Eradication of Helicobacter pylori Infection Using 7-day PCR-based Tailored Therapy by Youngwoo Kim, Heejun Kang, Sang-Gon Moon, Bohyoung Kim, Hyeyeon Lee, Chul-Hyun Lim, Jung-Hwan Oh

“…Background/Aims Standard triple therapy (STT; proton pump inhibitor [PPI]+clarithromycin+amoxicillin) used for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication has shown low treatment success rates in recent years, which is most likely attributable to increased clarithromycin resistance. …”
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Optimal Fasting Insulin Cutoff Value to Predict Clinical and/or Biochemical Hyperandrogenism in Korean Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Seula Lee, Hyeonjun An, Soojin Rhee, Sungwook Chun

“…The ROC analysis identified the most suitable fasting insulin cutoff value of 9.85 µU/mL with an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.817 (60.7% sensitivity and 91.3% specificity) for predicting HA in women with PCOS. …”
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In-hospital care of children with COVID‐19 by Oi-Wa Chan, En-Pei Lee, Cheng-Che Chou, Shen-Hao Lai, Hung-Tao Chung, Jung Lee, Jainn-Jim Lin, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Shao-Hsuan Hsia

“…In the case of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, most previous studies have focused on adult patients. …”
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Enhanced Hydrologic Connectivity and Solute Dynamics Following Wildfire and Drought in a Contaminated Temperate Peatland Catchment by Abbey L. Marcotte, Juul Limpens, João Pedro Nunes, Ben C. Howard, Alexander G. Hurley, Kieran Khamis, Stefan Krause, Danny Croghan, Angeliki Kourmouli, Samantha Leader, Tanu Singh, Cathelijne R. Stoof, Sami Ullah, Nicholas Kettridge

“…Hysteresis and flushing indices of C‐Q responses further described solute dynamics during storm events. We found that most nutrient and base cation concentrations in the stream discharge were highest in the immediate post‐fire storm events and decreased during subsequent autumn and spring storms. …”
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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Vegetation Coverage and Its Response to Land-Use Change in the Agro-Pastoral Ecotone of Inner Mongolia, China by Hao Liu, Ya Na, Yatang Wu, Zhiguo Li, Zhiqiang Qu, Shijie Lv, Rong Jiang, Nan Sun, Dongkai Hao

“…Although the overall vegetation cover slightly increased, there were notable differences in the trend across regions, with some areas experiencing a decrease in FVC. Second, LUCC is the most significant explanatory factor for vegetation cover changes, and the interactions between LUCC and other factors have a particularly notable impact on vegetation cover. …”
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Interaction of the Antibiotic Rifampicin with Lipid Membranes by Rui M. S. Santos, Jaime Samelo, Alexandre C. Oliveira, Margarida M. Cordeiro, Maria Julia Mora, Gladys E. Granero, Hugo A. L. Filipe, Luís M. S. Loura, Maria João Moreno

“…Some hypotheses have been proposed for its efficient membrane permeation, but the details are mostly unknown. In this work, the interaction of rifampicin with POPC lipid bilayers is studied using experimental biophysics methodologies and atomistic molecular dynamics simulations considering the two most prevalent ionic species at physiological pH, the anionic and the zwitterionic forms. …”
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A rare solitary fibrous tumor in the ischiorectal fossa: a case report by Kazuhiko Morikawa, Shinsuke Takenaga, Koichi Masuda, Asami Kano, Takao Igarashi, Hiroya Ojiri, Kaoru Ueda, Mamoru Ishiyama, Nei Fukasawa

“…Abstract Background A solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare mesenchymal tumor that occurs mostly in pleural sites, and an SFT occurring in the ischiorectal fossa is extremely rare. …”
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Trends in initial pharmacological COPD treatment in primary care (2010–2021): a population-based study using the PHARMO Data Network by Guilherme Rodrigues, Joana Antão, Qichen Deng, Brenda N. Baak, Alda Marques, Frits M. E. Franssen, Martijn A. Spruit

“…Abstract Background Pharmacological treatment is a cornerstone of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management, with general practitioners providing the most care. However, the lack of data on prescribing trends in initial pharmacotherapy in primary care hinders the understanding of how scientific and technical developments impact patient care and may also perpetuate suboptimal practices. …”
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Identification of StCCoAOMT gene family and analysis of resistance of StCCoAOMT1 and StCCoAOMT7 genes to drought, alkaline salt and combined stresses in potato by Yunyun Du, Ruyan Zhang, Yuan Lu, Yong Wang, Xingxing Wang, Weina Zhang, Yichen Kang, Yuhui Liu, Shuhao Qin

“…Lignin plays a key role in potato resistance to abiotic stresses, and most of the key enzymes in its synthetic pathway were involved in plant stress response. …”
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Drying kinetics and characteristics of Acori tatarinowii rhizoma under hot air thin-layer drying at different temperatures by Yingna Le, Kun Shi, Chengfu Wang, Jingying Guo, Yaohui Ye, Yuexing Ma, Ruiping Wang, Fangyan Cai, Shaolong Ma, Jinlian Zhang, Lingyun Zhong

“…These results indicate that the Cubic model is the most suitable for characterizing the drying behavior of ATR under the studied conditions. …”
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A decade of insight: Understanding primary Leiomyosarcoma of the bone by Himanshu Rohela, Anila Sharma, Vaibhav Sahu, Sunil Pasricha, Ullas Batra, Kundan Singh Chufal, Akshay Tiwari, Manish Pruthi, Gurudutt Gupta, Anurag Mehta

“…Distant metastasis was the most significant adverse prognostic factor for overall survival.…”
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A first nuclear and mitochondrial genomic portrait of Robinson Crusoe’s (Juan Fernández Island) spiny lobster Jasus frontalis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Achelata) by J. Antonio Baeza, Alyssa Baker, Sadia A. Kamal, Vincent P. Richards

“…Among annotated transposable elements, Long Interspersed Nuclear Elements (LINEs, 12.64%), DNA transposons (7.35%), and Long Terminal Repeats (LTRs, 5.44%) were the most common. Less abundant transposable elements included Rolling Circles (1.3%), Short Interspersed Nuclear Elements (SINEs, 0.64%), Satellite DNA (0.43%), and simple repeats (0.42%), among others. …”
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Global trends, health inequalities, and projections in the burden of neglected tropical diseases and malaria from 1990 to 2021 by Yang Lin, Qipeng Long, Jihong Sun, Jialian Li, Yang Li, Jin Liu, Yiming Zhang, Yufei Wang, Shulong Jiang

“…Western Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most affected, contributing 51.18% of the global burden. …”
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Using malware for software-defined networking–based smart home security management through a taint checking approach by Ping Wang, Kuo-Ming Chao, Chi-Chun Lo, Wen-Hui Lin, Hsiao-Chung Lin, Wun-Jie Chao

“…For solving the dynamic taint propagation analysis problem, most approaches focus on cloud computing applications (apps) with malware threat analysis that involves program vulnerability analyses, rather than on the risk posed by suspicious apps connected to the cloud computing server. …”
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Optimization of treatment for patients with combined unstable pelvic and thoracic injuries by О.А. Бур’янов, В.П. Кваша, В.М. Дьомін, Д.В. Мясніков, В.М. Лянскорунський

“…Thoracic trauma, one of the most frequent localizations in multiple injuries, is found in 50–80 % of patients and is of significant importance for the prognosis of the victim’s life. …”
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The influence of pH and temperature on benthic chlorophyll-a: Insights from SHAP-XGBoost and random forest models by Sangar Khan, Noël P.D. Juvigny-Khenafou, Tatenda Dalu, Paul J. Milham, Yasir Hamid, Kamel Mohamed Eltohamy, Habib Ullah, Bahman Jabbarian Amiri, Hao Chen, Naicheng Wu

“…In the SHAP XGBoost, pH was the most important characteristic, followed by mean average temperature (AT). …”
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Design of Radiation Shielding for Optical Enclosure at HEPS Beamline Station by GUO Qingyang, SHI Hong, LIU Qiongyao, ZHANG Huijie, SHI Haoyu, MA Zhongjian, WANG Qingbin

“…Standardization involved determining the most intense radiation conditions at a similar type of beamline station. …”

The viva voce innovation and experience at a new medical school in Rwanda by Charles Okot Odongo, Samuel Ntaganira, Nicole Kanyana, Jean Paul Ndayizeye, Arlene Nishimwe, Jean Baptiste Niyibizi, Deogratias Ruhangaza, Abebe Moges Muche, Derbew Fikadu Berhe, Patrick Orikiriza, Daniel Seifu, Abebe Bekele

“…Group discussions were identified as the most effective viva preparation strategy. Many students expressed a desire for more supportive interactions from examiners during the viva. …”
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IŠ KO KYLA ŽMOGAUS TEISĖS? by Evaldas Nekrašas

“…We may dispose of these notions like the Wittgensteinian ladder and limit ourselves to the examination of what members of a community believe their rights to be. In this case the most important problem becomes delimiting the boundaries of the community, whose members’ human rights are upheld or infringed, and the relation of these boundaries to the borders of the state. …”
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Clinical and mechanistic effects of cladribine in relapsing multiple sclerosis: 2-year results from the MAGNIFY-MS Study by Klaus Schmierer, Heinz Wiendl, Frederik Barkhof, Xavier Montalban, Anat Achiron, Tobias Derfuss, Andrew Chan, Suzanne Hodgkinson, Alexandre Prat, Letizia Leocani, Finn Sellebjerg, Patrick Vermersch, Hulin Jin, Laura Sponton, Anita Chudecka, Lidia Gardner, Nicola De Stefano

“…Sustained reductions were observed in median NfL, while IgG and IgM remained within normal ranges for most participants. Mean OCT measurements showed no retinal nerve fiber thinning. …”
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