Screening for diabetes mellitus in learners residing in the Belhar, Delft and Mfuleni communities of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa by A. Somers, E. Rustford, M.S. Hassan, R.T. Erasmus

“…Results: A total of 15.7% of the learners were overweight and 6.2% were obese; 11.5% of the learners had a first-degree relative with diabetes and 29.9% had a second-degree relative with diabetes. …”
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ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL AND GENETIC FACTORS WITH LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY IN ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION by T. Yu. Kuznetsova, D. V. Gavrilov, L. M. Samohodskaya, D. V. Rebrikov, S. A. Morozova, P. I. Makarevich, A. V. Kolotvin, A. B. Balatsky, A. Yu. Postnov, S. A. Boitsov

“…To evaluate association of clinical and genetic factors with left ventricle hypertrophy (LVH) in patients with arterial hypertension (HT).Materials and methods. 672 patients with HT were involved, aged 50,6 y.o. in average, men 67%. …”
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Specific bronchial hyperreactivity and hypersensitivity in patients with allergic asthma by Aćimović Slobodan, Lončarević Olivera, Vuković Jelena, Stojsavljević Marko, Rančić Nemanja

“…There is no relationship between the degree of specific and non-specific bronchial hyperreactivity in patients with allergic asthma.…”
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Factors of angiogenesis and placental hormones in pregnant women with arterial hypertension by O. V. Deinichenko, Yu. Ya. Krut

“…Pregnant women in 1st group were the youngest: the average age was 26.4 ± 0.8 years versus 33.8 ± 0.6 years in 2nd group and 32.0 ± 1.0 years in control group, P ˂ 0.001. …”
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Genomic epidemiology of a novel Pandoraea pneumonica group caused severe bloodstream infection in Hainan, China, 2021-2024 by Chong Chen, Min Wang, Min Wang, Tao Huang, Dong-liang Huang, Shuai Yu, Hui-min Zhao, Xiang-xiang Fu, Xin-xin Li, Hua Wu

“…Among 28 genomes of them, the average genome size and average GC contents were 5,397,568 bp, and 62.43%, respectively. …”
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Ocular Structural and Vascular Changes in Patients with Severe Asymptomatic Carotid Disease After Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) and Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS) by Foteini Xanthou, Anna Dastiridou, Athanasios Giannoukas, Miltiadis Matsagkas, Chara Tzavara, Athanasios Chaidoulis, Sofia Androudi, Evangelia E. Tsironi

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: This study aimed to prospectively assess the incidence of retinal embolization and to evaluate the vascular and structural changes in the retina and choroid in 52 patients with asymptomatic severe carotid artery disease who underwent carotid artery revascularization. <b>Methods</b>: In our study, 35 patients underwent carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and 17 underwent carotid artery stenting (CAS). …”
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Postpartum Remote Health Coaching Intervention for Individuals With a Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy: Proof-of-Concept Study by Jaclyn D Borrowman, Lucas J Carr, Gary L Pierce, William T Story, Bethany Barone Gibbs, Kara M Whitaker

“…ResultsParticipants at enrollment were on average 30.3 years of age, 4.1 months postpartum, self-identified as non-Hispanic White (14/17, 82%), in a committed relationship (16/17, 94%), and had a bachelor’s degree (9/17, 53%). …”
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Early Results After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Severe Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction by M. K. Mazanov, P. V. Chernyavsky, M. A. Sagirov, N. M. Bikbova, N. I. Kharitonova, D. V. Chernyshev, A. V. Timerbayev, S. Y. Kambarov

“…The average age of the patients was 59.36±8.97 years (from 30 to 78 years), 93% of the patients were men. …”
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Subclinical myocardial dysfunction of the left ventricular in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by R. A. Karateev, I. G. Kirillova, Yu. N. Gorbunova, T. V. Popkova

“…The aim – to study the frequency of left ventricular (LV) myocardial dysfunction and its relationship with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Materials and methods. The study included 100 patients with SLE who met the criteria of SLICC/ACR 2012, 87% were women, the average age was 33 [25; 40] years, the average duration of the disease was 1 [1; 9] year, patients with varying degrees of activity according to SLEDAI-2K (low/moderate/high) – 30/45/25 (30%/45%/25%). …”
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Experience of using gene replacement therapy with Zolgensma® (onasemnogene abeparvovec) in real clinical practice in Russia by S. B. Artemyeva, Yu. O. Papina, O. A. Shidlovskaya, A. V. Monakhova, D. V. Vlodavets

“…The average improvement on the HINE-2 scale was 3.3 / 4.4 points, respectively. …”
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Optical coherence tomography in the evaluation of structural changes in primary open-angle glaucoma with and without elevated intraocular pressure by Trenkić-Božinović Marija, Zlatanović Gordana, Jovanović Predrag, Veselinović Dragan, Đorđević-Jocić Jasmina, Radenković Marija, Resan Mirko

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences and connections between changes in the visual field and the thickness of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma with normal and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). Methods. This prospective study included 38 patients (38 eyes) with primary open-angle glaucoma with normal intraocular pressure (NTG) and 50 patients (50 eyes) with primary open-angle glaucoma with elevated intraocular pressure (HTG), paired by the same degree of structural glaucomatous changes in the optic nerve head and by age. …”
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Regional disparities, dynamic evolution, and spatial spillover effects of medical resource allocation efficiency in TCM hospitals by Zhihao Wang, Zhiguang Li, Ruijin Xie

“…Results In 17 provinces, the efficiency is higher than the average value of 0.839, and in 8 provinces, the average value has exceeded 1. …”
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Comparative genomic analysis of Helicobacter pylori isolates from gastric cancer and gastritis in China by Peng-fei Kong, Yong-hao Yan, Yan-tao Duan, Yan-tian Fang, Yi Dou, Yong-hu Xu, Da-zhi Xu

“…Abstract Background This study aimed to explore and compare the genomic characteristics and pathogenicity of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) strains derived from the gastric cancer (GC) and gastritis in the Chinese population. Methods We performed whole genome sequencing on 12 H. pylori strains obtained from GC and gastritis patients in China. …”
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SPECIFIC FEATURES IN THE EXPRESSION OF INTRASPECIES VARIABILITY OF PRUNUS PUMILA FRUITS IN CHELYABINSK PROVINCE IN THE PROCESS OF INTRODUCTION by M. S. Lezin, V. S. Simagin, A. V. Lokteva

“…Mamaev’s scale.Results and conclusion. The average fruit weight was 2.49±0.11 g and varied from 1.25 to 5.15 g. …”
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF ORIGINAL AND GENERIC BISOPROLOL IN PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION 1-2 GRADE by S. N. Tolpygina, E. V. Shilova, S. Y. Martsevich

“…To study a clinical equivalence of two medications of bisoprolol in patients with arterial hypertension (AH) 1-2 grades.Methods. Efficacy and tolerability of original (Concor, NYCOMED, Merck KGaA) and generic (Bisogamma, WORWAG PHARMA GmbH &amp; Co) bisoprolol were investigated in open-label cross-over randomized comparative study. 32 patients (15 males and 17 females) with AH of 1 (66%) and 2 (34%) grades aged of 60 y.o. on average were involved. …”
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A Study on the Functional Outcome of Hybrid External Fixator in Type 5 and Type 6 Schatzker Tibial Plateau Fracture by Praveen K. Prasannan, Nandu M. S. Nair, E. Kaizar Ennis, Praveen R. Iyer

“…All fractures united in an average time of 14 weeks (range = 8–20 weeks). Six fractures have virus/vagus malunion. …”
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CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE BRUCELLOSIS IN CHILDREN OF THE STAVROPOL TERRITORY by S. M. Bezrodnova, N. A. Yatsenko, I. V. Kovalchuk

“…We used  the following methods: bibliographic, monographic description, epidemiological, analytical, statistical methods.Results. …”
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DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC MAPS OF ECOLOGICAL STATUS OF WATER OBJECTS OF THE VOLGA RIVER DELTA by Z. N. Isenalieva, I. V. Volkova, V. I. Egorova, N. O. Meshcheryakova, Z. A. Shkvarnikova

“…The aim of this work was the comprehensive study of the ecological state of water objects of the Volga River delta. Methods. The following methods were used: field (collection, observation, organoleptic), uniform chemical analysis techniques are based on colorimetric, settlement, photometric, spectrometric measurement methods. …”
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Validation the output data of the global model of the atmosphere on data of aerological sensing with increscent lead time by A. K. Kagermazov, L. T. Sozaeva

“…The actual data were obtained from the aerological sounding at the meteostation «Mineralnye Vody» in the Central part of the North Caucasus. The degree of their coincidences was estimated by correlation analysis methods. …”
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Mechanism of the nonequilibrium phase transition in self-propelled particles with alignment by Ruizhe Yan, Jie Su, Jin Wang

“…Furthermore, the variations in the averaged flux and entropy production rate exhibit pronounced differences across various noise types. …”
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