Major cardiovascular risk factors in Latin America: a comparison with the United States. The Latin American Consortium of Studies in Obesity (LASO). by J Jaime Miranda, Victor M Herrera, Julio A Chirinos, Luis F Gómez, Pablo Perel, Rafael Pichardo, Angel González, José R Sánchez, Catterina Ferreccio, Ximena Aguilera, Eglé Silva, Myriam Oróstegui, Josefina Medina-Lezama, Cynthia M Pérez, Erick Suárez, Ana P Ortiz, Luis Rosero, Noberto Schapochnik, Zulma Ortiz, Daniel Ferrante, Juan P Casas, Leonelo E Bautista

“…In addition, marked differences do exist in this prevalence profile between LAC and the US. The observed patterns of obesity-related risk factors and their current and future impact on the burden of cardiovascular diseases remain to be explained.…”
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Association between different types of smoking and first sexual behavior in adolescents: Survey data from South Korea by Yunyun Wu, Wenbin Du

“…Methods This is a secondary dataset analysis of the pooled KYRBS cross-sectional studies from 2018 to 2022. …”
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Accuracy of information on the underlying cause of death: An analysis in Colombia during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. by Pablo Chaparro-Narváez, Jessika Alexandra Manrique Sanchez, Laura Berrio-Parra, Diana Carolina Urrego Ricaurte, Luis José Torres-Rojas, Nidia Patricia Orjuela Cantor, Claudia Patricia Mora Aguirre, Yesid Rojas Quevedo, Clara Suárez, Carlos Castañeda-Orjuela

“…Measures of concordance, patterns of false positives and negatives, and a kappa value were utilized as metrics to evaluate the death certificates quality.…”
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Parasitic infections and the development of endomyocardial fibrosis: systematic review of case reports and case series by Abel Aizeque, Alex Mwangi Kihunyu, Olamide Daniel Odusola, Sulymon A. Saka, Abdinasir Mohamed Aray

“…This study conducted a systematic review of case reports and case series to assess the correlation between parasitic infections and the development of EMF, identifying clinical patterns, implicated parasites, diagnostic approaches, and clinical outcomes, aiming to improve strategies for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. …”
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Soil-transmitted helminth reinfection after drug treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Tie-Wu Jia, Sara Melville, Jürg Utzinger, Charles H King, Xiao-Nong Zhou

“…We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess patterns and dynamics of STH reinfection after drug treatment.…”
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Unraveling the global landscape of Elizabethkingia antibiotic resistance: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Saade Abdalkareem Jasim, Jaafaru Sani Mohammed, Rangaswamy Roopashree, Mohammad Y Alshahrani, Aanchal Sharma, Abhishek Sharma, Shodiyev Asliddin, Masoumeh Beig

“…The findings emphasize the importance of monitoring local resistance patterns to guide clinical decision-making. Future research should focus on elucidating resistance mechanisms and genetic diversity to develop practical therapeutic approaches and mitigate the global health impact of Elizabethkingia infections.…”
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Drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from patients and hospital effluent: a correlation? by Naledi S. Masalane, Linda A. Bester, Arshad Ismail, Sabiha Y. Essack, Joshua Mbanga

“…This study compared Klebsiella pneumoniae from patients and hospital effluent in terms of antibiotic resistance patterns, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), mobile genetic elements (MGEs) and phylogenomic relationships. …”
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Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Saudi Arabia: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Najm Z. Alshahrani, Abdullah M. Alarifi, Abdullah M. Assiri

“…This study aimed to systematically evaluate the prevalence, distribution, and etiological patterns of NTDs in KSA, identifying key research gaps and informing future policy directions. …”
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A novel robust network construction and analysis workflow for mining infant microbiota relationships by Wei Jiang, Yue Zhai, Dongbo Chen, Qinghua Yu

“…Several network-based methods have been developed to analyze the developing patterns of infant microbiota, but evaluating the reliability and effectiveness of these approaches remains a challenge. …”
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Biogeochemical responses to water management: Insights from the regulated Geum River, Korea by Min-Young Lee, Tae-Hoon Kim, Yongwon Kim, Hyebin Kim, Tae-Woo Kang, Sung-Eun Park

“…Dual nitrate isotopic analyses (δ15N-NO3⁻ and δ18O-NO3⁻) confirmed these distinct nitrogen cycling patterns, demonstrating that management decisions directly dictate the estuarine ecosystem's state and function.…”
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Analysis of genetic relationships in the breeding material of <i>Prunus armeniaca</i> L. from the collection of the Mountain Botanical Garden, Dagestan by D. M. Anatov, I. I. Suprun, I. V. Stepanov, R. M. Osmanov, S. V. Tokmakov

“…Dagestan boasts a long tradition of apricot cultivation that resulted in a unique gene pool of this fruit tree. However, the potential of local apricot cultivars for breeding still remains poorly investigated. …”
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Comparison of tumor assessments using RECIST 1.1 and irRECIST, and association with overall survival by James L Gulley, Sandra P D'Angelo, Marcis Bajars, Andrea B Apolo, Juliane Manitz, S Peter Eggleton, Oliver Bohnsack

“…Immune-response criteria were developed to better capture novel response patterns seen with ICIs.Methods We pooled data from 1765 patients with 12 types of advanced solid tumors treated with avelumab (an anti-programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) monoclonal antibody) monotherapy in the JAVELIN Solid Tumor and JAVELIN Merkel 200 trials, conducted a comparative analysis of tumor assessments by investigators according to RECIST 1.1 and immune-related RECIST (irRECIST), and evaluated the correlation between progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).Results In total, 147 patients (8.3%) had a best overall response (BOR) of PD by RECIST 1.1 but had immune-related disease control by irRECIST (defined as immune-related BOR (irBOR) of immune-related stable disease or better). …”
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Context specific effects of substrate composition on the taxonomic and functional diversity of macroinvertebrate communities in temperate lowland streams by Kate L. Mathers, Patrick D. Armitage, Matthew Hill, Melanie Bickerton, Morwenna Mckenzie, Isabel Pardo, David Tickner, Paul J. Wood

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In Vitro and In Situ Evaluation of Fermented High Moisture Corn and Ear Corn as Alternative Feedstuffs for Feedlot Calves by H. Rajaei-Sharifabadi, D. Villalba, J. Mora, G. de la Fuente, J. Balcells, A. R. Seradj

“…Ammonia nitrogen concentrations remained above microbial requirements across all treatments, with HMG and HME showing similar patterns. Volatile fatty acid profiles indicated enhanced fiber degradability in high-moisture products compared to CG. …”
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Intramedullary nailing with and without cerclage in subtrochanteric fractures: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Ahmed Oun, Omar Abdelaziz, Islam Saeed Elhois, Mohamed Al-Badaineh, Karim Zinhom, George Jabrieh, Hamza S. Al-Himyari, Abdullah A. Nada

“…However, achieving proper reduction remains challenging in unstable patterns, leading to poor outcomes. Cerclage wiring, used alongside IMN, has shown potential in improving fracture stability and alignment, yet concerns regarding soft tissue damage persist. …”
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Multi-tissue transcriptomic analysis reveals that L-methionine supplementation maintains the physiological homeostasis of broiler chickens than D-methionine under acute heat stress... by Mingyung Lee, Hyesun Park, Jung Min Heo, Ho Jun Choi, Seongwon Seo

“…Three-tissue-specific DEGs were functionally enriched for regulation of cholesterol homeostasis and metabolism, glucose metabolism, and vascular patterning. Chicks fed with L-Met had lower immune (e.g., IL4I1 and SERPINI1) and intestinal angiogenic responses (e.g., FLT1 and FGD5), and stable glucose and lipid metabolism (e.g., PCK1 and LDLR) under heat stress conditions. …”
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Whole-genome sequencing and phenotyping of neglected and underutilized vegetable melons from the Salento diversity centre (Southern Italy) by Marzia Guerriero, Francesco Arcieri, Chiara Delvento, Gaetano Giudice, Marco Santo Cannarella, Giancarlo Mimiola, Giuseppe Cavallo, Luigi Ricciardi, Concetta Lotti, Stefano Pavan

“…Despite some unique patterns of variation, snake melons clustered together with cucumber melons, suggesting overall genetic similarity. …”
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Study on the incremental carbon sink of tea plantations under spatio-temporal variation characteristics by Yaxiang Pan, Yaxiang Pan, Jingling Bao, Jingling Bao, Yuxuan Ji, Yuxuan Ji, Wen Li, Wen Li, Weiyu Lin, Shuisheng Fan, Shuisheng Fan, Shuisheng Fan, Liyu Mao, Liyu Mao

“…Tea plantation ecosystems have an important function as carbon pools. It is of great significance to clarify the spatial and temporal patterns of carbon sinks in tea plantations, and to analyse the driving factors of carbon sinks in tea plantations, in order to understand the characteristics of carbon sinks in tea plantations, and to expand the ways of increasing carbon sinks in tea plantations. …”
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Classification of Wetlands in the Liaohe Estuary Based on MRMR-RF-CV Feature Preference of Multisource Remote Sensing Images by Lina Ke, Shilin Zhang, Yao Lu, Nan Lei, Changkun Yin, Qin Tan, Lei Wang, Daqi Liu, Quanming Wang

“…Understanding the distribution and evolutionary patterns of complex wetland types is essential for advancing wetland conservation, exploring blue carbon potentials, and supporting national carbon neutrality goals. …”
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Aedes-borne arboviral human infections in Europe from 2000 to 2023: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Nadja Hedrich, Maria Bekker-Nielsen Dunbar, Martin P. Grobusch, Patricia Schlagenhauf

“…The meta-analysis of 31 studies revealed a pooled prevalence of 0.047 (95 % CI: 0.03–0.07) in symptomatic returning travelers. …”
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