Efficacy and safety of laser acupuncture on osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiangdong Wen, Guojiang Zhang, Jinquan Cui, Yuzhe Tang, Qi Meng, Yang Su, Senbo An, Shui Sun, Shui Sun

“…There were significant differences in VAS pain scores[SMD = −0.924, 95% CI (−1.200, −0.649), p = 0.000], WOMAC pain scores[SMD = −0.425, 95% CI (−0.652, −0.199), p = 0.000], WOMAC function scores[SMD = −0.307, 95% CI (−0.548, −0.065), p = 0.013], WOMAC stiffness scores[SMD = −0.235, 95% CI (−0.388, −0.083), p = 0.002] between the laser acupuncture group and the placebo laser group. …”
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Plasma microRNA-145-5p as a diagnostic biomarker for acute deep vein thrombosis by Christopher Antoun, Vårin Eiriksdatter Wikan, Øyvind Øverli, Thor Ueland, Gholamreza Jafari Yeganeh, Sigrid Kufaas Brækkan, Ellen Brodin, John-Bjarne Hansen

“…Results: Among 360 included patients, 101 (28%) were diagnosed with DVT. miR-145 showed poor diagnostic performance, as indicated by a Cohen’s d of −0.002 (95% CI, −0.241 to 0.216) and an AUC of 0.59 (95% CI, 0.51-0.67). …”
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Effects of epidural esketamine versus sufentanil on labor analgesia and postpartum depression: a retrospective cohort study by Kunyue Li, Ziqi Chai, Chunyun Deng, Guoying Niu, Xiaoyuan Geng, Yu Zhang, Yuxia Wang, Tao Wang

“…The purpose of this research is to compare the efficacy of epidural esketamine and sufentanil on labor analgesia and postpartum depression. Methods A total of 187 cephalic full-term parturients with single-fetus vaginal delivery were collected in this retrospective study from Jan 2022 to Jan 2023. …”
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Factores asociados al rendimiento académico en estudiantes de medicina by Palmer J. Hernández-Yépez, Pavel J. Contreras-Carmona, Fiorella Inga-Berrospi, Patricia Basurto Ayala, Mario Valladares-Garrido

“…Métodos: Estudio transversal realizado en 247 estudiantes del primer al noveno ciclo. Se recopiló las calificaciones de la asignatura con el mayor número de créditos y se aplicó una encuesta para recolectar datos sobre sexo, estado civil, carrera previa, estado laboral y nivel de ansiedad. …”
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Preparation, Purification, Identification and Anti-lipid Oxidation of Kidney Bean Skin Polyphenols by Lilan SUN, Kun WANG, Youliang ZHANG, Ruokun WANG, Feng ZUO

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Carbon sequestration effects of the typical restored vegetation types in Eastern Qinling Mountains by XU Xiaoming, YAN Shanshan, PENG Xiaobang

“…variabilis Blume (16 073.0 g/m2) > P . tabuliformis-Q. variabilis mixed forests (11 729.5 g/m2) > R. pseudoacacia L. (9 023.9 g/m2) > P. tabuliformis Carr. (8 610.1 g/m2) > grassland (7 177.9 g/m2) > farmland (5 496.2 g/m2). The forest ecosystem exhibited the highest carbon sequestration effect followed by grassland ecosystem and farmland ecosystem. …”
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The application of allelopathy in integrated pest management systems to control temperate European crop pests: a systematic map by Charlotte Kiely, Nicola Randall, Magda Kaczorowska-Dolowry

“…Protocol registration The a-priori protocol was peer-reviewed and published through PROCEED (Kiely C, Randall N. Collaboration for Environmental Evidence: PROCEED. …”
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A deep multiple instance learning framework improves microsatellite instability detection from tumor next generation sequencing by John Ziegler, Jaclyn F. Hechtman, Satshil Rana, Ryan N. Ptashkin, Gowtham Jayakumaran, Sumit Middha, Shweta S. Chavan, Chad Vanderbilt, Deborah DeLair, Jacklyn Casanova, Jinru Shia, Nicole DeGroat, Ryma Benayed, Marc Ladanyi, Michael F. Berger, Thomas J. Fuchs, A. Rose Brannon, Ahmet Zehir

“…On a challenging yet representative set of cases, MiMSI showed higher sensitivity (0.895) and auROC (0.971) than MSISensor (sensitivity: 0.67; auROC: 0.907), an open-source software previously validated for clinical use at our institution using MSK-IMPACT large panel targeted NGS data. …”
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Low Systemic Inflammation Response Index Predicts Good Prognosis in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma Patients Treated with Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy by Erkan Topkan, Huseyin Mertsoylu, Ahmet Kucuk, Ali Ayberk Besen, Ahmet Sezer, Duygu Sezen, Yasemin Bolukbasi, Ugur Selek, Berrin Pehlivan

“…The median follow-up, PFS, and OS durations were 14.3 (range: 2.9-74.6), 7.9 [%95 confidence interval (CI): 5.7-10.1), and 14.7 months (%95 CI: 11.4-18.0) for the entire cohort, respectively. …”
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Comparación de parámetros productivos de vacas Bos taurus × Bos indicus en sistemas semi estabulados y extensivos en el trópico de Oxapampa, Perú by Aníbal Rodríguez–Vargas, José Barrón–López, Elmer Meza–Rojas, Gilmar Mendoza–Ordoñez, Folke Tantahuillca–Landeo, Francisco Vargas–Gonzales

“…Sin embargo, el sistema semi estabulado presentó una PDL significativamente mayor (9,32 ± 0,72 L) en comparación con el sistema extensivo (4,78 ± 1,57 L; P=0,0001). …”
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Survival Status and Predictors of Mortality among Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Saint Peter’s Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Mikyas Arega Muluneh, Abayneh Birlie Zeru, Behailu Tariku Derseh, Abebaw Molla Kebede

“…The overall cumulative probability survival of the patients at the end of treatment was 94.85% (95% confidence interval (CI): 92.38%–96.53%). The independent predictors of time to death were being anemic (AHR = 3.65; 95% CI: 1.36, 9.79), having clinical complication (AHR = 3; 95% CI: 1.2, 7.5), and being HIV infected (AHR = 5.8; 95% CI: 2.2, 15.7). …”
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Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness of Dimethyl Fumarate in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Treated in Routine Medical Practice: Final Analysis of the ESTEEM Study by Krupa Shah Pandey, Kathryn Giles, Konstantin Balashov, Richard Macdonell, Jörg Windsheimer, Mikel Martinez, Ivan Božin, Stephanie Raynaud, Matthew Scaramozza, Oksana Mokliatchouk, Zhaonan Sun, Nicholas Belviso, Yayoi Sato, Xiaochen Lin, Annette Okai

“…Patients received DMF for a mean (SD) duration of 31.0 (22.7) months. Primary reasons for discontinuation were AEs (n = 1237; 24%); the most common were gastrointestinal AEs (n = 469; 9%), blood and lymphatic disorders (n = 218; 4%), and vascular disorders (n = 200; 4%). …”
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The ILE462VAL polymorphism of the cytochrome P450 CYP1A1 gene among Tundra Nenets in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Nganasans in the Taimyr Peninsula and Russians in Siberia by R. P. Tiis, L. P. Osipova, T. V. Churkina, L. E. Tabikhanova, D. V. Lichman, E. N. Voronina, M. L. Filipenko

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Pregabalin vs. gabapentin in the treatment of neuropathic pain: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of effectiveness and safety by Víctor Mayoral, Rafael Galvez, Marta Ferrándiz, Xoán Miguéns Vázquez, Carlos Cordero-García, Antonio Alcántara Montero, Concepción Pérez, María Pérez-Páramo

“…Pregabalin showed superior results compared to gabapentin in the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) at various time intervals up to 12–14 weeks (SMD −0.47, 95% CI −0.74 to −0.19). The pregabalin group also had significant improvements in SF-12/SF-36/EQ-5D scores (SMD 0.39, 95% CI 0.11–0.68) and experienced more days with no/mild pain (MD 9.00, 95% CI 8.93–9.07) and fewer days with severe pain (MD −3.00, 95% CI −4.96 to −1.04). …”
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Body mass index, proteinuria and total lymphocyte counts in predicting treatment responses among ART naïve individuals with HIV initiated on antiretroviral treatment in Dar es Sala... by Ellen Hertzmark, Patricia Munseri, Lazaro Jassely, Basil Tumaini

“…In modified Poisson regression, the independent predictors other than CD4 cell counts for viral non-suppression at 6 months among individuals with HIV initiating on ART were BMI loss >5% from baseline to 6 months (adjusted RR 2.73, 95% CI (1.36 to 5.47)), lymphopaenia at 6 months (adjusted RR=4.54, 95% CI (2.19 to 9.39)) and proteinuria at 6 months (adjusted RR=2.63, 95% CI (1.25 to 5.54)).Conclusions Change in BMI, total lymphocyte count and presence of proteinuria can monitor and predict ART response and may be particularly helpful in settings when CD4 counts and viral load monitoring are unavailable.…”
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The effectiveness analysis of traditional and new landscape indexes in indicating flood risk of watersheds from the perspective of source-sink landscapes: A case study of Changsha,... by Lingxuan Zhang, Sheng Jiao, Jie Lu

“…The modified index demonstrated average correlation coefficients of 0.87 and 0.53 with surface runoff and high-risk flood areas, compared to 0.69 and 0.25 for traditional indexes, highlighting its superior effectiveness in indicating flood risk. …”
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A leap forward: exploring the advantages of single-step genome evaluation in Italian Mediterranean buffalo by Stefano Biffani, Mayra Gómez, Roberta Cimmino, Dario Rossi, Gianluigi Zullo, Riccardo Negrini, Alberto Cesarani, Giuseppe Campanile, Gianluca Neglia

“…Regarding the genotypes, a total of 2,017 buffalo cows and 133 bulls were used. Data were analysed fitting two multitrait animal models, a 6-trait model for production data and a 2-trait model for morphology data. …”
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MHRA-MS-3D-ResNet-BiLSTM: A Multi-Head-Residual Attention-Based Multi-Stream Deep Learning Model for Soybean Yield Prediction in the U.S. Using Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data by Mahdiyeh Fathi, Reza Shah-Hosseini, Armin Moghimi, Hossein Arefi

“…These findings highlight the methodology’s capability to handle multiple RS data types and its role in improving yield predictions, which can be helpful for sustainable agriculture.…”
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The proper application of logistic regression model in complex survey data: a systematic review by Devjit Dey, Md. Samio Haque, Md. Mojahedul Islam, Umme Iffat Aishi, Sajida Sultana Shammy, Md. Sabbir Ahmed Mayen, Syed Toukir Ahmed Noor, Md. Jamal Uddin

“…Of these, it was found that only 19.7% of the studies employed multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression to account for data dependencies. …”
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Icariin modulates osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation in ADSCs via the Hippo-YAP/TAZ pathway: a novel therapeutic strategy for osteoporosis by Shaozi Lin, Zuyu Meng, Mei Wang, Zixuan Ye, Mengsha Long, Yiyao Zhang, Fang Liu, Hongling Chen, Menghan Li, Jiajia Qin, Haiquan Liu

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