PyEMILI: A New Generation Computer-aided Spectral Line Identifier by Zhijun Tu, Xuan Fang, Robert Williams, Jifeng Liu

“…As a key step of spectral analysis, identification of emission lines hitherto has mostly been done manually, which is a tedious task, given that each line needs to be carefully checked against huge volumes of atomic transition/spectroscopic data to reach a reliable assignment of identity. …”
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Patients Receiving Integrative Medicine Effectiveness Registry (PRIMIER) of the BraveNet practice-based research network: Results of the chronic pain cohort by Jeffery A. Dusek, Qi Gao, Ryung S. Kim, Donald I. Abrams, Benjamin Kligler, Natalie L. Dyer, Kathryn Hansen, Eric J. Roseen, M. Diane McKee

“…Participants had a mean age of 51.6 years (SD 13.88) and were mostly white (81.8 %), female (78.3 %), educated (≥ college degree: 70.1 %). …”
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Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection among patients with beta-thalassemia major: a case-control study in Southeastern Iran by Mehdi Baloochi, Mohammad-Reza Amini Fard, Ramin Ordoni, Atefeh Pendar, Aida Vafae Eslahi, Milad Badri, Asiyeh Dezhkam, Marziyeh Kalkali, Hossein-Ali Rahdar, Mola Mohammadi, Zarineh Sepasi, Moslem Javidan, Ehsan Ahmadpour, Kareem Hatam-Nahavandi

“…The presence of toxoplasmosis in these patients highlights the critical need for appropriate strategies to reduce the risk of infection, as the population appears to be mostly non-immune. It is essential to implement routine screening of blood for specific antibodies against T. gondii before transfusions in these patients to mitigate the risk of infection. …”
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How surgical Trainee Research Collaboratives achieve success: a mixed methods study to develop trainee engagement strategies by Graeme Maclennan, Nick Heywood, Clare Clement, Natalie S Blencowe, Jane Blazeby, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Laura Magill, Alejandro Arenas-Pinto, Tom Pinkney, J Athene Lane, James Glasbey, Victoria Hardy, Karen Coulman, Jonathan Alistair Cook, Claire Snowdon, Richard Bulbulia, Zoe Hilton

“…A 6 min digital story on YouTube disseminated these strategies.Conclusion Trainee surgeons are mostly motivated to engage with trials and TRCs. Trainee engagement in TRCs can be enhanced through building relationships with key stakeholders, maximising multi-disciplinary working and offering training and career development opportunities.…”
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The 4–400 GHz Survey for the 32 Class II Disks in the Taurus Molecular Cloud by Chia-Ying Chung, An-Li Tsai, Melvyn Wright, Wenrui Xu, Feng Long, Mark A. Gurwell, Hauyu Baobab Liu

“…In some sources that were not detected at 6.8 GHz or 10 GHz, embedded high-density dust substructures may contribute to a significant fraction of the flux densities at 30–50 GHz, and the spectral indices are mostly consistent with 2.0. Although, at 30–50 GHz, free–free and/or synchrotron emission may be significant, and some sources in our sample have spectral indices <2.0. …”
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The role of transarterial chemoembolization with drug-eluting beads “Sphere-Spectrum” in the treatment of primary and recurrent tumors of the female reproductive system complicated... by E. A. Zvezdkina, A. G. Kedrova, D. P. Lebedev, T. A. Greyan, D. N. Panchenkov, Yu. A. Stepanova, S. E. Krasilnikov, K. S. Budennyy

“…A retrospective analysis of 80 women with primary (group 1) and 20 with recurrent tumors (group 2) of the reproductive system, who underwent 110 TACE with drug-eluting beads “Sphere-Spectrum” (100 primary, 10 repeated), is presented. Mostly used drug-eluting beads “Sphere-Spectrum”. …”
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Effect of Chewing Hardness on Cognitive-Associated Brain Regions Activation by Hansol Lee, Ji-Hye Kim, Seungho Kim, Sung Ho Jang, Yongmin Chang, Youn-Hee Choi

“…Two-sample t-test result indicated that the hard-chewing group had higher activation mostly in the caudate nucleus and frontal brain regions associated with cognitive function compared with the soft-chewing group. …”
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Electroencephalogram pattern predicting neurological outcomes of children with seizures secondary to abusive head trauma by Cheng-Che Chou, Ju-Yin Hou, I-Jun Chou, Shih-Yun Lan, Shu-Sing Kong, Man-Hsu Huang, Yu-Chieh Weng, Yi-Yu Lin, Cheng-Yen Kuo, Meng-Ying Hsieh, Min-Liang Chou, Po-Cheng Hung, Huei-Shyong Wang, Kuang-Lin Lin, Yi-Shan Wang, Jainn-Jim Lin

“…Seizure occurrence reduced mostly at the second day after admission in seizure groups; but children with persistent seizures for 1 week showed poor neurological outcomes. …”
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Genetic Differentiation of Abies alba Outside Its Main Range Under Warm Meso‐ and Sub‐Mediterranean Conditions in Italy and Switzerland by Sevil Coşgun, Jérémy Gauthier, Giuliano Bonanomi, Gabriele Carraro, Paolo Cherubini, Marco Conedera, Erika Gobet, Maria‐Chiara Manetti, Gianluigi Mazza, Christoph Schwörer, Christoph Sperisen, Nadir Alvarez, Felix Gugerli, Willy Tinner

“…ABSTRACT Abies alba is an important European tree species currently mostly found at cool and humid sites in the montane zone. …”
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Fediša Modikologo: breaking the intergenerational cycle of violence against women and children. Theoretical framework and protocol for a prospective cohort study [version 1; peer r... by Leane Ramsoomar, Rachel Jewkes, Samantha Willan, Jani Nothling, Esnat Chirwa, Venice Mbowane, Maureen Phakoe, Shibe Mhlongo, Louis Sibiya, Desiree Pass, Charntel Paile, Ishen Seocharan, Nataly Woollett, Laura Washington, Nwabisa Jama-Shai, Bianca Dekel, Pinky Mahlangu, Mercilene Machisa, Amanda Zembe, Boitumelo Seepamore, Tracy Glass, Nicola Christofides, Stanley Carries, Darshini Govindasamy, Naeemah Abrahams, Asiphe Ketelo

“…The primary cohort will enrol 12,000 women experiencing severe IPV, recruited using non-probabilistic methods (mostly referral from services and community members, and chain-recruitment). …”
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Clinical Outcomes According to Aortic Stenosis Management: Insights From Real‐World Practice by Augustin Coisne, David Montaigne, Samy Aghezzaf, Sandro Ninni, Gilles Lemesle, Arnaud Sudre, Nicolas Lamblin, Thomas Modine, André Vincentelli, Francis Juthier, Martin B. Leon, Juan F. Granada, Christophe Bauters

“…Patients with untreated severe AS experienced high mortality rates, mostly cardiovascular for patients who declined AVR. …”
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Decoding MUC1 and AR axis in a radiation-induced neuroendocrine prostate cancer cell-subpopulation unveils novel therapeutic targets by Catarina Macedo-Silva, Ângela Albuquerque-Castro, Iris Carriço, Joana Lencart, Isa Carneiro, Lucia Altucci, João Lobo, Vera Miranda-Gonçalves, Rui Henrique, Margareta P. Correia, Carmen Jerónimo

“…Abstract Despite the initial efficacy of radiotherapy (RT) in treating prostate adenocarcinoma (PCa), disease progression can lead to the emergence of neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) - a highly aggressive malignancy for which standard therapies are mostly ineffective. Although oncogenic MUC1-C is a leading driver of NEPC and of PCa lineage plasticity, its putative role in response to RT, including RT-induced neuroendocrine transdifferentiation (tNED), has not been explored. …”
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Differentiating Main-Duct IPMN from Chronic Pancreatitis Using Next-Generation Sequencing of Main Pancreatic Duct Fluid: A Pilot Study by Daniel Schmitz, Stefan Prax, Martin Kliment, Felix Gocke, Daniel Kazdal, Michael Allgäuer, Roland Penzel, Martina Kirchner, Olaf Neumann, Holger Sültmann, Jan Budczies, Peter Schirmacher, Frank Bergmann, Jörg-Peter Ritz, Raoul Hinze, Felix Grassmann, Jochen Rudi, Albrecht Stenzinger, Anna-Lena Volckmar

“…Twenty-two patients (mean MPD diameter of 12.4 (7–31) mm) with a definitive, mostly surgically confirmed diagnosis were included in the analysis. …”
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Disease progression & treatment need in sub-genotype C4 hepatitis B infection: a retrospective cohort study in the Northern Territory, Australia by Genevieve E. Martin, Kelly Hosking, Kelly Banz, Catherine Gargan, Geoff Stewart, Belinda Greenwood-Smith, Penelope Ramsay, Jaclyn Tate-Baker, Christine Connors, Paula Binks, Melita McKinnon, Prashanti Manchikanti, George Garambaka Gurruwiwi, Nicole Allard, Ashleigh Qama, Jessica Michaels, Emily Vintour-Cesar, Robert Batey, Catherine Marshall, Peter Nihill, Tammy-Allyn Fernandes, Karen Fuller, Steven Y. C. Tong, David Boettiger, Benjamin Cowie, Joshua S. Davis, Sarah Mariyalawuy Bukulatjpi, Jane Davies, on behalf of the Hep B PAST Partnership

“…Using the 2024 World Health Organisation guidelines, this increased to 50% due mostly to fibrosis and population prevalence of diabetes. …”
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PgtE protease enables virulent Salmonella to evade C3-mediated serum and neutrophil killing by Michael H. Lee, Araceli Perez-Lopez, Leigh A. Knodler, Grace Nguyen, Gregory T. Walker, Judith Behnsen, Steven Silva, Jean Celli, Melissa A. Tamin, Michael H. Liang, Karine Melchior, Felix A. Argueta, Sean-Paul Nuccio, Manuela Raffatellu

“…However, these activities have mostly been observed with mutant, avirulent strains with a truncated O-antigen that renders bacteria sensitive to complement killing. …”
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Case Report: jaundice in the young: the complexity of rare diseases beyond cholangiopathies by Simone Guglielmo, Simone Guglielmo, Francesca Pasin, Marta Biolo, Claudia Mescoli, Stefania Vio, Luca Fabris, Luca Fabris, Luca Fabris, Paolo Simioni, Paolo Simioni

“…One year later, the patient developed gastrointestinal symptoms, mostly abdominal pain and diarrhea, which led to the endoscopic diagnosis of Crohn’s disease. …”
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Quantitative study of the impact of land use change on groundwater level in the Songnen Plain, China by Zhong Lu, Jinliang Zhang, Dengming Yan, Chaoqun Li, Guoping Lei, Zhiqiang Dong, Quanlai Ma

“…In recent years, there have been significant oscillations in groundwater levels, mostly attributed to changes in the underlying surface. …”
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Sulfur-mediated transformation, export and mineral complexation of organic and inorganic C, N, P and Si in dryland soils by Xin Gao, Jie Zhang, Khan M. G. Mostofa, Wang Zheng, Cong-Qiang Liu, Nicola Senesi, Giorgio S. Senesi, Davide Vione, Jie Yuan, Yu Liu, Mohammad Mohinuzzaman, Longlong Li, Si-Liang Li

“…In forested and agricultural soils, the humic substances (HS) components in LS forms were subjected to a substantial degradation, whereas HSCS components remained mostly unaffected, implying their occurrence in organo-mineral protection. …”
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WINFOCUS worldwide survey on central venous catheter insertion and position confirmation practices (CVC-ICON study) by Francesco Corradi, Giada Cucciolini, Guido Tavazzi, Adrian Wong, Cosmin Balan, Lawrence A. Melniker, Arif Hussain, Julina Md Noor, Jacob John Bailey, Anselmo A. Abdo Cuza, Alberto Goffi, Gabriele Via

“…Over half (51.3%) had over six years of experience and placed over 200 CVC, mostly using ultrasound guidance (70% of cases). The internal jugular vein (IJV) was the preferred insertion site (74%). …”
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Protocol on establishing a prospective enhanced surveillance of vaccine preventable diseases in residential aged care facilities in Central Queensland, Australia: an observational... by Mohammad Rashidul Hashan, Robert Booy, Michael Kirk, Gulam Khandaker, Gwenda Chapman, Jacina Walker, Sonya Jayne Davidson, Jill Auriac, Nicolas Smoll, Delwar Akbar

“…The burden of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) among RACFs residents is mostly unknown and there is a lack of quality data from population-based prospective VPD surveillance in RACFs. …”
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