Ad Hoc Data Foraging in a Life Sciences Community Ecosystem Using SoDa by Kallol Naha, Hasan M. Jamil

“…SoDa includes a natural language-powered resource discovery tool, a tool to retrieve data from remote databases, organize and store collected data, query stored data, and seek help from the community when things do not work as anticipated. A secondary search index is also supported for community members to find archived information in a convenient way to enable its reuse. …”
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Competing Risks Analysis of Cancer-associated Recurrent Thrombosis, Major Bleeds, and Death in a Geriatric Cohort by Joshua D. Brown, Kelley L. Ratermann, Kelley L. Ratermann, Jeffery C. Talbert, Jeffery C. Talbert, Val R. Adams, Val R. Adams

“…**Methods:** We utilized an insurance claims database of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries 65 and older. The index VTE was identified and individuals were followed up to 180 days to observe an outcome event. …”
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Clinical Efficacy of Percutaneous Kyphoplasty Combined with Calcitriol and Calcium in the Treatment of Traumatic Nonosteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures by Shouqian Dai, Xin Lu, Ningning Dai, Xiu Shi, Peng Yang, Peng Peng, Feng Xu

“…The visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores, the height of the anterior edge of the vertebral body, Cobb’s angle, and the level of the bone mineral density of the two groups of TNVCF patients before surgery were recorded and compared, one and six months after surgery. …”
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A New Approach to Non-Invasive Microcirculation Monitoring: Quantifying Capillary Refill Time Using Oximetric Pulse Waves by Yuxiang Xia, Xinrui Wang, Zhe Guo, Xuesong Wang, Zhong Wang

“…Three doctors repeated the measurement of the right index fingers of the subjects. In Group A, the same measuring instrument was used, and the consistency of the measurements was evaluated using the intragroup correlation coefficient. …”
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Development of cognitive behavior counseling guidebook with bibliocounseling techniques to improve junior high school student academic motivation by Ni Luh Idayanti, Nyoman Dantes, I Ketut Gading, I Ketut Dharsana, Kadek Suranata

“…Test the validity of the contents of the guidebook using the content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI) of Lawshe (1975). The analytical technique used to test the effectiveness of cognitive behavior counseling guidebooks with bibliocounseling techniques to increase student learning motivation is using Posttest – Only Control Group Design. …”
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The Predictive Effect of Health Examination in the Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Xiaomin Fu, Yingmin Jia, Jing Liu, Qinghua Lei, Lele Li, Nan Li, Yanyan Hu, Shanshan Wang, Hongzhou Liu, Shuangtong Yan

“…The colinear regression was used for estimating the relationship between the dynamics of the health examination index and the incident year of DM. The time-dependent ROC was used to calculate the best cutoff in predicting DM in the follow-up year. …”
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DMMR status and synchronous lesions predicts metachronous lesions after curative resection for rectal cancer by Xijie Chen, Xijie Chen, Xijie Chen, Junguo Chen, Junguo Chen, Junguo Chen, Liang Xu, Liang Xu, Dezheng Lin, Dezheng Lin, Dezheng Lin, Xiaoling Hong, Xiaoling Hong, Xiaoling Hong, Junsheng Peng, Junsheng Peng, Junsheng Peng, Xiaowen He, Xiaowen He, Xiaowen He, Jiancong Hu, Jiancong Hu, Jiancong Hu

“…The median time interval between index colonoscopy and the last surveillance colonoscopy was 736.5 (476.75–1,082.25) days. …”
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Minimal Invasive Versus Open Surgery for Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Multicenter German StuDoQ|Liver Registry-Based Cohort Analysis in Germany by Simon Moosburner, MD, Chiara Kettler, Karl H. Hillebrandt, MD, Moritz Blank, Hannes Freitag, Sebastian Knitter, MD, Felix Krenzien, MD, Nora Nevermann, MD, Igor M. Sauer, MD, Dominik P. Modest, MD, Georg Lurje, MD, Robert Öllinger, MD, Wenzel Schöning, MD, Jens Werner, MD, Maximilian Schmeding, MD, Johann Pratschke, MD, Nathanael Raschzok, MD, members of StuDoQ|Liver of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie/StuDoQ

“…After propensity-score matching for age, body mass index, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, and extent of resection, LOS remained shorter in the MILS cohort (6 vs 10 days, P < 0.001) and operative time did not differ significantly (P = 0.2). …”
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Detection of Coronary Artery Disease by an Erectile Dysfunction Questionnaire by Mehrab Sayadi, Reza Elmafshar, Iman Razeghian-Jahromi, Mohammad Javad Zibaeenezhad

“…The former were positively CAD patients and the latter were normal peers, with respect to angiographic results. International index of erectile function (IIEF) questionnaire was used in order to evaluate erectile function during recent four weeks. …”
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Macrofilaricidal Activity, Acute and Biochemical Effects of Three Lichen Species Found on Mount Cameroon by Thierry Roland Kang, Jerome Nyhalah Dinga, Ayuk Elizabeth Orock, Elvis Monya, Moses Njutain Ngemenya

“…The methanol extract of P. tinctorum (Pammet) was the most active against adult male worms (IC50=8.1 μg/mL) with the highest selectivity index (SI=21.3). U. articulata was the most active against the adult female (IC50=36.3 μg/mL) but had a low SI value (3.4). …”
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Improving the Physical Properties of Nanofibers Prepared by Electrospinning from Polyvinyl Chloride and Polyacrylonitrile at Low Concentrations by Salih Abbas Habeeb, Baseem Ali Nadhim, Ban Jawad Kadhim, Mohammed Salam Ktab, Ali Jawad Kadhim, Farqad Saleem Murad

“…For the investigation of the homogeneity and compatibility of mixture polymer solutions, it is examined by rheological properties such as viscosity, shear stress, shear rate, and calculation of the flow behavior index, while the investigation of the stability and high density of nanofibers without beads used field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), Fourier transform near-infrared spectroscopy (FT-NIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and differential scanning calorimetry-thermogravimetric analysis (DSC-TGA). …”
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Balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: short- and long-term results from a cohort in Brazil by Fabio Solano de Freitas Souza, Marcelo Gottschald Ferreira, Iury Andrade Melo, Marta Ferreira Leite de Sá, Camila Melo Coelho Loureiro, Rosalvo Abreu, Paulo Henrique Alves de Carvalho, Mateus dos Santos Viana, Valdemar Oliveira Jr, Luiz Eduardo Fonteles Ritt

“…Results: After a mean of 5.6 ± 1.3 sessions and 11 ± 2.8 treated segments/patient (at a mean of 6.7 ± 2.9 months post-BPA), there was a 26% decrease in mean pulmonary artery pressure (51 ± 11 vs. 38 ± 11 mmHg; p < 0.0001), a 43% decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance (10 ± 3.7 vs. 5.7 ± 3.3 WU; p < 0.0001), and a 22.5% increase in the cardiac index (2.38 ± 0.6 vs. 2.95 ± 0.6 L/min/m2; p < 0.0001). …”
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Interaction of genes determining the spike shape of wheat and located in 5AL chromosome by A. V. Simonov, T. A. Pshenichnikova, I. F. Lapochkina, N. Watanabe

“…In the present work, spike length, spikelet number, index of spike density and stem length were studied in F1 , F2 and F3 of three different hybrid populations. …”
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Resistance of hybrid (F4, F5) forms of the spring soft wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to leaf phytopathogens under different ecological and geographical conditions by E. I. Ripberger, N. A. Bome, D. Trautz

“…The ♀Cara × ♂Lutescents 70 hybrid at both German sites had rather a high index of biological resistance of plants and possessed, according to field data, complex resistance to the main phytopathogenic fungi at all geographic sites.  …”
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The Effects of Compliance with Nutritional Counselling on Body Composition Parameters in Head and Neck Cancer Patients under Radiotherapy by D. Hopanci Bicakli, O. Ozkaya Akagunduz, R. Meseri Dalak, M. Esassolak, R. Uslu, M. Uyar

“…If a patient consumed ≥75% of the recommended energy and protein intake via ONS and regular food, he/she was considered to be “compliant” (n=18), while those who failed to meet this criteria were considered to be “noncompliant” (n=30). Results. Body mass index, weight, fat percentage, fat mass, fat free mass, and muscle mass did not decrease significantly over time in compliant patients, but in noncompliant patients, all of these indices decreased significantly from baseline compared to the end of treatment (p<0.001). …”
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Clinical Diagnostic Value of Quantitative Hepatitis B Virus Core Antibody Test in Chronic Viral Hepatitis B by Xi Su, Huangping Chen, Zifei Zhu, Wanying Xie, Jianqiao Peng, Xinping Ma, Wenwen Jin, Wei Shi, Zhonghua Deng, Cunyan Li

“…To sum up, HBcAb quantification is a new index, which can reflect whether the liver is in the immune activation state of HBV infection, and is related to the inflammatory state of the host liver. …”
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Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Parkinson’s Disease by Sheng Zhuang, Fu-Yu Wang, Xin Gu, Jia-Jing Wu, Cheng-Jie Mao, Hao Gui, Jing Chen, Chun-Feng Liu

“…Secondary outcomes were changes in UPDRS total score, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). …”
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease as a Potential Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study by Mohammad Dehghani Firouzabadi, Amirhossein Poopak, Ali Sheikhy, Fatemeh Dehghani Firouzabadi, Fatemeh Moosaie, Soghra Rabizadeh, Sara Momtazmanesh, Manouchehr Nakhjavani, Alireza Esteghamati

“…Cox regression analysis was used to assess the association between NAFLD, liver enzyme level, aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (APRI), and the incidence risk of CVD and its subgroups (i.e., myocardial infarction, chronic heart disease, coronary artery bypass grafting, and percutaneous coronary intervention). …”
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Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in the Women Population Covered by Health Centers in Ardabil by Leli Avesta, Sina Rasoolzadeh, Mahdi Naeim, Aziz Kamran

“…Abdominal obesity (waist above 88), obesity and overweight (high body mass index), high triglycerides, high cholesterol, and LDL and HDL outside the proper range were the most important and risk factors for cardiovascular disease among women.…”
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Asymptomatic testing people for SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare facilities: A systematic review by Olabisi A. Oduwole, Glory Bassey, Grace Esebanmen, Samuel Shoyinka, Johnsolomon Ohenhen, Elise Cogo, Nicholas Henschke, Eleanor Ochodo, Martin M. Meremikwu

“…Very low certainty evidence shows a decrease in occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the asymptomatic testing group among patients going for index surgery (OR: 0.05, 95 % CI: 0.00–0.82; 501 participants; 1 study) and among long term care facility staff (OR: 0.31, 95 % CI: 0.18–0.52; 3457 participants; 2 studies, I2 = 89%) than the ‘no asymptomatic testing’ group. …”
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