Hypofractionated partial breast irradiation after breast-conserving surgery for patients with early stage breast cancer in China Mainland: a single-arm prospective trial by Xiaomeng Zhang, Xiaofang Wang, Zhuohua Xu, Yajuan Chu, Xingxing Chen, Li Zhang, Jin Meng, Wei Shi, Zhaozhi Yang, Xin Mei, Xiaoli Yu, Zhen Zhang, Xiaomao Guo, Miao Mo, Guangyu Liu, Jiong Wu, Zhimin Shao, Jinli Ma

“…The median follow-up was 66.3 (range: 42.0-105.4) months. The 3-year overall cosmetic deterioration rate was 3.5%. …”
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Parental Mental Health and Child Maltreatment in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Importance of Sampling in a Quantitative Statistical Study by Lara Engelke, Claudia Calvano, Steffi Pohl, Sibylle Maria Winter, Babette Renneberg

“…MethodsIn 2020, we simultaneously conducted 2 studies: (1) a web-based survey using a convenience sample of 4967 parents of underage children, primarily recruited via social media, and (2) a study using a quota sample representative of the German adult population with underage children (N=1024), recruited through a combination of telephone interviews and computer-assisted web interviews. …”
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A Small-Area 2nd-Order Adder-Less Continuous-Time ΔΣ Modulator With Pulse Shaping FIR DAC for Magnetic Sensing by Manish Srivastava, Alessandro Ferro, Aleksandr Sidun, Jose M. De La Rosa, Kilian O'Donoghue, Padraig Cantillon-Murphy, Daniel O'Hare

“…The circuit has been designed in 65-nm CMOS technology, achieving a peak 82-dB SNDR and 91-dB DR within a signal bandwidth of 20 kHz and the CT<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\Delta \Sigma \text{M}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> consumes <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$300 ~\mu \text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> of power when clocked at 10.24 MHz. The CT<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\Delta \Sigma \text{M}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> achieves a state-of-the-art area of 0.07 mm2.…”
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Machine Learning Diagnostic Model for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Based on Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation and Ferroptosis-Related Genes by Wenchao Chen, Ting Zhu, Xiaofan Pu, Linlin Zhao, Senhao Zhou, Xin Zhong, Suihan Wang, Tianyu Lin

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Factors associated with early hospital readmission for acute decompensation of cirrhosis - prospective cohort study by Tamara Liana Zocche, Cláudia Maccali, Fernanda Cristina de Augustinho, Elayne Cristina de Morais Rateke, Camila Matiollo, Ariane Borgonovo Rayes, Dariana Carla Maggi, Esther Buzaglo Dantas-Corrêa, Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, Janaina Luz Narciso-Schiavon

“…In the logistic regression analysis, CLIF-SOFA variables (odds ratio [OR] 1.137, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.003–1.289, p=0.045) and several complications present in the initial hospitalization (OR 1.503, 95% CI 1.074–2.105, p=0.018) independent of early readmission. …”
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The Mediating Role of Avoidant Personality Disorder Features in the Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and Depression Among First-Year University Students by Zhou H, Niu S, Guo Y, Qin Y, Sun H, Mu F, Duan X, Zheng Y, Zhang Y, Liu Y, Liu N

“…The method of Bootstrap was adopted to determine whether the AVPD features act as mediating factors in the association between the NLEs and depression.Results: A total of 34.68% of the participants reported one to three AVPD features, and 18.15% reported four to seven AVPD features. AVPD features (r=0.384, P< 0.05) and the SLEs (r=0.309, P< 0.05) were positively related to the risk of depression, respectively. …”
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Increased number concentrations of small particles explain perceived stagnation in air quality over Korea by S. Joo, J. Shin, M. Tesche, N. Dehkhoda, T. Kim, Y. Noh

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Predicting Iran Cooperative Development Bank's Profit/Loss: Two-stage Collective Learning by Seyed Bagher Fattahi, Seyed Mozafar Mirbargkar, Ebrahim Chirani, Mohammadreza Vatanparast

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Deep learning-based CT radiomics predicts prognosis of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treated with TACE-HAIC combined with PD-1 inhibitors and tyrosine kinase inhibitors by Linan Yin, Ruibao Liu, Wei Li, Shijie Li, Xunbo Hou

“…The AUC of the external validation cohort was 0.85, with accuracy of 79.1%, precision of 73.6%, and f1-score of 0.784. In the PFS prediction model, the predicted AUC for 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months-PFS in the training cohort were 0.874, 0.809, 0.801, respectively. …”
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Insights into simulation-based learning: student and faculty experiences in a PharmD program in Saudi Arabia by Reem Binsuwaidan, Najla A. Altwaijry, Alnada A. Ibrahim, Rawan A. Alghamdi, Razan Bin Humaid, Alaa A. AlSharif, Alaa A. AlHubaishi, Elshaymaa I. Elmongy, Lina I. Alnajjar, Ghadah H. Alshehri

“…The average scores calculated for the intern surveys were positive across the same domains: perceived learning outcome acquisition (4.29 ± 0.584), preparedness (4.11 ± 0.239), and general perception (4.18 ± 0.742). …”
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Clinical and molecular analysis of JCPyV and BKPyV infection and associated risk of urothelial carcinoma development in the upper tract by Chun-Nun Chao, Chi-Feng Hung, Wei‑Hong Lai, Chun-Liang Tung, Wan-Yun Yeh, Kai-Wu Yang, Meilin Wang, Ya-Yan Lai, Pei-Lain Chen, Cheng-Huang Shen

“…The OR of UTUC was higher by 10.34-fold in patients with mutant p53 and by 10.37-fold in those with simultaneous LT and mutant p53 expression. …”
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Factors associated with early hospital readmission for acute decompensation of cirrhosis - prospective cohort study by Tamara Liana Zocche, Cláudia Maccali, Fernanda Cristina de Augustinho, Elayne Cristina de Morais Rateke, Camila Matiollo, Ariane Borgonovo Rayes, Dariana Carla Maggi, Esther Buzaglo Dantas-Corrêa, Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, Janaina Luz Narciso-Schiavon

“…In the logistic regression analysis, CLIF-SOFA variables (odds ratio [OR] 1.137, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.003–1.289, p=0.045) and several complications present in the initial hospitalization (OR 1.503, 95% CI 1.074–2.105, p=0.018) independent of early readmission. …”
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Analyzing the Influence of Managerial Traits and Financial Strategies on Corporate Risk-taking in the Tehran Stock Exchange by Gholamreza Karami, Ali Asghari

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Transforming Growth Factor-β Protects against Inflammation-Related Atherosclerosis in South African CKD Patients by Muzamil Olamide Hassan, Raquel Duarte, Therese Dix-Peek, Caroline Dickens, Sagren Naidoo, Ahmed Vachiat, Sacha Grinter, Pravin Manga, Saraladevi Naicker

“…TGF-β1 and TGF-β2 levels were significantly lower in patients with carotid plaque compared to those without carotid plaque [TGF-β1: 31.9 (17.2 – 42.2) versus 45.9 (35.4 – 58.1) ng/ml, p=0.016; and TGF-β2: 1.46 (1.30 – 1.57) versus 1.70 (1.50 – 1.87) ng/ml, p=0.013]. In multiple logistic regression, age, TGF-β2, and TGF-β3 were the only independent predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis in CKD patients [age: odds ratio (OR), 1.054; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.003 – 1.109, p=0.039; TGF-β2: OR, 0.996; 95% CI: 0.994–0.999, p=0.018; TGF-β3: OR, 0.992; 95% CI: 0.985–0.999, p=0.029). …”
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Real-world short-term outcomes and treatment regimen comparisons in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with first-line immune combinations by Masato Kikuta, Sei Naito, Takahiro Osawa, Kazuyuki Numakura, Takafumi Narisawa, Yuki Takai, Mayu Yagi, Yuya Sekine, Ojiro Tokairin, Nobuo Shinohara, Tomonori Habuchi, Norihiko Tsuchiya

“…Results The IMDC risk model demonstrated a c-index of 0.684 (OS) for entire cohort, 0.600 (PFS), 0.596 (TTF2), and 0.624 (OS) for IO-IO, and 0.667 (PFS), 0.702 (TTF2), and 0.751 (OS) for IO-TKI. …”
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Time-varying intensity of ventilatory inefficiency and mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome by Lianlian Jiang, Hui Chen, Wei Chang, Qin Sun, Xueyan Yuan, Zongsheng Wu, Jianfeng Xie, Ling Liu, Yi Yang

“…Furthermore, a significant increase in the risk of death was related to daily exposure to VR > 2 (HR 1.088 per day, 95% CI 1.034–1.147) and its cumulative effect (HR 1.085 per area, 95% CI 1.050–1.122), whereas PaCO2 was found to be insignificant. …”
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Difficultés diagnostiques de la tuberculose cérébrale by Chahrazed Benrabah

“…Globally and among all tuberculosis cases, WHO reports 14% extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPT) without concomitant pulmonary involvement. …”
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Eating difficulties among Nigerian community-dwelling stroke survivors: prevalence, correlates, and association with quality of life by Adekola B. Ademoyegun, Adebukola G. Ibitoye, Wasiu A. Rasaq, Oluwafunmilayo A. Adeniyi, David O. Fabuluje, Israel A. Ojo, Taofeek O. Awotidebe, Chidozie E. Mbada

“…The results showed that EDs were associated with haemorrhagic stroke (r = 0.158; p = 0.016), right-sided hemiplegia (r = 0.172; p = 0.008), increasing stroke severity (r = 0.466; p < 0.001), increasing co-morbidity (r = 0.384; p < 0.001), poor oral health (r = 0.511; p < 0.001), poor mental health (r = 0.260; p < 0.001), poor affected grip strength (r= -0.157; p = 0.016), poor nutritional status (r= -0.362; p < 0.001), low functional ability (r= -0.415; p < 0.001), and low social support (r= -0.257; p < 0.001). …”
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Association between exposure to ambient air pollutants and metabolic syndrome in the vicinity of the Taklamakan Desert by Zhe Wang, Weidong Ji, Yushan Wang, Lin Li, Kai Wang, Hongze Liu, Yining Yang, Yi Zhou

“…A 10 μg/m³ increase in concentration was associated with the following respective odds ratios: PM1 (1.341, 95 % CI: 1.331, 1.351), PM2.5 (1.036, 95 % CI: 1.034, 1.037), PM10 (1.006, 95 % CI: 1.005, 1.007), O3 (1.385, 95 % CI: 1.374, 1.396), and CO (1.015,95 %, CI: 1.0147, 1.016). …”
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Robotic Assistance is Associated With No Intraoperative Fluoroscopy or Radiation Exposure During Direct Anterior Total Hip Arthroplasty by Sean Sequeira, MD, Alan Brett, PhD, Joseph Nessler, MD, Benjamin Frye, MD, Michael A. Mont, MD

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