The Prechtl’s General Movement Assessment, Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination and Sensory Profile-2 in Prediction of Cerebral Palsy at Two Years of Age in High-risk Infant... by Hatice ADIGÜZEL, Halil İbrahim ÇELİK, Yusuf Ünal SARIKABADAYI, Nevin ERGUN, Bülent ELBASAN

“…In order to diagnose CP, it was important to consider the predictive values of the GMA (absent FMs) (sensitivity: 100%; specificity: 96.15%, p<0.001; 95% confidence interval: 80.36-99.9), HINE (sensitivity: 87.5%; specificity: 80.77%; p=0.004), and the combination of both GMA and HINE (sensitivity: 87.5%; specificity: 100%; p<0.001). …”
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Comparative safety of transvenous and leadless pacemakers in patients with cardiovascular diseases: A meta-analysis study by Cedric Mhasseb, Mayassa Kiwan, Marie-Elie Merhi, Nicolas Moussallem, Jana Moussalli, Maroun Abou Zeid, Sarah Abou Daher, Ghassan Nabbout, Sami Azar, Amjad Kanaan, Frederic Harb

“…Relative risks (RR) and odds ratio (OR) were used to evaluate the outcomes with a 95 % confidence interval (CI). Results: Nineteen studies met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed, in which the overall effect estimate showed increased risk of major complications in the TVP group (LogOR = −0.27, 95 % CI: [-0.63, 0.10]) compared to the LP group. …”
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Assessing the efficacy of iso-mukaadial acetate and betulinic acid against selected Plasmodium falciparum glycolytic pathway proteins: in silico and in vitro studies by Lindiwe Khumbuzile Zuma, Ofentse Jacob Pooe, Nonduduzo Hlengiwe Mabaso, John Alake, Vincent A. Obakachi, Sinethemba Yakobi, Nothando Gasa, Rajshekhar Karpoormath, Mthokozisi Simelane

“…Parasite inhibition studies confirmed potent antimalarial activity against the P. falciparum NF54 strains, with BA and IMA showing IC50 values of 1.27 µg/ml and 1.03 µg/ml against the asexual stage of P. falciparum, respectively. …”
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Physical activity and content in a variety of physically active learning: an observational case study of real-world practices by Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Michael Reinboth, Geir Kåre Resaland, Solfrid Bratland-Sanda

“…All enacted PAL were passively observed by the same observer regarding primary bodily movement, duration, subject, location, collaborative or individual work, and task orientation.ResultsOn average, PAL consisted of 57.8% ± 15.7% sedentary time, 22.9% ± 7.5% light intensity PA, and 19.3% ± 10.8% moderate-to-vigorous intensity PA, displaying a large variety in different PAL segments. …”
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Narrow Linewidth All-Optical Microwave Oscillator Based on Torsional Radial Acoustic Modes of Single-Mode Fiber by Wen Wang, Wenjun He, Xinyue Fang, Yi Liu, Yajun You, Mingxing Li, Lei Yu, Qing Yan, Yafei Hou, Jian He, Xiujian Chou

“…The main ring cavity provides forward stimulated Brillouin scattering gain and utilizes a nonlinear polarization rotation effect to achieve TR_2,7 mode locking. By combining the sub ring cavity with the main ring cavity and utilizing the Vernier effect, the TR_2,7 mode microwave photonic single longitudinal mode (SLM) output can be ensured. …”
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Repurposing of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor sildenafil as a therapeutic agent to prevent gastric cancer growth through suppressing c-MYC stability for IL-6 transcription by Zhenzhan Zhang, Wuqing Huang, Donghua Huang, Zhou Xu, Qingfeng Xie, Xin Tan, Wenjun He, Weihao Yang, Guoxin Li, Jianguang Ji, Hao Liu

“…A total of 161 Swedish GC patients from a nationwide population-based cohort who received post-diagnostic PDE5 inhibitors demonstrated lower cancer-specific mortality compared to the controls (HR = 0.66, 95% CI = 0.47-0.92, P = 0.016). Functionally, the PDE5 inhibitor sildenafil exhibited the suppressive ability to prevent oncogenic growth in GC. …”
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Detection of Cervical Cancer and High Grade Neoplastic Lesions by a Combination of Liquid‐Based Sampling Preparation and DNA Measurements Using Automated Image Cytometry by Xiao Rong Sun, Jian Wang, David Garner, Branko Palcic

“…If DNA assisted cytology were to be used instead, and all cases having 3 or more cells with DNA amount greater than 5c were to be referred to colposcopy and biopsy, then 50 lesions that had to be removed would have been discovered (10 CIN2, 15 CIN3/CIS and 25 cancers) for the sensitivity of 54.3±6.2% at specificity of 96.9±0.6%. …”
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Augmentation index as a predictor of right ventricular dysfunction in coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional study by Arash Rahimi, Babak Geraiely, Hamed Vahidi, Mohammadreza Eftekhari, Ramyar Rahimi Darehbagh, Somayeh Mohammadi, Golrokh Ghaffari, Meysam Khoshavi

“…AIx correlated negatively with TAPSE (r=-0.421), FAC (r=-0.376), RVLS (r=-0.428), and RV S’ (r=-0.355) (all P < 0.001), and positively with pulmonary artery systolic pressure (r = 0.467, P < 0.001) and pulmonary vascular resistance (r = 0.297, P = 0.001). …”
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A High-Salt Diet Disturbs the Development and Function of Natural Killer Cells in Mice by Xiaokang Zeng, Yan Li, Weibiao Lv, Xinhuai Dong, Chong Zeng, Liming Zeng, Zibo Wei, Xu Lin, Yanning Ma, Qiang Xiao

“…Further, the development of NK cells in mice was evaluated, and it was found that HSD reduced the effective NK cell subset (CD27+CD11b-). Moreover, it was also found that the ability of NK cells to secrete CD107a and IFN-γ in HSD-fed mice was decreased following stimulation with RMA-S and YAC-1 tumor cells. …”
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Association between chronic kidney disease and oxidative balance score: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2018 by Cong Liu, Jiju Yang, Hongdian Li, Yuanyuan Deng, Pengfei He, Jiao Zhang, Mianzhi Zhang, Mianzhi Zhang, Mianzhi Zhang

“…The weighted prevalence of CKD was 14.97%. In the fully adjusted model, compared to the lowest OBS quartile, participants in the highest quartile had a 26% reduced risk of CKD (OR = 0.74, 95%CI: 0.63–0.87, p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Reduced white matter integrity and disrupted brain network in children with type 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy by Huirong Nie, Shasha Lan, Huan Wang, Pei Xiang, Mengzhen Yan, Yang Fan, Wanqing Shen, Yijuan Li, Wen Tang, Zhiyun Yang, Yujian Liang, Yingqian Chen

“…Results In total, 42 patients (mean age, 10.86 ± 4.07 years; 23 men) were included. TBSS analysis revealed widespread white matter changes in SMA patients. …”
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Kombucha Versus Vegetal Cellulose for Affordable Mucoadhesive (nano)Formulations by Ioana Popa-Tudor, Naomi Tritean, Ștefan-Ovidiu Dima, Bogdan Trică, Marius Ghiurea, Anisoara Cimpean, Florin Oancea, Diana Constantinescu-Aruxandei

“…VNC reduced the amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by about 23% (105.5 ± 2.2% of C−) in comparison with the positive control, whereas the ROS level was slightly higher (120.2 ± 3.9% of C−) following the BNC hydrogel treatment. …”
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Malva neglecta essential oil: A promising approach for bio-preserving mayonnaise and assessing variable correlations through principal component analysis and heat map by Amin Abbasi, Hedayat Hosseini, Hadi Pourjafar, Samaneh Moradi, Saeedeh Shojaee-Aliabadi

“…The MNEO-based bio-preservation strategy efficiently diminished microbial growth (S. aureus > E. coli O157:H7 > P. aeruginosa > S. enteritidis) and augmented the mayonnaise sample's shelf life (>40 days). …”
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Effectiveness of Continuous Glucose Monitoring on Short-Term, In-Hospital Mortality Among Frail and Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: Randomized Controlled Trial by Jiawei Shang, Ziming Yuan, Zuoyan Zhang, Quanhong Zhou, Yan Zou, Wei Wang

“…The average length of ICU stay was 10.0 (SD 7.57) days in the isCGM group and 14.0 (SD 6.86) days in the POCT group (P=.02). …”
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Cemaate Bağlılık Ölçeği: Geçerlilik ve Güvenirlilik by Ümit Horozcu, Kübra Kalkan

“…Yapılan analiz sonucunda gü- venirlik katsayısı yüksek (Cronbach’s Alpha .90, Spearman-Brown Coefficient .89 ve r =.80), geçerliği iyi düzeyde (X2 /df = 3.18, RMSEA = 0.09, NFI = 0.96, NNFI = 0.96, CFI = 0.97, RFI = 0.95, RMR&nbsp;= 0.053, SRMR = 0.050, GFI = 0.88, AGFI = 0.84)13 maddeden oluşan tek boyutlu ölçeğe ulaşılmıştır.p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 1.9px; line-height: 8.1px; font: 8.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #18171b}p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 1.9px; text-align: justify; font: 8.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #18171b}p.p3 {margin: 0.1px 0.0px 0.0px 2.0px; text-align: justify; font: 8.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #18171b}p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 1.9px; font: 8.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #18171b}span.s1 {letter-spacing: 0.1px}span.s2 {letter-spacing: 0.2px}span.s3 {letter-spacing: -0.9px}span.s4 {letter-spacing: 0.9px}span.s5 {letter-spacing: -0.1px}span.s6 {letter-spacing: -0.7px}span.s7 {letter-spacing: -0.4px}span.s8 {letter-spacing: -0.3px}span.s9 {letter-spacing: 0.8px}span.s10 {font: 4.5px 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: 2.5px}span.s11 {font: 4.5px 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: 2.5px; letter-spacing: 0.5px}span.s12 {letter-spacing: -1.8px}span.s13 {letter-spacing: -1.6px}span.s14 {letter-spacing: -1.7px}span.s15 {font: 4.5px 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: 2.5px; letter-spacing: -0.1px}span.s16 {font: 4.5px 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: 2.5px; letter-spacing: -0.9px}span.s17 {letter-spacing: 0.7px}…”
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Six-Phase Fully Coreless Axial-Flux Permanent-Magnet Generator: Design, Fabrication, and Performance Analysis by Turki M. Alsuwian, Asiful Habib, Muhammad Ammirrul Atiqi Mohd Zainuri, Ahmad Asrul Ibrahim, Nasrudin Abd Rahim, Adam R. H. Alhawari, Abdulkarem H. M. Almawgani, Saleh Almasabi, A. T. Hindi, Mohamed Fauzi Packeer Mohamed

“…Eliminating the core resolves challenges such as eddy current losses and cogging torque, enhancing overall efficiency. This topology enables high power density, further amplified in fully coreless configurations. …”
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Vitamin D binding protein genetic isoforms, serum vitamin D, and cancer risk in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. by Stephanie J Weinstein, Dominick Parisi, Alison M Mondul, Tracy M Layne, Jiaqi Huang, Rachael Z Stolzenberg-Solomon, Regina G Ziegler, Mark P Purdue, Wen-Yi Huang, Christian C Abnet, Neal D Freedman, Kai Yu, Demetrius Albanes

“…When modeled without regard for 25(OH)D, Gc isoforms were generally not associated with cancer risk, although melanoma risk was significantly lower among individuals with the "f" subtype of the Gc1-1 isoform, specifically HR = 0.83 (95% CI 0.70-0.98) for Gc1f-1s and 0.67 (0.45-1.00) for Gc1f-1f, compared to individuals with the Gc1s-Gc1s isoform. …”
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Genotype Distribution of CNDP1 Polymorphisms in the Healthy Chinese Han Population: Association with HbA1c and Fasting Blood Glucose by Shiqi Zhang, Juan Xu, Di Cui, Shujuan Jiang, Xin Xu, Yi Zhang, Dongchun Zhu, Li Xia, Benito Yard, Yonggui Wu, Qiu Zhang

“…The minor allele frequencies (MAFs) of the 5 SNP were 0.197 (C allele for rs4892247), 0.0855 (C allele for rs62099905), 0.085 (G allele for rs62099906), 0.066 (T allele for rs62099907), and 0.18 (A allele for rs72979715). …”
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Serum levels of oxidative stress, IL-8, and pepsinogen I/II ratio in Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer patients: potential diagnostic biomarkers by Marwa Nasier-Hussain, Jaleel Najah Samanje, Khatere Mokhtari, Mohsen Nabi-Afjadi, Zeinab Fathi, Asieh Hoseini, Elham Bahreini

“…Results Individuals with H. pylori infection exhibited elevated levels of IL-8 (940.5 ± 249.7 vs. 603.4 ± 89.1 pg/ml, P < 0.0001) and oxidative species (5.47 ± 0.7 vs. 1.64 ± 0.7 nM, P < 0.05) compared to gastric cancer patients, who, despite having lower levels of IL-8 and oxidative species, showed higher levels of MDA. …”
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Comparing the bio-fertilizer quality of co-composted municipal organic wastes of different mix ratio: evidence from Tigray, northern Ethiopia by Kassa Teka, Tigist. A. Gessesse, Yemane Welday

“…Method: Four treatments, T1 (70% sludge, 15.3% wheat straw and 14.7% cattle manure), T2 (50% sludge, 14.8% wheat straw and 35.2% cattle manure), T3 (30% sludge, 20% wheat straw and 50% cattle manure) and T4 (20% sludge, 14.2% wheat straw and 65.8% cattle manure) having three replications were arranged in a randomized complete design. …”
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