Impact of host factors and invasive meningococci on bacterial adhesion, proliferation, primary nasal epithelial barrier function, and immune response by Daan W. Arends, Debbie van Rooijen, Esther van Woudenbergh, Janine Wolf, Milou Ohm, Marien I. de Jonge, Gerco den Hartog

“…The unencapsulated strain exhibited the highest binding, and MenW cc11 showed higher binding than the MenW reference strain, but the MenC strains showed no difference. …”
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The Administration of Heat Shock Protein-70 Bacterial Homolog (DnaK) Improves the Cumulative Survival and the Expression of Immune-Related Genes in Gnotobiotic Full-Sibling Sea Bas... by Eva Vallejos-Vidal, Camino Fierro-Castro, María Jesús Santillán-Araneda, Merari Goldstein, Sebastián Reyes-Cerpa, Joan Carles Balasch, Ali Reza Khansari, Kristof Dierckens, Peter Bossier, Lluis Tort, Felipe E. Reyes-López

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Transition to retirement impact on food consumption frequency: results from a longitudinal analysis within the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) by Giacomo Pietro Vigezzi, Paola Bertuccio, Marialaura Bonaccio, Lucia Palandri, Augusto Di Castelnuovo, Elena Righi, Licia Iacoviello, Mariangela Rondanelli, Marco Vinceti, Anna Odone

“…The RR of a dietary score ≥5 post-retirement was 1.11 (95% CI 1.06–1.16, 10 or more years after). …”
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Hemostatic imbalance underlying preterm delivery in COVID-19 convalescent patients by M. G. Nikolaeva, A. V. Korchagina, A. P. Momot, E. V. Grigoreva

“…Magnitude of fibrinogen concentration and D-dimer level during post-COVID-19 follow-up study was within the reference values specific to gestational age.Conclusion. …”
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αvβ6-integrin targeted PET/CT imaging in pancreatic cancer patients using 68Ga-Trivehexin by Jana Rehm, Jana Rehm, Robert Winzer, Marc Pretze, Juliane Müller, Johannes Notni, Sebastian Hempel, Marius Distler, Gunnar Folprecht, Jörg Kotzerke

“…Previous imaging follow-up imaging, and histological findings were used as reference standards. A one-way ANOVA test, followed by Tukey HSD post-hoc test was conducted. …”
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Pregnancy after bariatric surgery and adverse perinatal outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Zainab Akhter, Judith Rankin, Dries Ceulemans, Lem Ngongalah, Roger Ackroyd, Roland Devlieger, Rute Vieira, Nicola Heslehurst

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Searches were conducted in Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, and Google Scholar from inception to June 2019, supplemented by hand-searching reference lists, citations, and journals. Observational studies comparing perinatal outcomes post-bariatric surgery to pregnancies without prior bariatric surgery were included. …”
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An Explainable Artificial Intelligence Text Classifier for Suicidality Prediction in Youth Crisis Text Line Users: Development and Validation Study by Julia Thomas, Antonia Lucht, Jacob Segler, Richard Wundrack, Marcel Miché, Roselind Lieb, Lars Kuchinke, Gunther Meinlschmidt

“…ConclusionsNeural networks using large language model–based transfer learning can accurately identify SI and ASE. The post hoc explainer model revealed language features associated with SI and ASE. …”
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Normative values of muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness and their relationship with anthropometric variables in Colombian adolescents. Multicentre study (Valores normativos de a... by Brayan Esneider Patiño Palma, Carlos Alberto Ramos Parrací, Pedro Antonio Calero Saa

“… Objectives: The purposes of this research were: 1. To establish reference values for cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular fitness. 2. …”
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LC-MS/MS based metabolomics reveals the mechanism of skeletal muscle regeneration by Lei Yi, Kaiming Wang, Sui Liufu, Wenwu Chen, Bohe Chen, Xiaolin Liu, Caihong Liu, Jingwen Liu, Xin Xu, Haiming Ma

“…Additionally, the left longissimus dorsi muscle of piglets on the 4th day post-injection was selected as the control group. …”
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Clinical effects comparison of different approaches and anterior attachment release methods in temporomandibular joint disc repositioning and anchoring surgery by WANG Hao, WANG Wei, LI Qiang, YAN Jiaxuan, NIE Wei, GUO Yanjun, YAN Wei, CHEN Yong

“…Six months post-surgery, the rate of joint disc reduction of the four groups were higher than 95%, with no significant differences observed between the groups (<i>P </i>&gt; 0.05). …”
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Pathway Of Low Anterior Resection syndrome (LARS) relief after Surgery (POLARiS): protocol for an international, open-label, multi-arm, phase 3 randomised superiority trial within... by Deborah D Stocken, Charles H Knowles, Jared Torkington, David Jayne, Julie Hepburn, Laura Knight, Neil Corrigan, Julie Cornish, Katie Gordon, Ashley Douglas, Kate Wilson, Megan Dale, Julie Croft, Christina Lloydwin, Alexandra Harriet Coxon-Meggy, Judith White, Alun Meggy, Aaron Quyn, Emily Farrow, Kheng-Seong Ng, Hannah Mather, Huey Yi Chong, Betty Tan, Ralph Powell, Andrea Warwick

“…Secondary outcomes include health-related QoL, adverse events, treatment compliance and cost-effectiveness (up to 24 months post-registration/randomisation).Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been granted by Wales REC 4 (reference: 23/WA/0171) in the UK and Sydney Local Health District HREC (reference: 2023/ETH00749) in Australia. …”
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Mandibular reconstruction outcomes for in-house patient-specific solutions by Matthew D. Marquardt, Erin Cowen, Rachel Fenberg, Natalia von Windheim, Margaret Lashutka, Abigail E. Reid, Amit Agarwal, Enver K. Ozer, Ricardo L. Carrau, James W. Rocco, Catherine T. Haring, Stephen Y. Kang, Nolan B. Seim, Matthew O. Old, Kyle K. VanKoevering

“…CAD/CAM models were produced from pre- and post-operative CT scans. Pre- and post-operative scans were aligned using a novel reference landmark—the maxilla. …”
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MRI guided online adaptive radiotherapy and the dosimetric impact of inter- and intrafractional motion in patients with cervical cancer by Shouliang Ding, Zun Piao, Meining Chen, Fanghua Li, Yongbao Li, Biaoshui Liu, Hongdong Liu, Xiaoyan Huang, Junyun Li

“…There were 15 % fractions failing the CTV coverage constraints in post-MRI due to intrafractional motion. The adaptive plans optimized with 3 mm margin could cover CTV of post-MRI in 98 % fractions. …”
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Surface damages of ITER-like W/Cu monoblocks in the lower divertor of EAST by Yang Wang, Dahuan Zhu, Chuanshi Feng, Zongxiao Guo, Pengfei Zi, Changjun Li, Chuannan Xuan, Chunyu He, Wenxue Fu, Binfu Gao, Baoguo Wang, Rui Ding, Junling Chen, the EAST Team

“…After three plasma campaigns, post-mortem analysis identified significant surface damages, including crust formation, increased surface roughness, macrocracks, and other types of damage. …”
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Fungal biomarkers in HIV-associated disseminated histoplasmosis: a multicenter diagnostic accuracy study on the Guiana shield by Aurore Moussiegt, Sigrid Mac Donald, Marie Elisabeth Bougnoux, Marja Van Eer, Stephen Vreden, Tom Chiller, Diego H. Caceres, Beatriz L. Gomez, Mathieu Nacher, Olivier Lortholary, Antoine Adenis

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Systematic screening for primary immunodeficiencies in patients hospitalized for severe infection in pediatric intensive care unit by Anna Deguet, Marie-Gabrielle Vigue, Claire Lozano, Julien Baleine, Christophe Milesi, Anne Sirvent, Laura Kollen, Léa Domitien, Marjolaine Willems, Jean Donadieu, Christine Bellané-Chantelot, Federica Defendi, Carine El Sissy, Anne Spraul, Jérémie Rosain, Capucine Picard, Joana Pissarra, Caroline Mollevi, Fanchon Herman, Jacinta Bustamante, Eric Jeziorski

“…The observed PID prevalence post-severe infection matches previous reports, even with a high rate of viral infections, often overlooked. …”
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Exploring the standardization of human nasal antibody measurements by Xuanxuan Zhang, Yulong Fu, Si Chen, Guanxing Liu, Ying Wang, Qian He, Qian Wang, Na Li, Zhongfang Wang, Ling Chen, Junzhi Wang, Zhenglun Liang, Miao Xu, Qunying Mao

“…However, the current reference standard for nasal antibody assessment is serum-based, mainly consisting of monomeric IgG and IgA. …”
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Randomised immunogenicity trial comparing 2019-2020 recombinant and egg-based influenza vaccines among frequently vaccinated healthcare personnel in Israel by Ashley L. Fowlkes, Alon Peretz, David Greenberg, Avital Hirsch, Emily T. Martin, Min Z. Levine, Laura Edwards, Sarah Radke, Adam S. Lauring, Jill M. Ferdinands, Chao Zhang, Young M. Yoo, Jacob Dreiher, Gabriella Newes-Adeyi, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Alicia M. Fry, Arnold S. Monto, Ran Balicer, Mark G. Thompson, Mark A. Katz

“…Hemagglutination inhibition (HAI) antibody titres against 2019-2020 vaccine reference influenza viruses were compared between vaccine groups using geometric mean titre (GMT) ratios from sera collected one-month post-vaccination and by frequency of vaccination in the past 5 years (>2 vs ≤2). …”
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Implementation and validation of a new qPCR assay to detect imported human Plasmodium species by Camille Cordier, Samia Hamane, Théo Ghelfenstein-Ferreira, Sarah Dellière, Élodie Da Silva, Blandine Denis, Sandrine Houzé, Valentin Joste, Alexandre Alanio

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Benchmarking <i>K</i>_DP in rainfall: a quantitative assessment of estimation algorithms using C-band weather radar observations by M. Aldana, M. Aldana, S. Pulkkinen, A. von Lerber, M. R. Kumjian, D. Moisseev, D. Moisseev

“…The accuracy of these estimates largely depends on the post-processing of the radar's measured <span class="inline-formula">Φ_DP</span>, which aims to reduce noise and backscattering effects while preserving fine-scale precipitation features. …”
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