Type II diabetes in systemic sclerosis patients: insights from an observational, multicenter study of GIRRCS (Gruppo Italiano di Ricerca in Reumatologia Clinica e Sperimentale) by Vasiliki Liakouli, Giulio Forte, Piero Ruscitti, Luca Navarini, Francesca Bellisai, Francesco Caso, Giuliana Guggino, Lidia La Barbera, Chiara Rizzo, Ada Corrado, Paola Triggianese, Alberto Lo Gullo, Giuseppe Mandraffino, Luca Cantarini, Bruno Frediani, Paola Cipriani, Francesco Paolo Cantatore, Maria Sole Chimenti, Elvira Favoino, Federico Perosa, Annamaria Iagnocco, Roberto Giacomelli, Francesco Ciccia

“…SSc patients with T2D were significantly older (P < 0.007) and exhibited: higher prevalence of late-stage capillaroscopic pattern (P < 0.001), severe reduction in forced vital capacity (FVC < 50%; P < 0.000), moderate reduction in total lung capacity (TLC 50–69%; P < 0.011), electrocardiographic signs of right ventricular hypertrophy (P < 0.018), higher prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) confirmed by right heart catheterization (RHC) (P < 0.037) and higher prevalence scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) (P < 0.001); elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (P < 0.022), and ANA positivity. …”
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Assessing patient-level risk factors for evidence-based early diagnosis of maternal sepsis by Philip Emeka Anyanwu, Paul Expert, Kate Honeyford, Oluwasomidoyin Bello, Mobolaji Modinat Salawu, Ikeola Adeoye, Ayo Stephen Adebowale, Amen-Patrick Nwosu, Summia Zaher, Peter Ghazal, Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Magbagbeola David Dairo, Ceire Costelloe

“…Patients with sepsis had the lowest rate of live birth (29.7%) compared to those with (41.8%) and without (82.1%) an infection. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variation Characteristics of Green Water Resource Consumption and Utilization Efficiency in Jiangxi Province by WU Zhi-ling, TU An-guo, NIE Xiao-fei, MO Ming-hao

“…Spatially, both total green water consumption and productive green water consumption exhibited a distribution pattern of higher values in the south and lower values in the north, with the highest observed in Ganzhou. …”
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Teknik Identifikasi Fitur Berdasarkan Kalimat Pernyataan Kebutuhan dalam Konteks Pengembangan Software Product Line by M Syauqi Haris, Tri Astoto Kurniawan

“…In this research, 4 (four) dependency parser rules are proposed, which is one of the pipelines in NLP. The success rate of the method in this study is between 65% to 88% for the 5 groups of sentences that were tested. …”
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Promotion of Random Flap Neovascularisation in Rats with Diabetes Using Botulinum Toxin Type A Through the HIF-1&amp;alpha;/VEGF Pathway by Yan HJ, Lin FM, Li JJ, Qin H, Wang YH, You CH

“…After 7 days, flap survival rate, haematoxylin–eosin (H&amp;E) staining, and the mRNA expression of HIF-1α and VEGF were evaluated.Results: Flap survival area significantly increased in Group B compared to Group A (P &lt; 0.05), and in Group D compared to Group C (P &lt; 0.05). …”
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The changes of functional, structural and hemodynamic parameters of the optic disc in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and diabetes mellitus in long-term follow-up by A. Zh. Fursova, Ju. A. Gamza, O. G. Gusarevich, A. S. Derbeneva, M. A. Vasil’eva

“…The study of the changes of visual, functional, structural and hemodynamic parameters of the optic nerve showed a faster rate of progression of glaucomatous optic neuropathy if accompanied with DM.…”
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Emergency Nursing Didactics – Opinions, Resource, and Skill Exchange (E.N.D.O.R.S.E) – A collaborative academic initiative in the Emergency Department by Mohammad Anzal Rehman, Elrasheed Salih, Honey Mathew, Ramna Abdulrahman, Ahmad Chahla, Rishi Prasad

“…Results: Topics included waveform capnography, Inotropes and infusion settings, SVT management, Right/posterior ECG placement, high-risk pattern recognition, and Intubation workflow. Sessions lasted 30 minutes, did not interfere with actual patient care, and were attended in-person, online, with recordings viewed later by all department members. …”
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Duration of the hypotensive effect of modified transscleral cyclophotocoagulation in patients with diabetic neovascular glaucoma by O. V. Guzun, O. S. Zadorozhnyy, I. O. Nasinnyk, Wael Chargui, A. R. Korol

“…Nine patients (20%) had a history or retinal laser photocoagulation and no pattern vision. All patients received TSCPC with a diode laser (810 nm, 1.5 J/ pulse) or neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser (1064 nm, 1.0 J/ pulse). …”
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Cervical Cancer Screening Using Liquid-based Cytology and its Histopathological Correlation by C Sunitha, Aditi Sangwan, Shivani Sangwan, Pranjali Dhume, Sinam T Meetei, Arpitha Pemmaraju

“…Aim: To study the frequency of premalignant and malignant lesions of the cervix and the cyto-histopathological pattern of Pap smears with cervical biopsies done in atypical smears. …”
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Evolution Characteristics of China's Big Food Concept Economic Statistics Data Under the Perspective of Food Security by Dafang WU, Quanyan WANG, Shuaishuai JIA

“…This article analyzes the dynamic evolution characteristics of China's food security security pattern from the perspective of economic statistics. …”
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Habit-learning and decision-making circuits are susceptible to glycemic variability in type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal study by Carolina Moreno, Carolina Moreno, Carolina Moreno, Otília C. d’Almeida, Otília C. d’Almeida, Joana Crisóstomo, Nádia Canário, Leonor Gomes, Leonor Gomes, Leonor Gomes, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Miguel Castelo-Branco

“…Linear regression analysis showed that, for each increase of 1 mmol/L in MAGE value, the SPC of the temporal lobe decreases on average by 1.2% (higher atrophy rate).ConclusionThe relationship between longitudinal GM atrophy and GV has a regionally specific pattern, suggesting localized brain susceptibility to intra-daily glucose fluctuations. …”
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Miotonia congênita: relato de sete pacientes Congenital myotonia: report of seven patients by Helga C. A. Azevedo, Lúcia I. Z. Mendonça, Paulo N. B. Salum, Mary S. Carvalho, Sueli K. Nagahashi-Marie, Alzira A. Siqueira-Carvalho, Maria A. Cerqueira, Umbertina C. Reed, José A. Levy

“…<br>Myotonia is the phenomenon of decrease of muscular relaxation rate, after either a contraction or a mechanical or electrical stimulus. …”
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Assessment of the Impacts of Different Carbon Sources and Sinks on Atmospheric CO₂ Concentrations Based on GEOS-Chem by Ge Qu, Jia Zhou, Yusheng Shi, Yongliang Yang, Mengqian Su, Wen Wu, Zhitao Zhou

“…The results show that global CO₂ concentration exhibits a spatial pattern with higher concentrations in the Northern Hemisphere and land areas, with East Asia, Southeast Asia, and eastern North America being high-concentration regions. …”
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CONCOMITANT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND ANTIHYPERTENSIVE TREATMENT IN OUTPATIENT PRACTICE (BY THE RECVASA REGISTRY DATA) by M. M. Loukianov, S. A. Boytsov, S. S. Yakushin, S. Yu. Martsevich, A. N. Vorobyev, A. V. Zagrebelnyy, N. N. Nikulina, K. G. Pereverzeva, E. A. Pravkina, A. D. Deev, E. V. Kudryashov, E. N. Belova

“…The mean number of prescribed AHDs was 1.73. The mean incidence rate of target blood pressure achievement was 26.1%. …”
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Viral characterization of the reassortants between canine influenza H3N2 and human pandemic (2009) H1N1 and avian H9N2 viruses in canine ex vivo tracheal explants by Tonia T. Kam, Christine H. T. Bui, Hin-Wo Yeung, Peter C. H. Wong, Alex W. H. Chin, John M. Nicholls, Malik Peiris, Kenrie P. Y. Hui, Leo L. M. Poon, Michael C. W. Chan

“…Results Co-passaging H3N2-CIV with human/avian influenza A viruses in canine tracheal explants resulted in a high rate of reassortment. Plaque-purified reassortants were all viable and able to propagate in mammalian alveolar epithelial cells. …”
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Diffusion and Risks of House Prices in the Netherlands by Alfred Larm Teye

“… The rate of home-ownership has increased significantly in many countries over the past decades. …”
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IMPACT OF THE INFLAMMATORY AND ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE MARKERS INTO THE OVERALL CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY IN SENILE CITIZENS OF A LARGE CITY (THE DATA FROM SAHR TRIAL) by S. A. Shalnova, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. D. Deev, V. A. Metelskaya, A. V. Kapustina, G. A. Muromtseva, Yu. A. Balanova, E. M. Tuaeva, A. E. Imajeva, N. V. Kiseleva, M. A. Shkolnikova

“…For the assessment of current subclinical inflammation we used high-sensititvity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), interleucine 6 (IL-6), fibrinogen (FG), leucocytes, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). For CHD screening, we used standard ROse questionnaire and ECG pattern by Minnesota coding. …”
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A clinico-epidemiological study, assessing possible predictors of mortality and health-related quality of life for people living with visceral leishmaniasis – human immune virus (V... by Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Dhruv Kumar Pandey, Ashish Kumar Singh, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Mohd. Zahid Ansari, Rishikesh Kumar, Biplab Pal, Vidya Nand Rabi Das, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, Saurabh Jain, Krishna Pandey

“…These patients have a poor VL therapeutic success rate, more drug-related toxicity, and relapses resulting in high mortality. …”
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients by R. O. Kantariya, Ya. G. Moysyuk, E. I. Prokopenko, A. R. Karapityan, A. A. Ammosov, A. V. Makevnina, A. A. Gaydarova

“…The comparison study of the clinical pattern, laboratory and instrumental test results, treatment features and outcomes was made.Results. …”
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Clinical profiles of SS-ILD compared with SS-NILD in a Chinese population: a retrospective analysis of 735 patients by Ting Guo, Yaomei Long, Qinxue Shen, Wei Guo, Wang Duan, Xiaoli Ouyang, Hong Peng

“…NSIP (56.3%) was the most frequent HRCT pattern. Compared with pSS patients with ILD (pSS-ILD) patients, sSS patients with ILD (sSS-ILD) patients had a higher incidence of proteinuria (p < .001) and hypercreatinaemia (p = .013), a higher level of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (p = .003), low levels of complement 3 (C3) (p = .013), lymphocytes (p = .009) and leukocytes (p = .024), and worse DLCO (%Pred) (p = .035).Conclusions ILD is a common pulmonary involvement in both pSS patients and sSS patients. …”
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