Intact spermatogenesis in an azoospermic patient with AZFa (sY84 and sY86) microdeletion and a homozygous TG12-5T variant in CFTR by Yifan Sun, Beifen Zhong, Zizhou Meng, Yuxiang Zhang, Zheng Li, Chencheng Yao

“…Background Azoospermia, the most severe form of male infertility, is categorized into two types: non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) and obstructive azoospermia (OA), which exhibit significant genetic heterogeneity. …”
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Abstract 108: Artery Of Percheron Infarctions (AOP): A Tale of Two Outcomes by Eric N. Beck, Nynoshka M. Bassatt Cabrera, Melanie Ngo, Sherif Elwan, Claribel D. Wee

“…Occlusion may result in variable bilateral thalamic and midbrain infarcts. …”
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Factors affecting discharges on medical wards: a project conducted by surveying senior nursing staff members by Mehak Gupta, Handi Y Salim, George Varughese

“…Models, such as Discharge to Assess’ (D2A), which prioritises conducting assessments for long-term care and support needs in the most appropriate time and one best suited to the individual, as well as criteria-led discharge to expedite discharges over the weekends, should also be considered.3-4…”
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Evolution, Structural and Functional Characteristics of the <i>MADS-box</i> Gene Family and Gene Expression Through Methyl Jasmonate Regulation in <i>Panax ginseng</i> C.A. Meyer by Katleho Senoko Lephoto, Dinghui Wang, Sizhang Liu, Li Li, Chaofan Wang, Ruicen Liu, Yue Jiang, Aimin Wang, Kangyu Wang, Mingzhu Zhao, Ping Chen, Yi Wang, Meiping Zhang

“…Their expression is variable within a tissue, at a developmental stage, and in cultivars. …”
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Ultra-processed food intake, diet quality, and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional analysis from the Mutaba’ah study by Aisha A. Almulla, Hanna Augustin, Luai A. Ahmed, Linnea Bärebring

“…Similarly, aMED score was not associated with GDM in either tertile of the score (third tertile compared to the lowest OR = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.54–1.64) or as a continuous variable (OR = 0.99, 95% CI: 0.87–1.11). Conclusions Higher intake of UPF was associated with a lower adherence to the Mediterranean Diet. …”
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Metagenomic insights into the resistome, mobilome, and virulome of dogs with diverse lifestyles by Nan Zhou, Weiye Chen, Luming Xia, Min Li, Huiping Ye, Chao Lv, Yiwen Chen, Zile Cheng, Tae-Jin Park, Pak-Leung Ho, Xin Gao, Xiaokui Guo, Hongjin Zhao, Huiluo Cao, Yongzhang Zhu

“…Using Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP), an interpretable machine learning approach, Ligilactobacillus emerged as the most diverse genus, with significantly higher SHAP values in stray dogs, suggesting enhanced adaptability to more variable and less controlled environments. …”
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Human papillomavirus vaccination coverage among young women in the three sub-Saharan African countries using Demographic and Health Surveys data by Mulugeta Wassie, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Berhan Tekeba, Mohammed Seid Ali, Almaz Tefera Gonete, Alemneh Tadesse Kassie, Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Tewodros Getaneh Alemu, Tadesse Tarik Tamir

“…Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer, with 99% of cases linked to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. …”
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Walk Longer! Using Wearable Inertial Sensors to Uncover Which Gait Aspects Should Be Treated to Increase Walking Endurance in People with Multiple Sclerosis by Ilaria Carpinella, Rita Bertoni, Denise Anastasi, Rebecca Cardini, Tiziana Lencioni, Maurizio Ferrarin, Davide Cattaneo, Elisa Gervasoni

“…The five metrics, entered into a multiple linear regression model with 6 MWT distance as the dependent variable, showed that gait regularity and the three metrics most related to dynamic balance (i.e., double support duration, trunk sway, and local dynamic instability) were significant independent contributors to 6 MWT distance, while gait symmetry was not. …”
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Fatal familial insomnia, associated with PRNP mutation (clinical case) by T. V. Kozhanova, S. S. Zhylina, T. I. Meshcheryakova, E. S. Bolshakova, K. V. Osipova, N. N. Zavadenko

“…The diseases have a long incubation period (years) but progress rapidly after the manifestation of clinical symptoms. The most common human prion diseases are sporadic in nature. …”
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Maternal metabolic profiling across body mass index groups: An exploratory longitudinal study by Hege Nyhus Skytte, Marie Cecilie Paasche Roland, Jacob Juel Christensen, Kirsten Bjørklund Holven, Tove Lekva, Nina Gunnes, Trond Melbye Michelsen

“…Abstract Introduction Increased BMI has been identified as a risk factor for most pregnancy complications, but the underlying metabolic factors mediating the detrimental effects of BMI are largely unknown. …”
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Impact of the new Japanese medical specialty system on residents’ career choices in general medicine: a nationwide cross-sectional study by Yu Yamamoto, Shuji Hatakeyama, Masami Matsumura, Soichi Koike

“…Multivariable logistic regression was conducted with post-training GM preference as the dependent variable. The results are expressed as adjusted odds ratios (aORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). …”
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Antimicrobial resistance among children in Southeast Asia: a systematic review by Paul Turner, Elizabeth A Ashley, Phoebe CM Williams, Robert C Duguid, Anousone Douangnouvong, Pathana Panyaviseth, Priyali Wijeratne, Jessica Saunders

“…For each pathogen, non-susceptibility to currently recommended WHO empirical antibiotics was analysed with descriptive statistics.Results We evaluated AMR profiles for 21 191 bacterial isolates collated across 111 studies incorporating 484 540 children. Most published data (71 studies) arose from India. …”
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Synergistic co-metabolism enhancing the crude oil degradation by Acinetobacter oleivorans DR1 and its metabolic potential by Lairenjam Paikhomba Singha, Renuka Kumari, Keisam Malabika Singha, Piyush Pandey, Pratyoosh Shukla

“…ABSTRACT Bacterial degradation of hydrocarbons during co-metabolism with glucose often resulted in variable degradation efficiency. This study explored the mechanistic understanding of the metabolic response during co-metabolism in Acinetobacter oleivorans DR1 using a metabolomics approach. …”
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Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors among Patients with Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) at a Tertiary Government Hospital in Nueva Ecija: A Seven-Year Retrospective Study by Dr Kelvin Clein Curitana

“…MDR-TB treatment outcome is the most important indicator in WHO's End TB strategy. …”
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Reclassification of Variants Following Renal Genetics Testing: Uncommon Yet Impactful for Diagnosis and Management by Euyn Lim, Chloe Borden, Seysha Mehta, Mary-Beth Roberts, Sarah Mazzola, Fang Zhao, Xiangling Wang

“…Multigene panel was the most frequently used modality followed by single-gene testing, exome sequencing (ES), chromosomal microarray (CMA), and genome sequencing (GS). …”
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Thixotropic system based on mixture of hydrophilic and hydrophobic silica by V. V. Тurov, V. M. Gun'ko, T. V. Krupskaya, L. S. Andriyko, A. I. Marynin, V. N. Pasichnyi

“…It has been found that for composites with different hydration, similar clusters size distributions of adsorbed water are observed, where two maxima are identified at R = 5–7 and 20–30 nm, and most of the water is part of cluster structures with radius of 20–40 nm. …”
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INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC FERTIZATION ON THE FRUIT MORPHOLOGY AND PRODUCTION OF MANGO (Mangifera indica L.) VAR. KENT by Henry Morocho-Romero, Ricardo Peña-Castillo, Roger Chanduvi-García, Sandy Vilchez-Navarro, Marcos Quiroz-Calderón, Mariano Calero-Merino, Miguel Galecio-Julca, Javier Javier-Alva, Camila Cruz-Grimaldo, Davies Arturo Morales Pizarro

“…Conclusion: G-I with the highest organic fertilization presented the highest values in the variables tested. In addition, T8 outperformed the control by 132% for the RHA variable.…”
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Validation and implementation of whole-genome sequencing-based analytical methods for molecular surveillance and relatedness analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates... by Diana Espadinha, Emma Roycroft, Peter R. Flanagan, Simone Mok, Eleanor McNamara, Thomas R. Rogers, Margaret M. Fitzgibbon

“…Although wgSNP analysis (MTBseq) was the most discriminatory method (p < 0,001), we recommend cgMLST (SeqSphere+), as the first-line approach for molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in the context of routine surveillance work due to its ease of use and decreased turnaround time, while reserving wgSNP-analysis for a more in-depth cluster analysis of new isolates that show a distance of ≤12 alleles to any other isolate(s) in the cgMLST database.…”
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Association between colorectal cancer and arthritis among Americans in 2005–2016 by Zhongbo Hou, Niping Qin, Yanlin He, Jiang Chen, Yibo Cao, Wei Xie, Tianbao Xiao

“…Abstract Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks among the most prevalent cancers globally. Some studies have found that arthritis could reduce the risk of CRC through inflammatory immune mediation. …”
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Occupational exposure to heavy metals and its association with DNA oxidative stress among urban green space workers by Pourya Ahmadi Jalaldehi, Hossein Abbaslou, Seyed Jamaleddin Shahtaheri, Ziba Veisi Malekshahi, Nasim Farahmand Derav, Kamal Azam, Monireh Khadem

“…Findings revealed that cobalt and cadmium exhibit the most significant influence on changes in oxidative stress, as indicated by the dependent variable 8-OHDG. …”
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