Association of cancer and outcomes of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 between 2020 and 2023 [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Robert F Terry, Rugiatu Z Kamara, Robert J Samuels, Donald S Grant, Sulaiman Lakoh, Mustapha Kabba, Innocent Nuwagira, Yusuf Sheku Tejan, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Shermarke Hassan, Abdulai Tejan Jalloh, Divya Nair, Laura Merson

“…Conclusions This study's findings underscore the heightened vulnerability of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with cancer, revealing a higher mortality rate, longer hospital stays, and an unstructured pattern of care that reflects the complexity of managing severely ill patients during a public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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Effect of weight loss and liraglutide on neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin levels among individuals with overweight and knee osteoarthritis: Exploratory analyses of a rand... by Asbjørn Seenithamby Poulsen, Zara Rebecca Stisen, Marie Skougaard, Robin Christensen, Anders Overgaard, Henrik Gudbergsen, Stine Jacobsen, Andreas Peter Balslev-Clausen, Marius Henriksen, Lars Erik Kristensen, Henning Bliddal

“…This indicates a complex pattern of proinflammatory cytokine-release during hypocaloric diet interventions. …”
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Controlled-release fertilizer affects leaf nitrogen allocation and photosynthesis to improve nitrogen use efficiency and yield in the sunflower field by Wenhao Ren, Xianyue Li, Xianyue Li, Xianyue Li, Tingxi Liu, Tingxi Liu, Ning Chen, Maoxin Xin, Qian Qi, Bin Liu

“…Controlled-release fertilizers (CRF) have been reported to effectively reduce the nitrogen loss by matching the release pattern with crop N demand, thus increasing the yield. …”
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Genome-wide identification of TaeGRASs responsive to biotic stresses and functional analysis of TaeSCL6 in wheat resistance to powdery mildew by Yuanyuan Guan, Kaige Wang, Junjie Zhao, Xiangyang Miao, Xiangyang Li, Puwen Song, Haiyan Hu, Shengli Zhang, Chengwei Li

“…Gene duplication analysis revealed 13 pairs of tandem repeats and 142 pairs of segmental duplications, which may account for the rapid expansion of the wheat GRAS family. Expression pattern analysis revealed that 75% of the expressed TaeGRAS genes are responsive to biotic stresses. …”
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Identification of ALEKSIN as a novel multi-IRF inhibitor of IRF- and STAT-mediated transcription in vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis by Aleksandra Antonczyk, Katarzyna Kluzek, Natalia Herbich, Mahdi Eskandarian Boroujeni, Bart Krist, Dorota Wronka, Anna Karlik, Lukasz Przybyl, Adam Plewinski, Joanna Wesoly, Hans A. R. Bluyssen

“…The key factors contributing to the onset and progression of atherosclerosis include the pro-inflammatory cytokines interferon (IFN)α and IFNγ and the pattern recognition receptor (PRR) Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). …”
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В6.А-DYSFPRMD/GENEJ MICE AS A GENETIC MODEL OF DYSFERLINOPATHY by M. V. Korokin, E. V. Kuzubova, A. I. Radchenko, R. V. Deev, I. A. Yakovlev, A. V. Deikin, N. S. Zhunusov, A. M. Krayushkina, V. M. Pokrovsky, O. A. Puchenkova, K. D. Chaprov, N. V. Ekimova, S. N. Bardakov, O. N. Chernova, A. M. Emelin, I. S. Limaev

“…Histological methods in the skeletal muscles revealed signs of a myopathic damage pattern: necrotic muscle fibers, moderate lympho-macrophage infiltration, an increase in the proportion of fibers with centrally located nuclei, and an increase in the average fiber diameter compared to the control. …”
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The effects of anterior spaces on the intrusion of mandibular incisors with clear aligners in extraction cases: a finite-element analysis by Lei Liang, Lu Liu, Yuan Cao, Zhiwei Wang, Ni Li, Yanjiao Li, Fang Jin

“…Notably, moderate spacing optimized the distribution of Von Mises stress from the clear aligner in the anterior region, facilitating a more bodily movement pattern during intrusion rather than excessive tipping. …”
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Short light/dark cycles favour photosynthetic efficiency and growth in grapevines by Mariana Gómez Tournier, Laurent Torregrosa, Jana Kändler, Angélique Christophe, Romain Boulord, Anna Medici, Anne Pellegrino

“…This study aimed to describe the effects of accelerating the light/dark cycle to a repeated short pattern (3 h light/3 h dark, ‘T3/3’), in contrast to the circadian-aligned regime (12 h light/12 h dark, ‘T12/12’) while keeping the same temperature and photosynthetic active radiation amounts per day. …”
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GLYCINE betaine and seaweed-based biostimulants improved leaf water status and enhanced photosynthetic activity in sweet cherry trees by Sílvia Afonso, Sílvia Afonso, Ivo Oliveira, Ivo Oliveira, Francisco Guedes, Anne S. Meyer, Berta Gonçalves, Berta Gonçalves

“…Soluble protein content also showed the same pattern for treated leaves. Biostimulants, especially EM, demonstrated a significant positive effect (p ≤ 0.001) on total phenolic content, with increases of approximately 25% to 50% in treated leaves. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Behçet’s Syndrome-Related Uveitis: A Monocentric Italian Experience by Jurgen Sota, Luca Cantarini, Antonio Vitale, Arianna Sgheri, Stefano Gentileschi, Valeria Caggiano, Viviana Gelardi, Bruno Frediani, Gian Marco Tosi, Claudia Fabiani

“…Uveitis was bilateral in 37 (78.7%) patients with panuveitis being the most frequent anatomical pattern (40 out of 84 eyes), whereas 27 eyes presented a posterior uveitis. …”
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Exhaled breath particles as a diagnostic tool for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in lung transplant recipients: a longitudinal study by Runchuan Gu, Runchuan Gu, Runchuan Gu, Embla Bodén, Embla Bodén, Embla Bodén, Embla Bodén, Sandra Lindstedt, Sandra Lindstedt, Sandra Lindstedt, Sandra Lindstedt, Franziska Olm, Franziska Olm, Franziska Olm, Franziska Olm

“…The particle distribution between the different BOS grades had a similar pattern; however, it significantly decreased PFR with severity in the BOS grade.ConclusionsEBP expressed as PFR could be used to distinguish severity in BOS grade and could be used to follow the progression of BOS over time. …”
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Associations of maternal dietary inflammatory potential and quality with offspring birth outcomes: An individual participant data pooled analysis of 7 European cohorts in the ALPHA... by Ling-Wei Chen, Adrien M Aubert, Nitin Shivappa, Jonathan Y Bernard, Sara M Mensink-Bout, Aisling A Geraghty, John Mehegan, Matthew Suderman, Kinga Polanska, Wojciech Hanke, Elzbieta Trafalska, Caroline L Relton, Sarah R Crozier, Nicholas C Harvey, Cyrus Cooper, Liesbeth Duijts, Barbara Heude, James R Hébert, Fionnuala M McAuliffe, Cecily C Kelleher, Catherine M Phillips

“…<h4>Background</h4>Adverse birth outcomes are major causes of morbidity and mortality during childhood and associate with a higher risk of noncommunicable diseases in adult life. …”
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Breeding of a new mid-to-late ripening apple cultivar Wangyuebingcui by XU Haihong, YANG Kai, LI Guangjin, ZHANG Guoqiang, TIAN Ge, AI Bohao, LI Xuqiang, WANG Junya

“…The cultivar combines high budbreak rate with moderate branching capacity, exhibiting spur-type growth pattern, sustained cluster-base productivity, and axillary flowering propensity. …”
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Effect of Chemical Processed Barley Grain (Hordeum vulgare) Through Steam Infrared Flaking on Productive and Parameters of Ruminal Fermentation in Holstein Lactating Cows by Amir Honarmand, Seyed Alireza Vakili, Mohsen Danesh Mesgarani, Abdolmansour Tahmasebi

“…Plant extract through the selective effect on certain rumen bacteria and the attachment and pattern of their colonization of starchy grain such as barley grain may alter starch degradation.Materials and Methods: To prepare Acanthophyllum (Ap) extract, 1 Kg of dried sample was solved in 5 liter distilled water and manually mixed for 48 h at 30 min hiatuses. …”
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Dual-channel Potential Energy Recovery and Load Balancing Methods for Large Hydraulic Excavators by Weiping WANG, Shun LU

“…Because the hydraulic pressure provided by the dual channels is equal to the maximum load pressure, a small amount of driving energy still must be provided by the pump during the boom lowering stage. In future research, predictive control or some detection methods can be combined with the proposed method to obtain the magnitude or variation pattern of load force. …”
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Path to Heritagization in Landscape Architecture: A Review of the Regeneration Design of Beijing Changchunyuan Park by Yufan ZHU

“…During Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644), the merged upper and lower sections of this thoroughfare formed one of the oldest slanted streets in Beijing. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE GINGIVAL RECESSION PREVALENCE AMONG DENTAL PATIENTS CONSIDERING ASSOCIATED AGE-RELATED, IATROGENIC AND PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF DENTAL STATUS by O.A. Krasnokutskyy, P.A. Hasiuk, M.Y. Goncharuk-Khomyn

“…Among all diagnosed recessions cases that were observed among patients of different age subgroups, 13,71±6,72% were associated with periodontitis pathology, 5,04±2,98% with overcrowding, 7,80±3,84% with signs of pathological attrition, 9,06±2,13% with non-carious cervical dental lesions, 7,85±1,60% with carious lesions of enamel and dentin, 7,97±1,83% with parafunctional activity and/or traumatic occlusion pattern, 7,85±4,26% with the fact of orthodontic intervention, 9,75±2,44% with existing problematic restorations, 8,16±1.62% with anomalies of teeth position, 7,72±0,74% with inadequate oral hygiene condition, 5,25±0,90% with bad habits that were identified during anamnesis collection, 5,28±2,60% with anomalies of mucous bundles attachment, while in 4,55±4,18% of the cases diagnosed recessions were not clinically associated with functional or structural dental status disorders. …”
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Watershed Health Prediction based on Surface Water Quality Variables (Case Study: Taleghan Watershed) by Payam Ebrahimi, Ali Salajegheh, Mohsen Mohseni Saravi, Arash Malekian, Amir Sadoddin

“…The results showed that by training in the model, the values of surface water quality variables of Taleghan watershed can be predicted with acceptable accuracy by investigating the data pattern. In general, when the data are normalized, the accuracy of the model is relatively 10% lower than accuracy of model with real data. …”
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Calculation Model of Multi-roll Straightening Process Based on Bilinear Hardening and Power Hardening by ZHU Xiaoyu, CHENG Zixing, WANG Xiaogang, HAN Peisheng

“…The bilinear model shows a linear increase in error, while the power model displays a nonlinear pattern. The magnitude of the hardening coefficient affects only the degree of curvature error, not the underlying behavior or material applicability. …”
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Advances in the regulation mechanism of sugar and acid metabolism in peach fruit by LI Junhao, GE Xiaolan, ZHU Jie, BAI Ruixia, WANG Yuehui

“…Most varieties are the type of malic acid accumulation pattern. The organic acid content shows a decreasing trend during the development of the fruit. …”
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