In-hospital costs of diabetic foot infection at a national referral hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia by Fitrianingsih, Rani Sauriasari, Em Yunir, Agusdini Banun Saptaningsih

“…Methods: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of 213 subjects with low, moderate and high ulcer grades from January 2019 to December 2022 at a national referral hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia. …”
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Factors influencing survival outcomes in patients with stroke at three tertiary hospitals in Zimbabwe: A 12-month longitudinal study. by Farayi Kaseke, Lovemore Gwanzura, Cuthbert Musarurwa, Elizabeth Gori, Tawanda Nyengerai, Timothy Kaseke, Aimee Stewart

“…Total functional outcome demonstrated significantly lower hazards for individuals with mild or moderate (aHR: 0.2, 95% CI: 0.09, 0.40) and severe outcomes (aHR: 0.2, 95% CI: 0.10, 0.46) compared to those with very severe outcomes.…”
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Additive interaction of conjoint tobacco smoking and heavy drinking on hypertension prevalence in rural Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study by Paineto Masengere, Nynke Halbesma, Rawlance Ndejjo, Bonny Enock Balugaba, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Fred Nuwaha, Hilde Bastiaens, Geofrey Musinguzi

“…Compared with non-drinkers, moderate alcohol drinkers were 1.45 times more likely to have HBP (AOR, 1.45; 95% CI, 1.18–1.79), and heavy drinkers were 2.53 times more likely to have HBP (AOR, 2.53; 95% CI, 1.92–3.32). …”
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Associations between sedentary behaviour and sarcopenia among patients aged 40 and older with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study by Dandan Wang, Ming Zhang, Jun Huang, Haihong Zhang, Si Chen, Kefang Wang

“…PA was classified into light-intensity and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (LPA and MVPA). …”
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Usability Assessment of Technologies for Remote Monitoring of Knee Osteoarthritis by Andrea Cafarelli, Angela Sorriento, Giorgia Marola, Denise Amram, Fabien Rabusseau, Herve Locteau, Paolo Cabras, Erik Dumont, Sam Nakhaei, Ake Jernberger, Par Bergsten, Paolo Spinnato, Alessandro Russo, Leonardo Ricotti

“…<italic>Methods:</italic> We recruited eleven patients affected by mild or moderate knee osteoarthritis, eleven caregivers, and eleven clinicians to assess the following technologies: a wristband for monitoring physical activity, an examination chair for measuring leg extension, a thermal camera for acquiring skin thermographic data, a force balance for measuring center of pressure, an ultrasound imaging system for remote echographic acquisition, a mobile app, and a clinical portal software. …”
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Linking Creatinine‐to‐Body Weight Ratio With Diabetes Incidence: A Multiethnic Malaysian Cohort Study by Noraidatulakma Abdullah, Ying‐Xian Goh, Aisyatul Najihah Khuzaimi, Azwa Shawani Kamalul Arifin, Nurul Ain Mhd Yusuf, Nazihah Abd Jalal, Norliza Ismail, Nurul Faeizah Husin, Mohd Arman Kamaruddin, Rahman Jamal

“…It also found a significant moderate correlation between the Cre/BW ratio and body fat mass.…”
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Stage-specific milk yield losses and associated sweating, respiration, and rectal temperature responses under varying temperature-humidity index thresholds in lactating and dry cow... by P.A. Tu, Y.H. Yeh, Y.H. Chen, J.W. Shiau, T.Y. Lin, Thomas Banhazi, M.K. Yang

“…In addition, cows in early-, intermediate-, and late-lactation stages under thermoneutral conditions produced significantly more milk than did those under mild, moderate, and severe HS conditions, indicating that milk yield losses occur under HS conditions. …”
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Lightweight AES Design for IoT Applications: Optimizations in FPGA and ASIC With DFA Countermeasure Strategies by Salman Ahmed, Nabihah Ahmad, Nasir Ali Shah, Ghulam E. Mustafa Abro, Ardhi Wijayanto, Abdinasir Hirsi, Abdul Rehman Altaf

“…The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) remains the benchmark for securing IoT systems while balancing low power consumption, minimal area usage, and moderate throughput with high security. This paper offers a comprehensive review of the latest lightweight AES architectural designs, including optimizations to the Substitution Box (S-Box), Sub-Bytes, Shift Rows, Mix Columns, and Add Round Key steps, assessing their impact on gate count, area, maximum frequency, power consumption, and throughput in field programable gate arrays (FPGA) and Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) implementations. …”
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Mesalazine-Induced Acute Pancreatitis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients: A Systematic Review by Pan J, Li Z, Ye C, Zhang X, Yang Q, Zhang X, Zhou Y, Zhang J

“…Juan Pan,1,&ast; Zuyi Li,1,&ast; Chao Ye,2 Xiaojuan Zhang,1 Qiongliang Yang,1 Xu Zhang,1 Ya Zhou,3 Jianjun Zhang2 1Department of Pharmacy, Liuyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, 410300, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong Provincial second Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510095, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Pharmacy, People’s Hospital of Ningxiang City Affiliated to Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, 410600, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Chao Ye, Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong Provincial second Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine), No. 60, Hengfu Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510095, People’s Republic of China, Email yechao1234256@163.comObjective: Mesalazine is a widely used medication for treating mild to moderate inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). First identified as a potential cause of acute pancreatitis (AP) in 1989, the link between mesalazine and AP has primarily been established through case reports and a limited number of retrospective studies. …”
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Effects of vitamin D supplementation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Mahsa Ranjbar, Mehran Rahimlou, Maryam Fallah, Kurosh Djafarian, Hamed Mohammadi

“…Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) assessment shows moderate certainty of the evidence for all outcomes except for serum vitamin D, which has a high certainty of the evidence. …”
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A Green Approach to the Production of Hybrid Diindolylmethane-Phenylboronic Acids via a 3MCR: Promising Antineoplasic Molecules by Mónica Zarco Juarez, Joel Omar Martínez, Olivia Noguez Cordova, María Inés Nicolás Vazquez, Teresa Ramírez-Apan, Javier Pérez Flores, René Miranda Ruvalcaba, Gabriel Arturo Arroyo Razo

“…The products were achieved with moderate yields (41–61%) within a short time frame (5 min) and appropriately characterized by elemental analysis and spectroscopic methods (NMR: 1H, 13C, 11B; MS: EI, CI, FAB+, HRMS). …”
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Subjective cognition in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Investigation of group differences and associations with objective cognition and clinical characteristics using a novel... by Kristoffer Grimstad, Håkon Sørensen, Anja Vaskinn, Christine Mohn, Stine Holmstul Olsen, Ole A. Andreassen, Trine Vik Lagerberg, Ingrid Melle, Merete Glenne Øie, Torill Ueland, Beathe Haatveit

“…There was a small trend association between subjective cognition and insight in SZ participants, and moderate sized associations between subjective cognition and general psychopathology and functioning in BD participants.Although SZ participants are more cognitively impaired than BD participants, the two groups report similar levels of subjective cognitive complaints, with no association between subjective and objective cognition. …”
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Mental health in children with and without ADHD: the role of physical activity and parental nativity by David Adzrago, Saanie Sulley, Faustine Williams

“…We also analyzed whether ADHD diagnosis status moderates the relationship between anxiety/depression and PA or parental nativity. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils from Five Varieties of <i>Lavender</i> Extracted via Supercritical Fluid Extraction by Lijing Lin, Zhencheng Lv, Meiyu Wang, Ankang Kan, Songling Zou, Bin Wu, Limin Guo, Salamet Edirs, Jiameng Liu, Lin Zhu

“…The antibacterial activities of all five LEOs were above moderate sensitivity. The five LEOs from French blue, space blue, eye-catching, and true <i>Lavender</i> showed high sensitivity, particularly against <i>Shewanella maridflavi</i>. …”
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Acute and chronic effects of physical exercise on atherosclerosis, kynurenine pathway, endothelial function and inflammation in patients with coronary artery disease: a clinical tr... by Eliete Bouskela, Gabriela Andrade Paz, Marcus VDS Rangel, Caio Luan Farias, André Luiz Conveniente Soares, Erica Langner, Tatiana Teixeira, Patrícia M L Dutra, Paulo Farinatti, Maria das Graças C Souza, Juliana P Borges

“…The second visit will include an endothelial function evaluation using venous occlusion plethysmography and 30 min of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise. Blood samples will be collected pre-exercise and post-exercise. …”
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Association between domain-specific physical activity and triglyceride‑glucose (TyG) index among US adults: Evidence from NHANES 2007–2018 by Kai Yao

“…The study aims to investigate the relationship between domain-specific moderate- or vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) and TyG index among US adults. …”
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Cu66 nanoclusters from hierarchical square motifs: Synthesis, assembly, and catalysis by Xueli Sun, Yuchen Wang, Qingyuan Wu, Ying‐Zi Han, Xuekun Gong, Xiongkai Tang, Christine M. Aikens, Hui Shen, Nanfeng Zheng

“…The cluster demonstrates moderate stability and high catalytic activity in the chemoselective hydrogenation of cyclohexanone under mild conditions.…”
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Optic Nerve Head Hemoglobin Levels in Glaucoma: A Structural and Functional Correlation Study by Janaina A. G. Rocha, Diego T. Dias, Maria Betânia C. Lemos, Fábio N. Kanadani, Augusto Paranhos, Carolina P. B. Gracitelli, Tiago S. Prata

“…A secondary analysis was performed to compare each parameter between three different glaucoma groups divided according to VFMD values (mild, >−6 dB; moderate, −6 to −12 dB; and advanced, <−12 dB). Results. …”
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Prediction of lower-limb isokinetic strength from functional fitness tests in older adults: A 550-participant cross-sectional study by Carlos Babiloni-López, Pablo Jiménez-Martínez, Carlos Alix-Fages, Ángel Saez-Berlanga, Álvaro Juesas, Pedro Gargallo, Javier Gene-Morales, Juan C. Colado

“…Results: Significant trivial-to-moderate correlations (positive and negative) were found between all the tests and the isokinetic strength and power of the knee and the hip. …”
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Effect of a Sodium and Calcium DL-β-Hydroxybutyrate Salt in Healthy Adults by Tobias Fischer, Ulrike Och, Ira Klawon, Tim Och, Marianne Grüneberg, Manfred Fobker, Ursula Bordewick-Dell, Thorsten Marquardt

“…Intake of a combination of calcium and sodium D-/L-βHB salt shows a slow resorption with a moderate increase of D-βHB in serum levels. An influence of βHB salts on acid-base balance could not be excluded by this one-dose study. …”
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