Effectiveness of psychoeducational interventions on psychological distress and health-related quality of life among patients with maintenance hemodialysis: a systematic review and... by Liyuan Zhang, Li Zou, Lijuan Zhou

“…Objective To examine the effectiveness of psychoeducational interventions on depression, anxiety, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for people undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD).Methods This review used systematic review and meta-analysis as the research design. Nine databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, CINAHL Complete, Cochrane Library, CNKI, WanFang, VIP, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, were searched from the inception to the 8th of July 2023. …”
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Comparison of the performance of three classification criteria for Behçet's Disease in a single centre cohort from South India by Vishnu S Chandran, Suma Balan

“…Methods: In this retrospective study eligible patients were identified from a database and their already recorded characteristics were analyzed. …”
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Ensuring representative sample volume predictions in microplastic monitoring by Richard K. Cross, Sarah L. Roberts, Monika D. Jürgens, Andrew C. Johnson, Craig W. Davis, Todd Gouin

“…To examine this issue, a previously compiled database containing 1603 marine observations and 208 freshwater observations of microplastic concentrations from across the globe between 1971 and 2020 was analysed. …”
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Enhancing epidemic preparedness: a data-driven system for managing respiratory infections by Moslem Sarani, Katayoun Jahangiri, Manoochehr Karami, Mohammadreza Honarvar

“…The dashboard, developed using Power BI visualizes epidemiological trends, intervention outcomes, and resource utilization. A relational database schema ensures efficient data retrieval, facilitating comprehensive analysis. …”
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Structural and free energy landscape analysis for the discovery of antiviral compounds targeting the cap-binding domain of influenza polymerase PB2 by Amr S. Abouzied, Saad Alqarni, Kareem M. Younes, Sanad M. Alanazi, Dana M. Alrsheed, Rawabi K. Alhathal, Bader Huwaimel, Akram M. Elkashlan

“…Compounds were selected from the Diverse lib database and assessed for their binding affinity and stability in interaction with the PB2 CAP-binding domain. …”
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Vitamin A family suppresses periodontitis by restoring mitochondrial metabolic reprogramming in macrophages through JAK-STAT pathway by Zishuo Cheng, Shun Huang, Qiya Tang, Danlan Zhang, Lan Huang

“…Given vitamin A’s antioxidant properties and its therapeutic effects on inflammation, this study aims to elucidate how vitamin A influences mitochondrial metabolic reprogramming in inflammatory states, specifically in periodontitis, through genetic bioinformatics and experimental methods.MethodThe study utilized the GSE16134 dataset from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, focusing on human periodontitis. Vitamin A-targeted genes (ATGs) were identified and analyzed using CIBERSORT to explore their role in inflammation. …”
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A comprehensive review and meta-analysis of the relationships between interleukin-7 levels and COVID-19 severity by Michal MATUSZEWSKI, Michal PRUC, Lukasz SZARPAK, Alla NAVOLOKINA, Katarzyna KIEZUN, Francesco CHIRICO, Gabriella NUCERA, Yuriy STEPANOVSKYY, Murat YILDIRIM, Anna HILFANOVA, Anastasia BONDARENKO

“…Google Scholar was used in addition to the online database search. A random effects model was used to calculate mean differences and 95% confidence interval (CIs) as well as the I2 statistics for heterogeneity analysis. …”
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Colonic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Population-Based Analysis of Incidence and Survival by Zhiqiang Liu, Yan Sun, Yongfeng Li, Jingyuan Zhao, Shihong Wu, Zibo Meng, Heshui Wu

“…The patients were selected from 2000 to 2015 based on Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Patients’ demographics, tumor characteristics, incidence, treatment, and survival were retrieved for analysis. …”
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Identification of biomarkers associated with coronary artery disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by bioinformatics analysis and machine learning by Chuan Lu, Mei Han, Qiqi Ma, Li Ying, Yue Zhang

“…We downloaded CAD and NAFLD datasets from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database and analyzed the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) by limma. …”
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Crop genes modified using CRISPR/Cas system by A. M. Korotkova, S. V. Gerasimova, V. K. Shumny, E. K. Khlestkina

“…The search for “CRISPR & crop name” within article titles, abstracts and keywords in the Scopus database was carried out for 45 crops. Among a total of 206 search results, only 88 have been recognized as original articles describing editing crop genes with the CRISPR/Cas system. …”
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Additives in foods marketed to children in Uruguay, an emerging Latin American country by Florencia Alcaire, Ana Giménez, Gastón Ares

“…Of the 7,343 products included in the database, 573 (7.8%) were classified as marketed to children. …”
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Taxonomic refinement of Bacillus thuringiensis by Nagham Shiekh Suliman, Reza Talaei-Hassanloui, Hamid Abachi, Sadegh Zarei, Ebrahim Osdaghi

“…By October 2023, whole genome sequences (WGS) of 885 bacterial strains were labeled as B. thuringiensis in the NCBI GenBank database. This study investigates the taxonomic authenticity of those strains using DNA similarity indexes, i.e., average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH). …”
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Influence of Enhanced Recovery Pathway on Surgical Site Infection after Colonic Surgery by Caroline Gronnier, Fabian Grass, Christiane Petignat, Basile Pache, Dieter Hahnloser, Giorgio Zanetti, Nicolas Demartines, Martin Hübner

“…Over 100 items related to demographics, surgical details, compliance, and outcome were retrieved from a prospectively maintained database. SSI were traced by an independent National surveillance program. …”
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The Value of Immune-Related Genes Signature in Osteosarcoma Based on Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis by Xin Wang, Li Gan, Ju Ye, Mengjie Tang, Wei Liu

“…Expression profiling data and clinical data for OS were downloaded from the Therapeutically Applicable Research to Generate Effective Treatments (TARGET) database. ESTIMATE calculates immune scores and stromal scores of samples and performs the prognostic analysis. …”
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A systematic review on the impact of breastfeeding on cancer risk, weight loss, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus in mothers, and the role of fathers, medical person... by Olga Krupa, Daria Rybak, Katarzyna Kamińska-Omasta, Bartosz Omasta, Kuba Borys Romańczuk, Magdalena Agata Czerska, Paulina Dorota Pietrukaniec, Szymon Przemysław Stolarczyk, Zofia Martyna Wójcik, Kinga Furtak

“…Aim of the study Assessing the impact of breastfeeding on the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes In the mother and the role of fathers, medical personnel and training in the breastfeeding process     Materials and Methods A review of the literature collected in the PubMed database was conducted to gather information under the headings: "breastfeeding and cancer," "health benefits for breastfeeding mothers," "breastfeeding and cardiovascular disease risk reduction," "impact of breastfeeding on type II diabetes risk," "role of fathers in breastfeeding," "role of medical personnel in breastfeeding," and "strategies affecting breastfeeding."         …”
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Outcomes of operative and nonoperative management of myotendinous Achilles tendon ruptures: a systematic review by Darius L. Lameire, Luca Ramelli, Mansur Halai, David Wasserstein, Sam Si-Hyeong Park

“…A systematic search of Web of Science, Embase, and Medline databases was performed for all studies published from database inception to April 13, 2024. …”
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Morphologically-analyzed and syntactically-annotated Quran datasetMendeley Data by Majdi Sawalha, Faisal Al-Shargi, Sane Yagi, Abdallah T. AlShdaifat, Bassam Hammo, Mariam Belajeed, Lubna R. Al-Ogaili

“…The dataset is structured in multiple formats (tab-separated text file (tsv), SQLite3 database (.db), comma-separated file (csv), and JavaScript Object Notation (.JSON)) to cater to various research needs. …”
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Early referral to nephrological care improves long-term survival and hospitalization after dialysis initiation, independent of optimal dialysis start – a call for harmonization of... by Mathias Haarhaus, Lavinia O. Bratescu, Nicolae Pana, Emanuela M. Gemene, Eliana M. Silva, Carla Alexandra R. Santos Araujo, Fernando Macario

“…Clinical and laboratory data were retrieved from the quality database of the nephrological care providers. Patients were followed for a median (25–75%) of 36 (16–36) months. …”
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Integration of Multi-Source Landslide Disaster Data Based on Flink Framework and APSO Load Balancing Task Scheduling by Zongmin Wang, Huangtaojun Liang, Haibo Yang, Mengyu Li, Yingchun Cai

“…Utilizing Kafka as a message queue, a real-time data pipeline was constructed, with Flink facilitating data processing and read/write operations for the database. This implementation achieves efficient integration of multi-source landslide data. (3) Compared to Flink’s default task scheduling strategy, the cluster load balancing strategy based on APSO demonstrated a reduction of approximately 4.7% in average task execution time and an improvement of approximately 5.4% in average system throughput during actual tests using landslide data sets. …”
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Identification of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide-Associated Genes and Molecular Subtypes in Autism Spectrum Disorder by He Y, He Y, Cheng B

“…This research aims to explore bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- and immune-related (BLI) molecular subgroups in ASD to enhance understanding of the disorder.Methods: We analyzed 89 control samples and 157 ASD samples from the GEO database, identifying BLI signatures using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression (LASSO) and logistic regression machine learning algorithms. …”
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