Evaluation of the antibacterial and antibiofilm effect of mycosynthesized silver and selenium nanoparticles and their synergistic effect with antibiotics on nosocomial bacteria by Nahed Fathallah Fahmy, Marwa Mahmoud Abdel-Kareem, Heba A. Ahmed, Mena Zarif Helmy, Ekram Abdel-Rahman Mahmoud

“…AgNPs had stronger antibiofilm effect especially on biofilms producing S. aureus. as regard synergestic effects, Both (NPs) had higher synergestic effects in combination with cell wall inhibiting antibiotics against P. aeuroginosa While, on S. aureus with antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis and affect metabolic pathways. Conclusions Our study demonstrated that the mycosynthesized SeNPs had remarkable antibacterial effect while, mycosynthesized AgNPs exhibited a considerable antibiofilm effect. …”
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Prevalence of complications and comorbidities associated with obesity: a health insurance claims analysis by Jay P. Bae, David R. Nelson, Kristina S. Boye, Kieren J. Mather

“…Disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, type 2 diabetes, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, coronary heart diseases (CHD), and chronic kidney diseases also exhibited substantial burden among those with obesity. …”
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Modified Delphi expert elicitation of the clinical and economic burden of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in England and Northern Ireland by Faizel Osman, Michael Hurst, Belinda Sandler, Taryn Krause, Carla Zema, Teresa Lemmer, Kathleen Noon, Deepak Alexander

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Early Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction by Lisulov Popovic Danica, Mirjana Krotin, Marija Zdravkovic, Ivan Soldatovic, Darko Zdravkovic, Milica Brajkovic, Vera Gardijan, Jelena Saric, Ruzica Pokrajac, Dragan Lovic, Predrag Stevanovic, Milina Tancic Gajic, Miodrag Vukcevic

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Identification of Psychological Factors Associated with Adherence to Self-Care Behaviors amongst Patients with Type 1 Diabetes by Dácil Alvarado-Martel, M. Ángeles Ruiz Fernández, Maribel Cuadrado Vigaray, Armando Carrillo, Mauro Boronat, Ana Expósito Montesdeoca, Ana M. Wägner

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Hubungan Resistensi Insulin dengan Gambaran Klinis Sindrom Ovarium Polikistik by Meliza Wahyuni, Eva Decroli, Putri Sri Lasmini

“…<br />Kata Kunci: SOPK, resistensi insulin, gambaran klinis<br /><br />Abstract <br />Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine and metabolic disorders that is common in reproductive-aged women. …”
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Abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue and associations with cardiometabolic risk in Inuit, Africans and Europeans: a cross-sectional study by Gregers Stig Andersen, Mette Aadahl, Niels Grarup, Torsten Lauritzen, Bendix Carstensen, Pernille Falberg Rønn, Marit Eika Jørgensen, Dirk Lund Christensen

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Role and sensitivity of Positron Emission Tomography with [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose in diagnosis and follow-up of patients affected by chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) by Gianfranco Schiraldi, Cristina Elena Popescu, Michele Chiericozzi, Salvatore Lo Cicero, Flavio Allegri, Franco Mosca, Claudio Rossetti

“…Discussion and Conclusion: Our findings demonstrate that both methods are suitable and have almost equivalent sensitivity in diagnosis and follow-up of patients affected by CPA with active disease. 18F-FDG PET/CT scan is a reliable support tool for clinical and serological data in the diagnosis and follow-up of aspergillosis infection, providing additional information on metabolic activity, accurate anatomic localization and extent of disease.…”
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Aortic stenosis post-COVID-19: a mathematical model on waiting lists and mortality by Chris P Gale, Jonathan Weir-McCall, James H F Rudd, Mamas Mamas, Ramesh Nadarajah, Ben Gibbison, Louise Sun, Christian Philip Stickels, Houyuan Jiang, Kieran J Sharkey, Nick Holliman, Sara Lombardo, Lars Schewe, Matteo Sommacal, Katherine Cheema, Feryal Erhun

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Digital Twins for Clinical and Operational Decision-Making: Scoping Review by Vahid Riahi, Ibrahima Diouf, Sankalp Khanna, Justin Boyle, Hamed Hassanzadeh

“…Using International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision coding, we identified 3 key areas of DT applications as follows: factors influencing diseases of the circulatory system (14/86, 16%); health status and contact with health services (12/86, 14%); and endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (10/86, 12%). Only 16 (19%) of 86 studies tested the developed system in a real environment, while the remainder were evaluated in simulated settings. …”
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Performance of 1-year-old camel calves fed a basal ration of alfalfa hay supplemented with different levels of concentrate by Ahmed R. Askar, Rawia Darwesh, Sabbah Allam, Galal M. Abdul Aziz, Afaf A. El Shereef, Ehab Y. Eid, Hamedi M. Kandil, Samir S. Abou El Ezz, Mohsen M. Shoukry

“…Conclusions The present study concluded that yearling camel calves receiving different levels of concentrate with ad lib alfalfa hay could cover their nutrient requirements for maintenance and growth with a daily gain of 630 g/day when the level of concentrate was limited to 0.7% of BW and the total intake was only around 1.65% of BW, or 70.6 g/kg metabolic BW.…”
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Social inequalities in the use of online food delivery services and associations with weight status: cross-sectional analysis of survey and consumer data by Jean Adams, Martin White, Frank de Vocht, Emma Boyland, Steven Cummins, Laura Cornelsen, Amy Yau, Thomas Burgoine, Cherry Law, Alexandra Irene Kalbus

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Establishment of the first marine mollusk cell line from scallop (Chlamys farreri) trochophore by Zhenkui Qin, Aichang Ji, Meng Yan, Danwen Liu, Xixi Li, Xiaoli Hu, Zhifeng Zhang

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Determinants of Change in Glycemic Status in Individuals with Prediabetes: Results from a Nationwide Cohort Study in Germany by Rebecca Paprott, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Christin Heidemann

“…In conclusion, among the investigated determinants, potentially modifiable anthropometric and metabolic markers were associated with glycemic changes in individuals with HbA1c-defined prediabetes. …”
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Association Between Four Non-Insulin-Based Insulin Resistance Indices and the Risk of Post-Stroke Depression by Wang P, Wang M, Xie Z, Zhi Z, Wang Y, Liu F, Liu Y, Zhao L

“…Clinical data were collected to compute indices such as the triglyceride glucose (TyG) index, triglyceride glucose-body mass index (TyG-BMI), insulin resistance metabolic score (METS-IR), and triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (TG/HDL-C). …”
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Circulating levels of adiponectin and AdipoR expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells are associated with lower respiratory tract Infection by Qian Wang, Xuemei Wang, Danning Xu, Mengjie Jiang, Yidan Gao, Lijuan Jiang, Meilian Liu, Haoneng Tang, Lingli Tang

“…ObjectiveThe role of adiponectin (APN) in regulating inflammation is well recognized in metabolic disease, but the dysregulation of APN in lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) remains controversial. …”
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Enrichment of electrotrophic microorganisms from contrasting shallow-sea hydrothermal environments in bioelectrochemical reactors by Antoine Carissimo, Victoria Comes, Alenica Heussner, Anne-Hélène Prime, Roy E. Price, Gaël Erauso, Pierre-Pol Liebgott, Sven Kerzenmacher, Guillaume Pillot

“…IntroductionHydrothermal vents are inhabited by electrotrophic microorganisms, which are capable of oxidizing extracellular compounds, such as metals, to power their metabolisms. However, their diversity is poorly known, especially in shallow-sea hydrothermal vents where it has not been extensively studied. …”
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Cinnamic acid alleviates endothelial dysfunction and oxidative stress by targeting PPARδ in obesity and diabetes by Yizhen Bai, Dechao Tan, Qiaowen Deng, Lingchao Miao, Yuehan Wang, Yan Zhou, Yifan Yang, Shengpeng Wang, Chi Teng Vong, Wai San Cheang

“…It has been demonstrated to ameliorate inflammation and metabolic diseases, which are associated with endothelial dysfunction. …”
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Toxicity assessment of DMSO extracts of environmental aged beached plastics using human cell lines by Florane Le Bihanic, Bettie Cormier, Emilie Dassié, Sophie Lecomte, Justine Receveur, Stéphane Le Floch, Jérôme Cachot, Bénédicte Morin

“…They are known for their high capacity to metabolize organic contaminants. Both cell lines were exposed to DMSO extracts of different plastics to investigate the effects of chemicals on cell viability, oxidative stress induction and genotoxicity. …”
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Analogs of Precambrian microbial communities formed de novo in Caucasian mineral water aquifers by Daria G. Zavarzina, Alexey A. Maslov, Alexander Y. Merkel, Nataliya A. Kharitonova, Alexandra A. Klyukina, Ekaterina I. Baranovskaya, Elena A. Baydariko, Evgeniy G. Potapov, Kseniya S. Zayulina, Andrey Y. Bychkov, Nikolay A. Chernyh, Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Sergey N. Gavrilov

“…Their structure and the metabolic traits of their prokaryotic populations were similar to those presumed to have dominated the Earth’s biosphere during several critical periods of its evolutionary history, that is, the Early Archean, the period of banded iron formations accumulation, and the Great Oxidation Event. …”
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