Use of Texture Analysis on Noncontrast MRI in Classification of Early Stage of Liver Fibrosis by Ru Zhao, Xi-Jun Gong, Ya-Qiong Ge, Hong Zhao, Long-Sheng Wang, Hong-Zhen Yu, Bin Liu

“…Overall, 851 features were extracted per ROI. Eight features with high correlation were selected by the maximum relevance method in each sequence, and all had a good diagnostic performance. …”
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Risk factors affecting long-term efficacy of ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment for multiple uterine fibroids by Zhenjiang Lin, Feng Xu, Yuan Yuan, Jiaojiao Peng, Jin Luo, Chunmei Gong, Dayong Chen, Yangyang Wang, Donghong Wang, Bing Yang, Lian Zhang

“…Cox regression analysis was used to investigate the risk factors associated with recurrence.Results The median number of fibroids per patient was 3 (interquartile range: 3–4), and a total of 1371 fibroids were treated. …”
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Accelerated aging as a mediator of the association between co-exposure to multiple air pollutants and risk of chronic kidney disease by Shuo Zhang, Yuxin Liu, Jike Qi, Yu Yan, Tongyu Gao, Xin Zhang, Dong Sun, Ting Wang, Ping Zeng

“…The results showed that per interquartile range (IQR) increment in air pollution score led to an approximately 9.0 % (6.6–11.4 %) elevated risk of occurring CKD. …”
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Relationships between Serum Levels of Atazanavir and Renal Toxicity or Lithiasis by C. I. Marinescu, M. Leyes, M. A. Ribas, M. Peñaranda, J. Murillas, A. A. Campins, L. Martin-Pena, B. Barcelo, C. Barceló-Campomar, F. Grases, G. Frontera, Melchor Riera Jaume

“…Cumulative incidence of renal colic was 9.2 per 100 patients. The variables related to having renal colic were the presence of alkaline urine pH and lower basal creatinine clearance. …”
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Continuous Speech-Based Fatigue Detection and Transition State Prediction for Air Traffic Controllers by Susmitha Vekkot, Surya Teja Chavali, Charan Tej Kandavalli, Rama Sai Abhishek Podila, Deepa Gupta, Mohammed Zakariah, Yousef Ajami Alotaibi

“…The second task involved creating a continuous speech dataset comprising approximately 18,900 samples from the ATC corpus, with an average duration of 63-65 seconds per sample. The continuous speech samples were prepared by the randomized concatenation of fatigue and non-fatigue chunks, each with a duration of approximately 15 seconds. …”
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The associations between sedentary behavior and neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yunchen Meng, Yaqi Xue, Sanjun Yang, Fang Wu, Yanyu Dong

“…Among screen-based SB, using mobile phones conferred the greatest risk of NP (OR = 1.82, 95%CI: 1.27, 2.61), followed by using computers (OR = 1.23, 95%CI: 1.08, 1.40), whereas watching TV was not a significant risk (OR = 1.20, 95%CI: 0.99, 1.44). Moreover, SB ≥ 4 h per day (h/d) increased the risk of NP (OR = 1.60, 95%CI: 1.38, 1.87), and the risk further increased with SB ≥ 6 h/d (OR = 1.88, 95%CI: 1.42, 2.48). …”
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Can “LITE” Procedure Combined With a Short Course Antibiotic Treatment Be Effective in Treating the Chronic PJI?—A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial by Yang Chen, Haiqi Ding, Qijin Wang, Zida Huang, Chaofan Zhang, Wenbo Li, Yansheng Lin, Yufeng Guo, Xinyu Fang, Wenming Zhang

“…Results A total of 60 patients with chronic PJI who completed the LITE procedure were included in the study (30 patients per group). All patients were followed for a minimum of 24 months (mean 39.2 ± 13.0 months). …”
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Perinatal emotional skills groups for women and birthing people with borderline personality disorder: outcomes from a feasibility randomised controlled trial by Paul Moran, Debra Bick, Lucy Biddle, Belinda Borries, Rebecca Kandiyali, Farah Mgaieth, Vivan Patel, Janice Rigby, Penny Seume, Vaneeta Sadhnani, Nadine Smith, Michaela Swales, Nicholas Turner

“…The cost of delivering perinatal ESGs was estimated to be £918 per person. Conclusions Perinatal ESGs may represent an effective intervention for perinatal women and birthing people with BPD. …”
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Evidence of Rehabilitative Impact of Progressive Resistance Training (PRT) Programs in Parkinson Disease: An Umbrella Review by T. Paolucci, S. Sbardella, C. La Russa, F. Agostini, M. Mangone, L. Tramontana, A. Bernetti, M. Paoloni, L. Pezzi, R. G. Bellomo, V. Santilli, R. Saggini

“…Each study analyzed how PRT elicited positive effects on muscle strength in PD patients, suggesting 10 weeks on average of progressive resistance exercises for the upper and lower limbs two to three times per week. However, none of the studies considered the postworkout follow-up, and there was no detailed evidence about the value of PRT in preventing falls. …”
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Synergistic effect of mulch and nitrogen management on growth and essential oil yield of Salvia sclarea L. by Diksha Dhiman, Sakshi Vishvamitera, Sidharth Baghla, Sanatsujat Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Ramesh Chauhan

“…Among N management practices, N2 outperformed for all the morpho-physiological and yield parameters studied except stem diameter and produced at par outcomes with N5 in case of flower spike per plant, LAI, chlorophyll a and b, flower spike yield, EO content and yield. …”
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Rate of Perceived Exertion Based on Repetitions in Reserve Versus Percentage of One-Repetition Maximum for Resistance Training Prescription in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study by Alessandro Gismondi, Ferdinando Iellamo, Giuseppe Caminiti, Barbara Sposato, Emanuele Gregorace, Valentino D’Antoni, Deborah Di Biasio, Sara Vadalà, Alessio Franchini, Annalisa Mancuso, Valentina Morsella, Maurizio Volterrani

“…Sixteen male patients (age 60 ± 8) with history of coronary artery disease were randomly assigned to two resistance training rehabilitation protocols lasting nine weeks and consisting of three sessions per week, with the same exercise selection, number of sets and repetitions, and rest periods, but different load prescription method (RPE vs. %1RM). …”
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Estimated inpatient malnutrition prevalence, screening tool utilization, and dietitian referral rates across hospitals during extension of phase 2 of More-2-Eat by Yingying Xu, Rachel A. Warren, Shirley M. Peters, Sonya Boudreau, Tina N. Strickland, Mari Somerville, Brenda L. MacDonald, Heather Keller, Leah E. Cahill

“…Results: Nutrition screening at admission occurred for 54.9% of audited patients, with variation among sites (p<0.001). 34.5% of these screened patients were at nutritional risk, of whom 79.8% were referred to a dietitian. 14.4% of all charts audited had a malnutrition diagnosis as per SGA, as did 28.5% of patients screened by the CNST. 94.2% of patients who underwent SGA were diagnosed with malnutrition. …”
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Quantitative accuracy of preclinical in ovo PET/MRI: influence of attenuation and quantification methods by Theresa Balber, Katarína Benčurová, Manuela Mayrhofer, Joachim Friske, Martin Haas, Claudia Kuntner, Thomas H. Helbich, Marcus Hacker, Markus Mitterhauser, Ivo Rausch

“…Quantification based on % injected dose per cc (%ID/cc) was similar for the in ovo measurements, regardless of whether hardware parts were included in AC or not, when the injected activity was extracted from the PET images. …”
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The responsiveness of surgical research to Māori in Aotearoa, New Zealand—a scoping reviewResearch in context by Jamie-Lee Rahiri, Noah Appleby, Makayla Kahi, Annaliese Wheeler, Jason Tuhoe, Shanthi Ameratunga, Rachelle Love, Wiremu MacFater, Matire Harwood

“…Māori responsiveness assessments of each study highlighted significant shortcomings, with 96% of studies (N = 243/254) rated as low quality as per the adapted CONSIDER framework and 68% (N = 172/254) rated as low quality in accordance with the MĀORI framework. …”
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Comparison of Tick Control and Antibiotic Use Practices at Farm Level in Regions of High and Low Acaricide Resistance in Uganda by Joseph Byaruhanga, Fred Odua, Yvette Ssebunya, Olivia Aketch, Dickson Stuart Tayebwa, Innocent B. Rwego, Patrick Vudriko

“…Majority (70%) of HARA’s respondents reported a corresponding increase in a monthly incidence of TBDs with an average of 3.2 cases of TBDs treated per farm compared to 0.2 cases in LARA. East Coast fever (ECF) was identified as the most common TBD in both regions, though cases of coinfection were more common in HARA. …”
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Effects of the land use change on ecosystem service value by J. Zhou, L. Sun, S.Y. Zang, K. Wang, J.Y. Zhao, Z.X. Li, X.M. Liu, X.R. Liu

“…Ecosystem services value of per capita decreased 23.52%. The sensitivity coefficient of eco-service values of all types of land utilization to their value coefficients were all less than 1 in Daqing area. …”
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Holographic scraping therapy for a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus of damp-heat accumulating spleen syndrome and relayed nursing management (全息刮痧治疗1例湿热困脾型2型糖尿病患者的护理)... by LI Jiao (李姣), HU Hairong (胡海荣), HUI Xinyuan (惠鑫源), LIU Sujuan (刘素娟)

“…In each conditioning cycle, 2 holographic acupoint areas and related meridian acupoints were scraped, twice per week, five times in a cycle. The holographic scraping therapy is effective to lower blood sugar and improve the quality of life in the patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus of damp-heat accumulating spleen syndrome. …”
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Composite cardiac computed tomography angiography score for improved risk assessment in chronic coronary syndromes by Subin Lee, Alexander Giesen, Dimitrios Mouselimis, Loris Weichsel, Andreas A. Giannopoulos, Max Nunninger, Matthias Renker, Florian André, Norbert Frey, Grigorios Korosoglou

“…The number of high-risk plaques per patient provided the most robust prediction of the primary endpoint (HR = 2.74, 95%CI = 1.56–4.80, p < 0.001), whereas the composite CCTA score outperformed all other parameters (HR = 1.54, 95%CI = 1.19–1.98, p < 0.001). …”
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Multicentre, 26-week, open-label phase 2 trial of the JAK inhibitor filgotinib in Behçet’s disease, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and IgG4-related disease: DRIMID study protoc... by Sander W Tas, Joost Raaphorst, Paco M J Welsing, Jacob M van Laar, Rogier M Thurlings, Robbert J Goekoop, César Magro Checa, Jan A M van Laar, Bettina C Geertsema-Hoeve, Nicolle H Rekers, Erik Present

“…The trial consists of two stages, each involving a consecutively treated cohort of up to 20 patients per disease. An interim analysis is conducted between these stages, where the trial will proceed only in diseases showing potential effectiveness. …”
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Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Drainage without Fluoroscopic Guidance for Extraluminal Complicated Cysts by Hyeong Seok Nam, Hyung Wook Kim, Dae Hwan Kang, Cheol Woong Choi, Su Bum Park, Su Jin Kim, Dae Gon Ryu, Joon Ho Jeon

“…The median lesion size was 7.1 cm (range: 2.8–13.0 cm), and the mean time spent per procedure was 26.2±9.8 minutes (range: 16–50 minutes). …”
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