Pre-diagnostic risk factors for brain cancer incidence and survival: insights from the Golestan Cohort Study by Parisa Rezanejad-Asl, Peyvand Parhizkar Roudsari, Negar Rezaei, Maryam Sharafkhah, Gholamreza Roshandel, Hossein Poustchi, Sadaf Sepanlou, Reza Malekzadeh

“…Methods Data for the current study were derived from the Golestan Cohort Study, the largest cohort study in the Middle East on over 50,000 participants aged 40 to 75 years with a median follow-up of 15 years. Minimally adjusted and multiple Cox proportional hazards models were used to investigate the association of demographic and behavioral risk factors with brain cancer incidence and survival. …”
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Standard reference values of the upper body posture in healthy young female adults in Germany: an observational study by Daniela Ohlendorf, Charlotte Doerry, Vanessa Fisch, Sebastian Schamberger, Gerhard Oremek, Hanns Ackermann, Johannes Schulze

“…The habitual posture is slightly scoliotic with a rotational component (scapular depression right, right scapula marginally more dorsally, high state of pelvic right, iliac right further rotated anteriorly).Conclusions Healthy young women have an almost ideally balanced posture with minimal ventral body inclination and a marginal scoliotic deviation. …”
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Unleashing the potential of a low CpG Passer transposon for superior CAR-T cell therapy by Jianyao Zeng, Yan Sun, Yan Sun, Yuan Fang, Xiaodie Wang, Qian Huang, Pingjing Zhang, Meiqi Shao, Pei Wang, Jingbo Cheng, Meng Di, Tao Liu, Qijun Qian, Qijun Qian, Qijun Qian

“…Furthermore, LCG CAR-T cells modulated pro-inflammatory cytokine release, thereby reducing in vivo inflammatory responses and surpassing the effects observed with unmodified CAR-T cells.ConclusionsCollectively, our results demonstrate the high safety and efficacy of non-viral, low CpG Passer transposon CAR-T cells, offering new avenues for improving CAR-T cell efficacy while minimizing in vivo inflammation.…”
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Blue light irradiation combined with low-temperature storage further enhances postharvest quality of strawberries through improving antioxidant defense and cell wall metabolic acti... by Wei Lu, Wanqing Li, Keke Zhao, Xiaofeng Bai, Yuchang Zhang, Qingyun Li, Zhanjun Xue, Xin-Xin Wang

“…Therefore, BL irradiation holds significant promise for minimizing quality deterioration in postharvest strawberries during cold storage.…”
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Managing Friends and Foes: Sanctioning Mutualists in Mixed‐Infection Nodules Trades off With Defense Against Antagonists by Camille E. Wendlandt, Saumik Basu, Angeliqua P. Montoya, Paige Roberts, Justin D. Stewart, Allison B. Coffin, David W. Crowder, E. Toby Kiers, Stephanie S. Porter

“…ABSTRACT Successful plant growth requires plants to minimize harm from antagonists and maximize benefit from mutualists. …”
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Incidence of constrained condylar and hinged knee implants and mid- to long-term survivorship: a register-based study from the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA) by Jake von Hintze, Ville Ponkilainen, Annette W-Dahl, Nils P Hailer, Ove Furnes, Anne M Fenstad, Mona Badawy, Alma B Pedersen, Martin Lindberg-Larsen, Mika J Niemeläinen, Keijo Mäkelä, Antti Eskelinen

“…Kaplan–Meier (K–M) survival and flexible parametric survival model (FPSM) analyses were performed to estimate revision risk, expressed as hazard ratio (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI), with minimally stabilized (MS) TKA acting as the control group (n = 456,137). …”
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Circulating tumor DNA for surveillance in high-risk melanoma patients: a study protocol by Magnús P.B. Obinah, Sarah A. Al-Halafi, Karin Dreisig, Tim S. Poulsen, Christoffer Johansen, Thomas Litman, Stig E. Bojesen, Estrid Høgdall, Annette H. Chakera, Lisbet R. Hölmich

“…This study examines ctDNA detection in blood as a minimally invasive method for early identification of progression following primary treatment of melanoma. …”
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Global, regional and national burdens of cardiovascular disease attributable to secondhand smoke from 1990–2019: an age-period-cohort analysis by Hong Jiang, Xiang-Bin Pan, Xiaofei Li, Shouzheng Wang, Zeye Liu, Peijian Wei, Fengwen Zhang, Wen-Bin Ou-yang

“…Notably, a higher Sociodemographic Index (SDI) correlated with a greater reduction in mortality, exhibiting a significant 39.1% decrease in high SDI areas (95% UI: 35.6%–42.3%), in stark contrast to the minimal change observed in low SDI areas (0.1%, 95% UI: −52.4%–62.2%).Conclusions This study highlights the importance of considering secondhand smoke as a modifiable CVD risk. …”
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A study to correlate the association of Gender, Age, Physiology (GAP) index and radiological patterns in interstitial lung disease by Aditya Shashi Bhushan, B L Shashibhushan, K Ashwin

“…This approach is advantageous in both resource-limited settings, where HRCT availability is limited, and in advanced medical centers, as it can help minimize the need for frequent CT scans.…”
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Characterization of food wastes from the hotel industry as a potential feedstock for energy production by Emily Machuma Muchele, Booker Osodo, Isaiah Omosa, Emmanuel Yeri Kombe

“…Developed countries have embraced Waste-to-Energy technologies, minimizing waste generation and converting generated waste into energy and other resources. …”
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Trust in the integrity of a micro health insurance scheme and its determinants in two rural districts of Ethiopia by Mohammed Hussien

“…Scheme administrators and health authorities need to devise strategies to improve people’s understanding of the basic principles of health insurance and promote access to high-quality care while minimizing expenditures at the point of receiving care.…”
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A Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict Medical Device Recall by the Food and Drug Administration by Victor Barbosa Slivinskis, Isabela Agi Maluli, Joshua Seth Broder

“…Identification of dangerous medical devices as early as possible is necessary to minimize patient harms while avoiding false positives to prevent removal of safe devices from use. …”
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Validation of the shortest version of the eating attitude test (EAT-7) as a screening tool for disordered eating in patients with first-episode schizophrenia by Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Youssef Boukadida, Majda Cheour, Souheil Hallit

“…This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the shortest version of the EAT (EAT-7) among newly-diagnosed patients with schizophrenia who had minimal exposure to antipsychotics at the start of the study. …”
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Environmental trade-offs of meeting nutritional requirements with a lower share of animal protein for adult subpopulations by J. Aubin, F. Vieux, S. Le Féon, M. Tharrey, J.L. Peyraud, N. Darmon

“…The diets were modeled to include the minimum share of animal protein in total protein that met nutrient requirements and did not increase costs. The new diets also minimized the difference in the quantity of food from those of observed (OBS) diets. …”
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Sero-epidemiological Study of Toxoplasma gondii among Pregnant Women in Akre City by Hogir Mohammed Shukri Saadi, Ahmed Jumaa Ahmed

“…In the conclusion, toxoplasmosis is widespread in the area which requires raising awareness among pregnant women to decrease T. gondii infection and subsequently minimize possibilities of congenital transmission. …”
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Enhanced vehicle routing for medical waste management via hybrid deep reinforcement learning and optimization algorithms by Norhan Khallaf, Osama Abd-El Rouf, Abeer D. Algarni, Mohy Hadhoud, Ahmed Kafafy

“…Despite this trade-off, the algorithm’s ability to minimize fleet size while fully utilizing vehicle capacity makes it the optimal choice in scenarios where these factors are critical. …”
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Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy or Sacrohysteropexy with or Without Burch Colposuspension: The Results of 36 Patients in Our Clinic by İlknur İnegöl Gümüş, Önder Sürgit, Nilüfer Akgün, İkbal Kaygusuz, Deniz Hızlı

“…CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic sacrohysteropexy or sacrocolpopexy with Burch colposuspension offer minimally invasive approaches and excellent definitive treatment option for patients with pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence with long-term success rates ranging from 93-99%. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities deprivation among children in Nigeria by Chima Victor, Joseph Ayodeji Kupoluyi, Funmilola Folasade Oyinlola, Victor Ojoajogwu Sule

“…Although the influence of these factors increases based on determinants and varies by regional dimensions, there are still insufficient implementation practices where deprivation is minimal, and this is influenced by household and other factors.…”
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Comparative Evaluation of Regain of Consciousness in Dexmedetomidine–Propofol versus Ketamine–Propofol in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Procedure under Sedation using BIS M... by Priya Banga, Sunder L. Negi, Banashree Mandal, Parag Barwad, Kulbhushan Saini, Krishna P. Gourav

“…Pediatric cardiac catheterization, a minimally invasive procedure, is performed to diagnose and to correct many cardiac abnormalities. …”
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Penerapan Algoritme Nearest Centroid Neighbor Classifier Based on K Local Means Using Harmonic Mean Distance (LMKHNCN) Untuk Klasifikasi Hasil Kinerja Pegawai Negeri Sipil by Adam Syarif Hidayatullah, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar, Imam Cholissodin

“…This can cause not optimal work result, so it necessary to early identification of employees who have performance below average performance so that can be evaluated and minimize not optimal result. This study is use classification technique Nearest Centroid Neighbor Classifier Based on K Local Means Using Harmonic Mean Distance (LMKHNCN). …”
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