Prevalence of Lp(a) in a real-world Portuguese cohort: implications for cardiovascular risk assessment by Miguel Saraiva, Jonatas Garcez, Beatriz Tavares da Silva, Inês Poças Ferreira, José Carlos Oliveira, Isabel Palma

“…Among those classified as having low-to-moderate CVD risk by (Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation 2) SCORE2, 55.7% exhibited high Lp(a) levels (> 75 nmol/L), suggesting a potential higher risk of CVD disease. …”
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Adding capivasertib to fulvestrant in patients with hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer: a cost-effectiveness analysis by Yitian Lang, Qingqing Chai, Yan Lin, Bin Wu, Xiaoyan Liu

“…One-way sensitivity analyses (OWSA) and probabilistic sensitivity analyses (PSA) were conducted to assess the robustness of the results.ResultsThe base-case analysis estimated the ICUR for capivasertib plus fulvestrant versus fulvestrant alone to be $709,647 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) in the US. …”
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Nonspecific Low Back Pain Research by Lin-Man Weng, Yi-Li Zheng, Meng-Si Peng, Tian-Tian Chang, Bao Wu, Xue-Qiang Wang

“…The Netherlands (0.84) and the University of Sydney (0.47) had the maximum centrality, thus indicating that they have importance in this field. …”
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Using Soluble Transferrin Receptor and Taking Inflammation into Account When Defining Serum Ferritin Cutoffs Improved the Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency in a Group of Canadian Presch... by Huguette Turgeon O’Brien, Rosanne Blanchet, Doris Gagné, Julie Lauzière, Carole Vézina

“…Iron depletion was defined as follows: (1) SF < 15 μg/L regardless of the C-reactive protein (CRP) level and (2) SF < 15 or <50 μg/L with CRP ≤ 5 or >5 mg/L, respectively. …”
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Interventional real-time molecular MRI for targeting early myocardial injury in a pig model by Timo Heidt, Simon Reiss, Julien Thielmann, Christian Weber, Alexander Maier, Thomas Lottner, Heidi R. Cristina-Schmitz, Timon Bühler, Diana Chiang, Claus Jülicher, Carolin Wadle, Ingo Hilgendorf, Dennis Wolf, Gavin Tumlinson, Luis Hortells, Dirk Westermann, Michael Bock, Constantin von zur Mühlen

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Korelasi Kadar Adiponektin dengan Indeks Aterogenik Plasma pada Penyandang Obes by Kartika Aulia Sari, Rismawati Yaswir, Tuty Prihandani, Efrida Efrida

“…Rerata indeks aterogenik plasma (IAP) adalah 0,29 (0,17), termasuk risiko tinggi untuk penyakit kardiovaskular. …”
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Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in a population of 15 to 35 years old in Mashhad by Mahdieh Khoshakhlagh, Mohammadreza Tarahomi, Fatemeh Asgharian, Arghavan Kamali, Safoora Sa'd Abadi, Kimia Jafarpour, Samaneh Abolbashari, Mojtaba Meshkat, Aida Gholoobi

“…Occupation (p=0.002), body mass index (p=0.002), marital status (p<0.0001), and age (p<0.007) were meaningfully related to H. pylori IgG seropositivity. …”
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Recovery time and predictors of severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6-59 months via an outpatient therapeutic program in Borena zone: A prospective cohort study. by Girma Tenkolu Bune, Abuna Mohammed, Samrawit Hailu, Eden Ashenafi

“…Children who received Amoxicillin had a four-times higher recovery rate (AHR = 4.09; 95% CI: 2.75, 6.07). The presence of diarrhea prolonged the recovery time by 53.0% (AHR = 0.47; 95% CI: 0.36, 0.62), while vomiting prolonged the recovery time by 58.0% (AHR = 0.42; 95% CI: 0.32, 0.55). …”
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Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Adverse Outcome in Patients with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis by Valeriy D. Lunkov, Marina V. Maevskaya, Ekaterina K. Tsvetaeva, Ana G. Mendez, Maria S. Zharkova, Petr E. Tkachenko, Vladimir T. Ivashkin

“…AIn multivariable analysis, NLR &gt; 4 (p &lt; 0,001) was statistically significantly associated with lethal outcome in patients with DC during hospitalization (OR: 1.57, [95 % CI 1.125–2.209], p = 0.008). Sensitivity and specificity of this cut-off is 100 % and 79.17 %, respectively. …”
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Combined spatial Keratin expression profiles at the invasive front represent a prognostic classifier for head and neck cancer by Peter D. Haughton, Wisse E. Haakma, Sven van Kempen, Emma J. de Ruiter, Stefan M. Willems, Patrick W.B. Derksen

“…Keratin proteins are intermediate filaments that provide mechanical support and guide a plethora of important functions in epithelial cells. Although Keratins can be effectively used to characterize and differentiate cell lineages in many epithelia, it is still unclear if combinations of Keratin types and their spatial expression patterns can aid prognostication of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). …”
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Do the Street Sweeping and Washing Work for Reducing the Near-ground Levels of Fine Particulate Matter and Related Pollutants? by Sheng-Lun Lin, Yunzhou Deng, Ming-Yeng Lin, Shih-Wei Huang

“…The chemical mass balance model then pointed out the traffic contribution on PM2.5 significantly reduced on the downwind site (from 25.7% to 16.5%). Besides, the spatial distribution of the near-ground PM2.5, UFP, BC, and PAHs were monitored by a mobile platform on an appropriate long, straight, and not heavily traffic Road Y. …”
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A national cross-sectional survey of health literacy of caregivers attending Canadian pediatric emergency departments. by Manasi Rajagopal, Samina Ali, Keon Ma, Maryna Yaskina, Andrea Morrison, Kurt Schreiner, Julie Leung, Shannon Scott, Darcy Beer, Paul Clerc, Tyrus Crawford, Serge Gouin, Naveen Poonai, Tania Principi, Antonia Stang, Laura Weingarten, Janet Curran, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada Family Needs Study Team

“…Caregivers' mean age was 37.8 ± 7.7 years, 74.3% (1449/1950) were mothers and 51.9% (993/1912) had a university/professional degree. 12.0% (235/1957) had a high likelihood of limited health literacy, 16.5% (323/1957) had possible limited health literacy and 71.5% (1399/1957) demonstrated adequate health literacy. …”
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Inadequate Lymph Node Yield: An Inadequate Indication for Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage II Colon Cancer by Alan Zambeli-Ljepović, MD, MHS, Daniel Hoffman, MD, Katherine E. Barnes, BS, Fernanda Romero-Hernandez, MD, Amir Ashraf Ganjouei, MD, MPH, Mohamed A. Adam, MD, Ankit Sarin, MD, MHA

“…ACT was independently associated with improved survival (HR, 0.67; P < 0.01); this effect size did not change based on the adequacy of LNY (interaction P = 0.41). …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIVE INTELLIGENCE (NI) AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI): AN OVERVIEW by Bawallah Musa Adesola, Odole, Kehinde, Ilugbo, Stephen Olubusol, DareC, Ojo Omonijo, Owele Boye Agatha, Hadiza Mali Bukar

“…The questions determined during the survey was categorized into three (3); namely (a) YES, (b) NO, and (c) UNDECIDED. The statistical analysis of results indicated: 60.2,24.8,15%,63.4, 25.2%, 11.4% for Ondo; 64.1%, 23.7%, 12.2, for Osun; 74.0%, 18.4%, 7.6%, and61.8%, 22.8%, 15.4%, for Ekiti State with an overall cumulative average of 64.7%, 23.0%, and 12.3%. …”
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Glutathione-dependent system in the blood of gastric cancer patients with various tumor histotypes and prevalence of the disease by I. A. Goroshinskaya, E. I. Surikova, E. M. Frantsiyants, L. A. Nemashkalova, P. S. Kachesova, D. E. Medvedeva, A. A. Maslov

“…A significant increase in glutathione transferase activity at a sufficiently high level of reduced glutathione can contribute to the development of treatment resistance in SRCC patients.…”
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Integrated microRNA and mRNA signatures associated with overall survival in epithelial ovarian cancer. by Joanna Lopacinska-Jørgensen, Douglas V N P Oliveira, Guy Wayne Novotny, Claus K Høgdall, Estrid V Høgdall

“…Several interaction pairs between 6 miRNAs (hsa-miR-126-3p, hsa-miR-223-3p, hsa-miR-23a-5p, hsa-miR-27a-5p, hsa-miR-486-5p, and hsa-miR-506-3p) and 8 mRNAs (ATF3, CH25H, EMP1, HBB, HBEGF, NAMPT, POSTN, and PROCR) were identified and the findings appear to be well supported by the literature. …”
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Estudo comparativo entre a eficiência de diferentes materiais como meio filtrante na filtração lenta by Marília Patricio Alves, Cinthia Sany França Xavier, Wilton Silva Lopes, Fernando Fernandes Vieira, José Tavares de Sousa

“…Como resultado, verificou-se que o filtro lento de areia alimentado com esgoto doméstico decantado produziu efluente com reduções superiores a 90% para turbidez, DQO e frações de sólidos, já quando alimentado com afluente pré-tratado em sistema de lodos ativados, conseguiu atingir turbidez inferior 5 NTU. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the body image life disengagement questionnaire in a sample of adolescents by Kun Zhang, Huixing Huang, Qiaosong Wang, Lin Ye, Rongjin Lin

“…Methods A total of 593 adolescents were recruited, of whom 316 (Sample 1) completed only the BILD-Q and 277 (Sample 2) completed the BILD-Q, Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), and Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2). …”
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笼养白头鹤繁殖期昼间行为研究 by 田秀华 刘 畅 朱赫丹 柏永明 张 玥

“…随着孵化期由前到后及环境温度的逐渐升高,笼养白头鹤平均晾卵时间在前期为(3.21 ±0.57)min,到孵化中期延长至(4.04±1.25)min,到后期增大至约前期的4倍(13.04 ± 2.08)min。…”
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Vitamin, Trace Element, and Fatty Acid Levels of Vitex agnus-castus L., Juniperus oxycedrus L., and Papaver somniferum L. Plant Seeds by Ahmet Ozkaya, Harun Ciftci, Okkes Yilmaz, Ahmet Zafer Tel, Erol Cil, B. Sitki Cevrimli

“…., and Papaver somniferum L. seeds, nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn), and iron (Fe) were determined with the trace element level rates (4.42 mg/kg, 10.43 mg/kg, 3.71 mg/kg for Ni, 7.00 mg/kg, 7.70 mg/kg, and 24 mg/kg for Zn and 93.73 mg/kg, 187.95 mg/kg, and 149.64 mg/kg for Fe, resp.). …”
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