Clinical Outcome Predictive Value of Procalcitonin in Patients Suspected with Infection in the Emergency Department by Pierre Leroux, Sébastien De Ruffi, Laurent Ramont, Marion Gornet, Guillaume Giordano Orsini, Xavier Losset, Lukshe Kanagaratnam, Stéphane Gennai

“…Moreover, 78 (9.2%) patients were admitted to an ICU, 74 (8.7%) had attributable bacteremia, and 56 (6.6%) evolved toward septic shock with an OR of 4.37 (2.08–9.16), 6.38 (2.67–15.24), and 6.38 (2.41–16.86), respectively, for PCT ≥ 0.5. …”
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Undergraduates' lifestyle and Suboptimal Health Status (SHS): A cross-sectional study in the Ha'il region of Saudi Arabia. by Bandar Alsaif, Collins Otieno Asweto, Sehar-Un-Nisa Hassan, Mohamed Ali Alzain, Mohammed Elshiekh Saeed, Ahmed Kassar, Kamal Elbssir Mohammed Ali, Mouna Ghorbel, Rafat Zrieq, Wei Wang

“…Canonical loadings of these factors were significant in predicting the five SHS dimensions range (0.52-0.97). Furthermore, the extracted significant variables from the multiple regression analysis indicated the final model (Model 3) was statistically significant, R2 = 0.646, F (6,9019), p <0.0001, suggesting that 64.6% of the variance in the SHS can be explained by the predictor variables in the model. …”
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Visuals versus textual scales: Optimizing reliability and user experience in observational assessment of parent-child interaction by Mirte L. Forrer, Carlo Schuengel, Mirjam Oosterman

“…Methods: In Study 1, 95 students rated parent-child interactions with a video or text anchor scale, and in Study 2, 217 professionals rated the same interactions with a decision tree including visual components or a text anchor scale. …”
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Eating and Grooming Abilities Predict Outcomes in Patients with Early Middle Cerebral Infarction: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Yumi Suzuki, Sachiko Tsubakino, Hiromi Fujii

“…The logistic regression analysis showed the following: BRS Hand: odds ratio (OR) 1.641 (95% CI 1.642 (1.336–2.017), p<0.001); FIM Grooming: OR 1.279 (95% CI 1.220–1.807, p<0.001); and FIM Eating: OR 1.280 (95% CI 1.102–1.488, p<0.001). …”
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Bullying and cyberbullying in a modern school by V. L. Nazarov, N. V. Averbuk, A. V. Buinacheva

“…In school cyberbullying: victims – 20.4%, aggressors – 7.7%, instigators – 4.7%, ordinary participants – 6.4%, witnesses – 20.4%. …”
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Urban-rural difference in adverse outcomes of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis-diabetes mellitus comorbidity by FANG Zijian, LI Qingchun，XIE Li，SONG Xu，DAI Ruoqi，WU Yifei，JIA Qingjun，CHENG Qinglin

“…The proportions of adverse outcomes of PTB in urban and rural patients were 14.41% and 13.01%, respectively, with no statistically significant difference (P>0.05). Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analysis identified first diagnosed in county-level hospitals or above (HR=2.107, 95%CI: 1.181-3.758) and drug resistance (HR=3.303, 95%CI: 1.653-6.600) as the risk factors for adverse outcomes of PTB in urban patients with PTB-DM, while the treatment/observed management throughout the process (HR=0.470, 95%CI: 0.274-0.803) and fixed-dose combinations throughout the process (HR=0.331, 95%CI: 0.151-0.729) as the protective factors for adverse outcomes in rural patients with PTB-DM. …”
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Evaluating the Lifelong Learning Approach to Demand-Oriented Research in Student Theses Using the ADDIE Model by Abolghasem Rahmani, Pooria Gill, Siavash Moradi, Atefeh Zabihi Zazoly, Fattane Amuei, adele Rafati

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VICTIM OF AN OFFENCE: LEGAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN AN INTERJURISDICTIONAL CONTEXT by Andrii Borovyk, Oleksandr Golovach, Oleksandr Shyra

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Evaluation of acoustic-thermal simulations of in vivo magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound ablative therapy by Nicholas Richards, Douglas Christensen, Joshua Hillyard, Michelle Kline, Sara Johnson, Henrik Odéen, Allison Payne

“…When muscle acoustic absorption value in the simulations was adjusted to approximately 54% of the measured attenuation, the average root-mean-squared error between simulated and experimental spatial-average temperature profiles was 0.046 ± 0.019 °C/W. Mean distance between simulated and experimental COTMs was 3.25 ± 1.37 mm. …”
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Mortality Prediction in the Emergency Service Intensive Care Patients with Possible COVID-19: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study by Mehmed Ulu, M. Kaya, Y. Tunc, H. Yildirim, A. Halici, A. Coskun

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study is a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of patients who were admitted to the pandemic intensive care unit with possible COVID-19. 28-day mortality difference between positive and negative groups was defined as the primary outcome. RESULTS: Of the 397 patients, 111 (28 %) patients had positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR). 75 (67.6 %) patients deceased in the PCR positive group while 163 (57.0 %) patients deceased in the negative group (p > 0,05). …”
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Prediction analysis of human brucellosis cases in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Xinjiang China based on time series by Lian Lu, Tongxia Yang, Zhisheng Chen, Qidi Ge, Jing Yang, Gan Sen

“…To assist local Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in promptly formulate effective prevention and control measures, this study leveraged time-series data on brucellosis cases from February 2010 to September 2023 in Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture. …”
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Recurrent Falls in People with Parkinson’s Disease without Cognitive Impairment: Focusing on Modifiable Risk Factors by Lorena R. S. Almeida, Guilherme T. Valença, Nádja N. Negreiros, Elen B. Pinto, Jamary Oliveira-Filho

“…The prevalence of recurrent falls was 30% (95% CI 24%–38%). In multivariate analysis, independent risk factors for recurrent falls were (P<0.05) levodopa equivalent dose (OR = 1.283 per 100 mg increase; 95% CI = 1.092–1.507), UPDRS-ADL > 16 points (OR = 10.0; 95% CI = 3.6–28.3), FES-I > 30 points (OR = 6.0; 95% CI = 1.6–22.6), and Berg ≤ 48 points (OR = 3.9; 95% CI = 1.2–12.7).We encourage the utilization of these modifiable risk factors in the screening of fall risk.…”
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Geometrical comparison of inline and staggered stack wire mesh absorbers for solar volumetric receivers by Daniel Sanchez-Señoran, Miguel A. Reyes-Belmonte, Michael P. Kinzel, Marina Casanova, Antonio L. Avila-Marin

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Prediction of the SYM‐H Index Using a Bayesian Deep Learning Method With Uncertainty Quantification by Yasser Abduallah, Khalid A. Alobaid, Jason T. L. Wang, Haimin Wang, Vania K. Jordanova, Vasyl Yurchyshyn, Huseyin Cavus, Ju Jing

“…When predicting the SYM‐H indices (2 hr in advance) in the large storm, SYMHnet achieves an FSS of 0.553 compared to the FSS of 0.087 of the GBM method. In addition, SYMHnet can provide results for both data and model uncertainty quantification, whereas the related methods cannot.…”
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Efficacy of Kolofort in Combined Functional Gastroenterological Pathology: an Open Study by Yu. P. Uspenskiy, O. S. Mirzoev, Yu. A. Fominykh, A. A. Gnutov, S. V. Polyushkin

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Effect of Imatinib on Bone Marrow Morphology and Angiogenesis in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia by Neetu Pandey, Geeta Yadav, Rashmi Kushwaha, Shailendra Prasad Verma, Uma Shankar Singh, Ashutosh Kumar, Prabhaker Mishra

“…A significant reduction of 66.51% was observed in posttherapy mean MVD (4.98 ± 2.77) of CML patients (p<0.001). Conclusion. Imatinib therapy in CML not only decreases marrow cellularity, but also helps towards normalization of bone marrow microenvironment by reducing fibrosis and angiogenesis.…”
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Does the FNA sperm retrieval failure prediction model work well for current NOA individuals undertaking risk screening before the operation? Model validation, high-risk population... by Xiaohui Jiang, Dingming Li, Yi Zheng, Yinxian Li, Hengzhou Bai, Guicheng Zhao, Yi Zhang, Yue Ma

“…The outcomes of the micro- testicular sperm extraction (mTESE) were compared with the predicted outcomes of FNA to evaluate its potential as an alternative surgical sperm retrieval (SSR) technique. Results 307 (39.92%) males experienced sperm retrieval failure in FNA while 92 (65.7%) males experienced sperm retrieval failure in mTESE. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Environmental Parameters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: A Comprehensive Study and Future Projections by Mehjabeen Khan, Ruishan Chen

“…Projections for 2100 predict LST rising to 55.3 °C, with NDVI, MNDWI, and NDMI dropping to 0.36, 0.17, and 0.21, respectively. …”
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Peak Occurrence of Retinal Detachment following Cataract Surgery: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis with Internal Validation by Rabea Kassem, Yoel Greenwald, Asaf Achiron, Idan Hecht, Vitaly Man, Liron Ben haim, Amir Bukelman

“…Meta-analytic pooling for the risk of retinal detachment revealed a risk of 1.167% (95% CI: 0.900 to 1.468, I2=99.50%, P<0.0001). …”
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Modified Green-Ampt model for infiltration analysis in loess area and its parameter determination and verification by Yunxin Zheng, Zhiping Hu, Rui Wang, Songli Chen, Xiang Ren, Yonghui Zhang

“…The results showed that the MLGA model is reliable and can be used for water infiltration analysis in loess sites. …”
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