Heart disease in pregnancy and adverse outcomes: an umbrella review by Jiani Zhang, Jiani Zhang, Yuxin Ren, Yuxin Ren, Bingjie Li, Qi Cao, Qi Cao, Xiaodong Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Haiyan Yu, Haiyan Yu

“…No publication bias was detected using Egger’s test. The overall AMSTAR 2 confidence rating for the included meta-analyses and systematic reviews was moderate. …”
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Wearable Loop Sensors for Knee Flexion Monitoring: Dynamic Measurements on Human Subjects by Ian Anderson, Christopher Cosma, Yingzhe Zhang, Vigyanshu Mishra, Asimina Kiourti

“…The sensor achieves an RMSE of 4.463&#x00B0; &#x00B1; 1.266&#x00B0; for walking, 5.541&#x00B0; &#x00B1; 2.082&#x00B0; for brisk walking, 3.657&#x00B0; &#x00B1; 1.815&#x00B0; for full flexion&#x002F;extension activities, and 0.670&#x00B0; &#x00B1; 0.366&#x00B0; for the phantom bending test. <italic>Conclusion:</italic> The tethered sensor achieves similar to slightly higher RMSE as compared to other wearable flexion sensors on human subjects, while the untethered version achieves excellent RMSE on the phantom model. …”
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The ASK-16 motorized glider: an airborne eddy covariance platform to measure turbulence, energy, and matter fluxes by I. Wiekenkamp, A. K. Lehmann, A. Bütow, J. Hartmann, S. Metzger, S. Metzger, T. Ruhtz, C. Wille, M. Zöllner, T. Sachs, T. Sachs

“…To evaluate the quality of the obtained fluxes, different quality assessments have been performed, including the determination of detection limits, spectral analysis, stationarity tests, the analysis of integral turbulence characteristics, and measurement noise and error evaluation. …”
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Using Community Engagement to Create a Telecoaching Intervention to Improve Self-Management in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cystic Fibrosis: Qualitative Study by Christina L Duncan, Emily F Muther, Jennifer J Lindwall, Kristine Durkin, Elizabeth Ruvalcaba, Eliza Williamson, Corrine Ahrabi-Nejad, Evelyn Bord, Angela Green, Megan L Harrison, Deepika Polineni

“…Extensive specific feedback was used to refine our telecoaching intervention before its efficacy testing in subsequent research. The diverse community partner input was critical in optimizing and tailoring our telecoaching intervention. …”
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Prevalence of peptic ulcer disease and its associated factors in Jeddah Saudi Arabia by Muazzam Sheriff Maqbul, Reem Saleh Alzaki, Reema Sami Meeralam, Norah Abdulmajeed Alqutami, Bayan Mohammed Alturki, Lina Sultan Alhazmi, Reem Mamdouh Alaseeri, Lama Saad Alghamdi, Reem Khalid bin Brik, Shaima Tariq Mansoor Beig, Muath Saeed Alamri, Wjood Abdullah A. Alshehri, Turki Ayed Almutairi, Maha Abdullah Alqurashi, Ahmed Jamal Nasef

“…It was translated into Arabic, culturally adapted, and validated through expert review and pilot testing. A sample size of 561 participants was determined using an online sample calculator, targeting a 95 ​% confidence level. …”
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Sacubitril/valsartan on right ventricular-pulmonary artery coupling and albumin-bilirubin score in heart failure in Chinese patients with reduced ejection fraction by Yanan Shi, Chuanyu Gao, Yu Xu, Fang Yuan

“…One year after treatment, laboratory test results, ALBI score, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), New York Heart Association classification, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire scores and changes in relevant variables were reevaluated. …”
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Parental psychosocial factors and children’s oral health-related quality of life: Data from a caries prevention study with phone-based support by Ida Brännemo, Anna Levinsson, Tove Hasselblad, Göran Dahllöf, Georgios Tsilingaridis

“…Unadjusted analyses were performed using t-tests, with effect sizes calculated as Cohen’s d. …”
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of speleothem growth and glaciation in the British Isles by S. Panitz, S. Panitz, M. Rogerson, J. Longman, N. Scroxton, T. J. Lawson, T. C. Atkinson, V. Ersek, J. Baldini, L. Baldini, S. Umbo, M. A. Lone, G. M. Henderson, S. F. M. Breitenbach

“…Further, we make the first systematic comparison of the spatial distribution of speleothem dates with independent reconstructions of the history of the British–Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) to test how well geomorphologic ice reconstructions are replicated in the cave record. …”
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Assessing the effect of On-site supportive communication training (On-site SCT) on doctor burnout: a randomized controlled trial by K.K. Antonsen, J.D. Lyhne, A.T. Johnsen, S. Eßer-Naumann, L.Ø. Poulsen, L. Lund, S. Timm, L.H. Jensen

“…Differences in pre- and post- assessments were analyzed using a paired t-test. Feasibility was assessed descriptively by comparing intervention days with planned schedule, and doctors’ satisfaction with the intervention was assessed systematically by questionnaire. …”
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Searching for new genes associated with the familial hypercholesterolemia phenotype using whole-genome sequencing and machine learning by D. E. Ivanoshchuk, A. B. Kolker, O. V. Timoshchenko, S. E. Semaev, E. V. Shakhtshneider

“…In 20–40 % of cases, molecular genetic testing fails to detect changes in the above genes. …”
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Soil chemical factors contributing to differences in bacterial communities among tea field soils and their relationships with tea quality by Shuning Zhang, Shuning Zhang, Naoki Yanagisawa, Mio Asahina, Hiroto Yamashita, Hiroto Yamashita, Hiroto Yamashita, Takashi Ikka, Takashi Ikka, Takashi Ikka, Takashi Ikka

“…Besides, the nutrient content of tea new leaves varied significantly among soil types and harvests. Combined with Mantel-test association analysis, soil chemical properties and soil bacterial communities were jointly correlated with the contents of total nitrogen, potassium, calcium, aluminum, magnesium, free amino acids, and caffeine in tea new leaves. …”
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Early prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients with congestive heart failure in intensive care unit: a retrospective observational cohort study by Tao Huang, Rui Yang, Jun Lyu, Didi Han, Fengshuo Xu, Shuai Zheng, Luming Zhang, Haiyan Yin

“…Discrimination, calibration and clinical validity of the model were evaluated by AUC, calibration curve, Hosmer-Lemeshow χ2 test and decision curve analysis, respectively. Finally, data from 15 503 patients with CHF in the multicentre eICU-CRD were used for external validation of the established nomogram.Results The inclusion criteria were met by 15 983 subjects, whose in-hospital mortality rate was 12.4%. …”
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Sex differences in epigenetic ageing for older people living with HIVResearch in context by Carrie D. Johnston, Alina P.S. Pang, Eugenia L. Siegler, Charlene Thomas, Chelsie O. Burchett, Mia Crowley, Rochelle O'Brien, Lishomwa C. Ndhlovu, Marshall J. Glesby, Michael J. Corley

“…We profiled plasma biomarkers with Olink high-throughput proteomics to test associations with epigenetic age acceleration. …”
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Water homeostasis gene expression in the kidney of broilers divergently selected for water conversion ratio by Kentu Lassiter, Loujain Aloui, Elizabeth S. Greene, Marciela Maqaeda, Travis Tabler, Sami Dridi, Robert F. Wideman, Jr., Sara Orlowski, Walter G. Bottje

“…Data were analyzed by Two-way ANOVA and means compared by Tukey's HSD multiple comparison test. Molecular analyses from Exp. 1 showed that the renal expression of arginine vasopressin (AVP), angiotensinogen (AGT), angiotensin II receptor type 1 and 2 (AT1/2), sodium-potassium ATPase subunit B1 (ATP1B1), and aquaporin 3 (AQP3) were upregulated in HWE compared to the LWE line. …”
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Acinetobacter baumannii infection in critically ill patients with COVID-19 from Tehran, Iran: the prevalence, antimicrobial resistance patterns and molecular characteristics of iso... by Mahsa Ghamari, Fereshteh Jabalameli, Shirin Afhami, Shahnaz Halimi, Mohammad Emaneini, Reza Beigverdi

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was conducted based on Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. …”
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Development of Cephradine-Loaded Gelatin/Polyvinyl Alcohol Electrospun Nanofibers for Effective Diabetic Wound Healing: In-Vitro and In-Vivo Assessments by Anam Razzaq, Zaheer Ullah Khan, Aasim Saeed, Kiramat Ali Shah, Naveed Ullah Khan, Bouzid Menaa, Haroon Iqbal, Farid Menaa

“…LNFs were further characterized biologically by in-vitro assessment of their potency against <i>S. aureus</i> clinical strains (<i>N</i> = 16) using the Kirby–Bauer test and 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, by <i>ex-vivo</i> assessment to evaluate their cytotoxicity against primary human epidermal keratinocytes using MTT assay, and by in-vivo assessment to estimate their diabetic chronic wound-healing efficiency using NcZ10 diabetic/obese mice (<i>N</i> = 18). …”
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A Local Adversarial Attack with a Maximum Aggregated Region Sparseness Strategy for 3D Objects by Ling Zhao, Xun Lv, Lili Zhu, Binyan Luo, Hang Cao, Jiahao Cui, Haifeng Li, Jian Peng

“…These technical strategies ensure that the adversarial modifications remain effective across different viewpoints and conditions. We test the attack effectiveness of different region selection strategies. …”
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The The effectiveness of galangal Alpinia galanga extract for the treatment of sangkuriang catfish Clarias gariepinus infected Aeromonas hydrophila by Yuli Andriani, Desy Setyo Wati, Irfan Zidni, Roffi Grandiosa Herman

“…The treatment used was immersing with galangal extract for 24 hours with doses of 0 mg/L (A), 250 mg/L (B), 500 mg/L (C) and 750 mg/L (D). Maintenance of test fish for 14 days. Aeromonas hydrophila bacteria are used to infect fish with a density of 108 CFU/ml by immersing 10 ml in 10 liters of water. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and perception of Pakistani populations toward monkeypox: a cross-section study by Humayun Yousaf, Abdul Qadeer, Muhammad Sohail, Maqbool Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Zakir Khan, Dalia Fouad, Yu-Chia Liu, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen

“…Statistical analyses were performed in Jupyter Notebook using Python 3 and the Pandas, Matplotlib, and stats libraries.ResultsThe chi-square test and regression analysis evaluated factors related to Mpox knowledge, attitude, and perception of three thousand four hundred sixty-five participants. …”
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Predictive factors of fibrotic interstitial lung abnormality on high-resolution computed tomography scans: a prospective observational study by Kazuya Ichikado, Hidenori Ichiyasu, Kazuhiro Iyonaga, Kodai Kawamura, Yuko Yasuda, Keisuke Anan, Hiroko Okabayashi, Kimitaka Akaike, Noritaka Higashi, Takeshi Johkoh, Kiminori Fujimoto, Tetsuo Saito, Jun Morinaga, Minoru Yoshida, Katsuhiko Mitsuzaki, Takuro Sakagami

“…The percentages of abnormal clinical laboratory results were compared between the groups using chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests. Univariate or multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to analyse the relationship between fibrotic interstitial lung abnormalities and other clinical factors. …”
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