Construction of a prognostic model for gastric cancer based on immune infiltration and microenvironment, and exploration of MEF2C gene function by Si-yu Wang, Yu-xin Wang, Lu-shun Guan, Ao Shen, Run-jie Huang, Shu-qiang Yuan, Yu-long Xiao, Li-shuai Wang, Dan Lei, Yin Zhao, Chuan Lin, Chang-ping Wang, Zhi-ping Yuan

“…Methods Transcriptome sequence data of GC was obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and PRJEB25780 cohort for subsequent immune infiltration analysis, immune microenvironment analysis, consensus clustering analysis and feature selection for definition and classification of gene M and N. …”
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Virtual consultation in kidney care: a mixed-methods study on a model for safe and effective integration into routine clinical care by Aminu K Bello, Stephanie Thompson, Deenaz Zaidi, Scott Klarenbach, Feng Ye, Terry J Smith, Mark Courtney

“…However, the clinical benefits of virtual consultation have not been consistently demonstrated in all facets of kidney care, and the adoption of this innovation alters workflows and health professionals’ perceptions of care delivery. This study evaluated the integration of virtual outpatient consultation safely and effectively into the kidney care programme in Alberta.Study design We leveraged a mixed-methods approach to collate data about clinicians’ experiences and opinions, forming the basis for the qualitative part of the study.Data extraction Data were collected through surveys, interviews and focus groups of nephrologists and home dialysis nurses.Analytical approach Focus group/interview transcripts for nephrologists and nurses were used to generate initial codebooks, which were iteratively refined throughout the analysis. …”
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Problems That Teachers Coincide with in Physical Education Lessons Who Changed Classroom Teaching Branch to Physical Education Teaching by Mehtap Yıldız, Özer Yıldız

“…“Personal Information Form” and semi-structured “Interview Form” developed by the researchers were used as data collection tools. The data were evaluated by content analysis method. …”
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RESEARCHING ECOLOGICAL VARIABILITY OF AGRONOMIC TRAITS IN POTATO VARIETIES WHEN THEY ARE INTRODUCED INTO SEVERE ENVIRONMENTS OF THE ALTAI MOUNTAINS by T. A. Streltsova, A. A. Opleukhin, N. A. Okasheva

“…The analysis was based on the methods suitable for assessing the interaction between factors and all the traits, with consequent evaluation of variations in individual traits under different environmental factors.…”
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Equine Trypanosomiasis: Molecular Detection, Hematological, and Oxidative Stress Profiling by Mostafa Shoraba, Salma A. Shoulah, Faysal Arnaout, Abdelfattah Selim

“…Regarding oxidative stress profile, the infected horses showed decreased levels of glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and antioxidant capacity (TAC) compared to the control group. Moreover, the PCR assay targeting RoTat 1.2 VSG gene revealed positive specific band (205 bp) in all examined samples for T. evansi and the phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that strain of this study is closely related to T. evansi isolate in horses from India (MT501210) while showed difference from sequences of other species. …”
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Impact of glucocorticoids on the therapeutic efficacy of denosumab against osteoporosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Jiwon Yang, Youngjae Park, Jennifer Jooha Lee, Seung-Ki Kwok, Ji Hyeon Ju, Wan-Uk Kim, Sung-Hwan Park

“…Design: A retrospective analysis of collected data on RA patients with osteoporosis starting denosumab. …”
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Yogic Practices as a Complementary Approach to Physical Fitness: An Intervention Study by Tarak Nath Pramanik, Aminur Rahaman, Gopal Chandra Saha, Anupam Roy, Punam Pradhan

“…Data analysis involved both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (paired and independent sample t-tests) using SPSS software (version 25), with a significance level set at α = 0.05. …”
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The effect of green tea consumption on cholesterol reduction: a study among social service employees in East Nusa Tenggara by Patricia Flamli Uma Mukin, Anita Lidesna Shinta Amat, Elisabeth Levina Sari Setianingrum, Magdarita Riwu

“…Total cholesterol levels were measured using capillary blood and cholesterol test strips pre- and post-intervention. Data analysis was performed using the paired t-test. …”
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Implementation of Business Process Mapping Framework for Indonesia’s Government Institutions by Martinus Tukiran, Nugraheni Puspita Sari, Lukas Danny Tjitrabudi, Nurul Amalia

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Experience with the use of glucocorticosteroid implants in patients with macular edema associated with sarcoidosis. by V.A. Pavlov, E.V. Kryukov, D.V. Davydov, A.A. Zaytsev, V.E. Kurnosov

“…Group 1 (prospective analysis) included the results of treatment of patients with sarcoidosis with corticosteroid implants (4 eyes, 4 patients). …”
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Effectiveness of a Social Cognitive Theory-based health education intervention on depression (SCODESS) among mothers of children with cancer in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia-A q... by Wan Syahirah Wan Ghazali, Halimatus Sakdiah Minhat, Sherina Mohd Sidik, Iqmer Nashriq Mohd Nazan

“…The GEE analysis showed no significant effects of SCODESS intervention on depression scores at T2 (p = 0.909) and T3 (p = 0.622) compared to the control group at baseline. …”
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Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Facet Blocking for Treating Back Pain Caused by Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture by Yongquan Cheng, Xiaoliang Wu, Jiawei Shi, Hui Jiang

“…Clinical and radiological data of 204 patients were reviewed. The patients were divided into Group A (PVP alone) and Group B (PVP and FB combined therapy) according to treatments. …”
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WNT3A promotes the cementogenic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells through the FOXO1 signaling pathway by Dongmei Cheng, Yang Bao, Xue Wang, Haidong Xiang, Tianyuan Guo, Yong Du, Zhiyong Zhang, Han Guo

“…Bioinformatics analysis confirmed WNT3A as a pivotal biomarker for DPSC cementogenic differentiation, and WNT3A was highly expressed in the cementogenic differentiation group. …”
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Seven Immune-Related Genes’ Prognostic Value and Correlation with Treatment Outcome in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Rui Mu, Yuehong Shen, Chuanbin Guo, Xinyun Zhang, Hongyu Yang, Huijun Yang

“…The signature was also evaluated based on clinical variables, predictive nomogram, mutation analysis, infiltrating immune cells, immune-related pathways, and chemotherapeutic efficacy. …”
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Postural instability and gait disturbance are associated with abnormal stereopsis in Parkinson's disease. by Jungyeun Lee, Sung Hoon Kang, Seong-Beom Koh

“…To analyze the potential risk factors for abnormal stereopsis in PD, we conducted a binary logistic stepwise selection analysis.<h4>Results</h4>Among the total of 240 PD patients, 185 were in the normal stereopsis group and 55 were in the abnormal stereopsis group. …”
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Effectiveness of nurse-led volunteer support and technology-driven pain assessment in improving the outcomes of hospitalised older adults: protocol for a cluster randomised control... by Max K Bulsara, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Rosemary Saunders, Kate Crookes, Mustafa Atee, Caroline Bulsara, Beverley Ewens, Olivia Gallagher, Renee M Graham, Karen Gullick, Sue Haydon, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Bev O'Connell, Karla Seaman, Jeff Hughes, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Debra Scaini

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Efficacy Perceived by Patients of Post-infarction Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Strategies by María Gabriela Balarezo García, Carlos Antonio Escobar Suárez, Becker Neto Mullo

“…The study population was made up of 90 patients who participated in post-infarction cardiac rehabilitation programs implemented in the medical facilities of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security in the Sierra region of Ecuador. The technique for data collection was the survey. Friedman and Wilcoxon statistical tests were used for correlation analysis. …”
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Diagnostic potential of CDK1 and STAT1 in acute kidney injury associated with gastrointestinal cancers: a bioinformatics-based study by Qiuwan Wei, Yiqing Shen, Yiren Tian, Yunzhi Ling

“…IntroductionPatients with gastrointestinal cancers are prone to acute kidney injury (AKI) due to treatment or disease progression, and current diagnostic methods exhibit insufficient sensitivity and specificity. This study aims to evaluate the potential value of CDK1 and STAT1 in the diagnosis of AKI in this patient population.MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on adjacent tissue, cancerous and the clinical data tissue from 150 gastrointestinal cancer patients treated at our hospital from May 2022 to May 2023. …”
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New strategies in management of severe alcoholic hepatitis by P. Ye. Tkachenko, I. I. Komkova, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Lille index was utilized as treatment response criterion. During statistical data analysis Wilcoxon, Manna– Whitney and chi-square criteria were used. …”
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The Change of Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index Independently Predicts Survival of Colorectal Cancer Patients after Curative Resection by Qingqing Chen, Haohao Wu, Xinwei Guo, Ke Gu, Wenjie Wang, Xiaochen Chen, Shengjun Ji, Hui Yang, Jiahao Zhu

“…In the univariate analysis, smoking, pathological stages III-IV, high-middle degree of differentiation, lymphatic invasion, vascular invasion, and the high-ΔSII group were associated with poor OS. …”
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