Playback-Aided Surveys and Acoustic Monitoring in the Detection of the Endangered Forest Owlet .

Monitoring rare and endangered species over the long term is challenging due to limited historical data and comparable methods. Climate and landscape changes can significantly impact species distributions, driving some to extinction. The Forest Owlet is an endangered bird considered extinct but rediscovered after 113 years in 1997.

A machine learning approach in a monocentric cohort for predicting primary refractory disease in Diffuse Large B-cell lymphoma patients.

Introduction: Primary refractory disease affects 30-40% of patients diagnosed with DLBCL and is a significant challenge in disease management due to its poor prognosis. Predicting refractory status could greatly inform treatment strategies, enabling early intervention. Various options are now available based on patient and disease characteristics.

Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy in non-cystic fibrosis lung transplant recipients: characteristics, efficacy and safety.

Purpose: Bacterial isolation is associated with worse outcomes after lung transplantation (LTx), and successful bacterial eradication is shown to improve long-term survival and pulmonary function. Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) may be an effective therapeutic modality for bacterial eradication post-LTx.

Methods: A single-center, retrospective analysis of OPAT characteristics, efficacy, safety, and costs in non-cystic fibrosis LTx recipients.

Influence of clay minerals on pH and major cation concentrations in acid-leached sands: Column experiments and reactive-transport modeling.

A series of laboratory experiments are conducted to simulate the acidification and subsequent recovery of a sand aquifer exploited by in situ recovery (ISR) mining. A sulfuric acid solution (pH 2) is first injected into a column packed with sand from the Zoovch Ovoo uranium roll front deposit (Mongolia). Solutions representative of local groundwater or enriched in cations (Na, Mg) are then circulated through the column to simulate the inflow of aquifer water.

Probiotics for maintaining oral health during fixed orthodontic treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: To systematically review the effect of probiotics on oral health during treatment with fixed orthodontic appliances.

Methods: PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library were searched up to August 2022 using broad MeSH terms and keywords. Randomized clinical trials comparing a probiotic with a control/no treatment; at least 10 patients/group undergoing fixed orthodontic therapy; and reporting at least one oral health-related parameter were included.