The Efficacy of Implementing Labor Analgesia Education via the WeChat Public Platform—A Randomized Controlled Study by Lijun Ma, Yan Cheng, Hailian Liu, Wenjing Yang, Chen Yang

“…Compared to the B group, primiparas in the W group had higher scores on labor analgesia knowledge questionnaire (55 ± 11.1 vs. 65 ± 9.2, p = 0.001), lower anxiety scores (51.4 ± 5.4 vs. 48.9 ± 4.6, p = 0.02), shorter positioning time (27.5 ± 7.9 s vs. 20.1 ± 9.2 s, p = 0.001) than those in the B group. …”
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Clinical determinants and prognostic implications of renin and aldosterone in patients with symptomatic heart failure by Masatake Kobayashi, Susan Stienen, Jozine M. terMaaten, Kenneth Dickstein, Nilesh J. Samani, Chim C. Lang, Leong L. Ng, Stefan D. Anker, Macro Metra, Gregoire Preud'homme, Kevin Duarte, Zohra Lamiral, Nicolas Girerd, Patrick Rossignol, Dirk J. vanVeldhuisen, Adriaan A. Voors, Faiez Zannad, João Pedro Ferreira

“…In BIOSTAT‐CHF study, median renin and aldosterone levels were 85.3 (percentile25–75 = 28–247) μIU/mL and 9.4 (percentile25–75 = 4.4–19.8) ng/dL, respectively. Prior HF admission, lower blood pressure, sodium, poorer renal function, and MRA treatment were associated with higher renin and aldosterone. …”
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Coordinated charging of EV fleets in community parking lots to maximize benefits using a three-stage energy management system by Isha Chandra, Navneet Kumar Singh, Paulson Samuel, Mohit Bajaj, Ievgen Zaitsev

“…This research underscores the potential of CPLs to optimize energy use, lower costs, and contribute to broader sustainability goals by integrating renewable energy and intelligent charging strategies.…”
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The Efficacy of Adalimumab Treatment in Pediatric Non-Infectious Uveitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Kübra Özdemir Yalçınsoy, Osman Özen, Yasemin Özdamar Erol, Pınar Çakar Özdal

“…When pre- and post-treatment periods were compared, the mean number of uveitis flare-ups, intraocular inflammation severity, mean dose of topical and systemic CS, and mean CMT values were significantly lower in the post-treatment period (p<0.05). The mean BCVA was significantly improved after 6 and 12 months of ADA treatment compared to the pre-treatment visual acuity (p<0.05). …”
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Causal links between obesity, lipids, adipokines, and cognition: a bidirectional Mendelian-randomization analysis by Meng Gong, Haichao Liu, Zhixiang Liu, Yongshen Wang, Shiyi Qi, Hong Guo, Song Jin

“…MR estimates for the effects of cognition ability on all obesity, lipids and adipokines measures indicated worse FIS and SRT were associated with higher BMI and lower HDL.ConclusionsOur MR reveals that high BMI, BFP, WHR and AgRP have negative causal direct effects with cognitive ability, while high HDL and ADPN have positive causal direct effects with cognitive ability. …”
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Model-Free Change Point Detection for Mixing Processes by Hao Chen, Abhishek Gupta, Yin Sun, Ness Shroff

“…In particular, we provide performance guarantees for the MMD-CUSUM test under exponentially <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\alpha$</tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\beta$</tex-math></inline-formula>, and fast <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\phi$</tex-math></inline-formula>-mixing processes, which significantly expands its utility beyond the i.i.d. and Markovian cases used in previous studies. We obtain lower bounds for average-run-length (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ {\mathtt {ARL}}$</tex-math></inline-formula>) and upper bounds for average-detection-delay (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ {\mathtt {ADD}}$</tex-math></inline-formula>) in terms of the threshold parameter. …”
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Decomposing the Poor-Non-Poor Gap in the Prevalence of Undiagnosed and Untreated Hypertension Among Bangladeshi Population by Mosiur Rahman, Mahfuza Khatun, Asrafun Naher Pinkey, Syed Emdadul Haque, Farhana Akhter Liza, Md. Nuruzzaman Haque, Prosannajid Sarkar, Tapan Kumar Roy, G. M. Rabiul Islam, Md. Rashed Alam, Mahmudul Hasan, Izzeldin Fadl Adam, Nguyen Huu Chau Duc, Saber Al-Sobaihi, Abid Hasan

“…People in the poor SES groups had a 0.88 times (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.77–0.99) lower likelihood of having hypertension compared to those in the non-poor SES group. …”
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Incidence, mortality, and global burden of retinoblastoma in 204 countries worldwide from 1990 to 2021: Data and systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Linyan Wang, Jianing Chen, Yunhan Shen, Grace Loy Ming Hooi, Shuohan Wu, Feng Xu, Hao Pei, Jianpeng Sheng, Tiansheng Zhu, Juan Ye

“…Conclusions: Despite global progress, regions with lower SDI face elevated Rb burden and mortality. …”
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Application of dicarbamin in treatment of patients by a chronic hepatitis C by D. Yu. Konstantinov, Ye. A. Konstantinova, L. L. Popova, E. A. Strebkova, A. A. Suzdaltsev

“…In the 1-st group leukopenia was observed from the 4-th week of treatment in 71%, neutropenia – in 69% of patients, similar parameters kept significantly lower during the whole course of treatment in comparison to the 2-nd group that resulted in dose decline of peginterferon α2b in 26,9% and cancellation of AVT in 9,6% of patients. …”
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Field-independence as a characteristic of police officers’ vital activity by D. V. Shvets

“…Low levels of anxiety are likely to be more common in the group of field-independent subjects, who show a probably lower rate of anxiety.…”
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Effectiveness of the Federal ‘Clean Air’ Project to Improve Air Quality in the Most Polluted Russian Cities by Roman V. Gordeev, Anton I. Pyzhev, Ekaterina A. Syrtsova

“…The emissions reduction target was lowered from 22% to 20%, the methodology for measuring pollution was revised, and new targets were set. …”
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AmelOBP4: an antenna-specific odor-binding protein gene required for olfactory behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) by Fang Liu, Yu Lai, Lixian Wu, Qiang Li, Linyue Lei, Wei Yin, Yuan Zhang, Zachary Y. Huang, Hongxia Zhao

“…Foragers with inhibited AmelOBP4 showed significantly lower sugar responsiveness than control bees, and also significantly reduced EAG response to plant volatiles of nonanal, linalool and 1-Octen-3ol. …”
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Is There a Difference in Terms of Perinatal Outcomes Between Fresh and Frozen Embryo Transfers? by Ayse Zehra Ozdemir, Pervin Karli

“…Birth weight was significantly lower in fresh embryo transfers than in frozen embryo transfers (p=0.001, p= 0.031). …”
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Assessing subtle changes in arid land river basin ecological quality: A study utilizing the PIE engine platform and RSEI by Aizemaitijiang Maimaitituersun, Han Yang, Nuerbiye Aobuliaisan, Kamuran Maimaitiaili, Ouyang Chenyu

“…Improvement focused in developed areas, deterioration in reservoirs and middle-lower reaches; 3. Over 23 years, factors like NDVI, NDBSI, and LST had strong influence on RSEI, while Slope, Clay, and Sand had weaker impacts. …”
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Unveiling the hidden connection: Investigating the relationship between shared leadership and missed nursing care by Amal Diab Ghanem Atalla, Naglaa Abdelaziz Mahmoud Elseesy, Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry, Samia Mohamed Sobhi Mohamed, Ebaa Marwan Felemban, Abdulhafith Alharbi, Nervana Abdelrahman Saied Gheith, Sabrein Mahmoud khalifa khattab

“…Male nurses, less than 30 years old, married, held a bachelor’s degree in nursing sciences, less than five years of experience in the nursing profession, and less than five years of experience in the current working unit had higher total scores of the shared leadership and lower total scores of missed nursing care (P < 0.001). …”
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The Efficacy and Predictors of Using GPi-DBS to Treat Early-Onset Dystonia: An Individual Patient Analysis by Wenxiu Chen, Houyou Fan, Guohui Lu

“…Patients with early-onset dystonia have a significant effect after GPi-DBS treatment, and DYT-1 (+) and DYT-11 (+) patients are better candidates for GPi-DBS. Lower preoperative score, later age of onset, and an earlier age at surgery probably predict better clinical outcomes.…”
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Strength of the Uninvolved Limb Following Return to Activity After ACL Injury: Implications for Symmetry as a Marker of Sufficient Strength by Matthew T Hartshorne, Jeffrey A Turner, Kenneth L Cameron, Darin A Padua

“… # Purpose To compare the strength of key lower extremity muscles of the uninvolved limb in those with history of ACL injury (ACL-I) to the dominant limb in individuals with no history of ACL injury (control)…”
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Contamination profile of heavy metals in marine fish and shellfish by M.A. Salam, S.C. Paul, S.N.B.M. Noor, S.A. Siddiqua, T.D. Aka, R. Wahab, E.R. Aweng

“…</em>Although the concentrations of all the heavy metals in all fish, prawn and crab species were lower as per Malaysian Food Act, but the concentrations showed remarkable differences among the species and organs. …”
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mHealth Intervention for Dementia Prevention through lifestyle Optimisation (MIND-PRO) in a primary care setting: protocol for a randomised controlled trial in people with low SES... by Edo Richard, Esther Van den Berg, Ron Handels, Henrike Galenkamp, Eric P Moll van Charante, Marieke P Hoevenaar-blom, Anne Roos van der Endt, Martien J H Kas

“…Introduction The Mobile Health (mHealth) Intervention for Dementia Prevention through lifestyle Optimisation (MIND-PRO) study addresses the increasing prevalence of dementia among populations with lower socio-economic status (SES) and/or a migration background. …”
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Synergetic Effect of Nano-ZnO and Trinidad Lake Asphalt for Antiaging Properties of SBS-Modified Asphalt by Yiqun Zhan, Jun Xie, Yulin Wu, Yifan Wang

“…At the same time, the increased rate of heavy components and the change index of the colloidal instability index in the SBS-modified asphalt under the blending ratio were significantly lower than the blank SBS-modified asphalt samples in the same aging mode. …”
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