4-D ERT monitoring of oil spill contamination dynamics and remediation planning in southern Nigeria by Stanley Uchechukwu Eze, Difference Odeyovwi Ogagarue, Juyeon Jeong, Myung Jin Nam, Omafume M. Orji, Williams N. Ofuyah

“…A time-dependent evaluation of 3-D ERT models showed a reduction in the apparent resistivity of the contaminant plume during the rainy season compared to the dry season. …”
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Remnant cholesterol inflammatory index, calculated from residual cholesterol to C-reactive protein ratio, and stroke outcomes: a retrospective study using the National institutes o... by Yanmei Yu, Yiming Zhang, Chunyan Zhu, Tingting Duan, Zichen Rao

“…Subpopulation analysis, inflection point analysis, generalized additive models (GAM), and receiver operating curve (ROC) analyses were utilized to evaluate the ability of these biomarkers to predict outcomes and to identify their optimal cutoff points. …”
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Comparison of right ventricular function and clinical outcomes in type 2 diabetes patients with and without obstructive coronary artery disease: insights from a CMR study by Jin Wang, Wei-Feng Yan, Ke Shi, Hua-Yan Xu, Shi-Qin Yu, Ying-Kun Guo, Li Jiang, Yue Gao, Yu-Jiang, Xue-Ming Li, Yuan Li, Zhi-Gang Yang

“…We used linear regression to identify determinants of impaired RV myocardial strain and Cox proportional hazards models to evaluate their associations with clinical outcomes. …”
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Gypenosides Alleviate Hyperglycemia by Regulating Gut Microbiota Metabolites and Intestinal Permeability by Rong Wang, Xue-Feng Liu, Kuan Yang, Li-Li Yu, Shao-Jing Liu, Na-Na Wang, Yun-Mei Chen, Ya-Qi Hu, Bei Qin

“…Type 2 diabetes mellitus mouse models were established, and the mice were subsequently treated with Gps at doses of 200, 100, or 50 mg/kg for 4 weeks. …”
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Patterns of Factors in the National Institute on Aging Health Disparities Research Framework Domains and Mild Cognitive Impairment Risk by Maria Vassilaki, MD, PhD, Jeremiah A. Aakre, MPH, Timothy G. Lesnick, MS, Walter K. Kremers, PhD, Jonathan Graff-Radford, MD, David S. Knopman, MD, Thomas H. Mosley, PhD, B. Gwen Windham, MD, MHS, Michael E. Griswold, PhD, Yonas E. Geda, MD, MSc, Val J. Lowe, MD, Clifford R. Jack, Jr., MD, Ronald C. Petersen, MD, PhD, Prashanthi Vemuri, PhD

“…Using a cohort study design, the resulting composite scores were considered as covariates for incident mild cognitive impairment analysis using Cox proportional hazards models. …”
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Serum Concentrations of Matrix Metalloproteinase‐1 and Procollagen Type I Carboxy Terminal Propeptide Discriminate Infarct‐Like Myocarditis and Non−ST‐Segment−Elevation Myocardial... by Lucas Bacmeister, Ersin Cavus, Sebastian Bohnen, Enver Tahir, Hanna Wolf, Annette Buellesbach, Adrian Heidenreich, Virginia K. Haacke, Susanne Weber, Ingo Hilgendorf, Tanja Zeller, Francisco Ojeda, Ulf K. Radunski, Gunnar K. Lund, Gerhard Adam, Stefan Blankenberg, Dirk Westermann, Kai Muellerleile, Diana Lindner

“…As assessed by likelihood ratio tests, incorporating MMP‐1 or PICP with age and C‐reactive protein into composite prediction models enhanced their diagnostic performance. …”
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BMI-residualized data uncovers a cluster of people with type 2 diabetes and increased serum ferritin protected from cardiovascular disease by Laura Gallardo-Nuell, Jordi Blanch, Yenny Leal, Daniel E Coral, Talita Duarte-Salles, Giuseppe N. Giordano, Paul W. Franks, Ewan R. Pearson, Geltrude Mingrone, Carel W le Roux, Rafael Ramos, José Manuel Fernández-Real

“…Clustering analysis was applied to identify patient subgroups, and Cox proportional hazards models were used to assess associations with cerebrovascular events, coronary events, and composite MACE. …”
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Sleep disturbances in SCN8A‐related disorders by Francesca Furia, Katrine M. Johannesen, Claudia M. Bonardi, Roberto Previtali, Angel Aledo‐Serrano, Massimo Mastrangelo, Jacopo Favaro, Silvia Masnada, Valentina diMicco, Jacopo Proietti, Pierangelo Veggiotti, Guido Rubboli, Gaetano Cantalupo, Kern Olofsson, Rikke S. Møller, Elena Gardella

“…Animal studies showed sleep disturbances in SCN8A‐ and SCN1A‐Dravet Syndrome mice models, suggesting a role for voltage‐gated sodium channels in the regulation of sleep. …”
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Elevated monocyte-to-high-density lipoprotein ratio is associated with increased risk of cognitive impairment and severe cerebral small vessel disease burden by Yueshan Zhao, Yueshan Zhao, Yueshan Zhao, Meixi Li, Meixi Li, Meixi Li, Meixi Li, Juan Zhang, Chao Wang, Mengyao Zhao, Qishuo Yang, Tianjun Wang, Peiyuan Lv, Peiyuan Lv, Peiyuan Lv, Peiyuan Lv, Peiyuan Lv

“…This research explores the relationship between MHR and total CSVD burden as well as CI.MethodsThis retrospective analysis included 212 eligible patients. …”
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Uptake of DU145 and LNCaP prostate cancer cell line derived extracellular vesicles is inversely correlated with blood–brain barrier integrity in vitro by Ana Špilak, Adrián Klepe, Sophia Theresa Kriwanek, Heinz-Peter Friedl, Andreas Brachner, Christa Nöhammer, Winfried Neuhaus

“…Methods Systematic optimization of the cell culture membrane insert set-up for sEV transport studies was accomplished with inserts with different pore sizes, varied coating procedures and medium compositions. …”
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Sources of risk communication, knowledge and preventive practices toward Lassa fever in Bauchi State, Nigeria by Benjamin Bukky Ilesanmi, Nathanael Afolabi, Olayinka Badmus, Munkail Titilola, Abdulmajid Ahmad, Usman Inuwa, Matthew Okoh, Hajara Aliyu, Shittu Abdu-Aguye, Foyeke Oyedokun-Adebagbo

“…Percentage and frequency were used to describe all the variables and binary logistic regression models were fitted to examine sources of risk communication and factors associated with KPLF at 95% confidence interval. …”
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The Influence of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress on Ageism Among Undergraduates: Mediating Roles of Life Satisfaction, Gratitude, and Prosociality by Chen S, Wan Z

“…Following data cleaning, 1174 responses were included for analysis.Methods: Data were collected using online questionnaires. …”
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MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF RAT PERIODONTIUM IN SUPRAOCCLUSAL RELATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL TEETH IN THE AGE ASPECT by S.M. Zviahin, Y.V. Lakhtin

“…In the experimental group, the state of supraocclusion was modeled by increasing the height of the lower right second molars by placing 1 mm high filling. …”
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The impact of deprivation and neighbourhood food environments on home food environments, parental feeding practices, child eating behaviours, food preferences and BMI: The Family F... by Andrea D Smith, Alice Kininmonth, Kristiane Tommerup, David Boniface, Chiara Gericke, Tiffany Denning, Carolyn Summerbell, Christina Vogel, Clare Llewellyn

“…Deprivation was characterised using a composite measure of family and neighbourhood indicators of socioeconomic position. …”
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Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and cardiovascular events among patients with type 2 diabetes and low-to-normal body mass index: a nationwide cohort study by Yuichiro Mori, Toshiaki Komura, Motohiko Adomi, Ryuichiro Yagi, Shingo Fukuma, Naoki Kondo, Motoko Yanagita, O. Kenrik Duru, Katherine R. Tuttle, Kosuke Inoue

“…The primary outcome was a composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or heart failure. …”
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Prediabetes: prevalence, associations with cardiovascular risk factors and contribution to survival in the Russian population by Yu. A. Balanova, S. A. Shalnova, A. E. Imaeva, V. A. Kutsenko, A. V. Kapustina, S. E. Evstifeeva, G. A. Muromtseva, R. V. Ievlev, R. N. Shepel, O. M. Drapkina

“…To study the contribution of carbohydrate metabolism disorders to mortality and the occurrence of cardiovascular events.Material and methods. We included data from cross-sectional studies ESSE-RF and ESSE-RF2. …”
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Large-scale epidemiology of opisthorchiasis in 21 provinces in Thailand based on diagnosis by fecal egg examination and urine antigen assay and analysis of risk factors for infecti... by Kulthida Y Kopolrat, Chanika Worasith, Phattharaphon Wongphutorn, Anchalee Techasen, Chatanun Eamudomkarn, Jiraporn Sithithaworn, Watcharin Loilome, Nisana Namwat, Attapol Titapun, Chaiwat Tawarungruang, Bandit Thinkhamrop, Samarn Futrakul, Simon D Taylor-Robinson, Melissa R Haswell, Narong Khuntikeo, Thomas Crellen, Paiboon Sithithaworn

“…The data were analyzed with regression models which correlated individual-level explanatory variables against i) infection status with O. viverrini and ii) the intensity of infection, as measured by the antigen assay or FECT.…”
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Impact of coal mine dust exposure and cigarette smoking on lung disease in Appalachian coalminers by Rahul G. Sangani, Andrew J Ghio, Vishal Deepak, Javeria Anwar, Vinita Vaidya, Zalak Patel, Amirahwaty Abdullah

“…This study tested the postulate that CS interacts with coal mine dust exposure to impact and change radiological and histological endpoints of coal mine dust lung disease. Methods A retrospective evaluation of coalminers with a high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the chest was conducted at West Virginia University Hospital (2015- 2022). …”
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Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in hypertension care cascade in China: a nationwide population-based study based on the ChinaHEART projectResearch in context by Wenyao Peng, Siqi Lin, Xuan Liu, Bowang Chen, Xueke Bai, Chaoqun Wu, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yang Yang, Jianlan Cui, Wei Xu, Lijuan Song, Hao Yang, Wenyan He, Yan Zhang, Xi Li, Jiapeng Lu

“…The composite value of area-level SES was generated from national census data and categorized into tertiles. …”
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Plasma extracellular vesicle cargo microRNAs are associated with heart failure and cardiovascular death following acute coronary syndrome by Worawan B. Limpitikul, Michael G. Silverman, Nedyalka Valkov, Jeong-Gun Park, Ashish Yeri, Fernando Camacho Garcia, Guoping Li, Priyanka Gokulnath, Marta Garcia-Contreras, Eric Alsop, Elizabeth Hutchins, Michail Spanos, Claire Lin, Kriti Bomb, Anthony Rosenzweig, Raymond Kwong, Kendall van-Keuren Jensen, James L. Januzzi, Jr., Ravi Shah, David A. Morrow, Marc S. Sabatine, Saumya Das

“…Associations between each miRNA and the composite endpoint of hospitalization for HF or cardiovascular death (HHF/CVD) were estimated in Cox proportional hazards models. …”
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