Diosgenin and solasodine-based saponins and sapogenines—Effects of structural modifications on Panagrellus redivivus, Spodoptera littoralis and Trichoderma reesei by Christina Rodler, Johann Schinnerl, Miriam Schalamun, Wolfgang Hinterdobler, Lothar Brecker

“…We show that the bioactivity is highly variable, depending not only on the tested organisms, but also on the glycosylation pattern. Especially 26-amino-(22R,25R)-furost-5-en-3β-ol exhibited high nematocidal (75 % mortality rate), anti-herbivorous (feeding rate reduced to 0.4 % leaf area/min) as well as anti-fungal properties (47 % increased anti-fungal activity compared to solasodine) whilst the other tested compounds exhibited only moderate activities.…”
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A novel wound dressing material with prolonged action by S. M. Dronov, V. Yo. Mamchur, I. P. Koshova, D. O. Stepanskyi, H. M. Kremenchutskyi, V. M. Toropin, B. V. Murashevych, K. S. Burmistrov

“…Acute toxicity pharmacological studies of material test-samples containing 6 % and 9 % active chlorine in a single application on the skin of rats and rabbits found that these applications did not lead to deaths, as well as changes in their behavioral pattern, consumption of feed and water. The epithelization rate of uninfected wound surface in application of dressings containing both sodium N-chlorosulfonamide and N, N-dichlorosulfonamide was significantly, on average 1.5 times, faster at the end of the observational period (day 14) in comparison with the control group animals. …”
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Drug Utilization Evaluation of Erythropoietin at a Referral Teaching Hospital in Iran by Iman Karimzadeh, Hanieh Rasekh, Ava Karimian, Mojtaba Shabani-Borujeni, Afsaneh Vazin

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the pattern of erythropoietin use, according to standard guidelines, in patients admitted to Namazi Hospital in Shiraz, Iran. …”
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Genetic selection modulates feeding behavior of group-housed pigs exposed to daily cyclic high ambient temperatures. by Alícia Zem Fraga, Luciano Hauschild, Paulo Henrique Reis Furtado Campos, Marcio Valk, Débora Zava Bello, Marcos Kipper, Ines Andretta

“…After defining the meal criteria, the number of meals (n), feed intake rate (g/min), feed intake (g/meal), feeder occupancy (min/meal), and interval between meals (min) of each animal were calculated. …”
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Fetal status and perinatal outcomes in placenta previa by Yu. N. Fatkullina, A. G. Yashchuk, A. Yu. Lazareva, N. A. Stetsenko, N. A. Tadzhiboeva, L. A. Fayzullina

“…Obstetric hemorrhage associated with placental abnormalities holds a leading place in the pattern of massive hemorrhage and maternal mortality, have been increasingly relevant due to the elevating rate of abdominal delivery.Aim: to assess fetal condition, parameters of uteroplacental and fetal hemodynamics as well as perinatal outcomes in pregnancy complicated with placenta previa.Materials and Methods. …”
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Efficiency of Electrical Cardioversion of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in the Use of Bipolar QuasiSinusoidal Impulse in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by V. A. Vostrikov, K. V. Razumov

“…The ECV success rate was 88.6% in patients with clinically relevant and severe (acute chronic) heart failure (HF), 98% in those with mild HF and without its clinical signs (p<0.05), and 83% in those with acute myocardial infarction. …”
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Assessment of Exploited Stock and Management Implications of Tiger Tooth Croaker (<i>Otolithes ruber)</i> in Coastal Waters of Makran, Pakistan by Samroz Majeed, S M Nurul Amin, Asad Ullah Ali Muhammad, Sudheer Ahmed

“…The exploitation rate (E) was 0.70, indicating severe overexploitation. …”
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A method for predicting postpartum depression via an ensemble neural network model by Yangyang Lin, Dongqin Zhou

“…At the same time, the Dropout mechanism of the DNN reduces the overfitting risk of the proposed model and enhances its generalization ability, enabling the proposed model to better adapt to different clinical data.ResultsThe proposed model achieved the following performance metrics on the PPD dataset: accuracy of 0.933, precision of 0.958, recall of 0.939, F1-score of 0.948, Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC) of 0.855, specificity of 0.923, Negative Predictive Value (NPV) of 0.889, False Positive Rate (FPR) of 0.077, and False Negative Rate (FNR) of 0.061. …”
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The Influence of Running Technique Modifications on Vertical Tibial Load Estimates: A Combined Experimental and Machine Learning Approach in the Context of Medial Tibial Stress Syn... by Taylor Miners, Jeremy Witchalls, Jaquelin A. Bousie, Ceridwen R. Radcliffe, Phillip Newman

“…<b>Results</b>: A 10% speed reduction decreased peak tibial acceleration (PTA), vertical average loading rate (VALR), vertical instantaneous loading rate (VILR), and vertical impulse by 13%, 10.9%, 9.3%, and 3.2%, respectively. …”
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Recent trends in dental research in Saudi Arabia: Mapping review (2010–2020) by Waad Khayat, Mona Rajeh

“…The most productive years were 2018 and 2019, and the average annual growth rate of research productivity was 21%. Implant dentistry showed the fastest growth rate. …”
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Effects of Dietary Schizochytrium Algae as ω-3 PUFA Source on the Egg-Laying Quail Performance, Serum Indexes, and Egg Yolk Fatty Acids Contents by Yifan Chang, Yue Xuan, Ruinan Zhang, Xuemei Ding, Qiufeng Zeng, Jianping Wang, Shiping Bai, Shanshan Li, Yan Liu, Yuchuan Chen, Keying Zhang

“…The objective of this experiment is to investigate the effects of SAP or SAO as ω-3 PUFA raw materials on production performance, egg quality, serum immunity, serum lipids, and fatty acid deposition patterns in the eggs of laying quails. Chinese yellow-feathered quails served as the experimental subjects. …”
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Evaluation of the implementation of the EWARS Mobile epidemiological surveillance tool in Sudanese refugee camps in Eastern Chad: a retrospective and population-based surveillance... by Stephane Tewo, Balde Thierno, Freddy M. Banza, Idriss M. Mahamat, N'dri K. Eric-Didier, Djinguebey N. Raoul, John Otokoye Otshudiema, Castilla Echenique Jorge, Moussa Brahimi, Djoumbarina Maina, Evers Egmond, Marcel Woung, Kazuki Shimizu, Boris I. Pavlin, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Charles S. Wiysonge, Charles S. Wiysonge, Blanche-Philomene Melanga Anya

“…Case reporting, alert recording, and weekly reporting were completed successfully at all levels (camps, district, zone, and province) (≥80% completion rate). In contrast, the timeliness of alert reporting, weekly reporting, and probable outbreaks did not perform well across levels (≥80% timeliness rate). …”
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Marine Soundscape Monitoring Enabled by Artificial Intelligence-Aided Integrated Distributed Sensing and Communications by Juan M. Marin, Wahyu Hendra Gunawan, Alaaeddine Rjeb, Islam Ashry, Baoshi Sun, Talha Ariff, Chun Hong Kang, Tien Khee Ng, Shinkyu Park, Carlos M. Duarte, Boon S. Ooi

“…OFDM achieved a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 10.71 dB for DAS, compared to 8.76 dB for on-off keying (OOK), and enabled a data rate of 7.59 Gbps with a bit error rate (BER) of 2.93 × 10−3 over 1 km of SMF. …”
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Risk of Incidence and Lethality by Etiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hospitalized Children Under 1 Year of Age in Brazil in 2024: A Cross-Sectional Study by Tamires de Nazaré Soares, Natasha Cristina Oliveira Andrade, Suziane do Socorro dos Santos, Marcela Raíssa Asevedo Dergan, Karina Faine Freitas Takeda, Jully Greyce Freitas de Paula Ramalho, Luany Rafaele da Conceição Cruz, Perla Katheleen Valente Corrêa, Marli de Oliveira Almeida, Joyce dos Santos Freitas, Wilker Alves Silva, Marcos Jessé Abrahão Silva, Daniele Melo Sardinha, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima

“…Distribution by final classification and epidemiological week (EW) was analyzed; the incidence rate by Federative Unit (FU) (cases/100,000 < 1 year) with risk classification (Low/Moderate/High) was assessed; and, for cases with positive viral RT-PCR, the etiological frequency and virus-specific lethality rate (deaths/total cases of etiology ×100), also with risk classification, were extracted. …”
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Epidemiological characteristics and influencing factors of the cluster outbreaks of influenza-like illness in Yangpu District， Shanghai， 2012‒2022 by XIE Qianru, JIANG Chenyan, TAO Fangfang, QIAO Peng

“…ObjectiveTo analyze the epidemiological characteristics and influencing factors of clustered influenza-like illness (ILI) outbreaks in Yangpu District, Shanghai from 2012 to 2022, and to provide a scientific basis for formulating specific prevention and control measures of influenza in this district.MethodsData on clustered ILI outbreaks from 2012 to 2022 were collected, and the epidemiological pattern of the cluster outbreaks of influenza and its influencing factors of prevalence and duration were explored using statistical methods such as descriptive epidemiology, χ² test and logistic regression analysis.ResultsA total of 60 clustered ILI outbreaks were reported in Yangpu District, Shanghai from 2012 to 2022, with a cumulative number of 543 cases and an annual average incidence rate of 16.96%. …”
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Non-uniform temperature fields and debonding of a long-span CFST arch bridge under coupled environmental actions by Qian Zhou, Jiao Wan, Jingzhou Xin, Jiu-qun Mao, Jianting Zhou

“…Experimental and theoretical analyses yielded several significant findings: (1) During the hydration exothermic phase, the temperature field at concrete center exhibited a tri-linear distribution pattern (characterized by rapid initial rise, subsequent decline, and final stabilization), with the ascending rate significantly exceeding the descending rate; temperatures exceeded 50°C between 25 and 73 h post-placement. (2) The external steel tube temperature demonstrated sinusoidal diurnal variations during and post-hydration, closely correlating with ambient temperature fluctuations; after hydration, concrete temperatures also followed sinusoidal diurnal distributions, with amplitudes increasing proportionally to radial distance from the center. (3) A pronounced radial temperature gradient from center to surface manifested during hydration, reaching a maximum differential of 40°C; the temperature gradients substantially decreased to 7°C after hydration. (4) Longitudinal stress differentials between the interface steel tube and concrete measured 42.5 MPa (sun-exposed side) and 74.2 MPa (shadowed side), while radial stress differentials were −1.37 MPa and −0.34 MPa, respectively. (5) The temperature field model demonstrated a tri-linear distribution pattern with an effective influence depth of D/8 to D/4 (where D represents steel tube diameter); the temperature constant exhibited significant temporal dependency on environmental conditions and hydration heat evolution. (6) Although longitudinal relative slip occurred at the steel-concrete interface during placement, no void was detected.…”
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Renal hyperfiltration as risk factor of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with acute myocardial infarction by Jin Sug Kim, Weon Kim, Hyo-jin Lee, Kyung Hwan Jeong, Su Jin Jeong, Myung Ho Jeong, Jin-Yong Hwang, Seung Ho Hur, Hyeon Seok Hwang

“…A total of 9561 AMI patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 were enrolled from a large nationwide cohort. …”
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The prevalence and genetic characteristics of human bocavirus in patients with acute respiratory infection in China during 2012–2021 by Haoran Jiang, Baicheng Xia, Xujing Chi, Liwei Sun, Hongmei Xu, Wenhui Wang, Min Mu, Pengbo Yu, Xingyu Xiang, Feng Zhang, Hui Zhang, Caixiao Jiang, Linqing Zhao, Zhenguo Gao, Kongxin Hu, Yan Zhang, Aili Cui

“…The age group with the highest detection rate shifted from infants under 2 years in 2012–2019 to children aged 2–4 years in 2020–2021. …”
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Ultrafast complex-valued 4D fMRI reveals sleep-induced brain respiratory pulsation changes in both magnitude and phase signals by Saara Sofia Syväoja, Lauri Raitamaa, Heta Helakari, Jussi Kantola, Matti Järvelä, Janne Kananen, Ville Isokoski, Vesa Korhonen, Tommi Väyrynen, Timo Tuovinen, Jürgen Hennig, Vesa Kiviniemi

“…To study these pulsations more deeply, we employed ultrafast magnetic resonance encephalography (MREG) to capture complex-valued 4D fMRI brain data at a critical 10 Hz sampling rate in healthy volunteers during wakefulness and sleep. …”
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Variations in the clinical practice of blood pressure and sedo-analgesia management for intracerebral hemorrhage: a case-based survey of Chinese healthcare workers by Rui Dong, Jianwei Li, Qiming Chen, Jiehua Zhang, Zeli Zhang, Yunxing Cao, Mingbiao Yang, Ming Zhang, Kangyue Lin, Yuan Shi, Xiaopeng Li, Xinyu Du, Wenjin Chen, Fen Li, Hong Yang

“…Results Between December 2021 and February 2022, 263 practitioners from the China Neurocritical Study Group were invited to participate, with 220 valid questionnaires returned, yielding an 83.7% response rate. Respondents included 123 doctors (55.9%) and 97 nurses (44.1%). …”
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