[Artículo traducido] Análisis Rasch del índice de calidad de vida en dermatología by G. Sanclemente, C. Mora-Gaviria, D.C. Aguirre-Acevedo

“…Therefore, we aimed to assess the structural validity, internal consistency and item response analysis of the DLQI through the item response theory (IRT) or the Rasch model. …”
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Genomic Insights into Colistin and Tigecycline Resistance in ESBL-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Harboring <i>bla</i>_KPC Genes in Ecu... by David Ortega-Paredes, Felipe Del Canto, Rafael Rios, Lorena Diaz, Jinnethe Reyes, Cesar A. Arias, Jeannete Zurita

“…Additionally, this study identified several integron structures, including Int191 (<i>5′CS-dfrA14-3′CS</i>), which was the most prevalent integron (Int) among <i>E. coli</i> and <i>K. pneumoniae</i> isolates in this study, followed by Int0 (<i>5′CS-3′CS</i>) and Int18 (<i>5′CS-dfrA1-3′CS</i>). …”
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Improved Artificial Bee Colony Optimization Underwater Localization Algorithm by Logistic Chaos Mapping and Differential Evolution by Jiaxing CHEN, Yang LIU, Xiaoqian LIU, Zhihua LIU

“…By improving and enhancing the artificial bee colony algorithm and other intelligent optimization algorithms, it is possible to further optimize the results of node localization, thereby increasing the accuracy of node positioning and enhancing the value of the collected data. Furthermore, this development has advanced other intelligent optimization algorithms, allowing for deeper integration and application in optimizing parameters and model structures within underwater localization systems.…”
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Unlocking the motivations behind vintage luxury desire by Ian Phau, Olamide Oluwabusola Akintimehin, Anwar Sadat Shimul, Sean Lee

“…Design/methodology/approach – Primary data was gathered from 232 present customers of SHVL fashion products and analysed using the partial least square structural equation modelling. …”
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Rasch Analysis of the Dermatology Life Quality Index by G. Sanclemente, C. Mora-Gaviria, D.C. Aguirre-Acevedo

“…Therefore, we aimed to assess the structural validity, internal consistency and item response analysis of the DLQI through the item response theory (IRT) or the Rasch model. …”
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Bacteroides vesicles promote functional alterations in the gut microbiota composition by Olga Yu. Shagaleeva, Daria A. Kashatnikova, Dmitry A. Kardonsky, Boris A. Efimov, Viktor A. Ivanov, Svetlana V. Smirnova, Suleiman S. Evsiev, Eugene A. Zubkov, Olga V. Abramova, Yana A. Zorkina, Anna Y. Morozova, Elizaveta A. Vorobeva, Artemiy S. Silantiev, Irina V. Kolesnikova, Maria I. Markelova, Evgenii I. Olekhnovich, Maxim D. Morozov, Polina Y. Zoruk, Daria I. Boldyreva, Victoriia D. Kazakova, Anna A. Vanyushkina, Andrei V. Chaplin, Tatiana V. Grigoryeva, Natalya B. Zakharzhevskaya

“…According to the metabolome and sequencing data, the microbiota composition of the DSS-treated OMV group was intermediate between that of the control and DSS groups. …”
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Exploring the role of hyperreflective walls as a biomarker for the management of cystoid macular edema by Zhang-Rong Yang, Chang Li, Dong-Jun Xing, Gao-Xu Wei, Ce-Ce Zhao, Miao Zhou, Xiao-Han Ma, Yi Zhao, Shu Yang, Rong-Guo Yu, Zhi-Qing Li

“…CONCLUSION: HRW in foveal cystoid spaces is a common OCT finding in CME and is associated with more severe retinal structural damage and worse visual acuity. HRW may be utilized as a prognostic OCT biomarker for disease severity and treatment response in patients with CME. …”
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Partial volume effect correction impairs the diagnostic utility of [18F]-THK-5351 PET in nonfluent-agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia by Patrick J. Sommer, Sebastian Schuster, Oliver Goldhardt, Nobuyuki Okamura, Felix Mueller-Sarnowski, Maximilian Scheifele, Florian Eckenweber, Annika Kreuzer, Maria Griessl, Peter Bartenstein, Thomas Wegehaupt, Lucas Wolski, Josef Priller, Axel Rominger, Leonie Beyer, Timo Grimmer, Matthias Brendel

“…Methods: Patients with nfv-PPA (n = 20) were imaged with [18F]-THK-5351 PET accompanied by structural magnetic resonance tomography imaging (MRI). …”
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Direct reactions with the AT-TPC by Yassid Ayyad, Daniel Bazin, Daniel Bazin, Francesca Bonaiti, Francesca Bonaiti, Jie Chen, Xiaobin Li, Adam Anthony, Melina Avila, Saul Beceiro-Novo, Khushi Bhatt, Cristina Cabo, Tatsuya Furuno, Valdir Guimarães, Alex Hall-Smith, Curtis Hunt, Heshani Jayatissa, Takahiro Kawabata, Harriet Kumi, Jose Manuel López-González, Juan Lois-Fuentes, Augusto Macchiavelli, Gordon McCann, Claus Müller-Gatermann, Alicia Muñoz-Ramos, Wolfgang Mittig, Wolfgang Mittig, Bruno Olaizola, Zarif Rahman, Daniel Regueira, Javier Rufino, Soki Sakajo, Clementine Santamaria, Michael Z. Serikow, Michael Z. Serikow, Tianxudong Tang, Tianxudong Tang, Ivan Tolstukhin, Nathan Turi, Nathan Turi, Nathan Watwood, Juan Zamora

“…The necessity of using inverse kinematics to reveal how these structural properties change with isospin imbalance renders direct reactions a challenging technique when using the missing mass method.MethodsIn this scenario, Active Target Time Projection Chambers (AT-TPC) have demonstrated an outstanding performance in enabling these types of reactions even under conditions of very low beam intensities. …”
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Comparative genetic mapping and a consensus interspecific genetic map reveal strong synteny and collinearity within the Citrus genus by Patrick Ollitrault, Patrick Ollitrault, Barbara Hufnagel, Barbara Hufnagel, Franck Curk, Aude Perdereau, Pierre Mournet, Pierre Mournet, Maëva Miranda, Maëva Miranda, Gilles Costantino, Yann Froelicher, Yann Froelicher, Mônica Alves, Maria Angeles Forner Giner, Malcolm W. Smith, Pablo Aleza, François Luro, Nelson A. Wulff, Leandro Peña, Raphaël Morillon, Raphaël Morillon, Arnaud Lemainque

“…The consensus genetic map is a useful tool to check the accuracy of genome assemblies, identify large structural variation and focus on analyzing potential relationships with phenotypic variations. …”
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Optimal control strategies supported by system dynamics modelling: a study on hookworm disease in China by Huihui Zhu, Jinxin Zheng, Jilei Huang, Mizhen Zhang, Changhai Zhou, Tingjun Zhu, Hongchun Tian, Xiaohong Wu, Yang Liu, Bo Zhong, Hong Xie, Liping Zhang, Lei Tie, Jingwen Luo, Xiaoqin Mao, Bin Zhang, Xiu Deng, Suping Zhang, Menbao Qian, Shizhu Li, Xiaonong Zhou

“…This study aims to optimize intervention strategies for hookworm disease in China. Methods Structural analysis and parameter estimation were conducted using system dynamics theory. …”
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Molecular and genetic evidence for the role of AMBRA1 in suppressing S-phase entry and tumorigenesis by Hisako Akatsuka, Tomohiro Kashikawa, Kaori Masuhara, Mizuki Tokusanai, Chenyang Li, Yumi Iida, Chisa Okada-Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Okada, Masayuki Tanaka, Takahiro Suzuki, Norio Yamamoto, Katsuto Hozumi, Tomoaki Tanaka, Hirofumi Nakaoka, Kazuyoshi Hosomichi, Yu Hamaguchi, Michiaki Hamada, Yoshiki Shiraishi, Akihide Kamiya, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Kaito Harada, Abd Aziz Ibrahim, Takashi Yahata, Masato Ohtsuka, Naoya Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hosokawa, Minoru Kimura, Ituro Inoue, Takehito Sato

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Evaluation Indicators of Science, Technology, and Innovation: A Comparative Study of Iran, Australia, and New Zealand by Leila Namdarian

“…The differences among the three countries underscore the influence of governance models, funding structures, and regional priorities on shaping STI evaluation outcomes. …”
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The microbiota metabolite, phloroglucinol, confers long-term protection against inflammation by Janire Castelo, Sarai Araujo-Aris, Diego Barriales, Samuel Tanner Pasco, Iratxe Seoane, Ainize Peña-Cearra, Ainhoa Palacios, Carolina Simó, Virginia Garcia-Cañas, Muthita Khamwong, Itziar Martín-Ruiz, Monika Gonzalez-Lopez, Laura Barcena, José Ezequiel Martín Rodríguez, José Luís Lavín, Naiara Gutiez, Raquel Marcos, Estibaliz Atondo, Arantza Cobela, Laura Plaza-Vinuesa, Adrián Plata, Eneko Santos-Fernandez, Alberto Fernandez-Tejada, Mari Carmen Villarán, José Miguel Mancheño, Juana Maria Flores, Ana María Aransay, Aize Pellón, Blanca de las Rivas, Rosario Muñoz, Abelardo Margolles, Patricia Ruas-Madiedo, Maria Victoria Selma, Mercedes Gomez de Agüero, Leticia Abecia, Juan Anguita, Héctor Rodríguez

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Sustainability and energy self-sufficiency; overcoming the barriers by Rania Abdel Galil

“…On an economic level, in Europe, sourcing and accessing finance is a major barrier for communities, with a lack appropriate organizational structures, the volatility of grant regimes and uncertain infrastructural costs perhaps associated with the near monopolistic position of some grid companies. …”
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THE IMPORTANCE OF HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF RITUXIMAB IN PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS by O. A. Koneva, O. V. Desinova, L. P. Ananyeva, N. V. Kovaleva

“…Semiquantitative assessment of structural changes by chest MSCT in SSc patients and ILD did not reveal any changes in their total scores for a sufficiently long follow-up period. …”
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Progress in silicon-based reconfigurable and programmable all-optical signal processing chips by Jing Xu, Wenchan Dong, Qingzhong Huang, Yujia Zhang, Yuchen Yin, Zhenyu Zhao, Desheng Zeng, Xiaoyan Gao, Wentao Gu, Zihao Yang, Hanghang Li, Xinjie Han, Yong Geng, Kunpeng Zhai, Bei Chen, Xin Fu, Lei Lei, Xiaojun Wu, Jianji Dong, Yikai Su, Ming Li, Jianguo Liu, Ninghua Zhu, Xuhan Guo, Heng Zhou, Huashun Wen, Kun Qiu, Xinliang Zhang

“…First, ultra-low loss silicon-based waveguides as well as ultra-high quality microresonators are developed by advancing key fabrication technologies as well as device structures. Integrated photonic filters with bandwidth and free spectral range reconfigurable in a wide range were realized to finely manipulate and select input light fields with a high degree of freedom. …”
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PPARβ/δ prevents inflammation and fibrosis during diabetic cardiomyopathy by Adel Rostami, Xavier Palomer, Javier Pizarro-Delgado, Emma Barroso, Brenda Valenzuela-Alcaraz, Fátima Crispi, J. Francisco Nistal, María A. Hurlé, Raquel García, Walter Wahli, Manuel Vázquez-Carrera

“…PPARβ/δ deletion in mice negatively impacted cardiac morphology and function, which was accompanied by interstitial fibrosis and structural remodeling of the heart. This phenotype was further exacerbated in knockout diabetic mice. …”
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Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Denys-Drash Syndrome in Children by Mathilde Glénisson, Mathilde Grapin, Thomas Blanc, Evgenia Preka, Julien Hogan, Manon Aurelle, Gwenaëlle Roussey, Antoine Mouche, Caroline Rousset-Rouviere, Robert Novo, Camille Faudeux, Marc Fila, Isabelle Vrillon, Sylvie Cloarec, Thomas Simon, Jérôme Harambat, Edouard Martinez Casado, Julien Rod, Morgane Carre Lecoindre, Laurence Heidet, Olivia Boyer, Nicolas Garcelon, Jessica Kachmar, Guillaume Dorval, Sabine Sarnacki

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Tricin selectively combats KRAS-mutant non-small cell lung cancer by inhibiting the PDGF-BB-induced SRC/MAPK/AP-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway and potentiating the antitumor effect of a... by Jia-Xin Li, Jia-Xin Li, Shi-Yu Tan, Li-Qi Li, Yu-Hong Zheng, Lin Zhao, Hui-Rong Zhu, Hai-Lang He, Yan-Yu Zhang, Run-Ze Li, Tian-Yu Bao, Yi-Zhong Zhang, Xiao-Man Yang, Hao Zhang, Hui-Hui Chen, Bo-Wen Wu, Xin Lin, Xiao-Sheng Lin, Xiao-Sheng Lin, Yin Cheng Lin, Xin-Bing Sui, Ying Xie, Xian-Mei Zhou, Pei-Yu Yan

“…Currently, the identification of effective therapies for KRAS-mutant NSCLC is difficult for reasons of the structural and biochemical characteristics of the KRAS protein. …”
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