Burden of illness for patients with primary biliary cholangitis: an observational study of clinical characteristics and healthcare resource utilization by Robert G Gish, Joanna P MacEwan, Alina Levine, Dannielle Lebovitch, Leona Bessonova, Darren Wheeler, Radhika Nair, Alan Bonder

“…Of the total 8143 patients in Optum CDM (mean age: 67.0 years), 20.7% had cirrhosis, and most were enrolled in Medicare (69.7%). There was a larger proportion of men in the cirrhosis group compared with the no-cirrhosis group in Komodo Health (31.7 vs 16.3%) and Optum CDM (29.7 vs 16.5%). …”

Surgeons Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward Preoperative Inflammatory Bowel Disease Medications and Post-Operative Complications by Alhassan N, Alnwdel AN, Beyari MB, Aldeligan SH, Alhassan R, Abdulla MH, Bin Traiki T

“…Data were analyzed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to the impact of biologics, corticosteroids, and immunomodulators on wound healing and postoperative complications.Results: The response rate of 67.8% and Most surgeons (74.4%) believed biologics negatively affect wound healing, despite evidence suggesting their safety. …”
Get full text

Three-dimensional models of the brachial plexus as the basis of augmented reality and artificial transplants by N. S. Gorbunov, K. V. Kober, E. W. Kasparov, S. I. Rostovtsev, D. N. Gorbunov, D. N. Lebedeva, B. Yu. Nikishaev

“…The developed 3D printing technique made it possible to reproduce the most accurate models of the brachial plexus with all elements (5 spinal nerves, 3 trunks, 6 divisions, 3 bundles and 15 nerves) in full size. …”
Get full text

Three-dimensional analysis of mandibular and temporomandibular joint morphology and condylar movement in skeletal class II and III patients by Aung Thet Khine, Hideyuki Yoshizawa, Jun J Miyamoto, Jun-Ichi Takada, Atsuhiro Inoue, Keiji Moriyama

“…Condylar path length (CPL), sagittal condylar inclination (SCI), and transverse condylar inclination (TCI) during most protrusive mandibular movements were measured using computerized axiography. …”
Get full text

Analysis of m7G-related signatures in the tumor immune microenvironment and identification of clinical prognostic regulators in ovarian cancer by Kunyu Wang, You Wu, Miao Ao, Wei Mao, Haixia Luo, Yan Song, Bin Li

“…Ovarian cancer (OV) is the most lethal gynecological malignancy in the world. …”
Get full text

Maternal metabolic health conditions and risk of stillbirth in India: evidence from a nationwide survey by Mohammad Hammad, Shivalingappa Halli, Mohammad Hifz Ur Rahman

“…Methods This cross-sectional study utilized NFHS-5 data to examine stillbirths in the most recent pregnancy outcomes of 204,723 women aged 15–49 years, sampled from all states and union territories of India. …”
Get full text

INVESTIGATION OP THE SKIN FACTOR IN STEADY-STATE GAS FLOW OBEYING NONLINEAR FILTRATION LAW by V. V. Verzhbitsky, A. I. Shchekin, R. E. Shesterikova

“…The results of well tests under steady-state filtration modes provide the most reliable estimate of the numerical values of the coefficients of filtration resistances A and B. …”
Get full text

Current Research Status of Digital Technology in the Rehabilitation of Rare Neurological and Muscular Diseases by GUO Yixuan, GAO Yi, YAO Yiyang, QIN Zhuoyue, ZHANG Yaofang, JING Jiaqi, XIE Jing, GUO Jian, ZHANG Shuyang

“…Basic and research-related information from the retrieved literature was extracted and analyzed.ResultsA total of 43 RCTs in English from 14 countries were included. The most studied diseases were Parkinson′s disease and multiple sclerosis. …”
Get full text

An atypical cause of amyloidosis: a case of combined heavy and light chain amyloidosis by Dina R. Gonzalez-Hernandez, Mohamad Hanouneh, C. Elena Cervantes

“…Abstract Background The International Society of Amyloidosis recognizes 15 types of kidney-related amyloidosis, with most studies identifying immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis as the leading cause in over half of these cases. …”
Get full text

On the possibility of using hyaluronic acid in a composition with rhenium-188 for radiosynoviorthesis by K. V. Mayorov, N. D. Beloglazova, N. G. Sashova, G. E. Kodina, A. O. Malysheva, O. E. Klementyeva

“…Osteoarthritis is one of the most common joint diseases. The number of patients is growing rapidly and by 2050, the number of people in the world suffering from osteoarthritis is expected to exceed 1 billion. …”
Get full text

Genetic relationship between shell fossils and shale oil: A case study of Jurassic shale reservoir in the northeast Sichuan Basin by Yong Ma, Cheng-yu Yang, Da-hua Li, Hong-wei Zhao, Zhe-jun Pan, Yong-shui Zhou, Dai-duo Zhu, Ning-ning Zhong

“…ABSTRACT: Benthic bivalves, the most widely distributed mollusks since the Mesozoic era, often inhabited environments where their fossilized remains are found adjacent to or intermingled with organic-rich shale. …”
Get full text

Understanding the social and cognitive influences on the adoption of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions: a survey of a Saudi Arabian sample by Ahmed Alobaydullah, Ahmed Alobaydullah, Andrew Scott LaJoie, Susann Denise Thomas, Raphael Fumey, Abdulrahman Alsaleem, Abdulrahman Alsaleem

“…Personal cognitive factors included self-efficacy, outcome expectancies, and knowledge.ResultsThe mean age was 31 years (n = 368), most participants were males (62%), and the study sample were significantly more vaccinated (40%) than the Saudi public (5.3%). …”
Get full text

Echocardiographic Evidence of Left Ventricular Dysfunction in COPD: Relationship with Disease Severity by Rounak Bhattacharjee, Tanushree Deb, Prosenjit Roy, Prithwiraj Bhattacharjee, Israel Maldonado Rosas, Shubhadeep Roychoudhury

“…Statistical analysis utilized Student’s <i>t</i>-test, chi-square test, and multivariable logistic regression with 1000 bootstrapping iterations, considering <i>p</i> < 0.05 as significant differences. <i>Results</i>: Most patients were classified as Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage III (40.4%) and stage IV (44.7%). …”
Get full text

Effect of salinity on the soybean plants symbiotic and photosynthetic apparatuses activity under rhizobia inoculation with the addition of Ge and Mo nanocarboxylates by Dmytro Kiriziy, Ivan Obeziuk, Lyudmyla Mykhalkiv, Sergii Kots

“…The obtained results indicate that, according to all investigated physiological parameters, inoculation of soybean seeds with Bradyrhizobium japonicum RS08 strain with the addition of Mo nanocarboxylate was the most effective in maintaining the activity of the symbiotic and photosynthetic apparatuses and, ultimately, grain productivity of plants both under normal conditions and under salinity.…”
Get full text

The relationship between symptoms of gender dysphoria and social anxiety in transgender young adults: a network analysis by Jiaqi Li, Yi Feng, Wenbang Niu, Shicun Xu, Yajun Bu, Yuanyuan Wang

“…“Unhappy in physical characteristics” and “Hopeless” were the most crucial central symptoms; “Distressing body functions” and “Hard time working” were the main bridge symptoms in network structures of gender dysphoria and social anxiety. …”
Get full text

Peripheral inflammatory state in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients: a cross-sectional study by Yang Yang, Dandan Guo, Qingchao Yang, Chenlu Yang, Jinde Liu, Heyin Liu, Wen Liu, Yuqian Liu, Yi Li, Yiming Liu

“…The combination of PNI and platelet-to-high-density lipoprotein ratio (PHR) distinguished iNPH patients from HCs most significantly (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.820). …”
Get full text

Reliability of High-Frequency Earth Meters in Measuring Tower-Footing Resistance: Simulations and Experimental Validation by Renan Segantini, Rafael Alipio, José O. S. Paulino

“…Overall, the results suggest that HF earth meters, when correctly applied with the fall-of-potential method, offer a reliable means to assess the grounding response of high-voltage transmission line structures in most practical scenarios.…”
Get full text

Long-Term Use of Omeprazole: Effect on Haematological and Biochemical Parameters by Hadeel S. Al Ali, Azza Sajid Jabbar, Nadheerah F. Neamah, Nawal Khalil Ibrahim

“…Omeprazole is a part of PPIs most commonly prescribed worldwide; it irreversibly binds to H+-K+ ATPase enzyme system in the gastric parietal cells to reduce secretion of H+ ions into the lumen of stomach. …”
Get full text

Network meta-analysis of erlotinib, gefitinib, afatinib and icotinib in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutations. by Wenhua Liang, Xuan Wu, Wenfeng Fang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yunpeng Yang, Zhihuang Hu, Cong Xue, Jing Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Yuxiang Ma, Ting Zhou, Yue Yan, Xue Hou, Tao Qin, Xiaoxiao Dinglin, Ying Tian, Peiyu Huang, Yan Huang, Hongyun Zhao, Li Zhang

“…Trend analyses of rank probabilities revealed that the cumulative probabilities of being the most efficacious treatments were (ORR, 1-year PFS, 1-year OS, 2-year OS): erlotinib (51%, 38%, 14%, 19%), gefitinib (1%, 6%, 5%, 16%), afatinib (29%, 27%, 30%, 27%) and icotinib (19%, 29%, NA, NA), respectively. …”
Get full text

A smart based screening system by MicroNIR and chemometrics for on-site authentication of buffalo milk in dairy industry by Giuseppina Gullifa, Chiara Albertini, Angela Amoresano, Gabriella Pinto, Anna Illiano, Paolo Dirito, Stefano Materazzi, Roberta Risoluti

“…Buffalo milk represents one of the most interested dairy products involved in adulteration practice, as the current yield does not satisfy the increasing demand of the market. …”
Get full text