Global, regional, and national burden of high body-mass index-related cancers and associated preventable life expectancy loss from 1990 to 2021 by Ling Huang, Dongdong Wang, Pinyi Li, Xinger Liang

“…This study aims to analyze, from 1990 to 2021, the burden and temporal trends of cancer attributable to BMI as well as their impact on life expectancy, with major patterns highlighted by sex, socio-demographic index (SDI), and geographical region.MethodsUtilizing data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, which incorporates 328,938 data sources, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of cancer attributable to high BMI, specifically investigating mortality rates and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from 1990 to 2021. …”
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Multiresistant Bacterial Pathogens Causing Bacterial Pneumonia and Analyses of Potential Risk Factors from Northeast Ethiopia by Tewodros Dessie, Mohabaw Jemal, Minwuyelet Maru, Moges Tiruneh

“…This study found high prevalence of bacterial pneumonia in the study area, and high rate of bacterial resistance was observed in ampicillin, penicillin, and amoxicillin-clavulanate. …”
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Nanostructured titanium dioxide-based photocatalysts for self-cleaning concrete: аssessment of effects of phase composition on photocatalytic activity of TiO2 by Artemy S. Balykov, Denis B. Chugunov, Vladimir M. Kyashkin, Natalia S. Davydova

“…Heterostructures made it possible to improve the spatial separation of charge carriers and to reduce the recombination rate of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. Conclusion. …”
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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

“…Background: The Michigan Arthroplasty Registry Collaborative Quality Initiative (MARCQI) successfully changed opioid prescribing patterns by instituting guidelines for total hip (THAs) and knee arthroplasties (TKAs). …”
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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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Epidemiological intricacies of respiratory pathogens: a single-center study on infection dynamics in Beijing, 2023–2024 by Wang Jie, Huo Wenyan, Liu Chang, Feng Jinghong, Li Wenyi, Li Shanshan, Su Ming

“…Epidemiological data were systematically collected and analyzed.ResultsSARS-CoV-2 positivity rate maintained above 3% throughout the observation period. …”
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Electrospinning of Chitosan–Halloysite Nanotube Biohybrid Mats for Clobetasol Propionate Delivery by Natallia V. Dubashynskaya, Valentina A. Petrova, Igor V. Kudryavtsev, Andrey S. Trulioff, Artem A. Rubinstein, Alexey S. Golovkin, Alexander I. Mishanin, Anton A. Murav’ev, Iosif V. Gofman, Daria N. Poshina, Yury A. Skorik

“…The optimized composition of the electrospinning solution was determined: 2.4% solution of CS in 46% acetic acid with addition of PEO (10% of CS mass) and HNTs (5% of CS mass); CP was introduced as an ethanol solution at the rate of 2 mg CP per 1 g of the obtained nonwoven material. …”
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Photoplethysmography-based HRV analysis and machine learning for real-time stress quantification in mental health applications by Ying-Ying Tsai, Yu-Jie Chen, Yen-Feng Lin, Fan-Chi Hsiao, Ching-Han Hsu, Lun-De Liao

“…Furthermore, machine learning models can integrate temporal patterns in HRV data to achieve nuanced stress level assessment. …”
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Changes in abortion access after implementation of Medicaid coverage in Illinois: a retrospective analysis by Terri-Ann Thompson, Carmela Zuniga, Danielle Young, Valeria Hernandez, Debra Stulberg, Lee Hasselbacher, Ashley McHugh, Hanz Dismer

“…Compared with non-Medicaid patients, Medicaid patients experienced a significant decrease in average gestational age at the time of abortion post-HB-40 (incidence rate ratio (IRR)=0.93, 95% CI 0.91 to 0.95, p<0.001). …”
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Impact of Extracorporeal Detoxification on the Serum Levels of Microbial Aromatic Acid Metabolites in Sepsis by S. E. Khoroshilov, N. V. Beloborodova, A. V. Nikulin, A. Yu. Bedova

“…The severity of organ dysfunctions by SOFA score was 10—22 (mean 16 scores); 10 day mortality rates were 40%. In all the patients, the baseline serum levels of some phenylcarboxylic acids were considerably above normal. …”
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Spatial analysis and prediction of psittacosis in Zhejiang Province, China, 2019–2024 by Zheyuan Ding, Haocheng Wu, Chen Wu, Kui Liu, Qinbao Lu, Xinyi Wang, Tianying Fu, Junjie Li, Ke Yang, Queping Song, Junfen Lin

“…Spatial epidemiological methods, including spatiotemporal distribution mapping, spatial autocorrelation analysis, and Kriging interpolation, were employed to identify disease hotspots and predict risk areas.ResultsDuring the study period, 315 psittacosis cases were reported, with an annual average incidence rate of 0.0914 per 100,000 population, showing a significant increasing trend. …”
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Study on the mechanical properties of stratified rock mass based on 3D printing technology and FDEM algorithm by Yongchao Tian, Kaifang Ren, Fan He, Yong Liu, Penghai Deng, Jiaqi Guo, Feiyue Sun, Xin Huang, Jun Zhang

“…It has overcome a set of challenges, such as difficulty in sampling stratified rock mass, low success rate of precast cracks within stratified rock mass, and difficulty in controlling the geometric parameters of stratified rock specimens (e.g., the dip angle of bedding plane, the dip angle of precast crack, the length of precast crack, etc.). …”
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Removal of As(V) and Cr(VI) using quinoxaline chitosan schiff base: synthesis, characterization and adsorption mechanism by Huda E. Abdelwahab, Mohammed Elhag, Mohamed M. El Sadek

“…The UV–VIS spectra showed a shift in the wavelength area of the modified polymer, indicating the reaction occurrence, besides the variation of the shape and intensity of the peaks. The XRD patterns showed the incensement of the amorphous characteristic. …”
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Age-period-cohort analysis of global, regional, and national cervical cancer prevalence trends in women of childbearing age (15–49 years), 1990–2021 by Zeng-Tao Wang, Chuang-Wei Dang, Rui-Ling You, Shuo Li, Ting-Ting Jiang, Feng-Bo Zhu, Cai-Long Gu

“…This study underscores the critical necessity for global efforts to reduce cervical cancer rates and strengthen preventive healthcare measures.…”
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ENHANCEMENT OF SENSOR PANEL TACTILE TOUCH INTERFACE by Oleksandr Karpin, Zinovii Liubun, Vasyl Mandziy, Oleh Tereshchuk, Nestor Hotsiy

“…The neural network is designed to learn the patterns and characteristics of the signals, allowing it to accurately classify new, unseen signals. …”
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Viral infections and related fatal adverse events associated with complement inhibitors for PNH: a real-world pharmacovigilance analysis in FAERS by Jinman Zhong, Chang Chen, Yunman Xu, Yueping He, Jiewen Tan, Dan Xiong

“…While viral infections were common concomitant AEs, the fatality rate specifically for viral infections was lower compared to other complement inhibitor-associated AEs. …”
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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus suis isolated from local pig breeds in Jiangxi Province, China by Mei-Fang Tan, Chen-Long Liu, Quan-Yong Zhou, Jia-Zhen Wei, Jia-Wei Hong, Ming-Chun Wan, Feng-Lin Zhang, Hua-Yuan Ji

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility testing revealed that >98% of isolates were susceptible to carbapenems (meropenem and imipenem), followed by doxycycline (71.6%), ceftiofur (65.9%), spectinomycin (64.4%), and amoxicillin (55.8%). High resistance rates were observed for tilmicosin (96.6%), sulfadiazine (92.8%), colistin (89.9%), apramycin (88.9%), chlortetracycline (87.5%), tiamulin (83.2%), and kanamycin (79.8%). 100% of isolates exhibited multidrug resistance, with significant variations in resistance patterns among breeds. …”
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Tracking the infection dynamics of Fusarium oxysporum in Codonopsis pilosula based on GFP labelling by Mingming Shi, Huixia Li, Wei Guo, Ning Luo, Jinghuan Chen, Yonggang Liu, Rui Liu, Zhenchuan Mao

“…PEG-mediated transformation produced 11 GFP-tagged strains, with FO-GFP-7 retaining wild-type morphology, growth rate, and pathogenicity. Microscopic observation revealed infection dynamics: conidia aggregated at the rhizome by 2 days post-inoculation (dpi), followed by phloem colonization at 4 dpi and vascular invasion at 6 dpi. …”
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Nettle (Urtica Dioica L.) Modulates Angiogenesis by Targeting the PI3K/AKT/eNOS Pathway in Prostate Cancer by Abduladheem AL-Attabi, Mohammed Sabah Mohammed, Noor Ali Yazi AL-Khazali, Sami Awad Alkubaisy, Muna S. Merza, Mohanad Ali Abdulhadi, Yasser Fakri Mustafa

“…Also, we explored expression patterns of PI3K/AKT/eNOS pathway genes with therapeutic potential (with 50 µg/ml of UDE) in DU-145 cells by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blotting assay. …”
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CeRNA network reveals potential diagnostic biomarkers or immunotherapy targets for Hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma by Xi Yang, Chun Feng, Donghui Jiang, Xin Xu, Yingying Zhang, Jin Wang, Xiaoguang He

“…The low-CCNG2-expression and low-CHSY1-expression groups had higher survival rates, whereas the low-NRG1-expression group had a lower survival rate. …”
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