Surviving COVID-19 and Battling Fibrosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study Across Three Pandemic Waves by Mihai Lazar, Ecaterina Constanta Barbu, Cristina Emilia Chitu, Mihaela Buzoianu, Andreea Catalina Petre, Catalin Tiliscan, Stefan Sorin Arama, Victoria Arama, Daniela Adriana Ion, Mihaela Cristina Olariu

“…Conclusions: Lung fibrosis represents a significant post-COVID-19 complication found in 42% of patients with severe forms of pneumonia at the 2-year evaluation. …”
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Microsurgical treatment of recurrent and residual previously clipped/or coiled intracranial aneurysms: a single center series of 22 patients by Jo Ee Sam, Dragan Janković, Yasuhiro Yamada, Riki Tanaka, Kento Sasaki, Takamitsu Tamura, Fuminari Komatsu, Yoko Kato

“…Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of 22 patients with 23 RA treated with microsurgery. …”
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Abstract 232: Endovascular Thrombectomy for Distal Vessel Occlusions in Early vs Extended Time Window by Amol T. Mehta, Christopher M. Kellner, Tomoyoshi Shigematsu, Hazem Shoirah, Michael T. Caton, Thomas J. Oxley, Reade DeLeacy, J. Mocco, Johanna Fifi, Shahram Majidi

“…We then further subdivided this into two groups, patients within the early window, and patients within the extended window. We compared characteristics between these groups using univariate analysis. …”
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Engaging husbands in a digital mental health intervention to provide tailored counseling for women experiencing postpartum depression: A mixed methods study in Nepal by Anvita Bhardwaj, Sujen Man Maharjan, Alka Jarga Magar, Rajeev Shrestha, Anjana Dongol, Ashley Hagaman, Alastair Van Heerden, James Caracoglia, Joseph J. Gallo, Sarah M. Murray, Brandon A. Kohrt

“…A joint display examined differences in themes for husbands whose wives experienced a significant decline in PPD symptoms as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 pre and post intervention, as compared to husbands of women whose symptoms stayed the same or worsened. …”
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Recovery of Perennial Plant Communities in Disturbed Hyper-Arid Environments (Sharaan Nature Reserve, Saudi Arabia) by Sami Youssef, Mohamed Djamel Miara, Stéphane Boivin, Robin Sallio, Jérôme Nespoulous, Hassan Boukcim, Sami D. Almalki, Shauna K. Rees, Benjamin P. Y.-H. Lee, Ahmed H. Mohamed

“…Biological activities are reduced in hot, hyper-arid ecosystems compared to temperate and tropical climatic conditions. …”
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Increased arterial stiffness and heart rate variability over time in heart transplant recipients: A cross-sectional study using peripheral arterial tonometry by Juliana Andrade Ferreira de Souza, PhD, Daniella Cunha Brandão, PhD, Maria da Glória Rodrigues-Machado, PhD, Bruna T.S. Araújo, PhD, Caio Morais, PhD, Alice Miranda dos Santos, MSc, Antônio Christian Evangelista Gonçalves, PhD, Maria Inês Remígio de Aguiar, PhD, Shirley Lima Campos, PhD, Armèle Dornelas de Andrade, PhD

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Effects of applying different organic and inorganic soil amendments to improve the late stage of reclaimed soil from abandoned homesteads on soil nutrients and maize yield by Ruiqing Zhang, Ruiqing Zhang, Ruiqing Zhang, Tingting Meng, Tingting Meng, Tingting Meng, Zenghui Sun, Zenghui Sun, Zenghui Sun, Zhe Liu, Zhe Liu, Zhe Liu

“…In this paper, the effect of maturing agent (ferrous sulfate), organic fertilizer (well-composted chicken manure) and fly ash on the post-amelioration of soil maturation of the abandoned homesteads was investigated in different ratios using a field plot experiment by stripping topsoil, backfilling homesteads soil and adding clinker materials. …”
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Incidence, risk and impact of ICU readmission on patient outcomes and resource utilisation in tertiary level ICUs in Nepal: A cohort study [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 ap... by Rashan Haniffa, Jorge I F Salluh, Sushil Khanal, Arjun Karki, Diptesh Aryal, Abi Beane, Sabin Koirala, Hem Raj Paneru, Dilanthi Gamaga Dona, Subhash Prasad Acharya

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Ocular biological characteristics of children with myopia and rapid axial length changes treated with spectacles with highly aspherical lenslets by Jing Zhai, Hao Chen, Xin-Jie Ye, Wei-Jun Cai, Li-Jie Hou, Mei-Xiao Shen, Fan Lyu

“…Paired t-tests were used to compare the ocular biological parameters at baseline and after rapid changes post-HAL treatment. …”
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Ectopic ULBP2 Is Associated with Decreased NKG2D Expression in CD8⁺ T Cells Under T Cell-Modulatory Conditions in a Murine Tumor Model by Yasuhiko Teruya, Kosuke Yamaguchi, Kohei Yamane, Naomi Miyake, Yuji Nakayama, Takafumi Nonaka, Hiroki Chikumi, Akira Yamasaki

“…Tumor growth was uniformly assessed on day 21 post-transplantation, and TIL analysis was performed in groups with evaluable residual tumors. …”
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Predictors of permanent pacemaker requirement in aortic stenosis patients undergoing self-expanding valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement using the cusp overlap technique by Yung-Tsai Lee, Yung-Tsai Lee, Tien-Ping Tsao, Tien-Ping Tsao, Kuo-Chen Lee, Huan-Chiu Lin, Huan-Chiu Lin, Chun-Ting Liu, Ming-Chon Hsiung, Wei-Hsian Yin, Wei-Hsian Yin, Jeng Wei, Jeng Wei

“…IntroductionSince TAVR was approved for lower-risk aortic stenosis (AS) patients, managing post-implantation conduction disturbances has become crucial, especially with self-expanding heart valves (SEV). …”
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Lactate and CO2-derived parameters are not predictive factors of major postoperative complications after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: a diagnostic accuracy study by Xiao-Fen Zhou, Xiao-Fen Zhou, Xiao-Fen Zhou, Xiao-Fen Zhou, Han Chen, Han Chen, Jun Ke, Jun Ke, Jun Ke, Jun Ke, Shi-Rong Lin, Shi-Rong Lin, Shi-Rong Lin, Shi-Rong Lin, Ting-Feng Huang, Ting-Feng Huang, Bing-Ying Chen, Bing-Ying Chen, Xin-Da Jiang, Xin-Da Jiang, Feng Chen, Feng Chen, Feng Chen, Feng Chen

“…The area under the curves (AUCs) were 0.532 (0.446–0.616) for lactate, 0.559 (0.473–0.642) for Pv-aCO2, 0.617 (0.532–0.697) for Pv-aCO2/Ca-vO2, and 0.625 (0.540–0.705) for Cv-aCO2/Ca-vO2, respectively, and there was no significant difference between the parameters. In the post-hoc analysis, all parameters' AUCs were lower than 0.75 in predicting acute renal failure, and there was no significant difference between these parameters. …”
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Development and internal validation of a simple clinical score for the estimation of the probability of deep vein thrombosis in outpatient emergency department patients by Thor-David Halstensen, Camilla Hardeland, Waleed Ghanima, Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl, Aliaksandr Hubin, Mazdak Tavoly

“…Objectives: To develop and internally validate a prediction score that is objective and simple for evaluating suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT), with a safety comparable with that of Wells score. Methods: We performed a post hoc analysis using data from the Ri-Schedule study (NCT02486445) involving suspected DVT patients at Østfold Hospital’s Emergency Department, Norway (2015-2018). …”
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Prediagnosis Insights Into Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Clinical Symptoms and Medication Use by Chunyang Pang, Wen Cao, Jiali Xie, Yaojia Li, Luyi Zhu, Huan Yu, Dongsheng Fan, Binbin Deng

“…Propensity score matching was used to match ALS with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD), ensuring balance in socioeconomic factors to compare symptoms 0–5 years before diagnosis. Cox regression analysis was applied to assess the associations between medication use and the risk of incident ALS and mortality after ALS diagnosis. …”
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Controlling endotoxin contamination in PDMS-based microfluidic systems for organ-on-chip technologies by V. Guarino, E. Perrone, A. Zizzari, M. Bianco, G. Giancane, R. Rella, M.G. Manera, V. Arima

“…We tested two groups of devices: those made with PDMS from a batch opened for over a year (“1-year-old PDMS”), and others made with PDMS from a batch opened for just one month (“1-month-old PDMS”). We also compared contamination levels after 1 h and 1 week post-sealing by oxygen plasma treatment. …”
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Lactobacillus reuteri NCHBL-005 improves wound healing by promoting the activation of fibroblasts through TLR2/MAPK signaling by Dong-Yeon Kim, Tae-Sung Lee, Yun-Ji Lee, So-Yeon Ahn, Byeongsam Chu, Do-Hyeon Jung, Yeong-Jun Kim, In-Su Seo, Wan-Gyu Kim, Young Jin Cho, Jung Joo Hong, Jong-Hwan Park

“…Abstract Background Wound healing is a complex physiological process essential for restoring tissue integrity following various injuries, ranging from minor, everyday incidents to post-surgical complications. Emerging studies have demonstrated that lactic acid bacteria (LAB) can offer benefits beyond gut health, extending their positive effects on skin health. …”
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Evaluating diagnostic yield and accuracy as key performance metrics in pulmonary lung lesions by Junsu Choe, Hyunseung Nam, Hwan-ho Cho, Sun Hye Shin, Byeong-Ho Jeong, Sang-Won Um, Hojoong Kim, Kyungjong Lee

“…Diagnostic results were classified as malignant or non-malignant based on the post-lung-biopsy pathology. Non-malignant results were further categorized into specific benign (SB), nonspecific benign (NSB), atypical cells, and non-diagnostic (ND). …”
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Effectiveness of using autologous platelet cryolysate after knee arthroscopy by S.I. Gerasymenko, M.V. Poluliah, A.M. Babko, A.S. Gerasymenko, D.M. Poluliah, R.M. Ostpchuk, D.S. Yarosh, O.M. Lushchii, N.Y. Marchenko

“…The study confirmed that APL provided the most favourable clinical outcomes. Twelve months post-treatment, pain levels in the APL group decreased to 1.2 ± 0.5 units on the VAS scale, the lowest among all groups. …”
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Blood absolute lymphocyte count and trajectory are important in understanding severe COVID-19 by Catharine I. Paules, Jacqueline A. Nordwall, Kathryn Shaw-Saliba, Judith A. Aberg, Edward M. Gardner, Anna L. Goodman, N. Kumarasamy, Shikha Vasudeva, David M. Vock, Crystal M. North, Jens Lundgren, Neil R. Aggarwal, for the STRIVE Network and TICO Trial Study Group

“…Knowledge gaps remain regarding the relationship of ALC trajectory with clinical outcomes and factors associated with lymphopenia. Methods Our post hoc analysis of the Therapeutics for Inpatients with COVID-19 platform trial utilized proportional hazards models to assess relationships between Day (D) 0 lymphopenia (ALC < 0.9 cells/uL), D0 severe lymphopenia (ALC < 0.5 cells/uL) or lymphopenia trajectory between D0 and D5 with mortality and secondary infections, and with sustained recovery using Fine-Gray models. …”
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Effects of therapeutic horsemanship on caregiver stress scores of children with autism by Danielle C. Barron, Madison P. Craft, Emily R. Florek, Brianna N. Stanley, Alexis M. Stoner, Nancy A. Paschall, Sarah Newman, Kimberly I. Tumlin, Kimberly I. Tumlin

“…Semi-structured interviews were performed once during the semester and transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis.ResultsWe observed caregivers experienced a statistically significant decrease (p=0.03) in their stress levels over a single semester of TH participation demonstrated by a reduction in DASS-21 stress subcategory (pre intervention mean 12.77 (SD = 9.95), post-intervention mean 8.62 (SD = 10.98). …”
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