Temporal and Spatial Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Carbon Storage in Black Soil Area Under Topographic Gradient by Zhaoxue Gai, Wenlu Zheng, Bonoua Faye, Hongyan Wang, Guoming Du

“…Through the geographic detector and estimation of the soil carbon density model, the driving factors and intensity of carbon storage spatial distribution are revealed from 1990 to 2020. We conducted analyses on aboveground biomass, underground biomass, and soil carbon storage across three elevation levels (0–200 m, 200–500 m, 500–999 m) to reveal the quantitative distribution features of carbon storage. …”
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Association between transcription factors expression and growth patterns of nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas by Jiakun Xu, Shaolin Zhang, Weijie Su, Jia Yang, Lixuan Yang, Xixi Li

“…Statistical analysis to compare the groups was conducted using the Fisher’s exact test and t-test. …”
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Management of volume load for patients undergoing hemodialysis via WeChat and home monitoring in China: a protocol for a cluster-randomized trial by Xiaocui Wang, Bonan Yan, Shipeng Zhang, Yuanke Zhou, Qinxiu Zhang, Xueying Li

“…Method The study will be conducted at the Hemodialysis Center of the Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, recruiting 135 participants. …”
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The contribution of intellectual capital to banks' competitive and financial performance: The evidence from Poland by Monika Klimontowicz, Justyna Majewska

“…IMPLICATIONS: The results develop IC knowledge and prove the necessity to conduct systematic research on their importance for creating value for customers and gaining competitive advantage. …”
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Use of isavuconazole in mucormycosis: a systematic review by Shobha Sanjeewani Gunathilaka, Reshani Kaumada Keragala, Kasun Madhumal Gunathilaka, Sujanthi Wickramage, Sachithra Ravindi Bandara, Indika Sanjeewa Senevirathne, Asela Sampath Jayaweera

“…For data aggregation, comprehensive searches were conducted across various electronic databases, such as PubMed, Science Direct, Trip, Google Scholar, the Cochrane Library, and Open-Gray. …”
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A Digital-based Talent Acquisition Framework for Start-ups: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study by Mohammad Hosein Kenarroodi, Hasan Boudlaie

“…Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with an analysis based on thematic analysis conducted in three stages.   Findings Following the interviews, the data was coded in three stages, leading to the extraction of three general categories consisting of basic themes, organizing themes, and comprehensive themes. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life Subdomains in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: The Role of Gender by Anja Ophey, Carsten Eggers, Richard Dano, Lars Timmermann, Elke Kalbe

“…Multiple regression analyses were conducted to clarify general and domain-specific relationships between clinical, (neuro)psychological, and sociodemographic variables, gender in particular, and HrQoL. …”
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Insulin Resistance and Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Mihaela Vladu, Diana Clenciu, Ion Cristian Efrem, Mircea-Cătalin Forțofoiu, Anca Amzolini, Simona Tudorică Micu, Maria Moţa, Maria Forțofoiu

“…Materials and Methods. The study was conducted over a period of three years (2010–2013) and included patients with DM registered in the Clinical Centre of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases of Dolj county. …”
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Gender Differences Are a Leading Factor in 5-Year Survival of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis over Antifibrotic Therapy Reduction by Pasquale Tondo, Giulia Scioscia, Cosimo C. De Pace, Fabiola Murgolo, Federica Maci, Giulia M. Stella, Dalila Pescatore, Maria Pia Foschino Barbaro, Donato Lacedonia

“…Methods: A retrospective cohort study of 254 IPF patients was conducted, with 164 (131 males:33 females) having complete data. …”
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Identifying Preferred Features of Influenza Vaccination Programs Among Chinese Clinicians Practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine: Discrete Choice Experiment by Liuren Zhang, Linchen Chu, Maria E Sundaram, Yi Zhou, Xiu Sun, Zheng Wei, Chuanxi Fu

“…ObjectiveTo understand preferences for features of influenza vaccination programs and identify the optimal influenza vaccination program among clinicians practicing TCM and Western medicine. MethodsWe conducted a discrete choice experiment with a national sample of 3085 Chinese clinicians from various hospital levels (n=1013 practicing TCM) from January to May 2022. …”
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Evaluating Community Engagement Strategies to Manage Stigma in Two African Genomics Studies Involving People Living with Schizophrenia or Rheumatic Heart Disease by Megan M. Campbell, Olivia P. Matshabane, Sibonile Mqulwana, Michael Mndini, Mohamed Nagdee, Dan J. Stein, Jantina De Vries

“…In global health research and genomics research specifically, community engagement has gained prominence in enhancing ethical conduct, particularly in managing the risk of stigmatization, but there is minimal scientific evidence on how to do this effectively. …”
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Tattoo ink exposure is associated with lymphoma and skin cancers – a Danish study of twins by Signe Bedsted Clemmensen, Jonas Mengel-From, Jaakko Kaprio, Henrik Frederiksen, Jacob von Bornemann Hjelmborg

“…We are concerned that tattoo ink induces inflammation at the deposit site, leading to chronic inflammation and increasing risk of abnormal cell proliferation, especially skin cancer and lymphoma. Methods We conducted two designs of twin studies to improve confounder control: A cohort study of 2,367 randomly selected twins and a case-control study of 316 twins born in the period 1960–1996. …”
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An exploration of RSM, ANN, and ANFIS models for methylene blue dye adsorption using Oryza sativa straw biomass: a comparative approach by Sheetal Kumari, Smriti Agarwal, Manish Kumar, Pinki Sharma, Ajay Kumar, Abeer Hashem, Nouf H. Alotaibi, Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah, Manoj Chandra Garg

“…To evaluate the adsorbent’s potential, assessments were conducted using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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IMU Sensor-Based Worker Behavior Recognition and Construction of a Cyber–Physical System Environment by Sehwan Park, Minkyo Youm, Junkyeong Kim

“…Additionally, about 500 fatalities occur annually, and multiple studies are being conducted to prevent these accidents and quickly identify their occurrence to secure the golden time for the injured. …”
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Characterizing Telehealth Barriers and Preferences to Promote Acceptable Implementation Strategies in Central Uganda: Multilevel Formative Evaluation by Michael Kizito, Erina Nabunjo Mugabi, Sabrina Ford, Bree Holtz, Kelly Hirko

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to conduct a multi-level formative evaluation identifying barriers and facilitators for implementing telehealth among health service providers and patients in Central Uganda. …”
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The prognostic value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in colorectal cancer and colorectal anastomotic leakage patients: a retrospe... by Nuo Xu, Jian-Xin Zhang, Jia-Jie Zhang, Zhuo Huang, Lian-Chun Mao, Zhi-Yong Zhang, Wei-Dong Jin

“…Finally, based on COX model, a nomogram analysis was conducted to analyze the risk factors affecting OS and DFS, and the accuracy and practicality of the model were verified by calibration curve and decision curve. …”
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Optimal aspiration pressure of suction pump for oocyte retrieval in infertile patients undergoing in vitro fertilization. by Sung Woo Kim, Hye Yun Kim, Ji Yeon Han, Hoon Kim, Seung-Yup Ku

“…Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to evaluate the relationship between aspiration pressure, clinical pregnancy, and live birth rates. …”
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The safety of cyclosporine and tacrolimus in pediatric nephrotic syndrome patients: a disproportionate analysis based on the FAERS database by Yu Liu, Chong Yan, Yaowang Zhao, Sui Deng, Jiancheng Zu

“…Sensitivity analyses were conducted to explore the influence of gender on AE occurrence.ResultsA total of 207 CsA-related and 145 TAC-related AE reports were included. …”
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PLCG2 and IFNAR1: The Potential Biomarkers Mediated by Immune Infiltration and Osteoclast Differentiation of Ankylosing Spondylitis in the Peripheral Blood by Bo Han, Qiaobo Xie, Weishi Liang, Peng Yin, Xianjun Qu, Yong Hai

“…RNA extraction reverse transcription and quantitative polymerase chain reaction were conducted in the peripheral blood collected from six AS patients and six health volunteers matched by age and sex. …”
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Modeling and experimental validation of nanophotonics-enhanced solar membrane distillation technology for treating reverse osmosis brine by Mayar Elrakhawi, Ahmed F. Tayel, Amr Abdelrazek, Ze He, Qilin Li, Ibrahim A. Said

“…Depending on the operating conditions, heat transferred to the surroundings takes the lead among the heat loss contributors at higher feed rates (up to 25%), whereas heat conduction across the membrane dominates (up to 42%) thermal losses at low feed rates. …”
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