Environmental pollution evaluation and spatiotemporal distribution of different forms of phosphorus in a phosphate mining area in Western Hubei, China by Lei Kou, Junwei Zhang, Liyue Huang, Guanyu Chen, Shupeng Jiang, Ding Han, Dayuan Jiang

“…The total phosphorus in surface water was strongly correlated with particulate phosphorus, and the correlation coefficient was 0.984. The main sources of phosphorus in surface water were exogenous input. …”
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Impact of interpregnancy weight change on the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus during a second pregnancy in Chinese population: a retrospective cohort study by Ying Wang, Juan Yang, Chang Xu, Yuzhen Liu, Ao Yang, Shilin Zhong

“…In the stratified analysis, the significant association between IPWC ≥3 kg/m² and s-GDM was evident only in the subgroups of an interpregnancy interval (IPI) of less than 36 months (aOR 2.210, 95% CI 1.251 to 3.904), under the age of 35 (aOR 1.854, 95% CI 1.204 to 2.857), non-diabetic status in the first pregnancy (f-ND) (aOR 1.872, 95% CI 1.143 to 3.065) and those with normal weight in the first pregnancy (aOR 1.936, 95% CI 1.174 to 3.193). …”
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The Role of Circulating Regulatory T Cell Levels on Subclinical Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Mario García-Carrasco, Pamela Soto-Santillán, Claudia Mendoza-Pinto, Rebeca González-Ramírez, Ana Lidia López-Carmona, Pamela Munguía-Realpozo, Ivet Etchegaray-Morales, Socorro Méndez-Martínez, José Luis Gálvez-Romero, Aurelio López-Colombo, Alejandro Ruiz-Arguelles

“…A significantly higher level of absolute CD4+CD25+FoxP3high T cells was present in patients with abnormal carotid IMT compared with those without (1.795±4.182 cells/μl vs. 0.274±0.784 cells/μl; p=0.003). …”
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Optimizing Risk-based Stock Return Prediction in Tehran Stock Exchange industries: A Data Envelopment Analysis by Hamidreza Akhbari, Heydar Mohammadzadeh Salteh, Rasoul Baradaran Hassanzadeh, Mehdi Zeynali

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Evaluating and Enhancing Japanese Large Language Models for Genetic Counseling Support: Comparative Study of Domain Adaptation and the Development of an Expert-Evaluated Dataset by Takuya Fukushima, Masae Manabe, Shuntaro Yada, Shoko Wakamiya, Akiko Yoshida, Yusaku Urakawa, Akiko Maeda, Shigeyuki Kan, Masayo Takahashi, Eiji Aramaki

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Aseptic inflammation as the essential link in the pathogenesis of endometrioid disease by Yu.A. Orlova, A.M. Hromova, O.M. Ketova, T.Yu. Liakhovska, V.B. Martynenko, E.I. Krutikova

“…When examining endometrial samplings in women from the main group, the iNOS indicator was by 1.4 times higher compared to women from the control group. …”
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Systemic delivery of AAV5, AAV8, and AAV9 packaging a C5-12-microdystrophin-FLAG expression cassette in non-human primates by Mengping Liu, Erica Cook, Yanshan Dai, Erich Ehlert, Francois du Plessis, Jacek Lubelski, Bogdan G. Sleczka, Petia Shipkova, Zhuyin Li, Joshua Gamse, David Gordon, Leonard P. Adam, Paul C. Levesque, Glen B. Banks

“…Thus, a systemic dose of ∼1.18 × 1014 vector genomes/kg AAV8 is predicted to be safe and efficacious for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) but has significant room for improvement.…”
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Comprehensive evaluation of the properties of camel bone gelatin: impact of the duration of pre-treatment and extraction by Meriem Imelhayene, Abdelkader Adamou, Samira Becila, Ayad Redjeb, Dahia Saidj, Abdelhakim Senoussi, Dimitris Sarris, Eleni Naziri

“…The gelatin demonstrated interesting functional properties, including a high water holding capacity of 1080 ± 4.24%, a fat binding capacity of 880 ± 98.99%, and a Bloom value of 317.96 ± 8.51 g. …”
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Mast Cell Degranulation Decreases Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Aortic Gene Expression and Systemic Levels of Interleukin-6 In Vivo by Jason M. Springer, Vineesh V. Raveendran, Mingcai Zhang, Ryan Funk, Donald D. Smith, Mehrdad Maz, Kottarappat N. Dileepan

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Screening of probiotics bacteria from coral reef using co-culture method for controlling vibriosis in tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) larvae by Ade Dwi Sasanti, Widanarni ., Sukenda .

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“Beyond the Finish Line” the Epidemiology of Injury and Illness in Professional Cycling: Insights from a Year-Long Prospective Study by Thomas Fallon, Rory Nolan, John Peters, Neil Heron

“…The injury risk ratio (RR) for injury during racing and training for females was 11.10 (95% CI: 2.69–37.60), and the RR for males was 10.24 (95% CI: 3.84–43.06), both indicating there is a significantly higher risk of injury during racing compared to training. …”
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Inflammatory bowel disease increases the risk of pancreatitis: a two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization analysis by Li-Hui Fang, Jia-Qi Zhang, Jin-Ke Huang, Xu-Dong Tang

“…Four independent summary statistics of pancreatitis from the the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI, 10,630 AP cases and 844,679 controls, 1,424 CP cases and 476,104 controls) and FinnGen Consortium (8,446 AP cases, 4,820 CP cases and 437,418 controls) were used for bidirectional MR analyses and sensitivity analysis. …”
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Transient Elastography for Significant Liver Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Chronic Hepatitis B: A Meta-Analysis by Xiaolong Qi, Min An, Tongwei Wu, Deke Jiang, Mengyun Peng, Weidong Wang, Jing Wang, Chunqing Zhang, on behalf of the CHESS Study Group

“…The sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio of TE for significant fibrosis were 0.78 (95% CI: 0.73–0.81, p<0.01; I2=85.59%), 0.81 (95% CI: 0.77–0.84, p<0.01; I2=88.20%), and 14.44 (95% CI: 10.80–19.31, p<0.01; I2=100%) and for cirrhosis were 0.84 (95% CI: 0.80–0.88, p<0.01; I2=76.67%), 0.87 (95% CI: 0.84–0.90, p<0.01; I2=90.89%), and 36.63 (95% CI: 25.38–52.87, p<0.01; I2=100%), respectively. …”
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Detection and characterization of multidrug resistant Escherichia coli carrying virulence gene isolated from broilers in Bangladesh by Md. Sirazul Islam, Chandan Nath, F. M. Yasir Hasib, Tahia Ahmed Logno, Md. Helal Uddin, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan, Sharmin Chowdhury

“…Materials and methods A total of 216 pooled cloacal samples were collected from 1080 broilers across six districts of Bangladesh. …”
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Frequency of viral etiology in community-acquired pneumonia by Zain Ahmad Khan, Akbar Shoukat Ali, Imran Ahmed, Joveria Farooqi, Muhammad Irfan

“…A total of 83 (72.1%) patients had a viral etiology alone, 18 (15.6%) had only bacterial infection, and 14 (12.2%) had a viral and bacterial co-infection. …”
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Molecular characterization of siderophore biosynthesis in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by Marielle Garcia Silva, Juliana Santana de Curcio, Mirelle Garcia Silva-Bailão, Raisa Melo Lima, Mariana Vieira Tomazett, Aparecido Ferreira de Souza, Vanessa Rafaela Milhomem Cruz-Leite, Nicolau Sbaraini, Alexandre Melo Bailão, Fernando Rodrigues, Maristela Pereira, Relber Aguiar Gonçales, Célia Maria de Almeida Soares

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EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON CIRCADIAN ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE by Oksana Yadzhyn, Tetiana Solomenchuk

“…Mean SBP, DBP, and PBP levels were significantly higher in Group I patients compared to Group II patients: SBPd - by 5.10% (p<0.05), SBPn - by 6.60% (p<0.05); DBPd - by 9.60% (p=0.01), DBPn - by 14.10% (p<0.05); PBPd - by 7% (p=0.05), PBPn - by 8.50% (p<0.05). …”
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Osteoarthritis and Degree of Fatigue are Associated with Pain Levels in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study of 394 Patients by Wang Z, Lan T, Zhang Y, Guo Z, Yu H, Sun G, Wang Z, Yan Z, Tao Q, Xu Y

“…An interaction analysis based on the main regression model was performed to examine the interaction between OA and degree of fatigue.Results: Among the FMS patients, the presence of OA was identified as a risk factor associated with higher pain-VAS scores (OR=2.777, 95% CI=1.377– 5.601, P=0.004); furthermore, higher degree of fatigue scores on the FS-14 were found to be significantly associated with high pain level (OR=1.145, 95% CI=1.054– 1.243, P=0.001). …”
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Usefulness of Automatic Speech Recognition Assessment of Children With Speech Sound Disorders: Validation Study by Do Hyung Kim, Joo Won Jeong, Dayoung Kang, Taekyung Ahn, Yeonjung Hong, Younggon Im, Jaewon Kim, Min Jung Kim, Dae-Hyun Jang

“…The correlation between SLPs and the ASR model in terms of the percentage of consonants correct was excellent, with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.984 (95% CI 0.953-0.994) and 0.978 (95% CI 0.941-0.990) for the APAC and UTAP, respectively. …”
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Exploring the role of inflammatory biomarkers in trigeminal neuralgia by Shenglong Lai, Haiyang Li, Yazhou Xing, Du Wu, Lin Wang, Qinghua Liang

“…Stem cell growth factor beta (SCGF-β) (OR = 1.362, 95% CI = 1.049–1.770, p = 0.021) and Interleukin-4 (IL-4) (OR = 1.533, 95% CI = 1.014–2.316, p = 0.043) were positively associated with TN, while Interleukin-16 (IL-16) (OR = 0.720, 95% CI = 0.563–0.921, p = 0.009) had a protective effect. …”
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