Could Serum TSH Levels Predict Malignancy in Euthyroid Patients Affected by Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Cytology? by Carlo Cappelli, Ilenia Pirola, Elena Gandossi, Mario Rotondi, Davide Lombardi, Claudio Casella, Fiorella Marini, Maura Saullo, Barbara Agosti, Elena Di Lodovico, Luca Chiovato, Alberto Ferlin, Maurizio Castellano

“…All patients had been submitted to thyroid surgery (hemi or thyroidectomy, as appropriate), and histological diagnosis had been performed. …”
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Noninferiority trial in veal calves on the efficacy of oxytetracycline and florfenicol treatment for pneumonia guided by quick thoracic ultrasound by Stan Jourquin, Florian Debruyne, Laurens Chantillon, Thomas Lowie, Randy Boone, Jade Bokma, Bart Pardon

“…In both groups, cure was similar at all observation points. Overall, final cure of all calves with either moderate or severe pneumonia during the trial was 41.2% (52/102) and 19.0% (12/63), respectively. …”
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ISU-ISU PRIORITAS DALAM PENERAPAN ECO-HOUSE BERDASARKAN GAYA HIDUP HEMAT ENERGI DAN RAMAH LINGKUNGAN by Yasintha Rahma Naura, Annisa Safira, Dewi Larasati

“…Abstract_ The issue of global warming is getting hotter in all areas of life. Environmental conditions are increasingly experiencing severe damage caused by excessive use of natural resources. …”
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A randomised, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of teprotumumab for active thyroid eye disease in Japanese patientsResearch in context by Yuji Hiromatsu, Eri Ishikawa, Ai Kozaki, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Mika Tanabe, Ken Hayashi, Yukihiro Imagawa, Kazutoyo Kaneda, Masashi Mimura, Xiaoxian Dai, Tomoko Hayashida, Takashi Akamizu

“…Adverse events were assessed in all patients. This trial was registered at Japan Registry for Clinical Trials (jRCT2031210453). …”
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Multienvironment Evaluation of Tannin-Free Photoperiod-Insensitive Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) for Yield and Resistance to Grain Mold in Senegal by Cyril Diatta, Mame P. Sarr, Thierry Klanvi Tovignan, Ousmane Aidara, Daniel Kwadjo Dzidzienyo, Elisabeth Diatta-Holgate, Jacques Martin Faye, Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, Samuel Kwame Offei, Ndiaga Cisse

“…Broad-sense heritability computed was high for all these traits except PGMR, showing a high environmental pressure on this later. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of HIV testing-seeking behaviors among women of reproductive age in Tanzania: analysis of the 2022 Demographic and health survey by Jackson Micheal Asingwire, Isaac isiko, Kuli Faith Rombe, Aaron Mwesigwa, Emmanuel Asher Ikwara, Haron Olot, Lenz Nwachinemere Okoro, Manankong Jane Precious Izunwanne, Blessing Onyinyechi Agunwa, Abdul Aziiz Bwana, William Yiga Kalemba, Ebuka Louis Anyamene

“…Not employed [AOR:0.35, CI (0.20–0.61)] has lower odds of HIV testing than All-year employed status. Rural residents have reduced odds of HIV testing [AOR:0.43, CI (0.21–0.88)] compared to women living in urban areas. …”
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Spine surgery and readmission: Risk factors in lumbar corpectomy patients by Julius Gerstmeyer, MD, Anna Gorbacheva, August Avantaggio, Clifford Pierre, MD, Emre Yilmaz, MD, Thomas A. Schildhauer, MD, Amir Abdul-Jabbar, MD, Rod J Oskouian, MD, Jens R Chapman, MD

“…With this study, we aimed to assess the all-cause 90-day readmission rate and identify risk factors for adverse events following a lumbar corpectomy. …”
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Designing a Model for Credit Risk Assessment of Customers for Guarantees Issued by the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran via Artificial Neural Network Model by Farshid Ahmadi Sartakhti, Kambiz Hojabr Kiani, Seyed Shamsoddin Hoseini, Abbas Memarnejad

“…Being the exclusive official export credit insurance entity in Iran, it operates under complete government ownership, shouldering all obligations associated with the fund's coverage. …”
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Maternal Macronutrient Intake and Associated Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Results from the BORN2020 Study by Antigoni Tranidou, Ioannis Tsakiridis, Emmanuela Magriplis, Aikaterini Apostolopoulou, Violeta Chroni, Eirini Tsekitsidi, Ioustini Kalaitzopoulou, Nikolaos Pazaras, Michail Chourdakis, Themistoklis Dagklis

“…During mid-gestation, higher dietary fiber intake (aOR = 1.05, 95%CI: 1.00–1.10), higher protein intake (aOR = 1.02, 95% CI: 1.00–1.04), and higher protein percentage of energy intake (aOR = 1.08, 95%CI: 1.01–1.17) were all significantly associated with increased GDM risk. …”
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Universal capillary screening for chronic autoimmune, metabolic and cardiovascular diseases: feasibility and acceptability of the UNISCREEN study by Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Elisa Borgonovo, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Serena Spadoni, Barbara Fontana, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elena Rela, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giulia Pata, Eleonora Bianconi, Sabina Martinenghi, Francesca Ulivi, Cristina Renzi, Cristina Renzi, Emanuele Bosi, Emanuele Bosi, UNISCREEN Study Group, Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Elena Rela, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elisa Borgonovo, Sara Critelli, Aldo Fici, Martina Mallus, Giulia Morocutti, Giulia Pata, Clara Soggetti, Chiara Calabrese, Alberico Di Resta, Maria Pia Ruggiero, Antonella Spano’, Francesca Biasco, Manuel Stocchi, Pietro Melodia, Giuseppe Ancona, Andrea Laurenzi

“…A single fingerprick was sufficient for all measurements in 47.1% of cases, while up to two were necessary in 86.9% of cases. …”
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Occurrence of Fungi on Duck Egg Shells and Drug Resistance Analysis of <i>Aspergillus</i> spp. Isolates by Andrzej Gaweł, Magdalena Siedlecka, Magdalena Karwańska, Milena Skrok, Iwona Przychodniak, Piotr Knap, Aleksandra Chmielina, Violetta Truszko, Maciej Kuczkowski, Karolina Bierowiec, Anna Woźniak-Biel, Barbara Szczepankiewicz, Kamila Bobrek

“…The resistance profiles for all obtained <i>Aspergillus</i> isolates were conducted. …”
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Impact of Population-Based Screening for Diabetes and Prediabetes Among 67-Year-Olds Using Point-of-Care HbA1c on Healthcare Ultilisation, Results from the VISP Cohort by Andersen JW, Høgh A, Lindholt JS, Søgaard R, Støvring H, Yderstræde KB, Sandbæk A, Dahl M

“…Screening resulted in increased general physician contacts across all HbA1c groups, the highest increase was seen in the DM group with a pre- vs post-screening odds ratio [OR] of 3.25 (95% CI: 1.06– 9.95) and a relative odds ratio [ROR] of 2.70 (0.87– 8.39). …”
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Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study by Yanqi Kou, Shicai Ye, Yuan Tian, Ke Yang, Ling Qin, Zhe Huang, Botao Luo, Yanping Ha, Liping Zhan, Ruyin Ye, Yujie Huang, Qing Zhang, Kun He, Mouji Liang, Jieming Zheng, Haoyuan Huang, Chunyi Wu, Lei Ge, Yuping Yang

“…Key predictors included red blood cell count, hemoglobin, maximal myoglobin, hematocrit, CHD, and other variables, all of which were strongly associated with GIB risk. …”
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Atherosclerotic Risk Factors in Children with Celiac Disease by Anna Rybak, Aldona Wierzbicka, Piotr Socha, Anna Stolarczyk, Bożena Cukrowska, Łukasz Obrycki, Zbigniew Wawer, Roman Janas, Beata Oralewska, Anna Szaflarska-Popławska, Barbara Iwańczak, Elżbieta Cyrta-Jarocka, Urszula Grzybowska-Chlebowczyk, Wojciech Cichy, Grażyna Czaja-Bulsa, Jerzy Socha

“…We found significantly lower concentrations of total cholesterol, lipoprotein LDL-C, apolipoproteins A1 and B, as well as hCRP in all children with CD. We showed decreased level (<5 ng/mL) of folic acid among 46% of children treated for >5 years. …”
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A sex-disaggregated analysis of the prognostic value of lean type 2 diabetes mellitus in the adult population with acute myocardial infarction by Gwyneth Kong, Jaycie Koh, Jobelle Chia, Bryan Neo, Yiming Chen, Grace Cao, Bryan Chong, Mark Muthiah, Hui Wen Sim, Gavin Ng, Chieh Yang Koo, Chin Meng Khoo, Mark Yan-Yee Chan, Poay-Huan Loh, Nicholas W. S. Chew

“…The primary outcome was long-term all-cause mortality. Cox regression model was constructed to investigate the associations of lean and non-lean T2DM phenotypes with mortality, adjusted for age, ethnicity, previous AMI, AMI type, chronic kidney disease, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blockers, beta-blockers, and smoking status. …”
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Financial Toxicity and Kidney Disease in Children and Adults: A Scoping Review by Siligato R, Gembillo G, De Giorgi A, Di Maria A, Scichilone LM, Capone M, Vinci FM, Nicoletti S, Bondanelli M, Malaventura C, Storari A, Santoro D, Dionisi S, Fabbian F

“…With this scoping review, we evaluated all published papers between 2013 and 2023 on this item. …”
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Early Postoperative Safety of Total Hip Arthroplasty in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients by YANG Xingdong, YU Muyang, XU Yiming, ZHU Wei, HU Mingwei, WENG Xisheng, FENG Bin

“…After propensity score matching, 163 cases from SLE and control groups were included for analysis. (1) Regarding medical complications, compared with control group, SLE group showed significant differences in osteoporosis, respiratory system disorders, gastrointestinal diseases, urinary system disorders, hematologic abnormalities, and secondary or concomitant rheumatic diseases (all P < 0.05). (2) In terms of preoperative laboratory tests, SLE group had lower platelet counts, absolute lymphocyte counts, hemoglobin levels, hematocrit, albumin levels, blood glucose levels, and activated partial thromboplastin times than control group, while C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and D-dimer levels were higher (all P < 0.05). (3) Regarding surgical-related indicators, a higher proportion of patients in SLE group had an ASA grade > 2 (15.95% vs. 3.07%, P < 0.001), but intraoperative blood loss was significantly smaller [324.7 (200.0, 500.0) mL vs. 421.8 (200.0, 500.0) mL, P=0.005]. (4) In terms of complications, SLE group exhibited a significantly higher incidence of major complications than control group (8.59% vs. 1.23%, P=0.005), with a relative risk of 1.081 (95% CI: 1.028-1.136). …”
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A Randomized Study to Compare the Effects of Once-Weekly Dulaglutide Injection and Once-Daily Glimepiride on Glucose Fluctuation of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A 26-Week Fol... by Huiqin Li, Xiaohua Xu, Jie Wang, Xiaocen Kong, Maoyuan Chen, Ting Jing, Zhiying Zhang, Guoping Yin, Xiaomei Liu, Yun Hu, Lei Ye, Xiaofei Su, Jianhua Ma

“…The levels of serum 8-iso-PGF2α, TNF-α, and IL-6 all decreased significantly in both groups after treatment, and there was no significant difference found between the two groups (P>0.05). …”
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EIF1AX mutation in thyroid tumors: a retrospective analysis of cytology, histopathology and co-mutation profiles by Noha Elsherbini, Dong Hyun Kim, Richard J. Payne, Thomas Hudson, Véronique-Isabelle Forest, Michael P. Hier, Alexandra E. Payne, Marc P. Pusztaszeri

“…All 4 nodules with RAS co-mutations were malignant including one PDTC. …”
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Molecular characterization of ST15 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in a single patient by Yongjin Hu, Rong Tang, Shanshan Jin, Jiahao Guan, Xiaoxiao Meng, Zengpeijie Dan, Ruilan Wang, Hong-Yu Ou, Jian Lu

“…Phylogenetic analysis showed that these 9 strains constituted a distinct branch within the phylogenetic tree. All nine KP strains belonged to the ST15-KL19 clone. …”
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