Evaluation of protective devices for the direct seeding of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) by Morgan D. Wingo, Anna L. Rose, Timothy H. Chesnut, Martin L. Cipollini

“…Most tree species, including longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.; LLP) are established by planting seedlings during reforestation. …”
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Therapeutic Journey and Economic Burden of Patients with Myasthenia Gravis in Italy: Results of a Real-World Analysis by Valentina Perrone, Stefania Mazzoni, Maria Cappuccilli, Margherita Andretta, Marcello Bacca, Antonietta Barbieri, Fausto Bartolini, Alessandro Chinellato, Andrea Ciaccia, Alberto Costantini, Francesco De Vita, Stefania Dell'Orco, Fulvio Ferrante, Simona Gentile, Stefano Grego, Daniela Mancini, Marzia Mensurati, Rossella Moscogiuri, Romina Pagliaro, Nicola Petragnani, Cataldo Procacci, Davide Re, Fiorenzo Santoleri, Michele Giuseppe Tari, Loredana Ubertazzo, Carlo Giuseppe Antozzi, Luca Degli Esposti

“…Unsurprisingly, the yearly healthcare resource consumption/patient was higher in MG patients than in non-MG subjects (p<0.001), resulting in increased annual direct costs for MG patients (€5,495 vs €823, p<0.001), related to expenses for hospitalizations (mostly related to nervous system and respiratory system), drugs and outpatient services. …”
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Optimising aesthetic outcome after nipple-areola complex-sparing mastectomy and immediate one-stage prosthetic reconstruction: A simple surgical trick to fix nipple-areola complex... by Luca Maione, Andrea Lisa, Federico Barbera, Mattia Siliprandi, Valeriano Vinci, Francesco Klinger, Marco Klinger

“…Background: Nipple-areola complex (NAC) sparing mastectomy (NSM) is mostly indicated in patients with small-/medium-sized and non-ptotic breasts, while skin-reducing mastectomy is used in patients with medium or large breasts with severe ptosis. …”
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Fencing injuries in French elite fencers: a retrospective analysis from 2016 to 2023 by Hugo Gondouin, Nicolas Zabotto, Edem Allado, Edem Allado, Oriane Hily, Oriane Hily, Margaux Temperelli, Sébastien Le Garrec, Bruno Chenuel, Bruno Chenuel, Mathias Poussel, Mathias Poussel

“…Each injury was specified and then stratified according to weapon category (epee, foil, and saber), sex, injury location, and types of anatomical structures involved.ResultsA total of 117 different fencers (female = 56) were included, and 1,470 injuries were recorded for an overall injury rate of 2.55 injuries/year/fencer (female = 2.61; male = 2.50; NS, non-significant), mostly occurring in the lower limbs (71%). Epee fencers show more knee (p = 0.046) and forearm (p = 0.020) injuries and less thigh injuries (p &lt; 0.005), as well as more injuries involving joints (p = 0.026) but less muscle injuries (p = 0.005). …”
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Expanding the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Teleconference Experience: From Twinning to International Cases Discussions by Essra' Al Badarin, Omar Chamdine, Moatasem Elayadi, Abeer Al-Battashi, Mohammed Al Nuaimi, Eman Taryam Alshamsi, Laila Hessissen, Hiba Al-Tarrah, Eslam Maher, Roula Farah, Ata Maaz, Waleed Said, Ruba Hazaimeh, Maher Khader, Khadra Salami, Cynthia Hawkins, Mohamed S. Abdelbaki, Ute Bartels, Uri Tabori, Eric Bouffet, Nisreen Amayiri

“…The difference in recommendations mostly affected the proposed treatment modality. In 64% of discordant plans and 50% of alternative plans, the treating team applied the recommendations. …”
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Integrated molecular characterization of sarcomatoid hepatocellular carcinoma by Rong-Qi Sun, Yu-Hang Ye, Ye Xu, Bo Wang, Si-Yuan Pan, Ning Li, Long Chen, Jing-Yue Pan, Zhi-Qiang Hu, Jia Fan, Zheng-Jun Zhou, Jian Zhou, Cheng-Li Song, Shao-Lai Zhou

“…The sarcomatoid tumor components and the conventional HCC components were derived from common ancestors, mostly accessing similar mutational processes. Clonal phylogenies demonstrated branched tumor evolution during sarcomatoid HCC development and progression. …”
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Secular Trends of the Impact of Overweight and Obesity on Hypertension in Yi People: Yi Migrant Study, 1996–2015 by Jia Zhang, Shaoping Wan, Fen Dong, Li Pan, Wuli Yihuo, Haiying Gong, Fang Yang, Zheng Li, Guoju Li, Xiaoyang Wang, Guangliang Shan

“…Moreover, the growing blood pressure level among Yi people was mostly attributable to the continuous increase of body mass index (BMI). …”
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Body Fat Distribution in Thai Reproductive-Aged Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Women Compared with Non-Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Women by Thanyarat Wongwananuruk, Arisa Kongcharoensukying, Pornpoj Pramyothin, Suchada Indhavivadhana, Prasong Tanmahasamut, Manee Rattanachaiyanont, Kitirat Techatraisak, Surasak Angsuwathana, Nutchaya Sa-ngaareekul, Nichamon Pingkul, Panicha Chantrapanichkul

“…Background: The body fat in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) women is mostly centrally distributed and is associated with insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, and hyperandrogenemia. …”
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Extramedullary plasmacytoma in children is a genetically distinct localized neoplasia curable by surgical resection by Ilske Oschlies, Julia Richter, Amelie Alfert, Fernando Chahud, Stephanie Mueller, Ingrid Simonitsch-Klupp, Hannah von Mersi, Andishe Attarbaschi, Karoline Koch, Christoph Schaefers, Monika Brüggemann, Cecilia Bozzetti, Wilhelm Woessmann, Birgit Burkhardt, Wolfram Klapper

“…Amyloidosis confined to the lesion was observed in 1 case. Clonal, mostly productive immunoglobulin gene rearrangements with somatic hypermutation (3.3%-5.7%) were detectable in all informative cases. …”
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Adverse events following immunization of co- and separate administration of DTaP-IPV/Hib vaccines: A real-world comparative study by Yiqing Zhu, Li Sun, Yihan Wang, Jinghui Wang, Yafei Wang, Jing Li, Lina Wang, Yu Guo

“…The risk of AEFI, which were mostly mild reaction, was higher after vaccination with DTaP+IPV+Hib than after DTaP-IPV/Hib vaccination.…”
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Robust development of data-driven models for methane and hydrogen mixture solubility in brine by Kashif Saleem, Abhinav Kumar, K. D. V. Prasad, Ahmad Alkhayyat, T. Ramachandran, Protyay Dey, Navdeep Kaur, R. Sivaranjani, I. B. Sapaev, Mehrdad Mottaghi

“…In addition, it was shown that solubility is mostly affected by hydrogen mole fraction in mixture and pressure. …”
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A global Corynebacterium diphtheriae genomic framework sheds light on current diphtheria reemergence by Hennart, Mélanie, Crestani, Chiara, Bridel, Sébastien, Armatys, Nathalie, Brémont, Sylvie, Carmi-Leroy, Annick, Landier, Annie, Passet, Virginie, Fonteneau, Laure, Vaux, Sophie, Toubiana, Julie, Badell, Edgar, Brisse, Sylvain

“…Results: The France-2022 isolates comprised 45 tox-positive (44 toxigenic) isolates, mostly imported, belonging to 10 sublineages (<500 distinct core genes). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of a 3‐Weekly TS‐1 Adjuvant Regimen in Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Pilot Study by Jihong Bae, Joo‐Hwan Park, Young Saing Kim, Hee Kyung Ahn, Eun Kyung Cho, Dong Bok Shin, Ji‐Hyeon Park, Jun‐Young Yang, Woon Kee Lee, Sun Jin Sym

“…Eighty patients (86%) completed the treatment; 25 (26.9%) needed dose reduction. Adverse events, mostly grade 1 or 2 diarrhea (28%) and nausea (20%), were manageable. …”
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Predicting the incidence of depression in adolescence using a sociodemographic risk score: prospective follow-up of the IDEA-RiSCo study by Christian Kieling, Brandon A Kohrt, Anna Viduani, Valeria Mondelli, Helen L Fisher, Jader Piccin, Claudia Buchweitz, Pedro H Manfro, Rivka Barros Pereira, Fernanda Rohrsetzer, Laila Souza, Arthur Caye, Johnna R Swartz

“…Background Adolescence constitutes a critical window for preventing depression, but efforts have mostly targeted single risk factors. The Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence Risk Score (IDEA-RS) integrates easily obtainable sociodemographic variables and has been able to predict future depression across diverse populations. …”
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Thrombocytopenia in critically ill trauma patients is associated with the pattern and duration of postinjury organ dysfunction by Andrea Rossetto, Simon Kerner, Ella Ykema, Harriet E. Allan, Paul C. Armstrong, Elaine Cole, Paul Vulliamy

“…Results: Among 803 trauma patients investigated, mild, moderate, and severe thrombocytopenia occurred in 285 (35%), 290 (36%), and 51 (6%), respectively, with the nadir mostly between 48 and 72 hours of their critical care stay. …”
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Tolerability and first hints for potential efficacy of motor‐cognitive training under inspiratory hypoxia in health and neuropsychiatric disorders: A translational viewpoint by Svea‐Solveig Mennen, Maren Franta, Martin Begemann, Justus B. H. Wilke, Roman Schröder, Umer Javed Butt, Jonathan‐Alexis Cortés‐Silva, Umut Çakır, Marie Güra, Markus deMarées, Vinicius Daguano Gastaldi, Johannes Burtscher, Julie Schanz, Matthias Bohn, Martin Burtscher, Andreas Fischer, Luise Poustka, Peter Hammermann, Markus Stadler, Fred Lühder, Manvendra Singh, Klaus‐Armin Nave, Kamilla Woznica Miskowiak, Hannelore Ehrenreich

“…Considering the far‐reaching biological response to hypoxia, hitherto mostly observed in rodents, we initiated a translational project, combining mild to moderate inspiratory with functional hypoxia. …”
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Linking the genetic diversity of root traits and drought responses in wild Vitis species by E.R. Patin, U. Pérez-López, A. del Sol Iturralde, J. Valls-Fonayet, P. Pétriacq, P. Gastou, J.P. Tandonnet, M. Larrey, P. Vivin, E. Marguerit, N. Ollat, M. de Miguel

“…The accessions associated with the first syndrome were North American Vitis species, those with the second syndrome mostly the Eurasian V. sylvestris, and those associated with the third syndrome were two Asian species and the North American species V. labrusca. …”
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Integration of self-organizing map and Monte Carlo simulation for ecological risk prediction of heavy metal attenuation in groundwater by Xuwei Li, Da Ding, Xiang Wang, Mei Li, Yudong Chen, Yan Zhou, Shaopo Deng, Wenyi Xie, Lingya Kong

“…The assessment of potential ecological risks reveals that single-factor evaluations for both periods mostly indicate slight ecological risks (Eri<30). …”
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At-Home Testing to Characterize SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Among Children and Adolescents by Amina Ahmed, Michael E. DeWitt, Keerti L. Dantuluri, Asare Buahin, Paola Castri, DeAnna Friedman-Klabanoff, Michael Gibbs, William H. Lagarde, Roberto P. Santos, Hazel Tapp, Diane Uschner, on behalf of the COVID-19 Community Research Partnership

“…Participants seroconverting reported mostly respiratory or systemic symptoms, but 52% (28/52) were asymptomatic. …”
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Scaling up tuberculosis case finding via private providers in Ghana: an impact evaluation using interrupted time series by Kenneth Mawuta Hayibor, Kenneth Mawuta Hayibor, Ernest Kenu, Gloria Ivy Mensah, Dziedzorm Awalime, Jabina Anaman, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Olena Ivanova, Bakuli Abhishek, Andrea Rachow, Andrea Rachow, Andrea Rachow, Nortey Nii Hanson-Nortey

“…BackgroundAlthough TB services are free in Ghana, TB case detection remains low and mostly limited to public facilities. To address this, a Public-Private Mix (PPM) Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) model was introduced, involving community private healthcare providers and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to boost TB case detection rates.MethodsThis impact evaluation focuses on four key interventions targeting vulnerable populations in Ghana’s two largest metropolitan areas between the last quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2020. …”
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