Health status, respiratory symptom and dyspnea trajectories in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a seven-year observation in clinical practice by Koichi Nishimura, Masaaki Kusunose, Ayumi Shibayama, Kazuhito Nakayasu

“…The patients were categorized into quartiles based on the rate of decline in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and changes in PROs. …”
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CO2 and electrical stunning differentially affect energy metabolism in pigs by Manuela Peukert, Sebastian Zimmermann, Björn Egert, Dagmar Adeline Brüggemann

“…The distinct metabolite patterns likely result from different physiological stress responses, such as CO2-induced acidosis and variable oxygen availability. …”
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia in Iranian intensive care units by Aziz Japoni, Afsanah Vazin, Mohammad Ali Davarpanah, Mohammad Afkhami Ardakani, Abdolvahab Alborzi, Sara Japoni, Noradin Rafaatpour

“…This study seeks to determine the etiological agents of NP and VAP along with their antibacterial susceptibility patterns, and to evaluate the factors contributing to patient mortality. …”
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Reeler Domain-Containing Proteins Involved in the Antibacterial Immunity of Shrimp <i>Litopenaeus vannamei</i> by Jianying Qi, Guoqing Dai, Huiling Xing, Zhibin Fu, Sheng Ke, Lili Shi

“…Analysis of tissue-specific expression patterns indicated that <i>LvReeler1</i> showed predominant expression in the stomach, whereas <i>LvReeler2</i> and <i>LvReeler3</i> demonstrated peak transcriptional activity within gill tissues. …”
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Analysis of Future Drought Risk and Wheat Meteorological Disaster in Ningxia (Northwest China) Based on CMIP6 and SPEI by Xinlong Li, Junli Tan, Xina Wang, Qian Shang, Hao Li, Xuefang Li

“…Therefore, research on spatial and temporal variability of dry and hot wind events and drought risk under different development patterns of future climate can provide a reference for wheat cultivation planning in the study area. …”
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Emerging trends in Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and prediction using artificial intelligence: A bibliometric analysis of the top cited 100 articles by Guangheng Zhang, Weijie Zhao, Shimeng Lv, Ziyue Wang, Yunhao Yi, Haoteng Ma, Yitong Lu, Wei Yan, Jing Teng

“…The journal with both the highest number of published articles and the greatest citation frequency was NEUROIMAGE, while PROTEIN ENGINEERING DESIGN & SELECTION boasted the highest average citation rate. The country with the largest volume of published articles was the United States, followed by China and the United Kingdom. …”
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P53 marker expression in epithelial ovarian tumours in a centre in Nigeria – a descriptive study by Andrew Olushola Anjorin, Olaejirinde Olaniyi Olaofe, Atinuke Olu Anjorin, Ganiat Olutoyin Omoniyi-Esan, Akinwumi Oluwole Komolafe

“…This may contribute to the poor patient survival rate.…”
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Daily insider threat detection with hybrid TCN transformer architecture by Xiaoyun Ye, Huangrongbin Cui, Faqin Luo, Jinlong Wang, Xiaoyun Xiong, Wencui Zhang, Jiawei Yu, Wenhao Zhao

“…The model detects anomalies at each time step and achieves a recall rate of $$95\%$$ with a sequence length of 30 days. …”
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Protecting children’s vision is a systematic project—a cross-sectional survey on myopia among preschool children in Shantou, China by Yan-Shu Li, Jia-Qi Xie, Xiao-Mei Hong, Yu-Xin Zhu, Xi-Yu Lin, Bing-Yun Li

“…Results Of the 388 valid questionnaires collected, a myopia detection rate of 25.7% was observed, with a significant age-related increase (OR = 4.591, P = 0.018). …”
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PERAN SOSIAL EKONOMI KELUARGA DALAM MENANGGULANGI KESEHATAN ANAK DI INDONESIA by Syifa Pramudita Faddila, Laras Ratu Khalida, Uus Mohammad Darul Fadli, Aji Tuhagana

“…Globally, as many as 42 million children were overweight in 2015 and the obesity rate in Indonesia was around 10.8% in 2013. The purpose of this study was to determine the socioeconomic role of families in tackling children's health in Indonesia. …”
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LC-MS/MS analysis of lesional and normally looking psoriatic skin reveals significant changes in protein metabolism and RNA processing. by V V Sobolev, A V Mezentsev, R H Ziganshin, A G Soboleva, M Denieva, I M Korsunskaya, O A Svitich

“…<h4>Aim</h4>The aim of this study was to compare protein expression patterns of lesional and normally looking skin of psoriasis patients with skin of the healthy volunteers, reveal differentially expressed proteins and identify changes in cell metabolism caused by the disease.…”
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Deep learning driven interpretable and informed decision making model for brain tumour prediction using explainable AI by Khan Muhammad Adnan, Taher M. Ghazal, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Sajid Farooq, Chan Yeob Yeun, Munir Ahmad, Sang-Woong Lee

“…The advent of deep learning has made it a powerful tool for complex image analysis tasks, such as detecting brain Tumours, by learning advanced patterns from images. However, deep learning models are often considered “black box” systems, where the reasoning behind predictions remains unclear. …”
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Pore-Throat Differences Across Flow Units in Low-Permeability Sandstone Reservoirs: Impact on Movable Fluid Saturation in the Triassic Chang 6 Reservoir, Jiyuan Oilfield, Ordos Bas... by Pan Li, Jian Yan, Rui Hu, Ming Han, Jiangang Bai

“…This study integrated several methods, including nuclear magnetic resonance experiments, constant-rate mercury intrusion, high-pressure mercury intrusion, image particle sizing, scanning electron microscopy, and pore-casted thin sections. …”
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Evaluating Water Levels From the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission in a Hyper‐Tidal Coastal and Estuarine Environment by I. D. Lichtman, P. S. Bell, C. Gommenginger, C. Banks, F. M. Calafat, J. Brown, S. D. P. Williams

“…Comparisons of SWOT Level 3 low rate 2 km (L3) total water level with WLG data reveal constant offsets that scale with water elevation, attributed to the spatial difference between the measurements. …”
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Acceptability of Hormonal Contraceptives as a Smoking Cessation Aid for Women of Reproductive Age: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey by Samantha J. Werts-Pelter, Briana M. Choi, Stephanie Mallahan, Nicole Person-Rennell, Alicia Allen

“…Introduction: Cigarette smoking is the most common cause of preventable cancers and other premature morbidity and mortality. Modifying hormonal patterns using hormonal contraceptives (HCs) may lead to improved smoking cessation outcomes in women, though the acceptability of this is unknown. …”
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EXTRAOSSEOUS ABNORMALITIES AND ARTIFACTS IN SKELETAL SCINTIGRAPHY by S. P. Mironov, A. A. Ansheles, D. N. Shulgin, V. B. Sergienko

“…Objective: to specify frequency, patterns and diagnostic significance of extraosseous soft tissue findings in 99mTc-pyrophosphate skeletal scintigraphy. …”
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ORGAN DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN 2017 10TH REPORT OF THE NATIONAL REGISTRY by S. V. Gautier, S. M. Khomyakov

“…In 2017, the level of kidney transplantation was 8.0 per million of the population, the liver transplantation index was 3.0 per million of the population; the rate of heart transplantation is 1.7 per million of the population. …”
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In Vitro and In Situ Evaluation of Fermented High Moisture Corn and Ear Corn as Alternative Feedstuffs for Feedlot Calves by H. Rajaei-Sharifabadi, D. Villalba, J. Mora, G. de la Fuente, J. Balcells, A. R. Seradj

“…HMG demonstrated the highest gas production rate and metabolizable energy content (12.2 MJ/kg), significantly higher than HME (10.1 MJ/kg). …”
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Prognostic model identification of ribosome biogenesis-related genes in pancreatic cancer based on multiple machine learning analyses by Yuan Sun, Yan Li, Anlan Zhang, Tao Hu, Ming Li

“…Abstract Background Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive cancer characterized by low survival rate. Enhanced ribosome biogenesis may be associated with tumor drug resistance and malignant phenotypes, representing a potential therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer. …”
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How I experienced tele-intervention: Qualitative insights from persons who stutter by Raadhiyah Hoosain, Shabnam Abdoola, Esedra Krüger, Bhavani Pillay

“…Likert scale ratings indicated no considerable difference in preferences between tele-intervention and in-person treatment. …”
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