Risk factors for fear of falling in stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Li Ma, Qi Xie, Juhong Pei, Ling Gou, Yabin Zhang, Juanping Zhong, Yujie Su, Xinglei Wang, Xinman Dou

“…Therefore, we systematically reviewed the literature on risk factors for FoF in patients with stroke.Design A systematic review and meta-analysisData sources PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library database, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Grey literature and other relevant databases for related publications were searched (from inception to 17 July 2021).Results Eight studies involving 1597 participants were selected to analyse risk factors for patients with stroke with FoF. …”
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Gut dysbiosis narrative in psoriasis: matched-pair approach identifies only subtle shifts correlated with elevated fecal calprotectin by Bayazit Yunusbayev, Anna Bogdanova, Nadezhda Nadyrchenko, Lavrentii Danilov, Viktor Bogdanov, Grigory Sergeev, Radick Altinbaev, Fanil Bilalov, Milyausha Yunusbaeva

“…We next showed that these enriched species were correlated with elevated biomarkers of intestinal and systemic inflammation and liver function. Functionally, one of the top species, Megasphaera elsdenii, is a potent lactate utilizer in the context of intestinal lactic acidosis and inflammation. …”
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Potential physiological mechanisms behind variation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to biosynthesize EPA and DHA when reared on plant oil replacement feeds by Ken Overturf, Jason Abernathy, Dietmar Kültz, Jacob Bledsoe, Shawn Narum, Thomas Welker

“…The omega-3 fatty acids, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6n-3) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5n-3), are of primary concern as they provide significant health benefits such as reducing inflammation and improving heart and health function. However, the DHA; 22:6n-3 and EPA; 20:5n-3 available for aquaculture feeds is primarily provided by fish oil which is already limited in availability and expensive, and dietary lipids are consistently being replaced with oil sourced from plants. …”
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Cognitive bias modification for social anxiety: protocol for a living systematic review of human studies and meta-analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with rese... by Paulina Schenk, Virginia Chiocchia, Hossein Dehdarirad, Janna Hastings, Claire Stansfield, Toshi Furukawa, Simon E. Blackwell, Ava Homiar, Thomy Tonia, Per Carlbring, Kelvin Opiepie, Claire Friedrich, Simonne Wright, Susan Michie, Georgia Salanti, Richardson Mojica, James Thomas, Jaycee Kennett, Andrea Cipriani, Jennifer Potts

“…Cases of elevated distress and impaired functioning can lead to a clinical diagnosis of social anxiety disorder. …”
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Diagnostics and restorative treatment of accommodation astenopia from the position of applied methods, effectiveness and staging: systematic review by I. G. Ovechkin, D. A. Shavshina, E. I. Belikova

“…A systematic review was performed using the RSCI and PubMed databases, with the following search keywords: “accommodation”, “asthenopia”, “computer vision syndrome”, “quality of life”, “visual performance”. The sources were selected according to the criteria of prospective or retrospective studies. …”
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ACO-NM hybrid optimization calculation method for transit time of oxygen activation logging in CO2 injection profile by WANG Zhengyan, CHEN Meng, YANG Guofeng, LIU Guoquan, PEI Yang, CHEN Qiang

“…Compared with the measured oxygen activation spectrum peak, the Gaussian function exhibited a high degree of morphological similarity. …”
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Integrating isotopic niche metrics and gut microbiota assembly reveals coexistence mechanisms in subtropical riverine fish by Yaqiu Liu, Xinhui Li, Konstantinos Ar. Kormas, Chunni Kou, Huifeng Li, Yuefei Li, Jie Li

“…Crucially, we identified the similarity of the intestinal microbial community structure is closely related to the degree of overlap of its nutritional ecological niche, indicating functional convergence between host trophic niches and their symbiotic microbiomes.These microbial adaptations facilitate nutritional optimization from varied trophic sources, mediate interspecific resource partitioning, and expand ecological opportunities within the fish community. …”
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Evaluation of the effect of irrigation with purified wastewater on the physical and chemical properties of soil by Sadegh Partani, Seyed Mohammad Reza Madany, Mir Hassan Seyed Seraji

“…Also, the growth rate of the organs as a function of the treatment conditions during the experiment had a significant difference. …”
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From Clusters to Communities: Enhancing Wetland Vegetation Mapping Using Unsupervised and Supervised Synergy by Li Wen, Shawn Ryan, Megan Powell, Joanne E. Ling

“…This study addresses these challenges by developing a scalable vegetation classification framework that integrates cluster-guided sample selection, Random Forest modelling, and multi-source remote-sensing data. …”
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Tracing the Earliest Stages of Star and Cluster Formation in 19 Nearby Galaxies with PHANGS-JWST and HST: Compact 3.3 μm Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emitters and Their Relation... by M. Jimena Rodríguez, Janice C. Lee, Remy Indebetouw, B. C. Whitmore, Daniel Maschmann, Thomas G. Williams, Rupali Chandar, A. T. Barnes, Oleg Y. Gnedin, Karin M. Sandstrom, Erik Rosolowsky, Adam K. Leroy, David A. Thilker, Hwihyun Kim, Jiayi Sun, Ralf S. Klessen, Brent Groves, Aida Wofford, Médéric Boquien, Daniel A. Dale, Leonardo Úbeda, Kirsten L. Larson, Kathryn Grasha, Kelsey E. Johnson, Rebecca C. Levy, Frank Bigiel, Hamid Hassani, Sumit K. Sarbadhicary

“…We establish a selection criteria based on a median color threshold of F300M − F335M = 0.67 at F335M = 20 and identify 1816 sources. …”
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CFD investigation and ANN prediction of heat transfer coefficient for fully developed turbulent air flow around double V-baffle turbulators by Abdulaziz Alasiri, H.E. Fawaz

“…The process of training incorporates the analysis of the loss function on training and validation data for controlling the weights and biases using backpropagation while feed forward propagate the selected input parameters. …”
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A competing risk analysis of predictors of time to lost to follow-up among adults with TB/HIV coinfection in Bahir Dar by Robel Demelash, Getachew Hailu, Taye Abuhay, Zemenu Addis, Ayenew Tega, Degarege Nibret, Yitagesu Habtu

“…Overestimating effect sizes when considering mutually exclusive events, like LTFU from ART and anti-TB treatment, can occur if sources of error are not properly accounted for in competing events. …”
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A Systematic Review of risk factors for major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention by You Zhai, Hongcai Shang, Yan Li, Nan Zhang, Jisi Zhang, Shangwen Wu

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to systematically review the risk factors for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with coronary heart disease who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).DesignSystematic review and meta-analysis.Data sourcesThe Cochrane Library, PubMed, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Database, and VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals (VIP) were screened until December 2024.Eligibility criteria for selecting studiesCase-control studies or cohort studies on the risk factors for MACE in patients with coronary heart disease who underwent PCI. …”
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A novel model-based meta-analysis to indirectly estimate the comparative efficacy of two medications: an example using DPP-4 inhibitors, sitagliptin and linagliptin, in treatment o... by Yan Gong, James Rogers, Christian Friedrich, Sanjay Patel, Alexander Staab, Jorge Luiz Gross, Daniel Polhamus, William Gillespie, Brigitta Ursula Monz, Silke Retlich

“…Comparison of two oral dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitors, sitagliptin and linagliptin, for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) treatment was used as an example.Design Systematic review with MBMA.Data sources MEDLINE, EMBASE, http://www.ClinicalTrials.gov, Cochrane review of DPP-4 inhibitors for T2DM, sitagliptin trials on Food and Drug Administration website to December 2011 and linagliptin data from the manufacturer.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Double-blind, randomised controlled clinical trials, ≥12 weeks’ duration, that analysed sitagliptin or linagliptin efficacies as changes in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, in adults with T2DM and HbA1c >7%, irrespective of background medication.Model development and application A Bayesian model was fitted (Markov Chain Monte Carlo method). …”
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Whole blood RNA-seq analysis reveals the immunomodulatory effects of a supplemental multi-strain direct-fed microbial in the diet of newly weaned beef steers1 by Adekunle Ajiboye, Samanthia Johnson, Modoluwamu Idowu, Yarahy Leal, Taylor Sidney, Godstime Taiwo, Ibukun M. Ogunade, Christopher Ashwell

“…On day 56, 10 mL of blood was collected from 10 randomly selected beef steers from each treatment group prior to morning feeding. …”
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Willingness to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials; a survey among a population of healthcare workers in Uganda. by Jonathan Kitonsa, Onesmus Kamacooko, Ubaldo Mushabe Bahemuka, Freddie Kibengo, Ayoub Kakande, Anne Wajja, Vincent Basajja, Alfred Lumala, Edward Ssemwanga, Robert Asaba, Joseph Mugisha, Benjamin F Pierce, Robin Shattock, Pontiano Kaleebu, Eugene Ruzagira

“…Data were analysed descriptively and a binomial generalised linear model with a log link function used to investigate factors associated with unwillingness to participate.…”
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Persistence in the socio-economic development of the regions of the Siberian Federal District by Misak S. Arzumanyan

“…The term «persistence» originally has a biological and medical origin, as a property of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses) to survive and function in an aggressive environment (e.g., when exposed to antibiotics). …”
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The inconclusive superiority debate of allogeneic versus autologous MSCs in treating patients with HFrEF: a systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs by Omar T. F. Ahmed, Ziyad Tarek Ahmed, Abdulrahman W. Dairi, Maha Saad Zain Al-Abeden, Mohammed H. Alkahlot, Rana H. Alkahlot, Ghazi I. Al Jowf, Lars M. T. Eijssen, Khawaja Husnain Haider

“…The data were then plotted for various outcomes, including death, hospitalization, major adverse cardiac events, pump function parameters, and 6-min walk distance. Results The safety of MSC-based treatment has been consistently demonstrated with MSCs from autologous (AutoMSCs) and allogeneic (AlloMSCs) sources. …”
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Diagnostic potential of the B9D2 gene in colorectal cancer based on whole blood gene expression data and machine learning by Zhaorui Wang, Yongcheng Fu, Haozhe Zhang, Na Liu, Ningjing Lei

“…Additionally, three machine learning methods—Random Forest (RF), LASSO regression, and Support Vector Machine Recursive Feature Elimination (SVM-RFE)—were employed for feature selection and to evaluate the robustness and predictive power of the selected features, with diagnostic efficacy evaluated through Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves. …”
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Rock Fracture Monitoring Based on High-Precision Microseismic Event Location Using 3D Multiscale Waveform Inversion by Yi Wang, Xueyi Shang, Kang Peng, Rui Gao

“…Results show that the source-time function based on the fractional-order Gaussian function wavelet can better fit complex recording waveforms compared with the conventional Ricker wavelet-based source-time function, and the waveform misfit during the L-BFGS iteration decreased rapidly. …”
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