Clinical Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Predictors of Nonobese Fatty Liver Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study by Zhang X, Wang S, Xu S, Min R, Ling Y, Sun S, Gong R

“…Xiaomei Zhang,1,2,* Shi Wang,3,* Sanping Xu,1 Rui Min,2 Yan Ling,1 Shiran Sun,4,* Rui Gong1,* 1Health Management Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Rui Gong; Shiran Sun, Email gongrui@hust.edu.cn; sunshiranwh@163.comPurpose: This study aimed to investigate the risk factors and predictors of non-obese fatty liver disease in the Chinese population.Patients and Methods: A total of 6,014 adults who underwent physical examinations at Union Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology from March 2019 to March 2023 were included in this study. …”
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Leveraging faith-leaders to prevent violence against women and girls: A qualitative study of evangelical faith-leaders' perceptions in Woliso, Ethiopia. by Wosene Berhanu, Elisa Gobbo, Addise Amado Dube, Nesanet Megersa, Yoska Amenu, Mengistu Demeke, Adamu Addisse, Sibylle Herzig Van Wees

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A qualitative study design drawing on 14 semi-structured interviews and observational data from workshops with Evangelical faith-leaders that explored their views on gender equality and VAWG. …”
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Can Synthetic Data Allow for Smaller Sample Sizes in Chronic Urticaria Research? by Annika Gutsche, Pascale Salameh, Samad S. Jahandideh, Mehran Roodsaz, Serkan Kutan, Ali Salehzadeh‐Yazdi, Emek Kocatürk, Stamatios Gregoriou, Simon F. Thomsen, Kanokvalai Kulthanan, Papapit Tuchinda, Joachim Dissemond, Alicja Kasperska‐Zajac, Magdalena Zajac, Mateusz Zamłyński, Martijn vanDoorn, Claudio A. S. Parisi, Jonny G. Peter, Cascia Day, Cathryn McDougall, Michael Makris, Daria Fomina, Elena Kovalkova, Nikolai Streliaev, Gerelma Andrenova, Marina Lebedkina, Maryam Khoskhkui, Mehraneh M. Aliabadi, Andrea Bauer, Lea Kiefer, Melba Muñoz, Karsten Weller, Pavel Kolkhir, Martin Metz

“…Conclusion Synthetic data could replicate RWD with reasonable accuracy for patients with CSU down to 25% of the original population size. This method has the potential to extend small patient subgroups in clinical and epidemiological research.…”
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Peculiarities of Clinical Indices, Duration and Complication of Acute Pancreatitis in Patients With Comorbid Obesity by Kebkalo A., Tkachuk O., Reiti A.

“…The aim of the study is to find out the features of clinical indicators, course and complications of acute pancreatitis in patients with comorbid obesity. Materials and methods. In our work, we used a retrospective analysis. …”
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Mechanical injuries of the eye: Incidence, structure and possibilities for prevention by Jovanović Miloš, Stefanović Ivan

“…The aim of this study was to analyze factors leading to occurrence of mechanical injuries of the eye. Methods. Mechanic injuries of the eye in patients treated at the Institute for Eye Diseases of the Clinical Center of Serbia in Belgrade, in an eight-year period were analyzed. …”
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Experiences of treatment of age related macular degeneration with concomitant myopia by I. B. Alekseev, Ju. A. Nam

“…Material and methods. 60 patients (120 eyes) aged 44 to 79 with age-related changes in the retina treated with peptide bioregulator and/or multivitamin complex were tested for changes of visual functions. …”
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A Study on the Role of Omega Fatty Acids as an Adjuvant Therapy in Treatment of Amblyopia by Shipra Sharda

“…Aim: To study the role of omega fatty acids as an adjuvant therapy in treatment of amblyopia. Methods: This prospective, randomized, interventional study included thirty two patients aged 5-12 years of age with unilateral amblyopia or bilateral amblyopia. …”
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СOMPARATIVE EFFICIENCY OF USE OF METHYLETHYLPYRIDINOL BY THE ENDONASAL ELECTROPHORESIS AND PARABULBAR INJECTIONS AT THE CHORIORETINAL DYSTROPHY by A. M. Razumovskaya, M. I. Razumovskiy, Y. A. Korovyanskiy

“…Research objective: comparative assessment of efficiency of use of Emoxypin® by an endonasal electrophoresis and parabulbar injections at a chorioretinal dystrophy. Methods: 71 patients (average age of 55±3 years) suffering from a chorioretinal dystrophy of various genesis were in the study. …”
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The impact of sensory modalities and background information on the emotional resonance of Li Bai’s classical poetry by Yannan Zhang, Xiao Wang

“…The experiment includes five conditions: three focus on sensory modalities (visual, auditory, and visual-auditory), while the remaining two examine the combined effects of background information (background music and background images) in conjunction with sensory modalities.ResultsThe results indicate that: The visual modality and the visual-auditory modality yield higher emotional resonance ratings compared to the auditory modality. …”
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Prevalence and Pattern of Corneal Morbidity Based on a New Nomogram and Graticule by Richa Bhardwaj, KP Chaudhary, RL Sharma, Vinay Gupta

“…Purpose: To study the pattern of corneal diseases using a new nomogram and graticule. Materials and Methods: 256 eyes of 200 patients attending the cornea services of the institute from July 2011 to June 2012 were included in the study. …”
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Photojournalist Framing in the Ecological Crisis: The DANA Flood Coverage by Carolina Fernández-Castrillo, Celia Ramos

“…This research focuses on current photojournalism practices in the media representation of the climate crisis, exploring how images published by Spain’s leading digital newspapers contribute to shaping public perception of the phenomenon. Through a mixed-methods approach, this study examines eco-visual reporting in 2023—a year characterized by unprecedented global temperatures—alongside an examination of the initial month of coverage of the 2024 DANA floods. …”
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Explainable Siamese Neural Networks for Detection of High Fall Risk Older Adults in the Community Based on Gait Analysis by Christos Kokkotis, Kyriakos Apostolidis, Dimitrios Menychtas, Ioannis Kansizoglou, Evangeli Karampina, Maria Karageorgopoulou, Athanasios Gkrekidis, Serafeim Moustakidis, Evangelos Karakasis, Erasmia Giannakou, Maria Michalopoulou, Georgios Ch Sirakoulis, Nikolaos Aggelousis

“…To address this, the present study proposes a novel approach that transforms biomechanical time-series data, derived from gait analysis, into visual representations to facilitate the application of deep learning (DL) methods for fall risk assessment. …”
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SSAT: Sensor-Satellite Auto-Correlation Transformer for Enhanced Aerosol Optical Depth Prediction by Maoquan Zhang, Bisser Raytchev, Juan Cuesta, Farouk Lemmouchi, Maithili Karle, Daniel Andrade

“…Although physically constrained methods (e.g. data assimilation) are a common practice for addressing this synergism, these methods may be difficult to implement and are highly computationally demanding. …”
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Effect of distinct drying approach on bioactive compounds and nutritional profiling of Ulva intestinalis and Padina tetrastromatica from the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh by Abu Bakker Siddique Khan, Md. Rahamat Ullah, Mousumi Akhter, Md. Monjurul Hasan, Farhana Yasmin, Aovijite Bosu, Mohammed Ashraful Haque, Md. Mohidul Islam, Al-Amin, Md. Amirul Islam, Md. Zulfikar Ali

“…Marine algae have been visualized as fostering a prevalent actuation of bioactive substances that have noteworthy therapeutic effects. …”
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The Effect of Recombinant Human Brain Natriuretic Peptide Combined with Xinmailong on Heart Failure and Its Impact on Cardiac Function and Inflammatory Response by Ge Z, Li C, Liu Y, Sun X

“…Zhaorui Ge,1,&ast; Chunyan Li,2,&ast; Yanling Liu,3 Xiujuan Sun4 1Department of Internal Medicine, Xianxian Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xianxian, 062250, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hebei North University, Baoding, People’s Republic of China; 3Wuqiao County Hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Internal medicine, Wuqiao County, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Cardiology, Wuqiao County Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Wuqiao County, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Chunyan Li, Email yds734@126.comObjective: To analyze the effect of recombinant human brain natriuretic peptide (rhBNP) combined with Xinmailong on heart failure and its impact on cardiac function and inflammatory response.Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 60 heart failure patients treated in our hospital from January 2023 to March 2024. …”
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TERRITORIAL DIFFERENTIATION OF INCOMES ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION by M. V. Moroshkina

“…Objective: to analyze and evaluate the regional disparities of socio-economic development of the Russian regions in terms of income differentiation adjusted for the level of inflation.Methods: indicator by which to measure the level of regional growth heterogeneity is Gini coefficient, allowing to determine the degree of the Russian regions’ deviation from absolute equality. …”
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NMRAL1 as a Causal Factor in Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Proteome-Wide Mendelian Randomization Study by Ye H, Wang Y, Shi Y, Wu Y, Xu Q, Huang S

“…Causal effects were assessed using inverse variance weighting (IVW) and MR-Egger methods.Results: MR analysis identified NMRAL1 as the only plasma protein causally associated with PHN. …”
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Routine Blood Tests as Predictive Tools for Differentiating Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma From Follicular Adenoma by Wang J, Wang J, Liu H, Chen C

“…Follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC), though less common than papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), presents greater diagnostic challenges, especially when differentiating from follicular adenoma (FA). Current diagnostic methods lack specificity, underscoring the need for a simple, cost-effective predictive model for FTC.This study aimed to develop a predictive scoring system based on routine blood biomarkers to distinguish between FTC and FA, facilitating early diagnosis and treatment.Methods: A retrospective, single-center case-control study was conducted on patients diagnosed with FTC and FA at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from 2016 to 2022. …”
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Handheld lidar sensors can accurately measure aboveground biomass by David H. Atkins, Ryan C. Blackburn, Daniel C. Laughlin, Margaret M. Moore, Andrew J. Sánchez Meador

“…Lidar approaches can be completed within a fraction of the time required by many analog methods. However, it is unknown if handheld sensors are capable of accurately predicting AGB or how different modeling techniques affect prediction accuracy. …”
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National standards of pharmaceutical education in the context of reforming legislation of higher education by І. M. Alieksieieva

“…Methods of research – bibliographic, linguistic, contextual, substantive-legal, comparative-legal, generalization, description of results. …”
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