Optical coherence tomography for examining retina in patients with HIV/TB coinfection by E.A. Burylova, A.P. Demin, S.N. Skornyakov, E.V. Sabadash

“…</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Results</b>: OCT demonstrated greater peripapillary RNFL thickness in the nasal sector (by 13.4–18.3%) and central macular thickness (by 4.0–7.5%), narrowing of retinal arteries, and enlargement of veins (predominantly temporal). …”
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Perioperative outcomes of video-assisted versus right anterior thoracotomy mitral valve replacement: an observational study by Gehad Awad, Fetoh Alaaeldin Fetoh, Noureldin Noaman Gwely, Usama Hamza, Sameh Amer, Yomna Mohammed Yehya, Amr Abdellateef

“…In both groups, there were statistically significant reductions in left ventricular end diastole, left atrial diameter, and pulmonary artery systolic pressure in the 3-month postoperative ECHO in comparison to the preoperative ECHO (P < 0.001). …”
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Elucidating metabolite and pH variations in stroke through guanidino, amine and amide CEST MRI: A comparative multi-field study at 9.4T and 3T by Kexin Wang, Licheng Ju, Guanda Qiao, Yajie Liang, Yihan Wu, Chengyan Chu, Joshua Rogers, Yuguo Li, Suyi Cao, Valina L. Dawson, Ted M Dawson, Piotr Walczak, Jiadi Xu

“…This study aims to investigate the variations in guanidino (Guan), amine and amide chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) contrasts in ischemic stroke using permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO) and transient MCAO (tMCAO) models at high (9.4T) and clinical (3T) MRI fields. …”
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Structural and functional changes of the heart in patients with coronary heart disease who have had coronavirus disease COVID-19 by S. M. Manuilov, N. S. Mykhailovska

“…CHD patients with a history of COVID-19 had greater changes in linear and volumetric parameters of the heart, an increase in the degree of hypertrophy of the LV myocardium, frequency of registration of LV diastolic dysfunction against the background of an increase in the mean pressure in the pulmonary artery, end-systolic pressure, decrease in global LV contractile function (LVF) compared to patients without COVID-19 history (p < 0.05). …”
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Disorders of esophageal clearance in gastroesophageal reflux disease and option of their treatment by O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov, N. L. Dzhahaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Decrease of intensity of heartburn and the arrest of retrosternal pain is found in 80 and 72% of patients respectively. …”
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Conditional diffusion-generated super-resolution for myocardial perfusion MRI by Changyu Sun, Changyu Sun, Neha Goyal, Yu Wang, Darla L. Tharp, Senthil Kumar, Talissa A. Altes

“…IntroductionMyocardial perfusion MRI is important for diagnosing coronary artery disease, but current clinical methods face challenges in balancing spatial resolution, temporal resolution, and slice coverage. …”
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Impact of non-invasive oxygen reserve index versus standard SpO2 monitoring on peripheral oxygen saturation during endotracheal intubation in the intensive care unit: Protocol for... by Hugo Hille, Aurélie Le Thuaut, Pierre Asfar, Quentin Quelven, Emmanuelle Mercier, Anthony Le Meur, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Virginie Lemiale, Grégoire Muller, Martin Cour, Alexis Ferré, Asael Berge, Anaïs Curtiaud, Maxime Touron, Gaetan Plantefeve, Jean-Charles Chakarian, Jean-Damien Ricard, Gwenhael Colin, Arthur Orieux, Patrick Girardie, Mathieu Jozwiak, Manon Rouaud, Camille Juhel, Jean Reignier, Jean-Baptiste Lascarrou, CRICS-TRIGGERSEP Network

“…The ORI ranges from 0 to 1 when arterial oxygen saturation (PaO2) varies between 100 to 200 mmHg, as occurs during preoxygenation. …”
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Déjouer le spectacle de la violence. Représenter les événements du 11 septembre 2001 by Bertrand GERVAIS

“…It will show that it is by deleting the towers that both these artists manage to rethink the meaning and symbolic dimension of the 9/11 events.…”
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Development and Validation of a Nosocomial Infection Nomogram Model in the NICU: A Novel and Nurse-Led Way to Prediction in Preterm Infants by Shang Y, Chen L, Hu X, Zhang K, Cheng Q, Shui X, Deng Z

“…Bootstrap method was used to repeat 1,000 times for internal validation.Results: A total of 892 preterm infants were finally included and a nurse-led predictive model established, which included six variables: skin color changes, respiratory related changes, feeding deterioration, birth weight, number of arterial and venous blood draws, and days of nasogastric tube placement. …”
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Antihypertensive strategies for the prevention of secondary stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis by ChunQi Wang, Ling Feng, ShuangYan Tu, Dan Wei, Rui Wang, ZhiQiang Deng, YiPing Luo

“…Higher systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure at admission are independently associated with the risk of stroke recurrence. …”
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Transcription factor-dependent regulatory networks of sexual reproduction in Fusarium graminearum by Wonyong Kim, Da-Woon Kim, Zheng Wang, Meng Liu, Jeffrey P. Townsend, Frances Trail

“…We investigated 13 TFs in Fusarium graminearum, whose knockouts exhibited abortive or arrested phenotypes during sexual development to elucidate the transcriptional regulatory cascade underlying the development of the sexual fruiting bodies. …”
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Analysis of the implementation value of abdominal B-ultrasound combined with cervical cerclage in the prevention and treatment of late recurrent spontaneous abortion by Lili Shi, Lei Dong, Yuanying Cui, Dan Bu, Bo Hu

“…Vaginal flora, inflammatory factor levels, labor outcomes, uterine artery parameters, and adverse effects were observed in both groups of pregnant women. …”
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Integrating rapamycin with novel PI3K/Akt/mTOR inhibitor microRNAs on NOTCH1-driven T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) by Fateme Arjmand, Samaneh Shojaei, Mitra Khalili, Hossein Dinmohammadi, Behzad Poopak, Samira Mohammadi-Yeganeh, Yousef Mortazavi

“…Moreover, when used as a dual inhibitor along with rapamycin, miR-3143 and miR-3182 significantly increased apoptosis and caused cell cycle arrest in the Jurkat cell line. Conclusion: These preliminary results highlight the potential for improving T-ALL treatment through multi-targeted therapeutic strategies involving rapamycin and miR-3143/miR-3182.…”
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Survival after aluminum phosphide poisoning with cardiotoxicity: a case report by Habtamu Mesele Gebray, Addisu Liknaw Chekol

“…Limitations One of the limitations of this report is the nature of the case report, being a retrospective design, giving no chance to establish a cause–effect relationship. Arterial blood gas analysis, serum magnesium level, and cardiac computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging modalities were not available in the town. …”
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%diag_test: a generic SAS macro for evaluating diagnostic accuracy measures for multiple diagnostic tests by Jacques K. Muthusi, Peter W. Young, Frankline O. Mboya, Samuel M. Mwalili

“…We also used the macro to reproduce results of published work on evaluating performance of multiple classification machine learning algorithms for predicting coronary artery disease. Conclusion The SAS macro presented here is a powerful analytic tool for analyzing data from multiple diagnostic tests. …”
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Exosomes Derived from CXCR4-Overexpressing BMSC Promoted Activation of Microvascular Endothelial Cells in Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Xutong Li, Ye Zhang, Yong Wang, Dan Zhao, Chengcheng Sun, Shaoting Zhou, Dongsheng Xu, Jing Zhao

“…The acute middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model was prepared, ExoCXCR4 were injected into the rats, and behavioral changes were analyzed. …”
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« La baraque [les camps], on y était ! » Faire la preuve administrative de son statut d’enfant de harki by Alice Baudy

“…The administration also defines a system of self-referential proof system, in which the children of harkis attest to their eligibility for the program with the help of administrative documents from their past administrative care. …”
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Clinical significance and pro-oncogenic function of DBF4 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma by Liuyan Chen, Lvying Wu, Minying Tang, Yuanhang Cheng, Kuanyin Wang, Jianan Zhang, Wenyi Deng, Lingfeng Zhu, Jin Chen

“…Subsequent in vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrated that DBF4 knockdown in ccRCC cells not only suppressed proliferation and migration in vitro but also significantly inhibited tumor growth in xenograft mice by arresting the cell cycle at the G1/G0 phase, which was mediated by the inhibition of MCM2 phosphorylation and cyclin D1 and CDK4 expression. …”
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Propofol Priming for Enhancing Induction Safety in Hypertensive Patients: A Prospective Double-blind Randomised Controlled Trial by Tarun Yadav, Mayuri Golhar, Chhavi Saini

“…Demographics, total Propofol dose, haemodynamic parameters {Heart Rate (HR), Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP), Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)}, and adverse events were evaluated using International Bussiness Machine (IBM) Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0. …”
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Divergent paths of mammary gland involution: unveiling the cellular dynamics in abruptly and gradually involuted mouse models by Sarmila Majumder, Sanjay Mishra, Neelam Shinde, Maria C. Cuitino, Morgan Bauer, Dinesh Ahirwar, Mustafa M. Basree, Vijaya Bharti, Kate Ormiston, Resham Mawalkar, Sara Alsammerai, Gautam Sarathy, Anna E. Vilgelm, Xiaoli Zhang, Ramesh K. Ganju, Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy

“…A significantly higher number of CD206 + cells in post involution AI gland attests to a chronically inflamed state induced by AI. …”
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