High-Grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: Impact of Colposcopic Lesion Area on Systemic Immune Responses by Mantoani PTS, Micheli DC, Jammal MP, Vieira JH, Michelin MA, Ferreira CGX, Silva HN, Murta EFC, Nomelini RS

“…The objectives of the study were to determine whether colposcopic lesion area is associated with serum levels of cytokines IL (interleukin) − 1, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12 and TNF-α in precursor lesions of cervical cancer.Methods: The study population comprised patients with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion who had undergone colposcopy, cervical biopsy, and measurements of serum cytokines by ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay). Genotyping for HPV (human papillomavirus) 16, 18, 45 and 52 was performed by PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction). …”
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Perbandingan Arsitektur Convolutional Neural Network Pada Klasifikasi Pneumonia, COVID-19, Lung Opacity, dan Normal Menggunakan Citra Sinar-X Thoraks by Agung Wahyu Setiawan

“…In addition, a comparison of the performance of nine CNN architectures was perfomed, i.e. Inception-ResNet, DenseNet201, InceptionV3, ResNet50v1, ResNet101, ResNet152, ResNet50v2, ResNet101v2 and ResNet152v2. …”
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Abnormal Expression of Peripheral Blood Leukocyte Surface Markers in Retinopathy of Prematurity Patients by Guo R, Cheng F, Meng XJ, Fan JM, Lu YL, Ma XH, Qiao X, Li JH

“…Elevated CD81 and Th17 levels suggest inflammation linked to neutrophils and lymphocytes.Keywords: flow cytometry, inflammatory response, lymphocytes, neutrophils, retinopathy of prematurity…”
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Assessing Sedation Depth with PSI in Elderly ERCP Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study by Huang L, Liu LL, Lu YD, Zhuang MY, Dou W, Liu H, Ji FH, Peng K

“…Hypotension and abdominal pain were uncommon. Nine patients (15.8%) experienced mild dizziness or nausea. …”
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A key technology for synergistic backfilling of coal-based solid waste and high-salinity wastewater by Shuning DONG, Shujiang YU, Xingling DONG, Buqin ZHANG, Xiaoming GUO, Xiaodong WANG, Kai WANG, Shibin ZHU, Boqiang WU, Lei LIU

“…., high-salinity mine water and high-salinity water from the coal chemical industry) represent a key link in the achievement of zero liquid discharge. …”
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Nucleic Acid Aptamers for Human Norovirus GII.4 and GII.17 Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) Exhibit Specific Binding and Inhibit VLPs from Entering Cells by Cheng C, Sun M, Li J, Xue Y, Cai X, Liu J, Wang X, Xu S, Xie Y, Zhang J

“…Two aptamers (AP4-2 and AP17-4) were selected for enzyme-linked aptamer sorbent assay (ELASA) and further analysis. …”
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Fabrication of Nano-Silver Composite Using Amomum longiligulare Fruit Polysaccharides and Their Biological Activities by Lian Y, Ma N, Cheng Q, Luo M, Xu Z, He F, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Jin D, Kong Y, Wang Y, Wei N

“…Yong Lian,1,* Ning Ma,2,* Qianying Cheng,1,* Mingquan Luo,1 Zhen Xu,1 Fei He,1 Xiaomei Zhou,1 Ying Zhang,1 Dejun Jin,1 Yidan Kong,1 Yong Wang,1 Na Wei1 1Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R&D on Tropical Herbs, Engineering Research Center of Tropical Medicine Innovation and Transformation of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center of Human-Machine Intelligent Collaborative for Tumor Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Hainan Province, School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, People’s Republic of China; 2Reproductive Medical Center, Hainan Women and Children’s Medical Center, Haikou, Hainan Province, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Na Wei; Yong Wang, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R&D on Tropical Herbs, School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected]; [email protected]: Study aims to optimize the synthesis conditions for silver nanoparticle composites [ALP(D)-AgNPs] using a rapid and environmentally friendly method and investigate the antioxidant, antibacterial, and anticancer activities of the fabricated composite.Methods: The polysaccharide component ALP-D was extracted and purified from the fruits of Amomum longiligulare and subsequently used for further experiments. …”
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Penerapan Metode Weighted Product (WP) Dalam Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Penerimaan Karyawan Pada Dewata Store Fakfak by Nelson Rumui, Nur Sakinah, Cahya Nur Rolan Niah, Fathurrahman Rumalutur

“…This research was determined based on 9 (nine) criteria, namely interview, personality test, mathematics test, application letter, CV, KTP, latest diploma, SKCK and health certificate with 10 sample data. …”
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Penerapan Metode Association Rule Mining untuk Asosiasi Ulasan Terhadap Aspek Tempat Wisata Jawa Timur Park 3 by Aisyatul Maulidah, Fitra A. Bachtiar

“…The Association Rule Mining (ARM) technique is a text mining method that can support the knowledge discovery process in large document collections. ARM is able to link keywords to comments to find words that appear frequently. …”
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The Association Between Mitral Regurgitation and Long-Term Outcomes in Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Retrospective Large Sample Cohor... by Yan N, Wu P, Zhu B, Ma A, Wang X, Hai X, Ma X, Jiang H, Yang S

“…Ning Yan,1,* Peng Wu,1,2,* Baozhen Zhu,2,3 Ali Ma,2 Xin Wang,2 Xinrui Hai,2 Xueping Ma,1 Hao Jiang,4 Shaobin Yang1 1Heart Centre & Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, People’s Republic of China; 2The First Clinical College of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Intervention, Tong Xin City People’s Hospital, Yinchuan, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Cardiology, Yinchuan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yinchuan, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hao Jiang, Department of Cardiology, Yinchuan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yinchuan, 750004, People’s Republic of China, Tel +18295496850, Email [email protected] Shaobin Yang, Heart Centre & Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, 750004, People’s Republic of China, Tel +8613895625229, Email [email protected]: The relationship between mitral regurgitation (MR) and long-term outcomes in Chinese patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains scarce. …”
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Relationship between four healthy lifestyle factors and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among residents aged 35 – 75 years in Hebei province by Yuhuan LIU, Lijuan TANG, Xiaoying LU, Jingjing ZHAO, Yajing CAO, Xiaoli LIU, Dongsheng JIANG

“…Mortality data were obtained by linking with the cause-of-death surveillance platform, with follow-up until December 31, 2022. …”
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Contents of plasma М2-pyruvate kinase (M2-РК) in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases by Ye. A. Konovich, I. L. Khalif

“…Blood plasma concentration of M2-РК was determined by solid-phase sandwich method of enzyme-linked immunoassay with application of «ScheBo» (Germany) test-systems.Results. …”
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Age-related changes in brain signal variability in autism spectrum disorder by Priyanka Sigar, Nicholas Kathrein, Elijah Gragas, Lauren Kupis, Lucina Q. Uddin, Jason S. Nomi

“…Abstract Background Brain signal variability (BSV) is an important understudied aspect of brain function linked to cognitive flexibility and adaptive behavior. …”
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Evolution, Characteristics and Inspirations of Management Zoning for National Parks in the United States by Zhenwei ZHANG, Hanyue XIAO, Yankang MAO

“…In addition, this research analyzes the nine characteristics of the management zoning for national parks in the United States: 1) Functional attribute of zoning — transform from functional zoning to comprehensive control zoning; 2) functional characteristics of zoning — most zones are similar to China’s main functional zone, rather than the restricted red line zone; 3) functional goal of zoning — strive to achieve the dual balance of “protection − utilization”; 4) zoning policies are of flexibility and complete; 5) zoning is based on the dynamic adaptive management theory; 6) zoning should be supported by a more comprehensive and systematic policy system; 7) zoning must be based on a scientific and rigorous policy system; 8) different designation areas and autonomous zoning composed its rigid and flexible frame; 9) zoning may be deduced through the comparison of multiple scenaro.ConclusionChina’s national park zoning should be regarded as a technical method relying on management rules, for which the system development should be strengthened. …”
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Non-lethal sonodynamic therapy mitigates hypertensive renal fibrosis through the PI3K/AKT/mTORC1-autophagy pathway by DanDan Liu, Hui Wang, Jialong Li, Siqi Sheng, Shu Wang, Ye Tian

“…Hypertensive kidney disease is a prevalent complication associated with hypertension and is the second leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Renal fibrosis linked to hypertension has emerged as the third leading cause of disease in dialysis patients. …”
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Characteristics of Traditional Human Settlement Landscapes on Bedrock Islands in Guangdong Based on the “Ao” Unit by Ying PAN, Linxi CHEN, Ying SHI

“…The sustainable development of islands is intricately linked to the proper handling of the interplay among “people, land, and sea”. …”
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Editorial by Lindsay B. Flynn

“…The books and the reviews describe the current channels that link financialisation to wealth inequality, bring in the human and political dimensions to housing access challenges, and unpack the various policy levers contributing to expensive housing and subsequent social tensions. …”
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The sport and Lithuanian national identity by Ingvaras Butautas, Rasa Čepaitienė

“…That can be attributed to the tenacious Lithuanian habit of linking sports with contraposition to foreigners. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…If intergenerational justice means improving the life chances and living conditions of future generations to the largest possible extent, then its link to (the avoidance) of infectious diseases is obvious. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Maria Lenk, Antony Mason, Markus Rutsche

“…Jamie McQuilkin, who is the winner of the 2016/17 Demography Prize, derives an additional index from national statistics in the opening article of this second part of the IGJR double issue on “Measuring Intergenerational Justice for Public Policy”. He combines nine indicators: forest degradation rate, share of low-carbon energy consumption, and carbon footprint in the environmental dimension; adjusted net savings, current account balance, and wealth in equality in the economic dimension; and primary pupil-teacher ratio, fertility rate, and GDP-adjusted child mortality in the social dimension. …”
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