The influence of sex on sleep characteristics in the adult and older adult population: findings from the EPISONO sleep study by Mayra dos Santos Silva, Priscila Farias Tempaku, Priscila Farias Tempaku, Monica Levy Andersen, Monica Levy Andersen, Sergio Tufik, Sergio Tufik, Dalva Poyares, Dalva Poyares

“…All examinations and tests were undertaken using the same protocols at both times, at baseline and 8 years later. All participants completed an institutional questionnaire and a range of other questionnaires on health and sleep parameters. …”
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Effects of culturally-appropriate group education for migrants with type 2 diabetes in primary healthcare: pre-test-post-test design by Katarina Hjelm, Emina Hadziabdic

“…Results The findings showed that participation in the diabetes education significantly improved the knowledge levels, led to an initial change and possible short-term improvement in HbA1c (better immediate post-intervention), albeit statistically insignificant, but no change in glycaemic control over time and in self-rated health (SRH). Conclusions The findings supported the hypothesis of improved knowledge. …”
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Investigating the vascular structure of the conjunctiva in patients using spherical mini-scleral contact lenses utilizing OCT-A imaging by Fateme Alipour, Parisa Abdi, Hassan Asadigandomani, Mehdi Khodaparast, Zahra Montazeriani, Marzieh Sajedi

“…OCT-A imaging was conducted on 13 patients (mean age: 34.1 years, 10 males) in a prospective study at two time points: at least 8 h post-lens removal and 1-hour post-lens application. …”
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Coexistence of blaMIR-1 and blaNDM-1 resistance genes with a novel ST type in Enterobacter roggenkampii from a stool sample: A genome sequencing study by Qin Wang, Sayyed Salman, Ye Luo, XiaoMei Tong

“…Individual colonies were isolated, and bacterial species were identified using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. …”
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Relative Performance of Model Selection Criteria for Cox Proportional Hazards Regression Based on Kullback’s Symmetric Divergence by Clarisse Houénafa Dete, Bruno Enagnon Lokonon, Kossi Essona Gneyou, Marcel Senou, Romain Glèlè Kakaï

“…The Cox proportional hazards model is one of the most used models to analyze time-to-event outcomes. The decision on the most suitable model for those data is an essential analysis point. …”
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Non-Redox-Based Electrochemical Detection of Adrenaline: A Simple and Reliable Approach Using Glass Nanopipets by Ralph J. Page, Gene Koifman, Noel Manring, Jessica L. Smeltz, Pavithra Pathirathna

“…This innovative ITIES-based sensing platform offers ease of fabrication, robustness, and excellent potential for real-time, in vivo applications. It represents a significant advancement in electrochemical detection technologies, paving the way for practical applications in clinical and physiological settings.…”
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A Cocktail Method for Promoting Cardiomyocyte Differentiation from Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Qing Gao, Maojuan Guo, Xijuan Jiang, Xiantong Hu, Yijing Wang, Yingchang Fan

“…Immunofluorescence results showed that cTnT expression in the 5-aza+salB+CLM group was stronger than other groups. Real-time qPCR and Western blotting analyses showed that cTnT, alpha-cardiac actin, mef-2c, Cx43, and GSK-3beta expression increased while beta-catenin expression decreased. …”
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Research progress and application prospects of flexible wearable sensor in spacesuit by Aiming Bu, Wanxin Zhang, Qian Ran, Dongyue Liu, Jialu Ma, Rongqing Wang, Kun Shang, Hongrui Yang, Zhiqiang Mei

“…The wearable sensors have drawn more and more attention because its operations are simple and real-time detections are available. It can realize the benefits of heart rate, breathing, sweat, action recognition and date acquisition, etc. …”
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miR-106a Is Downregulated in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Chronic Hepatitis B and Associated with Enhanced Levels of Interleukin-8 by Zhongsi Hong, Haiyu Hong, Jian Liu, Xiaobin Zheng, Mingxing Huang, Chunna Li, Jinyu Xia

“…Materials and Methods. miR-106a expression levels in PBMCs from 40 healthy controls and 56 CHB patients were analyzed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The luciferase activity assays were used to determine whether miR-106a binds to 3′UTR of IL-8. miR-106a mimics and inhibitors were transfected into healthy PBMCs. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Nusinersen Focusing on Renal and Hematological Parameters in Spinal Muscular Atrophy by Hüseyin Bahadır Şenol, Gizem Yıldız, Ayşe İpek Polat, Adem Aydın, Ayşe Semra Hız, Alper Soylu, Uluç Yiş

“…The baseline values were compared between SMA Type 1 and Type 2 patients, while the changes in these values over time were analyzed within each group. Results No significant adverse effects on platelet counts or renal functions were observed. …”
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Clinical trials since 2020 of rapid anti-suicidal ideation effects of ketamine and its enantiomers: a systematic review by Sumra Sajid, J. John Mann, Michael F. Grunebaum

“…Conclusion This review affirms the time-limited, anti-SI effects of ketamine and the need for personalized treatment. …”
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Yb:CALYO-based femtosecond chirped pulse regenerative amplifier for temporally resolved pump-probe spectroscopy by A. S. Rudenkov, V. E. Kisel, A. S. Yasukevich, K. L. Hovhannesyan, A. G. Petrosyan, N. V. Kuleshov

“…Substantial reduction of the amplified pulse duration down to 120 fs (19.4 nm spectral width FWHM) with average power of 3 W at 200 kHz pulse repetition frequency was demonstrated without any gain narrowing compensation technique.The results of experimental investigation of broad-band seeded Yb3+:CaYAlO -based chirped pulse regenerative amplifier are reported for the first time to our knowledge. 120 fs-pulses (19.4 nm FWHM) with average output power of 3 W were demonstrated without any gain narrowing compensation technique. …”
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Revealing Novel Connections Between Space Weather and the Power Grid: Network Analysis of Ground‐Based Magnetometer and Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GIC) Measurements by Joseph Hughes, Ryan Mcgranaghan, Adam C. Kellerman, Jacob Bortnik, Robert F. Arrit, Karthik Venkataramani, Charles H. Perry, Jackson McCormick, Chigomezyo M. Ngwira, Morris Cohen

“…This network is used to study the link between space weather and GICs. To do this, times when a current deviation exists are compared to times when magnetic deviations exist for each magnetometer ‐ current sensor pair. …”
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Numerical modelling of the hydrodynamics driven by tidal flooding of the land surface after dyke breaching by Rachel A. Burns, Ryan P. Mulligan, Megan Elliott, Danika van Proosdij, Enda Murphy

“…Managed dyke realignment is a method of creating more coastal wetland environments, by breaching constructed dykes (levees) to allow seawater driven by tides to flood the land surface and enable re-establishment of salt marshes over time. However, coastal land regions that are protected by dykes experience major hydrodynamic changes after breaching. …”
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Incidence, morbidity and mortality of hip fractures over a period of 20 years in a health area of Southern Spain by Marta M Rey-Rodriguez, MA Vazquez-Gamez, Mercè Giner, Fernando Garrachón-Vallo, Luis Fernández-López, Miguel Angel Colmenero, María-José Montoya-García

“…In women, the incidence rate decreased in all age groups over time, while in men, the incidence rate increased. …”
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Continuous Improvements and Future Challenges of Air Pollution Control at an Advanced Semiconductor Fab by Hsueh-Hsing Lu, Ming-Chun Lu, Thi-Cuc Le, Zhiping An, David Y. H. Pui, Chuen-Jinn Tsai

“…In the future, CWS performance can further be improved by using advanced structured packing materials with larger specific surface areas to shorten the residence time and lower the chemical dosing amount and pressure drop while achieving higher removal efficiency for acid and alkaline gases at a reduced operating cost. …”
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Combining extraction and cultivation methods for soil seed bank analysis increases number of captured species and their similarity to above-ground vegetation by Petr Plohák, Hana Švehláková, Barbara Stalmachová, Miroslava Goňo, Tomáš Dvorský

“…Very low similarity between the species of the soil seed bank from cultivation and extraction method is probably caused by the highly variable distribution of seeds in the soil in time and space.…”
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Machine learning-based prognostic model for patients with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma by Yihan Sun, Da Lin, Xiangyang Deng, Yinlong Zhang

“…And we further ranked the time-dependent features according to their permutation importance and observed that surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy were the most influential predictors initially. …”
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The cultivation status of Traditional Chinese Medicine nurses in China (中医护理人才培养现状) by LI Jiaji (李佳霁), XU Jingjin (徐京巾), LI Ye (李野), TANG Ling (唐玲)

“…In recent years, the talent team of TCM nursing science has been growing, the quality of employees has been gradually improved, the training of grass-roots talents has been continuously strengthened, and the scientific and technological achievements of high-end talents have becoming more prominent, which plays an increasingly important role in the field of health services and leading the international development of TCM. At the same time, there are some prominent problems, such as the cultivation of high-level academic talents can not meet the needs of nursing discipline development, and the scale of clinical talents is difficult to meet the needs of health services. …”
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Quantifying the Spatiotemporal Evolution of Radiation Belt Electrons Scattered by Lower Band Chorus Waves: An Integrated Model by Weixin Chen, Song Fu, Xin Ma, Binbin Ni, Deyu Guo, Qiongyue Zhang, Xiangyuan Tong, Yibo Zhao, Xing Cao, Zheng Xiang, Yuan Lei

“…Compared to the observations, our integrated model produces effectively the global distribution of plasmapause location, plasma density, and LBC intensity, and assesses quantitatively the scattering effect driven by LBC waves at different magnetic local times (MLT), L‐shell (the Mcllwain L‐parameter), and time. …”
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