Predicting early diagnosis of intensive care unit-acquired weakness in septic patients using critical ultrasound and biological markers by Ling Lei, Liang He, Tongjuan Zou, Jun Qiu, Yi Li, Ran Zhou, Yao Qin, Wanhong Yin

“…A nomogram model predicting ICUAW probability was developed, which involved vastus intermedius diameter, rectus femoris cross-sectional area, IL-6, and CRP. The AUC of the composite diagnostic ROC curve was 0.966 (95%CI: 0.936 − 0.996), with a sensitivity of 88% and a specificity of 95.8%. …”
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Sodium alginate-based biochar gel spheres: synthesis, structural analysis, and ofloxacin adsorption efficiency by Qingrui Zhao, Hongpei Zhang, Xiaohui Zhao, Xiaodan Wang, Ke Zhang, Zheng Binguo, Songchao Wang, Baogui Wang, Fuzhi Guo, Yuqian Ma, Di Mao

“…Composite gel spheres (SA-BC) were prepared by using sodium alginate (SA) as a carrier and adding peanut shell biochar, and their preparation conditions were optimized to evaluate their effectiveness in removing the ofloxacin (OFX) from water. …”
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Dolomites in a carbonate-evaporite system: the fifth member of the Middle Ordovician Majiagou Formation, Eastern Ordos Basin, China by Siyi Fu, Siyi Fu, Siyi Fu, Siyi Fu, Chenggong Zhang, Chenggong Zhang, Chenggong Zhang, Hao Liu, Hao Liu, Hao Liu, Liubin Wei, Hongping Bao, Xingchao Ye, Zhongtang Su, Zhongtang Su, Zhongtang Su, Hongde Chen, Hongde Chen, Hongde Chen, Liangbiao Lin, Liangbiao Lin, Liangbiao Lin

“…The evaporites, originating from seawater (sulfur isotope compositions ranging from 23.0 to 27.9 ‰), exhibit a planar distribution controlled by paleotopography and evaporation intensity, with distinct deposition centers for gypsum and halite. …”
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Global, regional and national burden of bladder cancer and its attributable risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of... by Jasvinder A Singh, Vesna Zadnik, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Alessandra Lugo, Silvano Gallus, Amir Almasi-Hashiani, Saeid Safiri, Mahdi Sepidarkish, Mohsen Naghavi, Fares Alahdab, Félix Carvalho, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Farshad Farzadfar, Eduarda Fernandes, Irina Filip, Samer Hamidi, Simon I Hay, Reza Malekzadeh, Tomislav Mestrovic, Shafiu Mohammed, Ali H Mokdad, Lorenzo Monasta, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Amir Radfar, Alireza Rafiei, Gholamreza Roshandel, Khanh Bao Tran, Ahmad Ghashghaee, Giuseppe Gorini, Mariam Molokhia, Ahad Ashrafi-Asgarabad, Salman Rawaf, Dejana Braithwaite, Nicholas L S Roberts, Vahid Alipour, Jalal Arabloo, Ali Bijani, Mowafa Househ, Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Bartosz Miazgowski, Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Reza Mohammadpourhodki, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Navid Rabiee, David Laith Rawaf, Abdallah M Samy, Sadaf G Sepanlou, Bach Xuan Tran, Zhi-Jiang Zhang, Giulia Carreras, Masood Ali Shaikh, Hai Quang Pham, Faris Hasan Lami, Stanislav S Otstavnov, Rajan Nikbakhsh, Roman Topor-Madry, G Anil Kumar, Tone Bjørge, Nima Hafezi-Nejad, Dinh-Toi Chu, Farahnaz Joukar, Mukhammad David Naimzada, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Amir Abdoli, Atif Amin Baig, Mansour Ghafourifard, Soheil Hassanipour, Segun Emmanuel Ibitoye, Milena D Ilic, Carlo La Vecchia, Masoud Moghadaszadeh, Priya Rathi, Feng Sha, Maryam Zamanian, Mahaveer Golechha, Shailesh M Advani, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Artem Alekseevich Fomenkov, Rahmatollah Moradzadeh, Mariya Vladimirovna Titova, Yohannes Tekalegn, Xiaochen Dai, Yonas Getaye Tefera, Bingyu Li, Iman El Sayed, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Mark J M Sullman, Eman Abu-Gharbieh, Erfan Amini, Etsay Woldu Anbesu, Jason A Anderson, Atalel Fentahun Awedew, Antonio Biondi, Florentino Luciano Caetano dos Santos, Kelly Compton, Vera Marisa Costa, Meseret Derbew Molla, Abebaw Alemayehu Desta, Mostafa Dianatinasab, Hedyeh Ebrahimi, Sahar Eftekharzadeh, Babak Eshrati, Berhanu Elfu Feleke, Kebebe Bekele Gonfa, James D Harvey, Hannah Jacqueline Henrikson, Irena M Ilic, Seyedeh-Sanam Ladi-Seyedian, Iván Landires, Irmina Maria Michalek, Osama Mohamad, Behnam Nabavizadeh, Mohammad Reza Nowroozi, Virginia Nuñez-Samudio, Majid Pirestani, Faheem Hyder Pottoo, Nima Rezaei, Sara Sheikhbahaei, Sudeep K Siddappa Malleshappa, Emma Elizabeth Spurlock, Eyayou Girma Tadesse, Eugenio Traini, Ravensara S Travillian, Marco Vacante, Rixing Xu, Yordanos Gizachew Yeshitila

“…Introduction The current study determined the level and trends associated with the incidence, death and disability rates for bladder cancer and its attributable risk factors in 204 countries and territories, from 1990 to 2019, by age, sex and sociodemographic index (SDI; a composite measure of sociodemographic factors).Methods Various data sources from different countries, including vital registration and cancer registries were used to generate estimates. …”
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Multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance is associated with outcomes in pediatric heart transplant recipients by Andrew A. Lawson, Kae Watanabe, Lindsay Griffin, Christina Laternser, Michael Markl, Cynthia K. Rigsby, Joshua D. Robinson, Nazia Husain

“…Standard CMR ventricular volume and function analysis, T1 mapping with ECV, T2 mapping, and LGE assessment were performed. The composite outcome included cardiac death, non-cardiac death, re-transplantation, and cardiac hospitalization. …”
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Myocardial Work in Children With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Xander Jacquemyn, BSc, Rebbeca Dryer, MD, Kyla Cordrey, MD, Rita Long, RDCS, David A. Danford, MD, MPH, Shelby Kutty, MD, PhD, MHCM, Benjamin T. Barnes, MD

“…The primary outcome was a composite endpoint encompassing all-cause mortality, SCD, aborted SCD, appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator discharge, and sustained ventricular tachycardia. …”
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus with chronic kidney disease benefits from long-term restriction of dietary protein intake: a 10-year retrospective cohort study by Danfeng Liu, Qiuling Li, Runli Jia, Weiting He, Xuan Zhao, Mengting Pan, Xiaojie Chen, Yanhui Wang, Yaxi Zhu, Hanchen Hou, Jianteng Xie, Wenjian Wang

“…A restricted protein diet (DPIsUCR ≤ 1.0 g/kg·d) markedly improved prognosis and reduced mortality. Conclusion Our data provide the strong evidence that T2DM patients with CKD benefits from long-term restriction of DPIsUCR ≤ 1.0 g/kg·d by improving composite endpoints. …”
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Prognostic Value of Biomarkers in Cancer Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy by Christopher Mann, MD, Ulrike Pailer, MSc, Andreas Spannbauer, MD, Fardin Hamidi, MD, Aliza Veronika Braser, Martin Hülsmann, MD, Christian Gerges, MD, PhD, Michael Gottsauner-Wolf, MD, Mariann Gyöngyösi, MD, Markus Raderer, MD, Martin Riesenhuber, MD, PhD, Christian Hengstenberg, MD, Jutta Bergler-Klein, MD, Thomas A. Zelniker, MD, MSc

“…The primary outcome of interest was the composite of acute cardiovascular hospitalization heart failure or death. …”
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Turbulence in the system: Higher rates of left‐without‐being‐seen emergency department visits and associations with increased risks of adverse patient outcomes since 2020 by Candace D. McNaughton, Peter C. Austin, Anna Chu, Maria Santiago‐Jimenez, Emily Li, Jessalyn K. Holodinsky, Noreen Kamal, Mukesh Kumar, Clare L. Atzema, Manav V. Vyas, Moira K. Kapral, Amy Y. X. Yu

“…Methods In this retrospective study using linked administrative data, we examined temporal trends in monthly rates of ED and LWBS visits for adults in Ontario, Canada, 2014‒2023. …”
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Cardiovascular outcomes associated with treatment of type 2 diabetes in patients with ischaemic heart failure by Thomas R. Godec, Daniel I. Bromage, Mar Pujades‐Rodriguez, Antonio Cannatà, Arturo Gonzalez‐Izquierdo, Spiros Denaxas, Harry Hemingway, Ajay M. Shah, Derek M. Yellon, Theresa A. McDonagh

“…The primary endpoint was a composite of cardiovascular mortality and HF hospitalization. …”
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The effect of intrawound vancomycin powder on surgical site infection in inguinal lymph node dissection: a randomized controlled trial pilot study by Jessica B. DiSilvestro, Emily Zitek, Katina Robison, Jasmine Ebott, Corinne Jansen, Katrin Eurich, Cara Mathews, Paul DiSilvestro, Matthew Oliver, Ashley Stuckey, Katherine Miller, Elizabeth Lokich

“…Secondary objectives included 1) 30-day composite postoperative complication rate, and 2) adverse effects. …”
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Effects of Therapeutic Hypothermia and Minimal Enteral Nutrition on Short-Term Outcomes in Neonates with Hypoxic–Ischemic Encephalopathy: A 10-Year Experience from Oman by Manoj Malviya, Sathiya Murthi, Dhanya Jayaraj, Vidya Ramdas, Fadia Nazir Malik, Valsala Nair, Nusrabegam Marikkar, Mukesh Talreja, Tariq Sial, Prakash Manikoth, Renjan Varghese, Khalsa Ali Al Ramadhani, Salima Al Aisry, Said Al Kindi, Ahmed Al Habsi, Ranjit Torgalkar, Munawwar Ahmed, Mohammed Al Yahmadi

“…The primary outcomes were mortality and composite outcomes of mortality and brain injury. Results: The mortality rate was 3% in moderate and 25% in severe cases (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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An inter-hospital performance assessment model for evaluating hospitals performing hip arthroplasty by Fabian Dehanne, Magali Pirson, Etienne Cuvelier, Frédéric Bielen, Pol Leclercq, Benoît Libert, Maximilien Gourdin

“…To compare the three hospitals, we created a composite indicator by standardizing each dependent variable and combining a weighting of importance provided by patients.This study analysed 342 hospital stays. …”
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Influence of natural and anthropogenic drivers on plague risk in Southwest China: A multicenter cross-sectional study by Zhe Lou, Huajun Zhao, Chao Su, Ennian Pu, Xiyang Li, Qingxi Shi, Yunqin Shen, Ying Zhao, Zihou Gao, Ruiyun Li

“…We conducted a multicenter cross-sectional survey among 2998 residences across 54 villages in 13 counties in Southwest China. With the survey data, we developed composite anthropogenic indices to make systematic assessment of people's living environment, household sanitation levels, and risk perception regarding plague. …”
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Crater Dimensions on the Dwarf Planets by Veronica J. Bray, Michael F. Zeilnhofer, S. J. Robbins, P. M. Schenk, Kelsi M. Singer, O. L. White, S. A. Stern, S. D. Benecchi, K. A. Durfey, H. A. Weaver, C. B. Olkin, J. R. Spencer, the New Horizons Geology and Geophysics Investigation Team

“…Differences in their impact craters can therefore be attributed to differences in the impactor and/or target compositions. Craters on Ceres show taller rims than craters on Charon, but comparable internal crater dimensions (depth, wall slope, and peak size). …”
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Magnetic nanoparticles for eliminating endocrine-disrupting compounds in water treatment – a quantitative systematic analysis by Juliana Guimarães, Igor Taveira, Thuane Mendes Anacleto, Alex Enrich-Prast, Alex Enrich-Prast, Alex Enrich-Prast, Fernanda Abreu

“…However, depending on the EDCs type, the concentration of MNPs have to be adjusted to increase EDCs recovery rates, possibly due to their different chemical compositions and properties. Our results indicate that MNPs are an efficient, with potential to be a relatively cheap way to extract or eliminate EDCs from wastewater and should be considered an innovative tool to be included in waste treatment protocols.…”
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Starlike Au nanoparticle unleashing siDDIT3 and photothermal power to combat ferroptosis - driven osteoarthritis by Chenfeng Wang, Shiyuan Hua, Ting Feng, Yixin Zheng, Yunqi Hu, Chenchen Zhao, Sihao Wang, Yihe Hu, Min Zhou, Feng Liang

“…In this study, we identify DDIT3, a ferroptosis-related gene, from the GEO public database of OA patient data. We demonstrate that DDIT3 accelerates articular cartilage degeneration by promoting ferroptosis, making it a viable target for therapeutic intervention. …”
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Advancements in Chemiresistive and Electrochemical Sensing Materials for Detecting Volatile Organic Compounds in Potato and Tomato Plants by Toshiou Baba, Lorenzo Gabriel Janairo, Novelyn Maging, Hoshea Sophia Tañedo, Ronnie Concepcion, Jeremy Jay Magdaong, Jose Paolo Bantang, Jesson Del-amen, Alvin Culaba

“…Through a literature review, this study reviews VOC responses to fungi, bacteria, and viruses, and compares non-composite and hybrid chemiresistive and electrochemical sensors based on sensitivity, selectivity, detection limits, response time, robustness, cost-effectiveness, and biocompatibility. …”
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Klotho plasma levels are an independent predictorof mortality in women with acute coronary syndrome by Marcelino Cortés, Andrea Kallmeyer, Nieves Tarín, Carmen Cristóbal, Ana María Pello, Alvaro Aceña, Carlos Gutiérrez-Landaluce, Ana Huelmos, Joaquín Alonso, Lorenzo López-Bescós, Ignacio Mahíllo-Fernández, Óscar Lorenzo, María Luisa González-Casaus, Jesús Egido, José Tuñón

“…We included 1,230 patients with ACS and collected clinical data and plasma levels of MM components. Primary outcome was a composite of acute ischaemic events, heart failure and all-cause mortality. …”
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A multicenter retrospective study on comparing the efficacy and safety of the therapy of intermittent cyclophosphamide and corticosteroids versus rituximab for primary membranous n... by Yi Wang, Xiaoyan Ma, Xinyu Yang, Shoujun Bai, Xiujuan Zang, Lin Liao, Yakun Wang, Zexin Lv, Ting Zhang, Shougang Zhuang, Na Liu

“…The primary outcomes were a composite of complete or partial remission rates at 6, 12, and 24 months. …”
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