Nonlinear association between AST/ALT ratio and 28-day all-cause mortality following ICU admission in critically ill cirrhotic patients: a retrospective cohort study by Zhigang Xu, Baohong Xu

“…Results The study involved 2,090 critically ill liver cirrhosis patients, averaging 59.1 years old, with 65% male and a 28-day post-ICU admission mortality rate of 29%. The AST/ALT ratio was linked to mortality risk (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.1, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.0–1.2; p = 0.015), showing a nonlinear pattern with a critical point at 3.6. …”
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Spatiotemporal distribution and ecological factors of disease burden in Inner Mongolia’s working age population with brucellosis from 2015 to 2020 by Lei Yu, Huiqiu Zheng, Yanling Wang, Xinyan Wang, Xuemei Wang

“…Combined with our ecological influencing factors, we can take prevention and control measures in advance for the working-age population in areas with a fast rising rate of the disease burden of brucellosis.…”
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Whole genome sequencing of an African American family highlights toll like receptor 6 variants in Kawasaki disease susceptibility. by Jihoon Kim, Chisato Shimizu, Stephen F Kingsmore, Stephen F Kingsmore, Narayanan Veeraraghavan, Eric Levy, Andre M Ribeiro Dos Santos, Hai Yang, Jay Flatley, Long Truong Hoang, Martin L Hibberd, Adriana H Tremoulet, Olivier Harismendy, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Jane C Burns

“…Subjects homozygous for the intronic risk allele (A allele of TLR6 rs56245262) had differential expression of Interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a function of genotype (p = 0.0007) and a higher erythrocyte sedimentation rate at diagnosis. TLR6 plays an important role in pathogen-associated molecular pattern recognition, and sequence variations may affect binding affinities that in turn influence KD susceptibility. …”
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Magnetohydrodynamic mixed convective heat transfer augmentation in a rectangular lid-driven enclosure with a circular hollow cylinder utilizing nanofluids by U.K. Suma, M. Masum Billah, Aminur Rahman Khan, K.E. Hoque

“…Computational results illustrate that the heat transfer rate increases by 41.66 % as the Richardson number increases from 0.1 to 10, indicating that the convective heat transfer mood is considerably improved. …”
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On the Performance of a Miniaturized Reactive Loaded Monopole Antenna for Ex Vivo Catheter Applications by Debarati Ganguly, Jogesh Chandra Dash, Debdeep Sarkar

“…Further, the in-phantom Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) values for both antennas are evaluated using simulation and verified with the measured SAR values such as 22 W/kg and 19.6 W/kg for Design1 and 2 respectively, using an in-house experimental setup. …”
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Advances in application of ultrasound in diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy by GUO Juan, YANG Zhifang, JI Ri

“…As the global incidence rate of diabetes continues to rise, the clinical diagnosis and treatment of DN have become increasingly critical. …”
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Allelopathy and underlying mechanism of mango (Mangifera indica) peel extracts on Alexandrium catenella by Yanqun Wang, Yanqun Wang, Yu Zang, Wenxi Zhao, Mengxue Xu, Jie Bai, Li Li

“…The results displayed that the mango peel extracts (MPE) showed efficient inhibition on species growth. The algicidal rate reached 93.32 ± 0.56% at 96 h after adding 5 g/L MPE to the culture medium of A. catenella. …”
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Spatiotemporal characteristics of vegetation cover change in the Central Yunnan urban agglomeration from 2000 to 2020 based on Landsat data and its driving factors by Rong Wang, Xue Ding, Bangjin Yi, Jinliang Wang

“…The average FVC is 0.496 with a growth rate of 0.0024 per year, and it exhibits a distribution pattern of higher values in the west and lower values in the east. (2) In terms of percentage distribution, areas with low FVC and high FVC account for a relatively high proportion. …”
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Acute bacterial meningitis among children under 5 years of age in Oman: a retrospective study during 2000-2005 by Nihar Dash, Debadatta Panigrahi, Saleh Al Khusaiby, Salah Al Awaidy, Shyam Bawikar

“…The total male to female ratio was 1.4:1 and the case fatality rate (7deaths) was 2%. Conclusions: With the introduction of Hib vaccine in Oman in October 2001, the absolute number of cases due to Haemophilus influenzae significantly declined over the years. …”
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Hyper-induction of IL-6 after TLR1/2 stimulation in calves with bovine respiratory disease. by Cian Reid, John Donlon, Aude Remot, Emer Kennedy, Giovanna De Matteis, Cliona O'Farrelly, Conor McAloon, Kieran G Meade

“…ROC analysis identified this induced IL-6 response to TLR1/2 stimulation as a potential diagnostic for BRD with a 74% true positive and 5% false positive detection rate for an IL-6 concentration >1780pg/mL. Overall, these results show altered immune responses specifically upon TLR1/2 activation is associated with BRD pathology which may contribute to disease progression. …”
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Future Soil Erosion Risk in China: Differences in Erosion Driven by General and Extreme Precipitation Under Climate Change by Changyan Yin, Chenyun Bai, Yuanjun Zhu, Ming'an Shao, Xiaoyang Han, Jiangbo Qiao

“…The multi‐year average soil erosion rate in China is estimated at 2.46 t·ha−1 yr−1, with R95P and R99P contributing 26.50% and 7.71%, respectively. …”
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Criminal Law Challenged by Crossing into Virtual Reality by Mahdi Karimi

“…This information includes behavioral patterns, interests, preferences, biometric and physiological data such as heart rate, body energy consumption, etc., which are comprehensively collected to create a complete and accurate user profile, potentially resulting in severe violations of users' mental privacy. …”
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Deciphering the effect of exercise timing on glucose metabolism: a randomised controlled trial by Fabienne Bruggisser, Denis Infanger, Henner Hanssen, Raphael Knaier

“…Results Thirty-two participants were analysed (Con: n=4, E08: n=6, E-12: n=7, E-16: n=3, E-20: n=12), with most dropouts due to missing more than two serum glucose values. Exercise adherence rate was excellent with 95% of all sessions. The exercise intervention reduced the AUC in all groups compared to Con with small to moderate effect sizes (95% confidence interval), being E-08: -0.47 (-1.31 to 0.37); E-12: -0.51, (-1.32 to 0.31); E-16: -0.54 (-1.53 to 0.46); and E-20: -0.64 (-1.38 to 0.11), respectively. …”
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Anthropogenic Activities Dominate Vegetation Improvement in Arid Areas of China by Yu Guo, Xinwei Wang, Hongying Cao, Qin Peng, Yunshe Dong, Yunchun Qi, Jian Liu, Ning Lv, Feihu Yin, Xiujin Yuan, Mei Zeng

“…The results indicated that (1) overall vegetation cover was low (averaged peak FVC = 0.191), showing a spatial pattern of higher values in the northwest and lower values in the southeast; high FVC values were primarily observed in mountainous areas and river corridors; (2) the annual peak FVC increased significantly at a rate of 0.0508 yr⁻¹, with 33.72% of the region showing significant improvements and 5.49% degradation; (3) the spatial pattern of FVC was shaped by the distribution of land use types (59.46%), while the temporal dynamics of FVC were driven by land use changes (16.37%) and the land use intensity (37.56%); (4) both the spatial pattern and the temporal dynamics were limited by the environmental conditions. …”
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Prevalence and sequence of chronic conditions in older people with dementia: a multi-province, population-based cohort study by Susan E. Bronskill, Azmina Artani, Laura C. Maclagan, Xuesong Wang, Hannah Chung, J. Michael Paterson, Andrea Gruneir, Karen A. Phillips, Rasaq Ojasanya, Xibiao Ye, Kayla McLean, Fernanda Ewerling, Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Victoria Massamba, Louis Rochette, Isabelle Vedel, Larry Shaver, Catherine Pelletier, Colleen J. Maxwell

“…MethodsWe analyzed data from the 2019 Canadian Community Health Survey on the self-rated ability of adults and youth (N = 60 643; 12+ years) to cope with unexpected or difficult problems and day-to-day demands along with three PMH outcomes: selfrated mental health (SRMH), happiness and life satisfaction. …”
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Taxonomic Profile of Cultivable Microbiota from Adult Sheep Follicular Fluid and Its Effects on In Vitro Development of Prepubertal Lamb Oocytes by Slavcho Mrenoshki, Letizia Temerario, Antonella Mastrorocco, Grazia Visci, Elisabetta Notario, Marinella Marzano, Nicola Antonio Martino, Daniela Mrenoshki, Giovanni Michele Lacalandra, Graziano Pesole, Maria Elena Dell’Aquila

“…As long-term effects, one of them reduced the total cleavage rate after in vitro embryo culture (IVC). In conclusion, microbiota/bacteria are present in adult sheep FF and may influence reproductive outcomes in vitro. …”
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Dynamic of community structure in middle mountain evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest in Cenwanglaoshan by CHEN Tao1, LIANG Huolian1, HUO Chunlin1, LUO Yinghua1,2,3*

“…The rate of change in α diversity index was relatively consistent among communities at different elevations. …”
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The Effectiveness of Fiscal Decentralization in Alleviating Poverty from An Sharia Economic Perspective in Kebumen, Indonesia by Muyassarah Muyassarah, Abdul Ghofur, Ali Mutadho, Maizatul Saadiah binti Mohamad, Mansur Mansur

“…The research objective is to determine the effectiveness of fiscal independence in poverty alleviation based on economic principles, efficiency, effectiveness, independence, and the pattern of regional and central relations. This research uses a qualitative approach, secondary data from the 2019-2021 APBD, and interviews by looking at the economic formula, efficiency, and effectiveness, as well as the independence of regional financial management and analysis techniques with an Islamic economic approach.Kebumen's financial management has not been able to reduce the poverty rate because of its low self-support because it still needs a budget injection from the province/central. …”
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<i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Persistence in Patients with Peptic Ulcer Disease and Chronic Gastritis in the Treatment with Antibiotics and Acid-Suppressive Agents by E. V. Golubkina

“…Acid production was significantly higher in the patients with peptic ulcer disease than in those with chronic pancreatits and concomitant gastritis; the former patients show a statistically significant predominance of virulent strains; the latter patients had nonvirulent strains (at the same rate of Helicobacter pylori detection).Conclusion. …”
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Interobserver Agreement and Reliability of Intrapartum Nonreassuring Cardiotocography and Prediction of Neonatal Acidemia by Zhuyu Li, Yan Wang, Jian Cai, Peizhen Zhao, Hanqing Chen, Haiyan Liu, Lixia Shen, Lian Chen, Shufang Li, Yangyu Zhao, Zilian Wang, Yang Pan

“…Six obstetricians from two hospitals with three levels of experience (junior, medium, and senior) reviewed 100 nonreassuring fetal heart rate (FHR) tracings from 1 hour before the onset of abnormalities until delivery. …”
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