Activity of oxidative processes and the state of the redox regulating system in tumor tissue in skin cancer by I. A. Goroshinskaya, E. M. Frantsiyants, N. I. Larina, Yu. V. Przhedetskiy, I. V. Kaplieva, L. A. Nemashkalova, V. A. Bandovkina, V. V. Pozdnyakova, V. Yu. Przhedetskaya

“…An increase in DC (on average 2–5 times) in BCC patients with concomitant hypertension and diabetes mellitus was observed mainly in women. …”
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A retrospective study on the carbon footprint of bodies donated to science for sustainable medical education and research by Carlo Barausse, Carlo Barausse, Subhi Tayeb, Lorenzo Bonifazi, Simone Lodi, Giulia Adalgisa Mariani, Ester Orsini, Sara Zanni, Alessandra Bonoli, Lucia Manzoli, Stefano Ratti

“…A retrospective observational study using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology was conducted to evaluate the environmental impacts. The analysis included factors such as transportation, preservation methods (fresh vs. embalmed), and additional aspects such as refrigeration and aeration.ResultsLocally donated bodies had an average transport distance of 201.19 ± 172.78 km, resulting in 14 ± 11.84 kgCO2e per body. …”
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The Relationship between Personality Disorders and Parent\'s Social Capital with the Social Health of Children and Adolescents in Yazd by Nastaran Ahmadi, Parvane Rashidpour, Mohammadreza Mohammadi, Mohammadhadi Farahzadi, Javad Ardeshirpay, Hosein Abouzari, Malihe Mobini, Masoud Mirzaei, Amirhoushang Mehrparvar, Fatemeh Rismanian Yazdi

“…Millon's test of fathers demonstrates a significant correlation with the average scores of structural social capital, cognitive social capital, communicative social capital, and total social capital (P-value < 0.001). …”
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Effects of oral administration of native lactic acid bacteria with probiotic potential on productive parameters and meat quality of fattening guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) by Jose Goicochea-Vargas, Max Salvatierra-Alor, Fidel Acosta-Pachorro, Wilson Rondón-Jorge, Julissa Cajacuri-Aquino, Arnold Herrera-Briceño, Edson Morales-Parra, Eric Mialhe, Mauricio Silva, Marcelo Ratto

“…Methods: A total of 72 guinea pigs from a fattening line weaned at 14 days post-birth with an initial average weight of 248.6 ± 42.2 g were distributed into six pens (n=12 each). …”
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Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Summer Crop Residue Burning Practices in North China: Exploring the Influence of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Factors by Shuai Yin, Kunpeng Yi, Xiu Zhang, Tangzhe Nie, Lingqi Meng, Zhongyi Sun, Qingnan Chu, Zhipin Ai, Xin Zhao, Lan Wu, Meng Guo, Xinlu Liu

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Spatial distribution of air temperature and relative humidity in the greenhouse as affected by external shading in arid climates by Hesham A. Ahmed, Yu-xin TONG, Qi-chang YANG, Abdulellah A. Al-Faraj, Ahmed M. Abdel-Ghany

“…In an evaporatively-cooled greenhouse in arid regions, the variation of the Tin and RHin in the vertical direction and along the sidewalls was much higher than that in the horizontal direction. The average variation of the Tin and RHin in the vertical direction was 5.2°C and 10% in the Gc and 5.5°C and 13% in the Gs, respectively. …”
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Shaping the Physicochemical and Health-Promoting Properties of Carrot Snacks Produced by Microwave-Vacuum Drying with Preliminary Thermal and Enriching Treatment by Anna Ignaczak, Łukasz Woźniak, Agnieszka Salamon, Justyna Szczepańska-Stolarczyk, Urszula Trych, Małgorzata Chobot, Jolanta Kowalska, Hanna Kowalska

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Clinical features, radiological findings and prognosis of microscopic polyangiitis with interstitial lung disease: a retrospective matched control study by Qingzhong Song, Yajuan Liu, Tingting Wu, Yun Zhang, Yanjing Yan, Shengwen Xiao

“…ILD antedated MPA in 61.7% (37/60) of the patients, and MPA occurred on average (45.1 ± 33.4) months after the ILD diagnosis. …”
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The Spatiotemporal Evolution, Driving Mechanisms, and Future Climate Scenario-Based Projection of Soil Erosion in the Southwest China by Yangfei Huang, Chenjian Zhong, Yuan Wang, Wenbin Hua

“…The results suggest that (1) the analysis of soil erosion in Southwest China from 2000 to 2023 reveals a significant decline in soil erosion intensity, with a 58.16% reduction in average erosion intensity, from 4.23 t·ha⁻¹·yr⁻¹ in 2000 to 1.77 t·ha⁻¹·yr⁻¹ in 2020. …”
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Interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic scleroderma: approaches to predicting lesion volume by D. V. Khorolsky, A. A. Klimenko, E. S. Pershina, N. M. Babadaeva, A. A. Kondrashov, N. A. Shostak, E. P. Mikheeva, M. P. Mezenova, E. V. Zhilyaev

“…There was 94.9 % women. Average age – 64.4 ± 11.5 years. Signs of interstitial lung disease (ILD), according to HRCT were detected in 50 patients. …”
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Reducing Postoperative Neurological Complications in Uniportal Full-Endoscopic Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Efficacy of the GUARD Technique Combined With Delayed Ligamentum Flavectomy by Hao-Chun Chuang, Yu-Chia Hsu, Yuan-Fu Liu, Chao-Jui Chang, Yu-Meng Hsiao, Yi-Hung Huang, Keng-Chang Liu, Chien-Min Chen, Hyeun Sung Kim, Cheng-Li Lin

“…Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 45 patients with an average age of 53.9±12.4 years who underwent either FE facet-sparing TLIF (FE fs-TLIF) or FE facet-resecting TLIF (FE fr-TLIF). …”
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Hematocrit and total protein elimination as quality control parameters of cell salvage by Dörffel Debora, Klotz Edda, Wagner Patrick, Ehrig Karsten, Pretzel Karin, Hanisch Falko, Pruß Axel

“…The target values for quality control were achieved on average. The target value for hematocrit was not achieved in about 22% and for total protein elimination in about 8% of cell salvage applications. …”
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Association of digital screen use during recess with physical activity behaviours in 10-year-old to 17-year-old Danish adolescents: a population-based cross-sectional study by Soren Brage, Jens Troelsen, Anders Grøntved, Peter Lund Kristensen, Jan C Brønd, Anne Kær Gejl, Niels C Møller, Kristian T Larsen, Sofie Koch, Natascha H Pedersen

“…In multivariable-adjusted analysis, adolescents with no screen use during recess spent an absolute 11.1% (95% CI 5.4 to 6.8) more of their recess time being physically active compared to those with frequent use. …”
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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

“…Correlation heat map analysis showed that maize yield had negative highly significant correlation with soil bulk density and positive highly significant correlation with soil organic matter. …”
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound Pulse Checks During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on a Patient Simulator (PUPRAS) by Susanne Betz, Harald Bergmann, Franz Rettich, Julian Kreutz, Birgit Ploeger, Christoph W. Jaenig, Stephan Grosch, Karl M. Meggiolaro, Andreas Jerrentrup, Willi Schmidbauer, Bernhard Schieffer, Tobias Gruebl

“…The pulse checks took an average of 6.7 s (SD 3.9 s). Manual pulse checks (7.3 s) took longer than ultrasound pulse checks (6.1 s; <i>p</i> < 0.01), which were performed after a mean of 7.1 min (SD 1.7 min), during the fourth rhythm analysis in 93% of cases, and at the femoral artery in 62% of cases. …”
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Pathologic Genetic Mutations May Correlate with Poor Visual Outcome in Patients with Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy by Hsun-I. Chiu, Hui-Chen Cheng, Chih-Chiau Wu, Shih-Jen Chen, De-Kuang Hwang, Yi-Ming Huang, Yu-Bai Chou, Po-Kang Lin, Tai-Chi Lin, Ko-Hua Chen, Pei-Yu Lin, Yu-Fan Chang, An-Guor Wang

“…Results Forty-one patients with an average age of 61.1 ± 13.6 years, daily dose of 8.2 ± 3.6 mg/kg, and treatment period of 12.4 ± 5.6 years were recruited with a mean follow-up of 3.3 ± 2.8 years. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Chinese version of the taste and smell survey for cancer patients by Haixin Liang, Qing Yang, Li Yin, Huarong Pang, Enmei Jiu, Bin Li, Lei Qin

“…Content Validity Indices (I-CVI) for individual items ranged from 0.833 to 1.000, and the Average Scale-level Content Validity Index (S-CVI/Ave) was 0.972. …”
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Treatment of hypertension within primary health care in the Kyrgyz Republic: pharmacoepidemiology and control efficiency by A. G. Polupanov, G. O. Narkulova, T. Dzh. Dzhamangulova, A. I. Sabirova, I. Kh. Bebezov, U. K. Kundashev, I. S. Sabirov, E. D. Dzhishambaev, A. S. Dzhumagulova

“…Within the project "Analysis and evaluation of factors determining the control of management of patients with hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases in the Kyrgyz Republic", supported by the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Swiss project "Effective management and prevention of non-communicable diseases in Kyrgyzstan", we studied compliance of antihypertensives' prescription with modern clinical guidelines and the effectiveness of HTN control at the level of primary health care in the Kyrgyz Republic. …”
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Factors associated with having a steady homosexual partner among men who have sex with men, based on internet recruitment by Peng Zhang, Weiyong Chen, Jing Li, Yun Fu, Fang Wang, Xing Wang, Zhongrong Yang

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that older participants having a steady HP (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.04; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.01–1.07)was associated with an average monthly income &gt;6,000 Chinese yuan (aOR: 1.47; 95% CI: 1.01–2.16), a belief that using enhancers such as Rush Popper increases the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection risk (aOR: 1.56; 95% CI: 1.02–2.41), identification as purely homosexual (aOR: 2.02; 95% CI: 1.37–2.99), having engaged in anal sex with a HP in the previous 6 months (aOR: 4.13; 95% CI:2.51–6.90), and knowing the HIV status of their HP (aOR: 1.88; 95% CI: 1.17–3.06). …”
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LIPUS Responsive Dopamine-Modified PVDF Piezoelectric Nanofiber Membrane for Full-Thickness Skin Wound Healing by Zhang Z, Liu L, Wang H, Xie W, Zhai W, Wen L, Zhang B, Liu K, Zhang X, Liu S, Huang L, Li D, Zhou Y

“…The healing process was documented with photographs, and functional skin regeneration was evaluated through histological analysis.Results: The DA/PVDF nanomembranes had an average diameter of 732 ± 232 nm and generated a voltage of 450 mV under LIPUS stimulation, a 1.28-fold increase compared to PVDF membranes alone. …”
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