University proceedings. Volga region. Natural sciences by O.V. Chernyshova, N.A. Kartavov, R.A. Ilyin, S.V. Titov

“…Statistical data processing was carried out in the STATISTICA 10.0 program. Results. A study of 29 individuals of the large and 31 individuals of the speckled ground squirrel from the sympatry zone in Ulyanovsk region showed that only one female, certifiedaccording to phenotypic characteristics as S. suslicus, had introgression of S. major genetic material. …”

Forecasting the Incidence of Mumps Based on the Baidu Index and Environmental Data in Yunnan, China: Deep Learning Model Study by Xin Xiong, Linghui Xiang, Litao Chang, Irene XY Wu, Shuzhen Deng

“…Traditional surveillance methods, however, may not be sufficient for timely and accurate outbreak prediction. …”
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Association between Comorbidities and Progression of Transvalvular Pressure Gradients in Patients with Moderate and Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis by Tim Salinger, Kai Hu, Dan Liu, Scharoch Taleh, Sebastian Herrmann, Daniel Oder, Daniel Gensler, Jonas Müntze, Georg Ertl, Kristina Lorenz, Stefan Frantz, Frank Weidemann, Peter Nordbeck

“…LDL-cholesterol values were lower in the slow progression group (100 ± 32.6 mg/dl vs 110.8 ± 36.6 mg/dl; P=0.005). …”
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Bio-ecological characteristics of Malus genus species in the context of prospective directions in horticulture and landscape forestry by Tetiana Moskalets, Oleksandr Kratiuk, Mariana Ivankiv, Sergii Shevchenko, Nataliia Shevchuk

“…This scale included five criteria: crown appearance, leaf aesthetics, floral attractiveness, fruit visual appeal, and resistance to apple scab. For the first time, fruits of different Malus species have been analysed for seed productivity. …”
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Sesquiterpenoids from <i>Dysoxylum amooroides</i> Stem Bark: Isolation, Structure Determination, and Cytotoxicity Against MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells by Latifah Gunawan, Hidayat Nurul Mustofa, Al Arofatus Naini, Desi Harneti, Ace Tatang Hidayat, Nurlelasari Nurlelasari, Rani Maharani, Tri Mayanti, Sofa Fajriah, Khalijah Awang, Mohamad Nurul Azmi, Unang Supratman

“…Guaianediol (1) showed inactive activity with IC50 > 100 µM, alismol (2) showed weak activity with IC50 value of 82.1 µM and spathulenol (3) showed considerable activity with an IC50 value of 15.2 µM. …”
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Noninvasive Detection of Alpha-Amylase in Saliva Using Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes: A Promising Biomarker for Clinical Oral Diagnostics by Reviansyah FH, Ristin AD, Rauf AA, Sepirasari PD, Alim FN, Nur Y, Takarini V, Yusuf M, Aripin D, Susilawati S, Komariah M, Alam BYCSSS

“…Analyzing saliva components allows for noninvasive, cost-effective, and time-efficient screening and diagnosis. Alpha-amylase, a key biomarker present in saliva, has been linked to oral diseases. …”
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Levels of apoptosis factors in mitochondria of brain cortex cells in female С57ВL/6 mice in dynamics of B16/F10 melanoma growth combined with comorbidity by E. M. Frantsiyants, I. V. Neskubina, N. D. Cheryarina, E. I. Surikova, A. I. Shikhlyarova, V. A. Bandovkina, L. A. Nemashkalova, I. V. Kaplieva, L. K. Trepitaki, P. S. Kachesova

“…CNP, levels of calcium in murine brain cortex mitochondria were 1.4 times higher (p &lt; 0.05) than in the comparison group at the same time; in 2 weeks the levels declined by 80.1 times and after 3 weeks declined by 37.7 times. …”
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Inflammatory burden index as a prognostic marker in patients with advanced gastric cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and immunotherapy by Jiao-Bao Huang, Zhi-Yong Zhou, Jun Lu, Ji-Yun Zhu, Bin Lai, Sheng-Xun Mao, Jia-Qing Cao

“…The median cycle of neoadjuvant therapy was 4(3-4). The median survival time was 85.1%(1 years), 65.6%(2 years), and 47.4%(3 years).Univariate analysis showed that IBI was an independent risk factor for non-TR(residual tumor cells&gt;50%) (HR=1.08,95%CI:1.00-1.45,p&lt;0.001)and OS(HR=1.04,95%CI:1.03-1.05,p&lt;0.001). …”
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Impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on knowledge of self-management among asthmatic patients: a prospective cohort study by Ahmad Khan, Saima Mushtaq, Amjad Khan, Nafees Ahmad, Shahzadi Sidra Saleem, Rubina Aman, Shahzadi Sadia Saleem, Ayesha Bibi, Saifullah Mehsud, Ivan R Green, Sheikh Abdur Rashid, Kifayat Ullah Shah

“…This study aims to assess the impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on knowledge of self-management among asthmatic patients.Design A pre–post cohort study.Setting Outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital affiliated with Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan.Participants Approximately 265 adult asthmatic patients selected through a spirometry process, aged ≥18 years, were approached. 240 patients gave consent to participate in the study and were divided into control and treatment groups.Interventions The educational intervention consisted of individual patient counselling using educational material with time varied according to each patient’s comprehension and previous knowledge.Primary and secondary outcome measures Assessment consisted of a 14-item Asthma Self-Management Knowledge Questionnaire (ASMQ) quantifying a patient’s self-management knowledge through an ASMQ score and its change following an educational intervention.Results Disease self-management knowledge was low with an average raw ASMQ score of 4.1 (max 14); which equates to a transformed score of 29.34 (max 100) and the proportion of patients who correctly answered more than 50% of questions were 16.7% preintervention. …”
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Whole-genome sequencing surveillance of Siberian tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) identifies an additional lineage in Kyrgyzstan by Jake D'Addiego, Mollie Curran-French, Jack Smith, Asankadyr T Junushov, Irena Breininger, Barry Atkinson, John Hay, Roger Hewson

“…Whilst we were able to retrieve the first partial TBEV sequence from Kyrgyzstan from Ixodes persulcatus ticks, we were unable to retrieve a complete genome sequence at that time.In this study, we have utilised a sequence-independent single-primer amplification (SISPA) protocol and retrieved the complete genome sequence of our previous 2009 TBEV tick sample (strain KY09) producing the third complete TBEV genome from Kyrgyzstan, and the first genome from the region clustering within the Vasilchenko lineage, suggesting a wider distribution for the lineage than was previously thought.We have also developed a tiling amplicon scheme for Siberian TBEV (TBEV-Sib) which produced > 90 % reference coverage at 100x sequencing depths for samples with as little as 1.13×104 RNA copies/ml. …”
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Deciphering Immunometabolic Landscape in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Integrative Multiomics, Explainable Machine Learning and Experimental Validation by Dong Q, Wu J, Zhang H, Chen X, Xu X, Chen J, Shi C, Luo L, Zhang D

“…Machine learning models identified hub genes, which were validated via quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Then, potential small-molecule drugs were screened using the Connectivity Map (CMAP) and molecular docking. …”
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First Experiences with Fusion of PET-CT and MRI Datasets for Navigation-Assisted Percutaneous Biopsies for Primary and Metastatic Bone Tumors by Hagen Fritzsche, Alexander Pape, Klaus-Dieter Schaser, Franziska Beyer, Verena Plodeck, Ralf-Thorsten Hoffmann, Patricia Hahlbohm, Elisabeth Mehnert, Anne Weidlich

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Navigation-assisted percutaneous tumor biopsy resulted in correct, histologically useable diagnoses in all patients and reached a higher accuracy and first-time success rate (diagnostic yield: 100%) in comparison to CT-guided biopsies. …”
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Beating-Heart Coronary Artery Bypass grafting (BH-CABG) in patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD): comparison of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) predicted risk with ac... by Louis Samuels, Anastasia Arce, Samiat Agunbiade, Suzanne Raws, Afshin Parsikia

“…The mean number of grafts was 2.4 (1–4) and CPB time was 78 min (34–128 min) for the PAD-CAB group. …”
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Macroecological predictors to determine future refuges of Luciobarbus species in the Tigris–Euphrates basin: Rethinking conservation strategies and management by Hadi Khoshnamvand, Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, Asef Darvishi, Kourosh Ahmadi, Amir Naghibi, Karel Janko, Asghar Abdoli, Faraham Ahmadzadeh

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Totally robotic total gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy for gastric cancer via da Vinci Xi platform: Technical details and perioperative outcomes by Chengcai Liang, Jianrong Guo, Guoming Chen, Zhiwei Zhou, Shuqiang Yuan

“…Results: With an estimated blood loss of 100 ​ml, the operation lasted 210 ​min, including an anastomosis time of 36 ​min. …”
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Comparison of ultrasound features and lesion sites in dysfunctional arteriovenous fistula by Yin Wang, Xiao-mei Huang, Yi Zhang, Jingjing Li, Jun Li, Zheng Ye, Yu Peng, Xian-jin Zhang, Na Tang, Wen-wen Qiu, Li Xu

“…The dialysis duration and arteriovenous fistula use time were the highest in the vascular calcification group at 86 (interquartile range: 49–140) and 77 (interquartile range: 49–110) months, respectively. …”
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Architecture and solutions of 5G ultra dense network by Jianmin ZHANG, Weiliang XIE, Fengyi YANG

“…Ultra dense network（UDN）is referred to as the most efficient technique for meeting the challenges of 1 000 times higher trafficvolume and 10～100 times higher user data rate，which can improve the network capacity dramatically through network densification.However，due to the limited coverage and higher density of small cell，the problems of frequent handover and inter-cell interference become intractable，which degrade the system capacity and user experience.Therefore，in order to satisfy the challenges of coverage and capacity simultaneously，the architecture of 5G ultra dense network was proposed，which was characterized as the separation of control and user planes and cluster-based centralized control.Besides，regarding to the UDN scenarios of macro-micro and micro-micro，different solutions were presented，respectively.In addition，the problems and challenges of the architecture of 5G ultra dense network were also discussed in detail，providing reference for future research and development.…”
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Velocidade de infiltração em área pastagem degradada e floresta natural no município de Porto Velho (RO) by Eliomar Pereira da Silva Filho

“…The values of infiltration proved to be 3-4 times faster in the forest in relation to the contents of pasture for PVAd and up to 100 times for LAd.…”
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Real-world evaluation of physiotherapist-led exercise prehabilitation and rehabilitation during autologous stem cell transplantation in myeloma: a single-centre experience by Orla McCourt, Joanne Land, Neil Rabin, Kwee Yong, Abi Fisher, Jonathan Sive, Charalampia Kyriakou, Michael K Luong, Alasdair Longden

“…A hybrid service using face-to-face clinical assessments and weekly remotely supervised group exercise, via an online video conferencing platform, in the phase between stem cell harvest and admission (prehabilitation), and from discharge to 100 days post-ASCT (rehabilitation). Functional (6 min walk and timed sit-to-stand tests) and patient-reported outcome measures (European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC-C30) and EuroQol EQ5D-5L were assessed at preharvest, preadmission and in the post-ASCT evaluation (day 100) clinic.Results Patients (n=46) with a diagnosis of multiple myeloma referred for ASCT following induction chemotherapy were assessed. …”
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Evaluation of vegetable pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp] genotypes for yield stability by J. D. Ojwang, R. Nyankanga, N. V. P. R. G. Ganga Rao, J. Imungi

“…The genotypes were planted in a Randomized Complete Block design (RCBD), replicated three times at all sites. Rainfall at Kiboko and Kabete were supplemented with irrigation, using sprinklers, for a total of 38 times, providing 832 mm of water. …”
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