Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT by Cherry-Ann Waldron, Philip Pallmann, Simon Schoenbuchner, Debbie Harris, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Céu Mateus, Jolanta Bernatoniene, Katrina Cathie, Saul N Faust, Josie Henley, Lucy Hinds, Kerry Hood, Chao Huang, Sarah Jones, Sarah Kotecha, Sarah Milosevic, Helen Nabwera, Sanjay Patel, Stéphane Paulus, Colin VE Powell, Jenny Preston, Huasheng Xiang, Emma Thomas-Jones, Enitan D Carrol

“…Average cost per participant was estimated at the end of the treatment and the follow-up periods, respectively, and average cost per subgroup of patients was explored for the same time points. …”
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Population dynamics of Tricentrus sp. and detection of jujube witches'-broom phytoplasma in a Shandong jujube orchard by LI Yong, WEI Jingwei, YU Guoyue, TAN Jing, PEI Guangying, LI Shu, YANG Fan

“…The population dynamics of Tricentrus sp. exhibited significant temporal and spatial variation. Temporal analysis showed significant changes over time (χ2=6.524, df=1, p=0.011), while spatial analysis revealed differences across orchard sections (χ2=39.412, df=2, p<0.001). …”
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Construction and functional identification of overexpression vector of the peach PpCLH1 gene by LIU Xin, ZHANG Xiaoyu, MENG Junren, LI Ang, DUAN Wenyi, SUN Shihang, PAN Lei, ZENG Wenfang, WANG Zhiqiang, NIU Liang

“…The mean hydrophilicity index stood at 0.065, surpassing the global average, while the instability index was computed to be 44.56, hinting at potential protein instability. …”
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老年急性卒中患者医院感染预测模型的构建与验证(Construction and Validation of a Prediction Model for Nosocomial Infection in Elderly Patients with Acute Stroke) by 李静，程实，郭军平，胡爱香，于鑫玮，韩玮，张越巍，冀瑞俊(LI Jing, CHENG Shi, GUO Junping, HU Aixiang, YU Xinwei, HAN Wei, ZHANG Yuewei, JI Ruijun)

“…The predictive capability of the model was evaluated in terms of accuracy, discrimination, and clinical utility through the Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit test, calibration curve plotting, ROC curve analysis, and decision curve analysis (DCA). Results A total of 2201 elderly patients with acute stroke were included in this study, with an average age of (68.9±6.9) years, and 68.92% (1517/2201) were male. …”
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Taxonomic and phenotypic characterization of a novel Providencia species: Providencia lanzhouensis sp. nov. by Yanghui Xiang, Xu Dong, Lan Ma, Dan Cao, Yi Li, Xiuzhi Jiang, Pusheng Xu, Xin Yuan, Kefan Bi, Yiru Zhang, Yuxin Han, Ying Zhang

“…While initial mass spectrometry analysis identified the strain as Providencia alcalifaciens, comprehensive genomic analysis revealed distinct characteristics suggesting a novel species. …”
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Assessment of genetic diversity among seed transfer zones for multiple grassland plant species across Germany by Walter Durka, Stefan G. Michalski, Johannes Höfner, Anna Bucharova, Filip Kolář, Christina M. Müller, Christoph Oberprieler, Kristýna Šemberová, Markus Bauer, Matthias Bernt, Walter Bleeker, Stefan Brändel, Solveig Franziska Bucher, Pia Maria Eibes, Michael Ewald, Ronny Goldberg, Kerstin Grant, Sylvia Haider, Alexander Harpke, Friedhelm Haun, Rico Kaufmann, Lotte Korell, Dierk Kunzmann, Daniel Lauterbach, Simon Leib, Nikola Lenzewski, Holger Loritz, Anna-Maria Madaj, Ann Kareen Mainz, Philipp Meinecke, Hanna Mertens, Maren H. Meyer, Martin Musche, Michael Ristow, Christoph Rosche, Christiane Roscher, Daniel Rutte, Annemarie Schacherer, Wolfgang Schmidt, Joraine Schmoldt, Simone Schneider, Jan-Hinnerk Schwarz, Sandra Skowronek, Stephanie A. Socher, Nils Stanik, Alina Twerski, Karin Weiß, Martin Weiß, Alexander Wille, Andreas Zehm, Christian Zidorn

“…The analysis of genetic population structure included cluster analysis and analyses of isolation-by-distance and isolation-by-environment. …”
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Global, regional, and national trends in the incidence of pneumoconiosis among populations aged 20 and above from 1990 to 2021 by Qiyun Cheng, Qiyun Cheng, Shiyue He, Shiyue He, Shiyue He, Shiyue He, Yongbin Hu, Yongbin Hu, Pinhua Pan, Pinhua Pan, Pinhua Pan, Pinhua Pan, Xinyue Hu, Xinyue Hu, Xinyue Hu, Xinyue Hu, Shuya Liao, Shunjun Wang, Hui Li

“…Utilizing data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021, we have updated the epidemiological trends of pneumoconiosis.MethodsWe conducted and analyzed pneumoconiosis-related data from the GBD 2021 study for individuals aged ≥20 years. Our analysis described the incident cases and age-standardized incidence rates (ASIRs) across various global regions and age groups. …”
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Water-Sediment Variation and Characteristics of Erosion and Deposition in Baihetan Reservoir Area by LUO Gang, XIAO Xiao, WU Di, JISHA Ri-fu, LU Jun

“…Water-sediment relationship analysis was employed to examine the response patterns between runoff and sediment transport. …”
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Clinical Experience of Using 0.2 % Olopatadin in the Allergic Conjunctivitis Treatment by S. V. Yanchenko, A. V. Malyshev, S. N. Sakhnov, A. V. Bukina

“…Control points: 14 and 30 days of treatment. Statistical analysis included: calculation of an average and its standard deviation (М ± s); evaluation of reliability of differences in control points (Wilcoxon’s T-criterion; χ2 criterion). …”
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Metallurgical Waste for Sustainable Agriculture: Converter Slag and Blast-Furnace Sludge Increase Oat Yield in Acidic Soils by Olga V. Zakharova, Peter A. Baranchikov, Svetlana P. Chebotaryova, Gregory V. Grigoriev, Nataliya S. Strekalova, Tatiana A. Grodetskaya, Igor N. Burmistrov, Sergey V. Volokhov, Denis V. Kuznetsov, Alexander A. Gusev

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<i>RUNX3</i> Methylation: An Epigenetic Biomarker for Early Liver Damage Induced by Co-Exposure to Aflatoxin B1 and Hepatitis B Virus by Yunying Mo, Xiaodan Lu, Shixiong Zheng, Junfeng Deng, Shihan Huang, Ye Hong, Xiaoyu Xian, Aliya Yijiati, Xingyu Yu, Xunwu Luo, Miner Xiao, Xingfen Yang, Michael N. Routledge, Yunyun Gong, Zhini He

“…Our findings indicated an average daily AFB1 intake of 3.14 ng/kg·bw/day from UPP oil consumption. …”
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Evaluating the diagnostic performance of six plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative dementias in a large Chinese cohort by Bin Jiao, Ziyu Ouyang, Yiliang Liu, Cong Zhang, Tianyan Xu, Qijie Yang, Sizhe Zhang, Yuan Zhu, Meidan Wan, Xuewen Xiao, Xixi Liu, Yafang Zhou, Xinxin Liao, Weiwei Zhang, Shilin Luo, Beisha Tang, Lu Shen

“…Besides, p-tau181, p-tau217, and GFAP were associated with temporal lobe volume, while p-tau231 and GFAP were associated with frontal lobe volume. Longitudinal analysis showed the higher p-tau181 could predict the cognitive decline progression. …”
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Spectrum of mutations and their phenotypic manifestations in children and adults with long QT syndrome by N. N. Chakova, S. M. Komissarova, E. A. Zasim, T. V. Dolmatovich, E. S. Rebeko, S. S. Niyazova, E. V. Zaklyazminskaya, L. I. Plashchinskaya, M. V. Dudko

“…All participants underwent 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG), 24-hour Holter monitoring, genealogical analysis, echocardiography and cardiac MRI. The genetic study was performed by nextgeneration sequencing (NGS) using the MiSeq system (Illumina). …”
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Autorregulación del aprendizaje en línea en estudiantes universitarios durante pandemia Covid-19: caso Educación Física, diferencias entre sexos (Self-regulation of online learning... by Fernando Mondaca Fernández, Carolina Jiménez Lira, Martha Ornelas Contreras, Pamela Franco Díaz, Elia Verónica Benavides Pando

“…The sample (N=787), selected anonymously by convenience, was of 361 women (45.9%) and 426 men (54.1%), with a minimum age of 18 years and a maximum of 49, an average of 21.17±2.91. Participants answered the self-report instrument Online Learning Self-Regulation Questionnaire (OLSRQ) in its Spanish version. …”
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Attention-Enhanced Hybrid Automatic Modulation Classification for Advanced Wireless Communication Systems: A Deep Learning-Transformer Framework by Sam Ansari, Khawla A. Alnajjar, Sohaib Majzoub, Eqab Almajali, Anwar Jarndal, Talal Bonny, Abir Hussain, Soliman Mahmoud

“…The model achieves an average accuracy improvement of 14.86% over benchmark methods and delivers up to a 38% reduction in inference latency. …”
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Construction and evaluation of an anxiety risk prediction model for the elderly (老年人焦虑风险预测模型的构建与评价) by ZHANG Jie (张洁), ZHU Xuehua (祝雪花)

“…Results A total of 475 older adults were recruited for final analysis. The incidence of anxiety in the elderly people was 36. 00%. …”
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Choosing health facilities and impact factors of the choice in context of tiered medical system: A questionnaire survey of opinions of patients with multi-morbidity by Yuqin Zhu, Hua Jin, Dehua Yu

“…Binary logistic regression analysis showed that age and medical insurance were significant influencing factors in the decision to choose community health center for their initial consultation (P<0.05). …”
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ASSESSMENT OF CARIES IN DECIDUOUS TEETH IN CHILDREN WITH SOMATIC PATHOLOGY (LITERATURE REVIEW) by N.I. Smolyar, N.I. Bodnaruk, T.Yu. Lysak, I.V. Han

“…The researchers analyzed 358 world publications and found that the prevalence of caries is on average 67%, with the highest rates (84%) in South America. …”
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Validation of research activity in the field of sports science and physical education for students in higher education by Vladimir Potop, Liviu E. Mihailescu, Ilie Mihai, Constantin Ciorbă, Andrii Chernozub, Miroslawa Cieslicka, Wladyslaw Jagiello, Liviu M. Matac, Adrian D. Pricop

“…The confidence interval analysis (0.95) pointed out lower variability for indicators A1, A2 and A3, while the final evaluation and final grade highlighted greater dispersion. …”
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Enhanced specific energy in fast-charging lithium-ion batteries negative electrodes via Ti-O covalency-mediated low potential by Jun Huang, Qirui Yang, Anyi Hu, Zhu Liao, Zhengxi Zhang, Qinfeng Zheng, Zhouhong Ren, Shun Zheng, Yixiao Zhang, Xiaolong Yang, Zhenming Xu, Le Zhang, Daming Zhu, Wen Wen, Xi Liu, Akihiro Orita, Nagahiro Saito, Liguang Wang, Yongyao Xia, Liwei Chen, Jun Lu, Li Yang

“…Mechanistic analysis reveals low Li⁺ migration barriers and stable Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite frameworks enable rapid ion transport.…”
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