Retrospective Analysis of Factors Associated with a Prolonged Nucleic Acid Conversion Time in Patients with COVID-19 at Fangcang Shelter Hospital by Li Y, Wei Y, Wang Y, Chen Q, Hou X

“…Yang Li,1,* Yang Wei,2,* Yu Wang,1 Qiuxia Chen,1,3 Xianhua Hou1,3 1Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Neurology of Jiangbei Campus, The First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xianhua Hou, Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University, No. 30 Gaotanyan Main St, Shapingba District, Chongqing, 400038, People’s Republic of China, Email houxianhua@tmmu.edu.cn Qiuxia Chen, Department of Neurology of Jiangbei Campus, The First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University, No. 29 Jianxin East Road St, Jiangbei District, Chongqing, 400020, People’s Republic of China, Email chenqiuxia@tmmu.edu.cnObjective: The aim of this study was to explore the related factors for prolonged nucleic acid conversion time (NCT) in patients with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, so as to help to prevent and control the epidemic.Methods: This study retrospectively included 307 patients diagnosed with mild to moderate COVID-19 who were hospitalized in Shanghai International Exhibition Fangcang Shelter Hospital. …”
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A Simplified Immune-Dysregulation Index (IL-6/LY) as a Robust Predictor of 28-Day In-Hospital Mortality and MODS in Patients with Sepsis by Liu M, You T, Li S, Hao Y, Wang Z, Huang F, Wang J

“…Meili Liu,1,2,* Tao You,3,* Shifeng Li,1,* Yan Hao,1,* Zhiyang Wang,1 Fang Huang,1 Jun Wang1 1Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jun Wang; Fang Huang, Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No. 188 Shizi Street, Suzhou, 215006, People’s Republic of China, Email dr_wangjun@suda.edu.cn; blue-virus@163.comObjective: To evaluate the prognosis significance of a newly simplified immune-dysregulation index, interleukin-6-to-lymphocyte ratio (IL-6/LY), in individuals diagnosed with sepsis.Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study enrolling consecutive patients diagnosed with sepsis who qualified the inclusion criteria and were admitted to the intensive care unit of the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University between March 2017 and January 2023. …”
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Prediction of Ki-67 Expression in HIV-Associated Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients Using Multiple Machine Learning Models Based on CT Imaging Radiomics by Song C, Chen J, Zhao C, Song S, Yang T, Huang A, Liu R, Pan Y, Xu C, Chen C, Zhu Q

“…Therefore, developing a non-invasive and accurate method for Ki-67 prediction holds significant clinical importance. …”
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The Median Effective Dose of Ciprofol Combined with Sufentanil for Inhibiting Responses to Gastroscope Insertion in Obese Patients: A Prospective, Single-Center Study by Xue Z, Liu X, Qian W, Yang N, Pan Y, Zhou Y, Jiang W, Li F, Qian B

“…All patients received 0.1 μg/kg of sufentanil, and the ciprofol dose was determined by the modified Dixon sequential method with an initial dose of 0.4 mg/kg and a dose gradient of 0.01 mg/kg. …”
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A Machine Learning Model for Predicting Prognosis in HCC Patients With Diabetes After TACE by Wu L, Chen L, Zhang L, Liu Y, Ouyang D, Wu W, Lei Y, Han P, Zhao H, Zheng C

“…Lastly, the SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) method was used to interpret the final ML model.Results: A total of 636 patients were included. …”
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EC50 and EC95 of Remifentanil for Inhibiting Bronchoscopy Responses in Elderly Patients During Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy Under Ciprofol Sedation: An Up-and-Down Sequential Allocation... by Lan H, Liu S, Liao Y, Xu B, Lin Y, Wu X, Chen Q, Chen H, Guan X

“…The EC50 and EC95 values of remifentanil required to alleviate the responses to FOB were calculated using Dixon’s up-and-down method for both male and female groups. Probit analysis was used to generate a dose-response curve.Results: Thirty-nine patients (19 males and 20 females) were enrolled. …”
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Exploring the Role of Allergenic Components in Children with House Dust Mite-Induced Allergic Diseases by Xu Q, Shang Y, Li X, Ran S, Lu M, Cheng L

“…Qiuyan Xu,1,* Yunxia Shang,1,* Xiang Li,1 Shuangqin Ran,1 Min Lu,1 Lei Cheng2,3 1Department of Pediatrics, Suzhou Research Center of Medical School, Suzhou Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Clinical Allergy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 3International Centre for Allergy Research, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Lei Cheng, Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Clinical Allergy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, People’s Republic of China, Email chenglei@jsph.org.cn Min Lu, Department of Pediatrics, Suzhou Research Center of Medical School, Suzhou Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 1 Lijiang Road, Suzhou, 215153, People’s Republic of China, Email samy_lm@163.comPurpose: To investigate the main characteristics of HDM-induced allergic diseases in children and to explore allergen component-specific sensitization patterns, features, and correlations with clinical symptoms.Methods: Serum samples were collected from children with HDM-induced allergic diseases. …”
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Protective Effects of Gynostemma pentaphyllum Saponins on Liver Injury in Guinea Pigs of Hyperlipemia Based on Oxidative Stress by Tianyi DAI, Donglian LIU, Xingmin QIN, Chengling GAO, Jiayi LI, Hailing KUANG

“…Objective: To observe the protective effects of Gynostemma pentaphyllum saponins (GPs) on liver injury in guinea pigs of hyperlipemia based on oxidative stress. Methods: A total of 32 guinea pigs were randomly divided into a model group, a low dose GPs group (85 mg/kg), a high dose GPs group (170 mg/kg), and a simvastatin group (1.5 mg/kg), with 8 animals in each group. …”
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Assessment of The Factors Affecting Management of Gender and Sexual Violence Against Women in Rural Communities: A Case Study of Kyanamira Sub County Kabale District. by Tumuheki, Timothy

“…The researcher used a descriptive survey, which was cross-sectional because the respondents could give their views freely. Data collection methods used in the study included Questionnaires and Focus group discussions. …”
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Using zoobenthos and ichthyofauna as test objects for the quality of surface waters polluted with heavy metals by V. V. Butsiak

“…Instrumental control methods do not allow for assessing the complex impact of xenobiotics present in water on the water body's ecosystem. …”
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Novel Glasses-Free Distance Stereotest Using Eye Tracking: Evaluation of Sensitivity, Validity, Reliability, and Monocular Cue Masking by Cao LQ, Cui B, Li XL, Zhou BY, Qin LW, Li MG, Wang YQ, Wang FX

“…Li-Qun Cao,1,2,* Bei Cui,1,2,* Xue-Ling Li,3 Bi-Ye Zhou,4 Li-Wei Qin,1,2 Ming-Gao Li,5 Yuan-Qing Wang,6 Feng-Xiang Wang1,2 1Senior Department of Ophthalmology, The Third Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100089, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Ophthalmology, The Sixth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Emergency Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Special Operations Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, People’s Republic of China; 6School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Feng-Xiang Wang, Senior Department of Ophthalmology, The Third Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital; Department of Ophthalmology, The Sixth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 69 of Yongding Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100089, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13810862297, Email fengxiangwangwdf@126.com Yuan-Qing Wang, School of Electronic Science and Engineering,Nanjing University, No. 163 of Xianlin Street, Qixia District, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 19951935195, Email yqwang@nju.edu.cnObjective: This study assessed the sensitivity, validity, reliability, and monocular cue masking of a novel glasses-free distance random-dot stereotest system (GFDRDSS) compared with the established Distance Randot stereotest in youth with normal vision.Methods: A total of 185 participants (17– 20 years) with normal uncorrected visual acuity and eye alignment were enrolled. …”
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Flatfish lesion detection based on part segmentation approach and lesion image generation by Seo‐Bin Hwang, Han‐Young Kim, Chae‐Yeon Heo, Hie‐Yong Jeong, Sung‐Ju Jung, Yeong‐Jun Cho

“…Additionally, a flatfish lesion and disease image dataset, called FlatIMG, was created and verified using the proposed methods on the dataset. A flash salmon lesion dataset was also tested to validate the generalizability of the proposed methods. …”
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A comprehensive review of analytical solutions and advances in pressure transient analysis of conventional reservoirs by Mohammad Reza Arab Juneghani, Sajjad Moradi, Mohammad Reza Zavelaneh, Javad Siavashi, Mohammad Sharifi

“…This research offers a concise historical overview of PTA methods, tracing their evolution since the 1950s. …”
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IMCP: A Python package for imbalanced and multiclass data classifier performance comparison by Jesus S. Aguilar-Ruiz, Marcin Michalak, Łukasz Wróbel

“…The Multiclass Classification Performance (MCP) curve is an innovative method to visualize the performance of a classifier for multiclass datasets. …”
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Illegal Activities of Cartel Organizations in the Field of Public Procurement as a New Object of Statistical Study by A. E. Lyapin

“…Graphical and tabular methods were used to visualize statistical data. The study is based on data provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia, the Federal Treasury of the Russian Federation, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation and the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court.Results of the study. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Physical and Mechanical Behaviors of Paraffin Microcapsule Phase-Change Energy-Storage Concrete by Dongxue Wang, Zipeng Qin, Shixing Liu, Lefeng Chen, Guoxun Chen, Erjin Xu, Liangbin Zhang, Yan Tian, Zhengzheng Liu, Yifan Li, Saixuan Lei, Jiayi Pan, Peisheng Qiu, Xu Zhou

“…This study prepared a paraffin-microencapsulated phase-change aggregate (PCA) and used the equal volume sand replacement method to replace standard sand with PCA under a fixed water–cement ratio and curing conditions. …”
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Efficacy of Different Acupuncture Techniques for Pain and Dysfunction in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Jing Sun, Yi Liang, Kai-Tao Luo, Xiao-Mei Shao, Ming-Qi Tu, Xiao-Ting Wu, Fang Liu, Xin-Wei Li, Yi-Dan Chen, Qi-Fei Zhang, Cong-Hua Ji, Rong-Rong Li, Xiao-Yu Li, Fu Xu, Jian-Qiao Fang

“…EA is the most effective method of alleviating pain intensity in treating KOA. …”
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Influence of Orthokeratology Lenses on the Structure of the Eye by I. A. Bubnova, G. M. Musaeva

“…Thus, the use of orthokeratology lenses is a safe and effective method for correcting and “controlling” myopia.…”
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EVALUACIÓN POR MÉTODO ECOMÉTRICO DE AGAR OBTENIDO DE ALGAS ROJAS COLOMBIANAS by A. Villalobos, L. Calderón, C. Figueroa, J. Fierro, G. Otalóra, B. Quevedo-Hidalgo, R. Álvarez, M. Mercado-Reyes, M. Huertas-Valero, A. Trespalacios-Rangel

“…Productivity of culture media elaborated with base agar - agar was determinedusing the ecometric method with 20 different bacterial species. Results obtained from ICA and ICRshowed that agar extracted from Gracilaria cylindrica and Gracillaria mammillaris are equally productive,this shows that both species can be used for agar production. …”
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The Effectiveness of Wisdom Training on Academic Emotions, Academic Motivation and Subjective Vitality in Students by Masoomeh Azizi, Abolghasem Yaghoobi

“…The present study examined the effectiveness of wisdom training on academic emotions, academic motivation and subjective vitality in students. The study method was semi-experimental and its design was pretest, post-test with control group and follow-up stage. …”
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