Analysis of the 2016 – 2025 fiscal budget of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Nana LIU, Lieyu HUANG, Yuan DANG, Zekai YU, Qianqiu LIU, Yan GUO

“…MethodsBased on the fiscal budget report data from 2016 to 2025 published on the official website of the CDC, descriptive statistical methods such as time series analysis, structural comparison, and trend analysis were used to understand the CDC′s funding input and allocation in the field of public health from 2016 to 2025. …”
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Short‐ and Long‐Term Efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Irradiated Breast Cancer Patients With Long‐Standing Lymphedema: A Prospective Case Series by Imjai Chitapanarux, Siriarrayapa Chachvarat, Patumrat Sripan, Thienchai Pattarasakulchai, Nuttaya Pattamapaspong, Thanat Kanthawang, Montana Buntragulpoontawee

“…All patients were treated for 90 min in the HBO chamber with 100% oxygen at a higher pressure of two times the atmospheric pressure, five times a week for 30 sessions. …”
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A Citrus bergamia Extract Decreases Adipogenesis and Increases Lipolysis by Modulating PPAR Levels in Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Human Adipose Tissue by Debora Lo Furno, Adriana Carol Eleonora Graziano, Rosanna Avola, Rosario Giuffrida, Vincenzo Perciavalle, Francesco Bonina, Giuliana Mannino, Venera Cardile

“…To evaluate the effects on adipogenesis, some cell cultures were treated with adipogenic medium plus 10 or 100 μg/mL of extract. To determine the properties on lipolysis, additional mesenchymal stem cells were cultured with adipogenic medium for 14 days and after this time added with Citrus bergamia for further 14 days. …”
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Fluralaner systemic treatment of chickens results in mortality in Triatoma gerstaeckeri, vector of the agent of Chagas disease by Cassandra Durden, Yuexun Tian, Koyle Knape, Cory Klemashevich, Keri N. Norman, John B. Carey, Sarah A. Hamer, Gabriel L. Hamer

“…Results Feeding on fluralaner-treated chickens resulted 50–100% mortality in T. gerstaeckeri over the first 14 days post-treatment but not later; in contrast, all insects that fed on fenbendazole- and ivermectin-treated chickens survived. …”
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Biologically active substances of some species of the genus Lathyrus L. by A. E. Solovyeva, Т. V. Shelenga, M. O. Burlyaeva

“…The content of ascorbic acid, carotenoids, carotenes, в-carotene, chlorophylls a and b, phenolic compounds in the Lathyrus species was studied for the first time. Significant interspecific and intervarietal differences were identified in the BAS content of green matter. …”
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Observational study protocol: the faecal microbiome in the acute stage of new-onset paediatric type 1 diabetes in an Irish cohort by Eugene Dempsey, Catherine Stanton, Paul Ross, Colin Patrick Hawkes, Aonghus Lavelle, Carol-Anne O’Shea, Elaine Catherine Kennedy, Fiona Catherine Ross

“…The study will also explore possible associations between the microbiome, metabolome, glycaemic control and beta cell reserve.Methods and analysis This prospective cohort study will include children with newly diagnosed T1D and sibling controls (n=100, males and females) and their faecal microbiome will be characterised using shotgun metagenomic sequencing at multiple time points during the first year of diagnosis. …”
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Development and Application of an Indirect Enzyme‐Linked Immunosorbent Assay Based on a Recombinant Matrix Protein for the Serological Study of Porcine Deltacoronavirus in Mexican... by Francisco Jesus Castañeda Montes, José Luis Cerriteño Sánchez, Julieta Sandra Cuevas‐Romero, María Azucena Castañeda Montes, Susana Mendoza Elvira

“…In this study, for the first time, an indirect enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (iELISA) based on a recombinant M protein (rM‐PDCoV) was developed to evaluate the seroprevalence of PDCoV in four states in Mexico. …”
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A 5.5–7.5‐GHz band‐configurable wake‐up receiver fully integrated in 45‐nm RF‐SOI CMOS by Rui Ma, Florian Protze, Frank Ellinger

“…To the authors' best knowledge, this work offers the largest RF bandwidth from 5.5 to 7.5 GHz, the most operation channels (≥8) and the fastest settling time (<115 ns) among the WuRXs reported to date.…”
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Defining New Research Questions and Protocols in the Field of Traumatic Brain Injury through Public Engagement: Preliminary Results and Review of the Literature by Shumaila Hasan, Aswin Chari, Mario Ganau, Chris Uff

“…To gauge acceptance of this, and as per the guidelines set out by the National Research Ethics Service, we conducted a survey of TBI and non-TBI patients admitted to our Trauma ward and their families. 100 responses were collected between December 2017 and July 2018, incorporating two redesigns in response to patient feedback. 75.0% of respondents said that they would consent to a brain biopsy performed at the time of insertion of an intracranial pressure (ICP) bolt. 7.0% replied negatively and 18.0% did not know. 70.0% would consent to insertion of a jugular bulb catheter to obtain paired intracranial venous samples and peripheral samples for analysis of biomarkers. …”
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Negative Expression of DSG1 and DSG2, as Prognostic Biomarkers, Impacts on the Overall Survival in Patients with Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by Shu Xu, Shengfu Huang, Daiqiang Li, Qiong Zou, Yuan Yuan, Zhulin Yang

“…In comparison to patients with negative DSG1 and/or DSG2 expression, the average overall survival time of those with positive expression was significantly longer (P=0.000). …”
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Design and Analysis of Compact High–Performance Lithium–Niobate Electro–Optic Modulator Based on a Racetrack Resonator by Zixin Chen, Jianping Li, Weiqin Zheng, Hongkang Liu, Quandong Huang, Ya Han, Yuwen Qin

“…It also had a modulation bandwidth of 29 GHz and a tunability of 8.24 pm/V when the straight waveguide length was 100 μm. At the same time, the proposed device footprint was 1.92 × 10⁴ μm². …”
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Diagnostic yield and safety of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy for diffuse parenchymal lung diseases diagnosis: Comparison between 1.7-mm and 1.9-mm probes by C. Ravaglia, F. Sultani, S. Piciucchi, A. Dubini, A. J. De Grauw, S. Martinello, S. Oldani, S. Maitan, F. Stella, V. Poletti

“…Principal results: the pathological diagnostic yield of cryobiopsy was 100% in group A and 93.3% in group B (p = 0.718); cryobiopsy median diameter was 6.8 mm in group A and 6.7 mm in group B (p = 0,5241). …”
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Prevalence, predisposing factors, and turnover intention related to low back pain among health workers in Accra, Ghana. by Philip Apraku Tawiah, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong, Paul Okyere, Geoffrey Adu-Fosu, Mary Eyram Ashinyo

“…Advanced age [AOR = 1.07 (1.00, 1.16)], working for more than 5 days in a week [AOR = 8.14 (2.65, 25.02)], working overtime [AOR = 2.00 (1.16, 3.46)], rarely involved in transferring patients [AOR = 3.22 (1.08, 9.60)], most of the time involved in transferring patients [AOR = 6.95 (2.07, 23.26)], awkward posture during work [(AOR = 2.36 (1.31, 4.25)], perceived understaffing [(AOR = 1.84 (95% CI = 1.04-3.27)], sleep duration ≥ 8 [AOR = 0.54 (0.31, 0.97)] and sitting intermittently at work [AOR = 0.31 (0.12, 0.80)] were factors significantly associated with LBP. …”
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Incidence and Contributing Factors of Persistent Hyperglycemia at 6–12 Weeks Postpartum in Iranian Women with Gestational Diabetes: Results from LAGA Cohort Study by Sedigheh Nouhjah, Hajieh Shahbazian, Nahid Shahbazian, Alireza Jahanshahi, Shayesteh Jahanfar, Bahman Cheraghian

“…Independent risk factors for glucose intolerance were FPG ≥ 100 at the time of OGTT (OR 3.86; 95% CI; 1.60–9.32), earlier diagnosis of GDM (OR 0.92; 95% CI; 0.88–0.97), systolic blood pressure (OR 1.02; 95% CI; 1.002–1.04), and insulin or metformin therapy (OR 3.14; 95% CI; 1.20–8.21). …”
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Using microtremor data to obtain dynamic properties of soils in the Veracruz-Boca del Rio metropolitan areaMendeley Data by José E. Barradas-Hernández, Sergio Márquez-Domínguez, Franco Antonio Carpio-Santamaria, Alejandro Vargas-Colorado, Abigail Zamora-Hernández, Roberto Rivera-Baizabal

“…These Data are raw and was obtained using a GÜRALP 6TD model broadband orthogonal triaxial seismometer with an integrated 24-bit digitizer with a minimum recording time of 30 min and a recording rate of 100 samples per second (sps). …”
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Determination of Carrageenan in Livestock and Poultry Meat by Ultrahigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry by Yanqin Sun, Xudong Zhu, Xixi Shen, Wei Wang

“…The quantitative analysis was executed using a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer in which electrospray ionization, multiple reaction monitoring, and negative mode were operated. The retention time was about 1.3 min for carrageenan. The carrageenan content showed a good linear relationship from 0.05 to 1.00 g/kg. …”
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A retrospective study to understand the differences in maternal mortality among women admitted in critical and stable conditions in Malawi by David Lissauer, James Chirombo, Nara Tagiyeva-Milne, Jennifer Riches, Rosemary Bilesi, Lumbani Makhaza, Laura Munthali, Malangizo Mbewe

“…Introduction Addressing the burden of preventable maternal deaths remains a critical focus of global health efforts in countries like Malawi which still has a high maternal mortality ratio of 381 deaths per 100 000 live births. We investigated the differences in case characteristics, survival and causes of death between pregnant and recently pregnant women who died, following their admission in stable or critical conditions to healthcare facilities in Malawi.Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of maternal deaths of women from all district and central hospitals of Malawi between August 2020 and August 2022. …”
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Good Tolerance of Citrate Accumulation due to Plasma Exchange among Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Prospective, Observational Study by Yuanji Ma, Yan Xu, Fang Chen, Ying Wang, Lang Bai, Hong Tang

“…The mean Catot/Caion at the time before PE was 2.05 ± 0.14. Catot/Caion≥2.5 occurred in 100.0% (54/54) and 29.6% (16/54) of patients with mean Catot/Caion of 4.34 ± 1.52 and 2.36 ± 0.32 immediately after PE and 1 hour after PE, respectively, and these levels were much higher than those before PE (p<0.01). …”
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<i>Solanum nigrum</i> L. is a potato spindle tuber viroid reservoir by N. V. Mironenko, A. V. Khiutti, E. I. Kyrova, N. M. Lashina, O. S. Afanasenko

“…The amplification products were cloned and sequenced, and the nucleotide sequences were deposited in the GenBank database.Results. RT-PCR showed that 80–100% of plants were infected with PSTVd. The cDNA amplicons of two plants from Nizhny Novgorod (Sn1 and Sn2) and one plant from Tula Province (Sn3) were cloned (3 clones each) and sequenced. …”
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Unveiling vegetation recovery dynamics in Andean grasslands along a trans-Andean natural gas pipeline by Fiorella Eduardo-Palomino, Héctor Chuquillanqui, Reynaldo Linares-Palomino

“…All 12 ELUs were further divided into 500 m sections and evaluated by placing a pair of 100-meter transects (within and outside of the right-of-way) within each section. …”
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