Genetic Variants Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Risk: Cumulative Epidemiological Evidence from Meta-Analyses and Genome-Wide Association Studies by Caiyang Liu, Ran Ran, Xiaoliang Li, Gaohua Liu, Xiaoyang Xie, Ji Li

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Multiple Morphological Constraints-Based Complex Gland Segmentation in Colorectal Cancer Pathology Image Analysis by Kun Zhang, JunHong Fu, Liang Hua, Peijian Zhang, Yeqin Shao, Sheng Xu, Huiyu Zhou, Li Chen, Jing Wang

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Drawing as a learning tool for anatomy: design and implementation of a method. by Elena Martínez Carracelas, Miguel Ángel Fernández-Villacañas Marín, Matilde Moreno Cascales, Diego Flores Funes

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Association of arterial stiffness and eye disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Robert Scragg, Angela L Beros, John D Sluyter

“…We assessed the certainty of evidence using Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation.Results The systematic review of 61 studies (six for AMD, ten for glaucoma, six for RVO and 39 for retinopathy) showed that arterial stiffness overall was higher in people with eye disease than people without eye disease. …”
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A Study of Functional and Radiological Outcome in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion with Stabilization in Posttraumatic Acute Central Cord Syndrome by Sivakumar Raju, Sudeep K Velur Nagendra, Vinoth Thangamani, Bharat K Ramalingam Jeyashankaran, D Abinav Annamalai

“…On comparing pre-op and postoperative ASIA neurological grading, statistically significant improvement of ASIA grades. …”
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Risk factors for silicotuberculosis among miners: a scoping review by Mansour F. Saliba, Zeina Z. Karam, Moussa El Khayat, Elizabeth Koka, Dana A. Halwani, Joly Ghanawi, Layal Hneiny, Mey Jurdi, Hassan R. Dhaini, Umayya Musharrafieh, Rima R. Habib

“…Results The final review included 22 studies. Findings identified various STB risk factors including demographic factors such as age and sex, lifestyle factors including smoking and alcohol intake, clinical factors such as history of TB, grades of silicosis, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), in addition to occupational factors encompassing silica exposure, duration of employment, and type of work setting. …”
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Construction and validation of a test of knowledge of contraceptive methods for adolescents by Karla Elisa Cervantes Jácome, Silvia Susana Robles Montijo, José Cristóbal Pedro Arriaga Ramírez, Juan José Sánchez Sosa

“…Students of the three school grades answered the test. Results: The test was applied to a total of 229 students between 15 and 19 years old (M = 16.22; SD = .978). …”
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Association between Serum Neopterin and Inflammatory Activation in Chronic Kidney Disease by Ashok Kumar Yadav, Vinod Sharma, Vivekanand Jha

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Effect of Anterior Chamber Instability during Phacoemulsification Combined with Intraocular Lens Implantation by Wenjing Geng, Wenli Lin, Pei Song, Min Zhang, Jian Wu, Shu Su, Yurong Yuan, Min Ji, Huaijin Guan

“…At 1 day postoperatively, after excluding eyes in which the AC could not be visualized, AC cell grades were significantly lower in the irrigation group (P = 0.014). …”
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The associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms and diabetic retinopathy risk: an umbrella review by Shaofen Huang, Yonghui Feng, Ying Sun, Jiazi Liu, Pu Wang, Jingrong Yu, Xin Su, Shasha Han, Shiqi Huang, Haokun Huang, Shiyun Chen, Ying Xu, Fangfang Zeng

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DNA copy number variations and craniofacial abnormalities in 1,457 children with neurodevelopmental disorders by Dandan Wu, Ran Chen, Jerry Zhang, Wu Yan, Mengyin Chen, Dongqing Xia, Xiaonan Li, Yanyan Dai, Yinhua Chen, Rong Li

“…Furthermore, the proportion of microdeletions in children graded 1 point or higher (60.75%, 65/107) was significantly higher than those carrying microduplications (44%, 22/50) (P < 0.05). …”
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Diabetic retinopathy further increases risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in a high-risk cohort by Richard Kha, Yasemin Kapucu, Mayuri Indrakumar, George Burlutsky, Aravinda Thiagalingam, Pramesh Kovoor, Paul Mitchell, Gerald Liew

“…Coronary artery disease was graded from coronary angiograms using the Gensini score. …”
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PILOT STUDY REGARDING AN ONLINE METHOD FOR DENTAL RADIOLOGY STUDENTS’ ASSESEMENT EXPERIMENTALLY APPLIED DURING THE 2020 PANDEMIC by Dragos Epistatu, Serban Dan Predescu, Manuela Solomon, Alexandru Croitoru, Carmen Larisa Nicolae, Ruxandra Sfeatcu, Cosmina Mironov

“…The errors made by the students were linked to: periodontal diagnosis (34%), edentulous diagnosis ( 22%) dental diagnosis (19 %); bone diagnoses ( 12%), soft tissue diagnosis ( 1%) . …”
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Evaluating the impact of ESICM 2023 guidelines and the new global definition of ARDS on clinical outcomes: insights from MIMIC-IV cohort data by Duanhong Song, Qingquan Chen, Shangbin Huang, Shengxun Qiu, Zeshun Chen, Yuanhang Cai, Yifu Zeng, Xiaoyang Chen, Yixiang Zhang

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Preoperative Nutritional Status and Risk Factors Associated with Delayed Discharge in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Gastrectomy: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Xining Zhao, Jie Liu, Ying Wang, Yuying Yang, Yan Pan, Shengjin Ge

“…Postoperative complications were assessed according to the Clavien-Dindo grading system, and the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) was calculated. …”
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Burnout in Healthcare Professionals during Covid-19 Crisis by Nasim Hajipoor Kashgsaray, Maryam Soleimanpour, Sina Behmanesh, Hassan Soleimanpour

“…After obtaining the written consent, the questionnaire was distributed among the doctors and nurses of the emergency department. The data was graded by Excel software and data analysis was conducted by SPSS V. 22 software. …”
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Preoperative Assessment of Patients Undergoing Bariatric Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Cross-Sectional Study by M. R. Tawfik, N. F. Aldawas, N. S. Almegbil, A. A. Bin Hamad, A. N. Alanazi, A. M. Alaidaroos, T. M. AlRawaf, A. A. Fayed

“…Out of 132 patients, 29 (22%) had a BMI of less than 40 kg/m2 whereas 103 (78%) had a BMI of 40 kg/m2 or above, with an average of 44.4±6.4 kg/m2. …”
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Discriminatory power of trabeculectomy bleb internal reflectivity and morphology in surgical success using anterior segment optical coherence tomography by Jeremy C.K. Tan, Matthew Roney, Matteo Posarelli, Abdus Samad Ansari, Mark Batterbury, Neeru A. Vallabh

“…The proportion of complete success, qualified success and failure was 45%, 33%, and 22% respectively. The maximum bleb height was significantly greater in the blebs with complete success (1.74 vs. 1.25 vs. 1.23 mm in CS vs. …”
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Lifestyle Intervention Improves Heart Rate Recovery from Exercise in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the Look AHEAD Study by Paul M. Ribisl, Sarah A. Gaussoin, Wei Lang, Judy Bahnson, Stephanie A. Connelly, Edward S. Horton, John M. Jakicic, Tina Killean, Dalane W. Kitzman, William C. Knowler, Kerry J. Stewart, Look AHEAD Research Group

“…The primary aims of this paper were (1) to evaluate the influence of intensive lifestyle weight loss and exercise intervention (ILI) compared with diabetes support and education (DSE) upon Heart Rate Recovery (HRR) from graded exercise testing (GXT) and (2) to determine the independent and combined effects of weight loss and fitness changes upon HRR. …”
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Prognostic Factors on the Graft-versus-Host Disease-Free and Relapse-Free Survival after Adult Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Yao-Chung Liu, Sheng-Hsuan Chien, Nai-Wen Fan, Ming-Hung Hu, Jyh-Pyng Gau, Chia-Jen Liu, Yuan-Bin Yu, Liang-Tsai Hsiao, Tzeon-Jye Chiou, Cheng-Hwai Tzeng, Po-Min Chen, Jin-Hwang Liu

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