Hemoglobin mediates the link between the ‘weekend warrior’ physical activity pattern and diabetic retinopathy by Baohua Li, Bobiao Ning, Xinyue Hou, Yipeng Shi, Zefeng Kang

“…Cross-sectional study data were obtained from nationally representative NHANES data from 2007 to 2018. …”
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Evaluation of bone healing in trabeculae structure of mandibular corpus and angulus fracture patients with fractal dimension analysis by Poerwati Soetji Rahajoe, Hendra Sukawijaksa, Pingky Krisna Arindra, Silviana Farrah Diba

“…The results of Two-Way ANOVA statistical test and Fisher's LSD post-hoc showed that the FD values of corpus fracture were significantly greater than that of mandibular angulus with p 0.000 (H1), 0.003 (H2), 0.03 (H3), 0.000 (H4) respectively. In both groups of mandibular corpus and angulus fractures, there was a significant effect of time with p = 0.00 in each group. …”
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Multisite Scenarios of Black Carbon and Biomass Burning Aerosol Characteristics in India by Vivek Kumar, Panuganti C. S. Devara, Vijay K. Soni

“…The results show a negative correlation with rainfall, relative humidity, wind speed, temperature and ABL height. Both local activity and long-range transport at each study site are also found to be responsible for the significant changes in BC mass concentration.…”
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Comparative, cross-sectional study of the format, content and timing of medication safety letters issued in Canada, the USA and the UK by Jeremy M Grimshaw, Margaret C Watson, Lise M Bjerre, Matthew Hogel, Cody D Black, Simon Parlow, David de Launay, Donald R Mattison

“…Only 13 (62%) of the 21 letters issued in all three countries were released within 6 months of each other.Conclusions Significant discrepancies in both the subject and timing of medication safety letters issued by health authorities in three countries (Canada, the USA and the UK) where medical practice is otherwise comparable, raising questions about why, how and when medication problems are identified and communicated to healthcare providers by the authorities. …”
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USING 5E INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL WITH ICT SUPPORT IN TEACHING LOWER SECONDARY STUDENTS ON THE TOPIC OF LIGHT REFLECTION by Frank Angelo Pacala

“…Regular workshops, collaborative sessions, and opportunities for knowledge exchange can equip teachers with up-to-date teaching strategies and insights. …”
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Yiqi Fumai Lyophilized injection protects cardiac contractility in a rat model of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction by modulating SERCA2 by Yongwei Nie, Lu Chen, Yanxin Zhang, Yuqing Yao, Zizhuo Xue, Na Guo, Meixiu Wan, Zhi Li, Chunhua Liu, Dekun Li, Aichun Ju

“…Methods: Coronary artery ligation was used to induce heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) in Sprague-Dawley rats. YQFM was administered via intravenous injection for two weeks. …”
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Reducing lead requirements for wearable ECG: Chest lead reconstruction with 1D-CNN and Bi-LSTM by Kazuki Hebiguchi, Hiroyoshi Togo, Akimasa Hirata

“…Our preprocessing and network architecture effectively capture both spatial and temporal features. The model achieved its highest reconstruction accuracy for leads located near the input leads, with performance gradually diminishing for more distant leads. …”
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From bench to bedside: Developing CRISPR/Cas-based therapy for ocular diseases by Qing Zhao, Linxin Wei, Youxin Chen

“…Vision-threatening disorders, including both hereditary and multifactorial ocular diseases, necessitate innovative therapeutic approaches. …”
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Causal associations between dietary habits and liver cancer risk: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Wen-Hao Hu, Jia-An Sun, Chang Liu

“…Aim This research focuses primarily on exploring and confirming whether there is a causal connection between dietary choices and the risk of liver cancer. Methods Exposure data, encompassing various dietary habits such as the consumption of dried and fresh fruits, both cooked and raw vegetables, types of fish (oily and nonoily), and beverages such as tea and coffee, as well as different meats (poultry, beef, pork, and processed), were obtained from the UK Biobank. …”
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Study on the correlation between carotid plaque calcification types and acute ischemic stroke by Tianyu Chu, Zhongping Guo, Yonggang Zhang, Ying Liu, Yan Gu

“…This could provide new insights into the clinical evaluation and treatment of ischemic stroke.MethodsThis study obtained information on patients undergoing head and neck CTA examinations at the First People's Hospital of Lianyungang between September 2022 and August 2023 to investigate the clinical differences in baseline data between the acute ischemic stroke and control groups. …”
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Properties of the new N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 1 AdS4 vacuum of maximal supergravity by Nikolay Bobev, Thomas Fischbacher, Krzysztof Pilch

“…Abstract The recent comprehensive numerical study of critical points of the scalar potential of four-dimensional N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 8, SO(8) gauged supergravity using Machine Learning software in [1] has led to a discovery of a new N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 1 vacuum with a triality-invariant SO(3) symmetry. …”
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tDCS cranial nerve Co-stimulation: Unveiling brainstem pathways involved in trigeminal nerve direct current stimulation in rats by Alireza Majdi, Liyi Chen, Lars E. Larsen, Robrecht Raedt, Myles Mc Laughlin

“…Methods: In this study, we examined the effects of acute transcutaneous TN direct current stimulation (TN-DCS) on tonic (i.e. mean spike rate) and phasic (number of bursts, spike rate per burst, burst duration, and inter-burst interval) activities while simultaneously recording single-neuron activity across three brainstem nuclei in rats: the locus coeruleus (LC; phasic and tonic activities), dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN; tonic activity), and median raphe nucleus (MnRN; tonic activity). …”
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Development of an automated method for in-house production of sodium 18F-fluoride for injection: process validation as a step toward routine clinical application by Marija Atanasova Lazareva, Maja Chochevska, Katerina Kolevska, Maja Velickovska, Filip Jolevski, Paulina Apostolova, Ana Ugrinska, Emilija Janevik-Ivanovska

“…The full production, processing and dispensing of [18F]NaF were entirely carried out on the same batch using only the dispensing module. Process validation was carried according to GMP guidelines to ensure consistency of [18F]NaF quality with international standards. …”
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The Effects of Catheter Ablation Therapy on Medication Use and Expenditures in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation by Matthew R. Reynolds, Guy David, Candace Gunnarsson, Jamie L. March, Steven C. Hao

“…This reduction was consistent and significant in both the non-Medicare and Medicare populations.…”
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Immune-mediated mechanisms in acute osteofascial compartment syndrome: insights from multi-omics analysis by Qinzhen Lu, He Ling, Yonghui Lao, Junjie Liu, Wei Su, Zhao Huang

“…Methods To address this, we established a rat model of AOCS, extracting toe flexor muscles from both experimental and control groups. …”
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The Effect of Knowledge, Education, Income, and Marriage Age on Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women in Taiz City-Yemen by Lamia A. S. Ali, Hermanto Tri Joewono, Widati Fatmaningrum, Riyadh A. S. Thabit, Hebah H. M. Almothana, Fardous G. Alsoufi, Aya Ali Abdullah, Tasnim Mohammed Al-Qadhi, Suha Ali Al Hajj, Samar A. A. Ahmed, Sarah A. D. Alselwi, Habib Thabet, Haitham T. S. Mohammed, Linda Andriani

“…Background: Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) is one of the most common types of nutritional anemia in pregnant women and is the most dangerous to the mother and fetus; This is because the need for iron for both the mother and the fetus increases gradually during pregnancy and reaches its highest levels at the end of pregnancy. …”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Gastroenterological Association, Russian Scientific Medical Society of Internal Medic... by V. T. Ivashkin, A. S. Trukhmanov, I. V. Maev, O. M. Drapkina, M. A. Livzan, A. I. Martynov, T. L. Lapina, A. V. Paraskevova, D. N. Andreev, O. P. Alexeeva, S. A. Alekseenko, A. Yu. Baranovsky, O. V. Zayratyants, O. Yu. Zolnikova, O. B. Dronova, I. L. Kliaritskaia, N. V. Korochanskaya, Yu. A. Kucheryavyy, S. N. Mammaev, M. F. Osipenko, S. S. Pirogov, E. A. Poluektova, D. E. Rumyantseva, R. G. Sayfutdinov, O. A. Storonova, Yu. P. Uspenskiy, I. B. Khlynov, V. V. Tsukanov, A. A. Sheptulin

“…PPIs are the drugs of choice in the treatment of both symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease and existing erosive esophagitis. …”
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Decreased expression of miR-200a and miR-223-3p in endometriosis during the secretory phase of menstrual cycle: Insights from a case-control study on molecular biomarkers and disea... by Yasaman Nazari Hagh, Mohamadreza Ahmadifard, Sedigheh Esmaelzadeh, Soheila Abbaszadeh, Naser Shokrzadeh

“…Participants were divided into 2 EM and control groups (n = 18/each). Endometrial samples were collected from participants between 17th and 24th days of their menstrual cycle. …”
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Use of hazardous barium slag as a supplementary cementitious material in calcium aluminate cement: Evolution of engineering properties and microstructure by Chen-xi Dong, Zhao Duan, Jiang-shan Li, Xin Chen, Wei Zhang, Haitao Cao, Nianqin Wang

“…The presence of stable hydration products, such as C2ASH8 and AFm phases, reduced the formation of less durable C3AH6, thereby enhancing both early performance and long-term durability. …”
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A peripheral subepithelial network for chemotactile processing in the predatory sea slug Pleurobranchaea californica. by Tigran Norekian, Yichen Liu, Ekaterina D Gribkova, Jilai Cui, Rhanor Gillette

“…Confirming chemotactile functions, perfusible suction electrodes recorded ciliary spiking excited by both mechanical and appetitive chemical stimuli. …”
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