OBSERVATION OF THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERN OF FETAL CEREBRAL SULCI BETWEEN 18 TO 32 WEEKS OF GESTATIONAL AGE BY USING ULTRASONOGRAPHY - A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN TWO MATER... by Sujith Kumar Reddy Madithati, Sai Shankar Mankuzhy Gopalakrishnan, Santosh Chandrasekhar, Jenikar Paulraj, Archana Bala, Geeta Shankar

“…This is a Cross-sectional observational study, performed among 110 antenatal women investigated under the Department of Radio Diagnosis, Shri Sathya Sai medical college and research institute, Ammapettai. …”
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Noninvasive oxygenation and ventilation strategies for viral acute respiratory failure: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis by Fredy Leonardo Carreño-Hernández, Sergio Prieto, Daniela Abondando, Jairo Alejandro Gaitán, Yenny Rocío Cárdenas -Bolívar, Adriana Beltrán, Jorge Iván Alvarado-Sánchez, Joseph L. Nates

“…An exploratory meta-analysis was performed by calculating the risk ratio (RR) by random effects and meta-regression to explore possible sources of heterogeneity and to compare ventilatory alternatives against IMV to reduce mortality, length of stay (LOS) days in ICU, nosocomial infection, and barotrauma. …”
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Clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients with acromegaly and normal or increased prolactin levels by Yuliya A. Kukushkina, Irena A. Ilovayskaya

“…Aim: To identify hallmarks of clinical and biochemical parameters in patients with acromegaly and normal or increased prolactin level. Methods: We performed a single center, single sample retrospective, observational cohort uncontrolled non-interventional study in 306 patients (70 men and 236 women) with acromegaly examined from July 2021 to June 2024, 50 of them with a pituitary microadenomas and 256 with macroadenomas. …”
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Analysis of factors influencing the awareness of inpatients regarding hospital clinical pharmacy services and willingness to pay: a multicenter survey in Hebei Province, China by Ruixia Yang, Xin Wang, Huizhen Wu, Qian Sun, Sijie Zhang, Qian Dong, Mengjiao Li, Xiaoli Xu, Jing Bai, Ping Liang, Juan Hou

“…The chi-square test was used to determine statistically significant influences, and logistic regression analysis was performed to identify significant factors affecting inpatient WTP for pharmacy services. …”
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Green sanctuaries: residential green and garden space and the natural environment mitigate mental disorders risk of diabetic patients by Erxu Xue, Jianhui Zhao, Jingyu Ye, Jingjie Wu, Dandan Chen, Jing Shao, Xue Li, Zhihong Ye

“…We aim to investigate the impact of green space, garden space, and the natural environment on the risk of mental disorders among the population living with diabetes. Methods We performed a longitudinal analysis based on 39,397 participants with diabetes from the UK Biobank. …”
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Functional tests in children with type 1 diabetes and their correlation with hemoglobin A1c levels by V.R. Abdulina, I.S. Stepanova

“…Correlation analysis to assess the relationship between HbA1c, US, and OCT was performed.</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Results</b>: 55.7% of the participants were boys (n=44) and 44.3% were girls (n=35). …”
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Mycobiome analyses of critically ill COVID-19 patients by Danielle Weaver, Sara Gago, Matteo Bassetti, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Juergen Prattes, Martin Hoenigl, Florian Reizine, Hélène Guegan, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Michael John Bromley, Paul Bowyer

“…To understand the composition of the respiratory mycobiome in critically ill COVID-19 patients with and without CAPA and the impact of antifungal use in patient outcome, we performed a multinational study of 39 COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICUs). …”
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Associations between cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome and disability in activities of daily living: a nationwide longitudinal study among the middle-aged and older adults i... by Junfeng Zhang, Huijie Huang, Zhan Lin, Jingran Dong, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jing Gao, Jing Gao, Yin Liu, Yin Liu, Changping Li, Zhuang Cui

“…Generalized linear mixed model was used to perform multivariate analysis to explore the association between CKM syndrome and the risk of ADLs disability.ResultsThe proportion of CKM stage 0, 1, 2, and 3 among the 5,898 eligible participants (median age 60 years, 60.27% women) in 2011 were 14.70, 30.23, 41.39, and 13.68%. …”
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Current trends of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA): choosing between robotic-assisted and conventional surgeries and timing of procedures by Kelvin S. C. Cheung, Kai Chun Augustine Chan, Amy Cheung, Ping Keung Chan, Michelle Hilda Luk, Kwong Yuen Chiu, Henry Fu

“…Regression analysis was performed to study if utilization of robotic-assisted systems could contribute to reduced hospital stays. …”
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Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and return on investment of individual placement and support compared with traditional vocational rehabilitation for individuals with severe menta... by Johanna Maria van Dongen, Philippe Delespaul, Frederieke Schaafsma, Jaap van Weeghel, Johannes Anema, Miljana Vukadin, Wim Zwinkels, Marcel Spijkerman, Marloes de Graaf-Zijl

“…Exact matching and difference-in-difference fixed-effect estimations were performed to handle the non-randomised nature of the data. …”
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Effects of intermittent theta burst stimulation on cognitive and swallowing function in patients with MCI and dysphagia risk: a randomized controlled trial by Jie Wang, Mengqing Zhang, Xiaomei Wei, Cheng Yang, Meng Dai, Zulin Dou, Yonghui Wang

“…Resting-state functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) was performed to observe brain plasticity, functional connectivity (FC) values were calculated. …”
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Modulating tumor-associated macrophages through CSF1R inhibition: a potential therapeutic strategy for HNSCC by Kaiting Chen, Xiaochen Li, Shuyi Dong, Yu Guo, Ziyin Luo, Shi-Min Zhuang, Jie Liu, Tianrun Liu, Jing Liao, Weiping Wen

“…Methods Bioinformatics analyses were performed to evaluate TAMs infiltration levels in HNSCC tumor tissues and examine their associations with patients’ clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis. …”
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Exosome miR-199a-5p modulated vascular remodeling and inflammatory infiltration of Takayasu’s arteritis by Shuning Guo, Jiehan Li, Shurui Pang, Jing Li, Xinping Tian

“…CCK8 assays and EdU assays were performed to measure proliferative ability. The migration of VSMC was evaluated by scratch assays and transwell migration assays. …”
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Glioma Image-Level and Slide-Level Gene Predictor (GLISP) for Molecular Diagnosis and Predicting Genetic Events of Adult Diffuse Glioma by Minh-Khang Le, Masataka Kawai, Kenta Masui, Takashi Komori, Takakazu Kawamata, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Tomohiro Inoue, Ippei Tahara, Kazunari Kasai, Tetsuo Kondo

“…In cross-validation, GLISP yielded patch-level/case-level predictions with top performances in <i>IDH1/2</i> and 1p/19q co-deletion with average areas under the curve (AUCs) of receiver operating characteristics of 0.75/0.79 and 0.73/0.80, respectively. …”
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Country economic status is strongly associated with burn survival - validation of the (modified) ABSI by Julia Elrod, Christoph Mohr, Ludvik Branski, Joshua M. Peterson, Fionna M. Wood, Dale W. Edgar, Pius Agbenorku, Shobha Chamania, Anant Sharma, Flavio N. Novaes, Jean Bosco Katabogama, Michael Boettcher, Konrad Reinshagen, Ingo Koenigs

“…Methods A retrospective study was performed, including over 90,000 patients from seven sources in five continents, including two burn registries and five referral burn centers. …”
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Pengaruh Pemberian Glutamin pada Kemampuan Fagositosis Makrofag terhadap Pseudomonas Aeruginosa by Daslina , Eryati Darwin, Aziz Djamal

“…Isolation of peritoneal macrophages of mice performed on day-15 and tested<br />using latex and bacterial phagocytosis of P. aeruginosa. …”
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Restoring natural killer cell activity in lung injury with 1,25-hydroxy vitamin D3: a promising therapeutic approach by Johnny Amer, Ahmad Salhab, Mohammad Abuawad

“…We aimed to assess the impact of 1,25-hydroxy-vitamin-D3 [1,125(OH)2D] on ALI clinical outcome in a mouse model and effects on lung trNK cell activations.MethodsOleic acid (OA)-induced ALI in C57BL/6J mice and 1,25(OH)2D treatment 2×/2 weeks were performed. Lung tissue was harvested to assess alveolar I/II cell apoptosis and lung injury marker of Surfactant-Protein-D (SP-D). …”
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Modelling the air quality impacts of a zero emission zone scenario in the city of Milan by Andrea Piccoli, Valentina Agresti, Marco Bedogni, Giovanni Lonati, Guido Pirovano

“…The assessment of possible benefit of ZEZ on emissions, air quality and human health can be performed with a dedicated modelling chain. The goal of this work is to simulate a 2030 ZEZ mobility scenario in Milan city centre (Italy), introducing changes to the vehicle fleet composition within the ZEZ, as suggested by the Air Quality and Climate Plan of the municipality. …”
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Assessing Heat Resistance and Selecting Heat-Resistant Individuals of Largemouth Bass (<i>Micropterus salmoides</i>) with Tiered Thermal Exposure by Haijie Chen, Hui Qiao, Zhicheng Xv, Guili Song, Shuning Liu, Cheng Luo, Yong Long, Shimei Lin

“…In this study, the critical thermal maximum (CTmax) and static exposure methods were first performed to assess the heat resistance of LMB juveniles. …”
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Integrated Impacts of Urban Spatial Form on Thermal Environment and Zonal Regulation under the Perspective of Spatial Heterogeneity by Yan Jinlong, Yin Chaohui, An Zihao, Zhang Simin, Wen Qian, Chen Weiqiang

“…This study takes the main urban area of Wuhan as an example, based on multi-source spatial data such as Landsat-8 remote sensing images, urban land classification, and buildings, integrates geodetectors and a geographically weighted regression model (MGWR) to investigate the mechanism of the influence of the urban form on the thermal environment under the control unit at the global and local levels, and finally utilizes the K-mean clustering approach to perform impact zoning. First, the high-temperature areas in the main urban area of Wuhan are mainly located in the core area of the old city of Hankou and the Wuchang District, which are located on both sides of the Yangtze River, as well as in the industrial zones northeast and southwest of the city. …”
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