Mountainous millipedes in Vietnam. V. The millipede genus Attems, 1914 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with descriptions of two new species.

The paradoxosomatid genus Attems, 1914 has been reviewed in the context of Vietnam's fauna. A total of six species have been documented in the country, including a new country record, Hoffman, 1963, and two new species, and The genetic distances and the phylogenetic relationship between Vietnamese species based on a fragment of the COI gene were also provided.

The effects of soleus fascicle length on muscle fatigability.

Background: Age-related deficits in Achilles tendon stiffness have been linked to shorter calf muscle operating lengths. These shorter lengths have the potential to precipitate higher requisite excitations and thereby an earlier onset of local fatigability in older adults. However, the connection between calf muscle operating lengths and muscle fatigability has yet to be systematically explored, even in healthy younger adults.

Enhancing Text-Based Person Retrieval by Combining Fused Representation and Reciprocal Learning With Adaptive Loss Refinement.

Text-based person retrieval is defined as the challenging task of searching for people's images based on given textual queries in natural language. Conventional methods primarily use deep neural networks to understand the relationship between visual and textual data, creating a shared feature space for cross-modal matching. The absence of awareness regarding variations in feature granularity between the two modalities, coupled with the diverse poses and viewing angles of images corresponding to the same individual, may lead to overlooking significant differences within each modality and across modalities, despite notable enhancements.

AGA Clinical Practice Update on Incorporating Functional Lumen Imaging Probe Into Esophageal Clinical Practice: Expert Review.

Description: The purpose of this American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute Clinical Practice Update (CPU) is to summarize the available evidence and offer expert best practice advice on the incorporation of the functional lumen imaging probe (FLIP) into clinical practice, specifically its utility in the evaluation of esophageal symptoms, esophageal motor dysfunction, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and eosinophilic esophagitis.

Methods: This CPU Expert Review was commissioned and approved by the AGA Institute Governing Board and CPU Committee to provide timely guidance on a topic of high clinical importance to the AGA membership. This CPU Expert Review underwent internal peer review by the CPU Committee and external peer review through the standard procedures of Gastroenterology.

When banding goes bad: two rare complications of endoscopic variceal banding ligation.

Endoscopic variceal band ligation (EVBL) is a key therapy for the management of esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis, but complications, though infrequent, can have significant clinical implications. We report a rare case of a 76-year-old woman with metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease cirrhosis who developed esophageal obstruction followed by a severe esophageal stricture after EVBL. Initial symptoms included dysphagia and chest pain, which led to the discovery of complete esophageal obstruction secondary to sloughing mucosa and detached bands on endoscopy.

Single- vs double-layer uterine closure of the cesarean scar in niche development: the Nicest Study.

Background: There is an ongoing controversy regarding the optimal uterine closure technique for preventing niche development. Single- and double-layer closures have been considered comparable in terms of niche incidence after primary cesarean delivery. However, rather than simply the presence of a niche, its volume and residual myometrial thickness are the most potent factors in predicting gynecologic symptoms and subsequent pregnancy complications in women with cesarean scar defects.

Differences in Functional Lumen Imaging Probe (FLIP) Panometry Patterns Among Obese and Bariatric Surgery Patients With and Without Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD).

Background: During pre-bariatric surgery evaluation, we routinely perform objective testing for GERD (endoscopy, pH monitoring if no reflux esophagitis found) with high-resolution manometry (HRM) and functional lumen imaging probe (FLIP) to evaluate esophageal motility. In this study, we aimed to identify differences in FLIP metrics between obese patients with and without GERD.

Methods: We reviewed our clinical database of obese patients evaluated for bariatric surgery, including surgery-naïve patients and patients who had sleeve gastrectomy (SG) or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) that resulted in inadequate weight loss.

Motility Assessment During Endoscopy: The CARS Score.

An upper endoscopy is often performed as one of the first tests in patients with dysphagia and other esophageal symptoms. Classically, patients with achalasia may present with a dilated, fluid and food filled esophagus with a tight "rosette"-appearing lower esophageal sphincter. However, patients may present with early stages of disease with more subtle findings that are not readily identified or documented.

Eco-Friendly Biomass Production and Identification of Active Compounds of EB.KN35 with Potent Anti- Effect.

is a fungal plant pathogen for over 100 agricultural crop species. There are strategies for managing wilt, including antagonistic bacteria that offer a promising and sustainable effect. In this work, among the various endophytic bacterial strains, EB.

New Record of Potential Tyrosinase Inhibitory, Antioxidant, and Photoprotective Effects of Vietnamese Castanea mollissima Extracts.

In this study, the potential anti-tyrosinase, antioxidant, and ultraviolet (UV) absorption efficiency of the extracts of different parts of Castanea mollissima were evaluated. The leaf extract exhibited the most potential antioxidant effect with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl and 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) radical scavenging abilities of >90%. C.

Class-I and Class-II Restorations with the Application of a Flowable Composite as an Intermediate Layer-A Narrative Review of Clinical Trials.

The objective of this review is to investigate the effect of an additional layer of flowable composite for cavity lining on the clinical outcome of direct posterior composite restorations. The PICO question (patient, intervention, comparison, and outcome) was stated as follows: Does the additional application of a flowable composite as a cavity liner improve the clinical outcome of Class-I and Class-II restorations? The electronic databases MEDLINE, Web of Science, LILAS, and BBO were assessed for identifying relevant clinical studies. After removal of duplicate records, 309 records could be identified and, after a screening of the title and abstract, 20 articles were selected for full-text analysis.

Predictive validity of the sequential organ failure assessment score for mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome in Vietnam.

Evaluating the prognosis of ARDS patients using grading systems can enhance treatment decisions. This retrospective observational study evaluated the predictive accuracy of the SOFA score, APACHE II score, SpO/FiO ratio, and PaO/FiO ratio for mortality in ARDS patients in Vietnam. The study included 335 adult ARDS patients admitted to a central hospital from August 2015 to August 2023.

Patients' acceptance toward elective induction of labor at 39th week of gestation among low-risk pregnancies in a tertiary hospital in Vietnam: the PALI study.

Background: The term "elective induction of labor (eIOL)" refers to the practice of inducing labor before the due date in the absence of medical indication. In 2022, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommended that eIOL be considered for healthy women at 39 weeks of gestation. However, the acceptance of eIOL among pregnant women is crucial.

Bond strength evaluation of universal adhesives applied in etch-and-rinse mode on sound and irradiated dentin.

Purpose: To evaluate the laboratory microtensile bond strength (µTBS) of universal adhesives applied in etch-and-rinse mode on irradiated and sound human dentin.

Methods: Dentin specimens of 135 freshly extracted human third molars were divided in three superordinate groups. Each tooth received either no irradiation (control group), 5 Gy (2 Gy/2 Gy/1 Gy in 3 consecutive days) or the high-level therapeutic dose of 60 Gy (test groups) applied fractionally (2 Gy/day, 5 days/week, 6 weeks).

Atomic force microscopy lateral force calibration using a V-shape scratch made by a nanoindenter.

Measuring quantitative and accurate friction force at the nanoscale by means of atomic force microscopy is not straightforward. Numerous lateral force calibration methods have been proposed in the last decades. The most popular one is the wedge method that requires a specific calibration sample having areas that present constant slope and friction coefficient.

Mountainous millipedes in Vietnam. III. Two new dragon millipedes from limestone mountains in northern Vietnam (Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae, ), with an identification key to Vietnamese species.

Two new species of the dragon millipede genus Cook & Loomis, 1924 are described from mountainous areas in northern Vietnam, namely and The COI barcodes are provided for these species, and an identification key is presented to all Vietnamese species.

In Obesity, Esophagogastric Junction Fat Impairs Esophageal Barrier Function and Dilates Intercellular Spaces via Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 2α.

Background & Aims: Dilated intercellular space in esophageal epithelium, a sign of impaired barrier function, is a characteristic finding of gastroesophageal reflux disease that is also found in obese patients without gastroesophageal reflux disease. We explored molecular mechanisms whereby adipose tissue products might impair esophageal barrier integrity.

Methods: Cultures of visceral fat obtained during foregut surgery from obese and nonobese patients were established.

Predictive validity of interleukin 6 (IL-6) for the mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients with the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant in Vietnam: a single-centre, cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To investigate the serum IL-6 levels and their rate of change in predicting the mortality of critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Vietnam.

Design: A single-centre, cross-sectional study.

Setting: An Intensive Care Centre for the Treatment of Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Hydrogen Bonding and Noncovalent Electric Field Effects in the Photoconversion of a Phytochrome.

A profound understanding of protein structure and mechanism requires dedicated experimental and theoretical tools to elucidate electrostatic and hydrogen bonding interactions in proteins. In this work, we employed an approach to disentangle noncovalent and hydrogen-bonding electric field changes during the reaction cascade of a multidomain protein, i.e.

Shotgun metagenomics sequencing data of root microbial community of Huanglongbing-infected .

Huanglongbing (HLB) is the most serious citrus disease in Vietnam. For the first time, this paper reported root microbial data of HLB-infected grown in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam, for further work toward controlling this disease. Roots of HLB-infected were collected, and the genomic DNA was isolated.

A comparative study on the interaction of M(HO) ions (M = Fe, Ru, and Os) with the hydroxy group.

Context: The heavy metal ions are the typical carcinogenic agents. Up to now, the interaction mechanism of toxic metal ions with the biomolecules such as carbohyrate have not been elucidated and reported in the detail. In this research work, the adjacent dissociation Gibbs energy (E) of M(HO)(R-OH) complexes depended significantly on the molecular volume of primary alcohols and the inductive effects of substituent R in primary alcohols (R = CH, CHCH, CHCHCH, CHCHCHCH, Cl-CH, F-CH) as well as the length of linear cellulose.

Two new species of genus Thorne, 1939 (Nematoda, Dorylaimidae) from natural parks of Vietnam with an identification key to the species with a medium-sized odontostyle.

Thorne, 1939 is a large and diverse dorylaimid genus with complicated taxonomy. Two new species, and from natural habitats in Vietnam were characterised both morphologically and molecularly (18S rDNA and 28 rDNA), and line drawings and microphotographs are provided. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the new species clustered together with Thorne, 1939, the type species of the genus.