Predictive role of the Albumin-Bilirubin score in ICU patients with cirrhosis and sepsis: insights from a large retrospective cohort by Jianjun Wang, Pei Yang, Chuan Qin, Yongwei Huang, Zhaohui Hu, Ruizi Shi, Sirui Chen, Xi Chen, Hua Luo, Jianping Gong, Xintao Zeng, Decai Wang

“…Patients with higher ALBI scores had significantly higher 28-day and 90-day mortality rates than those with lower scores (Kaplan-Meier). …”
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Educational mediamorphosis and constructivist paradigm by Arūnas Vyšniauskas

“…Therefore, the author proceeds: 'Politicians, who 'rediscovered' the educational theme several years ago, must not ignore these tendencies because their ignorance and lack of focus with respect to educational strategy and youth problems may cause serious internal tensions likewise it had happened thirty years ago in France and Western Germany.' …”
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Una unidad didáctica intermitente de acondicionamiento físico solo mejora los niveles de capacidad cardiorrespiratoria de los estudiantes con un perfil no saludable de condición fí... by Santiago Guijarro-Romero, Daniel Mayorga-Vega, Carolina Casado-Robles, Jesús Viciana

“…Students from both profiles had higher physical activity levels during Physical Education lessons than the control group (p < .001). …”
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Cross-sectional study of activity habits, socioeconomic status, and cognitive performance in central China’s adult population by Jiajing Li, Dan Song, Siqi Tong, Zhichao He, Jiaqi Qian, Yixuan Zhang, Jingyi He, Shijia Wang, Qianyi Zhou, Qiong Wu, Guirong Cheng

“…Logistic and linear regression models were employed to examine the associations between leisure activities and cognition, stratified by sex and age across different SES groups. This cross-sectional survey had a total of 8,597 eligible participants aged ≥ 65 years (mean age: 72.2 years, female: 55.1%). …”
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Understanding the Gendered Impact of COVID-19 on Young Self-Employed Nigerian Women and Coproducing Interventions That Foster Better Systems and Well-Being: Protocol for a Multimet... by Iyeyinka Kusi-Mensah, Aarati Taksal, Joshua Akinyemi, Oluwatomisin Owoade, Funmilola M OlaOlorun, Ade F Adeniyi, Olayinka Egbokhare, Olusade Taiwo, Oluwabukola Adeoye, Rita Tamambang, Adeola Afolayan, Chuka Ononye, Olafunmilayo Adebukola Akinpelu, Srividya N Iyer, Olayinka Omigbodun

“… BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has had disproportionate economic and health impacts on self-employed workers in Nigeria, particularly self-employed women and youth. …”
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Comparison of cardiovascular and psychological profile of young military men after COVID-19 with and without pneumonia by E. I. Yaroslavskaya, D. V. Krinochkin, I. R. Krinochkina, N. E. Shirokov, E. P. Gultyaeva, I. O. Korovina, V. D. Garanina, E. A. Gorbatenko, A. V. Mamarina, N. А. Osokina, O. A. Guskova, N. A. Musikhina, T. I. Petelina

“…Military men with COVID-19 pneumonia were significantly older (23,0 [20,5; 28,5] years vs 19,5 [19,0; 20,0] years, p=0,001). They had a prolonged PQ interval (154,5 [140,0; 163,5] ms vs 137,0 [134,0; 144,0] ms; p=0,014). …”
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Factors Affecting the Agricultural Sustainability of Wheat Farms in Kermanshah County by Reza Movahedi, Nafiseh Amiribavandpour, Karim Naderi Mahdeei

“…To analyze data a number of different tests in particular multiple regression were used. 3- Resultsand Discussion Results showed that farmers' annual yield per hectare was 5.24 tones. …”
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Identification of summer nectar plants contributing to outbreaks of Mythimna separata (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in North China by Pei GUO, Gao-ping WANG, Li-jie JIN, Xing-qi FAN, Han-lin HE, Pei-wen ZHOU, Xian-ru GUO, Wei-zheng LI, Guo-hui YUAN

“…The reason why field investigation results on chaste tree differed from the results of moth-borne pollen analyses was discussed.…”
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Study on the long-term and short-term effects of community-based health self-management group activities on comprehensive control of type 2 diabetes by Zhang Xia, Fan Mao, Yingying Jiang, Wenlan Dong, Jianqun Dong

“…We conducted four surveys at different times(at baseline, three months, two years and five years post-intervention) to collect patient demographics, disease condition, comprehensive glycemic control indicators〔body mass index(BMI), blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose(FPG), glycated hemoglobin(HbA1c), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C), triacylglycerol(TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C)〕. …”
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Stand structure, regeneration potential and carbon storage across Moist Temperate Forest of Chopal forest division in Himachal Pradesh by Ankita Chauhan, CL Thakur, DR Bhardwaj, Dhirender Kumar, Inder Dev, Rajender Kumar, Sahil Chauhan

“…Further, the stand structure analysis in all the sub-forest types revealed the highest number of trees in the mid-diameter classed i.e. 30–40 cm and 40–50 cm except for Ban oak forest, which had a greater number of trees in 80–90 cm diameter class. …”
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Physio-ecological responses of seeds and seedlings of Hosta ventricosa to combined pollution of simulated acid rain and cadmium by LUO Liangxu, GAO Suping, WANG Chengcong, LEI Ting, WEN Jinyan, LUO Yan

“…The simulated acid rain was set at five pH levels (6.5, 5.5, 4.5, 3.5 and 2.5), and the Cd treatment fluids were set at five different Cd²⁺ concentrations (0, 10, 30, 50 and 100 mg/L). …”
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Effects on Soil Aggregates and Organic Carbon Under a Triple-Cropping System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River by Binjuan Yang, Qin Liu, Ning Liu, Yao Huang, Guoqin Huang

“…Irrigation and drought multiple cropping can effectively increase the content of soil active organic carbon, among which the treatment of CRI had the best performance and the most significant effect in increasing the content of soil active organic carbon. …”
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The association of FAT1 mutations with therapeutic outcomes in AML, especially in receiving venetoclax combination by Tao Wang, Junxia Huang, Yongqian Jia, Junting Li, Weiwei Mou, Guang Lu, Guang Lu

“…Moreover, only the P53 mutation rate was higher in FAT1 mutant patients (p &lt; 0.01), while the mutation rates of DNMT3A, FLT3, and NPM1 genes showed no significant difference between FAT1 mutant and wild-type patients (p &gt; 0.05). …”
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Characterization and comparative genomic analysis of Pseudaeromonas aegiceratis sp. nov., a new nitrogen-fixing bacterium from the sediments of mangrove plant Aegiceras corniculatu... by Meng Long, Qiangcai He, Shaoshuai Tang, Zhen Gan, Yishan Lu

“…The growth of strain ZJS20T occurred at 10°C–45°C, pH 5.5–8.0, and in 0%–3% (wt/vol) NaCl. Strain ZJS20T had the highest sequence similarity of 16S rRNA gene with Pseudaeromonas paramecia PCS8T (98.5%), followed by Pseudaeromonas sharmana GPTSA-6T (97.1%) and Pseudaeromonas pectinilytica AR1T (96.7%). …”
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Elevated D-dimer on admission may predict poor prognosis in childhood influenza associated encephalopathy by Huizhen Wang, Lingkong Zeng, Xingfeng Cheng, Hui Li, Hong Zhang, Yuanmei Shi, Yong Zhang, Changjian Li

“…Results showed 26 children (26/30, 46.4%) had a poor prognosis. In the univariate analysis, the poor prognosis group compared with the clinically cured group showed a significant increase in the number of days of hospitalization (3.0 vs. 9.5 days, P < 0.001), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (6.80 vs. 1.88 mg/L, P = 0.003), interleukin-6 (20.26 vs. 8.24 pg/mL, P = 0.001), interleukin-10 (11.75 vs. 4.72 pg/mL, P = 0.003), alanine aminotransferase (104.0 vs. 20.0 U/L, P = 0.011), aspartate azelotransferase (186.5 vs. 37.0 U/L, P = 0.003), serum albumin (37.99 vs. 40.76 g/L, P = 0.042), prothrombin time (13.2 vs. 11.4 s, P = 0.017), D-dimer (4.34 vs. 0.44 mg/L FEU, P < 0.001), peripheral blood CD19 B-cell count (35.11 vs. 32.75 cells/µL, P = 0.018), and cerebrospinal fluid chloride (126.82 vs. 125.50 mmol/L, P = 0.027) were statistically different in the above 11 indicators. …”
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Postmortem changes in lungs in severe closed traumatic brain injury complicated by acute respiratory failure by V. A. Tumanskiy, S. I. Tertnishniy

“…In deceased patients on 4-6 days after SCII that was complicated with ARI (n=14), morphological changes had been detected in the lungs. It was pathognomic for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with local pneumonic to be layered. …”
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Correlation Between Vitreous Advanced Glycation End Products, and D-dimer with Blood HbA1c Levels in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by Tonny Loho, Venna Venna, Rahajuningsih D Setiabudy, Ninik Sukartini, Suzanna Immanuel, July Kumalawati, Andi A Victor, Sarwono Waspadji

“…Vitreous D-dimer levels were not significantly different between uncontrolled and controlled hyperglycemia (median 4607.5 vs. 5701.6 ng/mL; p = 0.458). …”
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Mortality and Graft Failure With Medical Management Alone Versus Revascularization After Coronary Angiography Among Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Population-Based Study by Labib I. Faruque, Robert R. Quinn, Pietro Ravani, Tyrone G. Harrison, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Stephen Wilton, Alix Clarke, Matthew T. James, Ngan N. Lam

“…There was no significant difference in death-censored graft failure between the two treatment groups (20% vs 22%; 33 vs 40 events/1000 person-years; aHR 1.22, 95% CI 0.58-2.58; P = .60). …”
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Formulasi dan Karakteristik Fisik, Kimia, Organoleptik Masker Gel Peel Off Sargassum sp. by Yuliati Hotmauli Sipahutar, Aghitia Maulani, S.T.P., M.P., Faisal Aminnuloh

“…Peel off gel mask with Sargassum sp. at concentration 5% had the highest hedonic value for texture and aroma parameters and was not significantly different from the control for appearance and color parameters. …”
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Kidney-derived Urinary Extracellular Vesicles are Increased During Acute Rejection after Kidney Transplantation: A Pilot Study by Liang Wu, MD, PhD, Carla C. Baan, PhD, Derek Reijerkerk, Daan Nieboer, MSc, Thierry P. P. van den Bosch, PhD, Dennis A. Hesselink, MD, PhD, Karin Boer, PhD

“…This difference between early AR and ATN was validated in the validation cohort. …”
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