Timing matters! Academic assessment changes throughout the day by Carmelo M. Vicario, Michael A. Nitsche, Chiara Lucifora, Pietro Perconti, Mohammad A. Salehinejad, Mohammad A. Salehinejad, Mohammad A. Salehinejad, Francesco Tomaiuolo, Simona Massimino, Alessio Avenanti, Alessio Avenanti, Massimo Mucciardi

“…Our results demonstrate a Gaussian distribution of passing rates throughout the day, with a significant peak at midday. …”
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Planned Liver Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Residual Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases After Surgery: A Single-Arm Retrospective Study by Sixuan Li, Dezuo Dong, Xuan Zheng, Hongzhi Wang, Kun Wang, Baocai Xing, Weihu Wang

“…The 1-, and 2-year cumulative incidence rates of LF after SBRT were 7.7%, and 9.6%, respectively. …”
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Clinical features of patients with dysthymia in a large cohort of Han Chinese women with recurrent major depression. by Wenqing Wu, Zhoubing Wang, Yan Wei, Guanghua Zhang, Shenxun Shi, Jingfang Gao, Youhui Li, Ming Tao, Kerang Zhang, Xumei Wang, Chengge Gao, Lijun Yang, Kan Li, Jianguo Shi, Gang Wang, Lanfen Liu, Jinbei Zhang, Bo Du, Guoqing Jiang, Jianhua Shen, Ying Liu, Wei Liang, Jing Sun, Jian Hu, Tiebang Liu, Xueyi Wang, Guodong Miao, Huaqing Meng, Yi Li, Chunmei Hu, Yi Li, Guoping Huang, Gongying Li, Baowei Ha, Hong Deng, Qiyi Mei, Hui Zhong, Shugui Gao, Hong Sang, Yutang Zhang, Xiang Fang, Fengyu Yu, Donglin Yang, Tieqiao Liu, Yunchun Chen, Xiaohong Hong, Wenyuan Wu, Guibing Chen, Min Cai, Yan Song, Jiyang Pan, Jicheng Dong, Runde Pan, Wei Zhang, Zhenming Shen, Zhengrong Liu, Danhua Gu, Xiaoping Wang, Xiaojuan Liu, Qiwen Zhang, Yihan Li, Yiping Chen, Kenneth S Kendler, Jonathan Flint, Zhen Zhang

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>There are increased rates of stressful life events in MDD with dysthymia, but the impact of life events on susceptibility to dysthymia with MDD differs from that seen for MDD alone. …”
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Toxicokinetics, tissue distribution, and toxic potency of PFOS alternative OBS in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) based on flow-through exposure system by Yilong Zou, Yu Zhou, Xianglian Wang, Guiqing Gao, Gang Chen, Zhanmeng Liu, Mi Deng, Xueping Huang, Yongming Wu

“…Our findings indicate that OBS accumulated rapidly in zebrafish, with log kinetic bioconcentration factor (logBCFk) values ranging from 2.48 to 2.70 and slow elimination rates (ke = 0.0490–0.0643 d−1). The blood, liver, and muscle were responsible for over 50 % of the total body burden of OBS, with tissue concentrations decreasing in the following order: blood > liver > intestine > gills > gonad > brain > muscle, suggesting a tissue-specific accumulation pattern. …”
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Central line-associated bloodstream infection trend in Brazilian adult intensive care units: an ecological study by Alexsandra Gomes Resende de Souza da Silva, Sergiane Bisinoto Alves, Elisângela Eurípedes Resende Guimarães, Jessyca Rodrigues Braga, Heliny Carneiro Cunha Neves, Silvana de Lima Vieira dos Santos, Maria Auxiliadora Carmo Moreira

“…The aim of this study was to analyze the historical trend of central line-associated bloodstream infections in patients in intensive care units, the rate of infection, central venous catheter utilization ratio, type of pathogen and their antimicrobial resistance pattern. …”
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Vertical Breast Reduction Mammaplasty in the Adolescent Population by Ashley E. Rogers, MD, Alexandra Junn, MD, Esperanza Mantilla-Rivas, MD, Haley S. Oh, Nakul Ganju, BS, Athena Zhang, MD, Md Sohel Rana, MBBS, MPH, Monica Manrique, MD, Albert K. Oh, MD, Gary F. Rogers, MD, JD, LLM, MBA, MPH

“…Our study supports the safety of this approach in adolescents, although larger resection (≥1000 g) and higher body mass index trend toward higher complication rates.…”
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Negative Regulation of <i>GmNAC35</i> by miR164 Enhances Drought Tolerance in Soybean by Wentao Hu, Man Zhang, Jie Lu, Miaomiao Zhang, Reqing He, Youlin Zhu, Dong Wang, Liyun Jiang

“…Conversely, <i>GmNAC35</i> showed an inverse pattern, indicating negative regulation by miR164. …”
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An integrated high-resolution bathymetric model for the Danube Delta system by L. Alaerts, L. Alaerts, J. Lambrechts, N. R. Randresihaja, N. R. Randresihaja, L. Vandenbulcke, O. Gourgue, E. Hanert, E. Hanert, M. Grégoire

“…These error rates are comparable to those observed in bathymetry interpolation in rivers with similar source datasets. …”
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A retrospective review of measles outbreaks in Ibb Governorate, Yemen (2020–2023) by Wadee Abdullah Al-Shehari, Wadhah Hassan Edrees, Eglal Ahmed Qasem, Yahya Ali Al-Qadhi, Abdulrahman Abdullah Humaid, Ali Ahmed Al-Halani

“…The cumulative incidence rate of measles cases was 12.6 cases per 10,000 population, with the highest rates in males (13.7 cases) and the age group of 0–4 years (57.9 cases). …”
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Biomechanical evaluation of novel construct for stabilizing subcapital femoral neck fractures: a synthetic bone model by Anjan R. Shah, Miguel A. Diaz, Douglas L. Cerynik, Blake Schultz

“…Abstract Background High complication rates continue to be reported for femoral neck fractures, where moderate to severe shortening has been associated with pain and inferior functional outcomes. …”
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Preoperative Bowel Preparation in Minimally Invasive and Vaginal Gynecologic Surgery by Michail Diakosavvas, Nikolaos Thomakos, Alexandros Psarris, Zacharias Fasoulakis, Marianna Theodora, Dimitrios Haidopoulos, Alexandros Rodolakis

“…Nonetheless, surgeons still do not use a specific pattern and continue ordering them. However, according to recent evidence, preoperative bowel preparation of any type should be omitted prior to minimally invasive and vaginal gynecologic surgeries.…”
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Copper and Temperature Interactions Induce Differential Physiological and Metal Exclusion Responses in the Model Brown Macroalga <i>Ectocarpus</i> by Alex Santillán-Sarmiento, Paula S. M. Celis-Plá, A. John Moody, Claudio A. Saez, Murray T. Brown

“…In this study, we exposed the model brown seaweed <i>Ectocarpus</i> to different Cu concentrations (0, 0.8, 1.6, and 3.2 μM) at two different temperatures (15 and 25 °C). Relative growth rates decreased at 25 °C for the two highest Cu concentrations after 8 days of exposure, but a contrasting pattern was observed in the photosynthetic maximum quantum yield (<i>F_v</i>/<i>F_m</i>) and photosynthetic efficiency (<i>α</i>), where reductions were observed at 15 °C for the same Cu concentrations. …”
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Systemic Immunomodulatory Therapy in Uveitis Related to Beh&amp;ccedil;et&amp;rsquo;s Disease: A 10-year Profile by Almeida M, Ferreira AM, Araújo JR, Figueira L

“…The median treatment duration was 63.5 months, significantly reducing relapse rates from 2 ± 2.0 to 1 ± 1.2 per year (p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Profile and Biofilm Formation of <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> Isolated from Meat by Joana Paiva, Vanessa Silva, Patrícia Poeta, Cristina Saraiva

“…Introduction: <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> is the causative agent of listeriosis, a serious infectious disease with one of the highest case fatality rates among foodborne diseases affecting humans. …”
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Treatment for Paget’s disease: surgical approaches by E. Yu. Fetisova, A. D. Zikiryakhodzhaev, N. N. Volchenko

“…Breast cancer (BC) ranks first in the pattern of female malignancies (20.7 %) and remains the top cancer among women. …”
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Grain Dehydration and Grain-Filling Characteristics of Different Maize Varieties in Heilongjiang by Deguang Yang, Yaxin Lin, Jingdu Li, Hao Zheng, Yumeng Zhang, Yanci Zhou, Xiaonan Guo, Yufei Wang, Jiahao Zhang, Jingwen Zhang, Shuang Yang

“…The results demonstrated the following: (1) The filling rate of all varieties followed a single-peak curve, peaking at 20–25 days after pollination (DAP); BN308 and CH6 exhibited the highest peak filling rates (1.77 g/(100 kernels·d) and 1.67 g/(100 kernels·d), respectively). (2) Dehydration displayed a clear biphasic pattern. …”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in non-communicable diseases prevalence in India: disparities between self-reported diagnoses and standardized measures. by Sukumar Vellakkal, Sukumar Vellakkal, S V Subramanian, Christopher Millett, Sanjay Basu, David Stuckler, Shah Ebrahim

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We calculated age-adjusted prevalence rates of common NCDs from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health, a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. …”
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Ten-year outcomes of IMRT with chemotherapy versus IMRT alone for stage II–IVa nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective study by Xiao-li Wang, Da-qing Sun, Hui Yang, Yang Li, Xiu-feng Li, Xiao-long Chang, Xiang-di Meng, Ya-nan Zhang, Yun-xiang Zhang, Fu-rong Hao, Jian-wen Li

“…The 10-year OS, PFS, LRFS, and DMFS rates were 66.6%, 75.3%, 91.9%, and 81.2%, respectively. …”
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Path to full immunisation coverage, role of each vaccine and their importance in the immunisation programme: a cross-sectional analytical study of India by Gunjan Taneja, Pawan Kumar, Disha Agarwal, Ajay Kumar Verma, Pritu Dhalaria, Sanjay Kapur, Ajeet Kumar Singh, Bhupendra Tripathi

“…The prevalence of absolute zero-dose children, antigen-wise zero dose, co-coverage rates and cascade levels for vaccine combinations are assessed. …”
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The system of atmosphere, land, ice and ocean in the region near the 79N Glacier in northeast Greenland: synthesis and key findings from the Greenland Ice Sheet–Ocean Interaction (... by T. Kanzow, T. Kanzow, A. Humbert, A. Humbert, T. Mölg, M. Scheinert, M. Braun, H. Burchard, F. Doglioni, P. Hochreuther, M. Horwath, O. Huhn, M. Kappelsberger, J. Kusche, E. Loebel, K. Lutz, B. Marzeion, B. Marzeion, R. McPherson, M. Mohammadi-Aragh, M. Mohammadi-Aragh, M. Möller, M. Möller, C. Pickler, M. Reinert, M. Rhein, M. Rhein, M. Rückamp, M. Rückamp, J. Schaffer, J. Schaffer, M. Shafeeque, M. Shafeeque, S. Stolzenberger, R. Timmermann, J. Turton, J. Turton, C. Wekerle, O. Zeising

“…We find the overall negative climatic mass balance of 79NG to co-vary with summertime volumes of supraglacial lakes and show that the spatial pattern of the overall negative ice mass balance for NE Greenland is mirrored by the pattern of glacial-isostatic adjustment. …”
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