A multicenter study of neurofibromatosis type 1 utilizing deep learning for whole body tumor identification by Cheng-Jiang Wei, Yan Tang, Yang-Bai Sun, Tie-Long Yang, Cheng Yan, Hui Liu, Jun Liu, Jing-Ning Huang, Ming-Han Wang, Zhen-Wei Yao, Ji-Long Yang, Zhi-Chao Wang, Qing-Feng Li

“…The final model achieved an accuracy of 85.71% for MPNST diagnosis in the validation cohort and 84.75% accuracy in the independent test set, outperforming another classic two-step model. …”
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Nursing postgraduates’ innovative behaviour, influencing factors and educational requirements: a national cross-sectional study by Jiayi Zhu, Shuai Yuan, Lihui Pu, Ruben Martin-Payo, Liqin Wei, Mengying Qiu, Fengying Zhang

“…A general information questionnaire, The Nurses’ Innovative Behaviour Scale, the Professional Identity Questionnaire for Nurse Student, and a multiple-choice question about students’ innovation education requirements were collected. The independent-sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), multiple linear regression, and Pearson’s correlation analyses were conducted. …”
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Ultrasound Features of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>-Related Gastritis by Fulvia Terracciano, Antonella Marra, Veronica Nassisi, Chiara Lillo, Fabrizio Bossa, Sonia Carparelli, Francesco Cocomazzi, Maria Rosa Valvano, Giuseppe Losurdo, Alfredo Di Leo, Francesco Perri

“…Multivariate analysis identified SLT as the only significant independent predictor of <i>H. pylori</i> gastritis (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Comparison of Injury Severity Score, Glasgow Coma Scale, and Revised Trauma Score in Predicting the Mortality and Prolonged ICU Stay of Traumatic Young Children: A Cross-Sectional... by Yii-Ting Huang, Ying-Hsien Huang, Ching-Hua Hsieh, Chao-Jui Li, I-Min Chiu

“…All three scores were considered to be independent risk factors of mortality and prolonged ICU stay and had a linear correlation with increased HLOS. …”
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Comparison of BCG Tokyo172 Strain Induction Therapy Between Low Dose and Standard Dose for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: Intravesical Instillation of BCG Tokyo172 Strain by Hideyuki Isobe, Fumitaka Shimizu, Takeshi Ieda, So Nakamura, Naoko Takazawa, Hanna Suetsugu, Kazunori Kajino, Shu Hirai, Hisashi Hirano, Katsuhito Yuzawa, Shigeo Horie

“…Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were used to identify independent predictors of recurrence based on the Club Urológico Español de Tratamiento Oncológico (CUETO) criteria. …”
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Lactoferrin Induces Osteoblast Growth through IGF-1R by Jian-Ming Hou, En-Yu Chen, Fan Lin, Qing-Ming Lin, Ying Xue, Xu-Hua Lan, Man Wu

“…Lactoferrin activated PI3K and RAS phosphorylation via an IGF-1R independent pathway.…”
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Discovery of mutated oncodriver genes associated with glioblastoma originated from stem cells of subventricular zone through whole exome sequence profile analysis, and drug repurpo... by Arnob Sarker, Burhan Uddin, Reaz Ahmmed, Sabkat Mahmud, Alvira Ajadee, Md. Al Amin Pappu, Md. Abdul Aziz, Md. Nurul Haque Mollah

“…Then, filtering by differential co-expression analysis based on independent RNA-Seq profiles of CGGA database revealed 10 genes as dysregulated oncodriver genes. …”
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Comparing the Accuracy and Reliability of Detecting the Intensity of Spinal Inflammation on STIR Sequence with Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Values in Axial Spondyloarthritis by Ho Yin Chung, Tommy Tsang Cheung, Vince Wing Hang Lau, Kam Ho Lee, Florence King Pui Chan

“…With reference to sites of active lesions in STIR, the corresponding region of interest (ROI) on the ADC map was drawn to determine the maximum ADC (ADC[Formula: see text]), mean ADC (ADC[Formula: see text]), normalized maximum (nADC[Formula: see text]), and mean (nADC[Formula: see text]). Four independent readers scored the identified active lesions as “intense” or “non-intense” according to the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) MRI index. …”
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Assessment of occupational hazards in midwifery setting and impact of occupational stress and job satisfaction on midwives’ quality of work-life: multicenter study in IRAN by Nasibeh Sharifi, Azita Fathnezhad-Kazemi, Nazanin Rezaei, Masoumeh Yaralizadeh, Zahra PourMohammad

“…The analysis was performed using an independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation, and linear regression test by SPSS version 24. …”
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Transcriptome Analysis of Effect of Cordyceps militaris Aqueous Extract in Human Gastric Cancer Cell BGC-823 on Different RCD Pathways by Mingqi CUI, Kaiwen YU, Yang SONG, Fangxu XU, Shenghou WANG, Ze WANG

“…Conclusion: C. militaris primarily inhibits the growth of the human gastric cancer cell line BGC-823 through a caspase-independent mitochondrial apoptosis pathway while also influencing the activation of autophagy and other signaling pathways. …”
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Preferences and Attitudes Towards Digital Communication and Symptom Reporting Methods in Clinical Trials by McDowell B, Dumais KM, Gary ST, de Gooijer I, Ward T

“…For reporting symptoms in a clinical trial while at home, split results suggested a preference for independent reporting as well as live communication with physician, perhaps reflecting the rising use of telehealth. …”
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Fasting Plasma Glucose Indicates Reversibility of the Acute Insulin Response after Short-Term Intensive Insulin Therapy in Patients with Various Duration of Type 2 Diabetes by Liehua Liu, Siyue Yang, Jianbin Liu, Hai Li, Juan Liu, Xiaopei Cao, Haipeng Xiao, Yanbing Li

“…In multivariate analyses, FPG after SIIT and baseline fasting C peptide were independent indicators of both AIR after the therapy and ∆AIR; HDL-C after the therapy also predicted AIR after the therapy. …”
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Discharge against Medical Advice (DAMA) from an Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia by Ashraf El-Metwally, Nesreen Suliman Alwallan, Ali Amin Alnajjar, Nida Zahid, Khalid Alahmary, Paivi Toivola

“…Descriptive statistics were reported for quantitative and categorical variables and assessed by independent t-test/chi-square/ANOVA (analysis of variance), where appropriate. …”
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Assessing institutional sanitation and its impact at a citywide level: an exploration of school sanitation in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana by William Nkonde, William Nkonde, Claire Furlong, Brian Reed, Damir Brdanovic

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Men's more frequent predisposing factors in infectious endocarditis facilitate improvement of outcomes by shortening of diagnostic delay by S. Andreß, K. Reischmann, S. Markovic, F. Rohlmann, B. Hay, W. Rottbauer, D. Buckert, S. d'Almeida

“…Male sex was the only independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality [p = 0.036, HR 4.127 (95%-CI 1.096-15.538)]. …”
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Circulating Tumor DNA Detection for Recurrence Monitoring of Stage I Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Microwave Ablation by Lin Cheng, Sheng Xu, Yu‐feng Wang, Sheng‐wei Li, Bin Li, Xiao‐Guang Li

“…Detection of ctDNA at the landmark time point is considered an independent risk factor for prognosis and is strongly correlated with clinical outcomes (p = 0.001), the median time to recurrence indicated by ctDNA was 4.9 months earlier compared to imaging. …”
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Investigation of a Novel Noninvasive Risk Analytics Algorithm With Laboratory Central Venous Oxygen Saturation Measurements in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients by Sarah A. Teele, MD, MSHPEd, Avihu Z. Gazit, MD, Craig Futterman, MD, William G. La Cava, PhD, David S. Cooper, MD, MPH, MBA, Steven M. Schwartz, MD, MS, Joshua W. Salvin, MD, MPH

“…A retrospective multicenter cohort study was conducted using data temporally independent from the design and development phase of the IDo2 index. …”
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Radiotherapy for Oligometastases and Oligo-Recurrence of Bone in Prostate Cancer by Ken-ichi Tabata, Yuzuru Niibe, Takefumi Satoh, Hideyasu Tsumura, Masaomi Ikeda, Satoru Minamida, Tetsuo Fujita, Daisuke Ishii, Masatsugu Iwamura, Kazushige Hayakawa, Shiro Baba

“…Although the high-dose group (≥40 Gy) achieved better survival than the low-dose group (<40 Gy), it was not independent prognostic factor in multivariable analysis. …”
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Laboratory Study of Local Scour Around an Array of Pile Groups in Clear-Water Scour Conditions by Ming Gong, Xinying Pan, Shengtao Du, Guoxiang Wu, Yingxue Lv, Yunjia Sun, Guangjia Ding, Bingchen Liang

“…The scour holes were independent of each other, though a global scouring phenomenon occurred between piles at a flow intensity of 1.0. …”
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Increased indexed proximal aortic diameter is a predictor of poor prognosis in maintenance hemodialysis patients by Junwei Xu, Wenyi Tang, Lizheng Song, Yuxi Huang, Li Xiao, Fangyuan Cheng, Qianglin Guan, Mei Xu, Chuoxin Ma, Jian Chen, Jianting Ke

“…Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that ARD/BSA was an independent prognostic factor for all-cause mortality (HR, per 1-SD increase, 1.403; 95% CI, 1.118–1.761; p = 0.003) as well as MACE (HR, per 1-SD increase, 1.356; 95% CI, 1.037–1.772; p = 0.026).Conclusions Our results show that ARD/BSA is predictive of all-cause mortality and MACE in MHD patients with ESRD and support the view that assessment of ARD/BSA may refine risk stratification and preventive strategies in this population.…”
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