STORCH Brazil: multicenter cohort study protocol to investigate neurodevelopmental paths and functioning in infants exposed to STORCH in Brazil by Daniele Almeida Soares-Marangoni, Amanda de Oliveira Arguelho, Ayrles Silva Gonçalves Barbosa Mendonça, Carine Carolina Wiesiolek, Carolina Daniel de Lima-Alvarez, Eloá Maria dos Chiquetti, Everton Falcão de Oliveira, Márcio José de Medeiros, Silvana Alves Pereira, Renata Hydee Hasue

“…This will enhance understanding of the characteristics and needs of STORCH-exposed infants, aiding therapists in making informed clinical decisions. The results might support public policies tailored to this population. …”
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واقع استخدام المحاسبة البيئية في المنشآت الصناعية دراسة تطبيقية على عدد من المنشآت الصناعية في العراق... by أمل عبد الحسين

“…Development of awareness among managers of industrial enterprises in Iraq, the importance of environmental accounting, and its role in the provision of appropriate information to make decisions and contribute to the process of planning and control, and work on the application of environmental accounting in industrial enterprises in Iraq because of their feasibility and the benefit of a large return on the facilities, as well as enacting legislation and laws obliges industrial enterprises rules and accounting standards and the need for environmental corporate commitment to environmental protection and conservation through the production of environmentally friendly products.. …”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae in Respiratory Tract Infections: A Retrospective Observational Real-world Database Stud... by V Balaji, Vishal Singh, Puja Nijhara, Krunal Dalal, Sanket Sawant, Sebin Thomas, Lindsey Teichman, Shilpa Patkar

“…This data also guides clinicians in making evidence-based decisions for managing Respiratory Tract Infections (RTIs).…”
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Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) and major Histocompatibility Complex Class I (MHC Class I) Expression Patterns and Their Pathologic Associations in triple-Negative Breast Ca... by Kaewkedsri P, Intarawichian P, Jessadapattarakul S, Kunprom W, Koonmee S, Thanee M, Somintara O, Wongbuddha A, Chadbunchachai P, Nawapun S, Aphivatanasiri C

“…Patients with negative PD-L1 and high MHC class I expression had the most favorable prognosis, with significant OS for CPS ≥ 1 (HR = 0.447, 95% CI: 0.236– 0.846, p=0.013) and CPS ≥ 10 (HR = 0.516, 95% CI: 0.307– 0.869, p=0.013).Conclusion: These findings support the potential of PD-L1 and MHC class I expression as prognostic markers for TNBC, offering insights to guide treatment decisions and improve patient outcomes.Keywords: triple-negative breast cancer, TNBC, programmed cell death ligand 1, PD-L1, major histocompatibility complex class I, MHC class I, immunohistochemistry, prognosis…”
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Immunobiological effects of tocilizumab across respiratory subphenotypes in COVID-19 ARDS by Emma Rademaker, Daan F. L. Filippini, Jelle L. G. Haitsma Mulier, Marleen A. Slim, Rombout B. E. van Amstel, Sivasubramanium V. Bhavani, Nicole P. Juffermans, Harm-Jan S. de Grooth, Lennie P. G. Derde, Olaf L. Cremer, Lieuwe D. J. Bos, Amsterdam U. M. C. COVID-19 Biobank Study Group

“…This suggests that respiratory subphenotype should not determine tocilizumab treatment decisions.…”
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DIFFERENT RESPONSE OF HUMAN BLOOD NEUTROPHIL FCᵧRIIIB (CD16) TO EX VIVO MODELING OF BACTEREMIA BY PATHOGENIC AND OPPORTUNISTIC MICROORGANISMS by Alexander Leonidovich Kravtsov, Svetlana Nikolaevna Klyueva, Tatyana Petrovna Shmelkova, Vitaly Alexandrovich Kozhevnikov, Svetlana Aleksandrovna Bugorkova

“…Bacteria of 4 species were added to the blood samples of each donor in the same dose of 108 mc/ml and the results were taken into account according to the studied indicator after 30 minutes, 1, 2 and 6 hours of incubation. …”
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Research progress of phosphogypsum-based backfill technology by Qiusong CHEN, Aixiang WU

“…The development of hydration products plays a decisive role in the strength of phosphogypsum-based backfill. …”
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Patterns of immune recovery in people living with HIV who initiated antiretroviral therapy as late presenters by Sandra Pinto-Cardoso, Monserrat Chávez-Torres, Mariana López-Filloy, Santiago Ávila-Ríos, Karla Romero-Mora, Amy Peralta-Prado

“…We assessed indirect markers linked to HIV disease progression (markers of innate immune activation and enterocyte damage) and gut dysbiosis using cryopreserved plasma and stool samples using Enzyme-Linked immunosorbent Assay and 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing. …”
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DER LEBENSWANDEL EINER MÄRCHENÜBERSETZUNG UNTER PHRASEOLOGISCHEM ASPEKT: AM BEISPIEL VON GRIMMS MÄRCHENS „HANS IM GLÜCK“ by Kasilda Bedenk

“…She wants to identify the influence of German on the formation and dissemination of phrasemes in Slovene and to define strategic decisions of translators in searching the best translation solutions. …”
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The effect of board of directors’ characteristics on disclosing tone in the annual reports: evidence from Amman stock exchange by Salah Kayed, Abdulhadi H. Ramadan, Amer Morshed, Hashem Alshurafat, Roaa Al-Zyoudi

“…Design/methodology/approach The sample of this study contains all banks in the Jordanian banking industry for the period 2010–2019. …”
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Wastewater-based epidemiology of influenza A virus in Shenzhen: baseline values and implications for multi-pathogen surveillance by Xiuyuan Shi, Shisong Fang, Chen Du, Guixian Luo, Yanpeng Cheng, Zhen Zhang, Qiuying Lv, Xin Wang, Zhigao Chen, Bincai Wei, Ziqi Wu, Bingchan Guo, Panpan Yang, Miaomiao Luo, Weihua Wu, Liping Zhou, Ting Huang, Xuan Zou, Xiaolu Shi, Songzhe Fu, Zhanwei Du, Xinxin Han, Yinghui Li, Qinghua Hu

“…A key challenge remains identifying optimal moments for public health interventions to inform evidence-based decisions. Real-time PCR was employed to quantify IAV concentrations in wastewater samples from 38 treatment plants in Shenzhen, China (n = 2,764), collected weekly from March 2023 to March 2024. …”
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An explainable unsupervised learning approach for anomaly detection on corneal in vivo confocal microscopy images by Ningning Tang, Qi Chen, Yunyu Meng, Daizai Lei, Li Jiang, Yikun Qin, Xiaojia Huang, Fen Tang, Shanshan Huang, Qianqian Lan, Qi Chen, Lijie Huang, Rushi Lan, Xipeng Pan, Huadeng Wang, Fan Xu, Wenjing He

“…Additionally, explainable anomaly maps were generated to enhance the interpretability of model decisions.ResultsThe proposed method achieved an the areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.933 on internal validation and 0.917 on an external test dataset, outperforming AnoGAN, G2D, and DRAEM in both accuracy and generalizability. …”
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Comparison of conventional culture and automated blood culture system for microbiologic diagnosis of pleural infection by Young Ho Lee, Min Seo Kang, Jinyoung Yang, Si-Ho Kim, Jae-Hoon Ko, Sun Young Cho, Tae Yeul Kim, Hee Jae Huh, Nam Yong Lee, Cheol-In Kang, Doo Ryeon Chung, Kyong Ran Peck, Kyungmin Huh

“…Non-duplicate patients whose pleural fluid samples were tested using both conventional culture and ABCS (BACT/ALERT 3D and VIRTUO, bioMerieux) from 2001 through 2021 were included. …”
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Investigation of statistical methods used in prognostic prediction models for obstetric care: A 10 year‐span cross‐sectional study by Jing Tan, Chunrong Liu, Min Yang, Yiquan Xiong, Shiyao Huang, Yana Qi, Meng Chen, Lehana Thabane, Xinghui Liu, Lin He, Xin Sun

“…Material and methods We conducted a cross‐sectional survey using a sample of studies developing or validating prognostic prediction models for obstetric care published in a 10‐year span (2011–2020). …”
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Multiplexed immune profiling and 3D co-culture assays to assess the individual checkpoint therapy response in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Verena Schweihofer, Verena Schweihofer, Daniela Schulz, Daniela Schulz, Raquel Blazquez, Gero Brockhoff, Gero Brockhoff, Tobias Ettl, Tobias Ettl, Mathias Fiedler, Mathias Fiedler, Sina Heimer, Sina Heimer, Juliane Schikora, Richard J. Bauer, Richard J. Bauer, Anja Kathrin Wege, Anja Kathrin Wege

“…Response rates vary greatly and are often unpredictable, highlighting the urgent need for predictive biomarkers to guide treatment decisions.MethodsWe investigated immune- and tumor-specific expression and secretion profiles in peripheral blood and tumor samples derived from patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). …”
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Corporate Governance Code and Earnings Management by Azam Valizadeh Iarijani, Reyhaneh Iranpour

“…Considering this issue and the new corporate governance code in the Iranian capital market, in this research, the impact of the new corporate governance code on accrual-based earnings management and real earnings management is investigated. The statistical sample of the research included 117 companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange during the years 2014 to2021. …”
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A cluster randomized stepped wedge implementation trial of scale-up approaches to ending pregnancy-related and -associated morbidity and mortality disparities in 12 Michigan counti... by Jennifer E. Johnson, Jaye Clement, Alla Sikorskii, Amy Loree, Margaret Vander Meulen, LeeAnne Roman, James W. Dearing, Hannah Bolder, Jonne McCoy White, Robert Sokol, Cristian Meghea

“…The study will also provide information about implementation cost-effectiveness needed to drive policy decisions. Trial registration The study was prospectively registered on Clinicaltrials.gov (NCT06541951) on August 6, 2024. …”
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Predicting Disease Progression in Inoperable Localized NSCLC Patients Using ctDNA Machine Learning Model by Yuqi Wu, Canjun Li, Yin Yang, Tao Zhang, Jianyang Wang, Wanxiangfu Tang, Ningyou Li, Hua Bao, Xin Wang, Nan Bi

“…Methods A total of 97 plasma samples were collected at various time points during or post‐treatments (TP1: 39, TP2: 33, TP3: 25). cfDNA neomer profiling, generated based on target sequencing data, was used to fit survival support vector machine models for each time point. …”
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Psychometric findings for LIMB-Q kids based on an international study of 800 children and adolescents with lower limb differences by Harpreet Chhina, Charlene Rae, David Podeszwa, James A. Fernandes, Louise Johnson, Bjoern Vogt, Jan Duedal Rolfing, Alicia Kerrigan, Ashish Ranade, Juergen Messner, Mohan Belthur, Melissa Esparza, Jonathan Wright, David Bade, Sarah McMahon, Christopher Iobst, Sanjeev Sabharwal, Marcel Abouassaly, Anthony Cooper, Anne F. Klassen

“…In addition, TRT reliability based on a sample of 46 participants was high for all 9 scales (Intraclass correlation coefficient ranges from 0.76–0.95). …”
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Genomic profiles and prognostic biomarkers of resectable lung adenocarcinoma with a micropapillary component by Jiafu Zhu, Xinhai Sun, Jiangshan Huang, Wenwei Lin, Yanyan Zhan, Junrong Yan, Yang Xu, Long Wu, Yuane Lian, Zhenyang Zhang, Jiangbo Lin

“…As these factors were not confirmed in multivariate models, they should be validated in larger, multi-center cohorts to guide future risk stratification and treatment decisions.…”
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