Role of Toll-like receptor 2 during infection of Leptospira spp: A systematic review. by Chamila Kappagoda, Indika Senavirathna, Thilini Agampodi, Suneth Buddhika Agampodi

“…Cochrane guidelines and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses were followed by this systematic review. The National Institute of Health Quality Assessment tool, Systematic Review Centre for Laboratory Animal Experimentation risk of bias tool, and Office of Health Assessment and Translation extended tool were used to assess the risk of bias of the studies. …”
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The Impact of Chronic Low-Back Pain on Quality of Life among Samples of Iraqi Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Nadia Ayad Mohammed Jawad, Mohammad Hadi Alosami, Zainab Fadhil Mahdi

“…Particularly in industrialized nations, low-back pain (LBP) and its accompanying limitations are becoming a rising public health concern. …”
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Incidence and risk factors of postoperative delirium in elderly surgical patients 2023 by Efrem Fenta, Diriba Teshome, Simegnew Kibret, Metages Hunie, Abebe Tiruneh, Amsalu Belete, Amsalu Molla, Belayneh Dessie, Kumlachew Geta

“…However, there is a lack of research regarding the prevalence, risk factors, and implications of postoperative delirium in developing nations like Ethiopia, which affects both patients and healthcare institutions. …”
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Fusarium Head Blight in Argentina, a Profile of Produced Mycotoxins and a Biocontrol Strategy in Barley During Micro-Malting Process by María Silvina Alaniz-Zanon, Marianela Bossa, Lorenzo Antonio Rosales Cavaglieri, Juan Manuel Palazzini, Michael Sulyok, Sofía Noemí Chulze, María Laura Chiotta

“…Barley (<i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.) is the second winter crop in Argentina. In the national market, grains are mainly destined to produce malt for beer manufacture. …”
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Credit Rating Model of Small Enterprises Based on Optimal Discriminant Ability and Its Empirical Study by Zhanjiang Li, Lin Guo

“…As an important part of the national economy, small enterprises are now facing the problem of financing difficulties, so a scientific and reasonable credit rating method for small enterprises is very important. …”
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Skin Metabolic Signatures of Psoriasis and Psoriasis Concurrent with Metabolic Syndrome by Yan L, Wang W, Dong M, Wang R, Li C

“…Liang Yan,1,2 Wenqiu Wang,1 Meihan Dong,1 Rui Wang,1 Chengxin Li1,3 1Department of Dermatology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Dermatology, General Hospital of Central Theater Command of PLA, Wuhan, 430070, People’s Republic of China; 3State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Diseases, Beijing, 100853, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Chengxin Li; Rui Wang, Department of Dermatology, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-01066939315 ; +86-01066939314, Email chengxinderm@163.com; wr0699@163.comPurpose: Psoriasis is a complex inflammatory skin disorder that is closely associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS). …”
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Early dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) administration within 6 h post-coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG): an audit, pilot study, and follow-up analysis by Yen Chuan Chen, Khairul Anuar Abdul Aziz, Mohamed Ezani Md Taib, Alwi Mohamed Yunus, Intan Fariza Gaaffar

“…This study was conducted in three phases at the National Heart Institute of Malaysia. Phase 1 involved a clinical audit of 80 isolated CABG patients to evaluate current DAPT practices. …”
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Validation of insurance claims data on aetiology, surgical type and prosthesis for isolated valve surgery: a retrospective observational surgery by Shao-Wei Chen, Victor Chien-Chia Wu, Pao-Hsien Chu, An-Hsun Chou, Chun-Yu Chen, Feng-Cheng Chang, Yi‐Hsin Chan, Chia-Pin Lin, Yu-Ting Cheng, Bo-Cheng Hou, Jo-Ting Huang

“…This study validated the coding of valvular heart repair and replacement surgeries in Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) Research Database using International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-CM) codes.Methods This retrospective observational study used data from the Chang Gung Research Database between 2015 and 2018, identifying 1171 patients using Taiwanese NHI reimbursement codes. …”
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Nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate for vascular calcification: animal experiments, systematic review and meta-analysis by Wei Xu, Guoyuan Lu, Lifeng Gong, Weigang Tang, Wei Jiang

“…In our systematic review and meta-analysis, databases, including PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and the Wanfang database, were searched from their inception to December 20, 2023. …”
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The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypokalemia in Pregnancy-Related Hospitalizations: A Nationwide Population Study by Chien-Wen Yang, Si Li, Yishan Dong

“…We retrieved data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) and the National Inpatient Sample of Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) for pregnant patients with hypokalemia from 2012 to 2014. …”
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Global burden of burns among children and adolescents: a trend analysis from the global burden of disease study 2019 by Hao Zhu, Hao Zhu, Ke Wang, Xiong Liu, Jianfeng Ji, Peng Yang, Feng Xu

“…Sex, age, region, and SDI were used as stratification variables in the study to evaluate the prevalence of burns injuries among kids and teenagers across 204 nations and territories between 1990 and 2019. YLD rates per 100,000 people and incidence rates together with their respective average annual percentage changes (AAPC) were computed to evaluate burden trends. …”
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The role of footwear in improving running economy: a systematic review with meta-analysis of controlled trials by Liya Xu, Yifan Wang, Xu Wen

“…A comprehensive search of Web of Science, PubMed, SPORTDiscous, SCOPUS, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases from inception to April 2024 was performed. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of MRI-based radiomic features for EGFR mutation status in non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases: a meta-analysis by Yuqin Long, Rong Zhao, Xianfeng Du

“…ObjectiveThis meta-analysis aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based radiomic features for predicting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with brain metastases.MethodsWe systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Scopus, Wanfang, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) for studies published up to April 30, 2024. …”
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The efficacy and safety of first-line monotherapies in primary therapy of invasive aspergillosis: a systematic review by Yan Chen, Yan Chen, Jiaojiao Zhao, Jiaojiao Zhao, Yifei Wang, Yifei Wang, Long Ge, Long Ge, Joey Sum-wing Kwong, Junjie Lan, Rui Zhang, Huaye Zhao, Linfang Hu, Jiaxue Wang, Shuimei Sun, Songsong Tan, Xiaoqing Lin, Rui He, Wenyi Zheng, Xiaosi Li, Jiaxing Zhang

“…This study aims to evaluate the relative efficacy and safety of the first-line monotherapies in primary therapy of IA through network meta-analysis (NMA).MethodsWe systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP database, Wanfang database, and China Biology Medicine for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) up to July 2023 that evaluated the efficacy and safety of monotherapies. …”
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Association between serum carotenoids levels and severe headache or migraine in adults: a cross-sectional study from NHANES by Tian Hu, Yufei Chen, Siyu Chen, Rui Xue

“…This study was conducted to explore the relationship between serum carotenoid levels and the prevalence of severe headaches or migraines within the US population.MethodsWe utilized data from the 2001–2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which comprised a total of 8,910 participants. …”
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Incremental benefits from the increasing in the production of koi fish Cyprinus carpio var. koi culture by Iis Diatin, Dini F Nuristy, Ahmad Teduh, Muhammad Mujahid

“…Production of koi has only reached 82.04% of total national production target thus making it potential for development. …”
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Enhancing work environments and reducing turnover intention: a multicenter longitudinal cohort study on differentiated nursing practices in Dutch hospitals by Julia van Kraaij, Neeltje de Vries, Hanna Wessel, Hester Vermeulen, Catharina van Oostveen, RN2Blend Consortium

“…Abstract Background Addressing the growing challenge of nurse retention requires coordinated actions at national and global levels to improve recruitment, retention policies, and investments in the nursing work environment. …”
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The Egyptian Revolution: First Impressions from the Field by Mohammed A. Bamyeh

“…All those common formative experiences of past generations were also grand national moments: whether catastrophic defeats or triumphs against colonial powers or allies.…”
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CitySEIRCast: an agent-based city digital twin for pandemic analysis and simulation by Shakir Bilal, Wajdi Zaatour, Yilian Alonso Otano, Arindam Saha, Ken Newcomb, Soo Kim, Jun Kim, Raveena Ginjala, Derek Groen, Edwin Michael

“…Here, we describe how we have coupled advances in the construction of digital or virtual models of real-world cities with an agile, modular, agent-based model of viral transmission and data from navigation and social media interactions, to overcome these challenges in order to provide a new simulation tool, CitySEIRCast, that can model viral spread at the sub-national level. Our data pipelines and workflows are designed purposefully to be flexible and scalable so that we can implement the system on hybrid cloud/cluster systems and be agile enough to address different population settings and indeed, diseases. …”
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Credit Borrower Sector of Economy and Credit Risk For Banks by Joanna Stępińska

“…The third part presents data from the National Bank of Poland NBP on the repayment of credits in various industries. …”
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