Adherence to outpatient care among individuals with pre‐existing psychiatric disorders following the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake: A retrospective study by Yusuke Nitta, Reiko Hashimoto, Yoshihito Shimizu, Yuri Nakai, Hisao Nakai

“…Conclusion Patients in areas with higher seismic intensity were more likely to miss appointments, probably because of factors such as infrastructure damage and personal losses. …”
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Does acute pancreatitis herald pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma? A multicenter electronic health research network study by Ritu R. Singh, Alison P. Klein, Neil R. Sharma, Eileen M. O'Reilly

“…Patients ≥40 years with AP (ICD‐10‐CM code: K85) and without biliary AP (K85.1), alcohol‐induced AP (K85.2) or chronic pancreatitis (K86.0, K86.1), were identified. …”
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Defining a High-Quality Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome cohort in UK Biobank [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Gemma L. Samms, Chris P. Ponting

“…For the same UKB participant, ME/CFS status defined by ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision) code G93.3 (Post-viral fatigue syndrome) was most likely to be supported by another data type (72%); ME/CFS status defined by Pain Questionnaire responses is least likely to be supported (43%), in part due to data missingness. …”
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Re-evaluating evidence for giant genomes in amoebae by Daniel Barzilay, João P. B. Alcino, Giulia M. Ribeiro, Alfredo L. P. Sousa, Daniel J. G. Lahr

“…Traditionally, estimates relied on inaccurate methods like DNA weight measurements, leading to inflated sizes. …”
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Hepatoblastoma: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies by Ling Fan, Jintong Na, Tieliu Shi, Yuan Liao

“…Additionally, epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation and the influence of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), are pivotal drivers of tumor development. …”
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Overexpression of ornithine decarboxylase 1 mediates the immune-deserted microenvironment and poor prognosis in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma by Xiaojie Liang, Jia Guo, Xiaofang Wang, Baiwei Luo, Ruiying Fu, Haiying Chen, Yunong Yang, Zhihao Jin, Chaoran Lin, Aimin Zang, Youchao Jia, Lin Feng, Liang Wang

“…However, subgroups with dismal prognosis and stem cell-like characteristics have been overlooked. Methods: Using large scale data (n = 2133), we conducted machine learning algorithms to identify a high risk DLBCL subgroup with stem cell-like features, and then investigated the potential mechanisms in shaping this subgroup using transcriptome, genome and single-cell RNA-seq data, and in vitro experiments. …”
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Evolutionary study and phylodynamic pattern of human influenza A/H3N2 virus in Indonesia from 2008 to 2010. by Agustiningsih Agustiningsih, Hidayat Trimarsanto, Restuadi Restuadi, I Made Artika, Margaret Hellard, David Handojo Muljono

“…A total of 100 complete coding sequences (CDS) of Hemagglutinin (HA) and Neuraminidase (NA) genes of H3N2 virus were obtained from archived samples of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) surveillance collected from 2008 to 2010. …”
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How does Indian news media report smokeless tobacco control? A content analysis of the gutka ban enforcement. by Vivek Dsouza, Pratiksha Mohan Kembhavi, Praveen Rao S, Kumaran P, Pragati B Hebbar

“…Smokeless tobacco (SLT) products like gutka and paan masala are a growing public health crisis in India. …”
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Accelerated brain aging towards transcriptional inversion in a zebrafish model of the K115fs mutation of human PSEN2. by Nhi Hin, Morgan Newman, Jan Kaslin, Alon M Douek, Amanda Lumsden, Seyed Hani Moussavi Nik, Yang Dong, Xin-Fu Zhou, Noralyn B Mañucat-Tan, Alastair Ludington, David L Adelson, Stephen Pederson, Michael Lardelli

“…A unique, early onset familial AD mutation of PSEN2, K115fs, mimics the PS2V coding sequence suggesting that forced, early expression of PS2V-like isoforms may contribute to AD pathogenesis. …”
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A Potential Dynamical Origin of the Galactic Disk Warp: The Gaia–Sausage–Enceladus Major Merger by Mingji Deng, Cuihua Du, Yanbin Yang, Jiwei Liao, Dashuang Ye

“…Recent studies indicate that the GSE, the significant merger of our Galaxy, was likely a gas-rich merger and the large amount of gas introduced could have created a profound impact on the Galactic morphology. …”
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Healthcare worker perceptions of the FAST TB infection control strategy by D.B. Tierney, R.R. Nathavitharana, L. Cummins, K. Tintaya, A. Biewer, R. Guerrero, L. Lecca, L.R. Hirschhorn, E.A. Nardell, A.K. Nelson

“…We used inductive analysis to identify emergent themes, used Dedoose to code transcripts accordingly, and developed a narrative using reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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Predicting the Hydration of Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag and Recycled Glass Blended Cements by Mark Tyrer, Mark Richardson, Niall Holmes, John Newell, Marcus Yio, Hong Wong

“…This study allows a rapid means of examining the likely evolution of these materials over the first two to three years, allowing experimental work to focus on promising formulations. …”
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Molecular Structure and Biosynthesis of Pyoverdines Produced by <i>Pseudomonas fulva</i> by Eri Ochiai, Takeru Kawabe, Masafumi Shionyu, Makoto Hasegawa

“…Notably, Thr²⁹⁷, a unique residue in the non-ribosomal code, likely plays a key role in lysine recognition. …”
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Predicting Parkinson's disease trajectory using clinical and functional MRI features: A reproduction and replication study. by Elodie Germani, Nikhil Bhagwat, Mathieu Dugré, Rémi Gau, Albert A Montillo, Kevin P Nguyen, Andrzej Sokolowski, Madeleine Sharp, Jean-Baptiste Poline, Tristan Glatard

“…The challenges encountered while attempting to reproduce (fully and partially) and replicating the original work are likely explained by the complexity of neuroimaging studies, in particular in clinical settings. …”
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Radiological Safety Analysis for a Hypothetical Accident of a Generic VVER-1000 Nuclear Power Plant by K. Gyamfi, S. A. Birikorang, E. Ampomah-Amoako, J. J. Fletcher

“…The TEDE values at distances of 5.0 km and beyond where public occupation is likely to be found are far below the annual regulatory limits of 1 mSv from public exposure in a year even in the event of worse accident scenario as set in IAEA Safety Standard No. …”
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Stellar Dynamics in Open Clusters Increases the Binary Fraction and Mass Ratios: Evidence from Photometric Binaries in 35 Open Clusters by Anna C. Childs, Aaron M. Geller

“…Using the Bayesian Analysis of Stellar Evolution-9 code and Gaia DR3, Pan-STARRS, and 2MASS data, we identify photometric binaries in 35 open clusters (OCs) and constrain their masses. …”
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CraftFuzz: Generating Precise Requests for PHP Web Vulnerability Validation by Jiazhen Zhao, Kailong Zhu, Guozheng Yang, Yifan Zhang, Yuliang Lu

“…Nevertheless, existing fuzzers are often constrained in their methodologies, making it challenging to effectively explore deeper code regions where vulnerabilities are more likely to reside. …”
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Angiotensin receptor blockers use and lung cancer risk in Chinese patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population-based cohort study by Wenhao Li, Qingqing Yang, Yahong Chen, Yexiang Sun, Peng Shen, Feng Sun, Jinzhu Jia

“…Methods This retrospective cohort included COPD patients identified by the international classification of diseases 10th edition (ICD-10) codes in the Yinzhou Regional Health Care Database. …”
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Isotopic mass effects of tritium-fueled high-performance TFTR supershots by R.V. Budny, E. Fredrickson, C.H. Skinner

“…Twenty-six supershots have been recently reanalyzed with the TRANSP plasma analysis code. Early TRANSP simulations did not accurately match the measured magnitude and time evolutions of the neutron emission rates. …”
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Anti-nucleocapsid SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in previously infected persons with immunocompromising conditions-United States, 2020-2022. by Anna Bratcher, Jefferson M Jones, William A Meyer, Rehan Waheed, Huda Yazgi, Aaron Harris, Adi V Gundlapalli, Kristie E N Clarke

“…Participants were categorized into having or not having IC based on if there was an indicative diagnostic code on their health record for a five-year period prior to the study period. …”
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