Characteristics and triage in older citizens calling a semi-acute medical helpline in Denmark: a prospective cohort study by Sandra Mandrup Johansen, Fredrik Folke, Anette Lykke Hindhede, Rasmus Bo Hasselbalch, Kasper Iversen, Tom Møller

“…Approx. one third of the most worried older callers have had a contact with their GP prior to the MH1813 call. …”
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Dengue Viral Infection Induces Alteration of CD95 Expression in B Cell Subsets with Potential Involvement of Dengue Viral Non-Structural Protein 1 by Siyu Wang, Premrutai Thitilertdecha, Ladawan Khowawisetsut, Theeraporn Maneesawat, Ampaiwan Chuansumrit, Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit, Kovit Pattanapanyasat, Nattawat Onlamoon

“…When B cells from the healthy donors were treated with DENV non-structural protein 1 (NS1), the results showed that the NS1 protein at 2 µg/mL could induce CD95 expression and the exposure of phosphatidylserine on the cell membrane in most B cell subsets, except for the RM. This study demonstrates that DENV infection could induce CD95 expression in both activated and resting B cell subsets in all patients. …”
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Scalloped tongue: an additional, accessible and useful tool to detect severe obstructive sleep apnea? by Francisca Nieto Guimarães, Joana Canadas, Maria Gonçalves Cunha, Vera Durão, Paula Rosa, Marcelo Rabahi, Ding Zou, Flávio Magalhães da Silveira

“…A p-value <0.05 was considered as the lower threshold of significance. Most (90%) patients had OSA, 41% classified as severe. …”
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Characteristics and trends of severe/critical COVID-19 cases in the Republic of Korea (January 2020 to August 2023) by Se-Jin Jeong, Shin Young Park, Boyeong Ryu, Misuk An, Jin-Hwan Jeon, So Young Choi, Seong-Sun Kim

“…Results During the surveillance period, 34,572,554 COVID-19 cases were confirmed, among whom 38,112 (0.11%) progressed to severe/critical conditions. Most severe/critical cases occurred in individuals aged ≥60 years, with a notable increase in patients aged ≥80 years from 2022. …”
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BVQA: Connecting Language and Vision Through Multimodal Attention for Open-Ended Question Answering by Md. Shalha Mucha Bhuyan, Eftekhar Hossain, Khaleda Akhter Sathi, Md. Azad Hossain, M. Ali Akber Dewan

“…While there has been extensive research on VQA, most were predominantly focused on English, often overlooking the complexity associated with low-resource languages, especially in Bengali. …”
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Efficacy of lactoferrin in preventing recurrent urinary tract infections in pregnant Egyptian women: a randomized controlled trial by Ahmed Shoukry, Yasser ElKassar, Michaella K. Hezagirwa, Rehab El-Said

“…Escherichia coli (E. coli) was the most prevalent isolated organism, accounting for 27% of the ASB episodes in the lactoferrin group and 51% of the ASB episodes in the control group. …”
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Screening of mediterranean agro-industrial by-products rich in phenolic compounds for their ability to modulate in vitro ruminal fermentation by Blandine Mora, Serena Calabrò, Monica Isabella Cutrignelli, Elodie Barbier, Serkos Haroutounian, Yulianri Rizki Yanza, Anuraga Jayanegara, Angélique Torrent, Alessandro Vastolo, Hervé Hoste, Vincent Niderkorn

“…This study evaluates the potential of 16 polyphenol-rich agro-industrial by-products from France, Italy and Greece as dietary supplements to mitigate pollutants produced during in vitro rumen fermentation, with the aim to identify the most promising by-products that balance pollutant reduction and maintain productivity. …”
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Prevalence and prevention of violence against children and adolescents in volunteer work: analysis of a sub-sample from a representative survey of Germany by Anna Eberhardt, Jörg M. Fegert, Elmar Brähler, Ulrike Hoffmann

“…Results Among 954 respondents which were active in CACs 819 were looked after as child/adolescent, of those 8.42% experienced VCAC − 6.22% emotional, 5.74% physical, and 1.10% sexual violence. The most common protective measures included discussions about violence (42.49%) and complaint procedures (29.06%). …”
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Associations of functional and biochemical parameters of endothelial dysfunction in postmenopausal women with a different state of carbohydrate metabolism by Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Ruyatkina, Irina Sergeevna Iskhakova, Konstantin Yuryevich Nikolaev, Dmitriy Sergeevich Ruyatkin

“…Most of the questions regarding vascular and rheological regulation related to normal health and disorders of carbohydrate metabolism remain unclear, which is important in the pathogenesis of angiopathy. …”
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Effects of cellulase or Lactobacillus plantarum on ensiling performance and bacterial community of sorghum straw by Lichao He, Chao Jiang, He Dong, Yinuo Wang, Jiaxin Tang, Mengjie Hu, Junjie Luo, Shuai Du, Yushan Jia, Yanzi Xiao, Sihan You

“…This phylum level dominance transitioned to Firmicutes post-treatment, while at the genus level, the community shifted from Pantoea to co-dominance of Lactobacillus and Prevotella, with Lactobacillus being the most abundant in both the CEL and LPCEL treatments. …”
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“A good physician works full-time?” – a mixed-methods study on (mis)conceptions about part-time work in hospitals by Barbara Jarmila Germann, Julia Frey, Alain Soltermann, Janna Küllenberg

“…Contrary to some statements in the qualitative interviews, the youngest cohort of physicians reported the highest ideal workload (88%). Most respondents (60%) believed they would be granted a workload reduction, yet an equal percentage at least partially agreed that working part-time would negatively impact advancement opportunities within the hospital. …”
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HIS LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK — PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL DYSSYNCHRONY by Z. I. Vozhdaeva, E. V. Sysuenkova, V. L. Glukhova, D. V. Duplyakov, S. M. Khokhlunov

“…To the study we included 93 patients (49,5% were male), mean duration of QRS was 148,2±14,5 ms. Most influence on the development of electrical dyssynchrony had male gender (p=0,004), CHD in anamnesis (p=0,011), end-diastolic volume (EDV) of the left ventricle (LV) (p<0,001) and velocity of early phaseLV filling E (p=0,006). …”
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Analysis of factors driving HPV vaccination coverage and associated cost savings in the united States by Shanshan Wang, Sanjana Muthukrishnan, Sabiha Quddus, Susan H. Manning, Heather M. Brandt

“…Abstract Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States (U.S.) and has a significant healthcare burden and cost due to HPV-related cancers and diseases. …”
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Carbapenem Resistance Profile of Acinetobacter baumannii Complex Strains in the Intensive Care Unit of a University Hospital in Northern Cyprus: 3-Year Follow-up by Meryem Güvenir, Emrah Güler, Kaya Süer

“…The mean age of the patients was 61.61±17.43 years (range, 22-89 years). The most common isolates were from tracheal aspirate (28.3%, 26 patients), sputum 27.2%, 25 patients) and urine samples (23.9%, 22 patients). …”
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pH-Sensitive Multiliposomal Containers for Encapsulation and Rapid Release of Bioactive Substances by Anna A. Efimova, Tatyana A. Abramova, Igor V. Yatsenko, Alexey V. Kazantsev, Denis V. Pozdyshev, Nikolay V. Lukashev, Vladimir I. Muronets, Alexander A. Yaroslavov

“…Despite quite a wide choice of pH-sensitive containers, there is still a considerable challenge to synthesize those that respond quickly to small variations in pH and release most of the encapsulated drug in a short time. The suggested AMS-containing multiliposomal complexes demonstrated an excellent rate of encapsulated substance release under altering the pH of the outer solution. …”
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Optimization of the Extraction of the Volatile Fraction from Honey Samples by SPME-GC-MS, Experimental Design, and Multivariate Target Functions by Elisa Robotti, Federica Campo, Marta Riviello, Marco Bobba, Marcello Manfredi, Eleonora Mazzucco, Fabio Gosetti, Giorgio Calabrese, Emanuele Sangiorgi, Emilio Marengo

“…Head space (HS) solid phase microextraction (SPME) followed by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection (GC-MS) is the most widespread technique to study the volatile profile of honey samples. …”
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WirelessNet: An Efficient Radio Access Network Model Based on Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks by Jose Perdomo, M. A. Gutierrez-Estevez, Chan Zhou, Jose F. Monserrat

“…With ablation experiments, we validate the downlink signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio (SINR) user equipment (UE) node feature as the most significant contributor to reconstruct downlink rates. …”
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Do health care providers discuss HIV with older female patients? by Waqar-un-Nisa Rauf

“…In total, 23% of the respondents said they had been tested for HIV and most (n = 19; 82.61%) said they had received counselling. …”
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Host associations and genetic diversity of bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) in bats from Thailand by Dimas Novianto, Siwaporn Tuangpermsub, Thongchai Ngamprasertwong, Morakot Kaewthamasorn

“…Raymondia sp. 1 is the most frequently encountred species an predominantly infested Hipposideros gentilis. …”
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Dermal bioaccessibility and health risk assessment associated with mining production of metals (Pb-Zn-Ag) and critical raw materials (Sb-W) in the Iberian Peninsula by Inmaculada Ferri-Moreno, Iker Martínez-del-Pozo, Pablo Huertas, Pablo Higueras, José Ignacio Barquero-Peralbo, José María Esbrí, Mari Luz García-Lorenzo

“…Tailings and dumps had higher bioaccessibility than soils, with Pb and Zn being the most extracted PTEs and As and Sb had low mobility. …”
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