Assessment of Palatal Masticatory Mucosa Thickness in the Saudi Population of a Teaching Hospital in the Eastern Province: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional CBCT Study by Fatima Al Zahra, Suha Alyawar, Mohammed Alsaati, Afsheen Tabassum, Faisal E. Aljofi, Mishali AlSharief, Mohammed AlQranei, Khalid Almas

“…<b>Methods:</b> A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of 215 CBCT scans from systemically healthy, non-smoking adults (>18 years) was conducted at the University Dental Hospital. …”
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Co-Inoculating <i>Burkholderia vietnamiensis</i> B418 and <i>Trichoderma harzianum</i> T11W Reduced <i>Meloidogyne incognita</i> Infestation of Tomato Plants by Yanqing Jiang, Wenzhe Li, Jishun Li, Jindong Hu, Yanli Wei, Yilian Wang, Hetong Yang, Yi Zhou, Yuanzheng Wu, Shanshan Zhang

“…Root-knot nematodes (RKNs; <i>Meloidogyne incognita</i>) pose a significant threat to tomato crops, necessitating sustainable control methods. This study investigated the inoculation efficacy of co-cultured <i>Burkholderia vietnamiensis</i> B418 and <i>Trichoderma harzianum</i> T11W compared with single-strain treatments for RKNs suppression and their influence on the structure and function of the rhizosphere microbiome. …”
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Bioremediation Potential of a Non-Axenic Cyanobacterium <i>Synechococcus</i> sp. for Municipal Wastewater Treatment in the Peruvian Amazon: Growth Kinetics, Ammonium Removal, and B... by Remy G. Cabezudo, Juan C. Castro, Carlos G. Castro, Hicler N. Rodriguez, Gabriela L. García, Paul M. Vizcarra, Carmen Ruiz-Huamán, Marianela Cobos

“…Conventional treatment methods often fail to address nutrient imbalances while generating secondary pollutants. …”
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Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Syndromes: Small Bowel Cancer Risk and Endoscopic Surveillance Strategies by Edoardo Borsotti, Francesca Laura Nava, Felice Benedicenti, Laura Cini, Andrea Magarotto, Davide Ferrari, Paolo Cantù, Marco Vitellaro, Emanuele Rausa, Federica Cavalcoli

“…In FAP, duodenal surveillance follows the Spigelman classification to stratify cancer risk, while jejunal and ileal polyps remain less studied. …”
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Design of cross-reactive antigens with machine learning and high-throughput experimental evaluation by Chelsy Chesterman, Thomas Desautels, Luz-Jeannette Sierra, Kathryn T. Arrildt, Adam Zemla, Edmond Y. Lau, Shivshankar Sundaram, Jason Laliberte, Lynn Chen, Aaron Ruby, Mark Mednikov, Sylvie Bertholet, Dong Yu, Kate Luisi, Enrico Malito, Corey P. Mallett, Matthew J. Bottomley, Robert A. van den Berg, Daniel Faissol

“…Selecting an optimal antigen is a crucial step in vaccine development, significantly influencing both the vaccine’s effectiveness and the breadth of protection it provides. …”
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Preoperative CA125 as a risk factor for symptom recurrence of adenomyosis after ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation surgery by Ying Tang, Yang Ming-tao, Ru-mei Xiang, Wei Xu, Ruo-yi Zhang, Ming-bo Weng, Fang-xiang Tang, Hui-quan Hu, Fan Xu, Jun Li, Qiuling Shi

“…Objectives To investigate the relationship between preoperative CA125 and symptom recurrence in adenomyosis after ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation surgery (FUAS).Methods A total of 502 adenomyosis patients after FUAS in Affiliated Nanchong Central Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College from June 2017 to March 2021 were reviewed. …”
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Association of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein with fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events in working-age people: data from the ESSE-RF study by S. E. Evstifeeva, S. A. Shalnova, V. A. Kutsenko, E. B. Yarovaya, Yu A. Balanova, A. E. Imaeva, A. V. Kapustina, G. A. Muromtseva, S. A. Maksimov, N. S. Karamnova, Yu. Yu. Samokhina, O. M. Drapkina, N. V. Kulakova, I. A. Trubacheva, A. Yu. Efanov, A. A. Shabunova, O. A. Belova, O. P. Rotar

“…To study the relationship of different levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) with cardiovascular events and assess its contribution to the development of outcomes in Russian regions.Material and methods. The work used the data from the multicenter study ESSE-RF — a representative sample of male and female population aged 25-64 years. …”
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Identifying subtypes of longitudinal motor symptom severity trajectories in early Parkinson’s disease patients by Xiaozhou Xu, Xiaozhou Xu, Shushan Zhang, Chuanying Xu, Wei Zhang, Hui Zhao, Hui Zhao, Yumeng Liu, Shilei Zhai, Jie Zu, Jie Zu, Zhining Li, Lishun Xiao, Lishun Xiao, Lishun Xiao

“…Identifying distinct trajectories of motor symptom progression in PD patients can facilitate long-term management.MethodsA total of 155 PD patients were acquired from the Parkinson’s Disease Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI). …”
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Primary urethral cancer: Treatment patterns, responses and survival in localized, advanced and metastatic patients by Ilfad Blazevic, Aude Fléchon, Géraldine Pignot, Benoît Mesnard, Jérôme Rigaud, Mathieu Roumiguié, Michel Soulié, Constance Thibault, Laurence Crouzet, Camille Goislard De Monsabert, Felix Lefort, Marine Gross‐Goupil, Luca Campedel, Mathieu Laramas, Thomas Filleron, Elodie Martin, Léonor Chaltiel, Damien Pouessel

“…Abstract Introduction Primary urethral cancer (PUC) is rare, and limited data exist on optimal treatment and survival, particularly in metastatic cases. …”
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Improving Communication and Management Following a Positive Home HPV Self-Sampling Result: Comparing Intervention Strategies Between the HOME and STEP Trials by Jasmin A. Tiro, Meera Muthukrishnan, Sadie Metcalfe, Kris Hansen, John Lin, Caitlin N. Dorsey, Hongyuan Gao, Catherine Lacey, Melissa L. Anderson, Richard T. Meenan, Beverly B. Green, Angela Sparks, Rachel L. Winer

“…We designed a STEP trial to test optimized intervention strategies with bolstered educational materials and a centralized nurse communicating positive results. …”
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The Association Between Neutrophil‐Percentage‐to‐Albumin Ratio (NPAR) and Mortality Among Individuals With Cancer: Insights From National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey... by Xinyang Li, Meng Wu, Minxin Chen, Rufei Liu, Qingxu Tao, Yun Hu, Jinming Yu, Dawei Chen

“…Deviations from this optimal NPAR result in increased all‐cause mortality risk (p < 0.05). …”
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The “16‐gram window” of contact‐force: A new criterion for very high‐power short‐duration ablation by Dimitrios Bismpos, Jan Wintrich, Valerie Pavlicek, Raphael Spittler, Alexander P. Benz, Michael Böhm, German Fernandez Ferro, Felix Mahfoud, Thomas Rostock, Christian Ukena

“…Methods We enrolled 73 patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation undergoing pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) using the QDOT catheter in the vHPSD mode (90 W, 4 s). …”
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Synovial pH, lactate, and glucose as adjunct biomarkers to exclude periprosthetic joint infection in hip and knee arthroplasty: a prospective study by D. Müller, J. Aulenbacher, N. Heine, B. Schloßmacher, V. Lallinger, G. Matziolis, R. von Eisenhart-Rothe, I. Lazic

“…In our cohort, 36 % were diagnosed with PJI, while 64 % were classified as uninfected based on the EBJIS criteria of 2021. …”
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Permanent Congenital Hypothyroidism in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Single Center’s Experience by Joo Hyung Roh, Tae-Gyeong Kim, Keon Hee Seol, Chae Young Kim, Soo Hyun Kim, Ji Yoon Jeong, Ja Hye Kim, Euiseok Jung, Jin-Ho Choi, Byong Sop Lee

“…Infants requiring LT4 beyond 3 years were classified as PCH, while those who discontinued earlier were considered TCH. …”
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Using Landscape Metrics of Pixel Scale Land Cover Extracted from High Spatial Resolution Images to Classify Block-Level Urban Land Use by Haofeng Luo, Xiaomei Yang, Zhihua Wang, Yueming Liu, Huifang Zhang, Ku Gao, Qingyang Zhang

“…Well-known landscape metrics could play an important connecting role, but these also encounter the scale selection issue; i.e., the optimal spatial unit size is an image pixel or a segmented image object. …”
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in coastal plain water network areas: shifting management focus to sediments by Miao-Miao Wang, Zhiqiang Xia, Jianming Jiang, Jianming Jiang, Haigang Wu, Hurong Huang, Xilong Zhang, Wen-Jun Hong, Minjie Li, Minjie Li, Liang-Hong Guo, Liang-Hong Guo

“…The perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs) dominated the PFAS (water: 84.9%; sediments: 76.9%), while sediments harbored more perfluoroalkyl sulfonic acids than surface water (PFSAs; 23.1% vs. 15.1%). …”
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Impact of Completeness of Revascularization on Long-Term Outcomes in Patients With Post-Infarction Ventricular Septal Rupture by Jiexu Ma, Hang Xu, Shanshan Zheng, Zhiyuan Zhu, Sheng Liu

“…Background: Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a life-threatening complication of myocardial infarction. While surgical repair is regarded as the definitive treatment, the optimal approach to revascularization remains uncertain. …”
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Association between life’s crucial 9 and kidney stones: a population-based study by Xiao-ran Li, Xiao-ran Li, Han-lin Liu, Han-lin Liu, Li Wang, Li Wang, Jian-wei Yang, Jian-wei Yang, Kang-yu Wang, Kang-yu Wang, Si-yu Chen, Si-yu Chen, Li Yang, Li Yang

“…The overall prevalence of kidney stones was 8.45%, while the average recurrence rate stood at 2.96%. …”
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Global, regional and national burden of decubitus ulcers in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis based on the global burden of disease study 2021 by Shenyue Zhang, Guoxing Wei, Guoxing Wei, Liu Han, Weibing Zhong, Zhentan Lu, Zehao Niu, Zehao Niu

“…Deaths due to decubitus ulcers rose from 16,622 in 1990 to 37,033 in 2021, while the global ASR of death declined from 0.53 to 0.46 per 100,000 persons. …”
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Therapeutic effect of focused-extracorporeal shockwave therapy on muscular and adjacent tissue stiffness and pain changes in myofascial pain syndrome: A randomized controlled trial... by Pijakkana Vasvit, Kultida Klarod, Oranat Sukkho, Sirirat Kiatkulanusorn, Phurichaya Werasirirat, Xue-Qiang Wang, Yong-Hui Zhang, Juntip Namsawang, Pornpimol Muanjai, Nongnuch Luangpon

“…Additionally, VAS scores decreased at all time points following fESWT (p < 0.05), while the sham-fESWT group also demonstrated reductions during the final two weeks. …”
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