Investigating the link between frailty and outcomes in geriatric patients with isolated rib fractures by Yang Cao, Shahin Mohseni, Babak Sarani, Frank Hildebrand, Ahmad Mohammad Ismail, Maximilian Peter Forssten, Marcelo AF Ribeiro

“…The prevalence ratio (PR) of composite complications, in-hospital mortality, failure-to-rescue (FTR), and intensive care unit (ICU) admission between the OFS groups was determined using Poisson regression models to adjust for potential confounding.Results A total of 65 375 patients met the study’s inclusion criteria of whom 60% were non-frail, 29% were pre-frail, and 11% were frail. …”
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Exploring and Verifying the Mechanism and Targets of Shenqi Pill in the Treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis via Network Pharmacology and Experiments by Beihui He, Zheng Chen, Yunmeng Nie, Minmin Luo, Sumei Xu, Junbin Yan, Zhiyun Chen

“…The hepatic pathology and biochemical indicators of rats were used to judge the modeling results and the curative effect of SQP. Western blotting and qRT–PCR were used to verify the expression of crucial target genes at the protein and RNA levels, respectively. …”
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%diag_test: a generic SAS macro for evaluating diagnostic accuracy measures for multiple diagnostic tests by Jacques K. Muthusi, Peter W. Young, Frankline O. Mboya, Samuel M. Mwalili

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Comparison of Performance on the Clock Drawing Test Using Three Different Scales in Dialysis Patients by Taim Abdullah Muayqil, Ahmad Raed Tarakji, Abdullah Mohammad Khattab, Nasser Talal Balbaid, Ahmad Mohedeen Al-Dawalibi, Sami Ahmed Alqarni, Reema Ali Hazazi, Mohammed H. Alanazy

“…(BCS 18-point), and the MoCA (MCS 3-point). Regression models were used to determine influencing demographic and dialysis variables. …”
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First Measurements of Ambient PM2.5 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazzaville, Republic of Congo Using Field-calibrated Low-cost Sensors by Celeste McFarlane, Paulson Kasereka Isevulambire, Raymond Sinsi Lumbuenamo, Arnold Murphy Elouma Ndinga, Ranil Dhammapala, Xiaomeng Jin, V. Faye McNeill, Carl Malings, R. Subramanian, Daniel M. Westervelt

“…Employing two calibration models, namely, multiple linear regression and random forests, decreased the MAE to 3.4 µg m−3 and increased R2 to 0.96. …”
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The role of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in predicting outcomes among patients with community-acquired pneumonia by Yogesh Sharma, Campbell Thompson, Angelo Zinellu, Rashmi Shahi, Chris Horwood, Arduino A. Mangoni

“…Multilevel-multivariable regression models, adjusting for age, sex, Charlson index, CURB-65 score, Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) and C-reactive protein (CRP), assessed outcomes including length of stay (LOS), intensive care unit (ICU) admission and in-hospital mortality. …”
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The Global Burden of Migraine: A 30-Year Trend Review and Future Projections by Age, Sex, Country, and Region by Lingkang Dong, Wenqi Dong, Yuchen Jin, Yumeng Jiang, Zhuangzhuang Li, Dongzhen Yu

“…Trends were analyzed across regions, age groups, sexes, and sociodemographic index (SDI) using estimated annual percentage changes (EAPC). Predictive models (ARIMA) were used to forecast trends to 2050. …”
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Optimizing the Morphology and Optical Properties of MoS₂ Using Different Substrate Placement: Numerical Simulation and Experimental Verification by Feng Liao, Yuhan Zeng, Qingqing Xie, Yupeng Yang, Shuangyi Linghu, Li Liang, Zewen Zuo

“…In this work, we construct two models with two different substrate placements, where the substrate is parallel or perpendicular to gas flow direction. …”
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Effect of conservative treatment on greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Si-Qi Wang, Ning-Yi Guo, Wei Liu, Hong-jie Huang, Bing-bing Xu, Jian-quan Wang

“…Network meta-analysis was performed using random effects models to evaluate the effects of treatment modalities on pain reduction and functional improvement. …”
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Systematic review on the compliance of WHO guidelines in the management of patients with advanced HIV disease in Africa: The case of cryptococcal antigen screening. by Zuhura Mbwana Ally, Jackline Vicent Mbishi, Mariam Salim Mbwana, Hafidha Mhando Bakari, Swalehe Mustafa Salim, Zarin Nudar Rodoshi, Muhidin Ibrahim Hundisa, Rebecca Mesfin Sileshi, Biruk Demisse Ayalew, Rahma Musoke, Lynn Moshi, Yousef Elias Fakhoury, Haji Mbwana Ally, Habib Omari Ramadhani

“…Using random effects models, we computed the pooled estimate of CrAg screening uptake, cryptococcal antigenemia, lumbar puncture, cryptococcal meningitis, preemptive antifungals treatment and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).…”
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Prevalence of and factors associated with symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome among resident physicians in standardised training in China: a cross-sect... by Xin Wang, Ning Li, Xia Li, Zhigang Li, Jun Zhao, Xuefei Wang, Xin Hao, Jiayi Yang, Junjian Tian

“…Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were constructed to assess the associations of age, sex, body mass index, stress, depression, anxiety, sleep quality and IBS.Results Of the included resident doctors, 77.2% were female, 20.4% were obese or underweight and 8.6% had symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of IBS. …”
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The relationship between dietary inflammatory index (DII) and early renal injury in population with/without hypertension: analysis of the National health and nutrition examination... by Jingda Huang, Huimin Li, Xu Yang, Chuyue Qian, Yihui Wei, Mindan Sun

“…Participant characteristics were analyzed, and association between DII, hypertension, and early renal injury markers was explored using multiple linear and logistic regression models.Results The average age of participants was 53.9 years. …”
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Diet quality and physical activity affect metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, metabolic dysfunction and etiology-associated steatohepatitis, and compensated a... by Peng Wang, Bingxin Xia, Shuang Wang

“…Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess associations between PA, diet quality, and liver disease outcomes. …”
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Synergistic anti-oxidative/anti-inflammatory treatment for acute lung injury with selenium based chlorogenic acid nanoparticles through modulating Mapk8ip1/MAPK and Itga2b/PI3k-AKT... by Huizhen Xing, Xinwei Bai, Xiaoying Pei, Yuqi Zhang, Xueying Zhang, Shujun Chen, Dan Li, Bin Lv, Xiaoying Wang, Xiaoli Wu

“…Additionally, with excellent biosafety, CHSe NPs exhibited superior therapeutic effects in ALI mice models in vivo, surpassing the performance of the clinic drug dexamethasone. …”
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Éléments pour une anthropologie de l’homme en mouvement by Muriel van Vliet

“…En deçà du linguistic turn, qui réduit abusivement le langage à ses seules dimensions représentative et discursive et court ainsi le risque de tomber dans l’écueil de l’« intellectualisme », et au-delà de l’iconic turn, qui, par réaction, déconstruit tellement le sujet créateur et acteur que le domaine de l’éthique s’en trouve dangereusement ébranlé, avec la menace de sombrer cette fois-ci dans l’écueil de « l’esthétisme », l’anthropologie de l’homme en mouvement proposée conjointement par Cassirer et Warburg ouvre la possibilité d’une troisième voie pour le discours sur l’art, replacé dans le cadre d’une théorie de la culture plus globale d’où une nouvelle conception du sujet peut émerger. Sur le modèle des enquêtes ethnologiques centrées davantage sur le rituel que sur le mythe écrit, tous deux perçoivent originairement l’image comme l’expression (Ausdruck) polarisée d’affects opposés, et cela avant même de l’envisager aussi comme la présentation (Darstellung) de valeurs, motifs ou idées que l’artiste comme le spectateur peuvent davantage mettre à distance d’eux que ne l’autorise le niveau expressif pur du rituel magique. …”
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Body composition is associated with changes in health-related quality of life in patients with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis by Jérémie Sellam, Francis Guillemin, Bernard Mazières, Anne-Christine Rat, Patrice Fardellone, Willy Ngueyon Sime

“…To account for the correlation of repeated measures in each individual, GEE models were used.Results 290 patients with knee and 114 patients with hip OA were included in the analysis. …”
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Heatstroke characteristics and meteorological conditions in Hefei, China: thresholds and driving factors by Xueliang Deng, Liang Zhao, Changchun Xiao, Rui Dai, Qianqian Xu, Yeqing Yao, Caimeng Liang, Lei Yao, Dongyan He

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Water scarcity in semi-arid California compromises perennial alfalfa’s high yield and carbon sinking potentials by Tianxin Wang, Kanishka Mallick, Joseph Verfaille, Daphne Szutu, Dennis Baldocchi

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Damage evolution characteristics of coal body in borehole at deep roadway wall and strength weakening mechanism of surrounding rock in borehole by Ke DING, Hualei ZHANG, Lianguo WANG, Jiaxing GUO, Yaoyao MENG

“…Using the self-developed real-time CT scanning true triaxial loading test system, the force-strain law and internal crack propagation evolution characteristics of two different stress types models, i.e., deep coal body (three-way loading state) and shallow coal body (two-way loading state), under different borehole diameters were studied. …”
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Predicting the Most Deleterious Missense Nonsynonymous Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms of Hennekam Syndrome-Causing CCBE1 Gene, In Silico Analysis by Khyber Shinwari, Liu Guojun, Svetlana S. Deryabina, Mikhail A. Bolkov, Irina A. Tuzankina, Valery A. Chereshnev

“…CCBE1 proteins from Hennekam syndrome patients should be tested in animal models for this purpose.…”
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