Association between early heart rate trajectories in post-PCI STEMI patients and prognosis after hospital discharge by Dan Wu, Yanping Yin, Jing Zheng, Xiaoshan Zhou, Fanli Cheng, Yiran Wang, Kaini Li, Xuanting Mou, Wenting Lin, Chao Feng, Sixiang Jia, Weili Ge, Shudong Xia

“…Using trajectory modelling, we identified heart rate patterns at 24, 48 and 72 h post-PCI, determined the optimal number of trajectory groups using Akaike information criterion (AIC) and Bayesian information criterion (BIC) criteria, and performed a minimum 3-month follow-up. …”
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Succession characteristics and assembly process of soil microbiome at reclaimed farmlands in coal mining area by Jianhua Li, Jianhua Li, Zixu Li, Yanwen Sun, Jinjing Lu, Jinjing Lu, Qiang Zhang, Xinhua He, Xinhua He, Xinhua He, Minggang Xu, Minggang Xu

“…Clarifying the succession patterns and assembly mechanisms of soil bacterial and fungal communities across reclamation chronosequences is essential for restoring soil health and ensuring ecological stability in mining areas. …”
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Seditious Spaces by Nurul Azreen Azlan

“…While colonial rule may seem like it was a long time ago, Malaysia has only been independent for sixty-one years, after 446 years of colonial rule. The things that we take for granted today, such as democracy and all the rights it implies, are some of the more ironic legacies of colonialism that some societies, such as Malaysia, have had to figure out after centuries of subjugation. …”
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Spatial Analysis of the Concentration of Knowledge-Based Firms in Iran by Najmoddin Yazdi, Mahdi Fateh-rad, Jamal Kadkhodapour, Siamak Tahmasbi

“…However, research has largely overlooked the spatial patterns of distribution and concentration of these firms at both national and sub-national levels, as well as the factors driving their concentration in specific regions. …”
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Clinical Findings and Related Factors with the Final Outcome in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: An Evidence Based Cross-Sectional Study by Samad EJ Golzari, Nasim Hajipoor kashgsaray, Ehsan Sarbazi, Zahra Taghavi, Saber Ghaffari Fam, Alireza Ala, Ali Ostadi, Robab Mehdizadeh Esfanjani, Sonia Sedghian, Hassan Soleimanpour

“…Results: A total of 350 patients with the median age of 64 years old, 204 (58.3%) male and 146 (41.7%) female were studied. 110 people (31.4%) were hospitalized in ICU. …”
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Pathway to care, treatment and disease burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension: a real-world survey of physicians and patients in Latin America by Mauricio Orozco-Levi, Rogerio Souza, Ignacio M Bluro, Julia Harley, Jose Luis Hernández Oropeza, Adrian Lescano, Gisela Meyer, Tatiana Pineda, Alicia Ramirez, Mark Small, Angelo Valencia, Tomás Pulido

“…Objectives To investigate clinical characteristics, symptom profile, testing practices, treatment patterns and quality of life (QoL) among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in Latin America.Design Data from the Adelphi Real World PAH Disease Specific Programme, a cross-sectional survey with retrospective data collection.Setting University/teaching hospital, regional centres, private practices and government institutions in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.Participants 246 physicians provided data for 958 patients, of which 533 patients also self-reported data.Results Mean (SD) patient age was 53.7 (17) years, 70% of patients were female and 79% were WHO functional class (WHO FC) I–II. …”
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Sex difference in the relationship between childhood obesity and abnormal lipid profiles in young adults by Keyang Zheng, Yinkun Yan, Linlin Ma, Rufei Liu, Tianzhu Zhao, Yuxuan Wei, Zixu Zhao, Hong Cheng, Dongqing Hou, Junting Liu, Xiaoyuan Zhao, Wenli Cheng, Jie Mi

“…Methods Data were obtained from the Beijing Blood Pressure Cohort Study, which included 1220 participants aged 28–45 years. Childhood obesity was defined based on body mass index (BMI) and subscapular skinfold thickness (SSFT) measurements. …”
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Age, Growth, Sex Composition, and Diet of the Burbot, <i>Lota lota</i>, the Only Freshwater Species of the Family Lotidae in the Amur (Heilongjiang) River, Northeast China by Lei Li, Huili Shao, Pavel B. Mikheev, Zepeng Zhang, Hongyu Jin, Wanqiao Lu

“…The ages of the sampled fish ranged from 1+ to 7+ years. The female/male ratio was 1.04:1, and body length and mass varied from 175 to 595 mm and 73.5 to 1958.7 g, respectively. …”
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Association between personality profiles and motoric cognitive risk syndrome in community-dwelling older adults: a person-centered approach by Junwei Zhang, Lina Wang, Chen Zhang, Xiaoyan Wang, Xue Sun, Chenyu Wang, Guanxiu Liu, Lulu Shi, Bei Wu

“…The mean age was 73.25 years (SD = 9.0) and 62.50% were females. This study identified four distinct personality profiles: the resilient, ordinary, reserved, and anti-resilient profiles. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of leukemia, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis of the global burden of disease in 2021 by Jiaxi Chen, Jiaxi Chen, Wenyi Pang, Miao Deng, Miao Deng, Rubin Zheng, Yanjin Chen, Ziyang Zhang, Zhouke Tan, Zhouke Tan, Zhixun Bai

“…BackgroundLeukemia is a heterogeneous hematologic malignancy with varying incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) worldwide. Although the burden of leukemia has declined over recent decades, substantial disparities remain across different regions, socioeconomic levels, age groups, and sexes. …”
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RASGEF1C methylation for the distinguishment and classification of benign and malignant thyroid tumors by Wenkang Yu, Yifei Yin, Mengxia Li, Haixia Huang, Junjie Li, Yi Zhang, Lun Zhu, Yifen Zhang, Xuandong Huang, Chenxia Jiang, Rongxi Yang

“…Additionally, 40 follicular thyroid cancer samples, 45 medullary thyroid cancer samples, and 7 anaplastic thyroid samples from three hospitals were afterward collected to compare methylation patterns across subtypes. Results Hypomethylation of RASGEF1C in PTC was observed vs. …”
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Prevalence of dry eye disease among children: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Nathan Congdon, Dongfeng Li, Prabhath Piyasena, Ving Fai Chan, Man Yu, Yuhao Zou, Virgili Gianni, S Grace Prakalapakorn, Ruifan Zhang, Zixiang Zhao

“…The increasing use of digital devices and changing lifestyle patterns have raised concerns about a potential rise in DED among children. …”
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RUSS-AGE study: Markers of carbohydrate metabolism and their time course in different age groups of a healthy population of the Russian Federation by Anna K. Ilyushchenko, Arina E. Veriaskina, Lubov V. Machekhina, Aleksandra A. Melnitskaia, Olga N. Tkacheva, Andrey A. Tyazhelnikov, Valeriy S. Polunin, Alexander V. Iumukian, Irina D. Strazhesko

“…Therefore, it is important to investigate the patterns of changes in carbohydrate metabolism markers in different age groups among healthy participants, which is the objective of the RUSS-AGE study. …”
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Disrupted Vaginal Microbiota and Increased HPV Infection Risk Among Non-Vaccinated Women: Findings from a Prospective Cohort Study in Kazakhstan by Kuralay Kongrtay, Kuat Kassymbek, Gulzhanat Aimagambetova, Nazira Kamzayeva, Sanimkul Makhambetova, Makhabbat Galym, Zhanar Abdiyeva, Milan Terzic, Kadisha Nurgaliyeva, Talshyn Ukybassova

“…A total of 396 non-pregnant women aged 18–45 years were enrolled during routine gynecological screening. …”
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Trends and Disparities in Liver Transplantation in the United States: A Nationwide Analysis of Demographic, Clinical, and Socioeconomic Factors (2016–2021) by Vignesh Krishnan Nagesh, Vivek Joseph Varughese, Marina Basta, Emelyn Martinez, Shruthi Badam, Lokaesh Subramani Shobana, Abdifitah Mohamed, Alin J, Simcha Weissman, Adam Atoot

“…The mean recipient age remained stable (51–52 years), with males comprising ~62% of transplants. …”
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Frequency of bspA and mutS Genes in Tannerella forsythia Isolated from Patients with Aggressive Periodontitis: A Cross-sectional Study by AS Smiline Girija, S Sekar Babu, K Karthik, J Vijayashree Priyadharsini, Jaiganesh Ramamurthy, Kannika Parameshwari Kannan

“…The inclusion criteria were patients aged 18-60 years with periodontal disease, while smokers, pregnant women and those undergoing orthodontic treatment were excluded. …”
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Palliative Radiotherapy Near the End of Life: An Analysis of Factors Influencing the Administration of Radiotherapy in Advanced Tumor Disease by Nguyen-Son Le, Asli Zeybek, Klaus Hackner, Cornelia Gallauner, Josef Singer, Felix Schragel, Petra Georg, Sandra Gottsauner-Wolf, Martin Pecherstorfer, Gudrun Kreye

“…Significant factors influencing EOL RT administration were age ≤65 years (odds ratio [OR], 1.75 [95% CI, 1.02 to 3.01]), Union for International Cancer Control stage IV (OR, 2.77 [95% CI, 1.41 to 5.46]), lung cancer (OR, 2.16 [95% CI, 1.00 to 4.68]), palliative care referral (OR, 1.80 [95% CI, 0.98 to 3.30]), systemic anticancer treatment ≤30 days before death (OR, 1.87 [95% CI, 1.05 to 3.33]), and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≥2 (OR, 3.73 [95% CI, 1.88 to 7.40]). …”
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Heterogeneous clinical phenotypes of sporadic early-onset Alzheimer’s disease: a neuropsychological data-driven approach by Deepti Putcha, Yuta Katsumi, Alexandra Touroutoglou, Ani Eloyan, Alexander Taurone, Maryanne Thangarajah, Paul Aisen, Jeffrey L. Dage, Tatiana Foroud, Clifford R. Jack, Joel H. Kramer, Kelly N. H. Nudelman, Rema Raman, Prashanthi Vemuri, Alireza Atri, Gregory S. Day, Ranjan Duara, Neill R. Graff-Radford, Ian M. Grant, Lawrence S. Honig, Erik C. B. Johnson, David T. Jones, Joseph C. Masdeu, Mario F. Mendez, Erik Musiek, Chiadi U. Onyike, Meghan Riddle, Emily Rogalski, Stephen Salloway, Sharon Sha, R. Scott Turner, Thomas S. Wingo, David A. Wolk, Kyle Womack, Maria C. Carrillo, Gil D. Rabinovici, Bradford C. Dickerson, Liana G. Apostolova, Dustin B. Hammers, the LEADS Consortium

“…Cortical thickness analysis validated these clinical phenotypes with dissociations in atrophy patterns observed between the Dysexecutive and Amnestic Predominant groups. …”
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Clinical performance of the SureX PCR HPV test versus hybrid capture assays (DH2/careHPV) in primary cervical cancer screening by Yumei Ouyang, Guzhanuer Abuduxikuer, Tangnuer Abulimiti, Guligeina Abudurexiti, Qian Zhuo, Wenyun Li, Kadeliya Muhetaer, Shaliya Abuduwufu, Gulixian Tuerxun, Remila Rezhake, Guzhalinuer Abulizi

“…Methods: 8638 women aged over 25 years from China underwent HPV screening using a PCR-based full genotyping HPV assay (SureX HPV), alongside hybrid-capture HPV tests (DH2/careHPV) and cytology. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mortality among adults receiving care for chronic health conditions in rural South Africa: findings from Agincourt health and socio-demographic s... by Daniel Ohene-Kwofie, Cyril Chironda, Jean Bashingwa, Tshegofatso Seabi, Audry Dube, Beth Tippett-Barr, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Chodziwadziwa W. Kabudula

“…Results Among individuals receiving care for chronic conditions in primary healthcare facilities there was a general increase across the years from 2015 to 2021; HIV from 23.3 to 48.8%; for hypertension from 31.1 to 46.1%; and for diabetes from 5.1 to 6.4%. …”
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