Analysis of variation in charges and prices paid for vaginal and caesarean section births: a cross-sectional study by Renee Y Hsia, Yaa Akosa Antwi, Ellerie Weber

“…We found that hospitals in markets with middling competition had significantly lower adjusted charges for vaginal deliveries, while hospitals with higher wage indices and casemixes, as well as for-profit hospitals, had higher adjusted charges. …”
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Surfactin alleviated hyperglycaemia in mice with type 2 diabetes induced by a high-fat diet and streptozotocin by Xiaoyu Chen, Hongyuan Zhao, Fanqiang Meng, Libang Zhou, Zhaoxin Lu, Yingjian Lu

“…In the present study, 80 mg/kg body weight surfactin supplementation lowered fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels by 21.05 % and insulin resistance (IR) by 18.18 % compared with those in the T2DM group, reduced inflammation, and increased antioxidant activity in mice with T2DM induced by a high-fat diet (HFD) and streptozotocin (STZ). …”
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Mapping the association between mental health and people's perceived and actual ability to practice hygiene-related behaviours in humanitarian and pandemic crises: A scoping review... by Emily Yasmin Ghassemi, Astrid Hasund Thorseth, Karine Le Roch, Thomas Heath, Sian White

“…Two studies found that lower scores of PTSD were associated with better hygiene practices, including handwashing with soap. …”
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All-Cause Mortality Risk of Metabolically Healthy Obese Individuals in NHANES III by C. M. Durward, T. J. Hartman, S. M. Nickols-Richardson

“…Metabolic health was defined as: (1) homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) <2.5; (2) ≤2 Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) III metabolic syndrome criteria; (3) combined definition using ≤1 of the following: HOMA-IR ≥1.95 (or diabetes medications), triglycerides ≥1.7 mmol/L, HDL-C <1.04 mmol/L (males) or <1.30 mmol/L (females), LDL-C ≥2.6 mmol/L, and total cholesterol ≥5.2 mmol/L (or cholesterol-lowering medications). Hazard ratios (HR) for all-cause mortality were estimated with Cox regression models. …”
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An Assessment of City Council Performance in Improving Urban Management and Development Process from Citizen\'s Perspective: Case Study Tabriz Metropolitan by Abolfazl Ghanbari

“…Also, the average of all indicators of empowerment of Islamic city councils in the field of empowerment of Islamic councils is lower than numerical utility 3 and their t-statistic is negatively estimated. …”
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The Utility of Perirenal Fat in Determining the Risk of Onset and Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease by Hongtu Hu, Wei Liang, Zongwei Zhang, Zikang Liu, Fan Chu, Yan Bao, Jialu Ran, Guohua Ding

“…Based on the cutoff value from the ROC diagnostic test in the cross-sectional study, patients were divided into two groups: higher PFT (H-PFT) and lower PFT (L-PFT). Kaplan–Meier survival curve analysis showed that H-PFT was associated with a higher incidence of albuminuria than L-PFT (log-rank test, χ2 = 4.522, P = 0.033). …”
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Non-invasive prenatal testing in mitigating concerns from invasive prenatal diagnostic testing: retrospective assessment of utility in an academic healthcare system in the US by Kibum Kim, Linda Kaitlyn Craft

“…Clinical characteristics indicating low socioeconomic status and limited healthcare coverage are associated with less use of NIPT and lower clinical utility.Conclusion Although prenatal care accepted NIPT over the last decade, the utility of NIPT in mitigating concerns on IPD is unclear and needs further investigation. …”
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Effect of an Aerosol Dryer on Ambient PM Measurements with SDS011 Low Cost Sensors during a Two-year Period in Duisburg, Germany by Martin Nothhelfer, Oliver Sperber, Ana Maria Todea, Britta Schunke, Olga Romazanowa, Stefan Schumacher, Dieter Bathen, Christof Asbach

“…The results show that the 24 h average concentration reported by the sensor could be by a factor of up to 38 too high compared to the gravimetric measurement, if the aerosol was not dried, whereas the mismatch with a maximum factor of 5.4 was significantly lower when using the dryer. For the PM10 concentration correction factors were determined from the ratios of the measured 24 h values of the sensors and the gravimetric reference. …”
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Midostaurin shapes macroclonal and microclonal evolution of FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukemia by Romane Joudinaud, Augustin Boudry, Laurène Fenwarth, Sandrine Geffroy, Mikaël Salson, Hervé Dombret, Céline Berthon, Arnaud Pigneux, Delphine Lebon, Pierre Peterlin, Simon Bouzy, Pascale Flandrin-Gresta, Emmanuelle Tavernier, Martin Carre, Sylvie Tondeur, Lamya Haddaoui, Raphael Itzykson, Sarah Bertoli, Audrey Bidet, Eric Delabesse, Mathilde Hunault, Christian Récher, Claude Preudhomme, Nicolas Duployez, Pierre-Yves Dumas

“…At R/R disease, the rate of FLT3-ITD persistence was lower in patients treated with ICT + MIDO than in patients not receiving MIDO (68% vs 87.5%; P = .011). …”
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Associations between CAG repeat size, brain and spinal cord volume loss, and motor symptoms in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3: a cohort study by Zhi-Xian Ye, Xuan-Yu Chen, Meng-Cheng Li, Xin-Yuan Chen, Yu-Sen Qiu, Ru-Ying Yuan, Zhi-Li Chen, Min-Ting Lin, Jian-Ping Hu, Ying Fu, Wan-Jin Chen, Ning Wang, Shi-Rui Gan, on behalf of the OSCCAR Investigators

“…Results Compared with healthy controls, SCA3 patients had lower cerebellar volume and cervical spinal cord area. …”
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Gamification Application for Promoting and Encouraging Physical Activity in the Elderly by Narmin Mohammed Noori, Awaz Naaman Saleem, Muhammed Anwar

“…Physical activity positively promotes calmness and lowers stress levels, overall quality of life, and subjective well-being, particularly among older people. …”
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Impact of UV-C irradiance and wavelength on the photodegradation of dibromoacetonitrile by Lohita Rajesh, Joshua Fiorentino, Thomas Roberts, Sean T. McBeath, Mariana Lanzarini-Lopes

“…The 265 nm high-power LED resulted in 2.3-times higher quantum yield and fluence-based degradation kinetics than the 265 low-power LED and a corresponding 3.5 times lower EEO despite the same wavelength of irradiance. …”
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Comparative Effectiveness of Anti-Inflammatory Drug Treatments in Coronary Heart Disease Patients: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Ivan Wudexi, Elica Shokri, Mohamed Abo-Aly, Kazuhiro Shindo, Ahmed Abdel-Latif

“…Colchicine use was also associated with a lower risk of revascularization and MACCE compared to the other agents. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass as Revisional Surgery on Antidiabetic Reimbursement: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Jérémie Thereaux, MD, PhD, Mohammed Bennani, PhD, Jean Khemis, MD, Elisabeth Ohayon, MD, Isabelle Visnovec Buissez, MD, Alexandre Lafourcade, MSc, Laëtitia Quiriconi, MSc, Caroline Philippe, MSc, Jean-Michel Oppert, MD, PhD

“…Four years after RBS, the median annual cost per patient compared with baseline was lower (P < 0.01) for all sequences, except SG-SG (P = 0.24). …”
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Socioeconomic risk factors of hypertension and blood pressure among persons aged 15–49 in Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Sushant Joshi, Bishnu Bahadur Thapa

“…Moderately food insecure household had lower odds of hypertension (AOR: 0.84; CI: 0.72 to 0.99) compared with households with no issue of food insecurity. …”
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Legal Framework for the Police Commissions: Current State and Prospects for Development by I. O. Sviatokum

“…There are no criteria that make appointment through the procedures of the police commissions obligatory for any position in the police, which significantly lowers their relevance for the further career development of the police officers. …”
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Variability of plankton communities in relation to the lunar cycle in oceanic waters by Santiago Hernández-León, M. Loreto Torreblanca, M. Loreto Torreblanca, Inma Herrera, Inma Herrera, Laia Armengol, Gara Franchy, Alejandro Ariza, Juan Carlos Garijo, María Couret

“…However, there is few information about lower trophic levels and zooplankton physiological changes related to this lunar cycle. …”
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A soy glycinin derived octapeptide protects against MCD diet induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in mice by Peng Ma, Rongrong Huang, Yu Ou

“…The results of oil red O staining and total cholesterol (TC)/triglyceride (TG) contents showed that SGP8 could significantly reduce the lipid content of steatosis HepG2 cells. In vivo, SGP8 lowered plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) content, normalized hepatic superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) production, and reduced the severity of liver inflammation. …”
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Fertility differences between two wild-type <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> lines correlate with differences in the expression of the <i>Jheh</i> gene, which codes for an enzyme deg... by O. V. Andreenkova, N. V. Adonyeva, V. M. Efimov, N.  E. Gruntenko

“…Analysis of the fertility of these four lines showed that it does not depend on Wolbachia infection either, but differs between lines with different nuclear genotypes: in w153 and w153T, it is significantly lower than in lines Bi90 and Bi90T. The data obtained allow us to reasonably propose that the inter-line D. melanogaster polymorphism in the metabolism of the juvenile hormone is determined by its degradation (not by its synthesis) and correlates with the fertility level.…”
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Older Fallers’ Comprehensive Neuromuscular and Kinematic Alterations in Reactive Balance Control: Indicators of Balance Decline or Compensation? A Pilot Study by Ringo Tang-Long Zhu, Timmi Tim Mei Hung, Freddy Man Hin Lam, Jun-Zhe Li, Yu-Yan Luo, Jingting Sun, Shujun Wang, Christina Zong-Hao Ma

“…<b>Results</b>: Compared to non-fallers, fallers had significantly: (a) smaller activation rate of the ankle dorsiflexor, delayed activation of the hip flexor/extensor, larger activation rate of the knee flexor, and smaller agonist-antagonist co-contraction in lower-limb muscles; (b) larger knee/hip flexion angles, longer ankle dorsiflexion duration, and delayed timing of recovery in joint motions; and (c) earlier downward COM displacements and larger anteroposterior overshooting COM displacements following unpredictable perturbations (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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