Evaluation of recombinant proteins <i>T. pallidum</i> Тр0163 and Тр0971 as antigens for the diagnosis of syphilis using enzyme immunoassay by Natalia V. Arbuzova, Marina V. Shpilevaya, Georgii L. Katunin, Oleg E. Kuznetsov, Nikita Yu. Nosov, Viсtoria S. Solomka

“…The overall diagnostic efficiency of the study of recombinant proteins for the determination of IgG class antibodies by enzyme immunoassay is 65.4 and 66.7% for Тр0163 and Тр0971 respectively, demonstrating the specificity and positive predictive value of the study. The sensitivity of ELISA in relation to the study of forms of syphilis was not 68.8%. …”
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Association between atherogenic index of plasma and future risk of cardiovascular disease in individuals with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome stages 0–3: a nationwide pros... by Gaoshu Zheng, Jijie Jin, Fei Wang, Qianrong Zheng, Jiaxin Shao, Jiangnan Yao, Pan Huang, Hao Zhou, Jianghua Zhou

“…Further weighted quartiles and regression analyses indicated that triglyceride(TG) was a key variable for AIP in predicting CVD events in the CKM stages 0–3 population. …”
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Review and syntheses: Ocean alkalinity enhancement and carbon dioxide removal through marine enhanced rock weathering using olivine by L. J. J. Geerts, A. Hylén, F. J. R. Meysman, F. J. R. Meysman

“…From our analysis, we conclude that the current knowledge base is not sufficient to predict the outcome of in situ mERW applications. …”
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Outcomes of psychiatric interviews and self-rated symptom scales in people on sick leave for common mental disorders: an observational study by Cecilia Björkelund, Dominique Hange, Jeanette Westman, Anna Nager, Jonas Hällgren, Ingmarie Skoglund, Sandra af Winklerfelt Hammarberg, Anna Finnes

“…A result of clinical interest was that more severe symptoms predicted long-term sick leave better than actual diagnoses.…”
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E-HEART score: A novel scoring system for undifferentiated chest pain in the emergency department by V. Yuvaraj, Sachin Sujir Nayak, S. Vimal Krishnan

“…At a cutoff of E-HEART score >6, it accurately predicted ACS with a sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 99% with a diagnostic accuracy of 97%. …”
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Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease – A multicenter observational study from India by Sham Santhanam, Pravin Patil, Mohit Goyal, C B Mithun, Parthajit Das, Kavitha Mohanasundaram, Neeraj Jain, Vijaya Prasanna, Keerthi Talari, Himanshu Pathak, Parshant Aggarwal, Deepika Ponnuru, Vikram Raj Jain, Sharath Kumar

“…The mean forced vital capacity was 61.89% ± 14.8% of the predicted. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) was detected in 162 (35.8%) patients. …”
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Impact of the severity and extension of dental caries lesions on Turkish preschool children’s oral health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study by Ayça Kurt, Damla Bolat, Ömer Hatipoğlu

“…The dmft score also significantly predicted higher ECOHIS scores (adjusted OR = 6.597, p = 0.048). …”
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Carbon Storage Response to Land Use/Land Cover Changes and SSP‐RCP Scenarios Simulation: A Case Study in Yunnan Province, China by Jing Liu, Kun Yang, Shaohua Zhang, Wenxia Zeng, Xiaofang Yang, Yan Rao, Yan Ma, Changyou Bi

“…Land use/land cover (LULC) shifts are key drivers of CS changes, making it crucial to predict their impact on CS for low‐carbon development. …”
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Socioeconomic disparities in child malnutrition: trends, determinants, and policy implications from the Kenya demographic and health survey (2014 - 2022) by Amos O. Okutse, Henry Athiany

“…We investigate diagnostic utility using sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and area under the ROC curve. Results Socioeconomic inequality in under-five child malnutrition increased between 2014 and 2022, with children from the poorest socioeconomic quintiles being disproportionately affected. …”
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Extrapolating empirical measurements of wastewater exfiltration from sanitary sewers to estimate watershed-scale fecal pollution loading in urban stormwater runoff by Joshua A. Steele, Adriana González-Fernández, John F. Griffith, Darcy Ebentier McCargar, Sierra Wallace, Kenneth C. Schiff

“…Based on ratios of exfiltration loading predictions vs. stormwater loading measurements, the proportion of exfiltrated human fecal load that is estimated to be transported via subsurface pathways (i.e., the subsurface transfer coefficient, STC) to stormwater in the studied catchments is 8.27 × 10−5 (95% CI: 6.30 × 10−5 to 1.37 × 10−4). …”
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Effect of potent nucleos(t)ide analog on alpha fetoprotein changes and occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B by Qianqian Ma, Junzhao Ye, Ling Luo, Yanhong Sun, Wei Wang, Shiting Feng, Bing Liao, Bihui Zhong

“…The combination of shear wave elastography (SWE), mPage-B score, age and type 2 diabetes mellitus had an area under the curve of 0.838 (P < 0.001) in predicting the occurrence of HCC. Conclusions Similar AFP elevation and HCC development rates were observed in CHB patients treated with ETV or TDF. …”
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Impact of cognition and psychoemotional status on falls in multiple sclerosis by R. Godelienė, E. Sukockienė, V. Danielius, V. Stankunavičiūtė, D. Mickevičienė

“…SDMT score did not differ significantly between the groups (45.0±12.8; 48.76±12.9; p=0.823); however, fallers had higher fatigue (5.81±2.3; 4.78±2.5; p=0.026), anxiety (9.36±8.8; 5.86±3.7; p=0.003), and depression (7.43±9.1; 3.33±3.4; p<0.001) levels. Falls were predicted by higher EDSS (Exp(B)=1.649; p=0.028) and higher depression scores (Exp(B)=1.221; p=0.045). …”
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Dose-response Protective Effect of Salbutamol on Methacholine Airway Responsiveness using Pressurized Metered Dose Inhalers and Turbuhalers by Albert G Wong, Paul M O'Byrne, Christer Lindbladh, Mark D Inman, Elisabeth Ståhl, Frederick E Hargreave

“…Baseline forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) was 70% or more of predicted, and baseline methacholine provocative concentration causing a 20% fall in FEV1 (PC20) was 4 mg/mL or less. …”
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Understanding crystallinity indexes benchmarking concept from optimized parametric ionic liquid pretreatment using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate [EMIM]Ac on oil palm biomass by Amizon Azizan, Rosmaria Abu Darim, Intan Suhada Azmi, Rafidah Jalil, Shareena Fairuz Abdul Manaf

“…Thus, in this article, the crystallinity status, like the crystallinity index (CrI) from X-Ray Diffraction analysis, was used as a beneficial preliminary predictive index to describe the transformation of less ordered structures in lignocellulosic biomass as an early decisive point after pretreatment prior to any succeeding steps. …”
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Utility of a novel point-of-care test for albuminuria in communities at high risk for chronic kidney disease in Thailand by Aminu K Bello, Kriang Tungsanga, Nattachai Srisawat, Kearkiat Praditpornsilpa, Somkanya Tungsanga, Rungrawee Nantanawijit, Patcharakorn Kiatamornrak, Win Kulvichit, Umphan Ngoensawat, Sasipa Tachaboon, Janejira Dinhuzen, Watchadaporn Chaisuriyong, Kittinan Komolpis, Sadudee Peerapornratana

“…Conversely, the POCT urine dipstick for protein had poor sensitivity, positive predictive value and accuracy.Conclusion The urine albumin test strip is a highly effective tool to conduct point-of-care identification for early CKD among high-risk populations. …”
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Magnitude and Risk of Dying among Low Birth Weight Neonates in Rural Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Akine Eshete, Abebe Alemu, Taddes Alemu Zerfu

“…Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to predict maternal and neonatal risk factors associated with the risk of neonatal death. …”
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miR-199a-5p Exacerbated Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction through Inhibiting Surfactant Protein D and Activating NF-κB Pathway in Sepsis by Xianjin Du, Dan Tian, Jie Wei, Chen Yan, Peng Hu, Xu Wu, Wenbin Yang, Zhanyong Zhu

“…Subsequently, surfactant protein D (SP-D) was predicted as the target of miR-199a-5p. The activation of NF-κB has been identified in sepsis. …”
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Optimized extraction and kinetic study of cholesterol oxidase from a newly isolated Escherichia fergusonii strain from local whey samples: insights through a combined experimental... by Simin Khataee, Gholamreza Dehghan, Samaneh Rashtbari, Arezu Marefat, Sina Jamei, Hamed Farzi-Khajeh

“…Finally, an artificial neural network (ANN) was designed to predict the most effective factor in the fermentation process for enzyme production and the purified ChoX activity. …”
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Mathematical Modelling and Analysis of Transmission Dynamics of Lassa Fever by E. A. Bakare, E. B. Are, O. E. Abolarin, S. A. Osanyinlusi, Benitho Ngwu, Obiaderi N. Ubaka

“…We also performed some evaluation of the Lassa fever disease intervention strategies using the elasticity of the equilibrial prevalence in order to predict the optimal intervention strategies that can be useful in guiding the local national control program on Lassa fever disease to make a proper decision on the intervention packages. …”
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Methyltransferase-like 7B participates in bladder cancer via ACSL3 m6A modification in a ferroptosis manner by Jiani He, Changming Dong, Xiandong Song, Zhongkai Qiu, Hao Zhang, Yuanjun Jiang, Tao Liu, Xiaojun Man

“…Overexpressed PLAGL2 is identified as a possible independent predictor in BC and bioinformatics predicted the potential binding sites between PLAGL2 and METTL7B promoter region. …”
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