Association of cancer and outcomes of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 between 2020 and 2023 [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Robert F Terry, Rugiatu Z Kamara, Robert J Samuels, Donald S Grant, Sulaiman Lakoh, Mustapha Kabba, Innocent Nuwagira, Yusuf Sheku Tejan, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Shermarke Hassan, Abdulai Tejan Jalloh, Divya Nair, Laura Merson

“…Conclusions This study's findings underscore the heightened vulnerability of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with cancer, revealing a higher mortality rate, longer hospital stays, and an unstructured pattern of care that reflects the complexity of managing severely ill patients during a public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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Spatiotemporal and trend analysis of common cancers in men in Central Serbia (1999–2021) by Kričković Emina, Lukić Tin, Kričković Zoran, Stojšić-Milosavljević Anastazija, Živanović Milica, Srejić Tanja

“…Hot spot analysis revealed a decline in mortality rates, whereas incidence rates increased. New colorectal cancer incidence hotspots emerged in three counties, while consecutive bladder cancer hotspots appeared in two counties. …”
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Habit-learning and decision-making circuits are susceptible to glycemic variability in type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal study by Carolina Moreno, Carolina Moreno, Carolina Moreno, Otília C. d’Almeida, Otília C. d’Almeida, Joana Crisóstomo, Nádia Canário, Leonor Gomes, Leonor Gomes, Leonor Gomes, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Miguel Castelo-Branco

“…Linear regression analysis showed that, for each increase of 1 mmol/L in MAGE value, the SPC of the temporal lobe decreases on average by 1.2% (higher atrophy rate).ConclusionThe relationship between longitudinal GM atrophy and GV has a regionally specific pattern, suggesting localized brain susceptibility to intra-daily glucose fluctuations. …”
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Short light/dark cycles favour photosynthetic efficiency and growth in grapevines by Mariana Gómez Tournier, Laurent Torregrosa, Jana Kändler, Angélique Christophe, Romain Boulord, Anna Medici, Anne Pellegrino

“…T3/3 in both genotypes maintained stable net photosynthetic rates (An) and high photosystem II efficiency (φPSII) during the light cycle, avoiding the 62 % drop observed under T12/12 after 3 h of exposure. …”
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Viral characterization of the reassortants between canine influenza H3N2 and human pandemic (2009) H1N1 and avian H9N2 viruses in canine ex vivo tracheal explants by Tonia T. Kam, Christine H. T. Bui, Hin-Wo Yeung, Peter C. H. Wong, Alex W. H. Chin, John M. Nicholls, Malik Peiris, Kenrie P. Y. Hui, Leo L. M. Poon, Michael C. W. Chan

“…Results Co-passaging H3N2-CIV with human/avian influenza A viruses in canine tracheal explants resulted in a high rate of reassortment. Plaque-purified reassortants were all viable and able to propagate in mammalian alveolar epithelial cells. …”
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Comparing survival outcomes of anti-fibrotic therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with and without emphysema: a multi-center real-world study from Taiwan by Yu-Hung Fang, Yi-An Hsieh, Yen-Fu Chen, Yu-Chi Chiu, Yu-Ching Lin, Kuo-Tung Huang, Yung-Chia Huang, Yu-Feng Wei, Chien-Wen Huang, Pin-Kuei Fu, Taiwan Multi-Centre Interstitial Lung Disease Research Consortium

“…During a median follow-up of 3.7 years, the overall survival rates were comparable (IPF only: 45.6%; IPF with emphysema: 48.4%). …”
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IMPACT OF THE INFLAMMATORY AND ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE MARKERS INTO THE OVERALL CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY IN SENILE CITIZENS OF A LARGE CITY (THE DATA FROM SAHR TRIAL) by S. A. Shalnova, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. D. Deev, V. A. Metelskaya, A. V. Kapustina, G. A. Muromtseva, Yu. A. Balanova, E. M. Tuaeva, A. E. Imajeva, N. V. Kiseleva, M. A. Shkolnikova

“…For the assessment of current subclinical inflammation we used high-sensititvity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), interleucine 6 (IL-6), fibrinogen (FG), leucocytes, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). For CHD screening, we used standard ROse questionnaire and ECG pattern by Minnesota coding. …”
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Korean Translation of the GRADE Series Published in the BMJ, ‘Use of GRADE Grid to Reach Decisions on Clinical Practice Guidelines When Consensus Is Elusive’ (A Secondary Publicati... by Hyun Jin Jung, Eu Chang Hwang, Do Kyung Kim, Ho Won Kang, Ja Yoon Ku, Hong Wook Kim, Jae Hung Jung

“…This article is the last of a series providing guidance for the use of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system for rating the quality of evidence and grading the strength of recommendations in systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines. …”
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A clinico-epidemiological study, assessing possible predictors of mortality and health-related quality of life for people living with visceral leishmaniasis – human immune virus (V... by Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Dhruv Kumar Pandey, Ashish Kumar Singh, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Mohd. Zahid Ansari, Rishikesh Kumar, Biplab Pal, Vidya Nand Rabi Das, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, Saurabh Jain, Krishna Pandey

“…These patients have a poor VL therapeutic success rate, more drug-related toxicity, and relapses resulting in high mortality. …”
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients by R. O. Kantariya, Ya. G. Moysyuk, E. I. Prokopenko, A. R. Karapityan, A. A. Ammosov, A. V. Makevnina, A. A. Gaydarova

“…The comparison study of the clinical pattern, laboratory and instrumental test results, treatment features and outcomes was made.Results. …”
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Clinical profiles of SS-ILD compared with SS-NILD in a Chinese population: a retrospective analysis of 735 patients by Ting Guo, Yaomei Long, Qinxue Shen, Wei Guo, Wang Duan, Xiaoli Ouyang, Hong Peng

“…NSIP (56.3%) was the most frequent HRCT pattern. Compared with pSS patients with ILD (pSS-ILD) patients, sSS patients with ILD (sSS-ILD) patients had a higher incidence of proteinuria (p < .001) and hypercreatinaemia (p = .013), a higher level of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (p = .003), low levels of complement 3 (C3) (p = .013), lymphocytes (p = .009) and leukocytes (p = .024), and worse DLCO (%Pred) (p = .035).Conclusions ILD is a common pulmonary involvement in both pSS patients and sSS patients. …”
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Supported Telemonitoring and Glycemic Control in People with Type 2 Diabetes: The Telescot Diabetes Pragmatic Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. by Sarah H Wild, Janet Hanley, Stephanie C Lewis, John A McKnight, Lucy B McCloughan, Paul L Padfield, Richard A Parker, Mary Paterson, Hilary Pinnock, Aziz Sheikh, Brian McKinstry

“…No significant differences were identified between groups in weight, treatment pattern, adherence to medication, or quality of life in secondary analyses. …”
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Immunological efficacy and tolerability of vaccination in patients with noncommunicable diseases by O. M. Drapkina, M. N. Mamedov, V. A. Kutsenko, L. N. Ryzhakova, A. V. Emelyanov, B. U. Mardanov, A. V. Kontsevaya

“…The following clinical and paraclinical investigations were carried out: saturation assessment, measurement of temperature, blood pressure and heart rate at rest, pharynx examination, auscultation of the heart and respiratory organs. …”
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The Role of Intestinal Translocation in the Pathogenesis of Pneumonia in Acute Poisoning and the Contribution of Intestinal Lavage to Its Prevention and Resolution by V. A. Matkevich, T. T. Tkeshelashvili, A. G. Vorobyova, N. E. Stolbova, M. M. Potskhveriya, Yu. S. Goldfarb

“…Mortality among the patients with PPD poisoning decreased by 7 times, and with M and CS poisoning, as well as with AlD, there were no deaths, while in the respective comparison groups, the mortality rate for pneumonia was 5.1, 7.4, and 17.4 %, respectively. …”
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An impact of neutrophil extracellular traps to the prothrombotic state and tumor progression in gynecological cancer patients by E. V. Slukhanchuk, V. O. Bitsadze, A. G. Solopova, J. Kh. Khizroeva, N. D. Degtyareva, D. V. Shcherbakov, J.-C. Gris, I. Elalamy, A. D. Makatsariya

“…One of the leading causes in the mortality pattern of cancer patients is accounted for by thrombotic complications. …”
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A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ALVEOLAR RIDGE ATROPHY IN PARODONTAL DISEASES: FROM THE USE OF BONE AUGMENTATION TO THE RESTORATION OF FUNCTIONAL OCCLUS... by Yu.O. Kinash, L.V. Kinash, K.V. Honcharov

“… The rate of atrophy is significantly lower with the included dentition defects than with the final ones, as the teeth that limit the newly formed defect are natural constraints for bone resorption. …”
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Near-Unity Nitrate to Ammonia conversion via reactant enrichment at the solid-liquid interface by Wanru Liao, Jun Wang, Yao Tan, Xin Zi, Changxu Liu, Qiyou Wang, Li Zhu, Cheng-Wei Kao, Ting-Shan Chan, Hongmei Li, Yali Zhang, Kang Liu, Chao Cai, Junwei Fu, Beidou Xi, Emiliano Cortés, Liyuan Chai, Min Liu

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Simultaneous water uptake from shallow groundwater and drip irrigation: Lysimeter experiments with ceramic cups by Ben Cohen, Ido Nitsan, Ilan Ben‐Noah, Shmulik P. Friedman

“…Results reveal that while plants can effectively utilize shallow groundwater even with limited root systems, higher irrigation rates diminish groundwater contribution to water uptake. …”
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Rapid radiations underlie most of the known diversity of life by John J. Wiens, Daniel S. Moen

“…Specifically, we quantify how much of Earth’s species richness is contained within rapid radiations (clades with high net diversification rates). We find that among the major clades of living organisms and among land plant phyla and animal phyla, &gt;80% of known species richness is contained within the few clades in the upper 90th percentile for diversification rates in each group. …”
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Peer perceptions of clinicians using generative AI in medical decision-making by Haiyang Yang, Tinglong Dai, Nestoras Mathioudakis, Amy M. Knight, Yuna Nakayasu, Risa M. Wolf

“…Participants also acknowledged GenAI’s value in improving accuracy (4.30, p < 0.002) and rated institutionally customized GenAI more favorably (4.96, p < 0.001). …”
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