Role of Albumin as a Nutritional and Prognostic Marker in Elective Intestinal Surgery by Christian Galata, Linda Busse, Emrullah Birgin, Christel Weiß, Julia Hardt, Christoph Reißfelder, Mirko Otto

“…Preoperatively, albumin levels were correlated with both markers for nutritional status and inflammation, with phase angle (PA) (p=0.004) and C-reactive protein (CRP) (p<0.001) as independent factors predicting the albumin levels in multivariable analysis. …”
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Professionally focused vlog in pre-service foreign language teacher education by A. Melnyk

“…Its genesis is ascribed to contemporary pedagogical demands for the establishment of an enriching multimedia educational environment, envisioned to foster the augmentation of interaction; the integration of authentic online resources and tasks, inciting students to explore diverse professional and pedagogical issues; the cultivation of the skills pertinent to both independent and collaborative information gathering, transforming it into a profound learning experience that steers clear of a linear sequence in favor of a comprehensive array of sources for forging personalized learning pathways. …”
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Training Specialists in the Field of Innovative Financial Technologies in Russia by A. A. Tsyganov, S. V. Brovchak, Yu. A. Gorelova, L. S. Krutova

“…Taking into account the results obtained, conclusions were formulated that make it possible to substantiate the need to introduce an independent assessment of the formed qualifications into the educational process.…”
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Smartphone Household Wireless Electroencephalogram Hat by Harold Szu, Charles Hsu, Gyu Moon, Takeshi Yamakawa, Binh Q. Tran, Tzyy Ping Jung, Joseph Landa

“…During the design phase, we took tethered laboratory EEG dataset and applied fuzzy logic to compute (a) spatiotemporal average of larger magnitude EEG data centers in 0.3 second intervals and (b) inside brainwave sources by Independent Component Analysis blind deconvolution without knowing the impulse response function. …”
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THE ANALYSIS OF THE ARTISTIC AND GRAPHIC DESIGN OF THE HUMOROUS MAGAZINE «BALDA» IN THE CONTEXT OF SPECIALIZED EDITIONS OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY by Svetlana N. Sheveleva

“…After studying all three issues of the magazine, it was revealed how much textual information was printed, how much textual information was accompanied by drawings and how many percent of the magazine contained drawings as independent material. The features of graphic and compositional techniques used in the design of the magazine are analyzed. …”
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Limits of the Turkish Model Applicability in the Middle East Countries after the Arab Awakening: The Case of Egypt by D. V. Zhigulskaya

“…In this regard, Turkey’s attempts to capitalize on the interest of some governments, which came to power on a wave of dissent, to learn from the Turkish experience in state building deserve independent consideration. These attempts were reflected in the concept of the so called Turkish model. …”
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Plasma Citrulline in the Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Celiac Disease by Alicia Isabel Pascual Pérez, Elene Larrea Tamayo, Santiago Jiménez Treviño, David González Jiménez, David Pérez Solís, Cristina Molinos Norniella, Juan José Díaz Martín

“…Statistical analysis: t-tests for paired groups and independent groups, Pearson and Spearman correlation tests. …”
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PEER TUTORING IN LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AS A NON-MAJOR by E. A. Makarova

“…The undertaken experiment lasted for two years, showed that peer tutoring advantages in foreign language training consist in the following: firstly, such way of lessons allows teachers to avoid time-losing monotonous reading and translations of texts discouraging students; secondly, exchanging opinions, students study each other and gain skills of estimation of personal and others' work; thirdly, interacting in pairs or small groups, pupils are more active, than during the independent work or work organized by the teacher, they react to the arising educational situations; finally, such training considerably solves a problem of shortage of class periods on teaching the subject "Foreign language" as students manage to cope with much large scope of a training material as compared they manage to make during the traditional organization of an educational process.Practical significance. …”
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Sodium Valproate Inhibits the Growth of Human Cholangiocarcinoma In Vitro and In Vivo by Bing Wang, Rui Yang, Yue Wu, Hongbo Li, Zouxiao Hu, Yongjun Chen, Shengquan Zou

“…Sodium valproate inhibited cholangiocarcinoma cell growth by inducing cell cycle arrest, cell differentiation, and apoptosis; sodium valproate effects were independent of autophagy. Tumor growth inhibition was also observed in vivo using TFK-1 xenografts. …”
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Quantitative, Dynamic Detection of Neuronal Na+ Transients Using Multi-photon Excitation and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) in Acute Mouse Brain Slices by Sara Eitelmann, Karl Kafitz, Christine Rose, Jan Meyer

“…Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) is a highly valuable technique in the fluorescence microscopy toolbox because it is essentially independent of indicator concentrations. Conventional fluorescence microscopy analyzes changes in emission intensity. …”
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Female Sex as a Thromboembolic Risk Factor in the Era of Nonvitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants by Mariacarla Gallù, Giulia Marrone, Jacopo Maria Legramante, Antonino De Lorenzo, Nicola Di Daniele, Annalisa Noce

“…Female sex is recognized as an independent predictor of thromboembolic risk, particularly in older patients. …”
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Correlation of sarcopenia with progression of liver fibrosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a study from two cohorts in China and the Un... by Fan Zhang, Longgen Liu, Wenjian Li

“…After adjusting for confounding variables, sarcopenia was identified as an independent risk factor for the progression of liver fibrosis in patients with MASLD. …”
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Patterns and Determinants of Change in Cortisol Levels and Thyroid Function as a Function of Cardiac Risk in Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery by Khouloud Abdulrahman Al-Sofyani, Mohammed Shahab Uddin, Ebtehal Ahmed Qulisy, Osman Osama Al-Radi

“…Cardiovascular outcomes were independently predicted by the extent of the decline in fT4 and TSH at 48 and 72 hours postop, with reference to the baseline, and by the cortisol level at 24 h postop, independent of the baseline, besides the RACHS category. …”
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Predicting the risk of bone metastases in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer - Development and validation of a nomogram model. by Wei Xu, Guoyu Zhu, Xiaoxiang Wang, Xuebing Yan, Fujun Wang, Shanyi Li, Wenji Li

“…Patients from the Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University were divided into a training set and patients from the Affiliated Clinical College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Yangzhou University were divided into a validation set. Chi-square test, independent sample t-test, and logistic regression were used to screen key risk factors. …”
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Evaluation of Drug Use Pattern in Emergency Department of Dilchora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia by Kirubel M. Mishore, Nigatu A. Bekele, Tsegaab Y. Yirba, Tsion F. Abone

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Association between parental education level and intelligence quotient of children referred to the mental healthcare system: a cross-sectional study in Poland by Urszula Sajewicz-Radtke, Ariadna Łada-Maśko, Michał Olech, Paweł Jurek, Łucja Bieleninik, Bartosz M. Radtke

“…Linear regression analysis was performed using staircase coding for ordinal predictors with several binary independent variables. A significant correlation was found between parental education levels and IQ of the sampled children, with higher levels of parents’ education predicting higher IQ scores, particularly with mother’s education explaining 18.23% of the variance in children’s overall intelligence. …”
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Correlation between neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio and all-cause and cerebrovascular mortality among hypertension patients by You Li, Cheng Yu

“…In order to assess the independent risk contribution of the NPAR in all-cause and cerebrovascular mortality, weighted Cox proportional hazards models were employed. …”
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Imaging the Brainstem Raphe in Medication-Overuse Headache: Pathophysiological Insights and Implications for Personalized Care by Annika Mall, Christine Klötzer, Luise Bartsch, Johanna Ruhnau, Sebastian Strauß, Robert Fleischmann

“…This study investigates whether alterations in the brainstem raphe, assessed via transcranial sonography (TCS), are associated with MOH and independent of depressive symptoms, aiming to explore their utility as a biomarker. …”
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Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on oral health among secondary-level students: a cross-sectional study in Kathmandu, Nepal by Nishika Aryal, Anuja Rajbhandari

“…Binary logistic regression was employed to analyse the relationship between dependent and independent variables.Results The study involved participants with an average age of 14.24 years, comprising 56.7% males and 43.3% females. …”
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A relevant investigation of the degree of cement diffusion after robot-assisted percutaneous vertebroplasty by Yancheng Zhu, Hailong Chen, Liang Li, Yongkang Yang, Yishi Jia, Chang Liu, Xiaofei Xu, Jian Ruan, Boyao Wang, Jun Liu

“…Additionally, bone density, puncture abduction angle, cement injection volume, and surgical approach were identified as independent factors associated with the extent of postoperative cement dispersion.…”
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