Haemoglobin for Fall Risk Screening in Gynaecological and Obstetric Wards: Retrospective Survey and Delphi Validation by Bijun Mao, Yan Chen, Chunsheng Wang, Yihan Ma, Huifeng Gu, Ya Shen, Luping Liu, Peihong Zhou, Huiping Jiang

“…The Kappa value and the coefficient of variation (CV) were employed to assess expert advice. Results The area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve (AUC) of haemoglobin was 0.762 ± 0.030, 95% CI (0.703, 0.821). …”
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Association between Chronic Pain and Diabetes/Prediabetes: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Survey in Saudi Arabia by Khaled K. Aldossari, Mamdouh M. Shubair, Jamaan Al-Zahrani, Abdulrahman A. Alduraywish, Khalid AlAhmary, Salwa Bahkali, Sara M. Aloudah, Sami Almustanyir, Laila Al-Rizqi, Sally A. El-Zahaby, Paivi Toivola, Ashraf El-Metwally

“…Compared to prediabetic and nondiabetic individuals, diabetic subjects had a higher prevalence of lower limb pain (11.1%), back pain (8.9%), abdominal pain (6.7%), and neck pain (4.4%) (X2 = 27.792, P=0.015). …”
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Physical activity, fatigue severity, and health-related quality of life of community-dwelling stroke survivors: a cross-sectional study by Marufat Oluyemisi Odetunde, Ayomide Felix Makinde, Olamide Mary Jimoh, Chidozie Emmanuel Mbada, Faatihah Niyi-Odumosu, Francis Fatoye

“…There were no significant associations between selected socio-demographic/clinical variables and physical activity levels except in gender (χ 2 = 6.737; p = 0.034), fatigue severity except in side of affectation (χ 2 = 5.839; p = 0.054), and HRQL except in level of education (χ 2 = 23.497; p = 0.001) and side of affectation (χ 2 = 7.389; p = 0.007). …”
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Effects of Chinese Herbal Medicines on Growth Performance, Antioxidant Capacity, and Liver and Intestinal Health of Hybrid Snakehead (<i>Channa maculata</i> ♀ × <i>Channa. argus</i... by Jiamin Kang, Shuzhan Fei, Junhao Zhang, Haiyang Liu, Qing Luo, Mi Ou, Langjun Cui, Tao Li, Jian Zhao

“…A total of 600 fish (mean weight: 15.85 ± 0.15 g) were randomly assigned to five groups, including the control group (CG), <i>I. radix</i> extract group (IRE), <i>F. suspensa</i> extract group (FSE), <i>S. chinensis</i> extract group (SCE), and the Chinese herbal medicine mixture group (CHMM; a mixture of extracts of <i>I. radix</i>, <i>F. suspensa</i>, and <i>S. chinensis</i> at the ratio of 1:1:1) for 6 weeks. …”
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Mapping QTL for Root and Shoot Morphological Traits in a Durum Wheat × T. dicoccum Segregating Population at Seedling Stage by Anna Iannucci, Daniela Marone, Maria Anna Russo, Pasquale De Vita, Vito Miullo, Pina Ferragonio, Antonio Blanco, Agata Gadaleta, Anna Maria Mastrangelo

“…A total of 17 quantitative trait loci (QTL) were identified for shoot dry weight, number of culms, and plant height and for root dry weight, volume, length, surface area, and number of forks and tips, on chromosomes 1B, 2A, 3A, 4B, 5B, 6A, 6B, and 7B. …”
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A Circulating miRNA-Based Scoring System Established by WGCNA to Predict Colon Cancer by Da Qin, Rui Wei, Si Liu, Shengtao Zhu, Shutian Zhang, Li Min

“…After correlation analysis, green (cor=0.77, p=3×10‐25) and yellow (cor=0.65, p=6×10‐16) modules were strongly correlated with cancer development. 20 hub genes were found after hub gene analysis in these DEmiRs by cytoscape. …”
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A Novel Artificial Intelligence–Enhanced Digital Network for Prehospital Emergency Support: Community Intervention Study by Ji Hoon Kim, Min Joung Kim, Hyeon Chang Kim, Ha Yan Kim, Ji Min Sung, Hyuk-Jae Chang

“…When comparing the incidence of transport time outliers (>75%), which was the primary outcome of this study, the rate was higher in the intervention group in region 1, but significantly reduced in region 2, with the overall outlier rate being higher in the intervention group (27.5%-29.7%, P=.04). However, for patients with fever or respiratory symptoms, the group using the system showed a statistically significant reduction in outlier cases (36.5%-30.1%, P=.01). …”
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Environment-friendly Ca2+/Cr3+ co-doping LaAlO3 ceramics with excellent infrared radiation performance for energy-saving by Xinglai Yuan, Qinghu Wang, Runke Wu, Shaobai Sang, Yibiao Xu, Xiong Liang, Liping Pan, Bingbing Fan, Yawei Li, Rui Zhang, Jiangtao Li, Olena Volkova

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Prediction of microvascular obstruction from angio-based microvascular resistance and available clinical data in percutaneous coronary intervention: an explainable machine learning... by Zhe Zhang, Yang Dai, Peng Xue, Xue Bao, Xinbo Bai, Shiyang Qiao, Yuan Gao, Xuemei Guo, Yanan Xue, Qing Dai, Biao Xu, Lina Kang

“…We enrolled 452 STEMI patients from Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital between 2018 and 2022, who received both PPCI and CMR. After PPCI, AMR measurements and CMR-derived parameters were recorded, and clinical data were gathered. …”
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Bacterial blood microbiome of Mastomys rodents: implications for disease spill-over at the animal-human interface within the Bushbuckridge-East community, South Africa by Agatha O. Kolo, Agatha O. Kolo, Kelly A. Brayton, Kelly A. Brayton, Nicola E. Collins, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Sonja Matthee, Cory A. Gall, Jeanette Wentzel, Jeanette Wentzel, Luis Neves, Luis Neves, Marinda C. Oosthuizen

“…Rodents sampled from peri-urban and communal rangelands had higher proportions of Bartonella spp. [Hlalakahle (77.7%), Gottenburg (47.8%), Tlhavekisa (83.8%)] compared to those from the protected habitat (43.8%). …”
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Comparison of self-collected and healthcare worker-collected rectovaginal swabs for group B streptococcus detection in pregnancy using PCR with a commercial collection-enrichment d... by Iva Kukovica, Neža Omahen, Nika Klobučar, Martina Bučar, Anita Franko Rutar, Tina Perme, Tina Perme, Miha Lučovnik, Miha Lučovnik, Samo Jeverica, Samo Jeverica

“…Performance characteristics were calculated and compared between different diagnostics test algorithms using McNemar’s test for paired samples.ResultsOverall, GBS was detected in 18% (95% CI 13–23%; n = 40) of swabs A and 19% (95% CI 14–25%; n = 43) of swabs B. …”
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Prevalence of Preoperative Anxiety and Associated Factors Among Surgical Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Ethiopia by Magarsa Lami, Abraham Negash, Jerman Dereje, Ahmed Hiko, Sinetibeb Mesfin, Arsema Gebreyesus, Nano Belama, Nesredin Ahmed Omer, Bikila Balis, Usmael Jibro

“…Fear of complication (AOR = 2.32, 95% CI: 1.23, 3.41, P  = .62, I 2  = 0.00%), postoperative pain (AOR = 1.92, 95% CI: 1.29, 2.56, P  = .37, I 2  = 0.00%), and fear of death (AOR = 2.27, 95% CI: 1.53, 3.00, P  = .70, I 2  = 0.00%) were significantly associated with preoperative anxiety. …”
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Erroneous Classification and Coding as a Limitation for Big Data Analyses: Causes and Impacts Illustrated by the Diagnosis of Clavicle Injuries by Robert Raché, Lara-Sophie Claudé, Marcus Vollmer, Lyubomir Haralambiev, Denis Gümbel, Axel Ekkernkamp, Martin Jordan, Stefan Schulz-Drost, Mustafa Sinan Bakir

“…The likelihood of radiological diagnostic error increased with the number of imaging modalities used, from 19.7% with a single modality to 30.5% with two and 40.7% with three. …”
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Asymptomatic Post-Traumatic Rupture of the Right Diaphragm Dome by E. A. Losik, M. V. Fadeeva, V. V. Shchegelsky, R. T. Rzaev, A. V. Stepanov, K. B. Puzakov, M. R. Skhirtladze

“…The sensitivity and specificity of computed tomography for the diagnosis of diaphragm ruptures is 61–87 % and 72–100 %, respectively. In an acute period, the treatment of diaphragm ruptures is surgical. …”
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Suplementación de novillitos con dos fuentes energéticas en una pastura de alfalfa y gramíneas a baja asignación de forraje by A.M. Kloster, N.J. Latimori, M.A. Amigone

“…Se evaluaron dos ciclos; el primero comenzó el 04/05/99 con una duración de 114 días y el segundo se inició el 06/05/01 y duró 117 días. …”
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Magnitude, patterns, and factors associated with liver disease among clinically suspected clients in Eastern Ethiopia: hidden public health tragedy by Aliya Nuri, Sufian Jeilu, Yared Teklu, Kadir Abdu, Ahmed Muhye, Milkiyas Solomon Getachew, Imam Dagne, Muluken Yigezu, Sewmehon Amsalu Adugna, Vanisha S. Nambiar, Abdu Oumer

“…The risk of liver disease was higher among females (AOR = 3.43; 1.80–6.55) and under grade twelve (AOR = 3.90; 1.95–7.82) compared to counterparts. Furthermore, alcohol consumption (AOR = 3.14; 1.33–7.32), khat chewing (AOR = 1.69; 0.91–3.15), a history of hospitalization (AOR = 4.20; 2.29–7.11), and a history of intestinal parasite infection (AOR = 1.17; 0.55–2.49) were found to be positively associated with an increased risk of liver disease among adults. …”
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Mimosapudica L. aqueous extract protects mice against pilocarpine–picrotoxin kindling-induced temporal lobe epilepsy, oxidative stress, and alteration in GABAergic/cholinergic path... by Hart Mann Alain Youbi Mambou, Simon Pale, Orelien Sylvain Mtopi Bopda, Vanessa Tita Jugha, Nji Seraphin Ombel Musa, Tambong Ako Ojongnkpot, Bertrand Yuwong Wanyu, Raymond Bess Bila, Rashed N. Herqash, Abdelaaty A. Shahat, Germain Sotoing Taiwe

“…It significantly decreased the number of clonic and tonic seizures to 9.33 ± 1.03 and 5.00 ± 0.89, and their duration to 11.50 ± 2.07 and 6.83 ± 0.75 s, respectively. Exploratory behaviour, motor coordination, and catalepsy were significantly ameliorated, respectively, in the open-field, rotarod, and catalepsy tests. …”
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Influence of Ni, Al, W doping on microstructure, corrosion and wear resistance of HVOF spraying Fe-based amorphous alloy coatings by Chengwu Zhang, Lei Xie, Qiang Li, Guan Zhang, Chuntao Chang, Hongxiang Li, Xu Ma, Lin Liu

“…The W-doped AAC showed the best performance than Ni-doped, Al-doped and base alloy AAC, with a wide passive region (ΔEpass) of 1.7 V, low self-corrosion current density (Icorr) of 1.07 × 10−6 A·cm−2 and the lowest steady-state current densities and highest passivation index. …”
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Sleep quality during pregnancy following assisted reproductive technology and natural conceiving: a prospective birth cohort study by Yidong Xie, Yidong Xie, Ruoti Peng, Li Xiao, Li Xiao, Shangwei Li, Shangwei Li, Xiaohong Li, Xiaohong Li

“…Additionally, the IVF/ICSI group exhibited higher levels of negative psychological factors as measured by the CES-D and PSS during T1 and T2, showing statistical significance in T1 (P = 0.008, P &lt; 0.001) and T2 (P = 0.038, P &lt; 0.001), except at T3 (P = 0.107, P = 0.253). …”
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Comparison of different GnRH compounds on fertility outcomes in ovulation synchronized and presynchronized beef cows by Nicola Oosthuizen, Lucas M. Goncalves, Samir Burato, Molly S. Smith, Kelsey M. Harvey, Graham Cliff Lamb, Graham Cliff Lamb, Pedro L. P. Fontes

Subjects: “…beef cows…”
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