Using the HBSC Symptom Checklist to measure junior secondary school students’ psychosomatic complaints in the Chinese Mainland: Rasch-based validation, population-based norm, and n... by Yuhang Zhu, Xianzhu Cong, Zhenliang Qiu, Ricky Jeffrey, Ranran Li, Li Jing, Gaopei Zhu, Xi Yang, Shuang Li, Jinling Wang, Xu Xu, Hongliu Zhu, Xinjian Wang, Ling Huang, Xueqin Sun, Di Wu, Kai Zhang, Xunhong Miao, Rui Wen, Qinglang Huang, Zhuang He, Juan Li, Alina Cosma, Fuyan Shi, Suzhen Wang, the PROSQoL-JSSS research group

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T Cell-Derived Apoptotic Extracellular Vesicles Ameliorate Bone Loss via CD39 and CD73-Mediated ATP Hydrolysis by Yang X, Zhou Y, Zhou F, Bao L, Wang Z, Li Z, Ding F, Kuang H, Liu H, Tan S, Qiu X, Jing H, Liu S, Ma D

“…Xiaoshan Yang,1– 3,* Yang Zhou,2,3,* Fuxing Zhou,4,* Lili Bao,2,3 Zhengyan Wang,5 Zihan Li,2,3 Feng Ding,2,3 Huijuan Kuang,6,7 Huan Liu,8 Shenglong Tan,1 Xinyuan Qiu,1 Huan Jing,9 Shiyu Liu,2,3 Dandan Ma1 1Department of Endodontics, Stomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, People’s Republic of China; 2State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Department of Oral Biology, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, 710032, People’s Republic of China; 3State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shaanxi International Joint Research Center for Oral Diseases, Center for Tissue Engineering, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, 710032, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, 710032, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Orthodontics, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University & Shandong Key Laboratory of Oral Tissue Regeneration & Shandong Engineering Research Center of Dental Materials and Oral Tissue Regeneration & Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Jinan, 250012, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710061, People’s Republic of China; 7State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing System Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710054, People’s Republic of China; 8Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100871, People’s Republic of China; 9Department of Endodontics, Guangdong Provincial High-level Clinical Key Specialty, Guangdong Province Engineering Research Center of Oral Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, 518036, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Dandan Ma, Stomatological Hospital, Southern Medical University, S366 Jiangnan Boulevard, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510280, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-20-34152996, Email mdd@smu.edu.cn Shiyu Liu, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, No. 145, West Changle Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710032, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-29-84772645, Email liushiyu@vip.163.comBackground: Osteoporosis is a major public health concern characterized by decreased bone density. …”
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Fálétí’s Philosophical Sensibility by Adeshina Afolayan

“… Let us begin with an unfortunate fact: Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí is one major writer that is hardly anthologized. The problem could not have been that he wrote in Yorùbá because Fágúnwà is far more anthologized than he is. …”
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Rome à la campagne : les décors en pierre de la villa de la Grande Boussue à Nouvelles (Mons, Belgique) by Catherine Coquelet, Roland Dreesen, Éric Goemaere, Éric Leblois, Marie-Thérèse Raepsaet-Charlier

“…Sawn slabs in Gris des Ardennes and Rance red marble form the major tones of the decoration. They are combined with complex geometric patterns, such as circular shapes in Trier diabase and Rance red marble, and rhombuses in Fior di Pesco and white marble. …”
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The high-resolution global shipping emission inventory by the Shipping Emission Inventory Model (SEIM) by W. Yi, X. Wang, T. He, H. Liu, Z. Luo, Z. Lv, K. He

“…In 2021, the ship activity dataset established based on AIS data covered 109 300 vessels globally (101 400 vessels reported by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development). Concerning the major air pollutants and greenhouse gases, global ships emitted <span class="inline-formula">847.2×10⁶</span> t of CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span>, <span class="inline-formula">2.3×10⁶</span> t of SO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span>, <span class="inline-formula">16.1×10⁶</span> t of NO<span class="inline-formula">_<i>x</i></span>, 791.2 kt of CO, 737.3 kt of HC (hydrocarbon), 415.5 kt of primary PM<span class="inline-formula">_2.5</span>, 61.6 kt of BC (black carbon), 210.3 kt of CH<span class="inline-formula">₄</span>, and 45.1 kt of N<span class="inline-formula">₂</span>O in 2021, accounting for 3.2 % of SO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span>, 14.2 % of NO<span class="inline-formula">_<i>x</i></span>, and 2.3 % of CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> emissions from all global anthropogenic sources, based on the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS). …”
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Comprehensive epidemiological evaluation of ruminant brucellosis and associated risk factors in some Egyptian Governorates by Nesreen Allam Tantawy Allam, Mahinour Ezzeldin Abdelsalam, Hend I. Elsharkawy, Mai Mohamed Kandil, Amany Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed, Fatma Ali, Mohamed A. Gebely, Safaa Y. Nour, Doaa Sedky, Mona Ebrahim Hussien Abd El-Gawad, Hoda M. Zaki, Nazek Al-Gallas, Amal M. Aboelmaaty, Mona Mohamed Sobhy, Nagwa Sayed Ata, Marwa Salah Abdel-Hamid, Ghada A. Badawy

“…The difficulty in accurately diagnosing all infected animals, particularly carriers, is a major limitation of eradication and control programs. …”
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Analysis of fatty acid-derived lipids in critically ill patients after cardiac surgery yields novel pathophysiologically relevant mediators with possible relevance for systemic inf... by Holger Neb, Verena Roth, Jessica Roos, Jessica Roos, Tom Bauer, Anja Urbschat, Ulrike Heinicke, Carlo Angioni, Dieter Steinhilber, Dieter Steinhilber, Matthias Piesche, Matthias Piesche, Nerea Ferreirós, Robert Gurke, Robert Gurke, Gerd Geisslinger, Gerd Geisslinger, Edith Utech, Kai Zacharowski, Patrick Meybohm, Patrick Meybohm, Patrick Paulus, Elke Schmitt, Elke Schmitt, Thorsten Jürgen Maier, Thorsten Jürgen Maier

“…IntroductionCritically ill patients suffer from a wide variety of clinical events, most of them leading to pro-inflammatory states such as sepsis or simply as consequence of major surgery. Many of these patients develop forms of acute kidney injury, heart or acute liver failure during intensive care. …”
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Development, validation, and clinical application of a machine learning model for risk stratification and management of cervical cancer screening based on full-genotyping hrHPV tes... by Binhua Dong, Zhen Lu, Tianjie Yang, Junfeng Wang, Yan Zhang, Xunyuan Tuo, Juntao Wang, Shaomei Lin, Hongning Cai, Huan Cheng, Xiaoli Cao, Xinxin Huang, Zheng Zheng, Chong Miao, Yue Wang, Huifeng Xue, Shuxia Xu, Xianhua Liu, Huachun Zou, Pengming Sun

“…Funding: National Natural Science Foundation of China; Major Scientific Research Program for Young and Middle-aged Health Professionals of Fujian Province, China; Fujian Province Central Government-Guided Local Science and Technology Development Project; Fujian Province's Third Batch of Flexible Introduction of High-Level Medical Talent Teams; Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China; Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Joint Fund.…”
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Interplay between oxidative stress, neuroinflammatory cytokines and melatonin in Alzheimer's disease: Insights from cerebrospinal fluid analysis by Francisco Artime-Naveda, David Hevia, Rebeca Alonso-Arias, Carmen Martínez, Isabel Quirós-González, Rafael Cernuda-Cernuda, Alejando Alvarez-Artime, Iván Menéndez-Valle, Rosa M. Sainz, Juan C. Mayo

“…Regarding melatonin in the CSF, indolamine levels did not correlate with its major oxidative-derived metabolite, i.e., AFMK. However, melatonin CSF levels were significantly reduced in AD patients but not in OT. …”
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Révision de l’espèce Homo erectus (Dubois, 1893) by Valéry Zeitoun

“…When the phylogenetic pattern is reconsidered in a chronostratigraphic frame, it seems that a “boom” of speciation is happened in east Africa triggered by major climato-tectonic shift around 2,8 Ma. to 2,4 Ma. …”
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Activités artisanales sur la rive droite de la Vesle à Reims/Durocortorum by Émilie Jouhet, Michaël Brunet, Pierre Mathelart, Véronique Matterne

“…Henri-Henrot in Reims, was preceded by a major rescue archaeology excavation in 2008-2009, extending over a surface of 4,000 m2 and descending more than 3 m of stratigraphy. …”
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A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of anti-VEGF drugs for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy by Robert Hodgson, Matthew Walton, Helen Fulbright, Laura Bojke, Ruth Walker, Alexis Llewellyn, Sofia Dias, Lesley Stewart, David Steel, John Lawrenson, Tunde Peto, Mark Simmonds

“…Background Non-proliferative and proliferative diabetic retinopathy are common complications of diabetes and a major cause of sight loss. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor drugs represent a treatment option for people with diabetic retinopathy and are routinely used to treat various other eye conditions. …”
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Farmers’ climate change perception, impacts and adaptation strategies in response to drought in the Northwest area of Bangladesh by J.M. Adeeb Salman Chowdhury, Md. Abdul Khalek, Md. Kamruzzaman

“…The study mainly examines major climate variables and their trends, farmers perception on climate change and drought, adaptation strategies and the factors affecting choice of those strategies. …”
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Global, regional, and national trends in drug use disorder mortality rates across 73 countries from 1990 to 2021, with projections up to 2040: a global time-series analysis and mod... by Soeun Kim, Hayeon Lee, Selin Woo, Hyeri Lee, Jaeyu Park, Tae Kim, Guillaume Fond, Laurent Boyer, Masoud Rahmati, Lee Smith, Guillermo F. López Sánchez, Elena Dragioti, Christa J. Nehs, Jinseok Lee, Hyeon Jin Kim, Jiseung Kang, Dong Keon Yon

“…Summary: Background: Drug use disorder (DUD) poses a major public health crisis globally, necessitating immediate attention to global trends and future projections to develop effective health policies and interventions. …”
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FERN: is it possible to conduct a randomised controlled trial of intervention or expectant management for early-onset selective fetal growth restriction in monochorionic twin pregn... by Kerry Woolfall, Jamie J Kirkham, Jane Sandall, Mariana Popa, Enrico Lopriore, Mark Turner, Shakila Thangaratinam, Aris T Papageorghiou, Andrew Sharp, Lawrence Impey, Andy Healey, Jessica Mendoza, Asma Khalil, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Brigitte Vollmer, Zarko Alfirevic, Rajeswari Parasuraman, Jan Deprest, Richard Edmund Ashcroft, Kurt Hecher, Smriti Prasad, Baskaran Thilaganathan, Richard J Jackson, Tracy Karen Mitchell, Natasha Fenwick, Monique C Haak, Liesbeth Lewi, Shauna Leven, Fabricio Da Silva Costa, Odai Yaghi, Tracey Ricketts, George Attilakos, Carolyn Bailie, Christine Cornforth, Mark Denbow, Louise Hardman, Jane Harrold, Joel Marsden, Tommy Mousa, Surabhi Nanda, Michelle Watson, Karen Wilding, Dilly Anumba, Edward D Johnstone, Yoav Yinon, Ahmet Baschat

“…For WP2, interviews will be conducted until data saturation and sample variance are achieved, that is, when no new major themes are being discovered. Based on previous similar pilot studies, this is anticipated to be approximately 15–25 interviews in both the parent and clinician groups. …”
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Efficacy and safety of perioperative sintilimab plus platinum-based chemotherapy for potentially resectable stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (periSCOPE): an open-label, single... by Xiangyang Yu, Chujian Huang, Longde Du, Chunguang Wang, Yikun Yang, Xin Yu, Shengcheng Lin, Chenglin Yang, Hongbo Zhao, Songhua Cai, Zhe Wang, Lixu Wang, Xiaotong Guo, Baihua Zhang, Zhentao Yu, Jie He, Kai Ma

“…The primary endpoint was major pathological response (MPR). The key secondary endpoints included the objective response rate (ORR), radical resection (R0) rate, pathological complete response (pCR) rate, event-free survival (EFS), disease-free survival (DFS), OS, treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs), surgical complications, and surgery delay rate. …”
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Towards a high-quality in situ observation network for oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) in Europe: transferring metrological traceability to the field by M. Iturrate-Garcia, T. Salameh, P. Schlauri, A. Baldan, M. K. Vollmer, E. Stratigou, S. Dusanter, J. Li, S. Persijn, A. Claude, R. Holzinger, C. Sutour, T. Macé, Y. Elshorbany, A. Ackermann, C. Pascale, S. Reimann

“…<p>Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have a large impact on the oxidising capacity of the troposphere and are major precursors of tropospheric ozone and secondary atmospheric aerosols. …”
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Comparative analysis of C-Reactive protein levels among Non-comorbid, Comorbid, and Multimorbid Hospitalized COVID-19 patients by Maria Shoukat, Haseeb Khan, Moona Nazish, Abdur Rehman, Sheharyar Raashid, Saad Ahmed, Wajid Munir, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, Massab Umair, Muhammad Osama Bin Abid, Nasim Akhtar, Wajid Zaman, Malik Badshah

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of major comorbidities such as ischemic heart diseases, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and lung infections e.g. tuberculosis with serum CRP levels in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. …”
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Contribution à l’histoire de la boulangerie romaine : étude de « pains/galettes » découverts en Gaule by Andreas G. Heiss, Véronique Matterne, Nicolas Monteix, Margaux Tillier, Camille Noûs

“…These findings differ from the Metal Age specimens previously studied in Europe, which appear to contain a higher frequency of bran and glume remains. The major shift from hulled towards free-threshing cereals was motivated more by technical constraints weighing on the product intended for sale, than by new dietary habits: free-threshing wheat species could be directly processed. …”
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Karel Janeček − a leading figure in Czech Music Theory and Pedagogy: his theoretical writings from the 1930s and 1940s by Miloš Hons

“…His work as a teacher of players, singers, conductors, music directors and, most notably, composers served Janeček as an empirical testing ground for the premises, concepts, and systemic principles he came to formulate in his major books and essays. Viewed from a historical perspective, his most significant books include Základy moderní harmonie (Modern Harmony, 1949, published 1965), Hudební formy (Musical Forms, 1955), and Tektonika – nauka o stavbě skladeb (Tectonics: A Theory of the Structure of Compositions, 1968). …”
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