Risk factors for re-hospitalization within 90 days of discharge for severe influenza in children by Shuo Yang, Sukun Lu, Can Qi, Yinghui Guo, Le Wang

“…Conclusions Our findings suggest that, to reduce the potential readmission of children with severe influenza, a sustained focus on the risk factors including rhinosinusitis and over-activated host immune response during the index hospitalization is needed.…”
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Theileria annulata infects B-cells in sheep, which display lower dissemination potential compared to T. lestoquardi-infected ovine B-cells by Shahin Tajeri, Perle Latré de Laté, Johanneke D. Hemmink, Christina Vrettou, Gordon Langsley, W. Ivan Morrison

“…The Matrigel traversal index of T. lestoquardi-transformed ovine B-cells was significantly higher than that of T. annulata-transformed ovine B-cells isolated from the same host, consistent with the reported diminished pathogenicity of T. annulata infections in sheep. …”
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Rockfish abundance, recruitment, and community structure trends in the western Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington, 2005-2023 by Shawn E. Larson, Katie Shelledy, Daniela Escontrela Dieguez, Jeff Christiansen, Amy Y. Olsen, Zachary Randell, Megan H. Williams, Chris VanDamme, Dayv Lowry, William Jasper

“…Strip transects were conducted annually in August from 2005 through 2023 at five permanently marked index sites. Species-specific relative abundance data for bottomfish were later extracted by biologists from archived video. …”
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Congenital Heart Disease Fetuses Have Decreased Mid-Gestational Placental Flow, Placental Malperfusion Defects, and Impaired Growth by Rebecca Josowitz, MD, PhD, Deborah Y. Ho, MD, MPH, Somya Shankar, BS, Antara Mondal, MS, Alexis Zavez, PhD, Rebecca L. Linn, MD, Zhiyun Tian, MD, J. William Gaynor, MD, Jack Rychik, MD

“…Results: CHD fetuses had a 15% decrease in mid-gestational UVVF indexed to fetal weight (P < 0.01), and a 27% reduction in UVVF as a proportion of fetal cardiac output (P < 0.01) compared to controls. …”
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Types, design, implementation, and evaluation of nutrition interventions in older people in Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Anthony Manyara, Tadios Manyanga, Rudo Chingono, Shane Naidoo, Kate Mattick, Grace Pearson, Opeyemi Babatunde, Niri Naidoo, Kate A Ward, Celia L Gregson

“…Searches for Phases 1 and 2 will include bibliographic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, African Journals Online, African Index Medicus) and grey literature sources (i.e. relevant websites). …”
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A Study of Serum Adiponectin Levels in Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and its Correlation with Various Cardiometabolic Risk Markers by G. Surendra Prasad, Uma Kaimal Saikia, Ashok Krishna Bhuyan, Abhamoni Baro

“…Settings and Design: In this cross-sectional observational study recently diagnosed, PCOS subjects were compared with age- and body mass index (BMI)-matched controls. Materials and Methods: All the included subjects underwent detailed clinical, biochemical and hormonal evaluation, including lipid profile, 75 g oral glucose tolerance test, fasting serum insulin, fasting serum adiponectin, oxLDL, total testosterone and anti-Mullerian hormone. …”
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Prevalence and management of hypertension in Turner syndrome: data from the International Turner Syndrome (I-TS) registry by Shani A D Mathara Diddhenipothage, Katharina J Beck, Gayana Amiyangoda, Jillian Bryce, Luminita Cima, Katya De Groote, Yana Deyanova, Evgenia Globa, Gloria Herrmann, Anders Juul, Anna Sophie L Kjaer, Anette Tønnes Pedersen, Sukran Poyrazoglu, Ursina Probst-Scheidegger, Theo C J Sas, Simona Fica, Sumudu Nimali Seneviratne, Justyna Karolina Witczak, Elizabeth Orchard, Jeremy W Tomlinson, S Faisal Ahmed, Helen E Turner

“…In binomial regression analysis, higher body mass index was the only parameter significantly associated with the occurrence of hypertension (B = 1.487, P = 0.004). …”
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Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in Long-Term Postoperative Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: MRI Evaluation 34-51 Years after Surgery and its Changes during Middle an... by Tsutomu Akazawa, Toshiaki Kotani, Tsuyoshi Sakuma, Yasushi Iijima, Yoshiaki Torii, Jun Ueno, Atsuhiro Yoshida, Ken Tomochika, Sumihisa Orita, Yawara Eguchi, Kazuhide Inage, Yasuhiro Shiga, Junichi Nakamura, Yusuke Matsuura, Takane Suzuki, Hisateru Niki, Seiji Ohtori, Shohei Minami

“…Scores in the Scoliosis Research Society-22 Questionnaire pain, Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire, and Oswestry Disability Index were significantly worse in the latest survey than in the previous one. …”
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Evaluation of 30-day mortality in patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy in a tertiary hospital: a 3-year retrospective survey by Philippe Bichard, Jean-Louis Frossard, Laurent Spahr, Nicolas Goossens, Olivier Chatelanat, Laurent Bochatay, Caroline Bastid

“…Median Charlson Comorbidity Index was 5 (IQR 3–7), and 305/345 procedures (88.4%) were undertaken on patients with an ASA score ≥3. …”
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Developing clinical prognostic models to predict graft survival after renal transplantation: comparison of statistical and machine learning models by Getahun Mulugeta, Temesgen Zewotir, Awoke Seyoum Tegegne, Mahteme Bekele Muleta, Leja Hamza Juhar

“…The Stochastic Gradient Boosting (SGB) model demonstrated the best discrimination and calibration performance, with a C-index of 0.943 and a Brier score of 0.000351. The Ridge-based Cox model closely followed the SGB model’s prediction performance with better interpretability. …”
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Composite Primary Outcomes Reported in Studies of Critical Care: A Scoping Review by Prashanti Marella, MD, Sansuka De Silva, Antony G. Attokaran, Kevin B. Laupland, PhD, Lars Eriksson, BA, Mahesh Ramanan, MMed

“…PubMed, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Scopus, and Cochrane Library from January 2000 to January 2024. …”
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Loneliness is associated with adverse health behaviour and obesity: a Danish population-based study of 122,258 individuals by Martin Mejlby Jensen, Karina Friis, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Anne-Sofie Hargaard, Maria Gjaldbaek Knudsen, Marie Stjerne Grønkjaer, Mathias Lasgaard

“…Adverse health behaviours and a higher body mass index (BMI) have been proposed as key mechanisms influencing this association. …”
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Test-retest reliability of postural control measures in healthy secondary school pupils: insights from the MOVE12 pilot study by Sigbjørn Litleskare, Sigbjørn Litleskare, Svein Barene

“…However, the test-retest reliability of these measurements in field-based conditions is unclear.MethodsThis study aimed to investigate the test-retest reliability of center of pressure measures under field-based conditions, and assess the impact of height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) on test-retest reliability. The study sample comprised 215 upper secondary school pupils (114 girls) aged 16–17 years, all drawn from the control group of a larger intervention study. …”
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Prevalence of perinatal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Charles Opondo, Holly Jenkins, Fiona Alderdice, Gracia Fellmeth, Zoe Daskalopoulou

“…Objectives To systematically synthesise the evidence on prevalence of perinatal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science, Global Health, Global Index Medicus and the grey literature were searched with no language or date restrictions. …”
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An Apparent Thermal Inertia Based Trapezoid Model for Downscaling ESA CCI Soil Moisture Products by Shulin Li, Minfeng Xing, Taifeng Dong

“…Different vegetation indices (including NDVI, EVI, NIRv, and MSAVI) and biophysical variables (LAI and fPAR) derived from MODIS satellites were first assessed as inputs of the ATI-VP space to estimate AVDI (apparent thermal inertia/vegetation drought index). The AVDI was then applied to the weight decomposition model for SM downscaling. …”
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Clinical presentations and outcomes of celiac disease in children and adolescents at a tertiary care center in Lebanon by Dana Andari, Rima Hanna-Wakim, Sarah Khafaja, Nadine Yazbeck

“…There was a significant increase in the mean weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ) and mean body mass index (BMI)-for-age Z-score (BMIZ) 12 months following initiation of GFD; however, the change in height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) at 12 months was not statistically significant. …”
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Evaluating researches on urban housing indicators in current decade based on PRISMA method by Mohammadreza Zamiri, Mahin Nastaran, Mahmud Galenoyi

“…These papers selected among all papers had indexed in Scientific Information Database (SID.ir) and Comprehensive Iranian Humanities Portal (ensani.ir) which include one of these keywords: housing indicator, urban housing. …”
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A transdiagnostic approach to investigate of the relationships between anxiety sensitivity and health anxiety: the mediated roles of distress tolerance and emotion regulation by Hamid Mohsenabadi, Mohammadreza Pirmoradi, Komeil Zahedi Tajrishi, Banafsheh Gharraee

“…Participants completed self-report questionnaires to assess HA (The Short Health Anxiety Inventory), AS (The Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3), DT (The 15-item Distress Tolerance Scale) and ER (The 10-item Emotion Regulation Questionnaire). …”
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SSR analysis of the genomic DNA of perspective Uzbek hexaploid winter wheat varieties by A. T. Adylova, G. K. Norbekov, E. E. Khurshut, E. V.  Nikitina, F. N. Kushanov

“…The amplified fragment sizes ranged from 93 to 552 bp. The polymorphic index content (PIC) ranged from 0 to 0.758. A dendrogram was constructed using the alleles set of microsatellite loci, reflecting the phylogenetic differences of the studied hexaploid wheat varieties. …”
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A New Nomogram to Predict the Success of Shock Wave Lithotripsy in Ureteral Stones by Muhammed Fatih Simsekoglu, Engin Derekoylu, Mustafa Ozkaya, Muhammet Demirbilek, Ugur Aferin, Berin Selcuk, Ahmet Erozenci, Bulent Onal

“…According to the multiple logistic regression analysis, older age, a stone load larger than 1 cm2, the presence of multiple stones, third-generation lithotripter use, and pre-SWL catheterization were statistically associated with low stone-free rates. The C-index was determined to be 0.75 in the bootstrapping method. …”
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