Developing brain asymmetry shapes cognitive and psychiatric outcomes in adolescence by Xinran Wu, Kai Zhang, Nanyu Kuang, Xiangzhen Kong, Miao Cao, Zhengxu Lian, Yu Liu, Huanxin Fan, Gechang Yu, Zhaowen Liu, Wei Cheng, Tianye Jia, Barbara J. Sahakian, Trevor W. Robbins, Jianfeng Feng, Gunter Schumann, Lena Palaniyappan, Jie Zhang

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Endoscopic surgery affects the gut microbiota and its metabolism in breast cancer patients by Jingtai Li, Fangfang Gao, Runwei Li, Zhilin Chen, Guoping Chen, Pingming Fan, Guankui Du, Guankui Du, Guankui Du

“…These analyses included t-tests for pairwise comparisons, one-way ANOVA for multiple group comparisons, and chi-square tests for categorical data analysis.ResultsEndoscopic surgery in breast cancer patients subtly changed gut microbiota diversity and composition. …”
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Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the time to emergency endoscopy and clinical outcomes in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding by Takumi Komatsu, Yoshinori Sato, Yuichiro Kuroki, Yoshihito Yoshida, Natsumi Aoyama, Yoshihiko Iijima, Yusuke Nakamoto, Masaki Kato, Hirofumi Kiyokawa, Kenichiro Tanabe, Koutaro Matsunaga, Tadateru Maehata, Hiroshi Yasuda, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Keisuke Tateishi

“…The mean time from arrival to endoscopy was longer during the pandemic than before it (11.7 vs. 6.1 h, p < 0.01). Multivariate analysis revealed that mortality within 30 days (odds ratio [OR]: 2.27, p = 0.26), rebleeding within 30 days (OR: 0.43, p = 0.17), IVR/surgery requirement (OR: 1.79, p = 0.33), and composite outcome (OR: 0.98, p = 0.96) did not differ significantly between the periods; conversely, endoscopic hemostasis procedures (OR: 0.38, p < 0.01) and second‐look endoscopies (OR: 0.04, p < 0.01) were less likely to be performed during the pandemic than before it. …”
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A retrospective assessment of COVID-19 vulnerability index indicators and mortality rates pre-COVID-19 (2018–2020) and during COVID-19 (2020–2022) in a health and demographic surve... by Takwanisa Machemedze, Chodziwadziwa Whiteson Kabudula, Jean Juste Harrisson Bashingwa, Beth A. Tippett Barr, Nellie Myburgh, Sana Mahtab, Cleopas Hwinya, Stephen Tollman, Ziyaad Dangor, Shabir A. Madhi

“…We evaluated mortality rates and risk of death, prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, in relation to an individual’s COVID-19 vulnerability, based on a scoring algorithm developed in South Africa. Methods The analysis was undertaken using data from a health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) in Soweto and Thembelihle, Gauteng, South Africa. …”
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Tumor mutational burden and survival on immune checkpoint inhibition in >8000 patients across 24 cancer types by Vivek Subbiah, Samuel J Klempner, Neeraj Agarwal, David P Carbone, Amit Mahipal, Shilpa Gupta, David Fabrizio, Jeffrey S Ross, Gerald Li, David R Gandara, Miles C Andrews, Jonathan W Riess, Ramez N Eskander, Ryon P Graf, Geoffrey R Oxnard, Sarah Sammons, Jeremy Snider, Lilia Bouzit, Cheryl Cho-Phan, Megan Price, Julia C F Quintanilha, Richard Sheng Poe Huang

“…Deidentified data from electronic health records from approximately 280 cancer treatment facilities were captured into a clinico-genomic database. …”
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Genomic evidence of the blood virome and bacteriome provides insights into prevalence, evolution, and susceptibility-related genes across Eurasian pigs by Zhen Liu, Shi-Yu Lu, Si-Jia Ma, Lei Zhou, Wan-Ying Li, Heng Du, Jian-Feng Liu

“…Results In this study, we proposed a protocol to identify viral and bacterial sequences and estimate the abundance accurately based on the whole-genome sequencing data of the blood samples. Through whole-genome analysis of 685 Eurasian pigs, we constructed the blood virome and bacteriome landscape. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Thermal Fields and Microstructure Evolution in SLM of Fe₃₂Cr₃₃Ni₂₉Al₃Ti₃ Alloy by Xuyun Peng, Xiaojun Tan, Haibing Xiao, Wei Zhang, Liang Guo, Wei Tan, Jian Huang, Chaojun Ding, Yushan Yang, Jieshun Yang, Haitao Chen, Qingmao Zhang

“…By correlating thermal history with phase diagram data, the spatial variation in BCC content was attributed to the differential residence time in the 1350–1100 °C range. …”
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Adaptive User Pairing With Non-Orthogonal Medium Access Choices for Balanced Coexistence of Mission-Critical and eMBB Services in Cellular IoT by Farnaz Khodakhah, Aamir Mahmood, Patrik Osterberg, Mikael Gidlund

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A single-cell and spatial wheat root atlas with cross-species annotations delineates conserved tissue-specific marker genes and regulators by Yuji Ke, Vincent Pujol, Jasper Staut, Lotte Pollaris, Ruth Seurinck, Thomas Eekhout, Carolin Grones, Maite Saura-Sanchez, Michiel Van Bel, Marnik Vuylsteke, Andrea Ariani, Christophe Liseron-Monfils, Klaas Vandepoele, Yvan Saeys, Bert De Rybel

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DCE-YOLOv8: Lightweight and Accurate Object Detection for Drone Vision by Jinsu An, Dong Hee Lee, Muhamad Dwisnanto Putro, Byeong Woo Kim

“…Drones are capable of rapidly scanning extensive areas, thereby facilitating efficient data collection and analysis. This capability can yield critical information and bolster swift response efforts. …”
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Modelling radiological features fusion and explainable AI in pneumonia detection: A graph- based deep learning and transformer approach by Pratham Kaushik, Eshika Jain, Vinay Kukreja, Shanmugasundaram Hariharan, Murugaperumal Krishnamoorthy, Vandana Ahuja, Abhishek Bhattacherjee, Rajesh Kumar Kaushal, Shih-Yu Chen

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Correlation and Agreement of Quantitative Flow Ratio With Fractional Flow Reserve in Saphenous Vein Grafts by Ruben W. de Winter, Yvemarie B. O. Somsen, Roel Hoek, Pepijn A. van Diemen, Ruurt A. Jukema, Mathé P. Jonker, Albert C. van Rossum, Jos W. R. Twisk, Rolf A. Kooistra, Jasper Janssen, Sina Porouchani, Adriaan Wilgenhof, Niels J. Verouden, Ibrahim Danad, Johan H. C. Reiber, Alexander Nap, Paul Knaapen

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Phthalate metabolite mixtures and dose-response associations with depressive symptoms in U.S. adults by Penghui Li, Huimin Zhang, Yike Han, Shuo Xie, Wanning Li, Liyun Kong, Yue Zhang

“…Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 2005–2018) were used. …”
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Microtensile bond strength to Er:YAG laser pretreated dentin by Roberta Marques da Graça Lopes, Carolina Steiner-Oliveira, Ana Cecília Côrrea Aranha, Carina Strano Castellan, Marina Stella Bello-Silva, Nilson Dias Vieira Júnior, Carlos de Paula Eduardo

“…After  adhesive procedures, a block of Z250 composite resin  (3M/ESPE) was built-up on each tooth. …”
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Firesorb bioresorbable scaffold for de novo coronary artery disease: 1-year clinical outcomes by Jun Jiang, Changling Li, Delong Chen, Lei Song, Zhanqian Cui, Ping Li, Lijun Gan, Yundai Chen, Hui Li, Shaobin Jia, Shenghu He, Wen Lu, Runlin Gao, Jianan Wang, on behalf of the FUTURE III Investigators

“…Methods Patient-level data derived from 1205 patients in the FUTURE-II RCT (n = 215) and FUTURE-III registry (n = 990) were prospectively collected, pooled, and analyzed. …”
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Clinical Characteristics, MAML2 Gene Rearrangement and Prognosis 
of Pulmonary Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma by Jianrong BAI, Meng YAN, Lingchuan GUO, Zhe LEI, Weishuo LIU, Zigui ZOU, Jiao LI, Yushuang ZHENG

“…Methods Clinicopathological, radiological, molecular, and survival data from 26 PMEC patients were retrospectively analyzed, including immunohistochemical profiles and MAML2 rearrangement status, supplemented by literature review. …”
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Effect of elite sport activity on salivary microbiota: The case of water polo by Iolanda Veneruso, Cristina Mennitti, Alessandro Gentile, Gennaro Di Bonito, Jacopo Ulisse, Carmela Scarano, Barbara Lombardo, Daniela Terracciano, Raffaela Pero, Giovanni D'Alicandro, Giulia Frisso, Valeria D'Argenio, Olga Scudiero

“…Moreover, gut microbiota alterations have been associated to an increasing number of diseases and its composition can be affected by several factors, including physical exercise. …”
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RT-ring: a small wearable device for tremulous Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in primary care by Jolanda Buonocore, Jolanda Buonocore, Basilio Vescio, Basilio Vescio, Marida De Maria, Marianna Crasà, Rita Nisticò, Pier P. Arcuri, Giuseppe L. Cascini, Giuseppe L. Cascini, Giuseppe L. Cascini, Anna Latorre, Aldo Quattrone, Andrea Quattrone, Andrea Quattrone

“…IntroductionDifferential diagnosis of rest tremor (RT) disorders is challenging, often requiring 123I-ioflupane single-photon-emission-computed tomography (DaTscan), an expensive technique not available worldwide. …”
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Assessing heat exposure and its effects on farmer health, harvest yields, and nutrition: a study protocol for Burkina Faso and Kenya by Sandra Barteit, Windpanga Aristide Ouédraogo, Charlotte Müller, Pascal Zabré, Issouf Traoré, Valentin Boudo, Ali Sié, Guillaume Compaoré, Lucienne Ouèrmi, Stephen Munga, David Obor, Aditi Bunker, Hanns-Christian Gunga, Kristine Belesova, Till Bärnighausen, Jonas Franke, Maximilian Schwarz, Martina Anna Maggioni, Rainer Sauerborn

“…The study integrates environmental monitoring (temperature and humidity sensors used to compute Wet Bulb Globe Temperature), biometric data (via wearables tracking heart rate, temperature, physical activity, energy expenditure, and sleep), and GPS tracking (capturing spatial mobility and labor duration). …”
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Feasibility and predictive factors on the completion of docetaxel plus S‐1 adjuvant chemotherapy in pathological stage III gastric cancer by Masayoshi Terayama, Manabu Ohashi, Kensei Yamaguchi, Daisuke Takahari, Rie Makuuchi, Masaru Hayami, Satoshi Ida, Koshi Kumagai, Takeshi Sano, Souya Nunobe

“…Additionally, the body composition factors such as SMI and IMAC might be useful in predicting incompletion of DS. …”
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