Accuracy of Large Language Models for Infective Endocarditis Prophylaxis in Dental Procedures by Paak Rewthamrongsris, Jirayu Burapacheep, Vorapat Trachoo, Thantrira Porntaveetus

“…Without a pre-prompt, Gemini 1.5 Flash's accuracy was significantly lower than Claude 3 Opus, Gemini 1.5 Pro, and GPT-4o. …”
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Prevalence of community-acquired pneumonia among Egyptian children from rural areas of the Delta region: a single-centre cross-sectional study by Magdy Zedan, Nashwa K. Abousamra, Engy Osman, Asmaa S. Gebril

“…Children with typical CAP had a significantly lower frequency of macrolides use compared to those with atypical CAP (8.8%) vs. (98.0%). …”
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Effect of HBeAg/anti-HBe coexistence on HBeAg seroconversion in treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B patients with peginterferon-α by Kaimin Song, Huitong Wang, Dawu Zeng, Yunyun Qian, Zhixiang Guo, Huatang Zhang, Yijuan Zheng, Yongjun Zhou, Xueping Yu, Zhijun Su

“…Patients with HBeAg/anti-HBe coexistence accounted for 11.4% of HBeAg-positive patients, and their hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and HBeAg levels were significantly lower than those of anti-HBe negative patients, but the HBeAg seroconversion rate was higher after Peg-IFN-α treatment. …”
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Risk of diabetic ketoacidosis caused by sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in patients with type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized cont... by Ying Liu, Shiwen Yang, Aidou Jiang, Dan Zou, Zhaoyang Chen, Na Su, Na Su

“…According to the P scores, SGLT2 inhibitors triggered a lower incidence of DKA than did the placebo. Treatment with 300 mg canagliflozin had the lowest incidence of DKA (P score = 0.8563).ConclusionAccording to our study, 5 mg dapagliflozin,10 mg empagliflozin 200mg sogliflozin and 400mg sogliflozin resulted in DKA when adjunctive insulin was used to treat T1DM. …”
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Antioxidant Stability of Moringa Leaves Extract Powders Obtained by Cocrystallization, Vacuum Drying, and Plating by Bambang Nurhadi, Fatsyarien Citra Angiputri, Robi Andoyo, Riksfardini Annisa Ermawar, Rudy Adi Saputra

“…While, vacuum drying resulted in powders with a lower but increased antioxidant activity (84.06%–86.43%). …”
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Investigation of 25-hydroxy vitamin D deficiency prevelance in healthy adults aged 18-65 years in Istanbul, Türkiye by Ülfer Gözde

“…The mean vitamin D level of the 18-50 age group was significantly lower than that of the group 51-65 age group (p=0.001; p<0.01). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation for Postoperative Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Dan Wang, Hongshuo Shi, Zhenguo Yang, Wenbin Liu, Lu Qi, Chengda Dong, Guomin Si, Qi Guo

“…The incidence of postoperative dizziness and nausea and vomiting was significantly lower in the TEAS group within postoperative 24–72 h (RR = 0.48, 95% CI = 0.34∼0.68, I2 = 0%; RR = 0.66, 95% CI = 0.44∼1.01, I2 = 69%; and RR = 0.49, 95% CI = 0.24∼1.00, I2 = 51%). …”
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National Patient Satisfaction Survey as a Predictor for Quality of Care and Quality Improvement &ndash; Experience and Practice by Cui J, Du J, Zhang N, Liang Z

“…However, outpatients reported lower satisfaction than inpatients regarding the hospital environment and communication (p < 0.05). …”
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Falls and Fractures among Nursing Home Residents Treated with Pimavanserin versus Other Atypical Antipsychotics: Analysis of Medicare Beneficiaries with Parkinson’s Disease Psychos... by Krithika Rajagopalan, Nazia Rashid, Daksha Gopal, Dilesh Doshi

“…Conclusions In this analysis of LTC/NH residents with PDP, PIM had a 37% and 41% lower risk of all-cause falls/fractures versus other AAPs and versus QUE, respectively.…”
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Interaction between Nuclear Receptor and Alpha-Adrenergic Agonist Subtypes in Metabolism and Systemic Hemodynamics of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats by Sheryar Afzal, Munavvar Abdul Sattar, Ibrahim Albokhadaim, Ali Attiq, Mahmoud Kandeel, Aimi Syamima Abdul Manap, Sameer M. Alhojaily

“…As compared to the WKY control, the SHR control group’s noninvasive blood pressure and basal mean arterial pressure were significantly greater, along with increased arterial stiffness, lower plasma nitric oxide, adiponectin concentration, and antioxidant enzyme levels (all P<0.05). …”
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The antibiofilm effect and mechanism of silver nanowire-modified glass ionomer cement against multi-species oral biofilm by Tiantian Guo, Dai Wang, Sherry Shiqian Gao

“…The live/dead assay showed that the ratio of live bacteria was significantly lower in AgNW-GIC groups than in conventional GIC (5.8% vs. 100%, p < 0.0001). …”
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A qualitative study exploring the acceptability of the TEXTPAD telehealth and virtual supervised exercise intervention and trial for patients with peripheral arterial disease livin... by Maddey Patterson, MPH, Letitia Sermin-Reed, MSc, James Prentis, MBBS, Arathi Radhakrishnan, MBBS, Eileen Kaner, PhD, Sandip Nandhra, MBBS, Maisie Rowland, BSc, Gabriel Cucato, PhD, Mackenzie Fong, PhD

“…Conclusions: Providing exercise training and behavioral counselling virtually using digital technologies to people with PAD from lower socioeconomic backgrounds can be considered as an acceptable way to deliver care. …”
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Comparative clinical impact of low-curvature and normal-curvature titanium mesh in cranioplasty: a retrospective analysis of patient outcomes by Shengkai Yang, Weihua Chen, Hongwei Teng, Lei Zhang, Kangkang Ji, Hai Zhou

“…The low-curvature group exhibited lower overall hospitalization costs than the normal-curvature group (Before: 23500. ± 900. vs. 24,900. ± 1,100., P &lt; 0.001; After: 23,300. ± 800. vs. 24,100. ± 1,000., P = 0.026). …”
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Solving Phosphorus Fertilization-Related Drip Irrigation Emitter Clogging by Adding Mn²⁺ by Tianyu Xu, Sanlin Bao, Qiuyue Yu, Yu Gao

“…The APP was unable to lower the pH value and had the most serious blockage. …”
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Ethnic disparities in HbA1c and hypoglycemia among youth with type 1 diabetes: beyond access to technology, social deprivation and mean blood glucose by Suma Uday, John Stuart Pemberton, Zhide Fang, Stuart A Chalew

“…This is presumably related to higher mean blood glucose (MBG) due to lower socioeconomic status (SES) and less access to technology. …”
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Airborne Levels of Lung Carcinogens at an Ascon Manufacturing Site by Kyeongmin Lee, Sungwon Choi, Miyeon Kim, Dongwoo Song, Ki-Youn Kim

“…Of the measured substances, only naphthalene was found at concentrations significantly lower than the permissible exposure limit (10 ppm), reaching only 0.274, 0.138, 0.192, and 0.237 ppm for the dryer burner, dump truck zone, dump truck waiting zone, and operational room, respectively. …”
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New job, new habits? A multilevel interrupted time series analysis of changes in diet, physical activity and sleep among young adults starting work for the first time by Alena F. Oxenham, Tanya Braune, Esther van Sluijs, Hannah Fairbrother, Adam Martin, Eleanor M. Winpenny

“…The increase in physical activity was greater among males, among those with no degree and among those starting lower socioeconomic classification jobs. Starting a “work from home” job had an immediate negative effect on physical activity (β= -126.42 [95% CI: -264.45 to 11.61] MET-min/day), whereas those who worked at their employer’s premises showed an initial increase (β = 128.81 [95% CI: 89.46 to 168.16] MET-min/day). …”
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RNA stability is regulated by both RNA polyadenylation and ATP levels, linking RNA and energy metabolisms in Escherichia coli by Charlotte Roux, Marvin Ramos-Hue, Marjorie Audonnet, Marie-Pierre Duviau, Sébastien Nouaille, Agamemnon J. Carpousis, Sandrine Laguerre, Eliane Hajnsdorf, Muriel Cocaign-Bousquet, Laurence Girbal

“…To better understand how RNA and energy metabolisms are interconnected, we investigated the role of ATP levels in regulating RNA stability. When we lowered intracellular ATP levels below 0.5 mM, many RNAs were stabilized, demonstrating the causal link between ATP levels and RNA stability for the first time in E. coli. …”
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Identification and validation of glucose metabolism-related gene signature in endometrial cancer by Juan Jiang, Nan Xia, Mei Yang, Ping Qiu, Wei Zhu, Jing Chen, Jiamei Zhu

“…Immune cell infiltration was generally lower in the high-risk group, where tumor purity was elevated. …”
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Brucine Entrapped Titanium Oxide Nanoparticle for Anticancer Treatment: An In Vitro Study by Rashed M. Almuqbil

“…In treated cells, the antioxidant markers such as CAT, GSH, and SOD levels were substantially lower compared to the control cells. Conclusion. …”
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