Hepatitis E virus infection among blood donors in Hangzhou by DU Ziyun, DENG Wenjun, WU Danxiao, LIU Jinhui, DONG Jie

“…[Methods] A total of 5 075 blood samples of blood donors from Zhejiang Provincial Blood Center from September to November 2023 were collected, including 5 037 samples with normal ALT and 38 samples with elevated ALT (>50 U/L). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect anti-HEV IgM, anti-HEV IgG and HEV-Ag. …”
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Improving follow-up survey completion rates through pilot interventions in the All of Us Research Program: Results from a non-randomized intervention study. by Robert M Cronin, Xiaoke Feng, Ashley Able, Scott Sutherland, Ben Givens, Rebecca Johnston, Charlene Depry, Katrina W Le Blanc, Orlane Caro, Brandy Mapes, Josh Denny, Mick P Couper, Qingxia Chen, Irene Prabhu Das

“…The three arms were: (1) telephone appointment [staff members calling participants offering appointments to complete surveys over phone] (2) postal [mail reminder to complete surveys through U.S. Postal Service], and (3) combination of telephone appointment and postal. …”
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Unhealthy alcohol use and risk of coronary heart disease among young and middle-aged adults by Jamal S. Rana, Felicia W. Chi, Isaac Acquah, Stacy A. Sterling

“…Weekly alcohol intake, categorized into below (≤14/week men; ≤7/week women) and above limits (≥15/week men; ≥ 8/week women) per U.S. guidelines, and heavy episodic drinking (HED, ≥5/≥4 drinks any day in past 3 months for men/women, respectively). …”
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Urban Stock-Demography Approach to Uncover Electric Vehicle Battery and Embedded Lithium Stock across 366 Cities in China by Chenyang Wang, Peng Wang, Linchang Zheng, Wei Chen, Yuqi Hu, Rui Jing, Yi Ding, Xiaojie Liu, Wei-Qiang Chen

“…Population size, economic activity, and policy incentives emerge as key drivers, with a U-shaped relationship between per-capita lithium stock and newly introduced stock reflecting market saturation in some areas and policy-driven growth in others. …”
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Air pollution, temperature and mumps: A time-series study of independent and interaction effects by Haoyue Cao, Rongrong Xu, Xiqian Lu, Wenguo Jiang, Lihua Wang, Miao Yu, Wenjun Wang, Juxiang Yuan

“…The cumulative effects of temperature were significantly associated with mumps, showing a ''U''-shape pattern. Compared to the minimum effect value of 4 ℃, relative risk (RRs) of mumps for high and low temperature (at the 90th and 10th percentiles) were 1.961 (1.106–3.477) and 1.058 (0.976–1.158), respectively. …”
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The Risk Factors of Self-Management Behavior among Chinese Stroke Patients by Huang Shuqi, Li Siqin, Wu Xiaoyan, Yang Rong, Zhao Lihong

“…The chi-square test, Fisher exact test, independent sample t-test, and Mann–Whitney U test were used for comparison among groups. The logistic regression analysis was used to explore the independent risk factors of the different levels of self-management behavior in stroke patients. …”
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Masticatory Ability for a Single Implant Mandibular Overdenture Retained by Two Different Attachments: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Marwa Abdel AaL, Amr Naguib, Ahmed Salah, Karim Foda, Nora Sheta, Nouran Abdel Nabi

“…Comparison between the study groups was done using Mann–Whitney U test for independent samples. Two-sided P values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. …”
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High-intensive physical rehabilitation approach in children and adolescents with acquired brain injury during subacute phase (REHABILITY): a feasibility study protocol by Jan Willem Gorter, Christiaan Gmelig Meyling, Olaf Verschuren, Ingrid Rentinck, Irene van der Steen, Raoul Engelbert

“…We use descriptive and inferential statistics and thematic content analysis for analysis of the data.Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the Medical Ethics Research Committee of the University Medical Hospital, Utrecht (reference number: 23U-0628). We aim to disseminate our findings in peer-reviewed journals and present at national and international conferences.…”
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The Recent Technologies to Curb the Second-Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic by M. Poongodi, Mohit Malviya, Mounir Hamdi, Hafiz Tayyab Rauf, Seifedine Kadry, Orawit Thinnukool

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Conspiracy theories and COVID-19: Coping mechanism or cognitive dissonance? A longitudinal study by Livio TARCHI, Francesco CHIRICO, Eleonora ROSSI, Emanuele CASSIOLI, Kavita BATRA, Pietro CRESCENZO, Amelia RIZZO, Giovanni CASTELLINI, Valdo RICCA

“…Group differences at baseline were assessed by Mann-Whitney U test and Hedges’ g for effect size. Differences in frequency for bivariate analysis was conducted by Fisher’s exact test and Odds Ratios (OR) were also reported. …”
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The Evaluation of In-Hospital Transportation of Emergency Room Critically Ill Patients by Turan Tahirli, Sercan Yalçınlı, Yusuf Ali Altuncı

“…For statistical analysis of the data, independent sample t-test was used for normally distributed variables, Mann-Whitney U test when the normality assumption was not met, chi-square, ANOVA tests for the comparison of categorical variables. …”
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Electrochemical performance and efficiency of novel copper hexacyanoferrate/graphitic carbon nitride composites for the removal of 137Cs by Sudarat Issarapanacheewin, Natthaya Siangdee, Poomsith Thangsan, Witsanu Katekaew, Nikom Prasertchiewchan, Wilasinee Kingkam, Kanlayawat Wangkawong

“…The novel composite materials demonstrated a significant removal efficiency that calculated to be 46.5 % for pure CuHCF, 50.6 % for CuHCF/g-C3N4-M, 59.8 % for CuHCF/g-C3N4-U, and 52.5 % for CuHCF/g-C3N4-T, utilizing an electrochemical method over 250 cycles. …”
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Assessing the Relationship of Psychological Sport Readiness, Single-leg Vertical Jump, and Non-Sagittal Single-Leg Hops to Quadriceps Strength After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reco... by Paul Kuwik, Erin Florkiewicz, Timothy Benedict, John Mason, Jamie Morris, Michael Crowell

“…Between-group comparisons were made with independent t-tests and Mann-Whitney U test. Within the ACLR group, bivariate correlation and multivariate regression analysis were performed to assess the relationship between the outcome measures and quadriceps strength asymmetry…”
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Care for post-COVID-19 condition in Germany from the perspectives of patients, informal caregivers and general practitioners: Study protocol for a mixed methods study. by Melanie Brinkmann, Maike Stolz, Annika Herr, Christoph Herrmann-Lingen, Imke Koch, Christiane Müller, Frank Müller, Uta Sekanina, Jona Theodor Stahmeyer, Martina de Zwaan, Christian Krauth, Nils Schneider

“…Patients' perspective will be evaluated through an online survey of: (1) 21,000 adult individuals with a PCC diagnosis (ICD10 U09.9!) in their statutory health insurance claims data in 2022 ("AOK survey") and (2) a self-selected sample of adult individuals with a proven SARS-CoV-2 infection in 2023 and persistent symptoms ("public survey"). …”
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Agroforestry lexicon in Manggarai language: an effort to revitalize culture and empower indigenous peoples by Salimulloh T. Sanubarianto, Mardiyono, Akmal, Yurika F. Wardhani, Mochammad T. Atmodjo, Deden G. Nugraha, Kaprawi Rahman, Maria Rosalinda Talan, Magfirotul Hamdiah, Agik Nur Efendi, Abdul Rahman Arsyad, Sukardi, Rahmi Winangsih, Hilmannur Badruzaman

“…Employing ethnographic methods, data were collected through observation, interviews, and elicitation with the Ruteng Pu’u community. Participatory observation of their farming life, in‑depth interviews, and targeted elicitation yielded 253 agroforestry‑related lexicons absent from the Indonesian language. …”
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Prognostic Utility of Prechemoradiotherapy Albumin-to-Alkaline Phosphatase Ratio in Unresectable Locally Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma Patients by Veysel Haksoyler, Erkan Topkan

“…Albeit the N1-2 (P=0.004) and CA 19‐9>90 U/mL (P=0.008) were also found to be associated with inferior outcomes, yet the results of the multivariate analyses ascertained the L-AAPR as an independent indicator of diminished PFS (P=0.003) and OS (P=0.002) results. …”
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Sprache In Geschriebener Und Gesprochener Form by Elif Erdoğan

“…Unter diesen Variationen sind u.a. die geschriebene und gesprochene Sprache zu nennen. …”
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Genetically-encoded targeted protein degradation technology to remove endogenous condensation-prone proteins and improve crop performance by Ming Luo, Sitao Zhu, Hua Dang, Qing Wen, Ruixia Niu, Jiawei Long, Zhao Wang, Yongjia Tong, Yuese Ning, Meng Yuan, Guoyong Xu

“…Additionally, conditional degradation of the negative defense regulator Early Flowering 3 via a pathogen-responsive ProTBF1-uORFsTBF1 cassette enhances rice blast resistance without affecting flowering time in the absence of pathogen. …”
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Relação entre características, expectativas e percepções dos usuários sobre a qualidade do serviço bibliotecário por meio da escala LibQual adaptada by Cláudia Osvaldina dos Passos Cavalcanti, Sandro Vieira Soares, Thiago Coelho Soares, Rafael Tezza, Graziela Oste Graziano Cremonezi

“…Hipóteses de diferença entre grupos foram testadas utilizando os testes U de Mann-Whitney e Kruskal-Wallis. Diferenças nas expectativas e percepção de qualidade entre usuários de diferentes gêneros são estatisticamente significativas (p < 0,05). …”
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Mofette Vegetation as an Indicator for Geogenic CO2 Emission: A Case Study on the Banks of the Laacher See Volcano, Vulkaneifel, Germany by Hardy Pfanz, Frank Saßmannshausen, Christiane Wittmann, Benny Pfanz, Annika Thomalla

“…A geogenic CO2 emitting site (mofette U1) at the banks of the Laacher See, Eifel Mountains, was chosen to study the relationship between heavy postvolcanic soil degassing and vegetation during spring season. …”
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