A prospective study on enhanced recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from children’s stool using novel power ultrasound decontamination by Jun-ling Wang, Zhen-jin Zhang, Fang Wang, Ming-kai Chen, Peng Tian, Xin-feng Wang

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Renal function and non-coronary atherosclerosis progression in patients with coronary artery disease one year after coronary artery bypass by A. V. Bezdenezhnykh, A. N. Sumin, N. A. Bezdenezhnykh, Ya. V. Kazachek, O. L. Barbarash

“…Preoperatively, the number of patients with eGFR <60 ml/min/1,73 m2 was equal in both groups. At both control points, eGFR was higher in 1 group (p=0,072 and 0,025, respectively). …”
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A Flow Cytometric Approach to Assess RBC-Bound IgG Antibodies in Different Age Populations by Anwar Ullah, Lina Liu, Xia Qi, Hui Liu

“…Materials and methods: A total of 120 Serum samples were taken from different age groups of healthy individuals. …”
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Touch of Privacy: A Homomorphic Encryption-Powered Deep Learning Framework for Fingerprint Authentication by U. Sumalatha, K. Krishna Prakasha, Srikanth Prabhu, Vinod C. Nayak

“…The results confirm the feasibility of FHE for secure fingerprint authentication in cloud-based environments, benefiting applications in healthcare, banking, and access control.…”
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Use of partially fenced fields to reduce deer damage to corn by Aaron M. Hildreth, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Erin E. Blankenship, Kurt C. VerCauteren

“…Average yield in fenced fields (10,211 kg/ha) was 1,708 kg/ha greater than in control fields, which, at US$0.155/kg, equals a net gain of US$265/ha. …”
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Experiences of Individually Tailored Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Interview Study by Victoria Aminoff, Matilda Baltius, Emelie Lundström, Matilda Berg, Gerhard Andersson, Mikael Ludvigsson

“…ResultsA total of 16 participants aged between 23 and 78 years were interviewed. …”
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RESULTS OF BIODEGRADABLE VASCULAR ENDOPROSTHESES IMPLANTATION IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES by Z. Kh. Shugushev, D. A. Maksimkin, Yu. S. Vorob'eva, A. G. Chepurnoj, G. I. Veretnik, A. G. Fajbushevich

“…Results. Totally, 63 biodegradable vascular endoprostheses implanted to the patients of I group, and 102 everolimus coated stents to II group patients. …”
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Potential Inflammatory Biomarkers and Differential Gut Microbiota in Cognitive Impairment After Ischemic Stroke by Wu L, Jiang Y, Xu W, Wang L, Li L, Zhang C, Huang K, Yang Y, Dai J, Zhou F

“…We analyzed clinical parameters and changes of several cytokines and gut microbiota profiles.Results: We found that compared with healthy control (HC) group, levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, total cholesterol (TC), homocysteine (Hcy), CRP and IL-6 were significantly increased in PSWCI and PSCI patients. …”
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Intracorneal Ring Segments in Keratoconus: A Narrative Literature Review by Hayat UK, Shiwani HA, Memon D, Walkden A

“…This review explores ICRS types, surgical techniques, and emerging developments.Methods: A literature review was conducted using PubMed. A total of 117 peer-reviewed manuscripts, including review articles, randomized controlled trials, case series, and reports, were analysed. …”
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Results of the nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy in obese patients by E. A. Sokolov, E. I. Veliev

“…The study group consisted of 91 patients with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 , the control group consisted of 356 patients with BMI < 30 kg/m2 who underwent RP with unilateral or bilateral NST from January 2012 to December 2019. …”
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Exploring the Mechanism of Action of Xuebijing Injection in Treating Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Based on Network Pharmacology and Animal Experiments by Li J, Shen M, Yin Z

“…An ARDS rat model was established using lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and rats were divided into control, LPS, and XBJ-treated groups (low, medium, high doses, n=10). …”
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Effect of pulmonary rehabilitation program in patients with interstitial lung disease with or without pulmonary hypertension by Mona Abd Elsalam Taha El Gazzar, Wafaa Saleh El Shimy, Hanan Mohamed Elsaadany, Mohamed Sayed Hantera, Basem Ibrahim Elshafey

“…Results This research represented a statistically significant improvement for the PR groups over the control groups at the completion of the PR program in PFTS (FEV1%, FVC%, FEV1/FVC%, and MVV%), ABG parameters (paCO2, paO2, and SaO2), dyspnea by mMRC, exercise tolerance by 6MWT, leg strength by 30 s chair stand test, and quality of life by SGRQ total score. …”
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Identification of Genetic Variants Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Insertion-Deletion Events in TLR8, IRF10b, and GAPDH Genes Related to the Immune System in Rainbow T... by Najmeh Fazeli Moghadam, Ghodrat Rahimi Miyanji, Ayoub Farhadi, Ardeshir Nejati Jawarami, Elham Younesi Melardi

“…Methods: RNA sequencing data from the spleen tissue of rainbow trout treated with the VHS virus was used in this research. Quality control and alignment of readings were done using FastQC and STAR software, respectively. …”
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Peculiarities of Clinical Indices, Duration and Complication of Acute Pancreatitis in Patients With Comorbid Obesity by Kebkalo A., Tkachuk O., Reiti A.

“…In our study we had 482 patients, 260 patients (54.0 %) had obesity (the study group), for comparison, a control group of patients with normal body weight was chosen, the total number of which was 222 (46.0 %) patients. …”
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT COLD STORAGE TYPES: A CASE STUDY OF ISPARTA PROVINCE, TURKEY by Vecdi DEMİRCAN, Mehmet Ali KOYUNCU

“…It was determined that total costs and total income were equal and that break-even point was reached when 41.62% of the capacity is used for CA cold storage facilities, 43.94% for NA+CA facilities and 45.75% for NA facilities. …”
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Analysis of the Regulatory Effects of lncRNAs on Kidney Tissue in Ascites Susceptible Broiler by Kasra Ahmadian, Mohammadreza Nassiry, Karim Hasanpur, Ali Javadmanesh

“…In order to investigate the metabolic, structural and functional pathways of significant genes, the Enrichr database, which is connected with other databases such as KEGG, was used.Results and Discussion:In the current research, a total of eight samples produced 187640642 million paired reads with a size of 150 nucleotides and after quality control, 185258819 uncontaminated reads were obtained. …”
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Expression of Astragalus membranaceus phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene in Pichia pastoris by Zhang Jianhui, Wang Shoufeng

“…SDS-PAGE demonstrated that a sharp 78 ku protein which was equal to the predicted value was expressed in the supernatant in contrast to the parent pPIC9K. …”
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The Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Polish Soldiers: The Results from the MIL-SCORE Program by Grzegorz Gielerak, Paweł Krzesiński, Katarzyna Piotrowicz, Piotr Murawski, Andrzej Skrobowski, Adam Stańczyk, Agata Galas, Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska, Anna Kaźmierczak-Dziuk, Joanna Maksimczuk, Sylwia Miernik-Podleśko, Monika Grzęda, Emilia Sopolińska, Marek Kiliszek, Lidia Wojda

“…However, the percentage of unsatisfactory blood pressure control was higher among soldiers below 40 years of age. …”
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Ameliorating deleterious effects of ammonia toxicity on Oreochromis niloticus using Yucca schidigera extract as a water supplement by Mustafa A.E. Mohamed, Adel I. Attia, Usama M. Abdel Monem, Fayiz M. Reda, Hemat K. Mahmoud, Ayman S. Salah, Mahmoud M. Azzam, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Mahmoud Alagawany, Ragaa A. Ahmed, Antonia Lestingi

“…Randomly, 300 Nile tilapia fish were divided into 5 equal groups, each including four replications. One group was retained as the standard control (1st) group, and the 2nd group was subjected to NH3 for three weeks (during the last week of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd month of the experiment), and the 3rd, 4th and 5th groups were supplemented with YSE (6, 8 and 10 mg/L water every 2 days) and subjected to NH3 for three weeks (during the last week of the 1st, 2nd and the 3rd month of the experiment), respectively. …”
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Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Have Lower Levels of Antibody to Heat-Stressed Fibroblast Derived Proteins, versus Normal Subjects by Azin Aghamajidi, Hesam Babaei Khameneh, Narges Amirjamshidi, Seyed Farzad Jalali, Haleh Akhavan-Niaki, Soraya Khafri, Seyedeh Narges Mousavi, Monireh Golpour, Maryam Mehri, AmrollahMostafazadeh

“…Furthermore, heat-stressed fibroblasts produced higher level of total proteins than control cells. In SDS-PAGE analysis, a 70 kDa protein band was observed in stressed cell culture supernatants which appeared as two acidic spots with close pI in the two-dimensional electrophoresis. …”
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