The readability, understandability and actionability of government-provided obstetrics and gynecology patient information sheets by Yvette D. Miller, Olivia Mac, Robert Le Roy, Rachel Thompson

“…We assessed readability using the Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) index, Flesch Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL) and Flesch Reading Ease (FRE), and understandability and actionability using the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT). …”
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Global, regional, and national epidemiology of allergic diseases in children from 1990 to 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Jun Zheng, Yi-jing Jin, Cheng-hai Wang, Chu Feng, Xin-yuan Lai, Shu-qing Hua, Jia-hui Tai

“…From 1990–2021, we calculated asthma and AD’s age-standardized incidence, prevalence, and DALYs by area, age, sex, and socio-demographic index. Results In 2021, global childhood asthma prevalence reached 95.7 million cases (age-standardized rate: 4,758 per 100,000), with the Low SDI region recording 25.4 million cases. …”
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Impaired Growth during Childhood in Patients with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia by Tamara Svobodová, Jana Djakow, Daniela Zemková, Adam Cipra, Petr Pohunek, Jan Lebl

“…We analyzed longitudinal data on body length/height and body mass index (BMI) for 29 children and young adults with PCD aging 1.5–24 years (median, 14.5) who had been diagnosed at the age of 0.5–17 years (median, 8). …”
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Can Tactile Neglect Occur at an Intra-Limb Level? Vibrotactile Reaction Times in Patients with Right Hemisphere Damage by J. B. Mattingley, J. L. Bradshaw

“…The purpose of the present study was to test whether such patients might also exhibit relative left-sided impairments in the tactile modality, where stimuli and responses involve the index and middle fingers of the non-hemiplegic ipsilesional hand. …”
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Environmental exposures related to gut microbiota among children with asthma: a pioneer study in Taiwan by Aji Kusumaning Asri, Tsunglin Liu, Hui-Ju Tsai, Jiu-Yao Wang, Chih-Da Wu

“…Air pollution was estimated using an ensemble learning model that combined regression and machine-learning algorithms, while greenspace was quantified using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and green land-cover data. The lag effects of exposures were assessed within defined buffer zones surrounding each child's residence. …”
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Long short-term memory autoencoder based network of financial indices by Kamrul Hasan Tuhin, Ashadun Nobi, Mahmudul Hasan Rakib, Jae Woo Lee

“…By training a modified LSTMAE with normalized stock index returns, we extract the inherent correlations embedded in the model weights. …”
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Weighted and Well-Balanced Nonlinear TV-Based Time-Dependent Model for Image Denoising by Khursheed Alam, Alka Chauhan, Santosh Kumar

“…The numerical results are expressed as a statistic known as the peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and structural similarity index metric (SSIM). Numerical experiments demonstrate that the proposed model yields good performance compared with the previous time-dependent model.…”
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Risk factors for ischemic osteonecrosis of the femoral head after internal fixation with multiple cannulated screws for Pauwels type III femoral neck fracture by Yang Shuo

“…Results. Age, body mass index (BMI), time from injury to surgery, partial weight bearing (PWB) time after surgery, and preoperative diabetes mellitus (DM) were significantly different between the ischemic ONFH occurrence and ischemic ONFH non-occurrence groups (p < 0.05), while other clinical data showed no significant differences (p > 0.05). …”
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Train-Bridge Dynamic Behaviour of Long-Span Asymmetrical-Stiffness Cable-Stayed Bridge by Yuexing Wu, Jianting Zhou, Jinquan Zhang, Qiang Wen, Xuan Li

“…Primarily, considering the comprehensive index of frequency difference and modal assurance criterion (MAC), a nonlinear model updating technique (NMUT) based on penalty function theory is proposed, which can be used to optimize the bridge numerical model. …”
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Age, growth, mortality and population structure of Polititapes aureus (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia by Derbali Abdelkarim

“…Longevity (Tmax) and the growth performance index (φ’) were 7.95 yr-1 and 2.84, respectively. …”
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Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging of NAD(P)H in Patients’ Lymphocytes: Evaluation of Efficacy of Immunotherapy by Diana V. Yuzhakova, Daria A. Sachkova, Anna V. Izosimova, Konstantin S. Yashin, Gaukhar M. Yusubalieva, Vladimir P. Baklaushev, Artem M. Mozherov, Vladislav I. Shcheslavskiy, Marina V. Shirmanova

“…The FLIM data correlated well with the standard assays of immunotherapy drug response in vitro, including morphological changes, the T-cells activation marker CD69, and the tumor cell proliferation index Ki67. Conclusions: The proposed platform that includes tumor explants co-cultured with lymphocytes and the NAD(P)H FLIM assay represents a promising solution for the patient-specific immunotherapeutic drug screening.…”
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Distribution and clinicopathological characteristics of G-CSF expression in tumor cells and stromal cells in upper tract urothelial carcinoma by Go Kobayashi, Yohei Sekino, Hikaru Nakahara, Kohei Kobatake, Keisuke Goto, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Kazuhiro Sentani, Nobuyuki Hinata

“…We further showed that G-CSF expression was associated with a high Ki-67 labeling index and with PD-L1, HER2, and p53 expression in UTUC. …”
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Solid‐Solution Limits and Thorough Characterization of Bulk β‐(AlxGa1‐x)2O Single Crystals Grown by the Czochralski Method by Zbigniew Galazka, Andreas Fiedler, Andreas Popp, Palvan Seyidov, Saud Bin Anooz, Roberts Blukis, Jana Rehm, Kornelius Tetzner, Mike Pietsch, Andrea Dittmar, Steffen Ganschow, Arub Akhtar, Thilo Remmele, Martin Albrecht, Tobias Schulz, Ta‐Shun Chou, Albert Kwasniewski, Manuela Suendermann, Thomas Schroeder, Matthias Bickermann

“…The static dielectric constant and refractive index both decrease with [Al]. Raman spectra shows a continuous shift and broadening of the peaks, with the low energy optical phonons Ag(3) having a large contribution to a decrease in the electron mobility. …”
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Revealing joint evolutions and causal interactions in complex ecohydrological systems by a network-based framework by L. Wang, H. Gu, L. Liu, X. Liang, S. Chen, Y.-P. Xu

“…<p>There is evidence that climate change and human activities are changing ecohydrological systems, yet the complex relationships among ecological (normalized difference vegetation index, gross primary productivity, and water use efficiency) and hydrological variables (runoff, soil water storage, groundwater storage, etc.) remain understudied. …”
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Quantitative analysis and risk assessment of heavy metal pollution in an intensive industrial and agricultural region by Tao Wen, Yibo Cheng, Yali Yuan, Ruilian Sun

“…A positive matrix factorization-multilayer perceptron model (PMF-MLP) was established to identify the sources of heavy metals and quantify the complex relationships between pollution sources, crop types, and pollution status. Index and human health-risk methods were used to assess the heavy metal pollution. …”
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Skeletal and Dentoalveolar Cephalometric Features of Anterior Open Bite among Yemeni Adults by Ammar Abdulkareem Daer, Amal Hussein Abuaffan

“…The radiographs were manually traced; twelve angular, five linear measurements, and facial index were assessed, analyzed statistically, and compared to 194 Yemeni norms (89 males and 105 females) as well as cephalometric features of open bite subjects in previous studies. …”
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Impact of religious fasting on ocular dryness: objective and subjective assessment by Amal F. Alomari, Sara Issa, Asma Musleh, Mohammad Abusamak, Mohammad Abusamak, Omar Bdair, Omar Bdair, Saif Aldeen AlRyalat, Saif Aldeen AlRyalat, Alanoud Al-Wakfi, Mohammed Jaber, Ahmad Alloubani, Haitham Sahawneh, Haitham Sahawneh, Muhannd El-Faouri, Ayman Abdul Aziz, Muawyah Al Bdour

“…Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) was evaluated at each timepoint to assess dryness symptoms subjectively.ResultsThis study included a total of 40 patients. …”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Peripheral Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study by Gian Luca Erre, Matteo Piga, Anna Laura Fedele, Silvia Mura, Alessandra Piras, Maria Luisa Cadoni, Ignazio Cangemi, Martina Dessi, Gabriele Di Sante, Barbara Tolusso, Elisa Gremese, Alberto Cauli, Arduino Aleksander Mangoni, Pier Sergio Saba, Ciriaco Carru, Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Alessandro Mathieu, Giuseppe Passiu

“…Log-transformed reactive hyperemia index (Ln-RHI) was evaluated by peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT) using the EndoPAT2000 device: values of Ln-RHI < 0.51 were considered indicative of peripheral ED. …”
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High-Serum Angiopoietin-Like Protein 3 Levels Associated with Cardiovascular Outcome in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Ming-Chun Chen, Bang-Gee Hsu, Chung-Jen Lee, Ji-Hung Wang

“…Multivariable Cox regression analysis demonstrated that ANGPTL3 levels were independently associated with MACEs in patients with CAD (hazard ratio: 1.003; 95% confidence interval: 1.000–1.005; P=0.026) after adjusted for age, gender, and body mass index, classical risk factors, and potential confounders. …”
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Design and Optimization for Straw Treatment Device Using Discrete Element Method (DEM) by Shaochuan Li, Peisong Diao, Xianghao Li, Yongli Zhao, Hongda Zhao

“…Response surface methodology was applied to develop regression models linking the experimental factors with the evaluation indexes using Design-Expert 12 software. Statistical significance was assessed through ANOVA (<i>p</i> < 0.05), and factor interactions were analyzed via response surface analysis. …”
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