Visceral adipose tissue area and proportion provide distinct reflections of cardiometabolic outcomes in weight loss; pooled analysis of MRI-assessed CENTRAL and DIRECT PLUS dietary... by Hadar Klein, Hila Zelicha, Anat Yaskolka Meir, Ehud Rinott, Gal Tsaban, Alon Kaplan, Yoash Chassidim, Yftach Gepner, Matthias Blüher, Uta Ceglarek, Berend Isermann, Michael Stumvoll, Ilan Shelef, Lu Qi, Jun Li, Frank B. Hu, Meir J. Stampfer, Iris Shai

“…After 18 months of lifestyle intervention, both VATcm2 and VAT% loss were significantly associated with decreased triglycerides, HbA1c, ferritin, and liver enzymes, and increased HDL-c levels beyond weight loss (FDR < 0.05). …”
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Efficacy of Kolofort in Combined Functional Gastroenterological Pathology: an Open Study by Yu. P. Uspenskiy, O. S. Mirzoev, Yu. A. Fominykh, A. A. Gnutov, S. V. Polyushkin

“…Patients with combined IBS and FD exhibit a high prevalence and severity of both somatic and polymorbid mental symptoms. The Kolofort therapy effectively suppresses clinical symptoms and reduces distress, depression, anxiety and somatisation.…”
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Diagnostic performance of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) versus digital mammography (DM) in a population clinically referred for breast imaging – a retrospective cohort study by Naomi Noguchi, Farzaneh Boroumand, Katy Bell, Margaret Pooley, Aileen Zeng, Lauren Arnold, Armando Teixeira-Pinto, Nehmat Houssami

“…Abnormal interpretation rate for DBT was 2.83 % (CI 2.38–3.36 %) and for DM it was 2.17 % (CI 1.82–2.58 %), and the biopsy rate for DBT was 8.2 % (CI 7.4–9.0 %) and for DM it was 9.9 % (CI 9.1–10.6 %)).In patients with dense breasts (vs overall cohort) AUC-ROC and sensitivity were lower for both DM and DBT. Within this subgroup, AUC-ROC for DBT was 0.90 (CI 0.84–0.95) and for DM it was 0.85 (CI 0.79–0.92), sensitivity was 78.2 % (CI 65.0–88.2 %) for DBT and 64.8 % (CI 50.6–77.3 %) for DM, and ultrasound was accurate whether it was used with DBT (AUC-ROC 0.95 (CI 0.91 – 0.99)) or DM (AUC-ROC 0.95 (CI 0.90 – 0.99)) Conclusion: In clinically referred patients, diagnostic accuracy and diagnostic yield were similar between DBT and DM. …”
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The effects of a 12-week moderate-intensity continuous training intervention on depression, anxiety, and stress in sedentary female college students: a focus on negative emotion re... by Quanwen Zeng, Yong Zhang, Huimin Li, Jin Yuan, Dan Feng, Gendi Zhu

“…Future studies should employ more rigorous control designs to better assess the role of MICT in improving both the physical and mental health of sedentary female college students.…”
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Predictors of sickness absence among employees with common mental disorders in Sweden– a longitudinal study by Anna Frantz, Anna Toropova, Iben Axén, Gunnar Bergström, Anna Finnes, Elisabeth Björk Brämberg

“…Methods A longitudinal study with participants from a cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted. Participants from both intervention and control groups were treated as one cohort. …”
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Application of and research on 5G mobile nursing stations in clinical settings by Chunrong Li, Lichan Li, Jiexia Li, Rui Huang, Jianying Qin, Lirong Chen, Fujia Qin

“…This study compared the time taken by nurses in both scenarios to verify oral medicine dispensing and intravenous (IV) infusions against medical orders, as well as the time taken by nurses to input vital signs and complete nursing documentation. …”
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Rapid Verbal Persuasion to increase influenza vaccine uptake: protocol for a randomized hybrid type 2 effectiveness -implementation trial by Siyuan Liu, Lan Gao, Yingying Jin, Jiangyun Chen, Dadong Wu, Yiyuan Cai, Tao Wang, Sanhao Huang, Ciling Yan, Run Wang, Dong Roman Xu

“…This study protocol outlines an implementation-effectiveness hybrid type 2 design to evaluate the effectiveness of both the incentive-based implementation strategies on implementation outcomes and RVP on increasing influenza vaccination rates. …”
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Small Magnets, Big Future: Low-Field MRI Technology and Clinical Utility by Mohamamdreza Elhaie, Abolfazl Koozari, Iraj Abedi, Mahmoud Mohammadi-Sadr, Abbas Monsef

“…Low-field MRI (LF-MRI) has both advantages and disadvantages over high-field units. …”
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The Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment on Early Neonatal Problems by Selcan Sinaci, Gulsum Kadioglu Simsek, Bedri Sakcak, Izzet Ozgurluk, Fuat Emre Canpolat, Dilek Sahin

“… OBJECTIVE: Obstetric problems have detrimental effects on both pregnancy and newborn. We aimed to examine the relationship between pregnancy complications and newborn morbidities. …”
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Comparison of chromogenic and cysteine lactose electrolyte deficient agar for identification of uropathogens in Gujarat, India by Nisha Vadivelu, Rashmika D. Parmar, Hitesh Shingala, Krunal D. Mehta

“…Urine samples from patients with suspected UTIs (n = 250) were processed using both chromogenic UTI agar and CLED agar. The performance of chromogenic UTI agar was assessed for pathogen identification, detection of polymicrobial infections, time to results, and cost-effectiveness. …”
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Air pollution Dynamics: The role of meteorological factors in PM10 concentration patterns across urban areas by Carolina Girotti, Luiz Fernando Kowalski, Tiago Silva, Ezequiel Correia, Alessandra R. Prata Shimomura, Fernando Akira Kurokawa, António Lopes

“…Despite differences in scale and traffic volume, the results show that PM10 concentration patterns were similar in both Lisbon study areas. These areas also indicated a significant influence of atmospheric variables such as wind speed, boundary layer height, and atmospheric stability conditions. …”
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Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva using a guanidium based transport medium suitable for RT-PCR diagnostic assays. by Sukalyani Banik, Kaheerman Saibire, Shraddha Suryavanshi, Glenn Johns, Soumitesh Chakravorty, Robert Kwiatkowski, David Alland, Padmapriya P Banada

“…A 1:2 (saliva:eNAT) dilution abrogated both CPE and detectable viral RNA after as little as 5 min incubation in eNAT. …”
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Food addiction and associated factors in newly diagnosed patients with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional comparison with siblings and healthy controls by Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Youssef Boukadida, Abir Hakiri, Wided Homri, Majda Cheour, Souheil Hallit

“…Results Findings showed a higher prevalence of FA in the patient group (32.1%) compared to both siblings (13.0%) and controls (9.0%). Siblings had higher FA scores compared to controls (16.12 ± 4.95 versus 15.00 ± 6.09; p < 0.001). …”
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Relationship of METS-IR with cardiometabolic multimorbidity in China: a nationwide longitudinal cohort study by Chunyan Zhou, Yanyu Zhang, Xiaoyi Liu, Chenyu He, Shiyang Li, Shiyang Li

“…Furthermore, the predictive ability of METS-IR for CMM was 0.669, which surpassed that of both the triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and the triglyceride glucose index.ConclusionA higher METS-IR was closely associated with an increased risk of CMM. …”
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Analysis of tumor-infiltrating exhausted T cells highlights IL-6 and PD1 blockade as a combined immunotherapy strategy for non-small cell lung cancer by Lulu Zhang, Lulu Zhang, Xiyuan Guo, Xiyuan Guo, Xiaoke Sun, Jue Liao, Qin Liu, Yingchun Ye, Zhihui Yang, Ratchada Cressey, Qing He, Qing Yuan, Qing Yuan

“…Finally, we assessed the effects of combined blockade of PD1 and IL-6 on macrophage recruitment in a zebrafish macrophage model and CD8+ T cell function and tumor growth in PBMC humanized mouse model.ResultsThe expression of exhaustion markers on CD8+ T cells was found to be notably higher in both tumor and paraneoplastic tissues compared to peripheral blood. …”
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“We are Performance Philosophy Problems” by Janet Gibson, Kate Maguire-Rosier, Tony McCaffrey

“…Although we keep the offerings separate, both advance the idea that learning-disabled theatre and theatres where people show and share disability and diagnoses of dementia disturb some of the key assumptions of theatre and performance studies, notably ‘withness’ and ‘aboutness’. …”
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Quantitative proteomics and targeted metabolomics reveal the role of Cassia siamea L. extract in the response to high-fat diet-induced obesity in Drosophila by Ananya Dechakhamphu, Nattapong Wongchum, Theeraphan Chumroenphat, Alongklod Tanomtong, Sirithon Siriamornpun

“…Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the antiobesity effects of C. siamea extract (CSE) both in vitro and in vivo. Methods: CSE was obtained via extraction from C. siamea wood with 70 % ethanol and its phytochemical content was analyzed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‒MS) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). …”
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Impact of COVID-19 Control Measures on Trace Gases (NO2, HCHO and SO2) and Aerosols over India during Pre-monsoon of 2020 by Mriganka Sekhar Biswas, D. C. Ayantika

“…Maximum average seasonal reduction of both NO2 (−5.6%) and HCHO (−1.3%) occurred over southern India (SI). …”
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Automatic Classification of Difficulty of Texts From Eye Gaze and Physiological Measures of L2 English Speakers by Javier Melo, Leigh Fernandez, Shoya Ishimaru

“…Combining sensor data from all modalities improved predictions in both LoDo and LoPo cross-validation, compared to each modality in isolation. …”
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Large-scale high purity and brightness structural color generation in layered thin film structures via coupled cavity resonance by Wang Danyan, Ji Chengang, Li Moxin, Xing Zhenyu, Gao Hao, Li Xiaochan, Zhou Huixian, Hu Yuhui, Lin Zhelin, Zhang Cheng

“…Here, we introduce a novel approach to realizing large-scale structural colors in layered thin film structures that are characterized by both high brightness and purity. Unlike conventional designs relying on single Fabry–Pérot cavity resonance, our method leverages coupled resonance between adjacent cavities to achieve sharp and intense transmission peaks with significantly suppressed sideband intensity. …”
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