The diagnostic utility of lung ultrasound in the assessment of interstitial lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis by Shaoyu Zheng, Zexuan Zhou, Guangzhou Du, Qingzi Chen, Shaoqi Chen, Jianqun Lin, Shijian Hu, Weijin Zhang, Kedi Zheng, Jinghua Zhuang, Meigan Huang, Barbara Ruaro, Cosimo Bruni, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Daniel E. Furst, Yukai Wang

“…Sonographic ILD was detected in 76 patients who underwent LUS examination. The concordance rate between two modalities was 83.33% (Kappa value = 0.64, 95% CI 0.50–0.78). …”
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Analysis of HBV infection characteristics and OBI prevalence in pregnant women: a focus on HBcAb + alone or in combination with HBeAb + subgroups in Northwest China by Yun Xie, Ru Kang, Xiaoyue Cheng, Dan Li, Qi Wang, Jiao Li, Xuan Guo, Wenhui Gao, Xin He, Liutong Jiang, Gaili Meng

“…Despite a decline in HBsAg positivity, HBV remains moderately prevalent, the persistently high HBV susceptibility rate (31.07%) underscores an urgent need for targeted vaccination efforts among women of childbearing age in Northwest China.…”
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The effect of photodynamic therapy on the wound process dynamics in patients with purulent hand diseases by J. L. Chepurnaya, G. G. Melkonyan, N. T. Gul’muradova, A. A. Sorokin

“…Photodynamic therapy was performed on the second postsurgical day by a laser apparatus “Atkus-2” (wave length 661 nm) with a gel form of the chlorinseries photosensitizer photoditazin in the form of an application at the rate of 1 g ml per 3–5 cm2 of the wound surface. …”
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Probabilistic seasonal dengue forecasting in Vietnam: A modelling study using superensembles. by Felipe J Colón-González, Leonardo Soares Bastos, Barbara Hofmann, Alison Hopkin, Quillon Harpham, Tom Crocker, Rosanna Amato, Iacopo Ferrario, Francesca Moschini, Samuel James, Sajni Malde, Eleanor Ainscoe, Vu Sinh Nam, Dang Quang Tan, Nguyen Duc Khoa, Mark Harrison, Gina Tsarouchi, Darren Lumbroso, Oliver J Brady, Rachel Lowe

“…As a climate-sensitive disease, environmental conditions and past patterns of dengue can be used to make predictions about future outbreak risk. …”
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Deep learning and genomic best linear unbiased prediction integration: An approach to identify potential nonlinear genetic relationships between traits by F. Shokor, P. Croiseau, H. Gangloff, R. Saintilan, T. Tribout, T. Mary-Huard, B.C.D. Cuyabano

“…When applied to a real dataset from the French Holstein dairy cattle population, DLGBLUP detected nonlinear genetic relationships between pairs of traits, such as conception rate and protein content, and SCC and fat yield, although, no significant increase in prediction accuracy was observed. …”
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Population immunity to SARS-CoV-2 virus in residents of the Irkutsk Region in the dynamics of the epidemic by S. V. Balakhonov, V. I. Dubrovina, M. V. Chesnokova, D. D. Bryukhova, N. O. Kiseleva, A. B. Pyatidesyatnikova, K. M. Korytov, V. V. Voitkova, A. N. Perezhogin, T. A. Gavrilova, A. A. Seledtsov

“…In this regard, the study of the manifestations of the epidemic process of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 and the patterns of its development are an urgent area of research. …”
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Groundwater rebound and seepage characteristics and water quality evolution in a sealed mining area in North China type coalfield by Huiyong YIN, Dehui SUN, Fangying DONG, Fanhua WANG, Lifeng ZHANG, Tao WU, Chao LIU, Yifan ZENG

“…After the goaf sealing, water-rock interactions persisted during the reinjection of the accumulated water, but the cation exchange rate slowed down. The mineral phases showed similar but weakened variation trends compared to the water inrush stage. …”
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Dynamics of changes in population immunity to the SARS-CоV-2 virus in residents the Irkutsk region in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by S. V. Balakhonov, V. I. Dubrovina, A. B. Pyatidesyatnikova, D. D. Briukhova, N. O. Kiseleva, K. M. Korytov, V. V. Voitkova, A. N. Perezhogin, M. V. Chesnokova, T. A. Gavrilova, A. A. Seledtcov

“…A comprehensive study of the patterns of development and manifestations of the epidemic process of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 is an urgent line of research. …”
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A first large study of whole-exome sequencing (WES) in 489 patients with suspected rare genetic disorders at a tertiary centre in Malaysia by Lip Hen Moey, Go Hun Seo, Boon Eu Cheah, Wee Teik Keng, Hane Lee, Gaik Siew Ch’ng

“…Introduction: Rare genetic disorders occur at a rate of 40–82 per 1000 live births worldwide. Identifying the molecular cause of rare genetic disorders is beneficial because it allows early diagnosis, facilitates treatment planning and provision of accurate genetic counselling. …”
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IL‐38 attenuates myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury by inhibiting macrophage inflammation by Yuzhen Wei, Junhui Xing, Xin Su, Xiangrao Li, Xiaofei Yan, Jiangtao Zhao, Hailong Tao

“…Cardiomyocytes cocultured with the supernatant of IL‐38‐ and troponin I‐treated macrophages showed a lower rate of apoptosis than controls. Conclusions IL‐38 attenuates MIRI by inhibiting macrophage inflammation. …”
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Association of Gait Characteristics and Depression in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Assessed in Goal-Directed Locomotion Task by Péter Kincses, Norbert Kovács, Kázmér Karádi, Ádám Feldmann, Krisztina Dorn, Zsuzsanna Aschermann, Sámuel Komoly, Tibor Szolcsányi, Árpád Csathó, János Kállai

“…In patients with PD and depression, the visually deprived multitask augments the rate of cadence and diminishes stride length, while velocity remains relatively unchanged. …”
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Chronic Hepatitis C Therapy in Liver Cirrhosis Complicated by Telaprevir-Induced DRESS by Omar Y. S. Mousa, Rossa Khalaf, Rhonda L. Shannon, Chukwuma I. Egwim, Scott A. Zela, Victor Ankoma-Sey

“…Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a rare yet severe adverse drug-induced reaction with up to 10% mortality rate. Recent clinical trials reported an association between DRESS and telaprevir (TVR), an NS3/4A protease inhibitor of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) virus genotype 1. …”
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Applications of multispectral autofluorescence imaging of malignant tumors by G. V. Papayan, N. N. Petrishchev, S. V. Kim, Hyung Ho Kim, V. B. Berezin, Uk Kang

“…Among observed effects the new one is an unusually active angiogenesis at early stage of tumor formation accompanied by atypical tortuous vessels with growth rate up to 3 mm/day. Two-wave excitation simultaneous laser with excitation on wavelength of 390 nm and 635 nm is shown to be promising for autofluorescence diagnosis along with single-wave excitation which is conventionally performed in the violet-blue region of the spectrum. …”
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Influence of Host Species, Location, and Aphid Prey on Microbial Diversity and Community Dynamics of Aphidophagous Ladybird Beetles in Guangxi, China by Mei‐Lan Chen, Yu‐Hao Huang, Li‐Qun Cai, Xiang‐Miao Qin, Xin‐Yi Meng, Hao‐Sen Li, Hong Pang

“…Our findings provide insights into the microbial communities of ladybirds and aphids in sympatric and distinct field environments, highlighting the plasticity of microbial abundance in aphidophagous ladybirds across different ladybird species and locations, as well as the low retention rate of specific aphid symbionts in ladybird predators.…”
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Nonlinearity Mitigation Based on Modulus Pruned Look-Up Table for Multi-Bit Delta-Sigma 32-CAP Modulation in Underwater Visible Light Communication System by Wenqing Niu, Hui Chen, Junwen Zhang, Yinaer Ha, Peng Zou, Nan Chi

“…At the data rate of about 1.69Gbp/s, utilizing MP-WLUT pre-distorted DSM-CAP an improvement of 1.44 dB Q-factor is realized compared with normal CAP without WLUT, and the size of MP-WLUT can be reduced to 62.5% of the full-size WLUT.…”
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Spatial attention-guided pre-trained networks for accurate identification of crop diseases by Satrughan Kumar, S. S. Aravinth, Sreedhar Kollem, Munish Kumar, Quadri Noorulhasan Naveed, Azath Mubarakali, Abhishek Bhattacherjee, Addisu Frinjo Emma

“…The proposed approach achieved an accuracy of 99.89% and a recall rate of 99.87%, demonstrating its suitability for crop classification with minimal computational overhead. …”
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Investigation of the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome in Hamedan province in 2021 by Fatemeh Asadi, Zahra Mahdavi Fakher, Motahareh Masoomi, Salman Khazaie

“…Menstrual irregularity, infertility rate, mean serum testosterone level, the prevalence of hyperlipidemia, mean LDL, and total serum cholesterol were significantly higher in the PCOS group (P<0.05). …”
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Experimental investigation and modeling of heat and moisture transfer beneath asphalt pavements under rainfall conditions by Weihang Hua, Long Jin, Miaomiao Bai, Huimei Zhang

“…Sensitivity analysis identified the surface wetting rate coefficient (β) and evaporation attenuation coefficient (γ) as dominant factors (F > 6.0). …”
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Compound Action Potential of Isolated Spinal Cord: A Biophysical Analysis to Address Activity of Individual Fibers Following Contusion Injury by I. Rad, K. Khodayari, S. Kouhzaei, H. Mobasheri

“…Compound action potential (CAP) of spinal cord represents valuable properties of neural fibers including excitability, rate of myelination and membrane integrity. These properties are measured using amplitude, latency and area under curve of CAPs recorded from spinal cord. …”
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Population Analysis of Bali Sardinella (Sardinella lemuru, Bleeker 1853) Landed in PPI Kedonganan using Length-Weight Data and Digital Analysis (ImageJ) by Ni Putu Dian Pertiwi, Ida Ayu Purnama Bestari, M. Danie Al Malik, Mark Anthony Phuong

“…Population condition analysis showed that S. lemuru population is in isometric condition (b=3); with indication of declining in the length growth pattern compared with previous research (L∞= 20.75 cm with K= 1.1); the mortality estimation showed that fishing mortality (F=1.27) was lower than natural mortality (M=2.22), with the survival rate higher on smaller size fish. …”
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