Lifelong cardiovascular care in Turner syndrome: two cases with review of literature by Shun Moriguchi, Yuri Mukoyama, Fumihiko Takizawa, Atsushi Ogawa, Tetsushi Ogawa, Junko Ito, Yukishige Yanagawa, Chinatsu Komiyama, Rieko Niitsu, Tsuyoshi Isojima

“…The two cases reported in this article provide significant information for improving lifelong cardiovascular health issues in TS.…”
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Prioritizing implementation solutions for the urban family physician policy in Iran: a multi-criteria decision-making study by Lida Shams, Mohammadreza Mobinizadeh, Taha Nasiri, Fatemeh Mohammadi

“…Methods This is a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with 22 snowball-sampled experts and managers of basic health insurers to extract problems and executive solutions through coding and data analysis using Atlas Ti software and content analysis in the first stage. The combined criteria were used to report qualitative studies (COREQ). …”
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The population structure and habitat use of resident of Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) in Wu River (Southwest China) by Canshi Hu

“…This study provided the first report on the structure of the resident population and the habitat used during the post-breeding period at a tributary of the Wu River in Guizhou Province, Southwest China, which was one of the recently identified breeding sites within the traditional wintering range. …”
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Longitudinal Assessment of Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Increases in Pain and Their Relationship to Functional Declines and Medication Changes by Hallie M. Altwies, Leah M. Santacroce, Javier Marrugo, Jacklyn Stratton, Jack Ellrodt, Robert S. Rudin, Daniel H. Solomon

“…Patients answered PRO short forms using the app, including the Patient‐Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System pain interference and physical function questionnaires. …”
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Rediscovery of the Neotropical orchid Porroglossum parsonsii and recommendations for its conservation by Edicson Parra-Sanchez, Juan Sebastián Moreno, Sebastián Vieira-Uribe, Luis Baquero, David P. Edwards

“…We report the first confirmed wild populations of Porroglossum parsonsii, which, because of its horticultural value, is commercialized in national and international markets, from where it was first described to science. …”
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Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa YK01, a sequence type 16 isolated from a patient with keratitis by Shuo Jiang, Mengmin Ye, Ke Liu, Huiluo Cao, Xiaoshan Lin

“…To our knowledge, this genome data represents the first complete genome of P. aeruginosa ST16, providing crucial information for further comparative genome analysis.…”
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Coherent Anti-Stokes Hyper-Raman Spectroscopy by Kazuki Inoue, Masanari Okuno

“…The existing coherent Raman scattering techniques detect only Raman active modes, which are a part of the whole molecular vibrations. Here, we report the first observation of coherent anti-Stokes hyper-Raman scattering (CAHRS) spectroscopy, which allows measuring hyper-Raman active vibrations at high speed. …”
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Psocoptera (Insecta: Psocodea) of Iran with new records from caves by Mahmood Mehrafrooz Mayvan, Dilian Georgiev, Ľubomír Kováč

“…Additionally, all species identified in this study are newly recorded in North Khorasan and Khorasan-e Razavi provinces. Notably, this is the first report of Psocoptera from caves in Iran. In addition, we have compiled a list of psocid species of Iran based on the available literature until October 2024. …”
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Living on the edge: Herpetofauna of the buffer zone of the Parque Estadual da Serra da Tiririca, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil by Miguel R. Ugalde, Thaylan P. Alves Salles, Amanda F. Marinho, Mara C. Kiefer

“…This assemblage includes the first record for five species from the protected area. …”
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Micropower Impulse Radar: A Novel Technology for Rapid, Real-Time Detection of Pneumothorax by Phillip D. Levy, Tracey Wielinski, Alan Greszler

“…The decision to treat therefore, is often made without adequate information. In this report, we describe a novel hand-held device that utilizes Micropower Impulse Radar to reliably detect the presence of a pneumothorax. …”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Botswana: A Nationally Representative Population-Based Survey by Neo M. Tapela, Lei Clifton, Gontse Tshisimogo, Moagi Gaborone, Tebogo Madidimalo, Virginia Letsatsi, Tiny Masupe, Mosepele Mosepele, Joseph Makhema, Shahin Lockman, David J. Hunter

“…Obese individuals were more likely to be treated (aOR 2.17, 1.12–4.22), yet less likely to be controlled (aOR 0.32, 0.15–0.66). Conclusions. We report the first nationally representative estimates of the hypertension care cascade performance in Botswana, which will support planning and future policy evaluations. …”
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Apoptotic cell death, detected ex vivo in peripheral blood lymphocytes of HIV-1 infected persons by L. F. te Velde, I. Vermes, C. Haanen, C. P. M. Reutelingsperger, C. H. H. ten Napel

“…To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of ex vivo observed increased apoptosis of peripheral blood lymphocytes in HIV-infected persons.…”
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Exact projected entangled pair ground states with topological Euler invariant by Thorsten B. Wahl, Wojciech J. Jankowski, Adrien Bouhon, Gaurav Chaudhary, Robert-Jan Slager

“…Abstract We report on a class of gapped projected entangled pair states (PEPS) with non-trivial Euler topology motivated by recent progress in band geometry. …”
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Composition of food supplements containing melatonin available in Portugal by Beatriz Vieira Araújo, Fátima Rato, João Paulo Capela

“…This study aimed to detail the composition of melatonin-containing food supplements, available in Portugal based on their labels, and report the number of potential intoxications. Data was collected from 44 food supplements, and the difference in active ingredients was revealed towards the 16 approved medicines. …”
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Potential Association of the Oral Microbiome with Trimethylamine N-Oxide Quantification in Mexican Patients with Myocardial Infarction by Paulina Hernández-Ruiz, Alma R. Escalona Montaño, Luis M. Amezcua-Guerra, Héctor González-Pacheco, Elena Niccolai, Amedeo Amedei, María M. Aguirre-García

“…We determined that the presence of SRs does not influence the TMAO concentration in these patients. This report is the first study where the relationship between oral dysbiosis and TMAO is specified in the Mexican population. …”
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Competitive Removal of Perchlorate Ions by Quaternary Amine Modified Reed in the Presence of Nitrate and Phosphate by Salem Baidas, Khaled Al-Deyain, Xiaoguang Meng, Baoyu Gao

“…Equilibrium and pH experiments were first conducted in single-component systems, the results of which were best described by the Langmuir-Freundlich (L-F) isotherm. …”
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Research on a 44 Day Quasi-periodic Oscillation of Optical Bands for BL Lac S5 0716+714 by Lin Lu, Bin Sun, Zhen-Xing Fang, Meng Wan, Yunlu Gong

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Identifying Incident Causal Factors to Improve Aviation Transportation Safety: Proposing a Deep Learning Approach by Tianxi Dong, Qiwei Yang, Nima Ebadi, Xin Robert Luo, Paul Rad

“…This paper focuses on constructing deep-learning-based models to identify causal factors from incident reports. First, we prepare the data sets used for training, validation, and testing with approximately 200,000 qualified incident reports from the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS). …”
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Performance of a Point-of-Care Test Kit (Anigen Rapid^®) to Diagnose Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) Infection in Domestic Cats Using Saliva Instead of Blood in Austr... by Jennifer Green, Adele Scannell, Evelyn Hall, Mark E. Westman

“…In terms of demographic information, prevalence in Tasmania and the Northen Territory was reported for the first time. …”
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