Length of stay after colorectal surgery in Italy: the gap between “fit for” and “actual” discharge in a prospective cohort of 4529 cases by Lorenzo Pandolfini, Duccio Conti, Piercarlo Ballo, Silvia Rollo, Alessandro Falsetto, Gian Matteo Paroli, Paolo Ciano, Michele Benedetti, Leonardo Antonio Montemurro, Giacomo Ruffo, Massimo Giuseppe Viola, Felice Borghi, Gianandrea Baldazzi, Massimo Basti, Pierluigi Marini, Mariano Fortunato Armellino, Vincenzo Bottino, Giovanni Ciaccio, Alessandro Carrara, Gianluca Guercioni, Marco Scatizzi, Marco Catarci, the Italian ColoRectal Anastomotic Leakage (iCral) study group

“…The existence of the gap independently determined a 2.3-day lengthening of LOS. …”
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Single-cell RNA sequencing of circulating immune cells supports inhibition of TNFAIP3 and NFKBIA translation as psoriatic arthritis biomarkers by Ameth N. Garrido, Rohan Machhar, Omar F. Cruz-Correa, Darshini Ganatra, Sarah Q. Crome, Sarah Q. Crome, Joan Wither, Joan Wither, Joan Wither, Igor Jurisica, Igor Jurisica, Igor Jurisica, Dafna D. Gladman, Dafna D. Gladman, Dafna D. Gladman

“…Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) identified through scRNA-seq were validated on classical monocytes, and CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets derived from an independent cohort of patients using the NanoString nCounter® platform. …”
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Sensory acceptability of buffalo meat compared to beef by Luis A. de la Cruz-Cruz, Cristian Larrondo-Cornejo, Patricia Roldán-Santiago, René Rodríguez-Florentino

“…Analysis of variance was conducted (PROC GLM; SAS®), considering the sensory characteristics as dependent variables and the types of meat as independent variables. When statistical differences were noticed, a multiple comparison Tukey test was utilized (p<0.05). …”
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A new prognostic model based on serum apolipoprotein AI in patients with HBV-ACLF and acutely decompensated liver cirrhosis by Ruidong Mo, Zhenglan Zhang, Yanmei Zhou, Yue Wang, Pengbo Yin, Chenxi Zhang, Haoshuang Fu, Cong Qian, Xiaogang Xiang, Rongkun Yin, Qing Xie

“…Circulating apoAI concentration was an independent risk factor for 90-day survival according to Cox multivariate analysis. …”
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Proteomics unveil candidate biomarkers and pathogenesis of subacute thyroiditis by Litong Ran, Xiufei Liu, Yongfeng Tian, Jiaran Zhu, Zhengyuan Gong, Qiao Qiao, Xin Jiang, Yuren Wang, Guojun Yang, Hongting Zheng, Yi Zheng, Hua Qu

“…Furthermore, binary logistic regression analyses revealed that NNMT, FTL and TYMP were independent factors of SAT. We also conducted a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis to assess the diagnostic accuracy of NNMT, FTL and TYMP for SAT. …”
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Adrenal aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) histopathology and its association with disease-induced sudden death: a cross-sectional studyResearch in context by Antero Ylänen, Juhani Isojärvi, Antti Virtanen, Helena Leijon, Tiina Vesterinen, Aapo L. Aro, Heini Huhtala, Eeva Kokko, Ilkka Pörsti, Marianna Viukari, Pasi I. Nevalainen, Niina Matikainen

“…Funding: Finnish State Research funds and independent research foundations: Aarne Koskelo Foundation, the Finnish Kidney Foundation, and the Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research.…”
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The effect of nursing care provided to coronary intensive care patients according to their circadian rhythms on sleep quality, pain, anxiety, and delirium: a randomised controlled... by Meryem Pelin, Havva Sert

“…Frequency distribution, dependent and independent sample t-test, Wilcoxon test, repeated measures analysis of variance, Mann Whitney U, and chi-square analysis were used to evaluate the data. …”
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Beyond variance: simple random distributions are not a good proxy for intraspecific variability in systems with environmental structure by Girard-Tercieux, Camille, Vieilledent, Ghislain, Clark, Adam, Clark, James S., Courbaud, Benoit, Fortunel, Claire, Kunstler, Georges, Pélissier, Raphaël, Rüger, Nadja, Maréchaux, Isabelle

“…However, these studies often implicitly assume that IV can be represented by independent random draws around species-specific mean parameters. …”
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Longitudinal Utilization of Invasive Pain Treatment Procedures Among Veterans with Chronic Pain Following Use of Whole Health Services and Complementary and Integrative Health Ther... by Zeliadt SB, DeFaccio R, Carey EP, Etingen B, Rosser EW, Suri P, Chen JA, Bokhour BG, Coggeshall S

“…A total of 53,412 Veterans with chronic pain were identified between April and September 2018, with 584 initiating Whole Health and 3794 initiating a complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapy independent of Whole Health (CIH-only). Whole Health included use of coaching, personal health planning, and other services including CIH referral. …”
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Comparing the Institution-based Supervision and Tele-based Supervision for Task-oriented Exercises on Upper Limb Motor Performance and Functional Ability among Stroke Patients: A R... by Neha, Subhasish Chatterjee

“…A paired t-test or Wilcoxon signed-rank test will be applied to identify differences between the groups for pre-post intervention changes in outcome measures. An Independent t-test or Mann-Whitney U-test will be applied based on normality to compare the changes in mean values of the outcome measures between Group A and Group B at baseline, the 4th week, and the 8th week of intervention. …”
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Genomic data suggest parallel dental vestigialization within the xenarthran radiation by Emerling, Christopher A, Gibb, Gillian C, Tilak, Marie-Ka, Hughes, Jonathan J, Kuch, Melanie, Duggan, Ana T, Poinar, Hendrik N, Nachman, Michael W, Delsuc, Frédéric

“…Here we report evidence of independent and distinct events of dental gene loss in the major xenarthran subclades. …”
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The Factors That Influence The Financial Performance of Islamic Banks by Evi Maulida Yanti, Andi Syahrum, Agussalim M, Denni, Rahmah Yulianti, Boihaki, Ali Abdullah Amer Bin Al-Shaibah

“…Purpose: This research aims to determine the factors that influence the performance of Sharia Commercial Banks which are proxied by return on assets as the dependent variable, capital adequacy ratio, operating expenses to operating income and net operating margin as the independent variable and non-performing financing as the intervening variable. …”
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Weighted EHR-based prevalence estimates for hypertension at the state and local levels in Louisiana by Wenjun Li, Meng Zhang, Jie Cheng, Sandra L. Jackson, Adam S. Vaughan, Michael Klompas, Thomas W. Carton, Elizabeth Nauman, Lee Mendoza, Arun Adhikari, Jeanie Donovan, Katherine H. Hohman

“…Statistical approaches are needed to adjust estimates to represent the underlying population and validate the results against independent estimates. Methods MENDS, the Multi-State-EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance, uses EHR data to calculate chronic disease and risk factor prevalence metrics. …”
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Spectroscopic analysis (UV-VIS-NIR) for predictive modeling of macro and micronutrients in grapevine leaves by J.I. Manzano, M. Rodríguez-Febereiro, M. Fandiño, M. Vilanova, J.J. Cancela

“…The model was trained using 70 % of the samples, while the remaining 30 % constituted the independent validation. Results from the validation set indicated accurate validation for most nutrients, with determination coefficients (r2) of 0.70 for C, 0.72 for N, 0.64 for P, 0.75 for K, 0.84 for Ca, 0.48 for Mg, 0.45 for B, 0.58 for Cu, 0.26 for Fe, 0.82 for Mn, 0.50 for Zn, 0.90 for Na, and 0.69 for Al. …”
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Evaluation of clinical, laboratory, radiographical and histopathological characteristics in patients with spinal tuberculosis in the context of HIV infection: An analysis of 52 pat... by J Scherer, M Locketz, S Castelein, R Dunn, M Held, F Thienemann

“…To assess differences in means between the two groups, an independent samples t-test was used for normally distributed continuous data, and a χ2 test for categorical data. …”
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Spine surgery and readmission: Risk factors in lumbar corpectomy patients by Julius Gerstmeyer, MD, Anna Gorbacheva, August Avantaggio, Clifford Pierre, MD, Emre Yilmaz, MD, Thomas A. Schildhauer, MD, Amir Abdul-Jabbar, MD, Rod J Oskouian, MD, Jens R Chapman, MD

“…The primary outcome was readmission, with multivariable logistic regression analysis used to identify independent risk factors. Results: A total of 3,238 patients were included, with 20.8% readmitted. …”
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Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Screening and Screening Modalities among Patients seen at Federally Qualified Health Centers Funded by the United States Health Resources and Servic... by Megan R.M. Aaronson, Nadereh Pourat, Connie Lu, Jayraan Badiee, Helen Yu-Lefler, Benjamin Picillo, Hank Hoang, Folasade P. May

“…We performed generalized multilevel logistic regression and multinomial regression to measure associations between our independent variables and receipt of any CRC screening and of screening modalities. …”
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Mineralocorticoid axis activity and cardiac remodeling in patients with ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome by Peter Wolf, Simon Travers, Oliver Domenig, Stephanie Baron, Anne Blanchard, Khaoula Bouazizi, Nadjia Kachenoura, Sylvie Salenave, Marko Poglitsch, Alban Redheuil, Severine Trabado, Jacques Young, Philippe Chanson, Peter Kamenický

“…Background: Arterial hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy and remodeling are independent cardiovascular risk factors in patients with Cushing’s syndrome. …”
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Nitidine chloride inhibits the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma by suppressing IGF2BP3 and modulates metabolic pathways in an m6A-dependent manner by Dan-dan Xiong, Zhen-dong Chen, Jian-di Li, Yu-long Deng, Rong-quan He, Zhi-guang Huang, San-qi An, Yi-wu Dang, Gang Chen

“…Our findings suggest that patients with high metabolic scores have poorer prognoses, and the metabolic score serves as an independent prognostic factor. Finally, RNA stability experiments confirmed CKB, RRM2, NME1, PKM, and UXS1 as specific metabolic target genes affected by NC/IGF2BP3, displaying reduced RNA half-life post IGF2BP3 downregulation. …”
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Impact of donor CYP3A5 genotype on pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus in South African paediatric liver transplant patients by C Wheeler, C Masimirembwa, B Mthembu, J Botha, J Scholefield, J Fabian

“…In addition, graft-to-recipient weight ratio and the CYP3A5 donor genotypes were independent factors that significantly (p<0.05) affected mean tacrolimus CDRs in recipients. …”
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