Genetic Diversity Analysis of Common Wild Rice By Using SSR Markers by Chao DONG, Feifei ZHANG, Cuifeng TANG, Xinxiang A, Shuxian GAN, Yayun YANG, Zidan LIU, Luyuan DAI

“…The I of different geographical sources ranked as follows: Myanmar (0.561) > Yunnan Jinghong (0.437) > Yunnan Yuanjiang (0.236) > Jiangxi Dongxiang (0.230). …”
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Leucine-rich alpha-2 glycoprotein in combination with C-reactive protein for predicting endoscopic activity in Crohn’s disease: a single-centre, cross-sectional study by Yoshiaki Takada, Hiroki Kiyohara, Yohei Mikami, Masataka Taguri, Ryoya Sakakibara, Yasuhiro Aoki, Kosaku Nanki, Takaaki Kawaguchi, Yusuke Yoshimatsu, Shinya Sugimoto, Tomohisa Sujino, Kaoru Takabayashi, Naoki Hosoe, Haruhiko Ogata, Motohiko Kato, Yasushi Iwao, Nobuhiro Nakamoto, Takanori Kanai

“…Clinical activity was evaluated with the Harvey–Bradshaw Index (HBI). Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (rs) was used to analyse the correlations between the HBI, LRG concentrations and CRP concentrations. …”
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Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy combined with systemic therapy sequentially or simultaneously for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma by Yu-zhe Cao, Jia-yu Pan, Guang-lei Zheng, Chao An, Meng-Xuan Zuo

“…We used the Kaplan–Meier method and a log-rank test to compare the overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) rates between the SI and SE groups. …”
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Supra-Annular Versus Intra-Annular Self-Expanding Valves in Small Aortic Annulus: A Propensity Score-Matched Study by Michel Pompeu Sá, MD, MSc, MHBA, PhD, Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH, Yisi Wang, MPH, Floyd Thoma, BS, Amber Makani, MD, Dustin Kliner, MD, Catalin Toma, MD, David West, MD, Derek Serna-Gallegos, MD, Ibrahim Sultan, MD

“…Despite the larger indexed effective orifice area with SAVs (median 1.0 vs. 0.8 cm2/m2, p = 0.001), we did not find statistically significant differences between the groups in terms of residual mean gradients >20 mmHg (0.0 vs. 2.3%, p = 0.155), and severe prosthesis-patient mismatch (2.3 vs. 5.8%, p = 0.390). No statistically significant difference was observed in survival (log-rank p = 0.950) and stroke (p = 0.6547) between patients who received SAVs and IAVs. …”
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Rapid corticosteroid taper versus standard of care for immune checkpoint inhibitor induced nephritis: a single-center retrospective cohort study by Ryan Sullivan, Riley Fadden, Kerry L Reynolds, Meghan D Lee, Harish Seethapathy, Ian A Strohbehn, Sophia H Zhao, Genevieve M Boland, Meghan E Sise

“…Renal recovery was defined as creatinine returning to within 1.5-fold baseline. The log-rank test compared the differences in time to renal recovery between the groups. …”
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Identification of Resistance to Bacterial Blight in Introgression Lines of Yuanjiang Common Wild Rice and Analysis of Its Japonica Indica Properties by Wang KAN, Hesheng YANG, Huanzhi MENG, Jiyun ZHOU, Zaiquan CHENG, Yun ZHANG, Suqin XIAO, Li LIU, Bo WANG, Fuyou YIN, Qiaofang ZHONG, Jinlu LI, Dunyu ZHANG, Ling CHEN

“…The results of artificial inoculation experiments showed that the resistance intensity of these introgression lines to Chinese standard bacterial blight (C4-C9) ranked as: C4 > C7 > C6 > C5 > C9 > C8. Different introgression lines showed broad-spectrum resistance to six strains. …”
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Comparative study of cucumber ( Cucumissativus L.) cultivars under organic fertilizer treatments in the Southern Guinea Savanna, Nigeria by A. I. Afe, A.A Olowoake, C.O Akure, M.R Babatunde

“…Purpose: The study investigated the growth and yield of cucumber cultivars under the influence of the organic fertilizers application. Method: A 4 x 5 factorial combination of four cucumber cultivars (Poinsett, Marketer, Marketmore, and  Darina hybrid) and four organic fertilizers (Sunshine, Aleshinloye, Gateway, KWASU organic-based fertilizer-KOBF, and the control) in a completely randomized design at the screen house and a randomized complete block in split-plot fashion in the field were replicated three times. …”
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Silent cerebral lesions after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation using cryoballoon, hotballoon, laserballoon and radiofrequency catheters: a Bayesian network meta-analysis by Tiantian Zheng, Youjin Kong, Li Wu, Chenxia Wu, Chenxia Wu, Wei Mao, Wei Mao, Xinbin Zhou, Xinbin Zhou

“…The surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) values indicated that CBA may be the best therapeutic option (SUCRA = 81.1%). …”
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Feasibility of remote robot empowered teleultrasound scanning for radioactive patients by Ying Liang, Lu Wang, Manuel Escobar Amoresa, Zirui Jiang, Bo Yu, Jiami Li, Man Lu

“…The mean duration of teleultrasound examinations was 11.1 min (6–24 min), which was longer than 5.9 min (2–17 min) of conventional examinations (P < 0.001). …”
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Shaping the future of primary healthcare: Factors influencing medical students’ preference for family medicine specialty in Qatar by Maryam A. Al-Rashid, Muna T Abed Alah, Areej S. Al-Hamad, Michail Nomikos, Marwan F. Abu Hijleh

“…Compared to surgery and internal medicine, a fewer students selected family medicine as their preferred specialty. Surgery was ranked as the top career choice (53.4%) followed by internal medicine (36.5%) and pediatrics (31.7%). …”
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Enhanced prediction of energy dissipation rate in hydrofoil-crested stepped spillways using novel advanced hybrid machine learning models by Ehsan Afaridegan, Nosratollah Amanian

“…At this stage, the models TabNet-MFO, LSTM-ALO, and ELM-JFO ranked first through third with R² values of 0.977, 0.972, and 0.954, respectively. …”
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Gaps in cancer care in a multi-ethnic population in Sarawak, Borneo: A central referral centre study. by Melissa Siaw Han Lim, Pei Jye Voon, Adibah Ali, Fitri Suraya Mohamad, Lin Lin Jong, Lee Ping Chew, Mohamad Adam Bujang, Yolanda Augustin, Yuong Kang Cheng

“…A Spearman's rank correlation test was applied to determine the correlation between response in both item and domain categories for perceived importance and satisfaction.…”
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PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY CRISIS EXPERIENCE BY TEACHERS by N. O. Sadovnikova, F. Zannoni

“…The following questionnaire methods were used for empirical data collection in the course of the study: the method of biographical reflection of M. V. Klementyeva; differential reflexivity test developed by D. …”
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Acceptability, feasibility and appropriateness of intensified health education, SMS/phone tracing and transport reimbursement for uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in a... by Mitch M Matoga, Evaristar Kudowa, Mercy Tsidya, Jennifer Tseka, Beatrice Ndalama, Naomi Bonongwe, Esther Mathiya, Edward Jere, Dumbo Yatina, Blessings Kamtambe, Mina C Hosseinipour, Charles S Chasela, Sara Jewett

“…Mean age for HCWs was 38.5 years (SD ±7), and most were female (59.1%). …”
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The Effect of a Patient Activation Tailored Intervention on Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management and Clinical Outcomes: A Study from Saudi Arabian Primary Care Settings by Nasser Almutairi, Vinod Gopaldasani, Hassan Hosseinzadeh

“…Descriptive statistics, a paired sample t-test for scale variables, and Wilcoxon’s signed-rank test for categorical variables were used for data analysis. …”
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Changing Attitudes Towards Research Through a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience by Keith Brazendale, Michael Rovito, Jeanette Garcia

“…Students enrolled in the CURE were asked to complete the Attitude Towards Research scale at the beginning and end of the semester covering the following factors: usefulness of research (F1), anxiety (F2), affect indicating positive feelings about research (F3), life relevancy of research to the students’ daily lives (F4), and difficulty of research (F5). Wilcoxon signed rank tests for paired data were conducted and Mann-Whitney U tests assessed whether there were any differences between students who completed the course face-to-face versus online. …”
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The Efficacy of Parenteral Nutrition and Enteral Nutrition Supports in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systemic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Yan Qin, Maoxia Liu, Fengbao Guo, Du Chen, Peng Yang, Xionghui Chen, Feng Xu

“…Although the difference in indirect comparisons between the included regimens was not statistically significant, the results showed that PN seemed to rank behind other regimens, and the difference between them was extremely small. …”
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Competency in Chest Radiography Interpretation by Junior Doctors and Final Year Medical Students at a Teaching Hospital by Bashiru Babatunde Jimah, Anthony Baffour Appiah, Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie, Dorothea Anim

“…Test of significant difference and association was conducted using a Wilcoxon rank-sum test/Kruskal–Wallis test and chi-square (X2) test, respectively. …”
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The Relationship Between Preferred Learning Styles and Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Health Sciences Students Compared to Other Disciplines at a Middle Eastern University U... by Gangadharan S, Al Mezeini K, Gnanamuthu SS, Al Marshoudi KA

“…VARK, formulated by Fleming and Mills (1992), assesses learning styles: Visual (V), Aural (A), Reading/Writing (R), and Kinesthetic (K). …”
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Valorization of Underutilized Mandarin Juice Byproduct Through Encapsulation of Flavonoids Using Freeze-Drying Technique by Marija Banožić, Adrijana Filipović, Jozo Ištuk, Mario Kovač, Anita Ivanković, Nikolina Kajić, Leona Puljić, Krunoslav Aladić, Stela Jokić

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