Decreased attenuation difference between non-contrast and portal-venous phases of CT predicts the ultrasonography-unspecified adnexal torsion by Weili Xie, Zhongren Huang, Hongmei Kuang, Xiaoxing Li, Rixin Zhang, Wei Zeng, Cheng Jin, Junyuan Zhong, Jidong Peng, Weiling Cheng, Fuqing Zhou

“…The cutoff value, sensitivity, specificity, predictivity, and reproducibility of the ΔHUPV-NC and other visually assessed CT signs were analyzed and compared using the receiver-operating characteristic curve, multivariable regression, and inter-rater agreement assays, respectively. …”
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Impact of diabetes on clinical outcome of patients with heart failure undergoing ICD and CRT procedures: results from the German Device Registry by Elif Kaya, Jochen Senges, Matthias Hochadel, Lars Eckardt, Dietrich Andresen, Hüseyin Ince, Stefan G. Spitzer, Thomas Kleemann, Sebastian S.K. Maier, Werner Jung, Christoph Stellbrink, Tienush Rassaf, Reza Wakili

“…Patients with DM were older, had higher body mass index, and higher rate of cardiovascular comorbidities compared with non‐DM patients. Unadjusted and adjusted analyses revealed similar all‐over intrahospital periprocedural complication rates in both groups (4.1% vs 3.9%). …”
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Propolis mouthwashes efficacy in managing gingivitis and periodontitis: a systematic review of the latest findings by Muhammed Al-Huda Ballouk, Mohamed Altinawi, Abeer Al-Kafri, Talar S. Zeitounlouian, Piotr S. Fudalej

“…Propolis mouthwashes with different protocols of application were the intervention whereas placebo or the rest of the tested mouthwashes such as, chlorhexidine, sodium fluoride with cetylpyridinium chloride, sterile distilled water, hydrogen peroxide, were the ones to which propolis mouthwashes were compared. Treatment duration extended from 14 days to 3 months and the follow-up period differed from 14 days to 3 months. …”
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Emerging burden of post-cancer therapy complications on unplanned hospitalisation and costs among Australian cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study over 14 years by Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Md. Shahjalal, Padam Kanta Dahal, Md. Parvez Mosharaf, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Kamrun Nahar Koly, Sujana Haque Chowdhury, Andre M. N. Renzaho, Jeff Gow, Khorshed Alam, Olivia Wawryk

“…Patients undergoing combined systemic and radiotherapy exhibited higher odds of post-therapy complications (OR = 8.24, 95%CI: 7.48 to 9.08) compared with those who only received systemic therapy. …”
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Vitamin K-Dependent Proteins as Predictors of Valvular Calcifications and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients by Marcel Palamar, Iulia Dana Grosu, Adalbert Schiller, Ligia Petrica, Madalina Bodea, Alexandru Sircuta, Elisabeta Gruescu, Oana Daniela Matei, Maria Daniela Tanasescu, Ionut Golet, Flaviu Bob

“…Patients with valvular calcifications had higher levels of dp-uc MGP compared to those without (4521.08 +/− 2263.82 vs. 2487.53 +/− 1446.94 pmol/L, however not statistically significant). …”
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Impact of Online Interactive Decision Tools on Women’s Decision-Making Regarding Breast Cancer Screening: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Patricia Villain, Laura Downham, Alice Le Bonniec, Charlotte Bauquier, Olena Mandrik, Tom Nadarzynski, Lorie Donelle, Raúl Murillo, Eleni L Tolma, Sonali Johnson, Patricia Soler-Michel, Robert Smith

“…The degree of tailoring in the e-tools, specifically whether the tool was fully tailored or featured with tailoring, was the most influential factor in women’s decision-making regarding BCS. Compared with control groups, tailored e-tools significantly increased women’s long-term participation in BCS (risk ratio 1.14, 95% CI 1.07-1.23, P<.001, I2=0%). …”
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Effect of bright light therapy combined with five-element music therapy on negative emotions and sleep quality of pregnant women (强光联合五音疗法对孕妇负面情绪及睡眠质量的影响)... by ZHANG Caixia (张彩霞), ZHANG Ping (张萍), CAI Donglin (蔡东林), AN Rongrong (安溶溶)

“…The Self-rating Anxiety Scale(SAS) score, Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) score, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score and nursing quality indexes were compared between two groups. Results After intervention, except for the SDS score of the control group, the SAS, SDS and PSQI scores of the two groups were lower than before, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0. 01). …”
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A topographically controlled tipping point for complete Greenland ice sheet melt by M. Petrini, M. Petrini, M. D. W. Scherrenberg, L. Muntjewerf, L. Muntjewerf, M. Vizcaino, R. Sellevold, G. R. Leguy, W. H. Lipscomb, H. Goelzer

“…</p> <p>We find a positive SMB threshold for complete GrIS melt of 230 <span class="inline-formula">±</span> 84 <span class="inline-formula">Gt yr⁻¹</span>, corresponding to a 60 % decrease in SMB and to a global mean warming of +3.4 <span class="inline-formula">K</span> compared to pre-industrial CESM2–CISM2 simulated values. …”
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Association of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors with mortality across the spectrum of myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Michele Maremmani, Ramin Ebrahimi, Marco Centola, Felice Achilli, Valentina Capone, Eduardo Bossone, Christian Templin, Davide Di Vece

“…The plots represent the pooled hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs), comparing SGLT2 inhibitors to control (placebo/no treatment), with HRs below 1 favoring SGLT2 inhibitors. …”
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Analyzing power errors in the optical pumping system of atomic spin comagnetometers by Jiale QUAN, Ye LIU, Longyan MA, Wenfeng FAN, Wei QUAN

“…The amplitude–frequency and phase–frequency responses of the SERF comagnetometer’s output were recorded and compared with the theoretical predictions. The experimental results aligned well with the theoretical model, demonstrating the model’s accuracy in predicting the system’s response to power errors. …”
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Natural Product Identification and Molecular Docking Studies of Leishmania Major Pteridine Reductase Inhibitors by Moses N. Arthur, George Hanson, Emmanuel Broni, Patrick O. Sakyi, Henrietta Mensah-Brown, Whelton A. Miller, Samuel K. Kwofie

“…These compounds demonstrated binding affinities comparable to the known inhibitors; methotrexate (−9.5 kcal/mol), jatrorrhizine (−9.0 kcal/mol), pyrimethamine (−7.3 kcal/mol), hardwickiic acid (−8.1 kcal/mol), and columbamine (−8.6 kcal/mol). …”
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Computational Phenotyping of Obstructive Airway Diseases: A Systematic Review by Bashir MBA, Milani GP, De Cosmi V, Mazzocchi A, Zhang G, Basna R, Hedman L, Lindberg A, Ekerljung L, Axelsson M, Vanfleteren LEGW, Rönmark E, Backman H, Kankaanranta H, Nwaru BI

“…Box 424, Gothenburg, SE-405 30, Sweden, Tel +46707847667, Fax +46 317863101, Email muwada.bashir@gu.se; mawadah99@yahoo.comIntroduction: Computational sciences have significantly contributed to characterizing airway disease phenotypes, complementing medical expertise. However, comparing studies that derive phenotypes is challenging due to varying decisions made during phenotyping. …”
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Growth performance of pearl goldfish juvenile carassius auratus cultured in 3 ppt salinity with different exposure time of electric field by Kukuh Nirmala, Rizky Armansyah, Agus Priyadi

“…For growth performance, four minute exposure treatment gives the best results compared to controls (P<0.05), supported by an increase in the percentage of the ratio of gut length to body length of the fish and higher feed efficiency. …”
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Retinal status in moderate myopia and age-related macular degeneration. Management strategies by L.K. Moshetova, I.B. Alekseev, I.V. Vorobyeva, Yu.A. Nam

“…Meanwhile, we investigated a comorbid variant (AMD in association with moderate myopia), compared morphological and functional parameters, and addressed the relevance of FAF.…”
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Evaluation of Bian Que Flying Rescue system in rescue and emergency care of acute stroke patients (“扁鹊飞救”系统在脑卒中患者急诊救治中的应用) by MA Hong (马红), OU Lianhua (偶莲花)

“…The Call to Needle Time, Reception to CT Diagnosis time, Door-to-Needle Time(DNT), Onset-to-Treatment time(OTT) and time to the clinical ward were recorded and compared between two groups. The rate of thrombolytic therapy within 60 min and Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage(sICH) in 24 h were observed . …”
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The effect of core stabilization exercises and shock wave therapy in patients with radiculopathy by J. Bubelis

“…After the cycle of physiotherapy, the pain experienced by the two groups decreased from baseline (from 5 to 6 points) to weak (3 to 2 points) pain. When comparing two groups, a greater reduction in pain was observed in Group II subjects with a spinal stabilization and shock wave therapy cycle. 2. …”
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Evaluation of ocular surface temperature in post-COVID-19 patients with different degrees of fever via infrared thermal imaging by Chunbo Wu, Baicheng Li, Yuanshen Huang, Banglian Xu, Songlin Zhuang, Zhensheng Gu

“…To further investigate the relationship between OST and post-COVID-19 fever, we compared the OST of long recovery time (5 days < recovery time < 14 days; 9 patients, 18 eyes) and short recovery time (recovery time ≤ 5 days; 9 patients, 18 eyes) in the H fever group. …”
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of human bocavirus-1 in children and adults with influenza-like illness from Kunming, Southwest China by Yanhong Sun, Lili Jiang, Yaoyao Chen, Zhaosheng Liu, Meiling Zhang, Xiaonan Zhao, Xiaoyu Han, Lifen Zhang, Xiaoqing Fu, Jienan Zhou

“…The prevalence was 1.0% (165/16,406) in children and 0.1% (3/3,775) in adults, with a significantly higher detection rate in pediatric patients (<18 years old) compared to adults (≥18 years old) (P < 0.001). Among the 168 HBoV-positive participants, 165 (98.2%) were children under 18 years, while 3 (1.8%) were adults. …”
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Growth of white shrimp post-larvae immersed in recombinant fish growth hormone by Dita Puji Laksana, Siti Subaidah, Muhammad Zairin Junior, , Alimuddin, Odang Carman

“…Biomass of PL in three hours immersion treatment was approximately 66.0% higher compared to the control (21.87±2.53 g). Survival of shrimp in all treatment and control were similar (P>0.05). …”
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Effect of colloidal particle size on physicochemical properties and aggregation behaviors of two alkaline soils by Y. Yan, X. Zhang, C. Xu, C. Xu, J. Liu, F. Hu, F. Hu, Z. Geng, Z. Geng

“…The CCC values of Anthrosol and Calcisol colloids followed the descending order of <span class="inline-formula"><i>d</i>&lt;100</span> nm, <span class="inline-formula"><i>d</i>&lt;1</span> <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>m and <span class="inline-formula"><i>d</i>&lt;2</span> <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>m. Compared with the course factions (<span class="inline-formula"><i>d</i>&lt;1</span> and <span class="inline-formula"><i>d</i>&lt;2</span> <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>m), soil nanoparticles were more abundant in organic carbon and more stable clay minerals (<span class="inline-formula"><i>d</i>&lt;100</span> nm); thus they exhibited strongest colloidal suspension stability. …”
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