Use of Machine Learning to Predict the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Among Relatively Healthy Adults: A 10-Year Longitudinal Study in Taiwan by Ying-Qiang Liu, Tzu-Wei Chang, Lung-Chun Lee, Chia-Yu Chen, Pi-Shan Hsu, Yu-Tse Tsan, Chao-Tung Yang, Wei-Min Chu

“…We collected data from the available electronic health records with a total of 33 items being employed for model construction. Individuals with diabetes and those with missing data were excluded. …”
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Assessment of healthcare providers’ knowledge, attitude, and practice toward medical research in southwest Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study by Hadi Al Sulayyim, Ali Alrashah, Ali Al Mansour, Fahad Al Sleem, Yahya Alfaifi, Mansour Alyami, Ali Alkhudeer, Hassan Al Hutaylah, Yousef Allajam, Abdullah Alkhurais, Noura Alfaifi, Mansour Majrshi, Abdullah Alsulayyim

“…Methods In this cross-sectional study, a validated questionnaire was employed to gather data of HCPs who work at healthcare institutions affiliated with MOH. …”
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Changes in hematoma volume following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and its impact on patient prognosis by Zhenshan Huang, Feng Qian, Kui Ma, Guowei Jiang, Lianfu Zhang, Yongming Zhang, Yongming Zhang

“…Statistical methods were employed to compare preoperative and postoperative hematoma volumes with commonly used clinical scores. …”
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Clinical analysis of risk factors for diarrhea associated with enteral nutrition in post-craniocerebral surgery patients by Lei Zhang, Lulu Zhang, Xiaojie Zhu, Leiming Xu, Lin Zhu, Hai Zhou, Shengkai Yang

“…Based on the variables obtained from the LASSO regression, multivariate logistic regression was employed to analyze their association with the occurrence of diarrhea. …”
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The Eagle Eyes: an Intervention Utilizing Visual Thinking Strategies to Enhance the Observation Skills of Medical Students by Najmeh Ghorbani, Maryam Alizadeh, Azadeh Sayarifard, Abdoljavad Khajavi, Philip Yenawine

“…Descriptive statistics, analysis of one-way ANOVA/ANCOVA, and independent t-tests were employed for data analysis. Results In the short-term evaluation, the intervention group demonstrated significantly higher performance in the total number of observations (p = 0.001, Adjusted Partial Eta2 = 0.12), number of words used to describe art images (p = 0.001, Adjusted Partial Eta2 = 0.21), and time spent analyzing images (p < 0.001, Adjusted Partial Eta2 = 0.17) compared to the control group. …”
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METODOLOGINIAI INFORMACIJOS VISUOMENĖS STUDIJŲ PROFILIAI: VYNAS JAUNAS, VYNMAIŠIAI SENI? by Marius Povilas Povilas Šaulauskas

“…First, according to consistently de dicto analysis, focused on the whole set of methodological attitudes employed in information society theories, these are classified in terms of four mainstream paradigms: conflict (a' la mode de Marx), functional (a' la mode de Durkheim), understanding (a' la mode de Weber), and eclectic (a' la mode de Tilly). …”
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Quality of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Videos Available on TikTok and Bilibili: Content Analysis by Zheyu Niu, Yijie Hao, Faji Yang, Qirong Jiang, Yupeng Jiang, Shizhe Zhang, Xie Song, Hong Chang, Xu Zhou, Huaqiang Zhu, Hengjun Gao, Jun Lu

“…Following that, the Global Quality Scale (GQS) and modified DISCERN (mDISCERN) scale were employed to appraise the educational value and quality of each video. …”
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Understanding the educational inequalities in suicide attempts and their mediators: a Mendelian randomisation study by Jing Wang, Ye Yang, Rui Gao, Lilu Ding, Jiahao Zhu, Dan Zhou, Yingjun Li, Houpu Liu

“…We systematically evaluated 42 putative mediators within the causal pathway connecting reduced educational attainment to suicide attempts and employed two-step and multivariable MR to quantify the proportion of the mediated effect.Results In the combined analysis of iPSYCH and FinnGen, each standard deviation (SD) decrease in genetically predicted educational attainment (equating to 3.4 years of education) was associated with a 105% higher risk of suicide attempts (odds ratio (OR): 2.05; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.81 to 2.31). …”
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Impact of a Virtual Care Navigation Service on Member-Reported Outcomes Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Populations: Case Study by Seul Ki Choi, Jaclyn Marshall, Patrina Sexton Topper, Andrew Pregnall, José Bauermeister

“…Continuous evaluation of navigation services can serve as a supplementary tool for employers seeking to promote health equity and improve belonging among employees. …”
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Ultra-Wideband 4-Bit Distributed Phase Shifters Using Lattice Network at <italic>K/Ka</italic>- and <italic>E/W</italic>-Band by Sungwon Kwon, Minjae Jung, Byung-Wook Min

“…To achieve wider bandwidth, the proposed phase shifter employed an all-pass lattice network instead of the traditional low-pass ladder network. …”
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Granger Test and ARDL Model for the Socio-Economic Challenges Investigation: Public Expenditure Components, Economic Growth, and Inflation by Fatma Zohra Hamadouche, Bekhta Hamadouche, Malak Mohammad Ghandour, Aicha Hamadouche, Brahim Boutrig

“…This study investigates the relationship between inflation recurrent expenditure, capital expenditure, and economic growth in Algeria in 1980–2022, employing Granger causality and an ARDL model. The results obtained confirm the hypothesis on the existence of a cointegration relationship between public expenditure components, economic growth, and inflation; the long-term results show that recurrent expenditure has a positive and significant relationship with inflation — a 1% increase in current expenditures leads to a 2.14% increase in inflation. …”
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Test-Retest Reliability and Validity of TecnoBody D-Wall to Assess the Range of Motion During Overhead Squat in Healthy Individuals by Caglar Soylu, Gorkem Acar, Berkay Uzumcu, Pervin Demir, Sinan Seyhan, Turker Biyikli

“…Measurements were conducted for hip and knee joint angles in the sagittal plane, with three repetitions per participant analyzed using both systems. The D-Wall system employed a 3D Kinect V2 camera and force platform, while Kinovea used 2D video-based motion analysis. …”
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Utilities Associated with the Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD): A Time Trade-off (TTO) Study in the UK and Canada by Kirsch S, Butler G, Jensen LDF, Okkels A, Yssing C, Håkan-Bloch J

“…This study estimates utilities associated with GHD treatment for both people with the disease and caregivers by employing time trade-off (TTO) methodology.Methods: Three online surveys were conducted amongst the general population in the UK and Canada. …”
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Curdione combined with borneol treats bacterial mixed HPV infection by regulating the crosstalk among immune cells by Jingwei Liu, Jingwei Liu, Tong Shu, Yiheng Mu, Wanlin Zheng, Xiaohuan Lu, Xiaohuan Lu, Hong Tao, Hong Tao

“…Bioinformatics and network pharmacology approaches were employed to identify therapeutic targets of Baofukang suppository for BV/HPV co-infections. qRT-PCR, Western blot, immunofluorescence staining, and flow cytometry were utilized to validate the therapeutic targets of curdione and borneol, along with the associated immune molecular changes. …”
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Annealing temperature modify of crystalline structure, magnetic properties and antibacterial performance in nickel substituted cobalt ferrite nanoparticles utilizing natural-fine-s... by Laksmita Farah Bestari, Lathifah Iqlimatussholihah, Nurdiyantoro Putra Prasetya, Kusumandari, Utari, Riyatun, Budi Purnama

“…This study details the nickel-substituted cobalt ferrite nanoparticle employing natural fine sediment (NiCFO-fs) annealing temperature dependency of crystalline and magnetic characteristics. …”
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The Assessment of Different Dietary Selenium Resources on Reproductive Performance, Spawning Indicators, and Larval Production of Red Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus × O. niloticu... by Mohammed A. E. Naiel, El-Sayed H. Eissa, Yasmin M. Abd El-Aziz, Saadea Saadony, Heba E. Abd Elnabi, Salah El-Sayed Sakr

“…Four experimental broodstock diets were prepared employing two types of selenium. The first diet was free of additives and acted as the control diet. …”
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Burden and determinants of scabies in Ethiopian school age children: A systematic review and meta-analysis with public health implications. by Lidetu Demoze, Fetlework Gubena, Eyob Akalewold, Helen Brhan, Kassaw Chekole Adane, Tigist Kifle, Natnael Gizachew, Zemichael Gizaw, Amensisa Hailu Tesfaye, Gelila Yitageasu

“…Quantitative methods were employed to analyze the data, and heterogeneity across studies was assessed. …”
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Changes in sarcopenia and incident cardiovascular disease in prospective cohorts by Qingyue Zeng, Lijun Zhao, Qian Zhong, Zhenmei An, Shuangqing Li

“…Cox proportional hazards models were employed to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), adjusting for potential confounding factors. …”
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Treadmill training improves lung function and inhibits alveolar cell apoptosis in spinal cord injured rats by Xianbin Wang, Yingxue Fu, Xianglian Yang, Yan Chen, Ni Zeng, Shouxing Hu, Shuai Ouyang, Xiao Pan, Shuang Wu

“…Various techniques including arterial blood gas analysis, lung wet/dry weight ratio, HE staining, immunofluorescence staining, immunohistochemical staining, qRT-PCR, and Western blotting were employed to assess alterations in lung function and the expression levels of crucial apoptosis-related factors. …”
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An endoscopic ultrasound-based interpretable deep learning model and nomogram for distinguishing pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors from pancreatic cancer by Nan Yi, Shuangyang Mo, Yan Zhang, Qi Jiang, Yingwei Wang, Cheng Huang, Shanyu Qin, Haixing Jiang

“…The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator algorithm was employed to reduce the dimensionality of deep learning (DL) features extracted from pre-standardized EUS images. …”
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