Causal association among smoking, bitter beverage consumption, and risk of osteoporosis: a two-sample mendelian randomization-based study by Yanqian Wu, Jianqian Chao, Min Bao, Na Zhang, Leixia Wang

“…Results Smoking per day was causally associated with the risk of osteoporosis OR = 1.417, 95% CI = 1.119–1.794, P = 0.003), and lifetime smoking index had a possible genetic causal association with the risk of osteoporosis with pathological fractures (OR = 4.187, 95% CI = 1.909–9.184, P < 0.001). …”
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Association of serum neurofilament light chain with cognitive impairment: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Tianjiao Meng, Qinwen Fei, Tian Lv, Shiqin Chen

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Distal Radial Artery Access in comparison to Forearm Radial Artery Access for Cardiac Catheterization: A Randomized Controlled Trial (DARFORA Trial) by Yunis Daralammouri, Zaher Nazzal, Yahya S. Mosleh, Heba K. Abdulhaq, Zafer Y. Khayyat, Yousef El Hamshary, Murad Azamtta, Ahmed Ghanim, Fateh Awwad, Sajed Majadla, Mosab Maree, Jihad Hamaida, Yahia Ismail

“…The DRA group had a longer puncture duration and a higher number of attempts (duration: 56.6 ± 61.1 s DRA vs. 20.0 ± 18.4 s FRA, p<0.001, attempts: 1.9 ± 1.3 DRA vs. 1.2 ± 0.60 FRA, p<0.001). …”
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Effect of Walking Modes and Temperatures on the Robustness of Ventilation Systems in the Control of Walking-induced Disturbances by Jianlin Ren, Junjie He, Leihong Guo, Hongwan Li, Xiangfei Kong

“…The RSr value of the SS system was still the largest, 18.7% larger than the smallest value. With the increase in temperature from 18°C to 28°C, the RSr and TSr of the different ventilation systems decreased by 7.7%–18.4% and 1.3%–15.7%, respectively. …”
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lnc-MRGPRF-6:1 Promotes ox-LDL-Induced Macrophage Ferroptosis via Suppressing GPX4 by Zhihuan You, Xiaotian Ye, Meihua Jiang, Ning Gu, Caihong Liang

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Children’s Mental Health Visits to the Emergency Department: Factors Affecting Wait Times and Length of Stay by Amanda S. Newton, Sachin Rathee, Simran Grewal, Nadia Dow, Rhonda J. Rosychuk

“…Results. Sex (male: HR=1.48, 95% CI=1.20–1.84), ED type (pediatric ED: HR=5.91, 95% CI=4.16–8.39), and triage level (Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) 2: HR=3.62, 95% CI=2.24–5.85) were statistically significant predictors of wait time. …”
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Association Study between Folate Pathway Gene Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Gastric Cancer in Koreans by Jae-Young Yoo, Sook-Young Kim, Jung-Ah Hwang, Seung-Hyun Hong, Aesun Shin, Il Ju Choi, Yeon-Su Lee

“…By genotype analysis, estimating odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI), rs1801394 in the MTRR gene showed increased risk for gastric cacner, with statistical significance both in the codominant model (odds ratio [OR], 1.39; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.85) and dominant model (OR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.02 to 1.75). …”
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An Effective Dataset Preprocessing Method in Tilted Gear Defects Target Detection by Lifen Tu, Qi Peng, Aiqun Zhang, Xiao Yang, Jiaqi Wang

“…When the method was tested on the RT-DETR model, mAP (0.5) exhibited an increase of 24.7%, while mAP (0.5 : 0.95) demonstrated an 18.4% improvement. When tested on the few-short model, mAP (0.5) increased by 23.3% and mAP (0.5 : 0.95) increased by 19.8%. …”
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A retrospective study on tolvaptan prescription in clinical practice in patients with syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) using the Japanese claims... by Daisuke Hagiwara, Miyuki Matsukawa, Junko Tasaki, Yumiko Nakamura, Hiroshi Arima

“…The dose was increased in 112 (38.6%) and 71 (28.4%) and decreased in 8 (2.8%) and 46 (18.4%) of patients with 3.75 and 7.5 mg initial doses, respectively. …”
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Deep-Sea-Derived Isobisvertinol Targets TLR4 to Exhibit Neuroprotective Activity via Anti-Inflammatory and Ferroptosis-Inhibitory Effects by Zi-Han Xu, Ming-Min Xie, Chun-Lan Xie, Xian-Wen Yang, Jun-Song Wang

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Occurrence and Impact of Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events during Sepsis: A 15-Year Observational Study by Ming-Shun Hsieh, Shu-Hui Liao, Vivian Chia-Rong Hsieh, Chorng-Kuang How

“…Both ICH and AMI significantly increased the risk of (1) ICU admission (aOR = 8.02, 95% confidence interval (CI): 6.84–9.42 for ICH and aOR = 4.78, 95% CI: 4.21–5.42 for AMI, respectively), (2) receiving MV (aOR = 3.92, 95% CI: 3.52–4.40 and aOR = 1.99, 95% CI: 1.84–2.16, respectively), and (3) the hospital mortality (aOR = 1.08, 95% CI: 0.98–1.19 and aOR = 1.11, 95% CI: 1.03–1.19, respectively). …”
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Urinary phthalate metabolites associated with increased prevalence of gallstone disease in U.S. adults: data from the NHANES study by Feng Jia, Yu Chang, Yuguang Li, Fangqi Li, Xinqiao Chen, Xiangliang Liu, Wei Li, Jiuwei Cui

“…Results In the multivariable logistic regression model, compared to the lowest quartile (Q1) of urinary mono (2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate (MECPP), the highest quartile (Q4) was associated with an 82% increased risk of gallstone formation (OR: 1.82, 95% CI: 1.17, 2.85). Similarly, for mono(3-carboxypropyl) phthalate (MCPP), the risk increased by 78% in the Q4 group compared to Q1 (OR: 1.78, 95% CI: 1.02, 3.14). …”
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EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF TRICHILIA DREGEANA SOND (MELIACEAE) CRUDE EXTRACTS AGAINST GRAM-POSITIVE AND GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA by Tesfa Mossie, Temesgen Kasa, Bekesis Urge, Hilena Yifred

“…A higher mean susceptibility or inhibition zone diameter to crude extracts was observed in Escherichia coli (19.6 ± 5.9 mm) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (18.4 ± 5.9 mm) compared to Staphylococcus aureus isolates. …”
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Supramolecular ethanol-water clusters in alcoholic beverages: Review on 2D correlation fluorescence and NMR spectral characterizations by Hui-Shuang Li, Hao-jie Bai, Yi Li, Yuqing Wu

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Tenencia de cerdos y letrinas como factores de riesgo de parasitosis intestinales en dos comunidades de Guerrero, México by Nelly Villalobos, Leticia León Luna, Lorena Elizabeth Chávez-Guitrón, Guadalupe Núñez Martínez, José Juan Martínez Maya

“…Resultados: Se evaluaron 305 personas. De ellas, 181 (59.3%) fueron positivas mediante Faust. El parásito más frecuente fue Ascaris sp., con 118 positivos (38.7%); se observaron variaciones significativas entre ambas comunidades, porque en Yoloxóchitl, se identificaron 101/184 (54.9%), mientras que en Zentixtlahuaca solo se encontraron 17/121 (14.05%). …”
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Comparative safety and effectiveness of oral anticoagulants in key subgroups of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and at high risk of gastrointestinal bleeding: A coho... by Gregory Y H Lip, Robert Benamouzig, Anne-Céline Martin, Giancarlo Pesce, Gaelle Gusto, Nadia Quignot, Artak Khachatryan, Feng Dai, Fouad Sedjelmaci, Jose Chaves, Rupesh Subash, Ruth Mokgokong

“…<h4>Results</h4>A total of 314,184 patients were identified; characteristics were similar for propensity score-matched subgroups in VKA/DOAC and DOAC/DOAC comparisons. …”
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Association of Asthma Control and Metered-Dose Inhaler Use Technique among Adult Asthmatic Patients Attending Outpatient Clinic, in Resource-Limited Country: A Prospective Study by Bezie Kebede, Girma Mamo, Abebaw Molla

“…One hundred forty patients were included in the analysis. Among these, 26 (18.4%) patients were controlled, 65 (46.1%) partially controlled, and 35% uncontrolled. …”
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Wheat landraces as sources of high grain quality and nutritional properties by V. P. Shamanin, I. V. Pototskaya, S. A. Esse, M. S. Gladkih, S. S. Shepelev, E. V. Zuev, N. A. Vinichenko, H. Koksel, A. I. Morgounov

“…The research results showed that landraces from different regions of Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan were characterized by high levels of protein (18.4–18.8%) and gluten (35.9–36.0%) in grain. Landraces from Kazakhstan had low Zn content (on average 38.3 mg/kg), while those from Kyrgyzstan, on the contrary, had high content of Zn (41.9 mg/kg) and Fe (55.1 mg/kg), and landraces from Tajikistan had high K content (3820 mg/kg). …”
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Análisis cuantitativo de la subsidencia en la zona suroccidental de la Sabana de Bogotá mediante geodesia InSAR by Fredy Diaz-Mila, Lusette Karime Escobar-Rey, Héctor Mora-Páez

“…El Grupo Aplicaciones Satelitales para el Estudio de la Dinámica de la Tierra (ASEDT) de la Dirección de Geoamenazas del Servicio Geológico Colombiano, bajo el marco del proyecto GeoRED (Geodesia: Red de Estudios de Deformación), mediante la utilización de técnicas de geodesia InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar), ha cuantificado el fenómeno de la subsidencia en 13 municipios que hacen parte de la Sabana de Bogotá, empleando imágenes interferométricas Sentinel-1 (184 de órbita descendente y 225 de órbita ascendente), para el periodo comprendido entre octubre de 2014 a diciembre 2021. …”
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To do or not to do? – Endometrial biopsy in younger women with abnormal uterine bleeding by Sandra Lynn Jaya-Bodestyne, Marlene Samantha Goh, Madeline Chan Hiu Gwan, Sonali Prashant Chonkar, Khurshid Merchant, Manisha Mathur

“…A BMI ≥ 30 (RR 1.76, p = 0.002), nulliparity (RR 1.84, p = 0.001), ultrasound findings of thickened endometrium ≥ 15 mm (RR 1.39, p = 0.048) and cystic spaces in the endometrium (RR 1.83, p < 0.001) were identified as significant risk factors after a multivariate analysis. …”
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