Minimally Invasive Surgery Versus Conventional Neurosurgical Treatments for Patients with Subcortical Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Nationwide Study of Real-World Data... by Huanwen Chen, Matthew K. McIntyre, Mihir Khunte, Ajay Malhotra, Mohamed Labib, Marco Colasurdo, Dheeraj Gandhi

“…After multivariable adjustments, MIS patients had higher odds of excellent outcomes compared to CC (OR 1.99 [95%CI 1.06–3.30], <i>p</i> = 0.039), and similar odds compared to DC (OR 1.10 [95%CI 0.66–1.86], <i>p</i> = 0.73). …”
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Temozolomide-based radio-chemotherapy for newly diagnosed pediatric high-grade gliomas (HIT-HGG-2007): A prospective, multicenter, single-arm, phase II trial by Michael Karremann, Thomas Perwein, André O. von Bueren, Gerrit H. Gielen, Martin Benesch, Gunther Nussbaumer, Lea L. Friker, Andreas Waha, Dominik Sturm, David T.W. Jones, Olaf Witt, Stefan M. Pfister, Matthias Eyrich, Ulrich W. Thomale, Chiara Valentini, Mechthild Krause, Stefaan W. Van Gool, Michael C. Frühwald, Pablo Hernaiz-Driever, Martin Ebinger, Georg Ebetsberger-Dachs, Roman Crazzolara, Christine Haberler, Felix Sahm, Nicolas U. Gerber, Carl Friedrich Classen, Ronald Sträter, Kornelius Kerl, Stefan Rutkowski, Gudrun Fleischhack, Miriam van Buiren, Rolf-Dieter Kortmann, Christian Hagel, Gabriele Calaminus, Andreas Faldum, Monika Warmuth-Metz, Brigitte Bison, Torsten Pietsch, Marion Hoffmann, Robert Kwiecien, Christof M. Kramm

“…EFS and OS remained superior after re-classification of tumors according to WHO2021 criteria. …”
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Molecular Epidemiology and Genetic Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from the ICU of a Tertiary Hospital in East China by Liu L, Huang Y, Wang Y, Jiang Y, Liu K, Pei Z, Li Z, Zhu Y, Liu D, Li X

“…A total of 48 antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) were found in the 39 CRAB strains, including blaOXA-66, blaOXA-23, blaADC-30, blaADC-73, gyrA, ant(3&Prime;)-IIa, aph(3&Prime;)-Ib, aph(6)-Id, tetB, tetR, sul1, sul2, LpxC and LpxA which confered resistance to carbapenems, cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides, tetracycline and sulfonamides. …”
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Amide proton transfer-weighted imaging and T1 mapping as diagnostic tools to evaluate high-risk histopathologic phenotypes before surgery in rectal adenocarcinoma and their correla... by Yaxin Chai, Yaxin Chai, Yongchao Niu, Ruixue Cheng, Pan Liang, Jianbo Gao

“…The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate diagnostic efficiency, and Spearman correlation analysis was used to evaluate the correlation between parameters with Ki-67, respectively.ResultsAPT SI values were significantly different between the mucinous adenocarcinoma (MC) group and the common adenocarcinoma (AC) group in two centers (center 1: [2.64 ± 0.33%] vs. [2.22 ± 0.78%], P&lt;0.05), (center 2: [3.27 ± 0.80%] vs. [2.59 ± 0.77%], P&lt;0.05). In the AC group, APT SI, native T1 and ADC values were significantly different between T1–2 and T3–4 groups (center 1: [2.58 ± 0.69%] vs. [1.61 ± 0.49%], [1540 ± 150 ms] vs. [1360 ± 130 ms], [0.85 ± 0.15×10-3 mm2/s] vs. [0.99± 0.15×10-3 mm2/s], respectively, all P&lt;0.05), the results were consistent with the findings of center 2. …”
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Improving Medication Adherence and Lifestyle Changes: An Image-Based Educational Tool for Patients with Heart Failure by Gao L, Xie Q, Liu T, Liu H, Yan S, Han Y, Zhang M, Zhu D, Guo N, Nicholas S, Maitland E, Wang D

“…The final tool consisted of seven A3-sized images and accompanying text, addressing the following topics: (1) Cognition of HF; (2) Cause and classification of HF; (3) Inducing factors and prevention of HF; (4)-(5) Medication treatments of HF; (6) Exercise and self-management of HF; (7) “We are on the same journey” - a supportive theme for HF patients. …”
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Psoriatic arthritis: clinical and ultrasound parallels by I. F. Fairushina, E. R. Kirillova, D. I. Abdulganieva, E. V. Sukhorukova, E. I. Mukhametshina

“…Examinations were made in 63 patients diagnosed with PsA according to the 2006 Classification Criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) criteria. …”
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Higher Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) Intake Is Associated with Poorer Overall Dietary Quality Compared to Lower UPF Intake: Results from a Pilot Study by Marios Skordis, Maria Ioannidou, Dionisia Sarakini, Tereza Santeladze, Afroditi Korogiannaki, Evaggelia Fappa

“…Regarding dietary intake, the LUPFΙ group consumed less energy (Mdn 1686 vs. 2117 kcal, <i>p</i> = 0.009), more protein (18.1 ± 4.2 vs. 15.7 ± 3.9%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), fewer carbohydrates from UPF (11.3 ± 6.9 vs. 26.3 ± 10.0%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), less fat from UPFs (Mdn 6.4 vs. 24.2%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), more food variety (Mdn 11.0 vs. 9.0 foods, <i>p</i> = 0.009), less variety of UPFs (Mdn 3.0 vs. 4.0 foods, <i>p</i> < 0.001), less total and UPF sweet desserts (Mdn 0.0 vs. 1.0, <i>p</i> = 0.022 and <i>p</i> = 0.033, respectively), and less UPF cheese (Mdn 0.0 vs. 0.5, <i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Integrating microbial profiling and machine learning for inference of drowning sites: a forensic investigation in the Northwest River by Qin Su, Xiaofeng Zhang, Xiaohui Chen, Zhonghao Yu, Weibin Wu, Qingqing Xiang, Chengliang Yang, Jian Zhao, Ling Chen, Quyi Xu, Chao Liu

“…Machine learning models trained on microbial data from lung tissues demonstrated high accuracy in predicting drowning sites, with cross-validation accuracy ranging from 83.53% ± 3.99% to 95.07% ± 3.17%. Notably, the Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM) method achieved a classification accuracy of 95.07% ± 3.17% for different sampling points at a submersion time of 1 day. …”
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Two-threshold defined immune non-responders are associated with long-term morbidity in people with HIV: a prospective cohort study by Xiaorui Li, Liqin Sun, Yun He, Fang Zhao, Yinsong Luo, Dian Zhao, Hui Wu, Jiayi He, Yuxin Jiang, Chenye Liu, Hongzhou Lu, Jiaye Liu

“…Median follow-up after immune classification was 49.4 and 42.2 months in the low – and high-threshold cohorts, respectively. …”
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Understanding health inequalities: how does socioeconomic deprivation impact on mortality for interstitial lung disease-related hospital admissions? by Laura White, Jonathan Shaw, Bethan Powell, Nyan May Kyi, Rebecca Huang, Emma Hardy, Dilanka Tilakaratne, Gareth Hughes, Conal Hayton, Trishala Raj, Georges Ng Man Kwong, Amy Gadoud, Timothy Gatheral

“…Materials and Methods: We undertook a multi-centre retrospective observational cohort study of International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10-coded ILD primary admissions ≥18-years old between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2019 across six NHS trusts in north-west England. …”
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The Spatial–Temporal Evolution and Impact Mechanism of Cultivated Land Use in the Mountainous Areas of Southwest Hubei Province, China by Zhengxiang Wu, Qingbin Fan, Wen Li, Yong Zhou

“…From 2005 to 2018, the main drivers for the increase in cultivated land were deforestation and the reclamation of wasteland, while the return of farmland to forests remained the primary reason for the decrease in land area; (3) from 1980 to 2005, the dynamic degree of cultivated land use in each county and city of Enshi Prefecture was generally low. …”
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Probability-Based Early Warning for Seasonal Influenza in China: Model Development Study by Jinzhao Cui, Ting Zhang, Yifeng Shen, Xiaoli Wang, Liuyang Yang, Xuefeng Huang, Qiang Huang, Yu Yang, Weizhong Yang, Zhongjie Li

“…Traditional early warning models rely on binary (0/1) classification methods, which issue alerts only when predefined thresholds are crossed. …”
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Ultrasound Predictors for Persistence or a Change in the Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis After 5 Years—A Prospective Cohort Study of Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis by Tanya Sapundzhieva, Lyubomir Sapundzhiev, Martin Mitev, Rositsa Karalilova, Anastas Batalov

“…<b>Patients and Methods:</b> One hundred and twenty patients with early arthritis who met the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for RA were followed for a period of five years. …”
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Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Testicular and Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer—Surgical Technique and Outcomes of a Single-surgeon Series by Marc A. Furrer, Benjamin C. Thomas

“…Major complications (Clavien-Dindo ≥3a) occurred in 9% (testicular cancer) and 13% (UTUC) of patients. …”
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Age-Related Changes in Action Observation EEG Response and Its Effect on BCI Performance by Fukang Zeng, Xingyu Wen, Hongmei Tang, Guiyu Hu, Wensheng Hou, Xin Zhang

“…Regression analyses were subsequently conducted to analyze the effects on the classification accuracy. Results revealed significantly diminished TDCA accuracy in older subjects (77.01% <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pm ~14.67$ </tex-math></inline-formula>%) compared to younger subjects (87.22% <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pm ~15.22$ </tex-math></inline-formula>%). …”
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Proportional Stroke Mortality in Espírito Santo, Brazil: A 20-Year Joinpoint Regression Study by Casanova André Motopa Mpuhua, Orivaldo Florencio de Souza, Blanca Elena Guerrero Daboin, Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra, Marcelino Na Blei, Thiago Dias Sarti, Vithor Ely Bortolin da Silva, Luiz Carlos de Abreu

“…<b>Results:</b> From 2000 to 2021, there was a significant reduction in proportional mortality from stroke, with an overall decrease of −3.7% (<i>p</i> < 0.001). When analyzed by sex, the decline was −3.0% (<i>p</i> < 0.001) for males and −3.9% (<i>p</i> < 0.001) for females. …”
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Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Guntur Darmawan, Laniyati Hamijoyo, Amaylia Oehadian, Ria Bandiara, Lisda Amalia

“…Prothrombine time (PT), INR, APTT tests were normal and D Dimer was slightly increased (3.3 mg/l; NV ≤0.5 mg/l). Urine examination revealed proteinuria with 24 hour urine protein was 1,863 mg (NV <150 mg/day). …”
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Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Guntur Darmawan, Laniyati Hamijoyo, Amaylia Oehadian, Ria Bandiara, Lisda Amalia

“…Prothrombine time (PT), INR, APTT tests were normal and D Dimer was slightly increased (3.3 mg/l; NV ≤0.5 mg/l). Urine examination revealed proteinuria with 24 hour urine protein was 1,863 mg (NV <150 mg/day). …”
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Predicthor: AI-Powered Predictive Risk Model for 30-Day Mortality and 30-Day Complications in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery for Lung Cancer by Xavier Durand, Msc, Julien Hédou, Msc, Grégoire Bellan, Msc, Pascal-Alexandre Thomas, MD, PhD, Pierre-Benoît Pages, PhD, Xavier-Benoît D’Journo, PhD, Laurent Brouchet, PhD, Caroline Rivera, MD, Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, PhD, André Gillibert, MD, PhD, Jean-Marc Baste, MD, PhD

“…A total of 6508 patients who have undergone primary lung cancer surgery via lobectomy or bilobectomy, aged over 18 years, and with anAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification system score under 4, were selected. In a retrospective analysis using a 3-dataset scheme (training cohort, internal and external validation on 118 other centers), we assessed the predictive performance of Predicthor for 30-day complications and mortality following major pulmonary resections. …”
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Hypertension and COVID-19 in conditions of desynchronizing factors when working in the Arctic by N. P. Shurkevich, A. S. Vetoshkin, M. A. Kareva

“…In 39,7% of men with HTN and 37,0% of normotensive individuals, there was no 24-hour BP periodicity with a predominance of the high-frequency component (3,4-8,0-hour oscillations) in 24-hour BP rhythm. …”
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