Echocardiographic Evaluation of Indices of Severity of Pulmonary Stenosis in Dogs: Reproducibility and Effects of General Anesthesia by Evan S. Ross, Lance C. Visser, Lalida Tantisuwat, Khursheed Mama, Brianna M. Potter, Brian A. Scansen

“…Animals Thirty‐nine dogs with PS. Methods Prospective cross‐sectional study. Five repeated echocardiograms were performed over 3 days. …”
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Health App Use May Motivate the Maintenance of Physical Activity during Pregnancy by Ella Koivuniemi, Monique M. Raats, Helena Ollila, Eliisa Löyttyniemi, Kirsi Laitinen

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Looking into opportunities for maternity continuum of care improvement within the primary health care system in Northwest Ethiopia: primary health care-oriented research by Muhabaw Shumye Mihret, Kassahun Alemu, Debrework Tesgera Beshah, Lemma Derseh Gezie, Kerstin Erlandsson, Helena Lindgren

“…Abstract Background The maternity continuum of care (MCC) is an integral component of universal health coverage and a crucial strategy for reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. …”
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Exploring the interplay between pain processing mechanisms, psychosocial factors, and functional outcomes in patients with chronic low back pain: an exploratory study by Jaime Jordán-López, María D. Arguisuelas, Julio Doménech, M. Lourdes Peñalver-Barrios, Marta Miragall, Rocío Herrero, Rosa M. Baños, Juan J. Amer-Cuenca, Juan F. Lisón

“…These findings support a multidimensional assessment framework for CLBP, integrating sensory, psychological, and functional factors to inform comprehensive treatment strategies.…”
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Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for newborns dried blood spot thyroglobulin by Camilo Fuentes Peña, María Cecilia Opazo, Luis Méndez, Claudia Riedel, Bernard Hauquier, Lionel Marcelis, Frédéric Cotton, Rodrigo Moreno-Reyes

“…Newborn Tg is a more sensitive marker than neonatal TSH in detecting variations in iodine intake. This study aims to validate an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for Tg determination on dried blood spots (DBS) in newborns. …”
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Duckweed: a starch-hyperaccumulating plant under cultivation with a combination of nutrient limitation and elevated CO2 by Ling Guo, Ling Guo, Yang Fang, Songhu Wang, Yao Xiao, Yanqiang Ding, Yanling Jin, Xueping Tian, Anping Du, Zhihua Liao, Kaize He, Shuang Chen, Yonggui Zhao, Li Tan, Zhuolin Yi, Yuqing Che, Lanchai Chen, Jinmeng Li, Leyi Zhao, Peng Zhang, Zhengbiao Gu, Fangyuan Zhang, Yan Hong, Qing Zhang, Hai Zhao

“…In this study, we integrated whole-genome sequencing, epigenomics, transcriptomics, enzyme activity, and composition variation to elucidate the mechanisms of efficient starch accumulation in duckweed in terms of starch accumulation and carbon partitioning, regulation of the expression of genes in the starch metabolic pathway, and sucrose biosynthesis and transportation.Results and discussionAlthough Landoltia punctata exhibits dramatic gene family contraction, its starch content and productivity reached 72.2% (dry basis) and 10.4 g m-2 d-1, respectively, in 10 days, equivalent to a yield of 38.0 t ha-1 y-1, under nutrient limitation treatment with elevated CO2 levels. …”
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Mechanism of rock burst vertical damage induced by layered crack structures of the steeply inclined extremely thick coal seams by Taoping Zhong, Zhenlei Li, Dazhao Song, Majid Khan, Xueqiu He, Zemin Chen, Chao Zhou, Xudong Liu, Panfei Feng

“…This study employs comprehensive methods, integrating numerical simulations, theoretical analyses, and field detections to investigate the stress distribution of SIETCS and the mechanisms of rock burst-induced vertical damage, subsequently validated in situ. …”
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AI-driven assessment of over-scanning in chest CT: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Mo’men Bani-Ahmad, Andrew England, Laura McLaughlin, Marwan Alshipli, Kholoud Alzyoud, Yasser H. Hadi, Mark McEntee

“…This review explores the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in addressing manual over-scanning in chest CT imaging. Methods: A systematic search of peer-reviewed publications was conducted between December 2015 and March 2025 in Embase, Scopus, Ovid, EBSCOhost, and PubMed. …”
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Burden of diseases attributable to excess body weight in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019 by Saeid Safiri, Jessica A. Grieger, Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi, Seyed Ehsan Mousavi, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Asra Fazlollahi, Mark J. M. Sullman, Nahid Karamzad, Fikrettin Sahin, Kuljit Singh, Gary S. Collins, Ali-Asghar Kolahi

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Tracking of Vascular Measures From Infancy to Early Childhood: A Cohort Study by Toby Mansell, Joel Nuotio, Peter Vuillermin, Anne‐Louise Ponsonby, Deborah A. Lawlor, Kate McCloskey, Markus Juonala, David P. Burgner

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Multi-Omics Profiling Reveals Glycerolipid Metabolism-Associated Molecular Subtypes and Identifies ALDH2 as a Prognostic Biomarker in Pancreatic Cancer by Jifeng Liu, Shurong Ma, Dawei Deng, Yao Yang, Junchen Li, Yunshu Zhang, Peiyuan Yin, Dong Shang

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Spatiotemporal trends of ischemic stroke burden attributable to PM2.5 from 1990 to 2021 by Yunyan Lu, Yu Mao, Weiguo Liu, Tian Lan, Gaochen Lan

“…BackgroundTo evaluate the spatiotemporal variation in ischemic stroke attributed to particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) on global, regional, and national scales from 1990 to 2021 is essential for mitigating air pollution and controlling ischemic stroke.MethodsThe death and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were extracted from the Global Burden and Disease Study (GBD) 2021. …”
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Image-Based Detection and Classification of Malaria Parasites and Leukocytes with Quality Assessment of Romanowsky-Stained Blood Smears by Jhonathan Sora-Cardenas, Wendy M. Fong-Amaris, Cesar A. Salazar-Centeno, Alejandro Castañeda, Oscar D. Martínez-Bernal, Daniel R. Suárez, Carol Martínez

“…Traditional diagnostic methods often struggle with inconsistent stain quality, lighting variations, and limited resources in endemic regions, making manual detection time-intensive and error-prone. …”
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Body count- distribution, determinants and geographical mapping of lifetime sexual partners among Gen-X, Millennial and Gen-Z: hierarchical regression modelling study of nationally... by Pritam Halder, Girish Jeer, Shivani Rathor, Manish Chandra Prabhakar, Ankita Chattopadhyay, Sushanta Sarkar, Anamika Das

“…Results The mean number of lifetime sexual partners was higher in males (3.29) compared to females (2.40), with significant regional and generational variations. Males in the North-East regions reported the highest averages, particularly among Generation X. …”
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Longitudinal dynamic MRI radiomic models for early prediction of prognosis in locally advanced cervical cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy by Chang Cai, Ji-Feng Xiao, Rong Cai, Dan Ou, Yi-Wei Wang, Jia-Yi Chen, Hao-Ping Xu

“…The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) method was applied to extract features from MR images as well as from clinical characteristics. …”
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Needle angle dynamics as a rapid indicator of drought stress in Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carrière: advancing non-destructive imaging techniques for resilient seedling production by Ukhan Jeong, Dohee Kim, Sohyun Kim, Seung Hyun Han, Eun Ju Cheong

“…This study aimed to detect drought stress at an early stage in L. kaempferi seedlings by integrating physiological traits with image-based phenotypic measurements, with a focus on needle angle dynamics under controlled drought and irrigation conditions. …”
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A lactate-related tSNE signature defines prognostic subtypes of bladder cancer and reveals LINC01094-mediated VIM stabilization in metastasis and drug resistance by Pu Zhang, Hegan Zhang, Wanli Yu, Dage Fan, Yao Pan, Wei Zhuang, Fangzhen Cai, Qingliu He

“…This score demonstrated prognostic value and was integrated into a nomogram confirmed by a calibration curve. …”
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A Review of Effluent Water Quality Standards for Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Plants: International Comparison and Recommendations for Domestic Standard Improvements by Soeun Kang, Yujin Go, Suyeon Kim, Dayeon Lee, Bonyoung Koo, Sokhee P. Jung

“…Conversely, Korea classifies effluent standards into only four regions and applies uniform criteria without considering seasonal variations. Additionally, inadequate management of emerging contaminants and the relaxation of total organic carbon (TOC) standards have exacerbated algal bloom phenomena. …”
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Contemporary Patterns of Care for Low-Grade Glioma in Australia and New Zealand by Meghana Maddula, Nicholas McNamee, Hui K. Gan, Laveniya Satgunaseelan, Eng-Siew Koh, Catherine H. Han, Subotheni Thavaneswaran

“…Conclusions: This study describes current management practices for LGGs in Australia and New Zealand, showing ongoing variation and a cautious approach to integrating IDH inhibitors. …”
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Masked and Noise-Masked Multimodal Brain Tumor Image Segmentation Using SegFormer and Shared Encoder Framework by K. Hemalatha, P. R. Vishnu Vardhan, Alfred Dharmaraj Aravindraj, S. Hari Hara Sudhan

“…Additionally, noise-masking introduces a controlled Gaussian noise into the MRI images creating random variations in the pixel intensities and thereby encouraging the model to learn the invariant and essential patterns in MRI images. …”
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