Pattern of Refractive Error among Patients attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern Assam, India: A Cross-sectional Study by Nilanjan Kaushik Thakur, Ruma Das Debsikdar, Srawani Sarkar, Surabhi Prasad, S Lakshmi, Devajit Deka

“…Emmetropia was present in 469 (32.7%), myopia in 427 (29.8%), high myopia in 38 (2.7%), and hypermetropia in 500 (34.9%). A total of 264 (18.4%) patients had astigmatism greater than 0.5. …”
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Multilevel analysis of prevalence and determinants of diarrhea among under-five children in Somalia: insights from the Somalia demographic and health survey 2020 by Hamse Arab Ali, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nuh, Hamse Adam Abdi, Abdisalam Hassan Muse

“…Maternal age also played a significant role, with mothers aged 45–49 presenting higher odds of their children experiencing diarrhea (AOR = 7.650; CI: 1.762–33.184). Institutional births were associated with lower odds of diarrhea (AOR = 0.693; CI: 0.568–0.847), while children of educated fathers exhibited increased odds (AOR = 1.414; CI: 1.090–1.833). …”
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Advancing arabic dialect detection with hybrid stacked transformer models by Hager Saleh, Hager Saleh, Hager Saleh, Abdulaziz AlMohimeed, Rasha Hassan, Mandour M. Ibrahim, Saeed Hamood Alsamhi, Moatamad Refaat Hassan, Sherif Mostafa

“…For IADD, the Stacking-Transformer achieves the highest performance in all rates compared to other models with 93.062 accuracy, 93.368 precision, 93.062 recall, and 93.184 F1 score. The improvement in classification performance highlights the wider variety of linguistic variables that the model can capture, providing a reliable solution for precise Arabic dialect recognition and improving the efficacy of NLP applications.…”
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Enhanced antitumor activity of combined hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy with Lenvatinib and PD-1 inhibitors in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis by Lingling Zhao, Cheng Xu, Jiewen Deng, Yang Ni

“…Response rates were markedly higher in the HAIC-L-P group, with an ORR risk ratio of 2.15 (95% CI: 1.84-2.50; p < 0.00001) and a DCR risk ratio of 1.28 (95% CI: 1.20-1.43; p < 0.0001). …”
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Salmonella Serovars, Antibiotic Resistance, and Virulence Factors Isolated from Intestinal Content of Slaughtered Chickens and Ready-to-Eat Chicken Gizzards in the Ilorin Metropoli... by M. A. Raji, H. M. Kazeem, K. A. Magyigbe, A. O. Ahmed, D. N. Lawal, I. A. Raufu

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Etude préliminaire de l'influence des disponibilités alimentaires et des activités humaines sur l’utilisation spatiale de l’habitat par les chimpanzés et les bonobos by Victor Narat, Marie Cibot, Jean Christophe Bokika Ngawolo, Richard Dumez, Sabrina Krief

“…Human activities in the home range of bonobos are more diversified, with several traditional activities (culture, gathering, hunting with nylon snares) and the encounter rates of human signs is higher (2,3 signs/km, 48 km) than in Uganda (1,84 signs/km, 74,5 km)In the future, increased habituation, detailed habitat characterization including spatial and phenological monitoring of Ape food, especially terrestrial herbaceous vegetation and interviews of a larger sample of local persons will allow performing a detailed spatio-temporal analysis of habitat use by bonobos and chimpanzees.Such studies may provide a better understanding of the adaptability of these species and their representation by local human communities to propose appropriate conservation strategies including improvement of local people well-being and wealth.…”
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Coagulation Profile of Convalescent Plasma Donors and Recipients by Hanna H Pitkänen MD, PhD, Tuukka Helin MD, PhD, Tamim Khawaja MD, Jukka-Pekka Pietilä MD, Mikael Kajova MD, Hanna Välimaa MD, PhD, DDS, Tero Vahlberg MSc, Jarkko Ihalainen MD, Antti Vierikko MD, Olli Vapalahti MD, PhD, Anu Kantele MD, PhD, Riitta Lassila MD, PhD

“…Baseline TG variables were comparable, but again LCP recipients exhibited higher endogenous thrombin potential (ETP) (1313 ± 535 nM.min) (p = 0.038) and peak TG (184 ± 106 nM) (p = 0.037) than the HCP group (870 ± 425 nM.min and 86 ± 54 nM). …”
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Study on sedimentary organic facies of coal-measure source rocks in Shuixigou Group, Taibei Sag, Tuha Basin by Hao LIANG, Tanguang FAN, Zhiyong WANG, Shu TAO, Yijie WEN, Haitian ZHENG, Zijian ZHANG

“…The organic facies of lacustrine with strong water coverage and high vitrinites have a large organic abundance and exhibit the highest hydrocarbon potential, with TOC contents ranging from 5.05 % to 18.31 % and S1+S2 values from 6.35 to 20.93 mg/g, and vitrinites exceeding 80%. …”
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Características sensoriales y preferencia en cultivares de alcaucil (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus L.), producidos en el Cinturón Hortícola de Rosario, Argentina by M.B. GATTI, M.C. MONDINO, S.M. GARCÍA, M.C. CIAPPINI

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Is Bigger Better? Living Donor Kidney Volume as Measured by the Donor CT Angiogram in Predicting Donor and Recipient eGFR after Living Donor Kidney Transplantation by Chaudhry Adeel Ebad, David Brennan, Julio Chevarria, Mohammad Bin Hussein, Donal Sexton, Douglas Mulholland, Ciaran Doyle, Patrick O’Kelly, Yvonne Williams, Ruth Dunne, Conall O’Seaghdha, Dilly Little, Martina Morrin, Peter J. Conlon

“…Kidney volume median (range) in tertiles 1, 2, and 3 was 124 (89–135 ml), 155 (136–164 ml), and 184 (165–240 ml) with donor eGFR ml/min (adjusted for body surface area expressed as ml/min/1.73 m2) at the time of donation in each tertile, 109 (93–129), 110 (92–132), and 101 ml/min (84–117). …”
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Revealing the Mechanism of Protein Degradation in Postmortem Meat: The Role of Phosphorylation and Ubiquitination by Xinran Zhao, Saisai Wu, Chi Ren, Yuqiang Bai, Chengli Hou, Xin Li, Zhenyu Wang, Dequan Zhang

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MicroRNA Regulation of Endothelial Junction Proteins and Clinical Consequence by Yugang Zhuang, Hu Peng, Victoria Mastej, Weiguo Chen

“…FAK has been regulated by miR-7, miR-138, and miR-135. Deregulation of miRNAs is caused by viral infections, tumorigenesis, and so forth. …”
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Comparison of photodynamic therapy and LEEP in women of reproductive age with cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia 2 (CIN2): A prospective observational study in China by Cheng Li, Xuanhui Wang, Qiulin Cui, Mian He, Ming Chen

“…Logistic regression analysis revealed that the transformation zone type 3 was the only risk factor for both the PDT (OR=3.68; 95% CI, 2.43-5.26; P=0.008) and LEEP groups (OR=2.34; 95% CI, 1.84-4.53; P=0.02). The treatment efficacy in the PDT group increased gradually and peaked at the 18-month follow-up point with disease disappearance and regression rates of 90.4% and 8.5%, respectively. …”
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The association between folic acid supplementation, maternal folate during pregnancy and intelligence development in infants: a prospective cohort study by Shaokang Wang, Jie Wei, Di Wang, Li Hua, Da Pan, Lingmeng Fu, Jin Yang, Guiju Sun

“…In the colostrum low-vitamin B12 level group, infants scored 0.10 points lower (95% CI: -1.84 – -0.02, P = 0.02) in the social adaptation zone compared to the normal group. …”
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Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis on Treating Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer After CDK4/6 Inhibitors by Neha Pathak, Abhenil Mittal, Sudhir Kumar, Chitrakshi Nagpal, Eitan Amir, Partha Haldar, Bharath B. Gangadharaiah, Akash Kumar, Ashutosh Mishra, Atul Batra

“…Three molecular subgroups were analyzed: HER2-low, PI3K/AKT/mTOR, and the ESR1 mutation subgroup for selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD). Results: A total of 14 studies were included. In the HER2-low group, Sacituzumab govitecan and trastuzumab deruxtecan had a similar efficacy (HR, 95% CI): PFS (0.98; 0.63–1.43) and OS (1.08; 0.76–1.55). …”
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Understanding Health-Related Discussions on Reddit: Development of a Topic Assignment Method and Exploratory Analysis by Garrett J Chan, Mark Fung, Jill Warrington, Sarah A Nowak

“…A total of 34% (28/82) of the topics comprised 80% (63,184/78,980) of all posts. Of the medical disciplines, those with the most posts were psychiatry and mental health; genitourinary and reproductive health; infectious diseases; and endocrinology, nutrition, and metabolism. …”
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Occupational outcomes of people with multiple sclerosis: a scoping review by Guglielmo Dini, Alfredo Montecucco, Nicoletta Debarbieri, Paolo Durando, Giuliana Buresti, Benedetta Persechino, Matilde Inglese, Bruno Kusznir Vitturi, Alborz Rahmani, Elvira Sbragia, Paolo Bandiera, Michela Ponzio, Mario Alberto Battaglia, Tommaso Manacorda

“…Concerning the occupational outcomes, studies mostly addressed unemployment (311, 77.2%), early retirement (120, 29.8%), disability pension (117, 29.0%), sick leave (77, 19.1%), the indirect cost of MS (74, 18.4%) and work characteristics (57, 14.1%). The results were categorised into seven subtopics: ‘Changes in work and occupational status due to MS’, ‘work-related socio-economic consequences of MS’, ‘risk factors for unfavourable occupational outcomes’, ‘reported barriers to employment’, ‘reported job accommodations and vocational rehabilitation strategies’, ‘job satisfaction, stigma, and disclosing the diagnosis in the workplace’ and ‘rating clinical scales’.Conclusions There are several issues that deserve further in-depth study by the scientific community in order to improve the occupational outcomes of people with MS.…”
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Determination of Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Crimean–Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in the Endemic Region in Turkey: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Rıza Çıtıl, Mücahit Eğri, Yalçın Önder, Fazilet Duygu, Yunus Emre Bulut, Özkan Yaşayancan, Nagehan Yıldız Çeltek, Şafak Şahin

“…Seropositivity rates in terms of adjusted odds ratios (AOR) were higher 2.53 times (95% CI: 1.57–4.08; p=0.001) in males; 4.05 (95% CI: 2.14–7.65; p<0.001) in age group ≥65; 0.33 (95% CI: 0.14–0.76; p<0.001) in graduates of high school and above; 0.71 (95%CI: 0.33–1.52; p<0.001) in ones with good income; 1.84 (95%CI: 1.18–2.86; p<0.001) in farmers; 1.64 (95% CI: 1.04–2.27; p<0.001) in people dealing with animal husbandry; and 1.02 (95% CI: 1.03–2.29; p<0.001) in those with history of tick contact. …”
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Virulence potential of faecal <i>Escherichia coli</i> strains isolated from healthy cows and calves on farms in Perm Krai by V. S. Mihailovskaya, N. B. Remezovskaya, I. N. Zhdanova, M. Starčič Erjavec, M. V. Kuznetsova

“…The prevalence of ExPEC VAGs was: fimH – 91.8 %, afa/draBC – 61.2 %, iutA – 44.9 %, flu – 32.7 %, sfaDE and hlyF – 30.6 %, iroN – 22.4 %, ompT and papC – 20.4 %, kpsMTII and hlyA – 18.4 %, iss – 14.3 %, usp – 2.0 %, cnf1 and iha were not detected among the studied strains. …”
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Global disparities in cancer supportive care: An international survey by Alexandre Chan, Lawson Eng, Changchuan Jiang, Mary Dagsi, Yu Ke, Mary Tanay, Cristiane Bergerot, Niharika Dixit, Ana Cardeña Gutiérrez, Ana I. Velazquez, Farhad Islami, Enrique Soto‐Perez‐de‐Celis

“…Results A total of 218 active members participated, with one‐quarter (26.6%) from LMIC and 18.4% ethnic minorities, timely cancer care (43.7%) and timely supportive care (45.0%) emerged as the most pressing disparities globally. …”
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