CECT-Based Radiomic Nomogram of Different Machine Learning Models for Differentiating Malignant and Benign Solid-Containing Renal Masses by Qian L, Fu B, He H, Liu S, Lu R

“…Furthermore, the radiomic nomogram, which incorporated sex, age, alcohol consumption history, and the radiomic signature, exhibited excellent discriminative performance, yielding an AUC of 0.973 in the training cohort and 0.900 in the test cohort.Conclusion: The radiomic nomogram based on CECT offers a promising and noninvasive approach for distinguishing malignant from benign solid renal masses. …”
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Primary Aldosteronism Associated with Multiple Adrenocortical Micronodules in a Patient with Renal Cell Carcinoma by Kazuhito Oba, Yuko Chiba, Yoko Matsuda, Takeshi Kumakawa, Rie Aoyama, Miho Akahoshi, Seiji Hashimoto, Aya Tachibana, Koichi Toyoshima, Remi Kodera, Kenji Toyoshima, Yoshiaki Tamura, Takashi Nagata, Yuto Yamazaki, Hironobu Sasano, Atsushi Araki

“…A 47-year-old woman with a history of diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity was admitted to our hospital for glucose control. …”
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Serum metalloproteinase-7 as a biomarker of progressive pulmonary fibrosis by Márcia Araújo, Marília Beltrão, Oksana Sokhatska, Natália Melo, Patrícia Caetano Mota, Helder Novais Bastos, André Terras, David Coelho, Luís Delgado, António Morais

“…MMP-7 was independently associated with PPF (adjusted OR 1.263, 95% CI 1.029–1.551; p=0.026) after adjustment for sex, age and smoking history. A cut-off value of 3.53 ng·mL−1 for serum MMP-7 levels had a sensitivity of 61% and a specificity of 74% for predicting PPF in non-IPF ILDs. …”
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Development of Stylistics and Rhetoric in Lithuania by Irena Smetonienė, Marius Smetona

“… Every concept has its own history and its own prehistory, without which it is impossible to understand both complex and simple phenomena of life, and this article provides a brief overview of the development of rhetoric and stylistics from antiquity to the present day. …”
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Co-design in healthcare with and for First Nations Peoples of the land now known as Australia: a narrative review by James Gerrard, Shirley Godwin, Kim Whiteley, James Charles, Sean Sadler, Vivienne Chuter

“…Non-Indigenous people working and supporting within co-design need to acknowledge their white or non-Indigenous privileges, need ongoing cultural self-awareness and self-reflection, need to minimise implicit bias and stereotypes, and need to know Australian history and recognise the ongoing impacts thereof. …”
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Identification of an anatomical safe zone for humeral cerclage passage by Matthew T. Gulbrandsen, MD, Lea E. McDaniel, MD, Clayton H. Hui, BS, Jeremy R. Brown, MD, Taha M. Taka, MD, Marc G. Lubitz, MD, Anup A. Shah, MD, Evan S. Lederman, MD, Wesley P. Phipatanakul, MD

“…Methods: Eight fresh-frozen cadaveric specimens with no history of deformity, prior surgery, or trauma to the shoulder or arm were used in this study. …”
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Catlet scoring system as a new predictor for in-stent restenosis in patients with chronic coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting st... by Juan Wang, Mingchao Zhang, Weipeng Gan, Mingxing Xu, JiaYan Zhou, Lingfei Yang, Yongsheng Ke

“…Patients in the ISR group had significantly the history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD), adverse lesion characteristic, higher Catlet score compared with patients in the non-ISR group.The CatLet score was capable of predicting in-stent restenosis after adjustment for risk factors; The Multivariable-adjusted model showed good calibration and good discrimination (area under ROC curve = 0.7164) for ISR. …”
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Antimicrobial and antioxidant study of combined essential oils of Anethum Sowa Kurz. and Trachyspermum ammi (L.) along with quality determination, comparative histo-anatomical feat... by S.A. Wasim Akram, Mary Shamya Arokiarajan, J. John Christopher, Mohammad Jameel, Mohd Saquib, Tirumala Santosh Kumar Saripally, Noman Anwar, Mohd Asif, Kabiruddin Ahmed K

“…Abstract Spices played crucial and variable roles in traditions, culture, history, religious ceremonials and festivals along with fetching food flavor and microbial protection globally due to presence of structurally unique and multi-natured chemotypes. …”
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Socioeconomic inequality in hypertension and its determinants in people over 60 years in Fasa, southern Iran: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition by Reza Tabrizi, Reza Pakzad, Maryam Akbari, Azizallah Dehghan, Mozhan Abdollahi, Sina Bazmi, Sina Kardeh, Yaser Sarikhani

“…Results The research indicated that elderly individuals with a higher risk of developing HTN were notably linked to factors such as socioeconomic status, education level, a history of coronary artery disease, employment status, smoking habits, body mass index (BMI), waist‒hip ratio (WHR), and physical activity (p < 0.05). …”
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A comparative study of clinico-socio-demographic characteristics among two diverse Indian population by Prangya Paramita Sahoo, Mukta Singh, Dibyalochan Prahraj, Dawesh Prakash Yadav, Ayaskanta Singh, Kanishka Uthansigh, Girish Kumar Pati

“…Patients from Odisha had higher per capita monthly income, history of higher non-vegetarian diet consumption, higher hypertriglyceridemia and lesser transaminases compared to cases from Uttar Pradesh.…”
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Short Bowel Patients Treated for Two Years with Glucagon-Like Peptide 2 (GLP-2): Compliance, Safety, and Effects on Quality of Life by P. B. Jeppesen, P. Lund, I. B. Gottschalck, H. B. Nielsen, J. J. Holst, J. Mortensen, S. S. Poulsen, B. Quistorff, P. B. Mortensen

“…Long-term treatment with GLP-2 is feasible in SBS patients, although caution must be exercised in patients with a history of abdominal pain. Although conclusions cannot be made in a noncontrolled trial, the high reported compliance might reflect a high treatment satisfaction, where the clinical benefits of GLP-2 may outweigh the discomforts of injections.…”
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Patients’ Perspectives on the Preference for the Gender of Medical Professionals in Perioperative Care and Attitudes Toward Anaesthesiologists: A Cross-sectional Study by Usha Devi, Minnu Panditrao, Shilpa Bansal

“…A structured questionnaire was prepared and divided into three sections: patients’ demographic profile, surgical history and preference for the gender of surgeons and patients’ awareness and knowledge about anesthesia and the role of anaesthesiologists. …”
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Relapsing Campylobacter jejuni Systemic Infections in a Child with X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia by Paola Ariganello, Giulia Angelino, Alessia Scarselli, Irene Salfa, Martina Della Corte, Arianna De Matteis, Patrizia D'Argenio, Susanna Livadiotti, Emma C. Manno, Cristina Russo, Andrea Finocchi, Caterina Cancrini

“…Here, we report the case of a boy with XLA who presented with relapsing Campylobacter jejuni systemic infections. His clinical history supports the hypothesis of the persistence of C. jejuni in his intestinal tract. …”
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Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: Assessment of the Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Three-Dose Policy on Birth Outcomes in Rural Northern Ghana by Francis Anto, Ibrahim Haruna Agongo, Victor Asoala, Elizabeth Awini, Abraham Rexford Oduro

“…Mothers were interviewed on their background characteristics and obstetric history. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were carried out to determine association between antenatal indicators, uptake of IPTp-SP, and birth outcomes using Stata version 13. …”
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Assessment of Thyroid Auto-antibodies in Euthyroid Infertile Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome - A Cross-sectional Analytical Study by K. H. Anusha, Chitra Thyagaraju, H Nandeesha

“…Sixty six women (66) had features of PCOS based on Rotterdam’s criteria and 66 women were controls without PCOS features. Detailed history and examination were done for all women after taking informed and written consent. …”
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Development and external validation of the SMA2SH2ERS risk prediction model for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in the general population: a population-based prospective cohort... by Kristiina Rannikmäe, Vita M. Klieverik, Jos P. Kanning, Ina L. Rissanen, Amy E. Martinsen, Bendik S. Winsvold, Mirjam I. Geerlings, Ynte M. Ruigrok

“…Predictors for ASAH were sex (S), diabetes mellitus (M), age and alcohol consumption (A2), smoking (S), hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia (H2), educational attainment (E), regular physical activity (R) and family history of stroke (S; SMA2SH2ERS), and multiple interactions between these predictors. …”
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Association between psoas muscle mass index and bone mineral density in patients undergoing hemodialysis by Kiyonori Ito, Susumu Ookawara, Hidenori Sanayama, Hideo Kakuda, Chieko Kanai, Katsuo Iguchi, Mitsutoshi Shindo, Keisuke Tanno, Shun Ishibashi, Masafumi Kakei, Kaoru Tabei, Yoshiyuki Morishita

“…In a correlation analysis, sex, BMI, serum creatinine levels, HbA1c levels, and PMI were positively correlated with FN-BMD, whereas age, history of bone fracture, difficulty in walking and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase level were negatively correlated. …”
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Production of subtilisin proteases in bacteria and yeast by A. S. Rozanov, S. V. Shekhovtsov, N. V. Bogacheva, E. G. Pershina, A. V. Ryapolova, D. S. Bytyak, S. E. Peltek

“…The review covers subtilisin classif ication, the history of their discovery, and subsequent research on the optimization of their properties. …”
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A pre- and post-course survey of an elective Chinese medicine curriculum among junior Western medical students in Taiwan by Sunny Jui-Shan Lin, Shung-Tai Ho, Yi-Chang Su, Chien-Sung Tsai, Shu-Meng Cheng, Cheng-Yi Cheng, Tso-Chou Lin, Chien-Jung Lin

“…Additionally, most medical students reported proactive behaviors related to integrative care with Chinese medicine, including inquiring about Chinese medicine therapy history (76.4%), the concurrent use of Western and Chinese medications (78.7%) and participating in academic exchanges with Chinese medicine physicians (78.7%) after the course. …”
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Où étiez-vous le 11 septembre 2001 ? by Jean-François LEGAULT

“…This practice is distinct from the "testimonies" one finds in works like Afterwords: Stories and Reports from 9/11 and Beyond (Editors of Salon, 2002) or Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11 (DiMarco, 2007). These generally come from people who were in direct contact with the event. …”
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