The burden of delayed diagnosis in Hirschsprung disease: insights from a Paediatric Colorectal Centre in South Africa by Emanuele Trovalusci, Tebogo Thelele, Paola Midrio, Catterina Bebington, Chris Westgarth-Taylor, Giulia Brisighelli

“…Demographic and clinical data, including the number and type of surgeries, complications, and functional outcomes, were collected and compared between the two groups using the Mann-Whitney U and Fisher’s Exact Test. …”
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Can Right Heart Catheterization Improve the Prediction of Positive Response to Resynchronization Therapy? by Karolina Barańska-Pawełczak, Wojciech Jacheć, Andrzej Tomasik, Bettina Ziaja, Michalina Mazurkiewicz, Tomasz Kukulski, Celina Wojciechowska

“…<b>Methods</b>: It was a single-centre study with retrospective analysis of data of 39 non-ischemic HF patients. Clinical, biochemical, echocardiographic, electrocardiographic, and hemodynamic data were obtained before the CRT device implantation, and after 6 months of follow-up, non-invasive re-assessment was performed. …”
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Evidence from NHANES 2011–2014: a correlation between the weight-adjusted-waist index and cognitive abilities in the United States by Chan Zhao, Xintian Xu, Chunyan Hao

“…This investigation explored the link between WWI and older Americans’ cognitive function.MethodsUtilizing data from the 2011–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Cross-Sectional Survey, multiple linear regression analysis was used to assess the influence of WWI on cognitive abilities in those over 60. …”
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“A glass half full” or “a breastless dwarf”: Metaphorical talk in women’s accounts of Turner syndrome by Kamila Ciepiela

“…The analysis is carried out with metaphor operationalized as a framing device in discourse, whose main function is to impose a particular axiologically-charged construal of TS. …”
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Deterministic reservoir computing for chaotic time series prediction by Johannes Viehweg, Constanze Poll, Patrick Mäder

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Regional hippocampal thinning and gyrification abnormalities and associated cognition in children with prenatal alcohol exposure by Blake A. Gimbel, Jeffrey R. Wozniak, Bryon A. Mueller, Kent A. Tuominen, Abigail M. Ernst, Mary E. Anthony, Erik de Water, the CIFASD, Donovan J. Roediger

“…The data also demonstrate that these developmental anomalies have functional consequences in terms of core memory functions as well as global intellectual functioning in children with PAE.…”
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A Behavioral and fNIRS Comparative Study of Gender and Task Differences in Mental Rotation Among Primary Students by Dandan Wu, Jinfeng Yang, Zhi Hong Wan, Yining Shen, Qianming Liu, Jinghui Zhang, Simin Cao, Hui Li

“…ABSTRACT Purpose This study investigated the sex and task effects in mental rotation (MR) among Chinese primary school students, employing behavioral assessments and functional near‐infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for a comprehensive analysis. …”
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VHR Multispectral Satellite Image Classification with Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks for Urban Applications by M. Fawzy, M. Fawzy, Á. Barsi

“…Function decomposition makes KAN particularly suitable for challenging tasks in image classification, where separating data into distinct categories often requires approximating intricate and multi-dimensional boundaries. …”
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Ultrafast complex-valued 4D fMRI reveals sleep-induced brain respiratory pulsation changes in both magnitude and phase signals by Saara Sofia Syväoja, Lauri Raitamaa, Heta Helakari, Jussi Kantola, Matti Järvelä, Janne Kananen, Ville Isokoski, Vesa Korhonen, Tommi Väyrynen, Timo Tuovinen, Jürgen Hennig, Vesa Kiviniemi

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Impact of an Early Invasive Strategy versus Conservative Strategy for Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A System... by Catriona Shaw, Dorothea Nitsch, Jasmine Lee, Damian Fogarty, Claire C Sharpe

“…We searched MEDLINE and EMBASE (1990-May 2015) and article reference lists. Data describing study design, participants, invasive management strategies, renal function, all-cause mortality and risk of bias were extracted.…”
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Investigation of Sleep Hygiene and Quality of Life in Nursing Students by Betül Bayrak, Beyza Alev

“…Data analysis was performed on the computer with the SPSS-26 statistical package program. …”
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Identification of RUVBL2 as a novel biomarker to predict the prognosis and drug sensitivity in multiple myeloma based on ferroptosis genes by Sishi Tang, Xinyi Long, Fangfang Li, Siyi Jiang, Yunfeng Fu, Jing Liu

“…A total of 12 FRGs were identified, utilizing the STRING database and Cytoscape software, and the PPI networks were constructed to identify hub genes and further functional enrichment analyses. Based on the aforementioned data, this study analyzed the expression of RUVBL2 in MM patients by qRT-PCR and Western blotting. …”
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Evaluation of antibacterial activity of Bacillus velenesis 21-128 against Xanthomonas campestris pv. Campestris by Moon Joo Kim, Eun-Jae Park, Bori Lee, Hyun-Jae Jang, Jongmin Ahn, Ji-Hye Kim, Young Ho Kim, Bong-Sik Yun, Seung Woong Lee

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Association between the Body Roundness Index and spirometric parameters among U.S. Adolescents from NHANES 2007–2012 by Weibang Xu, Baoyi Huang, Yiyi Xu, Ganghua Huang

“…Abstract Background Obesity is an important factor affecting pulmonary function. The Body Roundness Index (BRI) is a new method of assessing body and visceral adiposity, but its association with spirometric parameters in adolescents has not been previously reported. …”
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Optical correction of hyperopia in school-aged children: a scoping review protocol by Su-Hsun Liu, Tawna L Roberts, Gayathri Srinivasan, Kristen L Kerber, Vivian M Manh, Kristine Huang, Alexandra Williamson, Soumen Sadhu, Morgan C Ollinger, Zahra Tajbakhsh, Jennifer H Fisher, Nathan L Cheung, Jasmine Junge, Kevin C H Chan, Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen, Patrick Simard, Kelsey R Trast, Christina E Morettin, Samantha Krueger, Augustine N Nti, Debora M Lee Chen

“…Examples of data to be extracted include population demographics, visual acuity, study-specific definitions for refractive error, treatment regimens for optical correction, vision and vision-related functional outcomes and QoL (general or vision-related) as quantified by validated instruments.Ethics and dissemination Informed consent and Institutional Review Board approval will not be required, as this scoping review will only use published data. …”
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Cellular hierarchy framework based on single-cell and bulk RNA sequencing reveals fatty acid metabolic biomarker MYDGF as a therapeutic target for ccRCC by Ning Wang, Ziyu Xu, Lina Zhang, Lina Zhang, Yanfang Lu, Yanfang Lu, Yanliang Wang, Yanliang Wang, Lei Yan, Lei Yan, Huixia Cao, Huixia Cao, Limeng Wang, Limeng Wang, Fengmin Shao, Fengmin Shao

“…Nevertheless, the effect of FAM reprogramming on the heterogeneity and prognosis of ccRCC individuals remains insufficiently understood.MethodsWe utilized single-cell sequencing and spatial transcriptomics to investigate the heterogeneity of FAM in ccRCC comprehensively. Functional enrichment algorithms, including AUCell, UCell, singscore, ssGSEA, and AddModuleScore, along with hdWGCNA analysis, were used to identify hub genes influencing high FAM of ccRCC. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATED FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY ASSAY FOR QUANTIFYING FACTORS AFFECTING RED BLOOD CELL (RBC) SICKLING IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE (SCD) by ML Arrojo, ACS Pinto, SK Haddad, RA Panepucci

“…An eccentricity threshold of 0.60 was also used to separate round cells from elliptical/sickled cells (eccentricity > 0.60). Data analysis was carried using the open-source software Knime. …”
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Interdisciplinary medical education practices: building a case-driven interdisciplinary simulation system based on public datasets by Kangli Qiu, Tianshu Zeng, Wenfang Xia, Miaomiao Peng, Wen Kong

“…The entire interdisciplinary simulation system adheres to the concept of functional modular design and employs a model stratification method to achieve the division of data, analysis, and presentation models. …”
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KESANTUNAN TINDAK TUTUR IMPERATIF DALAM PENGAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS PADA MAHASISWA DI KABUPATEN DHARMASRAYA by Lusiana Lusiana, Nidya Fitri

“…Then, the technique used is the participant  technique and basic technique  is sadap technique. Data analysis is used pragmatic method of indeterminate become a partner between collage students and lecturer. …”
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Determining signalling nodes for apoptosis by a genetic high-throughput screen. by Bevan Lin, Derek Huntley, Ghada Abuali, Sarah R Langley, George Sindelar, Enrico Petretto, Sarah Butcher, Stefan Grimm

“…Careful sequence analysis and functional annotation showed that the apoptosis factors exhibit a distinct functional distribution that distinguishes the cell death process from other signalling pathways. …”
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