b>28 patients with USH were enrolled in the study and underwent examinations (clinical trial protocol No. …”
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The application of Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model-based whole-course nutritional management in elderly patients with esophageal cancer (基于信息-动机-行为技巧模型的全程化营养管理在老年食管癌... by TANG Ping (汤平), SUN Yun (孙云), WANG Lan (王兰)

“…Objective To explore the effect of whole-process nutrition management based on Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB)model in elderly patients with esophageal cancer. Methods Elderly patients with esophageal cancer surgery admitted to the Thoracic Surgery Department of hospital from July 2022 to January 2023 were selected as the study objects. …”
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Anatomy In The Undergraduate Medical Curriculum; Blending The Old And New by Ayesha Yousaf

“…In Utopia, medical schools would have a highly trained team of anatomists, proficient in the traditional and modern methods of teaching the subject. The reality, however, is bleak: anatomists have been rapidly dwindling in number with the passing years and the funds allocated to anatomists and their relevant research have been declining leading to lesser people choosing the subject as a profession. …”
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Towards a high-quality in situ observation network for oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) in Europe: transferring metrological traceability to the field by M. Iturrate-Garcia, T. Salameh, P. Schlauri, A. Baldan, M. K. Vollmer, E. Stratigou, S. Dusanter, J. Li, S. Persijn, A. Claude, R. Holzinger, C. Sutour, T. Macé, Y. Elshorbany, A. Ackermann, C. Pascale, S. Reimann

“…These working standards, based on RGMs diluted dynamically with dry nitrogen and on certified spiked whole-air samples, were then assessed using a thermal desorber–gas chromatograph–flame ionisation detector (TD–GC–FID) and proton transfer reaction–time of flight–mass spectrometer (PTR–ToF–MS) as analytical methods. For that purpose, we calibrated five analytical instruments using in-house calibration standards and treated the new SI-traceable working standards as samples. …”
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Left ventricular global longitudinal strain is associated with filling pressure and cardiac output in an outpatient setting: Insights from CardioMEMS™ by Francisco Barbas de Albuquerque, Rita Teixeira, Tiago Pereira-da-Silva, Vera Ferreira, António Valentim Gonçalves, Rita Ilhão Moreira, Ana Teresa Timóteo, Ana Galrinho, Luísa Branco, Pedro Rio, João Alves, Sofia Barquinha, Duarte Cacela, Rui Cruz Ferreira

“…We aimed to assess whether LVGLS is associated with invasive pulmonary artery pressures (PAP) and CO in outpatients using the invasive remote monitoring CardioMEMS™ system. Methods: This single-center, prospective observational study included patients with HFrEF undergoing remote monitoring using the CardioMEMS™ system, between January 2020 and December 2022. …”
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A comparative study on disinfection effect of three different disinfectants for oral dental chair water lines (三种不同消毒剂对口腔综合治疗台水路消毒效果的比较)... by WANG Wenjuan (王文娟), LI Yajuan (李雅娟), LI Pei (李培), KONG Li (孔莉), WANG Ting (王婷)

“…Objective To compare the disinfection effect of three different disinfectants for oral dental chair water lines (DUWLs). Methods Selection of seven independent water source integrated treatment tables in the Stomatology Department of Beijing No. 2 Hospital before opening of the clinic in 2019, divided into 4 groups (3 experimental + 1 control). …”
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Features of surgical treatment for gunshot wounds of the heart and great vessels with migration of foreign bodies by I.A. Lurin, E.M. Khoroshun, V.V. Makarov, V.V. Nehoduiko, O.V. Buchnieva, I.V. Veryovkin

“…The purpose was to investigate the features of the migration of foreign bodies of gunshot origin when the heart and great vessels are injured. Materials and methods. Eighty-two wounded people were examined who had blind gunshot wounds of different location, were admitted to the Military Medical Clinical Center of the Northern Region between May 2014 and May 2024, and had the phenomenon of migration of foreign bodies of gunshot origin in different directions. …”
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A Meta-analysis of acupoint application in the treatment of dysphagia after stroke (穴位贴敷治疗脑卒中后吞咽障碍的Meta分析) by SI Huijie (佀惠婕), LIAO Ruoyi (廖若夷), YU Yanlan (余艳兰), GAO Ziqi (高子琪), LIU Bin (刘彬), GUO Yuan (郭元)

“…Objective To systematically evaluate the efficacy of acupoint application in the treatment of post-stroke dysphagia. Methods PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CNKI, VIP, Wanfang databases and CMB were searched for studies on acupoint application in the treatment of post-stroke dysphagia. …”
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Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential and type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients with STEMI: from a prospective cohort study combing bidirectional Mendelian randomizatio... by Xiaoxiao Zhao, Jiannan Li, Shaodi Yan, Yu Tan, Runzhen Chen, Nan Li, Jinying Zhou, Chen Liu, Peng Zhou, Yi Chen, Hongbing Yan, Hanjun Zhao, Li Song

“…This study delves into the possible implications and prognostic significance of CHIP and T2DM in patients diagnosed with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods Deep-targeted sequencing employing a unique molecular identifier (UMI) for the analysis of 42 CHIP mutations—achieving an impressive mean depth of coverage at 1000 × —was conducted on a cohort of 1430 patients diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction (473 patients with T2DM and 930 non-DM subjects). …”
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Application of narrative education in curriculum ideology and politics focusing on job competencies in clinical teaching of nursing students (叙事教育在以岗位胜任力为核心的全日制护生思政教育带教模式中的应用研究)... by DENG Lijun (邓丽君), TANG Biying (唐碧英), YU Qiuhua (余秋花), LIU Yuanyuan (刘圆圆), HUANG Tianwen (黄天雯)

“…Objective To investigate the application value of narrative education in curriculum ideology and politics focusing on job competencies in clinical teaching of nursing students. Methods Totally 61 nursing students who participated in the clinical internship between July 2021 and May 2022 were included as the control group, and curriculum ideology and politics focusing on job competencies was adopted in the clinical teaching. …”
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Improved cardiac and venous pressures during hospital stay in patients with acute heart failure: an echocardiography and biomarkers study by Eiichi Akiyama, Raphaël Cinotti, Kamilė Čerlinskaitė, Lucas N.L. Van Aelst, Mattia Arrigo, Rui Placido, Tahar Chouihed, Nicolas Girerd, Faiez Zannad, Patrick Rossignol, Marc Badoz, Jean‐Marie Launay, Etienne Gayat, Alain Cohen‐Solal, Carolyn S.P. Lam, Jeffrey Testani, Wilfried Mullens, Gad Cotter, Marie‐France Seronde, Alexandre Mebazaa

“…Abstract Aims Changes in echocardiographic parameters and biomarkers of cardiac and venous pressures or estimated plasma volume during hospitalization associated with decongestive treatments in acute heart failure (AHF) patients with either preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (HFPEF) or reduced LVEF (HFREF) are poorly assessed. Methods and results From the metabolic road to diastolic heart failure: diastolic heart failure (MEDIA‐DHF) study, 111 patients were included in this substudy: 77 AHF (43 HFPEF and 34 HFREF) and 34 non‐cardiac dyspnea patients. …”
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Effect of Sucrose Spray on some Phytochemical Characteristics of Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) under Field Conditions by Vahid Akbarpour, Hossein Aruei, Kambiz Mashayekhi, Majid Azizi Arani, Mohammad Ali Bahmanyar

“…Sucrose foliar spraying is important for the quick supply of compounds needed by plants. Methods: This factorial experiment was carried out based on a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four replications at Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University from 2014 to 2015. …”
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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda. A Case Study of Commercial Banks in Mbarara City by Francis, Agaba

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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda. A Case Study of Commercial Banks in Mbarara City by Agaba, Francis

“…Hence, the study used a quantitative approach to collect numeric and categorical data using structured questionnaires to generate inferential statistics (correlations and regressions).xiii Quantitative method have been used because it produces results that are easy to summarize, compare, generalize and confirm whether the hypotheses hold true or false. …”
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