<i>Eisenia bicyclis</i>-Mediated Gold Nanoparticles Exhibit Antibiofilm and Antivirulence Activities Against <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> and <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> by Do Kyung Oh, Du-Min Jo, Nam-Gyun Kim, Kyung-Jin Cho, Geum-Jae Jeong, Nazia Tabassum, Won-Kyo Jung, Fazlurrahman Khan, Young-Mog Kim

“…The synthesized EA-AuNPs were determined to have an average size of 165.04 nm, with a zeta potential of −29.86 mV, indicating good stability. …”
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Correlation between microRNA expression levels and plasma concentrations of biomarkers of post-transplant complications in heart transplant recipients by D. A. Velikiy, O. E. Gichkun, A. A. Ulybysheva, S. O. Sharapchenko, A. V. Marchenko, O. P. Shevchenko, A. O. Shevchenko

“…The study enrolled 72 heart recipients, among whom were 56 men (77.8%). The average age of recipients was 48.6 ± 10.9 (16 to 70) years. …”
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Hydrogen Column Density Variability in a Sample of Local Compton-thin AGN II by A. Pizzetti, N. Torres-Albà, S. Marchesi, J. Buchner, I. Cox, X. Zhao, S. Neal, D. Sengupta, R. Silver, M. Ajello

“…We present the multiepoch analysis of 13 variable, nearby ( z ≲ 0.1), and Compton-thin (10 ^22 < N _H < 1.5 × 10 ^24 cm ^−2 ) active galactic nuclei (AGN) selected from the 105-month BAT catalog. …”
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PERKEMBANGAN OVARIUM TIKUS YANG DIPAPAR RADIASI SINAR X by N Nurjanah, P Widiyaningrum

“…The study used 12 female rats </em><em>of 1.5 </em><em>month</em><em>s</em><em> </em><em>and</em><em> average body weight of 1</em><em>5</em><em>0 ± 13 grams. …”
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Exploring the mediating effects of amino acids on BMI and gestational diabetes mellitus: a longitudinal population-based cohort study by Lijuan Wang, Haiyan Wang, Haiyan Wang, Xiaoyan Gou, Xiaoyan Gou, Pengsheng Li, Pengsheng Li, Dazhi Fan, Dazhi Fan, Fang Huang, Dandan Yu, Xingni Yang, Dongmei Suo, Zhengping Liu, Zhengping Liu, Gengdong Chen, Gengdong Chen, Zixing Zhou, Zixing Zhou

“…A 50% rise in alanine, asparagine, and leucine levels led to average increases of 0.31, 0.19, and 0.21 mmol/L in mean 2-h postprandial blood glucose (OGTT2). …”
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Antioxidant Properties and Microbiological Stability of Yogurt Enriched with Elderberry Extract by Oana-Elena Pascariu, Letícia M. Estevinho, Natália L. Seixas, Ioan Dopcea, Oana A. Boiu-Sicuia, Mihaela Geicu-Cristea, Florentina Israel-Roming

“…In the second experiment, the samples with 0.5% EDB extract showed an average reduction of approximately 0.35 CFU/g, while the control showed a reduction of 0.51 CFU/g, maintaining stable counts and no detectable growth of psychrophilic bacteria, yeasts, molds, or coliforms. …”
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Augmenting insights into heat transfer performance of direct-contact evaporator: An interpretable data-driven hybrid strategy by Yinzhen Tan, Bo Yu, Jianxin Pan, Wuliang Yin, Min Wang, Hua Wang, Kai Yang, Qingtai Xiao

“…Overall, this study presents an in-depth analysis of complex heat transfer datasets to provide valuable insights into evaporator design to ensure efficient and consistent performance in real-world operation. …”
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Associations of lung function impairment and biological aging with mortality and cardiovascular disease incidence: findings from UK biobank participants by Jiali Chen, Cheng Wang, Pengyu Duan, Yonghong Bi, Yao Meng, Weiyu Feng, Zhehao Jin, Hangbing Li, Huihui Wang, Xiaoyan Li, Kun Zuo, Xiangcheng Zhao, Longfei Li, Yuling Xing, Lan Luo, Yang Yu, Miao Yu, Muyan Cui, Bing Zhang

“…Mediation and interaction analyses further examined the associations between lung function impairment, biological aging, and adverse health outcomes.ResultsOver an average follow-up of 13.8–14.4 years, 28,059 deaths and 34,863 incident CVD cases were recorded. …”
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Subsoiling Before Wheat Sowing Enhances Grain Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Maize in Dryland Winter Wheat and Summer Maize Double Cropping System Under One-Off Irrigation Pract... by Yanmin Peng, Kainan Zhao, Jun Zhang, Kaiming Ren, Junhao Zhang, Jinhua Guo, Rongrong Wang, Huishu Xiao, Peipei Jiang, Ninglu Xu, Ming Huang, Jinzhi Wu, Youjun Li

“…However, subsoiling before wheat sowing can mitigate these negative effects of one-off irrigation. Correlation analysis and path model results indicated that tillage methods before wheat sowing had a greater impact on soil water storage and maize productivity than irrigation practices during wheat growing season. …”
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Study of senile astheny markers against the background of acute inflammatory process in elderly and senile patients in emergency abdominal surgery by M. B. Danyliuk, S. M. Zavhorodnii, Ye. R. Fedotov, Ye. K. Mykhalchenko, I. V. Dobrodub

“…The basis of the work included 92 (100.0 %) patients, the average age in the entire group was 72.0 ± 2.3 years. …”
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Feasibility and usefulness of Gini coefficients of primary care visits as a measure of service inequality: preliminary findings from a cross-sectional study using region-wide elect... by Xin Yang, Jing Chai, Jing Cheng, DeBin Wang, XingRong Shen, Rong Liu, ManMan Lu, Jia Xu, Ningjing Yang, Guocheng Li

“…While the observed GPVs for all causes witnessed: great inter-region variations, with the highest GPV being 4.38 times the lowest; a general decreasing trend over the 9-quarter period, being reduced by 18.48% on average; and atypical J-shaped trajectories along age groups for both sexes. …”
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Restructuring of small-scale constructed wetland systems and treatability of individual household wastewater through natural process by S. Mokatip, K. Chunkao, W. Wararam, S. Bualert, O. Phewnil, T. Pattamapitoon, N. Semvimol, P. Maskulrath, P. Rollap, S. Thaipakdee

“…This efficacy corresponds to a notable reduction in average biochemical oxygen demand from 740.0 to 9.7 milligrams per liter. …”
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Patient-specific titanium-reinforced calcium-phosphate (CaP: Ti) implants for revision cranioplasty by Paul Vincent Naser, Friederike Zacharias, Henrik Giese, Sandro M. Krieg, Andreas W. Unterberg, Alexander Younsi

“…Material and methods: Retrospective analysis of 15 patients who underwent CaP:Ti PSI implantation for revision cranioplasty between 2016 and 2022 at a single neurosurgical department. …”
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Congenital Epidermolysis Bullosa Epidemiology among Children of Russian Federation by Nikolay N. Murashkin, Roman V. Epishev, Olga S. Orlova, Alena А. Kuratova, Victoriya S. Polenova

“…The registry contains information on 22 deceased patients, average age was 3.06 ± 4.66 (from 0 to 15 years, median 0.54 years). …”
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Developing an Adult Living Donor Liver Transplant Program in Western Europe: The Rotterdam Experience by Alicia Jane Chorley, Wojciech G. Polak, Khe C. K. Tran, Turkan Terkivatan, Jenny Kissler, Michail Doukas, Caroline Den Hoed, Maarten G. Thomeer, Roy Dwarkasing, Herold Metselaar, Jan N. M. Ijzermans, Robert J. Porte, Ernst Johan Kuipers, Robert C. Minnee, Markus Boehnert, Markus Boehnert

“…Critical steps of program development included market analysis, creation of protocols based on best care practices and a rigorous education program. …”
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Ambiente familiar, actividad física y el índice de masa corporal en infantes de 6 a 12 años de la ciudad de Juliaca (Family environment, physical activity and body mass index in in... by Alcides Flores Paredes, Daniel Coila Pancca, Héctor Hugo Inca Huacasi, Angela Katiusca Lavalle Gonzales

“…Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS software. V. 28, descriptive and correlational statistics were applied through the Pearson and Rho Spearman Chi Square test. …”
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Do we need urine drug screens in opioid addiction treatment: An observational study on self-report versus urine drug screens by Alannah McEvoy, Myanca Rodrigues, Brittany B Dennis, Jacqueline Hudson, David C. Marsh, Andrew Worster, Lehana Thabane, Zainab Samaan

“…Results: Overall, the average PPV and FOR for any drug across all phases was 80.7 % and 37.9 %, respectively. …”
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High Stubble Height Enhances Ratoon Rice Yield by Optimizing Light–Temperature Resource Utilization and Photothermal Quotient by Yin Zhang, Tian Sheng, Liyan Shang, Beiyou Zhang, Long Jin, Fangfang Hou, Matthew Tom Harrison, Liying Huang, Zhaoqiang Jin, Xiaohai Tian, Ke Liu, Shijie Shi, Yunbo Zhang, Dayong Li

“…The results showed that the HS treatment significantly increased ratoon season yield compared to LS treatment, with average yield increases of 21.2% and 28.1% in 2022 and 2023, respectively. …”
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Next-Generation Sequencing–Based Molecular Profiling of Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Its Potential Application for Therapy by Hakan Demirci, MD, Josh N. Vo, PhD, Yi-Mi Wu, PhD, Victor Elner, MD, Arul M. Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD, Dan Robinson, PhD, F. Yesim Demirci, MD

“…Methods: Integrative exome and transcriptome analysis of fresh-frozen tumor and matching normal samples. …”
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Comparison of Superselective Renal Artery Embolization versus Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy in Ruptured Hemorrhagic Renal Angiomyolipoma: A Single-Center Study by Zhaoyang Li, Lu Yang, Huitang Yang, Tonghe Zhang, Yandong Cai, Zhan Jiang, Guoju Fan, Kaiqiang Wang, Bo Chen, Hongwei Zhang, Hailong Hu, Yankui Li

“…Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 24 patients who were diagnosed with ruptured hemorrhagic renal angiomyolipoma at the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University between January 2019 and December 2021. …”
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