Efficiency of lung cancer screening in early diagnosis and treatment program among community residents in Nanshan district, Shenzhen city: a cross-sectional and 2-year follow-up su... by Yarui YANG, Xujun GUO, Yuzheng FAN, Han WANG, Shengbin LI, Juan HE, Chang MA, Junbo BAI, Shengyuan LIU

“…For the screening program, the total cost was 1.304 million Chinese yuan (CNY); the per capita cost was 157.8 CNY; the cost-effectiveness ratio (CER) for each confirmed lung cancer case was 82 000 CNY; the average cost for each early-diagnosed lung cancer case was 93 000 CNY; and the early detection cost index (EDCI) was 0.22. …”
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PhotoD with LSST: Stellar Photometric Distances Out to the Edge of the Galaxy by Lovro Palaversa, Željko Ivezić, Neven Caplar, Karlo Mrakovčić, Bob Abel, Oleksandra Razim, Filip Matković, Connor Yablonski, Toni Šarić, Tomislav Jurkić, Sandro Campos, Melissa DeLucchi, Derek Jones, Konstantin Malanchev, Alex I. Malz, Sean McGuire, Mario Jurić

“…The computation speed is about 10 ms per star on a single core for both optimized grid search and Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods; we show in a companion paper by K. …”
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Address Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Study by Hellen Livia Drumond Marra, Martin Luiz Myczkowski, Cláudia Maia Memória, Débora Arnaut, Philip Leite Ribeiro, Carlos Gustavo Sardinha Mansur, Rodrigo Lancelote Alberto, Bianca Boura Bellini, Adriano Alves Fernandes da Silva, Gabriel Tortella, Daniel Ciampi de Andrade, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Orestes Vicente Forlenza, Marco Antonio Marcolin

“…Thirty-four elderly outpatients meeting Petersen’s MCI criteria were randomly assigned to receive 10 sessions of either active TMS or sham, 10 Hz rTMS at 110% of motor threshold, 2,000 pulses per session. Neuropsychological assessment at baseline, after the last session (10th) and at one-month follow-up, was applied. …”
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Short- and long-term effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on autonomic cardiovascular control and arm-crank exercise capacity in individuals with a spinal cord injury... by Samuel J E Lucas, Tom E Nightingale, Jet J C S Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Shin-Yi Chiou, Alex J Wadley, Rebekah A I Lucas, Daniel D Hodgkiss, Shane J T Balthazaar, Joseph F Welch, Phoebe A Cox

“…All participants will perform 48 min of ACE twice per week (at workloads corresponding to 73–79% peak oxygen uptake), over a period of 8 weeks, either with (CV-TSCS) or without (SHAM-TSCS) cardiovascular-optimised stimulation. …”
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Evaluating the World Health Organization’s Hearts Model for Hypertension and Diabetes Management: A Pilot Implementation Study in Guatemala by Irmgardt Alicia Wellmann, Luis Fernando Ayala, Taryn M. Valley, Vilma Irazola, Mark D. Huffman, Michele Heisler, Peter Rohloff, Rocío Donis, Eduardo Palacios, Manuel Ramírez-Zea, David Flood

“…Monthly treatment rates during the pilot increased by 22.3 (95% CI: 16.2 to 28.4; P < 0.001) and 3.5 (95% CI: –1.6 to 8.7; P = 0.17) patients per month for hypertension and diabetes, respectively. …”
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Catastrophic expenditure associated with childhood hospitalisation for acute illness in Kenya and Uganda: a cross-sectional study by Sassy Molyneux, Johnstone Thitiri, Laura Mwalekwa, Molline Timbwa, Anna Vassall, Kirkby D Tickell, Judd L Walson, James Berkley, John Mukisa, Ezekiel Mupere, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Priya Sukhtankar, Sheila Murunga, Julie Jemutai, George Paasi, Benson Singa, Shalton Mwaringa, Rebecca Gathoni Njuguna, Yoko V Laurence, Caroline Ogwang, Mwanajuma Juma, Narshion Ngao, Christina Lancioni, Md Fakhar Uddin

“…Catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditure exceeding 10% and 25% of monthly income was assessed.Results The median (IQR) total cost during hospitalisation per child was US$47 (US$24–US$84), with higher costs for children with CSM, especially during hospitalisation (US$56 (US$26–US$99) vs US$36 (US$20–US$65); p&lt;0.001). …”
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Economic burden of breast cancer in India, 2000–2021 and forecast to 2030 by Rakesh N Pillai, Aleena Alex, Narassima M.S., Vivek Verma, Ajil Shaji, Keechilat Pavithran, D. K. Vijaykumar, Denny John

“…The associated economic burden will also rise, averaging an additional $19.55 billion per year, underscoring the need for intensified healthcare and economic strategies to manage this growing challenge.…”
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A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study of Socazolimab or placebo combined with carboplatin and etoposide in the first-line treatment of extensive... by Zhiwei Chen, Jianhua Chen, Dingzhi Huang, Wei Zhang, Lin Wu, Tienan Yi, Qiming Wang, Liang Han, Liping Tan, Yinyin Li, Zhihong Zhang, Na Li, Jie li, Tongmei Zhang, Ying Hu, Hongmei Sun, Youhua Wu, Zhiyong He, Runxiang Yang, Peng Cheng, Xingya Li, Jianhua Shi, Guohua Yu, Daiyuan Ma, Benjamin Xiaoyi Li, Xiangrong Dai, Michael Wong, Yujie Li, Xiaohui Yu, Shun Lu, for the Socazolimab Study Group

“…Eligible Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive four cycles (21 days as one cycle) of intravenous carboplatin (area under the curve of 5 mg/mL per min, day 1 of each cycle) and etoposide (100 mg/m² of body-surface area, on days 1–3 of each cycle) with either socazolimab (5 mg/kg, day 1 of each cycle) or matching placebo, following maintenance therapy with socazolimab or placebo. …”
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Adaptation of Diverse Maize Germplasm to Spring Season Conditions in Northeast China by Yi Li, Zhiyuan Yang, Yong Shao, Zhenguo Jin, Li Gao, Yang Yu, Fengyi Zhang, Yuxing Zhang, Yuantao Nan, Mingshun Li, Degui Zhang, Zhuanfang Hao, Jianfeng Weng, Xinhai Li, Hongjun Yong

“…However, the maize grain yield per unit area has little changes in recent years, partially due to the lack of elite germplasm resources and innovation. …”
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Identification of positive selection signatures associated with milk and composition traits in Murciano-Granadina and Barki by Hossein Mohammadi, amir hossien khaltabadi farahani, Mohammad Hossein Moradi

“…GeneCards (http://www.genecards.org) and UniProtKB (http://www.uniprot.org) databases were also used to interpret the function of the obtained genes.Results and Discussion Using FST approach, we identified seven genomic regions on chromosomes 4, 6, 14, 15 (two regions per chromosome), 17, and 23 chromosomes. Candidate genes were detected. …”
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Effects of <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> Supplementation on Growth Performance, Hepatic Lipid Metabolism, and mRNA Expression of Lipid Metabolism Genes and Intestinal Flora in Geese by Siyu Sun, Yujie Zhao, Zhen Pang, Baoxia Wan, Jiaqi Wang, Zhenyu Wu, Qiuju Wang

“…Each group was divided into six replicates, with five geese per replicate. During the 45-day experiment, the control group received a basal diet, while the experimental group was provided with the same basal diet supplemented with <i>E. faecalis</i> in drinking water at a concentration of 1.0 × 10⁸ CFU/mL. …”
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THE RIGHT TO GOOD ADMINISTRATION AS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF THE PERSON: EU EXPERIENCE by Tetyana Kaganovska, Vitalii Serohin

“…This document is innovative as per the list of rights that are fixed in it. The adoption of the Charter can be seen as a decisive step in the codification of the right to proper administration of EU constitutional law. …”
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Utilizing of black cumin (Nigella sativa) flour to increase the immunity system of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) against Aeromonas hydrophila bacteria attack by Norma Rizki Silviana, Rosidah, Wahyuniar Pamungkas, Roffi Grandiosa

“…Dosis jintan hitam 50 g per 1 kg pakan paling efektif, terlihat dari persentase peningkatan sel darah putih tertinggi sebesar 64.56%, dibandingkan perlakuan B, C, dan E yang masing masing menunjukan peningkatan sel darah putih sebesar 47.40%, 48.82% dan 1.2%. …”
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Urban environment during pregnancy, cognitive abilities, motor function, and externalizing and internalizing symptoms at 2–5 years old in 3 Canadian birth cohorts by Anne-Claire Binter, Dany Doiron, Martine Shareck, Tona Pitt, Sheila W. McDonald, Padmaja Subbarao, Wiliam D. Fraser, Suzanne C. Tough, Jeffrey Brook, Mònica Guxens

“…., −0.81 non-verbal points 95 %CI [-2.10; 0.48] per 1 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5), motor function, or externalizing and internalizing symptoms. …”
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Improvement and exploration of a water conservation system in the Central Sterile Supply Department (节水型消毒供应中心给水系统改进与探索) by WANG Yuena (王岳娜), REN Guquan (任顾群), LIU Jianrong (刘建荣), XU Yuanle (许远乐), RENG Xiajuan (任娟霞), MA Huan (马欢)

“…Results After the improvement of the water system, it was able to recycle 533 tons of condensate and more than 8, 800 tons of concentrated water per year. Conclusion The water conservation system could guarantee the quality of instrument cleaning, disinfection and sterilization, and also reduce the cost of water. …”
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Assessment of Bowel Preparation Using Low-Volume Sulphate-Based Preparations in Comparison with Macrogols: A Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Clinical Study of the 3rd Phase by E. D. Fedorov, V. V. Veselov, S. V. Kashin, E. V. Tikhomirova, A. V. Veselov, D. V. Zavyalov, A. Kornowski, T. E. Gorskaya, M. Volteau, T. Ponchon

“…The primary end point was the proportion of patients with a successful bowel preparation for colonoscopy ≥ 6 points, as determined by the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale of quality assessment (BBPS scale).Results. 296 patients were randomized in the study (147 patients were treated with OSS, 149 patients received Macrogol); 294 participants were included in the Intention to Treat population (ITT-population), and 274 participants were included in the population of patients who completed the study according to the protocol (Per-Protocol; PP-population) (139 patients received OSS, 135 patients received Macrogol). …”
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Growth, fat metabolism and hepatic health in largemouth bass fed varying fat-level diets by Digen Qin, Jiale Chen, Junxiong Li, Zhiyou Liu, Weibin Huang, Yuanzhi Yang, Jing Zhang, Beiping Tan, Xiaohui Dong

“…The results revealed that fish fed HFD exhibited significantly better protein efficiency ratio (PER) and lower feed conversion ratio (FCR) than LFD group (P<0.05), but survival rate (SR) and weight gain rate (WGR) were unaffected (P>0.05). …”
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Intelligent recognition algorithm and application of coal mine overhead passenger device based on multiscale feature fusion by Beijing XIE, Heng LI, Hang DONG, Zheng LUAN, Ben ZHANG, Xiaoxu LI

“…The recognition speed is 71 frames per second Compare to a variety of mainstream single-stage two-stage detection models, the proposed model demonstrated effective identification of cmopd targets with and without passengers, significantly improved the accuracy of cmopd recognition, reduced false positives and false negatives, and exhibited faster recognition speed and better extraction of contextual information. …”
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Detection Method of Apple Alternaria Leaf Spot Based on Deep-Semi-NMF by FU Zhuojun, HU Zheng, DENG Yangjun, LONG Chenfeng, ZHU Xinghui

“…In a natural environment, where a dataset of 1 419 images of apple Alternaria leaf spot was analysed, DSNMFMAD demonstrated an 87.8% recognition accuracy, with an average detection speed of 0.091 0 s per image. In this case, its accuracy outperformed that of GRX, LRX, CRD, LSMAD, and Unet by 2.5%, 32.7%, 5%, 14.8%, and 3.5%, respectively. …”
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The burden of headache disorders among medical students in Vietnam: estimates from a cross-sectional study with a health-care needs assessment by Dung Viet Nguyen, Hieu Trung Vo, Khoi Hong Vo, Lam Tung Duong, Lam Que La, An Bao Hoang, Phu Hong Vo, Thao Thu Tran, Binh Van Phan, Huong Thi Thu Pham, Hai-Anh Nguyen, Nga Thi Bui, Phuc Duy Phan, Thang Xuan Pham, Cong-Hoang Nguyen, Ngoc-Linh Thi Pham, Luc Tien Trinh, Duong Thi Ha, Ha-An Phan, Thanh-Thuy Ho, Loi Thi Dinh, Le Thi Bich Nguyen, Linh Hue Nguyen, Toan Van Phan, Thuy Thanh Truong, Quy Huu Ha, Hoai Thi Thu Nguyen

“…The mean frequency of any headache was 3.6 days per month, with an average duration of 5.3 h, and 58% of participants reported an intensity of moderate/severe. …”
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