New strategies in management of severe alcoholic hepatitis by P. Ye. Tkachenko, I. I. Komkova, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The first group included 20 patients (16 men, 4 women, mean age 46,85±11,89 years). Median daily alcohol consumption — 71 years, 25-th and 75-th percentiles — 45,5 and 92,0 years respectively, duration of intake — 16,85±13,32 year. …”
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Persistence with Early-Line Abatacept versus Tumor Necrosis Factor-Inhibitors for Rheumatoid Arthritis Complicated by Poor Prognostic Factors by Xue Han, Francis Lobo, Michael S. Broder, Eunice Chang, Sarah N. Gibbs, David J. Ridley, Irina Yermilov

“…At 12 months, 83% of abatacept patients were persistent versus 66.1% of TNFi patients (*P*=0.003). Median time to discontinuation was 1423 days for abatacept versus 690 days for TNFis (*P*=0.014). …”
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Cohort profile: Noncommunicable diseases and ideal cardiovascular health among people living with and without HIV in Zambia and Zimbabwe (NCDzz cohort) by Gilles Wandeler, Samuel Bosomprah, Cleophas Chimbetete, Belinda Varaidzo Chihota, Guy Muula, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Tinei Shamu, Ardele Mandiriri, Esau Banda

“…PLWOH were recruited from the same neighbourhoods and had similar socioeconomic conditions as PLWH.Findings to date Between August 2019 and March 2023, we included 1100 adults, of whom 618 (56%) were females and 539 (49%) were PLWH. The median age at enrolment was 39 years (IQR 34–46 years). …”
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Long-term outcomes of robot-assisted versus minimally invasive esophagectomy in patients with thoracic esophageal cancer: a propensity score-matched study by Toru Sakurai, Akihiro Hoshino, Kenta Miyoshi, Erika Yamada, Masaya Enomoto, Junichi Mazaki, Hiroshi Kuwabara, Kenichi Iwasaki, Yoshihiro Ota, Shingo Tachibana, Yutaka Hayashi, Tetsuo Ishizaki, Yuichi Nagakawa

“…Six of 26 patients (23.1%) in each group experienced recurrence, with a median recurrence period of 41.5 months in the RAMIE group and 22.5 months in the MIE group. …”
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Healthcare Resource Utilization and Cost Comparisons of High-Protein Enteral Nutrition Formulas Used in Critically Ill Patients by Matthew C. Bozeman, Laura L. Schott, Amarsinh M. Desai, Mary K. Miranowski, Dorothy L. Baumer, Cynthia C. Lowen, Zhun Cao, Krysmaru Araujo Torres

“…Median total and daily hospital costs were lower for IP vs PC ($71 196 vs $80 696, _P_<.001) and ($4208 vs $4373, _P_=.019), with each higher than StdHP. …”
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Metabolic syndrome in type 1 diabetes: higher time above range and glycemic variability revealed by continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) by Yayu Fang, Wei Liu, Xiaoling Cai, Yu Zhu, Mingxia Zhang, Siqian Gong, Xiangqing Wang, Chu Lin, Rui Zhang, Sai Yin, Juan Li, Yongran Huo, Xiaodan Hu, Xiaoqi Xie, Linong Ji

“…Demographic data, anthropometric measurements, clinical information and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data were collected and compared between participants with metabolic syndrome and those without. Results The median age of the participants was 50.0 years (IQR 35.0-63.3), and the median duration was 10.0 years (IQR 2.0–17.0). …”
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Evaluating Ultrafine Particles and PM2.5 in Microenvironments with Health Perspectives: Variability in Concentrations and Pollutant Interrelationships by Sheng Xiang, Shaojun Zhang, Yu Ting Yu, Hui Wang, Ye Deng, Qinwen Tan, Zihang Zhou, Ye Wu

“…Seasonal variability in PNCd,tr and PNCd,sfb was found, with 2–3 times higher median PNCd,tr and 7 times higher median PNCd,sfb in winter compared to autumn. …”
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The ASK-16 motorized glider: an airborne eddy covariance platform to measure turbulence, energy, and matter fluxes by I. Wiekenkamp, A. K. Lehmann, A. Bütow, J. Hartmann, S. Metzger, S. Metzger, T. Ruhtz, C. Wille, M. Zöllner, T. Sachs, T. Sachs

“…The uncertainty of <span class="inline-formula"><i>w</i></span> is between 0.15 and 0.27 m s<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span> (median <span class="inline-formula">=</span> 0.23 m s<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span>), and the uncertainty of <span class="inline-formula"><i>u</i></span> and <span class="inline-formula"><i>v</i></span> ranges between 0.16 and 0.55 m s<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span> (median <span class="inline-formula">=</span> 0.25 m s<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span>). …”
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Adherence to Viral Load Testing Guidelines, Barriers, and Associated Factors Among Persons Living with HIV on ART in Southwestern Uganda: a Mixed-Methods Study. by Lubega, Polly, Nalugya, Sylivia Juliet, Kimuli, Angella Namyalo, Twinokusiima, Majoreen, Khasalamwa, Mercy, Kyomugisa, Richard, Kabami, Jane, Owaraganise, Asiphas

“…Continuous data were summarized using mean and median and Chi-square was used for categorical data. …”
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El dragón en la biblioteca. Lezama Lima y la literatura cubana (1948-2002), de Guadalupe Silva by María Pía Bruno

“…En este volumen, la figura de José Lezama Lima se presenta de manera polifónica, a través de las voces y textos de escritores cubanos contemporaneos que tensan en sus obras las matrices simbólicas identificadas a Lezama y al grupo origenista. …”
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Gemcitabine combined with baicalein exerts antiviral activity against PEDV by inhibiting the entry and replication phases by Yingge Zheng, Yanfei Zhang, Fangying Xiong, Dehua Luo, Yuxiang Wang, Yijia Zhang, Dengguo Wei

“…In this study, we found that the nucleoside analog gemcitabine decreased the titer of PEDV, with a median effective concentration (EC50) of 3.12 μM, thereby inhibiting viral replication. …”
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Los Niños y los Pesticidas by Frederick M. Fishel, Tatiana Sanchez

“…Esta publicación describe algunos hechos y medidas de precaución con respecto a los niños y los pesticidas en el ambiente del hogar, para que los padres tengan una mejor idea de cómo mantener productos químicos dañinos lejos de sus hijos. …”
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Extracorporeal hyperoxygenation therapy (EHT) for CO poisoning: in vitro and in vivo feasibility of a full-scale batch system by Niklas B. Steuer, Hannah Lüken, Peter C. Schlanstein, Matthias F. Menne, Christiane Hoffmann, Cavan Lübke, Thomas Schmitz-Rode, Sebastian Victor Jansen, Ulrich Steinseifer, Rüdger Kopp

“…In large animal trials the EHT reduced the median carboxyhemoglobin half-life by 42% (29.77 min EHT vs. 70.8 min control (NBO)). …”
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„Homilie to często klęska”. Konieczność poprawy jakości homilii by Henryk Sławiński

“…Przeprowadzone analizy pozwoliły stwierdzić, że uczestnicy Mszy Świętej bardzo sobie cenią słuchanie homilii i oczekują ich, nawet w dni powszednie. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of drooling, reluctance, oropharynx, others, and leukocytosis score as a predictor of mortality and complications following acute corrosive ingestion by Fawaz Poonthottathil, Soorya Suresh, Jamshed Nayer, Praveen Aggarwal

“…RESULTS: We studied 79 patients of acute corrosive ingestion. The median age was 26 years with a female predominance. …”
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Clinical spectrum, treatment and outcomes of the m.10197G>A mutation in MT-ND3: a case report, systematic review and meta-analysis by YuZhi Shi, Bin Chen, SongTao Niu, XinGao Wang, ZaiQiang Zhang

“…Among all the participants, 55.3% (47/85) and 28.2% (24/85) presented with LS/LS+ and LHON/LHON+, respectively. The median age at onset for LS/LS+ was significantly younger than that for LHON/LHON+ [median, (Q1–Q3), 3.0 (0.58–9.5) vs. 13.5 (5.75–41.75), P = 0.001]. …”
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Erratum to “The usefulness of surgical drains on short term outcomes among patients undergoing craniotomy at the Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza Tanzania” [World Neurosurgery: X(22C... by Dennis Onsombi, Gerald Mayaya, Vladimir Herrera, Anton Manyanga, Washington Leonald, Samuel Byabato, James Lubuulwa

“…Results: A total of 77 patients were enrolled into the study, the median patient age (IOR) was 33(18–55) years, and 55 % of patients were males, giving male to female ratio of 2:1. …”
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From the mat to mastery: a Judoka’s quest in the wake of injury – professional Judokas’ experiences of suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury by Andreas Ivarsson, Eric Hamrin Senorski, Kristian Samuelsson, Martin Hägglund, Robert Prill, Hans-Christer Holmberg, Ramana Piussi, Moa Engström

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Computation and interpretation of mean absolute deviations by cumulative distribution functions by Eugene Pinsky

“…In recent years, there has been an increased interest in using the mean absolute deviation (MAD) around the mean and median (the L1 norm) as an alternative to standard deviation σ (the L2 norm). …”
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EDITORIAL by Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas

“…Por lo que celebramos el inicio de un fructífero 2025, deseando que nuestra comunidad universitaria, lectora y colaboradores tengan plenitud en todos los aspectos de su vida personal, académica y profesional. …”
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