Life history attributes of Anastatus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) are regulated by nutrition and temperature by Muhammad Yasir Ali, Zi-Jian Song, Abdul Aziz Bukero, Dilawar Abbas, Khalid Ali Khan, Jin-Ping Zhang, Feng Zhang

“…In addition, 20–25 °C is the most suitable temperature range to optimize mass rearing. …”
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Prevalence of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in a Sample of Moscow Residents: Comparison of the GAD-7 and HADS Results with a Clinical Assessment by Valeriya I. Savenkova, Yana A. Zorkina, Alexandra G. Ochneva, Angelina I. Zeltzer, Darya A. Ryabinina, Anna M. Tsurina, Elizaveta A. Golubeva, Anna S. Goncharova, Irina V. Alekseenko, George P. Kostyuk, Anna Yu. Morozova

“…BACKGROUND: Anxiety and depressive disorders are the most common mental disorders. Detecting a disorder at an early stage can prevent the development of severe disorders and preserve the patient’s functioning ability. …”
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Bioinformatics-based prognostic value and in vitro functional validation of PTK6 in cutaneous melanoma by Yanyan Niu, Yanyan Niu, Xiaoyu Liu, Aixiu Shi, Danli Tang, Xiaodong Yao, Yan Lu

“…The low-risk group was more sensitive to various chemotherapy drugs, and most immune checkpoint genes were negatively correlated with prognostic genes. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Seizure Outcomes in Antibody-Positive Autoimmune Limbic Encephalitis by Song H, Xu S, Du BQ, Lai QL, Cai MT, Li H, Hu Y, Ding Y, Ding MP, Zhang YX, Shen CH

“…Secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures and focal non-motor seizures were the most prevalent seizure semiologies, and 28 (38.9%) patients exhibited multiple seizure types. …”
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Quality improvement intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening at the primary care setting: a cluster-randomised controlled trial by Laura Gutierrez, Ezequiel García Elorrio, Vilma Irazola, Marilina Santero, Juan Ignacio Ruiz, Mario Sánchez, Ignez Tristao, Cintia Spira, Julia Ismael, Ana Soledad Cavallo, Yanina Mazzaresi, Ana Maria Nadal, Carina Lucero, Gabriela Castro, Maria Denaro, Gabriela Fragapane, Delia Gladys Escobar, Nora Brat, Viviana Villarroel, Adriana Campos Bustos, Silvana Terrera, Gastón Bustos, Luis Ernesto Biliato, Alberto Gabriel Aceña

“…Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most frequent cancer in Argentina. Even though CRC screening has been recommended for adults from 50 to 75 years old by using a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) annually, screening rates remain below 20% in the country.Methods We conducted an 18-month, two-arm, pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating the effect of a quality improvement intervention, based on the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles, considering barriers and catalysts to articulate theory and practice, to increase CRC screening rates using FITs at primary care level. …”
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ON THE THIN PRACTICAL RATIONALITY AND ITS THICKENINGS by Zenonas Norkus

“…The concept of relative pratical rationality is thick enough to assimilate one of the most powerful intuitions concerning rationality, characteristic for the modern Western culture and proclaimed as early as in 1486 by Pico della Mirandola in his famous "Oratio de hominis dignitate". …”
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What are the effects of teaching Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC) at different levels of health professions education? An updated overview of systematic reviews. by Malgorzata M Bala, Tina Poklepović Peričić, Joanna Zajac, Anke Rohwer, Jitka Klugarova, Maritta Välimäki, Tella Lantta, Luca Pingani, Miloslav Klugar, Mike Clarke, Taryn Young

“…The SRs evaluated different educational interventions of varying duration, frequency, and format to teach various components of EBHC at different levels of ME (UG, PG, mixed). Most SRs assessed a range of EBHC related outcomes using a variety of assessment tools. …”
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An atomistical elucidation of the 6FDA-durene-based mixed matrix membrane and ionic liquid mixed matrix membrane for CO2/CH4 separation by Jia Cheng Loh, Serene Sow Mun Lock, Bobby Kwong Yii Lee, Mehtab Ali Darban, Dun-Yen Kang, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Zhen Hong Ban

“…Ionic liquid (ILs) mitigated the agglomeration effect and improved materials adhesion, but most research focused on experimental work, lacking an established and validated computational framework to study ionic liquid mixed matrix membranes (ILMMMs), resulting in limited atomistic insights into membrane physical and gas separation properties. …”
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Substantiation оf Methods to Remove Water Inflows in Wells Draining Gas Condestate Deposits by E. V. Vaganov, S. K. Sokhoshko, I. I. Krasnov

“…Therefore, the rate of GWC rise and the change in saturation are associated with the features of the lithological and tectonic structure of the section within individual sections of the deposit of operating production wells [8, 9].Research results and their discussion. Most of the wells in operation at the Urengoyskoye field have a minimum porosity factor of 24%, and the net-to-gross ratio of the reservoirs in the formation interval is at least 85%. …”
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Use of a Wearable Self-Tracking Instrument by Refugees With Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Qualitative Study of Psychotherapeutic Mediation and Engagement by Lisa Groenberg Riisager, Stine Bjerrum Moeller, Jakob Eg Larsen, Thomas Blomseth Christiansen, Jesper Aagaard, Lotte Huniche

“… Abstract BackgroundWearable self-tracking technologies are increasingly used in mental health care to enhance engagement and personalize treatment. However, most existing instruments focus on passive data collection or predefined symptom monitoring. …”
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Analysis of genotypic distribution and rare variants of patients with α/β-thalassemia screened in one hospital in Beijing, China by Han Zhang, Ziran Wang, Zhuo Yang, Xinfei Chen, Hongrui Xu, Xianhui Zeng, Qi Yu, Lingjun Kong, Rui Zhang, Jie Yi, Jie Wu, Yong Gan, Yu Chen, Ali Ye, Ziyi Wang, Dong Zhang, Xiao Han, Juan Du, Yaling Dou

“…Abstract Objective Thalassemia is among the most common inherited diseases worldwide. We aimed to analyze the genotype and frequency distribution of thalassemia in a general hospital in Beijing and provide a reference for genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis. …”
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First-in-human phase 1 study of the ICOS agonist feladilimab on patients with advanced solid tumors by David Turner, Antoine Italiano, Victor Moreno, Steven Hirschfeld, Juan Martin-Liberal, Michele Maio, Todd M Bauer, Christophe Le Tourneau, Danny Rischin, Catherine Ellis, Eric Angevin, Aaron Hansen, Helen Zhou, Ivan Diaz-Padilla, Frans Opdam, Sapna Yadavilli, Marc Ballas

“…Adverse events were manageable and consistent with those observed with other immunomodulatory treatments; fatigue, fever, and anemia were the most common events. PK showed a peak value 1 hour following infusion. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of metabolic syndrome among patients with severe mental illness attending Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: hospital-b... by Helena Getenet, Yeweyenhareg Feleke, Ruth Tsigebrhan, Tadesse Lejisa, Genet Ashebir

“…The overall prevalence of MetS was 28.5% (n = 87), 31.5% (n = 63) among all the participants diagnosed with schizophrenia, and 25% (n = 13) among participants diagnosed with bipolar disorders. The most frequent metabolic abnormality was low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) 88.5% (n = 77). …”
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Species assemblages and their drivers differ between trees and lianas in a seasonal evergreen forest in Thailand by Wirong Chanthorn, Thorsten Wiegand, Anuttara Nathalang, Rajapandian Kanagaraj, Stuart Davies, Zhenhua Sun, Nitin K. Tripathi, Maxime Réjou‐Méchain, Warren Y. Brockelman

“…Abstract Despite a long tradition in ecology of studying tree species assembly and its potential drivers in tropical forest communities, little information exists with respect to lianas (woody climbers), the second most abundant life form of woody plants in tropical forests. …”
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Inverse Relationship Between Serum Carotenoid Levels and Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Among the General Adult Population by Mengli Chen, Shuyue Cai, Qinfeng Jia, Yifang Suo, Yuan Tang, Yanping Shi, Xu Zhu, Haifeng Zhang

“…Moreover, the combined effect of all carotenoids was significantly negatively correlated with advanced CKM syndrome (OR = 0.67, 95% CI: 0.53–0.86), with lutein/zeaxanthin contributing the most (44.56%). Conclusions Elevated serum carotenoid levels are inversely associated with the prevalence of advanced CKM syndrome in a dose‐dependent manner, with this association remaining consistent across diverse demographic and health subgroups.…”
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A single-center experience in home management of mild and moderate COVID-19 cases by Mohamed T Hegazy, Hoda M Abdel-Hamid, Amany A Salem, Fady Nagy, Sobhi E Rizk, Hadeel Abd El Wahab, Ibrahim Naguib, Hany El Assaly, Hala M Farwaela, Mohamed A Morad, Mohamed Mortagy, Hend Attia, Ibrahim Elebrashy, Mervat Mattar, Maha H E-D Ibrahim

“…The initial symptoms included cough (51.7%), fever (50.8%), fatigue (45.9%), sore throat (41.1%), dyspnea (35.2%), and headache (34%); 25.2% patients had prolonged symptoms (≥ 21 days). Dyspnea was the most frequent (15.5%) long-term symptom. Age, co-existing diabetes, and COVID-19 infection with moderate severity, were associated with the need for hospitalization. …”
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Macrostructure of <i>Malus</i> Leaves and Its Taxonomic Significance by Yuerong Fan, Huimin Li, Jingze Ma, Ting Zhou, Junjun Fan, Wangxiang Zhang

“…Leaves are the most ubiquitous plant organs, whose macrostructures exhibit close correlations with environmental factors while simultaneously reflecting inherent genetic and evolutionary patterns. …”
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Economic Evaluation of the Next Generation Electronic Medical Records in Singapore: Cost-Utility Analysis by Cynthia Chen, Jarawee Sukmanee, Khai Wee Soon, Julian Lim, Jared Louis Andre D'Souza, Yot Teerawattananon

“…The reduction in waiting time to see a specialist resulted in 2.3% fewer hospitalizations. The most influential parameter on the ICER was the probability of receiving duplicate tests, followed by the costs of admission and the probability of seeing a specialist. …”
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Psychometric validation of the Chronic Ocular Pain Questionnaire (COP-Q) by Amy Findley, Brigitte J. Sloesen, Nicola Hodson, Agkreta Leventi, Ben Pascoe, Rob Arbuckle, Paul O’Brien, Christel Naujoks, Michela Montecchi-Palmer, Diana Plaza, Paul M. Karpecki, Pedram Hamrah

“…Results Item responses were distributed across the full response scale for most COP-Q items. Inter-item correlations did not identify any redundant items (r > 0.90) and all items correlated at > 0.40 in their respective module. …”
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circASAP1 induces renal clear cell carcinoma ferroptosis by binding to HNRNPC and thereby regulating GPX4 by Yunfei Wang, Taowei Yang, Qihao Li, Zhousan Zheng, Lican Liao, Junjie Cen, Wei Chen, Junhang Luo, Yi Xu, Mi Zhou, Jiaxing Zhang

“…Abstract Background Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) represents the most prevalent subtype, accounting for nearly 80% of all RCC cases. …”
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