Clinical and Renal Biopsy Findings Predicting Outcome in Renal Thrombotic Microangiopathy: A Large Cohort Study from a Single Institute in China by Xiao-Juan YU, Feng YU, Di Song, Su-Xia Wang, Yan Song, Gang Liu, Ming-Hui Zhao

“…In multivariate analysis, male, elevated serum creatinine, and decreased hemoglobin were independently associated with poor renal outcomes. Conclusions. …”
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MoE-NuSeg: Enhancing nuclei segmentation in histology images with a two-stage Mixture of Experts network by Xuening Wu, Yiqing Shen, Qing Zhao, Yanlan Kang, Wenqiang Zhang

“…We propose a two-stage training strategy: the first stage independently trains the three experts, and the second stage fine-tunes their interactions to dynamically allocate the contributions of each expert using a learnable attention-based gating network. …”
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A systematic review of plant-based therapy for the management of diabetes mellitus in the East Africa community by Nancy Bonareri Mitaki, Ilemobayo Victor Fasogbon, Onyinye Vivian Ojiakor, Wusa Makena, Emmanuel O. Ikuomola, Reuben Samson Dangana, Ibe Micheal Usman, Ekom Monday Etukudo, Augustine Oviosun, Swase Dominic Terkimbi, Elizabeth Bessy Umoren, Angela Mumbua Musyoka, Solomon A Mbina, Esther Ugo Alum, Ibrahim Babangida Abubakar, Godson Emeka Anyanwu, Patrick Maduabuchi Aja

“…This article follows the Guidelines for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020. Two reviewers independently performed data collection and quality assessment. …”
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Uncovering the boundary conditions of the association between concerns about falling and physical activity in adult populations: a scoping review protocol by Jason Brian Reed, Steve Amireault, Reese Colby Kerschner, Emilie Ann Chadwell, Heesoo Roh, Emily Ryan Jakob, Kelsie Jo Muller

“…Two reviewers will independently assess the eligibility of each study based on a full-text examination. …”
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Treatment of early stage Supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma: meta-analysis comparing primary surgery versus primary radiotherapy by Krupal B. Patel, Anthony C. Nichols, Kevin Fung, John Yoo, S. Danielle MacNeil

“…Methods Systematic methods were used to identify published and unpublished data. Two reviewers independently screened all titles, abstracts and articles for relevance using predefined criteria. …”
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A Family History of Diabetes Modifies the Association between Elevated Urine Albumin Concentration and Hyperglycemia in Nondiabetic Mexican Adolescents by Aida Jiménez-Corona, Antonio Ávila-Hermosillo, Robert G. Nelson, Guadalupe Ramírez-López

“…Hyperglycemia (OR = 9.8, 95% CI 1.6–59.4) and number of MetS components (OR = 4.5, 95% CI 1.5–13.3) were independently associated with elevated UAC. Among female participants, abdominal obesity was associated with elevated UAC (OR = 4.5, 95% CI 1.2–16.9). …”
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Development and Alpha Testing of EzHifz Application: Al-Quran Memorization Tool by Nor Musliza Mustafa, Zulkifly Mohd Zaki, Khairul Anuar Mohamad, Mokmin Basri, Sedek Ariffin

“…The techniques support the use of multiple senses that could facilitate the process of memorizing the Quran independently. This study contributes to the novel design and evaluation of the Quran memorization application based on the Quran memorization model. …”
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STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS ON DIVORCES IN ROMANIA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BY RESIDENCE, REGIONS, AND SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS by Marius I. STUPARIU, Marcu Simion STAȘAC, Ribana LINC

“…Another important aspect of the research is the evolution of the woman's role in marriage, influenced by increased economic independence and changes in the social perception of marriage. …”
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Adherence to clinical practice guidelines on community acquired pneumonia and its relation to mortality rates. by María Caridad Fragoso Marchante, Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito, Gustavo Álvarez Amador, Iris González Morales, José Luis Bernal Muñoz, Miguel Mosquera Fernández

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: The results are presented in tables of numbers and percent. Variables independently associated with mortality were: age (over 65 years old people), radiological lesions in more than one lobe or bilateral, atypical pneumonia debut, negative assessments as to the adherence to guidelines and inadequate treatments. …”
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Proximal Femoral Nail versus Dynamic Hip Screw Fixation for Trochanteric Fractures: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Xiao Huang, Frankie Leung, Zhou Xiang, Pei-Yong Tan, Jing Yang, Dai-Qing Wei, Xi Yu

“…Articles and conference data were extracted by two authors independently. Data was analyzed using RevMan 5.1 version. …”
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Secretion of S100A8, S100A9, and S100A12 by Neutrophils Involves Reactive Oxygen Species and Potassium Efflux by Mélanie R. Tardif, Julie Andrea Chapeton-Montes, Alma Posvandzic, Nathalie Pagé, Caroline Gilbert, Philippe A. Tessier

“…Altogether, these findings suggest that S100A12 and S100A8/A9 are secreted independently either via distinct mechanisms of secretion or following the activation of different signal transduction pathways.…”
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Ultra-processed food consumption and the risk of incident chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies by Bingjie Xiao, Jinxian Huang, Linyi Chen, Yujie Lin, Jianghong Luo, Huifen Chen, Lizhe Fu, Fang Tang, Wenwei Ouyang, Yifan Wu

“…Any longitudinal studies evaluating the relationship between UPF consumption and the risk of incident CKD were included. Two researchers independently conducted the literature screening and data extraction. …”
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A New Species of the Durophagous Mosasaurid <i>Carinodens</i> from the Late Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and Implications for Maastrichtian Mosasaurid Diversity by Nicholas R. Longrich, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, Nour-Eddine Jalil, Nathalie Bardet

“…Durophagy likely evolved several times independently in the mosasaurine genera <i>Globidens</i>, <i>Prognathodon</i>, and <i>Carinodens</i>. …”
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Analysis of the Effect and Role of Indoor Environmental Quality in the COVID-19 Transmission by Katharina Oginawati, Rinaldy Jose Nathanael, Udjianna Sekteria Pasaribu, Utriweni Mukhaiyar, Afif Humam, Nisa Fadlilah Fathul Ilmi, Septian Hadi Susetyo

“…The location of the study is Coblong District, Bandung City. The χ2 test of independence was used to show the significance between environmental parameters required for the healthy house and disease transmission. …”
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Large-scale data mining of four billion human antibody variable regions reveals convergence between therapeutic and natural antibodies that constrains search space for biologics dr... by Pawel Dudzic, Dawid Chomicz, Jarosław Kończak, Tadeusz Satława, Bartosz Janusz, Sonia Wrobel, Tomasz Gawłowski, Igor Jaszczyszyn, Weronika Bielska, Samuel Demharter, Roberto Spreafico, Lukas Schulte, Kyle Martin, Stephen R. Comeau, Konrad Krawczyk

“…It was also shown that therapeutic antibodies, which typically follow seemingly unnatural development processes, can arise independently naturally. To check for biases in how the sequence space is explored, we data mined public repositories to identify 220 bioprojects with a combined seven billion reads. …”
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Digital connection, real bonding: Brief online chats boost interpersonal closeness regardless of the conversational topic by Chiara Fini, Vanessa Era, Giovanna Cuomo, Ilenia Falcinelli, Mattia A. Gervasi, Matteo Candidi, Claudia Mazzuca, Marco Tullio Liuzza, Bodo Winter, Anna M. Borghi

“…In the first experiment, participants engaged in written conversations on either an abstract or concrete topic under two conditions: (i) an interactive condition, where participants exchanged messages with another person, and (ii) a non-interactive condition, where participants wrote independently on the same topic, aware that another person was simultaneously doing the same. …”
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Relationships between Obesity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Cardiovascular Function by Kade Davison, Stefan Bircher, Alison Hill, Alison M. Coates, Peter R. C. Howe, Jonathan D. Buckley

“…Obesity and low cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) have been shown to independently increase the risk of CVD mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between CRF, body fatness and markers of arterial function. …”
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The effect of neuropathic pain on quality of life, depression levels, and sleep quality in patients with combat-related extremity injuries by Merve Örücü Atar, Gizem Kılınç Kamacı, Fatma Özcan, Yasin Demir, Koray Aydemir

“…Logistic regression analysis showed that VAS scores of 5 and above for average pain during the previous 4 weeks contributed independently to the prediction of NP. Conclusions Patients with combat-related extremity injuries with NP had more pain and poorer sleep quality than those without NP. …”
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Process, dynamics and bioeffects of acoustic droplet vaporization induced by dual-frequency focused ultrasound by Yubo Zhao, Yi Feng, Liang Wu

“…Our research also revealed that the mechanical and thermal effects could be regulated independently to some extent by adjusting dual-frequency ultrasound parameters, as they presented differing sensitivities to frequency and acoustic power. …”
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The impact of nutritional status on centenarians’ physical, mental, and functional health by Ivan David Lozada-Martinez, Laura Vindas-Meza, Sandra Castelblanco-Toro, Juan Carlos Salazar-Uribe, Juan-Manuel Anaya

“…MNA was positively correlated with functional independence (r2 = 0.734, P < 0.05), cognitive assessment (r2 = 0.650, P < 0.05), and functional performance (r2 = 0.619, P < 0.05). …”
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