Associations between Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Polymorphisms and Different Types of Diabetic Retinopathy Susceptibility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Liming Hu, Chunmei Gong, Xiaoping Chen, Honghao Zhou, Junxia Yan, Wenxu Hong

“…Publication bias was assessed by using the Egger regression asymmetry test and visualization of funnel plots. A systematic review was conducted for polymorphisms with a high degree of heterogeneity (I2>75%) or studied in only one study. …”
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Impact of hospital formulary intervention on carbapenem use: a segmented time-series analysis of consumption and a propensity score-matched non-inferiority study of treatment effic... by Nakaba Okamura, Ayano Katagiri, Tomoya Komori, Kei Kawanabe, Hirofumi Koike, Yukiko Sahashi, Rie Kubota

“…To assess treatment efficacy, we used non-inferiority analysis with propensity score matching based on age, sex, body mass index, cancer status, and baseline blood test results. The treatment outcomes were evaluated using predefined clinical indicators. …”
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Prognosis and cardiotoxicity associated to adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: real world study in a public health system by Ana Elisa Ribeiro da Silva Cabello, César Cabello, Susana Oliveira Botelho Ramalho, Otávio Rizzi Coelho, Otávio Rizzi Coelho-Filho, Helymar da Costa Machado, Délio Marques Conde, Luiz Carlos Zeferino

“…The Kaplan-Meier method, the log-rank test, and the Cox proportional hazards model were used. …”
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Halloysite nanotubes as delivery mechanism for feather protein-based multi-surfactant systems in crude oil dispersion application by Yaw Kwakye Adofo, Emmanuel Nyankson, Benjamin Agyei-Tuffour, Selassie Gbogbo, Christian Amoako, Joseph Arko Morgan, Gloria Pokuaa Manu, Grace Karikari Arkorful

“…In this study, the US EPA's baffled flask test was deployed to probe the prospects of the CFP-based surfactants-HNTs dispersants in crude oil dispersion at different surfactant concentrations. 100 wt%CFP-HNTs, 60 wt %CFP- 40 wt %L-HNTs, 20 wt %CFP- 80 wt %T-HNTs, 50 wt %CFP- 25 wt%T-25 wt%L-HNTs and 25 wt%CFP- 25 wt%T-50 wt%D-HNTs recorded dispersion effectiveness of 33.9, 74.8, 65.4, 78.6 and 88.2 vol% respectively at 24 wt% surfactant concentration. …”
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Moderate-Intensity Exercise and Musical Co-Treatment Decreased the Circulating Level of Betatrophin by Hendra Susanto, Ahmad Taufiq, Sugiharto, Desiana Merawati, Khumaira Marsyidah Badu, Jerry Dwi Trijoyo Purnomo, Adeodatus Yuda Handaya

“…The statistical analysis was performed by applying the Kolmogorov–Smirnov normality test, one-way ANOVA, and parametric linear correlation and regression. …”
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Terminal drought effect on sugar partitioning and metabolism is modulated by leaf stay-green and panicle size in the stem of sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) by Thierry Klanvi Tovignan, Hubert Adoukonou-Sagbadja, Cyril Diatta, Anne Clément-Vidal, Armelle Soutiras, Ndiaga Cisse, Delphine Luquet

“…Analysis of variance was performed to test post-anthesis water treatment, accession, organ, year effects and their interactions on the studied traits. …”
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High-speed centrifugation reduces immune rejection by removing bone marrow elements from fresh osteochondral allografts by Yongsheng Ma, Wenming Yang, Qitai Lin, Meiming Li, Zehao Li, Yugang Xing, Lei Wei, Wangping Duan, Xiaochun Wei

“…The effect of HSC on OCAs preservation was determined in vitro using microbiological testing, live/dead cell staining, and histological staining. …”
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The use of animation tools in the media space of the “Library Night” for the development of master’s students’ teamwork skills by Ekaterina A. Mamaeva, Dmitry N. Gribkov, Vladimir V. Matveev, Tatyana V. Masharova

“…For statistical processing, Pearson's chi-square test and Fisher's method (angular transformation) were used. …”
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Pearl Millet Cover Crop Extract Inhibits the Development of the Weed <i>Ipomoea grandifolia</i> by Inducing Oxidative Stress in Primary Roots and Affecting Photosynthesis Efficienc... by Gislaine Cristiane Mantovanelli, Adriano Antônio Silva, Letycia Lopes Ricardo, Fernanda Lima Kagami, Jéssica Dario de Almeida, Mauro Cezar Barbosa, Márcio Shigueaki Mito, Isabela de Carvalho Contesoto, Paulo Vinicius Moreira da Costa Menezes, Gabriel Felipe Stulp, Beatriz Pereira Moreno, Francielli Alana Pereira Valeze, Rubem Silvério de Oliveira Junior, Debora Cristina Baldoqui, Emy Luiza Ishii Iwamoto

“…This issue was investigated by testing the effects of extracts from the aerial parts of pearl millet on the germination and growth of the weeds <i>Bidens pilosa</i> L., <i>Euphorbia heterophylla</i> L., and <i>Ipomoea grandifolia</i> (Dammer) O’Donell under laboratory conditions. …”
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Design Simulation and Preparation of White OLED Microdisplay Based on Microcavity Structure Optimization by Liangfei Duan, Guanghua Wang, Yu Duan, Denglin Lei, Fuli Qian, Qiming Yang

“…The optimized OLED microdisplay was prepared by the vacuum coating system, and the photoelectric performances of the OLED device were characterized by a spectral testing system consisting of the Photo Research PR655 spectrometer and Keithley 2400 program-controlled power supply. …”
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a web-based routine assessment with integrated recommendations for action for depression and anxiety (RehaCAT+): protocol for a cluster rand... by Reinhold Kilian, Harald Baumeister, Yannik Terhorst, Johannes Knauer, Paula Philippi, Selina Kallinger, Sandro Eiler, Tamara Waldmann, Morten Moshagen, Martina Bader

“…Introduction The integration of a web-based computer-adaptive patient-reported outcome test (CAT) platform with persuasive design optimised features including recommendations for action into routine healthcare could provide a promising way to translate reliable diagnostic results into action. …”
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Multilevel determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity and mortality in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA: protocol for a concurrent triang... by Bankole Olatosi, Jiajia Zhang, Xiaoming Li, Chen Liang, Jihong Liu, Peiyin Hung, Shan Qiao, Berry A Campbell, Myriam E Torres, Neset Hikmet

“…We will leverage an existing South Carolina COVID-19 Cohort by creating a pregnancy cohort that links COVID-19 testing data, electronic health records (EHRs), vital records data, healthcare utilisation data and billing data for all births in South Carolina (SC) between 2018 and 2021 (&gt;200 000 births). …”
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Using Facebook Ads to promote blood pressure checks among African Americans in the United States: A descriptive study by Katherine J POLAK, Jessica LC SAPP, Jennifer L SEDILLO

“…To compare the ads between the general and interest groups, t-tests were used to analyze the reach, impressions, results, and cost per result. …”
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Decoding the anomalies: a genome-based analysis of Bacillus cereus group strains closely related to Bacillus anthracis by Thuto Gomolemo Magome, Marius Surleac, Marius Surleac, Ayesha Hassim, Cornelius Carlos Bezuidenhout, Henriette van Heerden, Kgaugelo Edward Lekota

“…Taxonomic challenges persist due to inconsistent classification methods, particularly for B. cereus isolates that resemble B. anthracis in genetic clustering.MethodsThis study investigated B. cereus group isolates from blood smears of animal carcasses in Kruger National Park, uncovering an unusual isolate with B. cereus features based on classical microbiological tests yet B. anthracis-like genomic similarities with an Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI) of ≥95%. …”
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Descriptive retrospective cross-sectional study of rehabilitation care for poststroke users in Québec during the COVID-19 pandemic by Palak Vakil, Perrine Ferré, Johanne Higgins, Louis-David Beaulieu, Marie-Helene Milot, Marie-Hélène Boudrias

“…Non-parametric statistical tests were used to compare variables among the three groups.Results COV+ users were older than COV− and pre-COV ones (p&lt;0.01) and were more disabled on admission to a rehabilitation centre (p&lt;0.01). …”
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Risk Factors Influencing Cognitive Function in Elderly Patients With Late‐Life Depression: A Scoping Review by Ping Jiang, Yunfeng Gao, Lin Wang, Xiaojun Shao, Lei Zhang, Gang Zhu, Li Duan

“…There have been existing cognitive function assessment tools specifically for those 18‐ to 65‐year‐old patients of major depressive disorder, but there is still a lack of reliability and validity tests in LLD.…”
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MASFNet: Multi-level attention and spatial sampling fusion network for pine wilt disease trees detection by Dong Ren, Meng Li, Ziyu Hong, Li Liu, Jingfeng Huang, Hang Sun, Shun Ren, Pan Sao, Wenbin Wang, Jingcheng Zhang

“…We utilized UAVs to acquire images and randomly selected images with a resolution greater than 0.6 meters for annotation, creating a dataset of 2360 images for model training and test. Experiments were conducted using seven different models (Faster R-CNN, Cascade R-CNN, CenterNet, FCOS, YOLOX, YOLOv7, and MASFNet), with mean average precision (mAP50) ranging from 0.717 to 0.885. …”
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Reasonable Support Parameters for Loess Tunnel Under Different Water Contents: A Case Study by Hao Chen, Yanbin Luo, Jianxun Chen, Hui Chen, Yanfeng Li, Pengkun Wang, Lele Guo

“…This paper takes the Fengshouling Tunnel as a case study, studying the reasonable primary support parameters under different water contents using the surrounding rock strength test, on-site monitoring, and numerical simulation software analysis. …”
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Elevational ranges of pioneer marsh species are site specific and likely shaped by different abiotic and biotic factors by Charlotte S. Steinigeweg, Ole J. Siebeneicher, Boris Schröder, Michael Kleyer, Kertu Lõhmus, Swantje Löbel

“…In the foremost (pioneer) zone, vegetation must cope with nonoptimal environmental conditions due to strong impacts of hydrodynamic forces and sedimentation and is threatened by climate change–induced sea level rise or increased storminess. To test the hypothesis that species have different elevational ranges, which are shaped by local abiotic conditions and biotic interactions, salt marsh species occurrences and covers were recorded along 65 seaward–landward transects at two study sites on the back‐barrier island Spiekeroog in the German Wadden Sea, differing in topography, site age, and history. …”
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Cultivatable Bacteriota of Chronic Wound of Patients with Diabetic Foot Syndrome with Critical Limb Ischemia Based on Wound Biopsy in Peri-Revascularization Period by Syedah Sarah Hussaini, Fran Dominic Grubesa, Mateusz Gajda, Martyna Schönborn, Katarzyna Bogucka, Mikołaj Maga, Paweł Maga, Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach

“…The blood supply to the limb was assessed with laboratory tests and two time-point qualitative cultures using a wound biopsy. …”
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