The adeH and adeS Efflux Pump Genes in Imipenem and Colistin-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates by Azam Aghili Amjad1, Mohammad Niakan1*, Fatemeh Sameni1, Shahriar Bakhti1, Mansoor Khaledi2, Hamed Afkhami1, Reza Mirnejad2

“…Introduction: Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most important causes of nosocomial infections. …”
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Behavioral Characteristics of Gout Patients and Their Impact on the Results of Urate Lowering Therapy by J. Chen, P. Zhou, W. Tan, M. Zheng, N. Y. Oshmianska

“…Bigger amount of patients in the “fast progress” group (40.0 % compared to 30.44 and 25.0 %) tended to drink more water.Conclusion. In most gout patients, serum uric acid levels before treatment acted as the reliable predictor of good response to urate lowering therapy. …”
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Complicated course of portal hypertension on the background of primary myelofibrosis: a clinical case by V.B. Yagmur, N.Yu. Zavhorodnia, S.L. Melanich, O.M. Babii, K.P. Lyapicheva, S.O. Tarabarov, M.D. Kushnir, D.V. Popok, N.P. Dementiy

“…Portal hypertension is usually considered as complication of liver cirrhosis, but there is a small pool of patients with so-called extrahepatic causes. The second most frequent cause of portal hypertension after cirrhosis is portal vein thrombosis. …”
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Applying a Virtual Art Therapy System Based on the Michelangelo Effect in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury by Michela Franzò, Sara De Angelis, Marco Iosa, Gaetano Tieri, Giorgia Corsini, Giovanni Generoso Cellupica, Valentina Loi, Fabiano Bini, Franco Marinozzi, Giorgio Scivoletto, Federica Tamburella

“…Results: Significative differences were obtained for most of the parameters between the two groups, except for the normalized jerk and energy of the spectrum. …”
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Visceral adiposity index in patients with coronary artery disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes by A. A. Khorlampenko, V. N. Karetnikova, A. M. Kochergina, Yu. S. Ignatova, E. V. Belik, O. V. Gruzdeva, N. K. Brel, A. N. Kokov, O. L. Barbarash

“…VAI also did not significantly differ in both groups. VAI had the most correlations with clinical and metabolic parameters in both patients with T2D and without CMD. …”
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Cross-Session Emotion Recognition by Joint Label-Common and Label-Specific EEG Features Exploration by Yong Peng, Honggang Liu, Junhua Li, Jun Huang, Bao-Liang Lu, Wanzeng Kong

“…However, such fundamental problem is ignored by most of the existing studies. To this end, we propose a Joint label-Common and label-Specific Features Exploration (JCSFE) model for semi-supervised cross-session EEG emotion recognition in this paper. …”
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Improving Water Use and Sugarcane Yield Using Irrigation Strategies in Nicaragua by Rafael Menezes Pereira, Felipe Schwerz, Adriano Valentim Diotto, Carolina Altamirano Oñate, Marlon Daniel Vargas Sandoval, Braulio Otomar Caron, Bernardo Cândido

“…On a temporal analysis, the plants showed compensatory growth in IFI, recovering from water-deficit stress in most measured variables. Sugarcane yield was statistically different between the treatments with 97.87 and 83.84 Mg ha⁻¹ for ISw and IFI, respectively. …”
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Exosome mediated delivery of Epigallocatechin 3 gallate as a novel approach to alleviate psoriasis symptoms through cytokine and apoptotic pathway modulation by Mohamed S. Kishta, Ahmed A. Abd-Rabou, Garo K. Sarkissian, Ahmed I. Elwakil, Dana M. Elsabry, Youssef M. Zagzoug, Sohaila R. Hussein, Ahmed N. Abdallah

“…After seven days, ELISA revealed EGN-Exo most effectively reduced pro-inflammatory IL-6 and pro-apoptotic Bax while increasing anti-inflammatory IL-4 and anti-apoptotic Bcl-2. …”
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Volatile organic compound sources and impacts in an urban Mediterranean area (Marseille, France) by M. Dufresne, M. Dufresne, T. Salameh, T. Leonardis, G. Gille, A. Armengaud, S. Sauvage

“…Results reveal that the shipping source is potentially one of the most important contributors to secondary organic aerosol formation potential, despite the low contribution of this factor to NMHC concentrations.…”
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Exploring the Anti-Menopausal Potential of Rhizophora mucronata Lam. Ethanol Extract: A Comprehensive Study on Estrogen Receptor β Agonist Activity by Ernawati Ernawati, Moh. Awaludin Adam, Irawati Mei Widiastuti, Era Insivitawati, Muhammad Nikmatullah, Putut Har Riyadi, Mohamad Nor Azra

“…In silico and in vivo analysis showed 5 (five) selected compounds from the ethanol and ethyl acetate fractions with highest (most negative) to lowest binding affinity as candidates for anti-menopausal drugs. …”
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Managing water dynamics for optimal outcomes in unilateral biportal endoscopic surgery: preliminary results in a new operative channel by Qian-Liang Wang, Jian-Peng Chen, Yu-Jian Peng, Jun Dai, Xiao-Feng Liu, Jun Yan

“…Abstract Background In recent years, unilateral biportal endoscopic (UBE) surgery has become one of the most popular minimally invasive spine surgeries. …”
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Dynamic spatiotemporal graph network for traffic accident risk prediction by Pengcheng Zhang, Wen Yi, Yongze Song, Penggao Yan, Peng Wu, Ammar Shemery, Keith Hampson, Albert P. C. Chan

“…Notably, the weights learned by our model indicate that hourly patterns have the highest weight at 0.390, while weekly trends carry the lowest weight at 0.255, suggesting that recent traffic conditions have the most significant influence on accident risks. This study provides a foundational framework for predicting traffic accident risks, aiding urban planners and policymakers in enhancing road safety and traffic management in cities.…”
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Causal role of immunophenotypes in HIV-1 acquisition: insights from Mendelian randomization analysis by Nan Li, Chuan He

“…The “NABA MATRISOME ASSOCIATED” canonical pathway emerged as the most significant pathway using Metascape. Protein–protein interaction networks demonstrated 5 functionally cohesive clusters. …”
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Social media analysis in the context of social responsibility approach of football fan groups by Tayfun Şirin, Fahri Eryilmaz, Yeliz Eratli Şirin, Özge Aydin, Mehmet Metin

“…In this context, this study was conducted with aim of examining social responsibility-focused Instagram posts of fan groups of three most important sports clubs operating in sports in Turkey in context of participation, leadership, innovation and creativity. …”
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Petrology and Geochemistry of Gole Pillow Basalt in Penjween area Kurdistan Region- NE Iraq by Jabbar M. A. Qaradaghi, Yousif O. Mohammed, Salim A. Aziz.

“…Petrographically, most of the GPB rock samples appeared as amygdaloidal and vesicular aphanitic basalt. …”
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Combination of modified albumin-bilirubin grade and platelet count to predict high-risk varices in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. by Prooksa Ananchuensook, Kingkomon Piyawannasuth, Sirinporn Suksawatamnuay, Panarat Thaimai, Nipaporn Siripon, Supachaya Sriphoosanaphan, Kessarin Thanapirom, Piyawat Komolmit

“…<h4>Results</h4>Of 564 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, 277 were included. Most patients (232 [83.8%]) had Child-Turcotte-Pugh A cirrhosis, whereas 131 (47.3%), 85 (30.7%), and 60 (22.0%) had Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stages A, B, and C, respectively. …”
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Traumatic central cord Syndrome: An integrated neurosurgical and neurocritical care perspective by Karol Martínez-Palacios, Andrés M. Rubiano, Andreas K. Demetriades, Sebastián Vásquez-García

“…Characterized by disproportionate upper limb weakness, TCCS is the most common clinical spinal cord syndrome, typically affecting males in a bimodal age distribution. …”
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Targeted proteomics in extracellular vesicles identifies biomarkers predictive for therapeutic response in sarcoidosis by Raisa Kraaijvanger, Montse Janssen Bonás, Ioanna Paspali, Jan C. Grutters, Marcel Veltkamp, Dominique P.V. de Kleijn, Coline H.M. van Moorsel

“…Prednisone and methotrexate (MTX) are the most commonly used drugs; however, success of treatment varies from patient to patient. …”
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PlantGaussian: Exploring 3D Gaussian splatting for cross-time, cross-scene, and realistic 3D plant visualization and beyond by Peng Shen, Xueyao Jing, Wenzhe Deng, Hanyue Jia, Tingting Wu

“…Visualization results indicate that most plant models achieve a Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) exceeding 25, outperforming all models including the original 3D Gaussian Splatting and enhanced NeRF. …”
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Prevalence of HIV/AIDS Infection among Sexually Active Women in Ethiopia: Further Analysis of 2016 EDHS by Solomon Sisay Mulugeta, Selamawit Getachew Wassihun

“…Variables at the individual level were women of age 16–24 (AOR = 0.18; 95% CI: 0.11–0.29), women of age 25–34 (AOR = 0.733; 95% CI: 0.55–0.98), women with primary education level (AOR = 1.8; 95% CI: 1.23–2.57), more than one sexual accomplice (AOR = 1.33; 95% CI: 0.613–2.87), and women’s age at first sexual intercourse between 25 and 34 (AOR = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.301, 1.06); these were the most significant determinants of HIV/AIDS infection. …”
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