Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Predicts Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Jie Yang, Chuanmei Liu, Lingling Li, Xiongwen Tu, Zhiwei Lu

“…Methods. 213 eligible in-hospital COPD patients were reviewed between May 2016 and May 2018, including 39 cases with PH and 174 without PH. …”
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Efficacy of 27-Gauge Vitrectomy with Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling for Epiretinal Membrane in Glaucoma Patients by Masaaki Yoshida, Hiroshi Kunikata, Shiho Kunimatsu-Sanuki, Toru Nakazawa

“…To evaluate the efficacy of epiretinal membrane (ERM) surgery for patients with ERM and glaucoma. Methods. We reviewed the medical records of 20 consecutive ERM patients with glaucoma, who underwent 27-gauge microincision vitrectomy surgery (27GMIVS) with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling. …”
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Microbial biopesticides: A one health perspective on benefits and risks by Panqin Cai, George Dimopoulos

“…Microbial biopesticides, derived from bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, or nematodes, offer potentially significant benefits for promoting One Health and contributing to several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This narrative review examines the benefits and risks of microbial biopesticides from a One Health perspective, focusing on the Americas and Europe, and aligned with respective SDGs.The value of biopesticides in sustainable agriculture and integrated pest management (IPM) approaches for food security, particularly SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDG 1 (No Poverty) has been widely recognized, with relatively fewer adverse effects to people and the environment than synthetic pesticides. …”
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Prevalence and Presentation of Paediatric Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria by Abideen Salako, Oluwatosin Odubela, Tomilola Musari-Martins, Priscilla Ezemelue, Titilola Gbaja-Biamila, Babasola Opaneye, Ayorinde James, Osaga Oforomeh, Kazeem Osuolale, Adesola Musa, Emelda Chukwu, Nurudeen Rahman, Agatha David, Rosemary Audu, Oliver Ezechi, Babatunde Salako

“…A total of 307 children (≤18 years) were evaluated in this review. The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among the paediatric population was 16.3%. …”
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Healthy eating and physical activity environments in out-of-school hours care: an observational study protocol by Karen Wardle, Ruth Crowe, Yasmine Probst, Jennifer Norman, Susan Furber, Lisa Franco, Rebecca M. Stanley, Cecilia Vuong, Marc Davies, Sarah Ryan, Anthony D. Okely

“…Short interviews with programme directors will gather contextual information about OSHC practices and policies.Ethics and dissemination Findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed scientific journals, conference presentations and individualised feedback to each participating service. …”
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Autism Spectrum Social Stories In Schools Trial (ASSSIST): study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial analysing clinical and cost-effectiveness of Social Stories... by Dean McMillan, Victoria Allgar, Barry Wright, David Marshall, Shehzad Ali, Joy Adamson, Chris Williams, Elizabeth Littlewood, Dominic Trépel, Lisa Dyson, Hannah Ainsworth, Liz Cook, Lisa Hackney, Danielle Collingridge Moore, Rebecca Hargate, Anne McLaren, Jo Whitehead

“…At least one article in a peer reviewed journal will be published and research findings presented at relevant conferences.Trial registration number ISRCTN96286707.…”
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Response to Initial Therapy of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Predicts the Long-Term Outcome Better than Classical Risk Stratification Systems by Albert Cano-Palomares, Ignasi Castells, Ismael Capel, Maria Rosa Bella, Santi Barcons, Angel Serrano, Xavier Guirao, Mercedes Rigla

“…Methods. We retrospectively reviewed 176 cases of DTC with a median follow-up period of 7.0 years. …”
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Sex-Specific Differences in the Pathophysiology of Hypertension by Hannah Zhang, Pawan K. Singal, Amir Ravandi, Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin

“…Sex hormones likely play a key role, as they modulate many factors related to hypertension development. In this review, we postulate the potential role for sexually dimorphic fat metabolism in the physiology of hypertension. …”
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Beyond the Trends: Evolution and Future Directions in Music Recommender Systems Research by Babak Amiri, Nikan Shahverdi, Amirali Haddadi, Yalda Ghahremani

“…A scientific mapping analysis classifies research themes in different historical periods, focusing on essential areas such as collaborative filtering, hybrid recommendation, sentiment analysis, and emotion identification. A review of thematic evolution highlights the importance of digitalisation, emotion recognition, personalisation, user experience, and collaborative filtering in determining future research directions. …”
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Ultrasonographic Measurement of Skin to Lumbar Epidural Space Depth in Pregnant Women Undergoing Elective Cesarean Section: An Observational Study by Sushila Lama Moktan, Milan Kumar Thapa, Ujma Shrestha, Prabin Subedi

“…Methods: This is an observational cross-section study performed after approval from Institutional Review Committee (Reference number:09062023/03). Using a curvilinear ultrasound probe, imaging of spine at lumbar third and fourth intervertebral space was performed. …”
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Deep Learning Applications in Ionospheric Modeling: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities by Renzhong Zhang, Haorui Li, Yunxiao Shen, Jiayi Yang, Wang Li, Dongsheng Zhao, Andong Hu

“…This paper systematically reviews the development of deep learning applications in ionospheric modeling, summarizing findings that demonstrate how integrating multi-source data and employing multi-model ensemble strategies has substantially improved the stability of spatiotemporal predictions, especially in handling complex space weather events. …”
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Polarization in reporting the 2019 presidential election campaign on Indonesian television by Budi Utami, Deddy Mulyana, Eni Maryani, Dadang Rahmat Hidayat

“…The data preparation involved collecting and reviewing campaign news scripts and broadcasts. Coding was applied using Dan Nimmo’s propaganda techniques to discern patterns and themes in coverage. …”
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Abnormal Expression of DNA Double-Strand Breaks Related Genes, ATM and GammaH2AX, in Thyroid Carcinoma by Jin-lin Hu, Si-si Hu, Xiu-xiu Hou, Xin Zhu, Jun Cao, Lie-hao Jiang, Ming-hua Ge

“…Clinicopathological features, including differentiation stages, distant metastasis, lymph node metastasis, T classification, TNM stage, and tests of thyroid functions (TPOAb, Tg Ab, T3, FT3, T4, FT4, TSH, and Tg), were reviewed and their associations with γH2AX and ATM were analyzed. γH2AX and ATM expressed higher in thyroid cancer tissues than in benign nodular goiter and normal adjacent tissues. γH2AX was correlated with ATM in thyroid cancer. …”
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Effect of food value-chain connections on land-use change by P.M. Post, Y. Dou, A. Nelson

“…To address this gap, we propose a conceptual framework and use it as a basis for a systematic review to characterise value-chain connection and explore its influence on land-use and -cover change. …”
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Outcomes of Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination in a Private Women Health Clinic in Lebanon by Muhieddine Seoud, Iman Jaafar, Rayan Ghanem, Christiane Soubhieh, Abdallah Adra, Anwar Nassar, Ali Khalil

“…Opportunistic HPV vaccination is offered at the Women’s Health Center of the AUBMC. We retrospectively reviewed the patients’ demographic data, the incidence of adverse events, and their cytological screening. …”
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Musical abilities in professional activity of the specialist of the social and cultural sphere by Vera A. Kurina, Svetlana S. Lukasheva

“…The practice of the educational process on the example of training students of the direction of training 51.03.03 Socio-cultural activities of the two profiles "Management of socio-cultural activities" and "Socio-cultural animation and recreation". The review of the literature on the issue of graduates ' readiness for professional activity allowed the authors to formulate the main theoretical provisions and determine the importance of musical abilities of students - future specialists in the social and cultural sphere. …”
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DEPEND study protocol: early detection of patients with pancreatic cancer – a pilot study to evaluate the utility of faecal elastase-1 and 13C-mixed triglyceride breath test as scr... by Christopher D Byrne, Sam Wilding, Paul Remi Afolabi, Declan McDonnell, Victoria Goss, Jocelyn Walters, Zaed Z Hamady

“…The results will be disseminated in presentations at academic national/international conferences and publication in peer-review journals.…”
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The Spiralling of Corporate Corruption and the Plummeting of Corporate Governance and Ethical Leadership in African Institutions by Hlalele Matebese

“…It employed a theoretical, qualitative content analysis approach in which a critical evaluation of relevant in-depth literature review was used and conducted to achieve the study objective. …”
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Effects of a hybrid digital cognitive–behavioural therapy for insomnia and emotion regulation in the workplace (SLEEP): study protocol for a randomised waitlist control trial by Nicole K Y Tang, Caroline Meyer, Talar Rita Moukhtarian, Krishane Patel, Carla Toro, Sean Russel, Guy Daly, Lukasz Walasek

“…Publication of results will inform the scientific, clinical and business communities through peer-reviewed articles, webinars, conferences and newsletters.Trial registration number ISRCTN13596153.…”
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Outcomes of Treatment for Melanoma Brain Metastases by Mantas Janavicius, Nadezda Lachej, Giedre Anglickiene, Ieva Vincerzevskiene, Birute Brasiuniene

“…In this retrospective medical record review, we report basic clinicopathological parameters and the outcomes of patients with melanoma and brain metastases treated with different treatment modalities before the era of immunotherapy and modern radiotherapy technique. …”
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