Development of κ-Carrageenan Films Reinforced with Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles for the Potential Treatment of Chronic Wounds: In Vitro and In Vivo Insights by Lesly Rodríguez-Vicens, Jorge L. Mejía-Méndez, Edgar R. López-Mena, Sergio A. Bernal-Chávez

“…Against <i>A. salina</i> nauplii, κ-C-PEO films did not decrease the survival rate nor compromise the morphology of the tested in vivo model. …”
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Clinical outcomes following PD-1 inhibitor elective discontinuation in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: exploring treatment de-escalation by Itamar Averbuch, Nofar Edri, Nethanel Asher, Gal Markel, Daniel Hendler, Hadas Ditzian Kugler, Eyal Yosefof, Noga Kurman

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the patterns of disease progression after anti-PD-1 therapy discontinuation in this group of patients. …”
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Study on influence of coal seam water content on effect of CO2 isobaric diffusion displacing CH4 by Liwei CHEN, Dongjie WANG, Le BIAN, Yuan LIU, Xiaohua LI

“…In the experiments of CH4 replacement by CO2 injection in coal with different water contents under isobaric diffusion conditions, it was found that, under the same water content conditions, with the increase of adsorption equilibrium pressure, the replacement amount and replacement rate of CH4 kept increasing, while the CO2 injection ratio kept decreasing, and the replacement effect of CH4 was better, while the utilization rate of CO2 was lower. …”
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Clinical Phenotypes of Hypoxia in Patients with COVID-19 by O. V. Voennov, A. V. Turentinov, K. V. Mokrov, P S. Zubееv, S. A. Abramov

“…Group 1 included patients without breathing difficulties who had respiratory rate up to 25 per minute. Group 2 patients had breathing difficulties and respiratory rate over 25 per minute.In addition to SpO2, severity of respiratory difficulties, respiratory rate (RR), forced breathing (FB), heart rate (HR), acid-base balance (ABB) and arterial and venous blood gases, capillary refill time, blood lactate level were assessed. …”
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Genetic External Characteristics of Tukong: Indonesian Rumpless Indigenous Chicken by Yuli Arif Tribudi, Veronica Margaretha Ani Nurgiartiningsih, Maria Ulfah, Aprilianna Putri Zahara Nafsina Luvita Sari, Dwi Nur Happy Hariyono, Pradita Iustitia Sitaresmi, Richard PMA Crooijmans, Muhammad Halim Natsir, Dwi Gusmalawati, Alek Ibrahim

“…The data were used to analyze the rate of the original gene, the frequency of autosomal genes, sex-linked genes, feather pattern, introgression rate, gene frequency, and expected heterozygosity. …”
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Wetland key habitat functional areas in China informed by flagship waterbirds: Past changes, present status and future trend with modeling scenarios by Hengxing Xiang, Dehua Mao, Ming Wang, Yeqiao Wang, Chi-Yeung Choi, Wenjuan Wang, Haitao Wu, Kaidong Feng, Zongming Wang

“…The results of this study establish conservation priorities that align with national goals of a 55 % wetland protection rate and the global biodiversity framework in protected areas and biodiversity, indicating that the spatial conservation optimization approach is an effective method for identifying wetland KHFAs.…”
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Thalamic nuclei volumes are related to disease stage in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Tianrui Wen, Tianrui Wen, Jun Zhu, Jun Zhu, Sujuan Sun, Sujuan Sun, Yujing Chen, Yujing Chen, Ninglu Gao, Ninglu Gao, Mingjie Ma, Xinyue Chen, Shuangwu Liu, Shuangwu Liu, Pengfei Lin, Yan Deng

“…We investigated patterns of thalamic atrophy in the patients and in 94 healthy controls (HCs). …”
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Tourism and covid-19 in three European cities. Change in persistence by Gloria Claudio-Quiroga, Cecilia Font de Villanueva, Luis Alberiko Gil-Alana

“…We consider hotel occupancy rate data with data beginning at October 1997 (in London), at March 2004 (in Berlin), while those in Manchester start at January 2006. …”
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Wellbeing among U.S. Veterans: Results from the 2010 National Survey of Veterans by Thibault Deneve, Ellis Scott Logan

“…Our research focuses on self-rated general health and access to healthcare among veterans. …”
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The burden dynamics of leukemia in China from 1990 to 2021: an epidemiological analysis of trends, risk factors, and projections to 2036 by Renfang Zhang, Chunyue Guo, Yifang Liang, Siyu Qing, Ziyue Liang, Yongbin Wang, Chenguang Zhang

“…Objective: Leukemia is a key public health challenge in China, with epidemiological patterns shifting due to demographics, environment, and healthcare advances. …”
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Enhanced selective recovery of powder carrier-supported biofilms for enrichment of denitrifying functional bacteria by Chengxian Wang, Bin Lu, Boran Wu, Jin Chen, Zhigen Wu, Hongbo Han, Xiaohu Dai, Xiaoli Chai, Dian Hu

“…Compared to overflow sludge, underflow sludge (biofilm) exhibited a 33 % increase in particle size and a 0.51-fold increase in denitrification rate constants, leading to improvements of nitrogen and phosphorus removal efficiencies exceeding 73 %. …”
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Maternal mortality in modern world by E. I. Baranovskaya

“…The search was finished on October 13, 2021 after retrieving 137 results.Results. The rate of MM and cause pattern has been changing during COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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The seasonality of respiratory syncytial virus and its associations with meteorological factors in Hong Kong, 2014–2023 by Qian Xiong, Zhuyao Rong, Jinjun Ran, Xiang Ren, Li Li

“…A generalized additive model was used to explore the associations between RSV positive rate and meteorological factors. Results: During 10-year study period, 44,722 specimens were positive for RSV with a positive rate of 2.81 % in Hong Kong. …”
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Spectrum of epilepsy &amp;ndash; prevalence, impact, and treatment gap: an epidemiological study from Al-Quseir, Egypt by El tallawy H, Farghaly W, Rageh T, Shehata G, Metwally N, Badry R, Sayed M, Abdelwarith A, Kandil M, Ibrahim MAAEH, Mohamed K, Tohamy A

“…The annual incidence rate is 48/100,000, and the age-specific incidence rate has a U-shaped pattern with two peaks of incidence in early infancy and elderly life. …”
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Day 3 Embryo Morphology is a Significant Predictor of Blastocyst Euploidy by Yunhao Liang, Zhanhui Ou, Zhiheng Chen

“…Background: This retrospective cohort study aims to determine the relationship between morphologic grading of day 1 or 3 embryos and euploid blastocyst rate in the preimplantation genetic testing cycle. …”
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Multimodal smoking cessation treatment combining repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, cognitive behavioral therapy, and nicotine replacement in veterans with posttraumatic... by Jonathan R Young, Carri S Polick, Andrew M Michael, Moritz Dannhauer, Jeffrey T Galla, Mariah K Evans, Addison Troutman, Angela C Kirby, Michelle F Dennis, Claire W Papanikolas, Zhi-De Deng, Scott D Moore, Eric A Dedert, Merideth A Addicott, Lawrence G Appelbaum, Jean C Beckham

“…The most efficacious strategies being used at the VA for smoking cessation only result in a 23% abstinence rate, and veterans with PTSD only achieve a 4.5% abstinence rate. …”
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Altered dynamic functional network connectivity in rheumatoid arthritis associated with peripheral inflammation and neuropsychiatric disorders by Lei Xie, Yanmin Zheng, Zhiduo Hou, Shuhua Ma, Zikai Huang, Jianhua Peng, Shuxin Huang, Ruiwei Guo, Jinzhuang Huang, Zhirong Lin, Zelin Zhuang, Jingjing Yin

“…The Spearman correlation was calculated between aberrant DFC alterations, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD), C reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Diagnostic efficacy of indicators was assessed using receiver operating characteristic analysis (ROC).Results Three dynamic functional states were identified. …”
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Effect of storage temperature on freshness of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) by YAO Yan-jia, ZHANG Jin-jie, GU Wei-gang, JI Rong, HU Ya-qin

“…Moreover, the results show that frozen storage is an effective method to slow down the rate of freshness decrease of silver carps.…”
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Internet of things in healthcare monitoring to enhance acquisition performance of respiratory disorder sensors by Leonardo Juan Ramírez López, Arturo Rodriguez Garcia, Gabriel Puerta Aponte

“…The proposed model is validated on the measurement and monitoring of oxygen saturation, heart rate, and body temperature in patients with respiratory disorders. …”
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Site of Service Changes Have Resulted in Increased Opioid Prescriptions for Primary Total Hip and Knee Patients in Michigan, a Michigan Arthroplasty Registry Collaborative Quality... by Harjot Uppal, MD, David Markel, MD, Giresse Melone, MD, Simarjeet Puri, MD, Lisheng Chen, PhD, Tae Kim, MHSA, Brian Hallstrom, MD, Richard Hughes, PhD, Elizabeth Dailey, MD

“…ASCs had the lowest compliance rate for both THA (56%) and TKA(69%) compared to HOPDs (89%, 80%) and hospitals (83%, 87%) (P < .05), respectively. …”
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