Prevalence and pattern of rheumatic valvular heart disease in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis, 2015-2023, population based studies. by Seid Mohammed Abdu, Altaseb Beyene Kassaw, Amare Abera Tareke, Gosa Mankelkl, Mekonnen Belete, Mohammed Derso Bihonegn, Ahmed Juhar Temam, Gashaw Abebe, Ebrahim Msaye Assefa

“…The Cochrane Q test and I2 test statistic were used to test heterogeneity across studies. The pooled estimate of the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease was computed by a random effects model.…”
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The association between the dietary inflammatory index during pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes: a prospective cohort study and a meta-analysis by Nastaran Payandeh, Hossein Shahinfar, Ahmad Jayedi, Majid Mirmohammadkhani, Alireza Emadi, Sakineh Shab-Bidar

“…We systematically searched the literature to conduct a meta-analysis of observational studies (PROSPERO: CRD42022331703). To estimate the summary relative risk for the highest versus lowest category of DII, a random-effects meta-analysis was performed. …”
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Ultra-processed food intake, genetic polymorphisms, and the risk of dyslipidemia in the adult Korean population by Minsu Cho, Heejin Lee, Jung Eun Lee

“…Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using multivariate logistic regression models. …”
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Prevalence of Systemic Arterial Hypertension Diagnosed, Undiagnosed, and Uncontrolled in Elderly Population: SABE Study by Isabela Martins Oliveira, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte, Dirce Maria Trevisan Zanetta

“…This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of hypertension in the elderly and to analyze factors associated with diagnosed, undiagnosed, and uncontrolled hypertension. …”
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Metabolic Profile in a Cohort of Young Sicilian Patients with Klinefelter’s Syndrome: The Role of Irisin by Stefano Radellini, Valentina Guarnotta, Vincenzo Sciabica, Giuseppe Pizzolanti, Carla Giordano

“…In both groups of subjects, anthropometric indices, lipid profile, glucose metabolic parameters, HbA1c, the homeostasis model assessment estimate of HOMA-insulin resistance (IR), and the insulin sensitivity index (ISI) were evaluated. …”
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: comparative assessment of diagnostic and treatment approaches in the Russian Federation and People’s Republic of China by M. Ch. Semenistaya, Fan Jian-Gao, O. B. Velichenko, Ye. A. Kuznetsova, Ch. S. Pavlov

“…Results of clinical efficacy estimation of the new drug Bicyclol in the Russian market, that it was developed in the People’s Republic of China demonstrate reduction of severity of inflammation, steatosis, fibrosis and decrease of NAFLD activity scores.…”
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How much missing data is too much to impute for longitudinal health indicators? A preliminary guideline for the choice of the extent of missing proportion to impute with multiple i... by K. P. Junaid, Tanvi Kiran, Madhu Gupta, Kamal Kishore, Sujata Siwatch

“…The robustness of MICE was assessed through three approaches: comparison of means using the Repeated Measures- Analysis of variance, estimation of evaluation metrics (Root mean square error, mean absolute deviation, Bias, and proportionate variance), and visual inspection of box plots of imputed and non-imputed data. …”
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Effect of glyphosate on renal function: A study integrating epidemiological and experimental evidence by Lin Hu, Mingcong Chen, Xiaoran Xue, Mingyi Zhao, Qingnan He

“…A cross-sectional analysis of 2013–2014 NHANES data investigated the relationship between glyphosate exposure and renal function [albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)]. A subsequent zebrafish experiment was conducted to verify this association. …”
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Motivasi belajar sejarah kebudayaan islam (MBSKI) scale: mengukur sifat psikometri dengan rasch measurement tool (RMT) by Yasnel Yasnel, Sariah Sariah, Susiba Susiba, Syafi'ah Syafi'ah, M. Fahli Zatrahadi, Darmawati Darmawati, Istiqomah Istiqomah

“…Dalam penelitian ini Model Rasch digunakan untuk mengukur sifat psikometri, peneliti menggunakan program komputer WINSTEP4.7.0 untuk melakukan model pengukuran rasch, analisis yang dilakukan adalah mengukur objective measurement, reliability and separation index, threshold: partial credit model, estimation validity through principal component analysis, person measure, dan item measure. …”
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Employment before and after initiation of dialysis or kidney transplantation– a Danish nationwide registry-based cohort study by Rasmus Kirkeskov Carlsen, Lilli Kirkeskov, Margit S. Riis, Rikke K. Jacobsen, Frederikke Hørdam Gronemann, Merete Osler, Janne Petersen, Niels Henrik Buus

“…Abstract Background Patients treated with chronic dialysis or kidney transplantation have difficulties in maintaining employment. We aimed to estimate employment rates among dialysis and kidney transplant patients from 3 years before to 3 years after initiating dialysis or undergoing transplantation. …”
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Financial Inclusion and Refugees’ Self-Reliance: An Assessment for Women’s Economic Empowerment at Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Southwestern Uganda. by Mugisha, Abbas, Kaaya, Siraje

“…Earlier statistics indicate that in 2019, an estimated 11.0 million people were newly displaced, while 2.4 million sought protection outside their country, while 8.6 million were displaced within the borders of their countries UNHCR (2020). …”
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Determinants of Enrolment and Renewing of Community-Based Health Insurance in Households With Under-5 Children in Rural South-Western Uganda by Emmanuel, Nshakira-Rukundo, Essa, Mussa Chanie, Nathan, Nshakira, Nicolas, Gerber, Joachim, von Braun

“…Methods: We collected household data from 464 households in 14 villages served by a large CBHI scheme in south-western Uganda. We then estimated logistic and zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) regressions to understand the determinants of enrolment and renewing membership in CBHI, respectively. …”
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Public-Private Partnership and Early Childhood Education in Kasese District, Uganda. by Kategaya, Raymond Mwesigye, Adyanga, Akena Francis, Ocan, Johnson

“…The sample selected had 312 respondents from an estimated total number of 1.417 ECD stakeholders in Kasese District. …”
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Impact of Effective Out Sourcing on Procurement Contract Performance: A Case Study of Kisoro District Local Government. by Ndayisenga, Jack

“…The study findings revealed the impact of flexibility on the reliability of procurement contract performance in local government and these included resilience from supply challenges comes from attacking supply chain constraints from all angles and having operational, enterprises should do more to prevent fraud by actively evaluating and estimating the obstacles that may be encountered in the process of execution, sourcing flexibility has many advantages as they help to the buying firm to reduce their backorders, shortcomings in the contract management process occur because the buyer and the supplier are two different entities. …”
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Efficacy and safety of perioperative sintilimab plus platinum-based chemotherapy for potentially resectable stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (periSCOPE): an open-label, single... by Xiangyang Yu, Chujian Huang, Longde Du, Chunguang Wang, Yikun Yang, Xin Yu, Shengcheng Lin, Chenglin Yang, Hongbo Zhao, Songhua Cai, Zhe Wang, Lixu Wang, Xiaotong Guo, Baihua Zhang, Zhentao Yu, Jie He, Kai Ma

“…As of October 31, 2024, the median follow-up was 34.7 months. The estimated EFS and OS rates at 36 months in the intention-to-treat population were 42.8% and 70.1%, respectively, and the estimated DFS and OS rates at 36 months in the PP population were 52.5% and 70.4%, respectively. …”
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A bibliometric analysis on delirium in intensive care unit from 2013–2023 by Xin Ma, Qingya Wu, Yue Ran, Xueqin Cao, Hua Zheng, Hua Zheng

“…BackgroundDelirium is a common manifestation of acute brain dysfunction among patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), afflicting an estimated 30–35% of this vulnerable population. The prevalence of delirium in ICU settings has catalyzed a surge in academic interest, as evidenced by a growing body of literature on the subject. …”
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Evaluation Method of the Gas Hydrate and Free Gas System and Its Application in the Shenhu Area, South China Sea by Pibo Su, Tingwei Li, Shurong Liang, Jinqiang Liang, Xiaoxue Wang, Xiaoming Wan, Feifei Wang, Fang Liu

“…Using prestack and poststack inversion to get the ratio of P-wave impedance and P-wave-to-S-wave velocities, we determine the three-dimensional space distribution of gas hydrate and free gas, predict their effective porosity and saturation, and eventually achieve the meticulous depiction of gas hydrate and free gas in the body, which is necessary in subsequent estimation of gas hydrate and free gas resources. Results show that according to logging interpretation, gas hydrate of the B-well is located in the depth range of 1460–1510 mbsl and free gas is in 1510–1542 mbsl. …”
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Repairbads: An automatic and adaptive method to repair bad channels and segments for OPM-MEG by Fulong Wang, Yujie Ma, Tianyu Gao, Yue Tao, Ruonan Wang, Ruochen Zhao, Fuzhi Cao, Yang Gao, Xiaolin Ning

“…Then, an adaptive algorithm is used to segment the signal into relatively stable noise data chunks, and the source-estimate-utilizing noise-discarding algorithm is applied to each chunk to achieve automatic bad channel repair. …”
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Decoding methane concentration in Alberta oil sands: A machine learning exploration by Liubov Sysoeva, Ilhem Bouderbala, Miles H. Kent, Esha Saha, B.A. Zambrano-Luna, Russell Milne, Hao Wang

“…This paper serves as a guide for building machine learning-driven models to estimate methane concentration in Alberta’s oil sands, or similar regions with methane-producing extractive industries.…”
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Health system financing fragmentation and maternal mortality transition in Mexico, 2000–2022 by Edson Serván-Mori, Carlos Pineda-Antúnez, Diego Cerecero-García, Laura Flamand, Alejandro Mohar-Betancourt, Christopher Millett, Thomas Hone, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, Octavio Gómez-Dantés

“…Methods We conducted an ecological-longitudinal study of the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in the 32 states of Mexico during the period 2000–2022. Annual MMRs were estimated at the national and state levels according to health insurance. …”
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