The impact of energy drinks on health of children and young adults - review of latest research by Klaudia Kożuchowska, Dawid Pilarz, Marcelina Szewczyk, Maria Morawska, Aleksandra Tomczyk, Julia Ufnal, Dominika Lewandowska, Dominika Rosińska-Lewandoska, Klaudia Drewko, Kinga Jarosz

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Analytical and clinical validation of a novel MeltPlus TB-NTM/RIF platform for simultaneous detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria and rifamp... by Zhuo Wang, Yuanwu Zou, Zihan Wei, Guanghong Bai, Xiaolin Wang, Shaoyi Qu, Jie Shi, Yaping Jiang, Cuijiao Gu

“…The platform was evaluated for its limit of detection (LOD) and specificity before clinical validation, followed by a prospective single-center study in patients with presumptive TB cases.ResultsThe calculated LOD for MTBC, NTM and RIF susceptibility was found to be 10.31 CFU/mL, 57.55 CFU/mL and 48.584 CFU/mL, respectively. …”
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Culture-independent detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA using targeted next generation sequencing in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) oronasal swabs in South Afric... by Sinegugu Kholeka Mhlophe, Charlene Clarke, Giovanni Ghielmetti, Giovanni Ghielmetti, Megan Matthews, Tanya Jane Kerr, Michele Ann Miller, Wynand Johan Goosen, Wynand Johan Goosen

“…African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) are wildlife maintenance hosts of Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), the causative agent of animal tuberculosis (aTB) in multiple ecosystems across South Africa. …”
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Are Saudi Radiological Sciences Students Prepared for Emergencies? Exploring Knowledge, and Attitudes Towards Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Alshamrani KM, Alkhayyat AA, Arif RN, Alahmadi AAS, Aldahery ST, Alsharif WM, Qurashi AA

“…Khalid M Alshamrani,1– 3 Alaa A Alkhayyat,1 Rimaz N Arif,1 Adnan AS Alahmadi,4 Shrooq T Aldahery,5 Walaa M Alsharif,6 Abdulaziz A Qurashi6 1College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 2King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 3Ministry of the National Guard - Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 4Radiologic Sciences Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 5Department of Applied Radiologic Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 6Diagnostic Radiology Technology Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Khalid M Alshamrani, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, P. …”
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Air Quality Index, Indicatory Air Pollutants and Impact of COVID-19 Event on the Air Quality near Central China by Kaijie Xu, Kangping Cui, Li-Hao Young, Ya-Fen Wang, Yen-Kung Hsieh, Shun Wan, Jiajia Zhang

“…The results showed that during February 2020, in the three cities, the average ambient air concentrations of PM2.5, PM10, SO2, CO, and NO2 were 41.9 µg m−3, 50.1 µg m−3, 2.18 ppb, 0.48 ppm, and 8.97 ppb, and were 46.5%, 48.9%, 52.5%, 36.2%, and 52.8%, respectively, lower than those in the same month in 2017–2019, respectively. …”
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Effects of Coach’s Verbal Encouragement During Small-Sided Volleyball Games on Specific Physical Fitness and Technical-Tactical Behavior of Youth Athletes by Taufiq Hidayat, Irma Febriyanti, Advendi Kristiyandaru, Suroto, Hari Wisnu, Ahmet Kurtoğlu, Amayra Tannoubi, Joseph Lobo, Baglan Yermakhanov, Jarosław Muracki, Edi Setiawan

“…Physical performance including agility t-test (ATT), 10-m sprint test (10-mST), countermovement jump test (CMJT), medicine ball throw test (MBTT), multistage 20-meter shuttle run test (M20-MSRT), and technical-tactical behavior (serve, reception, sets, attack, defense) were measured in pre-test and post-test. …”
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Preparation of doped spinel LiMn2O4 cathode using α-MnO2 for high-performance Li-ion batteries by Jean Pierre Mwizerwa, Khuram Usman, Sefiu Abolaji Rasaki, Pamphile Ndagijimana

“…The LiAl0.1Mn1.9O4 synthesized at 800°C delivered a discharge-specific capacity of 106 mAh g−1 for the first cycle and 105 mAh g−1 after 200 cycles at 1C under ambient temperature. …”
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The medial and lateral orbitofrontal cortex jointly represent the cognitive map of task space by Liwei Tan, Yidan Qiu, Lixin Qiu, Shuting Lin, Jinhui Li, Jiajun Liao, Yuting Zhang, Wei Zou, Ruiwang Huang

“…Specifically, the mOFC represents all hidden task state components. …”
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FAN score predicts prognosis after platinum-based first-line chemotherapy in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma by Yu Ishizuya, Atsunari Kawashima, Yuki Horibe, Akinaru Yamamoto, Masaru Tani, Akihiro Yoshimura, Liu Yutong, Sassi Nesrine, Toshiki Oka, Yohei Okuda, Toshihiro Uemura, Gaku Yamamichi, Takuji Hayashi, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Taigo Kato, Koji Hatano, Norio Nonomura

“…We included 126 patients with mUC who received platinum-based first-line chemotherapy. …”
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Prognostic value of serum inflammatory markers in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma undergoing surgery: a two-center retrospective cohort study by Yaqin Dong, Fan Wang, Jiaying Deng, Tong Tong, Xiangxun Chen, Liming Wu, Yichun Wang, Mei Kang, Yutong Xu, Guangjie Shi, Liyang Zhu

“…Conversely, the mOS (42.0 months, 95% CI 6.7–55.2) was lower in the low prognostic nutritional index score group than the high score group (125.0 months, 95% CI 96.4–153.6; P < 0.05). …”
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WALLABY Pilot Survey: Star Formation Enhancement and Suppression in Gas-rich Galaxy Pairs by Qifeng Huang, Jing Wang, Xuchen Lin, Se-Heon Oh, Xinkai Chen, B. Catinella, N. Deg, H. Dénes, B. -Q. For, B. S. Koribalski, K. Lee-Waddell, J. Rhee, A. X. Shen, Li Shao, K. Spekkens, L. Staveley-Smith, T. Westmeier, O. I. Wong, A. Bosma

“…In contrast, the SFRs of galaxies with M _* > 10 ^9 M _⊙ increase monotonically toward smaller projected distances and radial velocity offsets. …”
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Brain atrophy in heart failure patients following left ventricular assist device implantation or heart transplantation by D.Alan Herbst, MD, Banafsheh Shakibajahromi, MD, Michael V. Genuardi, MD, Amit Iyengar, MD, Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton, PhD, H. Branch Coslett, MD, Pavan Atluri, MD, Christopher G. Favilla, MD

“…LVAD patients experienced greater brain atrophy (median: 7.1 mL/year; IQR: 0.9–15.7) than transplant patients (median: 0.4 mL/year; IQR: −6.7–13.9), but this difference was non-significant (p=0.09). …”
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Experimental application of gliders communication system in South China Sea by Shuyang Jia, Shuyang Jia, Shuyang Jia, Baoheng Liu, Baoheng Liu, Sichen Zou, Xiaochuan Zhang, Xiaochuan Zhang, Xiaochuan Zhang

“…The underwater acoustic communication equipment is installed in the cabin and has a standby power consumption of only 5 mW. To verify the feasibility of this integration method, an offshore test was conducted in the South China Sea. …”
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Study of Stage Gap for a 2-bladed 2-stage Savonius-like-hydro-kinetic Turbine Performance Involving End Plates and Overlapping by K. C. Sarma, B. Nath, A. Biswas, R. D. Misra

“…The minimal stage gap is 5 mm, turbine braking loading 1250 g, 0.248 TSR, and 0.55 m/s water velocity yield the highest power coefficient (0.058), which is greater than some published SLHT designs. …”
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Identifying factors for pembrolizumab eligibility in head and neck cancer by Satoru Miyamaru, Daizo Murakami, Kohei Nishimoto, Yorihisa Orita

“…Methods We retrospectively analyzed 54 patients with R/M HNC treated with pembrolizumab from January 2020 to December 2022. …”
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Microstructural, electrochemical, and hot corrosion analysis of CoCrFeCuTi high entropy alloy reinforced titanium matrix composites synthesized by microwave sintering by S. Ragunath, N. Radhika, S Aravind Krishna, Alokesh Pramanik

“…The 12 wt% composite also achieved finer grains (0.345 μm) due to uniform internal heat generation from the process. …”
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A classification scheme of active faults in engineering. by Qingyun Zhou, Suge He, Zhenyu Zou

“…Standard buildings should avoid active faults with a fault displacement hazard level of Ⅰ ~ Ⅲ (faults that can generate earthquakes of magnitude m0 and above under a 4% exceedance probability over 100 years). …”
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Impacts of Sea Land Breeze on the Fog and PM2.5 Concentration in Tianjin, China by Lihong Meng, Erhui Yang, Lili Liu, Wei Wang, Jianbo Yang, Ping Qu

“…The vertical height of the sea breeze reached about 1200 m. The transportation of continuous water vapor and 90 m thick temperature inversion were the two main causes for the formation of coastal urban fog. …”
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Surface plasmon resonance biosensors for SARS-CoV-2 sensing: The role of silicon nitride and graphene by Talia Tene, Diana Coello-Fiallos, Myrian Borja, Narcisa Sánchez, Fabián Londo, Cristian Vacacela Gomez, Stefano Bellucci

“…Two configurations, Sys₃ and Sys₅, were developed and numerically evaluated under varying SARS-CoV-2 concentrations in PBS solution, ranging from 0.01 nM to 100 nM. Sys₃, optimized with Ag at 55 nm, Si₃N₄ at 13 nm, and ssDNA at 10 nm, demonstrated exceptional sensitivity (371.7°/RIU), low limit of detection, and high detection accuracy, making it suitable for precision applications. …”
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