The Roles of Skin Fibroblasts at Local Acupoints in Chrono-Acupuncture by Nannan Liu, Zhengyu Zhao, Qizhi Zhou, Xiaohong Zhang, Yu Wang, Shiqi Huang, Dingjun Cai

“…The effect of acupuncture on the restructure of the fibroblast cytoskeleton is different at different time points, the most effective time point was at ZT12 while the least at ZT16. …”
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Carbon sequestration effects of the typical restored vegetation types in Eastern Qinling Mountains by XU Xiaoming, YAN Shanshan, PENG Xiaobang

“…[Conclusion] These findings indicate that vegetative carbon sequestration is different among different stands, and exhibits phased characteristics correlated with forest age. …”
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The impact of CD3ζ ITAM multiplicity and sequence on CAR T-cell survival and function by Shubhabrata Majumdar, Hilda Echelibe, Maria Bettini, Matthew L. Bettini

“…Immunoblotting and flow cytometry based Ca2+ signaling assays were used to quantify signaling differences. Functional differences were studied using in vitro cytotoxicity, degranulation and cytokine expression assays. …”
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Sex-specific differences in children attending the emergency department: prospective observational study by Joany M Zachariasse, Henriette A Moll, Ian K Maconochie, Ewout W Steyerberg, Daan Nieboer, Dorine M Borensztajn, Claudio F Alves, Frank J Smit, Susanne Greber-Platzer, Claudia M G Keyzer-Dekker

“…Further research is needed to investigate whether this is due to pathophysiological differences and differences in disease course, whether girls present signs and symptoms differently, or whether sociocultural factors are responsible.…”
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Distribution characteristics of blood group antigen and susceptibility in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis by JU Min, LIU Bin, GONG Xiaoyan, LIN Guoyue

“…The frequency of type B in Uighur, type O in Kazak, type A in Hui and Han nationalities in the infection group was higher than that in the control group (P<0.001); 3) The distribution of blood type among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in different ethnic groups was Uygur B>A>O>AB, Kazak O>B>A>AB, Hui A>O=B>AB, Han A>B>O>AB, with significant difference between different ethnic groups (P<0.001). 4) The total positive rate of RhD blood group among pulmonary tuberculosis patients was 97.26%, while the negative rate was 2.74%. …”
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Hard and soft tissue alterations after the application of different soft tissue grafting materials during immediate dental implant placement: a systematic review and Bayesian netwo... by Ali Azadi, Fatemeh Rezaei, Atoosa Yazdani, Kimia Hejazi, Aryousha Moallem Savasari, Reza Amid, Mahdi Kadkhodazadeh

“…Conclusions At the time of immediate implantation, there is no significant difference between different soft tissue grafts regarding the clinical outcomes of implants. …”
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Study results of the stress-strain states of the crown parts of molars restored with composite, ceramic and zirconium onlays by Y.A. Sardykov, M.H. Kryshchuk, O.O. Fastovets, R.Y. Matvieienko

“…However, the nature of force transmission, as well as stress distribution, was different for different structural materials. The maximum stress was observed in the model with a composite onlay in the local area of the surface of the force load in the cement layer. …”
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Comparative Lipid-Lowering/Increasing Efficacy of 7 Statins in Patients with Dyslipidemia, Cardiovascular Diseases, or Diabetes Mellitus: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analyse... by Xiaodan Zhang, Lu Xing, Xiaona Jia, Xiaocong Pang, Qian Xiang, Xia Zhao, Lingyue Ma, Zhiyan Liu, Kun Hu, Zhe Wang, Yimin Cui

“…The drug efficacy may differ among different statins, and evidence from head-to-head comparisons is sparse and inconsistent. …”
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Diagnostic and Predictive Values of Inflammatory Factors in Pathology and Survival of Patients Undergoing Total Cystectomy by Xingxing Tang, Yudong Cao, Jia Liu, Shuo Wang, Yong Yang, Peng Du

“…For overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS), the above IFs were grouped according to the cut-off value. The differences between different groups were analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier curves, and the predictive value of these IFs was determined by the Cox proportional hazards regression model. …”
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Effect of Acarbose on High Carohydrate Diet Induced Liver Injury in Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) by Yanhao CAO, Xiaolong BO, Hongli LIU, Xiaoli HUANG

“…After 15 days of treatment with 6 types of Chinese herbal medicine, the liver morphology was maintained and the liver to body ratio was reduced, however, there was no significant difference among different treatments (P > 0.05). Among them, cinnamon treatment had a more significant effect, reaching the lowest liver to body ratio at 3.35%.…”
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Inappropriate prescribing of drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-esophageal reflux disease remains a matter of concern: Results from the LAPTOP-PPI cluster randomized trial by Manuela Casula, Manuela Casula, Ilaria Ardoino, Laura Pierini, Lara Perrella, Stefano Scotti, Sara Mucherino, Valentina Orlando, Enrica Menditto, Carlotta Franchi

“…To estimate the effectiveness of the intervention, we used a difference-in-differences (DID) approach.ResultsOverall, 942 GPs (540 from Bergamo and 402 from Caserta LHUs) were included in the analysis. …”
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Dissemination of IncQ1 Plasmids Harboring NTE_KPC-IId in a Brazilian Hospital by Camila Maria dos Santos Boralli, Julian Andres Paganini, Rodrigo Silva Meneses, Camila Pacheco Silveira Martins da Mata, Edna Marilea Meireles Leite, Anita C. Schürch, Fernanda L. Paganelli, Rob J. L. Willems, Ilana L. B. C. Camargo

“…To fill the gap in the understanding of the stability and dissemination of NTE_KPC-carrying plasmids, we selected and characterized carbapenem-resistant bacteria isolated between 2009 and 2016 from a hospital for a retrospective study of their plasmids conjugation capacity, impact on fitness, and replication in different species. Different clones were selected using PFGE, and their genomes were sequenced using Illumina and Oxford Nanopore methods. …”
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Citizen Worry and Adherence in Response to Government Restrictions in Switzerland During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Repeated Cross-Sectional Online Surveys by Vanessa Kraege, Céline Dumans-Louis, Céline Maglieri, Séverine Bochatay, Marie-Anne Durand, Antoine Garnier, Kevin Selby, Christian von Plessen

“…Also, the levels and consequences of worry can differ between different groups of citizens. Little is known about the evolution of worries during the pandemic and adherence to measures in distinct groups. …”
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The temporal change of heat exposure and adaptation capacity in Chinese adults from 1994 to 2023 by Xiaohui Ji, Haomin Tan, Shaoli Huang, Zhongguo Huang, Jianxiong Hu, Jianxiong Hu, Guanhao He, Fengrui Jing, Ziqiang Lin, Mengen Guo, Tao Liu, Wenjun Ma, Wenjun Ma

“…The Chi square test was employed to compare the difference between different demographic subgroups during 2014–2023. …”
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Effect of different photoperiods on growth indices of female sterlet sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus by Bahman Meknatkhah, Masoud Sattari, Bahram Falahatkar, Samaneh Poursaeid

“…The condition factor also did not exhibit any significant difference among different treatments throughout the experiment. …”
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Vertical bacterial variability in oxidation ponds in the tropical zone by C. Tudsanaton, T. Pattamapitoon, O. Phewnil, W. Wararam, K. Chunkao, P. Maskulrath, M. Srichomphu

“…Next-generation sequencing techniques were used to identify bacterial diversity, and the water quality at each depth was applied as an indicator of bacterial degradation activities.FINDINGS: Community domestic wastewater contained 10 major bacterial phyla that differed at different depths. Amongst these phyla, the Actinobacteriota dominated (25.35 to 28.23 percent), followed by Cyanobacteria (19.49 to 21.57percent), Planctomycetota (15.50 to 17.41 percent), Firmicutes (9.97 to 10.79 percent), Proteobacteria (9.73 to 10.79 percent), Verrucomicrobiota (6.47 to 7.69 percent), Chloroflexi (2.79 to 2.99 percent), Bacteriota (0.96 to 1.41 percent), Acidobacteriota (0.70 to 0.80 percent) and SAR324 clade (marine group B) (0.69 to 0.61 percent). …”
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The effect of using red algae powder on growth indices, some serum and mucus indices, and mucus protein patterns in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) fry by Fatemeh Abdollahnejad, Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar, Hamed Paknejad, Abdolmajid Hajimoradlou, Mohamdreza Imanpuor

“…The lack of significant difference between different levels of G. gracilis powder and the control group may be related to these reasons. …”
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ReluformerN: Lightweight High-Low Frequency Enhanced for Hyperspectral Agricultural Lancover Classification by LIU Yi, ZHANG Yanjun

“…Different crops have similar shapes, and the same crop has significant differences in different growth stages, so the network model for agricultural land cover classification requires a high degree of accuracy. …”
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Comparative analysis of C-Reactive protein levels among Non-comorbid, Comorbid, and Multimorbid Hospitalized COVID-19 patients by Maria Shoukat, Haseeb Khan, Moona Nazish, Abdur Rehman, Sheharyar Raashid, Saad Ahmed, Wajid Munir, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, Massab Umair, Muhammad Osama Bin Abid, Nasim Akhtar, Wajid Zaman, Malik Badshah

“…The CRP levels fluctuate and also significantly differ among different comorbidities. COVID-19 patients with diabetes were observed to have higher CRP levels than non-diabetics (mean CRP: 126.96 mg/L vs. 88.92 mg/L, Z = -5.724, p < 0.001), and those with hypertension also encountered elevated CRP (mean CRP: 355.37 vs. 276.19 mg/L, Z = -5.447, p < 0.001). …”
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The role of skill and expertise and organizational resources along with the relevant components in the competitive environment of the organization (case study: Tehran Province Muni... by Mehdi Aghighi, Rashid Zolfegari Zaferani, Behzad Mashali

“…Work teams act based on the opinions of team's members; as a result, work teams will perform differently in different situations (Eskandar et al, 2020). …”
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