Mass development of a filamentous and likely nitrophilous aerophytic green alga on tree bark: Apatococcus ammoniophilus sp. nov. (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae) by Ulrik Søchting, Thomas Friedl, Øjvind Moestrup, Felix Grewe, Yukun Sun, Yağmur Tarhana Çakır, Markus Ganzera, Karin Glaser, Svenja Heesch, Fabian Hammerle, Daniel Nimptsch, Birgit Olberg, Ulf Karsten, Ulf Karsten

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Development and validation of a nomogram model for prolonged length of stay in spinal fusion patients: a retrospective analysis by Linghong Wu, Xiaozhong Peng, Yao Lu, Cuiping Fu, Liujun She, Guangwei Zhu, Xianglong Zhuo, Wei Hu, Xiangtao Xie

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Virus species names have been standardized; virus names remain unchanged by F. Murilo Zerbini, Peter Simmonds, Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, Hanna M. Oksanen, Poliane Alfenas-Zerbini, Frank O. Aylward, Juliana Freitas-Astúa, Holly R. Hughes, Małgorzata Łobocka, Mart Krupovic, Jens H. Kuhn, Arcady Mushegian, Judit J. Penzes, Alejandro Reyes, David L. Robertson, Simon Roux, Luisa Rubino, Sead Sabanadzovic, Donald B. Smith, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Dann Turner, Koenraad Van Doorslaer, Arvind Varsani

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Identification and validation of DNA methylation-driven gene OSR1 as a novel tumor suppressor for the diagnosis and prognosis of breast cancer by Jian Xu, Biao Yang, Ling Cheng, Chen Gan, Runze Huang, Anlong Li, Han Ge, Longyu Hu, Meiwen Ling, Xinyi Zheng, Bao Zhao, Mingjun Zhang, Huaidong Cheng, Huaidong Cheng

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The global seafood trade, embodied nutrients, and nutritional affordability by Yaqin Liu, Martin D. Smith, Joshua K. Abbott, David Dietz, Dustin Colson Leaning, Adam Smyth, Tsugumi Yamashita

“…We compare nutrient density per dollar in imported seafood. Across three macronutrients and six micronutrients and using six distinct classifications of development status, we consistently find that developing countries pay lower prices for nutrition in imported seafood than developed countries. …”
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Machine learning to identify pairwise interactions between specific IgE antibodies and their association with asthma: A cross-sectional analysis within a population-based birth coh... by Sara Fontanella, Clément Frainay, Clare S Murray, Angela Simpson, Adnan Custovic

“…We used a bipartite network to explore the relationship between component clusters, sensitisation clusters, and asthma, and the joint density-based nonparametric differential interaction network analysis and classification (JDINAC) to test whether pairwise interactions of component-specific IgEs are associated with asthma. …”
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CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF PARATEXTS IN UKRAINIAN TRANSLATIONS OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES by Oksana V. Dzera

“…The objective of developing a classification of paratexts in Bible translations within historical, theoretical, and critical contexts is accomplished via the methods of analysis, synthesis, induction, and modelling. …”
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Epidemiological Analysis of the COVID-19 Clusters in the Early Stages of the Epidemic in Shanghai, China: Pandemic-to-Epidemic Response Shift by Dechuan Kong, Qiwen Fang, Jian Chen, Linjie Hu, Yihan Lu, Yaxu Zheng, Yiyi Zhu, Bihong Jin, Wenjia Xiao, Shenghua Mao, Chenyan Jiang, Xiaohuan Gong, Sheng Lin, Ruobing Han, Xiao Yu, Qi Qiu, Xiaodong Sun, Hao Pan, Huanyu Wu

“…Contagiousness was higher among cases with runny nose (risk ratio [RR]: 4.8, 95% CI: 1.40–16.44, <i>p</i>-value = 0.01) and those with diabetes (RR: 3.8, 95% CI: 1.01–14.60, <i>p</i>-value = 0.05). …”
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Bioplastic Production Using Natural Extracts with Cellulose Assisted by Experimental and Computational Screening by Lizbeth Zamora-Mendoza, Jhonny Caicho, José R. Mora, Daniela Negrete-Bolagay, Victor H. Guerrero, Noroska G. S. Mogollón, Melanie Ochoa-Ocampo, Jefferson Pastuña-Fasso, José F. Álvarez Barreto, Sebastián Ponce, Juan Paredes, Henry Erazo, Patricia I. Pontón, Marco León, Frank Alexis

“…Bioplastics were prepared with 1, 3, 6, 10, and 15 wt.% plant extract concentrations. …”
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An Integrative Machine Learning Model for Predicting Early Safety Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation by Abilkhair Kurmanaliyev, Kristina Sutiene, Rima Braukylienė, Ali Aldujeli, Martynas Jurenas, Rugile Kregzdyte, Laurynas Braukyla, Rassul Zhumagaliyev, Serik Aitaliyev, Nurlan Zhanabayev, Rauan Botabayeva, Yerlan Orazymbetov, Ramunas Unikas

“…To handle unbalanced classification problems, an adaptive synthetic (ADASYN) sampling approach was used. …”
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A self-supervised multimodal deep learning approach to differentiate post-radiotherapy progression from pseudoprogression in glioblastoma by Ahmed Gomaa, Yixing Huang, Pluvio Stephan, Katharina Breininger, Benjamin Frey, Arnd Dörfler, Oliver Schnell, Daniel Delev, Roland Coras, Anna-Jasmina Donaubauer, Charlotte Schmitter, Jenny Stritzelberger, Sabine Semrau, Andreas Maier, Siming Bayer, Stephan Schönecker, Dieter H Heiland, Peter Hau, Udo S. Gaipl, Christoph Bert, Rainer Fietkau, Manuel A. Schmidt, Florian Putz

“…The proposed method achieved competitive performance, with an AUC of 75.3%, outperforming the current state-of-the-art data-driven approaches. …”
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Cardiac power output associated with hospitalization and mortality in coronary artery disease patients at stage B heart failure by Ming-Jer Hsieh, Jih-Kai Yeh, Yu-Chang Huang, Ming-Yun Ho, Dong-Yi Chen, Cheng-Hung Lee, Chao-Yung Wang, Shang-Hung Chang, Chun-Chi Chen, I-Chang Hsieh

“…Patients with a low CPO (<0.97 Watts) were at significantly higher risk for HF hospitalization (adjusted hazard ratio [HR]: 4.04; 95 % CI: 1.53 – 10.6; p = 0.005), cardiovascular mortality (adjusted HR: 2.73; 95 % CI: 1.19 – 6.27; p = 0.018), and all-cause mortality (adjusted HR: 1.86; 95 % CI: 1.05 – 3.30; p = 0.035) compared to those with higher CPO, regardless of subgroup classification. …”
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Intratumor morphologic and molecular genetic heterogeneity in astrocytomas of different grade of malignancy in the material from the first operation by D. E. Matsko, M. V. Matsko, A. O. Baksheeva, E. N. Imyanitov, A. Yu. Ulitin, V. M. Moiseenko, K. V. Shelekhova, N. M. Volkov, A. G. Ievleva, V. I. Tiurin, S. S. Sklyar, A. A. Zrelov, A. S. Morozova

“…In 50 % of cases at least 3 different morphologic variants were seen in different areas of the tumor. …”
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Optimizing Jatropha curcas bioenergy plantations in Pakistan: A geospatial suitability analysis using advanced spatial modeling by Faisal Khalid, Sami Ullah, Sangam Khalil, Adnan Yousaf, Muhammad Shafique, Muhammad Tayyab Khan, Fariha Rehman, Nauman Ahmad, Khalil Ur Rahman, Majid Hussain

“…Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) was found to be a beneficial tool in breaking down the issues of identifying and classification of the locations for afforestation in the management of forests.…”
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Cohort profile: COBLAnCE: a French prospective cohort to study prognostic and predictive factors in bladder cancer and to generate real-world data on treatment patterns, resource u... by Simone Benhamou, Julia Bonastre, Bijan Ghaleh, Hélène Blanché, Pascal Eschwege, Arnauld Villers, Arnaud Méjean, François Radvanyi, Xavier Rébillard, Yves Allory, Thierry Lebret, Aldéric Fraslin, Yann Neuzillet, Stéphane Droupy, Dimitri Vordos, Laurent Guy, Marc Schneider, Patrick Coloby, Jean Lacoste, Jacques Lacoste, Jean-Luc Descotes, Guillaume Loison, Odette Mariani, Anthony Mangin, Nanor Sirab, Karine Groussard

“…Most patients had a solitary lesion (56.3%) without basement membrane invasion (71.7% of Ta and/or Tis). …”
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Remnant cholesterol predicts risk of recurrent thrombosis beyond LDL-cholesterol in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome by Bin Cai, Yangzhong Zhou, Xinzhuang Yang, Zhaoqing Wang, Can Huang, Qingqing Xiao, Hui Jiang, Yuan Zhao, Xinping Tian, Qian Wang, Guanqiao Li, Mengtao Li, Xiaofeng Zeng, Jiuliang Zhao

“…Methods A prospective analysis was conducted based on a cohort of APS patients who met the 2006 Sydney revised classification criteria. Thrombotic risks associated with varying levels of RC were evaluated using Kaplan–Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards regression models. …”
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Brain functional connectivity correlates of autism diagnosis and familial liability in 24-month-olds by John R Pruett Jr., Alexandre A Todorov, Zoë W Hawks, Muhamed Talovic, Tomoyuki Nishino, Steven E Petersen, Savannah Davis, Lyn Stahl, Kelly N Botteron, John N Constantino, Stephen R Dager, Jed T Elison, Annette M Estes, Alan C Evans, Guido Gerig, Jessica B Girault, Heather Hazlett, Leigh MacIntyre, Natasha Marrus, Robert C McKinstry, Juhi Pandey, Robert T Schultz, William D Shannon, Mark D Shen, Abraham Z Snyder, Martin Styner, Jason J Wolff, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Joseph Piven, for the IBIS Network

“…Results OODA (alpha = 0.0167, 3 comparisons) revealed differences in HLP and LLN fcMRI matrices (p = 0.012), but none for HLP versus HLN (p = 0.047) nor HLN versus LLN (p = 0.225). …”
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Early Complications in Kidney Donors and Course of Health-related Quality of Life 12 mo After Donation: An Analysis of the Swiss Organ Living-Donor Health Registry by Charlotte Brügger, MS, Zoé Hunkeler, MS, Matthias Diebold, MD, Joana Krättli, MD, Irene Geiger, Lic Phil, Caroline Wehmeier, MD, Thomas Wolff, MD, Bruno Vogt, MD, Federico Storni, MD, Dela Golshayan, MD, PhD, Tobias Zingg, MD, Sophie de Seigneux, MD, Fadi Haidar, MD, Isabelle Binet, MD, Aurelia Schnyder, MD, Kerstin Hübel, MD, Thomas Müller, MD, Fabian Rössler, MD, Jürg Steiger, MD, Patricia Hirt-Minkowski, MD

“…The frequency of donors with major complications (ie, Dindo-Clavien classification 3/4) was 2.4%. In total, 31 donors needed reoperation, and in 13/31 (42%), donors reoperation was necessary because of bleeding complications. …”
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Patients with psoriatic arthritis and comorbid metabolic syndrome show a difficult-to-treat phenotype: another mosaic tile in the definition of a still undefined subset of patients by Vasiliki Liakouli, Roberto Giacomelli, Antonio Orlando, Onorina Berardicurti, Luca Navarini, Marta Vomero, Damiano Currado, Francesca Trunfio, Francesca Saracino, Lyubomyra Kun, Annalisa Marino, Erika Corberi, Ludovica Lamberti, Leonardo Frascà, Marta Gatti

“…Patients fulfilling the Classification Criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis criteria were assessed for disease activity and the presence of MetS according to National Cholesterol Education Programme Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. …”
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Preoperative clinical model to predict myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective analysis from the MANAGE cohort in a Spanish hospital by Victoria Gomez, Ekaterine Popova, Javier Zamora, María Gómez-Rojo, David Pestaña, Gerard Urrútia, José Manuel del Rey, Ana Belen Serrano, Eva Ureta, Monica Nuñez, Borja Fernández Félix, Elisa Velasco, Javier Burgos, Alfonso Sanjuanbenito, Juan Manuel Monteagudo, Basilio de la Torre, Ángel Candela-Toha

“…Preoperative risk factors that increased the risk of MINS were age, American Status Anaesthesiology classification and vascular surgery. The predictive model showed good performance in terms of discrimination (AUC=0.720; 95% CI: 0.69 to 0.75) and calibration slope=1.043 (95% CI: 0.90 to 1.18) and CITL=0.00 (95% CI: −0.12 to 0.12).Conclusions Our predictive model based on routinely preoperative information is highly affordable and might be a useful tool to identify moderate-high risk patients before surgery. …”
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