Global leukemia burden and trends: a comprehensive analysis of temporal and spatial variations from 1990—2021 using GBD (Global Burden of Disease) data by Pengyu Huang, Jie Zhang

“…We employed descriptive, trend, cluster, and forecasting analyses using age-standardized rates (ASRs) and the Estimated Annual Percentage Change (EAPC) to quantify changes over time. …”
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Bacterial nanocellulose and its oxidized form as functional carriers for pomegranate peel extract: A sustainable approach to bioactive delivery by Vuk Filipovic, Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, Katarina Savikin, Jelena Zivkovic, Jelena Mudric, Nemanja Krgovic, Marijana Ponjavic

“…In hypoglycemic assays, o-BNC-PPE outperformed both BNC-PPE and the standard drug acarbose, showing greater α-glucosidase inhibitory activity (IC50 1.41 μg/mL for o-BNC-PPE vs. 29.1 μg/mL for BNC-PPE and 156.6 μg/mL for acarbose). …”
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Recovery of the Intestinal Microbiota Metabolic Activity in Patients with Bronchial Asthma by O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. D. Potskhverashvili, N. I. Kokina

“…All patients with BA underwent standard basic therapy with combined preparations containing long-acting beta-2-adre nergic agonists and inhaled glucocorticoids. …”
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Prevalence of undernutrition and associated factors among adolescent pregnant women in Dolo-Ado town, Somali region, Ethiopia by Abdirahman Ahmed, Abdulkarim Mohammed, Mahamed Dol Ateye, Saleha Abdusamed

“…Data were collected via home visits, and the accuracy of anthropometric measurements was standardized through training and pretesting. Descriptive statistics were used for data description, and binary logistic regression was performed to explore the associations between independent and dependent variables. …”
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STUDY OF COMPATIBILITY OF METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF HIGH-LEVEL PROTOCOLS AND ERROR-CORRECTING CODES by Vladyslav Sharov, Olena Nikulina

“…In error-correction codes, the development of turbo codes and Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes reached new heights, with LDPC codes being adopted in standards like 5G and Wi-Fi 6 for their near-Shannon-limit performance. …”
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DFAST_QC: quality assessment and taxonomic identification tool for prokaryotic Genomes by Mohamed Elmanzalawi, Takatomo Fujisawa, Hiroshi Mori, Yasukazu Nakamura, Yasuhiro Tanizawa

“…We evaluated DFAST_QC's performance in species identification and found it to be highly consistent with existing taxonomic standards, successfully identifying species across diverse datasets. …”
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Psychological interventions for inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis protocol by Antje Timmer, Gerta Rücker, Natalia Tiles-Sar, Johanna Neuser, Dominik de Sordi, Anne Baltes, Jan Preiss, Gabriele Moser

“…For data extraction, standard forms are developed and tested before extraction. …”
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Evaluating the Efficacy of Combined Intravaginal Estriol Therapy and Kegel Exercises in Managing Menopausal Atrophic Vulvovaginitis by Lucian Șerbănescu, Vadym Rotar, Dragoș Brezeanu, Sebastian Mirea, Elena-Valentina Ionescu, Paris Ionescu

“…Atrophic vulvovaginitis (VVA), a prevalent condition resulting from estrogen deficiency after the menopause, is characterized by symptoms such as vaginal dryness, itching, burning, dyspareunia, and urinary discomfort. Standard treatment involves systemic estrogen replacement therapy (HRT) and localized estrogen treatments, such as estriol. …”
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Swiss Orthopaedics Minimal Dataset: First Pilot Report of Reliability and Validity by Thorsten Jentzsch, Claudio Dora, Urs Müller, Mazda Farshad

“…The Swiss Orthopaedics Minimal Dataset (SOMD) was launched seven years ago. It is a standardized, generic, and patient-reported outcome questionnaire, comprising ten items (location of disease, pain within the past four weeks, limitations at work/leisure/sleep/autonomy, subjective value of a body part, employment status, work disability (sick leave/pension), and household support). …”
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Education strategies are the most commonly used in pediatric rehabilitation implementation research: a scoping review by Sahar Ghahramani, Sophia C. Larson, Allison J. L’Hotta, Kelly M. Harris, Kim Lipsey, Elvin H. Geng, Lisa A. Juckett, Catherine R. Hoyt

“…Most strategies focused on developing and sharing educational materials, while administrative and systems-level interventions were largely absent. Standardized documentation of implementation strategies and outcomes could advance the field’s understanding of the effective development of interventions designed for implementation, encouraging faster uptake of effective interventions.…”
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Prognostic significance of the logistic regression model for assessing the risk of recurrence in patients with prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy by S. A. Reva, A. V. Arnautov, O. A. Klitsenko, S. B. Petrov

“…The construction of a logistic regression model consisted in obtaining a characteristic of the logistic function Ψ for the standard equation y = exp(ψ) / (1 + exp(ψ)).Results. …”
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Reliability and Measurement Error of the Qualitative Analysis of Single Leg Loading (QASLS) Tool For Unilateral Tasks by Gemma N Parry, Lee C Herrington, Allan G Munro

“…Intra-Class correlation coefficients (ICC~k,3~) were used to measure within and between session reliability, and Kappa coefficients and percentage of exact agreement (PEA%) were used to determine intra and inter-rater reliability. Standard error of measurement (SEM) and the SDD for the compound score of each limb was calculated…”
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Status of continuous glucose monitoring use and management in tertiary hospitals of China: a cross-sectional study by Xiaoqin Liu, Hongmei Dai, Liping Wu, Yong Zhao, Zumin Shi, Qin Lin, Liping Chen

“…Seventy-three (88.0%) hospitals had developed CGM standard operating procedures, but only 29 (34.9%) hospitals devised emergency plans to deal with adverse effects related to CGM. …”
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Reliability of an Observational Biomechanical Analysis Tool in Adolescent Baseball Pitchers by Steven F DeFroda, Dai Sugimoto, Steven J Staffa, Donald S Bae, Ellen Shanley, Charles A Thigpen, Peter K Kriz

“…While 3-dimensional (3D) motion analysis remains the gold standard for evaluation, most pitchers and clinicians do not have access to this costly technology. …”
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The incidence of radiologically verified community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalisation in adults living in southern Sweden, 2016-2018: a population-based study by Elisabeth Rünow, Frida Valeur, Gustav Torisson, Karin Hansen, Christian Theilacker, Kristian Riesbeck, Jonas Ahl

“…The crude incidence rate of CAP requiring hospitalization was 259 (95% CI: 246–272) and age-standardized rate was 294 (95% CI: 280–309) per 100,000 person-years. …”
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Burnout in Healthcare Professionals during Covid-19 Crisis by Nasim Hajipoor Kashgsaray, Maryam Soleimanpour, Sina Behmanesh, Hassan Soleimanpour

“…The instrument of study was the standard Copenhagen psychological burnout questionnaire. …”
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Tumour DNA methylation markers associated with breast cancer survival: a replication study by Elaheh Zarean, Shuai Li, Ee Ming Wong, Enes Makalic, Roger L. Milne, Graham G. Giles, Catriona McLean, Melissa C. Southey, Pierre-Antoine Dugué

“…In fully-adjusted models, strong associations were observed for a CpG in PRAC2 (per standard deviation [SD], HR = 1.67, 95%CI: 1.24–2.25) and a signature based on 28 CpGs developed using elastic net (per SD, HR = 1.48, 95%CI: 1.09–2.00). …”
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Adaptation Studies of the Aggression and Victimization Scales for Elementary School Children by Arzu KURNAZ, Emine Gül KAPÇI

“…Results: Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the five factor model suggested for the CSBS-SR and three factor model for the CSEQ-SR met the criteria standards for adequacy of fit. A moderate correlation of the CSBS-SR with ROBVQ-Bully Subscale (r=.47) and moderate to high correlation of the CSEQ-SR with ROBVQ-Victim Subscale (r=.70) supported both scale’s criterion validitiy. …”
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A patient-centered interactive voice response system for supporting self-management in kidney transplantation: design and field testing by Raheleh Ganjali, Raheleh Ganjali, Mahin Ghorban Sabbagh, Mahin Ghorban Sabbagh, Saeid Eslami, Saeid Eslami

“…IntroductionSelf-management is the ability to control one's own responses to treatments, physical and psychological side effects, and lifestyle choices related to a chronic condition.PurposeTo describe the development of a standard and practical user-centered design process for an interactive voice response system (IVRS) to improve self-management in kidney transplant (KT) recipients.MethodsThe IVRS was constructed utilizing the four phases of the Center for eHealth and Wellbeing Research (CeHRes) roadmap: the contextual inquiry, the value specification, the design phase, and evaluation. …”
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Emergency Endovascular Interventions on Descending Thoracic Aorta: A Single-Center Experience by Piotr Buczkowski, Mateusz Puslecki, Marcin Ligowski, Marek Dabrowski, Sebastian Stefaniak, Zuzanna Fryska, Jerzy Kulesza, Robert Juszkat, Marek Jemielity, Bartlomiej Perek

“…Technical and clinical success with patient mortality, survival, and reoperation rate was evaluated according to Society for Vascular Surgery reporting standards for thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). …”
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