The effect of locomotive syndrome on the trajectory of sleep disturbance in geriatric oncology inpatients by Yu-Ling Yang, Hui Su, Hui Lu, Jing Wang, Yu-Qing Zhou, Ling Li, Hui Yu, Yan Lv, Ying Chen

“…Patients with LS exhibit lower overall sleep quality and a higher likelihood of persistent sleep disturbances.…”
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Association between estimated glomerular filtration rate, urinary albuminuria-creatinine ratio, and stroke prevalence in patients with chronic kidney disease by Jianfeng Xiang, Mengli Tong, Dongrong Yu, Yinfeng Chen

“…In the unadjusted model, patients with UACR of 30–300 mg/g had a slightly lower risk of stroke than those with UACR < 30 mg/g (OR = 0.70, 95% CI = 0.57–0.86); however, this association was not seen after adjusting for potential confounders.Conclusions This study identified a negative linear correlation between eGFR and stroke in CKD patients.…”
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Serum hydroxycotinine was associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD): a cross-sectional study based on NHANES by Meng’en Zhu, Zhimin Bi, Yaoling Wang, Wei Li

“…Serum hydroxycotinine was measured by an isotope-dilution high-performance liquid chromatography/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometric (ID HPLC-APCI MS/MS) method with a lower limit of detections (LLOD) at 0.015 ng/mL. …”
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Privacy-preserving federated learning framework with irregular-majority users by Qianxin CHEN, Renwan BI, Jie LIN, Biao JIN, Jinbo XIONG

“…In response to the existing problems that the federated learning might lead to the reduction of aggregation efficiency by handing the majority of irregular users and the leak of parameter privacy by adopting plaintext communication, a framework of privacy-preserving robust federated learning was proposed for ensuring the robustness of the irregular user based on the designed security division protocol.PPRFL could enable the model and its related information to aggregate in ciphertext on the edge server facilitate users to calculate the model reliability locally for reducing the additional communication overhead caused by the adoption of the security multiplication protocol in conventional methods, apart from lowering the high computational overhead resulted from homomorphic encryption with outsourcing computing to two edge servers.Based on this, user could calculate the loss value of the model through jointly using the verification sets issued by the edge server and that held locally after parameter updating of the local model.Then the model reliability could be dynamically updated as the model weight together with the historic information of the loss value.Further, the model weight was scaled under the guidance of prior knowledge, and the ciphertext model and ciphertext weight information are sent to the edge server to aggregate and update the global model parameters, ensuring that global model changes are contributed by high-quality data users, and improving the convergence speed.Through the security analysis of the Hybrid Argument model, the demonstration shows that PPRFL can effectively protect the privacy of model parameters and intermediate interaction parameters including user reliability.The experimental results show that the PPRFL scheme could still achieve the accuracy of 92% when all the participants in the federated aggregation task are irregular users, with the convergence efficiency 1.4 times higher than that of the PPFDL.Besides, the PPRFL scheme could still reach the accuracy of 89% when training data possessed by 80% of the users in the federated aggregation task were noise data, with the convergence efficiency 2.3 times higher than that of the PPFDL.…”
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Absence of Posterior Vitreous Detachment Is a Risk Factor of Severe Bleb-Related Endophthalmitis by Kazuhiko Umazume, Jun Suzuki, Yoshihiko Usui, Katsuhiko Maruyama, Yoshihiro Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Goto

“…Visual acuity improved by 3 lines or more in 6 patients, while decimal visual acuity remained lower than 0.1 in 4 patients. Conclusion. BRE developed frequently in eyes with no PVD. …”
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Influence of Overweight and Obesity on Morbidity and Mortality among Hospitalized Patients in Sri Lanka: A Single-Center Analysis by M. D. S. A. Dilrukshi, V. Thotamuna, D. J. Senarath Yapa, L. De Silva, P. Ranasinghe, P. Katulanda

“…Overweight and generalized obesity or central obesity were associated with increased prevalence of acute CVDs and CVD risk factors and lower prevalence of acute infections, whilst underweight showed an inverse association. …”
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Treatable traits in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: focus on respiratory tract infections—a systematic review and a meta-analysisResearch in context by Zsombor Matics, Anna Bardóczi, Csongor Galkó, Bence Szabó, Noémi Gede, Zsolt Molnár, Gábor Duray, Caner Turan, Péter Hegyi, Gábor Horváth, Veronika Müller

“…Pooled risk ratio with 95% confidence interval (CI), risk of bias, GRADE and CINEMA assessments were conducted along with subgroup analyses for upper and lower RTI and for different antifibrotic doses. Findings: A total of 27 trials of different drugs aimed for IPF therapy were pooled in a pairwise meta-analysis, 11,542 patients were analyzed with an overall number of 4156 RTI events, representing an average incidence of 38.4 ± 23.5%. …”
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Machine Learning Approach to Predict the DC Bias for Adaptive OFDM Transmission in Indoor Li-Fi Applications by Marwah T. Salman, David R. Siddle, Amadi G. Udu

“…Furthermore, the BER performance of our adaptive DC bias approach was compared to a fixed DC bias in adaptive DCO-OFDM transmission, demonstrating the superiority of our approach in effectively mitigating clipping noise at high transmission rates while maintaining power efficiency at lower rates. These results provide a promising solution for the future practical deployment of Li-Fi systems in indoor applications.…”
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Estimating the Effectiveness of Pfizer and Sinopharm Vaccines and their Relationship to Occupation, Residence, Smoking, and Body Mass Index During Pregnancy Smoking by Shahad Th. Jameel, Asmaa Haseeb Hwaid, Abdulrazak SH. Hasan

“…As for smoking, the study participants who smoked had a lower titer compared with non-smokers, with a statistically significant difference (P = 0025). …”
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Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Model for the Prediction of Bloodstream Infections in Patients with Hematological Malignancies and Febrile Neutropenia by Antonio Gallardo-Pizarro, Christian Teijón-Lumbreras, Patricia Monzo-Gallo, Tommaso Francesco Aiello, Mariana Chumbita, Olivier Peyrony, Emmanuelle Gras, Cristina Pitart, Josep Mensa, Jordi Esteve, Alex Soriano, Carolina Garcia-Vidal

“…Cluster 1 (27.9% of episodes) showed a lower BSI risk (<1%) with no GNB infections. Validation cohort results were similar: Cluster 3 had a BSI rate of 38.1%, including 78% of all MDR-GNB BSIs, while Cluster 1 had no GNB-related BSIs. …”
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Evaluation of the relationship between adversity quotient, professional identity, and perceived humanistic care of head nurses in Master’s Degrees in nursings by Cai Haina, Gu Lingna, He Qingqing, Wang Yang, Cai Zejun, Tian Chuan, Xu Qinghong

“…However, the high expectations of managers have led to unclear job orientation, high clinical and scientific research pressure, and low recognition of nurses’ sense of professional value from the outside world, which have led to the lowering of master’s degree of professional identity and the tendency to leave the profession, which is not conducive to the stabilization of the nursing workforce. …”
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Fire Retardancy Properties and Thermal Degradation of Three Timber Species Overlayed by Sengon Wood Charcoal by Joko Sulistyo, Sri Nugroho Marsoem, Tomy Listyanto, Yus Andhini Bhekti Pertiwi Bhekti Pertiwi

“…CFR overlayed on timber surface was functioned as solid barrier material which was able to block thermal from fire and protected timber from thermal degradation showing by lesser percentage of cross section unburning area on teak CFR i.e. 68.6% than that of teak control i.e. 57.9%, lower percentage of weight loss on pinus CFR and red meranti CFR i.e. 50.56% and 26.57% respectively comparing with the controls i.e. 76.98% and 30.72%, and similar values of weight change percentage between teak CFR and red meranti CFR with the control until 700-1,160 s.…”
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A cross-sectional survey on the effects of ambient temperature and humidity on health outcomes in individuals with chronic respiratory disease by Samantha Mekhuri, Shirley Quach, Caroline Barakat, Winnie Sun, Mika L Nonoyama

“…Health status was significantly lower, and PA amount and difficulty level were reduced in hot/humid and cold/dry conditions compared with ideal conditions. …”
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Prevalence of Diabetes and Associated Risk Factors among a Group of Prisoners in the Yaoundé Central Prison by Sylvain Raoul Simeni Njonnou, Jérôme Boombhi, Martine Claude Etoa Etoga, Aimée Tiodoung Timnou, Ahmadou Musa Jingi, Kevin Nkem Efon, Esther Astrid Mbono Samba Eloumba, Marie-Josiane Ntsama Essomba, Odette Kengni Kebiwo, Alice Ninon Tsitsol Meke, Stéphane Talbit Ndjonya, Mesmin Dehayem Yefou, Eugène Sobngwi

“…Various occidental studies reported the increased prevalence and lower control of diabetes among prisoners. However, there is no data on the characteristics of inmates with diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Risk factor clusters for non-communicable diseases in adolescents in Eastern Cape, South Africa by Avela Mathe, Maya M. van Gent, Leon R. van Niekerk

“…Conclusion: These results highlight unique health profiles and risk factors across socio- economic contexts, with female adolescents from lower socio-economic backgrounds facing greater metabolic risks. …”
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Prognostic significance of pan-immune-inflammation value in hepatocellular carcinoma treated by curative radiofrequency ablation: potential role for individualized adjuvant systemi... by Xuexia Liang, Juyuan Bu, Yanhui Jiang, Shuqin Zhu, Qing Ye, Yun Deng, Wuzhu Lu, Qiaodan Liu

“…RFS and OS rates of patients with high PIV were significantly lower than those with low PIV both in cohort B (PRFS=0.016, POS=0.011) and C (PRFS<0.001, POS<0.001). …”
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Associations of Tea Consumption With the Risk of All‐Cause and Cause‐Specific Mortality Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study in China by Lifeng Wang, Xikang Fan, Jian Su, Yu Qin, Zhongming Sun, Yan Lu, Shujun Gu, Chong Shen, Jinyi Zhou, Hao Yu, Ming Wu

“…Conclusions Among Chinese T2DM patients, higher tea frequency and amount intake were associated with lower risk of all‐cause and CVD mortality. It is suggested that consuming 4 g/day of tea could potentially serve as an intervention target. …”
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Cyclosporine A and autologous serum efficacy for treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis by Ahmed Esmail, Ahmed O. Hashem, Mohammed Elashri, Mohamed Ahmed Hafez Ibrahim

“…While the scores reported for the symptoms and signs were statistically lower significantly among group B other than observed among group A as determined at the 4th week (P=0.015, and 0.004, respectively), 8th week (P<0.001, for both), and 12th week (P=0.001, and 0.002, respectively). …”
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Coffee and Cocoa By-Products as Valuable Sources of Bioactive Compounds: The Influence of Ethanol on Extraction by Blanca Martínez-Inda, Nerea Jiménez-Moreno, Irene Esparza, Carmen Ancín-Azpilicueta

“…The most important phenolic compounds identified in the coffee by-products extracts were phenolic acids, and most of them were found in higher concentration in extracts obtained with lower percentages of ethanol (0–25%). Protocatechuic acid was the most abundant phenolic in cocoa extracts, with concentrations ranging from 18.49 ± 2.29 to 235.35 ± 5.55 µg/g dry matter, followed by 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, (-)-epicatechin and (+)-catechin. …”
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Cervical cancer screening: Impact of collection technique on human papillomavirus detection and genotyping by Alisa P. Young, Mutiya Olorunfemi, Leigh Morrison, Scott A. Kelley, Anna Laurie, Anna McEvoy, Jill Schneiderhan, Julie Prussack, Marie Claire O'Dwyer, Pamela Rockwell, Philip Zazove, Jonathan Gabison, Jane Chargot, Kristina Gallagher, Ananda Sen, Dongru Chen, Elizabeth A. Haro, Emma A. Butcher, Martha L. Alves, Christelle El Khoury, Melinda L. Dendrinos, Nicole Brashear, Roger Smith, Richard W. Lieberman, Natalie Saunders, Elizabeth Campbell, Heather M. Walline, Diane M. Harper

“…HPV 16, 68, and 39 were the most common types detected. The lower bound of the 95 % Cl for kappa calculations was above 0.81, indicating almost perfect agreement across all HPV genotypes. …”
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