Herbal medicine evaluation for reimbursement-based facial palsy (HERB-FP): a retrospective analysis using Korean health insurance claim data 2020–2024 by Soo-Dam Kim, Man Young Park, Eunbyul Cho, Jiyun Cha, Changsop Yang, Sungha Kim

“…Among patients with symptom severity scores at both baseline and follow-up (n = 2,161), 49.2% showed improvement, 45.6% remained unchanged, and 5.2% worsened. The overall AE rate was low (1.76%), with gastrointestinal issues being most frequent. …”
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Effect of Pomacea canaliculata on Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri: Behavior, Oxidative Stress, and Microbiota Alterations by Mingyuan Liu, Changrun Sui, Baolong Wang, Pengfei Ma, Weixiao Zhang, Ruipin Huang, Yuqing Wang, Zhujun Qiu, Wenyu Zhao, Tao Zhang, Qian Zhang, Ying Liu

“…Present study evaluated the impacts of P. canaliculata on L. hoffmeisteri by exposing L. hoffmeisteri to P. canaliculata (PC group) and the native snail Bellamya aeruginosa (BA group), with a control group consisting of no snails (NS group). The survival rate of L. hoffmeisteri in the PC group persisted diminished over 14 days, with notable declines in the rates of successful food acquisition and aggregation, an increase in migration, and a decrease in swing frequency. …”
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Global burden of liver cancer attributable to drug use: trends from 1990 to 2021 and projections to 2040 by Cong Chen, Ying Zhou, Weiwei Gu, Zhuxin Gu, Pengfei Jia, Luyi Si, Suming Zhao, Hui Zhao

“…Women exhibited higher EAPC values for ASDR (2.36) and DALYs (1.87) compared to men, indicating that the relative rate of increase in the disease burden over time is greater for women. …”
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Definitive urine drug testing in emergency medicine: Recreational and psychiatric drug findings by Thomas G. Rosano, S.M.Touhidul Islam, John M. Rumberger, Robert M. Konetchy, Jr., Michelle Wood, Joseph A. Sorce, Karl A. Robstad, Heather Long

“…Immunoassay performance showed high false negative rates for benzodiazepines (40%), amphetamines (38%), barbiturates (33%), opiates (25%), methadone (20%) and cocaine (16%), along with inaccuracy in phencyclidine detection. …”
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Epidemiology and pathogenicity of Haemophilus parasuis in eastern China by Jingyu Xu, Jingyu Xu, Xin Jin, Xuesong Li, Xuesong Li, Dehong Yang

“…The analysis revealed a national infection rate of 52.10% (422/810), with Jiangxi Province exhibiting the highest prevalence (71.76%). …”
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The COVID-19 pandemic and blood utilisation in South Africa by R Swanevelder, P-L Wessels, V J Louw, A Swarts, M Lennards, K van den Berg

“…During the post‐acute COVID‐19 period, blood utilisation recovered, but at a much slower rate in the public sector. The COVID‐19 pandemic accentuated the differences in blood utilisation patterns between the public and private healthcare sectors in SA, and each sector’s resilience in adapting to the challenges of the epidemic. …”
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Epidemic of lower extremity peripheral arterial disease in China: current trends and future prediction by Jianxing Yu, Yuhan Zhang, Qingqing Zhang, Jinyi Wang, Aiqin Gu, Jing Wei, Chuanmeng Zhang

“…The age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) exhibited an increasing trend among males, while a decreasing trend was observed among females. …”
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Global burden of esophageal diseases: a comprehensive analysis of disease trends and risk factors from 1990 to 2021 by Yanbin Wei, Endian Liu, Jiafei Peng, Yanqing Liu, Xiujing Sun, Xin Yao

“…Results The absolute numbers of incidence, mortality, and DALYs for GERD and EC showed increasing trends from 1990 to 2021, while their age-standardized rates (ASRs) demonstrated divergent patterns: stable for GERD and declining for EC. …”
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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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Versatility of the bilobed flap Versatilidade do retalho bilobado by Luiz Alexandre Lorico Tissiani, Nivaldo Alonso, Marcus Hubaide Carneiro, Khaled Bazzi, Monica Rocco

“…Postoperative complications were absent in 85% of the cases. The rates of infection, trapdoor scar, and epitheliosis and necrosis were 4.4%, 4.4%, and 11.1%, respectively. …”
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Cavernous sinus involvement in human papillomavirus associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: case report of an atypical site of distant metastasis by David Forner, Derek Wilke, Matthew H. Rigby, Sidney Croul, Anuradha Mishra, Emad Massoud, David B. Clarke, Nathan Lamond

“…Despite this, HPV-OSCC has a similar rate of distant metastases. Interestingly, recent evidence has emerged that demonstrates more frequent atypical metastasis patterns when compared to non-HPV associated disease. …”
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Antibiotic resistance of bioaerosols in particulate matter from indoor environments of the hospitals in Dhaka Bangladesh by Badhon Ali Khan, Shatabdi Roy, Nishat Tahsin, Kalpana Baidya, Keshob Chandra Das, Md. Safiqul Islam, Nazmul Ahsan, Abdus Salam

“…These findings highlight the high rates of antibiotic resistance, underscoring the pressing requirement for infection control measures and continuous surveillance strategies in hospital settings. …”
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Efficacy of using bedaquiline in treatment of tuberculosis patients with multiple and extensive drug resistance by A. A. Starshinova, M. M. Nazarenko, E. N. Belyaeva, D. A. Kudlay, M. V. Pavlova, P. K. Yablonskiy

“…Achieved high efficacy of therapy in Subgroups Ib and IIb containing Bq provided a positive impact on treatment default rates, that were recorded in a low percentage of cases in those subgroups. …”
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The interaction between population age structure and policy interventions on the spread of COVID-19 by Hao Yin, Zhu Liu, Daniel M. Kammen

“…However, a combined strategy, including school closure, 50 % working from home, 50 % reduction in other mobility, 10 % quarantine rate, and city lockdown interventions, can effectively suppress the infection. …”
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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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Accelerated discovery of near-zero ablation ultra-high temperature ceramics via GAN-enhanced directionally constrained active learning by Wenjian Guo, Fayuan Li, Lingyu Wang, Li'an Zhu, Yicong Ye, Zhen Wang, Bin Yang, Shifeng Zhang, Shuxin Bai

“…The framework employs GAN for data augmentation, symbolic regression for feature weight derivation, and a self-developed EAI function that incorporates input feature importance weighting to quantify bidirectional deviations from zero ablation rate. Through only two iterations, this framework successfully identified the optimal composition of HfB2-3.52SiC-5.23TaSi2, which exhibits robust near-zero ablation rates under plasma ablation at 2500 ​°C for 200 ​s, demonstrating superior sampling efficiency compared to conventional active learning approaches. …”
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Impact of plant-based diets and associations with health, lifestyle and healthcare utilisation: a population-based survey study by Natalia Echiburu, Maria Antonieta Also-Fontanet, Antoni Sisó-Almirall, Luis González-de Paz

“…Design: We estimated vegetarian and vegan individuals’ national and regional prevalence and analysed their socio-demographic characteristics and weekly dietary intake patterns. Individuals with a plant-based dietary pattern were matched to a control group (1:4) with similar socio-demographic characteristics. …”
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Injury scores and spatial responses of wolves following capture: Cable restraints versus foothold traps by Eric M. Gese, Patricia A. Terletzky, John D. Erb, Kevin C. Fuller, Jeffery P. Grabarkewitz, John P. Hart, Carolin Humpal, Barry A. Sampson, Julie K. Young

“…Daily movement rates reached an asymptote approximately 14 days earlier for wolves captured with cable restraints as compared with wolves caught with foothold traps. …”
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Radiologic Predictors of Disease Recurrence in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Retrospective Evaluation of MRI and ¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT Parameters by Banu Karaalioğlu, Tansel Çakır, Ömer Yazıcı, Mustafa S. Tekin, Ebru Karcı

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> NPC is a radiosensitive malignancy with high recurrence rates despite therapeutic advances. This study aimed to identify radiologic and metabolic predictors of recurrence in newly diagnosed NPC by integrating MRI and ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT parameters. …”
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The Use of AI-Powered Thermography to Detect Early Plantar Thermal Abnormalities in Patients With Diabetes: Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Meshari F Alwashmi, Mustafa Alghali, AlAnoud AlMogbel, Abdullah Abdulaziz Alwabel, Abdulaziz S Alhomod, Ibrahim Almaghlouth, Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Amr Jamal

“…Traditional DFU detection methods face scalability issues due to inefficiencies in time and practical application, leading to high recurrence and amputation rates alongside substantial health care costs. Human medical thermography could significantly enhance disease monitoring and detection, including DFUs. …”
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