Comparison of the TNM9th and 8th editions for localized and locally advanced anal squamous cell carcinoma treated nonsurgically and proposal of a new stage grouping system by Aihong Zheng, Yiwen Wang, Shuang Li, Yingjie Wang, Hong'en Xu, Jieni Ding, Bingchen Chen, Tao Song, Lei Lai

“…Additionally, multivariate analysis was employed to identify significant predictors, which were further visualized using a nomogram. Finally, calibration curve, C‐index, and decision curve analysis (DCA) were applied to assess the performance of the different staging systems. …”
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Association of blood cadmium levels with all-cause and cause-specific mortality among adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a prospective cohort study by Congxi Xu, Congxi Xu, Zhi Li, Shirui Hao, Jian Zhang, Jinlong Li, Kuopeng Liang, Xiaojuan Wang, Yi Zhang, Yi Zhang, Guangyuan Zhao, Mengyun Bai, Dengxiang Liu, Jitao Wang

“…The relationship between blood cadmium concentrations and all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality in NAFLD patients was assessed using Cox proportional hazards regression while accounting for potential confounders. Results were visualized using Kaplan–Meier and restricted cubic spline (RCS) curves. …”
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Effects of different climatic conditions on soil water storage patterns by A. Ehrhardt, A. Ehrhardt, J. Groh, J. Groh, J. Groh, H. H. Gerke

“…Wavelet analysis (WA) provides a tool to efficiently visualize and quantify these patterns by transferring the time series from the time domain into the frequency domain.…”
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Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Lenabasum, a Cannabinoid Receptor Type 2 Agonist, in Patients with Dermatomyositis with Refractory Skin Disease: Follow-Up Data from a 3-Year Open-... by Caroline J. Stone, Geeta Ahuja, Lais Lopes Almeida Gomes, Joy Poroye, Daniella Forman Faden, Lillian Xie, Rui Feng, Barbara White, Victoria P. Werth

“…Results: By week 68, patients exhibited reductions in Cutaneous Dermatomyositis Disease Area and Severity Index activity score (−21.8), Patient Skin Activity Visual Analog Scale (−3.0), and Skindex-29 (−28.0) from OLE baseline. …”
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Feasibility of home initiation of an airway clearance device (SIMEOX) by telecare in people with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a pilot study by Jean-Christian Borel, Nathalie Arnol, Sylvie Leroy, Marlène Murris-Espin, Rebecca Hamidfar, Marie Mahot, Raphael Abouly, Hughes Gauchez, Sophie Jacques, Eloise Joffray, Laurent Morin

“…At week 12, participant satisfaction rating was 9.0 (7.9; 10.0) on a 10-point visual analogue scale; respiratory function did not change but quality of life improved (COPD Assessment Test score −4.7, 95% CI −7.7 to −1.6, p=0.023; St Georges Respiratory Questionnaire −5.8, 95% CI −10.8 to −0.9, p=0.005).Conclusion Adherence to and satisfaction with the SIMEOX airway clearance device supported by telecare were high in people with NCFB. …”
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Ocular manifestations in pediatric tumor suppressor gene mutations: a case series and literature review of RB1, NF1, NF2, VHL, and TSC by Aoxiang Wang, Chanyuan Wang, Wen Li, Jing Qiao, Yulin Luo, Yu Tian

“…Early detection of ocular symptoms is crucial, as it allows for prompt intervention, significantly improving both visual and systemic outcomes. Additionally, these genetic mutations are frequently associated with systemic syndromes, emphasizing the importance of recognizing ocular symptoms and providing timely ophthalmic care and follow-up for early diagnosis and effective management. …”
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Relationship Between the Nasopharyngeal Swab Sampling Method, Nasal Obstruction, and SARS-Cov-2 Positivity by Dogan Cakan, Zeliha Kubra Cakan, Semih Usaklioglu, Yetkin Zeki Yilmaz, Omer Uysal, Hasan Ahmet Ozdogan

“…The results of the RT-PCR test studied with a unilateral nasopharyngeal swab sample taken during hospitalization and the RT-PCR test studied with a bilateral nasopharyngeal swab sample taken on the 2nd day of hospitalization and the visual analog scale (VAS) scores showing the patients’ pain during the first sampling were determined.Results:In the first test, 23 (52.3%) patients in the study group and 32 (72.7%) patients in the control group were evaluated as SARS-CoV-2 positive. …”
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Network localization of regional homogeneity alterations in Parkinson’s disease by Yuanying Song, Hucheng Yang, Hucheng Yang, Siyu Gu, Yingling Zhu, ZhenYu Dai, Pinglei Pan, Xianxian Zhang

“…This network showed significant spatial overlap primarily with the visual (49.24%), somatomotor (32.35%), dorsal attention (44.49%), and ventral attention (67.97%) canonical networks. …”
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Monitoring Anthropogenically Disturbed Parcels with Soil Erosion Dynamics Change Based on an Improved SegFormer by Zhenqiang Li, Jialin Li, Jie Li, Zhangxuan Li, Kuncheng Jiang, Yuyang Ma, Chuli Hu

“…Currently, traditional methods for change detection, such as field surveys and visual interpretation, suffer from time inefficiencies, complexity, and high resource consumption. …”
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The fungal gut microbiota in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis by Nelson Mok, Natalie C. Knox, Natalie C. Knox, Feng Zhu, Douglas L. Arnold, Amit Bar-Or, Charles Noah Bernstein, Christine Bonner, Jessica D. Forbes, Morag Graham, Morag Graham, Ruth Ann Marrie, Julia O’Mahony, E. Ann Yeh, Yinshan Zhao, Gary Van Domselaar, Gary Van Domselaar, Brenda Banwell, Emmanuelle Waubant, Helen L. Tremlett

“…Using metataxonomic sequencing of the fungal internal transcribed spacer region 2, the fungal profiles were compared between participants using visualizations, statistical tests, and predictive analysis. …”
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Scarf osteotomy combined with akin osteotomy for the treatment of patients with moderate hallux valgus: a retrospective study combining plantar pressure testing and gait analysis by Peng Lu, Songchuan Su, Xin Li, Liqi Ng, Xiaotian Xiong, Qiuping Zhang, Yusong Liu, Yu Zhou

“…Clinical assessment measures encompassed the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Foot (JSSF) HV scale. …”
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Evaluating Sperm Recovery Time and Efficacy of Monotherapy vs. Combination Therapies in Men with Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Edoardo Pozzi, Vishal Ila, Francis Petrella, Christian Corsini, Armin Ghomeshi, Rohan Dureja, Daniel Boaretto, Tharun Somasundar, Andrea Salonia, Ranjith Ramasamy

“…Forrest plots were generated to visually present the pooled effect sizes for time to recover spermatogenesis, specifically employing the standardized mean difference (SMD). …”

Preoperative clinical model to predict myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective analysis from the MANAGE cohort in a Spanish hospital by Victoria Gomez, Ekaterine Popova, Javier Zamora, María Gómez-Rojo, David Pestaña, Gerard Urrútia, José Manuel del Rey, Ana Belen Serrano, Eva Ureta, Monica Nuñez, Borja Fernández Félix, Elisa Velasco, Javier Burgos, Alfonso Sanjuanbenito, Juan Manuel Monteagudo, Basilio de la Torre, Ángel Candela-Toha

“…Discrimination was assessed with the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and calibration was visually assessed using calibration plots representing deciles of predicted probability of MINS against the observed rate in each risk group and the calibration-in-the-large (CITL) and the calibration slope. …”
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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for the intelligent operation of building energy systems: design, implementation and evaluation in a living lab by Florian Redder, Philipp Althaus, Eziama Ubachukwu, Maximilian Mork, Sascha Johnen, Christian Küpper, Paul Lieberenz, Marieluise Oden, Lidia Westphal, Thomas Storek, André Xhonneux, Dirk Müller

“…Therefore, technologies for harmonizing, storing, and visualizing data, as well as managing physical devices and users are needed. …”
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Raddeanin A promotes the apoptosis of gastric cancer in conjunction with autophagy inhibitor Hydroxychloroquine via MAPK signaling pathway by Yuhao Teng, Ying Xing, Weiwei Xue, Yue Hu, Zirui Li, Jun Qian, Ruiping Wang

“…Results: Many cancer-related signaling pathways were visualized using Cytoscape software. Among them, the MAPK signaling pathway was one of the highest-ranked pathways. …”
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Effects of vagus nerve stimulation on daily function and quality of life in markedly treatment-resistant major depression: Findings from a one-year, randomized, sham-controlled tri... by A. John Rush, Charles R. Conway, Scott T. Aaronson, Mark S. George, Patricio Riva-Posse, David L. Dunner, John Zajecka, Mark T. Bunker, João Quevedo, Rebecca M. Allen, Gustavo Alva, Heather Luing, Ziad Nahas, Lucian Manu, Jeffrey I. Bennett, Brian J. Mickey, Jonathan Becker, Yvette Sheline, Cristina Cusin, James W. Murrough, Kevin Reeves, Peter B. Rosenquist, Ying-Chieh (Lisa) Lee, Shannon Majewski, Jeffrey Way, Bryan Olin, Harold A. Sackeim

“…The WHODAS 2.0 (P = 0.304) and EQ-5D visual analog scale (P = 0.125) failed to reveal between-group differences. …”
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Mobile Therapeutic Attention for Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia (m-RESIST) Solution for Improving Clinical and Functional Outcomes in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Prospect... by Jussi Seppälä, Eva Grasa, Anna Alonso-Solis, Alexandra Roldan-Bejarano, Marianne Haapea, Matti Isohanni, Jouko Miettunen, Johanna Caro Mendivelso, Cari Almazán, Katya Rubinstein, Asaf Caspi, Zolt Unoka, Kinga Farkas, Elisenda Reixach, Jesus Berdun, Judith Usall, Susana Ochoa, Iluminada Corripio, Erika Jääskeläinen

“…Functionality was assessed by the Global Assessment of Functioning and perceived quality of life was evaluated by the EuroQol visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS). ResultsSignificant reductions were found in symptoms from pretrial to posttrial on the PANSS total (mean difference −7.2, 95% CI −11.1 to −3.4; PPPPP=.P=.P=.PP=. …”
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Risk prediction of stroke-associated pneumonia in acute ischemic stroke with atrial fibrillation using machine learning models by Tai Su, Peng Zhang, Peng Zhang, Bingyin Zhang, Zihao Liu, Zexing Xie, Xiaomei Li, Jixiang Ma, Tao Xin

“…The optimal prediction model was visualized using a nomogram. In this study, SAP was identified in 10.16% of cases. …”
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18F-FDG PET/CT-based deep learning models and a clinical-metabolic nomogram for predicting high-grade patterns in lung adenocarcinoma by Yue Guo, Xibin Jia, Chuanxu Yang, Chao Fan, Hui Zhu, Xu Chen, Fugeng Liu

“…CM model was built from clinical and PET/CT metabolic parameters via backwards stepwise logistic regression and visualized via a nomogram. The prediction performance of the models was evaluated mainly by the area under the curve (AUC). …”
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Pt@ZnCo₂O₄ Microspheres as Peroxidase Mimics: Enhanced Catalytic Activity and Application for L-Cysteine Detection by Shuqi Liao, Weisen Deng, Feng Yang, Jutao Zhou, Ling Wu, Donghong Yu, Zhong Cao

“…Based on the optimal loading ratio of 12.5% of Pt@ZnCo₂O₄, a colorimetric sensor for visual detection of L-cysteine (L-Cys) was constructed, exhibiting a wide linear range of 0.1~50 µM and a low detection limit of 0.0163 µM. …”
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