Association between blood urea nitrogen to albumin ratio and 28-day mortality in ICU patients with acute respiratory failure: a retrospective analysis of MIMIC-IV database by Zhen Li, Jun Xie, Qian He, Chong Li

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Assessing the reliability of medical resource demand models in the context of COVID-19 by Kimberly Dautel, Ephraim Agyingi, Pras Pathmanathan

“…This approach enabled a direct comparison of the demand calculators, comparing them against each other and actual usage data when available. The code is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13712387 . …”
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Exploring professionals’ experiences with secure messaging in Dutch outpatient clinics: emerging differences in use frequencies and types across medical specialties by Marjolein A. G. van Offenbeek, Oskar P. Roemeling, Anne Burggraaf

“…While a direct channel between patients and providers may support patients, professionals’ work pressure makes it imperative that patient–provider communication remains efficient. …”
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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

“…The SAS programmer can modify the source code to include other diagnostic measures and variance estimation methods. …”
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Combining theory and usability testing to inform optimization and implementation of an online primary care depression management tool by Nicola McCleary, Justin Presseau, Isabelle Perkins, Brittany Mutsaers, Claire E. Kendall, Janet Yamada, Katharine Gillis, Douglas Green

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medAL-suite: A software solution for creating and deploying complex clinical decision support algorithms by Ludovico Gennaro Cobuccio, Vincent Faivre, Rainer Tan, Alan Vonlanthen, Fenella Beynon, Emmanuel Barchichat, Alain Fresco, Quentin Girard, Sinan Ucak, Sylvain Schaufelberger, Ibrahim Evans Mtebene, Peter Agrea, Emmanuel Kalisa, Gillian A. Levine, Martin Norris, Sabine Renggli, Alix Miauton, Lisa Cleveley, Kristina Keitel, Julien Thabard, Valérie D’Acremont, Alexandra V. Kulinkina

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NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING IN CANCER: GENETIC DIAGNOSIS, RISK PREDICTION AND CLASSIFICATION by Özkan Özdemir

“…However, such targeted approaches fall short regarding the discovery of structural variants and regions of non-coding DNA such as introns, non-Coding RNAs, or regulatory elements. …”
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An efficient graph attention framework enhances bladder cancer prediction by Taghreed S. Ibrahim, M. S. Saraya, Ahmed I. Saleh, Asmaa H. Rabie

“…In order to pick out and extract essential features from both coding and non-coding genes, including long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), which are known to be crucial to the advancement of BL cancer. …”
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Health equity and distributive justice: views of high-level African policymakers by Michelle Amri, Borgar Jølstad, Jesse B. Bump

“…After responses were collected, both inductive and deductive coding were applied. Inductive coding was undertaken to glean central concepts from free-form responses on understandings of health equity and deductive coding was used to assess alignment with four theories of distributive justice using a coding framework. …”
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Analysis of the Regulatory Effects of lncRNAs on Kidney Tissue in Ascites Susceptible Broiler by Kasra Ahmadian, Mohammadreza Nassiry, Karim Hasanpur, Ali Javadmanesh

“…Potential target genes of lncRNAs were investigated by searching for protein coding genes located within 100 kb upstream and downstream of each lncRNA. …”
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Explaining the experiences of clinical interdisciplinary cooperation (diagnostic, treatment and care team) in the Corona crisis in Tehran\'s Day Hospital. by Maryam Rahmatinejad, Zohreh Khoshgoftar, Homayoon Bana Derakhshan

“…Findings: The number of 227 primary codes obtained from the review and the number of 96 basic themes, 13 organizing themes and 3 overarching themes were obtained, which include (collective experience and wisdom in interdisciplinary cooperation, interdisciplinary challenges and conflicts, pre vision and path targeting). …”
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MIAT: A pivotal oncogenic long noncoding RNA tunning the hallmarks of solid malignancies by Monica M. Rostom, Alaa A. Rashwan, Christina D. Sotiropoulou, Sama Z. Hozayen, Abdelhamid M. Abdelhamid, Miriam Mokhtar Abdelhalim, Omar Eltahtawy, Hadir M. Emara, Noha M. Elemam, Christos K. Kontos, Rana A. Youness

“…Non-coding DNA makes up most of the human genome and plays a pivotal role in cancer development. …”
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Chemical nucleases are a robust alternative for RNase H cleavage of human ribosomal RNA. by Hagen Wesseling, Dennis Krug, Marvin Wehrheim, Michael W Göbel, Stefanie Kaiser

“…Besides the abundant ribosomal and transfer RNA transcripts (rRNA and tRNA, respectively), there are tens of thousands of long coding (mRNA) and non-coding transcripts (lncRNA) within each cell whose modification profiles have not yet been elucidated. …”
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Pnky Modulates Neural Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation Through Activation of Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway by Haidong Wu, Jing Huang, Xiaojing Li, Yali Song, Xuxiang Chen, Yajie Guo

“…While previous studies have identified the long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) Pnky as a regulator of NSC differentiation into neurons via RNA splicing, its role in NSC differentiation and proliferation through the Wnt/β-catenin pathway remains unclear. …”
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Perspectives of health professionals towards deprescribing practice in Asian nursing homes: a qualitative interview study by Shaun Wen Huey Lee, Chong-Han Kua, Vivienne SL Mak

“…To derive themes, we employed directed content analysis of transcript data. Coding was completed using a combination of open, axial and selective coding.Setting Four nursing homes in Singapore.Participants The study involved 17 participants (comprising 4 doctors, 4 pharmacists and 9 nurses).Results Two key themes were identified, enablers and challenges. …”
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Voices from ESL classrooms: Overcoming challenges and enhancing English language teacher education in Malaysia by Norazrina Ag-Ahmad, Ahmad Thamrini Fadzlin Syed Mohamed, Deanna Beryl Majilang

“…The findings not only contribute to a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by ESL teachers but also offer insights into enhancing ELTE in terms of pre-service and in-service training, facilities and resources, and incorporating teachers’ voices into policy-making processes. These insights pave the way for targeted interventions and foster teacher empowerment in decision-making.…”
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Epigenetic Regulation of Neutrophils in ARDS by Jordan E. Williams, Zannatul Mauya, Virginia Walkup, Shaquria Adderley, Colin Evans, Kiesha Wilson

“…This review describes how targeting neutrophil epigenetic regulators could help regulate hyperinflammation, making epigenetic modulation a promising area for precision therapeutics in ARDS.…”
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Effectiveness of interventions for improving educational outcomes for people with disabilities in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review by Xanthe Hunt, Ashrita Saran, Howard White, Hannah Kuper

“…We piloted all coding sheets with at least five studies before use. …”
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Computational characterization of modes of transcriptional regulation of nuclear receptor genes. by Yogita Sharma, Chandra Sekhar Reddy Chilamakuri, Marit Bakke, Boris Lenhard

“…Towards this goal, we identify the nuclear receptor genes that are potential targets based on counts of highly conserved non-coding elements. …”
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The roles and contributions of women to the health of their families and household economics in rural areas in the district of Mbe, Cameroon by Emmanuel Aoudi Chance, Innocent Sardi Abdoul

“…This study contributes uniquely to the existing literature by highlighting the intersection of women's evolving economic roles and their impact on community decision-making in rural Cameroon. Empowering these women through targeted resources and policies is both urgent and essential for advancing family health, economic stability, and sustainable rural development.…”
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