Comorbidity patterns and mortality in atrial fibrillation: a latent class analysis of the EURopean study of Older Subjects with Atrial Fibrillation (EUROSAF) by Huah Shin Ng, Richard Woodman, Nicola Veronese, Alberto Pilotto, Arduino A. Mangoni

“…Demographic characteristics, coexisting medical conditions, use of medications including anticoagulants, and the Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI) were captured on discharge. We used latent class analysis (LCA) to identify comorbidity phenotypes and Cox regression to determine associations between identified phenotypes and 12-month mortality.Results Amongst n = 2,019 AF patients (mean ± SD age 82.9 ± 7.5 years), a 3-class LCA solution was considered optimal for phenotyping. …”
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Development of Sr modified Al–Si–Mg–Fe based alloys for automotive components by H.R. Ammar, E. Samuel, A.M. Samuel, E. Elsharkawi, H.W. Doty, F.H. Samuel

“…The results of this study were supported by extensive tensile testing (about 1000 tensile bars). The quality-index method was found to be useful in classifying the alloys according to their performance.…”
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Temporal Analysis of the Incidence, Mortality and Disability-Adjusted Life Years of Benign Gallbladder and Biliary Diseases in High-Income Nations, 1990–2019 by Dominic W. Proctor, BMBS, MSc, Richard Goodall, BSc, MBChB, MRCS, FHEA, Kim Borsky, MBBS, MMRCS, Justin D. Salciccioli, MBBS, MA, Dominic C. Marshall, MBBS, MRCP, BSc, Kumaran Shanmugarajah, MD, PhD, Joseph Shalhoub, BSc, MBBS, FHEA, PhD, DIC, MEd, FFSTEd, FRCS, FEBVS

“…A mortality-incidence index (MII) was also calculated. Joinpoint regression analysis was performed. …”
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Physical activity behaviour up to 1 year post-rehabilitation among adults with physical disabilities and/or chronic diseases: results of the prospective cohort study ReSpAct by Lucas H V van der Woude, Rienk Dekker, Trynke Hoekstra, Leonie A Krops, Femke Hoekstra, Florentina J Hettinga, Pim Brandenbarg, Bregje L Seves

“…Diagnosis, age, sex and body mass index had a significant effect on baseline total physical activity.Conclusion Physical activity is highly diverse among adults with physical disabilities and/or chronic diseases. …”
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Characteristics of NAFLD Based on Hypopituitarism by Kazuhisa Kodama, Atsuhiro Ichihara, Yasufumi Seki, Yuichi Ikarashi, Takaomi Sagawa, Tomomi Kogiso, Maiko Taniai, Katsutoshi Tokushige

“…We compared the cases of the eight patients who underwent cranial surgery due to craniopharyngioma or prolactinoma and seven nonsurgical cases. The body mass index (surgery group, 30.2 ± 4.1; nonsurgery group, 29.2 ± 14.2) and the rate of diabetes (75% in surgery group, 14.3% in nonsurgery group) tended to be higher in the surgery group, and the hepatic fibrosis grade (surgery group, 3.75 ± 0.38; nonsurgery group, 1.64 ± 1.07) was significantly higher in the surgery group. …”
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Development and Psychometric Assessment of the Parents\' Needs of Hospitalized Children Questionnaire by Nafiseh Zarei, Reza Negarandeh, Jamalodin Begjani, Elham Ghasemi, Mahboube Moradi

“…The content validity ratio (CVR) and the content validity index (CVI) of the whole questionnaire were obtained as 0.97 and 0.98, respectively. …”
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Predictive biomarkers for cardiometabolic risk in postmenopausal women: insights into visfatin, adropin, and adiponectin by Anna Maria Cybulska, Daria Schneider-Matyka, Ireneusz Walaszek, Mariusz Panczyk, Dorota Ćwiek, Anna Lubkowska, Elżbieta Grochans, Kamila Rachubińska, Katarzyna Malewicz, Mariusz Chabowski, Mariusz Chabowski

“…Statistical analyses, including correlation coefficients, were performed to evaluate the relationship between these biomarkers and cardiometabolic risk factors, such as insulin resistance, lipid profiles, and inflammatory markers.ResultsIn our study, visceral adiposity index and lipid accumulation product negatively correlated with adiponectin levels. …”
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Muscular Performance and Blood Pressure After Different Pre-Strength Training Strategies in Recreationally Strength-Trained Women: Cross-Over Trial by Estêvão Rios Monteiro, Linda S. Pescatello, Luis Leitão, Marcelo José Colonna de Miranda, Paulo H. Marchetti, Michelle Ribeiro Novaes, Gleisson da Silva Araújo, Victor Gonçalves Corrêa Neto, Jefferson da Silva Novaes

“…Results: All experimental protocol had a lower total training volume, fatigue index, and repetitions performance in relation to ST (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Airway morphology, hyoid position, and serum inflammatory markers of obstructive sleep apnea in children treated with modified twin-block appliances by Jun Duan, Wanyuan Xia, Xuelei Li, Feng Zhang, Fan Wang, Mengwei Chen, Qian Chen, Bing Wang, Bing Li

“…Results Following MTBA management, the experimental group exhibited decreased apnea–hypopnea index and increased lowest arterial oxygen saturation level (P < 0.05). …”
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Serum glutathione peroxidase-3 concentration at diagnosis as a biomarker for assessing disease activity and damage of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis at d... by Jihye Chung, Jang Woo Ha, Yong-Beom Park, Yong-Beom Park, Sang-Won Lee, Sang-Won Lee

“…The degree of vascular activity and extent of damage were assessed using the Birmingham vasculitis activity score (BVAS) and vasculitis damage index (VDI), respectively. Poor outcomes including all-cause mortality, end-stage kidney disease, and cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases were also investigated.ResultsThe median age of the study subjects was 63.0 years, 26 and 45 patients were males and females, respectively. …”
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6-thioguanine inhibits EV71 replication by reducing BIRC3-mediated autophagy by Qiao You, Jing Wu, Ruining Lyu, Yurong Cai, Na Jiang, Ye Liu, Fang Zhang, Yating He, Deyan Chen, Zhiwei Wu

“…Interestingly, the selectivity index (SI) value of 6-TG against EV71 was > 2150.1, which was higher than the SI value (> 66.7) of ribavirin. …”
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Evaluating novel approaches for estimating awake and sleep blood pressure: design of the Better BP Study – a randomised, crossover trial by Paul Muntner, Ligong Chen, Daichi Shimbo, Joseph E Schwartz, Maria Cepeda, Demetria Hubbard, Suzanne Oparil, Byron C Jaeger, Shakia T Hardy, Julia Medina

“…Psychosocial factors, anthropometrics, left ventricular mass index and albumin-to-creatinine ratio are also being assessed.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Columbia University Medical Center Institutional Review Boards. …”
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Usefulness of the Hybrid RFR-FFR Approach: Results of a Prospective and Multicenter Analysis of Diagnostic Agreement between RFR and FFR—The RECOPA (REsting Full-Cycle Ratio Compar... by Juan Casanova-Sandoval, Diego Fernández-Rodríguez, Imanol Otaegui, Teresa Gil Jiménez, Marcos Rodríguez-Esteban, Kristian Rivera, Francisco Torres-Saura, Víctor Jiménez Díaz, Raymundo Ocaranza-Sánchez, Vicente Peral Disdier, Guillermo Sánchez-Elvira, Fernando Worner

“…The resting full‐cycle ratio (RFR) is a novel resting index which in contrast to the gold standard (fractional flow reserve (FFR)) does not require maximum hyperemia induction. …”
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Intense Pulsed Light Therapy with Optimal Pulse Technology as an Adjunct Therapy for Moderate to Severe Blepharitis-Associated Keratoconjunctivitis by Fang Ruan, Yunxiao Zang, Ruti Sella, Hongshuang Lu, Shang Li, Ke Yang, Tao Jin, Natalie A. Afshari, Zhiqiang Pan, Ying Jie

“…Efficacy outcome measures included meibum quality, Meibomian gland (MG) secretion function, eyelid margin signs, corneal fluorescein staining (CFS) score, noninvasive keratography breakup time (NIKBUT), ocular surface disease index (OSDI) score, Schirmer I test (SIT), classification of tear film lipid layer (TFLL), and Meibomian gland dropout (MGDR). …”
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Assessment of the hypoglycemic effect of Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H. Rob. and its dual impact on uterine contraction in gestational diabetic rats by Sasitorn Kerdsuknirund, Arreeya Kosinan, Panida Khunkaewla, Pakanit Kupittayanant, Pattama Tongdee, Porntip Nimkuntod, Susan Wray, Sajeera Kupittayanant

“…High-dose CCE and MET increased gravid uterine weight and fetal size (P < 0.05) while showing a trend toward reducing placental weight and index (P > 0.05). Histological analysis revealed increased fiber area and decreased interstitial space in uterine sections (P < 0.05). …”
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Assessing the impact of long-term inhaled corticosteroid therapy on patients with COVID-19 and coexisting chronic lung disease: A multicenter retrospective cohort study by Adela Pina Belmonte, Manuel Madrazo, Laura Piles, Manuel Rubio-Rivas, Lucía de Jorge Huerta, María Gómez Antúnez, Juan Francisco López Caleya, Francisco Arnalich Fernández, Martin Gericó-Aseguinolaza, Paula Maria Pesqueira Fontan, Nicolás Rhyman, Marina Prieto Dehesa, Juan Luis Romero Cabrera, Gema María García García, Gonzalo García-Casasola, Ane Labirua-Iturburu Ruiz, Francisco Javier Carrasco-Sánchez, Sara Martínez Hernández, Maria de los Reyes Pascual Pérez, José López Castro, José Luis Serrano Carrillo de Albornoz, José F. Varona, Ricardo Gómez-Huelgas, Juan-Miguel Antón-Santos, Carlos Lumbreras-Bermejo

“… # Conclusions Patients with chronic inhaled corticosteroids had longer hospital stays and more chronic comorbidities, measured by the Charlson comorbidity index, but they did not have more severe disease at admission, evaluated with qSOFA and PSI scores. …”
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Regionalización de sequías a partir del SPI en la Demarcación Hidrográfica del Segura y Mancomunidad de los Canales del Taibilla (sureste de España) by Víctor Ruiz Álvarez, María Manuela Portela, Luis Ángel Espinosa, Ramón García Marín, Francisco Belmonte Serrato, Marcos Ruiz Álvarez

“…El objetivo principal de este estudio es la regionalización de los patrones temporales de sequía a partir del Standarized Precipitation Index (SPI), con escala de 12 meses (SPI12), para evaluar las sequías hidrológicas. …”
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Effect of preoperative immunonutrition on complications after salvage surgery in head and neck cancer by Simon Andreas Mueller, Catherine Mayer, Beat Bojaxhiu, Carla Aeberhard, Philipp Schuetz, Zeno Stanga, Roland Giger

“…We compared outcomes before and after implementation of preoperative immunonutrition and adjusted the regression analysis for gender, age, body mass index, Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002), tobacco and alcohol consumption, tumor localization, tumor stage, and type of surgery. …”
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SYNTHESIS OF VOLTAGES OF UNIFORM PWM IN TIME REGULATION by A. G. Stryzhniou, A. N. Rusakovich, A. A. Shykhau

“…Analytical expressions of parameters of PWM pulses ai and ti are obtained which allow to simplify considerably a process of formation and implementation of time regulation using tabular or indexed-tabular methods. These expressions allow not only to define voltage amplitude of  harmonic but also to perform qualitative assessment of harmonic composition of output voltages at time regulation. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with First Time and Recurrent Shoulder Instability: A Systematic Review by Alexis Wright, Brandon Ness, Angela Spontelli-Gisselman, Dora Gosselin, Joshua Cleland, Craig Wassinger

“… # Results Male sex, participation in sport, hypermobility in males, and glenoid index demonstrated moderate to large risk associated with first time shoulder instability. …”
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