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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RETENÇÃO DE CONHECIMENTO DE GRADUANDOS APÓS 1,5 ANO DE TREINAMENTO TEÓRICO-LABORATORIAL PARA DETECÇÃO DE CÁRIE by Jhandira Daibelis Yampa-Vargas, Caroline Rodrigues Silva, Fernanda Rosche Ferreira Saito, Raissa Andujas Pereira, Maria Eduarda Franco Viganó, Elizabeth Souza Rocha, Marcelo Bonecker, José Carlos Pettorossi Imparato, Daniela Prócida Raggio, Fausto Medeiros Mendes, Mariana Minatel Braga

“…Em média, os alunos tiveram medias (desvio-padrão (DP), de 6,68 (1,88) teórica e 5,5 (2,27) prática. A percepção dos alunos esteve associada com sua performance. …”
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Determinants of Physicochemical Composition of Palm Oil Mill Effluent - Implications on Environment and Bio-digester Treatment Design by E.B. Tambe, A.U. Okonkwo, I. E. Mbuka-Nwosu, C.O. Cookey, E. Agbe, S.C. Onwusa, I.N. Ekpe, U.F. Evuen, J. Okpoghono

“…Data was analysed using multivariate analysis of variance, and showed that the physicochemical composition of POME was significantly different (p<0.01) across milling-scales, types of FFBs and seasons. The pH=11.728±0.467 and 4.10563±0.030, BOD= 52.042± 1.669 and 233.125±10.674; TSS=14421.748±2431.870 and 974.344±29.764; TN= 347.918±7.371 and 468.92500±31.315; TP=127.890±1.478 and 26.476±6.339 for dry and wet seasons respectively, and COD=3731.250±154.574 for dry season only were not within the acceptable wastewater discharge limits. …”
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Consumo alimentar segundo o recebimento de orientação nutricional em participantes do Programa Academia da Saúde by Caroline Otoni da Silva, Patrícia Pinheiro de Freitas, Luana Caroline dos Santos, Aline Cristine Souza Lopes

“…A maior contribuição energética da dieta derivou dos alimentos in natura/minimamente processados (56,6%), seguidos dos ultraprocessados (27,7%). Verificou-se menor percentual de energia oriunda dos ingredientes culinários entre aqueles que relataram recebimento de orientação nutricional (5,2%; IC95%: 4,9-5,5 vs. 4,5%; IC95%: 4,3-4.7; p < 0,01), sem diferenças significativas para os demais grupos alimentares. …”
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Tackling the unyielding: testing two novel approaches against NDM-producing Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates collected in India by Yamuna Devi Bakthavatchalam, Bijayini Behera, Anand Shah, Purva Mathur, Raja Ray, Bashir Ahmed Fomda, Kamini Walia, Balaji Veeraraghavan

“…Among E. coli, 111 isolates were NDM-alone, and six were NDM + OXA-48-like producers. Among K. pneumoniae, 47 and 56 isolates were NDM-alone and NDM + OXA-48-like producers, respectively. …”
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Accuracy of noninvasive total haemoglobin measurement for detecting anaemia in infants: a cross-sectional study in a well-child care clinic, Khon Kaen, Thailand by Leelawadee Techasatian, Rattapon Uppala, Suchaorn Saengnipanthkul, Chamaiporn Tawiangnan, Prapassara Sirikarn, Sakuntala Supasai, Phanthila Sitthikarnkha

“…The mean bias was 1.635 g/dL (−0.617 to 3.887) in the anaemic group and 0.614 g/dL (−0.964 to 2.192) in the nonanaemic group. …”
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Impact of intermediate-dose tertiary prophylaxis on quality of life and psychological aspects of adult patients with severe/moderate hemophilia A by Hua Gao, Jia Liu, Shiqiu Zhou, Jing Gao, Jing Tan, Rong Chen

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Uticaj programirane promene faznog stava struje na specifičnu silu cilindričnih linearnih motora sa stalnim magnetima by Žаrkо Kоprivicа

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The effects of growth hormone on the outcomes of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer in age-grouped patients with decreased ovarian reserve: a prospective cohort study by Jiexiu Chen, Xumei Kong, Zonghui Luan, Yu Qiu, Yu Qiu, Shiqi Chen, Jesse Li−Ling, Yan Gong

“…The quality of oocytes and embryos and the outcome of pregnancy were compared.ResultsIn group B, the number (1.16 ± 0.12 vs. 0.74 ± 0.09) and rate (34.27% vs. 23.90%) of high-quality cleavage embryos, rate of implantation (32.37% vs. 22.35%), clinical pregnancy (48.98% vs. 33.67%), and live birth (44.90% vs. 29.59%) were significantly higher, whereas the canceled oocyte retrieval rate was significantly lower (1.49% vs. 6.58%) in the GH part than those of the control part (P &lt; 0.05). …”
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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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Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the third member of Palaeogene Dongying formation in the Nanpu Sag, Bohai Bay Basin: implications for controlling on organic matter... by Shiyan Yin, Shiyan Yin, Aidong Yao, Jianzhong Cheng, Chuang Lei, Zhaosheng Wang, Zhenguo Zhang, Ying Zhang, Yu Wang, Xiaoying Han, Zhigang Ma

“…Introduction and MethodsTo identify the unconventional shale oil exploration potential of the third member of the Palaeogene Dongying Formation (Ed3) in the Nanpu Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, variations in paleoclimate and paleoenvironment and their influence on organic matter accumulation were investigated through analyzing mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of forty-nine mudstone samples.ResultsResults show that the Ed3 mudstones exhibit strong heterogeneity with the organic carbon content ranging from 0.30% to 2.66%, petroleum potential yield ranging from 0.44 to 11.41 mg/g, and hydrogen index ranging from 57 to 466 mg/g TOC, which are dominated by mixed kerogen and low maturity to maturity. …”
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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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