Bacterial isolates and antibiotic resistance in critically ill sepsis patients at a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia by Girum Tesfaye Kiya, Zeleke Mekonnen, Elsah Tegene Asefa, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Hanan Ahmed, Getenet Beyene, Mekidim Mekonnen, Gemeda Abebe

“…Current understanding of bacterial profiles, antibiotic resistance patterns, and the magnitude of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) and Carbapenemase (CP) producing isolates in critically ill patients is vital for implementing strong management approaches tailored to combat antibiotic resistance and improve patient outcomes. …”
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Investigation of corrosion void formation in a Ni-based alloy under simulated MSW incineration condition by Xinxin Wu, Terrence Wenga, Wenchao Ma

“…Therefore, in this study, corrosion void formation and migration mechanism on a newly designed alloy (Ni–28Cr–13Al–5W-0.06B-0.005C) was investigated and the corrosion rate of the alloy was compared with that of Ni–20Cr alloy under simulated municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration conditions at 600 °C. …”
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Interplay between C-reactive protein responses and antibiotic prescribing in people with suspected infection by Qingze Gu, Kevin Yuan, Jia Wei, Chang Ho Yoon, Anders Skyrud Danielsen, Augustine Luk, David W. Eyre, A. Sarah Walker

“…Here we investigated the association between serial CRP percentile changes, antibiotic prescribing patterns, and patient outcomes in a large cohort with suspected infection, acknowledging that CRP is one of multiple factors in clinical decision-making. …”
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Tracking Pelagia noctiluca scyphomedusae by combining modeling and stable isotope approaches by Isabella D’Ambra, Isabella D’Ambra, Simona Saviano, Maria Assunta Ambrosio, Vincenzo Botte, Daniele Iudicone, Maria Grazia Mazzocchi, Louise Merquiol, Louise Merquiol, Louise Merquiol, Daniela Cianelli

“…Simulations indicated that surface circulation patterns promoted the permanence of medusae within the coastal area, particularly in summer. …”
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Spatial Heterogeneity of Bike-Sharing–Conventional Bus Intermodal Trip Distribution by Yang Chenyang, Tang Wenyun, Ma Jianxiao, Yin Chaoying, Wang Hanbin

“…The results indicated that the density of bike-sharing trips near bus stops followed a consistent pattern. The density decreases with increasing distance from the stop, and the rate of decline exhibits a "U-shaped" pattern. …”
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Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections in a trauma care facility in India: trend over ten years by Aparna Ningombam, Arpan Kumar Thakur, Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Sharin Varma, Madhavi Kirti, M. Nizam Ahmed, Vanlal Tluanpuii, Kapil Dev Soni, Richa Aggarwal, Gyanendra Pal Singh, Ashish Bindra, Navdeep Sokhal, Keshav Goyal, Kamran Farooque, Purva Mathur

“…This study focuses on the profile of CAUTI, the organism profile with antibiotic susceptibility patterns, and the clinical outcomes in the ICUs of a trauma care center. …”
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Molecular mechanism and biological pathway of high-expressed RAD51 in regulating cell adhesion and potentially affecting oral squamous cell carcinoma by Yu-Xing Tang, Yu-Yan Pang, Yan Cui, Guo-Jiao Wu, Lin-Qing Huang, Chang-Zhan Zhou, Bin Li, Qi Li, Bang-Teng Chi, Rong-Quan He, Di-Yuan Qin, Jian-Di Li, Gang Chen, Dong-Ming Li, Yi-Wu Dang

“…However, its multi-platform expression patterns and functional role in cell adhesion within the context of OSCC have not yet been comprehensively validated. …”
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Enhancing the accuracy of mental health assessments through the integration of self-report and objective measures: A convergence study utilizing biosignals and 14-day wearable data by Nayeon Kwon, Dongwon Lee, Soree Hwang, Soomin Yang, Inchan Youn, Hyuk-June Moon, Sungmin Han

“…Participants performed a laboratory-based mental arithmetic task designed to induce acute stress while their electrocardiogram (ECG) was recorded to extract heart rate variability (HRV) features. Additionally, they wore a smartwatch for 14 consecutive days to monitor stress levels multiple times daily, as well as continuous sleep and activity patterns. …”
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Identification of galectin-9 and its antibacterial function in Yellow River carp (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus) by Li Wang, Li Wang, Li Wang, Yuanyuan Hu, Xudong Li, Ziyan Zhang, Nan Wang, Limin Chao, Chengfei Li, Pei Gao, Jinyou Ma, Jinyou Ma, Lei Wang, Xiaojing Xia, Xiaojing Xia

“…IntroductionGalectin-9 is a β-galactoside-binding lectin that functions as a critical pattern recognition receptor (PRR) in the host immune system, initiating immune defense responses by recognizing and binding to pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) on the surface of microorganisms. …”
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Ecological drivers of nesting behavior in a subtropical city: An observational study on spotted doves by Yao Sheng, Mengjie Lu, Junpeng Bai, Xiaobin Xie, Long Ma, Wanyou Li, Zhen Zhang, Fang Ming, Xueli Zhang, Ziwei Zhang, Zhifeng Xu, Yuqing Han, Bicai Guan, Luzhang Ruan

“…The results revealed that the nest reuse rate was 38.08% (n = 115). Nests closer to trunk, with lower nest position and higher large‐scale urbanization score tended to have higher reuse rate. …”
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Dynamic brain-heart-gut coupling during sleep: a continuous physiological signal analysis by Guojing Wang, Guojing Wang, Guojing Wang, Hongyun Liu, Hongyun Liu, Shijing Wu, Shijing Wu, Xiaohua Yu, Xiaohua Yu, Weidong Wang, Weidong Wang

“…In terms of heart-gut coupling (HGC), the coupling strength between the very low frequency (VLF) band of heart rate variability (HRV) and all BS-derived power sequences was significantly lower than other HRV frequency bands. …”
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Dynamics of cerebral blood flow following sertraline treatment in adolescent depression by Wenyu Ren, Wenyu Ren, Xiao Liu, Zhiwei Zhang, Xiaoqin Zhang, Wei Wu, Xingyu Wang, Zhihui Yu, Chuan Liu, Renqiang Yu

“…Furthermore, Pearson correlation analysis was employed to examine associations between changes in regional CBF and clinical improvement, as measured by changes in the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-17) scores.ResultsAt baseline, adolescents with depression exhibited increased CBF in the posterior cuneus and decreased CBF in the middle temporal gyrus (MTG), right middle orbitofrontal gyrus, and the left middle frontal gyrus (MFG), compared to healthy controls. …”
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Real-Time, Risk-Based Clinical Trial Quality Management in China: Development of a Digital Monitoring Platform by Min Jiang, Shuhua Zhao, Yun Mei, Zhiying Fu, Yannan Yuan, Jie Ai, Yuan Sheng, Ying Gong, Jingjing Chen

“…Quality findings from the early-stage, interim-stage, and conclusion-stage QC rounds of clinical trials were rated by using 3 severity grades (minor, major, or critical) and classified into 5 categories (with 4 taxonomy levels under each category). …”
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Loss of Reduction in Pediatric Distal Radius Fractures: Risk Factors From a Prospective Multicenter Registry by Apurva S. Shah, MD, MBA, Zoe E. Belardo, BA, Mark L. Miller, MD, Michael C. Willey, MD, Susan T. Mahan, MD, MPH, Divya Talwar, PhD, MPH, Donald S. Bae, MD

“…On multivariate analysis, metaphyseal bicortical fracture pattern (OR = 2.3), prereduction translation of ≥51% (OR = 2.3), and nonanatomic closed reductions (OR = 1.9) independently increased the odds of LOR. …”
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Criminal legal penalties, substance use, and overdose: a concept mapping study examining Colorado’s criminal legal penalties by Katherine LeMasters, Samantha K. Nall, Cole Jurecka, Betsy Craft, Paul J. Christine, Ryan Goodman, Jessie Henderson, Robert Haywood-James, Angela Williams, Grace Wittner, Joshua A. Barocas

“…Participants — recruited from community-based organizations — identified, rated, sorted, and categorized factors affecting criminal legal involvement, substance use, and/or overdose in their community. …”
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Analysis of influencing factors for primary membranous nephropathy complicated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and establishment of a nomogram prediction model by Mirixiatijiang· Maimaiti, Zhu Guo-qiang, Su Ming-jie, Halinuer· Shadekejiang, Zhang Xue-qin, Lu Chen

“…They also had significantly higher systolic blood pressure ［130（120， 142） mmHg（1 mmHg=0.133 kPa） <italic>vs</italic> 122.0（113.5， 135.5） mmHg］， higher diastolic blood pressure ［80 （75， 90） mmHg <italic>vs</italic> 80（70， 85.5） mmHg］， higher prevalence of hypertension［142（64.8%） <italic>vs</italic> 67 （32.7%）］， and higher proportion of manual workers［60（27.4%） <italic>vs</italic> 28（13.7%）］ Additionally， lymphocyte count （LYM）， platelet count （PLT）， blood sodium concentration （Na）， blood urea nitrogen （BUN）， blood creatinine （Cr）， estimated glomerular filtration rate （eGFR）， 24-hour quantitative urine protein， glutamic transaminase， urinary occult blood， number of urinary hyaline and pathological tubular patterns， C-reactive protein （CRP）， complement C4， plasma fibrinogen， D-dimer， and centrocyte-lymphocyte ratio were all significantly different between the two groups （<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05）. …”
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A data-driven approach to forest health assessment through multivariate analysis and machine learning techniques by Raja Waqar Ahmed Khan, Hamayun Shaheen, Muhammad Ejaz Ul Islam Dar, Tariq Habib, Muhammad Manzoor, Syed Waseem Gillani, Abeer Al-Andal, John Oluwafemi Ayoola, Muhammad Waheed

“…RF-based feature importance analysis showed tree DBH, height, regeneration rate, soil erosion, and tree density as key ecological drivers of forest health. …”
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Effects of Hole Irrigation Device Parameters on Soil Water Characteristics Under Different Biogas Slurry Ratios by Peng Xiang, Jian Zheng, Yan Wang, You Wu

“…The lateral and vertical wetting front migration distances exhibited a well-defined power function relationship with the soil’s stable infiltration rate and infiltration time (<i>R</i>² ≥ 0.977). …”
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Assessment of predictors and mitigation strategy for therapeutic inertia in the management of hypertension: a quality improvement project by Ananyan Sampath, Shreya Deshpande, Rashmi Verma, Rajnish Joshi

“…When patient adherence was disregarded, TI increased to 49.7%. The total error rate in BP management ranged from 53.29% to 61.5%. …”
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Epigenetic dysregulation-induced metabolic reprogramming fuels tumor progression in bladder cancer by Jian Zhang, Xiaosong Fan, Xu Xu, Yichao Han, Weixing Yu, Bicheng Yang, Yanling Chen, Shaolin Zhang

“…BackgroundBladder cancer remains a significant global health challenge with a high mortality rate despite advancements in treatment modalities. …”
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